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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-04-08

kI2Ugyl y
the above amount includes ALL CLAIMS against
the Company that matured during 1874, at this
agency.
All persons who desire policies in a strong prompt
having company should DO insured in the St Louis
Life Insurance Company.
HARMON DDANE Cen State Agent,
miaoAH 1s2 Gravier st.. New Orleans La.
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BlYLl & pond.

We invite the attention of the trade to our full
and complete stock of FRESH GROCERIES
(some of which are enumerated below, which We
offer at low figures.
G. NJ. BAYLY & POND,
81, &c. 50, 40 and ~ Canal street.
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Coffee.
$50 bags old Government Java COFFEE.
40 :. seed Tick ..
1900 >. Good to Choice Rio =.
Is :. Laguayra :.
In store and for sale by
G. NJ. BAYLY 4 POND.
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RaisiMs and Figs, Etc.
500 boxes Layer RAISINS,
500 hf ;. . .
10OOqr :. ;. ;.
casks FIGS,
20 :. new CURRANTS,
For sale by
G.. N. BAYLY l. POND.
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INSURANCE.

INSURANCE.
|STN MUTUAL INSURANCE
COMPANY.
Paid up Capital 100000.
NINETEENTH ANNUAL STATEMENT, FOR
THE YEAR 1874.
Amount premiums for the
year. oil ~
Less untelmnated risks and
returned premiums. 104,517 ID
Net earned premiums. S!52 Wa 10
niscount and interest - 362 %
s334376 II
Losses paid re,insurances, and
unadtusted losses. 56ol9 "
General expenses, taxes and
rent. 3906s 81
Reserve fund $4,000 and
dividend stock 10 per
cent 1886 54-$255, SIS 30
Net profit -.-.-..-.-.... t7e,e col ~
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Carolina Rice.
225 tierces strict prime.
In store and for sale by
G. NJ. BAYLY l. POND.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-07-16
D..,rve,,vs FLOODS


.o,,b of France has been the
- -. If a terrible disaster in the deszuc-
s;on ofnroperty ss well as the loss oflife.
Pain Raj and bsil wers mingled, and the
s,orm ragged for more thAn two days The
date of the dispatch which brings the
news is the 25th of June. 1t is to the sud
denuess of the catastrophe that is to be
attributed The loss Of life. The heavy rams
coinciding in time with the melting OF
snow on the Pyrenees and the CeVennes,
loaded with an extra burden the triouta-
~ streams which flow from the noun
tains, and uniting with the Garronne-
whose name they take--Waler me -Yaiie5
iy;no between Toulouse and Bordeaux.
i,is at the points where the several
mountain torrents join one another that
,be result has been most terrible. Thus
At Toulouse, just below the junction Of
the Garonne and the Ariege, whole
quarter has been submerged-SOO houses
swept away, ana 10000 inhabitants turn
ed adrift. At Molssac, where the River
Tarn, swollen by two important trbuta-
ries, falls into theE EGaronne, The destruc-
lion is proporlio nately greater, large
part of the town being reportedas actual
ly hidden under the waters. In another
small town, ont of 400 houses which il
formerly contained, four or five, only ars
now SAID to be left standing. ~ go.
Two villages, La Bastide and Bespies
are entirely destroyed. Railway andtel-
egraph communications between Tou-
louse and the South is intercepted. Th'
Valley of the Anege has suffered as Sc
Terely as that of The Garonne A Yer
dun, near. .Foiq, the loss of life Is estimat
ed at so. The number of victims is saiC
10 exceed 1 200. Marshal MacMahon, M
Buffet and the Minister Of War left fol
the scene of the disaster ni iaeaql.
The destFuction5efl crops dand loss o
farm stock at this time of the year may
be to come extent imagined. But the hOr
rer Of the scene and the. loss of life which
followed on ihislsnddsn catastrophe, car
only bslrealized by those who have WIT
messed similar spectaoles. siGThen npresen
mundaiion seems 10 have distanced anC
surpassed in itsmurderous results all pre-
Fious examples in Europe-215 -deat
bodies having been already found in 81
Cyprica alone. The accounts are as ye
very incomplete, and it is feared that th'
worst remains to betold. h -
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-07-16
A cor resnonds0tI Of The New York 7r;0-

A cor respondent Of the New York Trio
gne, writing from Cleveland gives view
of the polite 81 situation in Ohio as it pre-
sents itself from that point BE concludes
his letter as follows: The Deomcrats
have exhibited a degree of folly unparal-
leled ,in the history ofthat organization,
and have inssnely thrown away a certain
victory for the sake of nursing the dying
rag-money theory, sowing at the same
time discord in their own ranks, slsught-
ering their public men who cherished
aspirations for the Presidency, and ire
trleYably running their influence in the
national councils of that party.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-07-16

The Erie election of Directors, took
place a N. 7. on Wednesday last. The
Jewett ticket was elected. The whole
number of votes cast being two hundred
and sixty two thousand four hundred
and eighty-fYe representing esS,24S 'oVO
worth of stock. OF these the Jewett
ticket received two hundred and sixty
ane thousand seven hundred and thirty
five votes, while the opposition ticket
containing The names of Cornelius Van
derbilt and Mr.. Livingstone and others
received seven hundred and fifty votes.
Mr.. Livingstone challenged votes on the
ground that number of shareholders
had voted by proxY,-but the inspectors
of the election declared the votes legal.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-07-16

Affairs at the various navy-yards are
assuming an unwonted.bri A num-
Der Of worthless U. s. war-Yessels now
anoat In foreign waters are ordered home
to be condemned and abandoned, while
new ships built and building will take
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-07-16

"a repudiatsd Debt euy ,o1cv N nplim.
"a sound eurrenoS = Chic Democrats
aIentm san az Of coin of Its equiv
ta,i@ Co. Main Democrats, "A
-, W w snue," says the Ohio Dem :
vse.'s' A tariff for revenue only" say
the MS.In Democrats. And yet the Ohio
and Elain Democrats call themselves by
the same name, and profess to belong TO
,ahe same political church.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-07-16

The Journal must be dull witted. Is
not the State prison in Democratic hands Z
Was not the "unbroken, solid vote OF the
Catholic citizens" promised to the Dem
ocratic party When was the "unbroken,
solid vote" of the Methodists, Presbyte-
rians, Unitarians, Swedenborgians, Con-
eregationalists, Episcopalians or Luther
ans pro omised to the Democratic or any
other D olitical party? How can they ex-
pect their books to be bought when they
will not sell their votes ?-CLecs Herald.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-07-16

The States Prison library being now
stocked with Catholic books at the ex-
pense of the State, why not get supply
of Methodist, Presbyterian, Unitarian,
SWedenborgian, Congregational ist, Epis-
copalian and Lutheran literature to
match Why should any sect be slighted
in this matter Why are Catholic books
preferred to any other books? Why the
Catholic church to any other church
= 80 6ol,sSabgEa EolETEnl
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-07-16
Centennial Notes.

A definite project for huge hotel, to
accommodate fYe thousandof the people
who will flock to Philadelphia during
the Centennial, has been agreed upon. A
number of citizens have taken steps to
erect q gigantic wooden building, ten
stories in height, and containing a thou
sand double-bedded rooms. 1t is propos-
ed 10 complete the work in i've months,
an undertaking, the magnitude of which
will be rea lized when it is considered,
that there will be about thirty miles of
wall 10 plaster. The structure will be
about four times as large in capacity as
the Continental Hotel in Philadelphia.
A correspondent. Mr.. John, L. Geissler
of West Chester Pa, has invented re-
markable clock, which, with single
pair of hands, indicates simultaneously
on one dial, ten feet in diameter, the time
not only of the place where located, but
of the principal cities of the world. He
has offered TO place the clock on the wall
of the Centennial structure for $500, this
being the actual cost Of its construction.
He says such time-piece would enable
visitors to learn their home time to q
fraction of minute. While it probably
might be of interest for the average Brit
on to note the fact that in thesafter'
noon at Philadelphia corresponds to
about the hour on which he would begin
his daily onslaught on underdons joints
and Bass ale, we fear that the Italians,
who count up to'twenty four o'clock and
mark their dIals accordingly, and the
Chinese, the hands OF whose timepieces
travel backwards, would not gain muc b
useful information from Mr.. GeissIer's
huge clock. However. the idea is good
one, because the Centennial should GER
tainly have timepiece connected cleo
trically with clocks in an the principal
cities in the United States, 50 that. at i
o'clock Centennial time, on the momen-
tous 4th of July, the entire countrY nigh
| Join in unanimous celebration. Mr.. G
offers curious clock for small cost
and the Centennial authorities would
perhaps do well in adopting bis sugges
ton. -.sa ~ra "a sfs.I,Fio brs <.sass
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-07-16

"a Katie King business, or second-rars
fizzle," Is the opinion OF the Scientific
AasericGn of the Kelley motor.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-07-16

The Norwalk-ct-Gdsstte Informs
US that the potato bug, has Just made his
advent in that locality, The Editor ac-
cordinglY gives his readers receipt for
baking and destroying the pests. Both
he and his readers will come to the coz
cluslon, after some such an acquaintance
as we have had with his:bugship that the
receipts that have come to light, have
failed to destroy him. They may annoy
and disturb him In his labors by these
expedients but the only way ofgettRs
rid of them, is to pick them of once s,r
twice day, and then destroying y, an n
the FIRE or otherwise. mi ui~slRonI
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-07-16

Plymouth Church has accomplished an
other dramatic and spectacular demon
stration in voting Mr.. Beeeher salary of
500, 900 for his pastoral services during
the ensuing year. Of course the purpose
ofthis enormous stipend is to 'defray the
expenses of the trial, but It would have
been in better taste to haYe put it in that
shape, instead of calling it salary, which
implies that preacher not y ct vindicat-
ed from charge ofadultery is five times
as valuable to his flock as he was before
his reputation was called in ques ton. It
would have looked better to have raised
the money outside of the pastoral rela-
tions, and without reference to increased
merits. In case Mouiton succeeds in Sc
curing Beecher's Indictment for perjury,
viii the Plymouth mIllionaires consider
this circumstance another augment talion
of their pastors usefulness, and add an
other 100000 TO his "salary ?"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-07-16

Beside the sales at ruinously low fig
ures, of the horses and equipages OF the
upper crust gentry of New York, as has
been stated, their beautiful villas and es-
tates which skirt the Hudson and East
Rivers, within fifty or sixty miles of the
city; are selling for one-half. or even one
third their value, while many are with
out purchasers and without tenants, II
may be remarked that some of these
places are among the finest in the North
ern States, with handsome lawnsand gar
dens, old trees and parks and and superb
Veiws of river and mountain. This state
OF things is quite WIDE spread, running
back from the rivers into the interior. ff
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-02-04


 The Paris Kentuckian says; '1J. II. Kendrick, of this county, in forms us that cousin of his, Mrs. William Perry, near Deer Creek Meeting house, Kcnton county, has the vest worn by Gen. Israel Putnam when he made his escape from the British soldiery, in his ride down the stone steps, near Stamford, Conn.,, in 1779, where, with 150 militia, he was opposing 1,500 British under Tyron. The rebels were forced to retreat, Put nam staying till the last. Being hard pressed and fired upon, he galloped down a steep rock, in which nearly 100 steps had been cut for people to ascend going to church. Mrs. Perry is the grand niece of Gen. Putnam, and rcceiv- ed the vest from her mother. Mir. Kendrlck has often seen the vest, and describes it as long, Qua ker-like garment, with large pock cts, and the material ash .colored marseilles. The revolutionary relic is highly prized."
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-02-04
"One better" in Jewels.

A writer in the Boston Globe. chatting of a trip to town from a suburban place, gives the follow ing glimpse into the possibilities of feminine emulation; ''One day on the trip up, reading a maga zine, my attention was attracted by the glitter of a gold bracelet, which, look where l would, flasefl before my eyes, and further scru- tiny revealed the fact that the young lady who wore it was par ticularly anxious that l should be attracted by it, and, to further her design, began cutting the leaves of her magazine with sill yer fruit knife. For the purpose of showing her that l was not par particularly dazzled, in fact that there was another such in the world, I took gold pencil from my pocket and marked q passage in my book, for my bracelet was equal to hers. Observing that fact, she drew off her left glove and carefully arranged her veil, that I might not fail to see the heavily chased ring which encir- cled her finger. ''I could go her one better or SO; taking off my glove, drew down the blind, flashing rare topaz and a solitaire diamond before her eyes. She saw, and, quickly pulling off her other glove, displayed q splendid cluster diamond and gigantic amethyst. I was slightly non plussed, but, as she wore no ear rings, I felt that, after all, | was even with her. At that instant she drew an ele- gant little watch from her belt, which she studied attentively for two whole minutes, holding 1t up in full view, then turned to me as ifto say: Well, go on." l had done my best and could not an swer her challenge, and thought mournfully of my poor little locke'
 in a drawer at home, with one side
 all jamed in. When at last tho
 aggravating creature took a jewel
 case from her sachel, and held III
 a lovely coral set, turning this
 way and that to exhibit all its
 beauties, furtivcly glancing at mt to be sure that l observed, l was utterly vanqnished, completely
 routed, and so greatly absorbed in my book that l did not see
 thihe.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-02-04
A Breathing Cave.

In the range of mountains in Western North Carolina, known as the sFox Range" most sin gular phenomenon exists. It is a s'breathing cave" In the sum- mer months a current of air comes from it so strongly that person can not walk against it, while in winter the suction is just as great. The cool air from the mountain in the summer is felt for miles in direct line from the mouth of the cave. At times a most un- pleasant odor is emitted upon the current from dead carcasses of animals sucked in and killed by the violence. The loss of cattle and stock in that section in win ter is accounted for in this way :: They range too near the mouth of the cave, and the current carries them in. At times, when the change from inhalation begins the air is filled with hairs of ani- mals; not infrequenly bones and and whole carcasses are found miles from the place. The air has been known to change mate
 rially in temperature during ex- halation from quite cool to un
 pleasantly hot, whitening vegeta- bles within reach, and accompa- nied by a terrible roaring, gur
 gling sound, as pot boiling. It is unaccounted for by scientific men, who have examined, though no exploration can take place. It is feared by many that a volcanic eruption may break forth there some time. Such things have oc- cured in places as little nnex- pected. f
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-02-04
Bismarck i'm Debate.

This is how Bismark looked when meeting his enemies in de bate in the German Parliament: His gigantic frame fairly trem- bled with passion; his gray eyes flashed, and his mustache bristled; a paper he took up during his first speech for the purpose of refer ence vibrated visibly in the pas sionate grasp of his sinewy hands, and ever and anon his closely but toned uniform became tence al- most to splitting across his huge chest, as he set back his shoulders and threw up his head, regarding his foes with that 'implacable glance which never fails to shake the strongest nerves, when he darts it at an object of his hatred or contempt. In the course of an experience neither brief nor ordi- nary, have seen many remarka- ble men at moments when they have been expected to labor under excitement of the most vehement  description; but l have never yet witnessed the consciousness of unbounded power expressed in the physique and bearing of human being as l saw it in Prince Bis marck. As he stood forward, fac ing the house, the natural stern ness of his aspect accented by the natural rigidity of his military tenue, he looked to me like the incarnation of an ungovcrnable will; Ike a Colossus, unquestion
 ably capable of bearing upon hi, mighty shoulders cares and res
 possibilities that would crush ,
 common mortal into powder"
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-02-04
Pike's Peak in Winter.

Pike's Peak, in its winter gar niture, is not so imposing and aw- ful, after all. Unless exception ally severe storms occur, the trall on the south side will be open dur ing the winter. Sergeant Henry Fenton, of the Signal Service, made an easy ascent of the peak during the holidays, though the trip was practicable only from the south base. Though only seven ty miles distant from, yet nearly 10000 feet above Denver, the low est point touched by the mercury on the peak on Saturday was Fl degrees below zero, while here 1t was lowering around in the neigh borhood of 50 degrees. Sunday morning it was } degrees below on the peak and 3 degrees below in Denver. Yesterday morning while the thermometer marked de- grees below on the peak, it indl- cated two degrees warmer here in Denver. But at 2.45 p. m. it had bounded up to 27 degrees above in the city, and was still lingering about zero on the peak. It's a pretty steady thing up there, and the signal service men can afford to sing, "Never mind the weather so the wind don't blow" For, when the wind does blow on the Peak, that is in wintry weather, there's no living there without shelter; but during a calm, even with the mercury at zero, the sig- nal service men go about the sum- init in their shirt sleeves, and take real comfort in basking in the sun shine. There are three of them up there at Crescent. Their names are William Phoedovius, c. R. Crowder, and D. O'Leary. They hibernate in stone building. The walls are two feet thick, seal ed inside, and the rooms are un- comfortably close. The men have l light duties to perform. hut have hard work fighting off the depress- ing effects of their seclusion, and more especially as their stock of reading mater is meagre. The reason for assigning three men to that station, when one could easily perform the duties, is novel one. Last winter two men took the sta tion on smount washington. One was taken suddenly sick and died, but the ether was unequal to the task of bringing the body down for burial, and so was obliged to occupy the same room with the remains until his olfactories were assailed with unbearable odors. The department considered the
 possibility of a similar contingen- cy at the Pike's Peak station.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-02-04
THE GATES AJAR.

On the occasion of the birth of his first child, the poet writes: One night as old St Peter slept,
 He left the doors of Heaven ajar, When through little angel crept
 And came down on a falling star. One summer, as the blessed heams Of morn approached my blushing bride Awakened from some pleasant dreams And found that angel by her side. God grant but this, ask no more,
 That when he leaves this world of sin. He'll wing is way to that bright shore, And find the door of Heaven again. Whereupon, Saint Peter, not liking this imputation of careless ness, thus (by friend replies: oNeTHE PART OF THE DEFENSE. ~ For eighteen hundred years and more, Fve kept my door securely tyled; There has no little angel strayed,
 Or one been missing all the while. I did not sleep as you supposed,
 Nor leave the gates of Heaven ajar, Nor has a little angel strayed,
 Nor gone down with a falling star. Go ask that biushing bride and see
 II she don't frankly own and say, That when she found that angel babe, She found it in the good old way.  God grant but this, ask no more,
 That should yorr number still enlarge You will notdo IS heretofore,
 And lay it to old Peters charge.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-02-04
A Nar Story.

The following characteristic war story is told by an Alabamian: "A body of Stuart's cavalry on their return from a raid were pass ing the camp of the Eighth Ala bama. They were struggling bad ly, and the rear of the column seemed, to be completely Jagged out. The boys of the Eighth were poking their fun at the "butter- milk rangers, etc., until some of the cavalry-men thought they could bear 1t no longer. One fel- low who bestrode a Rosinante and seemed to be "sitting on the rag ged edge of despair" a hundred yards at least behind the last of his comrades, arose in his stirrups and cursed the infantry by plat oons. He seemed determined to drown in one continuous volley of curses the voices of the footpads. Martin Riley was standing guard just by the road. As the irate cavalryman approached, Riley looked him kindly in the face and in a bland sympathizing voice said: See here my friend, l wouldn't be so mad with those fellows The cavalryman stopped cursing to hear what this kind hearted man had to say, and Riley added, They are always hallooing at some d-d fool
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-02-04
How Good Farmers Save their
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Money.
 They take good papers and read them.
 They keep account of farm ope- rations.
 They do not leave their farm implements scattered over the farm. exposed to the rain, heat and snow.
 They repair tools and buildings at the proper time, and do not suffer subsequently, three-fold ex- pcnditure oftime and money.
 They use their money judi ciously and they do not attend auction sales to purchase all kinds of trumpery because itis cheap. They see that their fences arc re paired, and their cattle are not grazing in the meadows, grain fields or orchards.
 They do not refuse to make correct experiments in small way, of many new things.
 They plant their fruit trees we'll and care for them, and of course get good crops.
 They practice economy by giv. ing their stock good shelter du- ring the winter, also good food, taking all that is unsound, half rotton or mouldy of. They do not keep tribe of cats or snarling dogs around the prem ises, who eat more in a month, than they are worth in their whole life. Lastly they read the advertisements, and know what is going on and frequently save mohey by it.
 Successful farming is made by attending to little things. The farmer who does his best, earns | his money with best appreciation and uses it with best results Such men are the salt of tho earth.