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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-01

less devotional enthusiasm, all the vocabu-
larry of praise to God, long moral lectures,
Old Testament stOriesin different term, q
familiar reference to oil the Jewish patris
archs, prophets and kings, an equally con-
slant reference to the facts of the Gospels,
but in Q somewhat different dresA and
finally fierce denuncistions, in stsain of
the most awful solemnity. of tho infidels
who will not believe in the truths Of God.
Of doctrine he finds no subtlety. Moham
led proclaims but one fact. and rsiterates
It for ill time. AZ the Koran opens with
AlFatihat, 1.-THE Preface" so it naturally
closes with the simple and sublime ODE
clarstion," a chapter Of itself. The words
of those chapters a. texts for az the Nest
Of the book. 1t enlarges, dilates, 6mplihes,
illustrates, reiterates the one grand dee1era-
ttoD, LA Illaha, il Alh&-no God but
God" All the restr,is written only to give
that weight. The fact that MOhammed is
the prophet of God is . mere incident, like
the "Thus saith the Lord" of the Hebrew
prophet. Il il to show whence came the
message. That message is the one thing OF
importance to man. and it is of the simplest:
mo God but God" When that message ia
believed, the morality of the Koran follows
with equal simplicity. Prayer and ch&rity
are the whole duty of man. Not prayer as
an importunate Begging for favors but
prayer which is only praise and anxiety to
be. keT9 in the faithrofss God; not osten
tatiOus almsgiving, miscalled charity, but
charity az complete and genuine as that
described in the Corinthians. Such as we
find Al-Fatihat We find the whole book
EuLur~
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-01

II wish knew that this was the train for
Chicago"
Course it u.s." .,-.
|, How do you know
cause it is.' -
"Wsal, know i ain't, but il you are con-
teoted tArash AleA& to dsatsuctioa shan't
cay word. Only when yer throat is being
cut don't CALI 9st that o @i{A'Etarn ye!'
The peanut boy came along, and the old
man reached down tor his @aliet
''Philetus 20 shan't sqoasder that money
after p1anutsv' she exclaimed, using one
hand to catch h arR and. the other to
waive the boy on.
Didn't earn it?"
Vans. you sold two sevs to git money
to 70 on thianvisit, but it's half gone now;
and the land only knows how we'll git
homer
The boy passed o., and the flag of truce
was hung out for another brief time.
she 1ecommenced hOstilities by remarkiDg:
II wish hadn't cum"
window.
IL know what ye want to sav," she
Kissed, "but it's blessed good thing for We
that I did come! If ye'dt come alone we'd
have been robbed and murdered and
gashed and scalped and sunk in the river
afore this"
"P00bv'
Eyes, pooh, if ye want to, but l know
He leaned back. che settled herself anew.
and by and by
He nodded. She nodded.
And in sleep their gray heads touched
and his arm found its way along the back
of the Scat, and his hand rested on her
shoulder. 1t was only their way.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-01
A HOUSEHOLD GODDESS.

Dimpled, dainty, one-and-twenty,
Rosy faced and round Of limb,
Warm'd with mother.wit in plenty,
Prudent, modest, spry. yet prim;
Lily.handed, tiny.fO0ted,
With an ankle clean and neat,
Neatly glOved and trinity booted,
Looking nice and smelling swee,'
Self possessed. subduing beauty.
To . sober sense of duty,
Chaste as Dian, plump as Hebe,
Such guess was little Phoebe.
In her very etyle of looking
There was cOGnizance Of cooking.
From her very dress was peepins
Indications of housekeeping
You might gather in minute,
As she lightly passed you by.
She could (witk her whole heart in i. y
Nurse babe or make pie.
Yet her manner and expression
Shook I he foolish giants nerve
With their quiet self possession
And their inohite reserve.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-01
Forest Culture.

Among the new crops Of this generation
may be nptiO0ed tho brest-trees r.
denuding the earth dtits bet protslitiou il ID
shown in the recent floeds wRioh have 1eeo.
lated the naked sides of tho Apprentices and
Pysunees. HOd the old forest aroWfN beer
roteoted. instead of being swcpt oA(by che
improvident peop1e, it wouA have served
70 equalize' the temperature, refklate tie
humidity, and store 'up in ehe vast reser-
voirs beneath its roots Watsr for use m
time Of need. Force tend to prevent both
great floods and great droughts.
American warmers are learniDr to plant
trees. hot only to temper the extremes of
heat and cob and serve tor wind beltS, rs
on the Western prairies, 1T as marketa-
BILE commodity. The favorioe tees for
wanting seem to be the ash, black walnut.
elm, sugar mapb and cottonwood, Ten
acres of ash twelve years old. are worth
5000, or $50 an acre, while the trimmings
pay for planting and cultivation. Ten acres
of black ash planted for hoop-poles, four
feet apart, will net $500 in seven years.
An al of honey locust fifteen years old is
worth yl000. Elm can b psde equdlle
prs4t4bD. It is Is be borne IN mind, also,
that chr pine forests are being rapidly tx
haust4d. They are vigorously tayipg to re-
new themselves, but thb v1h1al a1fnan il .
mofeal foe. and he is moving dovn the
heaviest woods II Malhe, Pennsyivsnis.
New Hok, Michigan AID Minnesota. AZ
ibis s4urpe - supply fails some other must
% op1ned, "a e looks a. If muDh Of the
Aaihg am fiAnAvgv lumber Of the next
seaeu1y would como hom our artificial Or.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-01
A Remarkable VoyAre.

The voyage across the Atlantic from east
20 west has jpst been made BY what is be-
heved to be the smallest craft which has
ever attempted or accomplished the iours
aey. SaZera! miniature vessels have crossed
from chs side, but the return trim. II ia
thought. hse never been made. tn Yacht
IN question, the Effort, fifteen Ind nine
tenths tons burden1bf Greooock. Scotland
arrived ct st. C0hn, New Brunsw;cE m
cetufdSy, having left, Fleetwood, En9land
Ay -. westerly winds, with heavy
xeatner, prevailed until June S, on which
S 80, q midnight, 2 heavy gale sprang up
-, whe1 the wind hauled aeoumi to vest
Z north, and , heavy cross sea had to be
goeSonaeG with. Through oil the little craft
u.4 n0DtY, and did not ship sea. O>her
gaies weso experienced Ut different times
curing the forty-piD days the voyage last
ca, a9d Captain Hugh Hesketh, the com.
r rnno says ne never experienced such
:. Up Effort is fifty three feet in length. ten
Ieet wlde: six and one-half feet deep. and ia
ntte0 with two engines of six horse power
working on the screw shaft diagonally from
eltnef side. She 10 q schooner rugged with
Ssqqare fores4 but was originally sloop,
E 1H mas G3e deck; oe She Was constructed BY
eeves years old. The cabin and engine
room extend nearly ewhole length Of the
vesel. The outside plsnkinr ID Sf nit tc
~ and the timbers of eak. She came
9 Ss under sail, he's scsew beng unshipped'
1net1 was no chfonomette on board, her
on oelng determined BY lunar oSser
steefd by tlleT end. - WEI e.s SHe mas was
aged. In stormy weather her 6ehsvior wa.
peseer than in ap Adinary chop. a. in ~
1870 ens jumped about considerable The
w4o ~ mfsvorAbls duflnr al.oat The
snu Ioya13 aud the highest rste Of
spseq atteiQsd was Gig knots an hour. The
JOIN i IisStSSd,o Of Hugh Hssketh captain;
r~e.s IA! ~ oae; WnIo0 Heaksth, twelve
49, re,sn o1d; ono cat, name not giveu-Bostom
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-01
'aR PILGRIMS OF the PLAINS.
~ JOAQUIN HILLsR.

They climbed the rock built breasts of earth,
The Titan. frosted, blowy steeps
That Graded Time. Where freedom keeps
Her Dag OF white oaewn stals unfurbd,
They turned about, they saw the birth
" sudden Iwn upon the world,
Again they gazed !; they saw the face
or God and named it boundless space
And they descended and did roam
Through leyeled distances set round
Movs BY and Ssefon ;l sss s their forms
Their very beards. ofttimes in storms, :.
And heard them talk like sbnt sens.
And torn like battlements of Mars,
They saw the darknesses come down.
Like curtains loosened from the dome
OF Gods cathedral, built of starA
They saw tin snowy. mountains rolled.
And heaved along the napeless lands
Ike s mighty pillows, saw the gold
Of sudden dawn, and felt the hush o
VI Heaven when the day sat down
Aud hid hiAfsce in dusky hands; 4.
r. se sa, whsTs rivers Gun
~ The long and lonesome nghts; tho tea;
That nestled soft in sweep OF grass;
The hills aIAipst the armament
w here scarce the moving moon could pass;
The causaous camp. the sm0IAered light
The silent sentinel at night L,
Ths wild rSasts howliuk from ehu!.
Tho troubled cattle believing;
The savage pr0wling by the spring.
Then suddeo passing swift and still,
Ana Uended0s a bow 10 bent.
The arrQG sent the arrow spen.
And buried 10 it's bloody place,
The dead man lying on his tacsi
ThesA(ouds of dust, their cloud by dSv.
Their Pillar OF unfailng fire,
The far Nofth Star, and high, and higl6r
Thev climbed SO high it seemed efts0on
That they must face tho falling moos
That i've some fame-lit ruin Law
Throw doyn before their weary way.
They lear1ed to mad the sian of seorms
The income wide circles. sunset bars
And stOrm.prov0king blood and Fl anne:
end like the Chaldean shepherds came
At night to name the moving stars
And in the heavens pictured forns
Of beasts and fishes of the sea; q
And marked the great bear wearilr
Rise up and drag his clinking cha
Of stars around the starry main q
-fndependent.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-01
EVENING IN SUMMER.
~ W. ". sTORf.-DorBT.

rs W. ". sTORf.-DoC6C.
s,i, love q mine We sit beneath this tree.
We smile, and all Is exquisite to see;
The moon, the earth. the heavens are allSo fair
The very centre OF the world are we. p.
4nd yet, meath all our happiness, there lie
We are 90 happy hoW, one moments space,
Then love- and life, and all uoke wing and fly.
Where shall we be hundred years from now2
Behind. before. txere Sanss a solemn Veil.
What was, or shall be neither do We knQw.
4 passing CLEAN, called lfe is DER us thrown,
Then swift we fit into the dark unknown;
From that deep silence where we wend alone. q.
MAKE ss ss oOs na shy flight
Now, whnlswe tenshthe heavens. and stsnG q
sud love makes mystical all sosnd and sight.
the sad moon, 90 plantive and SO faaRs
81 sth seen how many here % now we are,
a. happy in their perfectress Of love- -
lad seen, unm0ved, ~ many In despair.
Gaze down, as now, through countless centuries,
While other lovers hereshall breathe their vows,
when we have vanished like this passing breeze.
oh, dreadful mystery, Thought beats its w1hgs
And strains against the utmost bound of things,
And drops exhausted back to earth again,
and means, distressed by vague imasininss.
Each to himself, in all his hopes and dreams,
The very center Oncreation seems
And death and olank Annihilation each
a some impossible vague terror deems.
let the countless my RAIDS that have gone.
The countless myriads thNt are coming on.
Are all immortal! III. tho thought recoils
from that vast crowd of living, and SINKS down.
But what IL all in oil be now and here.
The rest, illusions shaped by hope or fear "A
And thou and I, with all our life and love,
End like this insect that 10 hut rtfiuGe near!
If virtue be o cheaA q child to sooth
And heaven q lie, Invented but in ruth,
To hide the horror Of eternal death q
knowing that madness would be born a truths
Who knows? who knows! Since God hath shut the
door,
That opens out into tho waste before
vainly We peep am pry, vainU we talk,
What will be- will be, though we laugh or weep
Love is the happy dream of lifes brief sleep.
And we shall wake at last and know-or else
In deaths Kind arms find Observation-Disclosures
deep.
kh, love! what then ID left to us but trust,
That somewhat In us shall survive our dust;
That heaven shall be At last-and life and love
Be purified Of all earth's dregs and must! 4
Then let our lifeSnd thought no more be vext |
BY this dark prOblem-n0r our hearts perplext
TO sol We the secret that torrents us here:
Love is earth's heaven-andNe will wait the next |
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-01
4 PICTURE OF THE PAST.
The Fourth Of July, 1876.
BY GEORGE LIPPAID.

Let me paint you a picture on the canvas
OF the pact. 1t "a cloudless summer day
Yes, clear blue shy arches and smiles
above quaint edifice, rising among giant
trees. in the center q q wide city. That
cdifice is bailt of red brick, with heavy
window frames and massy hall door. Ne
wide spreading dome of st. Peters, the
glory OF Westminster Abbey-nohe Of these,
nor any thing like these are here. to elevate
this edifce Of plain red brick into COR
geous instrument oilArchitecture.
Plain red brick. the walls; the windows
partly framed instone; the roof caves heavy
with intricate carvings; the hall door orna-
mented with pillars of dark stone; such is
the State House of Philadelpoia in this wear
Of our Lord I776
around the editice stately trees agise.
fonder, toward the dark walls 81 Walnut
street jail, sprea1B pleasant lawn, inclosed
by plain board fence. Above our heads
these trees lock their MASSIVE limbs and
spread their leafy canopy.
There are walks here too, not Ashioned
in squares and circles, but spreading in
careless negligence along the lawn Benches,
coo, rude benches. on which repose the
forms old men with gray hair, and woman
with bsbes in their arms.
This is pleasant day, and this a pleasant
lawn; but why do those clusters of citizens.
with anN6cus faces, gather round the State
House wallsl There is<he merchant in his
velvet garb and rufflsd shirt; there the
mechanic, with apron on his brea and
tools in his hands; there the bearded sailor
and the dork-rebed minister, all grouped
together.
Why this anxiety on every faceg This
gathering in little groups all over the lawn!
Yet hold Q moment! In yonder wooden
steeple which crowns the red brick State
HnnSo ctanAa old xx,stH
and sunburnt face. He is cladin humble
attire. Yet his eye CLEANS, az it is fred
upon the pOnderous outline of the bell So.
pended in the steeple there. The old man
tries to read the inscription on that bell
but can not. Out upon the waves, far
away In the forests, thuA has his life been
passed He is no scholar; he can scarcely |
ON the surface of that bell.
By his side, gazing in his face-that sun
burnt face-in wOndG, stands Q flaxen.
blue. q
Come here, my boy; you are arich mans
child. You can read. Spell me those words,
and will bless You, my good ckldv'
pressed its tiny hands agdAst the bed, and
read, in lisping tones, these meporasle
words:
proclaim liberty throaghout the land
% all the inhabitants thereof"
The odd .inaA ponders for Q moment on I
hose sts~nge words; t6en gathering the 1
10Y in his Asms, h speek@ n
Look here mp ckild Wilt DO tie old
aan . :s ;1h:a haste yco dsvn I
sa Al III. Il =; ss s. e Sssr
10. A man with velosS leAaaA q Hnl J.
sce will oslne oue fen he big door and [
We you word for mo. When he gives you
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-01

August, comlneActn& to-day, will b .
trying month for fhitafn1 pfeaohsts. Il viii
b lcrk and hot, With Eve Sundays booked
by the almanac.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-01

Monthly advertisements, inserted every ether
aav to be charged two-thirds of the above rates.
Second page monthly advertisements, each
square, $50 per month.
Transient advertisements, having the run OF the
31rer first insertion 81 50 per square, each subse-
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Second page. transient advertisements, each in
carlton 81 80 per square.
Regular advertisers, who advertise largely, will
10 allowed such discount from above named tra0-
stsct rates may be agreed upon; provided, that
~ 10 shall such disCOuot exceed twenty-five
&sE cent.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-01
THE. WEEKLK REPUBLICAN

e. published every SatuIday morning. and contains
sh& news by telegraph miscellaneous reading, edi.
f0rials. local matters of general public interess,
shat appears in the Daily, except such items as are
~ little or no public moment. The WEEKLY RB-
PUBLICAN 10 an excellent family paper, valuable
~ we'll for instruction and amusement A. informs
siep the surrenttopics Of the day.
Ter06 of Subscrlpt10hs
OaS year. IS; six months, g. 50.
Advertisements.
transient advertisements same terms a. in the
4Nly. Monthly advertisements inserted for one
fourth Of the daily rates.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-01

His word, never!
these words will 90 forth to the world
when our bones are dust. 20 the slave in
the mines they will spesk-Hope; to the
mechanic in his workshop Freedom: to the
coward kings these words will speak. hnt
not in tones of flattery! No, no! fhev Sili
speak fike the flaming syllables on BeIshaz.
ears ~all--The days Of your pride and
glory are numbered! The DAYS OF jsde-
ment and revolution draw near!
"Yee, the parchment will sneak to thu
nnGe in language sad and terrible AZ the
tru& Of the Archangel. You have trapdpied
on mankind long enough. At last the voice
ef kupan woe ms pierced the ear Of God
aaae4lhd his judgment down! fY( have
wsoed d to ~hrones over .seaa of blood
you have trampled op to pokek ever the
necks If Hillions-you have turned the
poox mans sweat and blood into robes fee
your delicate forms, into crowns for your
1888 e y f. Nsx gs,sey 2s:pad
dayACf axes and gibbets-for yeu the Vro6
4 na4-Sor yoa 6he Hghtaises Of 0od!
Look! How the light Of yUar palacee
- Sce flash up into tho midnight ny!
~ No. e. RusPssa 'hsagraen q the world,
"Where wiz you find It!
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-04-05

SPRING FLooDs.-The spring foods in
the upper Delaware and Susquehanna
rivers burst forth last week with terri
bic destructiveness. The waters ad-
vanced upon the ice gorge at Port Jer-
Wis with crest twelve feet high and
roar like thunder. The ice gave way,
and the food swept high up over half
the town. Three hundred houses we're
flooded. but the inhabitants had been
warned. and saved their lives by fight.
Many bridges were carried away, and
the ice was piled in places thirty feet
high. Small houses were torn TO pieces,
others swept away. aud the loss Of prop
erty will amount to over 100000 On
the upper waters Of the susquehanna. at
Pittston and Wilkesbarre. there was
great destruction of bridges Travel
was stopped. the gas-works swainped.
houses flooded, and the streets Of Kings
ton were trayersed 1y skiffs. Huge
boulders of ice we're carried along with
such force as to tear up great trees. The
loss at Pittston will reach more than
half million dollars. At Port Depos-
it. Md, the water was from five to IF
teen feet deep in the streets. Great
damage was done at Harrisburg ware
house containing i've thousand bushels
of corn was swept away. At Marietta.
Pa, for mile along Front street i'm
mense cakes Of ice were piled up from
ten to forty feet high. Port Jervs was
entirely cut off; every road leading TO
it being buried beneath twenty feet Of
ice; fifty houses were ruined. and many
families left homeless
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-04-05

dollar.a-week teachers, but those digni-
taries Of the profession who draw the
pay. and make their subordinates do the
work.
Next to being clerk in country store.
there is nothing so advantageous TO .
young man as good education. Is your
ambition thirsting for power ? Then get
knowledge, for knowledge is power"
Has your g,rl gone back on you, and
does your pathway seem dark and drear7
Get knowledge. for knowledge is
light to your path" Are you seeking for
its truth Probably not As general
thing people don't look for it much. But
if you are. then get knowledge, for
knowledge is truth" There are peo-
pie in every community who have no
need of education. People who know
everything. People who know too much.
People who keep the world moving by
the energies of their immortal intellects.
Wisdom's second. .Lieutenants Such peo-
pie we're calculated for the highest posi-
tons of earth, but they never fill them.
They were created for stars in the pOlit-
ical, financial, and commercial frma-
ment. but they don't shine worth cent.
We had rather lame Intellect
Hobbling along a crntch:
Than TO see a man without AIRY
Knowing so 0rfaiig much.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-04-05
Is 1T WRONG TO KISS.

The trolcsome waves love to kiss the white sand
The zephyrs salute the green trees;
The golden sunbeams kiss the beautiful rose
As it blushingly mods to the breeze
The daisy, most lowly and modest of flowers
Receives the night kiss from the dew
And the winds touch the lips of the emblem of love
To violet. of purple and blue.
The silvery moonbeams salute the hfn-tops
The hiil-shadows kiss the blue sea;
Aud the bright little waves dance caper and sing.
For a star-kiss from over the lea
The tear-drops of heaven fall gently on earth
To kiss the green grass and in MAY
The buds burst their tendrills of joy to receive
kiss from tile Ruler of Day
The birds kiss each other and twitter good night
The clouds kiss the midst ON the hill;
The grapevine embraces the old cherry tree
And the pebbles are kissed by the rill.
The ivy-vIne chambers the moss-eovered wall
To get the first sip of the dew
II Nature. then, seems born only to be kissed
Don't THINK IT WRONG, LOVE-. Do Yurl
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-04-05
THE BABY SHOWN TO VISITORS.

1t is an odd fact, no baby will ever
behave in company. The mother always
brings it into the parlor where the visi-
tor is, dressed in its clean dress, and its
father and its aunt come in smiling at
the same time. After the visitor has
kissed the baby, and taken it in her lap
and declared it the dearest little thing
she ever saw, the baby's mother and she
begin to talk. Each talks about her OWE
baby as fast as she can rattle, and both
talk at once. apparently without caring
what the other is saving. In the midst
of the conversation the baby throws up
on the visitors dress, and is suddenly
handed to its mother.
The visitor smiles sickly smile, and
says it makes no difference. but she is
mad. The conversation is resumed, but
presently the father winks furiously at
the mother and frowns, and clears his
throat and makes mysterious signals at
the side of the chair with his hand. The
mother looks down and perceives that
some of the baby's under garments are
slipping off. and snatches up the infant
and flies from the room. When she re-
turns the child cries to go to its father
and no sooner is it settled on his knee
than it betrays an irresistible yearning
to 90 to its aunt, after which it cries fu-
riously because its mother won't take it.
Then the aunt gets piece of candy
to quiet it, and when its hands have ac-
quired sufficient sickness, it reaches
over and mauls the visitors bonnet.
Then its mother tries to show off its ac-
complishments but it utterly refuses to
make display; it is as stupid as an
owl. 1t won't say mamma" or papa, /"
and it won't show how bright it is. It's
father tries to coax it to say papa,
but it pays no attention to him. He
tries again, getting madder all the time,
and dreadfully afraid the visitor will
think the child is dull.
At last he grabs the child by the arm
and shakes it and yells, why DON t
you say papa as tell you!" Then the
child screams like backyard full of
cats. The more the mother soothes it
the louder it gets, until at last the faith
er exclaims, "Gi' me that brat :" and
picks it up and dashes out of the room,
and is heard spanking it in the entry.
Then the visitor goes home looking at
her dress and declaring that the end
of that infant will be the gallows, if its
characteristics are allowed to develop
fully as it grows up.