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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-04-21

II THESE WHIyHuIS W6I6 ISSUSI III 100, WHY
wers they not reported in 1873?
If they were issued in 1874, why were they
reported as issued in 1873?
1t will be observed that on page Of
this report the delinquent list Of the tax col
lector of the First District for 1874 amounts TO
$3.50, 1S5. Since that statement was made up
the committee have been furnished with q
statement from the Auditors Office of delin-
quent, or balances showing the amount to be
$3.50, 1856 q, instead of s49O,ls5, as stated
ABOVE. [See exhibit A, page j
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-04-21

lCoNT1NuED ON LAST PAGE. I
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-11
He Smoked Four Tons of Tobacco, and
Died.

Mr., Kalaes, who was known among his
acquaintances by the name of the king of
smokers, has just died neir Rotterdam.
He had erected a mansion, one portion of
which was devoted TO the arrangement of
a collection of pipes, according to their ma
tiOnality and chronological order. a few
days before his death he summoned bis
lawyer and made his will, in which he di-
rected that all the smokers of the country
should be invited to the funeral, and that
each should be presented with ten pounds
Of tobacco, and two Dutch pipes of newest
fashion, on which should be engraved the
name, arms, and date of the decease of the
testator. He requested all his relatives,
friends and funeral guests to be careful TO
keep their pipes alight during the funeral
ceremonies, after which they should empty
the ashes from their pipes on the coffin.
The poor of the neighborhOed who attend
ed to his last wishes, were to receive annu-
ally, on the anniversary of his death, ten
pounds of tobacco and small cask OF good
beer. He desired that his oak coffin should
be lined with the cedar of his old Havana
cigar boxes, and that box of French
capsoral and packet of old Dutch tobacco
, should be placed at the foot of his coffin.
His favorite pipe was to be placed at his
side, along with box of matches, flint
and steel and some finder, as he said there
was no knowing what might happen. A
correct calculator has made out that Mr..
Kalaes had, during his eighty years Of life,
smoked more than four tons Of tobacco,
and had drank about 100000 quarts OF
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-11
A Curious InyentiOn-The ChandOr
Light.

conversations recently held in Edin-
burgh, Professor Archer drew attention
to a a new and very important invention,
the Chandor light, which really threatens
the Iucifer trade with extinction. The
apparatus is, in outward appearance, a
little tube. three or four inches long, hav-
ing at one end a revolving button which
turns screw, and at the other minute
angular point of metal, which also
revolves, passing over little Orifice in the
closed head of the tube. A continuous
fuse, formed of delicate strip of solidified
col!odion, with ridge of hardened phOs-
phorus on one of its sides, is slipped into
the tube, and once in position, can be
moved upwards by the screw. By the
same action which presses the upper end
of the fuse against the opening at the top
the metal is turned against the phospho-
rus, and a small portion of the cOllOdiOn is
thereupon ignited. When the apparatus
is fixed to gas burner, only very trans
lent flash is needed for the purpose of ig-
milton, and not more than seventieth
mart of the collodion fuse is in that opera
lion consumed. Where, however, the
wick of lamp has to be lit by the same
means, larger proportion of the fuse, the
thirty-second part, in fact, is burned. The
apparatus is either portable or adapted to
the uses indicated. If lamp goes out, it
can be instantly re-lighted by the turn of
a screw, instead of by opening the case,
removing the chimney, and striking lu-
cifer match where, perhaps large quanti-
ties of straw are lying about. The COLO
dion fuse is so little liable to be affected by
damp that it will ignite after having been
immersed in water; and its action has
never been known to fail. Being encased
in close fitting chamber within the tube,
iI cannot burn beyond the requisite point
where IT'S duty is discharged, and the cot
ton wick or invisible spirit of gas "starts
into light, and makes the lighter start. p
London Daily Telegraph.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-11
Facts About the Bible.

A prisoner condemned to solitary con-
finement, obtained a copy of the Bible,
and by three years careful study OBJ
tanned the following facts
The Bible contains 3,6Se, ,4S9 letters,
773, ,6O2 words, 31,173 verses, 1,lS9 chap
tars. and &c books.
The word ''and' occurs 1927 times.
The word Lord occurs 1855 times.
The word reverend occurs but once,
which is in the 9th verse of the llth
Psalm.
The Dist verse of the 18th chapter oi
Ezra contains all the letters in the alpha
bet except the letter j.
The finest chapter to read Is tne zSCh
chapter of the Acts of the Apostles.
The 10Th chapter of ii Kings and the
37th chapter of Isaiah are alike.
The longest verse is the 9th verse OF the
Sth chapter of Esther. 49,,
The shortest verse is the Both verse OF
the 1lth chapter of st. John.
The Sth, 18th, 21st and 3lst verses o.
the l07th Psalm are alike.
Each verse of the l36th Psalm end
alike.
There are no words or names Of NOR
than six syllables.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-11
The Snfferings of the Birds.

The Baltimore Sun of recent date has
this paragraph: The severity of the re-
cent extremely cold weather, in its effect
on the birds of the air and the waterfowl,
has been mentioned. Many thousands of
crows were frozen and starved. Hundreds
of them have heen found blind, unable to
navigate from loss of sight and helpless
from cold and want of food. 1t is learned
that this blindness is caused by the starved
birds picking each others eyes out at
night on their roOsts, where. in their re-
duced state from hunger, they fight with
desperation, and practice in extremity a
sort of fierce cannibalism on each other.
Many wild ducks have been captured,
stupetied and starving. A gentleman llv-
ing a few miles from Baltimore reports
that the robins, in great numbers, having
exhausted the food available in the up
country, or cut off from supplies by the
ice and snow, are driven to the borders of
the city to satisfy their hunger. In some
cases they have stripped the holly trees of
all the berries, and gobbled up all the food
they could find. In one instance there was
robin on holly tree for almost every
berry it bore, the tree being within few
yards of one of the windows of the house.
The humane master OF the house fed them,
and not only the robins, but the English
sparrows and other poor little birds found
a hospitable resting place and secure har-
Dor, compensating the family by their
songs of thanks and presence. The pig
cons in the city have also suffered very
much from the cold. All day yesterday,
the strange spectacle was presented in the
harbor of fraternizing between large
number of crows and seagulls, which
seemed moved by one common impulse
the desire to find food. 1t was not un-
common to see a score of gulls and twice
as many crows together upon the ice in 10
calities where some choice morsels could
be found, which had been cast overheard
from vessels, and the cawing of the crows
commingled with the shrill notes of their
white friends, the gulls, made rather dis
cordant music. The opinion was express
ed that the crows, being unable TO find
food on land, were driven by starvation to
seek subsistence in the harbor."
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-11
Postage Stamp History.

Now that stamp-gathering is such
widespread recreation, it will be
of interest 10 many to learn that the sec
ond postage stamp issued in the United
States was engraved by Thomas Club
buck. of this city. at BrattleborO, over ~
wears ago. Mr.. Chubbuck was in Brattle-
boro from 1S45 to 1913, while his invalid
wife was undergoing treatment at wa
ter-cure there, and held an Office directly
over the pOstOffiee, by which he became
intimate with F. n. Palmer, the POstmas-
ter. At that time, it cost five cents to send
a letter, and prepayment was optional.
Postmasters' salaries, moreover, were
graded, as they are now to some extent,
by the amount taken in at the office, and
the Postmaster at New York, thinking
that people would be more apt to prepay
their postage if they could do so by means
of stamps, had some struck on ar his own
expense. One of these reached the Brat
tlebOro postoffice, and the plan commend
ed itself to Mr.. Palmer's judgment, who
determined to increase the revenues OF his
office. if possible, by the same means. Ae-
cordinglv he employed Mr.. Chubbuck to
prepare a eopper-plate for him, containing
eight stamps, and had five hundred print
ed. They were printed in black ink upon
buff paper, and were of about the same
dimensions as those now in use. The de-
sign was very simple, consisting OF an oct
agonal center, differing from the border
in the direction of the tinting lines. The
center contained the initials of the post
master, "F. n. p" in facsimile OF his
handwriting, above it was Brattleboro,"
below, "Five Cents" and on the sides
"P. O." Before the issue of five hundred
stamps was used up, the Government pc
gan to publish postage stamps, and tne
| destruction was ordered, both Of the
stamns on hand and the dies. Hence has
hsnpened the extreme rarity of the stamps,
which has led some to doubt their exist
ence. Mr.. Chubbuck had single sheet
of the stamps in his book of samples OF his
work. for number of years, but finally
sold them, about two years ago, to New
Haven gentleman, who gave him a dollar
apiece for them, leaving the engrayei
chuckling over his bargain. Meeting the
i gentleman. some time after, MIR. Chub-
buck learned that he had sold the samp;
for $40 apiece, shut the man sold them
to.n said he, s'got $50 apiece for them.
This gentleman wrote an account OF tht
STAMPS. which was published, without
Mr.. Chubbuck's knowledge, in an English
postal magazine, with woodcut OF th'
stamps. In consequence of this publlca
ton Mr.. Chubbuck has received numerou
letters inquiring about the stamps, ant
offering generous prices for copies Q
them, one man being willing to give SlO
for the original plate, if obtainable.. Tn
plate. however, has been destroyed, an
the stamps are never met with except i
! the album of some philatilist who has bee
J fortunate enough to secure copy OF th
rare curiosity Springfield Repsbl,eas.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-11
Our Postage Stamp PrOflles.

The United States postage stamps bear
various profile portraits. The portrait OF
Benjamin Franklin on the One-cent stamp,
in imperial ultra-marine blue. is after a
profile bust by Rubricht. The head OF
Andrew Jackson on the two-cent stamp,
in velvet brown, is from bust by Hiram
Powers. The Washington head on the
green three-cent stamp is after HOudon' s
celebrated bust. The Lincoln profile, in
red. on the siX-cent stamp, is after bust
by Volk. The seven-cent stamp, in YER
million gives the head of Stanton, after a
photograph. The head of Jefferson, on
the ten-cent stamp, in chocolate, is drawn
from life-size statue by Hiram Powers
The portrait of Henry Clay, in.neutral
purple, on the twelve-cent stamp, is after
a bust by Hart. The head of Webster on
the fifteen-cent stamp, in orange, is aftel
the Clevinger bust. The portrait OF Cen
eral Scott on the twenty cent stamp
in purple, is after bust by Coffee. The
head of Hamilton OF the thirty-cent stamp
in black. is after the Cerrachi bnst; anC
the portrait of Commodore Oliver Hazarc
Perry, in carmine, is after Wolcott's statue
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-11
Camels i'm Nevada.

Gov. Bradley, of Nevada, has signed the
bill prohibiting camels from roaming at
large upon highways in that State on pain
of fine and Imprisonment to the owners.
In LYON and Churchill Counties these ami
mails are used for packing salt across the
alkali deserts, having been imported for
that purpose. They are said to answer
admirably, but complaint is made by those
not in the salt business that the animals
scare mules and horses, and that no horse
can be got to go within half mile OF
them. The bill as originally introduced
prohibited the use of camels and drome-
daries upon the highways at all, but TINS
was opposed by the salt men, and SO the
introdueer of the bill was content to with
draw the original and offer substitute
prohibiting the animals from running al
large.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-11
How to Play the Piano.

1t was young woman with as many
flounces round her as the planet Saturn
has rings, that did it. She gave the music
stool a whirl or two, and fluffed down on
it like twirl of soap suds in hand basin.
Then she pushed up her cuffs as if she
.~as going to fight for the champions
befh> Then she worked her wrists and
hands to timber 'em, | suppose, and spread
out her fingers till they looked as they
would pretty much cover the keyboard
from the growing end down to the little
saueaky one. Then these two hands Ol
hers made jump at the keys as If they
were couple of tigers coming down upon
flock of white and black sheep, and the
piano gave a howl as if its tail had beer
trod on. Then another howl, as if the
piano had two tails and you had trod or
both of 'em at once, and then grand clat
ter and scramble and string of jumps, W
and down, backward and forward, ont
hand over the other, like stampede 0
rats and mice more than any thing cal
music.-OEiUer WindeLL Holmes.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-11
A Novelty in WOman's Dress.

Since extravaganza in stockings has
come back to us again, and silk hosiery IS
almost criterion of the woman Of fashion,
of course something must be worn to pre-
serve these silken luxuries from wear and
soil, when walking in dusty and dingy
city. Wool that is knitted may be warm,
but it is not hindranee to the entrance OF
dust. II rather holds than rejects the soil
ing, while fine broadcloth or velvet, that
is both linen and rubber lined, Is certain
protection against water and mud.
Leggings of these materials are made 10
reach up and curve upon the knee, and are
fitted about the foot like genueman's s
gaiter, with strip under the foot. They
button ND on the outside of the leg, and
are carefully fitted to the wearer by front
and back seams. They are sometimes
bound on the lower edge with dark fur,
which gives the foot chubby and youth
full appearance. For spring wear they are
quite as requisite as for the winter. With
short quilted silk or satin petticoat and
an Ulster coat of rough cloth, they look
very coquettish on cold or stormy day.
ANY lady can make them for herself.
They should be fitted like any garment,
and after being bound with braid, the jet
| buttons and button-h0les may be added.
They should be adjusted so perfectly tnat
a button-hook would be required to tasten
them over the boot and about the ankle
MstroDoJtt11.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-11

In the average household few things
suffer more from ill-usage than porcelain
and glass, especially the finer kinds of
such ware. We copy from the Boston
Journal of Chemistry few practical sug-
gestions on the best method of cleaning
and preserving these fragile materials:
One of the most important things Is to
season glass and china to sudden change
of temperature, so that they will remain
sound after exposure to the sudden heat
and cold. This is best done by placing
the articles in cold water, which must
gradually be brought to boiling. point,
and then allowed to cool very slowly, TAX
ing several hours to do it. The commOner
the materials the more care in this respect
is required. The very best glass and china
is always well seasoned or annealed, as the
manufacturers say, before it is cold. If
the wares are properly seasoned in this
way they may be washed in boiling water
without fear of fracture, except in frosty
weather, when, even with the best an
nealed wares, care must be taken not TO
place them suddenly in too hot water. All
china that has any gliding upon it may
on no account be rubbed with a cloth of
any kind, but merely rinsed first in hot
and afterward in cold water. and then left
to drain till dry. If the gliding is very
dull and requires polishing, 1t may now
and then be rubbed with soft wash leath-
er and little dry whiting; but this OPP
Grafton must not be repeated more than
once a year, otherwise the gold will be
most certainly rubbed of and the china
spoilt. When the plates, ETC., arc put
away in the china closet, pieces OF paper
should be placed between them to prevent
scratches on the glaze or painting, as the
bottom of all ware has little particles Of
sand adhering to it, picked up from the
oven wherein it was glazed. The china
closet should be in dry situation, as a
damp closet will soon tarnish the gliding
of the best croekery.
In a common dinner service IL Is great
evil to make the plate too hot, as it inva-
riably or cks the glaze on the surface, if
not the plate itself. We all know the re-
sult-it comes apart; mo body broke iu :"
ltwas cracked BEFORE" or - cracked
long time ago" The fact is, when the
glaze is injured, every time the things"
are washed the water gets to the interior,
swels the porous clay. and makes the
whole fabric rotten, In this condition,
they will also absorb grease; and when
exposed TO further heat the grease makes
! the dishes brown and discOlOred. If an
old, ill-used dish be made very hot indeed,
a teaspoonful of fat will be seen to exude
| from the minute assures upon its surface.
The latter remarks apply more particular
| lV to common wares.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-11
Experiments with Honey.

A contributor to the Scientific American
says:
The 'crystalization or candying of hon.
ey has received much study from apiarians,
and remedy has been sought, with no
successful results. Light evidently has
considerable influence upon this condition
of honey, and placing the honey in cool
dark cellar for preservation has been
many times recommended.
During the past autumn, have expert
mented as follows: | put up six lib.
cans of beautiful linden honey, being care
full to make it into one homogeneous mass
| by STIRRING. 1t was thrown from the
combs by an extractor on July 20, and
nut into can on August /. The cans were
placed respectively as follows one in
dark. dry cellar. one each under shades
of red, yellow, green. and blue glass, and
the sixth can in full light. On November
s, the honey in the cellar csndied to q
| white. November y to December 10,
honey under colored shades candled, nrsl
In the red. next in the yellew, green, ano
blue: while the honey in full light remain
ed Transparent until January, when II
soon candied after exposure TO intensely
cold weather. From my experience ar
Iequal temperature would preserve certain
kinds of honey, while other kinds woulc
candy under almost any circumstances.
| think that candied honey, instead o
being looked upon with disfavor, should
be recognized as evidently pure. | hope
however, that the above experiments vii
lead others TO follow up the light theor,
with beneficial results. q
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-11
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

= How to meet a man OF douttIu creult
Take no note Of him.
In New England the people pump water
with an ak and carry it home In basket.
CHINESE maxim-Never rub your eyes
except with your elbows.
A TEN sign in South Boston. Mass,
reads. "Dr. -, Professor of Rheuma-
tisH."
Was William Penn's pocket handker-
chief the original pen-wiper? Who nose?
THE Snake Run Academy is the name
of an Indiana school. The scholars must
all be adders.
WHEN the enterprising Butchers assist
ant 'sset up on his own hook" did he finS
it a comfortable seat:
"A DETROIT wife refused TO speak to her
husband for several weeks because he went
away on business one morning without
kissing her goodbye. The joke Of the
matter was the poor man didn't know in
all that time how he had offended her.
THAT was severe coughing fit" re-
marked sexton to an undertaken, when
they were taking glass together. "Oh,
tits nothing. save a little ale which went
down the wrong way" replied the under
taker. '.Ah. ah ! that's just like you"
said the sexton "you always lay the
coffin on the bier!'
A sToCKBRoKER, returning to his office
the other day after substantial luncheon
with client, said complacently TO MS
head clerk: Mr.. Putkin. the world looks
different to a man when he has bottle OF
champagne in him." ''Yes, sir, replied
the clerk, significantly, ''and he looks diff
ferent to the world"
A PUBLISHER in Dayton, Ohio, adver-
tised by posters Talmage's book. "Old
Wells Dug Out" he soon received
note: "Dear Sir: see you have old wells
dug out. / have an old well which needs
looking to. Send your man round TO q
La Belle Street, and oblige yours, Richard
Ford"
A GENTLEMAN took the following tele-
gram to the telegraph office: Mrs.
Brown, Liverpool Street. announce
with grief the death of Uncle James.
Come quickly to read will. | believe we
are his heirs. John Black" The clerk,
having counted the words, said, There
are two words too many, sir. - All right;
cut out with grief was the reply.
A GENTLEMAN in conservatory with
lady picked up bluebell, and, taxing out
his pencil, wrote the following lines,
which, with the flower, he presented 10
the lady:
s'This pretty flower, of heavenly hue,
Must surely be allied to you,
For you, dear girl, are heavenly too"
To which the lady replied, thinking OF the
cold weather and the snow all round,
''If, sir, your compliment be true,
I'm sorry that l look SO blue"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-11

THERE are only two classes of persons
TO whom the cold weather of the present
winter is a source of comfort. These are
the coal dealers and they who have enter
tanned fears that the earth is nearing the
sun at rapid rate. If the cold spell does
not dissipate the unastronomical delusion,
there is no hepe for it.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-11

AND now Boston has a young lady
forger aged sixteen, who in that way made
a raise Of $4,000 lately. Precocity always
has been a Boston characteristic.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-11
WHY rs IT so,
nrFkrHrR RrAs.

Bt FATHER klAHs
Some 6nd work where some dnd rest,
And 30 the weary world goes on;
/ sometimes wonder which is best;
The answer comes, when life is gone.
Some eyes sleep when some eyes wake,
And so the dreary night hours go;
Some hearts beat when some hearts break;
/ often wonder why It's so.
Some wills faint where some wills fight;
some love the tent and some the field;
/ often wonder who are right
The ones who strive or those who Yield.
Some hands fold, where other hands
Are lifted bravely in the strife;
And 20 through ages and through lands
Move on the two extremes Of life.
Some feet halt where some feet tread,
In ureless march a thorny way;
some struggle on where some have fed:
Some seek, where other shun The frav.
some swords rust where others clash;
Some fan back where some move on;
Some 1ags furl, where others fash
Until the battle has been won
Some sleep on, while others keep
The vigils Of the true and brave; a
They Will not rest till roses creep
Around their narne, above grave.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-11

The Nebraska Relief Society are now
reported to be feeding and clothing IL,
500 men, women. and children In the
grasshopper districts.