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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-03

The Republicans do not claim over 5000 ma
jority. 1t is impossible to make close esti-
mate of the Legislature, but it will be Largely
ReDuhlican
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-03
FOREIGN MARKITS.

LONDON, Nov. 2, Evening -Tallow SIS Sd:
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 2, P. M-Yarns and
fabrics at Manchester steady.
Cotton-Sales Middling Uplands, regular
contract, shipped Decem Der and January, per
SAIL SD; ditto, Low Middlipg clause, ship
ped January and February, sail, SD.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-03

Ii our friend Eyrich, of 100 Canal street
can MT the bulls eye at 1000 yards with a
i,ne' as OFTEN and as accurately as he strikes
Inc popular taste in his selections of polite
literature, he will soon rank with tho hast
marksmen in the country.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-03

Adnsertlsements IN the Want and Rent co,nn,, j.,
TOR fifty cents each. 'auaie' inserted
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-13
:. HYdrOphObia in Fruit.

Two native gardeners and little boy, of Lucknow, India, having been sudden ly seized with alarming spasms, accom- panied by foaming at the mouth, after eating quantity of peaches, the Eng ishman to whom the peach orchard be- longed forthwith proceeded to, analyze the fruit. To his horror, the juice was found to contain considerable ,propor- tion of poisonous virus, discovery which naturally led to close examina- tion of the tree from which the fruit had been gathered. After inspecting the leaves, the branches, even the bark, with no scientific results, one of the ex- amining party suggested that the roots should be uncovered. This being done, the origin of the poison at once dame to light. Being anxious to enrich the soil of the orchard, the gardeners had buried dead dogs under many of the trees, in clud1ng the one on which the deadly peaches had grown. Under it's roots lay the carcass of 0 defunct pariah, proved by appearances to have died of hydro phobia. After this discovery there could be no doubt about the source from which the fruit derived it's poisonous qualities. The virus of hydrophobia had first impregnated the soil, next the sap of the tree, and subsequently, trans
 nitted itself to the fruit Yet the poison appears to have lost some of its power in transit, since it is related that the three patients were successfully treated and all recovered" :" .',.'.
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-13
Buying up the Wheat.

Says the Boston Transcript: The sly manner in which Greek merchants be- longing to New York bought up all the available wheat they could obtain with out exciting suspicious, strengthens the belief as to the damage the crops have received in the granary of Europe. It may not be generally known to what extent the import of wheat into England from Russia has increased within a few years. Between 1860 and 1864 the sub jects of Alexander sent to. the British people 47,376, ,SO9 bushels of wheat, whereas the Americans furnished during the same time 127, ,047, 126 bushels. The gigantic struggle with the rebellion did not prevent us from shipping nearly three times as much wheat as Great Britain received from the Russians. An entirely different complexion of affairs is shown by later statistics. From 1868 to 1872, Russia found in the British .em- pire customer to the extent of Ill., 997, O22 bushels, while the United States only exported for the same market 116,- 462, 380 bushels, an actual decrease of 10, 500, ,000 bushels from the preceding period mentioned.
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-13
Telling Stories. 2

-t o Some people never can tell story properly. We remember reading one of "a man whon was 8 plagiarizer of jokes. where 8 servant let fall plate of tongue. The company started up in confusion, but the host wittly remarked: "Sit still, gentlemen; it's only slip of the tongue" The plagiarist immediately made an entertainment, inviting diff ferent set of guests that he might repeat the witticism, and arranged his occasion by instructing his servant to let plate of meat fall. But his guests only stared in blank amazement when he smilingly assured them that the fall of the leg of mutton was only Ha slip of the tongue '' The same typical bhnderer heard a gentleman remark at a country inn that "yonder wagon must have, come long, distance today" When some one asked him why, the gentleman replied that it looked " we'll tired!" The blum derer rode twenty miles through dust and, heat to spoil the joke at the next tavern, by saying that, another, wagon must have come long distance because it looked very much fatigued. o Another instance: If a dog were. to lose his caudal appendage, he should go for re-, pairs to a retail store, In trying to re peat this,1 q gentleman astonished his friends by stating that the animal should go to store where they s!';sold things in small quantities. Thousands of similar instances, all amusing ito, every body but the blunderer himself, could be narrated, all pointing to the same moral: Never tell joke unless you are sure you under stand it's point, and are sure of reaching 1t safely. " a.,f .... $, 5-."
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-13
A Virginia Marksman.

An elderly man named Beckwitll, re- siding in one of the peninsular counties,
 came to Richmond, the Whig says, on
 business. He brought with him an old fashioned fint-lock rife to have stock and lock put on. On the cars he fell in conversation with party of three gen tlemen, when one of them, to test the reality of some of the extraordinary feats of markmanship he boasted of, offered him ten dollars to repeat some of them, to which the other two added five dol lars between them The trial came off in an old field half mile below Rockets, and was witnessed by about dozen per sons. ., .... ..:-.t.
 The old fint.lock was fred seven times, and only one missed it's aim. The old gentleman, after making two shots at small objects to one side, to get his hand steady, as he said, handed his son 8 potato and stationed him at fifty yards distance, holding the potato between his thumb and forefnger. The rife cracked, and the potato fell cloven in three or four pieces. One of the larger pieces was then thrown in the air, the marks man keeping at the same distance, and again the shot told. ...... ......,
 An inch and half augur was then produced, and hole bored in the fence, behind which was fastened 8 piece of white paper. At distance of sixty yards the marksman sent ball clear through the aperture, piercing the paper. At the fourth shot, from sixty yards dis tance, the bowl of pipe, which the son was smoking, was crushed. At the fifth shot copper cent was thrown into the air and hit. The sixth and seventh shots were delivered at blackened fve-cent nickel piece thrown up by the son, stand ing about thirty yards off. At the first attempt the shot missed The old gen tleman showed considerable mortifca- tion, and laid the blame upon bystander who at the critical moment sneezed loudly The next attempt, however, was. an, entire success. The old man declined any further trials of his skill, and when offered a sum of money to repeat his first feat of shooting potato from his sons hand, he refused, saying he. didn't care to try such experiments unless his weapon was freshly cleaned. The ex-, hibition was the more remarkable from the fact that the marksman was an old man, at least fifty. His eye, however, is 8 clear, bright gray, His appearance is that of poor farmer. The young man showed not the least tremor of anxiety during the dangerous experiment. upon himself. The old man, referring to his son, said "Bob can shoot just as we'll as can. !" --.
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-13
The Ship Worm.

This destructive little animal makes its home in submerged wood, which it perforates with tubular galleries, where it spends it's life alternately tunneling and feeding on the fine raspings of chips is makes. It abounds in the seas, and it's ravages are so extensive and so rapidly effected that all submarinestruc- lures ofwood are liable to be riddled by it unless carefully protected against it's operations. Planks and timbers of bridges, piers and ships, that appear outwardly whole and perfect, will often on examination prove to be internally furrowed in every direction and ready to weight. A piece of deal has been found completely riddled in forty days after it's immersion. M. Quarterfages relates that boat raised four months after it had foundered on the coast near Port St.
 Sebastian was so wormeaten that 1t was utterly useless. -..-
 The curious part of the tunneling is that, although it's galleries may perfor- ate every part of the wood and destroy it's entire substance, they never commu- nicate. Some instinct informs the little miner when it has reached a. hollow fur rowed by another individual, and it in stantly changes its course, and literally worms it's way in new direction. It generally moves with the grain unless it meets with some obstruction. .;i.- E.
 Early in the eighteenth century it at tackled the dykes of Holland, and for a time threatened to annihilate the coun- try by consuming the piles supporting the sea walls, and thus letting the ocean roll in upon the land. A vast sum of money was expended before the immi- nent danger was arrested. But protec- 3 tion against the worm has been found in iron rust, Timber exposed to it's gnaw- ings is rendered safe on being impreg- mated with oxide of iron. Copper sheathing is employed to protect ships, or the timber is driven full of short,
 broad-headed nails, the rust of which covers it with coating which is to the worm like an armor of mail. Its little tooth never attempts to penetrate a ma terial so spoiled for it's taste. ,.
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-13
All About Interest.

The other day after Detroit broker had borrowed $2O0 for citizen who was Tn need of money, and had taken, out a good share of the greenbacks for com missions, etc., he replied to the sur prised inquiries of the borrower by say ing = t:: l. 7 -Iat -. ,a''
 "Now figure it yourself. You see, you pay me $2O for getting the money ; you pay $5 for making out the papers /; you pay $2 for swearing to them :; you five per cent. back so that we escape the usury law; there's the revenue stamps, the insurance on property, the abstract of title, and so forth, and so forth, and here's your $135 as straight as bee line. If you want 1885 more to make it up to $20O won't charge you but $2O to get It t!''-Detroit HIee Press.
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-13
A Deer Hunt by Steamboat.

As the steamer Maria Wilkens was on her way from Freeport to Kalama, says the Portland Oregoaian, she sighted a deer in the river about mile below the latter place. When first seen he was about one-third of the way across, and striking out boldly for the Oregon shore. The steamer was headed for him with all haste, and there being no firearms on board except a small pocket pistol, it was decided to try and capture him alive. A moose was made in rope and thrown as the boat approached, but missed the game. The deer whirled and made for the Washington Territory side, which was the nearest, but Captain Huntington turned the little steamer in fine style and headed him off. The chase now became exciting. A second time the ropes were thrown unsuccessfully, and the deer, though making prodigious efforts to reach the shore, was third time overhauled. This time both ropes caught on his horns, and after desperate struggle he was hauled on board and se curely fastened, but one horn was broken off in the struggle. He proved to be a four-year-old buck, and in fine eondi- tiOn
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-13
IeebergS at Sea. .

The, German bark Everhard oDelius sailed from Bremen for New York,oTOf Dover she encountered bafflings winds, and after beating two days in aal vain effort to get through the straibssswas obliged to. put about and take the north ern passage, which brought her to the American coast a little north of Cape Race. Three hundred and thirty. fvo miles nearly due east from, the cape, two large icebergs .weressightedsO . The cap tain ran up to within mile of the larger berg to take it's measurement He found 1t over three hundred feet high, eight hundred feet long, and about half as wide. At distance it looked ikea row of gable-roofed houses. The next day the vessel was surrounded by the ice .bergs, and on the next two more Were passed. The ice WAS moving slowly ih a southerly direction. The atmosphere was clear and so cold that the men could not work without gloves. ..la ,fu 3ool The brig sighted an iceberg aboutrtwo hundred and fifty feet in height, hard aground, within fifty miles of Cape Race, where the depth of water is not less than two hundred and forty feet.
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-13
A Barrel Feat.

The Detroit Post says: Bob Black hawk, the colored man who attempted the novel and difficult feat of standing upon the head of common barrel and constantly rotating, or turning round, for twenty-four hours. completed his task. During the entire time he was watched by two men, who relieved each other at intervals of six hours. They have made affidavit that the feat was honestly accomplished. Blackhawk com plained of slight soreness in his lower limbs and in the back, the result of his cramped position, but otherwise felt no fatigue or inconvenience. It must be re- membered that he was without food or drink during the entire time that he was upon the barrel. When Blackhawk completed his feat he asserted that he could just as well have remained twelve hours longer.
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-13
Bringing a Drowned Man Back to Life.

The author of ssThe French at Home 9 | says that in his walk, one morning, he
 saw man pulled out of the water, ap-
 parently drowned He was laid on the
 right side, the face turned toward the
 ground, and the jaws gently opened to
 facilitate the escape of water. Several
 times the head was placed little lower
 than the rest of the body for the same
 purpose, but only for few seconds at
 time. In the meantime, there was a regular manipulation process to induce
 breathing, which consisted in pressing the abdomen, stomach and sides of the chest, but softly. The efforts were with out effect the man looked as if he had seen the last of earth, Then the pros trate figure was carried to the nearest station for the rescue of the drowned. Here the man was stripped and wiped dry and he was laid, turned on his side, between two blankets on straw mat tress ;.1the manipulating process was resumed, with intervals of about a quarter of a minute between each pres, sure of the body, the pressure being re- peated fifteen or twenty times, followed by a suspension of ten minutes. Twenty minutes were passed in this way, when physician employed on this kind of ser vice appeared and took charge of the case. A warming pan filled with. hot water was passed over the body outside of the blanket, particularly over the pit of the stomach and the sides of the chest. This was alternated with: a gentle fric- tion of weolen mittens and the naked hands, and the soles of the feet and the palms of the hands were vigorously rubbed. An operator breathed into the mouth of the man by means of a tube. These efforts also proving in vain, the physician had recourse to the introduc- tion of tobacco smoke into the intestines. In about ten minutes the man gave 8 feeble sign of life, whereupon all manipu- 1ation was discontinued lest 1t should in terferoT with the natural movement, Soon Hheieahowed 8 desire1ato- vo1nit, which ,3 was assisted by feather intro duced, into the throat. How long the whole process lasted is not stated, but the reader will see it was lengthy: A, few days after the writer attended a, ball, and among the most lively dancers he. saw the drowned man. asfst. y3! .'
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-13
Stewart in his Store.

Stewart, says New York letter writer, runs his store on the detective system. Each man feels that he is under the eye of some one-that he is watched no one disguises the. annoyance this fact gives him. I was in the store, one day, and in conversation with an en- ployee. It was not busy time, and all hands seemed to be laying off, Some lounged, some leaned, one or two sat at the boxes. In a moment the scene in the store changed; all came to ''atten- tion,"' sharp. No one was seen-no one spoke. Each man was erect; the loung- CTS came to their feet; there was not an idler in the store. In a moment MT.
 Stewart came in from his little coupe on the curbstone. He spoke to no one, bowed to no one, seemed to recognize nc; one. He gave q sharp glance right and left, and went up stairs. "Did you see that glance 2" said the clerk; 's he saw every one of us, and could telIwhat each man was doing.'' While Stewart remained not man '' laid off. |" ., .,.,
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-13
The Louisville Lottery.

] Colonel Blanton Duncan has, as attorney for the ticket-holders, made 8 demand on the managers of the Louis vile lottery for the balance of sixty two per cent. of the prizes unpaid, declaring that the consent of the ticket-holders was not, given to reduction of the amount of the prizes. He has also renewed his application, previously unnoticed, for an official list of the prizes drawn and the unsold numbers, also of the approxi- mates, and states in his letter that the office has issued at least two lists, both purporting to be official, which dc not accord with each other.
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-13

ALARMING. A Paris, newspaper in forms it's readers that there is panic in New York regarding the scarcity of women,a and that on this account the male population are beginning to leave; that Congress is disturbed about it, and that there.sis @ proposition to give brilliant fetes there to draw women from all parts of the country, who will then be kept there, as the Romans kept the Sabines,
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-13
Shortening the Mississippi.

The Mississippi river between Cairo and New Orleans, says Mark Twain, was l, ,215miles long l76years ago. Itwas 1, 1SO after the cutoff of 1722. 1t was l,040 after the American bend cutoff (sone sixteen or seventeen years ago., It has lost sixty-seven miles since. Conse- quently it's length is only 973 miles at present. Now, if I wanted to be one of those ponderous scientific people, and |" let on.,,' to prove what had occurred in the remote past by what had occurred in a given time in the recent past, or what will occur in the far future by what has occurred in late years, what an oppor- tunity there is here Geology never had such 8 chance, nor such exact data to argue from. Nor development of ispecies,'' either Glacial epochs are great things, but they are vague-yague. Please observe: In the space of t176 years. the lower Mississippi has shortened itself PAP miles. That is an average of 8 trife over one mile and a third per year. Therefore, any calm person, who is not blind or idiotic, can see that in the old oolitic, .silurian period, just 8 million years ago next. November, the lower Mississippi river was upward of I, 300, 900 miles long, and stuck out over the Gulf of Mexico like fishing rod. And by the same token any person can see that 742 years from now the lower Mississippi will be onlya mile and three quarters long, and Cairo and New Orleans will have joined their streets to-
 gether, and be plodding comfortably along under a. single mayor and a mutual board of aldermen..fT There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesome returns of conjec- trlre out of such a trifing investment of fact9h"2 25i' il'l5" '- ..t'... . H b=@'i .'
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-13
A Lost Day.

Who's seen my day? Iris gone away, Nor left trace
 In any place. If I could only find It's foot fall in some mind Some spirit waters stirred By wand of deed or word
 should not stand at shadowy eve, And for my days so grieve and grieve.
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-13
;, Cat Meal for Children.

a@M M Dujardin has been experimenting with oat meal asa food for young 'chil dren. He made use of 8 jelly prepared
 by soaking a tablespoonful of the meal in glass of water for twelve hours, then straining through a sieve and bolting till the whole assumes the conscience of jelly, and adding sugar or salt to taste. According to sahalysis, one hundred grammes of ;, the meal contains 8.7 grammes of water, 5.7 of fatty matters,
 2.,5, of starch, 12.5 of nitrogenous mat7 ters, 1.5 of mineral substances, and 7.6 of cellulose, dextrlne and loss. " Its nutritious value, therefore, as food for children in regard to nitrogenous or plastic elements, and such as are respira- tory, is analogous to that of human milk or cows milk. Besides these, it con tains more iron than do most of the arti- cles of food. Four newly born infants were, fed with the preparation just de-
 ssseribed, and in every case with satis- factory results. In addition to. it's quail ties as food, 1t acts efficiently against colic and diarrhea. It enters, into the composition of the syrup of Luther, which issaid to be much used in Ger many. M. Gillette, surgeon of the hos
 pital of Melun, has also given oat meal combined with COW s milk to six children, and finds it to be valuable food in cases where the natural supply of milk is de- ficient yl'57't,' .'E I..t .. -H'-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-04

CoNrAsreNs fok HFE.GWhen dses
4 daughter appear 30 attractive ~
when shoyieg her love to father or
mof6&k8 Shcn emulaJed i'm lights
ening their cares or relieving their
burdens? -It-wopld nat. be far FROM
wrong to ssy tes youDg man -Mho- is
locking with some degree of interest
for life companion Would you
know what kind of wife she will
make upon whom you now have your
eye? Ask what kind Of a daughter
she 10 now. If she is indolently sell
fish, leaving care and work to her
mether-especially if she is unloving
or undutiful-beware of her-she is
not likely to make yeu happy If she
is an afectionate and self-denying
daughter, if she is.intimate and conf
dental with her. parents, you haveT in
that the best promise of happiness in
the future. The eye of mother or
father beaming with delight as it rests
upon daughters form, moving light
ly in their presence, is an unspoken
recommendation: Of untold value.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-11-04

A.
BY sEPrrNrs sAssAKRAs.


How wonderful are the changes. Jim,
Since forty years ago.
when gals wore woolen dresses. jim,
And boys wore pants Of tow;
When shoes were made ofcalf-skiB.
And socks Of homcspun wool.
And children did a half-days' work,
Before the hour OF school. a. - i a
The girls took music lessons. Jim,
Upon the spinning wheel.
And practiced late and early, Jim,
On spindle, swift and reel; f-ti y
The boys would ride bare back to mill,
A dozen miles or so. g75s ~,
And hurry on before twas day,
Some forty years ago. ~
The people rode to meeting. Jim.
In sleds instead Of sieighs, 80
And wagons rode rs easy, Jim,
As buggies nowadays.
And oxen answered well for teams,
Though now they'd be too slow,
For people lived not half so fast,
Some forty years ago.
o. well do remember, Jim.
The Wilson patent stove.
That Father bought and paid for, Jim,
In cloth our gals had wove;
And how the neighbors wondered
When we got the thing to go.
They said 'twould bust and kill us all,
some forty years ago.
Yes, everything Is different, Jim.
From what it used to was.
Tor men are always tampering. Jim,
With Gods great natural laws;
But what ON earth we're coming to
Does anybody knowY ~S-
For evsrytAinghas chang cd 30 much,
Since forty years ago,