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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-04
POLITICAL.
fOR RENT.

tOR kENT.
TO RENTS inserted in this column not exceeding
one square, FIFTY CENTS.
NOR AN OFFICE OR CLUB ROOMS-A COM.
4 modions front second floor, at 81 Camp street.
next to the Picayune Cheap to a prnmpJ paying
tenant F. Wei, &Sntf
EOR RENT-BAKERY, WITH OVEN, BAK-
ing utensils and dwelling house. at a r. asonable
price, sitoated the OF Vaudeville and Royal
streets. Inquire at No 70 Spain street. F33
nor RENT-THE TWO DESIRABLE OF
l. fees, with Cotton Rooms attached No. 1a6 and
lea Gravier street occupied by the undersigned
to whom apply for terms, etc
LEHMAN, ABRAHAM e. CO.
jag tt 196 and 1ss Gravisr street
NOR RENT-FURNISHED ROOMS FOR GEN
tlemen. Apply at LEIGHTON'S Shirt store cor
ner Canal and st. Charles streets. ia4 If
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Court Of the State o.
Louisiana.
MONDAY. MAY II, 1875.

MUM A MA1 II, 100.
CHARLES r. RAILEY VS.. PINCKARD, STEELE
& CONC. $685.
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Notice.

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE-CITY HALL !
NEW ORLEANS Jan. II, 1876.
CITY LICENSES for the year 1876 are now DUE
and will be issued from this Office, until February 90
1876, after which costs will accrue.
E. PILSBURY
jail tF29 Administrator Of Finance
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COMPREHENSIVE.

TTNHE UNDERSIGNED, J. C. MILLER, FORMER.
Il " of CASSIDY g. MILLER, will carry i. n the
Sail Making and Cotton Duck Business at le7 Poy-
d. as.street between Magazine and Camp.
ja2S 1w j. G. MILLER
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Lyons Cod LiUer OIL
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NEW ORLEANS, ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO
RAILROAD COMPANY
GREAT JACKSON ROUTE.
On and after JANUARY 31st, 1876,
Trains depart and arrive as follows:
(From Cdlliope Street Depot)
DEPART ARRIVE.
Exnress .-.... 100 A. NJ. Express $40 A. M
Mail. ....-.... $50 7. Nj. Mail. L F. NJ.
Accommodation. a =. Nj Accommodation $40 A. NJ
Sunday Accom-
mediation 10 p NJ
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars through to ST. Louie,
Chicago Louisville and Cincinnati
Only change OF sleeping cars to Eastern cities.
Tickets r sal-ard information given at ~ Camp
str, eft, corner Common.
A D SHELDON Agent.
f. D. FROST General Manager. ap12
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CARRYING THE UNITED STATES MAIL.
Trains arrive and depart from the Depot, foot of
Canal street. folio 8:
DEPART. ARRIVE
Mail. -.--..-----.5 P. NJ. Express $50 P. NJ.
Pullman Palace Cars daily to Louisville, Nash.
vile, LNnchburg and Baltimore. WITHOUT
CHANGE, and only change to New York and
Eastern cities.
Ticket Office corner of Camp and Common streets
opposite City Hotel.
ID. B. ROBINSON, Superintendent
ia3O1y NORMAN c. JONES Gen. Ag,Ht.
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for the year were 1897, $50 gallons, which
with the stock in hand January !, 1876, leaves
q consumption of 46, AIS, 734 gallons foreign,
to which may be added II, 100, 600 gallons
domestic, giving . total consumption Of
10. 400, AT gallons more than in 1874.
The Short Weight Bill.
We publish the bill to regulate weights of
packages which has been introduced before
the ConRressio nal Committee on Commerce
BY the Hon. Mr.. Parsons, of Kentucky.
A BILL TO REGULATE COMMERCE. AMONG THE
SEVERAL STATES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United States Of Amer
lea in Congress assembled, that all commodi-
ties, whether OF foreign or domestic manu.
facture, also raw materials for manufacture,
shall be sold according to the standard OF
quality used in the customs and excise de-
partment of the United States.
SEC. 2. That every original package or piece
of any manufactured article and of any oom.
modify shall have the quantity marked Or
printed or stamped thereon by the seller
when sold, according to the standard Of
weights and measures of the United States
except such articles the quantities of which
are computed in some other way by the rules
Of the Customs or Excise Department Of the
United States.
SEC. 3. That the penalty for failing to mark
the quantity as aforesaid shall be five per
centum Of the price Of the commodity sold,
and the penalty for fraudulent marks Of
quantity shall be four times the value of the
deficiency, and said penalty shall be recovera.
BILE against the seller by indictment in the
district courts of the United States.
SIC. 4. That quantities Of commodities sub.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-18
Soaring Away His Sisters Young
Man.
From the Atlanta Constitution. I


A young man, born of poor but honest
Thursday night. Her youngest brother,
during the "primping" interval enter
tanned the beau as follows:
isis says she's goin' ter shake you,
she isp
"Ahp exclaimed the astonished young
man.
ttYes, she Is, she's got you down on
the slate Tor gram bounce, she has"
"Why, howw
swell, now, there amt no use for you
to chaW dictionary bout it neether,
cause there amt no discount on Sis
she's ne old gal when she sLartsp
"My good grac-W
"She sez sire goes out with you am
tramps round jess as lonesome as some
ole married COW, am when yer treats it
amt ter nuthIn but cheap ole sody water
at er nickle quarLW
The young man sighed and reached for
fan.
"She seq she wants feller thets got
sum stlle about him, an' kin set up a
square meal ter his gal when he takes
her a gallaVantiu', She doesp
The young man rummaged for his
handkerchief ..
81 tell yer wOt it is, boss, my Sis amt
no slouch, an when she gifts crank in
her he'd dad sez she grinds it wuss nor
our ole rickety coffee mill. She's goln'
fer yer, an, she'll tell all the other gals
to shoot the miser, an yer jess bet
they'll do 1t, cause they can't 20 back
on Sis--not muehW .r
The young man was climbing down
the front steps.
just then Sis entered, and Johnnie
explained how he had ''giv' the ole dug.
out big Wabble."
But JoDnnle's opinion, since his
''daddy' let 20 of him, is that, If he had
been Sitting Bull during the PERFORM
ance, he would now be sore in differ.
ent locality,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-18
Mummies From Peru Preserved
$500 Years.
From the Philadelphia Times. !

Few exhibits on the grounds pos
sess greater and at the same time a
more dismal interest than the ethnolog-
ical display in the Peruvian section, ne ar
the southwest corner of the Main Build
ing. 1t Is said to be the most complete
exhibition of the kind pertaining to
South America in the world. So numer-
Gus are the specimens that they might
pass for the entire mortal remains from
an extensive graveyard.
The collection embraces two divisions
skeletons of Auracanian Indians, who
are said to have roamed through West
ern South America fifteen hundred years
ago, and mummies Of the Inca tribes,
which, according to the most reliable
Information, became extinct three thou
sand five hundred years ago. These
relics are the result Of oentury's re-
search. and were obtained from more
than fifteen mounds throughout the ter
ritory now comprised in Peru. Scien-
lists have concluded, alter long study.
that the mounds from which the Aura
cauian relics were obtained have braved
the wear and tear Of fifteen centuries.
These bones are bleached and bare, but
in the long and hideous array Of grim
ming ekulls there 10 hardly one without
q -
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-18
A Child of Six Years Arrested on
a Charge of Stealing Fifteen Cents
Worth Of Milk Tickets.
[From the Brooklyn Eagle.l !


Frederick Myer, OF No. 1742 Fulton
street, proprietor of a dry goods store.
appeared this morning in Justice Sem.
| ler's Court to prosecute q little mite ofa
girl, aged six years, named Katie Demp-
sey. Little Katie, who seemed quite be-
| wiidered at finding herself in a court
| room, appeared with her mother and
evidently was puzzled to make out what
sort OF people they were VINO made such
fuss over child like her.
When Judge Semler called the case,
Mr.. Myer took the stand. He said that
the girl came into his store, and that
| while he was engaged waiting upon a
customer, she stole three milk tickeVs off
the counter.
"Three, what" inquired Judge Sem
Ter.
"Three milk tickets, your Honor"
said MT. Myer.
Anything elsew asked the Judge.
| "No, sir"
"What was the value of the milk
| tickets?" u
Fifteen centsw
"Well, / declare" said His Honor, in
| apparent surprise, "Ohicer Kelly" he
added, "let me see the little girl who
committed this outrageous crime"
Officer Kelly took the little girl in his
arms ana set her in the witness chair
her accuser had just lett. The child
| looked timidly at the Judge, and her
lower lip dropped in pouting manner,
! until the officer, who is quite a family
mau-belng the father Of eleven children
-consoleu and treasured her.
"ThaPs the prisoner who stole the
milk tickets, is itf" inquired the Judge.
"Thls is the prisoner" replied the
officer.
Having just finished polishing his
gold-rimmed spectacles with red silk
handkerchief, the Judge adjusted them
and took good look at her.
"My little girl" he said, while his
countenance expressed disgust, s'you
may 20 home"
"Myer," he added, addressing the
complainant, eli your predilections lead
you into the law courts you should have
more manhood than to have children ar
rested on such charges. l dismiss the
case"
The child's mother subsequently ex.
planned to His Honor that her little
daughter had gone to Myers store.
where she was often sent, and where
she had been in the habit Of picking up
The tickets tAat had been torn off goods
and cast on the floor or counter. She
lifted the milk tickets, believing them to
be OF no value or Importance to the pro-
prietor of the store.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-18
The Effect of Tea on the Skin

Ii you drop few drops OF strong tea
upon piece OF iron, kflie blade, for
instance, the tannate of iron is formed
which is black. II you mix with iron
filings or puiverised iron, you can make
a lar article OF Ink. II you mix it with
fresh human blood, it forms with the
iron Of the blood, the tannate Of iron.
Take human skin and let it soak for a
time in strong teas and 1t will become
leather. Now, when we remember that
the liquids which enter the stomach are.
rapidly absorbed by the VEINS and alb.
sorbsnts Of the stomach, and enter into
the circulation and are thrown out OF
the system by the skin, respiration and
kidneys, IL is probable that drink so
cUmmon as tea and so abundantly used
will have some effect. Can it be posi-.
bic that tanhin, introduced with SO
much iquor-producing perspiration, will
have no effect upon the SKIN? Look at
the tea-drinkers of Irjsia, the Chinese,
and the old women Of America, who
have so long cont ued the habit OF
drinking strong tea. Are they not dark
colored and leathe skinned? When
young they were fair compiexioned.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-18

well-preserved scalp, although 1t is
as brittle as charred paper and upon
being launched drops off the Uranium like
dandrnf. The hair 10 pelfectiy preserved
on most'ofthe skulls, and BY dts pro-
gresslve changes from the original coll
Eor to a silvery white the ages may be
approXimated.
Although the art by which the Incas
preserved their dead thirty-five centu-
ries ago died with the extinctions of that
race, 1t appears that the Auracanians,
hving gabout three hundred years after
the time OF Christ, still tried, in their
own rude way, to make mummies. This is
evidenced from the tecayed cotton filr-
ing the mouths and ears, and adhering 10
the bones of the Auraeanian specimens,
Just as iC does in the case OF the num-
mics of the Incas.
1t is supposed this cotton was satu-
raJed with apreserVing liquid, and was
used to swaJhe the body, some being
stuffed into the mouth, ears and eyes OF
the corpse. The Auracanlan skulls have
narrow, receding foreheads, very high
cheek k-bOnes and projecting ohins. Con-
cerning the mummies Of the lnoas, Dr..
Satfray, an historian and antiquarian of
prominence in SOuth America, asserts
that they can mot be less than three
thousand i've hundred years old, be-
cause The mounds from which they were
eXhumed are surrounded by geological
evidence that their age is even greater
than tnat.
Tue skin is preserved, but in black
ish, leathery state, and shriveled close
| TO the bone. This, however, is not the
only difference between the mummies
and the skeletons of the Auracanlans,
for which the skulls OF the latter be-
token small compass OF brain, with
angular and repulsIVe features, the fore
heads OF the Iucas we're broad and hfgh,
and their countenances evidently regu-
lar aud full OF intellectually. ...,
The brittle skin on the wrists Of many
of them still retains the tattooed imita-
tions Of bracelets, apparently in as per-
feet condition as ii it was only yester-
day that the blue ink mingled with the
skin. The tendons of the limbs yet re-
main, and in places break through the
parched skin. Bare skeletons are re-
pulslVe enough to the sight, but hobgob-
Inns like these-literal skin and bone,
| with heads Of luXuriant hair, ana long,
yellow teeth--me still more horrible.
There is in the collection female
mummy, with iron gray hair, wrapped
in shroud of canvas wrought with
teathers-a garment made SO fragile by
age that, if taken from Within its glass
case, it could be blown into dust by d
strong puff from the mouth. A copper
spoon, for use on the journey to The nap
py regions of the sun, The god OF the Pc
ruvians, lies crossWise in her mouth,
and the latter is eternally shut by an
ivory disc fastened over it by cotton
cord encirclIng the head.
| Tied around her body, like rods on the
ak Of Roman lictor, are knittingsticks
and needles OF hard wood, rolls Of cotton
warn which The least pressure would
reduce to powder, little bell of pure
gold, with a stone tongue, and several
jars which contained food and water u
enable her soul to make the trip tC
Heaven. Like most OF the other mum.
mics, this was found in a stone jar in q
mound.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-18
Fence Posts,

Aoorrespondent OF the Country Gen
|tleman writes: II have had an expert
'ence Of over sixty years on one larm,
ana have testeu the matter. l have
found at'chesthut posts OF young tim
Der Will last much longer than old, and
twice as long as those sci with butt end
down, and that small posts, say three to
four inches IN diameter, outiast larger
posts. All posts should be thoroughly
seasoned before setting. Seasoned
chestnut posts, OF young small timber,
Will last If set top down from fifteen to
twenty-five years; with butts down,
from eight TO fifteen years. The best
SIZE f0r 1asting is from four to eignt and
ten inches in diameter; the larger sizes
above tlVe inches TO be split, those over
seven inches into four pieces.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-18

J.teue that silver was wholly, nOr'eVen in
part, demonetized by the aot of 1884.
4 And it is not true that the act of 1884
made gold the stRndard. It would be
difficult to conceive OF amore numerous
Succession of blunders crowded into so
small space as the Gazette has achieved
in those two briet sentences.
The Act OF 1858, Feb. q, fixes the
weight of the b0Lt-dOllGr at 1872 grains,
and other fractional coins in proportions;
and these fractional coins were made
legal-tenders to the amount OF only So.
The silver dollar remained untouched
by the law. The second section of the
act directs the mintage ola gold piece of
the value of So, or 'sthree units" and the
silver dollar was the unit. Not word
is said about demonetzing the silver
dollar. The purpose aimed at in sore
ducing our fractional silver below the
silver dollar standard was, to prevent
the drainage of our fractional coin to In
dia and China, thus leaving us with In
sufficient small coin as change in minor
transactions.
The act of 1884, June 2Sth, fixes the
standard of gold coin as to purity and
alloy, weight and fineness. But it no
where intimates that gold is to be the
standard of value. The Gu@etteis utterly
mistaken. 1t is equally in error in say.
ling that silver was wholly demonetized
1 hxJ hot On tho aol
declares that certain foreign silver coins
as the dollar of Mexico, Peru, Chill, anC
Central America, OF 4l5 grains, "shall bt
taken at 100 cents legal value as curren
word is said in the whole act about tn
demonetization Of silver, nor as to max
, ing gold the standard.
Less than three years afterwards
-. January IS, 1887, the silver coinage wa
all again placed on its original STANDARD
of 412K grains to the dollar, as the uni
: of value. And both whole dollars an
, fractions of dollars of the silver coinag
were again made "legal-tenders of pay
: ment for any sums Whatever" Tn
, same act made all former coinages, bot
OF silver and gold, legal-tenders in pro
} portion to values by that standard O
4l2% grains to the dollar as the unit
Z And the act of 1858 did nothing NOR
} than debase the fractional silver, for th
purpose as above stated.
t Consequently silver was never in fac
r demonetlzed in this country by an,
a law till the mischievous act OF 1878 wa
? passed. And then it was accomplished
3 IN single section of only eight lines il
+ an act of sixty:seven sections, and GOV.
! ering eleven solid pages OF the statute
, book. And even that was never full!
+ read in the hearing of either House o
: Congress. No wonder the people were
taken by surprise ON learning Tnat theiI
r silver was no longer money. And nc
? wonder that silver, IN the classic Ian
guage OF the Gazette, "keeps bobbing
: around" when subjected, with no fault
of its own, to treatment so treacherous
as this.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-18
Volcanoes in California.

The San Francisco Chronicle gives the
following in an account of q recent
meeting OF the Academy of Science OF
that city.
DR.. Harkness spoke Of discoveries
made by himself In parts OF Flumas and
Lassen Counties little known hitherto.
A tract OF country containing about
eight thousand square miles, lie de-
scribed not only as volcanic, but show
ing traces OF recent Volcano action, and
having within its limits one hundred
extinct volcanoes. A large crater on
the dividing line OF the two counties had
damned up the lake, giving it new
outlet, and spreading It's waters over an
area OF three square miles. The VOL
canic cone is higher than the Vesuvius.
Ashes and scorI8 are scattered all down
its sides. In different parts OF the lake
are stumps OF trees, some of them forty
five teeLln height, and showing, above
the surface. Some of them, standing on.
me lava, are only partially burned
through, indicating that the lava elected
from The Volcano was not all in melted
late. In other places occur rounu cay
tiles which were sounded by DIR. Hark-
ness and his party, and stumps found
at the bottom. Higher up, Ihe trees,
though untouched by the lava, were
burned by the heat. Tho growth Of a
portion OF the trees since the eruption
shows about twenty five annular rings,
The lava from The volcano covers about
one hundred square miles. An old resi-
dent OF Red b. utf, who was in The neigh
borhood in 1858, told the doctor that he
saw bright sneet of fame rising from
the mountain, which continued during
his entire stay. Shaved Head. an OLD
Indian of the Mill Greek Tribe, says
that in bis youth the region was alive
with volcanoes in active operation.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-18
1t has puzzled many people to decide

1t has puzzled many people to decide
why the dark wood SO highly valued for
furniture should be called rosewood.
It's color certainly does not look muon
like rose, SO we must look for some
other reason. Upon asking we are told
that when the tree Is first cut the fresh
wood possesses very strong
rose-like fragrance-hence the name.
There are half a dozen OF more kinds of
rosewood trees. The varieties are found
in South America, and in the East
indies and neIgn boring islands. Some
times the trees grow SO large that
planks four ieet broad and ten feet in
length can be cut from them. These
broad planks are principally used to
make the tops Of piano-tortes. Wnen
growing in the forest the rosewood tree
is remarkable for It's beauty, put such is
its value in manufactures as an orna.
mental wood that some OF the forests
where it once grew abundantIy now
have scarcely single specimen. In
Madras the Government has prudently
had great plantations Of this tree set
Iout.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-18
Poisonous Ice Pitchers.

The lining or inner chamber Of the
greater part of the ice pitchers in CON-
mon use is made from two different met
ais or alloys. AS it is necessary that
the bottom be quite strong, to resist the
blows from the ice when oarelessly
thrown in, this part has been made Of
nickel silver, copper or other hard metal,
while the sides OF the chamber are gen.
orally made OF Britannia or "white met.
al" the two parts being soldered TO-
gether and then silver plated. The cor
rosion of this lining and solution OF the
metals in water naturally results from
this mode of manufacture - because
these different metals, in contact under
water, form q galyanio arrangement.
II a silver coin be placed above the
tongue, and a piece Of zinc below, allow
ing the edges to come in contact, a
metallic taste will be perceived In the
mouth from the galVauio action and So
luton of one of the metals. And the
action Is similar in these Innings, only
that it is not SO violent at hrst. Several
of these Innings, made as above, and in
common use, have been examined; some
of them are very badly corroded, and it
is noticeable that the solder has been
first attacked. In one of these nearly
pure water was left for several hours,
that the effect might be noted.
In one hour the water contained
traces OF lead and copper. In tour
hours the water contained OF grains of
lead and copper; in twelve hours 16
grains; and in tWenty-four hours 3
grains. With natural well water this
action is still more energetic. 1t Is
hardly necessary to tell the reader that
metallic poisoning is one OF the greatest
enemies we have 10 contend with in the
struggle for life, and it's common knowI-
edge that lead and copper are highly
poisonous and aocumulatiye.-[Scl
tifc American.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-18
AT the commencement of the present

AT the commencement of the present
year the National debt of England
amounted to 50, ,S61, 1852, ,72O This is near
" double the amount of ours. During
twenty years past she has reduced it
$3l6, ,243 .9l0. Since 1865 our debt has
been reduced 1868, ,7oO, 900, being more
than double the English reduction, and
in half the time. At that rate it would
take England two hundred and forty.
six years to extinguish her National
debt; while our debt at the rate OF re.
duction given would be extinguished il
thirty -one wears.