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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-06
TOSSED UP BY THE SEA.
The Wreck of Small Sloop Found Oh the
Shore Of Lake POntchartrain.
1t is Supposed that the Craft Was Lost
Daring Thursday Nights Gale.
The Crew Missing.

Sergeant Philip Taylor, Of the mounted
police. while patrolling his precinct about four
o'clock Friday afternoon, aud while on the
Lake shore, about one mile from Hoyt's Ho-
tel, New Lake End, discovered lying near the
shore, in the weeds, the stern, small mast
and several pieces Of the hull of some small
water craft supposed to be a sloop. Ga the
stern was the name, "Manraball of New Or
leans"
Sergeant Taylor investigated the matter,
and learned from the fishermen and residents
at the New Lake End that no boat of that
lame had ever run in the New Basin at any
time. Judging from the size of the stern the
crew consisted OF two or three men, all of
whom are supposed to be lost. A diligent
search was instituted for several miles along
the shore, but nothing could be found, with
the exception of black felt hat, which is
supposed to belong to one of the crew of the
Inflated craft. The boat is supposed to have
been driven on the pier during the heavy
gale on the night of the 81 inst, and in ST.
tempting to enter the canal was tossed against
the pier by the heavy SEAS and was smashed
to pieces.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-06

The Creeping of railroad rails has at
tracted some attention of late, and. while we
do not attempt to explain it, We Offer point
on the fact that on lines running north and
south, the western rail "creeps faster than
the eastern rail-thas is, this strange move
ment of the rail toward the south is more
marked in one rail than in the other on the
same track. Furthermore, it has been no.
ticsd that on such line the eastern rail
wears out the fastest. Both OF these points,
We think, can be explained by the motion OF
the earth as it turns from the west to the
east.
Everything that has free motion is dragged
after the whirling globe; every wind that
blows and every tide that moves feels the in
fuence and our train going south or north is
pulled over towards towards the east and
naturally presses the eastern rail most heavily.
The Western rail, being relieved of its share
of weight, "creeps more freely and quickly
1t is also noticed that the wheels that run on
the eastern rail wear out the first, and we can
but think that this earth motion is the true
ccause. The practical side of this is the east
ern rail aud wheels should be stronger
american
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-06

An old theatrical custom has been revived
IN Drury Lane Theater. 1t originated in the
time of Garrick on the festival of Twelfth
Night, which in those days was generally OBJ
served in the metropolis and large cities of
England. II was to present wine and cake to
the company in the green room. Robert
3adeiley. the original Moses in Sheridan i
"School for Scandal" dying in 1874, left a
bequest, the interest of which WAS to furnish
the usual feast for all time at the same thea
ter. For many years-say sixty of them
applying the money to the dramatic fund
This year, however, on Twelfth Night-Jan-
uary 6-the custom was revived, ana Raui.-
min Webster, the Nestor of British mau9gers
and actors, presided as master of the revel.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-06
The IIaIlAe

| came to order q! II o'clock. a quorum pres
ent. Prayer by Rev. Father Girardey.
Mr. Murrall offered petition from the citi
zens Of Madison parish, which was referred
Also resolution 10 ascertain the nature oil
the contract between the N. O. and Pacific
| road and the lessee of the penitentiary. Laio
over.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Souer tc
have $50 copies of the Senate election law laid
on the desks of the members
The Committee on Corporations reported
favorably on several bills they had under con.
sder.tion.
According to resolution introduced by
Mr.. Mathews, the clerk WAS Instructed 10 re-
port, every Monday the disposition of all
bills and joint resolutions, and to show such
on the calendar.
A bill relative TO the distinction of vessels
at Quarantine was passed.
The following bills reported upon by the
Judiciary were finally disposed Of
House bill No. 246, entitled an act to pro.
hibit the funding and issue of Consolidated
State bonds of the N. O., Mobile and Chatta-
nooga Railroad Company, etc. Finally
passed.
An act to repeal Act NJ. 112, entitled an
act to incorporate the Louisiana State Asso.
citation for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Ami.
mails. Finally passed.
House bill No. 202, entitled an act to
amend and re-enact sections 2, 3. 4, 5 and 6
of Act No 46, incorporating the New Orleans
Sanitary and Excavating Company.
House bill No. 8, entitled an act regulating
the PRONUNCIATION of the general laws of Lou.
isana. Finally passed.
House bill No. 23l, entitled an act to de.
fine and regulate the lien. privilege and mort.
gage upon property resulting from non-pay-
ment of taxes. Finally passed.
House bill No. 2l7, entitled an act relative
to Judicial sales and advertisements in ths
parish of Orleans Finally passed.
House bill No. 245, entitled an act to an.
thorize the city of New Orleans to lease Cen.
tilly road. Report adopted.
House bill No POI, entitled an act to re.
enact and amend section Sl5 of the frat vol.
ume of Rays Digest. Indefinitely post.
poned
Petition of sureties Of A. C. Banks. defanIt.
ing tax collector OF VIM parish. inGe6nitelv
postponed.
House bill No 81, entitled an act to reon.
late the office of Warden of the Port of Nav
Orleans. Finally passed. '"
House bill No. 1874, entitled an act tn ranao,
the statute creating the Superior District
Court. Finally passed.
House bill No. 1872, to grant interyenors and
third opponents the right to bond nronsrtn
etc. Amended by inserting section 2, Be Il
enacted etc, that this act shall take effect
from ana after Its passage. Finally passed.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-06

VALUABLE IF TEUE.-The Fincastle, Va.
Herald has been informed that piece of iron
hung on fruit trees will etfectually prevent
the rayages of frost. The informant states
that in the freeze in April he hung several
pieces of old iron in ten Of his peach trees,
and the trees were loaded with peaches the
yield being not less than rs bushels. The
fruit of the remaining trees go in number) in
the orchard was killed. piece of horse
shoe was hung in cherry tree in the same
orchard, and the yield was abundant, while
in three adjacent trees the fruit was entirely
killed. He says the idea originated with his
mother, and that he, by her instructions,
when boy, tried the same thing frequently,
and with the same result. This is i'm portant,
ii true, and it will cost but very little to test
the truth of it.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-06

The existence Of Wine Ring is likely to
be established as the result of the Congress
sional investigation now inprogress by Mr.
Springer's Committee on Elk penditures of the
State Department. The testimony OF Mr..
Farrell, former Consul at Cadiz, is to the
effect that the wine merchants of that city
secured his removal because of his refusal to
become a party to system of undervalua-
ton Of sherry wine for expectation to the
United States; and that the ring brought
about the appointment Of successor at the
Cadiz Consulate whose non-interference with
the differentiation of invoices rendered him
tar more popular with the wine exporters. II
is asserted that the Z" crooked" whisky frauds
have been insignificant in amount, in COM
parison with the loss to the revenue through
the operations of the Wine Ring Chicago
Tribune
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-06

The Chinese watch the pearl muissel closely
and when it opens its shell insert pieces Of
wood, hard earth, or little images Of their
gods. These irritate the fish and cause it to
cover the substance with pearly deposit,
which hardens and forms an artificial pearl.
This sort OF pearl making is carried on to
great extent at Ming pc, and the articles thus
obtained are considered very little inferior in
value to the real pearl
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-06

Tia special attention Of the members of
t. Democratic and Conservative S ate Gen.
N Committee is cal ed to the fact that there
will be a meeting Of The committee on Thurs
day, the 10th lost, at P. NJ, at Parlor F,
St Cha.l>s Ho.e,.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-06

TIE authorities at st. Louis have said for
some time past that nothing could prevent
the conviction Of both Mckee and BAbcock
but the purchase of a juryman. That trans
action proved impossible, there being no
stock Of crooked jnrymen on the old fogy St.
Louis market. Mckee is convicted, and 1t
must be confessed that the situation suggests
even mofe startling possibilities in the near
future. Meantime the Administration party
Is without an organ in st. Louis, unless it is
willing to have its journal in the State edited
from ths State Peniteatiary. 1t is ali a
melancholy business ". Y Tribune.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-06

A new bank is about to be established in
Philadelphia, to be known as the Centen-
NAL National Bank of Philadelphia, and has
had granted to it the exclusive privilege of
doing business within the exhibition
grounds-or at least a prospectus making
such statement is in circulation.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-06

Hayti has another revolutionary outbreak.
1t is likely that tina. respectable parsonage,
the oldest inhabitant in the black Republic,
would find it an extremely difficult task to
enumerate the popular diversions Of this
kind which have occurred during his lifetime
Every country has its national game, and the
Haytians play at revolutions.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-06

Make yourself comfortable ct home on
Sunday morning Stop in at Staub's on your
way to the Post-O Office, and inspect his stock
Of periodicals and monthlies. He sells them
at prices to suit every one. No. 60 Canal
street, at Goldthwaite's bookstore, is where he
can he fannd
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-06

We are very mu Oh indebted to the ladies of
the Southern Star Table at St Patricks Fair
for very savory and refreshing lunch sent to
Us on Saturday morning just n the hour
wloa appetites most do crave remembrance.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-06

The steamship City Of Havana, Capt. G. F.
Phillips, from New York via Havana, Progre-
80, Campeche, Vera Cruz, Tuxpan and Tam
pico, is due at this port on Tuesday evening
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-06

That popular sopg, Tommy Make Room
for Your Ante" is said to have been written
by our English Minister, Robert Sehenok,
author of The American Poker-Player."
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-06

Buy your buggy and carriage Of L. 7. Maddux
AZ Carondelet street, New Orleans.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-06

There are some stores in our city into which
it is a real pleasure to go, the stock is SO ele-
CANT and the arrangement SO neat and taste
full. Just such place as this can be found
at No. 100 Canal street, where our friend
Eyrich presides. By the way, you should
call in and $50 those new and artistically per-
fumed valentines he has just received. They
are quite pleasant novelty in that line
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-06

Wants and TO Rent asserted in the BULLETIN for
fisy cents.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-06

1t can no longer be said that the Democrats
in Congress are not fulfilling their campaign
promise to ventilate all departments of the
Government. The bands OF every committee
are full. According to Washington CORE
spondent, preparations have been made by
com mittees of the House CT Representatives
for making fifteen separate investigations.
The subjects are STRAW bids" and other postal
matters. the Alaska Commercial Company,
the Pacific Nail subsidy, Indian contracts,
the Freedmen's Bank, the District of
Columbia ring, abuses OF the Navy
Department, the Texas Pacific Railroad
charter, the expenditures of the Treasury De-
partment, civil service abuses, the work Of
the department Of justice at the South and
West. Mexican raids in Texas expenditures
Of the State department, civil oficeholding by
military officers, and extravaganza in the
government printing Office. If all these in
quiries should prove as productive as is prom
Used. good deal of Campaign material will
be obtained. We agree with the Erening Post
in the hope that Congress, while exposing
evils, will find time to propose remedies for
them.-Riclmo,M Enquirer.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-06

Wants and To Rent inseI ted in the BULLETIN for
fifty cents.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-06

AMONG Ny Books. Second Series. By Jas.
Russel ConnalL Boston: James r. o.
good Co. New Orleans: r. G. Eyrich.
Ihls volume contains a series of elaborate
critical dissertations on the life, character,
ana and writings Of Dante, Spenser, Wordsworth,
wilton and Keats. These essays are thorough
~ exhaustive of the matter in hand, the bio
graphical portions exhibiting profound re-
search and patient study; the whole volume
evidently labor of love-" We commend
1t heartily to all interested in bellies lettres.
, 1876-07-21
Suicide.

Whether or not the act Of suicide in
dicates insanity on the part of the self
destroyer, is problematical. Some of
the scientific men of the day are trying
to solve this question, but meet with
many difficulties, some of the chief of
which arise from the impossibiIity to
place the suicides themselves on the
witness stand. They find it impossible
to get any but inferential evidence of a
self-destroyed man, rs to his mental
status at the time he killed himself.
Some queer facts have been brought to
hight, however. One man has been told
by fortune-teller that he would die
within three years, and, having a great
horror of death, he took a dose of
strychnine to escape it. That man was
clearly of unsound mind. A case of al
most the reverse of this happened in
Paris. A man bent on suicide, climbed
up the parapet of a bridge over the
Seine, and was about to jump into the
river, when a sentry pointed his musket
at him, and told him he would shoot
him dead unless he came down, instead
OF staying on the parapet and achieving
death at the hand of the sentry, with
out committing suicide. Was that man
IN his right mind? A still more singu-
lar case was that of an old bachelor.
who, in moment of weakness, entered
into marriage engagement. On COM
ing to what he called his right mind,
this unfortunate man resolved to escape
the consequences of his folly by com
mitting self-destruction. Thus resolved,
he had his razor aimed at his jugular
vein, when word came that his ''intend-
ed" had eloped ithayounger and hand
somer man. Here was an unexpected
deliverance; but now mark the va0aries
of perturbed mind. Jealousy of his
rival succeeded to the horror of q be-
trothal, and, after writing plain state
ment of his grievances, the bachelor
resumed his razor, and cut his throat.
So far as the sufferings of certain meth
DDS Of suicide are concerned, we have
evidence. A man in Canada who took
dose Of strychnine, and escaped to tell
the tale, describes the sensation of
dying by this process. 1t is enough to
deter any person in his senses from se-
lecting this mode of suicide. He says
he felt succession of shocks and con-
vulsions, each worse than being on the
wheel, and, after suffering terrible tor
ments for period that seemed Of inf
mite duration, he finally sank into un-
conciousness, from which he was rescued
by the utmost exertions of skillful ply
sicians,
, 1876-07-21
Jotttngs Of FaShions.

Aercutio plumes are worn on coaching
hats. Black garnet jewelry is worn for
second mourning and demi-toilet. Al
SAGE gingham is q new wash fabric. Gilt
and steel buttons are again worn on very
dressy costumes.
For children's costumes there are an
endless variety Of fabrics the real
Scotch gingham, cambrics, small check
ed silks and woolen materials in every
color. Girls half grown wear dresses
not unlike those worn by women. Lit
tie girls wear longer skirts with stock
ings to match.
Debeges are again in favor for travel
ing dresses, the shades seeming to be
limited to French gray and brown.
In black grenadines there are cross
barred, lace-hgured brocades, velvet
and satin-striped. In colored grena-
dimes the pale buff OF cream shade pre-
walls.
Wool barege is imported in drabs and
grays, also In ecru and tan brown.
The square-toed walking shoe is most
in vogue-having great resemblance
TO those worn by gentlemen-for the
street, while the half sole or buskin and
slippers in great variety are worn in
doors.
Carriage boots are made of velvet and
satin or cashmere, sometimes silk. Sill
yer and steel buckles of large size are
worn on slippers, also rosettes made of
colored ribbons, with small tuft Of ar
tifcial flowers in the center.
The caprice Of stuffed birds as hat Or
naments seems to have passed away.
In ribbons there are what are called
Frosted silk,p which are exceedingly
beautiful; also, the twilled silk, and
those embroidered with bunches of
flowers. Many bonnets have q scarf Of
either white ecru or black lace passed
over the top, crossed at the back and
tied under the chin in bows. Some
have no other trimming than this scarf,
with bunch of flowers outside and in
side the bonnet.
Shirred silk bonnets are imported for
full dress; also crepe and black and
white lace. Some are without crowns,
to let the hair through at the back when
it is dressed high on the head.
This is an effort to restore the old
fashioned Spanish blonde lace to favor.
It is shown in scarfs and barbes, and
by the yard, but, as it is very expen-
sive, will probably not become very
popular.
, 1876-07-21

REsr1rUT1oN.-You have defrauded
your neighbor. You have done him an
injury, not accidentally but on purpose.
You have sought your own profit by in
hicting a loss upon him. You have
taken what does not belong to you, but
to him. You must then proceed to
make restitution. Go at once. Go to-
day, if you can. State the facts frankly
and honestly. Acknowledge your wrong
doing, and repair the harm as fully as
you can. 1t will cost you a struggle to
do this. When, however, you have
made up your mind to the struggle, you
will probably find it easier than you ex-
pect. But whatever you do, don't keep
this burden upon your conscience. It
will stand between you and God. 1t is
an obstacle which you cannot get over.
You may forget that it is there, but
there it is; and you are on one side, and
Almighty God is on the other.-Dean
HoUSOn.
, 1876-07-21
Profit In Cows.

The Ioroa State Register advocates lib
oral feeding at all times for COWS. We
do not believe it would find it recon-
mendation of any system that it was less
expensive to feed COWS than any other
I'VE cordially indorse the following re-
marks on this subject:
There are but few farmers who fully
realize the true value Of good COW well
kept. As q general practice, three
cows do not produce as much as one
would if treated proftably. No ac-
count is kept of the amount of milk
or butter produced by one COW in the
wear. The farmer with his cows is in
the same situation as he is with the bal
ance of his farm. He keeps no account,
and knows nothing about his business;
$50 pounds of butter per year is not a
large yield, yet there are more that do
not produce more than one-half that
amount than there are that exceed one
half There is no poorer policy than
starving and freezing milk COW. There
can be no more improvidence in any
branch of agriculture, than in half
starving and exposing to the storms of
Winter the COW that is expected to fur
nish the family with milk, butter and
groceries. We have seen, this Spring,
from three to five COWS staggering
about straw stacks of farmers, which
will require nearly all the Summer to
repair wasted nature, without supply
ing any of the rich, nutritious milk
which only comes from healthy, we'll
fed COW. Such farmer should either
keep less number, or provide better
shelter and more rich food. One COW,
well provided for, is better than three
starved ones. One will furnish more
milk.
Children should never be fed on milk
drawn from poor COW, reduced to the
bare possibility of sustaining vitality.
1t is cruelty to animals thus to treat
them, and it is murder to the innocent
children to feed them on such food.
The profit, the morality, and the re-
spectability of it require that O man
who keeps COWS should provide better
than is done in most cases in cold eli
mates. A man that would cheat his
poor old COW, which has thus far raised
his children, should be considered re-
spectacle in no society. There may be
cases where drought, food or devouring
insects have rendered it impossible TO
provide bountifully for all the animals
on the farm; but in such cases the
owner should not be compelled to see
the poor old COW shaking her horns ct
him in his night dreams. We plead for
the COW, and Il the three or fve cannot
be provided for, sell OF, and one well
fed COW will provide more than the three
or Ave.
, 1876-07-21
A Rn1ARKABnE Pnor OF MrOHAr

A RnEARKABnE PIECE OF NEcHAE-
1sM.-Hr. D. II. Benedict of Newton.
Iowa, it is said, has constructed q won.
derful piece Of machinery, which he
proposes TO take to the Centennial. It
has three horizontal shafts and fourteen
perpendicular shafts. It has fifty
wheels and 600 pieces. Some make one
revolution in ten minutes, and others
1000 revolutions per minute. It COM
prises q saw-mill, locomotive, q sta
tionary engine, two bells, q sewing ma
chine with two needles, and q clock
without hands. It has fifty representa-
tons, such as two men grinding an Az,
q boy grinding coffee, q man boring
holes in an OK yoke, a boy making q
sled, fourteen girls ct play, dog chas-
ing three bears, q woman churning, q
boy being Knocked over by q sheep, two
old friends meeting, dog freeing tive
" varmints," boy up the tree shaking
them of and dog ready to nab them,
standing with wagging tail and open
mouth, q horned monkey pumping, q
bear using an az, boy on q velocipede,
q woman chasing q man with q broom
stick, q man turning somersaults, two
little girls, boy and dog chasing
geese out Of house, deer at full speed,
geese flying, etc., etc. All of which is
run by one beltand two cog wheels.