The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-05-15
THE MAN WITH A NOSE.

West, was so incensed at a Government
official for alluning to his exalted self as
plain General Grant, instead OF Presi-
dent Grant, that he flew into rage,
tore up few luckless shares OF the EN-
ma Mine Company, which he held in
his hands when the awful news reached
him, and pulling down his vest" sol
emnly, or otherwise, swore that he
would punish the people Of the United
States by refusing to be candidate for
a third term, because one Of the members
Of that committee had dared to use his
name without the prefix OF his Highness
the President OF the United States,
by the disgrace Of the Radical party,
and Emperor of st. Domingo and the
Potted- ham Sandwich Islands, and OF
Cuba and Mexico? After long breath
the Man with Nose answers: "Yesp
and in harmony with forty millions OF
the subjects OF his Imperial Highness,
calfs for the erection of tree OF human
invention, as high as that which Ha-
man ia reported to have snapped Oil
with Mordecai, from which to swing the
carcass of the frreverent limb OF the law
who provoked the just ire Of the Chief
of the Nation. And then let the nation
rejoice and shrek in his praise GLORY
be to Grant," While the people
are engaged in this patriotic work,
let them hunt up that oft-sung sour
apple tree and a strong sour grape vine
to yindicate the dignity Of the late Chief
Magistrate Of the Confederate States,
who has come to be looked upon as plain
Mister Davis. 1t was no later than
Yesterday that he was subjected to this
indignity, in the presence OF NOsey, by
a common citizen near the portals OF
Vietor's restaurant. Had his Imperial
Highness General President Grant wit
messed the scene and compared his own
ire with the blush that came upon the
cheek Of the hero OF the Lost
Cause and the demoniacal glare
that flashed in his eye, at
plain Mister Davis, it would have
shamed his Imperial Highness to de-
gree which ordinarily only an army
sutler is susceptible of feeling. In this
comparison his Imperial Highness
would, however, have derived the salts
faction Of knowing that while he pull
ed down his vest" during that memo
rable outburst of anger, Mister Jefferson
Dnyis, on this more recent occasion, Tor
getting himself in his madness, simply
pulled off his hat, and remarked: you
are another or words to that e1lect.
Now, fetch your apple tree.
The "Athcnee Louisianaise, in Eng
lish. 1.-The Louisiana AthenRum," q
scientific association OF recent fOrma-
ton in this city, is discussing the sub
iect of quicksilver not cur worthy
friend of the German Gazette, whose wit
is as subtle as his ubiquity is great, but
the semi-lquid mineral which serves
uunterfeiters in converting brass tenn
porarily into silver has made steel mir.
rors obsolete, improved the price or
| iodide of potassium, and is the Silent
business agent OF the Arkansas Hot
! Springs lin short, the invaluable mer-
curry fn-its native form.
Recent experiments demonstrate that
mercury is carried by the waters OF the
Mississippi. The question to be settled
is whence it comes. Like the quicksil-
yer deposits on the upper Rio Grande, it
probably comes from the Rocky Noun
tains. 1t is suggested by the "Athenee"
that the riparian planters on the Missis-
sippi and Red Rivers shall examine the
argilous strata Of their respective local
tiles to the end of ascertaining the pres
ence Of the precious metal. The TACT
that mercury is to be generally found in
or adjacent to sulphur beds would also
Justify an examination.
Gen. Lafayette's memory is at last to
be immortalized in marble or bronze. A
project is on foot by the French resi-
dents of New York city to erect a suit
able statue to the great republican
nobleman, to be presented to the city OF
New York. 1t is intended, in the words
of the circular of the association having
charge of the project, that the contr1-
buttons shall come exclusively from the
French residents in the United States.
The idea is q beiitting one to the occa-
sion of the celebration Of the hundredth
wear of the existence Of the republic
which no other foreigner more than
Gen. de Lafayette assisted in putting
on a firm basis. All communications
should be addressed to Mr.. Chas. Villa,
Secretary Of the Committee, No. IL
West Nineteenth street, New York.
A contemporary recently undertook
to explain some facts relating to the du
ration of Lent. Although the explana.
ton was q plausible one, Nosey, who
used to be, in his younger days, prac
ticino Catholic. could not be persuaded
"a to its correctness. After pOking his
nose about. he finds the following in 9
French paper. which will settle the
question beyond doubt: The ques
ton was somewhat similar to thai
addressed to our contemporary
was not Lent extended beyond its usua
length? 1t was The Council Of Nict
decided that Easter should be celebrated
OF the first Sunday after the full moon
which follows the Goth of March, tht
day when ordinarily the spring equino1
takes place This year, all calendars
Gin accord with the "observatoire," Sc
down the full moon following the 20tf
of March, on Saturday, April Sth, thu
; next day after which should be Easte
, Sunday and not Palm Sunday, and con
sequently Lent. like all movable feasts
should have been shorter by eight days
The explanation Of the difficulty. il
given as follows When the Council O
Nice took place, there was no bureal
OF longitude to determine the exac
hour 0f the full moon, that is t.
! say, the precise moment when th'
earth is between the moon and tn