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The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-04

A queer story comes from Washing
ton CONCERNING certain Democrats in
the House who want to gain the reputa-
tion OF economy by passing q bill to
cut down Congressmen's salaries, but
had hoped that the Senate would pre-
vent the Joke from being carried too lar.
Senators whose pulses have been re-
Gently felt on the subject are not SO san
guinc that II the bill comes from the
House Il will go no further. Let us
hone that the Democrats will not allow
themselves to be biuffed; even II the
mistake they fear should happen 10 be
made, the country will look on win
compiacency.--N.Y Tribune.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-04
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NEW ORLEANS LAGER
CASPAR LUSSE,
NOs. 47( and AIS (.hartres street,

Announces 10 proprietors Of beer saloons and
TO the public. that having completed his I'm
mense apparatus for manufacturing
LAGER BEER.
he IL prepared to sell the same at lower price
than any other homemade article. and VI ~
good quality M any similar article produced In
the United States. feA I'm
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-04

m NAV perhaps be regarded as Sig
nificant fact that with the opening OF
the debate on resuming specie payment,
the House thins and very few OF the
members seats are occupied. The
question is evidently less interesting to
Conrressmen than to the people whom
thew represent. Mr.. Schlcicher's plan
for resumption has the merit Of proposs-
inc that something be done to that end,
and speedily; but 1t begins by repeating
the act of 1875, which at least promises
specie payment, and the danger is that
that repeal will be the only part q
such plans to become law.-NeW YORK
Tribune
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-04
WANTS.

NNANTED--BY A GENTLE MAN AND WIFE.
w q pleasant furnished Room and Board In
a private family or small boarding house Price
must be moderate. Money sure every week
Address. stating terms and locatioh, q. X. v.
care Democrat Office fe5tf
GITUATION WANTED-TN A Wholesale
~ DRY Goods House M commercial traveller by
a man of sixteen years experience In the whole
sale and retail trade. both In this country and
Ireland Can give good reference. Address for
three days. N. p Democrat Office jas0
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-04

Mrs. Gilmour, of Hunters, point.
while on a Hunters Point ferryboat on
Saturday, placed her little girl on the
railing at the rear end Of the boat. The
child began TO clap its hands and play
with its mother, and suddenly fell into
the water. The boat was quickly
stopped, but meanwhile David jordan,
truck driycr plunged n into ne s rlver
and reached the child Pci s,ren y tawnrd
the boat. A rome was thrown to him,
and he. with his burden, was lifted upon
the dock. He said he was glad that he
had been able to save the child, but de,
clincd to accept the money which mad
been collected.--N Y. Tribune.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-04
First District Court.

fundamentally Harrig9n, Harry McCunt
and Josephine Radcliffe. chatged with assault
and battery, were arraigned, and plead no.
guilty.
Andrew Hengton was sentenced 10 one days
Imprisonment In tho Parish Prison, having
been convicted Of assault and battery. :.
The case, III the State w. Christopher Erns
which was on trial Yesterday was again re.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-04

Several distinguished mon. including
Victor Hugo, OK President Theirs, jules
.Favre, Count Daru, and Marshal Gan;
robert, were among the Senators elected
I'm France yesterday. The returns are
inexact, but 1t Is obvious that the GOV
Rem,blicans are assured control OF the
now Senate. The seventy-eight Sena-
tors whom the Government returns con-
cede them, reinforced by, the forty or
moro life Senators upon whom they. can
count, will render the Republicans ire
sistible, their opponents being hopeless
lv divided. -Ne,1 York Tribune.
The New York herald., 1876-09-03

DARr,Es HAVING VACANT ROOMS. WITH OR
Il without board, obtain tenants by applying TO
NOULTAIkE, % West 18th st under sturtsvsnt House
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-24

ana see them come strung out in line, heads
towards us, ears pricked, and eyes on fire
Ill, there! hi, there! Now see them swoop
TO cleft, and go tearing away like mad,
muzzles straight out and ears laid back, I'M
til they pass the ridge, and the valley catches
them from our sight! Circus-there never
was such circus as that! It's enough to
sur the blood in the veins of deacon. 1t is
the exercise lot, and the exercise lot alone,
that can take place and make good the alb
sence OF natures liberty. In it the colt can
run and jump and race, and double this way
and that, and check himself, as only colt
can when in full career, to his hearts con-
tent. Every owner of colt should have an
exercise lot. 1t costs little to make one, and
will pay for itself fifty times over in two
years.-Golden Rule.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-24

Fashion Course, and was pronounced by the
cognoscenti wonderful horse. In 1865.
under the saddle, Dexter made 2:1S Is, and
his fame was widespread at once as the vic
tor over time against Flora's best tally.
The year following brought his perform
ance to 2:lS, and another season, 1867,
showed 2:174 in harness.
Mr.. Bonner made a famous speech on the
occasion, which was almost as short as Dex-
ters record, and Immediately purchased the
horse for $4,000.
What might have been Dexter's future,
had he remained Oh the track, can only be
conjectured, but we think he would have
shown very far below 2:174. Meanwhile
Goldsmith Maid and American Girl were
becoming famous, the latter ultimately
achieving record of 2:l6A. Goldsmith Maid
has continued cutting down the seconds un-
til ZIG, 2:15, 2:14a, 2:149 had followed in
such order that people fairly gasped and ex-
pected to see Father Time carried out ex-
hausted. At last the wonderful figure of
2:l4 was reached, and since then the aged
mower has had a rest on single miles. 9th
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-24
NIEF3INGD IEWIE TTEGS,'s
Owned by u. Bell Sc SoSa of BrIs:Eto1,,

on the turf and the old scythe-bearer had
only moved down tvo minutes and taoe,aty-
four and a half seconds when she completed
a mile. In the following season Lantern
and mate trotted against Ethan Allen and
mate. At the three-quarter pole Lantern
was many lengths, seemingly hopeless, in
the rear, but with magnificent burst Of
speed he came down the stretch at rate
computed to be about 33 seconds for the
quarter, and collaring Ethan, made dead
heat in 2:24g. The excited owner shouted
yociferously: IT don't care for the heat,
but I'd give ten thousand dollars it he had
only rubbed that half second off Flora Tenn
pies time.'' In 1859 Flora again clipped
the record in her great race with Princes,
the celebrated California mare, reducing the
figures to 2:22, and the whole community
fairly lavished endearment OH the Queen of
the Turf. Later in the same year she cut
2:2l5, and finally at Kalamazoo, Mich, the
venerable bearer Of the scythe and hour
glass was astounded to find that a mile was
finished in 2:19a. Public excitement ran
high, and midst it all came expressions of
doubt in regard to the length OF the course,
with many sage predictions that it would be
impossible to beat 2:20. A mile at the latter
rate necessltates speed of 3S feet (Within a
fraction) per second, and the great mass of
g I-tell-you-so people said that Flora Tenn
pie was a phenomenon not likely to occur
again in century. To the quiet lool1er-on,
the real Judge of merit, the performances of
Lancet, Brown Dick, George NJ. Patchen,
and others, indicated that Flora, was not be-
yond the possibility OF recurrence, while
Mr.. Robert Bonner's acute Judgment led
him to discover Lanterns wonderful speed,
and purchase him at what was then consid-
cred an enormous price for single horse.
In 1864 Dexter made his appearance on the
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-24

er noted horses had appeared and 2:20 flyers
We're scarcely a rarity.
While Goldsmith Maid was bearing the
scepter the mare Lulu rushed into notoriety
in the summer of 1874 with a fast heat i'm
2:16, and the subsequent season brought her
still further celebrity as the winner of the
three fastest heats knoWn-second, third
and fourth, the first having been taken by
Goldsmith Maid. The separate figures We're
2:l51, 2:16}, 2:15a, 2:17. Lulu soon after
ward won heat in 2:l5. With the opening
of 1876, the great mass cast their prophecies
on Lulu as the most likely to snatch away
Goldsmith Maids laurels, though Hopeful,
who had won three heats in 2:17a, 2:1Sa,
2:1S4, was prime fayorite with many. AS
q few was centered on Smuggler, a celebrat-
ed stallion, the property Of Col. Russell
A few weeks sinoe at Cleveland, Snug
gler won a splendid race from Goldsmith
Maid, in which the two together trotted the
fastest five consecutive heats ever shown
for public qualification. Goldsmith Maid
won the first and second, Smuggler the third
fourth and fifth, showing remarkable speed,
steadiness and, greatness Of all. endurance.
The time was 2:l54, 2:17ll, 2:164, 2:19a, 2:17aa
Of course everybody now remembers fore
telling Smuggler's undoiibted triumph !; but,
at least, that kind of public expression has
one virtue-it appreciates success.
Col Russell is fortunate in the possession
of such d wonderful horse, and may fairly
claim the honor of owning "The King Of
the Turf. f.''-Tu,t, Field and Farm.
CROSSING FOR IMPROVEMENT OF COM
MON SHEEP. t&tsf#fes1
A correspondentsasks us the following
question: .sWha. is the best cross upon
our common sheep for quality and quantity
of wool, for the general market, and tor
weight of carcass - Ell g3 i
This inquiry can be replied to from SO
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-24
DEVELOPMENTS OF SPEED.

In June, lS49, the famous gray mare La
dy Suffolk recorded mile in 2:26 and the
world wondered at the astonishing speed.
For lapse Of years no very formidable RI
val threatened to reduce the record, until in
1856, little bay mare made her appearance
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-24
IL Y { ST OC K
LUNG POWER IN HORSES

Low shall colt be treated in order to de-
velop IN him the highest degree of speed?
we will take an animal at two years f'age,
let us say, and inquire into the best method
Of cultivating the faculty and power of rap
i'll motion.
The first thing to attend to, be it observed
by all, is the lungs. Lung power is the best
kind OF power horse can possibly have, be-
cause it alone can make other kinds Of pow
er Of avail. Muscular power is very desira-
bic !; but muscles can never bring horse to
the wire in time, unless his lungs are good.
Nervous force is excellent; but no amount
of vital energy will hold a horse up through
the wear and tear of a four-mile race A
perfect bone structure is admirable; but
what are bones, if the breathing apparatus
is inadequate? The first point, therefore,
that breeder or owner Of lively colt
should consider is this matter Of lung de-
velopment The great question with him
should be, chow can expand and enlarge
his lungs %
TO begin with, then, let it be remarked
that colts need a great deal of exercise. By
nature they were made for rapid movement.
Like young birds, they develop in motion.
The number of miles a colt of high breed
ing,ss and in good condition, will go when
at pasture, each day, is something surpris
ing.
Now, no sensible man will turn q colt of
fine promise loose in the pasture after the
second year and we do not after the first.
=, rs -, -, 41,ofF ~. .cI,
manner, especially if he be horse colt. He
should be kept in a large roomy stall, where
he can be attended to and trained day by
day. But do not forget his need Of daily ex
ercise. Do not think that box-stall will
suffice. Y on might as well teach an eaglet
to fly in large cage as to give the needed
discipline to colts legs, heart and lungs in
a box-stall. Many most promising young
sters are fatally checked in the development
Of their powers, by lack Of needed exercise
in their second and third years. We hold
that colt needs a great deal OF exercise; !;
not to the halter, which is good for nothing
but to sweat out lazy groom; but sharp
quick exercise, in the taking Of which every
muscle is brought into play, every joint
tested, and every vein, however small,
swelled taut with rapid blood, as is the case
when allowed the liberty Of hill and plain,
and to follow the promptings of nature
How full of bounding life the youngsters
are when in drove Of twenty, uplitted
heads, and tails erect, their long hair stream
ing straight out behind, they charge in thun-
dering columns across the shaking field !!
See how they tear along with hoots that
spurn the plain with changefal gait, and
actions free and swift as a swallow's! See
that sorrel trot Look at his stride! How
he "Opens out! Ha! did you see the chest
nut catch his step? How that brown one
runs Ho:: here, boys; here! Now look
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-24

NO. 40.


many standpoints, that an opinion in favor
of either Of the recognized breeds requires
certain explanations. A cross of the long
wool--say Cotswold, Leicester, or Lincoln
will insure all increase of carcass to nearly
or quite double the value of the common, or
native, dam.l The fleece will have addition
al length. considerable improvements in style,
and perceptible increase in weight. The
Improvement in length and lustre will add
to it's market value.
A cross of middle wool, say Southdown,
Shropshire, etc., will add greatly to the
quality of the meat, somewhat less, though
considerable, to it's quantity will thicken
somewhat the fleece, and give it slight ad-
ditional weight, without adding much to
it's value per pound.
A cross on the American Merino will
make marked Improvement in fleece, add
ing to all its desirable characteristics, ex-
cept that of length. The weight, in many
Instances, will be doubled, while in any 9TH
er than an anomalous condition Of the mar
lsett, the value per pound will be somewhat
increased, though its compactness aud sym
metry of outline will be greatly improved.
With the average farmer the more salts
factory results will be secured by a cross
with the long-wool breed or the fine woods.
The one will show its chief improvement in
the carcass, the other in the fleece, though
the merits of neither will be confined to
thncn y,rnmi IA nf,f oharo tar;ct;nr
AS rGle, the Unsatisfactory results will
be derived from d cross with the s Downs =
this, not from any defect iii the breed, per
Sc, but rather from less diversity in size in
the one, and character Of fleece in the other.
Sheep from this cross may reasonably be ex-
pected to withstand the hardships, some
times privations, incident to the lot Of the
flock when compelled to work it's living Off
the average farm, with better results than
would be realized from a long-Wool cross
simply treated-and for " "roughing it,
would prove nearly equal to the results OF
the Merno cross.
In view Of these considerations, added to
some minor ones, that may be classed as re-
suits of taste rather than experience as ~
general proposition, we would advise a cross
of the Merino in preference to the others re-
ferred to-alWays with the recommendation
that the best rams within reach Of the means
OF the flock-owner be used-and that mono
of the male animals Of the cross be used as
sires, no matter how near the desired stand
ard they may approach. Lave
Stock Journal.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-24


A RAPID INCREASE. We published an ac-
count sometime since Of woolgrower (J.
A. Stephens) in Smith River valley, Mon
tana, who had four ewes which We're rails
ing three lambs each, which we thought the
most r;lpid increase Of sheep known. But
the following which we clip from the Joata'-
nal of agriculture and Farmer rather beats
us:
From note from Isaac Nichols, Lebanon,
Mo-, under date of July 80, 1876, lie says,
/" am the owner OF q eve that gave birth
to seven baby sheep at three births, al ill
side Of eighteen months All but one lived
and are doing we'll" II any Of our readers
can Increase their focks more rapidly than
Mr.. Nichols we would like to hear from
them.
THoRouGHBIED SHEEp.--The cut on this
page represents three two-ycar-old Span
ish Merino sheep, q tair sample of j. Bell
& Sons flock, of which the noted King
of the West, is at the head. We noticed
sometime since in Colnan's Ruul World,
that a two year-old ram from this flock,
slleared thirty pounds at a Waukesha co,lll-
ty (Wis.) sliearing which took place this
spring. Samples of wool from Bell 8 Sons
flock may be seen ut this Office.
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-08
From the N. Y. Tribune.
THE AGE OF THE PYRAMIDS


At the meeting of the French Acad
emy Of Inscriptions, M. de Sauley read
q paper in regard to the discovery by
the scholar Chabas, which for the first
line, introduces a positive date into the
Oldest Egyptian history. Hitherto the
distinguished Psychologist, III. de
Rouge, has only established three dates
with absolute certainty-the years 1900,
1910, and 962 3. c., the last of these
being that of the taking Of Jerusalem
bv Sheshonk L., the Shishtk of the
Bible. But tive or three months ago DE-.
Chabas was fortunate enough to succeed
in reading a doubtful cartouche (royal
name, encl osed in an oval fgure) IN the
famous Ebers papyrus. fac-simile OF
which was published last year 1t
proved to be the name of Pharaoh,
| Menkeres, the Mycerines of the Greek
! historians, and the builder OF The third
| or smallest pyramid at Gizeh.. Attached
| to The cartouche was an Astronomical
I note. stating that the heliaca2 rising OF
/ the star Sothis occurred in the ninth
wear of the regin of Menkeres. j a-
The ancient Egyptians had the habit
of signalling important political events
| by some contemporaneous Astronomical
phenomenon. Many of the latter could
scarcely be identified or determined
now; but, since we know that their
Sothis is our 8 ar Sirius, we are easily
able to fix the rare periods of its heIia-
cal rising. This is the ASTRONOMERS
tenn used when star, after being in
conjunction with the sun and invisible,
energies from the light sufficiently TO De
seen Just before sunrise. M. Chabas
immediately took his discovery to the
astronomer Blct, who made the nee
essary CA culations, whence it appears
that the heliacal rising of Sothis, II the
ninth year of the reign Of Menkeres.
must have taken place between tue
years 3007 and 800 3 @. NJ. de Sauley
stated that he had made the calculation
independently, and with precisely toe
same result; he was entirely convinced
Of the correctness of the date. AS the
) &rst assured step toward establishing, u
only in its general outlines, the chronol
! ogy of the Ancient Egyptian Empire
I this discovery is of incalculable impor
lance. It likes the age of the tkirC
pyramid Of Gizeh at about 1850 years
and antedates by fully 1,7f0 years th'
7 earliest accurately ascertained point ii
Y ancient chronology.
These detached epochs ere like 81
l many solid piers In the feod of ZINE
}. though still too far apart to be bridged
I they furnish secure resting places for til
+ historian. 1t is not too much TO expec
that, when the aid of astronomy is calle(
to the investigation of the Assyrian q
we'll as the Egyptian records, we may re
store the chronological charts of bot
empires from the silent testimony OF tn
, heavens.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-08
MRS WILMER.

ia
This afternoon, at. 9 o'clock, Mrs.
Wilmer, in charge Of Deputy Sheriff
Stemper, left the city for the Oshkosh
Insane Asylum-to remain until the
Supreme Court takes action on the
case as certified by the Municipal
Court. aG aaa. aH
During the two months stay for it
will be about that that time), the ply
sicians will have an excellent Oppor-
tunity to judge of the merits OF the
case.-T7He Wisconsin, Jgt72e Cd. -6
Tt will aforementioned that the jury
who convicted Mrs. Wilmer OF murder
after having been out all Saturday
afternoon and night and all Sunday till
9 o'clock in the evening, asked further
instructions Of the court, Whereupon
Judge Mallory gave lengthy supple
lmentary charge, holding out that the
Jury was not to rely on the testimony
of physicians that Mrs. Wilmer was
insane but was to Judge from the
facts, and then inquired if she was
insane at certain times and in certain
transactions plainly indicating that
| she was not, and said in substance
even if she was insane on the subject
of oders that if she knew at the time
that it was wrong to kill DR.. Garner
she was liable to. conviction for muir
der. The jury again retired and the
next day brought in verdict of guilty
| Application was Immediately made
for a new trial. Judge Mallory sus
pended sentence but finally refused {
new trial. The case has been taken to
theSupremeCourt and JudgeMallory OF
j the testimony Of two physician to tht
insanity Of Mrs. Wilmer has sent he
to the Northern Hospital for the In
sane. .-- ---.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-08

The Tribune and the Sun have been
for several months engaged N 3 lawsuit
relative to their respective rights to a
narrow bit of ground. A decision was
given last week by the court, and oddly
enough each party announces that the
decision was IN favor of its sides of the
controversy. Il is seldom that both
parties to q lawsuit win, and the result
IN this one ought To be eminently salts
factory TO all around-that is unless one
or the other of the litigants is lying
about the verdict. Jersey (N. "
Journal.