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lioness sent it whirling, and her sharp teeth
almost met for moment his thigh.
"Hand me something sharp with which l
can brain the bruteV
Every thing upon which hands could be
laid was thrust to him, but he failed to reach
them, and the danger was becoming more and
more imminent. The blood had been Tapped
up clean-all were mad with desire, the tiger
and the leopard crouching upon him. Then
the majesty Of command asserted itself
"Come, Samson"
The old lion came forward at the words,
seemed to comprehend that something was
wrong, thrust himself between his master and
his raging mate and, when she turned upon
him, sent her rolling with blow of his great
paw.
The Lion Tanner might have escaped but,
bleeding, wounded as he was, he would not re-
treat and turned bis attention to separating
the now tangled mass of fighting animals.
Picking up one leopard after another, he
drew them into farther corner of the cage,
dragging the tiger, with the lioness clinging
to it and tearing its glossy hide, thither, tore
open its paws by main strength, hurled it
back, and shut the partition turned, reeled
to the door, fell upon it, and was dragged
through to safety, even with the lioness rat
tling behind him as it was closing.
A few steps taken, and the Lion Tanner fell
fainting by the side of his already insensible
wife, who lay with her affrighted child hugged
closely to her scarcely.beating heart =.
Then the silence that had been as death
was broken by the most tumultuous shouts,
and breath was drawn again, and halffaint-
ing women and fear.palsied men felt as if a
mountain had been lifted from their hearts.
Lame, torn and weak, the Lion Tanner en-
tered the cage the next day before the most
unprecedented crowd, it having been adver-
tised that he would do so in his bloody clothes,
but never again could he be tempted to take
child or pail of blood behind the bars.
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AMERICAN AR1srocRAcY.-It NAV be

AMERICAN AR1srocRAcY.-It may be a
consolation to "stuck-uppeople," whose great
est boast is that they have never engaged in
any useful employment, to be told Of the fol-
lowing facts: Washington was surveyor
and farmer Franklin was printer Paine
was stay-maker Greene was blacksmith
Warren was a physician Sumter was
shepherd; Roger Sherman was shoemaker;
Marion was farmer, as was also Putnam,
Allen and Stark; Hancock was a shipping
merchant Trumbull was an artist; Arnold
(who, though a traitor, was brave man and
good geuerar was druggistand bookseller.
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n@ Now that the Russians and the Turks
are fighting each other, it may be interesting
to know what kind of creature Turkish
soldier is AS rule he is tall and squarely
built He is more intelligent and quick than
the Russian. Physically, many Of them are
very handsome; hardly any are brutal in
look or disposition. They can both read and
write, and there are no better soldiers. If
beaten in war, it will not be their fault. They
eat no meat and drink no whisky. In fact,
they are an army of teetotalers and vegeta-
rians, and can be maintained at small ex-
pense. The Ottoman Empire may be decli'
ming on account of the rottenness Of its insti'
tutions, but the bulk of its population is NOR
ally and physically superior to that of the
Russians. At least, so says Mr.. Sala, who
has travelled extensively in both countries.
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in harness, boots and shoes. Many of you
wear to-day pair of Northern boots or shoes
made of Southern stock. The general opinion
here is that leather and shoe material manu-
factured here is of no account. In this you
are mistaken. Encourage your tanners. Sell
them good hides, and l warrant you they will
give you good article back again.
By hunting around your farm premises,
you will find old iron enough to make farm
implements, mill gearing and other iron ware
to last you for fifty years. Gather your old
iron before it becomes worthless Start a
foundry-we have pine timber enough to keep
large foundry in coal for long time-and
buy your iron ware for one.half the cost you
do now.
How many of you do not love good cigar,
good smoking or chewing tobacco? What
becomes of the tobacco which you raise
Most of it is shipped to the North and comes
back to you in the shape of Havana cigars, or
of Durham smoking or some brand of chewing
tobacco. You get from eight to fifteen cents
for your weed, and after it has been sent North
and been favored little, you buy it back at
from sixty cents to one dollar and over a
pound for smoking tobacco, or pay for it in
the shape of cigars from five to fifteen cents
piece.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Just see the large amount of peaches, ber-
ries, tomatoes, peas, &c., which you ship to
the North, for which you get but trife, and
then when winter comes you pay enormous
prices for the fruits of your own Soil by 60.
ing to some store keeper and buying can of
Baltimore canned tomatoes or peaches. My
friends, I could 60 on for whole day in
showing you what we can and what we don't
do, but know that you will all say, "How
can we start such enterprises when we don't
know how to do it2" I will tell you how.
Encourage immigration. Through it you will
encourage home manufacture. Induce the
right kind of immigrants to come here, and
I assure you that in less than no time you
will see home industry flourish, and our be-
loved Palmetto State in prosperous and
healthy condition.
Before close my essay, will give you
some statistics of the amount of money which
yearly leaves our State never to return:
Supposing we have, at a low guess, 100000
inhabitants in this State, and put down, as an
average, $50, which is spent by young and
old during one yearAit gives US
the small sum of....................$21, 600, 900
Then put down 100000 with two
pair of shoes or boots year, at
an average of 81 per pair,...... 2,8OO,OOo
100000 sides of leather, such as
sole, upper and harness leather, o
at SO side or skin............. 100000
100000 inhabitants who smoke or
$40 year,. veal. .. 100000
100000 hats, allowing one new
hat every year, at an average
OF S3........................" I,lUV,uVV
Further, we allow for farm imple-
ments, farm ware, tools, &c.,. 60O,OOo
Tooetb.r il sums m. 1921, 800, 900
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REMEDY FOR CHnIs AND FEvER.-Three
cents worth of sulphur in pint of the best
whisky shake well, and take teaspoonfuf
night and morning for week; then once
day. Care must be taken not to take cold
after using the sulphur,
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The HEAD OF THE FAM1LY.-The Toledo
Blade tells this story: If ever the sympathy
of crowd of guests at hotel was excited
in behalf of poor oppressed man, it was q
night or two ago in the Burnett House. A
gentleman and lady from Adrian entered the
office. The man was small, slight, smooth.
tongued, and harmless. The woman was
large, stern, and quick-spoken, while her voice
fell upon the ear like the nsping notes of a
hoarse buck.saw. The man opened his mouth
and said:
ave would Ii" when the spouse pushed
him one side sharply, and said to the clerk:
"Have you any rooms, sir? If so, give US
the best you have"
The clerk immersed the pen in ink, handed
it to the husband, and said, "Will you please
registeri ?" The husband seemed grateful to
be allowed to exercise his rights as free
born male American citizen, and stepped
gladly forward, wrote the word Mr., and had
entered on the somewhat laborious contract of
forming the letter "J," as the forerunner of
the cognomen James," when the wife again
stepped forward, took the pen which her little
husband was wrestling with, out of his hand,
remarking as she did so, "Here, I'll do that p
and, adding an ''s'' to her husbands "Mr.,"
wrote in bold hit-or.miss hand, "Mrs. NAL
vina H." and underneath it, in small caps,
the words, land husband" The clerk then
assigned them their quarters, and, as the bell
boy led the way upstairs, the better-balf
jerked the family carpetrsack off the counter,
and snapped out at her husband, in tone
that made him jump so as to dislocate his
collar-button, "Come along bere!" He fol-
lowed meekly in the rear, and as the bell-boy
came down stairs he could hear her giving
out orders in reference to unpacking the bag
gage, in tone of voice that made the hoarse
notes of ship captain seem, in comparison,
like the gentle cooling Of dove. The next
morning the patient little man followed his
wife down to breakfast, ate the meal which
she had ordered for him, and afterward, when
they came to depart, he stood in the doorway
and held the valise, while his wife went up
and maid the bill,
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Together it sums up......

No wonder we are poor, then, if this sum
leaves our State yearly, never to return. Why
can we keep 1t ihergff # We we cau'H md
I hope we will aIl join hand in hand, and
lift our State, by agriculture and home man
ufacture combined, to that station where she
ought to be. G. WANNER,
Secretary Pomona Grange, No. 9.
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PRISONERS GOING TO SIBERIA.

The saddest sight in Russia to traveller is
the manner in which civil prisoners are treat
ed. It is q common spectacle to see three or
four hundred poor wretcbes on their way to
Siberia under military escort for most of
them are chained together in couples, while
the women and children who have elected to
share their bread.winners' lot have also to
submit to be treated as criminals. Poorly
clad, and apparently halfstarved, the won
der is that any of the party should ever sur.
vive the dreadful journey. A Russian crimi-
inal, condemned to exile, is sent away with
very little ceremony; but when an officer of
the army or other person of note has been
sentenced to banishment for life, he is dressed
in full uniform, and led to scsffold in some
public place. In the presence Of the crowd
be is made to kneel, while his epaulets and
decorations are torn from his coat, and his
sword broken over bis head. he is declared
legally dead his estates are con6scated, and
bis wife can consider herself a widow, if she
so chooses. From this scaffold he starts on
bis Journey for Siberia. His wife and chill
dren, sisters or mother, can follow or accom-
pany him, if they choose, but only on condition
that they share his exile. Mr.. Arnold, in his
book entitled Through Persia by Caravan"
relates how, when passing through Russia, he
saw party of prisoners embarked on board
steamer on the River Volga. They were
positively Gagged amidships, so that every part
of the interior could be seen, just as in the
lion.houses Of the Geological Gardens, with
this diference-that in the case of the priso-
ners there was no overhanging roof to prevent
rain or sunshine from pouring in upon their
wretchedness. At the back Of the cage there
was lair common to all, without distinction
of sex or age. And when all were secured,
including the guiltless women and children,
fights occurred for the places least exposed to
the east wind. This is a system which must
surely fade away beneath that public opinion
which is fast becoming too strong for even
autocratic monarchs to despise; for we are
told that the emancipation Of the Russian serfs
has made vast legal, social, and material
improvement in the low orders Of the people /;
and it is to the. people that the world will
look for that much.needed reform which will
enable Russia, perhaps at no distant day, to
take an honorable place among civilized ma
tions
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DR.. PLUMER'S SPEECH.

THE VETERAN CREATES A SENSATION IN ED
1NBURG-A REMARKABLE SPEECH.
The correspondent of the New York Her.
aid, writing from Edinburg of the Pan-Pres
byterian Council, thus speaks of a venerable
divine whose name is "tower Of strength" ir
this State:
Any account of the personnel of the council
would be incomplete without special reference
to DR.. William S. Plumer, of South Carolina
its veteran. This grand old man-in his
eighty. y.eigbth year, with his long, snowy hail
and patriarchial beard-mght suggest the
ideal Rip Van Winkle were his mind not sc
wide awake. DR.. Plumer was once minister
of the church of Fredericksburg, and indeed
for generation was the Presbyterian giant Of
Virginia He was the leading man of a once
famous convention which met at Richmond to
consider the educational condition of that
State There he opposed the late Samuel M
Janney, who wanted the free school system
but complimented that modest Quaker, say
ing, "a city that is set on hill cannot be
hid" His epigrammatic utterances were
widely known, as when he said, as an offset to
revivalist who said that he wanted Ito gel
up revival" that he (Plumer) wanted "tc
get down revival"
DR.. Plumer, aged as he is, has made one Of
the most powerful impressions on the council
1t was when cooperation in missions was the
subject that he arose to make an appeal fol
missions among the negroes of the Southern
States. 1t was plain that the old scholars
erudition and devoutness had borne him fal
above all vulgar prejudces against the negro
The promise, ETHIOPIA shall stretch forth hel
hands," was raised by him against the super
stition be rebuked that there was some special
curse on Africans He related some touch
ing anecdotes ofthat race, showing their hero
ism and piety, and warned the church thai
| they re-not exhibiting rs much wisdom a
the Catholics in winning so desirable an ele
ment as the Southern negroes. Roman Cath
olics, he said, are building chapels everywhere
and inviting colored people into them. He
once told his theological class in Columbia
South Carolina, that be did not think the
Catholics would make much headway with
the colored people, because these were so noisy
in their worship and so fond of taking part in
public worship but one of his class told hin
he had been to one of these Catholic churches
and the noisest he ever heard. He (Dr
Plumer) had found it so the order had gone
out from Rome, "never mind the noise if you
get the men," The speaker seemed inspired
with the theme: He declared the most. elo
quent preacher he ever heard in his life was q
black man from Tennessee; that the only
way to convert Africa, and forever end the
odious slave trade, was to make united ef
fort to win the hearts of the colored people in
America. 1t was very remarkable speech
this of DR.. PIumer, especially as the working
of high and human spirit in the heart OF
that State which was once so especially asso'
ciated with the "cursed.be. Canaan" theory Of
the African race.
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READING BY SUBJECTs-But perhaps you
don't know how to read by subjects. Let me
tell you. Suppose you see an allusion to
something that interests you-say Sir Walter
Raleigh; look for his name in an encyclope.
dia or biographical dictionary (Which you
will find in every tolerable village library.
Reading of him, you will become interested
in Queen Elizabeth ; look her up, in the same
books and in English history; observe the
noted men of her reign, look them up, read
their lives; read historical novels and poems
of her time; look at the table of contents OF
magazines and reviews, and read essays on
the subject. You see the way open before
you. Once make start, and there is scarce
ly an end to the paths you would wish to
follow.
If you have no special subject Of interest,
take up an encyclopedia, slowly turn the
leaves, and read any item that attracts you,
not forcing yourself to read anything. If
you have any life in you, you will find some
thing that will interest you; then you have
your subject. If it is some historical person
or event. proceed as l have already indica.
ted if scientific, overhaul the dictionaries of
science, lives of scientific men, discussions of
disputed points, etc.; if geographical, turn
to a gazetteer, books of travels, etc. One
book will lead to another.
Right here let me say, I hope you have &C..
cess to these works of reference, either in your
own house, or that of friend, or at public
library. But if your case is the very worst
if you have none, cannot buy them, and have
no public library in your neighborhood, let
me advise you to drop everything else, and
make it your sole and special mission to start
one, either by influencing your parents and
older friends, or by getting up club of your
mates. A strong will and earnest effort will
accomplish wonders, and all older people are
willing to help younger ones to useful TOOLS
ST. Nicholas.
CLEReYMEN's FISH STORIES. edito-
rial correspondent of the Richmond (Va.,)
Christian Advocate contains these stories:
The Pamunky reminded me of fish story.
So I told it to Brother Peterson. 1t ran this
way A shark came up that river. A citi.
zen saw it, took sturgeon harpoon, went out
in a canoe, sent the steel barb into the shark.
The shark darted. The cord to the harpoon
hung in the bow of the boat, and that end of
the canoe started under the water. The man
Jumped to the stern, and leaned back over the
rudder to keep the front from dipping. The
shark was doing his best, making (say, rough
ly,) fifty miles an hour The fisherman could
not go forward to unhitch the cord, for the
boat would 60 right under, like mole in
ploughed field, but quicker. So the man had
to "rare" back, like he was driving fast
horse in sulky before his sweetheart's house.
His neighbors hailed him from the banks, but
he hadn't time to talk. They went home and
told their wives, and wondered. The boat.
men on the river shouted to him as he skeeted
by. He was going too fast to answer, The
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-06
CITY ECHOES.

| charge Of malicious mischief holds Thomas
Kilkenny prisoner in the Harbor Station.
The bridge corner OF Poydras and Claiborne
| is broken and in dangerous condition.
G.. P. Marigny, a clerk, by virtue Of warrant,
WAS lodged in the Fifth Station, charged wish
| assault and battery on one Sersphsne Shines.
| VIM. Moore, tramp inter ferred with Sergeant
| Rourke in the discharge OF his duty. and was
locked up in the Harbor.
| Morris Green slso lspgnished in the Harbor
| Tuesday night, charged WITH bsug drunk, dis
turbing the peace and carrying concealed
| weapons. to wit, dirk knife.
At O'Clock Tuesday night, while working in
| the Planters, Oil Works, Alglers, John Schshr
| had his left leg fractu ed by portion OF the ma
ohinery.
John Dillap, police officer, was arrested and
lodged in the Third Precinct Station charged by
Emile Clede with being drunk, disturbing tbs
peace and assaulting her.
| Al halF-past IL O'Clock yesterday q by named
J. Parker, aged sixteen years, while cleaning q
loaded pistol ut bis residence on Liberty. near
| Third street, aecidently shot himself in the
| hand.
| Mr.. Schmidt, Russian merchant did NOT see
the opera out Tuesday evening, as hs was arrested
in this Varieties Theatre, by Chief Boylan, for hay
| ing eollsred too much crooked boose and dis
| turbed the peace.
| Jas. J. Mo Mickens came into the First Resord-
er's Court Wednesd " to prosecute Louis Brien on
8 charge OF assault and battery. Alter hearing
| the testimony the Judge sent the accused TO the
First District CourG under bonds of $3.50.
J. N, Connallon and John Glllsn were last
| night lodged in tbs Third Precinct Station,
| charged with fighting and disturbing The peace
| on Canal street. Gillen, when he entered the
station, had the appearance Of man whose face
had been scratched with a currycomb.
! At quarter past o'clock yesterday, q horse 8t-
| tsched to spring wagon, driven by one John
Able, became unmsnsgesole, at the corner of
| Decatur and st. Fettr street. and ran away
The driver was prsciptsted to the ground and
| slightly injured.
At hsfpsst s O'Clock Wednesday morning o
sneak thief entered The residence of Mr.. Thos.
Hssam, No. 1913 Rampant street. and msds good
his escape, carrying with him the following srti-
Giles: one basket q supb met, four spoons,
shawl, one towel and an umbrella
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THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT THURSDAY DECEMBER g. 1877.

at 40 degrees above zero; 81. Louis 81; Keokuk
80: Dubuque S4; Davenport 90; st. Paul az;
Omaha az; Leavenwortb s2; Pittsburg As; Gin
einnati SO: Louisville 80; Memphis 40; Vieks-
burg 50; Shreveport 49, Galveston 81; Indianola
81; Corsicsna 48; Savannah 81; Key West 10;
Mobile Sc; Augusta CT. and
AT YANRToN, DAKOTA,
"a degrees.
The velocity Of the wind at Cairo was "a miles
an hour: Davenport 49, Galveston 10: Indanola
rs. LaOrosse 49,; Lssvenworth 16, Omaha 25;
Ysnkton 30; st. Louis and st. Paul 40; Coreiosns
20, and Savannah %.
Tuesdays rains caused further rise Of three
inches at Keokuk, and four inches in the Ohio ct
Pittsburg, but the decline at Cairo has com
meneed and there need be no fear that fresh
rise will reach tbst point before that which Is
inst ebbing has run nearly out
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BREvITIEs.

An advertiser in the Pic has good board, en-
| suite and SINGLE"
For the benefit OF the ladies' we will observe,
that Iull Dress or opera cloaks and other toggery
| are not adopted at the Varieties. All OF which
is quite sensible as the arrangement of the
theartre is quite different from that of the old
Bourbon street Opera House.
Mr.. Nathan says steamship line to Brazil
won't pay. The postal committee of the Cham
Der of Commerce say they want subsidy for q
line to Brazil. CANT they get together and COM
promise matters and thus secure cooperative
aGtion2
The erratie lounger who is thinking of his lady
love, or the business man who is computing how
he will manage to pay his note that falls due on
the morrow. If they stand line more than four
feet three inches in their boots, have poor show
on Royal street, on account of the low awnings
on that thorougbfsre. 1t seems to us that tall
men should have something like fair play.
There will be meeting of the Immigration
Association this evening ut Exposition Hall, at
which large attendance is expected. he va
rous societies of the city, o imposed of foreign
born citizens, inv ed to attend, and, bis is
the Last meeting before the State convention.
which meets In January, it is hoped that all per-
sons interest in this movement will make it q
point to be present.
A case of Identification. gentleman pre-
SCENTS draft and the cashier requires that he be
identified before playing it.
Cashier Ito stranger)-You came to identify
the pavee2
Strsnger-Yes, Sir.
Oashier-Y Your namef
Etranger-Jones.
Cashier IL satis fled and pays.
A slip Of copy lost on The way from the editor
| ial TO the composing room, makes us appear in
Wednesday mornlng's issue "a an uaappreciative
critic. 1t contained our appreciation OF Miss
Mipzeli's graceful and tasty performance of the
seduction scene" in the third act Of Robert le
Diable." That charming artist, with poetic mo-
ton aud gesture, fatty vanqnisbed the gallant
knight and the audience. We don't blame either.
The following ia the annual election of officers
OF Hope Hook and Ladder FIRE Company No g.:
President. Andrew Lynch; Secretary, Louis A.
Riohards;* Treasurer. ]. b. Fazet,* Foreman
John Evans;* First Assistant, John Edwards;
Second Assistant, John Friedman; Grand
| Marshal, Judge A. l. Tissot*
Delegates 10 Fremens Charitable Association,
Louis A. Richards, John Evans. Andrew Lynch
House keeper, Jos phi divers