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, 1877-09-28
The Losers of Freight.

Upon inquiry among large number
of claimants Times representative
learned that Mr. Kingston's circular of
the 17th instant, inviting interested par
ties to send in their claims to the railroad
company, to be presented to the authori.
ties of Allegheny county and prosecuted,
if necessary, without cost to the claim
ants, was not we'll received. 1t was is
sued before a consultation had taken
place between the committee of the Mar
itme Exchange ana the president and
directors of the railroad. A prominent
member of the Exchange said yesterday
that there was disposition among a
large number of claimants, who were not
on the committee and who had not been
fully Informed of the position taken by
the railroad company, to disregard the
circular and bring suit against the corpo.
ration. One merchant, who expressed
the same views as many Others with
whom the reporter talked, said: I'VE are
advised by counsel that the railroad, as
common carriers, are directly responsible
to us. If we abandon our Claims against
the railroad company and place our bills
of lading, invoices, etc, in Colonel Scott's
hands he may prosecute aud collect our
claims, and he may not. We have got a
good claim against the railroad and at
present we do not feel disposed to aban.
don it."
On the other hand, Colonel Scott
claims that the railroad is not responsible
under the law of common carriers; that
the law of this State makes Allegheny
county responsible to 0soners. He says
that il the company is sued by losers it
will defend ITSELF and that merchants by
suing the railroad will virtually abandon
their claims against Allegheny county,
and that such action will embarrass and
retard the final settlement of the claims.
He proposes to give claimants any Sc
curity they may ask which does not in
volve an admission of the responsibility
Of the railroad, and he also proposes the
appointment of a joint committee, COM
posed of representatives of claimants and
directors OF the Pennsylvania Railroad,
who shall have the direction and control
of all prosecutions. A member of the
Maritime Exchange committee told the
reporter that the committee were satisfied
that Colonel Scott's proposition should
be accepted, and that all the claimants to
whom the committee bad explained the
proposition were Of the same opinion.
The same gentleman further said that the
committee do not intend to urge any
course upon the meeting of claimants,
but simply to explain the situation as
they understand it.--PhSIadelphia Times.
, 1877-09-28
What Shall Be Done With Our
Prisonersq

IT is getting TO be a question difficult TO
answer, and yet one OF vital Importance.
Nearly l,4O0 convicts are confined at San
Quentin, and not one-quarter Of them are or
can be employed under the present system.
The State cannot utilize them, and II Is with
the greatest difficulty that business men can
be induced to contract for their services; 80,
Instead OF being compelled 10 support them.
selves, or being, as In some OF the States, a
source OF revenue 10 the commonwealth. they
are heavy tax upon the propert holders
Their rapid Increase In numbers IL alarming
AT the present rate, We shall soon be Unable
W build prisons fast enough 10 contain them
There few are kept al work, some learning
useful trades that may be a bensnt 10 them
when they come out, II they ever DO. There
are but two or threg contractors that have
made a success Of u al the prnitentiary. the
largest Of which IL the California Furniture
Manufacturing Company. Who have been
there for q number u years SufednF Sc
rSEeiy 1t the time the frisoR was destrOyed
by hre, they Afe nov running again with tbe
latest improved machipcfy and nnafly their
hll complement q men, And the goods they
manufacture proves tat TIE very nnsst fBf.
nltufe can be made BY prisuurrs When thry
are properly managed "A vislt 70 lhsIr uafs
roouas, "a Rue xs Bush struaL or gtq ant
81 Market street. san frtneisco. wtf tstisff
ne most skrptieAl upon tAis point Thsu
uhy a. NOS oihsr mauuisttugvrs taks hoit
u The matter, and ~ puiunr slt sr sqyra
hundred pfisousrs az Eork. bscoms pualir
hcpciafiors, ~ pfuridinE usfk sue lesssa.
lng taxes i--Io. q hullsfla
, 1877-09-28
Pure Milk.
If all the dirty and careless practices

II all the dirty and careless practices
were known which prevail at our farms
relative to the food, water, stabling and
yarding Of cows, and in milking and
taking care of the milk. it would no long
er be a mystery why so many are feeble
and sickly among us. There is probably
no article of diet which is so easily poi
soned with unhealthy ingredients as milk.
The cows blood is poisoned by impure
food and water. And if the blood is i'm
pure the milk must be. And if there be
any impure gases or noxious scents in the
atmosphere, they are greedily absorbed
by milk, either in stable, cow yard, or
milk room. The sugar of milk is so
delicious to the taste that it hides and
sugar-coats Thousand impurities and
deadly elements in the milk which is 80
greedily devoured by the infantle idols
of the human race, and their transplanta.
tions from earth to heaven is ascribed to
wise Providence, when in fact the ter
rible crime was caused by the filthy and
criminal practices Of those who have
charge of cows, milk, butter and cheese.
Looking to the financial benefits of pure
milk, the editor of the Liue Stock Journal
says hundreds of dollars are lost in the
bad quality of cheese, caused, perhaps,
by single stagnant pool of water, out
of which the COWS are allowed to drink,
from the .uncleanliness in milking or
washing the cows, or allowing the milk
to become tainted by standing in the foul
air of stable whilst milking, from i'm
proper food, from garget in a single teat,
from carrion in corner of the yard or
pasture. tainting the air, and through
the lungs of the cow, tainting her blood,
and thence her milk; or by hundreds of
other careless and unclean practices.
These matters should be carefully investi-
gated by boards of health and by vigi-
liant police officers. They should be in
quired into more carefully by butter and
cheese associations, and by the owners
and patrons of creameries and cheese
factories. They should be inquired into
by any one who values his own health or
the life Of his children. n.-IoOG State
Register.
, 1877-09-28
That Disease Breeds Disease

is notorious fact. It is therefore Of vital
importance to check maladies In their birth,
ere they have chance to develop other and
more dangerous disorders. AS means OF
checking complaints which, II allowed to
proceed, finally disorder the entire system,
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is medicine the
use OF which cannot be too strongly urged
upon the sick and feeble. The physical flinc-
tions are regulated byit, 1t insures the &C.
quisitlon OF yigor by the debilitated, and 1t
substitutes . cheerful condition of mind for
gloom and dependency. Dyspepsia, consti-
patton, liver complaint, and kidney and blad.
der troubles yield TO les remedial influence;
1t counteracts tendency to gout and rheu.
matism, and invigorates the nerves. More
over, it is derived from purely botanical
sources, and In this, as In every other re.
sPPect Is superior to the mineral remedies of
, 1877-09-28

THE Martini-Henry rifle, with which
the Turks are armed, 10 the well-known
Henry rifle of America, with some i'm
provements by Martini. 1t is believed to
be the best weapon in use by any army.
1t will carry accurately up to 800 yards
over mile, while the accurate range
of the Prussian needle.gun is not over
700 yards. AS many rs sixty shots a
minute have been fired from the Martini
Henry gun without taking aim, and
thirty shots a minute have been ired at
a target with a reasonable degree of sue
cess In hitting it. Trials Of fast firing,
without aim, from number Of rifles,
have resulted in an average for the Loper
Of fifty shots minute; Martini. Henry,
forty; Westley- Richards, thirty eight I;
Henry, thirty-eight; Remington, thirty
French ChassepOt, nineteen; Berdan
CRussiAn), eighteen; and the needle-gun
nine. The cooking arrangements OF the
ChAssepot and needle-guns are very slow
ia Action. This is the kind Of aweApon
the Russians are driving their heavy
masses in froni OF. II Is evident that
they have not a shadow Of success by
direct attack. A single line Of Turks
can slay all the Russians that can be pu,
In front OF them. Tho Russians must
develop q rev system Of tactics. One Of
our ycteran infanirymen could show them
more tricks Ia the way Of encountering .
deadly rife Ere than they are Likely 10
learn Tor a quarter of century.
, 1877-09-28

SALTINa CATTLE.-Although / do not
belong to that class of farmers who think
it absurd that cattle should have salt,
still my practice, extending from the year
1887, has proven to me that salt is not
necessary to the welfare Of dairy cows.
In the country where | was born and
raised, dairy country per SO, no dairy
man ever thought of sailing his cow, and
healthier COWS and better dairy produce
have never seen, although have travelled
extensively. 1t being the prevailing
idea in this locality that cattle should be
salted, tried the experiment in 1867 on
my dairy farm in Virginia. did not
perceive any increase, either in thrift or
milk production, but found that salt,
placed where cows had access to II az any
time, curtAied the yield uf milk. Hav-
ing made this trial solely for my own
satiSfaction,I did not continue any FUR
ther,nOr make aclose observation, the gen
eral result satisfying me that u Is not q
necessity for dairy uses. A limited
quantity may be bentdcisl, but free &C.
cess 10 salt, no far as have experienced,
Is detrimental 20 milk production.
Meanwhile must not omit 10 mention
that the localities Of which speak were
under the Influences Of the ssa air. In
countries FAR removed from the coast, salt
in larger quantities may be beneficial 20
cows.
, 1877-09-28
The Fire King,

One Of the exhibits at the Pavilion Reec's
Patent Compound Fire Extinguisher, is the
only known compound which tights fire with
fire, IL Is the invention OF German chemist
is u dry, solid mass put up in boxes varying
from five to thirty pounds In weight, reached
by u fuse from the outside, which can be in
simultaneously ignited by a match, burning
coal or cigar, and when thrown into burn
ing room or any place wholly or partially
confined, will almost instantaneously and
with absolute certainty extinguish the flames
number of the European State and munich
pal authorities and private corporations have
adopted Is and make It's use compulsory.
An infinite number OF public and private
tests have been made; sheds have been erect
ed and smeared on the inside with tar and
oil, tubs of coal oil, benzlne turpentine and
like combustibles placed inside aud all set on
fire, and when the entire inside has become
living mass of fire, box of the compound
has been thrown in, and in 4 very few sec
onds the fire has been totally extnguished,
leaving considerable quantities Of oil uncOn-
sumed. Some of Its advantages are as fol-
lows: Its portability twenty pounds being
sufficient to totally extinguish a tirc confined
10 room of 5000 cubic feet, and smaller or
larger quantities In the same proportion. 1t
will extinguish fires which water will not,
such as burning coal oil, turpcntine, spirits,
etc. 1t is absolutely harmless in It's action,
the guses generated in its combustion iiljur-
ing not even the most delicate fabric. II
does not explode, burns gradually, is thor
oughly clean In Its action, will preserve It's
efficiency for many years in any climate, Is
self-igniting, and is Invaluable for use in
mines. II was introduced in this country In
December last, and since the first Of January
10000 pounds have been sold, and although
1t was only introduced here about 30 days ago,
1t is rapidly growing In public favor, Sew
eral successful tests have been made IN this
city, and during the coming week another
will be made, OF which due notice will bo
given. Newton & jerks, 100 Montgomery
street, San Francisco, are the sole agents for
the Pacific Goast.-S. II. Chronicle.
, 1877-09-28

The hotels of Maine have suspended
the publication of a wine-list on their
bills of fare, in Difference to the liquor
law, which makes such publication hol-
low mockery or criminal offense. The
Bangor House, one of the leading hotels
in the city of that name, keeps up the
headline, swine List" and publishes
beneath it the sadly suggestive line, "We
would if we could"
, 1877-09-28

In the search for stolen goods at
Pittsburg, the police recovered sixty
hams from single house. That man
worked harder on the strike than he ever
did on the job.
, 1877-09-28

A NAN Is thirty years old before be
has any seitlcd thoughts Of bis future--
IL IL Dot completed before hfty. He falls
10 building IN his old age, and dies be
fore his house is In condition 10 be
painted and glazed.-BrBycrs.
, 1877-09-28

soAH THEoAr. CpUga, CoLb. tnA simllar
lrogbies, Y Suffered ~ psoxrcss, resuh IN
ssrious pulmonary aaecslona ofisui.ss, Id
cufabls. ~Brgssss Brsa.rAisl Tsasass- reseh
directly The sssi oi ne aisctss. aud give a.
most instant relief
, 1877-09-28

PHYSICIANS Of high standing unhesitating-
ly give their Endorsement to the use of the
Graefenberg- -Marshalps Catholicon for all fe-
male complaints. The weak and debilitated
Dnd wonderful relief from constant use Of
this valuable remedy. Sold by all druggists.
$150 per bottle.
, 1877-09-28

FARMERS GUIDE Book TO THE P1cIEIc
CoAsT.-A handsome 2O.page Monthly, con
tanning map of Pacific Coast, list Of lsrms
fornia, 405 California street, San Francisco.
Price, Is cents per copy; Sl.O0 per year.
, 1877-09-28
SAVE YOUR MONEY!

SAtE YOUH HONEY
DY getting your PHOTOGRAPHS at HOwLAND'S
DNEw GALLERY, No. s5 Third street, San Fran
cisco. First-clsss Photographs for half the price
charged at other galleries ufe-sze Portraits in oil
or water colors, only TEN DOLLARS. Old Pictures
Enlarged to any size and beautifully colored Best
Enameled Cabinets and Cards VERY CHEAP, At
HowLANDs NEW GALLERY. EB-Please cali and
work and get our prices before visiting else
where, and be sure and remember the number: 85
THIRD street, corner OF jessie
B. #. ROWLAND, Artist,
I'm uotarn rAT
, 1877-09-28

A DISTINGUISHED japanese traveller In
this country writes home: "The ehlei
branch Of education IL rowing The
people have large bOai-houses called
colleges" and the principal Of these are
Yale and Harvard"
, 1877-09-28

A CURE within the reach of the poorest
sufferer from rheumatism, sore throat, stiff
joints, and all aches and pains-Trapper's In
dian Oil. Price, 80 cents per flask.
, 1877-09-28

Ter BuFnhams Abisiine fer ero1p, coda
core throat and hoarseneAz
, 1877-09-28

A PLY catch-hAsh.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-06

nlHiin afil drain al the swamp aud marsh lAnds
which now belong or may hereafter belong 10
the Etats Of Louisiana. not acquired Mt tan sale
embraced between the Mississippi river. the
Gulf Of Mckee. and the bayou Lafeufehe.
and TO erect and construct dykes. levess
ete., for the protection OF the same and
to purchase The same from the State from time
to time. as reclaimed. drained and lifted
for cultivation, but not including any lands now
In cultivation by actual settlers, and excepting
any land now under fence and claimed by pre-
eniption TO authorize said company 10 unite
with any other company that has been OF may
he chartered. and TO operate this charter In eons
junction with any other already granted or That
may bs granted by the State OF Louisiana, OF
tho Government Of The United Hates ITO agthofs
iss said company 10 borrow money and Issue
bonds aud to mortgage and pledge Its proper
ties franchises bonds aud stock 10 provide
for Tho issuance aud disposition Of full paid
stock to limit The liabilities Of the stockholders
Of The said company TO remit all taxes on said
company. It's property. bonds and capital stock
for ten years and TO repeal al laws In conflict
with this act
Mr. lGustis moved tho Indefinite poAtponement
Of The bill. and demanded the yeas aud nays
The roll being called, resulted aH followsl
Yeps.-Messfs. Allain Ellis. Eustis, Reilly
Nars&Mesara I,optnar. 1,renux. Durros,
George, uoude. Gfovar. Mitchell, Perkins, hob.
sttsoht steyeh. stubts. Texada White ana
Absent hiassrs. t,ryant uuteh. caaa. iii
mont, Garland. Ola, Harper Landry. Ogden,
lsleAhrasqn, Sanhilefu Stainns' s"ttoht iW'teha
oil, Wakefield and Youhs=te.
Aud the motion was test.
Mr.. aoode In tho chair.
MHsHAaH FRoM THE HOUSE,
se'E Sat 81 t,rlas,,s Anil ist4
M ,,,, tfa,ae.tls tha President ana hts,,i.rs
I'll lie Senate
fienfiemsu-1 nm directed hy the House eI
Ieptesnntatives ~ Inform you, honorable body
that thn HOUSE mas aaepteu me report % the
COMMITTEES qt bnhletanee on House htil no, fG2,
| An act relhtiye t. The oohpensati5ny ETC., 81
| the Criminal shetit et ths parish ct Orleans
anl the aiiiepdtnant e % the COMMITTEES reported
| ana passed Tue pi as ainenIea .-.
Also. 9ns asfeeu tg SENATE amendments to
Hpnse blli No sse' 70 9eiin9 atii specify VINO ore
"'0''7o ilTafsetf1iiv - 7''
PETER j. IRRELEVANT.
,..... ohief 0lerk,
| On motion of Mr.. White The bill was taken up
| section by section,
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uuabet 1t votes oaHt, % necessary to d

Totai number Of votes Gust, % necessary TO .
choice. Al.
The President declared that AZ no one Of The
candidates had received majority OF tlie votes
east In Joint assemhlysIhefe was no election
On motion Of Mr.. Robertson the Joint assem-
bly, adjourned, and The Senate withdrew to It's
own chamber.
The Senate was called to order by The Hon
Louis Al Wits, Lieutenant Governor hha Pres
idsnt Of the Hehats.
On a cali nj the roll The following Senators
answered to their natneHl
Present Messrs, Beatner. Bfgaus, D9nf12s'
EllH, Eusis, Garland, aeods. aGpyer' a Meng
Hi,hi,H, hnxaaa, Wheeler, White aud Haoliarie-
Absent essrs. Alaln. BRYANT Bureh Case
Dutpont deofse. Ola. Harper. Landry, Qsden
Richardson, HtaInps, Sutton Twitohell, Wake
field Yotitg-lG,
ACTION on REPORTS tYtNu OVEN.
The following report Of The Committee on j u
dietary, viz,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-06

House bill No. 22o, AN act to define and
specify who are wholesale dealers and whole
sale merchants. and to relieve retailers and re-
tail merchants from the payment Of a wholesale
license tax. and to relieve all persons from the
payment Of license tax as apothecary or drug
gist who are not engaged In the business Of fill
ing prescriptions or compounding medicines.
and to provide that no one but licensed drug
gst or apothecary shall keep for sale or sell
certain named or specified poisons.'
The bill was taken up with the senate's
amendment, as follows:
Strike out section and insert In lieu thereof
the following:
SEC. 2, Be il f,trthe. enacted, ETC.. That mer-
chants, whore there is no licensed drug store lo-
Gated within eight miles Of the place where such
merchant is doing business, selling drugs in
original packages. prepared and labeled by
any licensed druggist. shall not be required to
pay druggists license therefor"
The amendment was agreed to and the bill
was passed as amended. Title was adopted.
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On motion Of Mr.. Jonas the report OF the COM
mittae was taken up and under n suspension
OF the rules the resolution. with the specific
charges. was unanimously adopted.
The Speaker then ANNOUNCED the following
committee: Messrs. John Young OF Claiborne.
b. T. Jonas. j.. Il. Kidd. r. d. Bridger. j. IL. Fer
guson. ms n committee on the part OF the House
OF Representatives OF the State Of Louisiana, to
proceed to the bar OF the Senate OF the State Of
louisiana and In the name of the House OF
Representatives Of the State Of Louisiana. I'M
peach Theodore Fontelieu Judge OF the Third
judicial District OF high crimes and INSIDE
meanors. and to exhibit the above articles of
impeachment. and to make good the same.
Mr.. Kidd. chairman. on behalf ofthe Commit
tee on Enrolment. reported as correctly en-
rolled House bills Nos. al2. 229. 1877 and 1G5.
Mr.. Porter withdrew by consent Of the House
It's bill No. 2o5.
BILL INTRODUCED.
Mr.. Ryland, by consent of the House, intro
duced House bill No. 1923. An act to repeal act
No. 49, entitled An act to incorporate the town
OF st, Francisville, in the parish OF West Fell
ciana,"
Under a suspension of the constitutional rule
the bill was passed to Its second reading ana
referred to the Committee on Corporations.
House bill No. 3ls, entitled An act to regu-
late the mode OF assessing and collecting taxes
throughout the State" etc.
The bill was taken up with the Senate's
amendments thereto
On the motion Of Mr.. McGehea, the amend
ments were seyerally adopted, as follows:
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Chairman House Committee.
On motion of Mr.. Robertson the rules were
suspended to take up House bill No. GAL. entitled
An act to incorporate the Barataria Ship Canal
Company; to authorize said company to con-
struct and operate ship canal. and all harbors,
locks, dams. dykes. leyees, etc., necessary for
the same, from some point on the Mississippi
river, at or near New Orleans. to the deep waters
Of the Gulf of Mexico. through. at or near Bara-
taria Bay or other harbor. roadstead or outlet
on the coast Of said Gulf. In the State of Louisi-
ana; to fix the capital stock of said company
and provide for the management of its business
and affairs; to give the right of way for said
canal: to provide for the use of such private
property as may be needed forthe same and its
appurtenances; to authorize said company to
use towboats and other crafts. and to charge and
receive tolls for the use of said canal. or any
part thereof; to authorize Aaid company to re-