The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-22

ppeeial bureau for The eeafon OF lost CHI
sfen has been established ut Paris by the Prefeo'
ture OF Police. ....
- Tonawanda 10 the second lumber port In the
United States but Il can't be found in the map
of the state OF New York.
- The Legislature of Indiana has passed bill
forbtud ng the change OF text books In public
scbools oftener than once In elk years. .f ts.t
- The shah or Persia has forbidden The export
Of ssworm eggs from his dominion. and in
strncted the Cnstom4 House officials 10 see thst
the order IL properly obeyed.
A culinary exhibition has lately been held In
Berlin. The dishes were national. but the ns-
sivea confess that little French varnish and eie.
Vance had to be conferred on them for the sake
Of appearances. ...I 49,. g,Es5 I.gat Fl.
in IS 70. when England had population Of
ta.gis an, 10,t25 persons were sentenced 10 inn.
prisonment and Sell TO transportation and
pensl servitude. In 1875, with a population OF
$4,000, 10o only e2s2 we're sent TO prison and
1e2p TO penal servitude.t sl..
-Afer all the talk about " frivolous and inn
moral France, IL appears that there are more
illegitimats births in Germany. In France the
illegitimate births are but 10 In 1000, while in
Prussia out Of 1000 births 120 arc illegitimsto
aad In Southern Germany 200 out Of 1000 are IL
legitimate. In Lower Austria ellis proportion
runs up to sO5 out Of 1000, end In Oarinthia
nearly every other child ia illeg,timste. ~
Los Angeles Herald (January 3o): "rbat MIR
Tiden will be the next President Of the United
States we entertain no doubt whAtevor. Any one
who will take the troable 70 cast his eyes over
the files of the Herald for tho past two or three
months will be STRUCK by the prescience and sa-
gacity which have characterized Ito outgivings.
Our confidence in tho conservative character oil
the American Senate has been In no whit abused
and the upshot OF the whole imbroglio will be as
we predicted" ..sf. iii
An org ,nization OF socialists al Fond du Lac.'
Wis.,. promulgate their aims, 40 follows: Pro-
grep siye income tax, and taxation Ct oil private
property, 10 q minimum exemption OF personal
and movable property. Compulsory education
of the youth until Ia years OF age. Individuality
Of the school fund arstuitous distribution Of
non-sectariap and uniform text book In the pub
Lie schools. Establishment of State bureau Of
labor and Btatistios Prohibition Of prison labor
in composition with free labor. The enactment
of laws governing manufacturing interests, and
for the protection of the health aud lives Of
operatives.
A CORES, ondent at San francisco writes TO
the Journal des Debdts in Paris that the worl q
production of silver IL greatly overrated, from
The fact that tho yield OF American silver mines
iH usually counted az entirely Of oliver, while, on
the contrary, IL IL In fact nearly half gold. Tho
American mnea. north Of and including those In
The State OF Colombia really yielded in 1876 $780,
900, 900 OF gold and si5.0Vo,0oJ Ia silver, while
the gold mines proper only yielded 6,U00, 900.
The correspond, nj says: Ignorance OF this fact
has exercised q great ipauenoe on the market for
precious metals In London, where the enormous
quantity Of gold produced by silver mines has
been wrongly considered 40 silver. This ID one
OF the causes Of The temporary depreciation Of
silver.
"A gang of tramps, attracted to the warm
corners Of rolling mill in Indianapolis Last Fri
day. began fighting among themselves for the
possession Of bottle Of whisky. Tho foreman
pf the mill ordered them out, and on refusal
marshaIled the mill hands TO enforOB his UUu1-
msnde. A pitched battle ensued with such mis-
xiles a. fragments Of iron. bouders and pieces
of alag. aud the tramps, numbering 100, nearly
drove the fitty mill hands Off the premises.
After bombardment OF half an hour the en-
pioyes made grand rally aud rush and, despite
the fact that the interopers were armed with
knives aud bludgeons. fairly swept them out.
Quite number OF severe injuries were inflicted
on both sides. .s-,gg4z~gss-4