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The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-11-26
DIED.

.AGARuOn Tuesday, November 90 at the vir
gina t Military instltqte 81 Lexington. Va, William
| In the seventeenth year of his age.
| His funeral will take place This (Mondav
Evening at o'clock. from the residence of his
parents, No las Prytania street. The friends OF
the family are respectfully invited to attend.
| .WILTz-On Sunday November 2s. 1875. at 81.
o'clock .. m, Widow Victor Wilt, born He
| brard aged 63 years.
Her friends and acquaintances, those of her
| sister. Widow J. B. Tourtarel. of her brother
B. w. Hebrard, and of her nephews, E E.
OBrien, John Plauche. Alexander Lesseps and
V. Olivier Jr.. are respectfully invited to attend
her funeral. which will take place This Mon
day Evening at 4oclock precisely. from her
late residence. No. 40 Dauphine street. near
Bienvile.
SCHMITT--Suddenly, on Sunday. November
as. 1877. Andrew f. Schmitt, aged 25 years s
m,onths In,! and 23 days, only son of Adam and
Elizabeth Schmitt
The friends of the family. the Continental
Guards Company Al and members of Germania
Lodge No. 46. F. and A. NJ. are invited to attend
bis funeral. which will take place from the resi-
dence of his father. No. 161 st. Ann street. near
Rampant. at half-pas o'clock D. IN. Monday.
26th inst.
HEADQUARTERSC CONTINENTAL GUARDS
COMPANY A)-New Orleans. November 25. 1877.
The officers and members Of Continental
Guards Company Al will assemble at the Arm
ory. in full dress uniform. at half past O'Clock
p. m, MONDAY, 26th inst. for the purpose of
the funeral of our late member
ANDREW II. SCHMITT.
VIM. PIERCE, Captain.
VIM. J. MALTBY, Orderly Sergeant.
The members Of the order of the APIS MEL
LIFICA are hereby requested to attend the
funeral of their late brother. ANDREW H.
SCHMITT, which will take place from his late
residence. 161 st. Ann street. This Afternoon, at
o'clock.
By order of the M. M. r.:
WIN. E. FITZGERALD, Secretary.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-11-26
south American and West Indian theatric

South American and West Indian theatrical
konrs are seldom very successful, but few
I i,robably have turned out as disastrously as
81 the Ellis English Opera Troupe in
Il jamaica. The company was poor and
&1net with little favor in the island. At the
lend Of two weeks they had exhausted the
and patience of their audiences.
IA played to houses that grew smaller and
nnaller, until one night, nobody appearing in
1he fheatre the manager rang down the cur
Stn. and told them to clear out, he could not
La his theatre to such houses. Thus left
2n jamaica without money or resources, the
anembers OF the company tramped it over the
lnnd. A few of them got back to New York
~ the subscription of some friends, while
f1,ers had to work their way back before the
Sfbo Ellis company was followed by a
Esatrical company which played anything
's.s. r,antomime to 'tMacbeth." The theatri-
ID nnnany was even more unfortunate than
nnara company, for they exhausted their
gsSi z..rou in a week. were kicked out of the
s9s,a md are at this very moment in Jamai-
.,nahle to get money enough to come
and making poor iving-bread and
Sas---by odd jobs, such as sweeping,
- ~.aa the last theatrical season in Jamai-
INV worse than that in most American
though Western papers have enron
~ fS2s ALLURE of no less than dozen stroll |
sv,.nfes, ia the past six weeks. 1t Is
ss|Sf cnnsfde excitement prevails In
3;sS n oonseouence of these dramatic
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-11-26

The burglars OF late have been improving
I IA skill and displaying an immense amount
a talent in their business. Mr.. H. G. Gibson
! NJ Philadelphia, lately possessed painting
by fortuny, entitled 1.-THE Council House In
Grenada" valued at $4,000. The painting
Wa small and could easily be carried away
~ II was hung in the parlor; however, 1t was
difdcult to see how it could be stolen without
the theft being observed. Some weeks ago
MI. Gibson began to grow suspicious Of his
rainting. There it hung in the parlor the
very same picture 1t had always been, but
he failed to detect that fire and genius he had
b,en In 1t before. The more he examined it
tile more convinced he became that although
AZ was the same picture it was different; in
11ne, that II was copy.
A careful and minute examination by con-
noisseurs proved this suspicion to be true.
The painting was not by Fortuny, but was
copy. How had this come about7 Mr.. Glib
Gon called in the detectives; they studied the
question, and finally announced that the
thieves must have had the copy made,
z1lippedin some morning, substituted 1t for the
s1riginal, and made off with the latter. It was
useless to pursue them; they had probably
hAd months start, as Mr.. Gibson had failed
&0 discover the change in his picture for some
$tme after it had been made.
Another burglar has created no little alarm
~ St Louis. Instead of going like Bill Sykes
With boy to slip in small openings and open
fhe doors for him, this burglar carries along
&n Intelligent and trained dog that can get In
he smallest possible hole, and will guarantee
fr/>r, tba inc; tbn
bnrKlar enters the house the dog keeps some
|Gk1ps In advance Of him, so that IL any one
nNnkes he will be inclined to think it some
tenge cur that has, by accident, slipped in,
IA driving the dog away he thus gives notice
~, the burglar in time for him to slip Off. This
orange pair, man and dog, have been dis
severed operating to large extent In st.
X0tiis, and have always been quite successful.
Evidently the burglar world is moving
onNard as well as the scientific world.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-11-26
STORAGE-STORAGE.

RAINBOW AND INDIA WAREHOUSE.
Coffee Flour, Produce. Bagging and General
Merchandise taken on storage at moderate
rates. For terms, apply to
CHAS. PLUCHE.
Office, 1873 Tchoupitoulas street. corner Notre
Dame. no24 1m2dp
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-11-26
Important
SALE!

From the great auction sale of last Tuesday
and Wednesday, at which the entire stock of
Messrs. E. Molinie & Co. Qarge importers) was
sold at the highest bid, we took advantage of
this extraordinary opportunity, and will offer
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-11-26
TAXES-LICENSES.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

Large Discounts made on all settlements Of
','1s9 80 w VI. b. BARNETT, Broker.
SO st. Charles street,
0e7 " ~ Opposite 81 Charles Hotel
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-11-26

WAGONS CANE CARTS! SPOKES !!
H. M. SoEIA,
IL and 20 Union and Is and Ia Perdido
streets.
Sole Agent for the Celebrated "sTUDEBA-
of all kinds and sizes. -
Dealer In Philadelphia and Western Cane
Wagons, Carts and Drays; Timber Wheels
Wheelbarrows of all descriptions Spokes, Eel
loes. Hubs, Shafts, etc. Wheelwright material,
Orders promptly filled. Ali work warranted.
nO2 I'm
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-06-23
Popular MisinfOrmatiOn About Paris
Green.

State Assayer Hayes, of Massachu-
sets, publishes warning against the
use OF Paris green for the destruction of
potato bugs. He says that there is dam
ger, in the common mode of digging
potatoes, that the poisoned earth may
adhere to the tubers, and through lack
of careful washing before using, prove
fatal. He also speaks of the danger at
tending the presence of a poison in the
household.
In regard TO these cautions Prof. Chad
Ter, President of the Board of Health,
says: "There is Just as much danger
in having Paris green in house as there
is in having a loaded revolver, or any
other deadly weapon. 1t does not
poison the potatoes, but it would i'm
pregnate with poison lettuce or salad
that is to be eaten raw, and therefore
too much care can not be taken in its
use, and every precaution should be
taken to prevent it being deposited by
the wind on other plants. The subject
has been discussed by the Board of
Health, and it has been decided that of
the two evils, Paris green and potato
bugs, the former is less, and, therefore
we have sent out no warning against its
use. We have, however, strictly pro-
hibited its sale at retail in the city.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-06-23

DO not consider its use SO dangerous but
that the unchecked ravages OF the bug
would be infinitely more so.
The odrinary Pans or imperial green
which Is used IN the war against the
bugs is scientifically an aceto arsenite OF
copper. 1t is the same green commonly
supposed to be so dangerous when used
IN colorlng wall paper. In Watts
Chemical Dictionary this popular su-
perstition Is treated as follows:
This compound Is much used as a
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-06-23
A Kansas Man Heir to $4,000

I
For some days it has been rumOred
that our estimable citizen of this place,
MIR. Robert Proctor, who recently went
| to Texas to engage temporarily in the
book business, had fallen heir to for
| tune in Scotland. If we are rightly in
formed, MIR. Proctor has been summon
ed to Scotland to attend personally to
the adjustment Of the fortune to which
he has, by singular chain of circum-
stances, become an heir. An outline of
these circumstances we find in the Bos-
ton Traveller Of May %, and are IS fol-
lows:
A romantic story is being told about
scotch doctor. There was, until late
ly, living Miss Macpherson Grant, one
OF the wealthiest heiresses in Scotland.
Originally only the daughter of Scotch
country doctor, she became by singu-
lar train Of events sole heiress to her
uncle, an Indian nabob, who had made
large fortune in India last century.
She formed great friendship with an
other lady, and the two agreed that they
would live together for the rest of their
lives, and never marry; and Miss Grant
named her friend As helresS. The COM
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-06-23

T Thes's needle" is So feet long, and {
feet square-not uniformly, but Mt the
base. 1t weighs about 22O tons, and
lies in the sand 16 feet above high water
line. To get this mass safely into the
sea and across the sea, it is intended to
build up roand il on shore a cylindrical
iron case or ship, and then to roh the
entire mass, nearly 800 tons, into the
Mediterranean, and when the necessary
ballasting and additions have been made
to the ship in dry dock, to have her tow
ed to England. The iron vessel is now
being made at the Thames iron works,
and when ready will be sent out here in
pieces. to be be built round the obelisk.
under the superintendent of Waynman
Dixon, brother TO John Dixon, the en-
terprising designer and contractor The
vessel must be considerably longer than
the obelisk, because of the shape of the
stone 1t will be 92 feet long and Is feet
in diameter, with plates inch thick. 1t
will be divided into 9 water-tight COM
partments by bulkheads, total weight
of iron % tons. To lift the ends of the
obelisk, jacks of immense power will
have to be sent from England, and after
the cylinder is built tremendous tackle
will be required to roll it into the sea.
1t will float in 9 feet water, and to reach
this depth it must he rolled 400 feet.
Once afioat and in dock, it will be fitted
with bilge keels, rudder, and steering
gear. 1t will be cutter-rigged, with
one mast and two sails, and VIII
have deck-house for Mr.. Carter,
who will have charge of it on the voy-
age, for although it will be in tow of a
steamer, it will be in every respect a
ship, and able to take care of itself for
time in case of accident, or breaking
away from the tow lines, which are to
be of steel wire. There will be four or
five men on board to make sail, pump
bilge water, trim lights, and make sig
mails in case of need. In the opinion of
eminent engineers the plan proposed is
admirably adapted for the work to be
done, and Mr.. Dixon's confidence is
shown in the fact that should he fail to
complete his task he will receive moth
ing for his outlay and trouble. If, how
ever, the undertaking is a success, the
entire expense will be borne by Mr..
Erasmus Wilson, the eminent surgeon.
Immense care and nicely will have to
be exercised in obtaining the necessary
strength and rigidity; the obelisk must
be so packed, forming with the iron cyl
inder one solid mass, as to avoid any
strain from the rolling into the water,
or from the heavy working of the ship
presume the most anxious
part of the work will be to get the yes
sci and her precions cargo into the sea.
Once atloat, other difficulties will he
Three thousand five hundred |
years ago this obelisk formed one of the |
pillars in front of the great temple of
Tm (the setting SUM at Heliopolis
(near Cairo, and was brought to Alex
andria during the reign of Cleopatra.
exist of the appliances used,
but if this and larger monuments could |
be safely moved about some 1900 b. c., |
il is not possible to doubt our ability to |
do likewise in the 18th century A. D.
London NeUs.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-06-23

THE Ottoman Empire, inclusive of
the tributary States, comprises, accord
ing to Baron de Worms, $4,000, 900
Turks, ], 800, 600 Arabs, Coz, 900 Tartars,
Turkomans and Zingarees, 5,123,OO0
Roumanians, 100000 Greeks, $780,
600 Bulgarians, 100000 Servians and
100000 Bulgarians protesting the Mo-
hammedan faith. In Servia there are
1900 Roman Catholics, and 100, 900
in Albania. Altogether, the total popu-
latiOn reaches 81, 092, O6S, but this is in
elusive of nearly 1900, 900 Nubians,
5000, 900 Egyptians, and {, 00O, 900 Rou-
manians, Greeks and Servians.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-06-23

A Simpletcn, having had Occasion
to seat himself, sat down on a Pin 4;
whereupon he made an Cutlery unto
Jupiter. A Philosopher, who happened
to be holding up a Hitching- Post in the
vicinity, rebuked him, saying: 81 can
tell you how to avoid hurting youself by
sitting down on Pins, and will, if YOU
set them up" The Simpleton eagerly
accepting the Offer; the Philosopher
swallowed four fingers of the Rum. that
perisheth, and replied, "Never sit
down" He subsequently acquired a
vast fortune by advertising for Agents,
to whom he guaranteed 81 Week for
light and easy Employment at their
Homes. Moral-The Wise Man saith:
:. There is Niger in the Fence" but
the Fool Sendeth ON so Cents for Sample
and is Taken in.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-06-23
A CHAMBER OF HORRORS.

How the Room Of an xndiana hoy Natur-
alfst IL DecorateA-The stra9ge Coun-
try Through which he TraveIed-Won-
ders from the Brazilian Forests-An In.
irepid Youth.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27
Loss Of the United States Man of War
Huron.

From Washington dispatches of the
24th, we get the following account of the
loss of the above steamer:
The observers at Kitty Hawk reported
at IL :35 m, to the Chief Signal OH
Ger as follows: The United States man
OF war steamer Huron struck two miles
north of No. station. AT 80 p. m
the foremast and mainmast were gone.
The steamer is total wreck. Assistance
is needed Immediately. The sea is break
ing over her, and several have already
washed ashore drowned. The number
on board is about 1875; no cargo The
Huron sailed yesterday from Fortress
Monroe for Havana. The Huron was
under the command of Commander Geo.
Z. Ryan, and was an iron screw propell-
cf, carrying -four guns Of 541 tons and
of the same class exactly as the new vcs-
sells Alert and Ranger. now on the Ash
attic Station. She had been out of For
tress Monroe only about twelve hours
when the disaster occurred.
The Signal Service observer at Kitty
Hawk, N, c.. reports to the chief signal
officer at 3 p. m, as follows Surlmen.
just returned, report that the Huron has
gone to pieces. Thirty were saved. All
the Others perished. No assistance was
rendered.
p. m There were l35 persons
on board the Huron
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27
Just as il Should Be.

The following words from the Gazette
contain great truth and wisdom, and the
policy spoken of is eminently evil
dent in our business community
For some time we have been obser.
wing the prudence of our farmers in ma
king purchases and laying in supplies.
The merchants complain that the trade
is not as heavy as usual, but admit that
there is rs much or more cash in hand
than last year. There is greater dis
position than usual on the part of the
farming population TO adopt the pay-as-
You go-policy and, while the bills made
with the merchant may not be rs large
as common, such a policy can have no
other effect, in the long run, than a great
benefit to both farmer and merchant
The disposition to become independent
Ito cast off the chains of the old mort
gage slavery-is one of the most encour-
aging things among our farmers. 1t is
better for the farmer to struggle along
with actual necessities, for which he paws
down, than to supply himself with an
abundance of all that he needs, trusting
10 the uncertain future to meet his obi
cations, and this is the lesson that Ark
ansas farmers in the cottou-belt are lear
ning-a lessen that will be great bles
Sing TO themselves as we'll us to their
merchants"
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27
THE SUN.
1878.
NEW YORK,
1S78 B

AS the time approaches for the renewal of
subscriptions. THE Sun would remind its
friends and well wishers everywhere, that it
Is again a candidate for their consideration
and support. Upon its record for the past
ten years it relies for u continuance of the
hearty sympathy and generous corporation
which have hitherto been extended to it from
every quarter of the Union.
The Daily Sun is a four page-sheet Of q
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month, or $3.50 per year. .... f.t.
The Sunday edition Of The Sun Is an eight
page sheet of 56 columns While giving the
news of the day. il also contains large
amount OF literary and miscellaneous matter
specially prepared for it. The Sunday S,,n
has met with great success. Post paid 81 20
the Weekly Sun.
Who does not know The Weekly Sun? II
circulates throughout the United States, the
Canadas and beyond. Ninety thousand fam
lilies greet its welcome pages weekly, and re-
gard 1t in the light of guide. counselor. and
friend. It's news, editorial, agricultural, and
literal departments make it essentially iour.
nal for the family and the fireside Terms:
ONE DOLLAR year. post paid. This price.
quality considered, makes 1t the cheapest
newspaper published. FoI clubs of ten with
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Address.
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The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27

Tuesday morning, November 20,
was the 5Sth anniversary of the cstab-
lishment of the Gazette, and with the
regular issue. now greatly enlarged and
vas ly improved, is presented fac siai-
le of the first number, published at Ar
kansas Post, then the capital of the Ter.
ritory. II was a neat, highly crcditable
paper, and will be kept as mcmento
of the past. The Gazette Of to-day is
large and splendidly got up paper,
and promises to become one Of the lead
ing newspapers Of the West. With the
energy, skill, and business tact of the
business managers added to the talent
and capacity of those having the edto.
rial rcins, we know that its future will
add lustrous glory to its halowed past
May it, present propr'etors live to sec
its centennial anniversary.
The Van Buren press., 1877-11-27
OUR FUTURE.


Some one has said " the past is but
the reverse Of the yet to come" And il
this be true, how extremely bright fol
us must be the days that are beyond
Distre :, humiliation, poverty and OPP
preston, like n quarto headed monster,
have, for decade of years, usurped
absolute supremacy over us. The hand
Of industry was paralyzed, and the am
bition of TIE people waned under the
banefnl inAaenc,. But such state of
affairs could not long continue. Such Il
positive and liIeless prostraton, could
not long exist in country so profuse!y
and naturally rich in her resources as
the South. The iron heels Of u despotic
governance, might, for Il while crush her
10 the earth but as the seed which has
taken root in the soil, will burst its way
through every obstacle that would keep
it from the golden sunrays which it cov-
cts, SO would the South break from the
pressure pf the feet of her oppressors
and battle again ia the sunlight Of that
peace and prosperity which she has ca
gerly desired, and SO long and persist
emily been denied.
The index finger that points with the
most unerring certaiaty to this con-
summation devoutly to be wished, is OBJ
servable in the fact that our farmers are
starting on new mode of doing bust
ness. Economy, one of the golden vir-
tues, is to be, in the future, one Of the
leading principles that is to undcrlic, 60
vern and regulate their business transac-
tions. Buy only what wo need, and
what we are able to pay for" is the word
that is to go sounding down the lines"
of farmers. No more debt no more
mortgaging of crops, for our farmers.
They are tired of holding their noses to
a wheel that has commenced its revolu-
tions through their lack Of frugality
They have grown weary of the troubled
mind that so unsteady sits upon its
throne" the natural consequence Of his
business liabilities. The grim spectre
Of uncertainty is no longer to haunt his
waking and sleeping hours. Now he
lays aside the shaclsles Of his unneeessa-
ry and unmanly servitude. Neither his
limbs nor his actions are fettored, and
he is free from that moral servitude that
is more CALLING and II .bearahlo than the
most seryile slavery.
The dawn is coming, and that long
night that has so overspread the great
South with gloom, is slowly passing
away. The raven Of despair that, like a
melancholy sprite, sat brooding over our
smittcn land, has, with the darkness, van
ished, and the snowy dove of innocence
and hope, resplendent with the glory OF
the coming sunshine, is forever seated in
its nIapn