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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-09

New Business.
| The Administrator Of Police submitted rules
for the governing of the Police force, which were
| referred to the committee Of the whole.
Elections.
The election OF city physicians and assistant
recorders was, on motion OF Mr. Cavanac, post
poned.
Remarks Of Administrator.
Mr.. McCaffrey, Administrator OF improvements,
made the following remarks, and asked that they
be spread on the minutes, which re quest was
granted:
| In the Democrat OF Saturday and Sunday ap-
| peared articles which reflect upon my action In
| the selection OF policemen for the force a. at
present organized, and another city paper made
| the assertion that In king an explanation at
the City Hal as to the manner OF choosing po-
licemen for the Fourth District, they fonnd all
| the Administrators ready to make explanation
except Messrs. Diamond and MeOaffrey
| In refutaion OF these false statements have
to say that it has always been my object confer
patronage upon the people residing within the
precinct wherein they are to be appointed, aud
the Administrators testify that advocated
the same principle in the selection Of officers for
| the force.
In the selection OF patrolman, 80 far from act.
ing a. charged in the complaint from parties in
| the Fourth strict, acted in strict accord with
the principie they advocate.
| My privilege was to recommend patrolmen for
| the First and Suburban Precincts, and 30 far as
| that privilege has been exerc ed hold myself
entirely responsible. as every patrolman named
| for said precincts was recomm snded by me, and
they were selected, with very few EXCEPTIONS
from applicants residing within the boundaries Of
| said precincts.
10 the selection Of patrolmen for the Second or
Sixth Precinct, had no voice, nor did seek to
exei cise any privilege, and cannot conceive why
should be taken to task thel efor any more thai
for any precinct.
II the people of the Sixth Precinct have cause
to complain now, the people of the First Precinct
| have ad equal cause to complain In the past as
at no time tor many years until the present, have
they been fairly represented, either on the police
or ID any department OF the city or State govern
ment, and am sure people should not complain
II We now seek to enjoy such privilege.
But what complain of most is the eagerness
With which the newspapers grasp at the slightest
opportunity las in the present case) to cast odum
| upon my action without possessing themselves
with the true state of the case, or even calling
upon me for explanation, and am forced to
re ard their course as an act OF pure Injustice
Whatever do feel myself perfectly respon-
sible for But should not be accused OF acts OF
! which have no cognizance, nor blamed for tho
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07
An Ingenious DOOr.Fastener.

An instrument described in an ex-
change is said to be a perfect contri-
vance for rendering doors burglar
proof. 1t is simply little brass wedge,
with a small piece Of the same metal
attached to its sloping side. The wedge
has only to be pushed from the inside,
between the closed door and the door
sill. No other fastening is necessary,
as any attempt to open the door only
tightens the wedge. An ordinary tor
pedo may be inserted between the
wedge and piece Of metal riveted upon
it. The slightest attempt to force the
door will explode the torpedo and Gre
ate an alarm. This style of wedge may
be made of hard wood, with a little
piece of tin rivetted on, under which to
place the torpedo. In this case the tin
should begin low down at the sharp end
of the wedge to protect it. It is some
times good plan to have a hole bored
in the wedge so that it may DO tempo
rarily secured to the floor with 8 nail
or pocket gimlet) about three inches in
front of the door. In this way any at
tempt to open the door is sure to meet
with failure and detection the same
instant. - ~ &551
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07
What Crops to Grow.

There are several crops that western
farmers might proftably grow in con-
nection vito the standard crops now
raised. We will call their attention to
some of these crops as afording
special advantages for the ensuing har.
vest:
German millet is one of the most
profitable crops for feed, far superior
I'd Hungarian. and yielding double the
amount of superior feed. Every farm
or should raise few acres for winter
ing the young stock and feeding mich
COWS.
Alfalfa promises to be a valuable
may crop, but it's adaptiveness to the
different soils of our climate can only
be determined by actual experiment,
Let every reader of the Agricultu,aa try
y little patch, and you will be well re-
paid, if you find it adapted to your
soil
Flax should be more extensively
grown, as its growth and manufacture
IN the West will some day mark our
greater prosperity. 1t is successfully
and prohtably grown in Kansas and
Nebraska, and some parts of Illinois
Iowa, and Missouri. It would be q
source of great revenue to many farm
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07
FOR THE, YOUNG FOLKS.
A Nut to Crack.
7. =
BY JOSEPHINE POLLARD,

4. Vt
There was an old woman who lived in a hut
About the size of q hickory nut;
The walls were thick, aud the ceiling low,
And seldom out doors did the old woman go.
She took no paper, and in no book
OF any sort was she seen to look, l h, Fl b.
Yet she imagined she knew much more
Than man or woman had known before.
They talked in her hearing of wondrous things
or the dazzling splendor of Eastern kings,
~ mountains covered with ice and snow
When all the valley lay green below.
They spoke of adventures by sea and land
" oceans and seas by cable spanned, 41
vi buried tre8Sures;--but though she heard,
She said she didn't believe one wordl
And still she lives in her little hut
About the size of hickory nut, #yt
At peace with herself, and quite content
With the way in which her days are spent.
Little it troubles her, suppose, ,H
Because SO very little she knows,
For keeping her doors and her windows shut,
She has shrivelled up in her hickory nut
And you, my dears, will no larger grow
If you rest cOntented with what you know
But pitiful object you will dwell
Shut up inside of your hickory shell. h. no
4.--'--. .f-t 4E'B Wide AtOGke.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07
ers if more generally grown. Try few

ers if more generally grown. Try q few
acres of flax and you will find it pays
better than corn. -.t..,.f ,;..s.s
Tobacco, in localities adapted to its
growth, is 81 very profitable crop. Mis-
souri is developing 9. great tobacco IN
terest, but it does not pay on prairie
soils, I'd is not likely to become as
generally grown as other crops, in
which labor-saving. machinery can be
used. gar ,sfHt
There are many new varieties of our
standard crops that should be taken UNI
der consideration and tested judicious-
ly. The selection of seed each year
should receive much more care, and
either buying the best seed to be had,
or carefully selecting the best of each
crop in the harvest for the coming seed
time Western Agricutmist.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07
Notes by FANNY kemble.

Mrs. Fanny Kemble says of Barry
Cornwall and his wife, Anne Skepper,
that she was like fresh lemon-gold>
en-, fragrant, firm and wholesome-and
be Was like the honey Of Hymettus;
they were an Incompatible compound.
She describes visit which Sotheby,
the poet once paid to Mrs. Joanna Bail
lie, whose great and unavailing-
bltion it was to be successful writer
for the stage. The poetess called him
into her little kitchen (she was not
rich, kept few servants, and did not
disdain sometimes to make her own
pies and puddings) and babe him, as
she was up to the elbows in flour and
paste, draw from her pocket a paper;
It was q play-bill, sent to her by some
friend in the country, setting forth that
some obscure provincial company was
about to perform Miss Joanna Baillie's
celebrated tragedy of DE Montfort.
"There," exclaimed the culinary Mel.
pomona, there, Sothehy, am so hap
pyl You see my plays can he acted
somewhere"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07
ASPIRATIONS.
NJ. ]. g. BURNETT.

O spirit of wsdomi spirit of light
Spirit of mystery, round me above,
That long Tor by day, that dream of by night
Bright spirit of beauty sweet spirit of love
You hide in tbs dewy green grass at my feet.
In daisy and buttercup, lily and rose;
You wave your fair hands from Won bilovy wheat /:
You smile from the height where the tall cedar
grows
You whisper, you touch n,e turn at your CALL
To behold and to worship, but, 10 you are gone ::
hear IN the distance far echo fall,
And catch but the hem of your garment alone.
You signal and beckon me- wooing me on
From the cloud palace gates of sunsetting sky !;
You steal through my chamber, where weary, alone,
On my thought-haunted pillow sleeplessly lie.
You look down from the stars you look up from the
The song of the bird and the hum of the bee
Your voices sweet echo, your step passing by.
On the wave of some melody carried afar,
To your holy of holes seem to have come,
Yet no near to you than is yon northern star
To the night-wearied traveller 1t guides to his
home.
You speak TO my soul in great Thoughts tina
bow down before you at quick words that burn
But 10! in my heart sharp sword you ensheathe,
On my brow at yeur feet leave a crown that is
thorn.
stretch out my hands to you, cry and entreat,
Rising up from the dust, follow on at your CALL
Ever striving aud struggling till low at your feet
Starving, thirsting, and yet never helpless, ia
xrom nature without and from spirit within
Your messengers speak to my tempest. tossed
soul;
But they mock at my woe while they're bidding me
win
This far, unattained, unattainable goal.
All, tell me that only tits here unattained,
Here in vain that call you, seek and not find:
That tits only while in this earth-prison unclaimed
am halt, sick, and MANNED, I am deaf dumb and
blind.
Ah, tell that, freed from this bondage of clay,
Far brighter than stars all these sweet hopes sha
shine,
shall find you and hold you forever and aye,
esprit immortal! spirit divine!
-Harper's Magazine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07
Household Recipes.


FRIED BREAD.--Stale bread is very
nice if dipped for minute in scalding
water, then in eggs well beaten, and
fried ia butter. Excellent for lunch.
Corn MUFFINs.-Six ounces flour,
three ounces Indian meal. two table
spoonfuls sugar, one tablespoonful
melted butter, one egg, half pint milk,
three teaspoonfuls baking powder.
. FRIED CAKEs.--Two cupfuls sugar,
two cupfuls sweet milk, two eggs, half
teacupful butter, half a nutmeg, q lit
tie salt, four teaspoonfuls of cream tar
tar, two of soda; mix soft. aa. ..
VEAL <t;sIELETs BREADED.-Cut the
meat three quarters of an inch thick
trim to a handsome shape and uniform
size, dip it in beaten, egg, then in bread
crumbs, and plunge in boiling fat. A
few minutes will cook thoroughly.
| WATER RIsINGs FOR BREAD.-Take a
quart pitcher and q spoon, scald them
fill the pitcher half full of boiling wa
ter; let the water cool to the temper
allure of good, hot dish-water; stir in
flour to make batter as thick as for
pancakes; add a quarter-teaspoonfu of
salt and as much soda; cover closely;
set where it will keep quite warm, stir
ring occasionally; it will rise in five or
six hours. Some prefer this to hop or
brewers yeast. ~
PoTTED MACKEREL.--Cut off the
heads, take out the roes, clean the fish
thoroughly; rub them inside with q lit
tie salt; put back the roes; season them
with pepper and salt; lay them in a
pan; cover with equal quantities of vim
egar and water; tie over the pan strong
white paper doubled, and bake them in
a slow oven for one hour-they will
keep two weeks.
WAFFLEs.- two pints of rich
milk into separate pans. Cut up and
melt In one of them quarter of q
pound of butter, warming it slightly.
Stir it around, to get the butter quite
melted. Set it away to cool. Beat
eight eggs very light, and mix them
gradually in the other pint of milk al.
ternately with half pound of -four
Then, by degrees, mix in milk and melt
ed butter, and half cake of com.
pressed yeast. Cover he pan, and sci
near the fire to rise. Let it get very
ugnC. lave your Wame IRON very uOt
and grease the inside well with butter
i A swab made of piece of cottor
cloth, tied on the end of stick, is best
to use for greasing, and have the butter
melted. Turn the iron SO that the waf
fles will brown on, both sides. Take
them out of the iron with a knife, ant
send to table hot. You can butter
them and sprinkle on them powdered
sugar and cinnamon.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
Too Much Land.

Many 8 farmer is ruined by his
greed for land. He wants all the land
adjoining him, and his poverty is the
result of his not possessing the quaint
wisdom of the man who was trying to
hoe some corn on fearfully stony
patch, when one riding by remarked
shat he should think man must be
very poor with such land as that. 90,
sir, replied the farmer, am not SO
poor as you think am; don't own
all this land" Many farmer is ae-
tnally poor-or always in straitened
circumstances which is quite as bad
because of his mania for land. A farm
Is not regarded by such as sufficient
" large unless it contains two or three
hundred acres of land. But there are
very few farmers with sufficient capt.
tai TO own and work to advantage such
alarm.
a business man is only wise to meas
ure the size of his business by the
amount of his capital. Occasionally
YOU see q man trying desperately to
swing 8 business which should have a
capital Of fifty thousand dollars, on a
capital one-6fth that amount; the con-
sequence is, be is pretty lizard up "
"a Wretched paymaster, q victim to
loan spongers, and In the end not worth
\ dollar. So of farming. A farm
which requires, for the proper manage
ment, at least twenty thousand dollars
capital, is run on a quarter of that
amount. Mortgages exhaust soil faster
than crops. Much of the land is neglect
ed. Buildings get out of repair. Market
ing is not properly attended to. Produce
has to be sold at forced prices, and lean
ness is marked on everything except
the circumfere of the farm.
But 500 much land is loss from the
inability to work. We can bring out
the point by citing the experience of
two farm rs we know well. One has q
farm of a hundred and fifty acres of
land, a pasturage of sixty acres, wood
land covering thirty acres, moving and
silling of fifty acres, with some ten
acres running to waste. His stock con-
sists OF one yoke of oxen, five mich
COWS, seven head Of young cattle, one
horse, and q hundred sheep. This
farmer mows over some forty acres of
land to cut thirty to forty tons of hay;
cultivates ten acres divided up for
planting and sowing crops. He is
always short of pasturage, buys hay
every spring, and has but little to sell
oil from the farm. Too much land is
that farmers poverty.
The other man living in the same
Town, owning land Of the same charac.
Ter, has a farm OF seventy, five acres.
His stock in the number of head is the
same with the exception of a few less
sheep. He mows over only fifteen acres
cut over thirty tons in the first crop,
and about ten in the second. He has
produce to sell; his stock looks sleek
and always brings the best price. Old
nay has not been strange to his barn
for years. The farm is carried on with
less help, and everything shows thrift
Now, as both are Woodworking, good
calculating farmers, We are satisfied the
difference in their circumstances il
that one has too much land to work
over, fence, take care of, and pay taxes
On. Over the door of many poverty
stricken farmers should be written
Too much land.-Golden Rule.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07

The first white men who saw Lake
George were the Jesuit Father, Isaac
Jogues, and his con- panions Rene Gou-
pill and Guillame Couture. They were
taken over its waters as prisoners-tor.
tured, manned aid bleeding-by the
Mohawks, in the month of August.
1912. Father Jogues and Rene Goupi
both fell victims to Indian savagery.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07

Once, locking from window on a land
That lay in silence underneath the sun:
A land of WIDE green meadows, through which ran
Two rivers. slowly broadening to the sea-
Thus, as looked, 1 know not how whence,
Was borne into my unexpectant soul
That thought, late learned by anxious witted man,
The infinite patience of the Eterna Mind.
80 .Scvt61tey for Februnry
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07

MRS. JULIA GARDNER TYLER. the
widow of the late President Tyler, is
living at sherwood Forest" on the
James river, in Virginia.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07
Cheese Making.

At tie recent meeting of the st.
Lawrence dairymen, Prof. L. B. Arnold
delivered an address on cheese making,
in the course of which he remarked
that one of the most important errors
is that the dairyman keeps two COWS
to furnish the milk one might be made
to produce. The rule to adopt is to
produce the largest amount of milk
from the least amount of carcass. He
would impress the dairymen with the
Importance of keeping a full supply of
food before the cow for time after
coming to new milk. If you pinch
her then, she cannot be brought back
to what she gave at first. Feed that
kind of food that is oest adapted to
making flesh. After the rush of grass
other food should be provided to make
up the deficiency. If this is not done,
will make up the loss.
The supply of water and the comfort
of the cow during the warm weather do
not receive sufficient attention. A large
share of the cheese manufactured dur
ing the hot weather last summer was
out of flavor. Cattle do not have suffi-
cient protection from the hot rays of
the sun. The heat makes them thirsty,
but if the water is not convenient they
suffer and the milk suffers. That milk
makes bad quantity of cheese, and it
is not the fault of the manufacturer.
If the water is bad the effect upon
the milk is great. have been able to
tell from the cheese whether the COW
has had plenty or good quality of water.
These circums tances which injure the
quality Of the milk also injure the
quantity. A serious loss occurs from
the method of carrying the milk to the
factory. The practice of closing the
milk in a tight can confines the animal
flavor to the milk. Milk carried to the
factory with the cover open is bettered
by the transportation. 1t requires less
rennet to chadulate milk which has
been transported to the factory. Slight
ly churning skim-milk will make it
produce 3 better quality of cheese.
Cheese made from milk which is of
flavor will not stand the hot weather
as we'll as cheese made from pure milk
Cheese should have a temperature of
700 for curing, and this should not be
varied. The ventilation by the small
tube in the cover of the can is not suf-
hcient to secure the best quality of
milk. He had invented cover with q
wire gauze in the center in place
of the tin. A rim two inches high is
placed around the edge of the gauze; a
hange around the cover prevents the
cover from sinking. Many of the New
England factories will not receive milk
in other cans.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-02-07

BACK cloaks and
silk dresses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-13

uine look OF ana cement. "I had really
Tever houl ht of he matter in that point Of
VIZ y
Neither Rad he. His own impression had
BEEN as he afterwards had an opportunity
Tor explaining, that the Squire, having no
son, DID OF care 10 keep sucn Dig place ia
hand, al d thought Of retiring 20 some fash
ln1ah'e locality Unfortunately IN these
day IL Is no new thirg tor people To give Up
country estStes and retire into fashionable
centers
Now, Gertrude. dear Gertrude. listen 20
me" saie u Msjors lacing his hand on her
arm in beseeChing mood. 4" y on may be
quite sure that j do rot want you to leave
Lescombe. Ever since have known you
have had the ambition TO make you in r'al
Truth the mistress q LescOmbe, and the place
would lose all II charms IL you would moi
stay here as my wife"
And now Gertrude was trembling as well
as crying.
And as for the dear Old man, shall be
actly q he used TO do. We will be a. happy
as We have teen during the last few weeks"
Ard the happy giIl was obfigei 10 confess
that # She loved Lescombe and her father,
she also truly loved Frank Eveleigh.
90 rot exactly know what were the set
Elements and the business arrangements
They were In the safe hands of Mr.. Parker
ard the gentle man on the other side. AS the
Major lucidly explained the matter, any
mOi ey he put into the estate would evenGu-
ally come back 10 him. 1t was only taking
money out OF one wsistcOat pocket and put
I'll ii nto the other. Hardy was the "best
man" on the occasion OF the marriage. Ger
trude finds that, much as she loves Les
COLI be, a run on the Continent ard season
in town are endurable. The Squire continues
the virtual loId OF Lescombe. The Eveleighs
have two Ons; ard one of them, christeuei
Iascomb be, is tU assume the name and arms
0f Bis nd so that there Is every
probability that there will yet be another
Lescon be Lescombe of Lescomhe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-13
FROGS IT SCHOOL.

Twenty fToggie- went 20 school,
Down beside a rusty pool:
Twenty linz. coats % green,
Twenty ve-t-. All white and q an.
o We must d. ia tinla, aid they.
"firsf " study. then W play,
That l. how Te keep the rule
When We fT1Ezies 60 to school,
Master Bullfro.,. grave AMI stern.
Called the classes IA their turn.
Taught The IA how e. molly strive,
LtkrV Use hUw To leap ard dive.
From hts seat up1u tn log.
showed them how g. ar . n Ell chnE
sl-C how 20 dodge a blow
Prom the sticks which bad boys throw.
Twenty fToEgi"- grew I'D fast,
Enllir"C- they became az lat,
Not cue duuCe among thu lot.
Not one lesson they forgot;
Polished ~ a high degree,
= --"h 'rsE ~. ought o. To-,
Vow thy 1T GA ether logs,
Teaching other litrl- fro
We o, isaas CiJf - ~ OtSsrrtr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-13

STREET CAR DRIVERS AROUSED. - For
some time past Superintendent Brewer, of
the street railway company, has been aware
that knocking down. has been going on
among the drivers OF the street cars, and he
estimates at least q good dividend Is lost
each year by this means. Superintendent
Brewer has been making strenuous efforts
lately to break up this practice, and, having,
as he supposed, sufficient evidence In his
possession to warrant his action, he dis
charged some OF his drivers, and posted
notice in his private office that they had
ploy for stealing. Such a notice as this
reused the ire OF the men, and one of them
named Patrick Moran, q few days ago,
went before Esquire Olmstead OF Greece
and swore out q warrant for the arrest of Mr.
Brewer for libel. Mr.. Brewer gave bail TO
answer before the grand jury Rochester
onion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-13

CENTENNIAL OF BURGOYNE's SURREN-
DER Great preparations are progressing at
Schuylervile, N. Y, for the celebration of
of Burgoyne, October II, liz. Everything is
complete for laying the corner stone to the
monument, and there will be an imposing
Masonic and military display. Governors
Rhode Island, viii be among the visitors.
n0The bark Idaho, from New York, has
been subjected to search by the Spanish au-
thorities at C1enfuegos, Cuba.
gan inburgh medical student was
plucked thrice; when, instead OF buying Q
In degrees, he took poison.
~ The orthodox Protestant pastors Of Ct.
Adams, VT, were not unanimous In asking
Moody. to conduct revival services there,
and 70 he refused to 60