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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-23
The Philharm0n,cs.

New Orleans has always been reputsd for its
delicate musical taste, and the crowd present
last evening at Grunewald Hall to attend the
concert Of the Philharmonic Society gave proof
that the thirst for harmony ia yet unsatiated in
our community. Everything that was fair and
lovely among the gentler sex and most all Of the
atesner dilettsnti were present. The concert
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MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
THE CARoNDELErGANAL ILLEGAL
TOLLS.

Some Of our contemporaries have discovered
that illegal charges have been made by the toll
gate keeper of the old shell road at Esplansde
street, just as the matter, after several weeks
standing, il being corrected by the Mayor, as re-
ported once or twice in the columns Of the DEMO
CHAT. There is every reason indeed, now. that
the Osrondelet Canal Company will act justly
toward oil persons aggrieved. and will refund the
moneys illegally exscted from the huoksters and
other people living In The free zone situated De-
tween Esplanade street and the Msrigny canal.
II they don't 10 will be the fault OF these people
themselves. Az to the future use OF the Bayou
Sc. John for it's legitimate purposes natural
drain Of the city-the matter is a foregone con-
cl1sion.
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Get your kid gloves at Kreeger's
Personal.

Pat Gleason arrived in this city yesterday.
Everybo knows the genial friend and business
manager OF old Ben DeBar, whose benign coun-
teuance has been missed here only for too long a
time. P. G, proposes to open here life insur.
ance office, and tffsrs himself as sample of the
success Of his business.
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THB NEW oR1zANs DEMooRAT TUESDAY, ocToBER g. 1877

the current at an angle Of between 22A and 45
degrees. Now, IL the water in the canal wei 9
siagnant, 1t would seek its level. and consequent.
ly there would be no drainage established; but
the Professor contends that the action OF q cur
rent through the csnal of sufficient velocity and
this the river will supply, will be to suck out
these sewers by the attraction OF cohesion, and
this Is what he calls "ekmuzssis.' He claims to
have made experiment which prove copclusively
the efficacy OF his theory, and his confidence
In it's successful application lie absolute. This cir
oumstsnoe alone would seem to justify careful
and thorough test Of it's merits and for this reason
we have thought it proper to bring 1t again prom
inently before the public with, view to provoking
our authorities to give IL proper consideration
and of suggesting to them the propriety Of in
ducipg Prof FontaIne to present his theory in .
lecture, or In come other tangible and definite
shape. With this purpose in view we have OBJ
tanned from him the following estimate OF the
probable cost Of constructing the canal and PER.
fecting this novel System of drainage. His esti-
mates are rs follows:
Lumber, bs,57s,5eo feet, at cent per =.
Dredging and building, 30 miles 81 1890, =.
s5000 per mile .................... III, 600 90
Pins nails, pumps, etc. ............ 10000 90
Total cost. .......................s 1886, 1856 60
For this sum the Professor proposes not mere
~ to perfect system OF underground drainage
entirely ads quate TO all the requirements OF the
city, but also 10 drain entirely the whole area of
country lying between his proposed canal and the
river, comprising In all nearly four hundred
square miles, the greater portion Of which ia now
but huge serborean bog, one vast miasmatic
and death breeding swamp Certainly il but one
hall OF what he promises with so much assurance
can be realized this is but trifing price to pay
Tor 1T. If, the Professor Gays. "all these re.
suits can be accomplished st what Morgan pays
for the building of one of his ret class steamers
every consi GRAFTON OF humanity should demand
he completion Of this work even at double the
ooat IS
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-23

We would call the special attention of our
readers to the, card of Messrs. Kursheedt &
Bienvenu. With a view to the appropriate cele-
bration of All Saints Day, they have supplied
themselves with large assortment of marble
and iron vases suitable for the decorai ion of
ton Of these beautifal and chaste Ornaments
will be of great interest to visitors They are
offered at prices within the reach OF all.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-23
ADMINISTRATOR CAvANAC

left the city on Sunday evening for kelma, Ala
bama, to attend TO a sick relative. and will be
absent week or ten days at most. Meanwhile
the Department OF Commerce will be under the
charge OF Administrator Diamond.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-23

The Board OF Health reports the following
deaths for the week ending sunday, October ~:
Males 65, females A.; total liz. Whites 20.
colored AZ; total 1l2
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New ORLEANS. October "a, 1877


Editor Democrat On the 2Sth of September /
sent you copy Of my award assigning work to
Messrs. McCrackeD Il Brewster for $B40 over Mr..
Pernet who bid $500. Do me the favor 10 reply
to this comm unicston by ref, renee to the award,
the bids being for desks and platform.
l.. d. Stafford. 81, 900 90
James II. Pernet. Observation-Disclosures. 96O 90
j. Christie. Observation-Disclosures. 1,0OO 90
MoOracken & Brewster ................ $40 90
and by reason of which / assigned the work to
McCracken & Brewster.
Yours truly,
LOUIS BUSH.
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Best plated ware at others, 174 Canal. oppo-
site Varieties. Theatre.
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Get your kid gloves at Kreeger's.
Read Navra's invitation to the China Palace.

New shapes and styles In china at others
only, TIA Canal street, opposite Varieties
Theatre.
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Read Nayra's invitation to the China Palace
Get your kid gloves at Kreeger's.

Lava figures In great variety. at others la
canal, opposite Varieties Theatre.
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Buy yoTr buggies and carriages from l. 7.
Maddux. IS Carondslet street ,near corner drar
viet.
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Offner has only one store-174 Canal street.
opposite Varieties Theatre.
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Get your kid gloves at Kreeger's
Read Navra's invitation to the China Palace.
Jet your kid gloves at Kresger's.

New Paran fl cures at others, TIA Canal str
opposite Varieties Theatre.
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Read Navras invitation to the China Palace.
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Read Navra's invitation to the China Palace.

Get your kid gloves at Kreeger's.
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MnrfuarY RepOrt.

Get your kid gloves at Kreeger's.
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Get your kid gloves q Kreeger'g.
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CURHsTONE SIR AN OFFICER,

Read Navra's invitation to the China Palace.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-08-23
Only Three Months.

They had been married about
three months. The boy from the
store appeared with note from her
husband. She clutched the pre-
cious missive with an eager hand.
tremblingly opened it and read:
Dear Wife: Send me a pocket
handkerchief JOHN"
She went slowly to the drawer to
get the desired article. and while
looking for it she came across the
the following note, dated two weeks
after the wedding:
Sunlight of My Soul: You will
have to send me a handkerchief
Your bewitching eyes so turned my
head this morning that l forgot to
take one with me, for which L shall
kiss the sweet face ofmy own a thou
sand times when L come home. In
Two hours and twenty minutes it
will be II o'clock, and then l can
come to my beautiful rose. l long
to fly to you. A thousand kisses l
send thee, my fairy wife.
"Yours, tenderly, JOHN"
She sighed, gave the boy the
handkerchief, and sighed again.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-08-23

ern farmers rely entirely upon our
great staple-corn-for fattening
food; and certainly there is nothing
that equals it for this purpose.
With a large majority of feeders,
the growing crop is depended upon
to fit the hogs now on hand for
the market; and, when this is the
case, they should commence just as
soon as the corn is hard enough to
be of service. But when there is a
sufficient quantity of old corn on
hand, it will be found more profita
BILE to continue its use until the new
crop is thoroughly ripened. If the
hogs tire of it in its hard, dry form,
it will be found profitable to shell
it from the cob, and then soak it
say about twelve hours-before
feeding. for a few days, and then
return to the dry corn. The great
secret of successful pork making
lies in keeping the appetite of the
hog in good condition, then supply
ing it plentifully with corn, and
making your pork before the ad-
vent of cold weather.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-08-23
Chinese SelfTorture.

The neighborhood of Chow Chow,
in China, is ringing with eulogies of
the filial virture of a young woman
named Wang, whose fame is cele-
brated in the Picking Gazette by no
less eminent a hand than that Of Ii
Hung Chang, Viceroy of the Chill
provinces. The lofty dignitary
urges that monument be erected
in her honor, her claims to the dis
tinction being based upon proofs of
Unprecedented devotion. She re-
peatedly refused marriage, in order
to devote herself to the service of
her parents: drew her own blood
20 "varnish" the coffin when he
died; cut pieces of flesh from her
thighs and burned mOrsels of her
arms to give to her mother as medi-
cines, abstained from food for three
days when this parent died, and per-
formed several toilsome pilgrimages
to ancestral tombs. The North
China HEARD says "the tale is one of
courage that one cannot but admire,
while plying the foolish ignorance
which can lead to so much torture
being so uselessly self-inflicted."
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-08-23
Rugs.

But the latest fancy is making
rugs. What prolific mind generated
this idea l do not know, but at first
tapestry carpets were raveled in
order to obtain the crinkied yarn.
Now it is sold in lunches, under the
name of Roumania yarn, and pos
sesses the advantage of being high
ly colored in itself, without having
to be selected from various sources.
This is knitted on bare needles with
DeXter's cotton, number six
ABOUT twenty or more stitches are
set up and knitted across; then the
yarn, cut in lengths of two or three
inches, is caught one piece at a time
in each such; then it is knitted
across plain three times, and the
yarn inserted the same, until the
length of rug is required. As many
of these strips are knitted as is re-
quired for the width. They are
then sewed together and fastened
to stout burlap coffee bagging or
canvas cloth. When made in a
mixture of autumn leaf colors in
long, soft moss in which that in
wolves tints of bronze, browns, yell
lows, dull greens and vivid red, they
are rich enough for the library and
parlor, to place before the sofa or
other articles of furniture. Another
style has the center of one color and
then bright border outside. They
also make most acceptable pres
ents for an invalid always confined
to one room, as a bedside and bu-
reau rug, the softness and brilliancy
in tits making always a bright spot
for the eye to rest on.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-08-23
When to Make Pork.

The National Live Stock Journal
is about right in the following ut
terances on the subject of making
pork. 1t says:
Don't forget that warm weather
is the time to make pork. There is
but little profit in feeding hogs. so
far as pork making is concerned,
when the thermometer is down TO
zero. Remember this fact, and
commence feeding, early. Hogs
that are to be marketed this year
ought now to be in fair condition,
and should be fed unspariugly from
this on until they are ready for the
market The great mass of West
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-08-23
HOW A PAPER IS MADE.

spray, how is paper madet"
The question is easy to ask,
But to answer it fully. my dear,
Were rather difficult task;
And ye: in bantering way,
AS the whip poor-will sings in the glade
I'll venture bit of lay
To tell how paper is made.
An editor sits at his desk,
And ponders the things that appear
To be claiming the thoughts of the world
Things solemn, and comic and quear-
And when he has hit on theme
He judges it well to parade,
He writes, and he writes, and he writes,
And that's how paper is made.
An editor sits at his desk,
And puzzles his brains to make out
'Telegraphic,n so squabled and mixed,
1t is hard to tell what it's about.
Exchanges are lying around
While waiting dispatches delayed,
He clips, and he clips, and he clips,
And that's how paper is made.
A reporter out in the town,
In search of the things that are new
The things that the people have done,
The things they're intending to do
Goes peering and prying about,
For items of macy O grade;
He tramps, and he tram os, and he tramps
And that's how paper is made.
And all these workers prepare;
Of every conceivable stripe,
Is sent to the printer, and he
Proceedeth to stick it in type.
His lines. all respecting his will,
In slow moving columns parade
He sticks, and he sticks, and he sticks.
And that's how paper is made.
In short, when the type is all set,
And errors cleared up more or less,
IT'S Stocked in q form,'' as we say,
And hurried away to the press.
The pressman arranges his sheets,
His ink gives the requisite shade,
Then he prints, and he prints, and he prints,
And that's how paper is made.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-08-23
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Agriculture and Prosperity.

While our manufacturing and
commercial interests languish in
some sections of the country, it is a
notable fact that the agriculturist is
comparatively prosperous, finding a
ready sale at paying prices, for all
his products. While it is the most
primitive, farming is the most indie
pendent calling a man can engage
in. But it is especially like any
other business in that it must be
learned. The merchant or mechanic
that concludes he will go to farm
ing on the superstition that any
body can manage farm, usually
pays dearly for his experiment, but
no more so than the farmer who
concludes to start factory or run
a steamboat. The present army OF
school teachers, lawyers, shoemal-
ers and editors will not make sue
cessful farmers. The boys must be
taught that of all callings that of a
farmer is the surest as well as
among the most honorable. Let
the boys understand that while all
other pursuits are precarious, to the
farmer the means of living are al
ways sure.
The farmer may not be able in
given year to sell his surplus crops
at a remunerative price, but, short
of a general famine, his food and
shelter are sure. He is certain of
the prime essential of life, food, for
he makes it himself, and is not
obliged TO earn money to buy it.
He grapples, hand to hand, with the
elements of human life, and makes
them his own, and by fulfilling his
part of the great contract which
mankind holds with nature, binds |
her to his support. This is all true
of the small farmer who aims only |
at comfortable competence without
endeavoring to amass wealth. In
the case of large agricultural opera
tons, undertaken as speculative
it would not be hard to
show that, while of course more
risky than the class above referred |
to, they rest on a surer foundation
and are more certain of success than
most speculative schemes.
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A cotrast.

Despite the bitter cold, flowers are
the Injuries of Russians in winter.
They are everywhere. The houses
overflow with them-howers receive
you at the door, and go with you up
the stairway; Irish ives festoon bal
listers; jardiniers adorn the land
ings on every floor. In the en-
brasure of the windows bananas
spread out their broad silken leaves
TALBOT palms, magnolias, camelias,
growing like trees, mingle their
blossoms with the glided volutes of
the cornices; orchids hover like but
terfies around lamp-shades of crys-
tai, proclaim and curiously- wrought
terra-cotta. From the morn-shaped
vases of japanese procelain or Bo-
hemain glass. placed in the centre of
table or at the corner of side
board, spring sheaves OF superb ex-
otics. And all this florraI splendor
thrives as in a dollhouse. Every
breath of cold air is carefully ex-
cluded. The windows are invaribly
double, and the space between the
sashes is covered with a layer Of fine
sand, designed to absorb moisture
and prevent the frost from silver
ing the panes. Twisted horns of
paper containing salt are set in it,
and sometimes the sand is conceal
ed by bed of moss. There are no
outside shutters or blinds, for they
would be useless, since the windows
being carefully filed in around the
edges with a kind of cement
Heavy curtains of rich material still
further deaden the effect of the cold
upon the glass. Shivering in the
street. you are at the pole; within
doors, you are transported to the
tropics
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-08-23
Peaches.

We cannot grow peaches with
success except we prune trees every
year; leave but a single tree un
pruned and its leaves are of light
sickly green, it bears one or two
peaches, and that is the last of the
tree. Where trees are pruned half
the growth of the season, peach trees
bear from fifteen to twenty years,
and some even more,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-08-23
LADIES COLUMN.
HARoLINE HAROLD, EDITOR.
Hate Not.

Hate not; it is not worth your
while. Your life is not long enough
to make it pay to cherish ill-will oil
hard thoughts. What if this man
has cheated you, or that man has
played you false? What if YOU
friend has forsaken you in time Of
need, or that one, having won your
utmost confidence, your warmest
love, has concluded that he perfers
to consider and treat you as a stran-
ger. Let it all pass. What differ
ence will it make to you in few
years, when you go to the undiscov-
cred country? A few more smiles, a
few more pleasures, much pain, a
little logger hurrying and worrying
through the world, some hasty greet
ings, abrupt farewel.s, and our play
will be "played out" the injured
will be laid away, and ere long, for
gotten. Is it worthy to hate each
other?
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The Granger
Controlling the Sex in Breeding.
From the Country Gentleman.

From the Country Gentleman
At the request of some friends |
send you a plan 1 have followed
some years, for the purpose of in
fuencing the sex of my calves, and
which has worked thus far very
well. l know it will be laughed at
by many, but L would like to have
the many give it fair trial, and
perhaps there may be some valua-
BILE information gained. There
have been many theories advanced
on this subject, but in none of them
have l found anything very sure.
One is always to serve the COWS in
the early part of the heat, for the
production of heifer; 'another is
to have her served in her evening
on full bag, or before milking, DC.
Now my plan is simply this: If a
COW has produced for her last calf a
heifer, 1 do not allow her to be
served the first time she comes in
season, but let her run over until
the second time, when she is served
in the first part of her heat, and is
Immediately shut up by herself I'M
til it passes over. Should she not
catch this time, l let her run over
heat number three, and serve her in
heat number four, and so on until
she finally does catch.
If cow has last produced a bull
calf, then in this case / have her
served the very first time she comes
around after calving, and shut her
up by herself, as in the preceding
case. Should she not catch by this
service, 1 let her run over the next,
or season number two, and serve
her the next, or season number
three, etc, until she catches.
My reasons for so doing are just
these: l take for granted that every
alternate egg or ovum presented for
impregnation is a male. Conse-
quently, if a COW has bull calf, the
next egg in her rotation must be a
female, and if impregnated when
presented, the produce will be fe
male, etc. By this plan 1 know of
a gentleman who has for years had
nothing but bull-calves, but for the
past year has had all heifers. A
neighbor of his doing likewise, has
had no bull in two years; another l
know of has seven heifers and three
bulls. One year when closely at
tending to this myself, / had six
teen heifers and two bulls. Again,
l bought some time ago two COWS,
seven and eight years old, which
never had produced anything but
bull calves, but by pursuing this
plan l got heifers from both, but it
took me nearly six months to get
them to catch
l keep a correct record of the
times they come in season, and al
ways have them served on this plan.
Sometimes, however, my man makes
a mistake, and serves on the wrong
heat, when of course the COW always !
holds; and for some years 1 have
been able to predict the sex of my
calves almost without mistake.
JNo. r. STUYvEsANT.
POu0hkeepsie. N Y.
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70 Prevent Scorchinr.

/ have only recently learned how
to prevent meat from scorching in
the oven during the roasting pro
cess. The secret is to keep basin
or cup of water in the oven. The
steam is generated not only to pre-
vent schorching, but make the meat
cook nicer. 1t is so simple and
common sense, that never thought
of it before.