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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-16

THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE.
PASSENGER ROUTES TO ALL POINTS
NORTH AND EAST.
ReorganIzea for tho Summer OF 1877.
Working out of New Orleans via the N. o. and
NJ. R. B. and presenting the, following attractive
lines TO the attention of all North bouad Tour.
lists and Travellers:
Route No. 1-An Rail.
Via Montgomery, Columbus, Macon, Augusta,
Wilmington, richmond.
81 Hours, New Orleans to New York.
The same time always as by any other line.
Pullman Sleeping Cars TO Opelika.
Solid Day Trains, thence to Augusta, with
Pullman PM Sleeping Cars attached at Macon for
Through train. Wilmington to Richmond and
New York, with Elegant ParloT Cars attached TO
Riehmond-thence Pullman Sleeping Cars to
ALI GHANgEs At sEAsoNAgLE HouRs
AND INTO CLEAN AND PROPERLY
VENTILATED CARS.
Route NO. 2-Bay Line.
Over the same lines to Wilmington as by Route
No. l., Thence by Special Parlor Cars to Ports
mouth. Va. Thence. at $50 2. m. daily Except
BAY ZINE to Bs@eere Thenes ~ me
Express. arriving in New York at DOS .. m.
A sixty-nine hours run-only seven hours In
undisturbed nights rest and superior eccom-
modations upon the Chesapeake Bay.
Route No. 3-Ths Cid Dominion Line.
The same Lines to Wilmington and Ports.
mouth as Routes and 2. Thence. on Mondays,
magnificent sidewheel steamships Of the OLD
DOMINION COMPANY. which invariably arrive
at their New York wharves at 9 p. m.
A through run of rs hours combining the
essential elements Of Cheapness. Speed and
Comfort.
Passengers should leave New Orleans Eatur-
days. Mondays and Thursdays to connect close
ly with this Line.
For Tickets, Checks. Time Cards, ami all In
formation, apply at the Offices of the New Or.
leans and Mobile Railroad.
a. POPE Pc General Passenger Agent.
L. L. MCCLESKEY, Southwestern Agent, cor,
ner st Charles and Common SITS. MOI am
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-07-25
The Coal Trade.

Concerning the coal trade oftho lakes
it has been contended that its btumi-
nous prosperity could not be interfered
with by any effort of the anthracite in
tcrest because Of the nearness of the
bituminous region to lake ports and the
adaptability of the coal to ali purposes,
as well us the Improvements which are
constantly being made to utilize it in the
most economical and cilcctlial manner.
But late events show that the trade is
not infalliblc against anthracite compc-
tition. At Cleveland it has been shown,
since the fall III anthracite. that to
maintain the bulk and life of IA bitumi-
nous trade Il drop in prices must be
made to correspond with the drop in
anthracite; or, in other words, if an
thracite remains down, an entire rcvo-
luton in the method Of working bitumi-
nous must take place 1t is hardly pos
sible for anthracite operators to con
tinue the present low rates for any
length of time, if it be true, as is said
that they are losing on every ton they
are placing upon the market at these
rates; yet consumers III this market are
llbItliiE AiltIi oIhfl0 lDt bllulll IilOur WIFI
the hope that the present pressure will
bring the rates down still lower than
they now are, and which, it is generally
acknowledged, are so low that margin
enough is not secured to pay for the
time spent in selling it.
Formerly the northern coal fields Of
Pennsylvania had almost exclusive CON
troll Of the ladies market, by reason Of
their direct rail connection between
Buffalo and the mines. Now the many
facilities Of the southern fields move
coal to tide very cheapiy, whence it can
be sent by boat, at the present low
prices, to undersell the northern oper-
atOrs.
This may eventuate in a powerful
struggle for the lakes trade during the
balance of the season, and if it should,
the bituminous operators in this region
must make up their minds to stand it at
loss or devise some means to greatly
lessen their rates
The subject is equally important to
consumer and operator, and will bear
close investigation.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-07-25
A Mouse story from Nevada.

The Corrinne (Nev) Record tells the
following story: Yesterday afternoon
the writer witnessed a strange sight in
the Record office Our attention was
attracted by several lusty squeaks from
the inside Of a pail, almost full Of
water, into which "A half-grown mouse
had fallen. The alarm had hardly died
away before four or five mice appeared
on the scene, and began clambering to
the edge of the pail. For several mo-
ments after gaining the top of the pail
and catching sight of the mouse in the
water squeaking confab was held.
First one mouse and then another
would cling to the rim Of the bucket
with his hind legs and while almost
touching the water with his nose,
squeak out either consolation or advice
to the immersed; but while all this
was going on the swimming powers OF
the unfortunate mouse in the pail were
rapidly giving out. At last happy
thought seemed to strike the biggest
mouse in the crowd, and almost with
out squeak he firmly fastened his
forefeet to the edge of the pail and let
his body and tail hang down. The
drowning mouse saw it, and making Il
last desperate effort for life, swan to
the spot, seized the tail of his brother
mouse, and, amid squeaks of delight
from all the mice present, was hauled
high and dry out Of the water and over
the edge of the bucket"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-07-25

bars for breech-piece in the coil mill.
Thence they proceeded, under the guild
ance of Capt Porter, to the rolling mill,
where they saw the bars produced, and
where they found some Very good re-
versing gear to the rolls. In the forge Il
jacket, weighing about thirty tons, and
intended for n 3S-ton gun, was being
manipulated under lotion steam ham
mer with rs much ease and dexterity rs
though it had only weighed thirty
pounds. The operation of shrinking a
breech-piece on to n steel tube, still for
n 3S-ton gun, was then witnessed, after
which the experimental S0-ton gun was
shown to the visitors, rs were also
the various parts of the three service
SO-ton guns which are in process of
manufacture. BY means of a model,
which could be taken apart, Capt Por-
ter explained the construction of these
splendid weapons. The turnery, the
rough boring mill, the ritling mill, and
the patternroom were successfully Wis
tied, in the latter Of which the mem
bers took leave of Capt. Porter, every
one being highly gratitied with the
pleasing and instructive visit, for no
where else could such varied series of
special engineering operations be Wit
messed
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-07-25
1t the rate of ten miles an hour.

at the rate of ten miles an hour. De-
casionally it dropped into down
grade, or rapids, where its speed was
increased to fifteen miles an hour. for
short distances. The captain not lik-
ing the way the pilot was handling the
boat, took hold of the wheel himself,
and demonstrated his superior skill by
running the steamer into the bank, by
which the wheel was disabled and rem
dered unserviceable The boat was
drifting rapidly down with the current.
Some of the the crew began to make
calculations as to how far they could
swim with their clothes on. Presently
/ they sighted small island in the mid
die of the river A dead cottonwood,
with prodigous outspreading roots and
branches, had lodged square across the
upper end ofthe island; and, as good luck
would have it, the boat drifted plump
against chat and stuck there until the
men could carry a rope ashore
and effect fastening The broken
wheel was repaired and the journey
was resumed
Col. Sheridan speaks enthusiastically
of the beauty of the Big Horn valley
At the junction of that stream with
the Yellowstone, in a picturesque park,
a town has been laid out. 1t is called
Big Horn City. AT present the city
consists of three orrour families, who
have built log cabins, and are making
some efforts to cultivate the soil. One
enterprising fellow, an emigrant from
Montana, is cultivating a garden of for
ty acres, which is yielding an album
dance of vegetables. He expects to
find sale for all his truck among the
soldiers, steamboat-men, prospectors,
and hunters.
Col. Sheridan thinks that of all abomi-
nations III this world to come, the Vel
lowstone Upper Missouri mosquito is
the most abominable. At Fort Buford.
on his way down, he found every officer
and soldier wearing a close-ftting head
net, and the whole command enveloped
in smoke arising from hundred
"smudges, or fires. Still there was
no sleep or rest for the men. Some
were nearly crazed by the torture.
Any one who has ever been bitten by Il
Yellowstone mosquito will not need to
be told how it feels. One mosquito
can annoy him exceedingly, while a
dozen may throw him into spasms, but
a swarm of them can suck him dry of
blood, eat all the flesh off his bones, and
chew up and spit out his clothes and
shoes in just four minutes, by any chro-
nometer in the land The Yellowstone
mosquito can't be inundated or bull
dozed. He won't fly at the motion of
hand. When he locates on a man he
settles for good, and you may pull his
legs out by the roots and he won't let
go,-not until he gets his little belly
full. Seriously, the soldiers stationed
i'll that country find life almost unen-
durable ut this season of the year.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-07-25
THE WONDERS OF WOOLWICH,
The Manufacture of BulletS..Shels and
Cartridge Cases--The Forty Ton
Steam Hammer.

The London newspapers of June 26
furnish lis with report Of n visit made
by one hundred and fifty members and
associates of the Society of Engineers
to the Royal arsenal at Woolwich. On
assembling at the arsenal the visitors
were divided into two sections, each sec
ton proceeding in charge of guide,
one to the royal laboratory department,
and the other to the royal carriage de
partment. On leaving those depart
mentS the sections united and were con
Quoted over the royal gun factories.
In the laboratory the visitors were
first shown the manufacture Of bullets
for the Martini-Henry as we'll as for the
ers. The bullet metal is first poured
hot into receiver which is forced up
by hydraulic pressure causing the sol
idiiied but still hot metal to issue from
the top Of plunger as rod. This
operation is performed i'll what is desig-
mated the " lead-squirting room" The
rod of metal is wonnd on to Il drum as
it issues forth until the contents of the
hydraulic press are exhausted, when
the drum, with its coil, is removed to
the bullet-moulding room. Here the
metal is first cut up into lengths and
rough-shaped in one machine and fin
ished in another. A large number of
machines were busily at work making
the three classes of bullets we have
mentioned The manufacture of the
plug for stopping the rear end of the
bullet was also witnessed The plug
was formerly made of wood, but is
now made from n special kind of
powder, which is soliditied under pres
sure. The shell foundry and shell-iill-
ing room were next visited, and shells
of various sizes, from those of the
S0-ton gun downward to 7-pOunder
shells, were seen III the various stages
Of manufacture. The cartridge case
factory was then visited, as were suisse
qucntly the rocket and the torpedo de-
partments. and finally the model-room
In the royal carriage department some
very interesting work was witnessed III
the preparation of the details Of car
riages for the 3S-tOn and other guns.
Much interest was evinced in some
band-saw machines at which small de-
ldll )dllH NCic'pelilS tut outoi NlollSIlt-
iron lust in the same way as fret-wOrk
is executed in wood Another interest
ing engineering tool shown was circu-
lar planning by Greenwood &
Bailey, of Leeds, and which has not
been long at the arsenal. By its aid
some racers for the 3S-ton gun platform
were being planted. This tool will
plane to a maximum radius of twenty
! five feet. A number of other powerful
and useful machines We're examined.
Upon arriving at the royal gun factories,
the visitors were received by Capt. Por-
ter, in the absence of Col. 1ounghus-
band, superintendent of the royal gun
factories. Here special heats had been
arranged by Col Younghusband They
first saw the coiling of the white-hot
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-07-25
The Inconsistencies Of Habit,

We extract the following from Il late
Paris letter: Modesty is only another
word for habit The French woman
displays her legs ON muddy pavements
in way that makes English and Ameri-
can women hang their heads with
shame. The English woman hides her
legs but she exposes her breast in
crowded assemblies with Il freedom
that strikes French and Americans
with disgust The American hides
both breast and ankles; but very young
girls show themselves alone in streets
omnibuses cars, and ferryboats in a
way that fills Europeans with horror at
their immodesty. In the DAYS when
broad bandcauX of hair were worn il
was immodest for an ear to be seen.
7 | have seen in a fashion article, in an
American publication of years ago, the
assertion that 10 modest woman could
feel at ease with her hair behind her
ears. African travellers who only see
the human figure in lis natural con-
dition, affirm that the sight ofthe naked
fosm of the native woman has not the
slightest disturbing effect upon the
inauguration. But only let those
same forms be partially dressed and
the immodesty of the revealed portions
is as evident rs if they were exposed by
civilized women. The habit of looking
continually upon the human figure 10y
the artist robS it utterly of the impure
associations that haunt the mind of the
Palestine. The most reckless student
Of the FEcole DIES Beaux Arts forgets
I ,, l. cd a.
and curves and color of the model be-
fore him. That modesty is only habit
the innocence of children, VINO have no
modesty till they begin to lose their
virgin innocence of thought, plainly
shows. "Never never, never let your
brother see you in your chemise," said II
modest goveness to her little pupil,
whom she found one day dancing
about in her one garment among her
brothers. you cannot come in"
cried the little girl, next day, when her
baby brothers tried to enter her room.
you cannot come in, for | am in my
chemlse." A moment after she opened
the door saying; "Now YOU can come
in" She had dropped off the immod-
est garment, and stood in her angelic
modesty, naked as Eve before sin came
into the world
Nevertheless, all persons may not see
the nude figure purely. The aforesaid
newspaper correspondent cannot, for
alas, to her there is no modesty but
the modesty of many yards Of dry
goods. An American mother came to
Paris few weeks ago, bringing her
daughter, girl of -. This daughter
had been reared tenderly; the inner
petal of asrosebud is not more sheltered
from malign influence than She, But
sometimes worm creeps into the very
heart of the rosebud Mamma said
this child day or two after her arrival
in Paris, ''do let us go to the Bots de
Boulogne, or somewhere where we can
see Cora Pearl and the rest of the demi-
monde,"
Cora Pearl! the demi-mondew
gasped the horror-stricken mother;
where did you ever hear of such hor-
rible things
why, in Lucy Hoopers letters Of
course, that were in the newspapers at
homeW answered the child.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-07-25

An inventor has just obtained
patent on "key-holes. The man gho
came home slightly intoxicated and
awoke his Betsy Jane with a demand to
hand him out bunch Of key-holes, as
sorted sizes, will hereafter be relieved
Of any difficulty he may have expert
enced in the past.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-07-25

The post of honor with politicians
is not the private station, but the post
office.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-10-10
A Noble Act.
happy 7

Once upon time a young man was
convicted of crime in this city, says the
Detroit Free Press, and sentenced by
Recorder Swift to the State prison for
three years. He made an A No. record
in prison and was pardoned by Gov.
Bagley short time. before the expiration
of the term for which he had been SEN
fenced. On his return to Detroit, he
found employment at IS a week in one
of the largest wholesale and retail houses
in the city. He conducted himself in an
exemplary manner, and he began to be-
lieve that his lines had really fallen in
pleasant places, until one morning an
ominous message came informing him
that he was wanted in the proprietor's
private Office. Apprehensive that his
history had been disclosed, he entered
the office with a heavy heart, but re-
solved to meet the issue like man.
The proprietor stood by his desk hold
ing in one hand letter. His manner
indicated nothing of what was passing in
his mind, but with a deprecatory gesture
he handed the letter to his clerk and
told him to read it. The young man
glanced hurriedly over the letter Ga COW
ardly ansnymors rptoduction), which
was simply recital of the dark episode
i'll his career.
els that true?" inquired the pro,
prietor.
"Jt is true, was the sad reply.
Tho merchants face lighted in an in
stant He grasped the abashed and
trembling clerk by the hand and said t,
him "You are the man I want. You
may draw 1913 week from this time un.
til furthe- notice, and at the first oppor.
tunity shall give you charge of floor.
[ can trust a man who will face the truth
in this fashion aud under these circum.
stances, and you may count upon per
manent situation so long as I am il
business"
What that young man said in response
to this unexpected declaration of conf
dence has. not yet been told but tho
merchant, whose sense of justice ant
love of truth was 30 signally illustrated
may be assured that he has gained ,
loyal friend, and earned the deathles'
gratitude not only of that young man
but of all his family. 1t is an example
worth more than whole decades of i'm
prisonment.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-10-10
Beaux Of Former Times.

We much Question whether thecelc.
brated Beau Brummel and even the
equally celebrated Romeo Coats were
not absolutely mere Quakers in their
dress compared with some of the dressers
of the former days. Sir w. Raleigh
wore white satin pinked vest, close sleev-
ed to the wrist over the body brown
doublet, finely powdered, and embroid-
cred with pearl. In the feather of his
hat large ruby, and pearl drop at the
bottom of the spring in place of but
ton his trunk hose or breeches, with
stockings and ribbon garters, fringed at
the end all white and buff shoes with
white ribbons. On great court days his
shoes were so gorgeously covered with
precious stones as to have exceeded the
value of $4,000, and he had a suit of
armour of solid silver, with a sword and
belt blazing with diamonds, rubies and
pearls. King James favorite, the duke
of Buckingham, could afford to have his
diamonds tackled on SO loosely that when
he chose to shake off few on the ground
he obtained all the fame he desired from
the pickers-up, for our duke never con-
descended to accept what he himself had
dropped. His cloaks were trimmed with
great diamond buttons, and he wore dia-
mond hat bands, cockades, and earrings
yoked with great ropes and knots of
pearls. He had twenty-seven suits of
clothes made-the richest that embroid-
cry, lace, silk, velvet, silver, gold and
gems could contribute of which was
a white uncut velvet, set all over, both
suit and cloak, with diamonds, valued at
$40O, 900, beside feather stuck all over
with diamonds, as were also his sword,
girdle, hat and spurs. When the differ
ence in the value of money is considered,
the sums thus ridiculously squandered in
dress must have been prodigious.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-10-10

They were found to contain some
counterfeit plates, quantity Of counter
felt money, in various bills, and also a
little overfifteen hundred dollars in good
money!
"Huzza Z" cried the farmer.
"What is it, father ?" said Maude.
Z" Why, your trip to Easton has proved
profitable one, at all events. Here's
over fifteen hundred dollars, good
moueyr
"Ah, but it will be claimed by the
owner"
"Doyou think counterfeiter will dare
to como for the tools that would convict
him ?-to say nothing of highway rob-
berry,"
az didn't think Of that"
That evening Ftsmer Henderson sent
John over to young Masters with mes
sage to call round and see him, to which
Harry responded instantly.
Mr.. Masters" said the farmer, as he
came into the large, old-fashioned sit
ting-room, "you remember what you
asked of me this afternoonP"
eyes, SIR"
Well, l give my consent. Maude
has just furnished her own marriage
portion. Take her, my boy, and be
happy !"
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-10-10
Self.Murder.

To those who say that the work is not
their own, who say: 81 have not de-
stroyed myself" the illustration Of an
extreme case may be helpful Look for
example, at the case of the drunkard.
Look at the poor, miserable wretch. Do
not the blood-shot eye, the tainted
breath and his diseased body generally
all tell the tale ? Do not they all say
something? He has brought ruin upon
himself and upon those connected with
him his home is desolate, his children
in rags, his wife dying. You may say /;
"See what drink has done" No, it was
not drink, but the drinking. There might
be oceans of drink around him, and yet
he might never have been destroyed.
1t is his own diseased human nature that
has brought about the work of destruc-
ton, that has so reduced him that there
is scarcely any humanity left. His sin
has spread it has gone beyond himself
to his family, to his wife and chill
dren but who did it? Not his neigh
bors not his malignant foes. 1t would
be o case of murder that the law could
deal with if the blame of destroying
man could be laid upon others. A
man would certainly forfeit his life if he
did against another what he does against
himself. How is it to be brought about?
The god of this world has blinded his
eyes, but, remember, the man has given
permission, he has given himself over
it is by his own act and deed that he has
compassed his own destruction, and
sealed his ruin. Who has done it Is
the question. "Thou hast destroyed
thyself," is the answer, and it is beyond
all controversy. 1t is simply the strong,
fully developed result of sin that is all.
Wherever sin is present it carries on the
same deadly work, and has ever the same
deadly influence belonging to it. "Sin,
when it is finished perfectly it bringeth
forth death."r
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-10-10
Another Sam Patch.

A reckless chap, calling himself Capt.
Julius d. Rhodes, of Springville, Erie
county, N. Y, recently made daring
Jump into Niagara river in imitation of
the feats of Sam Patch, who fiourished
and was killed in Rochester, N. Y, some
forty five years ago. The Buffalo
Courier thus describes his jump from a
skeleton platform or tower, eighty-four
feet high, built ON the rocks near the
foot of the inclined railway, Prospect
Park: "This he did few minutes before
four o'clock, in the presence of at least
two thousand people, who had congre-
gated at every commanding point. The
dive was graceful and easy one, and he
came up smiling and struck out for
swim. A life-saving coat, made of cloth
and lined with cork, capable of sustain
ing the weight of four ordinary people,
was thrown into the water from ferry
barge. This he put on and buttoned
up with comparative ease. To demon.
strate the practical value of the appara-
tus, his wife. a small, dark-complexioned
woman, in a blue flannel bathing suit
jumped into the water from an elevation
of about fifteen feet and enjoyed rid
down stream with her husband.
Rhodes intends jumping distance o
1914 feet some day when the wind doc
not blow. He claims to have mad
sixty-nine high leaps and dives from
different attitudes, once height o
about 140 feet