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The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1878-05-23
WAITS AND WHTNIS.
Sixty years ago the fastest horses
only made a mile in three minutes.

Sixty years ago the fastest horses
| only made mile in three minutes.
"A little boys first pair of trousers
always fit if the pockets are deep enough.
"A Californian has been found who
tells the truth. He was not found tell
ing it, however. He tells it when he
sees it.
"A guilty conscience makes you feel
that every man you meet has Just
learned your secret and is looking at you
with scornful curiosity.
A railroad eating-house is a, place
where trains stop long enough to allow
piou%Iooking man, formerly q colonel,
to collect one dollar from each passenger.
1t may be encouraging to the smaU
boy to learn that Senator Morr s5v was
notOnly self.made, but that h. WIS at
one time partner in sixteen faro banks.
Bishop Haven told class of young
men who were learning the occupations
of preaching that warmed,up old sermons
were worse than warmed-up buckwheat
cakes. as
"A sailing car is used for pleasure on
the Kansas Pacific railroad. It is sloop-
rigged, has four wheels, and will run
forty miles an hour when the wind is
favorable.
Death bed repentance is like tha
sailors who throw their yaluables oEs
board in storm. They wouldn't dc fsa
ii they could help 1t, and are sorry that
they must.
Sour looks make the time seem long
but when the heart is cheerful the hours
are only notes in merry piece OF music,
which leave pleasant echo behind as
they trip away.
Little five year>oId is having her
first experiences Of spring in the country.
Looking at a pear tree in full bloom, the
other day, she exclaimed: Why, nam.
ma Just look at that tree, It's all
covered with popped corn".
Fish in Germany are seldom broiled;
they are boiled. The size of fish that
need not be returned to the water when
caught is fixed by law. Thus a salmon
must be sixteen inches long, perch five,
and an eel fourteen. Germans do not
fsh for sport as rule.
=. You need not be afraid Of giving too
much, the old colored pastor said. off
any OBJ you know of any church wat
died OBJ liberality, jes tell whar it is, an
1 will make pilgrimage to it, an by de
soft light OBJ de pale moon / will crawl
upon its moss~covered roof an write
upon de tcpmost shingle, Blessed am
de dead who die in de Lord"
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1878-05-23
SickIy Sentimentality.

The best possible way to encourage
defaulters is to allow sympathy for them
to outweigh the demands of justice.
Chase, the defaulting. treasurer os the
Union mills, at Fall River, is represented
to be utterly broken down by the dis
grace which has overtaken him" 1t is a
remarkable fact that these defaulters
never break down until they are detected
and exposed. Then they wilt like tender
flowers.
For years they rob their employers,
live in luxury, spend freely, and enjoy
life with zest that even innocent people
envy. "They flourish like the green bay
tree beside the rivers OF water" Con.
science never troubles them. They sleep
well, eat well, and are seemingly the
happiest of mortals. Some of them
superintend Sunday schools, are conspic-
uous for the fervidness of their prayers,
and the earnestness Of their exhortations
to sinners to repent. They are models
of morality, and manifest hatred of
immortality that leads the community to
regard them as nearly perfect as human
nature is capable of attaining.
At length the day of discovery comes.
They are detected in their dishonest
practices and forthwith crushed to earth,
and the community cries outwhat a pity
so good man should have fallen. The
corporations or persons they have robbed
refuse to prosecute. Pity for the EN-,
bezzler triumphs over justice, and he
goes scot free. Other good men " take
note OF these proceedings and we have
other defaulters,- philadelphia Star.
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1878-05-23
Women in the London Tele-
graph Office.

| Eight hundred young women at work,
all in one room, looking comfortable,
most of them looking pretty, earning
fair wages at easy work, work fit for
women to do; work at which they can
sit and rest, and not be weary, with a
kitchen at hand and hot dinner in the
middle Of the day, with leave of absence
without stoppage Of pay every year, with
doctor for sickness and pension for
old age (for the young women as years
roll on will become oid) with only eight
hours Of work, never before s o'clock in
the morning and never after 8 at night,
with female superintendents, and the
chance of rising to be a superintendent
open to each girl. This is a govern
ment Office, under government sur
veillance, and all this has sprung into
existence during the last eight years.
The general postofice is in St. Martins
le-Grand, near ST. Paul's, and there are
now two great postofices at the same
place, facing each other, the elder one
having been found altogether insufficient
for the purpose required, although when
it was 6rstopened, about forty-five years
ago, it was supposed to be absurdly large
for any possible requirements which the
country could have for such building.
Those who pass from Cheapside into New
gate street, after the lamps have been
lighted, may observe, on looking up,
that the whole top floor Of this
new building is illuminated. 1t is here
that the 800 young women are at
work, and their business consists in the
receipt and dispatch of telegraph mes
sages. After discovering that at least
800 women can keep a secret (secrecy is
therel Mr.. Trollepe asked
Chow many dizmissals did you have
during last year?' for / had known
much Of the civil service myself, and had
been aware that, in dealing with large
bodies Of men, the exercisers OF discip>
line must have recourse to that last
means of declaring that obedience and
order are indispensable. DISMISSED H''
said my friend. Yes, we have had
dismissal. Miss was dismissed. But
it seems to me a long time ago. I'll get
the books" The books were produced,
and II appears that the unfortunate one
named had been sent away at some time
in 1873. From a body of public SER
wants as large as regiment, there had
been no disnissals in four years.- AM
Ehnnu TrnllnnA
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1878-05-23
Foreign Items.

France proposes spending $3.50, ,OO0, 900
on her army, and $45,OOO,OOO on her
navy in 1879. The low pay of French
soldiers is partly compensated by the fact
that they can buy their tobacco from the
government on very low terms, and
travel everywhere through the country
at half price
The present Earl of Leitrim has Of
tered reward of e1O, 600 forinformation
which will lead to the arrest Of the men
who killed his uncle. This is BY far the
largest reward ever offered in Ireland. A
farmer with shattered hand has been
arrested.
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1878-05-23

have seen commercial agents from every
ccnntry under the sun except from
huasia and this part OF the United States,
haze looked into the matter, and I
10 .es-souT57s Fsad, in alImy correspondence,
L5gt----ss, j = 4l9y New Orleans
merchants. I have never had to answer
any of their questions as regarding the
trade with that country; but 1 have
seen and transacted in my sphere on
many thousands of occasions with mer,
chants from all parts Of the world, par
ticularly from England.
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1878-05-23
The Electric Light in chicago.


Professor Barrett and Mr.. E. G. scrib-
ner last night again conducted the ex-
periments with the electro-dynamic light,
at the North Side water works. The.at-
mosphere was thick, and consequently
rather unfavorable, still the experiments
were perfectly satisfactory. For four
nights the sky has been illuminated by
this stick of carbon, and reports came in
from all quarters of the distance to which
the ray has penetrated. An engineer on
the Northwestern road, Madison division,
yesterday said that nineteen miles from
the city, on Tuesday night, the ray hap
peDed to strike the locality in which hs
was with food of light about as bright
as day. The gentlemen experimentiDga
say there is one difficulty which they
eneounter--that of utilizing the light
How they are confident of the candies
utility in lighting city. Some claim
that there would be one great obstacle to
the scheme found in the difficulty to OBJ
tain lofty elevations. Messrs Barrett and
scribner hold that lofty elevation is
rather detriment than otherwise. At
present the cost of lighting this city with
gas ID something like s4OO, 900 per annum.
BY placing candle on each of the thirty
alarm towers, they say night would be
almost turned into day. And this could
be done at cost o! some $40, 900 year
For machinery and apparatus some 800
900 would be required. Thus the frst
year, after paying for all necessary fit
tings, salaries, ete., saving would be
effected of $3.50, 0,000--s big thing for the
consideration Of those in the city gov
ernment Of an economic turn,--E Chicago
Inter. Ocean.
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Fish is said 10 be the best brain food,
and men who need that sort of nouTish-
ment viii spend ire dollars and stand ali
day In the hot sun trying to catch ten
cents worth OF fsh.
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1878-05-23

The counterfeit silver dollar may be
detected by The superior workmanship
Of the engraving.
The New York herald., 1878-11-23

been accommodated. But You are mistaken II you
think these people want water only for drinking pur-
poses; they use it for washing and cooking par-
poses"
'You do not mean TO deny them the luxuries ~
washing and cooking2" asked the reporter.
"Oh no, replied the official. "but ii We should be
compelled to put hydrants everywhere it would cost
$1,000 year. These hydrants all the way from
SIS to SO. and sometimes more. There are people
in New York worse of than these Eighty street
folks But at any rate the expense of supplying the
people with what they want would not cost the city
over $50 as it may need two hydrans TO satisfy that
particular section
The reporter, after conversing further with Mr.
Olseilly, was satisfied in his mind that the day
is not ar distant when those who addressed the above
letter TO the HERALD would enjoy the luxury OF
MIGRANT IN their immediate vicinity.
PENumoUs BUILDERS.
"And yet, said Mr.. Birdsall, of the Croton Aqne-
duct department. there two sides to this
question Bear in mind, please, that there large
number or small houseowners in the upper part of
the city always relying upon the corporation to do
everything for them There some brick buildings
III the vicinity You speak of where owners do not
want TO go to the expense of connecting their houses
with the water mains in the street and they leave
their tenants without supply Of water Then the
tenants call upon this department to place drinking
MIGRANTS in their neighborhood whereas they ought
to be supplied by the owner. The latter thus
from So to ~ per annum for water rent. don't OBJ
Ject to the placing of hydrants for the benefit Of poor
people living in frame cottages, but wherever new
brick buildings matter how small they erected.
owners should understand that they themselves must
make the connection with the street mains
The New York herald., 1878-11-23
BIBLIOMANIA.
SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY DOLLARS PAID FOR A

SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY DOLLARS PAID FOR
SHAKESPEARE IN THE oDELL SALE
To the man who has not love for old books in his
soul the spirit that induces the collector to expend his
dollars for small volumes that he will read
seems little short Of Madness and people who indulge
in this taste he thinks well termed bibliomanacs.
To any but collector the prices paid
for books at the sale of the Odell Library
at Bangs Co.'s yesterday must have seemed fabu-
lous. The largest price fetched was for copy of
Halliwells Shakespeare, in sixteen volumes. for
which buyer giving the of st. John paid $40.
This edition Of Shakespeare limited to $50 COPIES
each of which signed by the editor and the
printers The copy in question is number
tons of Shakespeare; a Pickering edition.
one Of ten copies tinted paper. fetched $50 SO;
knight edition, of the first issue, $50; among
other books volume Of Sylvester Pointers works
fetched SIS; copy Of Samuel w. Singers Re-
searches into the History of Playing Cards,
book, S22 Sinbaldi's Encyclopedia of Aphrodisacs,
&c. $40; smiths American Historical and Literary
Curiosities. SIS: Smiths Dictionary of the Bible,
$40 ST. Robert Southoy's Commonplace Book, $l2;
Soyer Pantropheon. $13 Slows Chronicles of Eng
land black letter. 1880, 81 50 large paper copy of
Smiths Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
81 80; John Clarkes translation of the Lives of the
CAESARS. 1882. So; copy of Gulliver's Travels, 50;
the Poems OF John Taylor the water poet, $780, S42;
Teissier's Les Eloges des Hommes Swans s.; cops
of the Wickliffe New Testament $24 Isaiah Thomas
History Of Painting in America, so So Walter Thorn
burg's Haunted London, S12; copy OF that scarce
book, William Turner's Herbal, printed in 1864,
90 80; Dawson Turner's British seaweed sl1 SO;
copy of Virgil printed by Ddot. SIT; Wapoles
Catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors s28 IS; Horace
Walpoes Anecdotes OF Painting, SIG 80; large paper
copy Of Websters Dictionary $12 50 Coliectio
Weigeliana, $50; Westbrook illuminated illustration
of the Bible s37; copy Of the first edition of Whit
mans Leaves of Grass, $6.
The New York herald., 1878-11-23
BASEBALL NOTES.

The annual meeting Of the National league viii be
held AZ Cleveland Decembcr 5. Among the new rules
proposed for discussion s requiring that all balls
struck or struck ~ must b. caught tho ny 10 re.
tire the striker. which will do away with the present
rule foul bounds and catching the third strike ON
the bound.
Robert Mathews, 81 old Mutual fame. who pitched
with such telling effect st for the Worcester
club has signed 20 play with the Providence club for
1879. James okourke, who played with tho cham.
pion norton- during the past season. has also been
engaged ny the Providence club.
1hs New Bedford Club played 100 games during the
r.sst aea-on. winning cighty-one. losing forty.two,
Tying three fonr werr with amateur clubs. of which
na we're kept
The min. I" represent Albany next season. under
the management OF Arthur Cummings. formerly
pitcher ~ The od star club. of nrookiyn, has been
complct@d aud - foliowsi--cory. pitcher Allison
and Mcclure. cstcters. Mckinnou. nrst base. smi.
hey, second base: rhancr third bases Leonard, short
stop. Manning. left field; Murnan, centre field, and
knight. right h~id.
The New York herald., 1878-11-23
HORSE NOTES.

Mr.. Charles Backman has sold to Mr.. Whitney, OF
Rochester n Y. one weanling and two yearlings by
Messenger Duroc. and the four-year-old flly PEARL
by Rysdyks Hambletonian, for $4100.
Jacob Pincus, trainer for Mr.. Belmont for a num-
Der OF years, arrived from England on Wednesday,
where he had been for several months. He made him.
self acquainted while there with turf matters. He
saw all the principal races during the past sea-
son, including the Derby. Pincus gives it as his
opinion that the best American horses are not inferior
to the best English horses. He says that the English
have the advantage in Jockeys
Charles Littlefeld, Mr.. sanfords late trainer in
England. arrived here Wednesday with his family,
which he will take to Preakness near Paterson and
there follow the profession Of public trainer. Mr..
Littlefeld brought with him the horse King Ban
purchased in England for Major Thom.s Of Lcxng-
ton, Ky. King Ban was bred by Lord Falmouth and
got by King Tom, out Of Atlantis. by Thormanby.
Hawthorn by Muley Moloch. out of Rebecca,
by Lottery. King Bans grandam was Hurri-
cane; @ S py M1 son 1f Ion ana Ellen Middleton
canes dam was Media, by Scutari, OF Sultan and
Velvet by Oiseau. out Of wire sister to Whalebone
and Web. Medias dam was Marinella, by Soothsaycr,
out of Bess, by Waxy The breeding Of the horse is
excellent. He is inbred to waxy through whisker,
Web twice Wire and Bess and ho win take the place
that was left void by the death of Phaeton and will
be popular horse in the stud of Kentucky.
The following nominations have been made in the
men:-In the Champagne Stakes, for two-yearolds
Mr. Lorlard has entered ve of the six yearlings
Gently arrived in England. In the Dcwhurst Plate
for two-year-olds. he has entered four-Pappoose
Nereid, Geraldine and Cherokee. In this stake Mr.
Sanford has colt called Arisocrat In the Challenge
Stakes for all ages. six furlongs Mr.. Lorillard has
entered Parole. and Mr. Sanford has Invalid now
two years old Parole will carry 123 lbs. in this race
which is not too much for so short journey.
The celebrated trick horse Excelsior, owned for
many years by Dan Rice, died Sunday last ut Ar
nots stable, st. Louis, NO.. from debility and old age
aged thirtysix years. The horse levied upon for
debt by the Missouri Pacific Railroad and stabbed for
safe keeping at Arnots. He seemed to be conscious
that he imprisoned, and his sghtess eyes seemed
to be ever wandering in search of friend to release
him from the ignominy. Dan Rice, who was passing
through st. Louis, called TO his old pet and found
him dead. His big heart touched and he shed
tears the body of his old friend. He said that
he his way to Pennsylvania, and 1t was his in
tention to send on money to redeem him and let him
die in peace, and have his form preserved by tho
taxidermist Excelsior in Dan Rces service for
about thirty years. and has been exhibited in every
city and town of note In the United States He has
been the favorite OF millions Of people. and men in
the downhil of life remember his antics when frisky
colt. Peace to his names.
The New York herald., 1878-11-23
THE PRIZE RING.

THE HEAVY WEIGHT HAMPIoNsHIP-CHALLENGE
FROM JAMES ELLIOTT TO JOHN ]. DwYER
BROOKLYN, n. u, Nov. %, 1873.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
beg the privilege Of challenging John J. Dwyer.
of this city. the reputed champion heavy weight of
America. to fight fair stand up fight. according to
the rules of the prize ring, for the of $4,000
side. or as much more Mr.. Dwyer is willing to
make the stakes The fight to take place within two
or three months from signing articles of agreement
This challenge is especially intended for Mr.
Dwyer but if he declines to meet above am
willing to fight any man in America for the sum of
$4,000 side within two or three months of signing
articles. Respectfully, JAMES ELLIOTT
CARD FROM CAPTAIN PATRICK DwYER.
BROOKLYN n. Y, Nov. -, 1873.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
As proof of the sincerity of the above challenge
from James Elliott to John j. Dwycr beg to assure
the latter that he will find the of $3.50 on deposit
at the Clipper Office. which trust he will at once
cover and appoint early date for the purpose OF
drawing up articles and arranging prelimnares
Yours truly, PATRICK DWYER.
The New York herald., 1878-11-23
PIGEON SHOOTING.

The monthly handicap meeting - the ionR Island
Gun Club took rlacs as nsxtsr PARA JAHAalca road.
Long Island yesterday Quiso snalnlr n fhe admir-
ers % pigeon shooting witnessed fhs contsss Twelye
members respondn - thr eai - lhe ~orer ami each
shot at seven biris Their thres prne- % ~ shot
for during the afiernoon-six. ~ champion silver
cup belonging a. the club. LAG ~ shot. snd LOO
shells. Notwithstanding tho nnpropitious state q
the weather the shooting above tho average The
cup by Mr.. Thomas broadway after hard
struggle with Mr.. Eidy who took second prize. The
100 shells The third. bag u shot. went o. Mr.
Hughes. The following is
SUMMARY,
DEXTER PARK. JAMAICA Roar. Il. I--PfGroS SHOOT
ING-fRIDAy. Nov. ~. Is5s.-rhe members ~ the
Long Island Gun club. contesting VA their monthly
handicap shoot for the champion silver cup and sor
bag or shot and 100 shells. at birds each, nand
cap distance. 80 yards boundary. Ia ~. ~ shot.
and 4 traps. ties decided AZ birds each, with tie
club rules to govern
The New York herald., 1878-11-23
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
MARRIED.

ooK-HowFrI.-1n Brooklyn, on Thursday No.
vemher 81 1878 NJ the residence OF A. d. Napier. by
the Rev. Dr Bancroft. DIR. HENRY Cook to Mrs. HAIR
RIFT Is. HOWELL. both OF Sag Harbor l.. l.
FsRR-BREED-On Thursday evening, Novembes
81 iss at the residence of the brides parents by tha
Rev. I. A. Nelson. assisted by the Rev. Theodore
BrOwn WILLARD fARR 10 MoGENE r., daughter Of
Orson Breed. Esq, all of Brooklyn.
HARRMAS-BARKER-On Thursday. November 81.
1873 nj the residence OF the brides parents Irving
ton. y. Y. by the Rev. W. A. Chadwick. WILLIAM M.
HAEnrMAS TO IafoGESr. daughter OF I. W. Barker.
HIrIaAS-JoH>soS.-AtM Monsey. n. y, November
2i 1873 by Rev. o. NJ. Johnson, WILLIAM III. HILL
MAN. Of this city, TO SARAH X. JOHNSON, of Monsey-
No cards.
RonrSs-CnrGrEn On the evening of November II.
by the Rev. Dr. George Searls Mr.. SAMUEL NJ RoBINS
10 Miss CHARLOTTE LOUISA CREerER. both of this city,
WELLs-RAYsoR.-on Thursday November 81, ae
the residence OF the brides parents by the Rev. Dr.
Taylor. WILLIAM =. WELLS TO ANNIE c., daughter OF
James A. Raynor. Esq
The New York herald., 1878-11-23
"THE LIGHT OF LIQUOR"

Two of them at the bar had black eyes, the
plainants suspiciously swollen and they all
spoke together. being women.
'.That'n do. now That'l do! Do you hear?'
angrily said Judge Otterbourg.
"She's an ould thramp, Jedge! Don't believe word
she says said Of the prisoners with outstretched
hand.
"An' she sleeps in the station house. Jedge! An
she made me dhrunk. Oh. dear! Oh, dear!" lachry-
mosely howled the other. wiping her eyes.
"Oh. glory be to God! Dye moind that? ,Yerrahi l
Jedge, Yer Honor. dye moind that?' exclaimed the
complainant. with uplifted hands and eyes. Sure
moncy--eighteen bran new dollars Glory be to Godi
that's what thcy did to me-
.'oh! ohl ow! owl Dye hear the ould throllop.
Mary AnnY quoth the taller prisoner.
lido! dol oh. that should live to see this day,
an u dacint married oman, mintin mo own
biznessv' wept the other.
..where do the prisoners live officer?" asked the
Court.
"Battle row. West Seventeenth street. Your Honor
"And where do you liver Judge Otterbourg asked
the complainant.
..The other night was in Sixteenth street. the
night before in Cansevoort street, the night before
that agn in Seventeenth street and last night in these
women's house."
.what were you doing there9'
eve had some beer"
..whcre did you get the money, $1s?"
Me husband got i as damages from horse car
railroad that hurt him, Yer Honor"
And where's your husbands
''Out there"
The man, very king of shreds and filth. appeared
and bowed to the Court but could not satisfy that
either he or his wife had possessed quite much
wealth sla. Then the red nosed father Of the
prisoners appeared and denounced the complaint as
false whcreupon the Court aid:'Tdlike to send you
and you. and you with your old scaawa4 OF father
with the distery in his face. to the Island for
year. But can't Clear them out. officer. II you
ever come back here again, any of you six months
ON the Island will be your portion"
oh won't have u spree tonight" joyously ex-
claimed the hitherto fearful dansel, as she skipped
out Of the Jefferson Market Court.