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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-04
QUARANTINE.
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR,
STATE or LOUISIANA.

. STATE or LOUISIANA
Executive Department.
Whereas, section 3o4o of the Revised Statutes
Of the State of Louisiana. approved March +,
! 1870. provides That the Governor shall issue
! his proclamation. upon the advice Of the BOard
| OF Health declaring any place where there shall
be RI ~ on to believe pesilentiaI contagious or
infectious disease exists. to be an infected place
stating tho number of days a quarantine is TO
De performed by the ves5els their passengers
officers and crews coming from such plare or
places"
Now. therefore, In pursuance Of the pro-
visions Of the statutes aforesaid, and npon the
recommendation Of the Board of Health stating
that there is reason to believe that at this sea-
son of the year. there is danger If the introduce
ton Of pestlential, contagious or infectious
diseases from the hereinafter named places I
FRANCIS T. NICHOLAS, Governor Of the State
Of Louisiana have thought proper to issue this
my proclamation. declaring that all vessels ar
irving from and after the fourteenth day Of
May. A. d. 1878. from the following locations. to
wit: All West India ports: all ports along the
coast of the Gulf of Mexico south of Texas, OK
cept the Bay Islands, Ruatan, Utilla and Bo-
naca: all ports along the mainland bordering
on the Caribbean Sea all ports along the At
lantic coast Of South America. as far as the CITY
OF Buenos Ayres. all of which shall be subject TO
quarantine. and that their officers crews pas-
sengers and cargoes arriving from the above
named places. or having touched or stopped at
any Of them shall be subject to q quarantine of
ten days.
And do hereby direct the proper officers at
the Quarantine Station to rigidy enforce the
execution Of this proclamation. and any viola
ton of the laws Of this State on this subject
matter to be vigorously prosecuted
In testimony whereof have hereunto set nv
hand and caused the seal Of the State to be
affixed at the city of New Orleans. this third
day Of May, In the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy eight. and of
the one hundred and second year of the indie
pendence Of the United States of America
FRANCIS T. NICHOLAS
Governor of tho State of Louisiana.
By the Governor:
WILL. A. STRONG,
Secretary Of State. mvl lot
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-04

The English Parliament has lately taken to
Investigating some Of the names on its salary
rolls and made some queer discoveries
remarkable relics of the middle ages that,
few probably were aware, were in existence
The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod is,
beyond doubt, a necessary English official,
although $4,000 q year does seem high
pay for this Office. The same, however can
not be said of the Queens Master of the
Horse, who gets 800 year. and Still loss
of the Master of the BuCkhounds, whose
principal duty consists in occasionally taking
a tame stag to some open spot of ground and
then aiding rabble to chase it to death.
The Hereditary Grand FaIconer" has duties
even less onerous as there are no falcons at
all for him to care for. Ten equerries at
$3.50 EACH whose duties also are wholly
nominal, complete a portion of the British
government which might be abolished to-
morrow with no other effect than to decrease
the expenditures.
The conservative character Of the English
government is well shown by tho fact that
no ministry has ever thought itself strong
enough to abolish any of these useless alb
surd, medieval and superfluous Offices which
exist to-day, rich sinecures for noblcmen's
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-04

The comparative cost Or living In 1860 and
1873 is far more favorable to the latter year
than any person would imagine who had not
looked into this subject carefully. Taking
the thirteen articles most used In providing
for family -four corn, wheat. pork, hams,
shoulders, lard, butter, cheese, coffee. sugar.
molasses and tea-it will be found that all of
these, with the exception Of butter, cheese
and coffee, have declined materially in price
since 1860. The heaviest fall Is. of course in
pork and pork products, and next in tea
and corn. The average decrease in price in
these thirteen articles is no less than 30 per
cent on their ante-bellum prices. Clothing
has still further decreased in cost, and there
seems to be no reason in the world why q
family should not live to-day at from one
fourth to one-third the cost at which they
lived in ante-bclum times. The only thing
which has grown more expensive in the past
twenty years is house rent, thanks to heavy
taxes
1t will astonish Southern farmers o good
deal to learn that cotton has fallen off less in
value during these eighteen years than al
most any important product Of this country
The decline in cotton since 1860 is about "A per
cent. in grain 3Gla per cent, in pork products
l2'4 per cent.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-04

! The latest kilograms from San Domingo
announce that four Presidents are in the
field, Baez Gonzales, Luperon and Guillermo.
| or an average Of only one President, cabinet
and army to every 40, 600 inhabitants The
situation. therefore, can be announced az
quiet and orderly. Everybody is. of course.
delighted at the outlook; the Presidents at
the rich prospects ahead the people at the
glowing probabilities of getting little more
plumber thanks to these new revolutions and
counter-revolutions, and the custom-house
officials because they can pocket the revenues
under the pretence that it is impossible to tell
WHO'S the de ivc President. One of these Pres
idents, it is true, the most remarkable man that
San Domingo ever produced Buenaventura
Baez who wanted to sell his country to the
United States for S15O,O0O, is an exile on board
Of the Dominican navy, a tugboat for the
sixth time in his extended and varied presi-
dental career. He is man of wile8 and
stratagems. and this exile is one Of his neatest
little tricks. Whenever he has exhausted the
resources of the republic, and finds it neces-
sary to disband his army and retire from the
Presidency, he at once gets up a revolution
against himself, and then, going on board his
navy with all the plumber convenient, puts to
sea to await the result in exile
There is a rush at once for his succession
ana from four to twenty generals adopt the
title of President, and start with their ar mics
Tor the capital. Wh"n these Presidents have
thoroughly exhausted themselves in interne-
cine war, Baez returns recuperated to his
country, at once scatters the feeble remnants
OF these revolutionary armies and rakes in all
the spells. For thirty years he has played
President in this way, and must by this time
have acquired a neat fortune by 1t. In view
OF his well-known presidential eccentricities.
therefore, the dispatches are scarcely correct
IN stating that "a feeling Of insecurity prevails
in San Domingo"
In view Of the prospective presidential
troubles Tt which we are promised shortly, it
might, perhaps, be well for Hayes, Tiden.
Wheeler Wilson and other claimants to the
history; they will find many instructive
presidents as to how to conduct presiden-
tiaI campaign that might be of use here.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-04

| The uses to which petroleum can be nut
are gradually being extended and increased.
Originally petroleum was thought only good
for lighting purposes then it became an i'm
portant constituent in soda water syrups
and in coIoring ladies' dresses. The Russians
now propose to introduce it into warfare and
make it an important factor in naval battles.
correspondent Of the London Globe writes
that he has been placed in possession of facts
concerning plan of the Russian army author
| tiles to destroy the English fleet near Con
stantinople, in the event of war between
Russia and England, by the use of some
thousand tons OF crude petroleum. This is
to be allowed to float on the surface of the
water at the mouth Of the Bosphorus 50 as to
be carried down stream by the current at the
time that the English ironclads are steaming
midway up the straits The oil being then
ignitcd the whole length and breadth of the
Bosphorus Narrows, would be converted into
a sea Of fire. destroying the crews and leaving
the ironclads to be occupied by the Russians
at leisure. There will be no difficulty in
securing the petroleum, as abundant and
rapid supplies can always be obtained from the
Roumanan wells that are close by and con
Velllent' Inc Cost OF Such an experiment
would be less than $4,000 If there is
any truth in this story, it is at least a
queer coincidence that the Russians just ten
centuries ago were driven from before the
walls of Constantinople by nearly identical
means; they had almost taken the city, and.
beyond doubt, would ultimately have sue
ceeded In their enterprise had not the Con
stantinople Greeks resorted to Greek fire.
which burned the Russian vessels DESTROYED
the Russian troops and sent them, defeated
and terrified. hnck to their icy homns
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NOTICE TO TEACHERS, ETC.
OFFICE BOARD or SCHooL Directors.
fiitv of No,r, 0rl,n,,

OFFICE BOARD or SCHoor. DIRECTORS !,
Ci ty of New Orleans !
30 Burgundy street, May o 1878
The roll Of teachers. portresses. rents. etc, of
the public schools of this city for the month of
April 1878 will be paid at the office of the Ad.
ministrator of Finance. City Hall, as follows:
Teachers in schools in the First Second and
Third Districts on SATURDAY. the fourth in
slant from q. m. till IL M
Toachers in schools in tho Fourth. Fifth.
Sixth and Seventh Districts. on SATURDAY
the fourth instant. from $50 till $3.50 O'Clock
D. m.
The balance Of the roll will be paid on MON
DAY, the sixth instant
N. B,-Teachers arc respectfully requested to
motto the above hours Of payment.
my3 I'd JOHN J. OBRIEN Secretarv
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DIED.

FQRSTALL-On Friday. May g. 1873, at * o..
m, L. u. Forstall aged rs years and 6 months. q
native Of this city.
+ The friends and acduaintanees of the Forstal
and Plauche families and those of his son in
law, Charles de Lassus. are respectfully invited
to attend his funeral, which will take place This
Evening, at o'clock. from his late residence
u st. Peter street.
JONES-In MeDonoghville, Fifth District
New Orleans, Friday morning May s. ut 3 40
o'clock. Nathaniel, son Of Pulaski and Emily
blanchard Jones, aged three months and ton
DAYS.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-04

The syndicate appears to have no trouble
In disposiDg Of the ~ per conts. More than
q S1,ooo,000 worth wero sold one day last
week and the syndicate took $5,OOo,0oO more
yesterday, making $40, OOO, 900 taken to date
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-04

that love and believe In arbitrary power, while
the judges of the Supreme Court are those to
whom we must look more than to any one
else TO restrain It.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-04

"Shoot- hm-on-the-spot" Dix is now endeav-
oring 70 effect the historic and dramatic com
blnation between the cold flag" and ian ap-
preparation" but in an improved form. He
wants to be naval officer OF New York.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-04

Why doesn't Chicago tako the benefit Of the
bankrupt law? That appears TO be the only
way out Of her difficulty and the law will be
repealnli soon.
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NEW ORLEANS, MAY a, ps7s.

The Knoxville Tribune nominated Mrs.
Myra Clark Gaines for tho vacant iudgeship
OF the Court of Claims.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-04
BODLEY BROTHERS.,
127 and 80. Common street IZ7 and I1D
Between st. Charles and City Hotels.
FARM AND PLANTATION WAGONS

FARW AND PLANTATION WAHONS
Game Carts. Bagasse Carts. Small Carts of all
sizes, Timber Wheels. Wheelbarrows. Spokss
Felloes Shafts. Wagon Material. Axle Grouse,
etc.
This Is the oldest and largest wagon establish
mont In the south. manufacturing their own
work and guaranteeing everything they sell.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-04

The company reserves the right to change the
route OF the steamers. their advertised days OF
departure and the prices of passage.
Passage tickets from Bremen. Southampton
)r Hayre to New Orleans issued by the under
signed.
For days OF sailing see regular advertisement
For further particulars amply to
e. T. STOCKMEfER & Co. Agents.
AZ Union street.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-04

From Nav Orleans to Paris and back 10 New
Orleans ea By steamer Of this line gold $3.50
York by q steamer Of this line. tgold) 1890.
From New Orleans to Paris and back to Balti.
more by steamer of this line. (goldj 7210.
Tickets Of the last named class Baltimore
IRE good only to October 81 1878.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-03-07
SCIENCE.
WHAT STEAM HAS DONE FOR FRANCE

According to recent official stats.
tics the total power of all the steam
engines existing in France is 500, 900
horse power. representing the actual
labor Of 4 500 600 horses or 81 500, 600
men. This last aggregate is equal to
ten times the present industrial pop
ulation, which amounts to 100000
souls, but from which must be sub
tracted old women. and children,
leaving a remainder Of 5000. 900
working men.
1t is interesting, says La nature. to
compare the above data with the con-
dition Of affairs in ITSs. before steam
engines were introduced in France, as
we are thus led 10 appreciate the
enormous revolution which steam and
improved machinery have produced.
Just ninety years ago in every $780,
0Al 900 worth of French products.
sixty per cent of the value represented
labor and forty per cent raw material.
To- day this ration IL exactly reversed.
although labor has increased forty per
cent At the present time the total
industrial productions Of France
aggregate value OF about So. 400, o00,-
900. OF this 81 400 .O00. 600 represents
raw material, and the remainder labor.
III the same proportion as existed in
in I7sS applied now, taking into ac-
count the increase in labor noted
above, no less than eleven twelfths Of
the increase above amount. or g 200,
Us0. 600, would lie the cost Of haiidi-
work. Roughly, then, steam engines
and improved tools have produced an
economy Of 4I ,2nn. O0D. 600, but more
than this. If they were suddenly swept
ont Of existence and forgotten, there
are not enough men and animals in
the country TO supply an equivalent
amount of power. and even If there
were. there would be no way Of pro-
curing the necessary food for their
support
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-03-07

WHAT OF THAT.

WHAT OF J. Hal.
Tired Well, what OF that.
Didst fancy life was spent on peds OF ease,
FIuttering the rose leaves scattered by the
breeze? ".
Come. rouse thee work while 1t IS csileo
Coward, arisei go forth upon thy way
lonely! And what of that? :,
Some must be lonely 'Tis not gwen 10 All
To feel heart responsive rise ana iaii-
To blend another life into its own
Work may be done in loneliness. Work on.
DARK, Well, what of that
Didst fondly dream thesun would never se.;
Dost fear to lose thy way! rake cour age Wy
Jearn thou to walk by faith and not by sig NJ,
Thy steps will guided be, and GUIDED righ'
Hard We'll, what Of thatE 80,
Didst fancy life one summer honoay
with Lessons none TO learn, nauBhL pu'
play? 49, die,
Go, yet thee to thy task Conquer OF Que
u mT1st he learned Learrsit, then patiently
No help. Nay, IT'S not SO. :.
Though human help be far, thy "oo ~
nigh ,.,,
Who feeds the ravens; hears His children
cry t...,, .oo~,,
He's near thee wheresoer thy footsteps roam
And lie will guide thee, light thee, help thee
home
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ARCTIC ExPl oRAT,oNs.

There is facination about explora-
tions in unknown lands that makes
men count As nothing the extremes Of
heat and cold, hunger, thirst, fatigue,
and danger. The mystery which sur
rounds the polar regions, and the
success with which its barriers Of ice
have guarded its secrets in the past,
are maddening to the explorer and
geographer. The pole attracts those
who veaTn to know the hitherto un-
known. in the same manner as it
attracts the magnetic needle that
always points toward 1t; and notwith-
standing the large amount Of money
spent and the number Of lives hereto
fore lost in Arctic explorations, there
are now 50 many expeditions either
organized or organizing for further
effort in this direction that it would
seem as IL the secrets of the polar
regions would soon he secrets no
longer.
In addition to the Howgate expe-
d.fion. which has aircady made a
start from our shores. other nations
are harrying forward exploring ex-
Tedisions on somewhat similar plan.
England is about to Gt two vessels
under Captain Mares, who viii operate
by way Of the east coast Of GYeenland
sweden, during the present year, viii
explore the polar regions by way OF
Behring's Strait, under the auspices
Of Professor Nordenskjold. Holland
has determined upon one also. Ger
many, under the direction Of the
Arctic Exploration Society. has an
Obi expedition, commanded by Cap
tain Virgins, now on duty. Russia.
during the comming spring, will push
forward An chronological expedition,
under the Helsingfors professor, 70
the yogels and Ostyacs, Of the Obi and
Irtysf. Besides these expedit ms
many eminent explorers and scientific
societies in different countries are
busyin9 themselves in m endeayor to
establish stations ~ different points
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InDs1fsst Page
The Anti-A1onopolis
-embling hand and passed out.

trembling hand and passed out.
She had no difficulty in finding the
way she desired to go; beside the
moon shining brightly, she was ac-
quainted with every step of the
ground along which she walked. She
soon struck on the little path. Mount
ing upward with unwearied step she
had soon reached the summit, and be-
gan tOadvance more cautiously, keep
ing in the shadows of the over-hang-
ing rocks, silently grasping, when she
came near the abyss, the friendly sup
port of some vines hanging over her
head; she swung trembllngly over,
| and stood face to face with her hus-
band.
The encounter was so sudden and
unexpected that she could not repress
the scream which rose to her lips. He
shifted his position and stood directly
before her, while she crouched closer
to the rocks.
"What do you here!'' he answered
menacingly.
Il COME" she answered hoarsely,
ito beg you to let Gilmore Mayfield
pass in safety tonight. viii your
He looked at her searchingly. then
he burst into loud. rough laugh.
sob, no, that's your mission, is it,
And then. raising his right hand high
above his head to give greater empha-
sis to his words, he said, with terri
BILE oath, s'No-no, 7 would die thou
sand times rather than spare him!
.sThen die!" she cried, springing
forward and pushing him violently
backward. He reeled, staggered on
the brink of the precipice, but quick
as lightning caught with one hand a
stunted shrub. and with the other
firmly grasped portion Of her dress,
while his body swayed to and fro over
the edge of the abyss.
| 1t was fearful moment. She
struggled to free herself from his
grasp and threw herselfon the ground
| at full length. A moment of sicken'
ing suspense followed. Then the
shrub to which he clung for support
| lOoSened it's hold on the crumbline
earth.
She felt that she was being dragged
| slowly over, and the surface was
marked with deep ridges where she
clutched with her soft, white hands
in eager desperation to save her life
which never before had seemed halt
so dear!
He made desperate effort to es
cape; the bush gave entirely away
and his hoarse, terrible cry, mingled
with her wild, despairing shrek, as
| they went over reverberated along
the wall Of solid rock with a strange
chilling sound.
| Nearly a month afterwards, a party
Of hunters passing far below the spot
where this thrilling tragedy was en-
acted, found the dead bodies of two
persons-a man and woman. They
were frightfully lacerated and blood
stained.
| One of the hunters recognized thu
bodies Of Abel Fennimore. leader of {
! gang of desperadoes infesting that
part Of the country, and his wife.
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tNlT AND HuMoR-

The voice Of england: "Hi, hi
you Gar; you're carrying that bea
joke too far.
AN sure, it's aisy enough to b.
q chimley." said o. Rourke; rye no
one brick up an just slip another :
under II"
Vassar College Is a sweet pl'
When the astronomical class p
billiards, the girls say. "Now, Loi
caramel on the red popcorn b.
There a kiss on the white" Pot
Mary's marsh maIlOw. Jennie" >
they all 20 up into the observe
and sing. .Treaclc. treacle,
star
Always say kind word, If you
IL only tkat it may come In, peril
with singular opp0TtrI eness, enta
some mournfnl saaffE darkened +
like beautiful freely, whose ~
circnmvolulions he cannot bnt-
forgetting his many troubles.
.Young man, what's the p
this silk e. asked q deaf ole
s.seyen shiIIinrs - was the
seventeen shilIingsw exclaimf
ell give yom thirteen. :"
shiiIings. mama. il the prlce
the silk, replied the Honest sho
.On, seven sbiIIings r rejoine.
lady, sharply; "I'lI gire Jon fiye.
The creditors demand a sale OF
st. Louis bridge and the connec
tunnel, upon which 81 %. O00is
and unpaid - Exchange. We hope
bridge will not be moved. ~ 1t
great convenience to TO the travesi
public. As To the people Of ~. Loi
IL would not discorniEule them mi
a.. IL the truth In told, they q
ferry over IN their wires siio-
enough.
The daily gazette., 1878-06-10
General News.

A prize fight took placein Mt. Vernon,
West-chester county, N. Y, Friday night,
between Arthur Ryder, a former agent
of Henry Bergh's society for that section
and his successor and present incumbent
in that position. Edward LaPiace. The
fight grew out of slight dispute but
before the encounter was ended the cry
of police was raised, and the combatants
abandoned the field.
Two men forced their way into Mrs'
McNultv'rooms West Thirty-ninth street.
New York, Friday and knocked her
senseless, gagged and tied her to the bed.
When she recovered CONSCIOUSNESS she
saw them packing up herdressesj jewelry,
&C., put was too frightened to give the
alarm. Bv her description the thieves
were afterwards arrested.
Ross Moore, a workman on the Brook.
lyn bridge, fell from the New York pier,
S3 eetahigh, last Thursday. When he
felt that he was going he pushed him
self off as he could with his feet, and,
clearing the hood base. of the pur, struck
on pile of lumber. Singularly enough, he
received hardly scratch.
The brothers William A. and A. Waller
Andrews left Boston Saturday for Havre,
France in the Nautilus, the smallest
vessel that ever attempted to cross the
ocean. 1t is 10 feet 2 inches long and g
feet inches beam, and has go days pro-
visions. About 1900 persons witnessed
| the departure.
The daily gazette., 1878-06-10

EX-SENATOR GEORGE VICKERs, of
Mary land, sent letter of regret at not
being able to attend the unveiling of the
monument erected to the memory OF
Andrew johnson, at Greeneville, Tenn,
on Thursday last. In his letter Mr..
Vickers says Mr.. johnson "was great
man and true patriot, faithful to all his
trusts, honest and fearless" and adds
that he recurs with much satisfaction
10 he votes he gave as member of the
Senate TO sustain Mr.. johnson as Chief
Magistrate.
The first mass in 81. Patrick's Cathe-
dral, New York, yesterday. (Pentecost
Sunday, twas celebrated by the Cardinal.
Announcement was made that colec-
tion would be taken up next Sunday for
Pope Leo XIII. AT the close of the mass
Vicar General Quinn made proclamation,
by virtue of authority from the Pope to
the Cardinal, of plenary indulgence, on the
usual conditions, to all present. The
Cardinal then bestowed the Papal bless
ng of which he was the bearer.