davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-04

The plan proposed by Mr.. Atkins. Of Ten
nessee, for equally dividing the spoiIs does
not seem TO have met with much encourage
ment. Under q rule of Congress It was or
dered some time ago that the Federal Offices
should be divided as near as possible among
1he citizens of the various States In proper
1ion 10 their representative population. This
rule. although not obeyed literally, has been
followed to some extent, Maine. Maryland and
a few other favored States obtaining more
bhan their quota.
Mr.. Atkins bill changes all this and pro-
vides that hereafter all the appointments In
the civil service of the United States shall be
made from the several congressional districts
in equal numbers and of equal grade so far
rs may be practicable
This would be an equal division Of spoIs
and would be of untold benefit to members Of
Congress, every one Of whom would have. pre-
sumedly, his share of offices to give away.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-04

Tho great Jackson Route has now on
sao excursion tickets to the beautiful
summer resorts Of tho Northwest at
very low rates They will remain on sale till
September 30, and will be good to return Till
October 81, They include such we'll known
points as WaHknsha, OCUnOmOwOG and Green
Lake. Wisconsin: st. Paul Minnesota: Grand
Haven and MaCkinaw, Michigan, and Niagara
Falls, besides numerous others of perhaps
equal attractions. There are no moro dasira-
BILE places at which to spend the summer than
these cool and heaIthfuI resorts situated in
the lovely lake district Of Wisconsin. or on
the noble Lake Michigan and Niagara river
Boarding Is cheap aud Of the best quality
and at many of them are mineral springs
particularly adapted to the cure Of COMPLAINTS
"ng"ndored by Il Southern climate. All arc
easily Hc0essihe from large cities, and com
bina with their associations the benefits Of
rural life.
To reach them the great Jackson Route is
the shortest, quickest and only direct line
II is In "Xr9llont order having been practi-
caIy rebuilt with steel rails. No one passing
over it can fail to notice the smooth track. nb-
scnro Of dust. and thoroughly satisfactory
condition Of everything about it, Pullman
cars run through to Chicago without change
nearly. if not quite all tho points 10 which
excursion tickets are sold.
Books. maps and folders. giving full de-
scriptions IF the Northwestern watering
places and the routes md rates thereto can
be had Mt the office of the greatJaCksOn Route
No % Camp street under City Hotel, whore
every ono Intending to spend the summer
away from this city il invited to call before
deciding to go elsewhere.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-04

After the terrible display made by the
House Naval Committee, the other day, re-
garding the condition of our men-of-war,
almost all of which were reported utterly rot
Ten and unseaworthy, it is hardly likely that
the country will seize and adopt the plan sug-
gested by Mr.. Harris, of Tennessee, of build
ing an entirely new navy. Mr.. Harris wants
100000 extra set apart to the naval fund
every year, to be used in constructing this
navy. A commission is TO be appointed
10 carry out this work and report
che progress made each year TO Con-
gress and the Secretary of the Navy.
That there is no use attempting to repair our
present men-of-war that the cheapest thing
we can do is to let these vessels rot in the
navy yards, where they now lie, there can be
no doubt; but, at the same time, the country
is scarcely disposed, in the present deplorablc
eondition OF affairs, to set aside SO large a
sum Of money for building a new navy;
there are other necessities moro pressing.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-04

The London Telegraph has, through all the
many complications Of the Eastern question,
opposed a war with Russia on strange but
at the same time, very sensible grounds.
A popular movement in Great Britain brings
forth at once a number Of popular songs that
are sung at the concert halls and serve to fill
the hearts of the British people with courage
and arouse patriotic feelings in all. Thus
ni former days was public feeling worked
mp in favor of the wars against Napoleon. II
has always been claimed that the esprit de
corps and the successes of the English navy
in these wars were due almost wholly to the
nautical songs of the poets Of those days.
After reviewing the war poems of the
present day bearing upon the Eastern
question, the Telegraph finds them
Iamentably lacking in spirit. All the
other nations involved in this question are
well provided with war songs. The Greeks
have scores Of magnetic poems to encourage
the Hellenes to fight against the Turks; the
national songs of the Turks, Roumanians and
Servians, also, are all full of poetic ferv0r
and ardent patriotism; and, lastly, the Rus
sian poets have poured forth, in the past two
centuries Of warfare with Turkey, patriotic
songs that will make every Sclav do his duty
ON the field of battle
With England, unfortunately, it is alto
gether otherwise. She is well provided in
money and munitions; there is no lack of
men; but in songs on the Eastern question
England Is lanentably deficient, and her
poets do not seem capable of supplying the de-
ficiency. The old ballads OF NapCleoniC days
win no longer do duty; they are as much out
of date as Chevy Chase; the ballads of the
fleet will not suit a war of ironclads. eighty
SON guns and torpedoes. England Is strong
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-04
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY, JUNE H. 1878

lions Of the act creating that court are moi
less explicit and affirmative, It expressly
provides that its right to issue ouch writs ''is
limited to cases where these are neces-
sary or incidental to the exercise or enforce,
ment Of Its jurisdiction"
To summarize: II no appeal in any possible
case lies from the recorders courts TO the
Superior Criminal Court the former are not
inferior" courts to that: If these are not
inferior" that cannot be supreme" and.
therefore. It con issue to them no mandates
whatever
1t would be just as easy to show the faIlaCy
of the argument in support of the cOnstitrl-
tionality of act No. 9, but public opinion is
made up on that point, and we do not fancy
Judge Whitakers decision has at all shaken
the popular conviction.
We cannot close however. without advert
ing tn hs attempt to limit the jurisdiction Of
other courts than his own in the Issuance Of
the hHbena corpus. There was n time in Eng
land when this writ was evaded by courts and
sherffs who were disposed tn support
royal or ministerial usurpations; aud
1t became so powerloss. through the in
strumontality Of just such decisions as
this that early in the reign Of Charles the
Court Of Kings Bench formally decided that
they had no power to release any person i'm
prisoned without any causes assigned If he
were imprisoned by the express command Of
the King or by the Lords Of the Prvy Coun-
ell. Tn" illogality Of this decision was as
serted in the petition Of right, but the
means Of enforcing the writ were still
imperfect. and Judges still continued to
refuse It ut their pleasure At longth
In the thirty-lrst year Of the reign of Charles
II, the present law OF hnbpna corpus was
adopted. and Its main idea Is to give every
possible court the right to Issue 1t in every
CRse. making the number of trbuI-
nails to which tho citizen may resort. each
with the power Of reviewing all previous ap-
pICations, SO large that It Is impossible for
them all to he corrupted. It Is this safeguard
Judge Whitaker desires TO take away by seek
ing to restrict to himself the right to grant
tho writ in all criminal cases.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-04

Mr.. Corlett, the delegate In Congress from
Wyoming Territory, has proposed an investi-
cation of the Custer massacre by the NJ Hilary
Committee Of the House CorlcCt has in his
possession allegations against certain Off
GERS, which, II proven will show coRcIuslvcly
that If Clusters orders had been obeyed the
result would have been far different The
witnesses 10 establish these allegations are
officers and soldiers of Renos column, scouts
and othnru
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-04
DIED.

BARNETT-On Monday. June T. 1878 NJ half.
past = O'Clock .. ~. Pauline SOria aged forty.
live years, wife Of MauriC5 Barnett.
Her friends. and those Of the Barnett and
Soria families. arc respectfully invited to at
tend her funeral, which will tnke place
This Day Che fourth Instant at o'clock o. m
from her late residence. No. 800. corner of St
Claude and Kerlorec streets.
NatcheD papers pleHse copy.
RKILLM Mn Louisville KY, on Saturday
Juno |, 1878. Joseph r Skllman aged forty
two years, Il native of kentucky. late q resident
Of this city.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-04

In men, money and munitions; irreparably
weak In warllke songs
1t was to the songs Of Tyrtacus that the
Spartans owed their victories; the Telegraph
thinks that unless Tyrtacus arises, England
had better not go 10 war.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-04

The New York Tribune does not like the
name of our friend Sambola, the able counsel
Of Agosti. and insists on calling him "Mr
Samuel BOla."
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-04
NEW ORLEANS, JUNE q. 1878.
See Supplement-.

Docs docking hurt q horse Is the question
chat is being debated between Bergh and the
New York Polo Club In a Justices court.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-11

A0 Extra fine mixed cards, with name, lOc
IOpost-paid. L. JONES eco, Nassau, NY
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-11
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Street or Block

Street or Block
ATTORNEYS.
ID. MCLAUGHLIN Ferguson
Johnson & POTTER, Carey Block
E. W. MANN, 361 Sixteenth
]. w. KINGMAN, Leader Block
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-11
TO BREAK OFF BAD HABITS.

Understand the reasons and all the rea-
rons, why the habit is injurious. Study the
ubject until there is no lingering doubt in
FOUR mind. Avoid the places, the persons,
md the thoughts that lead to the tempta-
ion. Frequent the places, associate with
he persons, indulge in the thoughts hat
cad away from temptation. Keep busy.
Idleness is the strength of bad habits. Do
iot give up the struggle when you have
broken your resolution once, twice, thrice
"a thousand times. That only shows how
much need there is for you to strive.
When you have broken your resolutions,
ust think the matter over and cndeavor to
understand how it is you failed, so that
fou may be on your guard against a recur-
renee of the same circumstances. Do not
think it an easy thing that you have under
aiken. 1t is a folly to expect to break off
4 bad habit in a day which has been gath
sring for long years.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-11

Some one writes at considerable lcncth.
asking In substance whether everybody is
subject to the blues and whether there is
any cure. To answer positively yes " or
" no !" would convey n false impression and
yet either answer would not be absolutely
untrue.
Probably every living thing is more or
less subject to depression Of spirits-by
which we mean to include animals; and We
are by no means sure that the malady docs
not extend to the vegetable kingdom as
well.
Is there any cure for such depres.
sion of spirits in us? Certainly. Plenty
of them; just as there are for chills and
fever, but in like manner they will not al
ways work. We know one man who walk
of an attack. another who rows it off, an
other who rides it off in the saddle. Thesc
are all dyspeptics- The same prescriptions
aided perhaps by lemon juice, or dilute
nitro nuriatic acid, often prove ~effectiv
in the case of bilious folks.
Wnen the cause is, as it often is, nervou
exhaustion, n good remedy is cessation ii
all work, religious and secular, plenty u
sleep, and, If the constitution can bear :
cold water bathing.
Always an of prevention is wort!
pound of cure, for when the attaCl
once set in it requires a strong effort o"
will 10 take active measures for relief.
II IS not an easy task to fight off l.
blue. Misfortune, sorrow, individual tel
PEI emit, and even the accidents of wi;
and Weather often combine to weig
dowa the soul until, in extreme instar:c,
insanity may be the result. Probably III,
which comes nearest to being a pansc,a
Occupation, by which is meant anj;it.
that will interest the brain or quicken q
circulation. Those who suffer most f.
the blues permit mind and body to re
befprv the attack is 4 fully developed.
Nevertheless, there is no rule which y.
be 'rusted to cure every one. Each mu
find out what is most effectual in his ov
case and if he prays for aid frola on hi.l
he must rise up and go right to work hcll
ing himself, if he expects his prayer to /.
answered.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-11

A CORRESPONDENT Of the Nature 81.
that by combining the %phonogra h with
the Kinesigraph he will undertake 20 pro
luce the ~lifc-size photograph OF 4 u.an.
which shall move and gesticulate in haer
ing with the words uttered by the fa"ilo
graph. This is his plan "Instauts1rau.
photographs of bodies, or groups / .~!la-
or groups of bodies in motion, ere -.i"a II
equal short intervals, say qun'--r or nat
seconds, the exposure of the pl~te not
oupy.ng more than an eighth Of 4 seco Il
Alter fixing, the prints from these rli--
are taken one below another on a lcH.
strip of ribbon or paper. The strip ,
wound from one cylinder to another, So off,
to cause the several photographs TO 7
before the eye successivriv at the ZANE
tervals of time n those ut Ehisi they've .
taken. Each picts +. as ii passes ,da eya
'~nstaneous = ligh'rd up by IN dicr-.;c - d.
,ftIs the + Sure j. made 81 appcnr ,-Ht. o..
while rno l,pg.c oEthiugs II it 81" q.
10 move as in nature"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-11

Retail price. 5000 only $500.
Parlor Organs, price $40,
OiSs11lEE (. 49, Rs. paps5 Free; Dan Dan
New Jersey.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-11
MEMORY AND ITS CULTURE

A professor suggests this for the c%ultiva-
ton of the memory Before you go to
bed at night implant in your mind that
which you desire to remember, and repeat it
in the morning. Mind never sleeps, but re-
tires into that spiritual cathedral which the
Almighty has prepared. Problems unsolv-
ed before retiring become clear and intcIli-
yible in the morning, after the night has
rolled away Classify your knowledge as
much as possible, and have suitable pigeon
holes in your brain for a proper assortment
of your information; sOund logic, clear
mead and conscience, good humor, healthy
digestion are essential in the cultivation of
good memory.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-11
THINGS NOT TO DO.

Never believe, much less propagate. an i'll
report of a neighbor without good evidence
of its truth never listen to an infamous
story handed to you by a mar who is inim-
ical to the person DETAINED, or who is him
self apt to defame his ~neighbors, or who Is
wont to SOW discord among brethren and
excite disturbance in society. Never utter
the evil which you know or suspect of an
other, till you nave an opportunity to Elk
r~ostulate with him. Never speak evil Of
another while you are under the influence
of envy and malevolence, but wait till yonr
spirits are cooled down, that you rtay Lett
ter judge whether to utter or sup' ross tFs
matter.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-11

Corrected weekly by whIpple& Hay, Whole
sale and Retail Grocors and Commission
Merchants,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-11
CHEYENNE MARKETS.

"r"csr'e. train. rro~.-Ion-, E.o.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-11

O6fFancy Cards, Snowflake, Damask etc.
aiike, with name, 10 c. Nassau. Card Go
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-23
Rust in Wheat Puccinia
GraminaS.

AS early as 1856, Fontana pub
lished an account Of this destruc-
tive pest; and since then botanists
have pursued the investigation with
much interest and assiduity. 1t is
now admitted by all scientists to be
a microscopic fungus, to which the
name of puccinla graminas has been
given. 1t attacks both stems and
leaves and glumes of all kinds of
grain, having at first an orange col
ored appearance resembling rust
on iron, hence the common name);
it afterward assumes a deep choco-
late color.
One stoma on Il straw will pro-
duce from twenty to forty fungi,
and each of them it is believed will
produce at least one hundred
spores, or reproductive particles, so
that the progeny Of a single stoma
will be enough to lnfest the whole
plant.
The period of termination is sup
posed to be about one week. The
spores, being very light, are waited
about in the air lighting upon ad-
jacent stems, and will terminate
under the influences of warm damp
weather, and prove more or less
destructive according to the favor
ableness of the weather for Their
increase and growth.
Plants have pores which are
closed in dry weather, and open and
expand in warm, moist weather. 1t
is supposed that these pores are
thus made receptacles of the spores
of this parasitic fungus, where they
Immediately take root, %interceptino
the nourishment intended for the
grain; as it has been ascertained by
analysis hat these fungi contain
very much the same constituents as
the flour.
Some kinds of wheat are more
affected by rust than others, and il
Northern climates, fall wheat suf.
fers more than that sown in spring
Farmers in England affirm tina
wheat sown IN the neighborhood o
the barberry bush seldom escape.
the blight, as it is supposed tina
the spores are generated and pre-
served Of these bushes.
1t is believed that the spores ma,
be p~erpetuated from undecomposec
straw carried out into the fields a
manure. If this be true farmer
should be careful in this matter. a
well as in destroying all grasses il
producing ruste6 wheat.-UesferJ
Farm Journal.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-23
Second Working of Corn.

As soon as the ploughs are
through the cotton, the second
working of corn, usually begins. If
the corn is not over knee high it
may be ploughed close and deep.
We often apply manure at this time,
siding with a twister, wing away
from the corn,) dropping manure
on each side of the hill, and then
running with wing towards the
corn, covering manure and drifting
corn at same time. On upland it
is best to do this at first working.
as there is no certainty of sufficient
moisture to make the act
promptly. la our last number we
published Col. Lanes mode Of cul-
tivating corn, and we refer the
reader to it-few planters, if n in
the South, have raised this crop
more successfully than he.
If the rows are wide ENOUGH
plant peas IN the middle at this
(2d.) working. 1t is less Injurious
to the corn and much better for the
peas, to have them at the greatest
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-23

distance possible from the -..
a luSuriant growth ot pea, f.n
secured on poor lauI, ty iaa.
sivc fertllizlng. The problem
bringing up oar w0cu-aa.
will be solved. lvr m4aurr-
in the drill. Us ii coyn.1 na.
than quantities usually
would be required ta..l
fourth would 4; swer. Oar
experience is very decided,
% Of m early pea-thc cr,a
often held by the summerda
that late varieties are too tre
Is cut off by frost. There
pea, quite \ early ~ the a.
poorwIll"-more productive
much less injured 10y cNp.n
weather. which IS the he>, va
ever seen a regards c,r,..a..
maturing 4 crop. Make II.
ful preparations IL the wav If .,
curing seed, c;c..to put The
fields in peas n soon IS The
crops are harvested. Eve. r.
vines are moved and taken a-
fields the pea stub1}c viii
much to their fertility, A-a.n
repeatedly done before, ve u-..
extension Of this most 1a'a#...
4 mixed ration, Of peas .Ou#
and corn, Is one OF tile turg.
possible for work stocks
CHltirninr.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-23
Moths in Carpet7

This paragraph viii be
ing TO housckecpers. "49
pets to keep from beng H.'
Mrs. S. /. W, SAY the
GeuHemuu, has tried SSH.
Gus other applications,
the insects trouble her ct-
advise her to try the plan
BIZ Prof. \. j. Cook, ta me-
on Injurious insects. IL.
to take a wet sheet or c-o-~'
upon the carpet, and t---
the wet cloth with a Ao-
the steam thus producea
trate the carpet. and mo-.
strov living moths but CON
eggs, and prevent them from ..
ing. 1t is cheap and e"st h.
plication. and we have H.
that it viii prove eliec~'
only wonder is. that 10 o
thought OF it before.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-23
9be Farm.
Elements of Plants.

Carbon enters into the compost
ton of all plants in the proportion
of about so per 100, when they are
dried. 1t is to this element that the
variation in the weight of crops Is
due. The quantity plants assimi-
late depends, in great measure, up
on the surface of their leaves, and
also a little upon their special ma
ture. Experiment has proved that
plants which, upon an equal sur
face of ground, fixed most carbon,
We're those that presented the great
est follaceous surface. We have
seen, also that with an equal sur
face of leaves plants fix quantities
OF carbon differing a little accord
ing to the species.
The oxygen and hydrogen found
in vegetables are undoubtedly de-
rived from water; this latter may
be asslmllated naturally, as Is
proved by the existence of hydrates
of carbon in the substance of vege-
tables in which oxygen and hydro
gen are found III the proportions
necessary to form water. But the
formation of resins, essential oils,
and fat bodies, in which hydrogen
predominates, shows that, in GER
tain cases, water NAV be reduced,
like carbonic acid, and that its OK
ygen may be eliminated. What
ever it be, the origin of the oxygen
and hydrogen once established, we
have no need to dwell on this
point, for the plants, not being de-
flclent OF water, are a~bundantly
supplied with these two elements.
1t Is not the same with nitrogen.
Plants contain it only in relatively
very small quantities, but they
have an indispensable need for it,
and as IN certain cases it may fail,
1T is necessary 10 study with the
greatest care everything that con
Germs the assimilation of this ele.
ment.
First, let us show that all plants
exhibit a much greater proportion
OF nitrogen than there was in the
manure supplied to them. The
following data, taken from Bous.
singault's "Rural Economy" es
tabllshes this fact