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The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29
Am Indignant EseRh and Neck.


| most extraordinary sensation has oG-
| CURED in the American Colony of London
| this week. young lady from PHILADELPHIA
was walking down Regent street with the
mother and sister OF young gentleman Of
rank, when the attention of all three was at-
tracted by some photographs of notable peo-
pie and others exposed in q window, and they
drew up TO look at them. Fancy the aston
isnment of the American girl on seeing her
own photograph exposed there among the
others but in the most amazing shape it Is
possible to conceive. Her head, her face. the
arrangement Of her hair, the turn Of her
neck; 1t was impossible to mistato; and yet,
there she was, almost as undraped as the
Venus de Medlci--in fact got up In tights and
fleshings, and labeled ",iazeppa !" "What
can this meanY she cried To tho elderly lady,
her lips blanched with shame and terror.
n,It ~ really fannot mot, tel YOU replied Indy
''YOu perhaps can tell us whether on any oc
casion In America you were In the habit OF
appearing in this dress p
"Oh, what do you mean to insinuate p ut
tered the poor girl. "DO you think [ ever
stood MS Mazeppa? On. how cruel of you to
speak SOL
.,It Is certainly your portrait" added the
other lady.
drawn up to the window, and. noticing the
| likeness, were nudging each other
sit is some concidoncc--of course 1t cannot
be meant for me-
You had better take CAB, and go nome
and tell your father about it, said the lady,
| still with her frigid manner. my daughter
| and have some calls to Make
In q half-dnznd state of mind the young
! philadelphiau drove home and told her faith
er OF what had happened. 70 get back to
thatshOp, to have that photograph out of the
window, to demand an explanation Of The Sta
| toner, was not the work of many minutes for
the euraged father, But though it was easy
enough TO demand an explanation, it was not
| tf,f ff Foil hf,
! servants in the house, one OF whom might
easily have abstrncted q photo out Of @ pack
age of them which has been kept hitherto in
an unlocked drawer Of the young lady's writ
| ngGlesk OF course it is Il "cOoked' picture;
only the head and neck Of the American ladys
| photograph, the rest that Of some one else,
and together the picture represents one of the
| most beautiful women it Is possible to con-
ceive. The matter has caused SO much indg-
nation and SO much comment that it is not
impossible it may check the mania now so
prevalent among society beauties for having
themselves photographed forBale at q shilling
| q carte de Nisiie.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29

The Burlington Hawhevc is doing It's best tc
encourage young men to go West and grow
up with the country. This Is the advice it
gives them: Yes, son, yes, yes; go out West
and buy farm. There is 10 life 50 independ-
ent as that of the honest farmer. Do not be
discouraged If the work is little hard at
FIRST The grasshoppers will eat up all your
first planting, but they will devour it so
early in the season that you can plant Sec
Gnd ono. time: They Won't eat that planting until
you will have nothing to do all fall and win
ter, and you can put in your full time starry
ing. The next. years crop viii! be destroyed
by constant rains and floods. The third year
drought will burn up everything that has q
root or q leaf within ten miles Of your farm.
The fourth year, however, will go we'll You
will raise blooming crop, get It ali IL ana
safely housed, and sit down happy and con-
tented, Waioing for the market to rise Then
prairie fire, as big as the butt-end Of the uni
verse, will come along and burn up every
thing you have in the world, except the
clothes you have on. Buy a farm A young
man is negleCtfnl Of his best interests and
most solemn duties who does not ny farm
right away"
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29

It may bo encouraging to physicians to
earth is approaching one Of the most pesti-
lential periods Of It's history. For near 1900
years, say the astronomers the perhcia Of
the four great planets--JupItcr, Saturn, Ncp-
tune and Uranls~-hnvA never been COinGidellt.
But now they are about to be SO, aud d learned
doctor, who has traced the greatest epidemic
of time to such coincidence, feels sure that
death will soon be extremely active every
where His theory il, that when one or moro
Of the large planets is nearest the sun, the
condition Of our atmosphere is SO disturbed as
to cause destructive storms, long drOughts,
serious ailments, and evils without end
In the sixth and sixteenth centuries
the perihelia OF three of the planets mentioned
were in coincidence, and those were very
pestiferous cras The good timc for physi-
clans and bad time for other people is expect
ed about 1880, and to continue for five or six
years. Young mon contemplating the study
Of medicine should enter upon their first
course at once, and nervous folk should no
longer neglect the arrangement of their
affairs. If the stars be true prophets, we
shall have the horrors of the plague repeated
But we have ceased TO believe in celestial por-
tents. This is an age Of egotism and ration
alism. DWelcrs in the latter half of the nine
teenth century are not easily frightened by
prophecies. They feel q good deal like Emei-
son when told years ago by q Millcrite in
Boston that the world was coming to an end
"That is of no consequence" said the phi
Iosopher, "We can get on quite comfortably
without ii.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29
TRUSTEFg.
MEDICAL NOTICE.

DR, W. BILLIE, Specialist for all Chronic Dfas
eaaes, Private Dt8easeg and Female Digeaees
has Just returned from Europe Office, las Canal
street. between Dryades and Rampant streefa
caused by abuse or age ALWAYS cured n a
short time. Private Diseases treated altar a rax1
sure and quick method. FeEnale Diseases treafgnd
with greatest success. - 7'0@
Or. Blleg reputation as skilled and grcneaa,
fnl phygic;ian Is already years ago Established
hundreds Of cases here which other M 1 7sicianea
had failed to benefit which Is we'll known 10 fbe
public Dr. Bile Is graduate from one Of ths ne
best colleges IN Europe. and was for zeara o. aas
stgtant physician to Prof Rfeord Parfs 9on- ae-
sultatlons ana correspondence Strictly conf.
dsnt1a' n45 e nharges g. moderate. 1s8 Gana straat
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29
VIrgln1R's Whipping Post.
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/ hlCItubAN nj UiTs !


"Austin Michel, fasten the prisoner" said
the officer to a cOlored inmate of the Jail :;
and Jones' wrists were made secure in iron
z6astenings on the post. Now all was ready.
William Jones was tall, well-built man Of
ssEooat thirty years, and would weigh one hun
eired and sixty or one hundred and seventy
aDounds. His face was clean shaved, save his
upper Lip, which was u short brown NOUS
7tache and he should be called rather good
looking man. He WAS once respectable cit
izen, being well connected and having been
yell raised, but yielding to temptation several
yeaars ago he got caught and has served Il
Term in the penitentary, Afterward he
served term in the jail, which was
-oniy few weeks ago. He then received
thrty~nine lashes, and upon being turned
loose he cribbed q pair OF shoes valued at
81 20, for which he was sentenced to receive
thirty-nine Iashes again and work IN the
~chain-gang for six months. And yet after be-
ing catalogued with the ''old offenders Jones
looked as though he would like to reform and
Eegain his Whilom scf-respect. "Oh, Tor the
lGlaieyon days. he sighed as he stood fas-
aened to the post. He had felt the whip be-
fore and knew what to expect. 1t was worse
than having a tooth pulled-worse than any
punishment that he could conceive. The Off
ear. who was not devoid OF feeling, said
Zones, I don't Like to whip you, and I'm go
Ysnr ia surprise you. Here goes. One, two,
esaree;sn eGa. lcounting). The officer used a !
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29
AsHsy-pRle Eseacnnsh field.
LIVERPOOL Post Letter.

We all saw Lord BpacoDsficld on Wednes-
day in Downing street, and yet the evidence
as to how he looked and acted is utterly con-
flicting. The representative of the Dundee
Advertiser says: Lord Beaconsfield was so
feeble that he walked from his carriage to the
the correspondent of the Glasgow Nc,rs de-
clared "his lordsbp looked exceedingly we'll
IF I may contribute third version ! would
say that he did not look exceedingly well, for
he has face waxen and habitually ashen
pale, on which suffering or pleasure, Or, in
deed, emotion of any kind, Is never allowed to
appear. But he walked in that curious pan
ther-like stride Of his as calmly and steadily
as any time / have seen him these twenty
years past
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29
JOSEPH THE NEL PERCE.
fHnrper's Magazine,I

lHarpers Magh2lneI
From the northern desolatton
Comes O cry of exultaton:
'"rt is ended. ,1Ie has yielded And the stub,
born fight is WON'T
Let the naiion In its glory
Bow with shame before the story
OF the hero 1t has ruined and the evil 1t haa
done.
How he prayed while hope remained,
With the blood that cried for vengeance of his
murdered kin and clan.
For the homo that good God gave him.
For the shelter Of his children. for the right to
be q man.
And be wrapped his blanket round him,
And he called his braves to follow, and he smote
them hip and thigh.
But the hosts grew vast md vaster.
And the whirlwind Of disaster
Drove him out into tho mountuins and beneath
an allen sky.
Through the continental ridges.
Over totterng torrent bridges:
BY tHe verge of black abysses, In tho shade of
mountains hoar:
Herds and wives and ohi!dren bea1ing;
With an army trailod behind him, and another
crOuched b8fOte.
Thrice tho sudden blow descended
Konr and flash and clashing blended.
Twice bis rear guard faced and checked them
till the hunted tribe were free.
Once he reeled. but swiftly rallied
Forth upon the spoilers Sailed
Drove them headloug into shelter captured all
their chDnOnry
But the mountains could not shield him.
And the snowy hoights revealed him,
And the false friends would not aid him. and
his goal was far away:
Burdened by his weak and wounded,
Stripped and hnrried and surrounded.
Still tho chieftnin Of the Notthland, like lion,
stood at bay.
From the freedom that he sought for.
From tho dear land that he fought for,
-Ete is riven by q nation that hns suurned it's
plghted word:
BY the Christians who have given
To tho Neutrality-suspicious. heavenl -
with the ono hand theft and falsehoOd. with the
other ball and swold.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29
Mr.. Talmage has touched up the newspaper

Mr.. Talmage has touched up the newspaper
men, He visited their Offices at night. He
saw the pens scratch and heard tn" scissors cut
and the types click and the wheels rush. Then
he reflected that 100000 persons read the
daily newspapers Of New York, and he said ::
81 once could not understand how the Bible
statement could be true that nations shall be
born in Il day Nov | understand it. Get tho
telegraph operators and the newspaper editors
converted and in tw"nty-tour hours the earth
would hear salvation's call" The Baltimore
Gn=eMc grimly adds that tho editors and ope-
rutOrS are as GOOD as they can afford to be at
present salaries, and Mr.. Tairagn who is re-
ceving $4,000 per year for less work than the
hGmbleSt Of them performs, knows it as well
as he knows his own name.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29
ANCIENT PLAQUES or DEATH.
Tine 6enuTges That RavageA AaFa ANA
Africa i'm Distant Eimes-vFC~
ffshps by Millions,

Africa i'm Distant Eismes-vEG~
tGns by Millions.
lDr r. T. Oswald in Popular Science Monthly.l
The black death that ravaged Asia and
Southern Europe in the fourteenth century
spared the MOllnmmedan COuntiicS-PerSin.
Turkistan. Morocco and Southern Spain
whose inhabitants generally abstained from
pork and Intoxicating drinks. III the Byzan-
tine Empire Russia, Germany, Northern
Spain inhabited by the Christian VisigothS)
and Italy, 100000 died between 1873 and 1875,
but tho mOnnsteTes OF the striCter orders
and the frugal peasants Of Caabria and
Sicily enjoyed their usual health (Which they.
of course, ascrlbed to the favor Of their tute-
Lar saintsl, but among the cities which suf-
fered most were Barcelona, Lyons, Florence
and Moscow. the first three situated on rocky
mountain slopes, with no lack of drainage
and pure water while the steppcs Of the up
per Volga are generally dry and salubrous.
The ,pestiIence Of 1920 swept away $4,000, or
of Marseiles, in less than five weeks; but Of
the 5000 ahstemious Spantards that inhabited
the Suburb Of tho Galatians only 200 died, or
less than per cent.
The most destructive epidemic recorded in
authentic history was the four years plague
that commenced at Alexandria, Egypt, in A.
ID. $40, and ragged through the dominions Of
Chosroes tho Great, the byzantine Empire,
Northern Africa and southwestern Europe.
over Syria, Persia aid the Indies, and pene-
trated to the west along the coast Of Africa
and over the continento of Europe. Asia Minor,
with it's plethoric cities, Constantinople,
Northern italy and France suffered fearfully:
entire provinces were abandoned, cities died
out and remained vacant for many years, and
during three months 5000 and at last 0,O0O
persons died at COnstantinOple each dnV!
Gibbons "Hstory;) and the total number
Of victims in the three continents is variouSly
estimated at from 75,O0O,O00 to 100 600, 900. But
in Sicily, Morocco and Albania the disease
was confined to o few seaport towns, and the
Caucasus and Arabia escaped entirely
This dreadful plague made it's first appear
ance in Alexandria, Egypt, then O. luxurious
city of 100000 inhabitants, and Paulus Da-
conus, contemporary historian, speaks of
The "reclsless gluttony by which the inhab-
tants Of the great capital incurred yearly fe-
vers and dangerous indgestions; and at last
brought this terrible Judgment upon them
selves and their innocent neighbours Alex
andrin lost 900 Of her inhabitants In 542,
and 50, 900 in the following year, and for miles
around the city the fields were covered with
unburied cOrpses but the monks Of the Nj
trian desert 5000 Of them had devoted them
selves to the task Of collecting and buryng
the dead lost only fifty Of their fraternity,
who, with few exceptions, confessed that they
had secretly violated tho ascetic rules Of their
.yt1Ger
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29

"Great ceremonies are necessary" SAYS the
Rdiirny Mus, ''to get q train off in Germany.
When all is ready a bell rings. Then another
bell rings. Then the engine whistles, or
rather tOot-toot-toots gently. Then the CON
ductor tells the stationmaster that all is
ready. Then the station-master looks placidlv
around and says 'So?' Then the conductor
shouts 'Fertig| interrogatively. Then the
station,master replies 'FertigT positively.
Then the conductor blows a horn the engine
whistles; the bell rings; the other bell rings;
swear in various tongues-and the train starts.
That is unless there is a belated fat man-in
which case they do it all over again.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29

Tho sword which the Gar Of Russia has
sent to the Ameer Of AfghanstaD, along with
many protestations Of undying affection, is
said to bear the pious inscription, in the Per
sian tongue, "GOd grant thee victory over the
intideIs." AS the Gar is the head Of Chris
tian nation and the Afghans are Mohamme-
dams, there is some obscurity rs to who the
intidel5 are that are here referred to, and the
holy alliance thus proclaimed does not appear
any too closely consistent with the Czar's
official character as the defender of the or
thodox faith. Indeed, the Wickedncss of the
Mohammedans in Russian eyes would seem
to depend somewhat upon the side the Mo
hammedans may be fighting on.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29

to the Pope, asking his advice on the subject
of contracting d second marriage. The young
King begins by lamentng the loss Of Mer-
cedes and asking prayers for her, He goes
on to say that personally, the thought OF
another marriage is distasteful to him, but
that every Influence is being used to convince
him that the interests OF the Spanish mon
archy require him to take another royal
partner.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29
EDUCATION,
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
AND -
agricultural and Mechanical College.


BATON ROUGE. La. November II. 1873.
The exercises Of this institution will be regu-
lhrlV resumed
Monday, November rs, 1878.
Tuition ,free-Board $40 O. month Military
Organization.
FACULTY..
D. T. BOYD, President. and Professor of En-
gneerng.
SAM'L BARNETT. JR., Professor OF Physics
ami Mechanics.
+. d, BOYD. Commandant of Cadets and
Professor Of Drawing
M: W. HARRINGTON. Professor of Natural
History.
J. P. MoAULEY, Professor of Ancient Lnn-
guages.
r. i. MCCULLOCH. Professor of General and
Agricultural Chemistry.
J. W. NICHOLSON. Professor Of Mathe-
mathies.
L. W, sEWELL, Professor Of Modern Lam
guages.
j. VI. DUPREE. Surgeon.
no17 2wd&W D. T. BOYD. President.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29

The fighting strength Of the Afghan gov
ernment is probably 100000 men. The people
5000, 900. The country measures about $50
miles by 40 miles. There are nine distinct
nationnlities in the country and 405 clans. or
course thore are quarrels and divisions among
9 gng Gag dn no of hehans sy5Mafea viii t"f 5 5f02e e
British cause.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29

The late Mr.. Garnier-Pages, although a
revoutionist, was the mildest- hammered Of
gentlemen. He was gentle to degree; and
yet one OF his biograDhers declares that when
Paris was beseiged this veteran politician
then almost seventy years old, learned how to
ride, with the idea of placing himself at the
head OF the National Guard and going out to
meet the PrusSians.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29
The German papers quote some statistics

The German papers quote some statistics
comparing the proportion of married persons
in the populations Of the different countries
Of Europe: Germany ranks only seventh in
the list. To 10000 souls in each country,
there are in Hungary, G475; in France, 55G6 !;
in England and Wales, 1898; in Austria, 5271 !;
in Italy 5270; in Denmark, SOL; in Germany,
5l07; in Norway, 50G5; in Sweden, 1852; in the
Netherlands, 494S; in Scotland, 1878: in Bel
GUM, 1854 in Switzerland, 1852, and in Ire
land 43l3.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29

A smnll red flag, bearing the word: ''Viva
10 Repubica Universaie,' was wrapped about
ante felt for the inner purple of King Hum
bort. Sgnor MeIillo, editor of the Naples
Censor who was former associate Of Passan-
nnte, and the shopkeer who sold Passanante
the dagger have been arrested. Giannettin
the guard who tripped to the Kings rescue,
has been made q sergeant.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29

Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island
are the only States that hold annual elections
for Governor and Legislature Sixteen States
elect governors biennially, three triennially
and sixteen quadrennially. Thirty States
elect their legislatures biennialy, and twenty
eight have only biennial sessions. There Is O
movement in New England In favor Of less
frequent elections
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29

The vote Of Luzerne and Lackawanna coun-
ties, Pennsylvania shows where the Green
hackers came from. In 1876 in the two coun-
ties the Democratic vote was 1885, the Re-
publican 1920, the Greenback- Labor 600 In
1877 the Democratic vote was 4489, the Re-
publican G528, the Greenback- Labor IA 4,52O
In 1873 the Democratic vote was 6388, the Re-
publican 1920, the Greenback- Labor 9674
1t will be observed that there was Demo-
cratic decrease from 1876 of 12,O07 and Re-
publican decrease of 27O0. 1t also shows a
Grecnback- Labor increase since 1876 OF 9O74
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29
A singular Fact.
REV. DR.. Marshhll.l

One singular fact and close. At the house
Of a dear personal friend Of mine, Dr.. N, ten
miles from the town, the blankets used on the
bed Of q member Of his family that had died
of yellow fever were placed in q tub Of hot
water in the lot, near the residence. A calf
came along, drank the water, and died.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29

barber in st. Louis somewhat astonished
a customer Of his a few mornings ago bv
mounting a high STOOL and from that ele-
waited and awkward position STOPPING down
to shave him. Upon inquirng the cause of
the strange proceeding the CONSERVATION OF
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29

Look here, waiter, this trout is marked
30 kreutzers on tho bill Of fare and you've
charged me / forin SO kreutzers for it!'
eyes, sir, ] know. But It's very fresh trout,
and II We were to put the price on the bill
nobody would touch it. But we knew that
after you had eaten it you wouldn't stick at
the DriCeP
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29
,.-,---.---s's.! o. tss,-.

schoolmaster in New Jersey sends us a
poem, entitled Lovely Spring, and asks us,
''Would SO be too much for this2' No; SO
wouldn't be cent too much. Send along the
money.-tGraphlc.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29

Stepmothers, though proverbially inhu-
man, seldom carry matters as far as Florence
Marryatt, the novelist has done in advertis-
Ing Her stopson" for sale Cincinnati Com
cial.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29

The above statement Is true and corree.
transcript from the books OF the Company.
THOs. A. ADAMS. President
HENRY Y OGDEN, Secretary
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
tWenty-second day OF May 1878.
ALFRED INGRAHAM
Notary Public,
The Board OF Trustees this day resolved that
after paying the annual dividend Of TEN pER
CENT on Capital Stock Of Company, that q
dividend Of TWENTY PER CENT In cash be
paid on Monday. June 49, to those parties en-
titled to receive the same.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29

the customer may be better imagined than
described when informed that the floor was
covered with snakes and other vernn. He
now generally gets shaved by 81 temperance
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29

The Board Of Directors. at o meeting hold Oh
tho nineteenth day Of January. 1873. after SET
ting aside $4,000 to reserve fund fromEthe nei
earnings Of the year, and paying 10 per cont
dividend to the stockholders. have resolved 10
pay CASH DIVIDEND OF TWENTY-FIVE
PER GENT on the net earned participating
premiums Of the year ending December 81
1877. said dividend payable on and after Mon
day. the tWenty-eighth day Of January, 1878,
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29
NEW ORLEANS INSTITUTE,
SELECT SCHOOL FOR BOYS.

Esbk
(BetWeen Camp and Magazipe,)
Annual session will begin MONDAY. NOvnm-
Der 4. Academic, Preparatory and Primary
Glasses will bo In chnrge Of able and oxpe-
rienced teachers. Only u limited number OF
pupils will b6 received.
For circulars and all necessary Information.
apply to
OC2O " A. =, CHANDLER prinninnl
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29

BE over ready to acknowledge q favor,
sAys q writer We are, sir; we are. What
troubles us is that on one side we are com
petely Oaded down with readiness, while on
the other side opportunity Is painfully scarce.
i Rome Sentinel
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29

DIRECTORS:
E. J. Hart. jesse 3. Flower,
J. L. Harris. Henry Renshaw,
J. Wefs. L. Alcus.
Hugh Wilson. B. W. Taylor.
Scott McGehee. B. Biscoe.
J. @. Morris. d. Fatjo.
A. Baldwin. james I. Day.
T. L. Airey. Charles Macready
Lionel O. Levy. r. e, Craig.
". e. Seymour. Emory Oapp,
Bam'l L. Boyd. John G. Gaines,
p A. Chaf9raix. John 8. Groves.
Ia2O
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29

A physician, finding q lady reading "Twefth
Night" said: "Whcn Shakespeare wrote
about Patience on q monument, did he mean
doctors patients p mo" she answered !;
"you don't find thom on monuments, but
under them"
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29

It will did our readers in understanding
affairs in AfghaniBtAn to bcar in mind that
sinn signifies country, mud dnOh mountain
thus DnOhcstan is u country Of mountains.
In India pnfens means q garden, and Seringa-
patem - garden of SerngnS.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29
Paid Up Capital $500, 900.

TwENTY-sEConHpA ANNUAL STATEMENT
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-29

Bworn to and subscribed before mo thif
eighteenth day Of January. 1873.
a. INHRAHAM Notary pub,Ia