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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-11-16

$4,000 % $4,000 %
The Association have the following assets:
RESOURCES.
Notes payable monthly $50
cured by mortgage and
vendors privilege.....-. S18,521 80
Real estate. ..--....... ia 1856 &c
Cash in bank. 49, S., 1872 81
Cash in =. s. cur
rency. .....--... 431 AZ a. 1854 O51a
Installations and flxtures-.. 500 90
SundrieB. debtors. .-.....-,.. 1,143 IS
Profit and loss. .............. 6.875 81
--$44 500 2Gh
LIABILITIES. !
Full paid stock ..........----. s38, 900 90
Scrip account. ...--......-... 217O 90
Unclaimed dividends de-
clared September 80. 1873 50 o.
Reserved capital. ..-.......- ,234 OGI
Capital produced by INSTALL
ments-
Collected from new subscriD-
t1OnS-. lob 90
Overplus of the assets. 2.l91 Is
---sA, 662 26h
We the undersigned, do solemnl7 swear that
the above statement is a true and correct OK
tract from the books Of the ASSOCIATION.
A. SAULET, President
e. Fl. NORMAN, Secretary.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
eighteenthsday Of October, 4. D.. 1878.
G. LEGARDEUR, JR,,
oe19 1aw1m Notary Public.
The Van Buren press., 1878-08-20
Ritchell's Flying Machine.

General Edward w. Serrell, of New
York, corresponding member of the
British ..Aeronautical society, says of
Riiehell flying machine. that it eopnot
meet the demands OF practical flying
device, because it presents too much sur
face to the air. Scientific men are pretty
well agreed on the essential points OF
such machine. 1t is matter of math-
ematcal and mechanical deduction, says
Gen. Serrell, that "if steam engine or
any other motor suitable. can be made to
give off twice as much power, in proper.
tion to its weight as our best steam fire.
engines now do, men and merchandise
could be carried on the wings, not of the
wind but of the steam engine, moving
against the heaviest storm just as the
eagle carries her young" Until the
problem of such n motor is solved a prac-
teal flying machine in not to be hoped
Tor.
The Van Buren press., 1878-08-20
Instructions to Il Jury.

Speaking of courts, reminds us of a
funny instruction said to have been given
by judge to jury in--well, we won't
say in what State. 1t runs this way:
If this jury believe, from the evidence
that the plaintiff and the defendant were
partner in the grocery, and that the
plaintiff bought out the defendant, and
gave his note for the interest, and the de-
tendant paid for the note by delivering to
the plaintiff COW, which he warranted
not brcachy, and the warrant was broke
by reason of the brcachiness Of the COW,
and the plaintiff drove the COW back, and
rendered her to the defendant, but the de-
fcndant refused to receive her, and the
plaintiff took her home again, and put a
heavy yoke or poke on her, 90 prevent
her jumping the fence, and the COW at
tepting to jump the fence, by reason OF
aforesaid poke or yoke, broke her neck.
and died, and il the jury further believe
that the defendants in the grocery afore.
said was not anything, the plaintiffs note
was worthless, and said COW good for
nothing, either for milk or beef, or for
green hide then the jury must find for
themselves aow they will decide the case
for the court if she understands herself
and she thinks she do, she don't know
how such cussed case should be deci.
ded,
The Van Buren press., 1878-08-20
Didn't Need Amy Sympathy i.

A loose-jointed man, clad in an ill-fit
ting linen suit, carrying two fans, and q
sun umbrella, was rambling slowly NJ
the street, with wet back and streaming
face, when he came upon hardy son OF
the old sod, with beared breast and
sleeves rolled up to the shoulders, filling
a hod with bricks, and whistling Lani.
gan's Ball." as though training for q
match.
It's warm, this morning, he said
pausing to watch the man Of toll grab
hing up the bricks.
+" An did yes take the trouble TO come
all this ways to tell me + that I've known
for the two hours back" said Pat. "IIs
not war r.m--but as hot as the devils
own broth, that same, and whin made
tharomimeter to lit me know whin tc
take off me coat, perhaps III be sinding
for yes, if yu'd jhist lave yer kard in tht
lid OF the dinner bucket, under the wal
bcyant"
"But, my dear sir--ain't you afraid
you'll get all blistered and sunburnt
Sec how the sun is pouring down upon
your bare fesh.'
"A.h-h, the tindcr heart Of yes FaiS
and it's miltin' ! am, don't ye see but
don't suppose ye'd be wantin' to give W
the umbriila an wan O. them fans to 9
sullerin mon, an maybe ye wouldn't
spare the nice white coat of ye to kap,
AFT the burnin' yer spakin' av. But
wouldn't ! be the dandy though, an
how the b'ys would be touchin' their hats
as / wint up the ladder wild all that style
about me. Wa.r-r-m---wa-r.r-m is it
Kape walkin' till ye find the man that
contradicts ye, an sorry the job yell
have of it" and Pat grabbed his hod and
set off up the ladder, as yell from Tho
masons struck his ear.
The loose iointed man continued bis
walk with painful suspicion that his
sympathy had been wasted. - Cincinnati
Breakfast Table.
The Van Buren press., 1878-08-20
ETHAN ALLEN.

A good old story is told of that brave
old patriot, Col. Ethan Allen, whose ser
vices to his country, in the times that
tried mems souls" were only cqualed by
his daring assertion of the right OF pri-
vate opinion ON theological matters.
A well known close communion Bap
list divine, pastor of the village church
to which his wife belonged, called one
evening on the Colonel, and while engng-
ed in his true Now England hospitality at
the supper table. the conversation natu-
rally turned upon church matters.
Quoth the minister: "Colonel, how
does it happen that man of your ex-
tensive influence and Information has
never yet seen it his duty to join our so
ciety. Yon know we want laborers such
as you and your now scattered contribu-
tious would be much morn effective II
concentrated in our church, with yoni
personal efforts to direct them. YonI
example would tend greatly TO strength
against the dire assaults of the Evil
One +"
Well, Brother" replied Allen, Z"
have o?toa thought as you about this bu.
siness, and one day ] had almost made
up my mind to fall into the ranks, but
that night had dream which caused
me to give ii up"
"And, exclaimed the minister I" what
did you dream 2"
"Wcll, thought was standing at the
entrance of Paradise, and saw man 90
up and knock,
"' Who's that Z" asked q voice from
within.
"a friend wishing admttance,' was
the reply.
Tho door opened, ana The keeper
stepped out:
well, sir, what denomination did you
belong to, down yondery
Il was an Episcopalan, replied the
candidate for admittanee.
Go, then, and take seat near the
door on the east side
"Just then another stepped up he
was a Presbyterian, and the guardian di.
rected him to seat A large number
were admitted, and received directions
where to seat themselves. l then step
| pea TO lllc eltfuHCe.
well, sir, who are youT asked The
guardian.
| am neither High Ghnrchman, Pres.
| byterian, Lutheran, Calyinist Catholic oi
jew, but am the same old Ethan Allen
that you have probably heard of from
down below, as liberal man and benel
factor Of his race.
"What, the same man who took Ii
conderoga, in the name of the comman
der here 2
" The same, replied"
.All right. Mr.. Allen said he,. jus
step in, and sit down where you please
And if you should ever want to see youl
old close communion friend, the Rev
Aminidab Robinson. you will And him In
the north east corner
The Van Buren press., 1878-08-20
An Indian With a Beard.

A bearded Indian is a curiosity. The
red men in this respect are singular
among mankind--the only bcardless race.
OF an Indian With q Bcurd ana a rumxn-
tic legend, the Tnscarora Nov Times
Review says: Possibly the oldest look
ing savage it tho State is a denizen Of
Tuscarora. The oddity consists in the
savage being as heavily bearded as Rus
sian trooper. The Indian belongs to the
Shoshone tribe, and is apparently sixty
or seventy years of age, stands a. erect
rs pompcy's Pillar, and, with his white
flowing beard and distinguished micn, 10
really venerable-iooking odd party.
There is curious legend about this ho-
ary pioneer of the valley. Althoug the
Shoshones persistently assert that he il .
truc-born member of their tribe, yet the
story goes that the old man is really
native Of Mexico, and that he was stolen
while an infant and carried to the North
by rading band Of Shoshone warriors.
The Long beard, contour Of features.
and general make up OF the old fellow
give plausibility to the legend. Wheth-
er the tale of captivity be true or false.
our savage is an odd specimen OF the
American red man.
The Van Buren press., 1878-08-20
Geese or Gooses.

The particular kind of smoothing
iron known among tailors as goose
came near upsetting the reason of q
bright young clerk and the proprietor OF
a Chicago tailoring establishment, ono
day this week.
The manager wanted two of the instru
ments mentioned, and SO ta,ld the clerk
but after the latter had sat for some time
writing on the order. he looked up in a
bewildered way, and asked:
What do you call the plural of a
tailor's goose?"
Why, geese is the plural of goose,
said the master.
''Well, you wouldn't have me write an
order for two talor's geese, would you?
That doesn't sound hardly sensible,
in this connections" replied the propri-
etor; how would it do to say two tail
or's gooscs 2"
The boy turned to the dictionary, and
shaking his head remarked:
webster doesn't give any such plu-
raj as that goose, and ain going to.
The situation was growing serious.
when the clerk suddenly set to writing,
with the exclamation, now I'll fix it,
And the order which he soon handed
to the head of the house to sign, did fix
it, for it read
" Mcssrs. Brown d Co., hardware dea-
lers, Fifth Avenue Please send me one
tailor's goose, and-by the etcrnal-send
me another just like it."
But further than this, tho question OF
what is the plural OF a tailor's goose has
not been settled in this town, or any 9TH
er that we know Of Chicago Journal.
The Van Buren press., 1878-08-20
Vol. l6.---No. Is
Facts aud Theories About the sun.

The sun is 500, 900. times as large AZ
this earth.
The sun is 400 times as far off as the
moon.
A lady who weighs 100 pounds here
would weigh 2,T00 pounds II ON the sur.
face of the sun.
The heat given off by the sun would
melt 2S7 ,20o, 900 cubic miles Of ice every
second.
The diameter of the earth bears
the same relation to its distance from
the sun as the breadth Of hair to 10
feet
A railroad travelling without stops ut
the rate of 40 miles an hour would get
to the sun in 263 years.
| The sun ia believed TO become $50 feet
smaller every year.
This contraction would be sufficient
to generate the enormous quantity ofheat
which it radiates.
Another theory is that comets and
meteoric matter falling into the sun may
be its ailment to offset the tremendous
loss which combustion certainly In
wolves.
1t would require tho combustion OF
80 feet of coal over the entire surface Of
the sun every second to generate the same
heat.
The stars are supposed to average lar
ger than our sun and to have planetary
systems like his.
The nearest star Is 10000 times as far
off as our sun.
It takes light eight minutes to como
from the sun, but it must have required
10000 yesrs to come from the farthest
visible stars.
When the 1l-year storms on the sun
occur, tho magnetic needle on the earth
is variable aud sometimes considerably
detected.
The earth is flying around the sun at
the rate of 1000 miles a minute.
The sun aud all the stars are moving
through space, accompanied by their PLAN
etary systems, Mt rate varying from 70
to 200 miles second.
Some of the sun.spots (graters) are
100000 miles in diameter, and one Of
them would easily swallow up the whole
Of the planets, Jupiter himself only max
! ing mouthful.
Maedlers curious and brilliant spec
ualion s that the star Alcyone is the
central sun of our universe, and that
our sun and the visible stars are swing
| ing around it in orbits measured by mil
lions of years.
The Van Buren press., 1878-08-20

All dried fruits sell principally by col
or, which should be bright, and to obtain
the same in apples and peaches they
should prepared for drying before fully
ripe. Sliced apples, if not bright, do not
pay for the trouble of slicing. and the
finest qualities should be packed in new
barrels, top and bottom lined with pa
per, Bright quartered apples, well col
ored, uniform in cut, are always more or
less in fair demand, and more attention
should be given to them. Peeled peach
cs should be sliced, or cut into cights,
and invariably of bright color. Dark
qualities rule low, and are slow of sale
Unpceled peaches should be selected for
halves, size being a consideration fin them,
while the smaller fruit is full desirable to
be cut for quarters They should be kept
entirely separate, rs, when mixed they
will not generally sell for over the price
of quarters.
All meatproducing animals should be
killed when they are in the coolest ..state,
or when respiration is the least active.
Their flesh will keep much longer fresh,
and be more beautiful, sweet and health.
full. When killed in heated condition,
or Immediately after hard drive, the
flesh will take longer to cool through,
spoil sooner, while the flesh and fat wi III
have dark, fcverish look, by being
full of blood, and hence will not be SO
inviting in appearance, or so healthy as
lood
Photographers, look out Some scien
tfic chap in England has discovered that
punninp makes fellows brain squint-
eyed The only cure is twenty five drops
of statistics, taken three times q day in
water--shake the bottle.
Mr.. Jones got up too early one morn
ing and began scolding the servant girl.
His little six year old, who had been lis
tening attentively during the converse
ton, broke in, " Father, leave off scold
ing you needn't think that Lucys your
| wife"
A little more than ten years ago the
| Japanese army were still using bows and
arrows, and wearing armor; now the sol
ders use brecch loading rifles, and the
Government has recently adopted the
most potent weapin for the suppressing
of rebcllion-a just Administration Of the
laws.
The ice factory at Knoxville is turn,
ing out seven tons per day at one cent
per pound.
The cotton caterpillar is putting in an
appcaranc i'll various parts OF Alabama,
Louisiana and Texas.
Some of the Texas papers say it took
1900 delegates five days to nominate a
man the people didn't want.
A cockney inquired at the post office
| the other day for letter for Emery
Hogden" He was told there was none.
"Look ere he replied a Ii tic angrily I,
"vou'vc hcxainincd a hodd letter for my
name. 1t don't commence with hatch
it begins with a ho. Look i'll the ole
that's got the hos
Every man may have his weak side, and
that weak side may be his Inability to
stand around aud see two dogs lght aud
care not which whips,
The Van Buren press., 1878-08-20
POET RY.
RETURNING.
BY MARY T.. BRADLEY,

Lord, where thy many mansions be,
Hast thou little room for me,
Whose restless feet these many days
By all forbidden paths have trod,
And wandering in uncertain ways
Have missed the way that leads to God?
Lord, is there any room for me
Who, sorrowing, would return to thee?
Far have strayed, till tossed about
On fears that would not be cast out,
For all the subtle theories
That men have framed, wherein to find
For troubled hearts doubtful ease,
And freedom for a willful mind -
Thy word, once hidden In my breast,
Forever robbed the night Of rest,
heard still, small voice above,
All other voices mot in love,
AS i'll the old sweet days Of peace,
But in tune of sad complaint
why art thou swift to seek release
From easy yoke and safe restraint?
Why has thou taken for thy guide
False lights that lure thee from my side?
Lord, if l heard, and in despite
of warning chose the fair. false light
If needless, thy rpirit grieved
And sighted as an idle tale
Love such as no man hath conceived
What late repentance can avail?
How shall dare to lift my face
Once more within Thy holy placer
know not, verify; and yet
With doubts perpleXed and fears beset,
And tho sad heart unsatislied
Lord, remember what sweet rest
| did discover at Thy side;
With yearnines not to be expressed
| long to walk once more with Thee;
Lord, hast Thou any room for mep
The Van Buren press., 1878-08-20

A philosopher at Sacramento the other
day intercepted note making an ap-
pointment with his wife that afternoon.
Did he set to work making cartridges, pol
ishing up his bree CHI loader and raising .
demnition row. Not in the least. He
simply put his false wife's false teeth IN
his coat tail pocket, kissed the children,
lit his cigar and TRANQUILITY sauntered
down town.
She that hath new bonnet is more con-
sumed with a desire to go to meeting than
seven p'ous women.
The Hawkeye reports that several
Americans have been guillotioned in Far
is for persisting in speaking the French
language. The French government jus
titles its course by saying the people OF
France can't stand everything.
"My son, wouldn't you like to steal
one of those melons Z" "Yes, sir" was
the prompt reply, 'fou would, eh !
am sorry to hear that. II you should
steal those melops, my boy you know
what the result might beY The lad
scratched his head, surveyed the pile
again, ana answered: ~ 'spect the pla-
guoy tniug would be green all the way
through" -
A little Cincinnati girl. when asked
what God had made her for, replied: TO
wear, red fedier in my hat" Many an
older person of her sex has.to all appear.
ance pretty much the same conception Of
H.avclrs designs.
The Van Buren press., 1878-08-20
A Remarkable Coincidence.

The fatal number of seven years, men
tioaed in yesterdays paper ms so s'ngu-
larly II arking the intervals between the
deaths Of the Smith family Of GlastOn-
bury, becomes still more remarkable in
view of another illustration. which We
overlooked at the time Of writing that
account. 1t seems the mother of the
Smith sisters died just seven years be.
fore the FIRST Of the deaths of the daugh-
ters. Thus, the obituary record Of the
family stands; Mrs Smith, the mother,
died in 1850, the first Of the deaths Of
the daughters occurred in 1857 the Sec
ond in 1864 the third in 1871 ; the fourth
in 1878, making five Of these septenary
deaths thus far in that family. There
were but five children. all daughters. and
of these but one remains, at the age OF
ST. Hartford Conn. times.
The Van Buren press., 1878-08-20
Van Burcn Grange, p. IL.

WAN EuRFS GRANGE, No. 80. p. ofH, Reg
Y ular mcetif gs, first Saturday OF eaci
month at o o'clock, A. NJ, at Lemleys Hall
miles east Of Van Buren,, ARK. PATRONS II
good standing are fraternaIiy invited.
NJ. G. LEMLEY, W, NJ.
Us DoAIEIGur Secretary.
The Van Buren press., 1878-08-20

1t requires great strength and tenacity
of purpose to enable a man to sleep nh
til seven o'cioct in the morning when All
Industrious fly has decided that he had
better rise at the dcwy hour Of half-past
iOur.
The Van Buren press., 1878-08-20
Hr
FIR A T E R NAL.
MASONIC.
Royal Arch MI MaSons.

stJNII regular Convocatons ofVAN BuREN CHAPTER
L No. J, X. A. NJ. are held at Masonic Hall. ol
Monday Evening after Saturday on or before tue ful
moon Visiting Companions in good standing ar
4 !. Q. KENNEDY. II. ?.
W H. H. SHIRLEY Secretary, deeltf
The Van Buren press., 1878-08-20

There's no use of young ladies root.
ing i'll a rogue box to get up healthy
color, when little judicious application
of the scrnbbng brush to the kitchen floor
will accomplish like results.
A man never wants to laugh when a
1y alights his nose, but he is greatly
tickled.
In what part of the country is real es,
tate the highestS In the Rocky Noun.
tain region.
The boy who will ride around all day
on vclocipede considers himself terri
bly, imposed upon if he mas to wheel his
hnby-ss two or three blocks
Make yourself an honest man and thcr
YOU may be sure that there is one rasca
less in the world
The Van Buren press., 1878-08-20
10. OF.

LODGE, No. 6. of ODD FELLOWS
u meets every Friday, at clock, p. M, at thei
Hall in Eaglo Block.
H0MAS NJ MCGEE, N. G..
BRRgELEY NEAL, See'y.
The Van Buren press., 1878-08-20

Crawford Lodge No g. 10 o. F., Degree
of Rebckah, meets the first Thursday night Of eve
ny month, at Odd Fellows Hall.
The Van Buren press., 1878-08-20
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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-08-22
No Bones In the Ocean.

Mr.. Jeffrey has established the fact
that bones disappear in tho ocean. By
dredging, it is common to bring mr.
teeth, but rarely ever bone OF any
kind; these, however compact, dissolve
it exposed to the action OF water but a
little time. On the contrary, tceth-
which are not bones any moro than
whales are fish-resist the DESTROYING
action Of sea-water indefinitely. Ii is,
therefore, q powerful solvent. Still the
popular opinion is that it is q brine. II
such were the case, the bottom Of all
seas would, long ago, have been shall.
lowed BY immense accumulations Of car.
cases and products of the vegetable
kingdom constantly floating into them.
Dentinc, the peculiar material of which
teeth are formed, and the enamel cover.
ing them, offers extraordinary resistance
to these chemical agencies which resolve
other animal remains into nothingness.
Mounds in the West, tumuli in Europe
and Asia, which are believed to antedste
sacred history for thousands of years,
yield up perfectly sound teeth, on which
time appears to have made no imprss
sion whatever.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-08-22
Nr. Uncsls's Cottage.

Tho little brown cottage in Spring.
field, Ills, in which Mr.. Lincoln lived
before he went to Washington, still re-
mains almost a. be loft il, had at 6rst
but one story, and that Mrs. Lincoln for
many years unavailingly tsased her hus.
band to raise the roof. At length she
seized An opportunity when he Vas IT.
tending court in IN adjoining town, TO
employ workmen and have the half.
story added, windows put in. paint put
on, AL comP'sted-ssys payment Of bills
before his return. Com,ng up the
street, he comprehended the sitqatien ct
. glance; but feigning bevilderment, and
pretending not 70 recognize the old
place, be walked past - il searching for
home, I'LL bic wife-who was watching
behind the shatter-callcd after him !
"Abrim! Abr;m 10
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-08-22
Has Rarus Beaten Goldsmith Maids Time
We are inundated with questions con

| MSS nAA W DcaSeu UOlOSm1tu Aol0'S Time
We are inundated with questions con
corning the heat which Rarus trotted il
2:l33 last Saturday at Buffalo, and ow
ing to the importance of the subject, We
make one consolidated answer, and
transfer it to our editorial columps.
Section q, Rule go, of the National
Trotting Association provides that in all
matches against time the horse shall be
allowed three trials, unless expressly
STIMULATED to tho contrary.
The report shows that Rarus trotted
the first heat in Eli, the second in ESQ,
and after taking the word for the third,
and going as far - the turn, was pulled
up and brought back. After Q short
rest he was allowed fourth trial, which
he trotted in 2:l3}. When Rarus 70.
ceived the word ego" in the third At
tempt the heat was thereby started, and
his voluntary abandonment of it was At
his own risk. We decide that the Judges
were wrong in allowing him . fourth
trial, that the race was finished when the
horse was Withdrawn from the third
heat, that the purse and pools have been
wrongfully awarded to Rarus and bis
hackers, and the time, 2:l3a, mado IN tho
extra exhibition heat, does not consti.
tute record. The fourth heat was
merely an exhibition, and in no case can
it govern wagers on the time or result Of
tho original purse.-Spirit Of the Times.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-08-22
Sowing (Ioy0.

In regard TO sowing clover. l would
cay that the most OF farmers do not pay
quite enough sttsation 10 IL Many Of
them through this section pat them
clover in too dsep. Nov I thisk the
shsiiower it is pat in tie better. A
great many stiIl sov il vhss thsy ass
sowing oats. Thea it gses too harrow
inRn, which think 10 too msch. think
me oees vay y To SOW yosr small grain,
and then, Alter you have got il harrow
q. Gov yosr cloves, tkss sell IT. !
think Jon vii not Mis- many tines Of
having . good ssAnd.-Cos. Prairie
Farmer.