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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-09
MON0POLIEs RULE THE LAND.

Last Thursday, a young man employee u!
a commercial firm of this city went to th
Postof1ifS in order to get registered lette
addressed to his employers.
Whom he was about to ask for the letter,
clerk OF G. L, Howard stepped in to receive D
package of registered letters for the Louis
lana Lottery Company.
The young man who had first called had t,
wait until Mr.. Towards clerk had receiptec
for eiphtV-toM Registered letters before any
attention was paid to his demand. Thus it is
seen that in single day. and in one single
mail. eight y-four registered letters. addressed
to Charles I. Howard, have been sent here tc
swell the Ollready vast amount of ill-gotTen
gains wrenchod from the people by this cor
rupt and Sorrupting monopoly, the Louisiana
State Lottery. Its intlucnco has been felt far
and near, and now even the time of our bust
ness men is considered by our public officers
Of less Importance tina the convenionceof an
employee of Charles T. I oward.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-09

Gen. Goode introduced in the Senate yester-
day 0bill of very great Importance to the
Stateo We have not the bill before US, but its
purpose is toe reform and render more vigor-
GUS the administration of the criminal law
Tbs main features Of the bill are these: 1t
empowers the Governor to appoint the Jury
Commissioners and aCcords the State the
same number Of challenges as the defense. "A
few days ago we advocated both these re-
forms. and we now give Gen. Goodies bill. as
far as we understand It, a cordial Endorsement.
Tho Governor will appoint as Jury Com
l,nissioners only men of the very highest
character and certainly society is as much
entitled to protection against bad jurymen as
defendants in crmiYal cases are to protec-
ton against prejudiced jurors. 1t would be
a still further reform were two-thrds Of the
jury competent to render verdict. But we
do not expect SO great an nnoSetion just
now. The recen0 acqusal Of a notorious
murderer shows the absolute necessity of
strengthening the arm of the law of1i9rs by
the passage Of this important bill. It was
made the special order for l o'clock today,
andove hope it will be promptly passed and
speedily become law.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-09

~ taxed, too, to enable Western grain to come
to market more cheaply; that Is. the heavily
taxed farmers OF the Empire State are paying
a bonus to their light taxed competitors and
rivals Of the West: New York grain is cheap
ening Western grain. The discovery Of these
facts has probably efCectually killed this free
canal scheme
There is far more probability Of some ladi-
| cal change Of canal management that viii re-
lieve the State of this burden. The Utica
Repabtican goes 50 far as to propose the sur
render Of the States control of the canal.
The other country papers, however,
would be satisfied if the canal was placed on
some basis that would enable 1t to pay ex-
penses and fair interest on what 1t has cost.
Such rambling incoherent arguments as
this in favor of the Northern freight route for
grain are. it is needless to say, strong argu-
ments in favor Of the Mississippi river and
New Orleans. Our city, which has done little
in this matter. which has stood idly by and
looked on, is apparently to be the chief
beneficiary of this trade revolution which
has only just begun in the West
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-09

| reaching markets TO become more valuable,
/ and into trade Of incalculable value, the natu-
| raj tendency of which is to New Orleans but
/ which the enterprise of st. Louis has seduced
| and the lethargy OF New Orleans has driven
| away from us.
Mr.. Mitchell says
believe that it Is not claimed for this road
| by its advocates that 1t will yield remunera-
| Notwithstanding, it will he an immense al
| pnntdge TO The community By liz collateral and
| Indirect influence IN promoting business.
Our friend is absolutely wrong The advo-
| Gates of this road claim for it that it will be
| one Of the most profitable roads in the Union.
Mr. James c. Clark. Vice President of
| the Illinois Central one Of the most sagacious
| railroad men in the West stated few days
ago that he and nine other gentlemen would
lease the road on it's completion for twenty
five years and pay the stockholders two
thousand dollars per mile per annum for it.
The calculation Of every gentleman connected
with the road and OF every one who advocates
it, 50 far as we know, is that it will be an ex-
tremely profitable road
Mr. Mitchell is also mistaken in assuming
that the road will not pay. and that the money
invested in 1t will be dead investment Of
capital, because private funds are not adj
vanccd to construct it. Capital has not the
boldness and sagacity our friend would at
tribute to it, Many great enterprises which
have been made successful by government
aid would have been disastrous failures if
they had depended upon thtnsagacity and
courage of private capital.
And yet, if there is anything in this argu-
ment Of our friend, he ought to believe in the
road, for probably very nearly all the capital
which could be spared from trade here has
been subscribed to tho enterprise. The diff
Guilty is that the financial policy of the ma
tional government has contracted the cur
rencv. alarmed capital and forced every
great enterprise to fail or stand on its credit.
Our people have no money to subscribe. but
our State can, without any risk. establish the
credit of the New Orleans Pacific Rairoaa
and enable it to accomplish what. under q
better financial policy, there would be private
capital to carry out. To show that the road
is one which inspires capitalists with per-
feet confidence. it is only necessary to repeat
what we have said before that large and
wealthy firms have guaranteed to furnish all
the steel rails. locomotives, and rolling stock
necessary5o finish and equip the line SO soon
as it is graded and crosstied. If the Gov
ernor can conscientiously sign this bill. this |
can be done and the road be completed Il, less
than twelve months O
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-09

Major w, ]. Walthall has given to the pub
lie, through the Souyhern Historical Society
papers, a full and extremely interesting story
OF the capture of President Davis The story
is quite long one but as it will deeply inter
est our readers. and as it corrects the basest
and most cowardly falsehoods that conquer
ing people ever attempted to impose upon the
world, we shall print it III full in the DEMO.
GRAFT next Sunday
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-09
Died.

THORN-On Friday. March 3. 1873. Samun
Gnbrial only child Of Samuel G. Thorn oand
Emma G. Correi dies. aged nine months.
The funeral will take place from the residepcs
of Mr.. G. Correjoes. No, 3o4 Jackson street
Saturday. March 9, at $50 o'clock 9. m. The
friends and acuuaintances are respectfully in.
vted to attend.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-09
WAGONS!o CANE CARTS! SPOKES
. lei. N. sORIA,

Is and 20 Union and Is and II Perdido
streets,
Sole Agent for the celebrated "sTUDEBA-
KER" WAGONS, CARTS End SPRING WORK
of all kinds and sizes.
Dealer in Philadelphia and Western Cane
Wagons. Carts and Drays Timber Wheels
'Wheebarrows Of all descriptions: Spokes. Eel
Orders promptly filled. ALI work warranted.
lac 2dptf
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-09
SPECIAL INDICTMENT.

Edward Lilienthal, JeWeler, 95
Canal street, will sell at cost dur-
ing the current month his entire
stock of Diamonds, American and
Imported Watches, fine JeweIry,
Silver Ware, Silver Plated Ware,
Clocks, and any article in his line,
being recent selections for the re-
tail trade in this city. Every article
will be guaranteed to be as repre-
scented. His old customers and the
public generally are invited to call.
fel7 1m2n
MALAKOFF BITTERS,
The best stomachic and tonic sovereign remedy
for Dyspepsia. Excellent for an anti-maarial
morning beverage.
Low Price-Pure and Reliable.
For sale In all quantities by
ALPH. WALL.
Sole Manufacturer
jazz ly 2dp No. 26 Cont street New Orleans
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-09
BODLEY BROTHERS,
127 and l2O. .Com,Ron street IL. and leo
o Between st. Charles and City HoteR.


FARM AND PLANTATION WAGONS, 0
Cane Carts Bagasse Carts, Small Carts of all
sizes. Timber Wheels. Wheelbarrows Spokes.
Felloes. Shafts. Wagon Material. Axle Grease,
etc
This is the oldest and largest wagon establish
work andoZuaranteeing everything they sell.
fp9 1y o1p
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-09

A Joint Caucus of the Democratic and
Conservative members of the General Assem-
bly, Is hereby called to meet in the office Of the
Lieutenant Governor, at the State House, at
Ill o'clock this Saturday. morning.
LEWIS TEXADA. Chairman.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-09-12
Restored Noses.

Sir Leonord Fioravanti, of Bologna,
states that when in Africa he saw a quar-
rel between a Spanish gentleman and a
military officer, in which the latter
struck of the nose of the former, and it
fell in the sand. The surgeon washed
it in warm water, carefully replaced it,
bound it up, and at the end of eight
days found it perfectly healed. Tall
acOtus records a similar case, in which
a man, losing his nose, left it in the gut
ter while he pursued his opponent. On
his return the nose was applied, and adj
hesiOn followed. DR.. Barthelemy re-
cords the case of an officer at Lyons, in
1915, who had the end of his nose cut
offin duel. He put the severed por-
ton In his pocket, kept it warm, return
ed home and sent for a surgeon, who
replaced it, and adhesion followed. DR..
Reynault gives case in which a nose
adhered after it had been bitten off and
kept in the owners pocket for five
hours. Garengeot, a celebrated French
surgeon, asserts that he has seen a nose,
which had been bitten off in quarrel,
thrown upon the ground, allowed to
cool, taken up, fixed to the face and
made to adhere again; and he records
in his third volume that M. Calm pro-
duced a similar union when large por-
ton of a nose had been bitten off and
spit out in dirty gutter. The soldier
who had lost it pursued his adversary,
and the nose was replaced on his return.
On the fourth day the union was COM
plete. Blegny, Lombard, Loubet and
have been lost by saber cuts.-BOston
Courier.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-09-12
Buried Alive by Indians.

Mr.. Perkins's ranch is on the Column
bia, about ten miles below White Bluffs
Hearing of the Indian outbreak, and APP
pretending some danger, he resolved to
remove his wife to a place of safety, and
started for this city; but on his way he
was intercepted at Rattlesnake Springs,
about twenty-five miles from here. He
left home about July IL, and is supposed
TO have been murdered that night.
About the 10th three men were sent out
from this place in search of him. They
returned and reported having found his
saddle, blanket, and rope covered with
blood. Immediately thereafter party
of seven citizens and three Indians were
dispatched to the spot. A messenger
came in from there last night, and re.
ports that they found Mr., Perkins and
wife about three hundred yards from
where they were camped, evidently hav.
ing been dragged that distance with s
rope. They were buried underneath q
pile of rocks, near together. Mrs. Per-
kins was undoubtedly inferred alive, as
her hands were protruding from between
the rocks as if trying to extricate her
self.-PortLand OregoHiGn.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-09-12
A Matrimonial Calculation.
"No fearl No feari


Sleep, timid heart, sleep safely here"
He was a young man who had seen
about 20 years of turmoil and cheap
watermelons, and he entered the parlor
in a timid, hesitating way, and looked
all around to make sure that third
party was not present.
Can ] speak to you in confidence"
he finally inquired.
You can, sir. What passes between
us will never be known to the villainous
public-not a word of it."
The young man blushed, hitched
around on his chair, and finally remark
ed that he thought about getting mar
ried.
Perfectly proper-so do l." was the
encouraging reply.
"The girl loves me and would marry
me tomorrow" continued the lover,
''but her mother hangs Off"
"Just the way with 'em," growled
Bijah-''wants her daughter to marry a
golanda, spose-"
"I'm getting ten dollars q week and
steady work, but her mother says we
can't got along on that. Sarah and |
have figured, and we see how we could
live like bondholders and save money,
but the old lady is obstinate and says
we shan't marry for five years to come.''
1.-The hard-hearted old tarantula-
she must be- brought to her senses
Young man, have you any of your
figures with you?"
The lover produced from his wallet q
paper headed: "What it will cost
Sarah and me to live for one week, .
and passed it over to the old janitor
II read as follows:
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-09-12
Why Is 1t?

That people are always so stirred OUT
by Commute sermon, and so re-
freshed' by two-hour society drama,
little bad?
That steamboat always has an I'M
conquerable horror of its own time-card?
That every man who owns a horse
thinks he has " stepper," and firmly
believes that the animal would go like
the wind if he were '' let out?"
That nobody ever thinks of sitting in
a summer house?
That hunting parties from the city al
ways kill so many more prairie chick
ems than they bring in?
That so many more watch-chains are
worn than watches?
That in no matter what direction q
man starts pin, the point always ulti-
mates in the end of his fore-finger?
That he always swears when the
terminus above referred to is reachedP
That woman is always glad to see
her poor relations come to visit her,
bringing their children with them?
(This is a timid venture at disguised
sarcasm.)
That no man thinks any other man
knows how to build fire?
That every living man who smokes
affects to be cOnnOisseur in cigars?
That bankers never have any money
to loan?
That the oftener the coffee is "out, -"
the more you have to buy, while the
oftener the candle is 'out," the longer
it lasts?-
That your boy who never goes farther
from home than "the next corner" is
accurately informed when he returns on
matters that transpired at the river, two
miles away?
That editors are so much Weather
than lawyers? Burlington Ha'ckeye.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-09-12
BABY'S CLOTHES.

Softest linen and snowiest lawn.
With fairy fiuting of lace;
'Broidcry fine as the penciled fern
by finger OF frost king traced
Singing, she sews the tiniest seam
While the garments grow apace.
An, the sweetest work a mother knows
Is making the baby's dainty clothes.
Her thoughts reach out across the years
Losing herself in q dream:
hope Is set with the stitches fine
OF every delicate seam.
An airy castle with turrets high
Stands in a golden CLEAN.
All, the dearest work mother knows
Is making the baby's dainty clothes.
% Garments fit for a king" she saith;
My baby shall be a kingl
Wise men Will listen unto his words,
And the children offerings bring.
He shall be manly, true, and brave;
His deeds will the poets sing"
An, the proudest work a mother knows
Is making the baby's dainty clothes.
Folding away the garments white
The baby needs no more care
n toy, a tiny pair of shoes.
And lock of sunny hair.
yellow with agebach fragrant
Shall precious memories bear.
All, the saddest work mother knows
is folding away the baby's clothes.
Those were worn by that stalwart man,
II seems only yesterday;
But these once held the little form
Oh the baby passed away"
Now in sunshine and now in storm
Lies river flows on for aye,
But the tenderest thought = mother knows
Is folded away with the baby's clothes.
Margaret Ste,oaTg Si5tey, in Harper'S Basar.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-09-12

"Boyl was once placed in this same
situation." replied the old man, as he
looked out of the window at the waving
hollyhocks. 81 was getting salary OF
S1l week, cash down, when the bell
struck 6 on Saturday. / loved girl,
and we could figure on living like royal
ty and saving up seven dollars a week.
Her mother wanted her to marry an
Italian Count, who was worth a gold
watch, race-horse, and store full of
secondhand furniture. Tears and en-
treaties, and threats, and presents of
boxes of snuff, and spectacles and
French-heeled shoes would not soften
her heart. One night-ahi how well |
remember it, she not only turned me
out doors, but hit me in the back with a
fat-iron as l went. Excuse my emo
tons, young man, but remember how
that chunk of iron thumped my ribs and
laid the foundation for this dyspepsia.
There was painful silence and the
old man continued:
"But the girl loved me. We eloped
to Indiana on horseback, were married,
and in four weeks the old lady took tea
with me, ate four pieces Of pie, and call
ed me the best husband in the State of
Ohio"
"And do you advise us to elopeP"
was the eager query.
81 never advise" was the solemn
reply.
"Well, if we amt married in less'n
three days then don't deserve herr"
"Yum," was all the reply Bijah
made.
"Yes, and we'll be happy" said the
lover as he went out.
Bijah looked fixedly at the glaring
glass eyes in the head of the India-rub
Der cat, and unused: Glove is . big
thing, and old folks mustn't forget it.
If L had seventeen darters I'd never
crook finger, even if all married as
tronomers. "-DetroI Free Press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-09-12
Scenes of DesoIation.

NEW ORLEANS, September Ga
prominent citizen just from the North
says the desolation between Grand
Junction and McComb City is heart
rending. At the first place he saw a
lady from Memphis in the weeds by the
side of the track, dying of yellow fever.
Three doctors were within fifty yards,
who refused to go near her. Deserted
stores, empty houses, abandoned fields,
and public roads unmarked by a wagon
track, extended for one hundred miles
Grenada, passed in the night, contained
a single light, which illuminated the
yellow face of corpse lying on the rail
way platform. He says the most fearful
war could not have produced greater
devastation.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-09-12
Can the Truth Overtake a Lie ,

Investigation discloses the fact that the lady
reported in the Associated Press dispatches,
about Aug. 10th, to have died in Chicago after
two weeks use of some Teplftef remedy for cor
pulency, had not taken Allan's Anti-Fat, but
had used preparation put up by a regular
physician in LuZerne, Pa. Allan's Anti-Fat
Is manufactured in Buffalo, y. Y, bY the un-
dersigned. We have already sold over 100000
bottles of it. 1t has therefore been taken by
thousands, and we challenge proof that it has
ever harmed anybody, unless the reduction Of
obese persons from 20 to 60 pounds, leaving
them healthy and strong, is considered mis-
fortune. Furthermore, We hereby offer 5000
reward for evidence showing that it contains
poisonous OF injurious ingredients. We also
offer 5000 II we cannot prove that it has re
duced numbers of persons as stated herein,
and always without injury. 1t is said a lie
will out-travel the truth any time; but we
trust that those newspapers that have misled
the public by saying that physicians attributed
the lady's death to the use of Anti-Fat (Which
is only put up by us, the term "Anti-Fat"
being our trade-mark), will correct the false
impression they have conveyed, by publishing
this refutation.
BOTANIc MEDICINE Co Ruffalo NY
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-09-12

"That's liberal estimate, " remarked
the lover, as Bijah conned the figures.
"My salary is so per week, and you
see we could save over Sc and yet live
extravagantly."
$50 you could-so you could. Six
dollars week for 50 weeks or a year
makes 1912 per year. You can figure
on living 40 years. That would make
S12,4S0. Why, that girls mother must
be a regular absconder. If the girl
doesn't marry you she deliberately
throws away fortune of over S12, 900.
Wen, well, people are coming to pref
ty passl"
"And what shall l do?" sighed the
young man.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-09-12

The United States consumes annu-
ally between six and seven hundred thou
sand long tons of cane sugar, less than
Is per cent of which is of home pro-
duction. The leading sources of foreign
supply are: Cuba, 100000 tons; Span
ish possessions, $4,000; Porto Rico, 3d.
900; French Islands, $4,000; Brazil,
$4,000; Dutch East Indies, 200; Brit
ish West Indies, 10000; British Guiana,
10000; Sandwich Islands, 10000.
Twenty-one other countries supply less
than as many thousand tons in all. In
1862 our home product was $4,000
tons; it fell to 5000 tons in 1865, then
slowlyrose to 49, 500 tons in 1871. The
crop Of 1876 was 1900 tons.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-09-12
Fleeing from the Pestilence.

The rush northward can not be more
strikingly illustrated than by the expert
eRce of drummer who travelled up the
L. and n. Il. r. from Bowling Green to
Cave City last week. In the whole
train of eight cars he could hardly oh
tain standing room, and seat was not
to be thought of. The next day he came
down to the Junction, and was the sole
passenger on a train of eight or nine
boxes. GLASGOW (KV.) Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-09-12
REUNION.

And yet know past all doubling, truly
A knowledge greater than grief can din
i know, as he loved, he will love me duly,
Yea, better, cen better than love him.
And as i walk by the vast calm river,
The awful river so dread to see.
i say Thy breadth and thy depth forever
Are bridged by his thoughts that cross 70
me.
Jean TpgelOlr.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-09-12

-Four boys while whistling "Grand-
fathers Clock" and whoa Emma"
a few days ago, were killed by light
ming. (This is a falsehood-but is It q
sin to lie for a good wholesome pur-
pose? All of this paragraph outside of
the parenthesis should be read to the
boys. )-NorriStoU Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-09-12

Alfonso XII. of Spain has decided
on raising an immense basilica over the
remains of Queen Mercedes. A sum of
100000 reals will annually be deduct
ed from the Civil List for its construc-
ton till the building is complete. The
Due de Montpensier and the Princess of
the Asturias have promised to furnish
yearly 100000 reals in aid of the work.
Lastly, Queen Isabella has consented to
join in the project by handing over for
the purpose the diamonds and Jewels
deposited in the Cathedral of Atocha,
which belong to her, and represent a
sum of Is, 900, 900 reals.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-09-12
BoTANIc MEpIC1NE O.. BuTalo. N. Y.

WILHOFT's FEVER AND AGILE ToNIC.-CHIIL
CURE SAFE AND SURE DIR. WilhOft's Tonic
is curative and protective. 1t viii cure Chills and
protect from further attacks. Its reputation is
established. Its composition is simple and
scientific. 1t contains no poison. 1t acts
promptly and its effects are permanent. 1t is
cheap, because it saves doctors bills tits HARM
less, speedy in action and delightful in its eff
feets. Try it and prove all that's said. WHEE-
LOCK, FINLAY Il Co, PrOprietors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-09-12

Pope Leo XIII. has solicited the me-
diation of the Duke of Norfolk and OF
Lord Denbigh to ask of the British
Government protection for the mission
aries who viii at once be sent to pro-
mote religion and education on the
Island OF Cyprus. BY reason of pow
erty and lack of decent government,
the Roman Catholic population on the
island has been in a sad condition.