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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1878-01-05
JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS,
COu8tObL99S Sale.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF LAFAYETTE.
Joseph Plonsky, Third Justices Court,
Va Parish of fafavette

vs.. ! Parish OF Lafayette.
Henry jenkins, No. 748.
DY virtue of writ of Il. fa. issued in the above
ID entitled cause, out Of the Honorable Third
Justice Court, in and for the parish Of Lafa.
yette and State Of Louisiana. and to me directed,
there will Ike exposed ut public sale, at the Court
House, in the town Of Vermilionville, on
Saturday 5th day Of Jonnary, 1878.
between the hours Of II o'clock A. n. and
O'Clock r. ~, FOR CASH. all the right, title,
interest and demand Of Henry Jenkins. the de-
property. to-wit:
One byoun horse 0ith ,ohite face.
LEOPOLD HIRSCH, Constable.
Dec. 22d, 1877.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1878-01-05

-. A, A. Wonns
ty.wssi's'. i''.'',....
4, 'V,ELsllANS & WOODS,
INSURANCE. AGENTS
FIRE, RIVER AND MARlNE'
,ss f,ravier St, Now Orleans.
:" Opposite Cotton Exchange
,.,,,,,,,rs Agency, Of New York ..,.,
HesHS" Assets, : $500 900
.,,,,s,noo, and London. Sl0 ,000, 600
Qsets, y c,o,ra, of 81. Louis ; 1,315 900
y ~ Of Londor, Assets, s17i,51s
...,,can of New York : 1000. 600
s.,,l. II Liverpool s-''''i'ooo
.,,;la Mutual Insurance Co..
Of New York Assets. 5 100000
N r;,c and River Losses promptly adjusted
~ A. J. MOSS, Agent.
Arv,s, Vcrmilionvillc. La.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-13
MEDICAL NOTICE.

eases. Private Discusses and Female Diseases
has just returned from Europe. Office, 1854 Canal
street, between Baronne and Carondelet streets
caused by abuse or age, ALWAYS cured In a
short time. Private Diseases treated after o new,
sure and quick method. Female Diseases treated
with greatest success. .
DR.. Bille's reputation as skilled and success.
full physician Is already years ago established
In New Orleans and vicinity, and he has cured
had failed to benefit. which Is we'll known to the
public. Dr. Billie is graduate from one OF tb Q
best colleges in Europe. and was for years as
situations and correspondence strictly conf
Dental Charges moderate 1854 Canal street.
DIR. w. BILLIE 1B4 Canal street. deg Il
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-13
OPELOUsAs.

REGULAR OpELOUsAs PACKET.
Leaves every SATURDAY ut 8 p. m.
r-. FOR WASHINGTON OPELOU-
lahnRtrE ans, Port Barre simmBport, Church
i Vile and oil landings on the eoast,
AtshnfalnyH river and Bayou Courtableau-The
very light draft passeng. steamer
ZIG sUNFLOWER.
lin place of the LESSEE Taylor.)
A. r. Trouedas. muster, j. D. bchrndt, clerk.
viii positively leave as above. For freight or
. paag,,Re apply on hnnrd or to
HITE Il CARIIN. Agents.
#f# No. Tchoup,toulas street,
Connecting at Washington with line Of barges
for Bayou BTuf. 49,. t.t
p S-Connects with steamer Minnie at
sintnsport for Bayou DIES GlaiseB. fec
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-13
i THE NEW WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
RAILROADS.,
REAT JACKSON ROUTE.
CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS AND NEW oRI,EANs
RA1TROAn

{ REAT JACKSON ROUTE.
CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS AND NEW oKIEANs
RAILROAD.
DOUBLE DAILY THROUGH TRAINS
will depart from and arrive at the Calltope
s''' 'g pspAnT 4 Nos'o'f 49, A is a. i'll0"s
Express No. 1000 pm Express No q, 10 80 a. m.
Nos and run daily. and daily 81 except
Sunday.
PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPING OARS
through to- Louisville. Cincinnati and Chicago,
without cis.ggs md for 1T. Louis sleeper is
through without leaving the train.
Only ono change to New York and Eastern
Friday evenings traan makes no connection
Accommodation trains between New orleans
"1 fss Mso asn G Ss,,ana a., ~ a,,n,s.v al
Arriye OF New Orleans ut oao a. m. and 1o:oo
p. m. Monday.
This is the only line running double daily
through trains to md from all points North and
;. Tickets for sale and information giyenat %
= s...s.... A. B, SHfft,pIoaiNN,, iTieket Agent.
.. CHANDLER. Gen. Pass. Agent. NH
I'VE nEK K6 2H5HASg AMI A 1f MOBILE RAIL
Inv 't EAsT !f ADKrH AN hp WEsr ~ TIE
Via Louisville, via Atlanta and via ST. Louis.
CARRYING TIE u. y. NAH.
;, Trains arrive ind depart from Depot. foot Of
Canal street, rs follows.
DEPART. ARRIVE
Express. Sun Express. So. 1856 a. m
day only 1856 O. m. Express, Sun .
Express ....s. 100 p, IN, / day only $3.50 ~ m
Passenger. OK. Passengers x-
cept Sunday z 80 u. m. cept Sunday AZ .. m.
Pullman Paace Ours daily to Cincinnati
Louisville. Nashville. st. Louis. Washington
ans niy ana 70 % ana E shage
cities.
Ticket office. corner Of Camp and Common
street, opposite City Hotel.
b. b. ROBINSON. Superintendent.
mh2 Il J. W. COLEMAN. Ticket Agent
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-13
UPPER COAST.


DAYLIGHT PACKET TO DONALDsONyILLE.
THE NEW FINE AND FAST
L@AA PASSENGER st IT,. p.N srr
F. J. oakes. master L p Gen len. MH, CLERK.
WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY at 10 a. M.
prompt. .
Returning on alternate days, leaves Donald
sonville at a. m. For passage apply on board.
or to C. G.. WAYNE. Agent
Nd JOG Gravier street.
N. B;-All persons are forbid making bills
fe2t If f. j. CAKES. master.
Leaves every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and
SATURDAY at 10 a. N. -, : ,,
i-H j FOR ASHLAND PLANTATION.
Ascension parish. .Donaldsonville
and all coast landfngs-The dne
wheel passenger steamer
BLUE WING NO 3,
IA. Oomstock master
Geo. NJ Woods and Chas. Dean. clerks.
VIII leave as above. Returning. leaves Ash
day, coming down the. coast In daylight. For
freight or passage apply on board or to
ap22 3. HENO, 10 CONT street,
san freight delivered In the daytime.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-13
OFFICE CONVEYANCE RECORD,n
No. 10 st. Charles street,

NEW ORLEANS, LA.
The undersigned respectfully announce to
the public that they are prepared to furnish q
Real Estate in New Orleans, back to original
grant or purchase. when required; also full
Abstract OF each transfer In the Chain thus So
Investing IN Mortgages perfect security from
fraudulent or defective titles. The method OF
indexing our Conveyance Record" peculiar to
our system, enables us to give information Inn
medlately.
Attorneys. Notaries. Auctioneers, Land
Agents. Surveyors, and all parties Interested In
Titles TO Real \ Estate are invited to call and OK
del am u. u. D0DGE & co.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-13
BIG sUNFLOW ER
REGULAR OPELOUBAB PACKET.

REGULAR oPELOUsAs PACKET.
Leaves every TU ESpAY. ut = b. m.
~~r FUK WASHINGTON. UPELOU-
L enM esna, Port Barre. Skmmsport. Church.
Il kvlle. and oil landings on the Coast.
AtehnfalaYn river and Bayou Oourtableau-
new and light draft steamer
BERTHA,
Fl. H. Broad master, Theo. John clerk.
will leave Ms Rboye. For freight or passage APP
ply on board, or to u t ~ II
BRITTON d EPPLER, 81 dravier street.
Connects Ut Washington with line Of bargee
for Bayou BHuf. and with steamer Minnie at
bimsport for Bayou DIES dlaizes. ia22 tf
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-13

WEEKLY GRAND ECOHE PACKET.
r~s. FOR GRAND ECOf.E. MONT
Rgomery. Alexandria, Norman's Bar.
3bin's and way landings-~The steam.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-13
STEAMBOATS,.
NED RIVER.
Irsa Riysr and Texas.

He'd River and Texas,
NEW ORLEANS AND RED RIVER TRANS
cfFfo H IA AND G JON ECTioNs.
Through bills OF hiding and through passen-
ger tickets TO oil landings on Red Hiver. end all
railway stations In Texas. The best route 10
Hot Springs
The following splendid md fast steamers
composing the line will leave as advertised boz
E 1an belle. Maria Louise, Texas
O. II. Durfee. Col. A, p. Kouns, Lotus No. ..
WI. Behan, Bonnie Lee. Dawn.
-. FOR SHREVEPORT. JEFFER-
t-sdlrIsAzf-s SON. Hot Springs. and oil land
- - ngs on Rcd River and railway
stations In Texas.
FOR SHREVEPORT
Maria Louise. n. J. Brinker. master,
Leaves WEDNESDAY, February 10. at e .. m.
Danube, Charles Thorn. sinister.
Leaves SATURDAY. February IL. ut g .. m.
FOR JEFFERSON
H0nnie Lee. Nonh Seovell. master.
Leaves THURSDAY. February ID. ut y. m.
No wharfboat charges, drayage or commission
will be charged at mouth OF Red River, or ut
New Orleans, in forwarding freight consigned
to the company by bill Of lading.
For freight or passage apply on board OF the
boats or at the office of the com ahy, No. Ill
drawer street. Jos. A. AIKEN, President.
HITE&C ARLIN. BRRIi'TTocHR h EPbLEHR.,
ja4 LORD d MCPEAKE. Agents.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-13
NEW HART ABLE.

Leaves every SATURDAY. at 6 .. m.
VIII leave as above. For freight or .passaRe
apply on board or to- r. W. ADAMS.
No. 81 Commercial Place.
=. S.-Freight consigned to wharfboat. mouth
Of Rcd river or 70 agents at New Orleans for
steamer Bart Able. will be forwarded free OF
charge. au30
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-03

WE feel called upon, as representa-
tive Of honesty, to tremble for our
country. The peculations of County
Treasurers and the perjury of managers
of insurance companies are becoming
alarmingly frequent. Even Boss Tweed
manipulates the bald spots on his head
in sort of dazed manner, when he
reads the papers, and begins to wonder
il he hasn't been maligned unjustly and
ill-treated by his too hasty countrymen.
The most recent case on record is that
of DIR. Lambert, President of the Ameri-
can Popular Life Insurance Company, of
New York, who, on Thursday, was con-
victed of perjury in making false reports
on his books. His books were mass of
falsehoods and subterfuges. The jury
are said to have agreed within two min
utes after they reached their room, and
to have only waited half an hour for
decorum's sake" Decorum, ON the part
of the jury in such case, strikes us as
absolutely Chesterfeldian. What we
want on the part of our juries is less
decorum," and more honesty and
straightforwardness. Decorum, no doubt,
has had much to do in acquitting rascais
who were worthy of the severest penalties
of the law. Don't stand on ceremony,
gentlemen of the jury, and, what is
more to the purpose, avoid bribery as
you would the flames of purgatory.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-03
Aunt Liza Wins the Good Fight.
missouri Brunswicker. ]

Doctor, is got to gop'
Aunt Liza, there is no hope for YOU"
Bress de Great Master for His good
ness. Ise ready"
The doctor gave few directions to
the colored women that sat around
'Liza's bed, and started to leave, when
he was recalled by the old woman, who
was drifting out with the tide.
Marse John, stay wild me till it's
ober. / wants talk OBJ de old times. I
knowed you when a boy, long fore YOU
went and been doctor. called YOU
Marse John den; call you de same
now. Take yo' old mammy's hand,
honey, and hold it. Ise lived long,
long time. Ole marster and ole nlissus
hab gone before, and de chillun from de
ole place is scattered ober de world. I'd
like to see 'em fore start on de Journey
tonight. My ole mans gone and all de
chillen / nussed at dis breast has gone.
too. Dey's waitin' for dere mudder on
de golden shore. l bress de Lord,
Marse John, for takin' me to meet 'em
dar. Ise fout de good fight, and Ise
not afraid to meet de Savior. No mo-
wo'k for poor old nanny, no mo- trials
and tribulations-hold my hand tighter
Marse John-fadder, mudder-marstel
--missus-chillun-Ise gwine home"
The soul while pluming its wings fo1
its fight to the great Beyond, rested OF
the dusky face of the sleeper, and tn,
watchers, with bowed heads, wep
silently. She was dead.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-03
The Wreck of the Huron.

Lieut.. Walter Walton, Assistant Inspector
of the Life Saving Service, on the North
Carolina coast, makes report in relation
to the loss of the Huron, showing that Evan
O'Neill, fisherman of Rags Head, discov.
cred the Huron coming on shore at l 80 on
the morning the disaster occurred. She
drifted and pounded along the outer edge of
the bar and finally struck broadside on. He
heard shouts and screams on board the
stranded vessel, and saw rockets go up, fol-
lowed by the burning of signal from end to
end, SO that even the hight rigging and
men could be plainly seen. A boat on the
starboard side, full of men, disappeared
when the foremast fell. The sho lting and
screaming continued, and in about
an hour and a quarter after he first
discovered the ship, signaling ceased, and
was all darkness. O'Neill then went home,
eat his breakfast, and did not return to the
wreck until after sunrise. He knew where
the keeper of the life saving station lived
only two and half miles distant-had a
good boat, free wind to go and return in
| side of Roanoke Island, and yet he remained
silent and Indifferent for three hours.
The report concludes: at is shocking
| found, about twelve of whom were officers
not single trinket, such as would be
| deemed relic by relatives of the dead, was
found on the dead bodies. Watches and
chains, money, and even finger rings, had
been stripped off by those who first founG
| the bodies as they washed up. Coco
evidence is found in the case of Lieutenant
Simmons, whose third and fourth fingers o
| his left hand had been scratched and gougeG
| by the body robbers in their haste to secur,
| their il1-gotten booty"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-03
Oatmeal as Food.

In Scotland and in the North of En-
gland oatmeal is the staple food of both
the laboring and the well-to-do classes.
A writer in an English paper urges its
more general use as a means of pro-
ducing a stronger and healthier race of
men and women. He thus extols its
virtues:
For the past forty years / have made
my breakfast of pint of oatmeal por-
ridge, with very rare exceptions, and
nothing else, fasting for four hours after
wards. If, however, l take any other
form of breakfast ! find myself hungry
before the next meal, which is never the
case when have had my porridge.
A few years ago had Devonshire
girl living with me as a servant. The
girl was willing enough to work but had
not the stamina to perform it. This /
found ON questioning her arose from the
deficient and ill-advised diet on which
she had been reared. She shortly began
to take her porridge and soon gained
such vitality as to be able to do her
work with ease. Porridge is a great
strengthener. Try it, We who doubt.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-03
Reading Aloud.

Mr.. r. G. White laments that reading
aloud seems to have almost gone out of
fashion in our public schools. He thus
speaks of its Importance as an educa-
tional influence:
In fixing his attention, in leading to
exactness of apprehension, in power of
bringing the pupils mind into flexible
adaptability to the thought presented to
it, there is no exercise that will take the
place of reading aloud A person can
not read anything aloud well, with
proper infection and emphasis, without
thoroughly understanding it. A pupil
cannot scramble through and skip over
what he knows that he is likely to be
called upon to read aloud. 1t is among
the very best of educational disciplines.
Besides this, with competent teacher,
it is, need hardly say, the very best
means of acquiring that clear enuncia-
tion which is one of the greatest beau
ties of speech, and which any observant
person will find largely lacking in the
younger people of the present day.
Good English speaking and good English
writing comes, except in cases of rare
Unborn faculty, chiefly by the reading
aloud of good English authors, under
the supervision of a teacher who himself
or herself speaks good English and
understands the authors.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-03
Germany and the War.
New York Graphic. ]

Germany's policy of inaction, or rather
of what must be regarded as malevo-
lent neutrality" towards Turkey, during
the continuance of the war, has been
mystery in European diplomacy. The
astute statesmen who are now controll
ing the German Empire do not want to
see military nation at its very doors.
By the aggrandizemenf of Russia at the
expense of Turkey, Germany will appar-
emily have neighbor prepared to thwart
her designs and throw obstacles in the
way of her own future extension. The
Austro-Hungarian Empire has looked
upon Russia's advances and successes
with ill-disguised jealousy. Turkey as a
neighbor, was and is harmless. Russia,
as neighbor will be dangerous to strong
and weak States alike, for she will have
to be consulted on all questions of foreign
policy, and on many questions which ap-
pear at first sight to be purely domestic.
The irritation of Austro-Hungary is per-
fectly natural; while it must be avowed
that the management of her relations
with both Russia and Turkey, during the
trying times since the complications be-
tween the two powers began, has been
masterly.
But though Germany is not so directly
interested in retaining Russia within the
old barriers-in retaining or restoring
the status quo ante belluna-as Austria,
still she has abundant reasons for not
sympathizing with Russia's desire to ex-
tend her frontiers. Why, then, has
Germany not only remained apathetic
during this, for the Turk, life and death
struggle, but looked on with something
akin to sympathy, while Russia has been
aggrandized? The secret of the matter
must lie in some understanding between
Russia and Germany dating back from
before the Franco-German war. Our
readers will recall, that at one time there
were grave fears of an alliance between
| Russia and France against Prussia.
Probably Russia's present liberty of ac-
ton was purchased by her neutrality at
that time. And it may turn out that in
the readjustment and rehabilitation OF
this understanding, which may have ta,
ken place since the present war became
inevitable, that Germany has stipulated
as the price of her present attitude that
in the event of new war her own lib
erty of action in extending her frontier:
north towards the North Sea and west
towards the Rhine, should be respected
by Russia. In the coming peace the
map of Eastern Europe will be read
justed, but the map of Central anC
Western Europe is sure to be adjusted
before very many years pass over oul
heads. Germany has not remained
quiet for nothing. She wants seaport
, Holland and Belgium--in word, tn,
. small States; and unless the present pol
. icy is without reason at all, that rea
son must be sought for in some under
standing by which those States can b
: gobbled up without running the risk 0
r | Russian intervention.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-03

THE philosophy of evolution is illus
trated by the development of the germ
of invention. A worthy gentleman re-
siding in Washington, Pennsylvania, re-
Gently invented an oscfflatory washing
machine. The elementary idea was
hardly formulated in his mind before it
took new and higher shape, and a
patent was issued for an oscillatory
churn. Another change in the process
Of evolution renders possible the inven-
tion of an oscillatory cradle. Here the
ingenious man has paused; but has he
indeed reached the perfect type? Can
he not invent an oscillatory baby that
may be rocked in the oscillatory cradle,
fed from the oscillatory churn and
washed by the oscillatory machine
There are strong grounds for believing
that he can do it, for during his busy
career he has not only illustrated the
versatility of his talent by scores Of
useful devices, but has paid special at
tention to the conditions of infancy, in
venting, among other things, pneu
matte mixer, helm for children's sleds
and dental anesthetic applicator.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-03

The Duke Of Portland, who has given
such magnificent donations for the relief
Of the sick and wounded in the East, is
n bypochondriac of seventy, with an in
come of $750,000 a year. He suffers
from a disfguring malady, and lives in
seclusion, whether at Welbeck Abbey,
his seat in Nottinghamshire, the most
famous Of those places known as ".the
dukeries," or in London. In the latter
he inhabits vast gloomy mansion in
Cavendish Square. The Duke can not
bear to be seen, and has erected at the
back Of his house an immense screen of
iron and glass, which completely pre-
vents the neighbors from gratifying their
curiosity. 1t is said that after dark he
may be seen pacing the garden in the
midst of Cavendish Square. Neither he
nor his brothers, all dead, ever married.
One of them, Lord George Bentinck,
who was cut off in his prime, was the
hope of the Tory party, and the first
"turfite in England.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-03
HOW THE TIDES ARE PRODUCED

There has always been a difficulty in
the minds of teachers, as well as in the
minds of learners, to comprehend the
theory of the tides as presented in our
textbooks. This theory fails to give
satisfactory account of the cause of the
mote from the sun and moon. Accord
ing to this theory, at that part of the
earth's surface which is turned away
from the moon or from the sun, a less
amount of attraction is felt by her water
than anywhere else on her surface; and
the whole earth is therefore, in effect
drawn away from the waters on the far
side of her, and thus, the water being
left behind, tide is produced on this
side, as well as on the side at which the
force of gravity acts directly. That SO
great an absurdity should have been ac-
cepted so long by our writer's of text
books is truly marvellous. 1t is, indeed,
SO contrary to all known facts and laws
of physics, that if no other influences
are felt by the waters at the far side of
the earth than attraction, there would
be just the opposite effect produced to
that alleged by this absurd hypothesis.
This can be demonstrated by actual ex.
pertinent, and as conclusively as any
other fact coming in reach of expert
mental philosophy. 1t has been proved
experimentally that all bodies on the
surface of the earth at midnight are
heavier than at any other hour of tn.
twenty-four; and when the new moor
occurs at midnight this increase O.
weight or gravity felt by the matter OF
this part of the surface of the earth il
still greater. Now, ifthis theory wer,
correct, attraction would produce jus
the opposite effect; that is, matter woult
weigh less at midnight than at any othe
hour of the twenty-four. On the side o
the earth facing the sun and moon, tn
weight of bodies is diminished, as i
should be-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-01-03

ONE of the three survivors of the
United States Senator'S who served with
Clay, Benton, Webster, and Wright,
during the Administrations of Harrison,
Tyler, and Polk, is Daniel Sturgeon, of
Pennsylvania, who spoke so little that
he gained the sobriquet of "The Silent
Senator" Of Calhoun and Clay, he
said the other day that they 4" were very
friendly and familiar in their personal
intercourse. On one occasion Calhoun
made speech in which he was very Sc
we're upon Clay. When he had finished,
the latter went to get pinch of snuff
from Calhoun, and, having taken it, said,
Your argument was not so strong as
your snuff and thus it was generally in
those days; the asperities of debate were
soon forgotten, and the bitterest political
adversaries took snuff together after the
heat OF debate had subsidized" One Of
Mr.. Surgeons friends was Buchanan
and he has in his possession letter from
the Ex-President, written in 1866, ir