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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10
FIRST CRESCENT CITY REGIMENT.
VETERANS RELIEF ASSOCIATION,

New ORLEANS, September 3. 1873.
Veterans of the First Crescent City lVaudry)
Regiment, not now attached to any organiza-
ton, suffering from the prevailing epidemic
and In need of assistance will apply to one Of
the committee named below.
Applicants must bear the Endorsement Of a
commissioned officer Of the company in which
they served.
.E D: A: 8. YAUG -. Boston Warehouse,
GEO. A. WILLIAMS. 1874 Grayier.
J. O. NIXON. JR, 81 Camp.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10
RODLEY BROTHERS

Have the most complete stock Of Cane Wagons
three and four mule Cane Carts. Ok CARTS. Log
Wheels, Cotton Wagons. Bagasse CARTS. Farm
CARTS, Rice Carts Small Carts Of every size, four
for delivering goods, Spokes, Felloes. Shafts
Hounds, WAGON Material. Axle Grease. Cart
Boxes, etc. We especially call attention to our
Boxes and extra ironing of all our Carts and
Wagons. Manufactured In our own factories at
Wheeling W. Va. from the best material and by
guarantee. meet any competition and supply
the largest demand.
Depot-l25 and 129 Common street.
ol-
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10

Yellow fever patients are received at the
Nuremberg Hospital. The hospital is on
Elysian Fields street. Third District, outside
the city or suburbs. The buildings. ten in
number. are constructed in accordance with
the most rigorous hygiene. Terms-Wards
So per day; private rooms S.. Parties wishing
to 60 there are requested to call and look at the
premises. Yellow fever calls left for DR.. Hayes.
the proprietor. at HuberWalds drug store, 1875
Canal street. are promptly attended to.
sa1 1modn*
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10

Mrs. Winnie Ream Hoxie has donated one
OF her finished works, 1.-THE South" to the
Washington City Association, for the relief Of
the yellow fever sufferers in the South. It is
valued at $500, which sum the committee will
doubtless see that it realizes. Mrs. Hoxie-
has big heart, and this is not the first time
she has nroven it in the cause of humanity.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10

The Atlanta Constitution dominates G. Bill
Curtis for President In 1880. Now, Mr.. George
William Curtis is not our candidate, but we
do think it is very bad for the Constitution to
speak of him as G. Bill. Such an abreVla6lon
of George William is the work OF q low and
seurrilous mind.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10

Lew Wallaces doucear came very quickly
after he broke out in denunciation OF Ortiz,
the Republican candidate for Congress In his
district. Does his commission as Governor OF
New Mexico mean recognition and reward
OF his outspoken candor. or that Orth is to be
al
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10

The New York 11'ibame speaks of ''the at
tempt to swear away John Sherman's reputa-
Eion." In can't be done. John himself tried
it, after Weber had testified to the destruc-
ton Of the original letter to Anderson and
Weber's brother, but even he utterly and
ANONYMOUSLY failed.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10
vIRULENUE OF THE FEVER,

The New York Times of O recent date con-
aafns n very excellent letter from lis intelli-
gent correspondent In this city relative to the
endemic. The letter Is well written, and. we
believe, contains, mixed with q number OF
errors, many interesting facts. We do not
rurpose to review the letter. but simply coll
the attention OF its author to q very important
error he has made. In comparing the relative
glrulence OF heepidemics of 1862 1867 and 1873
she writer takes the mortality of the first Of
September Of each year as q standard. and
makes this showing
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10

Major Burke returned to the city yesterday
from his visit to the Potter committee. The
Major Is in fine health and spirits, and will
Immediately begin to organize the canvass.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10
NOTICE.

HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Z
New Orleans, September 2, 1873. 81
On motion, duly seconded, the following WasS
adopted:
Resolved, That from and after this date ALI
physicians prescriptions for patients under
charge Of this association ordering brandy,
whisky, cham payne, etc., must be filed at the
room Of the Association and druggists bills for
such liquors will not be paid.
T. r. SOUTHMAYD,
se3 w Secretary Howard Association,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10
h this data the correspondent Of The III

On this data the correspondent VI bie AHtes
says: .".u .l...r.
1t will thus be readily perceived that the
nresnnt epidemic far exceeds that OF 1867 In
fatality, though not approaching that OF 1853
The correspondent of the Times could
scarcely have based comparison of the rela-
dive virulence of these three epidemics upon
more Elusive grounds. The statistics OF
yellow fever show, 1t seems to us, beyond
question, that the fever Is periodical. The
DEMOCRAT has shown that its period OF
increment and deerement Is embraced within
ninety days. The law Of periodicity seems TO
absolutely control, and even the supervention
pf frost cannot fully overcome 1t. Thus the
epidemic In 1855. In which there were 2670
deaf hs. ran its course during July. August
and September, and during the month OF o.
tober there were only ninety seven deaths. 1t
vanished before frost.
On the other hand, the fever in Memphis
became epidemic In the middle OF September,
1879, and was only extinguished late In Novem-
her after resisting, as DR.. FACET states in his
pamphlet just given to the public the first
hear frosts. Undoubtedly frosts tend to
check the pestilence. but the rigor OF the law
governing Its periodicity is so strong and Wig
orous that ii measurably resists such iniiu-
ences,
We think, therefore, that the correspondent
of the Times. in making his estimate OF the
relative virulence OF the several epidem-
les, instead Of comparing their mortality on
any particular day Of the month, should
have compared their mortality on a specified
day representing q common stage of the prev
alenoe OF the epidemics. He selected the first
day of September of each year; but the first
day of September, 1863, was the sixty~third
slav of the prevalence Of the epidemic In
1867 IL was the thirty-second day, and in 1878
IL was the forty.seventh day. Now II the as
sumption that the law OF periodicity governs
the disease be correct, 1t must be obvious that
the comparison of the relative mortality OF
the three mentioned epidemics on the first or
any other day Of the month gives no indica-
tion of their relative virulence.
III we wish to form an intelligent idea Of the
comparative virulence of the several epidem-
les, let us select common stage OF the dis
case. The first of September was the forty
seventh day of the present epidemic, dating
Its commencement on the fifteenth OF July.
Thus on the forty seventh day of the epi
sle,nic OF 1878 {the first Of September) there
were lightweight deaths; on the forty-sev
enth day of the epidemic Of 1867, which was
the sixteenth of September. there were fifty
deaths; on the forty-seventh day Of the
epidemic of 1858, which was the sixteenth
Of August, there were TIA deaths.
Tabulating the statement we have the fol-
lowing:
Year. Deaths 18th Total to 47th
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10

OF course all these statements, figures and
theories are entirely speculative. Only reli-
able theories or opinions can be formed after
the fever has subsidized and our physicians and
scientist have collated and digested all the
facts that have been and are being gathered
We present our statement merely as the inn
perfect and ill-digested result of imperfect
and uncertain facts gathered in the course Of
Journalistic work, worth absolutely moth
ing on subject on which vast assenblage
OF facts and the learning, zeal and genius Of
the medical faculty Of the world have as yet
thrown scarcely any light.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10
NEW ORLEANS PEABODY SUBSIST-
ENCE ASSOCIATION.

New ORLEANS September T. 1878.
The following resolution was unanimously
adopted by this association:
Resolued. That after Monday next the Issue
Of rations shall be confined TO Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays Of each week.
i. D0LHONDE,
President Peabody Subsistence Association.
j. w. NADER.
Secretary and Commissary of Subsistence.
gne At
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10
NUTRTTIVE ELIXIR.


A preparation Of BEEF, Of same character as
tho we'll known Elixir Ducros and much less
expensive An admirable TONIC aud FOOD In
DEBILITY. WANT OF APPETITE and GEN
ERAL LOW CONDITION OF HEALTH. Pre-
seribed by physicians. and to be used. under d.
rection Of the medical attendant. In CONVAL-
ESC11NCE from YELLOW FEVER.
For sale by oil druggists.
nO18 1y |. L.. LYONS, Sole Proprietor
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10
NEW ORLEAN
PEABODY
SUBSISTENCE ASSOCIATION.
NEW ORLEANS. August ~, 1878.
TO WHOM TT MAY CONCERN:

New ORLEANS. August 81, 1873
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Whereas, the great distress resulting from
the prevailing sickness calls for succor at the
hands Of all charitably inclined persons, and
desiring to inaugurate method of quick and
practical relief. the undersigned have Instituted
an association to-, meet this, emergency, and
now publish the following, and appeal to chart
table people OF homo and abroad for such sub
script Ions of supplies as they may feel inclined
Reso7ped, That tho undersigned have organ
led with the consent and approval of the
Mayor OF this city, charitable association, to
continue during the prevalence, Of yelow fever
ndsF he 0 nEW IN
articles of food, and distributing the same into
rations to the destitute In the city of New
- The Depot of Supplies will, be a. No. SO
same, reauisitions upon the president by the
lions of New Orleans will be filled promptly,
ABRAHAM HIRsCH, Vice President.
J. Y, NADER, Secretary ana Cemmissary.
$S #SRE $ I'M f.
'0'AA' 81 NA'' ]. K. NEWMAN T. A'S A'A'A'oA'
I cordially approve the movement contem-
plated by the above -
(Signedl ED. PILSBURY,
Mayor Of New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, August 81, 1873
At q meeting of the Howard Association, held
this evening" the foregoing resolutions having
been referred to q special committee, said COM
mittee made the following report which was
unanimously adopted by the members present:
Your committee. appointed to take into con-
sideration the proposition made by the New
Orleans Peabody Subsistence Association, beg
leave to report that they recommend the full
Endorsement of this organization and cordially
approve of the same"
Approved: J. NJ. VANDEGRTFF.
President Howard Association.
o'clock, at No. II Poydras street, no stairs.
J. W. NADER,
Secretary Peabody Subsistence Association.
au29 15t
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10

w AWWASS@ V1h1SNJ VIAM#AD WNEA1y
r. ~. SORIA.
ZS nnd 20 Union and 15 and III PerdAdo
streets.
Sole Agent for the celebrated STU DEBA-
KER" WAGONS. CARTS and SPRING WORK
of all kinds and sizes.
Dealer In Philadelphia and Western Game
Wagons, CARTS and .Drays;. Timber Wheels
Ioes, Hubs. Shafts, etc; W6eelwright material
Orders promptly filled. All work warranted.
iaG a1rtY
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10
PHYSICIANS WANTED.

Owing to the increase Of new cases, and as
the physicians now attending are becoming ex-
hausted from constant duty. the Howard Asso-
citation calls on physicians of the city to come
to our relief at once. se1o 1t 2dp
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10
Cam Afford TO be without It.
.BY THE USE OF IT

A Gin will gin several bales more daily.
Saw will saw several thousand feet more
daily.
A Corn Mill will grind one-third more daily.
A Rubber Belt at the end of the year will be
1-1G Of an inch thicker than when new.
A Leather Belt at the end of the year will be
better than new.
1t is the best leather preservator and harness
oil known.
Send for circular. giving full description and
certificates.
no,s,v I. l.. LYONS.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10

This association meets EVERY EVENING at
6 o'clock. ut No. II Poydras street. I'D stairs.
J. W. NADER,
nIl29 LIT
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10

I cordially approve the movement contem-
plated by the above.
(Sgnedl ED. PILSBURY.
Mayor Of New Orleans.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-10
YELLOW FEVER.

IDepOt-I27 and l29 Common str
fa9 fv aTn
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-02-20
Indications of Progress.
TH. S. Holland in sclibner's.l |

The indecent poet of to-day is obliged to
publish his own bOoksl No respectable pub
Usher will cOntaminate his shelves, even
with his name. 1t matters little how many
dramas Tennyson may write in these latter
days, or how much he may attempt TO give
them the ancient form AND tavor-tbey Will
al ways lack one elemeIt-thatot l. OF indelicacy.
He leaves coarsrnsss. in iecency, the double
entendre, forever benin :. They belonged to
another age, and all these facds show that We
have made a great advance.
Owing mainly To the wretched assumptions
of do ogmatic theology and the presumptions
of priestly power, the literary men and wo-
men of former days were scoffers-open,
aggressive, defiant enemies of Christianity.
Now, although there IS lamehtation on every
side that our geatest literary producers are
wanting in faIth-that they withhold their
affectionate and trustful allegiance to the
Christian religion, aud regard the church as
the colserYator. of a great mass OF supersu-
tons the scoffers are few. We do not be-
lieve there was ever a time when the great
msi"rity of literary men and women held so
kindly an attitude toward the Christian faith
as they hold to-day. TJey are recogn Zing
the fact that there is something in it-a
very powerful something in IL, somewhere
and something in it for them, II they could
nut clear t OF its huSks and find the divine
meat and meaning of ii. They feel their
lack OF faith TO be misfortune. Now, the
difference between this attitude and that OF
sucn a rnan, say, as Votaire or Thomas
Paine, marks a grear advance. We still
have Bradlsughs il is true, but, though we
tolerate tn, IN, and listen TO them, they have
a very shabby following.
The CHANCES that have occurred in the
church itself are very rema kable evidences
of progress For The la three hundred
years the world has carrisd on an organized
rebellion against priestcraft aud has been
slowly hut surety releasing itself from slav
cry. TIE superstition of witchcratt has
departed from il IL is true We still try men
for heresy, and tie their legs with crteds,
but the followers of Calvin do not burn the
Descendants of SeTvetus They suspend
them from the ministry, "a mode OF hang
ing which is not only quite harmless, but
rather honorable than otherwise. The pre-
judices between sects have notably been
broken down @ithin the last fifty years.
result which inevitably 'olowed the decline
of belief in the oversbadowing and all
subordinating importance OF theological
formula Men are trying TO get at the
| center and essence of Christianity as they
rever were trying b fore; and they find that
the more closely they approach the center,
thu more cla-ely they get together =
In the worlds politics we still have war;
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-02-20

but how modified is even this awful relic OF
barbarisml How jealous of it has the Chris
tian world becomel How it questions i'll
How it strives in a thousand ways TO miti-
gate its horrors and inhumanitiesl What
shout il sends up when two great nations
meet and settle by arbitration a question
which in any previous age would have been
a cause of wari The duel, too, is in disgrace.
Slavery is abolished nearly everywhere on the
face of the globe. Prisons have been reform
ed. The insane, formerly forsaken of man,
and supposed to be forsaken of God, are
tenderly cared for by every Christian state.
A thousand charities reach out their helpful
hands to the unfortunate on every side. The
ma ions are brought every day nearer to one
another, in the interchanges of commerce,
and in the knowledge of and respect for one
another Popular education is augmenting
its triumphs and enlarging its area every
day. And this record of improvement is
sealed by vital statistics which show that the
average duration of human lite has been
slowly but lndisputably increasing from de-
cade to decade.
The world improves, but 1t improves as
the tree grows, without observation" The
work of one mans life is small when applied
to twelve hundred millions of people. but it
tells IN the grand result We discover a
great nest of corruption in our government
and are tempted TO despair but we break it
up. There are so many vicious men around
rs that we feel as if the world was going to
the dogs, yet the recoil and outcry and pro-
test we make show that We are more sensi-
tive to the apprehension of what is bad than
we were formerly. The world improves,
and the man who can not see it has a very
good reason for suspectiDg that there is some
thing morally at fault in himself.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-02-20
"GOING BEHIND THE RETURNS"

"Dearl dear! what Is the matter now
With papa's precious little pet?
How troubled Is the Il tie brow.
The cheeks with falling tears are wet.
Come mere, and tell our papa, sweet,
What it is all about" al sha'n'tH
And on a stool she took n seat
Back to me, with an angry haunt.
OF course she needed discipline;
But we who felt the rigorous rule
In childhood are quite apt to Slu
At the extreme rom that old school.
So read on, aud let her pOut
A while, and then said, pleasantly,
"COme, ROSy-Posy, tn N about,
And tell me what your grief can be.
@Did dolly cry when she was dressed,
Or Carlo bark Till you were 'fraid,
Or kitty scratch because you pressed,
Or pinched, or scared her as you played?
Did mamma" "YeS! that's what 1t IS!
She cried, and faced me in a trice.
ffShe wouldn't do my hair in frfz!
And then she said wasn't nice!
"Well, yes, S'pose-Of COURSE cried,
And that was whv she said so, but
She's cross! 1 won't be pacified!
she's just as ugiy-" "There! tut, tut!
Come see your papa, and forget
About it-that' darli g-doi
Come Dry your cheeks, all soiIed and wet;
Your papa loves yOu-mamma, too."
al won't! don't love her at all;
Nor you-you're just as bad as She
Nor Frank, nor Bess, nor Uncle PaulW
"But what have done? Don't love me,
Your papa?" Then a doubtful pause,
Aud stubbOrnness of stuart king
Quick clutched at. "No," said she, "becauSe
You married such a cross old thing"
Earl Marble.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-02-20
SlpurSeOaI.

II is said OF Spurgeon that in his pointed
way he cried cut rom the pulpit There's n
shoemaker Last Sundsy be sold she's that
amounted to hinepeDre, aid there was four
pence profit on it," la the audiencs there
was a shosmak-r who had done that very
thing. The mystery bothered him all the
wees, so on the next SUNDAY he had his girl
pen tine shop lille he again " nf tO church
"Ah, sinner" Spurgeon b.gtn, ''snniug 10y
proxy IS just a, bad as though y0u sinned
yourself. les NJ use Tor you 70 come here
yourself ann leave your daughter 10 keep
shop" The shoemaker was dumb bounded.
Ic SCI him thinking. and he was converted.
Spurgeon. hea ing pf the circu ms ances, said
be believed the Holy SpiriT Inspired his
words
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-02-20
Lighting n Match.
New York Times.l

The match box, the wall and the carpet
are the three substances upon which the
average woman Will consent to light a
march, and it should be noticed, as a curious
and as yet unexplained fact. that no woman,
in any circumstances, dreams of lghtin :
matches on the under side of marble man.
tel piece. Man, on the other hand, regards
the msntel piece the natural com plement
of the match, and if he happens to be near
one when about to light match. uniformly
scratches il on the under side of the marble.
Some men prefer to light matches on the
soles of their boots. except, of course, when
the soles in question are damp The vast
majority of male human beings, whether
men, boys or advocates of female dress
reform, light their matches on their trousers
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-02-20
Is kissing Am Act of Piety?

A writer in the Woman's Journal takes up
the cudgel on behalf of dancing, and i'm
plicitly of the waltz, on the ground that as
ig penetrate5 the ruder districts of New
E1gland the boisterous and vulgar so 'ial
games Of the rural settlements" disappear
If there is no dancing there are string
games" and whatever these things
may be they are said to require the
kissing of all the women in the COM
pany each by a large number of men. TINS
rude and indelicate familiarity the Journal
says. "hourishes under the very eyes of our
revjvaiists, in the church sociables them
selves, where the most Innocent square
dance would be severely censured In a
late murder trial in VermOnta a certain guilty
deacon admitted that he frst made the
acquaintance OF his peram, u at "A church
social at his own house. While
Old and young were playing an o.d
fashioned game the d-acoI, as n
forfeit. was sentenced to kiss Mrs. c..
Like Francesca da Rimini, he lays all his
troubles to that kiss Since his arrest he has
stated that up To this time he had been true
in thought rs well as in deed to his wife.
The te of tins confession seems almost
absurd; but did ever a sinner indicted for
murder, trace all his errors back 10 the de
moralizing influence OF siugle dance? Left
to themselves at school festivals, the young
people would like to dance. rbe dancing
beiug held objectionable some thing else must
be introduced, and, on the proposition of
string games one may see church members,
deacons, and. for aught l know, clergymen
themselves, joining in the rude sport. |
have known lt serious ground of objection
TO public schools on the part Of well-bred
parents, that tn y would not consent to have
their young daughters ruiely kissed, by haIf
the town ON such occasion; aud nave seen
sucil prtjudices gradually removed by the
Substitution of daucipg -
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-02-20

Judge Darling, of Clinton, Iowa, stated in
temperance meeting recently that Hon.
Stephen A. Douglas died raving with deli
rum tremens in Chicago. In answer the
Chicago Times saws: Judge Darling gave
utierance to a wicked, atrocious, unmitiga-
ted faIsehood. There is no truth nor any
foundation of truth in any such statement.
Mr.. Douglas died at the Trement house in
this city after an illness of two or three
weeks, brought on, in the opinion of his
physicians, by anxiety and over exertion in
his remarkable speaking sour Immediately
preceding the election of Mr.. Lincoln"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-02-20

Five hunJred II as,u nIaJ inI - gallons O
petroleum. was exported from thus country
from 1866 to 1871. WHICH brought an average
price oe 81 ceuts "A gallon, HInoun ing t.
$lo7 900 00D From 1871 t. 1876. covering
tno same pt rod of five years, there were
shipoed | 100 100000. or twice as much OIL,
which sold at the aversg. price of Is cents
per gallon. real zing Sl6j. 600 900 rns in
creased exports netted ess moapy by S22 :
OOo.OO0 than the shipments of the fret named
period.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-02-20

Boonville Enquirer: The wheat crop gen.
orally looks promising