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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-28
George Candy vs.: Mrs. Louise A. Gero-

Civil Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans.
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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-28

Sixth District Court for the parish of Orleans
No. pa46
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-05-18
KINGWOOD, PRESTON COUNTY, VIVA SATURDAY, \

will not annoy you any more. You
may go now"
He stepped aside from the door 10 al
low Kate to pass, out, but she stood be-
fore him without moving 10 60. while
the willful tears still broke up from the
depths of her beautiful eyes and fell
upon her cheeks.
L will not detain you longer" he re-
peated hesitatirVlv, seeing that she stood
immovable and silent.
She drew up her doughty head az he
spoke and dashed the burni ig ,ars from
her checks; then she star ed forward
without looking up into his face. For
moment she tottered upon the thresh-
old, pressing her slender fingers ovet her
wet eyes, and then turned back again 10
her host, who stood with his head bent
toward her.
"l-l-do not want 10 gor' she cried,
springing back to him, and holding out
both white hands 10 meet his eager pas
sionate grasp.
Then-then-but the rich younp
farmer is too reticent and great nor.
sonage for me 20 meddle with this one
delicious little love scene of l.s life.
You must imagine the rest you self
dear reader. All | can say is that Kate
Weston became Mrs. Waters in conse-
quence of the affair of the apples.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-05-18
Mrs. Cutters House.
IApplctou's Jour.sl for MAY

The other day nearly broke my neck
over Mrs. C'utte' tiger rug. Why are
thee tiger rugs, | uemard to know =?
why must pope, i'm blind subsection
to the yraut Fashion, make their houses
prepoS Crous curiosity shops? Mrs.
Cutters house, and not your ideal. is
the true example of the prevailing rage.
Sae has shut on, all the light from her
windows wi,h horse hair curtains an inch
thick, W ,,ch once would not have been
thought good enough for horse ,lankets.
She has laid down her floors | / many
colored rugs 80 thickly that one might
think himself in carpet-dea'er's ware
rooms; and the visitor must be wary or
he'll tripped up by them Mt every
step. She has covered her walls with
gorgeous jIgs, bowls, jars, urns, vases
of every orceivable variety, in which
Tor the most part ingenuity in the way
of ugly design has done its worst She
has hung screens in her doorways, and
cabinet over her mantcls. She has
mounted old brass firc-dogs over her
bookshelves, ard planted omblazoned
shields of metal over her door lintels
She hGs bought all the old worm. eaten
turn ure she could find, and asks you TO
sit OF chairs that were made for man.
ki"d before backbones were discovered
Size h?s turned the gas out of the house,
and illuminated il with painted candles
Size goes To bed with Roman candle
sti J., sleeps rnder Moorish rug, eats
oil q cracked china discovered i'm "A
Marblehead fisherman's cottage, wears
n medieval gown that is all straight
lines; and she talks all day of Medicean
porcelain, of Roman dmphOr0, and Etrus-
can vases; of gres de F2dndrc, Dutch
delft, and Kaleidoscope and mezza-
majo lea; of Palissy and Henri Deux, of
Chinese celestial blue and crackle, of
japanese cioiSOnne, old Satsuma, and
H,spano-M Moresque, of Sevres and pate
sw-pdte, of Chippendalc and Easilake
furniture, of Queen Anne and Renais.
sarce anC rar,e Ar TO ne .te. and 80 on dd
infnittm, With skill ut quoting cata-
logues q" runnihg off names that il
amazing. Is this true house that il
made up of cJr,ous trines from the shops
-thaS Is simply . chaos of color, knick-
knac!s, end all forms OF fantastic fool
ishness? Are Vhere bferdth, humanity.
hear, life, dignity, Intellect, felicity, in
this jumOie o. misnamed art2 Unless
art broadens the Imagination and stirs
tie fPculties, there is no excuse for it's
being; but the art that Mrs. Clutter is
PROSTATE before dwarfs the imagination,
nar.ows the intellect and impoverishes
the wnoie nature. She has no sympathy
W, men and women; il is all absorbed
by ,ler teacups and sauccrs. She has no
perceptions of lite except as surrender
of TIE mind TO her pGlt,y toys, and she
is more concerned the downfall OF n
cracked plate than - the wars and
caIamiy'es that afllict the world outside
of her bazaar Her children arc hidden
away in nurseries; SIZE darcs not permit
them to bring their active bodies and
restless spirits into her rooms, lest they
knock down her glass screens or break
her precious Jars.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-05-18
Scientific and Industrial.

Somebody in England has patented a
machine iof eliiy timber.
Oxychloride o. zinc is being much
u'e' rs partial substitute for gold in
the Iling of tCa n.
Salicylic reid, the new remedy for
rheumatism, does not injure the teeth,
even in the strongest solution.
Some London doctor has been listening
TO the chest sounds of patient thirty
yards away by means Of the telephone.
One part o. boracic acid added TO 500
parts of milk will keep it sweet for fifty
hours at temperature Of eighty de
grees.
A case Of the transmission of scarlet
feve" infections by n cans Of n letter TO a
distant town is reported in an English
journal.
Glycerire is said TO be one Of the best
lubricants for maoi,.rcry, especially
when exposed TO the aif and ianges Of
temperature.
Oil of eucalyptus is said To be an ex-
cel'ert local an@sthc,'c a drop placed
on cotton or wool and inserted in the
cavity will relieve toOthache.
The statistics Of ce, tain large insane
asylums, in Germany show that the wo-
men patients discharged cured who
marry subsed -endy, are less liable 10
relapses than rose who remain si1gle.
An account wss lsielv given in Nature
Of the difficulty ret w. n in Australia
in getting bees TO Wofk aftera few years.
A correspondent calls attention 70 the
fact that similar d Giculty occurred in
California, where IL has been obviated
by systematic abstraction OF the honey
as the bees collected IT,.
The following is highly recommended
az homemade court plaster. One ounce
OF Frerch isinglass, one pint OF warm
water, sir till it dissolyes, add ten cents
worth Of tincture of arn'ca, lay piece
Of white oc black silk or n board and
paint 10 oler with the 4, ixture.
The Boston JOUrnai Of Chcmisfry
thinks the time is coming when our
houses will be heated by steam from a
central station, ~ thcv are now lighted
by gas made ata distance. This has
been actually tried with entire success
in Lockport, New York Three miles of
pipe, covered with non-conducting ma
terial, laid under ground, radiate from
r central boiler house. Fifty houses i'm
rat city have been comfortably warmed
all winter by steam thus distributed.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-05-18
BY MRS. W. ". ROWE.

What are the waves Of our life tides saying
AS they ripple upon the strands1
They but ebb and how aud then passing AWAY
Leave no footprints on the sands.
Ihey tell US OF storms In mid-ocean passed,
while the weather on shore looked fair,
But we knew nv piece of a broken mast
That danger ana death we're there.
They tell us Of barIues that we spoke in the
stream,
All freighted with bright treasure trove,
That were lost to our sight like mid SUNNI err
dream
Or passage birds call 20 its love:
They tell ms Of castles in bright fairy land
That we built in our earlier days,
How httle VIC knew of times hardening hand
The world and its treacherous ways.
They tell us Of fr sndships the true and the tried,
In the storm Of adversity's power,
And Of those who passed by the other side.
The dew drops on fortunes flower;
They tell us Of sunbeams that light up their
Of home In a fair countrie,
Where Wen meet with our loved ones among the
blest,
After wandering here 80 wearisomelie.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-05-18

IT seems 10 have just been discovered
why an elderly maiden lady is not the
right kind Of n lady 10 put in charge Of
q postoilice. The postoilice department
has recently been compelled to seek the
resignation Of postmaster Of a small
town on the West Penn Railroad, Penn
sylvania, because the postmaster, who is
an elderly maiden lady, has felt IL her
duty 70 open letters addressed 10 the
young tdies and gentlemen Of the neigh
borhood. to find news which she couldn't
get In the local papers. Hereafter she
will have To- look through keyholes or
something Of that sort, in order TO get
any happiness out Of this dresry and
exacting world
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-05-18

A PEW evenings since father and
daughter at Wellesly, Mass, we're mu-
tually recalling incidents Of the latter's
childhood. shall never forget" said
the young lady, how you took me
out OF church one Sabbath, when I
was three years old, and pun
ished me for playing in meeting.
i can remember the tingling of that
peach tree switch 10 this day. Very
strange, very strange" said the father " /
don't recollect the circumstances at all -
" an, well, papa, you were at the other
end Of the switch /"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-05-18
VOLUME L.
SO>G.
ny NATHAN HASKELL Dotk.

ny NATHAN HASK ELL DolK.
All the blossoms greet hs
As she passes by;
Roses bend IN meet her.
Daisies nod and sigh
She ~ far shove us:
No, she will not caro-
Will not stoop In love us,
She, 80 tall and fair"
As she comes, the thrushes,
Swinging ON the tree,
Break the MONDAY bushe.
With their minstrelsy-
VIII she deign 20 hear us1
No, she will not care,
Will not draw a-near us,
She, ~ tall aud fair"
And I wait To greet her
Coming down the lane.
Shall dare tn meet herf
All, II would be vaini
Birds have songs TO sing her,
Flowers their perfumes bear;
What have 10 bring her
She, No tall and fair7
But she draweth nearer;
Roses crown her bros,
And the thrush sings clearer
He is answered nowi
And her kindly greeting
Bids me not despair.
Now my heart IL beatingl
She, how tall and fair
Boston TrdnSoytpf
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-05-18
NUMBER 81.
rRIs" scY.
Suggested ey No~r iires ~ BdnttHg's oopctcnto ne
or q "The Rciectsd Lover"

or u "The Rcfectsd Lover"
On lnuisfallcn's fairy isle,
Amid tho blooming bushes.
We lcaut upon the lovers stlie,
And listened to the thrushes;
When hrst sighed to see her sruils
And smiled to see her bl,shes.
In 1nnisfallon's fairy grove
hushed my happy wooing,
To listen to the brooding dove
Amid the branches cooling;
Hut OH how short those hours of love
How long their bitter rueingi
roor cushsti thy complaining breast
With WOO like mine is heavlng,
with thee I mourn n fruitees quest.
For Rh with art dcceiving
The cuokoo-hird has robbed my nest,
And left mo wildly grieving.
TAo Spectator.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-05-18

" JONI, " said a poverty-stricken man
70 his son, I've made my will to-day"
" AhW replied John, " you we're liberal
10 me, no doubt" Yes, John, came
down handsome. I've willed you the
whole State Of Virginia-to to make liv-
ing In, with the privilege of going else
where II you can do better"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-05-18

THFsE are the days when the woman
Of the house lights down like an appari-
tiOn in the midst Of the domestic gar
den, swinging n broom, Tapping her
skirts, kicking sideways with both feet
at once, swapping her eyes, humping her
back and screeching, Shew there
ShewW It's hens Chicago JOuHai
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-05-18

MANY banks are paying out gold, and
II IS in circulation. 80 we are in-
formed.)
The Osceola times., 1878-05-04
How a Man Reduced His Size.

Banting, Undertaken To the queen
and royal family" recently died at the
age of eighty.fve He invented sys-
TEN of diet which becam, as famous in
our age as that of COrnaro was three
centuries ago. In curious pamphlet
which he wrote, and which had a cos
mopolitan circulation some ten years ago,
Mr.. Bsnting related his sufIerings from
bis enormous Obesity in terms as moving
as those OF Fals.aG" For years he
had not tied his shoes, and he was OBJ.
iged to walk down stairs back ards, lest
the protuberant weight of his trunk
should pitch him down head foremost.
He adopted q regimen by which he
gradually shrunk himself within such
bounds that he became quite nimble
pedestrian. The fact that he lived
through this process to die at the age OF
eighty five, may be taken to show that
abstinence from farinaceous and saccha-
rine food worked as well in his case as
living on an egg day did in the case OF
COrnaro. But others who have adopted
his system have Jared worse. Still his
work has borre good fruit II only in
making people think about what they
eat and drink in Its relations to Their
vitality as well as TO their appetites; and
the man cannot be said to have lived il
vain who enriched his native Language
with new verb, "tO bant."
The Osceola times., 1878-05-04
Holding the Breath Under Water

1t is probable that the entrance of
water into the lungs has a great deal to
do with the painlessnes of drowning. II
is certain that unconsciousness comes on
more quickly when the person is de-
prived of air, because the lungs are
filled with water, than when the air
passages are closed, while the lungs re-
main intact Most persons can hold
their breath for a minute, very many for
minute and half, some for two min
utes. In one of the variety theatres of
New York appeared recently "The
Brilliant Pearl of the Enchanted Grotto,
christened Undine, who performs, while
under water, encased in mammoth
crystal illuminated glass tank, ieats of
astonishing suppleness and almost unbe
lievable endurance" This performer
can probably remain under water holding
her breath voluntarily, two minutes, and
perhaps more. ] have myself, watch in
hand, seen johnson, the celebrated ocean
swimmer, remain under water, in tank
before an audience, for the astonishing
space OF three minutes and twenty sec.
onds, and, before he rose the involuntary
contraction Of his respiratory muscles
were uncomfortable to witness In such
cases, although extreme distress may be
felt, there is no approach to unconscious
ness. But il persons head is under
water, and he does not hold his breath,
unconsciousness will usually come on in
one or two minutes at the farthest.-[ DR..
3 Tracy.
The Osceola times., 1878-05-04

county; Clement Irons, q colored me-
chanic of this city, Of far more than
ordinary ability and means; Rev. ].
Flegler and others. Clement Irons will
take out with him machinery and tools
and implements valued at four thousand
dollars. Others of the smigrants will
take out machinery In smaller guam
titles, and all the emigrants are supplied
with necessary farming implements and
household utensils. Each emigrant is
furthermore required to take with him
provisions enough TO last him three
months after he has reached the settle
ment. A native African will 20 on with
the party and guide them to the settle
ment, and act as interpreter between them
and the natives. He is an intelligent
young negro, very black, we'll built, and
speaks English very much better than
many OF our island negroes do. The
shares of stock In the company are ten
dollars each, which entities the holder "a
q passage in the vessel. The fare for the
adult passengers who do not hold shares
is: Steerage, thirty.fve dollars; cabin,
sixty-five dollars.
Everything is now ready for the
departure OF the Azor. The captain
expects to reach MonroviA In twenty
Ave days, and thinks that he will return
immed ately to Charleston, making the
round trip In sixty days. II cargo Of
fruit can be obtained the vessel may be
detained for q week or ten days at Mon.
rovia.--l Charleston Is. o. News.
The Osceola times., 1878-05-04
Things to be Avoided.

There are many ways In which we can
annoy cur friends without intending to
do 10. A few of these are easily stated.
Never call upon people out of season.
in business hours Idle persons are apt
TO have too little consideration for those
who are busy. Call upon business people
on business in business hours, but not for
a long friendly chat on matters and things
in general. Call upen your neighbors in
their homes at such hours as they will be
prepared to receive you, and not before
they are down stairs in the morning, or
while they are at dinner, or just a. they
are going to bed. Never stop people
upon the street il they appear to be in
q hurry, and buttOnhole them for ten
or twenty minutes. Neither is it good
taste, when you see two persons engaged
in earnest talk, to step In and enter upon
miscellaneous conversation. A mans
ordinary instincts ought to know at once
when his company is desired and when
it Is a nuisance. 1t is also a great i'm
pertinence to strike In with something
entirely foreign to the subject when one
is in the midst Of story or statement,
or an argument, and to persist in talking
about "this, that and everything" to
one wao is trying to read the morning
paper, or book or anything else. When.
ever mau is 10 absorbed that he does
not care to reply to what you say, 1t Is
time to stop talking. There are legion
of other annoyances, equally trying
Carelessness in keeping appointments
keeping other people waiting your own
convenience coming in late to church,
or the concevt, or the lecture, and always
in creaking boots; delay in answering
important letters; borrowing new books
from the owner before he has had time to
read them, and returning the same at a
late date, perhaps never; scribbling foolish
comments on the margin I; always de-
pending upon neighbor for sight Of
the daily or weekly paper when you are
ss well able to pay for it as he is; learn.
ing to play on musical instruments in
the ;ull hearing of sensitive and nervous
people. But we may as well stop here.
From your ownexperience you can com.
ple.e the list.
The Osceola times., 1878-05-04
CONGRESSIONAL.
HOUSE..

In the house, on the 22d, the speaker
announced that the first business in order
was the disposition of the resolutions of the
Maryland legislature reopening the presi'
dental question, and vote taken on mo-
ton to refer them to the committee OF the
whole was defeated. They were then referred
without division to the judiciary committee.
.....T The following bills were offered and
referred: A bill by Mr.. Whitthorne, repeal.
inc the law imposing tax on the notes of
state banking associatious.....By Mr.. Buck
ner-Prohibiting senators, members and
other employees OF the government from re-
ceiving any compensation whatever Tor ser
vices rendered them in any proceeding, con-
tract or claim in which the United states
NAV be directly or indirectly interested.
BY Mr.. Peddie- Regulating foreign insurance
companies doing business in the United
States .... BY Mr.. Watson -Exempting safety
matches from payment of the stamp act:
By Mr.. Ewing-For the establ ishment oil n
seual service station at Columbus, 0......Mr.
Rea ,an moved 10 suspend the rules and pass
the river end hatbor appropriation bill I;
agreed to--yeas, 1866 nays, 66-so the bill
was passed, 1t approfriates $7,SOo,00o.
In tie house, on the 2Sd, Mr.. Durham,
from the conference committee, on the de-
ficiency bill for temporary clerks in the
treasury depa tment, reported that the com
mittee had agreed by compromising on the
disputed points. The report was agreed to.
Mr.. Spa'ks, from the appropriation
committee. reported the Indian appropria'
ton bill. Referred to committee oithe whole
The house, on the oath, on motion o.
Mr.. Cox IN. Y }, pruce ded TO business upon
the speakers table, and various executive
documents were disposed off,. The senate
The Osceola times., 1878-05-04
High Church Music.

My cousin Julia is learning to sing
hi-opsra. Everything is on the hi now;
hi opera, hi heels, or hi--pocracy.
When Eugene Augustus asked her to
sing last night, she hirted up her long
train, coquettish.y wiggle. wsggled to The
piano, and surg;
When the moo-ho,n Is m-hild-iy bo-hesniing
Ger the "a. hahn and si-hi-lent se-e-t-e
Its ra-dyunce 20 boftly stre-hesm-.pg,
Ohi ther- hen, oh ther-heb,
thse-hink
Hol thee hee;
thee-hink,
thee-hink,
Ithee-hint
Ithee-he-hs -hehehehe-hlus hof thee-e-e-e-e 7.
Beautiful, Mis- Julia beautiful! T.
and we sll c!apped our hands. 3D.
please sing another yerse--it's perfectly
divine. Miss Julia I" said Eugene Angus
tu.. Then Julia rsi.ed her golden
(dyed) head, touched the white ivory
with her jeweled fingers and warbled:
uhes tho eur. hun is b ! hight Iy glo-bo-ing
Der the se-1ene ~ Je h'ar 10 ine-ee;
AMI rwe. test the wee-hini u b,o-bo-ing.
IN, tirr. hen, oh. ther-hen.
Ithee-hink
Hof thse-hce;
1thee-hink.
l thea mink.
Itbs-be-hS- eb. hebehlnk, tohohoohhhc hobo ohoho.
hoho .uf-th,. O. reeeeeee.e 'illl
The Osceola times., 1878-05-04

quimaux, and early in the next century
its Norwegian neighbor disappeared sud-
denly and mysteriously from human
knowledge. Numerous attempts to learn
definitely of its fate were made, but the
only information ever obtained was con-
tsined in letter from Pope Nicholas ".
to the bishop Of Ireland, dated in 1S48,
which stated that the colony had been
attacked by hostile fleet thirty years
before, and laid waste with FIRE and
sword; this story, however, was not gen.
orally credited. In 1922 Capt. Scoresby
discovered houses containing hunting
apparatus and household utensils, but no
Inhabitants, and there Is reason to believe
that the dwellings were relics Of the long
lost colony. Some people are still Of the
opinion that beyond the ice.helds . rem
nant Of these hardy Norsemen may yet
be found, and an ex. .sffioer Of the United
States navy goes 20 far o. TO say that
"the grandest undertaking Of the present
age would be to strive to reach that
isolated colony"
The Osceola times., 1878-05-04
I" B;ddy xcGinnls at the Photograph
er's."

From q character sketch of the above
title, in A" Bric-a- Brac," April Scribner.
Published for the benefit OF Mr. Burr,
the artist, an6 all others who wish to
read It:
"Now, yell sit quiet ar look at that
stick, at the corner av the box-an'
don't move whilst I'm countin,'" says he.
At the same time putin that ould
picky bones had gev him iutil the frunt
av the little box. Now mind" says
he, "don't stur," an wild that he turned
his back an begun to count for his II e.
For cud see plain enough, that the
laugh wasn't out av him yit. Och, lave
me alone, but knew enough, to not let
thin bate me out av anythin' this time,
dye mindi So jist planted mesilf
stret round an cock'd me two eyes,
street in the frunt av me. An troth, !
had quite enough to kape me imployed
watchin' the little sthick and the box,
and his own back, dye mind. "That'll
do for the prisint," says he, but
remain where you are, for / may hav' to
take you ovir sg'in., An wild that he
handed bit av a slate to ould skinny
bags, an he whip'd wid 1t Until his little
din. Purity soon be kem out, an the
two wur talkin' together like q couple
av pirates, dishputin' betune themselves
So, whin they had sittled it, himself
walks up to me, an says he, 81 hav the
picture av you now: only" says he, 'it
has far more than belongs to ye, but I'll
shsw it to ye to convince ye, that We wur
not chatin' ye out av yer eyes, onyway."
An Whinny, sch, Whinny, acushla! Iv
there wasn't meself wild four eyes an
two mouths in the face av me. All
other ways as natural as life, top skirt
an ALL"
"Pm not willin' TO give ye 70 much
for the price," says he, IAN II yell just
look at the lavly little burd that I'll
hould ir my hand Until ! count thurty,
I'll jist take two sv yer eyes out sn,
clap them Until me pocket 10 reminder
ye by, an yer mouth an yer voice.
Deed I'll niver forget as long as | live, F"
zee he
81 wild that the ould fairy gev him
the slate back agin, an he clapped it
Until the b0x-fixed me ovir, avick; held
up his little burd for me to look at, an
be jabbers! he niver tux his eyes eff me
face, this time, an HIM countin' AZ
solimn now AZ an ould judge Ieadin' the
dith sintince an whin they got through
this was what they brupg to me an iv
ye don't say it's as good looking gurril
as liver left the County Connaught-
Isitb, I'm sure my mother will, when
she sees it. Och, look there Isn't it
the dazzler?