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The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24
THE PFnAGOGUE or TIE GULCH.
EHow To Succeed as achn0Esssasteraasut I'm
Nevada.

| The BOYS, says writer in the Washington
| CupfGf, had buried their thirteenth teacher in
| the schnOl-house graveyard kept for that pur-
pose, for they were n hard set, sons Of miners,
hunters. trappefs, politicians and other hard
characters, and thirty days WAS a good long
| time for q teacher TO last.
It was only the most desperate ones that
stayed that long and met their fate for the
rest generally were content with abroken arm,
head or leg, and left without waiting for any
serious difficulty with the boys.
Harry Floyd was q university man, who
| had been some time In Nevada, and having
| bad luck couldn't do better than to leave dig
| gng aud take to his education. He was pale,
slender and schoIarly-looking, and the prosi-
| dent of the board of trustees said to him sOr-
| rowfrlly, as he brushed n tear: "Alister.. you
may be book learned, but 1t takes more than
that for teacher In the Cranberry Gulch
School, rs you will find. The last teacher
sleeps il yonuer graveyard; the one before
him left an eye and one arm to show his in
capacity; and the three before him ran away
with about four eyes and six legs between
them. Our boys are rough, and don't stand
no nonsense
"Let ne try" replied Harry, mildly. "I'm
weak, but have will I'll open next Monday
At eight Harry went down to the school
house with the key in one hand and valise
in the other.
Sixty scholars were loafing around in q
good, big crowd to sec what would tulu tlp
w Illt Ltitt nlttl Lhtbl SLbJh UGHI Wt1ibIg ltI II
job
Ready to slope if he finds we are too much
for him" whispered the big, bow legged
cross eyed bully of the school q devilish
looking chap. nineteen years old
The new teacher gazed pensively ut the
adjacent graveyard opened the valise. took
out three navy SKIES and long bowie-knife
whetted the latter on the leg Of his boot,
cooked one Of the former and then said
swnnlv:
"Ring the bell and we'll have prayers"
The big bully whom he thus addressed
mildly obeyed.
''We will arrange the classes" he said mild
", as he cooked a revolver and walked down
the room.
One after another the boye were examined
and classed. He called the first class to reeite
in geography. A whisper was heard behind
him. Quick az lightning the teacher wheeled
and covered the offender with deadly aim as
he spoke sternly for tho first time:
"Don't do that again for never give q
second warming"
Recess time came and the boys. very much
Cowed went out on the playground
Ono Of them threw his ball in the air and
before it started to descend toward the catcher
the new teacher struck it with q bullet, and
from that time Harry Floyd has kept school
uDdistllrbed.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24

In an article on American hospitality. the
New York Times says MANY Englisimen
who have done the States, as they would put
It. have returned homo to long illness, invalid
ism or death. and the American climate Is
made responsihN therefor, It is the national
hospitality, sufficient to destroy giant, that
is or was the cause Of their suffering, There
are to-day scores Of celebrated Europeans who
are anxious to see the republic bgt who are
leterred from coming by fear Of ou1 hospital
ity. They are sure that they have not the con-
stitution and the Vigor to endure it. They
stand in dread Of our mistaken generosity
they appreheud that they may ke distressed
ilraI kindness -
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24
Ehe Meaning of @nFne American Mapnps

1t Is not often that We know, or melnbnr
if we do know, the origin Of names with
which we are most familiar. Their sgnlfi-
cance is frequently lost by altered circ.lm-
stances or by want Of Information on our
part. 1t is not generally known that the
Hudson was called North river in contrads-
tinction to the South river RS the Delaware
WAS formerly styled. Massachusetts was SO
dubbed because in the aboriginal tongue it
| meant "about the great hills" l. g. the Blue
Hills. Boston, named after the English city,
was originally st. Bardolph's Town, Of which
Boston is All abbreviated corruption Albany
was SO christnued in honor of the Duke Of
York and Albany faftorward james IL, at
the time It came into possession Of the Eng
ljsh, (lGG4J Catsktll is Dutch for panther or
lynx Wilieh once infested those mountains
Indians because they had for some
mysterious reason. associated 1t with ln-
pleasant odors. 1t means ill-smeling shore.
This is not quito SO bad as Chicago, an Indian
from tho complaints in the Chicago papers Of
tho city's peculiar fragrance. would seem to
have been properly named, Chemung means
big horn. from a FOSSIL tusk found in The river.
Grown Point is said to have been so-caled be-
CAUSE scalplng parties were sent thence by the
French md Indians Erie signifies wildcat
(thn Erie Hallway has certainly been q
"Wild-cat' road, as the expression is
understood in the Vest, and was borne by
Il fierce tribe Of savagns extprmnated by the
Iliuuos Manhattan is eminently fitting for
the Metropolis, it's import being town on the
island. Mohawk WIS applied by the New
England tribes to the Irouuois. from their
habit Of eating 1.-Two food. Niagara means
peck Of water; Oneida people Of the beacon
stone; Onondaga, place tho hills, Saratoga.
place Of the miraculous waters in q rock On
tario. a village on II fnouutain-the chief vii
lage Of the Onondagas, Schenectady. river
valley beyond the pine trees; Seneca mot elias
sic as many have suppesedl is o corrupt In
| dian pronunciation Of the Dutch word niuna-
bar -YermiIion. Jersey is q corruption of
Crsarea, the old Latin name Of the largest Of
The Channel islands, and very unlike our sis
ter State, which got its title, perhaps, by con
trnSt,
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24
THE GIRLS or CYPRUS.
A curious Conn atlNn-RashfuI yet ann-
fdentEas

The Cyprian damsel is curious compound
Ot destinations md oddities Seen ut her best
on one OF those innumerahle saints DAYS
when she does no work beyond trckng hor-
self out in fine clothes and assisting hcf
mother to dispense hospitality, she looks like
a MASQUERADE heroine. whatever be her sta
tton. She weaves UP her hair with gold coins
twists it, plaits it, and coutrives with q rod
and yellow lSerchief, head-dress which looks
like n turhan, but is made top-heavv by being
surmountcd with nn embroidered muffin cap
aud tass"L She wears haggv pautalnons.
sky-bl,le or pink. which descends to the knee,
the rest Of the legs and feet being bare, except
whom to honor company she relllct-
nntly dons n pair Of bahouches. in which
she feels uncomfortable She is gon-
orally fat, and wears q short jaeknt
profusely braided, which does not reach TO
her waist: She roYges and whitens her
creamy complexion till it looks like the face
OF q wax image; she paints her eyebrows
deep, black, and. by some cunning pencil
touches at the corner of her eyes. she con
trves TO make them look twice their proper
size Then she feels happy, and giggles whom
complmented. She cannot read or write, but
can sing. play on q triangular guitar and spin
round In lantastictic dance, which takes her
breath away and makes her cry "hoo!" while
the stranger who watches her turns giddy
from sympathy. Nor sshe without religion
for during tho long Lenten fast and
on Fridays throughout the year she
ives on bread and olives, considering 1t a
ucadly SIN To eat "hnyLhing That has
breathed,' fish included. She sces less sin
in telling iibs and discussing scandal. 1t
takes some time to famiIiarize ones self with
a Cyprian girl; for something Of the Mussul-
man practice OF seouding women prevails
among tho Greeks, and u beyy of maideng
will scurry Off like frightened poultry If o
man approaches them to talk But when
once this shyncss has worn off. tho chief con
versational topic of the bashful maiden will
relate to her ncighhor's shortcomings She
tall. |,
which she has learned in the most ssrrrapti-
tious manner, and her dark eyes will sparkle
with the fun Of misunderstanding On working
days the Cyprian girl dresses loosely in cot
ton pantaloons and ohemise and lets her hnir
fall down her back, tying it just below the
neck with string of beads.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24
NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, SUNDAY NOVEMBER a 1878.

encouraged his followers with brave words
when the shores Of San Salvador were still
out Of sight. Richard III OF England did
not kill his brother Clarence, and the story
about a butt Of Mamsey arose from the fact
That the body Of Clarence, who died natural
death. was transported from Calais to Eng
land In o wine butt. Charles II never hal
the body OF Cromwell taken from Westmin-
ster Abbey aud hanged at Tyburn for the
daughter Of Cromwell, apprehensive Of some
such ill-treatment, had her fathers corpse
secretly removed from the abbey and buried
in q quiet churchyard. Millions daughters
could not have consoed their father in his
blindness by reading passages from the old
authors for the best Of reasons-they did not
know how TO read. Almost the only story
which Prof. Wheeler did not demolish was
the one about Washington and his hatcElet.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24
FRAUDS OF HISTORY.
Prof. wheeler Fnfertains the Vale AINsn,
MI Hfy Knocking To Pieces Pet An
cCdOtes of Antiquity.
WY

HH Ng MWREAAHSs AD EEESSA R&G AH"
ecdotes of Antiquity.
IN Y. World.l
The first social meeting of the season Of
the Yale Alumni Association was held last
evening at DelmODiCo's A large number Of
wards PierrepOnt, Prof. Wheeler, T.. G. Sted-
man, Brayton Ives and the Rev, DIR. Jessup,
Of Beirut. Syria. Prof. Wheeler read q paper,
in which he exploded a number Of popular
historical tales. The famous saying attri-
buted to Louis XIV Of France, "L'etat cest
uttered by Louis at oil, but was said by Ma
zarin twenty years before Louis came to the
throne, and said before Mazarin by Queen
Elizabeth. Sappho never killed herself by
Jumping from rock but died a natural death.
Leonidas fought at Thermopylm, not with
only 800 at his back, but with 1000. The
philosopher DtOgene9 never lived in q tub.
tron Lucretia must be rejected while the story
OF the Horati and Curatii is worse than
doubtful. The sons Of Brutus were not the
victims Of their fathers firmness, but Of his
brutality. 1t was utterly impossible for Han
nbal to have followed up his victory at Can
nSo, and the story of using vinegar to cleave
the rocks Of the Alps is absurd. So, too, is
the story of Cleopatra dissolyng a pearl in a
goblet and drinking up fortune at one
draught- Archimedes never said, "Give me
q lever long enough and I will move the
world;" nor did he cry out Eureka" !" at any
known peiod OF his life or discoveries. Al
eXandra WAS never visited by Omar, nor was
GaliIeo say, And yet it moves for all
thentic documents that he did not
dare to- That Columbus broke the end
of an egg and thus confuted his Knockers
Is fabulous, as also is the story that he
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24

It happened the other day on the Lehigl
Valley Railroad. The train had just LETT
Easton, and the conductor was just going or
his first round, when he observed a small
white dog with a bushy tail and black eyes
sitting costly on the seat beside young lady
50 handsome that it made his heart roll over
like one-stded pumpkin. But duty was
duty, and be remarked in his most depreca-
tory manner
I'm very sorry, madam but it's against
the rules to have dogs in the passenger cars -
'0h, my! is that sop and she turned up
her, her lovely brown eyes at him beseochingly.
him away He Is B present from my aunt
BY no means, miss. Well just put him
IN the bgggage car, and he'll be just as happy
as robin in spring.
What, put my nice little white dog In q
nasty, stuify. dusty baggage car p
"Tm awfully sorry. miss, do assure YOU,
hut the rui"s OF this company are as inexble
rs the laws of the Medes and them other fell
lows. you know. He shall have my overcoat
to lie on. and the bralcsman shall give him
GRUB and water every time he opens his
mouth
just thiGk it's awful mean, 50 ! do; and
l know somebody will steal it, so they will: :"
and she showed q half notion to cry, which
nearly broke the conductors heart; but he
was trn. and sang out to a brakeman, who
was playing solo on the stove:
Here, Andy, take this dog over into the
ipaggaEe car, anaatell em to take just the BEST
KIND OF care Of him.
The young lady pouted, hut thesbrakeman
reached over and picked the canine up as ten
acrIy as though it was two weeks old baby;
put as ne did so & strange expression came
over ms lace, like wave Of crannp collie, and
9e Sald hastily to the conductor:
,Here, you take him minute till put this
POKER away, and he trotted out at the car
d9or, and held on the brake-wheeIs shaking
ike man with ague
the conductor no sooner had his hand on
the dog than he looked around for q hole to
fall Through. AVA -
"Wh-wh why this is worked dogr'
"Ies sir, said the little miss demurely;
t'didn't you know that?'
"No, I'm most awful sorry to say didn't
know than and he laid the worsted dog down
on the owners lap and walked out on the
platform, where he stood half an hour in the
cold, trying to think Of a hymn tune to suit
the worst sold man on the road.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24
RATS.
Row Rats Live In Gities-Thc RrN,vn and
Black Rat,

Il George Alfred Townsend, like hG friends
|hStilson Hutchns and Burritt ia giving
marked attention to "rats.'' The following
interesting history Of this filthy sort Of vc1:
min is from recent New York Ietter to the
Il s.Cincinnaughty Enquirer:
II The curse of New York flats is the rats
N particularly those flats so-tallcd built over
blocks or stores. A few years ago took and
Il furnished ono of those flats at rent of stOO n
y month"; In Q few days the cook came In terri
L fed. rat had burst ont of tho sink, go,cez-
ing itself through the narrow lead drain pipe
l and exploring outward as il gunpowder had
fired it off. They climbed in the windows of
the Kitchen. aud ragged up and down tue
passage-way, fairly haIlooing with Joy One
n might barred my bedroom. and al nig hit
sPheard the rats scratching to get n Na1t
morning found that they had tore ,lp the
9arpet with their teeth, bit the corners off the
#doors and gnawed the Venetian blind Stats ia
pieces. packed up and departed.
These rodents Of New York have constantly
y AgfoWing teeth p1lpy substance being at the
4 root, which feeds the tooth as the top Is worn
\ of by friction. If the rat breaks tie upper
tooth tho lower grows forward, fills up The
y gap, and. like sword, perces the ssnonpos-
J ing jaw. Our common brown rat is supposed
Il 20 nave originated in Norway and thence to
y have passed over the globe IN every shin he
could get passage on. There used 10 he n rat
IN England different from the Norway chan
but the latter soon drove him cut The citv
II rat Is almost as noTce as a wolf and acts II,
8combination like wolves. They are canribals
and eat their own wounded companions: a
rat caught in a trap by the leg is very often
assaiIed and killed by his associates, and the
foot remaining In the trap ts often supposed
4 by the ignorant to Indicate that the ani,u al
chewed off his own leg. The male rats out
number the female. as in the electoral COM
mission, where there were eight to seven
There are really eight male rats to three or
four females; it is supposed that the delicate
flesh OF the female rat tempts her gallants,
and, by keeping down the number Of females,
they keep down their species, much to the
pleasure of mankind
hats suffer much for water, and the COM
mon way Of killing them in New York is to
give them phosphorus. when they burn inside
ana a. run and howl until they die. Livery
stable men here say that rats have been
KNOWN to nlbble the horn of a horses hoof
and to gnaw the callous soles of dogs feet
while the dogs slept. The female rat, never
fshelesS is an affectionate mother and has to
iilght the he rat, who wants to make meal off
the children. YeH rats are exceedingly clean,
NC wash themselves after every meal; thew
Ere also epicures, and, when there is good
meat aslts bad, will eat the good and leave the
shaliterent. Sometimes naval vessels under
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24
A MOST REMARKABLE OLD WOMAN.
TEe Last Child of Thirty Esytng at aHn
Years.
In. 7. WnrId.l

Mrs. Mary Par(lo Sanchez, Of Malaga.
Spain, died on Wednesday morning at The
residence Of her daughter, Mrs Mesea. No.
81 Middagh street, Brooklyn, at the age Of 40
years s months and IG days. She was the
thirtieth daughter, her mother having had
sixteen boys and fourteen girls. She came
from Spain fourteen years ago, and was mar
rieu seventy-ttree years ago Both her
father and husband were architects. When
she was ninety years Of age she lost her sight.
smart and did the housewUrk until after she
was 100 years old She was up and about the
house until within few VS. OF her death
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24

take to purge themselves Of the rates by
means Of chaflng pans filled with birthstone
taehing the vessels to the shore and have to
be knocked off with billet Of wood. The
black rat was driven out Of the English colo
uies by the brown rat which stole all his fe-
males and bred upon them until all the black
rats turned brown. So says Dick the Rat,
whom | have been Talmagng.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24
CANCELLATION OF BONDS,
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Executive Department.

STATE OF LOUISIANA. |
Executive Department. I
Whereas FRANK PACE. Jr., of tho city OF New
Orleans, has applied to me for the cancellation
Of the two following described bonds. to Wit
1. One bond, dated November 81. 1872, drawn
by said Frank Pace. Jr.. as principal md J. L
| Tissot and John Grayer sureties in the fol-
lowing sums. to witt The said Frank Pace Jr.,
rs principal for the full sum Of I've thousand
dollars and the said J. L. Tssot as surety in the
sum Of five thousand dollars and the said John
Grayer as surety In the sum of five thousand
dollars.
2. One bond. dated December a. 1872 drawn
by said Frank Pace, Jr.. as principal and J. L.
Tissot and William Pagan as suretieg In the
following sums. to wit: The said Frank Pace
Jr.. as principal for the full sum of ten thou
sand dollars. and J. L. Tissot and William
Pagan each in the sum of five thousand dollars
az sureties; both of which bonds were given by
the said Frank Pace. Jr., to secure the faithful
performance Of his duties as Clerk Of the Sec
Ond District Court for the parish of Orleans.
Now. therefore, I. FRANCIS T. NICHOLS,
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana, have
thought proper to issue this my proclamation
with the view Of giving public notice to all per-
sons therein concerned and interested to show
cause, In writing, at the Office Of the Secretary
Of State. In the city of Now Orleans, within
ninety days from and after the last publication
hereof. why the said bonds should not be can
celed and annuled, and the sureties therein
named discharged from any further liabilities
in the premises.
Witness my signature. authenticated with the
seal Of the State Of Louisiana, at the city Of New
Orleans, this nineteenth day Of the month Of
June, in the year Of our Lord one thousand
.x.L,L 4
one hundred and first year Of the independenca
of the United States OF America.
FRANCIS T. NICHOLS.
By the Governor:
OSCAR ARROYO.
nos BOD Assistant Secretary Of State.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24
SEALED PROPOSALS.
OFFICE OF THE COMM 1ssT oNERs aT THE !
Consolidated Debt OF the City Of New Orleans |
Room No. +, City Itali (
New Drlnane Nf,vamhar lf 1873

- oFFITE OF THE CnNhI1aEf ONBEss GF THE /
Consolidated Debt Of the City Of New Orleans |
Room No +, City Ifalt (
New Orleans. November Ie 1873. !
Sealed proposals will be received at this
Department until MONDAY December O. 1873
at II o'clock NJ, for the purchase Of One Thou
sand Shares. moro or loss. Of one tundred dol
lars each, Ia the New Orleans WaterWcrks Com
phny, payable In the floating debt Of the city
Eunpaid ordinances Of 1878 ucludetl} as author
ized and described in ordinances Mos 4459 and
45eS, A. s. texceptng city money! Bids to state
tho highest price for stock not less than par
payable in the fiohtiRg debt.
Blank forms for proposals may be- Ind by 40
plying ut tho office Of Administrator Of Public
Accounts.
The oity reserves tho right to reject any or al
bids, and answers will be given the following
day at II II.
ED, P1LgBURY, Mayor.
J. G. DENIS,
Administrator Of Finance
J. g. BROWN
n1o I'd Administrator Of Public Accounts.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24

Buildings Cellars Brewnies Ships, Cars, MFkn establishments, Etc,
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-03-07
burning offs steamboat.

HEnpI1s, TENN, March 7. lS1s.-At 2;So
O'Clock, this morning, the Anchor line steamer.
City of Chester, was totally destroyed by ire.
at the elevator. The boat arrived from 81.
Louis about midnight, and Captain Asrgler'
who was unwsll, retired after putting the mate
IN chsrge. A number of servants were at work in
the cabin. when the fire was discovered, and the
Arst animation they had OF the danger was seem
the flames bursting through the caoin. Inc
alarm was sounded and every effort mace W NJ.
rest the flames, but within three minutes sne
whole forward portion Of the boat was on n.e'
and tho elevator was threatened with aesseu ~;
ton. CAPTAIN Zergler, who had escaped TO Inc
elevator bv running through the hsmes with his
clothes over his face to protect it ordered
the boat to be cut loose in order TO save the ele
vstor, all who had remained on 6osrd peins
at the stern and unable to get 20 the eleVstor.
As soon az the lines we're cut the boat nosteo ou'
into the stream and many OF those on poato
plunged into the river and were picked up oy
persons in skiffs. The tug boats Orlole sno
trsn.fer boat Pierson had in tho meantime taken
off many of those who had remained on ooafa o.
The tug then towed the wreck to APPOINT opposite
Fort Pickering and beached her on . sana DAT
Only two persons are known 20 nave oeeh ioss
John Herman. the mail agent ana Inc coiofeu
barber. A. n. Simpson second clerk and one OF
the pilots saved themselves by lesping from The
hurricane roof into the river and were PICKED
I'D. The boat had cargo Of soma SUI TONS 0,
general merchandise and large numoe o
mules and hogs all of which were lost; A6o9
O'clock the boiler exploded jsrrinE the Wnoi.
city. The boat was owned by the memphis Q
st. Louis Packet Company and was Vslueo
$4,000