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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-14

A pretty strong ant-legislature feeling has
been developed throughout this country within
the last half dozen years-a feeling that State
Legislatures, as O general thing. fail TO do as
much work Us they ought to for the money
they get; that they don't give us from one
hundred thousand to half million dollars
worth Of good laws year The people and
press have grumbled a good deal over this
delinquency and referred significantly to the
six hundred odd Englishmen who serve their
B country without pay In ne there is a lack
OF sympathy between the people and the
Legislatures amounting, in many cases, to
absolute animosity and ill-feeling. The pay of
legislators In consequence has been reduced
year after year, their mileage cut down, free
passes abolished and sessions shortened Some
State finally invented biennial sessions as q
sort OF restraint on It's Legislature: the idea
became popular at once, and soon almost
every State in the Union had restricted its
Legislature to a session every alternate year
All these restrictions. however, have failed
to accomplish what is wanted by the people
that Is for legislatures to pass all the neces
sary laws In the shortest possible time and
then adjourn. Legislatures not only take the
extreme limit of time allowed them by tho
constitutions, but generally play for an extra
session, 80 that the provision calling sessions
only blennially is practically annulled
Iowa Is an instance of this. The Legisla-
ture OF that State meets biennially; the con
stitution ut the same time allows q lengthy
session of three months, In order to ensure
the Legislature In getting through with all
the necessary legislation for two years to
come. The Iowa Legislature met some
months ago and began as usual thou
sand. ten thousand bills, changing persons
names, establishing roads, paying claims,
etc, poured in. These bills necessarily
kept the Legislature wrangling for some
months over the important question where
certain country crossroads should be
run. When the day of adjournment came
around it was found that there were SO many
bills on the calendar that it would be impos-
sibie to pass the appropriation bill The diff
hculties were insuperable there was no way
Of getting around them, and the Legislature
was finally compelled to adjourn without
having passed this necessary measure.
The mistake is more serious. from the
fact that the constitution of Iowa pro-
vides for extra sessions only on certain CON
tingencies, and n failure to pass the appro-
priation bill is not one of these contingencies
An extra session Is, therefore, impossible
The next regular session does not meet until
1880. No appropriations have been made for
sither 1878 or 1878, and it is difficult to see how
they can be made before 1880. What the gov
Of Iowa is going to do in the mean
Nhile 1t Is impossible to say. A consultation
il State officials has been called at Des
doinee to consider the matter; they will prob !
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Tor the Democrat
THE STORMS RETREAT.
BY ALEX. DALsHEIMEH,

The still dark hours that poets sing
The dark. sad hours that trouble bring.
Creep forth from out the wind and rain
To bid my soul be strong again.
And as / write the winds are stilled
AS II my very thought had killed
The pain that dared TO rive my heart
With lightnfng's sudden vengeful dart.
The sweet, sad lul Of all the storm
Now nestles ehildlike, soft and warm.
Upon Kind Natures homely breast
AS Ii 1t there found peace and rest.
oh, Thou who koowest the thoughts OF men
Fling down 1hv shining lightnings. when
We grope our way In still. sad hours,
When unillumined grief Is ours.
Oh, weary rain drops falling round,
And kissing fast the faithless ground,
Heaven -sent-canst thou no message give
Cloud garlanded-to bid US liver
Or, are thy streams like teare that flow
Sublimey down the cheeks of woe?
Or. will they kindly bathe ths brow
That, burning. Graves blessing now?
I cannot think the rain could fall
Save with % kindly grace for all;
Though wind misguided is Its path
1t comes no messenger of wrath.
New Orleans. April IA. 1878.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-14
NEW ORLEAN Ms
NATIONAL BANK
No. 81 Camp Street,
NEW ORLEANS.
The new -FOUR PER CENT GOLD BOND.

New ORLEANS April 6. 1873.
This bank is authorized by the Treasury De-
partment to offer for sale and receive subscrip-
tions for the 4 per cent funded loan of the
United States. in denominations Of $50 800. $500
and upwards at par and accrued interest In
coin.
The bonds are redeemable July /. 1907. and
bear interest. payable quarterly. on the first
day Of January, April. July and October Of each
year. and are exempt from the payment of taxes
or duties to the United States. as we'll as from
taxation In any form by or under State NUM-
cpal or local authority. and will be issued In
registered or coupon bonds. as preferred.
The interest ON the registered bonds will be
paid by check. issued by the Treasurer of the
United States to the order Of the holder and
mailed to his address,
Orders by Mail VIII Receive Prompt At
tentiOn. Full Information Given upon
Application. Correspondence Invited.
apr I'm A. BALDWIN President.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-14

THE GRAND CENTRAL LUNCH HousE,-This
favorite resort, located at the corner of Gravier
and Camp streets, is one of the cleanest and
centrally situated. The prophet r. who is an
old caterer in this line. guarantees that all who
give him call will be amply repaid for their
trouble, We can cay for ourselves that his
champion Creole coffee is the best we have ever
had the pleasure of drinking.
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ably patch up some sort Of scheme 10 keep
the government running on credit until 1t can
get more efficient Legislature, one that will
vote 1t supplies before It takes up the thrill
ing questions of country cross roads and con-
stables claims
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-14

SUMMER EXCURSIONS ACROSS THE LAKE
me new and last passenger steamer New Ca,
Wednesday excursion trips across the lake.
Those Of our citizsns who desire to spend q
ating breezes of the gulf. would do well to bare
this fact In mind. The restaurant on board Is
always provided with all the deiicacies of the
season. which are offered ut prices as cheap. IL
not cheaper. than any place In the city
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-14

New ORLEANS, March %. 1878.
We. WEdSHANS Il WOODS, agents OF the
above companies. do hereby certify that the
foregoing statements are full and correct ex-
hibit Of the general condition and affairs Of
said companies, as sworn to by the officers Of
said companies before the Insurance Commits
sioner Of the State of New York.
WELSHANS & WOODS. Agents.
Sworn and subscribed by G. ~ WELSHANS, q
member Of the firm Of WELSHANS & WOODS,
before me. q Notary Public. at New Orleans. this
twenty fifth OF March. 1878.
mh24 I'm EDWARD IVY. Notary Public.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-14
MEETING OF THE STATE CENTRAL
COMMITTEE.

Rooms STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
Democratic Conservative Party,
New Orleans, March 15,.1S78.
There will be meeting OF the State Central
Committee OF the Democratic Conservative
party Of Louisiana on the FIRST DAY OF
MAY, 1878. In New Orleans.
Country papers please notice.
/. W. PATTON.
President State Central Committee.
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STANDARD DRY GooDs.-In another column
Will be found the announcement that on ac-
count OF the dissolution of copartnership the
old and reliable firm of Levois & Jamison offer
their entire stock Of magnificent imported dry
to repienish their Stock Of household -I fnrs
n'shing goods or wearing apparel had better
avail themselves of this rare opportunity to
secure first-class goods at a reduced price. See
advertisement,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-14

staub still continues to illuminate the world,
with newspapers and periodicals. the best illu-
minators in the universe, and radates from
the focus stationed at Goldth waite's book store
on Exchange Alley, near tho corner Of Canal
street. He has now on hand Harper's Weekly,
Frank Leslie's. all The latest newspapers and
every magazine that is worth keeping.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-14

X. K. X. - Furious Krowds Kollect at the
Grand Central Lunch and Dining Room corner
Of Camp and Gravier streets, to try cup Of
their celebrated Chnmpion creole Cn8ee for five
cents cup; also. their hot biscuits. pure sweet
milk. buttsrDilk. cream cheese with pure
cream etc.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-14
ROBERT f. LEE
STOVE,

THIS STOVE HAS JUST BEEN INTRO
L duced in this market. It IL, manufactured
In Georgia. and Is presented to the public "a he
equal of any Stove on this market for all house.
b. Id purposes. with full guarantee to that ef-
feet. while 1t Is sold fully TWENTY PER CENT
CHEAPER. by the undersigned,
IA M ES II. RE YNOLDS.
General House and Steamboat smith,
Plumbing. Gas and Steam Pipe Fitting. Stoves,
Ranges and Pumps.
90 ............ BarOnne street ........... 90
Between Union and Perdido streets,
NEW ORLEANS. La,
Locksmith and Bell hanger Iron Safes and
bank locks repaired. Combination locks in
serted, in, old safes. Copper, Tin and Sheet
Iron Worker. Lightning Rods put up in the
city or country. Blacksmithing and Iron Rail
ings made to order. Printing and Copying
and stove a9 pipes, Ba'hing Tnbss. Gas Fixtures
Safes removed, bought. sold and exchanged.
All orders promptly attended to by reliable me-
chanics. representing each of the aboye
branches.
Speaking Trumpets made and put up to order.
AD13 TT
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.

THE DEMOCRAT is responsible for none OF
the views expressed Ia the communications
under this head; but no communications will
be printed except from responsible partiesl
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lovely selection of straw hats has just been
received In all colors by Nine. 4. Emery, No IA
Chartres street These hats were int nded for
the Eastern market. but were sent by special
request from one of the largest importing
houses In New York.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-14

large selection Of exquisite ladies' straw
hats have just been received by Mme Il Emery
No. IA Charities street. These hats@re q special
lot: none ike them In the city.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-14

u. u. Hansell, the well pown stationer No
30 Camp street, has for sale among many other
first class articles oftrade No note paper from
the Nichols Mills
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Moet d Chandon is cooling and refreshing.

Nine. E. Emery. No. IA Chartres street, has
JUST received superb lot of iaunting. riding
and watch hats. in all colors in straw.
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FIRE ASSOCIATION
OF PHILADELPHIA.
CHARTER PERPETUAL.

STATEMENT OF ASSETS, JANUARY /, 1873.
Bonds and Mortgages and ground
rents. secured upon property In
the city OF Philadelphia 81 31s. ss2 II
United States registered bonds 442, 493 rs
And loans and warrants Of the city
of Philadelphia. Observation-Disclosures. 10000 10
Loans of the city of Pittsburg and
other cities Observation-Disclosures. 1890 90
Loan of the Masonic Temple Of Phil
adelphia. Observation-Disclosures. 1900 90
Real estate In the city of Philadel-
phia Observation-Disclosures. 5000 10
Bonds of various railroads and
other corporations. ,.............. 335.84O 90
Stocks OF various railroads and
other corporations ............... 800 9e7 90
Accrued and uncollected interest. $3.50 %
Premiums due by agents In course
of collection ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 124746 50
Cash on hand. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 125,049 80
Market value .449 At
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Moet & Chandon has the call at hotels and
restaurants.
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- II A'T f M f N II
OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE
MI A Nh A TT AN
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NEW YORK CITY,
January 1, 1878.
Cash Capital ................s $3.50, 900

Assets.
United States bonds. ...,...... 8334,OO0 90
South Carolina bonds. ................ 1000 90
N. Y. Mutual Gaslight Co. stock. 1885 90
Deposit Of currency in Mississi ppi... 10000 90
Union Pacific gold bonds. ............. LOO 90
Call loans on United States and other
securities. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. N,925 90
Cash In bank and on hand. .-.........- 95,795 SO
Real estate owned by company. 1875 43
Loans on bonds and mortgages sO723 SIS
Interest. due and accrued. 7775 SO
Cash In transmission by agents $500 As
Unpaid premiums. fire and inland,
New York office .-;-.............. 1912 81
Inland salvages. .................-... $40 At |
Bills receivable, inland. ............ IL $3.50 "a
a7oQ
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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-12-25
a stable with q Parlor.

Following the quarter circle of the
stone roadway we come to the entrance
of the COW stable, and crossing its portals,
we are astonished at the extreme cleanli-
ness of the interior, though we have seen
enough to make US anticipate much at
tention to sanitary affairs in model
farm The air is pure and fresh, the
light invades the cornermost rafters, and
the horrifying squalor Of the ordinary
habitation allowed to the bovine is SUI
perseded by an ethical economy SO adj
mirable that humatarianism reproaches
us and pricks our consciences with the
contrast between this shelter for brutes
and much inferier accommodations for
man in the tenements of large cities. The
stable is 100 feet wide; it has stalls for
forty-eight cows; the stalls are FIVE feet
vide; the managers are two feet wide; the
slanring platforms upon which the ami.
mails stand are five and half feet long.
and each COW is allowed 900 cubic feet
of air space, OF more than double the
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-12-25
A French Paradise.

Moncure D. Conway in Cincinnati Commeroia1
ltrequlres little more than twenty
four hours from London to reach Tours,
and yet the differences of all kinds
moral, mental, climatic--are vast enough.
to make one feel as if he had gone q
thousand miles southwark. The place
where l have the happiness to be guest
is about mile out of the CITY, and it al
most realizes ones dream of Eden. The.
beautiful chateau, fronted with terraces,
ornamented with carved stone ratings
and urns filled with flowers, looks OUT np-
on garden of several acres whereof every
square foot has made its contribution to
The general glory of summer The trees
are so laden with fruit pears, apricots,.
purple and golden plnms-that their
branches must needs be buttressed.
Grapevines festoon every wall as Try does
IN England, and the cluster of various;
shades in tint are suspended like tassels
in lovely tapestry; one feels almost
oriental enough to have to compare an.
occasional cluster to the Pleiades. The
gold and silver fishes glitter IN their
t1ower-tringed marble basin where the
fountain plays. Nearly every tree Of
which onc ever heard is growing iE,
his garden, and their interlacing branch
es frame 40 endless arch over every
pathway. The trees, flowers, ard fruits
which might be harmed during the win
ter-wilich it is said visits even Tours
yet flourish gloriously in huge boxes, and
Mignon might have found here the land
where the citron grows. Beneath my
window are the swelling oranges and
lemons, and no end Of figs and aloes; and
i, is but for little time in the year that
these need be transferred to the conser-
vatory. A hundred yards in front OF the,
garden flows the Loire, whose beauty is
congenial with the scene. Amid banks,
covered with grapevines as far as the eye
can reach, the crystal river runs over a.
bed of sand mo trace Of slime or mud in
all its neighborhood- and on its side we
pitch our bathing tent each morning, and
enjoy its sparkling food beneath over
hanging willows. Yet the sum nay friend
pays per annum for his paradise house
elegantly furnished, large enough for his
numerous family, stables, out-houses,
orchards and all, even including WINE
press-is just $500. Fair still WINE
lwhite) costs about eight cents the quartin
any considerable quantity; the finest red,
costs 10 cents the quart. Champagne
ranges from 80 cents the quart bottle
and 42h cents to 60 cents-the highest
price. The villas are connected with the
city by omnibuses and hamway. The
city has a superb opcra-house, one of the
finest in France; a magnificent library.
and a perfect market.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-12-25
The Cellar.

Except in cases of direct poisoning
from foul drinking water, we doubt if
there ever was case of typhoid tendency
that did not originate in q foul cellar, one
neglected in the fall and spring and even
when diseases have been communicated
by others, and from a distance, their
fatality and malignitv have been largely
determined by the condition of the air
sent through the house from its fondation
and base, rising in every crack and chink
to attack the weakest and most sensitive
"a fact which cannot be stated too often
until it has been drilled into the ears in
the most negligent and stupid, and in
some way fastened to their brains, if thev
have any, and until they cease to call that
visitation of Providence whlca is the
result of their own incidence and sloveni-
ness.
When everything has been picked up
in the cellar and ''set to rights scraped
and secured, where that is desirable, a
bucketful OF whitewash will not cost q
half:dollar. and will sweeten the whole
winter and spring; and as it does not
need to be done artistically, any boy can
put it on, in the rough way that answ ers
IN half holiday, for he will probable
consider it a fine amusement, while il he
dose not so consider it, slight reward
will stimulate his ardor and accomplish
all that is necessary arper's Ba<ar.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-12-25
Bananas.

Few people who see bananas hanging
III 1ruitstores think of them as more than
a tropical luxury. In fact, they are a
staple article of food in some parts of the
world: and according to Humboldt, an
acre of bananas will produce as much
food for man as twenty acres of
wheat. 1t is the ease with which
bananas are grown that is the
great obstacale to civilization in some
tropical countries. It isso easy to get a
living without work that no effort will
ever be made, and the men become lazy
and intolerably shlftless. All that is
needed is to stick a cutting into the
ground. twill ripen its fruit in twelve
to thirteen months. without further care.
each plant having from seventy five to
one hundred and twenty-five bananas
and when that dies down, after fruiting.
new shoots spring up to take its place.
In regions where no frost ever reaches,
bananas are found in all stages of growth,
ripening their fruit every day and every
month in the year. Colonel Whitner,
near Salt Lake, Fla, has probably the
largest banana plantation in the United
States, containing nearly 10000 plants
in bearing. Some of these are large
trees, which do not die after bearing
their fruit; the majority are Of the
dwarf species, which are renewed every
year. Slips are planted about eight feet
apart, and rapidly push up leaves disclos-
ing six or eight small bananas behind
this protection. Some plants will have
sixteen or twenty leaves and punches of
fruit bending over as it ripens, forming
most beautiful sight.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-12-25
The FARM AND HOUSE.

Great attention is now being paid by
the Argentine Republic, South America
to the cultivation OF wheat along the river
Plata. There IS everv reason to believe
that in few years that region will be one
OF the most extensive grain producing To-
calities in the world. Many Italian,
French, Russian and other settlers are now
breaking fresh ground there.
Many mechanics have had their pa
tience sorely tried when pouring lead
around a wet or damp joint, to find it ex-
plode, blow out or scatter from the effects
Of steam generated Dy the heat of the
lead. The whole trouble may be stopped
by putting piece Of resin the size of a
mans thumb into the ladlc and allowing
it to melt before pouring.
Prom sunfower seeds is expressed a
palatable, clear and favo1less oil, the
demand for which in Russia is very great.
II is exported from St. Petersburg at
about $50 per gross ton. and is said to be
extensively used, like cotton-seed oil,
after purifying, for adulterating olive or
salad oil. A considerable QUANTITY is
grown in Russia for oil pressing; the
plant being largely cultivated in Keels
and Podalia, also eastward on the black
soil lands, the stalks being used for fuel.
When we see moving machiue Gas we
did several on our way to recent agri-
cultural meeting) left in the fields, I'M
der tree. or some equally exposed stu
alton, we wonder if the laws Of economy
are changing, Or if the cry of hard times
is not vain delusion; it would seem as
though the man who will 80 leave an i'm.
portant farm implement exposed to the
sudden and variable changes of the at
mosphere, the effect of which is to hasten
its destruction with great rapidity, has
no right to lift up the cry Of hard times.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-12-25
usual quantity. The two rows of stalls
are separated by q longitudinal passage

nsuol n,o,,4;x, MI 4.-a.gs8 . ~.
are aaa aa aan 8, an1 .Wo loMs q s.ails
ton ,n fea 81 49, ~ .uulnal passs'gs
- ,. ssoaa a "l saa4 80 elansstlss
1850 iees wlue ~ the
the rear ~n s aner iang1aua'na one m
rho e aaa, sui lom - s'a.ls, u Whlcn
TIC s,o,; - ulaaueu in.u iour sectlons:
u s1;ghttn y1cl;nad ms :. 'ne s.alls eng
th j, z9an,'ra - ,sas th.e. uom Wnicn
.ns lne e.., passes lnlougn conVeniens'
. .aps snU .ns seilal lol storage. Inc
windows nns s ~ 81 e ~ large aouole
and for the early morn;no m; li nt. vaI
lamps with brilliant retlec nra sye 11 an
ployei. On the north side fhera -
small APARTMENT with faw oha3rs - :.
stools. q marble wash. stand . laraa ~.
ror, and an amplitude of towels who.
ever looks into the mirror ia reminded ~
an inscription over i. as consn;cnous ~.
his own IMAGE. that .sHandsona :. -hat
handsome does" This little room ,: "a
called .the narlor., and the reader -
pecially the .spraetical farmer,,1Nman ~.
disposed to cry out against narlor IN =
stable as an absurd piece Of utonian er
trayagance. It is in reality : dress;no-
room, and before millxing-time each
man is required to wash his face ana
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-12-25
An Appropriate Hymn.

a student at one of the theological
seminaries in New England had written
with much care sermon, and passed it
to the professor for criticism. After two
weeks he called on the professor and stat
ed that he left his manuscript with him
and had called for il, and would be glad
of any suggestions from him. 1t was re-
turned without airy criticism or sugges-
tons. The student, well-p1eased with his
own production, was intent on having the
opinion of histeacher, and called again;
and referring to the sermon, asked what
hymns would be appropriate in connec-
ton with it. The professor replied,
.The most appropriate hymn I can think
OF is, Now l lay me down to Sleep"