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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-16
THE GERMAN BATTALION FAIR.

The fair sc the German Battalion opens thi4
evening at Exposition Hall st to'0inak Tho
opening will be q formal aui eeremonioua MAN.
aud will he conducted by Coy. Fraue.s r.
Nichols.
The fair Il 10 continue far a week, AMI fnr
each evening there has bean arranged all at
traGttye programme af amusnmnntE.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-16

Banehcent nature seems TO havA planted in
every cline the proper rem dies for thu dis
eases Incidental 10 t. Lnplaees Indian Tur-
nip reetoral Balm ts made Il az b. rb which
grows all over the Guif region. and 1t has never
failed yet to cure all kinds OF coughs and colds.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-16

Maximum temrnraturna7 minimum 4f,
Tho colotnd people IF Genigia nro nppar
nntly prospecting They own. according o.
retutns just pnhlahed property valued NJ
RI, ta2 l9H against fEt2lR71 iast Yeat. and
this too when The bulk If property has 10
creased ~ lnpat 80 pet cent In value They
hasn added ~ o1 nctoa IT, their pnaaeeaiona
during tho last yoHI. mni,ing ~ total ef IA.
t1o acres nwnol by tic eplnred people Of
EnolgIn.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-16
THE LOCAL DEATH RATE.

For the week ending Sunday last the total
number AZ u eaths In the city wera 10. 40 Of which
were white aud 80 colored: 40 white males and
20 white females: II colored males and l6
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-16
WEATHER BULLETIN.
WAR pHpA pvMENr. i

WAR DRpA RTMEFT. 4
aisnnl Service, United States Army. 1
Daily meteorological record for tho eight hnure
ending NJ lnsoap. IN. Monday December II
/ Ohseryatipna taken ut tho same moment of
time nj NIL atplons.l
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A Small Blaze.

Alta quarter IN j a'rlael yes crday the eArpen-
for RIop NJ "a raua1Isa street oacubied by
Cha Noeu" was damaged hy Gre 70 the
of So.
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Gas heating aud cooking stoves NJ Sullivan /
Rut got l. p camp & rect
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client to change results regarding Local alsG
lions These matters. however. Will ptonh'''s
he settled by contest.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-16
YEAST pow DERS.

+ AM RECEIVING FRESH SUPPLIES or
a the celebrated Yaaa' Powders the Charters
French and standard brands pnt rp In boxes
and barrels In net weight paekages Of . o. 4 o.
% and 10 oz cans, which will ael at the low
est market price. direct from factory or from
store. No. 20 Natehez street.
NOES Ina I'M, BURRUHs,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-16

Nothing better than Catherw DDS pure rye
WhiSkiaa.
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Order Iamhnrts pAtcnt fadaless picture AT
Washhura.s ana Won viii neytr reRret It.
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4 III 4 II.


Al el,rk Nap'ay morning il tlrn. thn oaurn
~ which Ia unknown, hrok" ont In II" unooru=
pina hnuon NM iGi Lafayette atrnot. The PROV
nrty which was ewnnd hy ". Nnynn. wac totally
destroyed. FhiR property wap fully envnrod hy
inaurnnen Tho Hamen thnp communicated ~
Mr. Hnyr"'a r"ria"nH". Nm. lp4 GfpIaea RtIo"t
=rutnor of latayptto. aud lnfl II IN aah,g. This
hull Hing waa aiaa incurred. Mi Rayana furul-
tutn wn4 inaurod fhf Seen
M. l9t
Inuiainua NJ u III responding - ill., alnrm
hreke her tinl whaela aud hnnk"T. ily tho ae,i
don't the nrnman. Inmhart Clarke. Waa badly
injured abaui h4 tot leg
9nfo Wathmrn.t f'r Iamhar4'a meyer failing
uhataetaph Th"reran F. nothing fnor.
ti4 yeut plumbing a4naM @aluvau.s Hui
Enr&. NJ Gamp ntfm".
G.tharwaeda ejl ..tae,h whtaGlo4 INV thamt
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colored females. There were deaths Ia the
Charity Hospital and In other pubic institu-
tione.
The main causes Of death were: Whooping
cough D. consumption 9, hpopiaNH 2, heart
tjiaaaaa 4 pneumonia q. hiarIhas
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-16

Inmlarta Hlelres pictures are as nnar M
turo M uasafh}a. Those seen n Wlshkurn e
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DAILY LETTER LIST.
Ladies' I,iat..

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iItli llolln miss Heck GHthnrluo misa
Hnrtiaon lpnnjn MRS Hoffman 1onnuntte miaa
lohnnou IInity mrs MeKpharson Mary miss
Rnnintt A NINA Siimnn II mrs
Etnphouann Little miss
IIIIHn 81 ASA MATTER.
DnrrIll mra i.af0hNInr II II mra
TIpwn u NJ mtu liurchan Eli,a
M0IlEiuny Avery mra
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IIIlE! WITT H!g.

Gahnrwpod,a puro rve whiaIsiaa aomoihiug
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URGIELEWICZ'S
ANTI PNEUMATIC MIXTURE |

Thla medicine mower fnls 70 gve ALMOST
INRTANT iFIIEF and IN most Cp4Ns Eff
FEGTS PERMANENT CURE
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14
Tired Mothers.

If there is any class Of persons who
need tenderness and encouragement il
is the tired mothers; weary limbs, sad
hearts, puzzled brains all attest to the
fact. There ought to be special privi-
leges granted to tired mothers as much
as TO invalids. Those who have passed
through this trying ordeal know how
to sympathize, know how to excuse
many of the shortcomings of those who
are passing through the narrow gate
ways, the thorny paths, the rough
highways, where temptation holds high
reVelry, and the angel Of peace sits in
shadow.
Tired mothersl always anxious,
scheming, planning and economizing
how they can manage every detail Of
domestic life with least expense, for
children are such.a drain upon the re-
sources of ones time, heart and pock-
ct. Mothers doing double work, triple
work themselves, to save for this, or
that, until the nerves are strained and
shattered to degree unbearable to
themselves, and particularly offensive
to others. Let me entreat you, fathers
and husbands, deal gently with the
wife and mother; cheer and brighten
her life by all the means In your pow
er, for she needs your help in many
ways, to buoy her up and sustain her,
that she may be nerVed with fresh Wig
or to impart to the little ones who are
q constant drain upon her life and en-
ergies.- Won1G1s's Exponent.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14
A New Automatic Chess.player.

An ingenious chess-plaYing figure Of
novel construction is now being exhib-
tied In London, at the Royal Aquarium,
under the title of " Mephisto," and
will shortly leave this city for Paris.
The history of chess automata is a re-
markable one. Won Kempelen's chess
player made the tour of the Courts of
Europe, and its secret was twice sold
TO crowned heads. The clever conceal
ment of a human being in the interior
was the explanation of all its wonder
full achievements, and the merit of its
invention lay in the devices by which
the manipulation hid the person with
in while appearing to court Inspection.
The Crystal Palace antomaton was an
adaptation of the same idea. "Me-
phisto'' depends upon another princi-
pie. He is actuated from without by
human intelligence, and the problem is
to ascertain how the moves upon the
board become known TO his director,
and how the counter moves are COM
municated to the figure. The new
chess-plaYer, who had been exhibited
at the inventors house for some time
before his introduction TO the public, is
q Mephistopholes seated in 3 chair, the
chair being placed at an ordinary chess
table. The piece of furniture on which
he sits contains q deep seat, but this as
well as the body Of the figure may be
investigated while play is going on,
and it is clear that there is no person
in aither " "Mephlsto"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14
.A.loxs. sotS1. Hn.-

DeasFB aI a
reasons for suspecting that all grsS lS lS
tant bodies possess the power Of indlttSS
ton. The influence of the sun upof
comets as they draw near that grers
magnet is usually manifested first by
widening Of the distance between tn
nucleus and its envelope, and subse7
quently by the projection of the tai
It seems evident that by some inductf >
action of the sun the nucleus is en-
dowed with power to repel the envelope
toward as well as away from the sun.
Those portions which happen to be
driven toward the sun are met by su-
perior repeIent force and are turned
backward past the nucleus, giving the
appearance of a double tail. The mar
velously rapid projection Of this ap-
pendage to almost Incredible distances
into shape is inexpEcable on any other
hypothesis than that which attributes
TO its substance the quality Of negative
graYitation or actual repellenoy. 1t
must not be inferred that this condition
is one Of mere levity or absence of at
traction, nor that the repellent quality
is due to expansion by heat or any
OenOL AAOWA 4OLGCg O4CCpblLk bnC 4l1-
ductive action of the sun superadded
to that of the nucleus. The substance
Of the coma is actively repellent only
within certsindis tances, beyond which
the residue of para-grsvitant force
which IL retains becomes equal to or
exceeds that of its dia-gravitancy. This
balance of forces determines the mag
nitude of the envelope, whether in
equilibrium around the necIeus or dis
turbed by the repellent influence of the
sun or other proximste body. l sus-
pect that a careful examination of the
positions occupied by certain comets
that have had supernumerary tails will
reveal the fact that some planetary
body has assisted in their election. 1t
is even possible that the hitherto un-
seen intra-mercurial body may have
participated in their formation. There
are other corners also in the solar sys-
tenn where it is reasonable to suppose
that the dia-grsYitant condition pre-
walls, at least when phenomena occur
which admit of no satisfactory expla-
nation on any other hypothesis. IN
2. Graphic.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14
German Railways.

A GERMAN military periodical, AILe-
Oen1ei9e MilGtGrische ZeitUHg, states
that on Jan. 1, 1873, Germany had SO,-
303 kilOmeters of railway, and France
only $3.50 kilometers, Of which, in
Franco, $500 kilometers have strsteg-
ical Importance, while in Germony 800
kilOmeters are of merely mercantile
consequence. The German lines have
eleven outlets on the western FROM
tier, crossing the Rhine on sixteen
bridges, while the French lines have
only six outlets on the eastern from
tier. The German lines, which in 1870
carried seventeen army corps with
great speed and perfect order, are able
with their present facilities-10, 297 lo-
cOmOtives, 1921 passenger cars, with
about 600, 600 seats, 4.165 baggage cars,
4,60S closed, and 134, $50 open, freight
cars-to carry forty army corps. In
one point, however, the Germsn lines
present, from 8 military point of view,
q great weakness. They assort under
eigbty-seven different administrations,
with all Of which the Government must
enter into negotiations in case Of war,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14

sauare. He removes from the board
the pieces he captures, and signifies
" check" by touching the opponents 8
King. Sometimes he moves very quick
IL, sometimes takes time to deliberate.
Occasionally he lifts his face to his Op-
pOnent and looks up with . smile.
These are little tricks to increase the
effect of his skill as q scientific chess
player, which is indeed considerable.
Ordinarily the board is uncovered, but
occasionally newspaper is placed over
it, so that the moves could not be re-
hected by a mirror In the ceiling, and
81 fMephisto'' plays g move in spite Of
the obstruction. The mystery Of
q 'MePhisto's'' action is to be explained
by the use of clever mechanism. The
movements of the arm are very free
and varied, more go, for instance, than
those of Mr.. Maskelyne's sutomaton
whist-plsyer. But although Mr.. Bah
bage held it to be possible so TO ealcu-
late beforehand the changes which
could be rung upon the squares of the
ehess-board by the pieces placed upon
it, and to construct mechanism TO pro-
vide for all, the merit is not claimed
for MephistO'' of being entirely su-
to.a atic. The inventor says, by way OF
apology. for in part supplying the de-
iciencies of mechanism by human M
telligence, that life is too short to con-
struct chess-player who could be en-
tirely automatic. He is also the ip
7entor Of a permutating lock, the key
of which is provided with nineteen
pins, each of which admits Of three
positions, and it has been calculated
that even for the minor number of per-
mutations resulting from these figures
a man would be engaged $50 life-tipes,
ten hours a day, 800 days year, fifty
years of his life to work them through.
The thirty-two pieces on the sixty-four
squares of the chess-board, with the
varying powers of some, would give q
still larger number of combinations,
and as ''MephistO'' was perfected in
six or seven years, it is not surprising
to learn that he is not entirely auto
matte, but is a medium for the exer-
else of human intelligence, manifested
only iu q novel. and, at present, an oc-
cult way.-LOfsdOE Times.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14

Was~-4 as pru
the man awoke, ssl.sS,
wanted to go to Port HaVe1s, & sn..
out all right after all. Ny two con
paniOns l found at Port Haven. They
were mighty uneasy about me, and
1d they were preparing to 90 back
sad. have look for me.-Setb Green.
% NJ Z Times ines rp515meJ
dguiD Goo
Sores ;Mags ana Bs7gOOd b. butter ter. y
pritS brit. IT'S obvious, then, that
one sep toward greater profit in but
ter-making in Iowa and the West is to
greatly improve the quality. A few
people make really choice butter. The
majority do not. As the West grows,
and its cities and towns increase In
population, the consumption Of butter
win increase. Not only so, but the de-
demand for high-priced butter will in
crease in larger ratio than popula-
ton. To take advantage Of this condi-
ton of the market, those butter-makers
who build up q reputation for their
products and never offer anything but
the very best article, can command the
market and fix their own prices. This
is only one feature of this question Of
profitable farming, but we submit to
our country, as well as city, readers,
whether it is not an important one
Burlington HGUE- Ege.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14

dnginE -. 4stautTy.
sut, liz -aat bit of vegetation, he Is
quickly suppressed. His pewter dimes
and quarters are soon detected, and his
occupation gone. When it is said that
the coin counterfeiter's name is Legion.
it is not meant that he is like the
snpe'' soldier of the theater who re-
peats slfef every few seconds a
aFezAany OF graSdaiSEmY. intelligent
young men Of small means to "groW
upn into such business-mUre oppOr.
tunities, we should say, than there are
men able and willing to take advantage
of them.
But beside these - small farms" run
at high pressure for the production
of fine perishsble fruits and choice
vegetables, flowers, trees, plants, etc.,
there must also be farms of greater
area for the production Of breadstufs,
meat, milk and milk-prOducts, wool,
cotton, etc. Here, also, as the pres.
sure Of competition increases, and the
money capital of the Nation tends more
to flow out into the country seeking in
vestment there and satisfied with safe
and moderate returns, the kind Of
earth-robbery known as " scrub-farm-
ing" will cease by suffocation and star
vation. It will not take q trained
business man long to find out what it
seems impossible to teach the scrub
farmer" that there is no 50 business
and no profit in average crops Of ten
and twelve bushels of wheat, thirty
bushels of corn, eighty bushels of po-
tatoes and other like returns per acre.
Similarly, the business farmer is nob
going to see any profit in COWS so bad
Iy bred or so poorly fed. housed and
managed IS to yield but 125 pounds Of
butter or $50 pounds Of cheese in a
season. Such q man is not going to
rest minute while ten or fifteen dol
lars per head on his neat stock and
horses are wasted every year by the
bad MANAGEMENT Of the manure. He
is not going to lose the legitimate
earnings of industry for want Of prop.
er implements, or the proper care Of
them, or by unskilful work in prepar-
ing land for . crop, or by poor seed,
or by want of proper knowledge in
the choice and application of manures.
When farming becomes q business,
with business men engaged in it, and q
money capital propOrtiOnate to its re-
quirements, we are going to see good
farming become general. Then the
ablest man, both in brains and money,
will do the largest business in farming,
IS he now does in trade and manufact-
ures.-RurGI NeiO Yorker.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14
Deaf Peoples Troubles.

ONE of the saddest features of excess
i've deafness is the unhappy mental
effect it is apt to leave on those troubled
with it. So frequently is this the case
that it has been said that persons OF
morbid dispositions are peculiarly Ga-
bic to this afiiction, but there is reason
for thinking that in this way of looking
at the matter cause and effect are
tTansposed It is certain that persons
of cheerful dispositions have been ap-
parently transformed into something
wholly different from their former
selves by being deprived Ofthe ordinary
powers of hearing. This change is not
difficult to understand when one takes
into account the many trials and dep
riVations person whose hearing is
greatly impaired is called upon to
bear. He is outWardly in no Wsy diff
ferent from other people, and unless
he has with him at all times some ugly
symbol of his infrmity, like an ear
trumpet, strangers cannot know and
friends are likely to forget that he is
wanting in one of the most used pow
ers of sense. Of course, when some
thing is said to him which he does not
understand. In consequence OF the
light, careless way in which the words
are uttered, or because the sounds are
lost to him In the jarring hum Of
general conversation, it is easy to exc
plain ones helplessness and ask to
have the question or statement repeat
ed. But to be thus perpetually ac-
knowledging ones weakness is exceed
inClv distasteful to most persons: the
more SO as the confession rarely brings
with it any satisfactory return. The
prevailing belief Of those who have not
associated much with deaf people is
that to make them hear II Is only nee
essary to raise the voice. This, In
most instances, is 3 complete mistake.
Few men, and still fewer women,
are not professional Yocahs sd on
plainly when they speak witEnads our
voice. and hence 9. ofts' ss --raad
the victim o. =
way asss7te5
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14
WAITING.

cam to wsit-life's hardest lesson,
Oonned perchance, through binding te8Eli
While the heRrt-throbs sadly echo
To the tread Of passing yeau.
Learn 10 wait hopes slow fruitiOn;.
Faint not though the way seems long;
There Is Joy in each condition;
Hearts, through suffering, may grow strong
Constant sunshine, however welcome,
Ne'er would npen, frnit or flower;
Giant oaks owe half their greatness
To the scathing tsmpests power.
Thus q soul. untouched by sorrOw,
Aims not at q higher state;
Joy seeks not q brighter morrow.
Only sad hearts learn to wait
Human strength and human greatness
Spring not from Hfe's sunny side,
Heroes must be more than drftWoOd,
Floating on TaVeless tide.
VjetOria'S AGadztaS.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14

a Boaol. s~ae
OF age, who. via 4.0r-.
books on her arm, sa -1.tbe
horse car book calico. -sJeron
Bride, or Welded to Her D5om. - If
had this touching motto: soHast tbou
suffered? Fseafjer .'-a1--.-ss; 5 S1ef1
thee. - able, &c.
SMenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DR.. C. MCLANE'S VERMIFUGE
will certainly effect cure.
IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form; it is an innocent prepara-
ton, not capable Of doing the slightest
tnjt,y to tie most tender infant.
The genuine DR.. McLANE's YER
MIFUGE bears the signatures of c. Nc
LANE and FLEMING Bros. on the
WraDDer -.O.-
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.

THE cOuntenance is pale and leaden-
L colored, with occasional fushes, or
a circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks; the eyes become dull; the pu-
pills dilate; an azure semicircle runs
along the lower eye-lid; the nose is II
ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds;
a swelling of the upper lip; occasional
headache, with humming or throbbing
Of the ears; an unusual secretion of
saiiva3 shiny or furred tongue; breath
very foul, particularly in the morning
appetiteVaTiable, sometimes yoracious,
with a gnawing sensation of the stom-
: = .Aers, entirely gone; aeehng
mach; occasional
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14
Must Go!

In Dress goods we have made the prices
so low that they sell themselves We have
yet full line to select from, and no one goes
away without dress pattern.
If prices are any object
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14
CIOaks,

which we are selling at from $500 to $500
reduction from Manufacturers wholesale prices.
If you are in want of a Cloak, now is your
time to secure one at about half of what i
would have cost you early in the season. g
Your attention is called to line of
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14
GraEitadOn.

Prof. Joseph Tingley, of Indiana
AsbulJ University, filings 8 bombshen
into the scientific camp in the shape Of
a denisl that gravitatiOn is the uniEer-
sal law, as Newton taught and the
world has since believed. If it is, the
Professor wants to know why we pass
through the tails of comets and through
groups o. meteors without fee no the
collision or being atfeote zhY s ~
stead Of the axiom that 20 II, Rr,s
universe aY Of TrlarI M
main1 -. 81 oe
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14
Cotton Goods

are way down. We sell the fine unbleached
cottons, Nashua R. and Continental G. at
seven cents a yard, prices never before reach
ed. It will pay, you if you want CottOns
Wit, ie - next year to buy now as they are
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14
WoOIen Goods.

for mems and boys wear which are selling at
SO cents per yard. These goods are cheap at
IS cents, but we have large stock and they
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14

a GENERATION ago who would have
thought that at Bathurst, N. S. W.,
some thousands of spectators would as
semble in December, 1873, to see trial
of reaping-machines where the prize
would be taken by reaper from an