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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-28
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM OF 1875 AND
1873.

That the Democratic Conservative party of
ne State of Louisiana in Convention assem-
bled, do hereby reitvate all the pledges con-
tanned IN The party platform adopted IN july,
1876. and particularly the following, to acit:
D 4 We hereby pledge our party to the satisfac-
ZION Of all the legal obligations isssted By the
Etdte of Louisiana; to the most strenuous et-
forts IN the direction Of reform and an eco
M0naicd administration Of the government, es-
pecially to the abolition of all unnecessary pub
Tic Offices; to the reduction Of the fees and salG-
Stes OF office to the standard ofG fair remu-
neration; the consequent reduction Of taration
D the l0soestpossible limit commensurate acith
the necessary expenses Of the government and
THE PRESERVATION or THE PUBIC FAITH.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-28

v The ex-Khedlve Of Egypt has gone to Ma
pies with small section OF his family-four
wives thirteen children and two hundred and
twenty-five members Of his household. He
is staying at q hotel. looking for house
large enough to hold his interesting family.
IL he succeeds In this search, he will bring
over the rest Of his family and establish his
harem In this city Of sunny Italy The
Neapolitans are pleased with their royal Wis
itor, but are not quite sure how they will
treat his family, and whether an invitation to
him to dinner includes all the wives and chill
st1rnn.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-28

Peru. and Bolivia and Chill are fighting
just now over question Of boundary. There
are few other boundary questions still I'M
settled Ia South America, but which have not
yet got as far as blows. Colombia, for in
stance, has dispute with Brazil respecting
some territory, and another with Venezuela.
y enezuela has a second difficulty with
Gu lana. Brazil has two other conflicts with
Urut !uay ana Paraguay. The Argentine Re-
public, on Its part, has serious difference
with Chill regarding the territory of Pata-
gonia. Its other little boundary difficulty
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-28

with Paraguay was submitted to the arbitra-
tion OF President Hayes the other day. and
Is consequently settled. It viii be seen, there
FORE that there are few dozen boundary
questions still open In our sister continent,
which may give rise to encouraging wars In
case the present little difference between the
republics OF the South Pacific is settled.
There need be no fear of lack of news from
the land of Pizarro and the Incas; wars, revo-
utions and riots are always Matching there.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-28

The Republican State Convention in New
York will not be held until September. 1t Is
expected that the Democratic convention will
follow a week later. The campaign will prob
ably not begin until October, when 1t prom
ises to be exceedingly brisk. Meanwhile the
leading politicians In each party are prepar-
ing states for the conventions, which business
Ia sufficiently active just now at the summer
resorts and elsewhere
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-28

Hayes got two Endorsements last week from
the Republican State Conventions Of Penn
sylvanis and Wisconsin, respectively. A few
years ago these Endorsements from Republican
conventions we're very infrequent. Now they
come every day. So much for a veto
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-28

+ The New York World Is collecting some
curious voting statistics. It finds out that In
1876, ,543 votes were cast In South Carolina
To voting population OF 1874, As3; and that In
st. Lawrence county, N. Y, Republican
stronghold, the voting population the same
year, was Is, 266, and the voters Is, 281.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-28

One Elliott, employed in the Treasury De-
partment at Washington, has made q careful
estimate Of the population of the United
States, from State censuses, reports and
other statistics, and estimates the population
of the country at 49,350,00o. This is the
highest estimate yet made, exceeding by one
million the estimate Of Gen. Walker, chief Of
the census bureau
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-28
DIED.

KEENA-On Sunday morning July II. at 8
o., lock, Annie Byrnes wife of Edward Keena
aged % years and a resident Of this city
The funeral will take place This Monday
Morning. at 10 o'clock, from her late residence
No. AL Bienville. near Miro street. Friends and
acquaintance of the family are invited to at
tend
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-28

San Francisco complains Of much crooked
ness III the management OF municipal affairs !;
such as street frauds, the corruption Of super
yisors and the like. The CaJ suggests reform
by turning out the old officers and substituting
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-28

For the information OF the Pit. we would
suggest that ii will find the article 1t thought
missing In our edition Of the new constitution
Nnder the head OF "Revenue and Taxation"
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-28
FOR RENT.
FOR SALE.

L,OR SALE-BOILERS OF ALL KINDS. AT
- the old established steam boiler manufac-
tory Of JOHN WARD. No. $50. 262 and 264 South
Peters and No. 81 Caliope street. All boilers
sold for fange iron guaranteed not to , crack:
the lowest. Send for estimates. Address Post
office box No. 1854. New Orleans. La. le11 40
L,OR sALErBY J. s. sAUNDERs-A BEAU
Il tiful summer residence at Biloxi. Miss.
having $40 feet on the Gulf and measuring 80
acres deep; house containing three large front
rooms. two cabinets. XII chen. servants rooms.
stables: also twelve bearing orange trees.
grapes. figs and fruits of various kinds. All IN
good repair and freshly painted. Apply to j. 8.
SAUNDERS Valence street. near Camp. form-
erly of 1894 Magazine. apps
E>Ok sALE-sTEAM ENGINES AND BOIL
u ers. both new and second hand. Draining
Grab Wenches. JackscreWg, Crate Bars. Furnace
Mouths. Wrought Iron Works, Brass and Iron
Castings Of every description. Also. one second.
hand Steam Fire Engine and one small PreDel-
lor at OLAHK'S FOUNDRY,
Corner Race and Tehoupitoulas streets.
au 25tf
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-12
How to Ixtinguish Fires.

Better than all elaborate and costly
apparatus for extinguishing fires are
constant care and watchfulness, and
quick and intelligent action on the part
of those who first discover fire in pro.
gress. The fire which at the beginning
could be smothered with pocket hand.
kerchief, or dashed out with q bucket
of water, neglected few hours lays in
waste millions of dollars worth of
property. If there is any time in which
person should be cool and calm, in
perfect command of himself, it is when
he discovers fire that threatens the
destruction OF life and property. The
first thing to do is to learn precisely
where it. is the second, to consider the
chances OF extinguishing it. OF course,
in cities au alarm should at once be sent
out. but at the same time vigorous
effort should he made to put out the
fire with the means at hand. for some
times what the fire engine is unable to
accomplish when it reaches the scene,
can be done by one or two persons who
act promptly, before the flames have
had time to gain Roadway.
First, then, do not be alarmed on ac-
count of smoke. Frequently there is a
great deal of smoke before the fire has
made much progress. Remember on 9
can pass through smoke by keeping hi s
head near the floor, or by enveloping
it in a wet wooden cloth. On entering
q room to fight down fire single
handed. keep the door closed behind,
if possible. A pail of water and a tin
dipper in the hand of resolute per-
son can be made to work a miracle at
the beginning. If the fire has pro-
crossed too far to admit of this course,
and it is necessary to depend entirely
on outside help, then see to it that
every door and window is closed. By
so doing, if there is fire-engine in the
neighborhood, it will often be possible
to eonfine the fire to one room.
Every person who stops at hotel
should take special pains before retir-
ing to note the location of the stairways,
so that in case of an alarm he can find
his way out, even though the halls are
filled with smoke. Never leave room
where there is an alarm of fire without
first securing a wet towel, or, if posi-
BILE, wet sponge or piece of wooden
cloth through which to breathe. If es
cape by the stair is cut off, seek an out
side window and stay there till help
comes. Above all things, be cool and
have your wits about you. When a
lady's dress takes fire, let her fall on the
floor at once, and call for help, in the
mean time reaching for some rug or
wooden cloth with which to smother the
flames. There is nothing new in this
advice; it has been repeated in one
form or other hundreds of times but
it will bear repeating thousands of
times.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-12

TREAT THE Cows KINDLY.-Treat the
COWS you milk with the creates. kind !.
ness. Never bawl at, or kick or strike
a COW. If COWS are treated kindly,
they will readily yield up their milk.
If abused, they will hold it UP. Most
COWS are ruined when heifers. Some
rough, passionate man undertakes to
break them to milk. They are fearful
they will be hurt, hold up their milk,
kick, will not stand still, and the man
who breaks them kicks and maltreats
them, and they kick in return, and are,
perhaps, permanently ruined as free,
kind mixers.
Calves and heifers should be petted
till they give milk. They should be
taught that man is their friend-not
enemy. They should be we'll fed be-
cause they can't give milk without eat
ing the material tn furnish it. If given
warm stables and warm beds, their sys-
TENS do not require SO much food in
winter to keep up the animal heat, ami
they will give more milk therefore. For
family cows. heifers with their first
calves should be MIXED till within a
few weeks of their coming in again.
Ever after, they will continue to give
milk mp to the same time. If dried off
early. they will always dry up their
milk early.-Raral World.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-12
LincOln'S Tenderness.

A striking incident in Mr.. Lincoln's
life is related by Judge Cromwell, of
Denver, who visited the White House,
in March, 1865. Mr.. Seward and sew
eral other gentlemen were present, and
the President gradually came to talk on
decisions of life and death. All other
matters submitted to him, he declared,
were nothing in comparison to these,
and he added reckon there never
was man raised in the country on
farm, where they are always butchering
cattle and hogs and think nothing of it,
that ever grew up with such an aversion
to bloodshed as have, and yet I've had
more questions of life and oeath to set
tie in four years than all the men who
have ever sat in this chair put together.
But I've managed to get along and do
my duty, I believe, and still save some
of them ; and there is no man who
knows the distress of my mind. But
there have been some of them l couldn't
save-there are some cases where the
law must be executed. There was that
man -, who was sentenced for piracy
and slave trading on the high seas.
That was case where there must be an
example, and you don't know how they
followed and pressed to get him par
doned, or his sentence committed but
there was no use Of talking. It had to
be done I couldn't help him. And
then there was that -, who was caught
spying and recruiting within Pope's
lines. in Missouri. That was another
case. They besieged me day and night,
but 1 couldn't give way. We had come
to point where something must be
done that would put stop to such work.
And then there was this case of Beal,
on the lakes. That was case where
there must be an example. They tried
me every way. They wouldn't give
up; but I had to stand firm on that,
and 1 even had to turn away bis poor
sister when she came and begged for
his life, and let him be executed, and
he was executed, and I can't get the
distress out of my mind yet" AS the
kindly man uttered these words the
tears ran down his cheeks, and the eyes
OF the men surrounding him moistened
In sympathy. There was a profound
silence, in which they all rose to de-
part. Three weeks after, the President
was killed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-12

"'Why wretched p said Lyddy, with
some pride. You've got the girl you
wanted, and rich one instead of poor
one
Don't say that, said'John. l did
not dare do anything different. Stop,
l will tell you all about it. One even
ing I went to bed happy man, and in
the morning-I wonder my hair hadn't
all turned gray, Lyddy, saw my
mother in the night
$50 John = screamed Lyddy.
"' Yes he went on it was a half
moony, half-cloudy night. I saw that
when 1 blew out my candle. All at
once, walked with start. There were
three distinct raps on my headboard.
and the clock Immediately struck
twelve.
"'Then there was sound Of some.
thing trailing along the floor. I had
the horrors, but l wouldn't cover my
face, as was tempted. l thought I'd
face it out.
L" All at once 1 saw ghost standing
at the foot of my bed. 1t was wrapped
in sheet, and had its eyes shut, and
was as pale as corpse. Then it spoke,
and said,-
"I am your mother. I couldn't
rest on account of the mistake l had
made. l see now it was wrong in me
to encourage your marrying Lyddy. 1t
is a comfort to me that your father mar.
ried as he has, and now you must prom.
Use me to give up Lyddy and marry
Hannah Crane. I see things from q
different standpoint now, and what I
tell you is best. You will not have my
blessing unless yon do this. Promise
me you will"
"'These were her very words, as near
as can remember, and lay awake all
night thinking them over. was COW
cred with cold perspiration. and was
ready to faint, but 1 just gasped out
that would do as she said. So had
to have Hannah. But I never shall be
happy, :.
that, and though she recovered, and
married Mr.. Bradley, she has always
been queer. So there is q real ghost
story for you"
81 don't believe it was ghost at all, I"
said Eunie.
"What was it, then ~ asked Aunt
Patty, with twinkle in her sly black
eyes. "What is a ghost ?"
"a ghost is spirit, said Irene, with
the air of an oracle.
"To be sure, and this was spirit"
l thought it was that Widow Crane,
making believe she was spirit" said
Eunie.
"She was spirit, and very deceit
full one, clad in flesh and bones. Yes,
you are right. She confessed it on her
death bed, after having made two if not
three people miserable by it. The ghost
of that night haunted her conscience
till she died. Now, don't you tell of it,
girls. Youths Companion.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-12
God DispOses.

When Napoleon Bonaparte was at the
height of his power he impiously re.
marked lit is said that man proposes
and God disposes; but for me, Ipropose
and also dispose" Another monarch
centuries before made a much less
boastful declaration and yet he was
sent from granaer palace and more
absolute power than Napoleon possessed
and made to eat grass with the beaSts
of the field. Napoleon proposed 70
conquer Russia, but his hosts were
hurled back through ice and snow, and
only the miserable wreck of his grand
army reached France alive. His great
ambition was to found dynasty, and
for this purpose he dishonorably di-
vorced his wife and married the daugh-
ter Of the Austrian emperor, thinking
that 10y so doing he would have the sup
port of that empire for himself and his
children. Humanity speaking, he pro-
posed wisely and we'll, but the disposal
was the joining of Austria with the rest
of his enemies, his own expulsion from
the throne, his wife reduced from an
Empress to a!Duchess, and his sons led
into misunderstanding excuses at the
suggestion of his Austrian relations and
his death when Just entering upon the
stage of manhood. Thus ended the
Napoleon dynasty. He proposed, an
other disposed.
Then came another real or simulated
Napoleon. He too proposed. Separa-
ting from his wife and children, he
married princess and h ped to rear
heirs to his stolen throne. But few
months battle with the Germans sent
him an exile to England. a few months
more sent him to another world, and
now his son has fallen in the wilds of
Africa and his dynasty is ended. He
proposed, but fortunately for mankind,
he did not dispose.
Now the Bonapartists are hunting for
some other member of the family
around whom they can gather, and they
propose to resuscitate the empire, but
we believe the disposal will be against
them. Napoleon was sent into this
world for certain wise purpose which
has been accomplished, aud it evident
ly was not intended to keep up race
of Napoleons. The substance came
and went. then the shadow came and
has faded away, and this we believe is
the last of the Napoleons. Man pro-
poses, but God disposes," and no finite
being can dispute His power or change
His purposes. -Reputlican Conn. }
Standard.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-12
Alone.


She stands beside tie cJitsge door
To watch tue dying day.
Her raven hair is slr:nhled DER
With flakes Of silver gray:
And many line Of sadness sears
That pale, yet lovely fac,
To mark where slow and silent tears
Have left their listing trace.
And still her whispered thoughts will tell
OF scenes that are no more,
And scan the oIce-loved forms that dwell;
On Mem'ry's shadouy shore;
Again the little cot to deck
That now so empty stands;
Again TO feel around her neck
The touch Of tiny hands.
How long, the weary spirit cries,
Within this world of pair,
Ere meath the never-fadiug ekies
meet them once again!
And as she views the silver night,
Slow sweeping TO the west,
A murmured prayer in faith takes flight
To Him who giyeth rest.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-12

PooR MANS PrRIM CAEE.-Two cups
of sugar, eighth pound of butter, rind
of one lemon. one cup Of milk, two
eggs, teaspoonful of baking powder.
three cups of flour beat sugar and but
ter together, then the eggs add milk
last then flour and baking powder,
sitting it in 4; mix we'll, and bake in II
moderately heated oven. Cost, twenty
cents.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-12

POTATO BALLs.-Mashed boiled pota-
toes add butter, size of an egg two
spoonfuls of milk little salt stir
it we'll roll with your hands into balls ;
roll them in egg and crumbs; fry them
in hot fat, or brown in the oven.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-12

A teaspoonlul of turpentine boiled
with your white clothes will aid the
whitening process
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-12
Union and Confederate,

On Thursday last, the steam yacht
Mystic came into this port for repairs,
and her commander, Lieut.. j. Q. Mich
OILS, U. s. N, in his peregrinations
about town, went into the establish
ment of DR.. II. A. Parr, where he met
and recognized tle proprietor. This
was their second meeting, the first &C.
curing in 1868, during the war of Sc
cession, when DR.. Parr, then holding a
commission as Lieutenant in the Con-
federate navy, had, with John G. Braine
and others seized the steamer Chesr-
peake, and Lieut.. Nichols, in the United
States cruiser Ella and Anna, was sent
in pursuit, and succeeded in capturing
the Chesapeake, but not her officers and
crew. In this, their second meeting,
they both felt the force of the curious
coincidence which had brought them
again together, and 80 impressed was
Lieut.. Nichols by it that he warmly
pressed his quondam foe to accompany
him on board his yacht, there to talk
over old times, an invitation the Doc.
tor heartily accepted. They proceeded
to the yacht, where they amicably re-
hearsed their adventures by food and
field, each we'll pleased to have met the
other in these piping times of peace"
TO the outside observer, the change
that time has wrought is at once sug-
gestive and singular. Sixteen years
ago Lieut.. Nichols, no doubt, extended
quite as pressing an invitation to DR..
Parr to accompany him on board his
vessel, which, from motives of his own,
the Doctor declined.-Yarmoth IN.
81 Tribune.
The Municipal Council of Uline has
lately published decree in which
it declares that, after ::having duly
weighed and considered the advantages
and drawbacks of cremation rersus in
torment, it has come to the conclusion
that the former is in every respect pref
cradle, for the following reasons:-1.
In hygienic point of view it is un-
doubtedly the best way of disposing O!
dead bodies. 2. 1t is mark Of pro-
gress, because by making cremation op-
tional, the individual is at liberty to
choose between the two modes of bur.
ial. 3. Considered from scientific,
social. religious and sentimental point
of view, no valid reasons can be brought
forward against it, while many very
good reasons might be quoted for it.
4. The expenses would not be heavier
than those of an ordinary burial. Gre
nation has been long introduced, and
is carried out at Milan, as at Gotha. 1t
is now also officially authorized in Paris.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-12

Too much exercise for COWS or ex-
element lessons the proportion of but
ter in milk. Cows III Switzerland that
pasture on the sides of steep mountains,
and are obliged to nso great muscular
exertion, yield a small quantity of but
ter, but large portion of cheese.
These animals when stall fell give a
large proportion of butter and little
cheese.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-12

Not far from tue ameers palace IN
Cabul there is and long has been an
American church in which Christian
worship mas been permitted undls'
turbed through the many civil changes
and disturbances that have taken place
in that city. The number Of the CHRIS,
tians was formerly considerable, but at
present there are not more than twelve.
On week days of late they have been
worshiping according to the PERSIAN
version OF the English prayer book.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-12

INSECT POWDER weather comes
now with its many insects-such as
ants, cockroaches. Take one pound Oh
borax, oue-quarter pound OF sulphur,
both pnlverlzed and mixed Will prove
DroJatuna est!
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-12

Ignorance is a subject for pity.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-12

Antoinette Brown Black well writes
Family interests, instead of suffering
from the widenlngof womanly infuen-
ce, must be surely enabled and benefited
proportionately with the wider sym.
pathies of a more enlightened mother
hood. Tenderness is not incompatible
with reach of intellect, nor have head
and heart been so constituted by the
ALI Father that they must dwell in
perpetual rivalry"