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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-08

[5pripgfield Republican,

Georgia is proud OF the established credit
which has enabled her to dispose of the whole
issue of per cent bonds within sixty days
after they were authorized. Part OF them
were sold in Wall street itself, where no other
State had dared to place a 4 per cent bond.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-08
mrs. Logan BecomIns Ambitious.
baltimore Gazette.l

UdZ5LLB.I
Mrs. Logan Is 80 we'll pleased with her re-
cent political success that she thinks of run
ming her little man into the White House.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-08

Gambetta could pretty surely have had the
French Presidency, but he wisely chose to be
the real rather than the nominal leader OF
France. He is still young, and If he had taken
the Presidency .he would soon have found
himself laid w and labelled "ex-President."
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-08

Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic restores the appetite
and ia pleasant. safe and efficient.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-08
The Last of the Crowd.
IWashinpton Post I

IWdSHIHRCOn POSE.J
The only patriots now left out in the cold
are Pomeroy, Harlan and Beknap. Room
for the lepers!
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-08

Always ready, need no cooking-shadiues.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-08

No fner reli1 d ever was encased-shadlnss. y
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-08

A sewing maehiEe company. making first
class machine. long and favorably known In
the South. desires to arrange with an energetic
mar. or firm. in New Orleans. to handle their
machines. Liberal terms made. Give real
name. and particulars. and address lconaden-
tally Hiram Neal, New York city.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17

A day or two ago. when servant
opened the side door Of a house o.
Sibley street, in response to n tramp
knock, her face looked 30 kind ant
benevolent that the hungry man had
no doubt that a good dinner awaited
him. lie had, however, laid out q
certain programme, and he therefor,
began
MY dear woman, haven't had
any thing to eat for two days, and
wanted to ask IL you would spare me
one Of these icicles which has fallen
from the cayesY"
"Well, | dunno" she slowly repli.
ed, as she looked out. II suppose we
might spare you one, II you are really
suffering, but Of course you won't take
the largest and best ?"
He stepped down and selected an
icicle about two feet long; and, in a
hesitating manner, inquired:
"If you would only sprinkle a lit
tie pepper on this | would he forever
grateful"
dts rather bold in you to ask it,
but ! suppose ! can sprinkle on lit
tle--a very little she replied. and
she got the pepper and busted his
luncheon" very sparingly.
lie started to move away. hut
seeming to recollect something, he
turned and said
"You seem 50 benevolent I'll ask
you to sprinkle on little salt as we'll.
| like my icicles seasoned up pretty
high"
"You are a bold mau, sir. and it's
plain that you have the appetite of a
glutton, hut I'll give you bit of saIt,
and then you must he gone" she re-
piled.
When the icicle had been duly salt
ed, the man expressed his thanks, hut
didn't move away. His game wasn't
working to suit him. Some folks
wouldn't have stood there and seen
him bite oil the end of big icicle,
but this girl did. And, further, when
he hesitated to 60, she Indignantly
called out
81 know what you want. You
now want me to warm the icicle in
the oven for you, and then put On
some mustard, but I'll never, never
do itw
The man moved slowly out of the
gate, and, a. he threw is icicle at a
passing dog, he gave utterance to his
disgust in language punctuated entire
ly with slung.shots. = Detroit Free
Pres.
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Hssfs or I'eol,Ie are HarfYrs

10 slck headache, That inialii ile symptom Of die
ordered stomach, liver and llsels. Many snher
from Il a. many a. thrcs ar four times week.
Thsy DO % needle.sly, ior ilostettcr's stomach
Bitter, BY toning the diFf'i, organs and regua-
ting the bosels and liver. n'nioves the cause, and
di-pels the painful sympiom. The intiuaaie SYM
pathy hetseen the hraiu AMI mo abdominal region
causes the slightest disorder aaeclins the latter 10
b. rejected As ID sem Ia the organ Of thought,
The reform instituted by the Bitter when the d.
restYe, secreuye aud eFacuatike functions In a
state Of ehaos, has oihef and raore benedcisl re-
salts, via, The ooinpleie nat Iitlon VI the whole
physical econony, the psioraiion Of appetite and
rep0se, and increase Ia the power Of the sysisia
10 Teslst diseases 0f . Iaalahsl type. -355-im
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ne Dreamed ne Drew the capital
Iarfar


An Italian gentleman with a nicC
little income had n nice little servant
gid, who said to him one morning
ooh, IL you please, won't you give
me three francs to buy lottery ticket
with? ! dreamed last night that No.
Al, IA was going TO draw the capital
prize, and want to buy that number.
lie gave the girl the three francs,
and next day, on happening TO look
at the report Of the drawing. saw that
No. III, l44 had drawn the capital
prize Of 51s,652.sj lire, or, to speak
more accurately. 100000. Return
ing quietly to the house he concealed
his emotion and said to the servant
girl, "Sue, | have long observed with
appreciation your piety, beauty, mod
esty. skill in the art Of cookery, and
other good qualities calculated to
adorn the highest station. BE mine.
Let me lead you to the hymeneal al
tar. No delay. Just as you are.
"Honest Tniun?" said the hlushing
virgin.
"You bet. | swear by yonder. sill
yer moon that tips with beauty all the
fruit-pie top"
"Then count me in. and regard me
hereafter in the light of your turtle
dove"
"Insten, then, Susan; put on your
bonnet and shawl and let Us take
walk around the block to the old fri.
ar's cell, where we shall be made one"
In a few moments the bride-elect re-
turned, clad in red shawl, with a
black velvet bonnet trimmed with
sunAowers and Victoria regia. In
few minutes more the ceremony had
been performed aud the twain were
one. They returned to their home,
when the husband carelessly took up
the paper and said, with well coun-
forfeited start of surprise
Darling, every thing IS bright for
Us upon our wedding-day. You re.
member the ticket in the lottery that
you dreamed about and | gave you
three francs to buy? Where is it, my
ownest?"
ooh, didn't buy it. | spent the
money tor this duck of bonnet.-lN.
Y. World.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17

An English girl, near Manchester,
tied n string to her toe and let 1.-THE
string. not the toe-harg out Of the
window for a gentleman friend to pull
in order that she might not miss her
music lesson. The rector Of the church,
il is further stated, hearing Of the ar.
rangement, refused the couple the
sacrament Aud tins reminds rs Of a
little story. Once upon time. a
young lady who desired to &c. up
with the lark in order to 60 on an
clipping tour. adopted the English
girls plan, and the lover was to be on
hand at daybreak to give the signal.
The string used for the pedal commu-
nication was a stout chord, and one
end was dropped out Of a third-story
window into the hack yard and the
other end. Of course, was attached to
the damsels great toe. And the le-
gend runs that healthy goat of the
William persuasion arose early next
morning 10 look for the early worm.
rs it were, and wandered into the yard.
Afler eating up I'll the old tomato
cans. barrel slaves and broken crock
cry ware, he found the string and took
that in as dessert. As soon ~ the
chord was drawn tight the goat stood
upon his hind legs and gave the string
an impulsive jerk. The girl awoke.
The goat gave another sudden pull,
and the maiden jumped out Of bed
with smothered cry of pain. Then
she stopped down to detach the cord
Just as the ridiculous beast gave an
other violent jerk. and she lost her
equilibrium and her toe, too, almost,
the cord cutting into the tender flesh.
She sprang to the window and called
in hoarse whisper-"Stop pulling,
Charlie; III be down in a minute
Then she made another effort to unite
the cord, but that diabolical goat gave
his head several angry bobs, and each
time the girl gave a cry of pain. Again
she softly called out in the darkness:
"Charles, if you don't stop jerking
that way Ill not come down at all Z
She was answered by another savage
pull, and the cry Of anguish that es.
capped from her lips brought her moth.
er into the room with a look of alright
and a lighted lamp. The young lady
tainted, the elopement was nipped in
the bud. and the disappointed maid
ems big toe was sore for two weeks.
Tho GOAT ascanal
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17

Dr. Bohon hands us the following:
A jolly, rather lubberly, naturally
lazy, but one of the best boys in Ken
lucky, whose hirsuiie outcropping up
on checks and upper,lip, is of a pre-
cocity, for removal of which, before
going to party the old prescription
Of cream and cats tongue no longer
suffice, good naturally took the teas.
ings Of his boy friends with whom he
was spending the summer, about the
efeminacy of his dimpled cheeks.
Frequent allusions to Johns dimples
finally gave them a prominence in his
thoughts, which caused him to look
for them in other faces. And whilst
present, by invitation at the Friday
afternoon exercises Of neighborins
mixe'i school, he scrutinized the faces
of pupils and spectators. When the
entire family and guests were assem-
bled upon the verandah after supper,
John was entertaining a couple Of
young ladies Neither a sweetheart
who had often heard him rugged about
his dimples, with an account of the
school exhibition, when his inspection
suddenly required to him, and hi
turned to the young man who teascd
him most, and exclaimed with earn
estness and perfect innocence, "Oh
cousin Ed, looked all round to-day
and nearly every one of the girls hai
got nipples"
The deafening outburst of laughter
and yells, and the unceremonioui
scampering of the girls, were incom
prehensibly embarrassing to John, ill
a different diagnosis. as the doctor
say, was made tor the perpetrator Of
that good one. John confesses that i
was not premeditated topographic
al mistake"
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17
nriehfer Prespeess.

The New York Sun takes the fol-
lowing bright view OF the future: -
Aside from the specific measures ia.
ken TO. insure resumption, there are
some general considerations which
should dispose US TO take a cheerful
view OF the situation. For some months
il has been plain that the tide Of bus.
ines prosperity, whose long and dis
astrious ebb commenced with the pan.
&c Of October, 1879. had at last begun
to turn. Nor can II be denied, aliho'
the reflection Is selfish one. that our
prospects are the more propitious be-
cause the moment Of recovery is coin.
cident with a time Of supreme and
perilous depression on the part OF some
other nations. As regards productive
capacities we have now no rival, and
our industrial resources are far greater
than they were twenty years ago. We
may not yet be in a position To vie
with British manufactures in foreign
markets, but we have at least succeed.
Ell to very large extent in ousting
them from our own. The impulse has
died away which gave such tremcn.
dous stimulous to English workshops
through the demands engendered by
our prolonged and wastful contest.
There are signs Of decline in the in.
dustrial and commercial supremacy Of
Great Britain, while still more fla.
grant and decisive symptoms Of pros
tration overcast the future OF the Ger
man Empire. France, indeed, is rel.
atively prosperous, but in many ways
her situation Is less encouraging than
is our own. The burden Of taxation
resting on her people is already much
more onerous than ours, while the
national debt, instead of dwindling, is
steadily Increasing, and the budget Of
government expenses shows deficit
with almost every year. Notwith-
standing the thrift of her people, and
the consummate abilities II her pub.
lie iinaneiers, France is too heavily
weighted, and this country may be ex'
pected to distance her in the race. Nor
can We doubt that the elastic energies
Of the American people would have as.
serted themselves two years ago, but
for the dismay, misgiving and gloomy
apprehension provoked by the elecio.
raj conspiracy, and the wrongful nc.
cessiOn to the office of men repudiated
at the polls II is in spite Of the SIMS
ter influence of a spurious Admins
tration that the defrauded nation has
contrived to right itself, and found at
last the remains of rescue in its mate
rial resources and the traditions of the
iathers.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17

MAY it please the honorable Court
and gentlemen of the jury, the defen'
dant in this case wilfully and mali
ciously, with all the fury of fiend,
emerged from the wild wilderness,
with all the terrible frenzy of Il roar
ing lion, and with his gigantic strength
did, then and there, seize my molten
sive client by the collar and--tOre hi
shirt"
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17

A Chicago girl did not wish to mar,
ry her lover, but said Eyes to hi,
proposal for the fun OF being engaged.
The young man was very much in
earnest, and when she at length in.
formed him that she had only been
joking he threatened to kill her if she
did not keep her promise. Thus bull
dozed, she submitted 10 matrimony
That was year ago. Lately she ap
pealed to the courts, and the Superior
Court has decided that the marriage
having been accomplished by a threa
of violence, is void.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17

Large type founderies and exien'
sive job printers have declared "boy
printers" and amateurs a nuisance.
They pay no rents, taxes nor insur.
ance. and obtain their stock at either
little or no cost, turn out Indifferent
work, which lowers the standard Of
public taste in such matters, and
which completes in price with expert
enoed work men and high-grade print
ing, to the great disadvantage Of the
latter.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17

There was a little unpleasantness at
New Orleans sixty-four years ago this
morning-but let that pass. We do
not wish to revive unpleasant recollec'
tons in the minds of our numerous
readers in Great Britain. LET by
cones be by-gones. Lebanon Stand
ard, Sth.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17

Alta pond at Chapelle Moch, France,
Is children were drowned on Christ.
mas day by the breaking of ice on
which they were sporting.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17

The morals OF horse trading are
somewhat peculiar. A gentleman
bought fine trotter, who was war
ranted to he without a fault. 1t was
discovered, however, that he was blind
of one eye. The sold demonstrated
with the seller, and INDUCED IN long
discourse on the virtue of truthiulness,
just as though horse dealing was not
outside all the rules of commercial
etchics. "You told me, sir, that the
horse was entirely without fault, and
yet he is blind" The casuist looked
blandly into the irritated countenanc,
of the loser by the transaction, and
said, with charming nGirete, II do mol
regard blindness as a fault, sir; ii is q
misfortune"
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17

FoR SCRATCHES. -One-half teacup.
full of the -four of sulphur and one
and One-half teaspoonfuls of turpen-
tine, and this mixed with lard to the
consistency Of butter, will cure the
worst scratches in horses or dogs that
ever existed.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17

When a young man arrives at the
conclusion that his employer can not
get along without him, he has also ar
rived at the most fatal step ON his
journey through life. Fatal, because
the places of the greatest men on
earth have always been filled by those
coming after them.-ICamden Post.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17

How TO MEASURE THE HEIGHT OF
TREES. When a tree stands so that
the length of its shadow can be meas
ured, its height may be readily ascer-
tanned as follows: Set stick upright
Oct it be perpendicular by the plumb
line). Measure the length of the
shadow of the stick; as the length of
the shadow is to the height of the
stick, so is the length of the shadow Of
the tree TO its height. In other words,
multiply the length of the shadow Of
the tree by the height Of the stick, and
divide by the length of the stick.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17

STEPHEN ID. RIcHARps has been
lodged in Jail at Kearney, Neb., on a
charge of numbering at various times
nine human beings. lie, like many
other great men. is native OF Ohio.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17

In the departments at Washington
i, 800 women hold clerkships. The
highest salary paid any one Of them is
$1,000. Many receive $1,000 and
81, 400, and none less than $500.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17

The late Beverly Douglass, while a
Major in the Confederate army, shot
one of his soldiers in lit of passion.
Remorse for the deed Is said 10 have
made him a drunkarl.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17

No DIVORCES IN SoUTH CAROLINA.
South Carolina is the worst State in
the country for couples to emigrate to
who want to get divorced. Before
the war, divorce was unknown, but
under the reconstruction aud Repub-
lican rule the State launched away
over toward the Indiana freedom. A
bin was introduced at the recent ses.
sion of the Legislature limiting the
ground for divorce to the ancient one
Of adultery. but il was finally amend
ed by repeating the whole law, now on
ihe statute books, aud thus leaving ne
way at all open 10 secure a divorce.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17

Mr., Stephens has many stories to
tell of negroes, and one is of a famous
cotton and chicken depredator, who,
since the war, met the Ex.Nice Presi-
dent in the road. "Well, Thomas, -
was the kindly salutation, II was sor.
ry to hear that you had been in troub.
lie about Mrs. Trips chickens. " "Yes,
Mars Alec, but Use done quit all dat
now said the negro, very penitently.
elbow many did you take before you
stopped?" asked Mr.. Stephens. II
tuck all she had" was the perfectly
innocent reply,
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17

the Court in making the levy may
have definite information before il a.
to how much dividends may he ex-
pccted from these roads.
- = Mop
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17

The sugar, lee and whisky crops
have been harvested, and are pro.
nouneed unusually good in quantity
and quality. II the Commissioner
Of Agriculture, etc, will tell US abesI
the mint crop in his next monthly re
port, he would do much tc relieve thu
public anxieiy.-[E. q. LoRau.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17

Not long since gentleman travel,
ling by rail from a neighboring city to
Boston purchased glass Of beer at a
refreshment stand in a way station
and gave the attendant a quarter. The
latter apparently purposely delayed
making change, and his customer was
obliged to hurry on board the train
with a feeling Of having been cheated,
and consequently "cut' fifteen cents.
lie concentrated his wits up the idea
of getting even with the reireshment
vender, and at last devised u plan
which succeeded admirably, as will be
seen. At the next station he rushed
to the window of the telegraph office
aud dictated a message to be sent to
the beer man and paid for by the re-
cipient. Ii was rs follows: "Do you
sell beer at twenty-five cents CLASP
At every station where there was a
chance he repeated this message. Up
on reaching Boston, having thus re.
yenged himself five times, he glided
out out of the depot and of about his
business, with quiet smile of salts.
faction irradiating his placid features
that was refreshing to look upon. As
for the beer man, that night after
shutting up he drew up little bal
ance sheet on the fly leaf of his diary
as follows: Expenses of telegraphy,
sl.25; extra profits on beer, Is cents;
out sl.10.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17

There is but one verdict, and that
is that in thirty-three years DIR. Bulls
Cough Syrup has never failed to cure
Cough, Cold or General HOarseness.
AT Drug Stores. Price 25 cents; five
bottles. 81. "
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Wfiiicn Or tho lNrrniou i0UnNAL.
UoHtN-S PoWrR.

Asay, away With the maddcniug vine.
AWay with the poistucd bowl
have iold my DO nor and rcaco ofmiud,
nd. ivir aa' I'll my soul
4 brilliant faiure dswnsd for mc
Ny guiding slar was bright
No knirhi'lu days of ohlyalry
Ter joined ihe hlo..iy ighi.
VITA brighter rinious 10 the ttc,t..
Aud hirsf banners aosina.
Ihsn youth -nhiriea eief hole. hfasi .oa
Where my laft vas rowing
Aaf fhcfs aicamed a hofe II f,mr.
nriehi viliuns ioomcd i.riofr,
Ant 9Th the great Of sarih my nsmc
should rank ahcn NJ more
pid tread the iosoilcd halls oils.
or loln the euive thfongi
Ne more aid slcv the sccnea Of STRIFE
That rrate this Nc along
nui siren music ih my eat
nisrelled the vision mir.
A. forth the NOES - SWEET ADD oleaf
Were vaned on the aif.
iwhirled within the mary d.nsr
A maidsn adorcd
No earthly power could e'cr snhanrc,
The love a. her Get poured.
This uislden'a smiles around mo vo,s
A siitea sch ofdoom.
10 u-c her rover bot onoe shs .iross.
Ard filcd ny soul With rioom
she 10 my nrs the vins Upheld.
when SEEMED ny train on hrei
i,ds her tempt me not, rerriisi
The aeman dns and dlfe.
Asain shs ufarl-"Iasi onse, my love
Nou'il qusn The vine uith me-"
ia.l saoe Could resist the dove
That fandiy plesi With me-
Nss, onos. and once and siili sgaln.
iqusaed u from her hsnd,
riil rersou ned my burning hrain
And ffensy siaed cammsnd.
Ny love va chaugcd 10 hitisff-i Rate,
whru mocklngly she cried
"Ah. free me frcm the mourniui ilie
Ofheing dfunkard's bird.
In viid despair siosi srau,
fheu suatchei her ffrm The sroud
A silver dagrof ricroci her hsari
il-r hsii Dies. 50 her shfoui
Here. iaf swas non home and if.cni..
And all thsi makes NE dear,
with blasted horcs to-isy roam,
lrined by = woman's snerf.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-01-17

II suffer Kate" remarked small
husband as he..was warmly embraced
by about 250 pounds Of wife.
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q Model Confession.

Several years ago, in Western
town, young lawyer, a member of a
large church, got drunk. The breth'
rem said he must confess. He demur-
red. He knew the members to be
good people, but that they had their
little faults, such a. driving sharp
bargains, screwing the laborer down
to low wages, loaning at illegal rates,
misrepresent!ng articles they had for
sale, etc. But they were good people,
and pressed the lawyer to come before
the church meeting and own up his
sin of taking glass too much, Tor
they were a temperance people and
abhorred intemperance.
The sinner finally wen. to the con-
fession, and found large gathering
of brethren and sisters, whose bowed
heads rose and whose eyes glistened
with pure delight as the lawyer began
his confession.
81 confess" he said, "that | never
took ten per cent. for money On
that confession, down went brothers
head with a groan. 81 never turned
poor man from my door who needed
food and shelter" Down went anoth-
er head. 81 confess | never sold a
skim milk cheese tor a new one
whereupon a sister shrieked for mer-
cy. "But," concluded the sinner, 81
have been drunk, and am very sorry
for it." WhereupOn the meeting very
peaceably adjourned.