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Daily Republican., 1879-05-23
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With winds that set the leaves .'t'r,
(Like some meodious dulcim"'
Whose music dies upol the .lrlngs),
with bird.song sweat, in smiling May,
Our tern Of toll shall pass away.
Tnrn, strOlling near some piAintiye stream
With her wls seems diyinely lair,
III watch the ripping sunlight gieam
Athwart her hrdids Of golden hair
And Lingering in the ieAiy arovs,
Wen tell once more the tals OF love.
Or when ths twiiyht dims the sky,
And ni4ht lots Gown her dusty bars,
III gaxs upon thase love liz eye,
That shaas the spiendor 0! tho stars;
While from tho dronsy forest high,
1t soundsta Natsre's lullaby.
Daily Republican., 1879-05-23
r1R RAsF Fs<E sx1HE

RFNT T-F'oQrth-story Hall With !; z
. .nte rosps. JOHN q. HARM
" "h'e iul3-tf
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-07

duke Albrecht gave his niece They are
made Of diamonds set 80 ~ TO resemble edei-
| weiss The present OF the Arches5 Marie
Regnier was u dadem resembling O laurel
wreath, and composed entirely OF diamonds.
Among the most interesting OF the royal
gifts arc the fans, 81 which, In part. the trols-
seal will consist There Is one made 81 SIZE,
md provided with delicate ivory handle
which, ON opening Ia almost transparent. In
the centre IL Huperbly executed royal crown
and the coat-of arms OF the Austrian and
Spanish houses Another fan rs made La the
Spanish style The upper part is OF real
black lace, and It has u pink mother-of-peHrI
handle. Tho first mentioned fan Ia present
III Queen Isabella. the latter was sent by q
Spanish princess. Arehduke william sent the
bride IL fan made Of white Lace, and adorned
with three pictures. painted cn silk, repre-
sentlng idyls Of the roopco period The bundle
Is of tortoise shell. 0us Of the most adn1rn~
bic things In tho collection is the silver toilet
set made under tho Arelrtluehessa own dreo~
tsons. The brushes comb and ether neeess
safiss arc all superb specimens OF art.
There we're mnnV presents sent from al the
gnyernmeHts Ut Europe, most of shsm ng~
ticles rIph and rare and selected with TASTE
and nll of them ri great valHs. One sent by
the French government will rank. perhaps. LII
beauty With any ri tho others. Il Ia 4evrss
vase. one NJ tho largest ever made, and OF
haauiE Ful proportion nd design. 1t REQUIRED
tho combined et1prta IF four men to carry Ii.
Don francisco, the head OF the. dontpensier
family, gave beautifH presents indeed, ths
those which were brought to pretty Mercedes.
tha gHeoa who Is dead, but who Less than two
ynals age was the central figure Of similar
scene To tails
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-07

"Denths Door, or, as In French. Port
tIt Mort. ~ the natae applied to littie strait
that connects one end ~ Greaii Bay with Lake
Michigan. nad through which much of the
Wisconsin lumber NJ nat he ifoated. eOrre-
sppndont Ut tho Troy NJ Y Times, writing
from Cnnn lsiand, tells at n tragic occur renee
Of February. INIT. which has not been 90"
serlted hitherto. Mentioning that Death 9
Doar was named because nearly the Whota
tribe 81 Pottawstornie Indlnns we're drowned
In trying to cross the strait, the Times c6rrs-
spon'Ient says that two winters ago an olu
fisherman and his son saiied from Detroit
harhnr on their return to Sister Bay, where
they liyei They disappeared na,d were not
seen again for forty days. Ono day about bhe
middle of March the lighthouse keeper on
CANA Island saw two mon drifting down WIN
the Ice ont of Denth's Door They sat uprfRng
Ia the stern nr tho boat, slide by side The old
man sat with his arms folded, slightly DENT
forward, resting them ON his ltnees The son
was bolt upright IS the boat passed with
the swift current and cracking leo the Keeper
serutnized them with his spy gaas. 70 his
surprise, neither nf tho mon moved. lie al"
justed his glass again bringing them nearer.
Then he saw that both we're dead and frozen
stiff Icleles were hanging from the fathers
beard. On his hat was frozen snow. Ills face
wore tbs oppression IT man insthe deepest
ngony Tho sons Features were ht rest and
his ayes glassy IN their stare. The boat swept
by. aud neither boat nor occupants were ever
seen after wards. M1.-. 5..
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-07
A skating ARMY Corps.

The corps of skaters, n force peculiar to the
Norwegian army, has been lately reorgan-
lied, gnd consists now 1T live companies each
OF 10 men which ia time of war can be re-
inforGed by chlIing IN go skaters belonging
to the Ilnndwehr. The men Of this corps are
armed with rifles, and cau be manGeuvred
upon ice on over the snow fields of the noun
tains with u rapdity equal to that OF the best
trained cavalry. The skates they use are ad-
mirabIy adapted Tor travelling over rough and
broken Ice or frozen SHOW, being six Inches
broad and between lime and ten Inches long.
In ascending steep slopes the men take q
zlgzag course. lacking up tho mountain side
MS u ship does against D. head wind. AS an
instance Of the speed Mt which they can go, 1t
is mentioned that last winter a messenger
dispatched from Ioernas at 3 O'Clock In the
morning arrived ~ Dr0ntheim ut 8 80 In the
evening of the Same day, having consequent
~ Accomplished 31p miles in eighteen and one
hait hours / must b. added, however that
Rperaas Hes some 5000 feet higher than Drons
thHinl, So that the course Of the skater was
down hill the whole way. On the return
Journey the same man took iifty-four hours
to roach Roerass from Dronthaim, but the
route he took led him over very rough ana
broken snow iieIds, which rendered great eau
ton and slow skating necessary.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-07

At the COLISEUM Variety Theatre, IN Kan
aas Glty, on Monday night, Herr Gnlse. o
magician, strobe across tho stage and made
his low saaam To the dancing girls, Around
the neck In thn pockets md under the fantas-
Tic cap OF the magician were seven snakes-a
tree snake. N hoop suake, n hoh and various
kinds Of rattlssnates. The boys In the gal
ary shouted whstled and screamed. Herr
4use did several tricks with his pets. The
dancing girls were persuaded to let tho con-
striotor coil about their ankles, binding as
with n chain dozen pairs together. 1t was q
wonderful performance. the magician showing
trick after trick, with clever salies now and
then. At one point q boy In the audience
called out that tbs snakes were Without fangs,
and, therefore, were harmless. Come up To
de stage, mine poy. said the performer. The
boy leaped over tho footllghts and stood ut
the performer q side. Herr Guise threw con-
lident "now 500 nj the lad and taking %
toethpick pressed open tho mouth OF one Of
IBIS reptiles that the fangs might DO shown.
The reptiles mouth opened, but In IN Instant
Its fangs were buried TO tho roots In the ma
gieInn's hnnd Herr Gulss at once ran from
| tbe stage and drank seven large tHmhlers full
| Of whisky, Before stupor fell upon him he
sucked the venom from the wound. Never
! theoes his hand and arm became frightftlly
| swollen and he WIS put ~ bed more dead than
alive This Kansas City Times Of Wednesday
says that the mans recovery Is not expected.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-07
sam Hrsnnsnrs ,rG.
baltimore Sun Sun Francisco Lett

IBa tlmnrn Sun San Francisco LatnrI
Sam Brnnnan was rich whom Maximllau
Invaded Mexico. lie was always generous
That government was short Of provisions for
the army. Sam was noted FOR having aided
our onterprtaing railway kings nj ~ critical
period tfS their early struggles. His f250Op
just tlded over their embarrassment and gave
them credit and salvation. This was rather
tardly repaid. so he helped Mexico. IIe
loaded a vessel with provisions and sent IT. to
that country IA . contribution 70 the cause
Hrannan Of falstega WIS flush them Altar
the expulsion III the Austrian, tho grateful
republic remembered Sam aud presented him
with ~ certificate Of entltlemeut to some
square miles of mountain land which. how
ever ha accepted "a evidence of appreciation,
not Of compensation. Latterly he discovered
that tho new bonanza dlstrict, now creating
a rush, is embraced I'm hi9 grant He Is now
East arranging TO get his title papers, which
will he readily delivered Ibe lowest valua-
tion Is one and u halt million This comes as
OPPORTUNITY rs his cargo VI army stores did
b, Mexico. Jolly living and groggy hargains
made him poor. Now. how timely comes this
restoration to fortune Moral; Republics arc
not always unRrateful, nor do good deeds go
llnrawarfai there.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-07

Fourteen human skulls. ranged round In
circle were found on nm island In IHiara lake,
California. - few weeks ago. The mysterious
reminders OF some lost romance were In the
middle of the island, a small patch Of gTess,
thick brush md plgmy cottonwood trees. No
other bones could be found near thsm. Near
by on the shore of tho island were two hats
Of basket work, but both were untenanted.
Tulare lake probably is this most mysterious
spot on the continent il Is 800 miles south
of Sun Francisco, GA u great plain. As the
Traveller approaches the water appears to be
higher than ths land, Tho dry land OF the
plain gives place 10 damp soil mile or SO. be-
fore watef Is reached. When the margin is
found at last ono may wade out for more
thnn a mile and not get In above tho knee.
Tho lake runs forty miles one way and has q
breadth of about thirty miles. The bottom
Is formed 81 powdered clam shells, and there
are huudreds OF SMALL islands and lunches o.
tules. Millions of white birds OF the gull
kind tenant tho islands, lock high In the air
| or skim the still water In the Indian SUM
ner just past the whole lake was yelled In
mist Mounds have been found along the
shore, and before many months the whola
bottom will be Inspected. IN the belief that IL
will show traces ot ~ submerged city.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-07
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, SUNDAY, DECEMBER T. 1870

Tom. TITS not there, Some one has beer
tand noticed the chalk, and taken 1t. Come
home, Jack: / feel sick and tired. oh bad
any man ever luck like mIrer'
turned to 70, but took oDe last look at the
cff first. Tom was already ahead. ten PAGES
|ofT
'IIollo" | cried. don't yonsee any change
In that circle since yesterday
"Whnt Il ye mean" said Tom.
Don't you miss thing that Was there be-
fnre2"
"rhe rock ealtn said Tom
.Nn hut the little round knob that we used
Tor a fulcrnm. I sHppose we must have
wrenrhed IL Oft IN using Tho lever Let's have
n look ut what It's made "f
Accordingly. Mt the foot or tho elff we
searched about among tho loose stones.
Here rou are lack We've done 1t Mt last
Wa'ra made mpnr'
with delight and with little corner OF binek
rock In his hand At first sight It seemed to
be merely chip from the cliff. but near tho
hase thnle was projecting from 1t an object
which Tom was now eSultlnnly pointing out.
II looked at fret something ike n glass eye
but there WIS depth and hrilliancy about Il
such nc glass nnyer exhibited There was no
mistake this time, we had certainly got pos
aessinn OF jewel Ut great value. md with
Hight hearta we turned from tho valley. boar
Ing away with ia tho "ilend" which had So
long reignetl unmoIested there.
There sir, I've spun my story out too long,
and tired yuu perhaps You soc when get
talking of tho rough old days. kind OF SEQ
the little cabin again, and tho brook beside IT,
md tho bush around and seem 10 bear Tom s
honest voice once more There's little for mo
to cay now, We prosperea on the gem. Tom
nonahue, ma ynu know. has sst NJ here and
Is weli known about town | have done we'll
farming aud ostrich raising In Afrlen. We
ent old Dick Wharton UP In business, md he
Is ono If our nearest naighbora IF Won
should over he coming nur way, sir. you'll
not forget 10 ask for Jack 'iurnholI sir Jack
Turnbul Of HasRssa firm.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-07
Ouray's Love.

lNHW 1Drk Irlnhne.l
Max Lyman, prairie scout who lived az
the White river agency year aud nall, aEn
knew the MeekerS Intimately, tells this story
to reporter Of the Dubuque 1tass: "0ursy
was in love with tho oldest daughter OF Agenb
Meeker, and think that had this not been sls
case, every one of the Meeker family weula
have been butchared. He often told me ina,
he loved tbs white girl, and II made him 1e s
badly 30 think that he could never marry neL .
| h&se seen 0uray follow her around a s1a
watch over her as it she was child. ~ ~
would do anything to please her. QilraySS
sister knew That her brother loved the Meek ~,
family, and so took good care that no na II
should come To them. / was there when Wy ~
women were brought back, and Qaray Was nj nj
happy that he rushed up to the N ecker girl ~ y.
shook her hand for an hour. rio tried nafo ~. "
stop her from weeping, but she said, '9ur M
you knew this trouble wsa coming az ,os sr =,
time, and can never forgive you. ! is En-
now that he is doing all In his power TO Dlihe
the bad Indians in"
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-07
shewlsaans Teeth.
Hartford limos Washington Lotto,

Hartford TImos Washington Ietorl
Tho clerks In the Treasury Department
have n good thing on Sherman, and they tell
II to all who promise to keep IT. quiet OF ut
least who will not disclose tho name Of their
informant # appears that some time ago
Sherman complained. In the hearing Of one
Of tho treasury clerks named johnson, of pain
from several OF his teeth. Johnson who has
attended two courses Of dental lectures. and
who will graduate next spring MS dentist,
suggested that the teeth could he filled up
without much expense. So that they would
not pain any more, After some talk tho Sec
rotary requested johnson to purchase the
tllin.s and proceed tn plug his teeth In the
manner suggested which he did or course
Johnson expected to got paid for the work
although 1t was done In office hours. but
sherman has never said anything about
money since tho work was done. AS the ma
teral was charged to the Secretary he will be
required to pay for that Practicing dentists
and physicians complain that this thing oi
hoads Of departments or heads Of bureaus
detailing their clerks to do work OF this kind
ahonld be stopped by law. AS II Is now they
lose many fee that should IegltimateIy &c
to them.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-07
CARNATIONS.

Blow, winds of Summer. on the grass
OF meadows green my love must pass
What time he comes to me; -.
Shine. eun OF Summer. on the way
That he, full hearted, takes to. day
Toward our trysting tree.' ~
Sing. happy lark, in Gods blue sky, {
Tift thou Try thrilling voice on high
In carol strong and clear:
einQ. lark. and will sing With thee,
Because good things hnva come to me.
Because loves life is dear.
penapse nv sometimes lonely heart
Ii love elected to n part
Among earthfa favored few:
Dscauaa my lately empty hand
Ia IlilsH to-day hy loves command
With blossoms OF lovs's hue.
Because wear upon my hrnaat
The flower my lover lnveth best,
The flower he Eavaf to me-;
A dark earnation velvet red,
Nv moonlight gathered from Its bed.
When nine wac near 90 soc.
aweet carnatlon whnsn perfume
II richer even than Its bloom
OF BinEly, crimson hue:
And na the flower ia sweet above
Ita Summer feIlowF, 50 his lnve.
More than most lova, ta true,
i wear my blossom q or = HeatI
Uontent to take the mnaker part
In All loves days tn como.
Gentant tp fare In quiet ways
Afnr from rumnr'a blame and praise,
In sunshine of sweet bone.
/ wear my flower upon u hronst
Faat tbrohbinF now with loves unrest,
But calmly flowing time,
Thnt teaps the hat vest Ut the ynnfa,
VIII temper all loves am'Iaa aud tents,
10 harmony sublime,
wear the flower loves hand hath given.
stnnd beneath Gods azure heaven
with aunehine IN my snul:
No cloud upon my summer day,
MY lover on hia happy Why,
All, heart thy bliss Ia whole,
Full we'll ] know tha Summer aun
Ia dim when Summer dnya are done.
But for iife's Winter hours,
We two will plnek the orimaon bloom.
And thence ilFtil the rich perfume
or loves carnation noweral
Ian the Year Round
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-07
All AIspux "a Cat.

"lIring me y lantern' Quick quick !"
shrieleti an excited woman on Sunday night
last rs she thrust her head Into tho doorway
or boarding house In Van liouteu street,
Paterson ", j., she's fallen into the race. .
All the boardnrs fnn out Of tho house, and
some ono got n lantern. Ono man pulled of
his cont md sprang Into the water MT tho
place pointed out by the woman, without
stopping tn Inquire whether it, was n child OF
a woman whose life was In danger. This ex-
cited woman INN toward the race, and pres
entity returned With . half=drownnd cat in her
arms. with which she hurried ofr at tho top
81 her speed, moi evnn stopping to think tho
man who had jumped into the ley water.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-07

Tho Detroit F1ree Pfeaa tolls the story that
some iiend in human shape went Into the
elcesyir hnttory room Mt San Francisco hote
the othcr day md turned the whole force of
tho forty eight EumpsoH coils ON the reverse
way at once instantly loud shrieks re-
BOUNDED through tho corridors, and In the
next ten minutes the walters found over
sixty guests hanging hy their thumbs to the
elecfrtt buttons In their rooms enperng
Ono old lady was drawn up into such knot
that two doctors haven't got her llattened out
since
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-07

They say you can't find mn enr Of corn with
an odd number Of rows Of grain In slavery
times a Richmond l<y1 slave told his master
master bet him his freedom he hadn't and
couldn't. La tbs fall tho tlatlsey brought his
master an ear with thirteen rows of grains,
and got biss freedom. Fhe same moke con-
fnsaed the other day that the ear had fourteen
rows but he cut out one with sharp knife
without rrnoying the epr from the stalk. and
tied II up to grow straight.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-07

A stolen turkey crowned the Thanksgiving
table of u negro who lived on the De Yafnpert
plantation near Uniontown, Ala. The mother
of the family was carving when her husband
gtbed at her for her awkwardness. She
clenched the handle Of the fork In her left hand
aud stabbed at her husbands breast Both
prongs of the fork made holes through tho
man s heart.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-07

Tho celebrated chestnut mt Tntworth, which
was said, half q century ago, 10 be tho oldest
tree in England. still Stands. tho prihe Of it's
noble owner Earl nueiel and the boast ri tho
district. lis present dlmeneinns are rs fol
lows Circumference three feet from the
ground forty nine feet spread Of branches
from north to south, eighty-8ix feet, from
enat 10 west. eighty eight ENnL.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-07
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Great Merit.

All the fairs give the FIRST premiums and
special awards Of great merit 10 Hop Bltters
as the purest and best family medicine, and
we most heartily approve OF the awards. for
We know they deserve It, They are now on
exhibition nj the State fairs, and we advise all
to tast Thorn tee another column.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-07

The entire Catholic world is preparing to
solemnize the jubilee OF the immaculate con :
ceptton which falls on the eighth Of Deem
her next, and Pope Leo XII. by q decree
lately published, accordingly grants to all
Catholics plenary indulgence on the day Of
the feast, Or on one of the days OF the octave
OF the immaculate conception.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-07

Professor Proctor says the earth Is 100000
coo years old. And we believe him. Almost
every day we come across joke that is every
whit as venerable as that. -IBoston Trans
criDt,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-07

Peace appears to be restored In Colorado
Just as often as the Indians can catch soldier
out alone Burlington Hawkeye.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-10
Unnatural ObslrucliOMs.

Certain fundamental laws of na
turc are demanded by the human
organism. As life requires cons,a II
and regular action, there Is necessa
rily II continual wearing out OF ma.
terial and corresponding accumn.
latinn of ciicie matter, which must
be thrown of through the different
channels OF the ~ stem. Tins ls all.
solutely necessary TO II hcalthln|
action of the human machine; but
should these channels OF cgress be.
come obstructed. or blocked up,
disease and suffering would be th,
Legitimate result. Nearly all fe
males, married or single, at stated
tunes suffer from these instructions
leading To headache. luchorrh9a
loss oi appetite, hysteria, Prolapsus
loss OF color, prostration, cmacia.
ton. etc. There is one remedy
which will cure this condition oI
female lite known as English Fc
male Bitters. the grand triumph Us
u female regulator.
For sale al Jno l.. Driver i Co,
Drug Store.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-10
A Midnight Poe.

During the "wec sma" hours,
when nil arc wrapped in silcn,
.lunber, the insidious subtle foe,
unperceivcd and unsuspectod, qui.
etly enters the private sanctuary
attacks the inmates and ponps lis
poisoned miasm int" the blood,
which paraIyxeS the nerves, locks
up the secretions, innervaies the
stomach, aud a severe chill is the
result. This deadly foe must he
disarmed, its devastating influences
must be countcractcd, it's effects
must he overcome /; the stomach,
must bc clcsnsed aud toned, tho
liver unlocked aud the bowels NOV.
ed. I'O this and rhills and fever
cannot exist aud we know OF but
one com b,nation that will accom-
plish sll these results at the same
time aud that article is Days Aguc
Tonic, which never fails 10 cure.
For sxis u, Jno. J., Dri.rr A. Cos
Drug s."ps.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-10
An EC idelllic OfCrilnc.

IT, rs with pleasure that We pub.
lish the following honest expires.
sion OF the true aud universal opln.
Ion Of the masses from the C0lum-
bic Banner as il proves conclusive.
~ our people ale awak,ng TO the
terrible disqualification Of society
caused by the evil named:
II must have been remarked
many times within the past few
weeks what tremendous amount
of cris.se has been committed. 1t has
been argued by newspapers dispo.
seJ 10 philosop)'ize that the unus'
nal amount OF murders may be nc.
counted for on the same princi.
plcs ss epidemiiH. aud that the
perpetrati0n Of one a.ursler Undue.
~ another. that the laws of sympa.
thy arc satA throughont ths human
race That one feels ivreSsii,bIy ia,
cIincd 10 do murdcv s,mniy hecapsc
some Que else hss done 30. We
noticed in an exchange the other
~ very elaborate editorial "a
pksch Was stated crime epidemica.
psgt pct very fseqaent were