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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-23
AN HISTORICAL INCIDENT.
A Story that Queen Victoria Never Told
aud Why She Never Told 1t.

People attempting tn do grnnt deeds md
failing arn having n run In literature just
nov Fhn atlantic recently published the
story of "the man who was to have assassin
ated NAPOLEON, although tho story, as told.
makes Il doubtful whether there ever was any
such man. Tho SdfUdnu Nd0d+ine. published
by MIR. L. IL. Perkins. assistant librarian or
the u ,ston Public Library, and n nephew of
Mr. Henry Ward iIanrhGT and Mrs. Stowe.
furnishes n tale Of exceeding interest written
by SuGhst Ward, the secretary o. admiral
Morgan. OF tho jnited States flag ship Ten
nesaen" Mr.. rerkns II Secretary Wards
executor and found tho story among his pa
para The incident H. relates has newer been
discovered in any public document. nor has II
vet appeared In Martins life ~ the Prince
Consprt, and Mr.. Perkins thinks 1t never will.
Briefly the story Ia aa follows:
Tho Ianneasao was CrHtatng In tho English
Channel wnen tho nsws camn or the stopping
Of the Trent and the capture of Maaon and
SIldelI. Morgan was eager Tor fight, and
hopad tho Incident would lead To war. lie
was holding his vessel of Osborne, Queen
Vietoria'a residences. on tho tslo OF Wight.
subject to tho orders Of our Minister to Eug
land Ward was sent ashore to fetch OF thnt
gentloman. and on his return with him was
told by tho coxswain of tho Admirals bargn
that tho Sold man had got y witidar below. u
rllnnn' or with her. they say shos tho rch-
est woman In England.
Az soon "a Ward and tho Minister were on
board tho T"nnoasen got under way. inc
widow was Quean Victoria with ono OF her
personal aItehha'i's. 'fhy NJ no
American minister Whsst'lnheu. iooRni aRail,
stepped forward. hn'l. bowlhg very low anu
eet"mohtolalV, Raln ne was 'hoSI asto'lis''"a'
whereupnn Quan Victoria burst out upon
him. asking him II " was possible hf had con-
ttiV'h TINS w'rRedhnss; ono aariafeh' IN
great rage. tnat sh' hei hNe, R'nnappea ny
this p"r9"n. meaning W" admiral. VINO Waa
y WORSE hlia'" tha', '"ht' iaul 'n,aA, ny
whatever happha to nls, She said. III Will
he N" enh 81 your r"nanilc Mf, anu you
Will Iichly deserve ~ Sha SPOKE rlRn1
royalty. without tingN on h"'r' as boldly
MS u all" w"r" addressing nor own iarl'a'hoht
IN Westminster hhthy 'statd 81 he'ie
captive " ~ foreign man 81 war; beyohd the
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-23
The sultan's Female slaves.



The revelations of NJ Abdul IIalsk resemble
tho stories Of Thousand and One Nights.
and ono might be vastly tomptod u disbelieve
tho eSist"nca IF such u stats Of affairs MT the
doors Of European civilization II tile "details
furnished hy tho writer wera not supported
by undeninhlo proofs Of truthfulnoss. " tolls
liz that the Shltan II surrounded Nv hundreds
OF young women. he employs for what tn"
writer terms hs family servico' n body nf
forty young women. selected carefully from
among tho hands,msat In the palace. Tho
duties thNy have To perform an" to keep hls
hair aud finger nails In order and lutl him 10
sleep lin keeps ballet of fifty girls, who
perform several dances every evening after
supper. while HIS htghnoas Ia Resting on n
divan He also has band Of thirty female
musicians, and about sixty others who take
charge OF his apartments, clean his arghilca
and ehbouques and perform other similar
duties In short. tho whole service In the
palace II done hy femal" slaves, chosen from
among the most attractive onos In his domin
ions,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-23
The IOyer. TSlepI,oue

Tho Lovers Telephone Is tho name OF a
little oontrlvance now being sold on the
streets. by which sounds arc transmitted
along cord attached ~ two cylinders. and
supposed to be- very effective In mitigating
aggravated cases Of "stern PARENT" A
young lady on Post street was In the habit OF
Guiding tho lynx eye of har father by drop
ping one OF these Inventions from The third
story sido window every night and holding
awoet converse with her adprsd but financial
ly inellgible sweetheart, who stood on tho
pavement below. The other night tho "Gov-
ernor" happened to notice a Mysterious cord
that passed his window. and an live 'tigatiun
discovered the little arrangement. He deity
attached another ing half way. and apply
ing II to his car. enjoyed an atroctionats in
terview then In progress
Would II In safe for me To call tomorrow
finally inquired tho lower end Of tho ap
paratus.
"Yea, Charlie vibrated M r. ,lian whlsper
from above.
"When do you think the old beast will 10
out2'
I'm about two SECONDS. with n club was
the startling response. aud tho way tho Old
gentleman jumped fnr ths hali-dopr would
have been very effective II H. had been hall
az apeeay "a tho Z tlt Mt which tho young
man outside left for tho adjoining ward.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-23
Results of a strong Government.


few statistical facts respecting Germany
are worthy OF record, as they show that II
the best government Is that which produces
the greatest amount of happiness among tho
governed. the Germans have not been excep-
tionally blessed by the establishment OF the
Empire. In 1875 one person in every 184 was q
pauper In Berlin; now one person in every
seventy-four is pauper. In 1871 the average
OF tramps in German workhouse was 800;
now 1t is GO. In 1878 there was no pawn
broker In Munich; now there are 40 pawn
brokers. In 1871. G403 persons were brought
before iuries In Prussia, In 1877 the number
was l2,807. In Bavaria the number was In
1872, 1855; in 1876 1t was 5273 Murder In
Prussia has increased since 1871 IA per cent,
forgery 80 per cent, and fraudulent bank
ruptcy 2s6 per cent. In 1871 there were 2723
suicides In Prussia; In 1875 there were 1878.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-23
QUEER CUSTOMS.
An Ocean Steamship Detained When About
to Sail, and all on Account of u
Pug Dog,
I(lllinnpn T,rihunn.l

NEW York, Dec. II. The White Star steam
or l!rittanle was seized and detained with her
mails and passengers for one Of tho most
trivial infractions Of customs laws that the
erratic conrses Of ts enforcement In this city
has ever furnished.
On her last voyage from Liverpool she
brought q pug dog. sont from tho other sido,
under the care OF a steward The animal was
not mentioned on tho manifest. and was
seized, valued Mt S5 and duty Of 81 col
lectod. As the steamer was about to satl she
was seized and delayed until her agent gave
bond to stand the issue of the government
decision for the Oifsnsn mentioned.
Subsequently, fine Of $l0G was imposed.
In steamship circles tho affair is regarded ms
an outrage. although such IL tho fear of the
ship owners and importers Of tho nutoCratic
power of the customs collector that they prefer
10 Ruffer in silence rather than contest any
issue tho government may raise with them.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-23
A steamer stopped by Jelly hsh.
ILoudon Telegraph.


A correspondent OF the Western Morning
.Netsa gives an interesting description Of tho
voyage OF tho Grocodile. In the course Of his
observations no says: son September q the
ship crossed tho equator early In the morning.
On tho following night u most curious ctrcum-
stance occurred. which would hardly be cred
tied. The ship was stopped by jellyfist.
which, shortly after | O'Clock appeared In
myrads ms far as the eye could reach. and tho
thousands of luminous bodies floating upon
the water gave the appearances OF u scene
from fairyland. Some OF the fish got into the
strainers Of the condcnRers and blocked the
holea SO that the water could not enter, and
the result was That the vacuum went down
and thcn disappeared entirely. The eoaden-
Srrs afterwards became so heated that we hhd
to stop stoaming altogether, tnke of the
atrniners and clean them. Three attempts
were made 10 steam. and each failed from the
same cause In this way we were delayed no
less than five hours. but nj daybreak tho fish
sank and the ship was nbo to proceed Tho
same thing occurred again on tho following
night, the ship being Delayed four hours"
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-23
REarrIage Hours I'm England.
New York Tribune


The extension of the legal hours of mar
riage In England, from their present limits
between = u. m and II m. to 8 n. M. and 6 y.
M. Is advocated by Mr.. Bickersteth, the vicar
of Christ Church. Hampstead He thinks
this would DO boon. not merely to working
men, who cannot attend n wedding In the
forenoon without sacrificing days wages,
but also To- professional men, who find II al
most Impossible To be absent from their du-
ties In the middle OF the day. Moreover, he
considers tho early hour OF being married q
double waste Not only la the day lost, but
1t ID disspated without any real pleasure
"for who" he asks, "has not felt the hours
hang wearly when the bride and bridegroom
have leftY The wedding guests, In fact. are
bored after tho rice and old slipper episode,
and do not know how to amuse themselves.
But fix the ceremony for 3 p. m. instead Of
IL 80 u. m, and convert the wedding break
fast into wedding dinner, and all, opines
Mr.. Bickersteth. would be satisfied; %
pleasant social evening would close the day"
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-23
N0ah's Tossa b.
| Hack woods Magazine 4

A road practicable FOR wheeled vehicles
leads from here along tho plain 10 Baalbec.
n distance of about forty miles a pleasant
road. for the first hour skrting the lower
Lebanon spurs, and winding between hedges
of roses In bloom and through richly Guilt
waited country. | turned of from II before "
became hot and dali, ut the village of Maui
Iaka. celebrated rs containing the mortal re-
mains OF Noah whose tomb Is shown to
tho credulous stranger. Its Dimensions are
lOi feet long by ten broad. and 1t conveys
some idea of the siAs of the human race be-
fore they evolved backward as II We're, 70
their present Dimensions. A Noah lived u
tho age OF $50 years. and built an ark large
enough to contain specimens Of every living
thing on the face OF the glnbe, there seems 70
be no reason why he should not himself have
been over 100 feet high.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-23
The story of "A Gas Meter,

The Detroit free Press Is responsible for
tho statement that gentleman In Detroit
determined to no longer pay gas bills took
an axe and cut his gas meter into two dozen
pieces. The meter still survived and the gas
bill still came In the same size every month
He then boiled the pieces Mt temperature of
375 degrees Fahrenheit with no effect He
reported his experiments to the PRECEDENT Of
the gas company. The latter was intensely
Interested, and replied that for fidelity to
duty and passionate devotion to the inter
ests OF those 1t serves he knew no noble mar
tyr or splendid soldier In history more
worthy of honor than the despised and
humble gas meter Then he calculated the
interest forthirty years on the value OF the gas
meter and added both to the consumers bill.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-23
The Female Pedestrian Match fn New
York
ErSt. Louis HeprlblIean.I

NEW YORK, Doe lG.-it Ia II sorry sight tho
twenty-on women and girls who, already
worn hnd weary. are dragging themselves
around tho track In Gilmorss Garden. Tho
Weather Ia very cold. and tho place Is INSULT
oiently warmed. The attendance is thin and
tho thing will be- II failure pecuniartly. but
spurred by the hope Of small prizes the
women push on. About noon Miss Andrew
was 50 affected In tho hips that her friends
took her to tho tent. not to appear again.
Miss Jacobs looks badly. Her Dyes ARE
s,nkon. face pale, and She drags her weight
with M evidently painful effort. Miss kowelI
still takes sprightIy step. but has the ap
pnnranCa of ono who has passed. through u
severe attack Of sickness. Another h 80
prostratei that 1t may hs said She crawls
rather than walks Miss Davis has u swelod
face Her eyes seem to bulge out, and she is
worry lams. Some wore Eh Lwls and yet Shly
ornd and several showed signs Of having
heavy colds. Mime. Anderson Is tho freshest
ono on the track. Every ono who sees tho
women says that tho police should stop tho
brutal pyhibitou
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-23

lDNroit ltron preas.I

young man with thin dress-roat but
toned close 90 his chin md his lips blu" with
cold entered II terry-duci saloon yesterday To
get warm. and he eeemNd 40 very cold that
ono Of the men with his faot on tho stove
asked.
m ost time for nh overcoat. liant IL"
"P-purty near. ahlverni th" young m I'll.
Aud you haven't got one2
"N-no. Winter befaIe last ] was In jail In
kalamaa 10 all winter, and last winter was
In the Cnclgp Wnrkhpuse all through cold
weather | shouldn't wonder " put In this
winter hero In tho House of Correction, and
don't want to buy M ovarepat TIL | make
some deiini'n arrangements about where
shall lay ~
He was given u glass or beer for his hon
esty. and woat out feeling quite good.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-23
st. Louis as a cotton Mart.

st. Louis Is without question looming up
as a cotton market. Up to tho fifteenth Of
this month the gross receipts Of cotton since
September |, inclusive, were 29l, 7Gi an In
crease over the same time for last year OF
100, sS1 bales. Merchants there expect the
gross receipts for this whole season to foot up
A5o, 900 bales. These are big figures consider
ing the location OF st. Louis, for 1t seems
quite ~ natural that Chicago should be a cot
ton market as st. Louis. and nearly 50 that
San Francisco should. We incline to the
opinion. though. that this will be the largest
cotton season st. Louis will ever enjoy BY
next season New Orleans will have railroad
communication with Texas and her jetttes
will be q fact beyond cavil, and then cotton
will go to that point where. 1t naturally
graduates,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-23
STARTING A GRAVEYARD.
How the Sutro Miners Bucked Against a
Home Cemetery.
Virginia Chronicle

In the course Of recent address before the
New York Bullion Club, Adolph Sutro told OF
the trouble he had OF getting a graveyard
started at Sutro. He said:
zone labors under all sorts OF difficulties
dealing with men. 1t seems ridiculous. but
the most difficult thing we had to do was to
start graveyard. 1t took some three years
to start 1t. Whenever a man got killed, or
died. the men would get up big funeral, and
go off to Virginia City or some other place to
bury the man. All work had to be stopped for
one or two shifts. They would each lose their
81 for wages. would pay $500 or $500 more for
teams, and some would drink SO freely as to
be unit for work the following day. / was
determined to put stop to that. So said to
the men: Why can we not have a graveyard
OF our own and bury our men hereY | had a
grave dug for the next man that died. The
dead mans friends came and said they would
not have the man buried there. / asked them
why? They said that 1t would be too lonely
for the poor fellow That seems ridiculous,
but it is fact did not wish to have any
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-23
Free suinine n success.

The mportations of quinine and sulphate
OF qunine from April TO July were S25, 200,
taken off, the imports rose to 8230, 800 while
during the same period, In spite Or the fact
that this period covered the malarlous sea-
son. the price OF qunine fell To So Is per ounce
for American and to 81 IS for French. This
disposes Mt last Of this blood tax, for 1t shows
that free quinine will not drive American
manufacturers out OF the market, but that 1t
has had the effect already to stimulate their
production and that OF their foreign compet-
tors SO much as to enable our sick people to
get quinine at prices which are ninety-five
ruled while the monopoly WAS still sustained.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-23
Death t,y Electricity.

DIR. w. A. Hammond, OF New York says
electricity would be an uncertain agent of
death. and condemns the idea that It
can be used In capital punishment. Even
a terrific stroke 81 lightning doa not
always kill. aud 'the spectacle OF n
criminal running about naked or lying
with his limbs broken after dopu-
ty sheriff had performed on him with gal
vanic battery, would be even more Disgrace
ful than the scenes witch now sometimes oc-
cur ut executions. What tho tremendous
power or nature cannot invariably do Ii not
likely to he always accomplished by tho com
parattvely ridiculous means fpr generating
electricity at the command VI man. Pfoba-
bly, tho most cfYeetual kind OF electricity
would be that known as stattcal. which Ia
identical with atmospheric lightning. but tho
machines for generating 1t will not work In
wet weather. and II an instrument could be
constructed powerful enough under favorable
circumstances u kill u man, the execution
would probably have to be deferred from day
TO day til the hygrometrie state of the air
was suitable
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-23
How They Manufacture y0ters I'm Great
Rritatu.
London Truth !

Were an election in Midlothian to take
place tomorrow. it Is pretty we'll admitted
that Mr.. Gladstone would have majority.
But up to january 81 fagot votes may be
manufactured. These, II substantlated will
be registered next July. and consequently, II
the election takes place next October, tho real
constituency Of Midlothian may DO sWamped.
Any one who can show that his share in n
herltabe property Is worth g. or that his
annual interest In property Of which no Ia u
part owner Is worth Go, may acquire fHgot
vote, provided that he hns been n Joint owner
for six months. To the number of joint own
crs there is no limit. 'Fhe Conservatives say
that by next year they will have manufac-
tllred above 400 fagot votes In Midlothian.
CONSERVATIVES agents arc being paid ElO for
each vote that they manufacture, and II Is
said that 10000 is being spent IN making the
seat of Lord Dalkeith secure.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-23
the Rev Russian Ambassador To EHE-
land.

Count Lobanoff. the new Russian Amhas-
sador 10 London, and successor Of Count
Schouvalof. who leaves England with the
brilliant repute OF being the most fascinating
foreigner seen In It for n generation. Is q
man of great wealth, having inherited good
deal of the famous Potemkin property. His
or the Ukraine breed. aud he has half q
dozen pages, sons OF cheftains OF the Gaucas-
us, intelligent and handsome lads. dressed in
their national costume His servants are all
liverled In the costume Worn ~ the mental
kind In the time of Catherine the Great, but
his eoachman and footmeu wear the military
garh which was the vogue at the court of the
first Alexander This half European, half
Oriental state marks all details of Lebanon .
home, and he has wealth of harbartc pearl
and gold In his table appointments.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-23
THE OLD FAIR STORY A SONG

A mother kissed her baby.
Rocking II to rest.
Aph gently clasped within her arms
II neat led In haf breast.
The old fair story.
Bet round In glory.
wherever life Ia found:
For oh Its love. TIA love- they aay.
That mRkaa the world 90 round
A fair. faced hoy and maiden
Haased through the yellow wheat:
And their hands were rlaspad together
And the flowers grew nj their ieet
The old fair story
Bot round la glory,
Wherever life Ii found.
For oh It q love. tia love they eay
That makes the world go round.
An old man and n wrinklad wife
Amid the fair spring Weather:
We've shared our sorrowH and our iova
God grant we die together"
The old fair story
Sat round In glory
Wherever life In found:
For oh itfs love. it's love. thoy eav
That makes the world 90 round,
0apaells Magazine.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-23
Connecticut Charity.
Boston post.l

One OF the witnesses In the Hayden trial
was q kfndhearted old deacon. He testified
that Hayden and himself had talk about
poison for rats, and he also informed the
minister that ne had sprinkled Paris green on
his peas. MY wife, he said In innocent
simplicity. wouldn't let me bring the peas
La the house, because she was afraid that
they were poisoned. | told her that we
wouldn't waste them-we'd give them to
some OF the brethren and sisters" Here's
where the court laughed, and also where the
wonder ceases that people are poisoned in
Connecticut.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-23
Americans of scotch Descent.

Don G. Henderson, In recent address be-
fore the st. Andrews Society, Of Detroit,
Americans Of Scotch descent. THE United
States constitution" he said, was framed
by Alexander Hamilton, native Of the West
indies whose parents we're Scotch. Several
OF our Presidents were OF Scotch origin,
namely James Monroe, Andrew Jackson,
William II. Harrison. John Tyler, James X.
Polk, Zachary Taylor, James Buchanan, Gen.
u. s. Grant and Rutherford B. Hayes nine In
all. Our Congress is largely composed OF the
descendants of Old Scotia. So IL Is with our
other legislative bodies
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-23

wedding party was assembled at the resi-
dence of the brides father at Rochester. The
groom and the rest were waiting for the girl,
who fingered in her room. Half an hour
after the appointed time the announcement
was made that she had been united to another
suttor. having changed her choice at the last
moment The Tilted man WAS dumbfounded,
but he rallied quickly congratulated the
continuation OF the festivities, and they were
accordingly continued.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-23
A LOVE : story.
The Duchess Of Newcastle to Become Mrs.
Tom Hohler.

IolIve LoRans London Letter 70 Han Francisco
Gall
Only think OF her Grace the Duchess of
Newcastle making NJ her mind 10 lay down
hnr proud title AMI takN, instead, that OF
plain Mrs. Tom Hohlerl Only those familiar
with the enormous social barrier which fences
out the whole rest Of the world from the ga
cred persons OF the higher grades Or English
ariatocraoy can conceive whnt u marvellous
concession to tho power OF love this Ia. The
Duchess although she has n son. the present
duke, about fourteen years old Ia attn very
young, and excessively handsome. suppose
we may conclude that her marriage with tho
duke was. on both Sides. ono III interest she
married. perhaps for title he. perhaps. for
money. She Ia the heircss of tho great bank
Ing house Of Hope and the family country
seat, Hopedene, Ia one OF the grandast castles
England boasts. among her many such. To
make n long story short they separated.
Meantime the affection which had sprung
up between the Duchess and Tom Iiohler
the tenor, was aso u matter ot common OBJ
aervatlon, though not one of scandal. because
their conduct was discreet and noble one
day last winter the Duke died suddenly In
his bachelors rooms. In ST. James street. |
suppose the widows year IL about to elRpao
80 that now the engagement between the
tenor aud the Duchess may be- announced.
saw them driving together the other day
She liz lovely. nrlatoGratir sweet. exQuiately
dressed. What prize for him. He la a
NICE fresh-iookng EngIishman. sings pref
lilly. and Of course IL desperately In love ]
hear that Ne Ia half wild ut his good fortune
He told friend of mine that IL was In every
way such stroke Of good luck for him that
he was afraid TO cross the street lost ne
should be run over before tho happy day
came Tom Hohler la the tenor who sup
ported Mas Kellogg In her first London en-
gagement. twelve years ago. iIis father is .
Clergyman, and suppose whatever parental
wrath may have ensued on his first step In
life will completely vanish ut the marvel
uusy sue aessfuI one hp Ia now about 10 take