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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-18
Logan Gets the Republican Nomination
In Illinois.

SPRINGFIELD. Jan, I7.-In the Republican Sem
atorial caucus tonight Gen. John A. Logan re.
ceived 80 votes and Senator Oglesby 26 votes.
Every Republican was present and voted.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-18
The Constitution Fioated or.

LONDON. Jan. 1s.-The American frigate Con-
etltution. which went ashore neat Old Harrie
Point. was got off during the afternoon and
was towed to Portsmouth for repairs.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-18

LONDON. Jan. 1.-THE Viceroy OF India tele-
graphs that the Kohistans attempted to plum
der Cabul. but Yakoob Khan finally succeeded
In restraining them.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-18
Mrs. Cobb Found Guilty and Sentenced for
Life.

NORWICH. Conn. Jan. 17.-The last scene In the
trial OF Mrs. Cobb was enacted In the Superior
Court this morning Judge Culvin sentenced
the convicted prisoner to Imprisonment for
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-18

LONDON. Jan. 7.-Edward Payson Weston.
the pedestrian started Off O-daY to walk 1000
miles In s5e hours. He was In the best health
and spirits.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-18

West giving Pittsburg the next show. After
getting through there she goes to Chicago.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-18

Did you ever eat a shadine salad ?
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1879-01-02
Fact, for Curious

A carriage comes suddenly upon q
Acck OF geese on narrow road, and
drives straight through the middle OF
them. A goose was never yet iairIy run
over, nor duck. They are under the
very whet Is and boots, and yet somehow
thew contrive to flap and waddel saieiy
of. Habltually stupid, heavy and indo-
lent, they are nevertheless equal to the
emergency.
Why does the lonely woodpecker when
he deseuds his tree and goes to drink,
,ton several times on his way, listen and
look round before he takes his draught?
M one knows. How is it that the spe-
cies of ant, which is taken in battle ny
other ants to be made slaves. should be
black ants? No one knows.
The power OF of Judging of actual dam
GER ana the free and easy boldness which
result from it, are by no means uncom.
mon. Many birds seem to have cor
rect notion OF a guns range, and while
scrupuIously careful to keep beyeud it
cnntine their care to this caution, though
a. g most obvious resource would be TO
fly right away out of sight and hearing,
when they do not choose to do. Aud
they sometimes appear to make even an
ostentatious use vt their power, fairly
putting their wits and clevernsss in an
,sgonisn to that OF man or the benefit
of their fellows. We lately read an &C.
count, by a naturalist i'll Brazil, OF an
expedition he msde to one OF the Islands
of the Amizon to shoot spOon-biIls, loeses
and other of tn, magnificent grallatoriai
birds which were most abundant there.
His design wa, completely bstiled. how.
ever, nv wretched little ssndP!per that
preceded him, continually utter'ng me-
tell.tale cry, which ut once sru ed all
tho birds within hearing. Throughout
the day did this individual bird continue
his self imposed duty Of sentinel to Others,
efr.c,ualIy preventing the approach of
the fowler TO the game, and yet manage
in to keep out of the range Of his gun.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1879-01-02
An ANATOMICAL WONDER.


Ma, Who Cas- GnjoInt ,NimsnIr ANA
twist Iii, BODY in All ~Uria 81 Sh"p'''
A novel exhibition in anatomy was
given Yesterday afternoon to the stu
dents Of the Rush Medical College. AT
four o'clock the large amphttheater
lecture room WAS filed with il-dgtd and
m H,ped doctt r., and in the arena stood
Charles Warren, a man OF about thirty
wears of sgc, OF athletic appearance, aud
app8Ieu!ly iointed the same as Ordinary
mortals. Bat he soon showed mat he
differed from most men III his make up,
for there WAS hardly a lint n his whole
body that be could not throw out 0I
place, or at least give that appearance
lie went through with his distortions,
much t. the amaz smcnJ az well AZ the
amusement Of ali. He commenced by
giving circulatory movement to the
scapl Ia, moving either one or both at
time, and without any apparent motion
of the shoulders. He lhtn threw the
humeIus into the aXlIo, drj rlnttd his
elbow wrist and phalanEts. This was
WAS done merely by Tie contraction o.
the muscles of the arm, Ard not by the
pulling of one member by another. In
zone If his leafs vas tteIe any such
wrench OF one joint rom another
Without touching any part OF his BODY
with his bands the joints would move
out Of position. He 'oIced the !omur
from the thigL-houe. hi. he could do
while standing on one OF bolh feet, OF
while reclining. TIE Gis'ocalion caused
an apparent shortening ofthe imb. An
otner striking feat was the turning OF hi'
ft ct so that he could touch the toitom Q.
them while his legs were ier'tc,y
straight. Perhaps the most remarkable
of ali OF his powers was The wonder ul
expausitiiiIy OF hs chest. Medlcal
works upon the strength OF examinations
OF thousands Of them in the army and
navy, generally give five inches as the
maximum Of expansion. Ia exhibitor
could expand bis from nine TO Twelve
inches. Those who did not lake much
interest in other performances were
wonder struck ut this. This feat was
performed by the remarkable degree OF
/ the compressibi'ity O the chest and his
! power 10 IOi % ms Nv 'lu "i'A i""tp' -
the abdominal cavity, and then OF the
mover to force his vi.Cera into his che't
The abdomen vas hardly less curious
when The v,sceIa vas :orcei upward 10y
the diaphra.m than WIS the il Hated chest
for at such time there seemed to be an
entire Absence OF organs in that part OF
the body,aud to be no distance at all Tror'
tbe front walls of the abdomen to the
spinal coumn.
This sub ect was proved fine study
in the ana.omy OF the muscles, because
ne could contract them 50 rs 10 show the
position OF each from origin to insei 'ion'
lie had this power over the muscles 10
pairs or tpalaLtly, and c9uid m"Se
Them a. distinct Il. il dissected.
Mr.. Warren concluded with an ex'
bibilion Of his ability to comfort his
whole body, drawing himself through
ring, and performing other things, much
I'm the smt.t ment Of the students and
The professors, il lney had only ielt at
Ibertv to give way to laughter. Mr..
Warren has a daughter wins takes after
himself, and can dislUUate her FONTS
! wish such ease hat they sound like rat
! ties.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1879-01-02

BARRIERS, and the Chinese barber hiss not
his counterpart the world over. From
dawn he Is in the streets carrying upon
his shoulders, at either end of long
bamboo, adorned with an efiigy of
chimerical creature, the paraphernalia
of his craft, Eagerly on the lookout Tor
any one whose poll is not perfectly
shayen, as soon as he detects such an
one he has him in a trice installed on
stool beneath large parasol fixed in the
ground. In the twinkling of an eye all
ready, and the skull under HIS manip'
ulations becomes as smooth as ivory.
That done, be passes on to the pigtail,
which he brushes, perfumes and dresses
with the greatest care. Useless as it
seems to us, it really is by no means 80.
The schoolmaster brings it smaitly to
bear on the fingers Of recalcltrant youth,
the ass driver has no other instrument
wherewith to stimulate his beast, the
man tired of lite employs it az a hanging
rope, and lastly, the executioner seizes
hold of it when he decapitates a man.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1879-01-02

which met last year removed that objection,
and there is good prospect that the present
session OF the Legislature will add 100000
to the State revenue by taxing male dogs
twenty five cents and females twice as much.
Every man who fails to return his dog for
taxation, according to the provisions OF the
bill, is liable to five dollars fine or ten days
on the chain gang, and the State will pay
fifty cents for the scalp of every such cur.
The report of the Penitentiary Com
mittee OF the Georgia Legislature has startled
the State, and resolution was introduced
to abolish the lease, which was made for
twenty years. The report shows First, that
there have been 25 to 40 per cent of escapes
against 7 per cent. under the old system and
that there are 525 escaped conv cts now
roaming through the State OF Georgia
second that in some camps the men and
women prisoners are chained together indis-
criminately in sleeping hunks, and that the
State is actually raising camp Of felons,
there being twenty-five bastard children in
the penitentiary born of mothers who are
in shackles; third, that the death rate is 10
per cent per annum (omittirg the Dade
Coal Company, and that in two camps it
has averaged l6 per cent. per annum for two
years, and in another was, for four months,
70 per cent. per month, or 40 per cent, for
four mouths.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1879-01-02
FACTS AND FANCIIS.

THE master pulled with all his might,
but the boy stood still. Pull, Adam,
putt" said the master again. VI can't,
said the boy "Why not?" said the
master because its wrong" said the
boy, and he refused to pull.
AN American lady recently bought
the costlies braid or Switch" OF hair that
was ever made in Paris, 1t was com"
posed of hair yard and quarter IN
length, snow white and exceedingly colt
and glossy. IIsprice was 5000
The following is store sign as copieu
ppJoiim fom the original in remote
American mining town Bibles, black
ball, Batter; Testaments, tar, ueacle
Cooley books aud Gimbets, Condensed
Eggs andCAst err Oh, Tor Sale near"
A BARErooTED darkty while hoeing
cotton one day. SAW his big toe under
clcd, and thinking it a mole's head hit
it and hurt himself. After working with
| it awhile he got tired, set his foot on
stump aud said; "Well, jes pain away
now. doesn't Gaze you hurts yeself
wusin ye do me-
"TuE longer live the more do be-
come satisfied that nothing is so good
for people who are in deep trouble AZ
real hard work work that not only &C.
cupies the bands but the brain; work on
which ore lavishes the best part OF the
heart, know it requires a great deal
Of real OF resolution to break away from
he apathy of deep sorrow or heavy
tioublc, and res0lutel y put ones hand
to the new or long disused plow; but the
effort once made - il there is anything In
the individual hc or she will never
turn back. And after work, real work,
work with the hands. head and heart
after this will come trust and with trust
will come peace -- Vim, I. Eliot.
The other day, during the perform
ance of Hamlet at the Filth Avenue
! lheat;r, the graveyard scene was in
progress, ard every one was wrapped IN
= melancholy. Hamlet and Horatio stood
in the gloomy churchyard where the
gravedippers were at work, The hrst
} grsvedigger threw up shovelIul Of
} bones
, "Whose skull il that" qaid Hamlet in
sepuIchral voice, :,
, "Stewart's claim the reward, said
the grav,d digger III an aside. =,
The reply WAS so unexpe cted that Nj
r Baoth. old stager as he IL, came very near
, laughing. HOrStio, who had not SO much
seifc1ntrol, had to 90 up the stage, and
the second gravedigger hid behind a pile
| of csrth unl,l he could recover from the
ell eta, But Owen tawcett never
smiled He il too good humori.t to
laugh at his own jokes - New YORK
| att
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1879-01-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

St. Peters, Rome, will accommodate
81 900 people st. Peters Milan, $1,000 st.
Paul's, London, $4,000.
New York has 100000 militia well
equipped and thoroughly instructed in rifle
practice. Connecticut has two brigades in
good order.
1t is believed that the Colorado potato
beetle is abandoning the cultivated potato,
and returning to what has been discovered
was i,s first love-the bull.nettle.
In the United States there are five
hundred and thirty females practicing as
doctors, fortytwo as dentists, five as law
yers and sixty ,eigAt as preachers.
Leprosy appears to be on the increase
in Spain. No less than 1l6 cases occurred
last year in the province of Valencia. The
hcspita in Alicante.
A cory of the Mentz Bible, printed
by Gutenberg in 1445-DeiDg the first book
ever prnted-was sold in Paris last June for
$4,000. 1t is printed on vellum, but is not
quite perfect, several portions having been
restored in iac2imie.
Unslaked lime, compressed into car
tridges, or used loosely and well tamped
down in the hole, using water or other hquld
to saturate and expand it, is now proposed
for use in coal mines as substitute Tor
blasting. 1t has the especial merits
of economy and of comparative safety in
use.
DR.. O'Donnell loaded a wagon with
Chinese lepers in San Francisco, and exhlb>
tied them in the streets as proof OF his pre-,
vous assertion that the leprosy was common
| in that city. He was arrested, but the JUS
| ice discharged him, He declared that he
could fill the court room with lepers in two
hours
In India this year the heat has been
of exceptional severity. In some Localities
the thermometer has risen to 1870 degrees il
the shade, and even the natives have dice
from its effects. There are two kinds OF hea
in Inda-the moist heat of sea-borderint
districts, and the dry heat OF inland country
The moist heat is regarded as the NEST unt n
durable, there being no way of easily pali
ating its mseries.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1879-01-02

insisted that an attack should he hurled,
DESPITE the circumstances OF General
Hooker, who specialIy therefor crossed
over to the Stafford side, where the
General in Chiefs headquarters were
during the action. And 50 here 1t was
that the most heroic devotion in the
DAYS attack was displayed to the honor
of A race that has lett testimonies OF its
gallantry in such storiesas Waterloo aud
Fontenoy To the Irish division, COM
manded by General Meagher, was prin>
cipally committed the desperate task OF
bursting out Of the town OF Fredcricks
burg and ormng under the whitening
fire of the Confederate batteries to at
tack "Maryes Heights" towering i'm
mrdiatey in their front.
Pointing to them a. the contested pr ze
OF victory, General Meaghcr harangued
his troops, and then launched them Tor
ward As they advanced the opposing
artillery reserved ils fire until they
arrived within 2j0 yards, when the
heavy masscs were opened on with grape
and canister; at the first broadsde OF
the sixteen guns OF the battalion, hun
ore"S o. we reuo,"' ,,.'g; o %,rY '" ,r,a,
ana al eaeh suc I, t ,E,omnE ,rair
burrows were p'oM,u aa u r",o"sI,v ' %n,
ranks Icy saT Ts;5J and hpr"n%Et ,o T
were Us o''''. i"l'i'" ""G '' ,I'7, ,,aio
ware: ,AS"l" AT" % aye l,, s lima of
,rai'lc n"'heS ut"" ''e ', ,La -, H. S;Jo,
hF', ana an o' i n w. o,,, VIZ Yo.' h.i y,
S"e"" 1e'o'' WIZ ,",'; w.. ,,anJ ,,o o,".
last no ,opEer aoIJ ~ "',a 1 Ava W" !" cVr w.
suG'ng h,y' Ivy ,' U,"" y o'" ',wn Nv the
l mSntnI, o,a,o i inCon,ry
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1879-01-02

"Hoi Ho! Ia I, 500 Then III up and away
As soon as the Goblins can harness my
sleigh"
1h,n he roared such laugh as he sp ang out bed,
Il startled the stars in the SKY overhead
And they winRed at each 0theras much az ,otny
There Is something gone wong ana od NicS'S 10
pay
n took hut moment to Jump in his boots,
10 wrap himself up in The best OF fur suits,
To run TO the oset and drag cut MS puck
Which he swung with u chucRIe zero his bIoai
back
Then off TO the stable he dashed through the SNOW,
Where the reini or were prancing, all ready to 90,
He was up ina n.y. and cracking MS whlp
With ali, theIel my hearti's!" he Let the relns
slip
Straight down through the welkin they sped ike
the light
without pause or turn to the lett or the right
The clouds dragged their skirts to get OIL oil the
track,
The winds shrank alarmed all quite taken ab1ck !
Fen III, noon drew in haste veil over her iec1
So 1uitk cracked the whip and 30 iit was lhe pfce
And he pealed OH. II laugh 70 ltC ind and gy
That Aurora woke up long before 1t was gay
On, never such scigh-rdn was r'ddeh before
Asihat of ST. Mex vita his rich Christmas store !
Far down in the dstar ce EN,th rolled last asleep
Dark night having wrapped it in silence 70 deep
That the children tucked close in their slug little
beds
whenc, nothing peelci out save their cheuoin
heads,
We're dreaming of fairies OF froc ard fun,
And o,hcr stern facts Of life ju begun
+, WAS three by the clock, when out on the roof
The rnke Of Sleigh bes and taps OF hooi
Made their lit hearts bound AMI hashei Touhu
thu Earth
A smile tuch "a welcomed the Lamb at its Dir h;
But they wo. not. Oh no! Old Mex 1850 sly,
Tie fsstens paddock on each prying eye.
With "whca there my pretties, he stops wit h Q
jerk,
Lights his pipe, swings his pack then away to his
work
Over st,epIes and houst-tops in windows, down
ilues,
So fleet you would think he had wings 10 his shoes
In pantrle, he peeps and through bedrooms ne
Now kissing the batie. now pinch ng the girls
Filling up all their stockings with GOODIES and toys
Nor forgetting the switch always lett for bad boys
Then on through the play-rooms plant those cal
Ices,
Which grow dolhes and drums with such ex quistt
ease.
What Jolly fat fellow so little amt spry,
With round dimplei checks and tun-hishirg eye
Hair ieweIed with II istone, and such red nose,
| 1t lights up the pathway where 'er II gee
Then his rich merry lau. Ii -al never fear,
| viii music so sweet again gladden. the year
| But the time flies apsce Even now n faint ray
struggles up lhrout Ii the East the herald of day
| The winds wake in protest and scatter the SNOW;
| Now, listen the signal! hear the cock crow.
"Ho, hol" cried Old Nick, with his cheerie
warning,
"Merry Christians to ALL snd to all goo'
morning."
| -Ei,rdrd {. Hancock, in ~ Y. Graphite.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1879-01-02
Fashion Notes.


Nuts are OF medium size.
: eeves are tighter than ever.
R.p,ed fabrics are in high favor.
1,sck dresses are as popular rs ever.
Only light furs are used for evening
wear.
Watered silk MORE is very fashion
abe.
Gold brocaded cap ribbons are much
worn.
All dresses of wooden materials are cut
short,
Medium, sized bonnets are not fash
ionabe.
All the new bonnets are very small or
very large.
II il fashionable at the moment not to
be fashionable
The London fall styles for women are
very masculine.
Stockings are in more bizarre styles
than ever before.
Sla~hes at the elbow and at the top are
seen on many Partisan dress sleeves.
All winter wraps and cloaks are very
long, but very short jackets are also
worn.
The clan tartan and Scotch plald snort
costumes are the fancy OF the passing
moment.
STRIPE d Pekins and striped moires are
in demand tor parts of dressy composite
costumes.
Dresses, to be fashionable, must be
very short in front, even when trained
in the back.
The taIma i, new mantle which is
simply revival of an ldstyle, with the
difference of tight back.
.ne newest butt ms are bullet shaped.
They are Of cslored pearl, jet, brass,
steel, crochet, and fine porcelain.
The beef eater hat msy be worn with
the brim turned either up or down, and
when down il is an excellent shade for
the eyes.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1879-01-02
Congress 0nai.
HOUSE,.

HOUSE.
In the house on the 18th, the house went
into committee of the whole, Mr. Carlisle in
the chair. on the bill apprOpriating four
hundred and fifty thousand dollars to meet
deficiency in appropriation for the postal
mail service, and prohibiting any increase
in the postacar service during the present
wear. Amendments were offered and rejected
and then the committee rose. The house
passed the bill and adjourned.
In the house on the 18th, the senate
amendment to the adjournment resolution
extending the recess from December 10th to
January 18th, was cOncurred in. The follow
ing bills were introduced and referred:
BY Mr.. Ryan: Giving jurisdiction to dis
trict and circuit courts of Kansas over the
Indian territory.
By Mr. Corbett: For the improvement of
the Yellowstone national park. Adjourned.
The house on the 10Th went into committee
of the whole on the Indian appropriation
| bill, The committee rose and reported the
bill to the house, A separate vote was de-
| manded on the amendment agreed to IN
committee, prohibiting the removal of the
Indians in Arizona and New Mexico to the
Indian Territory, and it was aiopted-yeas,
95; nays, "a. the bill then passed Adj
ourned.
In the house on the Goth, Mr.. Henderson
reported back the senate bill authorizing
payment to the State of Tennessee for keep.
ing United States military prisoners Passed.
Bills were passed removing the political
disabilities of J. NJ Bell and G. G. Bell, OF
Georgia; VIM. Ward, of Virginia, and Nj
Kimbell, of Missouri. Adjourned.
SENATE.
In the senate on the 18th, consideration
was resumed of Senator BIaine's resolution
regarding the constitutional rights of citizens
| The question being on the resolution Of
| Senator Blaine, as amended, it wasagreed to
After an executive session the senate ad
| journed.
| In the senate ON the 18th, the house bill
| giving twenty condemned cannon to the
| Custer monuments at West Point was passed
Pending the discussion of bill to amend
| the statutes in relation to patents, the senate
| went into executive session, and when the
doors were reopened Senator Harris called
up the house joint resolution appropriatins
| fifty thousand dollars for the purpose OF pay
ing the necessary expenses incurred by the
committees of the senate and house in in
yestigating the intercourse and prevention
of epidemic diseases. Passed The pension
| approximation bill was passed without
material amendments. The senate adj
journed. $50,
Ia the senate on the 10Th, house bill ap
proprating four hundred and fifty thOusanC
dollars for transportation OF mails by rail
roadsipassei. The senate then'resumed consid
Grafton of ihe.patent bill, and Senator Chris
tiancy spoke at length of the imperfection'
in our patent laws, but was unable to con
clude his remarks to-day. On motion o
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1879-01-02

A VIRGINIAN writes in praise OF corn
as not only the best food for laboring
men, but for domestic animals OF all
kinds. He states that the usual ration
for a negro laborer, for week, is one
and half pecks of corn, three pounds
of bacon and little molasses They
thrive on it, and are healthy and strong.
Southern horses and !mules as a rule
have only corn for grain, but they live
longer and do more work than northern
horses that feed on oats In this part of
the country dogs are fed almost exclu-
sively upon corn meal, and they not I'M
frequently eat corn on the ear, while
wandering ours devour it upon the stalk.
Even cats eat corn meal stirred up with
water, as is done in the case of chicken
feed
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1879-01-02

A STUDENT at the University of Vir>
ginia thus describes the present condition
of Jefarson's home at Monticello: "The
house is in good condition, and in its
entrance hall, as centre-piece in the
ceiling, still flaps his wings that great
bird symbolical of American liberty, the
eagle. In this hall, also, is ladder old
Tom daily assembled to wind up an old
clock whose weather. beaten face is seen
as the house is approached. 1t was made
by his own hands, and is very inge-
NOUS thing, looking, when closed, like q
square rod The room and bed he died
in, the jill wherein he confined his slaves
and his numerous wine cellars are we'll
preserved but the tunnel by means OF
which he escaped the British in 1872, is
now nothing but hole in the ground,
and a few bushes growing around as if to
hide and keep it in remembrance"