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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-06

1t ls said that On one occasion high Chi
nese digntary visited the English Governor
OF Hong Kong. He was received with all the
honors, the band of the garrison contributing
aAeerenade. The next morning his Celestial
hfghness sent for the leader Of the band and
expressed his thanks, saying that there was
could not name it, SO the leader summoned
his men, and made them play through the
whole programme Of the night before. But
the mandarin failed to recognize the air that
had struck MS fancy. In despair, the leader
to beginning over again When the tuning
process began the "CeIestiars" eye bright
ened. That's it, he exclaimed, that's it!
More! Morep
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-06

aAnd how does Charley Ike going t0
sehnol?s kindly inquired the good man OF The
ssx'uear old boy, VINO was waiting with q tin
eas, In hand the advent OF another dog.
Ire goin well 'nougt," replied the embryo
Statesman, ingeniousIy, sebut ! don't Hike stayc
in9 after get there, fRoekland Courier
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The following are portion of the brilliant
answers given by some Of the young collie
gians Of the country In the recent oral exam
nations: "WilI you translate Ostrea cntelbat
primo deprea,dere uaorsm?" Gle was suffi-
bite" "Will you name the cheapest and most
common metal r Goal" do all mosquitoes
bite ?" "No; only the females" "How can
you distinguish the females 2" tYou can tell
them when they bite" What Is exeslsable
homicide r" when man kills himself In
self-defense." "What Is an antidote for
arsenic ?" Nitric acid" what purpose do
the bones Of fish server" "They make them
hard to eat" "By what method of reasoning
do youinfer that d bullet 10 hot after 1t strikes
a target +" 4'By picking 1t up, sir" "What
is perennial herb Z" One that grows contin-
naily, but dies annually" Twill you give US
the plural Of forgeteme-not 7" "Forget-ns-
not, SIR Mention six animals Of the frigid
zone. Three polar bears and three seals"
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-Tds, Favrot, George,
A horse race dIoblock, LIE Gardeur, Jr.,
rode Into. the ahse, 1n !l-,n osee,e'
slashed right arms, 4. 8, Williams, Il.
saber, killing one
brother had been l,rd;novoa M 400 wa g
thief, ard he desiL iaananoo - raaa
mankiI In generic ~, WHICH Was ieao.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-06

A thoughtless fashion writer says striped
parasols are fast taking the place OF striped
stockings. This hardly seems possible or
comfortable, but the freaks OF fashion are
very strange. and those who have been wear
ing striped stockings will be watched with
great interest.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-06

.And plat does yez Ak for the caIiker?''
@Six cents, ma'am." "Saxeteen2 Ollie give
yez fifteen" You misunderstood me- ma'am.
I said six cents" s'Oeh, thin, ollie give yez
toiYe cents. Fl Boston Transcript,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-06

1t seems impossible that remedy made OF
such common simple plants as Hops, Buchu,
Mandrake, Dandelion, etc, should make 50
many and such marvellous and wonderful
cures as Hop Bitters do, but when old and
young, rich and poor, pastor and doctor, law
yer and editor, all testify to having been
cured by them, you must believe and try
them yourself, and doubt no longer. See
another column.
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wilson, OF Claiborne. T trimming.
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THE DUKE DE RoQUELAIRE

An inquisitive French bishop once caught
Tartar In the Duke de Roquelaire. The latter,
passing In haste through Lyons, was nncere-
moniously hailed by the bishop with Hi, hi ~
come trom?" inquired the prelate Paris"
said the Duke. ''Whati lis there fresh ii Paris?"
screen peas" "But what were the people
saying when you left?" "Vespers." Good
s'who are you what are you caIIed?' "Igno-
rant people call me Hi hir Gentlemen term
me the Duke de Roaueiaire," and ordered the
position to drive on.
, 1879-07-28

tho contract enid ho wna to be- the director Of tho
wura an nrbter In all casrs Of dispute, 1T eeems
tl1at somn hfahes power has intesfered with his
work. and changed hsa plans and countesmandcd
bis ordors.
As those aro gravo aceusations, they call for
prompt answers. What "highor power" is
,thus roferrcd to, mud on whnt authority Is
this allegation made = II must be oasy to
plaoo responsibility whore It belongs, and IL
thoro havo been any improper conduct In
the matter (which should 10 proved boforo
boing bcliovot1), Let those responsible DO
hold to answer.
, 1879-07-28

Tho report Of tho Committee Of exports on
tho now City-1Iall building ca'lsfor prompt
and thorough. investigation. Alter poi11ting
out largo number Of defects In tho work
,uanship and material In tho building tho
Committee mako two serious charges, aud
mako both Of thom with great directnoss.
Thoy says
YduE Committee hayo good reason to believe that
all tlgse drawings wera iu e1isteNca prior to Tho
letting Of tle work, and That theso notifications
were mauc TO saya cxpouso to tho city by cutting
down the uxcsaeivo osnaMeatt4on. hut wo haya
also equally good Eesson 10 assert that thcso
chaures In tho details wete not known, Or submit
ted to tha general contrartiuR public, ~ tho timo
Of lifting, thus compelling bidders to fRusc on tic
work tson, tho details on tho county part, as
neither tho changed dctatla Wet9 exhibited. nor
was any notice given that changes In tho work
wars contemplated. AA tho ctlangeA saved many
tho4aands Of dollars IN tho work. II Ia very appa.
ssit that intelligent competition was iupossibln.
They also chargo that tic changes in tho
rlans have led to yarious other changos in
tho intescst Of the Htono contractor, and ill.,
yolying additional coat for brick work, mud
conclude by saying,
Fso.u all tho Indications and evidences your Com.
1ni.lss sayo had Ut obtained, 1t ls clcas that thr
'ordesa Of tho Superintendent and tho condor1na-
tpn Of tito Inspector not observed; nna. lii
! stead pf tho Superintendent having been WhAl
, 1879-07-28
Mr. THOMAS nuouks, in Ills recent article on
REa1AMIN FllANKLIN, aAYe:

Mr. THOMAS llDQlkS, IN HIS Eeeoht atL'clo on
BENJAMIN FIANKLIN, snys:
OF tho rumaikabls group Of Revolutionary load.
ess in tho great struggle Of the Colonies, he was the
oniy ono In tho t!1st rnk not gentlo born: Ill tho
rust were OF tho NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., MADISON,
aud JErFkIlAoN, tho IONS Of TaFrhnn plantcts:
AuAAy; l1AMtITos, and jar, Of lending Now En-
etunI and New York families, -nnd all OF them
hrought the highest culture tho Colonlrs could give
to tIlct great work.
This ts strangely msslcnd!ng 30 fnr NJ two Of
thn c!larpcturs- AND HAMILTON
-are concerned. WASHINGTON was the SOP OF
d poor widow, who had four other children, and
possessed u estate OF comparatively little yaloe.
sho at Que tin,s thought Of Sending OHonau
to sea Us au apprentice before the mast, OIL
tobacco-sttp. btla waa dlssuaded fro1n shis rur-
posc hy her brother, JOSEPH BALL, London
lawyer, ,sborcpr9sentedt to her that he could not
hopc for pro{erment In tho navy, " rs there arc
always so many gapli!g for It who havc fnlluence,
and ho las noue." WAsH1HaroA's family had,
indeed, 80 lttlo influence that, oven alter
bis mesltorious campaign under BnApDocE,
when his patne was i,ouurabay known thsough@
out Europe, ho applied in vain for commission
IN the Brit!sh army. 1t Is misleadins, in any
case, to call the son Of small Virginia tobacco
plauter "gentle.born." As for HAMILTON, ha
was far from belonging to leading Now York
| family; he waa not 0Von native, Ills father
mud mother never snW America.
, 1879-07-28

tluccru Of tho West. This wntcr.compoiition
ia worth millions yoar to the people
Of Indiana, and, in fact, makos lifo endura-
bio, ,antl enablos thcm to obtain fair
portion Of the fruits Of their toll. Whom tho
pasama Ship Canal Is oponed, tho rednotion
Of lrcights and fares that will, porforce, fol-
low on tho Union and Centzal Pacific Roads,
will enormously incronso tho volume Of bnsi-
ncss bo.woon tho Mississippi Valley and the
Pacific Coast, The present lfttlo nrrango-
mont Of giving 47o,ooo month to tho
Panama Steamship Companies to bribo them
not to carry freights cheaper than tho rnll'
wny monopoly rates, viii como to arl end.
Roads TINT can ntora to pay rivafa s7o,ooo
n month 10 keep up rates to cut-throat
scalo can also afrorl 10 carry freight con-
silernbly cheaper than they arc doing.
It costs Chicago manufacturers and busi-
noss.mon more to send goods to San EEnn-
cisco by transeontincntal rail than by water
to Now York, and thence round Capo Horn
by ship to San Francisco,-ths total distance
six or eight tinos creator than by tho diroct
route overland.
pany from Council Bluffs 10 Ogden, On d
ruad Tint WIS built by public money, arc
1coply injurious to the interests Of tho conn.,
try, and TO tho Development Of tho Terrific
RES which It trnversea Chicago suffers d
loss Of millions Of trade by roason Of the cx-
cessiro fraight-ratos on " tho continental rail.
why's" Congress haa done nothing to rc-
lieve The country from this incubus. 1t Las
not fixed rates Of faro and freight, >as 1t Inns
legal right to do; it has not cut down tho
charges onc-aa{f NJ it ought 10 do; It has ncg.
lectcil it's duty and lot tho people be skinned,
Tho only reliable regulator Of transconti
nontal frcight-ratos is tho rauama ship-Ca
nal, free to all competitors. That will put
down, aud keep down, e1tortionate rates, nt
tho waterways havo dono for Tho charges o.
tho four trunk lines from Chicago to New
York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.
, 1879-07-28

Like master like man. The example set
BY Mr. HESpn1cH D. Wa1oHz, Chairman Of
tho Congressional Labor Committee, in max
ing speeches intended to stimulate tho labor
agitation in Chicago, is promptly initiated
by the Secretary ot that Committee, ono
DYz1 D, LuM, who yesterlay addressed q
meeting of tho Eight~lIour League. Il ap-
pears that this Committee Clerk has been Tor
eight years in tho Government employ at
Washington a. bookbindor, aud thu. Ac is
now easning bis pr diem aud expenses by
4nciting ths workingmsn Of Chicago
to a. general strike for re1uo.
lion ..of thoir working >houss to eight.
dio advises them to insist on their demand
for this reduction, aud take nothing less,
aud, 20 tas Al his inferior abilities will per
init, il assisting tha Democratic Chairman Of
, 1879-07-28

Congressman .WR1auT, In his Communist
harnnguo Saturday night, said that "AD ho
wnnted was MS much money as WIS neceasa,ryto
transact tho ordinnry business Of the country
when 1t was prosperous" The business Of the
country ia now very prosperous, and thero is
abundancc Of money to tranHaet a!l its busi-
nesst and tho proof Of that fact is, that,
when money ia acarce, interest Is high, and,
whom 1t is abundant for the demand, tho
rates Of interoat are low. Tho ratea OF In
torost nro now very low compared with for
NOR periods, aud auy man with acceptable
collatorals cnn borrow all ho wants
at cheap rites. There aro rlonty
Of lenders at low interest Thia state
Of things pervndas alt parts Of tho Union
where whito people labor with their own
hnnds for living. In those sections where
tho whites depend upon he1roos' to support
them, money IL soarco and prosperity feeble,
mud cianors aro hoard for new emissions Of
grconbncka; but tho trouble with then ig,
they hnvo not. got enough to soil, they don't
work enough; they havo too many holidays,
Tho whltcs Of those sections whore money is
scarce keep sevon holidays in the week. No
possible emission Of grconbacks could better
their condition, as they don't earn anything
to give in exchange for thom. Those who
produce something wnnted hnvo no trouble in
finding purchasers with monoy,-not de.
preciatod shinplasters, but solid cash, par
funds,
, 1879-07-28

As wo have already said, mnny thousands
Of aching hearts and Il.assortud marriages wou}d
be prevented n only young loyrrq had courage and
tact Tho other day young gentlemen, who has
long been enauted OF one Of tho fAirost aauEhteta
OF West ttour0e street. bul who hna mot With scant
courtesy from her parents, suddenly bit upon ths
csaat discovery Tint asking G'sl'a fathers coa*
sent MAS an ida formally. 'uy Jo," hc Ibid,
attor thinking the matter oyef In all lta various ~
poets, '.it II Tho old wonan who Ia tbs power b.
lind the throne. Onco, you Get her on your hds
you nro Ill right, and besides you arc sn.ed from
any annoyance hy your motAss.in-law, for sho
can't 20 and say 10 your wife. IT you hnd takcn
my alylco, or. u always tpld you so,tt ly Jo,
ri 20 for the old woman." &c. dressing himself
In al hls gay attire. tho Young uaan wans np' ana
nstes explaining matters TO bis sweethsast sndaeea
her to call dorm her mother. tiles father Aaa
gone 10 Des Mutnes on bustncshl ..
'.Wc1l, sis!" sald lAo old lady, with Icy eold'
ness, ''wAns do tou wish t1 say to mcr'
~ cotpe, madame, " said tho lpfolc youth, ''to
demand tho hand Of your lovely daughter In mat
slass." ...
espe3ity; "A,naud4 10 too young 10 10 Married
yel, AMI II she wasn't and .hess wasn't but ono
husband In the world, and you wrEe ho. 10 saS
'Ns-swr Do you understand thAtf
"lna 4 measure I anp.ehend your meaning.
said the young !uycr, while Amanda, who "As lis'
toning behind the folding DOOR. whispered 10 nel-
self that M MAS rexl mean. and felt her heatt sla
into her elpper4s land wAA prepared fosi@
had slready seen your husband"
"You had. ehf DO you ulsan to. say that taat
chucklo headed clnm has conscnted-"
'Ko. madame. not precisely. In fact 10 sa'a
he would be ahemmed 4rat lat ~ In such Msr
tan u shess II II always beat 70 deA! with pFlntf
pals, thought would sec yoa., although !oat !.t
husband said that when he sald No. and pot ha
foot dorm, that wlA IN cnd OF laasten III ~"
house. wanted to ba allowed 10 plead my sE' ea9s
before you, because the sympathles of beaa''1ul
aud ceTes WOMAN still young In heart a. shs IL u
looLs-but, nlas i.e told INC II would do no goo1
--thst you were prcjudiced agatust tue, taa efea
1t yuu favored ny SUIT yous huinblsst solssla''op@
could not ruoye him."
.'When u!a nj husband tsu yoa al taas "8
, 1879-07-28

Tic Fargo {DaRots) ttepuu'een tells bEgato
OF tho prosperity of wheat-iar1noEs who hare
1atcly moved Into that section Of the country.
Nr, Il. IIADwla, one of the most successful
ta,ucts ln the country, canc FROM Canada,
where hu owned large tracts Ut land, Oh tls 18th
OF K1nrcl4, 1877. Ho arrived ln Fargo with 9egen-
teen men, 1ftJ -four horses, aud isrgo general
, 1879-07-28

hos oeen satH ID Fof} suggestive uuk s[allCely
promises solution Of my Of tho questions
which agitate tho country. It shows that
tho influence Of the Constitution of tho
United States does not extend to mississippi
or any Of tho lately robellious States 1tisa
dead letter there. For not only is tho pre-
sumption strong that the colored people
would not leavo thoir old homes, fertile soil
aud congeutal climate, except upon virtual
computation, hut the enligranls nsscrt with.
out q dissenting yoico that tloy aro fleeing:
from oppression and robbery. They insist
that they nre prohibited by intimidation, NC
tual forco, aud fraud from exercising the
civil md political rights conferred upon
them by the Constitution Of the country, and
that they aro deprived of tho procoels
Of thoir labor ~ through the exaction Of
c1orbitant rontals, md t2) through awin-
ding prices Of supplies, both extortcd by
rapncious landlords, They find themselves
at tho close Of "the season" in precisely
tho sa1ne pccuniasy condition they were for"
,norly, under the sayery regime. They sub
sist: that is all; the landlord, tho formor
owner, has secured every cent Of the profits
Of the ]aborer. Tho exodus shows that tho
moro anterprising negro will not submit to
this treatment. Deprived by forco or fraud
Of tho right to tnko part in tho Government,
and robbed Of tho fruits Of his labor, ho re-
solves to go where ho believes there is pro-
teotion for both. But the negro goes q step
further In his courso Of reasoning. ,IIo
finda Tint the privileges Of education nro
practically denied to bis 1nce. In most Of
tho Southern States lilo whites prefer to
auspond tho common schools rather than
consont to tile education Of tho ,ncgro's
children. And as tho negro haa surron-
dered tho right to voto ho is unable
to enforce lis chill d.on'H right to learn, oven
| so much as tl1eir n, b, c, at tho expense Of
tho State. lie concludes ~ that, robbed Of
his wages, ho must remain phupor, aud (o)
that his ohildren will grow up in ignorance,
mud consequently become citizens only in
nn1ne, as helplogs as himself. 1tctlecting
upon tho history Of his raco in this country,
$50 years Of horrible scrsitude, ,-and look.
ing forward to future of enforced ignorance
aud consequent degradation for lis children,
lo bravely resolves to bog or borrow Lis wny
to tho land Of schools mud cqual rights.
There is immense promise for tho future ol
tho colored raco in this simple resolution ol
tho poor, prosecuted negro. lie realizes that
notwithstanding Lis people nre in tho major
ity in cortain States, they lavo neither tA'
intelligence nor tic, force OF will tt
conquer thoir rights from tho minority
and lie con,prehondB tho fact tina
this tyraunous minority le1ibora.ol,
, 1879-07-28

TIN en,oAro TntRunr haa es.ohtlshed branch ot1caI
.ur th receipt ot subscriptions and advertisements -
NEW YoRH-room % Tribune Building. F. 7. BIC.
FAppxNt Manager.
PAls[s, Frnncc-No 10 lsuc dr ID GrauKc'satelttre.
u. MAILER, hEaat.
LONDON. EnK.-Amcslcan Exchange ~ e'fsao'
uxHnr F. q1LLta. Agent.
WARRINGTON D. C.-13in street.
, 1879-07-28

The IodianoIa Herald, the Waterloo Reporter,
and the Manchester Fress deny that there d
any spccinl GRANT boom in Iowa; md tic Des
Motnes State Rtgisttr prints their views without
Qna word Ut comment or dissent.
, 1879-07-28

Announcement is made In cable dispntoh
OF the 1oaignaion Of JoHS WELSH, United
States Minister to Great britain, and Of li8
intention to Bail for America on tho goth Of
August. Domeatio bereavement is stated to
l,a thu carrso
, 1879-07-28
outfit. lie paid over 5000 for tIckoto for him.

UutHtt 1ic PalQ o7t1 9Voo tut t1cNut1 tut HIG{-
self md party!
In ak months from tho t1ty lie ntrived 1,o hnd
harvested IN, 600 bushels OF wheat. nntl byOkn
over |, 600 acres Of land at Wheasand. IN lS;s
hp bought the splenail section now owned by him
aero tor ii. llo now aaa BAu ncfos III wtoat tftro
roady for tho harvest; he also i, Ias 700 ncrea d
mosc acres .lls ecaso 4UO Of which arc - bncksnt
and t},n rosl anon viii he. hs. 1fAnwn as Mi tos
gcther, .. 100 hcree Of ~ nc wheat land a. b
found In tho world. II Ia concluded bY tho hest
judges That hts wlent near Tho city Will 10 lfty
bushels 10 tho nero, II not moro.
THIS is prctty good evidence that farming on
a big scale pays ia tho Rod River country, but
small farmers should bo cautious about mo7lng
until they know more.
, 1879-07-28
TIRE PANAMA ,sH1P-0ANAL vs.. CoLFAx


TIE PANAMA ,sAlP-GANAL vs. CoLFAx.
Wo would 10 disposed 10 lot tho ex-Vico-
President hayo tho Inst word In regard to the
Panama Canal,, hut Tho basis Of his objection
to tho great work is SO singular that we arc
constrained to remark upon It. Flo says in
his recont lottor to TuH TRIBUNE:
Tho direct routo-iho als-llnn routo-for COM
mcrcc betwcSn Eurape and Aaia, ia, therefore,
oYef our own roll. Very soon, thrae ltnrs Of con-
tncn.al railroads, instead Of one AZ now. will COM
pete for this sast and increasing trade, as lhrce
great .ailEoals nnw cou,prte for business between
Chicago and Nuw York. Why our Nation-1east Of
al othoEs, why chlcago-shonld wiah to hayo
opened, under foreign auspices and management,
mud OH foreign hoil rtyn route by water for This
great commerce between Asia aud Europe, puxzlcs
mt.
In tho first place, the three transcontinontal
lines will not start IN Chicago, nor terminate
III Ban Francisco. The Northern Pacific,
commencing at Dulntl. will reach the Paoitio
Coast.as far from San Francisco az Savannah
Ia from New York aud tho Southern Iacillo,
beginning at New Orleans and Yicksburg,
will reach tho Paeifio Coast at San Diego,
which is ~ dtstant from san Frnncisco aa
Charleston Is from New York. Those limos
vii! do ns all other roads they will "rool
their rates on oil competing business, and ut
non.compcting points. skin the public as
much as they please, wlero Granger laws do
not inssrfvro 10 prevent them.
What regulates md motlitles the rates Of
tho three trunk lines between Chicago and
Now York is tho waterway competition. We
| lind SUPPOSED tho ex-Vice-r President was
swsro OF tlsis fact. Everybody olao knows
It, including tho Iail1oad Companies. Tile
Panama Ship.CanAl will introduce ainlila,
competition. wlioh vii! force down the uu'
| consciouable exaotions Of JAY GouLn j. Co.
on tho Goyornmaut.bui transcontinontal
lines. It is only wa.er-compettion that
Induces railways 10 cAarge 1uir and reasoaa
bio rntsa. Il IL tho competition afforded b,
The Mississippi River from North to South
and the chain Of lakes, st. Lawrence River
tho Erie Canal, aud the Hudson River, iron
East to West, that prevents the sailroad'
from doubling their freleht-charges frou
Chicago to Now York, aud robhIug tho pro