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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-13
How the state Can Pay II. Debts.

II the State would pay all Its other creditors
at the rate 1t does the country press, ft Ger
tainly ought to get out OF debt, instead OF be-
ing unable to pay the Interest on the debt.
We got one hundred dollar warrant for do
ing three hundred and six dollars wortt, ~
work, (some Of our exchanges claimed s344l
and after paying our agent per cent for prr,,
curing Il, we realized just even forty dollars
on 1t. Forty-hye cents on the dollar Tor State
stored confidence. - =
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-13
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Doa tn or Com,,lod orc. G.uest.

noaTsMouTH. N. H.. Jan. l12-Commodoro
John Guest. commandant Of tha Kittery navy
yard. died this morning atp 80, He was formal
~ received into the Roman Catholic Church
naturday. The funeral services will take place
TuesCay morning at the navy yard, and the
body will be taken to PhiladelnhIa. where the
nnal services will be held Thnrsday
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-13
Avalanche. 1lth.] !

Yesterday Memphis bonds amounting te
Sse'OgD were funded at fifty cents on the dol
ward, and 1t is to be hoped the Araigac3e cal can
soon announce that every one has accepted
tne proposed compromise This act will con
vince the foreign holders that our own people
are In earnest.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-13
Dinner Of tho Cal ifornia Pioneers.

NEW YoRK. jan. 12-Tbe fourth annual ban
1uet q the Associated Pioneers Of tho Terrific
rial Days OF California. In celebration OF the
thirty. .hrst anniversary OF the discovering OF
sturtevaDt House Monday, January 2o
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-13

ernor In tho land that receives as much We
again direct tho attention of young inen who
desire to get into ~ good paying BUSINESS 10
me advantages offered by adopting this pro-
preaching. governing, editing, writing. OF
base ball %
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-13
Washington seat ont az Last.
louisville COnrier-Journal.I

ILouIsvNIe COnrIer-J0urnaLI
Mr. stephens seems to be again coming
gracefully out Of serious il.ness. All the lad
AR and all the cold drafts In Washington do
their worst upon him in vain.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-13
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.

tThe DEMOCRAT is responsible for none oi
the Views expressed In the communications
1nder this head; but no communications will
70 printed except from responsible partIes.l
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-13

~, W1,AsHiNGToN Ian. II. - For the Gulf States
faing barometer warmer southardv vinds IN
sifeasing coudiness. possibly followed hy occa-
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-13
The Federal once. In u,ov,.,.u.

WAsBiNgTor. Jan, I2.-ft js stated officially
thnt no change will be made In tho Federal
giliees In Louisiana til after the return Of tho
Teller committee, IL is understood that tho
ss,uccessor ~ Collector Smith will be named By
Senator Kellogg. -
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-13
Tho French Rspusaioans Opposing Par.
dOns to the Com, nm nisfs

PARIS. Jan. 12.-The Republicans held several
meetings to-day, ~ oil or which resolutions
were adopted condemning the government
latR etc "
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-13
FOREIGN NEWS.

burning Of the Birmingham Free LIZ
brary.
LONDON. Jan. 1s.The free library Mt Bir-
mipgham was totally destroyed by fire last
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-13
The Kind Of sere Teller Is.
IWashinrtnn Post |

A western editor aliudes 10 Mr.. Teller "a
one Of the big gunsr Of the Senate. Yes.
smooth bore, Of : loud report, and slight exc
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-13

Shadines, you must understand, sir,
Are sold By all bur the one-hOrse grocer.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-13
ORLEANS, MoNDAYg JANUARY 13, 1870

soldiers kil ,sd wets prIyates smItb and Good
~ Oomps'ay A. Third cavalry. and Private
Everett, of Company II. Third Cavalry Cprpo.
~ Pulv' ~ Cqnpnnv A. snd Private ERery.
ed b',t not Dangerously. Forty Hayagea have
peen g 'Ilcd. nftoen wounded aud about ffty re-.
epaptgt pptg lsd. Among the wounded was n sister III
Hed ear. WHO had arrived from Pine Ridge The
prev iops day. Rcd Bear oh cd tears and called her
ia h@ sgunW.' He returned TO his agency and
~ ~ .re,nalns with the Cheyennes. A relative Of
~ CLOUD was killed, Trouble ls anticipated
" TN bis and Spotted Tails warriors.
rhe msssscre of the Chey ennes te ne su-
vsstixated.
OMAHA.. Neb.. Jan. t2.-Gen, Crook has sent
Lieut.. Schuyler. of his staff TO Fort Robinson
To Investigate the Cheyenne massacre.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-02-26

"Then," he said proudly, snow
when your hair grows out it will
grow out even"
was a little dismayed at first
when I looked at my glistening poll,
but after all it was relief to know
that the end was reached, and nobody
could torment me again to have my
hair trimmed for several weeks. But
when | got shaved at Ashtabula, the
barber insisted on purifying up the
holes and giving my head coat OF
shellac. / yielded and my head
looked like vanished globe with
the maps left off. Two days after
ward, 1 sat in a barber's chair at
Mansfield. The barber shaved me
silently. Then he paused, with a
bottle poised in his hand, and said:
Shampoo?
81 answered him with look.
Then he oiled my hairless globe and
bent over it for a moment with a
hairbrush. Then he said:
Son which side do you part your
hair ?"-Hasok-Eye.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-02-26
THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURST.

IF I were you I'd write to the
mayor about it" said Mrs. Budd.
Il think l will, but let's finish the
article:
"'Mr Simpson declares that if ne
has much more bother with the mat
ter he will chop his Isabella up and
"Chop her up did you ever bear
of such cold blooded discussion OF a
possible murder It's disgrace to
the newspaper p
"There must certainly be some
thing wrong about it," said Mrs.
Budd.
"No, the paper says:
He will chop his Isabella up and
burn it.
What does 1T mean? ? Chop her up
and burn 1t; hanged if l understand
such nonsense"
"Is that all ?" asked Mrs. Budd.
"Pretty nearly"
"Well, read the rest"
"Why, it says, let me see; on, yes,
it says:
Take it for all in all, Mr.. Simpson
is convinced that the Isabella is
not the best-best-nott the best
"Why, pshaw, Hannah, we've been
making mistake !"
"Not the best what ?"
"Not the best grapevine to Guilt
vate in this region"
at was only Simpsons grapevine
after all p
"Mr. Budd you're a fool, or you
would have known that in the first
place."
"Maybe I am maybe am p said
Budd YEARLY, but | am rot as big a
fool as the man who gave such an i'd
otto name to the grapevine"
And then there was a long flash of
silence in the Budd family circle.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-02-26

till the surrender After peace was
made, 1 moved over into an adioin-
ing county, and went to work, try
ing to repair my broken fortunes.
One day negro that l had working
for me. knocked down one of my
horses, which so enraged me that 1
struck him several times with nv
cane. He went away and returned
with constable, who summoned me
to appear the next day before mag
istrate. Officers were not SO numer-
GUS as now, and the magistrates of
flee was several miles away. Well
sir, when I got there, who should 1
see on tie bench. but old Crow Sam ?
When everything had been made
ready, Court was opened, and old
Sam, giving me searching look, re-
marked:
Pears that I've seed you afore."
"Look here SAM" said, 1 don't
like to be mixed up this way. Try
to settle this affair without malice"
ode law is gwine to hab its di-
reck course" said Sam. Things hab
kinder changed since we were in bust
hess together, but the principles of
de niger haven't revoluted. Dis
niger is as big rascal as / used
to be. So Mars John, Pll disch arge
you, fiinging the black ape in the
COST"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-02-26
Mule Artillery.

Out in a certain western fort,
some time ago, the major conceived
the idea, that artillery might be used
effectively in fighting with the In
dams, by dispensing with gun.car-
riages, and fastening the cannon upon
the backs of mules. So he explained
his views to the commandant, and it
was decided to try the experiment.
A howitzer was selected and strapped
upon an ambulance mule, with the
muzzle pointed towards the tail.
When they had secured the gun and
loaded it with ball-cartridge, they
led that calm and steadfast mule out
on the bluff, and set up target in
the middle of the river, to practice
at. The rear of the mule was turned
toward the target, and was backed
gently up to the edge of the bluff.
The officers stood around in a semi.
circle, while the major went up and.
inserted time fuse in the touch hole
of the howitzer. When the fuse was
ready, the major lit it and retired.
In moment or two, the hitherto I'M
ruffied mule, heard the fixing back
there on his neck, and it made him
uneasy. He reached his head around
to ascertain what was going on, and,
as he did so, his body turned, and
the howitzer began to sweep the hor-
lion. The mule at last became excl
ted, and his curiosity grew more in
tense, and in second or two, he was
standing with his four legs in bunch
making six revolutions a minute, and
the howitzer, understand, threaten
ing sudden death to every man with
in half mile. The commandment
was observed to climb suddenly up a
tree. The lieutenants were seen sill
ding over the bluff into the river, as
if they didn't care at all about the
high price of uniforms the adjutant
made good time to the fort: the SER
geant threw up breastworks with his
bayonet, and the major rolled over
the ground and groaned. In two or
three minutes there was a puff Of
smoke, dull thud, and the mule
oh ! where was he? A solitary jack
ass might have been seen turning sue.
cessive summersaults over the bluff,
only to rest at anchor, finally with
his howitzer at the bottom of the
river, while the ball went off towards
the fort, hit the chimney ing the ma.
jor's quarters, ratified the adobe
bricks down into the paror, and
frightened the majors wife into con-
vulsions. They do not allude TO it
now, and no report of the results OF
the experiment, was ever sent to the
War Department.
JOHN PHOENIX.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-02-26
Just What You Might Expect.

About two weeks ago, as the over
land train was passing Cheyenne, the
attention of the passengers was at
tracted by the lamentations of apoor
Irish immigrant, whose berth had
been robbed during the night and
every penny of his scanty earnings
stolen, and whose family would there
fore, arrive beggars in strange land.
The charitable passengers at once be-
gan a subscription which finally
amounted to something over $3.50
When the money had been handed to
the sufferer, pious, plausible look
ing man dressed in black and adorned
with white cravat, drew him aside
at one of the sleeping places and
said:
"My dear man. I am truly sorry
for you. Your case touches me
deeply. I am myself we'll provided
with this worlds goods, however,
and so I will give you $3.50 more.
Here is $500 gold note, give me
the $3.50 you have and keep the
rest. May heaven bless you
The poor Irishman did as request
ed, with many blessings on the gen
erous stranger, who insisted that his
gift should not be made known.
When the passengers reached this
side of the bay the pious looking phi
lanthropist was nowhere to be found,
he having evidently gotten off at
lakewood for reasons of his own.
The next morning the immigrant
repaired to bank TO get his note
changed. The teller picked up the
bill and began narrowly examining
it.
"There-there is nothing wrong
with the bill, is there ?" gasped the
poor fellow.
(Now the clever reader has seen
all along just what was going to hap
pen. He has read lots of just such
Incidents as this. 1t is the old-sto-
ry. Well--we'll see about it.
Nothing in the world is the mat
ter with It," said the teller quietly,
and he handed the man so tens.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-02-26
q MOTHERS FOOL.n

"rTis plain to me-" said the farmers wife.
These boys will make their mark in life;
Thew never were made to handle hoe.
And at once to college they ought to go.
Yes. John and Henry, tits clear to me,
Great men in the world are sure to be;
But Tom, he's little above fool
So John and Henry must go to school,"
Nov, really, wife," quoth Farmer Brown,
As he sits his mug of cider down.
"Tom does more work in q day for me
Than both of his brothers do IN three.
Book learnin' will never plant beans or corn
Nor hoe potatoes, sure as you're born
Nor mend a rod of broken fence;
For my part, give me common sense"
But his wife the roost was bound to rule,
And so " the boys" were sent to school;
While Tom. of course, was LETT nehInu'
For his mother said he had no mind.
Five wears at school the students spent,
Then each one into business went.
John learned to play the flute and hddle,
And parted his hair tof cOurselin the middle
Though his brother looked rather higher
than he,
And hung out his shingle-"H. Brown.
Meanwhile, at home, their brother Tom
Had taken motion" into his head,
Though he said not a word, but trimmed
his trees
And hOed his corn and sowed his peas;
But, somehow. either by " hook or crook"
He managed to read full many book.
Well, the war broke out and Captain Tom"
To battle hundred soldiers led;
And when the enemy's flag went down. =.
Came marching home as General Brown"
But he went to work on the farm again,
Planted his corn and sowed his grain.
Repaired the house and broken fence. :.
And people said he had common sense"
Now common sense was rather rare.
And 1.-The State House needed a portion there;
So our family Ounce" moved into town,
And the people called him Governor
Brown"
And his brother, who went to the city
school. -,
Came home to live with mothers fool"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-02-26
Wickedness by Favor.

During slavery, I owned one of
the blacklist, as we'll as the meancst
negro men in South Arkansas. He
was known In the neighborhood as
Crow Sam / used to thrash Sam
about twice a week. Steal He'd
steal from himself and then deny it.
Well when the war came on he was
one of the first to turn against me.
lie went Into the army and served
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-02-26
Butter GathererS.

She was a Boston girl. She was
visiting her Whitehall country cous-
in. While walking out, several but
terfits passed her. "Oh, dear me,
what charming little birds, They
are perfectly exquisite" "They are
not birds my dear" replied her coun-
try cousin, "tbey are butterflies"
ooh, don't say so Then these are
the dear little creatures that fly
from flower to flower, and gather the
sweet ye low butter that we use.?
They are too lovely for anything"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-02-26
Hawk-Eyeism.

The wild, ungovernable passion a
barber has for trimming your hair !
On the fourth of December | was in
Boston, thinking about lecture l
was expected to deliver in the even
ing, and so badly scared that / could
not remember the subject nor what
it was about. l went into fremont
street Institute OF Facial Manipula-
ton and Tonsorial Decoration and
inquired for the professor who occu-
pied the chair of Medieval Shaving
and ,NiAeteenth Century Shampoo.
lone of the junior members OF the fac
ulty, who was brushing an undergrad
yates coat, pointed me to chair, and
Iclimbed in. When the performance
was about concluded, the barber said
to me:
"Have your hair trimmed, sir ?"
81 believe not"
"Nee6s it very badly, sir" he said,
"looks very ragged"
Inever argue with barber, said,
"all right, trim it little, but don't
make it any shorter"
He Immediately trimmed all the
curl out OF it, and my hair naturally,
you know, has very graceful curl to
it. never discovered this myself
until few months age, and then l
was very much surprised. l discov-
cred it by looking at my Autograph.
Well, anyhow, he trimed it.
On the sixth of December was at
Bath, Maine. Again I was shaved,
and again the barber implored me to
let him trim my hair. When ! an
swered him that it had been trimmed
only two days before, he spitefully
asked where it was done. told him.
and he gave expression to a burst OF
sarcastic laughter.
Well, well, WELL" he said at last,
so you let them trim your hair in
Boston? Well, well. Now you look
like a man who has been around the
world enough to know better than
that"
Then he affected to examine a lock
or two very particularly and sighed
heavily.
"Dear, DEAR" he said, 81 don't
know, really, as l could do anything
with that hair or not it's so bad"
Well, his manner frightened me,
and | told him to go ahead and trim
it, but please not make it any shorter.
"No," he said, ooh no, it wasn't
necessary to cut it any shorter. it was
really too short now, but it did need
trimming"
So he trimmed it, and when 1
faced the Rockland audience that
night, l looked like a prize fighter
In four days from that time 1 was
sitting in the chair of barber down
in New York State. He shaved me
in grateful silence and then though
fully run his fingers over my lonely
hair.
"Trim this hair little, sir ? " he
said, straighten it up about the
edges"
meekly told him had it trim
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-02-26
Mr.. Budd's Isabella.


Mr.. Budd picked up the paper and
began running his eye over it, while
his wife sat upon the other side of
the table, sewing. Without know
ing it Mr.. Budd got to reading in
the column headed Grape Vine Cul-
ture," and presently he exclaimed;
:'Why, halloal What's this ?"
Whats what ?" asked Mrs. Budd.
Simpson No? Why it can't be |!
Why, | never heard of such a thing"
"What on earth is the matter ?"
demanded Mrs. Budd.
"Why just listen to this! This pa
/ per says that-wait, Ill read it 10
you.
"'We regret to learn that our
friend, Mr.. Simpson, has had a great
deal Of trouble with his Isabella
"Queer isn't it ?"
sWhat kind of trouble ?" asked
Mrs. Budd.
"Wby." said Budd, "the paper says
further"
"Beipg in very unhealthy condi-
tom and seeming to lack vitality,
Mr.. Simpson made very careful ex-
animation and discovered that his Is
abella was literally covered with
small bugs"
:S1aid you lever hear of such a
%I1FM
fsBugs Covered with bugs Why
What on earth could have been the
matter with the woman ? I always
thought Mrs. Simpson was scrupu-
lousay nice person."
$50 did /, but that's what the pa
per says. Hold on; suppose 1 see
what else there is about it:
"'Mr. Simpson was somewhat per-
picked to know what to do about the
matter, but he finally applied wash
of carbolic acid, with good results,
and he is now looking every day for
his Isabella to leave
II don't exactly understand that. "
leave for where" asked Mrs
Budd.
at don't say. Going away for her
health, 1 suppose" replied MIR. Budd.
"But here is some more still: :"
"'Mr. Simpson tied the Isabella
why the Isabella ?" asked Mr.. Budd
tied the Isabella to post and y
"Tied her to a postP exclaimed
Mrs. Budd. "Why thought you
said he wanted her to leave ?"
'That's what the paper says. It's
very queer, isn't it ?"
Tiled her to post and cut off
two of the largest limbs
"Halloa! How's that? cut off two
of her limbs. Incredible Simpson
must be going mad"
"It's the most horrible thing l ever
heard OPP exclaimed Mrs. Budd.
"They will certainly arrest him,
wont they ?"
81 should think so, of course. It's
wonder he didn't kill her. But the
story is not done yet:
"He performed the operation lit.
tie late, for his Isabella began to
bleed, and he feared that he had
done permanent injury
81 should t.ink so. Both legs or
arms off. Permanent injury! l can't
imagine how it could be anything else
than permanent"
Its dreadful p said Mrs. Budd.
Sand here's more yet:
"'Mr. Simpson thought wood-ashes
might do some good, so he put them
all around and gave her all the soap
snds she could take. Upon the whole
his treatment may be regarded as ju.
dicious.'
"That's the editors opinion. HI
must be insane too. They'll kill thai
woman, certain, if they feed her OF
wood-ashes and soap-suds."
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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-01-18

The intensely cold spell of las
week eliminated in a persistent ia
nfsnOw for two or three days, durin;
which the cold moderated. Til,
snow attained a depth averagin,
eight inches, and on Sunday a thav
commenced. This continued Will
increasing rapidity till Wednesday
night, establishing the wettest, dirt
lest, slushiest streets which the
memory of man records. Some
this was carried off by a moderat,
rain on Wednesday night, afte
which the weather became cooler.
On Thursday night rain commence
again, which frOze as it fell, render
ing our sidewalks filter for skaters
than walkers. At the present writ
ing a steady, persistent rain is going
on which will clear the streets, but
is, we fear, about to bring the river
over its banks; it has been rising
rapidly for several days.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-01-18
Eribute of Respect.

The following Tribute Of Respect to tn
memory of SUE OGBURN CALDWELL wa.
unanimously adopted by the Methodist
sunday School (Of which she was member
III Sunday, Jan. y, 1879:
The hand ofthe Lord has been laid upon Us
ind to-day we mourn the death of anOthe.
scholar. SUE OGBURS Caldwell, a child
unusual brightness and promise hiss beer
c died from the realms of SHOWS and wintrH
blasts into a spring of eternal bliss and I'M
fading bloom. The pail of mourning, which
or months has hung about our hearts, i,
deeped by her untimely death, and we can
but feel that the hand of the Lord has beer
laid heavily upon as. But, whilst as schoo
we mourn and mingle our tears with thOSs
of the deeply bereHved ones, we bow in
humble submission to Him who doeth all
things well.
To the heart broken family OF this darling
child we tender our deepest sympathies.
Your home is desolate, for its purest lighl
has faded ont. One of the strongest links OF
earth has been broken hut to bind you the
closer to heaven. y deep tide of bright
hopes has been rolled back in a bitter flooC
upon your hearts, but as you bow crushed
and broken to the storm that has swept
your hearthstone, look to. heaven and say,
Goods will be DONE