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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-03
New Orleans, La July |. 1879. jy2

ONCE of the New Orleans Gas Light
Com pany, New Orleans, July /. 1879-A dividend
of THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS
PER SHARE will be paid to the STOCK holders on
and after July 49, out OF the earnings OF the
past six months.
All transfers, Of stock made between July and
Is will be OK dividend"
jyi 1T V. vALLOIS. Secretary.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-03

New Orleans Insurance Association, Of
fee No. 102 Canal street, New Orleans. July l.,
semi-annual Interest DIVIDEND OF FIVE
PER CENT on capital stock was declared.
payable to stockholders on and after Monday.
seventh instant. Ct, LANAUA.
iy1 IT Secretary.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-03
FOR RENT.
FOR SALE.

L1oR sALE-sCHo oNER DELPHINE, MEAS
II uring In length "a 5-10 feet. breadth 10 ITO
feet, measures 4 100 tons. VIII be sold on the
fifth OF july 1879. at the head OF the Old basin.
Any persons having claims against said
schooner are notified to present them previous
to the sale. Jy3 3t*
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-03
OVER $1,000
Eagle Cotton Gins
HAVE BEEN SOLD.

The Eagle" Cotton Gins were first INTRODUCED
years ago. and have been used successfully fri
iii the cotton producing regions Of The world.
THE BALE OF COTTON WH IT'S RE
a aRtabso on IL The G Rfe oorT6N am
The Esat om s q The E Eags Gotten g
Cotton Gins ever made. The Eagle Cotton Gin
runs lighter than any other gin. thus , having 9
great advantage for planters who wish to run
who use the Eagle cotton Gins viii certify to
the fact that when their cotton is sent to market
Is ny oer en proee ner
sample Of cotton than the Eagle Cotton Gins.
Over q 900 Eagle Cotton Gins have been made
years il which the, underaigned has
New Orleans, he has neuer had a Gin returned
SAP cylinder OF the Eagle Cotton Gin IL ss0etrs
inches IN dia1neter: phich g too inches larger
an nost ote k ;a Of e., g ps ts gipig S
equal to the 50-snec Gins OF other makers, SoilO
Use only ter,i,,ch cyltedey. arsd re same great
agsr sxe se can Sc sas an e sg our
Planters wishing reliable Cotton Gin.- with
an established reputation can purchase an Eagle
makne an untred But viii obtain
Cotton Gin which Is Endorsed BY the oldest
and largest planters In the country as the best
a large stock OF Eagle Cotton Gins are always
kept on sale In New Orleans ready for imme-
diate shipment.
want right or left hand motion Gins,
Prices have been reduced this season to 50 so
q saw. We keep on sale Gins Of 40, 45. SO; 50. go
Ali orders should be addressed to
W. L. CUSHING, New Orleans,
Sole Agent for the Southern states.
Country merchants allowed a liberal discount
on all orders.
THIRTY CENTS A POUND FOR COTTON.
The s,N Ne gz,4 9rleapg gotoa Exchange paid
best bale Of cotton seen in New Orleans.
SIX HUNDRED DOLLAR OLA PRIZE AT ST.
At the great st. Louis Fair last October. the
Grand Prize Of 5000 for the Best Bale of Cotton,
was awarded to a. pale ginned on an EAGLE
&c W e Gt 6ps from 20 MoE Ege GR zoa
49, y 'oAs 9A10'N - W. l.. GUSHING,
1e6 Gravier street.
ra151iss.sssa -
go
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VICTOR SUGAR MILLS
COOKS EVAPORATORS.
A large assortment Of all sizes at reduced
w. l.. CUSHING,
1876 Gravier str Get.
COTTON PRESSES.
All Of the best Cotton Presses, lnclndi n
/ STEDMAN'S CELEBRATED PRESSES NEW
ELL SCREWS, etc. For sale BY
/ W. u. CUSHING,
ie14 d&W 1m Is, Gravier stree
The Republican journal., 1879-02-27
A Woman's Courage


IN q certain London boarding house,
not far from Regents Park, the guest who
comes iii late at night viii sometimes see
H side saddle lying Oh the floor in the
lower hall. sualiy it has disappeared
before he Is down in the morning. II not,
a finely formed. healthy faced Young Eng
liSh-Woman will be one OF the Anglo-Am-
crcan company that gathers at the break
tast table She is its owner. This board
ing house is her home Riding horses at
races and sales is her occupation. An or
phan, of respectable parentage, obliged
to support herself, the avenues to Il live
lihood that opened before such a young
girl as she, in the 'rowded, elbowng life
of England, were few and unpromising.
She had an English Woman's love Of ami
mails and outdoor occupations. And she
had dauntless, magnificent physical cour
age So she drifted into this strange life.
She finds employment from one end Of
England to the other. One morning she
is oil by cab, her saddle beside her. for Il
horse market in the east of London. The
next perhaps, she is hurryng from her
early breakfast to take the traln at
kng's Cross, for Doncastcr. There Is no
horse 50 vicious that she heSltates to
mount him. He may fall with her, he
cannot throw her. She is sent for to ride
horses that men dare not or will not
horses that have killed their riders more
than once, that will do their best to Kill
her. But she has a reputation that, for
breads sake and shelters sake, she can
not afford to lose, and she never declines
to mount horse because it is dangerous
to do 50. one night she comes home
bruised and weak-her horse fell on her
to day. Another her face tlnshes with
satisfaction as she tells her kind friend,
the landlady, that her horse won the
race. Often she does not eat mouthtul
from her early breakfast before the rest
Of the house are up, until her days work
is done. Success depends on being able
to command every particle of nervous
force she possesses she can spare none
of it for the processes of digestion. She
is intelligent and womanly- just as wo-
manly as if her work kept her in an of
flee or behind the counter instead of
among stabekeepers, jockeys and sport
ing men. But to an American it seems
the strangest of occupations for woman
to folloW-a most pitiful necessity that
pushes her into it, | do not know how
common it may be in English life. 1t
gives Just glimpse of the difference
even in the hardest times our favored
land ever sees-between the struggle for
existence among the crowded multitudes
of the Old world and the opportunities for
obtaining a livelihood in the spacious re-
sources Of the New. Christian Union.
The Republican journal., 1879-02-27
Farm, Garden and Household,
Raise More Poultry.

We have again and again urged on
lymers the Importance of making more
N their poultry yards The consumption
N poultry as an article of diet has in
reased very much within ten years in
HtieS ana large towns, but on most of our
small New England farms it is still con
~jicred rs one Of the luXuries of life, to
Ne indulged in only on state occasions.
u Ike all meats, poultry has declined in
price and with the exception, perhaps.
N. pork. it Is now about as cheap an art
N ot diet as the market affords. \ good
Young turkey. 1T Il cents pound. is very
rnaSonable food as to cost. and certainly
, is eNceiled III quality by no dish which
utu be named. Chickens at the same, or
shade lower price, when plump and
sell tatted, are an equally economical
Article OF TODD. There is comparatively
tile waste to a Well dressed fowl OF any
aud and the flesh OF good bird, when
Nrll cooked, lmprol IS by constant warm
a- over IN the Judgment OF epicures,
lll certainly cannot be said to deteror-
lr, except in appearance, by anybody.
poulul is scarcely ever drug in the
Igket and there are few farmers who
NIi not almost at any time find sale for
~ thcY could produce. without going very
l to ind customers while fresh eggs
lrr 1.WaNs both eatahle and salabie. and
tafiN always bring handsome price
MAIt There are many different degrees
The success which farmers meet in
poultry raising. Is far as profit Is con
-erueG We do not know of any OF the
mon departments o1 agricultural econo-
The Republican journal., 1879-02-27
Country Social Life.

country folks are ln general 50 fully oc-
4pea Mlth affairs that they have no time
To discover how lonesome they really are.
50 far Us this IS concerned we think it
misfortune We are too busy. We work
too h4ri. We take to few, or no holi
days. we read ana think too little, and
DO not spend sufficient time in social cul-
Ufe There is no reason why those who
plough tAe soil or whose talk is Of bull
locks should not experience the refine
ments which are the results Of formal
social life. ln business, at bargains, in
pursuit Of dollars, ND man is seen at his
best. He is thOrny, spiny, with bis back
up as pOrcuplne might be at his bus-
ness Let one dotf his working clothes
and enter a r0omtull Of his neighbOrs
men, young women, men and maidens-
and he IS man Of another kind. lie
naturally falls into the ways Of an intui-
tive kindness which is really the truest
polteness the doing to his companion
what he would that he should do to him.
tie LETS himself out" to please, and, after
an evening spent in social converse. he
Tttlres with many rough corners and as
perlties toned down. For a few davs the
influence remains 1t would be perma-
nent il it could be reinforced now and
then, and the good results would be most
agreeable and useful. There is no diff
Guilty III bringing these good Influences TO
bear. Two or three persons with energy
and some magnetism about them can put
them III motion with ease. Now is the
time to begin the effort. Rural New
Orkpr
The Republican journal., 1879-02-27
Mlscarried Notes.

\ Young lady gave cher young man a
beautifully worked pair Of slippers and
he acknowledged the present by sendlng
her his picture incas,d in handsome
frame.
lie wrote a note To send with it, and at
the same time replied angrily to an Oft
repeated dun for an unpaid-l lor suit of
clothes. He gave the boy ten cents to
deliver the package and notes, giving eX-
phcit direction as to the destination of
each 1t was a boy with a trecked face,
and he discharged his errand in a man
ner that should give him 4 niche in the
temple of fame
The young lady received a note in her
adored ones handwriting, and flew to her
room to devour itS contents. She opened
the missve with eager fingers, and read,
''lm getting tired of your everlasting attentions
The suit is about worn out already. 1t never
amounted 70 much anyway Please 90 to thunder.
And the tailor was struck utterly dumb
when he opened Il parcel and discovered
the picture OF his delinquent customer
with Il note that said
when You gaze upon the features think how
much owe you"
When the unfortunate young man call
ed around that evening to receive the
happy acknowledgment Of his sweetheart,
he was very ostentatiously showed Oft the
steps and over the fence by the young la
dy's father, and in the morning he was
waited upon by his tailor's lawyer, and
imperatively ordered to settle or suffer.
The following is posted in front ofa gro
Gerry store in Cambridge, Mass, ''Wood-
en- pals, six cents each. Notice-W did
not steal these pals, but we think the
man we bought them Of did"
The Republican journal., 1879-02-27
For the Journal
Diphtheria.

ME. EDITOR having Hotlccu III u HuulotI "l
papers that IT is the province of physicians To
study the nature Of dphthoria and endeayor y
moderate its fatal tendency | will venture il you
will give place in the Republican journal for my
views, to place before the pabIic the general prin
ciples of treatment which has proved entirely
satisfactory for many years
For long time before the disease reached this
continent, having carefully traced It's history as
given in the medical journals, and noticed the dt
tcrcut modes Of treatment n other countries as y
passed from city to city the i'll success of every
form of treatment made the thought of lis arrival
on our shores anything but desirable. But It came
and wherever it located gave immediate proof that
it had lost none OF its fatal tendency by crossing
the water lis the treatment by our most sagoclou.
physicians in all parts Of the country was nearly
as likely to prove useless as successful
After many months of painful experience. the
writer noticed that the fatal cases were almost en-
trely Of that class Of patients who could not NJ
would not bear a moist state Of the skin. Shoud
a remedy act AS a >udorhc. the clothes woud pr
thrown of or enough of them to dry the skin tul
the worst consequences were sure totollow oomc
patients who were apparently doing wel and vho.
| have not the least doubt were DONG well, died
very suddenly in consequence of this error. Some
who thought themselves well enough to get uP and
dress died within half an hour of doing So HNy
ing become convinced of the necessity Of main
tanning "a general, gentle moisture Of the surface
of the whole body it was madr a rule 70 prrscrihe
no medicine uuui promise ha3 been secured that
all directions shou!I be strictly followed. Is am
not aware ii called within thc first DAY or two. pt
The Republican journal., 1879-02-27

"There is a stage at midnight to Pitts
burgh -
~ es; but YOU will not take it. Tut,
tut DO YOU suppose the town here can
spare you, or your friends or your wife !.
Go in aud talk it over with her. III call
On my way back. Its not Your duty to
make yourself martyr for these wretch
eS. Their houses are filthy, and they are
drunkards; SO down they 90 Let them
90"
AS the old doctor rode down the hill be
looked back and saw the stout figure mo-
tionIess at the gate. 1t was late when he
returned, Seeing a light in the office, he
made his way there Nealy met him at
the door
You have determined to 60 ?"
''Yes."
The old man was greatly agtated
While Nealy was quiet
~ ou will never come back, boy. Go
ing from a pure atmosphere into that
polluted air
"Nonsense, will be at home again
IN months time, please God. There are
some papers will leave with You. My
my will. Something might happen you
know 1t is all arranged for Priscilla.
She will be comfortable us to money. |
should not think it right to 20 else
"Nnney What Is money compared to
the loss of
"of me ?" Nealy passed his hand over
his face. Don't unnerye me, Lloyd. Its
right for me to do this thing. can't turn
my back on these dying people. I'VE
thought it all over"
The Republican journal., 1879-02-27

Wheat growing in Great Britain is
slowly declining in area; the average
yield has been increased | to II bushels
IN the past generation, ) bushels within
100 years, and is now estimated at %
bushels
The Republican journal., 1879-02-27
NUMBER 8.

'rnln thc RnSlnn lInrald

From the Boston Herald
ON the night Of Jan. | the iewery store
of \. q. Wood y Son, No. IA Washing
ton St. was reported to have been entered
by burglars, the Watchman in charge of
the premises bound gagged and thrown
into the alcoVe AT the head Of the stairs
leading To the basement Of the building,
and an amount OF money IN the cash
drawer estimated at about $50 taken hy
the thieves. who made their escape by
front door, which was found open The
condition of the door was noticed hN the
officer on the beat, and he entered the
premises in which lights We're burning.
Pursuing his investigations, his attention
was attracted by slight noise proceed
lng from the a'cONe referred to. entering
which he discovered the Waterman bound
and gagged as stated. Releasing the
young man. who, by the way, was also
employed in the store rs clerk 10y the
MessrS. Wood during the day, Il further
search 10y the two revealed the fact that
a large number of boxes, containing sets
Of leWeiry, had been removed from one of
the show cases in the store ana placed OIL
the glass top, apparently for the purpose
OF removal Further inquiry showed tiat
the two associates of the young clerk OF
Watchman, Who made thejr quarters with
him IN the place at night, for the better
security of the valuable goods stored
therein, We're. on THIS occasion. absent
one Of them having gone ro visIc friend
or to the theatre. While the other was n
the enjoyment OF "a night OIL. Ii was
also discovered that a d cular light bad
been broken from sky hght over the rear
The Republican journal., 1879-02-27
How The Forests Are Used Up.

TO make shoe-peg enough for Amer
lean use consumes annually 100, 900 cords
Of timber and to make our lucifer match
es BOO, 900 cubic feet of the best pine are
required every year. Lasts and boot
trees take 500, 900 cords of birch. beech
and maple, and the handles of tools 500, :
900 more. The baking of our bricks con
sumes 2,0OO, 600 cords of wood, or what
would cover with forests about $4,000
acres of land. Telegraph poles already
up represent 500, 600 trees, and their an
nual repairs consume 300, 900 more. The
ties Of our railroads consume annually
thirty years growth of $1,000 acres and
to fence all our railroads would cost S45, :
100000, with yearly expenditure of SI5, :
900, 900 for repairs. These are some OF the
ways which American forests are going.
There are others, our packing boxes for
instance, cost in 1874, $l2, 900, 900, while
the timber used each year in making
wagons and agricultural implements is
valued at more than 100000, 600 n. E.
Homestead.
The Republican journal., 1879-02-27

A certain resident Of North Adams recently
buried his wife a woman Of unusul size, and few
days after the sad event neighbor attempted a
little in the consolatory line by remarking ell
Mr., you have met with Il heavy loss" " Yes,
replied the mourner with sigh, she weighed
most four hundred pound
The Republican journal., 1879-02-27

Maine has more oxen and sheep than
either of the other New England States.
The Republican journal., 1879-02-27

Vermont raises more potatoes to the
acre than any other New England state.
Daily Republican., 1879-08-16
Yesterdays Excursions.

The trip of the Washington Fire
Company to Cape May, was very plea
SAINT one. They left the wharf at Cape
May at e'clCck, and reached home
about ten. The excursion was success.
ful in every way, and established more
firmly than ever the well-earned repu
tation the company has gained for Civ
ing enjoyable and orderly excursions
The people who went to Ocean City
yesterday had the opportunity Of wit
Messing the gathering of the peninsulal
savants. 1t was an attraction truly anc
doubly worth the price of the passage
ticket. The chunks of editoria
wisdom that were disseminated wer.
strong and powerful, and the way
Webster was hashed up made the un-
sophisticated husbandry who were pre-
sent open their eyes in amazement
These and the sea bathing made thu
day an important one in the history o
Ocean City. The excursion train ar.
rived home at the usual hour.
The A. M. +. church returned hom
from Elm Tree Park, last evening, i,
good condition. They reported havinl
slight blow, but nothing serious.
The Lobdell Car Wheel Company
employees returned from Cape May b.
the "Republic. A pleasant tim
was had, nothing occurring to mar tn
enjoyment.
Daily Republican., 1879-08-16

COpey Island and the III d dsOn.

The only excu rsion of the season 10
Coney Island and the Hudson, Will
take place on Thursday, the 2oth inst.
The excursion will leave Wilm ngton
at & O'Clock, a. m, by special tralA to
Jersey City, arriving there at 10 a. M,
thence as many as prefer by the splrn
did steamer Orchard Stockton" up
the romantic Hudson to West Point and
Newburg, atfording ample time to view
the many points Of interest at these
places, or to Coney Island, via Bay
Ridge and Sea Beach route, making a
quick run by boat and cars, and allow
ing full 10 hours at the celebrated wa
tering place. This will give an oppor-
tunity to see the is land by night with
the wonderful electric lights, the most
expensive kind in the United States.
The beautiful and moral effect Of these
lights playing upon the waves and
surt is lndescribable. Returning leave
C,n-y Island at 9.l7 aud J-sey City at
10.l,, IN Far- for the round "trip to
eth plane So 90, children under IL
years of aye $l.5o. Tickets can be
procured at the book store, No. All
Market street.
Daily Republican., 1879-08-16
The Tie ON the Track Trick.

One day last week the engineer of a
freight train on the Lake Shore Rail.
road, near Angola, N. Y, discovered q
large tie lying across the track, and re-
moved it just in time to prevent a ca.
tastrophe. The same day, Henry
Locke, a tramp, reported to the officials
at Angola that he overheard two mer
threatening to get even with some one
and saw them place the obstruction or
the track, and that he "took to tht
woods to flag the train at the curve un
seen, but missed it." Yesterday morn
ing Locke was arrested, and confessed
that he placed the tie on the track
himself, because he was "out of funds
tired of life, and desirous of imprison
ment to prevent starvation"
Daily Republican., 1879-08-16
A Pleasant SurpriAe,

Mr.. Lewis Gordon Of Rockland was
agreeably surprised last evening by an
impromptu gathering ofhis friends and
relatives. The occasion was commem-
orative of his twenty-frst birth day.
Later in the evening he was presented
with handsome gold watch and chain,
Mr.. Robert Buck making the presenta-
:ion speech. After this little episode
the balance of the evening was agreea.
bly, spent in indulging in refreshments
and in the various parlor amusements.
Later, the friends departed sincerely
hoping for the young mans. welfare
and charging him to choose we'll his
career and preserve inviolate the ten.
der memories Of youthful years.
Daily Republican., 1879-08-16
Regulating the Coal Trade.

S'ward's Coal Trade Journal of 18th
now going on by insane rivalries and
over production, argues strongly and
earnestly for legislative management o
the anthracite trade. 1t asserts that
the depreciation in value of stock and
bonds Of the chief anthracite companies
ald railroads caused by the present low
price of coal will amount to hundreds OF
millions of dollars, and that to prevent
great coal kings from ruinonsly warrine
against each other there should be a
legislative commission appointed, as il
England.
Daily Republican., 1879-08-16

STICE.-I beg leave to inform tho
IN lie that have increased my lae
for manufacturing kindliny wood, AM
now prepared to furnish W, cd In any 9
ty to suit consumers. ] sell the iar,est
load in the city. Give me call before
chasing elsewhere. Orders bv mail \
prompt attention, JOHN PONDER
8.9ti Foot of Fourth street, .
NYOl1CE.-Owners Of the Delaware
~ Road Company's Bonds due Jaha
1889. called "Extenslon Mortgage L
wishing TO dispose OF them before they,
ture, will please propose terms terms o.
of said bonds, with the remaining 9"
thereon, TO the undersia ned,
M. HAYES, Treasurer,
8se0d II noyer,
Daily Republican., 1879-08-16
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Z. F,KunkIe's Bitter Wine OF Iron

Has never been known to fail In the cure OF
weakness attended with symptoms. indispo.
sition to exertiOn, loss Of memory. difficulty in
breathing, weakness, horror OF disease, weak,
nervous trembling, dreadful horror of death,
night sweats cold feet, weakness, dimness Of
vision, languOr, universal lassItude OF the
muscular system, enormous appetite, with
dyspeptic symptoms, hot hands, flushing of
the body, dryness OF the skin, pallid counte.
nance and eruptiOns on the lace, purifying
the blood, pain in the back, heaviness in the
eyelids, frequent black spots flying before the
eyes, with sufiusion and loss of sight, want
OF attention. &c.
Kunkle's Bitter Wine Of Iron is for sale in
Wilmington by z. James Belt, corner Sixth
and Market streets; N. b. DaniOrth corner
Second and Market streets; John J Gala gher
Il Bro. 1913 and 1904 Market street; Herbert
X. Watson S03 Market street; Taylor L. Full.
erton, 3O2 King street; Jno. y. S.Hartman, Fifth
and Poplar; Fl. X. Bringhurst 3l7 Market
street, and the drug trade generally.
+. +. kunkers Worm Syrup never fails to
destroy Pin, Seat and Stomach Worms. The
doctor can tell whether or not the patient has
worms. Thousands are dying daily with
worms, and do not know IT, Fits, spasms,
cramps, choking and sutlOcation, sallow com.
plexi0n, circles around the eyes, swelling
and pain In the stomach, restless at night,
grinding Of the teeth, picking at the nose,
cough, fever, itching at the seat, headache,
foul breath, the patien: grows pale aud thin,
tickling and irritation In the anus.