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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-09
THE ST. JOHN REGATTA.

In relation to the regatta Of the St. John Row.
Ing Club which Is announced for some time in
July next. we are obliged to the secretary of the
club for the following extract from letter
from the Hil!sdale Rowing Club, of Michigan:
We will be In New Orleans. sick ness only
preventing and hope that our attendance. will
help you as much as you seem to think. II you
could change the order Of races 80 that the
double ecull shell race would come before the
single. so that we might have breathing spell
before the four Dared shell race. or even have
the double after the four. Dared race, we would
take double. and two OF Ia enter the race.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-09
THE SUGAR SHED MATTER.

The City Council IA committee of the whole
yesterday had under consideration the petition
of the special committee of the Sugar Planters
Association relative to the sugar sheds, and
after lengthy discussion 1t was concluded to
POSTPONE action. The importance of the ques-
ton involved. as we'll US the desire of the Coun-
ell to leavs their successors unhalnpered, arc
the reasons assigned for the temporary dispo.
sitiOn made Of the suhiect.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-09
NOTICE TO MARINERS.

The Light. House Board gives notices under
date of the second instant that "on or about
April 1e. an automatic signal buoy, painted red
With letters 90 In white: giving blasts of a
whistle at short intervals. will be moved six and
half miles southeast of Cape Charles light
house. In about ak fathoms of water"
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-09
STODDAR1'S REVIEW.

We have on our table the first copies Of Stod
darts Revie,c. a weekly paper dedicated to the
advancement OF pure knowledge and the
calculation of problems concerning the well
fare OF humanity. 1t Ia published In Phile-
delphia. and we hope that 1t may succeed and
fulfll Its mission,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-09
GRANT.

Yesterday the General visited the Boston
Club and afterwards dined with the Federal
officials at Moreaus. He sft this morning, at 8
o'clock, for Mobile. on a special train placed at
his disposal by Major d. B. Robinson. the cour-
teous superintendent of the New Orleans and
Mobile road. He will be received by the NUM-
cipal authorities and the @ ,tton Exchange.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-09
THE MARIPOSA CASE.

The case Of T. d. Fletcher. owner. and VIM.
r. Ray. master OF the brig Mariposa. charged
with wrecking the vessel for the purpose o
getting the Insurance. came up yesterday before
the United States Circuit Court for trial. The
jury was impane'ed. and one witness exam
ined. and the case was continued until IL
o'clook to dav
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-09
CUSTOMS STATIONS.

Collector Badger has been officially notified
that that the Secretary Of the Treasury has a1-
thorizsd necessary repairs to the customs sta
ton at Point Lookout and the construction OF
q customs station at Port u lds.
The station at Port Eads has long been
needed. and will greatly facilitate the work Of
Collector Badgers department
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-09
POSTPONEMENT OF THE RACES

The races at the Fair Grounds which were to
habe taken place yesterday we're. owing to the
inclemeney OF the weather. postponed until to-
morrow. the races on the programme for that
day going over to some day next week, to be
announced,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-09
INTERNAL REVENUE LICENSE.

Internal Revenue Collector Marks. has re
ceived the speclul license tax stamps for 1880
and he will be prepared to Issue them abou
the fifteenth instant.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-09
BREVITIES.

Dan Rice will deliver an address at the Sea-
mems Bethel to. night on temperance and
moral reform and his new departure. Father
Witherspoon expects every one to be ON hand
at half past sharp.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-11-06
Savage Craft.

That the love of the beautiful is in
herent to savages is proved by their
delight in pretty things. The more a
man studies savage art, the more is he
struck by the almost universal good
taste which it displays. Every chair,
stool or bench is prettily shaped and
neatly carved. Every club, paddle or
staff is covered with intricate tracery
which puts to shame our European
handicraft. Every calabash or gourd
is richly wrought with geometrical pat
terms or conventionalized floral and an
imal designs. The most primitive pot
terry is graceful in form and irrreproach-
able in its simple ornament of string
courses or bead-work. Central African
bowls and drinking cups almost rival
Etruscan or Hellenic shapes. Pre-his-
toric vases from the barrows or lake
dwellings are not less lovely than the
Trojan or Mycenean models which are
now teaching our modern pOtters a
lOng-fOrgotten secret of taste. Even
the stone hatchets and arrow-heads of
the very earliest age show decided
striving after aesthetic effect. And
when we remember that these exquisite
carvings and these polished jade inn
plements are produced with miserably
inefficient tools and experimentation
we recolect the instances quoted by
Sir John Lubbock, where whole years
are spent in the perfecting of a single
art product. in grinding smooth a jasper
Ratchet or polishing Il crystal ear-drop
we cannot fail to wonder at the
aesthetic fervor of these unsophisticated
artists. On the contrary, look into the
houses of the pcasantry all over the
civilized world, and you will find the
appointments painfully meager and
destitute of beauty. Exchange.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-11-06
WIT AND WISDOM.

Mrs. Darlington said that gentle
man laughed so heartily that she feared
he would have burst his jocular vein.
e am surprised" said Calves
ton politician to a heavy property own
er, "that you don't run for some
Office" "Well, you see, somebody
has to do the tax-paying."--Gatveston
NeUs.
Little girl" said the Superintend-
ent of Galveston Sundays school,
"can you tell which day is the Lord s
dayp" "Yeth thir; thath the day we
can't have no beer, cos the grothery is
clothed up"
=" Everybody is looking at Rhode
Island" remarks the editor of the Prov
idence Dispatch in the course of an edi-
torial on "The Duty of the Hour"
This explains the recent advance in the
price of microscopes.
AN elderly resident of Newtown was
approached by an agent for cyolop9-
dia. 81 guess l won't get one," said
the elderly resident, and frankly added,
II know 1 never could learn to ride
one of the pesky things. "--Da,abury
NeUs.
&c The first hat of new fashion for
ladies is not the result of any particu-
lar design. One is finished plain and
then sat down upon by the head milli-
ner. Whatever shape it may take I'M
der pressure is adopted as the style and
becomes the pattern for others.-M O.
hcayane.
"A contemporary complains that
there are too many laws in this country.
We fear that is true. The police cap
tured burglar not long ago who COM
planned that there were SO many laws
that he couldn't break the half of them
in business hours, and had to sit up at
night to finish the rest of them. -Hawk-
eye.
An old monkey, designing t, teach
his sons the advantage of unity, br.u hit
them number of sticks, and desired
them to see how easily they might be
broken one at time. So each young
monkey took stick and broke it.
Now" said the father, '.Pll teach you
lesson" And he began to gather
the sticks into q bundle. But the young
monkeys, thinking he was about to beat
them, set upon him altogether and dis
abled him. There" said the aged
sufferer, "behold the advantage of
unity! If you had assailed me one at
time, l would have killed every moth
er's son of your
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-11-06

The custom of a bridegroom's being
attended on his marriage by friend or
relative, who is styled his ''best man."
rs practiced at weddings in the present
day, is of great antiquity, descending
from our Saxon ancestors. In their
time marriages were always celebrated
at the house of the bridegroom. On the
day before the wedding all his friends
and relations, having been invited, ar
rived at his house, and spent the time
in feasting and in preparing for the APP
preaching ceremony. Next came the
bridegroom's company mounted on
horseback, completely armed, who pro-
ceeded in great state and order, under
the command of one who was called
the forewistaman, or foremost man, to
receive and conduct the bride in safety
to the house of her future husband.
Tho bride, in her turn was attended
by her guardian and other male rcla-
tives, led BY n matron, who was called
the brideswoman, and followed by n
company of young maidcns, who were
called bridesmaids. The Saxon fore
wistaman of the ninth century is the
prototype of the English ''best man. of
the nineteenth.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-11-06
Dandy.

Dandy lived on farm in Rhode Island,
and had become quite famous for his
sagacity. Mr.. Bundy. his master, had
several friends at his house, and in
speaking to them about Dandy, said,
HE seldom fails to do whatever l set
him at. Some times l am almost certain
that see human intelligence in his
eyes"
The company were all anxious to see
what he could do. They were trying
to think of something to propose, when
Harry, bright little fellow, exclaimed,
''Papa, know something that l don't
believe Dandy can do" Then he
whispered TO his father, saying.
DANDY mustn't hear me. because he
knows every word-I say"
Dandy looked as if he knew perfectly
what was going on, and stood quietly
by, as if sure of his ability to perform
any task set him. Showing him
handkerchief, his master said, ''This is
what we want, old fellow" and then
directed that he be taken to the barn,
and chained.
= Harry hid the handkerchief under the
cushion of grandmother's easy-chair.
and grandma promisedt to remain seated
in the chair. Then Harry ran out to
the barn, shouting to Dandy to come
and find the handkerchief.
Dandy trotted up to the house, made
q careful survey, and finally begged to
be admitted into grandma's room.
Here, after looking around as before, he
at last placed his fore-paws on grand
mothers lap, and looked his wish that
she should leave the chair.
"Down. Dandy!'' cried grandma. 81
must not be disturbed to-day: go
away!' But Dandy continued his APP
peal, wagging his tail, and now and
then giving vent to a short, sharp bark.
At length he slowly walked to the
open fire, stretched himself before it,
and appeared to sleep. Occasionally,
however one eye would carefully turn
upon the grandmother, showing it
was only game he was playing to put
her off her guard.
Some time passed in this way, when
suddenly he sprang up; and no roguish
boy ever had minehief more plainly
written on his face, than had Dandy at
this moment Grandmother bed was
her special care. 1t was always white
as snow, and perfectly arranged.
Upon this bed the dog sprang, and be-
gan tossing the clothes with his teeth
and paws.
Harry" cried grandma, "take
Dandy away! Down. down! naughty
dog, downr'
20 grandma" begged Harry, edo
let him stay, just to see what he will
do.''
But, all of q sudden, Dandy changed
his course. Jumping from the bed
with pillow between his teeth, he ran
to the fireplace, and threw the pillow
directly upon the blazing fire.
Grandma, with a scream, fastened to
save the pillow. when Dandy rushed to
the chair, pulled out the cushion, seized
the handkerchief, and rushed with it in
triumph to his master.
dear good old Dandyr' cried Harry,
and he fell on his neck, hugging and
kissing him, Dandy very modestly re-
ceiving the praise for his success
Nursery.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-11-06

lady. but her husband came to her as
sistance.
"We have none here" he said.
This sirup is the nearest approach we
can make to it. But then this is all
that is Notwithstanding to sweeten
the tea. Think of the freedom we en-
joy! No multiplication table, no hard
sums, no fractions
Yes, SIR answered Rob. who was
beginning to feel doubtful about the
blessings of such liberty. "Wiil you
Please tell me what o clock 1t isp"
The whole family looked aghast, and
the host whispered anxiously:
For PHYS sake, my young friend,
speak lower! Such question is for
hidden by law, and there may be spies
under the window"
"But," said Rob, shave you no
means of telling the time of dayP How
do you manage?
ooh, that is easy enoughr' answered
the little man. 1--WE have daybreak and
sunrise; noon, when the shadows fall
directly under us. and sunset. What
more do we wantP"
"Ohn' said Rob, not knowing what
else to say.
81 have been thinking" said the lit
tie man, ''that perhaps it would be a
good thing for you and my oldest son
to exchange places. He has fond
ness for figures, and gives us much
anxiety and trouble by his vice in that
direction. Now you hate them, you
say, SO we will send him back in your
place, and you can stay here in his"
He made this proposition with the air
of a person comforting great favor.
Rob was Mortified.
mo, thank your he cried.
"What"' said the little man, making
a plunge at Rob, who fell from his stool,
in his effort to escape.
Lo. and behold! he was sprawling on
the sitting-room floor, and his mother
was asking him:
"What is the matter, RobP"
''Oh, mamma, 1 have had such a GU
rious dream! 1 have been in No
Arithmetic Land, and didn't like it a
bit!''
And then he told his mother about it.
81 should think notI" she said, when
he was through. ''But the wonder is
that they had anything at all-how they
managed to buy and sell. or do any
thing without arithmeticr' NJ p.
Hardy, in Golden Days.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-11-06
Substantial Furniture.

In nothing is purchaser so easily
deceived rs in cabinet work. Cabinet
making is essentially an art, and de-
mands clear understanding of the
nature of the material which has to be
worked, and the various modes of con-
struction, so as to obtain the greatest
amount of strength with the least waste
of labor or material. The carpenter is
always an honorable person. Why
should not the cabinet-maker be equally
SO? For the simple reason that the car
penter is forced, in much of his work
(fioors, joists, roofs and other responsi-
BILE timbers), to remember that lives
may depend upon the thoroughness of
his work; whereas the cabinet-maker's
craft, though requiring greater precis-
ion and accuracy of finish. seldom has
to resist any great strain, and the con-
sequence is that much of the furniture
sent out is considered durable enough
if it has just sufficient tenacity to hold
together with careful usage. And the
public encourages this state of things
by asking over and over again for the
cheaper article, without attempting
to form any sound Judgment in the
matter.
1t is notorious that get SO accus-
toned to continual breakages in our
furniture (weak joints becoming frac-
tured and bits of carving dropping Off,
as to regard them as inevitable. This
need not be if people would pay more
regard to soundness of construction and
less to meretricious ornament.
1t is not the easiest thing to tell at a
glance whether a chair or a cabinet or
IA sideboard is likely to last lifetime,
or whether it will ''spring leak'' the
day after we get it home; and for this
reason few broad hints for the guild
ance of untechnical purchasers may be
serviceable.
Many people seem to think the nature
of wood will allow of its being turned
and twisted about at pleasure; but
moments reflection will convince the
reader of the absurdity and impossible
ty of this. The trunk of n tree may be
described rs cluster of fibers running
in the direction of its length, and
through which the sap flows. These
fibers constitute what is termed the
grain of u wood. and are more or
less compact in different kinds of tim
Der. thus giving rise to the terms .close-
grained and "open-grained." The
closer the grain the harder the wood
shortness of grain also renders n
wood more liable TO snap when used as
legs or columns.
We have said that the gEain runs with
the length of the trunk. If we want to
cut n stick out Of the trunk of large
tree (Which, by the way, we never do,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-11-06
NUMBER 45.
Youths Department.
LITTLE TROUT.

Twas n gay little trout
~ That one morning gave out
lie could shift for himself, and could catch his
own lilies.
said b Is mother flake care,
And Of anglers bewnrel"
FOR this mother was steady, and cautious and
wise.
"0h, humph!" guryed Trout,
Am, Sfplasaing boldly about,
The worry first iy that soc | shall snap!
Mother fooiishIy thinks,
rb,+ lwlxt her maps and her winks.
inaa everything temptiny is meant for a
on he went TO the Falls
where he made many calls,
"nere he raced with tho minnowS and danced
with the perch,
whilst he did not forget
lie WAS hungry, as vet
Inough no fly, worm or cricket rewarded his
search.
In the brooks dec' ,cst flow
Lying hid down ,eiow.
Tired, at last, slept tt< Tynut though his oyes
did not o'.ose' MO - -
N Wen .nerfs dropped from a stump,
criynsonh,"1 innocent plump,
ID fly, pausinS over his nose.
\ title Trout, all alert,
At - Dashed ut once, with hirt,
Ais morsel that promised SO sweet re-
Nay, he stopped not to look
For possible hook,
So he found himself airily dangling at last!
He was luckily small,
And not wanted ut all;
Thus he found himself back in the brook, in
great pain.
am sure he grew wlso
As he increased In size,
Do you blink that he ever was captured againi
-Ffetd Forester. in Youths Companion.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-11-06

is the hcnnery; b is the old man, and the
syringe: d is the young man lightly turning to
thoughts of love as well as the corner OF tho
and is the fat girl sitting by the piano and
singing Father, dear father, come home"
gygg is the gathering darkness.
Gayly up the back yard the young
man comes. Silently in ambush the
MARBLES. Quiet but awful is the syringe.
In the uncertain light of early evening
the old man sees figure stealthily
drawing near his guarded pen. With
bated breath he waits the onslaught.
The syringe sounds its dreadful "wh-s-
SHIP" and its deadly contents fly
through the air like a wild and mad
avenger. A yell that tore the azure
robe of night. fairly Knocked the fat girl
off the piano stool and curdled the old
mans blood, followed the discharge,
and when the neighbors rushed in,
under the impression that q political
boom had burst right in the neighbour
hood, they found the unfortunate young
man paving madly around on the
ground, and screaming out awful Mexi-
can words terrible to hear, while the
old man lowered over the scene with
the syringe in his hands, looking like
an animated figure escaped from an
allegory. Sympathizing arms bore the
young man into the house, after their
owners had stopped their nostrils with
cotton, and it required the combined
efforts of the fat girl and eight friends
to bring him to, and it was some hours
before he was able to fairly inquire if
the meteor hit anybody else when it
struck. That night, beneath the dark
some shade of a cypress tree, whose
thick branches the struggling moon
beams vainly strove to pierce, an old
mans lettering form rested upon a
spade, and silently viewed a new made
grave. He had just buried the syringe.
-Rockldnd Courier.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-11-06
An Awful Squirt.

A Rockland young man. until quite
recently was counting q fat girl at the
North End and had p.ogressed very ia
vorably with his ss:it One evening last
week he dressed up in his best clothes.
carefully combed his hair, and started
out to make his tri-weekly visit to his
fair one, who was waiting in the parlor
with fond expectation in her heart and
| a cold in her head, superiAduced 6y the
fluctuating weather. This was as YOU
might say, the prologue to the tragedy.
1t appears, however, THAT the fat girl S
fatiser-who is worth man. thousand
dollars in good. sensible b,onds. and as
a consequence is an obje ct of the young
mans tender regafd- had for several
nights previous beer. the victim of some
unknown miscrear.t who had raided on
his hen pen W.T.. disastrous effect. Sick
OF such foo' .stness, he had prepared a
ghastiy re'.r. oution for the fowl villains,
and TO tfde, end had filled big garden
syringr, with about gallon of ancient
peer brine, seasoned with garlic and
nav ored With assafmtMa, and was lying
1T. ambush behind n box where he could
sweep every approach to the hennery.
The young man. who is pretty well ac-
quainted with the whole family, thought
i he would surprise his girl by entering
the house unexpectedly by tho back
way. This is the situation:
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-11-06

On the afternoon OF the Seawanhala disas-
ter, last summer, three boys, Fred II. Wight
man, Herbert II. Dean and Edward l.. Lamb,
were fishing in rowboat near the float of the
knickerbocker Yacht Club As they saw the
burning steamer coming through the Gate,
they spran to their oars, and rowed pluckily
to the rescue. They reached the shore of
Wards Island just as the steamer grounded,
and theirs was the second boat on the spot; the
brave boys succeeded in rescuing fourteen
persons, among whom was the Captain of the
steamer The matter came to the attention
of the Irving Club. an association composed
of prominent residents of Harlem. and it was
unanimously voted to make public rccogni-
tion of the gallant conduct of the boys by pre-
scnting to them gold medals. The medals are
handsome pieces, made by Tiffany. On one
side is II representation of the boys in their
this was the inscription: "Prescnted by the
Irving Club of New York City" The reverse
side bore the following: "For bravery dis
played mt the burning of the Seawanhaka,
June 2S.''-N. Y. Cor. Utica Herald.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-11-06

as the offshootS form better ready-made
sticks and moro elastic), we cut in the
direction of its length, and the fiber or
grain running its n~tural way gives to
the stick the greatest possible strength.
But let us suppose the tree to be
of large enough circumference to
allow of the same sized stick being cut
across the trunk, at right angles to its
upward growth. After infinite trouble
we hack out piece simil:ry in size to
the first. Now with your hands try the
strength of the two. The first, with
the grain running lengthwise, will not
yield; the second, cut right across the
trunk, snaps with more or less ease.
1t was cut across the grain, and is com
posed merely of succession of shor
tibers, which have minimum of cohe-
sive power. Therefore, the first prin-
ciple in the use of timber, if we woulc
obtain the greatest amount of strength,
is to let the grain run in the natura.
direction with the length of our work.
and not with it's breadth or narrowest
way.
The strongest form that can be given
to the back of a chair is where the two
upright pieces are straight, or nearly so,
and the cross pieces also straight, and
mortised into the side uprights.
The legs of chair are fixed in two
ways. Either they are pegged up into
the seat framing, as in light caned or
bedroom chairs. or else the ends OF the
seat rails are mortised into the upper
part, or square shoulder of the leg.
which is by far the strongest way OF
framing. and should be employed for
dining room chairs, and whenever the
seat of the chair is stuffed. Where the
legs are only ''pegged'' it is necessary
to strengthen them by rails from one to
the other. but with chair properly
framed these are not essential, though
of course they add to its strength, and,
artistically, they give a balance to the
chair and prevent it looking top-heavy.
Besides, it enables us TO dispense with
4 clumsier leg than would otherwise b
necessary. art Antdtexr.