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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-20
MAILRgfA EIN.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS. SPANISH FoRT AND
I.ake Knfiroun Gnmpanv

OFFICE New ORLEANS. SPANISH FoRT AND
Lake Railroad Company.
nN AND AFTER MAKUH /, 1880, TRAINS
~ will leave the Depot. corner OF Canal and
Basin streets ut $3.50. o. IL. H. l. 2. g. 4. 8 and @
o'clock. and the rate will be- as follows:
Round trip to The Lake aud return 20 cents
Round trip children between and Ia
years. ..........,...............l 10 cents
Round trip to City Park and return lU cents
Family tickets, AZ round trips. HI 20
Family half-tickets. 10 round trips,
children to II years. .........-... VI ~
Children under years. ............-... Free
Liberal ARRANGEMENTS will be made with pic
MIC parties and schools.
Arrangements Gun be made for special trains.
to be run during or after regular hours.
r. =. WILLIAMS.
mhs i'm General Manager.
NEW ORLEANS AND MOBILE RAILROAD
THE SHORTEST hogTR TO EABTEhh
ONLY LINE WITH DOUBLE DAILY PAS.
BENaER TRAINS.
q. IN and after Sunday, November . 1879 train.
ms follows:
No. !, r1 Hstss; No. n4 aassS.
daily ....... 80 am daily .....-7:40 Am.
No. . Express No. 4 Express
deiIy. .........g:o 20 pm. daily ........9:30 DIN
Tickets may be obtained and Sleeping Gal
Berths secured In advance on application at thu
Office corner Camp and Common streets. oppo
'''' o' b. B. ROBINSON. Superintendent.
d1iY w. COLEMAN. Ticket Agent.
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BAYOU MACON AND TENsAs.

TENBAB AND BAYOU MACON REG ULAR
PACKET.
IT, foR fLoYb. b III iii "WsyAlBsAw,
lR@n2e1 Croekett's Point Egypt. Cut-oR.
Westwood. Eureka. Mound Bayou,
Coulter Point and oil way landings on Bayou
Macon and Tensas-The fine passenger steame.
TkN@A4.
L. v. Cooley master. Thos Knse clerk,
p'' VI ' BRift II n EppLER 1874 arevier It,
de2s LORD d MoPEAKE r.. t97 Hrsvier street
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HE6& For INDIANOLA AND CORPUS
1At6n6E Christi "a ntealners leaving Morgan
City on WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS
eonneot at Galveston with the Norfolk
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STEAMBOATS,.
NED krvER.
nsa nyysy aua Tsxas.

nsa nJvsr ana Texas.
SfFio hXiLWAY ARb dAo SR EEETfAS t.
Through bills Of lading and through passen.
ger tickets to all landings on Rcd river aud all
railway stations In Texas. The beet route to
~ Fob SHREVEPORT. JEFrEn.
s1a son. Hot springs, and oil landings
on Rcd Hiver and railway stations
In Texas.
FOH SHREVEPORT.
Ashland, Noah Hcovell master.
Leaves on SATURDAY. March 20. Mt 8 .. m.
FOR MINDEN.
Danube. Charles Thorn. muster.
Leaves SATURDAY. Mareh 30. ut g p.m.
no wherfboat charges dragage OF eoiD,nission
will be charged Ct mouth. OF Red Riyer, Bayou
consigned to the company by bill Of ladtng,
For freight or passage apply on board of the
Camp street, jos 4. AiKEN. President. "
n. ". JOYCE GEO. y. HITE
ja y. oAhls 1n BBht1 MophSk HRp I1snis
WEEKLY RED RIVER PACKET.
Leaves e Eyer IA sAATIu VA. n1a atS p; M
wares SIS and i' way ME' ian q D'P e;
''eSAA' e'u NJ. JESSE s * BELL, I've
4, Hinnott master. g. o. Hamilton clerk.
VII leave as above. For freight or passage
'p' " i. ". ADAMS, II Commercial Place.
Y;P.-NO wharfbOat charges, or commission,
will be charged at mouth OF Red river or New
Orleans for forwarding freight consigned to
boat or agent. ies
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NEW YORK.

NEW 1Owhs
MOHGANg LOUISIANA AND TEXAS RAILS
Road And NEW WY, Y0EK sTEANsHTF
<nEm(fm The following Al iron steamships (.
xAls from this line -
SdE ain N1HahfAAisEY . o S2a2As HI
STEAMSHIP ALGIERs.
j. W. Hawthorn master
Will sail from Al9iers TUESDAY. Marcn'
Iii iSs J1 s4.E TO NEW YORK. oNE-HALx
Freight for the above port received Ut the d.
pot OF Morgan,s Louisiana and Texas Railroad.
Ioot Of Lafayette street. daily until 5 y. IN.
sofd5EHY HB. L. aR %hYiT Z co.. managers
au1s Corner Natohez and Magazine streets.
THE ORION WELL LINE.
FOR NEW XOKk DIRECT.
To sail WEDNESDAY, March 81. at 8 q. m.
GEE4H$, THIS lac isoomposed OF the follow.
K kS{4kEhB2okEa' a agR p99gstuAsa
HUDSON,
II. T.. Freeman master.
WILL leave her wharf from foot OF TouiouGs
INSURANCE BY THIS LINE Y PER OERx.
yaDtn pa66aR0.--.--..-...........
k3L9oTAG6. ..-.. .~~..>~. 10
Freight for Liverpool. Bremen and Hay.a
taken taken ~ this line. and through bills OF ladins
Nor freight or passage sR a RI yM Y
my1 ~ Il Carondelet strees.
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OM1o nrvnn.

r. CINCINNATI AND NEW ON.
leans - Southern TRANSPORTATION
Line-Steamers OF this line viii
G sSHg II CLOWN b. L. shinkle mas,,r
Leaves SATURDAY. March az; at ) pm
Leaves THURSDAY. March ~, al o pm.
II. 10. ln(aER. EEL. u Hart master
Leaves THURSDAY. March 40. ut D pm.
For Cincinnati. Louisville end Intermediates
landings, connecting at Cincinnati with pack.
cts for all points above to Pittsburg.
For freight or passage apply on bORrd. or tn
J. r. BUIDEAU. Agent.
no1e u 1sb 0ravfer streeG.
- = THESTEAMERsO or THE SOUTH
A&ssssS9Aat ern Transportation Line leave New
Orleans for Cincinnati and oil /
points on the Ohio river as follows:
w' 7, MI ~ M Msreh Y
GOLDEN CROWN. bATURDAY, March 10
GOLDEN CRY ....ss...T UERDAY, March 40
n n. SPRINGER THU RsnAY. Mnreh is
On HES MOMGAN SATURDAY. March ~
NEW Any HOUSTON. TIL EsDAY March 30
TnOM As hMERLOCK. TIL HSDAf, April 1
u. r. ACMENCK ia TUHDAY Anrll B
GUIDING STA " .......... tn ESUAY Aurfl 4
no EAT MITCHELL THfJRHDAY ApTil q
GOLDEN RULE. 49,. SATURDAY, April 10
j. T. BURDEAU, Agent.
mh14t 1916 Hravier street.
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WHITE STAR LINE.
ls7s. Fall & winter Arrangement 1850

1879. Fall 4 Winter Advancement. 1850
TRI-wEEKLY UPPER COAST PACKET TO
BAYOU GOULA AND BEN TUREAUD.
LIZ = THE FINE AND FAST PAssEH-
]. A. Oomstock master. Geo. N. Woods clerk,
Leaves EVERY MONDAY and WEDNESDAY
at 10 q. m. and FRIDAY at s D. m. for Bayou
days.
For freight OF passage apply on board. or to
8. HEN0, 20 Cont street.
A clerk will be found daily at the head 81
0leny1le street TO receive freight, oc1e +
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<fEM FOR BRAHOH SANTIAGO VIA
s40iHARG 0alvestonTbe iron steamer
.. q. MA MRaA
Will sail from Morgan City
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STEAM HOATS.
ut. L4siHN.


INDEPENDENT SEMI WEEKLY NEW Or
LEANS. COAST AND LAFOUROHE
PACKET.
Leaves every MONDAY at p. m. and f. R1DAY
M 10 n. IN.
IT, = FOR WAY LANDINGS ON COAST
Ayaa2Rt1 and Bayou Lafourohe The No.
passenger packet
-05= HELLE, M-
Max Blanchard. Master,
John Webre and q. j. Blanchard Clerks.
will leave as above, returning down the coast
every SUNDAY and WEDN fEHDAY. In daylight
For freight or ptlssaRa Apply Onhoard or to
v. II. BERNARD. o st, Louis at.
n. HENO. 30 CONT ct.
p. 3. - Goes through to Lookport on tho
Thursday trip.
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Ira ports.

HAVAEA-Per steamship Ellie Knight-s0c0
cigars a Whitney &co-2 cases mdse Clark & Nea
der-s4 bbla fruits II Thomas I 1850 Jorda eco
VERA CRUZ VA TLaCOTAL PAN-Per schr
Mollis Emma-Cedsr and fustic to Corral &co
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tTy Gable 10 the N. Y. Herald
Gibraltar. March I2-Arrived Br steamship Streon.
sha)h, Fortune, from New Orleans for Naples
Rouen. March 10-Arrived. DR. bark Mistletoe,
Parker. from New Orleans
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-11-19
VOL. XXIV----NO. Al
Far,mrrs' Column.
"Speed the EsIOsC.o

I'VE would be pleased to have, every week, for
this column, articles of a practical nature from
the frmcrs of the county,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-11-19
A Liberal Editor.

We were grieved to read the other day of
the death of one of Michigans jolliest pioneer
editors almost the last man of a band who
published weeklies in the State when coon
skin would pay for column lad" and three
bushels of corn dumped on the office floor
for years subscription. Never publisher
was more liberal with his space. 1t was
hard work for him to charge for anything
except the tax list and mortgage sales, and he
measured short even ON them. One day in
the years gone by his paper copied an attack
ON a county official, and old Mark was doing
at the desk when the injured party stalked
in and began:
"You are a coward, sir-a-coward p
'Mebbe | am" was the editors complacent
reply.
your wrinkled old boots"
II guess you could,' answered Mark as
he bursted the wrapper off his only eX-
change.
"1m going to write an article calling you
a fool, liar, coward, cur, slandcrer and body
snatcher, and go over to Ionia and pay five
cents a line to have it published"
"Hey?" queried the old as he wheel
ed around
Yes, I'll pay five centsa line to have it
published ~
"Say, let me tell you something" replied
Mark. I've got 200 more circulation than
the Banner, and I'll publish your attack ON
me for two cents line and take it out i'll
mill feed or corn stalks Don't trot over to
1onia when you can help build up your own
town
Mark would have published it word for
word just as he said, and thrown in cut
of horse or a stump-puller free gratis, but
the official cooled off-Detr0H Free Press.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-11-19

| NO better use can be made ofstable manure
Than to apply it rs top-dressing for wheat
| l like surface application best and, if cover
ed at all it would only be by slight appli-
cation of soil Yet notice that many, per-
haps most, draw and spread manure before
| blowing. This, think, is mistaken policy.
Inc theory is that manure spread ON the sur
lace wastes by evaporation. 1t is one of those
cases wherein "a little learning is a danger
gerous thing" The escape OF ammonia Is a
| loss, but it is not commonly ammonia which
passes OF from freshly spread manure We
can detect ammonia in the escaped air from
| rapidly heating horse manure and around
stables, but, the stencil from fresh dung is
not of any particular value. So it is not safe
to Judge the fertilizing value of any manure
| ny the smell. Some of the best fertilizers are
lnodorous The fact is that a thin covering
OF dry earth over manure heaps will entirely
prevent the loss of ammonia On the surface
| OF plowed field manure will soon be covered
with thin coating of earth, entirely prevent
ing loss. This is especially true if the manure
De drawn soon after blowing. The harrow
| ing and pulverization of the surface will
more fully incorporate the manure with the
soil than is otherwise possible Where man.
| ure is plowed under it remains in clods, and
the roots of grain and clover find it much
more slowly than when on the surface
osuitily ii we break clOd OF manure in two
or three pieces it produces for the ensuing
| crop two or three times the effect it other
wise would This to my mind, is the most
conclusive argument for top-dressing rather
than blowing under manures
To secure this end, the manure must be
soWn early-as soon after the field is plowed
as possible. Every time the drag or pulveri-
ger passes over such a MANFRED field, it will
pulverize the manure as well as the soil, and
greatly add to its value to the crop. think
1t best to spread from the wagon as the man.
ure is drawn. 1t takes more time, but when
the land is plowcd, time is of less account.
l remember last fall passing over wheat
field by moonlight, where could see rank
spots, showing growth: of twice or three
times on either side. 1t occurred to me at
once that these round spots were places
where manure heaps had stood and had been
imperiectly spread. This summer, passing
| over the same field, the same round spots
We're clearly visible, where the wheat had
fallen down and proved failure Better
spreading of the manure on that land would
have added materially to the crop-Count,y
GeHtLGnan
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-11-19

-Gilhooly lives down on Galveston avenue,
not far from milkman. Yesterday he met
the milkman, and taking him off to one side
asked him seriously: wasn't there fire
in your barn early yesterday? / had great
notion to rush over to your assistance"-
'Why, there wasn't no fire about the barn."
said the milkman, his eyes sticking out like
door knobs: "what made yon think SOP
Nothing except saw you pump two buck
cts of water right quick and rush into the sta
BILE with them where you milk your cows"
A darby recently made application for
divorce from his wife. When asked on what
ground he demanded divorce he explained
as follows: "De grounds of dis occasion is
sufficient enough. When l rented ten acres
ofland an worked one mule married avon
an suitable for dc occasion. Now rent
sixty acres of land and work five mules My
fust wife is mighty good ten-acre wife, but
she don't suit de occasion OBJ sixty acres. |
need woman what can spread more"
"A man came to the house of prominent
Galveston gentlemen, who was renowned for
not paying his debts, and knocking at the
door asked the boy who appeared if his ia
ther was not in. mo, sir, he has left
town" 81 am sorry, for l wanted to pay
him little bill was owing him." 90 you
want to pay him money. do your" "Yes,
certainly Here it is" well, then, I'll run
| i'm and ask him if he hasn't got back"
Any good shooting on your farm9" asked
| the hunter of the farmer. Splendid" re-
| pliedthe agriculturist; there's cloth pedler
at the house, candidate out in the barn, and
two tramps down in the stock yard. Climb
right over the fence young man, load both
| barrels and sail in"
"A young man, while attempting to fix @
misplaced switch" on a young lady's head in
a ballroom, stepped on her dress and wreck
ed the train" She told him to conductor hei
1 to scat, and be more car-ful in future.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-11-19
Wealth in the Eastern and Western
States.

\ Western farmer does not as u rule make
as much money on 100 acres of land as an
Eastern farmer does. There farmer must
plough three times as much ground, and
plant, hoe and carry to market three times
as much corn to get 81 as a farmer does here.
A western farmer grows prosperous by buy
ing land at So an acre, and selling it, after
years cultivation and the introduction of a
railway, for $25 to $50 an acre. The greater
portion of pecuniary incremcn in the West is
from this source, not from the actual product
of crops, as it is in the East. According to
the last census, if Illinois had had as many
men and women employed in proportion to
its inhabitants as New Hampshire and Mas
sachusetts had, it would set at work &c, 300
men and 10000 women, who are now mere
consumers, and they would earn enough an
nually TO build and equip 100 miles of rail-
way. Wealth is correctly reckoned us the
amount man owns over and above what he
owes. The debts of the West are far great
er than is generally thought, and nearly all
its wealth, being on the surface, shows, as in
its railways, growing towns, teeming farms,
NC. In the East however great sums of
capital are invisible, often sustaining Western
enterprises Municipal debts in the East
and West are very different. In the East
debt, whether State or municipal, is due to
its citizens but in the West such debt is
generally due to some Eastern capitalist. So
it's with the Western railway. More than
one-half of their capital belongs to men liv-
ing in the East; but they own the greater
part of their own roads OF the $S00,000,O00
deposit in the savings bank of the Repub-
lican in 1879 the Eastern States owned all
but $50,000,000, and not 10000 900 of this
belonged to the Western States. OF the
national bank capital the West owns $sO0OO,-
600, and the East $31G,000000, while the
national debt is held in about the same pro-
portion.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-11-19

The dispute waxed fast and furious. The
outsiders began to take part in it, and there
is no telling how it would have ended had
not an explosion, followed by a heavy fall
and scream of pain, been heard in the adj
joining room. The crowd rushed to the
scene of the new attraction.
The doorwa fast. twas 500 II burst open
and the mystery explained. The thief who
had carried off the captains yalise by mistake
for his own had taken it up to his room and
opened it to gloat over the contents he sup
posed it to contain, thrusting his hands in
after spoons. In doing so the pistol had gone
off, the bullet making II round hole through
the side of the valise, and corresponding
wound in the calf of his leg.
The wounded rascal was taken in charge
first with detective and then by the doctor !;
and the duelists and the wedding pair struck
up a friendship on the ground of their mu-
tual mishap, which eliminated i'm Il supper,
where the fun was abundant, and where it
would be hard to say which was in the best
spirits-the Captainfor recovering his pistols,
the bride for getting her nightcap, the bride
groom for escaping the station house, or the
duellists for escaping each other. All resolv-
ed to mark that day with white stone"
and henceforth to mark their names on their
black travelling bags in white letters.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-11-19

-"What decoration is that you are wear
ingP" said an Austrian sergeant to n new
recruit The man blushed deeply and respon
ded: "Itis a medal our COW won at the cat
tie show"
--"My case is just here" said n citizen to a
lawyer the other day: "The plaintiff will
swear that hit him. Twill swear that did
not. Now, what can you lawyers make out
of that if we go to trial." "Five dollars
apiece" was the prompt reply.
-Husband-"Why did you get three pairs
of shoes, Maria2 Pm afraid you won't live
to wear them out" Wife-"Well, your sec
ond wife can wear them out i'll don't" Hus-
band-"Oh she has very delicate foot"
-"Does your sister Annie ever say any
thing about me, sissy" asked an anxious
lover of a little girl. EYES," was the reply,
"she said you had rockers on your shoes,
they'd make nice cradle for my doll"
There was large boiler ofscalding water
over fire in the yard and several black imps
playing nearit. Suddenly shrll voice was
heard from inside the shanty: you, Gawge
Washington, keep away from dat ar biler.-
Directly you is gwin ter upset de bier all over
yourself. and yer will be the flst one to say
"Twan't me, nanny"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-11-19
How to be Weatherwise.

John T. Tice, the weather prophet of ST.
Louis, gives the following directions to those
who aspire to be weatherwise:
AS everybody is interested in the weather
so each one should qualify himself or herself
to read the sky and to interpret the meaning
of the winds, sky and clouds.
An intensely blue and serene sky indicates
heavy rains and severe storms in from twelve
to forty eight hours A gray, hazy sky indi.
Gates continuous dry and generally hot wealth
CT.
A southeast wind indicates the existence OF
low barometer, if not a storm ccntrey, in
the northwest The aspects of the sky and
clouds will tell whether it means mischief OF
not. An almost immediate cessation of rain
may be expected as soon as the northwest
wind sets in 1t matters not what the aspects
of the sky are when the west wind sets in
fair weather will ensue it, and continue
from three to four days. The passage of a
storm centre from the gulfand southeastward
of our locality is a partial exception, only so
far that it clears off more tardily.
There really are but two primary kinds
of clouds, namely a. those that float at a
great height above the earth's surface, and e,
those that float low. Those that float high
say from six to nine miles, are of a fibrous
and gauzy structure; they are hence called
cirrus, that is, hair or tuft clouds. The
clouds that form in the lower strata of the
atmosphere, say from two to three miles above
the earth, are irregular in structure, and of q
more or less nodular form. They are called
the cumuus, that is the heap orpile cloud.
While the cirrus remains nebular in struc.
ture and indistinctly defined against the sky
no rain need be expected. Under the low
barometer, however, they develop by accre
ton, become smooth and compact in struc
ture and much enlarged in volume. They
now sink lower and become sharply defined
against the blue sky. Rain may now be ex
pcctcd, especially ifthey unite with the cumu
lus forming the nimbus or rain cloud. If the
cirrus, instead offorming the nimbus, reacend:
it dissipates, and no rain need be expected
until it lowers again, which generally is in
twenty-four hours.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-11-19
Fertilizers for Wheat.

We observe much inquiry among scienti-
fic and practical men, both in Europe and in
this country, on the value of different ferti-
lizers for wheat and for the one best adapted
to this crop. An important omission appears
to be made in these inquiries The nature of
the soil itself frequently has controlling
influence, and it is more important to ascer-
tain its character than to make any distinc-
ton in the crops. Superphosphate, for ex-
ample, has in some localities in this State
doubled the wheat crop when applied at the
rate of 300 pounds per acre. In other places
not many miles distant, and with apparently
similar soil, it has had no visible effect what
ever. To say, therefore, that superphosphate
is an excellent fertilizer for wheat would re-
qure to be qualified by a knowledge of the
nature of the soil. The same or similar vary
ing results have occurred where it was APP
piled to other crops than wheat, as to pota-
toes, corn and grass-showing that the soil,
more than the crop, was to be examined
1t is not probable that ordinary analysis
would have given any indication of the diff
ference in the two oi,s.-COuntry Gentleman.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-11-19
Pearls of Wisdom.

The hcalthicst feast costs the least.
Middle at home make the husband roam.
A scraper at the door keeps dirt from the
floor.
For the light of the day we've nothing to
pay.
A spark may raise an awful blaze.
Who never tries cannot win the prize.
Mind that your seeds are not of weeds.
Want of variety leads to safety.
A bad broom leaves dusty room.
Despise school, and remain fool.
Some hours we should find for the pleasure
of the mind.
The toad though ugly, is useful
Eating and drinking shouldn't keep us from
thinking.
Ifthere were no clouds, we should not enjoy
the sun.
The hasty angler loses the fish.
Hope and strive is the way to thrive.
If you are in debt, somebody owns part OF
you.
Hunger is the best sauce
Contentment will both clothe and feed.
A cup must be bitter that a smile will not
sweeten.
knowledge makes humble; Ignorance
makes proud.
knowledge talks lowly; Ignorance talks
loud;
knowledge is modest, cautious, pure;
Ignorance boastful, conceited and sure