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have wide reputation In this country, have
been In alarm at the tendency OF the public
TO get their only literary food outside Of the
newspapers In this cheap and convenient
fashion. 1t was glorious. perhaps, for the
readers, to be able to buy for few cents the
reading for which they had 30 keen an
appetite. They could keep themselves in
novels the year through for two or three
dollars. But how would the authors fare
And the foreign authors, whose works have
been reprinted, have certainly Jared badly.
Whereas once they could sell their ad-
vanced sheets to the American publisher at
pounds, they must now accept shillings.
Not only Is the profit to the publisher on
each novel smaller, but the market is fairly
clogged with fiction, old and new.
Our home authors could not fail 10 be
much discouraged. How could they hope
to compete with this food Of uncopyrighted
standard and contemporary fiction, which
was selling not very much above the price
Of newspapers and at half or q third that
OF magazines 1t made novel writing seem
about as poor business as q man or a
woman could go into In the United States.
1t was predicted by some people that the
new departure In publication would we'll
nigh crush 1t out altogether. 1t certainly
did reduce to comparatively Insignificant
number the sales Of such series OF novels as
HARPERs' admirable library OF select fiction.
whose covers were formerly familiar in
every book store and on every news stand |;
and 1t made the business OF miscellaneous
publishing very uncertain and hazardous.
And yet these cheap and ephemeral re-
prints have not crushed out native talent
Since they were introduced, and because OF
such universal circulation, there has been
rather remarkable activity in the produc-
tion Of American novels on the higher planes
OF merit, and they have commanded large
sale and awakened an unusual degree Of
interest. Some OF them have been by men
and women who have won their first recog-
milton under these adverse circumstances.
Perhaps the effect Of the food OF cheap re-
prints has been to surfeit large number Of
readers with foreign fiction, with the sto-
ries OF English Rovernesses, and the in
Vulnerable tales OF Mr.. TRoLLoPE; and they
are glad to get new sensation. At any
rate, the novels which are most talked about
this summer In many directions are those OF
Mr.. JAMES, Mr.. HowELLs, Mr.. BARNETT,
and young Mr.. GRANT, who Is working
field for fiction from which greater literary
experience will enable him to produce even
better results than his clever Confessions
Of a Frivolous Girl"
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Movement. of the Gr.a. operate Stars.
From the London World

Nine. Nilsson will appear in England In
TWO concerts after the On Oct IL engare1
by Mr. Harrison for Birmingham, and the 18th OF the
same month by Mr.. Kuhe for Brighton l think / am
safe in stating that her leaving Tor America with MIR
MnplesOn rs postponed sine die. "
Nine. Sembrch signed yeste erday an ennagemen Mt for
sixteen performances at Madrid. during the months Of
september and October after which she goes Russia
The SIX operas which Nine. Patti will give at Monaco
are Don PasquGlen In Trsyiata y" Faust y" Lucia
as stage manager there
The manager OF Her NaJestys Theatre Mr. Maple.ou
has decided on taking his troupe, with Nine Ia
Amesa In the City Of Chester sailing from Liverpool on
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In Collision with an Ic,b.rr.

HALIFAX. N. g.. July 81.-The schooner Chal-
enSe rom bristol to 81 Johns has arrived at Twin
gSe ~ disabled On the night of the 3Oth OF June In
9s ana while near the Little Fogo Islands bear
iIssr Hhh6n oS norm tlrty miles. she struck an Iceberg
~ Jpooom was carried away, her bowgprit was i,n
shipped. and she sustained other innre. Ths Hs "a WI
mnch gre ater damage '"S "'uu ha'o sustained
The sun., 1880-08-01

Major WALSH OF the Northwestern
Mounted Police who probably knows moro
than any other white man about SITTING
BULLS Sioux says that two-thirds OF them
have already deserted the famous Teton chief,
and have surrendered. The other third are
hanging about Milk River, and would no doubt
jump at a decent invitation to do the same.
And so vanishes. probably. this phantom OF the
frontier
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Slide Mountain, the loftiest peak OF the
Catskills. has followed Mount Washington in a
graceful fulfilment Of Prophet VENNoR's pre-
diction OF snow in the mountain regions for the
end Of July. Fortunately his presage OF nip
ping frosts in lower lands proved q failure.
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How about Black Friday1

II TANNER should try fasting on wnter In
Philadelphia 1t could hardly count for much.
The Sohuylkill 10 so heavily charged with Or
ganio and vegetable matter, according to tho
local press. that 1t must bs food as well as
drink.
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Whose Pigeon Is rLisV

10 THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: A carrier
pigeon new into our factory at 80 catharne street At
pont & o'clock Wednesday afternoon 1t NAV be ons .,
70 the owner. '"A ~ 70 k,no O Istnrn u
The sun., 1880-08-01

. Gen. GRANT has been fortunate In his public
life In avoiding direct and personal connection with
disGraceiu money y.making schemes p'i"Ud.h R1'de
hem.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-01
ii, Besides. there would

question. Besides, thsre would b.
no md 10 domestic scenes, ocCasl0ned
BY feminine lobbyists calling upon the mem-
bers for their support Of this and that meas-
ury, ss the wife, unless of the most confiding
disposition In the world. would be- continual
ly bringing up the oonundrum as to what
business that woman had with her hubby7
And when Mrs. senator 9. took II into her
head to 60 up to the Capitol and hear her hub
by's great speech on the tariff question, 1t
might not be agreeable for her to be told fifty
times BY occupants Or the ladies' gallery that
Senator O. was perfectly charming
and all that sort OF thing. 30 when
We look at the matter In its various
aspects the conviction comes upon us
that the little lady's scheme will not do. A
congressional career has too long been asso-
oiated with freedom from domestic restraint
for the new plan to be readily adopted. Men
20 to Washington not to enjoy the society Of
their own wives-that is a luxury that is es-
pecially reserved for the vacation. Besides,
how could they be- expected, even with the o.
sistance or Mrs. Gaines, to support q wife at
the capital on the mere pittance OF S15 day2
Can "the gentleman from Cohoes" be expect
ga to give up his "cOld tea" lunches and
champagne suppers merely for the sake OF
filling up Mrs. Gaines's model boarding.
house? Hardly.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-01

thing. There eAn be no questioning the faet
that An Ignorant pauper class u not %
ysaseis nss.o,. IN addtiHn asa,. t. county, s99'r
mechanical qualifications, who have money
70 spend; but II will generally be found that
the latter class are not Ia search OF homes In
foreign lands. European capitalists may feel
Inclined to seek Investments for their money
In America, but 1t lS very rare that they
manifest disposition to seek homes among
us. The original settlers Of the country were
not Of this class, and those who have followed
have been induced to do 80 In the belief that
privileges that were denied them In the Old
World. And when one comes to consider the
progress now being made Ia the United States
In the way Of education there would seem to
be very little ground for apprehensions In
consequence of the expected immigration OF
illlterate persons from Europe, while the
many million acres Of fertile land to be ac-
Quired at nominal price should guarantee
every Industrious person home. We admit
that there is no use for idle vagabonds, for
the supply In that line is already abundant,
but 1t would be very difficult to establish d
rule by which such persons could be detected
on their arrival and sent back. In the over
crowded countries OF the Old World there
are many able-bOdied men who pass
their days In idleness, because they can lind
nothing to do, while others. with superior
means and opportunities do nothing because
they can live without 1t. Here we have the
latter class In abundance, but not the former,
except among such mechanics az may be un-
able or unwilling to seek employment outside
OF the large cities. Being more familiar
with agricultural pursuits, Immigrants from
the continent Of Europe have the advantage
somewhat over those from the British isles
on landing In America; but II the latter could
be distributed throughout the interior imme-
diately after their arrival here. instead OF be-
ing turned out In cities like New York and
New Orleans to acquire the habits and vices
OF idleness prevailing In such places, they
would readily adapt themselves to the habits
OF rural life,
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-01
CURRENT TOPICS.
FROM NURSERY TO BALLROOM.

A San Francisco newspaper publishes an
account OF o juvenile party which took place
recently at the Palace Hotel In that city,
wherein the "youog ladies, " whose ages ran
most approved Jenkins fashion. Miss Emile,
"a pretty little demi-brunette," was .richly
dressed In white satin, princess cut, high In
the neck, and elbow sleeves, satin drapery,
fringe OF chenille, festOons Of pearls. silk hose
and white satin sandals Miss Mamie wore
white satin dress, princess cut. Nile
green overdress, trimmed with ostrich
feathers, Valenciennes lace sleeves" Miss
Susie "pale blue gross-grain silk" Miss
overslip OF ) wiss and fine laee;" Miss Lottie
WAS noticed with basque panniers and fine
point lace" while Miss ressie appeared with
IAN imported French costume" And so on
to the end q the chapter And after this
tair to which we refer been announced and
described as q 'baby show" 1t would not
have looked 80 inapproprfate and the fond
and loving parents might have turned the
by charging small admission and devoting
the proceeds to some charitable object;
but when one comes to look upon
such Q public parade. as the outcome Of
parental vanity and q desire to show of their
before society can properly open it's portals
to them. 1t cannot but be regarded as the
height OF absurdity. BY this 1t is not meant
to object to "childrens parties" or social re-
unions-these were Ia vogue long before
Capt. Sutter "struck gold" on the Pacific
coast; 1t is such grand balls" as that de-
scribed as having taken place at the grand
hotel Of the California metropolis, that COM
pletely upsets ones 6 notions Of the eternal
fitness OF things. And when one comes to
think that In the days when the daddies
accumulated their hard-earned dollars
Miss Emilie'' was known as plain Emily,
and instead Of white satin, princess CUT
was proud Of q calico gown costing ten cents
yard, and that instead Of a nile green
overdress trimmed with ostrich feathers"
Miss Mamie, or plain Mary, waltzed about In
q "red flannel petticoat" or "check apron"
one is apt to think that the organization OF q
society for the prevention Of parents render
Ing themselves ridiculous would be In order.
Fashionable dissipation nowadays will send
our young men and women to their graves
soon enough, it would appear, II the COM
mencement is made 10 their teens, without
requiring them to step from the nursery Into
the ballroom.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-01

The plan Of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines fox
the establishment Of congressional board
lng-house at Washington where the represent
Atlves OF the nation could live economically
and happily, may be very we'll In theory.
but one must be allowed the privilege Of
doubting its ever being made practical
success, under the rules which the pluoky
little widow proposes to inaugurate. Take,
for example, the one which requires that
every ''msmber" or, rather. occupant, ''shall
be accompanied by his wife" What Is to
be done with the widowers and bachelors
whom m admiring and oontidlng constit-
uency Insist upon sending to the national
capital to represent them? Does Mrs. Gaines
0nntemplate the enactment of law making
such p0obons ineligible to congressional hon-
or, Or win she undertake to find help meets
l0r them? And, then, to cay that every states
man sllAll have his wife at Washington dur
lng the session might imply want Of conf
1ence Ii his domestic fidelity. which, like
Oesar's wife, ought to be above
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-01

Tho Cologne Gasetse. the best informed oi
continental journals. reports that there is q
decided and serious split In the ranks Of the
Russian Nihilists, consequent upon the late
attempts upon the life Of the Ozar and gov
eminent officials. The two wings OF the party
the Moderates, whose organ is the Semlya !
Wolgn and the Agitators are completely at
variance, the former being In favor Of oontin-
uing their propaganda work but opposing all
violence or attempts to bring about reform In
the government BY brute force. The attl-
tude OF the two factions to each
other Ii almost hostile. ss the
Nodcrstes believe their liberty and lives are
~ danger Ii consequence Of the rash acts Of
their more radical brethren. This split, the
Gazette declares, has shorn the Nihilists'
camp Of more than half their original number.
but haa not diminished the danger, as the Rad
lcals have managed to get control Of the funds
of the Nihillst societies. which are very large
And with money. the Gasette sarcastically
observes, anything n practicable In Russia.
lt prophecies, therefore. that many more
deeds OF violence. assassination and arson In
Russia may be expected ss long as the Nihil-
1sts' funds hold out.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-01

It will be seen elsew here In this morning. q
DEMoCRAT that the Ancient Order of Hiber-
niAns have determined to forego their annual
parade on 81. Patrlck's Day. and instead will
hold meeting ON the second Sunday Of the
present month for the purpose Of raising
fund, for the relief of the suffering people Of
ireland. The citizens Of New Orleans will
very heartily applaud this determination Of
tho Hlbernians, and may be relied upon to
assist them literally IN the laudable purpose
they have In view and to further which they
have abandoned their parade. Ia this con-
nection It may be mentioned that the Hiber-
mans Of New York have also voted not to
parade. and will devotethe money which was
70 have been expended In that way to one Of
The relief funds.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-01
SOMETHING ABOUT POKER.

In the good old ante bellum days, a game
OF cards was one OF the favorite pastimes Of
nually aired themselves In the rotunda Of the
1T. Charles Hotel while imbibing sherry cob
blers through straw. High stakes were In
order then, and 1t not unfrequently happened
that Louisiana or Mississippi planter, ar
rivlng with his bales OF cotton or hoosheads
Of sugar, after weeks OF fashionable pleasure
and dissipation, Including nights at the opera,
afterwards at the Metairle race course, drives
on the shell-road and suppers at "vlctor's,"
found himself rich In experience, but depleted
those Il os dsss II 'a ss fsd p .aa sasnsGsy sc
which principally amused these rural gentle
lair" In our midst, but poker was then es-
senttally the Southern gentleman's game
can youth Of the present day. Poker was, 80
to speak, our private property, and might
have continued SO had not one OF the pleni-
potentiaries. OF the government violated an
unregistered copyright by teaching the rudi-
heads. Thus, In the days to which we have
referred the dreams OF the jolly old
planter were not OF "caIling the turn"
"coppering the deuce and playing the tray
open, etc, for when the owner OF hundred
or m more "niggers' planted his legs under the
skinned In anticipation Of the advent Of -
pair "threes, "a full, or, what was best OF
all, -four kings and an ace." So widely DIFF
fused was the gambling mania at the period
In life were infected by It. It Is related that
on one occasion when q steamboat landed at
an Arkansas wood-pile on the Miss.
issippi river In response to the In
quiry Of passenger as to whether there
was any game Ia that section of the country
the simple-minded native very innocently an
swered: "Sartinly, stranger, plenty on It."
What kind OF gamer was the next question.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-01
THE MOUTH or RED RIVER.

We are gratifled TO observe that the DEMo
GRATIS articles on the proposition to close thu
mouth OF Red river and to open up the nav
igation Of that important stream by way o.
Bayou Plaquemine, ,as' embodied n the report
of Major Benyaurd, have given rise to muct
comment, and we print with pleasure. Ii
another column, an interesting communities
tion on the subject from Capt. Joseph Aiken
President of the Red River Transportation
Company Capt. Aiken has had much expe.
rlenee in the navigation Of the Mississippi
and Red rivers, and has originated method
for the rapid dlsintegraton Of bars which ID
regarded very favorably by many river men
30 that his views are entitled to great weight
He opposes, very strenuously, the proposition
OF Major Benyaurd to close the mouth Of the
Red, and advances arguments to show that
there IL no reason or necessity for the
change. He claims that the dam would be
q very serious impeachment to commerce,
that the streams which would have to be
navigated II the proposed change is effected,
are tortuous and dangerous, and that the dif.
fculties now experienced at the mouth Of the
Red could be easily and cheaply overcome by
q system, with which he is familiar, and by
which the bar was quickly and efrsctually re-
moved several years ago. Major Benyaurd,
we believe, claims that there is danger that
the course Of the Mississippi may be ulti-
mately diverted Into the Atchafalaya unless
the mouth Of the Red be closed, but Capt.
Aiken takes issue with him on this point,
also. and alleges that the danger Of such q
contingency is growing less and less each
year. He holds also that closing the mouth
OF the Red would result In disastrous over
flows on the Mississippi below that point.
In view Of the very wide difference Of
opinion on this important subject we think
the suggestion thrown out by US. the other
day, relative to the calling Of . meeting by
the Cotton Exchange. where both the river
men and the engineers could give their views.
should be acted upon, as the present Con-
Rress will be called upon to move In tho mat
ter, and 1t ID very necessary that our Repre-
sentatives should be posted as to what our
people wish to have done.
Until such meeting Is called, however. the
DEMOCRAT will be pleased to receive commu-
nications from both experienced river men
and engineers on this subject
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-01
A ORY FROM IRELAND.

We desire to call the attention Of our citl-
zens and more especially OF our Irish friends
to the piteous and urgent appeals, which we
print in another column Of this Issue OF the
DEMOCRAT, from James Canon McDermott,
parish priest of Buninadden, County Sligo,
and Jno. Molony, parish priest of Klnvona,
County Galway. The condition Of the peo-
pie In the counties named and In adjacent
counties is represented by these gentlemen as
desperate and Calling for instant relief Steps
should be taken to see that part Of the
abundant means which have already been
subscribed by the people Of this country and
such other relief as may be extended, shall
find It's way to these sufferers, whose claims
to our charity are 30 forcibly described In the
letters referred to above. and whose needs
call for prompt assistance.
In view Of the pressing need, and Of the
terrible consequences that will inevitably re-
suit from delay In this matter, would 1t not
be possible for our churches, without regard
to denomination, to take up collection for
these poor and suffering people? There are
not many who could not afford to do some
thing. and the contributions from all the
churches, for one day-say next Sunday-if
devoted to this laudable and noble purpose
could not fall to carry Joy and happiness Into
many homes over which now hovers the
gaunt form Of famine, and In which little
children are calling Ia vain upon their pa
rents for bread when there Is no bread to
give All! happy and light-hearted mothers
Of New Orleans, when you look upon your
Iifflo Onnz ~ ninx,gnu %hn oor S1rAs ~ nSr y, u
romping In the exuberance Of childish glee,
let your fancies for q moment dwell
upon the pallid, starving mothers
In Ireland who are clasping their children In
their arms despairingly, and thinking shud-
deringly Of the moment when the fierce
pangs Of hunger can no longer be assuaged,
and death shall end their sufferings. Would
1t not be glorious privilege to send to those
women-your sisters, and bound to us all by
the adamantine ties Of q common humanity
the means wherewith to combat the deadly
foe which has assailed them, to make the wan
cheeks OF their babes bloom with health and
their own eyes to CLEAN with hope again?
There could not be q worthier or holier
cause, and we ask the women OF New Orleans
to move In the matter Of sending help to these
ulfOrtunAteS.
Their influence, which is all potent, would
render the suggestion We have made feast BILE,
and we do not doubt II the fact that co llec-
tion was to be taken up for the purpose
named were made known through the press
there would be q generous response.
In private letter to the editor Of the DEM
,CRAT the Rev. John Molony, writing from
Galway, under date OF February
2, says: 'It Is heartrending to see poor,
md especially tender and innocent children,
lying By inches, without being able to afford
hem any assistance"
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-01

The cost of building material In New
xork-lron, lime, brick and plaster has In.
creased fully 100 per cent. while the
wages of those engaged In the building
trades show no increase whatever. This the
lAborers regard ss rather extraordinary,
and they propose to right matters and equal
me them by strike next month. The New
York Times warns them against this intended
strike, with the strange suggestion that the
time has come for everything to 60 up ex-
cent labor.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-01

Grey, Lord Mayor Of Dublin, Home Rule
member OF Parliament and editor Of the EFee-
snan's Journal. has quarreled bitterly with
Farnell, and abuses him right roundly IN his
journal, declaring that he has injured the
Irish cause In America by his violent attacks
on the press and other relief funds. Grey has
hitherto been an earnest and ardent supporter
Of Parnell, and II IL supposed this attack
means formidable row between the two
when the "agltator'' returns,to ireland.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-01

The latest dispatch to the New York Herald
ffom Ireland reports an increase In the past
three weeks Of 1894 In the number Of desti-
tuts persons needing relief.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-01

OF New York's seventy delegates to the
Chicago convention, no less than twenty are
earnest Blaine men. They are bound, how
ever, by the resolutions adopted by the Utica
convention to cast their votes az the other
nifty delegates say, for Grant.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-01

The members Of the Mississippi Legisla-
ture have been canvassed to ascertain their
presidential preferences. with the following
result: First choice Seymour Al, Hancock
~. Bayard i6, Hendricks .. Tilden ., Grant .,
Thurman 9, David Davis 1. Weaver 1, Chase
A; second choice--Hancock 80. Seymour 20,
Hendricks 1s. Bayard .. Blaine 7. Thurman
2. McDonald2, Voorhees, 1. Grant !, Weaver
/, Sherman l.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-01

Mrs. Truax-R Riggs Farrow- Wallace Berry,
Pratt-Abbot (nee Williams) died in Smyrna,
Del, q few days ago, at the age OF eighty
was married last year. survives her.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-01

ACADEMY OF MUbIC-"A MAN or THE
pEoPLE,' bv Milton Mobiles and his Dra-
matte Company.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-"HAMLET," by
Frederick Pawlding and his Dramatic
Company.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-01
PROBABHITIEa

For ne Western Gulf States. cloudy and
sTvsirp, follored by clearing Seashs: n0rtherlv.
SAtfting to tvasmer sosthesly wtsds, follo,ped
0y falling barometer.