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Year: 1878

tries, the requirements of the State.
No man is more truly devoted to
the cause of labor, or more firm
and consistent in opposition to the
aggressions of monopolists. His
great popularity In his own county
is demonstration of his standing as
u citizen, and wherever known he
commands respect for his integrity
and solid worth. And because we
personally know him to be we'll
qualified for the place, we heartily
endorse him as candidate for the
Convention, as delegate at large,
and hope that he will be elected.


The foregoing pleasant notes are
reinforced by the Ventura Signal,
which says:


The nominations made at San
Jose are, in the main, good and ac-
ceptable. The nomination of Mr..
J. J. Ayers, of Los Angeles, was
made by acclamation, and we hope
he will get every vote in Los An
geles county. Ho is worthy of
confidence and will fill the place
to which he will undoubtedly be
elected with credit to himself and
to the people.
Year: 1878

lT Il plainly apparent that there
is now a crisis in Europe far graver
than that of the Eastern question.
Part of the programme of the Ber-
lin Congress is the taking In hand
of Socialist questions. We are told
that Bismarck is nervous. Very
good. If he throws himself on the
vantage ground of woman her
nerves-we can only hope that
this autocratlc fellow will rapidly
become more nervous. The strug-
gle between peoples and kings in
Europe will undoubtedly be the
Year: 1878

CARNIVAL, TABLEAUx, AND. BAzAAR.-
a grand carnival for the benefit OF the
|nuns of Monte Maria Convent, Of this city,
will be eiuaugurated at the Theatre on Alon.
day the Goth instant, and continue through
out that week. u
/ The orchestra and parquet OF the Thea
tire will be flocred over, and the first night
devoted to tableaux and statuary. They
will be under the direction OF young gen
tleman from Baltimore who has had much
experience and been most successful in the
management of such affairs in that city.
Costumes will be brought on for the occa-
sion, and number Of the most beautiful
young ladies Of Richmond will take part.
After the first night, tables, booths, and
fancy structures OF different kinds will
be erected and bazaar 9f rare attractions
opened. The ladies having the entertain
ment in charge have already been the re-
cipients of number of handsome contri-
buttons from various parts Of the country.
Each evening there will be promenade
concert given by one or another Of the city
bands, and, altogether, the carnival prom
ises TO be highly attractive.


The object for which it is given is one
which should elicit the kind patronage of
all. The good nuns, whose unsetish voca-
tion is the rearing Of youthful innoc ence in
purity and the knowledge of maidenly per-
lection, are in sad want Of pecuniary assist
ance, and it is hoped that this move in their
behalf will meet with generous response
from our citizens.
Year: 1878

A young woman named Minnie Adams was
arrested OF 2 o'clock Thursday morning, on
Bienville street. between Bourbon and Royal,
and lodged In the Third Precinct Station,
charged with being about to commit suicide
She was yesterday brought before Judge MIL
tenberger, and on her promise not to again
attempt to destroy herself, was set at liberty.
Her statement is to the effect that she was In
love with q policeman who had deserted her,
and that she did intend to drown herself She
further said that she would have carried her
intention into effect but for the policeman
who arrested her.
Year: 1878




From Waukamba to Ulrijiddizzy,
distance of eight miles, we journeyed by
the private horse railway of King Koko-
funki. To me the ride was melancholy
and most unpleasant from the protracted
suffering it entailed on man and beast.
The car, crowded to semi-suffoc cation, was
drawn by two wretched horses, whose
languid trot, lean sides and hanging
heads indicated their exhausted con-
dition. They could not live more than
a year at best, and it was evident that
they were worked up to the last ounce of
strength they were capable of exerting.
The driver was clad in rags, and, as
he told me, was forced to stand on his
feet sixteen or seventeen hours day-a
position that tends to weaken any man
about the back and loins. l saw hun
dreds of men and beasts similarly over
worked in the domains of King Koko-
funki. Yet of the thousands on thou
sands transported by them, few, if any,
seemed to realize that their daily rides
were gained at the expense of such pro-
tracted animal suffering. However, the
Waukambas are savages, and can
scarcely be expected to be possessed OF
any of those finer instincts which char
acterize our own race. endeavored to
reason with his Royal Highness against
such constant inhumanity, but the old
brute had the presumption to tell me
that his method was an exact copy OF
the treatment exercised toward men and
animals on the Third Avenue and other
New York railroads. The misrepresen-
tation which is instilled into the minds
of these people concerning our manners
and customs is certainly shameful, and ]
have taken every opportunity to contra
dict the monstrous lies afloat among the
Africans concerning us.
Year: 1878

The origin of the disease, which was
pleuro-pneumonia of the ri ght side, with
symptoms of military fever, was chill
taken during perspiration. The King
constantly refused to submit to the direc-
tions~ of the physicians, who recon-
mended him to wear flannel. al am
fifty-eight years old and l have never
worn any" That is what he said. The
people of the palace say that the King
took cold while standing in his shirt
sleeves in one of the open windows OF
the Quirinal which looked into the gar
den. When he didn't sleep the King
had the habit of smoking his cigal
at the window, and it is there he must
have taken his fever and the disease OF
the lungs. Up to the Sth of January
the day preceding his death, the King
showed his displeasure, although laugh
ing, at the absolute interdiction O
smoking.
Year: 1878

LOVELY woman sleeps with revol-
yer under her pillow in Nevava. At
dead of night plucky little woman in
Eureka awoke to find burly burglar
prowling about her room, and ransack-
ing the bureau. She did not scream.
She lay as still as a corpse, and waited
until he entered the parlor. Then she
took revolver from its nest underneath
her pillow, and, creeping to the door
way, leveled it at the intruder, and,
without tremor in her voice, COM
manded him to give up his plunder.
There was fire in her eye, and iron In
her tones, and the burglar quailed. A
bracelet, gold chain, a pair of ear
rings, all the jewels which he had found
in the top bureau-drawer, he laid on the
parlor table and meekly asked her If
she had any further remarks to make.
She told him he ought to be ashamed of
himself, and expressed her keen regret
that the scantiness of her toilet would
prevent her conducting him to iail,
He bowed gravely and left the house.
The little woman then dressed herself
lighted lantern, went to the furnace
where her husband was employed and
told him about it.
Year: 1878

AT Oshkosh, Wisconsin, three gam
blers laid plan to clean out fourth at
poker. The victim was dealt four aces
to induce him to bet, but was given six
cards so as to to make misdeal. But
" greeny" backed his four for all he was
worth, and won, when his opponent
charged him with having another card
secreted about his person. A search re-
vealed nothing, and he departed with
his winnings. 1t was afterward dis
covered that he had slipped the extra
card into sandwich which he was
eating while playing, and had actually
eaten it.
Year: 1878

The mother-in-law finds defender in
the San Francisco Mail, which says: eff
old Adam had had mother-in-law to
look after him and his wife, it is more
than probable that to this very day we
might have been able to caper about in
the light and airy costume of our first
parents"
Year: 1878

DIR. IscHAMER, of Graz, has discovered
that the little black specks which are
often found on the skins of oranges and
apples are clusters of fungi, precisely
similar to those TO which whooping
cough is attributed. He scraped some
Of the black specks off an orange, and
introduced them into his lungs by a
strong inspiration. The next day he
had Q violent tickling in the throat, and
before the end Of the week his little ex-
pertinent had developed into an acute
attack Of whooping cough.
Year: 1878

AN exchange asks if music will cure
madness. Did you ever have an accor-
dion-player next door on your right, a
wheezy piano on your left, and nascent
horn-blower across the street?
Year: 1878

A lawyer once asked the late Judge Pick
ems, of Alabama, to charge the jury that
iii is better that ninety and nine guilty
men should escape than one innocent man
should be punished" eyes" said the witty
Judge, 81 will give that charge, but in the
opinion of the court the ninety and nine
guilty men have already escaped in this
county"
Year: 1878

WHAT FIVE SHEEP WILL Do-Fivc
sheep will enrich one acre of old, wornout
moving land in three years, so that it will
produce one and one-half tons Of hay per
year, by slight sprinkle of seed each year
sown in early spring. Five sheep will pro-
duce manure in winter to the valae Of SO
Ihy giving them suitable bedding. Five
sheep will get their living through the
summer on one acre of ground the pastur-
ing of the same would be 81 Five sheep
will raise five lambs, worth S15 Five
sheep will shear twenty-five pounds of wool
| worth So. iScicctcd
Year: 1878

The House committee on the District of Co
lumbia, at its meeting TO-DAY. discussed IN,
several bills before the committee looking 10
the incorporation of new gas companies i'm
Washington. No action was taken, but the
sentiment OF majority of members was
clearly indicated against any new company
AL The same time the committee will consider
the propriety OF reduced rate OF charges for
gas furnished by the present company.


THE BOARD OF HEALTH


Senator Rollins introduced in the Senate
to-day bill which enacts that il shall DE the
duty OF the Board of Health of the District OF
Columbia To make and enforce regulations To
prevent domestic animals from running at
large i'm the immediate and more densely pop
ulated suburbs of the cities of Washington
and Georgetown"
Year: 1878

A painter once wanted a picture of
innocence, and drew the likeness of a
child at prayer. The supplicant was
kneeling beside his mother; the palms
of his uplifted hands were reverently
pressed together; his rosy cheek spoke
of health, and his mild blue eye was up
turned with the expression of devotion
and peace. The portrait of young Ru-
pert was much priced by the painter,
who hung it on his study wall, and
called it /" Innocence"


Years passed away, and the artist be-
came an old man. Still the picture
hung there. He had often thought of
making counterpart the picture of
"Guilt"- had not found the oppor-
tunity. At last he effected his purpose
by paying visit to neighboring Jail.
On the damp floor of his cell lay a
wretched culprit named Randall, heavily
ironed. Wasted was his body and hol-
low was his eye; vice was visible in his
face. The painter succeeded admirably,
and the portrait of young Rupert and
Randall were hug side by side, for elm
nocence" and "Guilt."


But who was young Rupert and who
was Randall? Alas the two were one.
Old Randall was young Rupert led astray
by bad companions, and ending his life
in the damp and shameful dungeon.
Year: 1878

Brooklyn McNally writes: Il saw
Jenny Lind mad once. A girl that was
engaged to clean out her room stayed in
there too long once, and Jenny caught
her. There the girl was before the glass
using Jenny's pomatum, and putting on
airs as if she was Jenny herself. But,
Lord, how she did fly out of that room,
and Jenny after her, spouting Dutch
like a steam engine. Jenny couldn't
talk English when she got excited. She
was quite plain, but she had such a
pleasant way. She used to wear her
hair combed down over both ears, and
the ladies of New York got to dressing
their hair in the same way. They didn't
know why Jenny wore her hair that
way. 1t was because there was some
thing the matter with one of her ears.
The ear looked all right, but when she
was born it growed together, and SO you
see she had but one ear. But Lord, what
woman she was She made me pres
ent of fifty dollars in gold, and put
hundreds of dollars in my pocket by
way of work. One day she sent me in
search of poor cabinet-maker who
came from Stockholm. She found out
his condition, and gave him about $500
Year: 1878




It would be delusion to suppose that
she enters the room. She is not one of
the soft, gliding creatures invented by
noyelists, and supposed to steal into the
heart as into the presence Of the hero.
Miss law bursts upon you at once, like
a well-trained hurricane. She is ex-
pansive, eloquent of voice and of ges-
ture-were quite sure that the remark
would not cost me my life, / would say
she is noisy. Yet there is nothing about
her to which exception can be taken.
She speaks good English with an elegant
pronunciation. She is perfectly fresh
and frank, and has habit of saying
what she thinks, which, charming as it
is now, augurs i'll for the man destined
one day to call this thing of brightness
his own. She is this morning clad in
enthusiasm, and dark green of the hue
known as Morris green. Her figure,
very tall, slight and elegant, is freely
shown through the tight robe actually
strained over it; her fair hair is not laid
smoothly in any Ineligible order, but
suggests that it has been brushed in op-
posite directions by insane ladies' maids.
A Rubens hat of astounding grandeur
of conception crowns this startling
figure. Miss Daw is armed with q book
of sketches, and has Just come from
Heatherley's or the SIade School of Art.
I forget which. She is fnll Of art and
artistic talk-that is to saw, of art of one
kind. Her warnings toward music and
poesy are of very mild nature. as COM
pared with her enthusiasm for the arts
plastic and pictorial. Miss Margery
Daw has made good progress in both Of
the latter. She has thrust aside painting
on pottery with scorn and derision; she
has advanced from water-colors to oils !:
draws and models in the life school
Whether she will become second Rosa
Bonheur remains to be seen. Probably.
as she has both beauty and money. she
will marry a broad-acred squire and hunt
three DAYS week in the season, but
wherever she may 20, her artistic in
stincts will 20, with her, This type of
girl has been greatly ON the increase
since the death of fancy workNa snecies
of industry which nroduced at rrast
expense Of time~and money, a large
NUMBER OF entlreiy asoae<eN To- O t1i-
Year: 1878




The new silver dollar makes our in
wards yearn the more for the dollar of
the grandfathers. This dollar commits
an outrage on the American eagle which
is enough to make the bones of the
fathers rattle in their narrow cells. The
statement has been published that an
artist from England was imported to
engrave this coin. Thus an enemy hath
converted our national bird into goose.
This will explain the base design which
is patent on the face Of the coin.


This is not merely matter of taste,
but of physical possibilities. No eagle
could fly with his wings in that posture.
No eagle could place his wings in that
posture. If caught stealing, and nailed
by the tips of the wings to barn-door,
he might be thrown into something near
this shape. The tail is still more an inn
possibility. 1t hangs down far below,
as the long train of a woman's dress
might, if she were suspended by the
neck. 1t curves in like dogs tail
when cowed, only instead of curving
between his legs, it curves around un-
der his feet, making platform OF
forum for him to stand on.


No eagle or other creature like this
did ever exist The nature of the deed,
and the fact that it was done by Brit
isher, a minion from the country of gold
bugs, gives us right to suspect the mo-
tive of the designer to be base. We
suspect that he is one of those who call
this false dollar, and therefore that he
has designedly put on a false eagle.


As great an outrage has been perpe-
trated ON the head on the other side of
the coin. Here is massive face, es-
pecially heavy in chin and neck, but
without any back partto the head. Re-
move the impossible posterior cap, and
the form of the head above base line
drawn across the neck from the chin
would be pyram1dal. This head has nc
character, no force, no humanity, no
fidelity. Away with it, and give us
back the dollar of our grandfathers.
Year: 1878

"THIs mule" remarked the livery
stable man, as they passed the stall where
the sleeping animal was leaning up
against the partition, dreaming Of an
Eden wherein there was but one mule
and thousand timid men, this mule
is a kicker" "This onef' innocently
inquired the young man, laying his hand
upon the mules hustle to be sure that
the proper animal was indicated. "This


-" The livery man said he didn't
mind the loss of the money (as the Young
man did not take out the fancy rig he
was going to look at) for he could more
than make that up on the hearse and
carriages as soon as the remains came
down, but what he hated about it was
having the roof of the stable mussed up
so where the young man went through.
Year: 1878

Times in this country at present are
what we may call "hard;;n and there is
no doubt that they are hard according
to the American acceptation of the
term. Large numbers Of men are out
of work, and many others find only suf-
ficient employment to keep body and
soul together. All over the country
a revival of industry is anxiously
awaited, but though long looked for it is
slow in making its appearance. The
road from depression to prosperity isnot
a rapid one to travel. The descent from
prosperity to depression is easy. 1t is
like the fall from cliff to valley be-
low; but the ascent is as labeIious as it
is TO Chamber up the mountain side.
The disinclination of many to make
this slow and toilsome journey retards
progress. Or, to drop the figure, the
unwillingness of men to recognize the
fact that the day of easily acquired
wealth has gone by, and that fortunes as
rule can only be made little by little,
has much to do in preventing invest
ment. Natural laws will ultimately
provide remedy, and the increasing
tendency now exhibited to make perma-
nent Investments shows that these are
already efecting good results. Trade
and general business prospects for the
coming spring are much better than
they were year ago; and with re-
vival of generally active business. the
hard times will gradually disappear,
though same- hrapehas af indasts;H-ugill
bemuch slower than others in sharing
in the revival. for the reason that they
have been more heavily overdone, and
there is less promise of remunerative in
vestments in them than in others. Bad
as the times have been and still are in
the United States, this country has had
greater exemption from them than any
other country in the world. That is to
say, the great bulk of the people of the
United States who are neither rich nor
poor in the sense of knowing what pow
erty is, are far better off than the great
bulk Of the people of any other country,
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Year: 1878

THE GENEVA AWARD BILL.-A tacit under
standing has been reached by all interested that
vote Oh the bill fOr the distribution OF the
Geneva award shall not be taken until the first
Tuesday after Congress cOnyeneS
Year: 1878

consequences. They have been advised
by some Of their most discreet friends
that they have made mistake and that
they would best cdiserve their own In
terests and the Interests of the public by
rectifying it as speedily as possible. The
real trouble with the bank Presidents, as
heretofore shown, was the taking upon
themselves to decide the status of the
silver dollar without inviting the counsel
of any body beyond their immediate cir
Gle, albeit the policy they have adopted
directly affects the financial and business
interests ofthe whole country. The hesi-
tativn of the Philadelphia banks to fall
in with the Clearing House programme,
therefore, excites no surprise among the
thinking portion Of the community here,
but whether their prudence will have any
influence in constraiDing the New York


bankers to reconsider their position with
a view to such notifications as other
parties in interest may have to offer, the
future must determine"
Year: 1878

A SUCCEss.-The success of Edison's
patent electric light is now regarded as
certain; and the manufacturer of the wire
for the great East River bridge between
New York and Brooklyn has contracted
for the lighting of his shops with it.
Year: 1878

SO far as the controversy pending
between the War Department and the
Indian Bureau involves a question oil
veracity between the agents of the
bureau and officers of the army there
can be no hesitation, says the N. Y
Herald OIL the part Of the people to &C.
cept the statesments Of the latter as cor.
rect,
Year: 1878




MORE INFORMATION WANTED.-The
Eepublican is certainly great beggar.
1t has been asking us Tor information on
50 many common place TOPICS, that we
shall shortly expect to be asked if the
nose of its editor is not more red than
usual, so blind is the paper to what
seems to concern that very considerate
citizen most. Its last call for informa-
tion is in regard to the city election
where its predictions were SO utterly
crushed out, we expected it would never
refer to. 1t again. 1t says of the GA
ZETTE:


1T tried TO create an opposition to Mr..
Gallagher when he was candidate for
Mayor, on the ground that he would
want an increase of police, and no doubt
il succeeded to some extent in prejudicing
some against the Captain. 1t was long
however, after the election, when Mayor
Almond did the very thing that the
Gdzette said Mr.. Gallagher would do if
elected. We kept some time asking the
Gdzette where it stood upon the police
Increase question, and if il did not cleo
tloneer against Mr.. Gallagher on the
ground that he would want an increase
Of police, but our neighbor would not
answer for some time, and then churlishly
lntmated that it was none of our bust
ness


Now, we do believe we did say very
plainly during the campaign, that if Cap.
tain Gallagher was elected a majority ot
the Council would probably also be elect
ed of men that agreed with him in poll
tics, and as he was an extravagant an,
dashing man, he would no doubt wan
large increase in the police force an,
that this would be likely to be agreed t,
by such a Republican caucus as Mr.
Gallagher could summon to his aid. an,
that the police force would consist O
whites and negroes; mostly OF the latte
color, since he relied on them for hi
nomination and election. We think tina
was the line Of our argument. And W
pointed to the unpleasantness it woul
cause such as had relatives who sometime
were found with little too much of til
'ardent" aboard to witness their ARE,
and being dragged through the streets b
negro police officers.
Year: 1878

NOBLE sentiments like those spoken in
Atlanta last Thursday by Senator Cor
don appeal to the patriotic and fraternal
impulses of every honest man in the
North but no pledge from the South will
ever still the malicious and malignant
tongues of the Republican leaders, who
are determined to fight the war over IN
1880 unless carried to Washington by a
Congressional delegation of Republican
negroes and white scallawags.-Tmes
Year: 1878

PLAQuEMINE, October %, 1873.
HRn the Editor Of the Democrat:


Since my last several deaths have occurred
in this place and on the opposite side Of the
Fiver. and many have been taken sick, but
since Saturday we have hnd moro favorable
weather and feel more hopeful


Saturday and Sunday mornings white frost
was seen In this section, and again this morn
ing we have hnd another This, we hope, will
drive Yellow jack away from his work OF des-
olation. The weather Is clear and bracing to-
day, with the prospect OF continuing go.
Should such be the case we feel that the
worst OF our trouble Is over, although we will,
no doubt, have some cases OF fever for some
weeks to come. In our town the cool weather
Of the past fow days seems to have checked
the fever great deal, but in the country It
continues We pray indeed, that our trouble
may draw to Il close, for truly has death long
been throughout our section,


-'Tn hamlet and hall,


Busy writing on tho wall


Dooms for many-fears for oil"


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