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[Harper's Basur.]
AT THE 0'CLUB WINDOW0
PIPTH AVNNUE. FIVE P. M.
'he 1* whom I bowed to in that carriage?
I thotht you knew her-Mrs. ISolon Brown:
One of our beauties. Made a brilliant marriage:
Plenty of money-splendid house up-town.
.You must have heard about her-Belle Van
Voortie.
She made her debut while you were abroadl;
The men went wild about her grace and beauty:
The women hated her with one accord.
That was Brown with her. Took him for her
father?
Well. yes, there's no denying that he's old.
I think I'll paint the modern Cupid rather
Stoutish and bald, with both bhands full of gold.
That is the way. you know: we worship money ;
And hearts like stocks on 'Ohange, are bought.
and sold.
The fairest woman turns with smiles of honey
At flash of jewels and the ohink of gold.
Ahj`yes. I loved her; 'tie the same old story
Llnce God curaed Adam with the gift of Eve.
I'd naught to offer hut my hopes of glory.
And he had millions: so why should I grieve?.
Was she not wise? How could a hot-house ily
Do battle with the frosts and storms of ltie?
And when skies lower, and fortune's frowns
are chilly,
He feels them most who feels them for his
wife.
Why should I wreck me for the love of woman ?
The heart's a muscle, and it cannot break;
And vet-alas for us who trust the human I
We love, we dream-God help us when we
wake!
THE BAM..
Maternal and Paternal Love.
(Gustave Dro.i
How simple a thing it is to be happy,
I thought, and what a strange mania in
people to go to China for amusement.
My wife was of my opinion and we
would remain long hours poking the
ilre and talking over our feelings.
She would frequently say: You, my
love, love him quite differently from
what I do. Fathers are more ealcula
fing. Their affection is a sort of ex
change. They only love their child
when their pride of authority is flatter
ed. Fathers have something of land
proprietor about them. You can analyse
paternal love, discover its causes and
say: "I love my child because he is of
such or such a fashion."
And yet I confessed to myself that my
wife was right. When a child is born a
mother's affection cannot be compared
to a father's. With her it is already
love. She seems to have known her
dear baby a long time. At his first cry
one would say she recognized him-she
seems to say: It is he; she takes him
without any embarrassment, her mo
tions are easy, she suffers no inconve
;ijence, and in her folded arms baby
fads a fitting place and sleeps happily
in this nest made for him. One would
think that woman has served a myste
,ioue apprenticeship to maternity. On
the contrary, man experiences great
uneasiness at the birth of a child. Its
rest wallings affect him-but there is in
lehI emotions more astonishment than
love. His affection is not yet born. His
heart has need of reflection and of ac
oustoming itself to these tendernesses
so new to him.
There is an apprenticeship in the trade
of papa. There is none in that of mama.
If the father is morally awkward in
loving his new-born, it must admitted
h h e is also physically so in showing
tl affection.
It is only in trembling and with all
kinds of contortions and efforts that he
lifts his little bundle. He fears to break
the ,hild in two, and the latter knows it
and cries dreadfully. He employs more
t1,ength-poor man-to raise his child
than is necessary for breaking down a
die., It he kisses him, his beard stings
hlaµitf he touches him, his thick
'..gbr hurt him. He looks like a bear
thteadiing a needle.
And yet, it is necessary to win the
iffeation of the poor father, who, at
S-tt, meets only misfortune-it is neces
.araly to attract him, enchain him make
him acquire a relish for the trade, and
:4tomal k his role of conscript last too
SNatgt has provided for this, and the
father is advanced to the grade of cor
poral on the day on which baby stam
mners out his first syllable.
We must admit that this first stam
Tinring of baby is very sweet, and that
this pa-pa that the little creature first
mutters is admirably adapted for affect
ing one. Is it not strange that the first
word a human being utters expresses
the deepest and tenderest of all senti
ments?
Is it not touching to see this little
creature find out all by himself the only
word which can .rurely soften him of
whom he has most need, the word that
means:
"I am thine-love me, give me a place
In thy heart open thy arms for me
thou seest I have not known anything
very long. I have just landed-but al
teady I, think of thee, I am of the
family, I will eat at thy table and bear
thy name-pa.pa-pa-pa."
In one word ,he has discovered the
most delicate flattery, the sweetest of
affections. He enters the world in a
masterly way.
SAh! the dear child I Pa-pa-pa-pa--I
still hear his hesltatlng voice. I still
-ee Pitwo vermilion lip rise and fall.
G"'Were" all in a'biroe round him, on
our knees, to be of his height. We
said, say It again, little man, say it
8g.in--where is thy papa?- And he
whom eymrybody cheered on,'stretched
out his arims, turning his eyes towards
'me.
I hugged him tight, feeling that two
bi tear prevented meý from saieaking.
From this time On I was, a serious
i was. baptized.
I.
IN NINETY-TIRE& .
In the commune of 1792-3 the Council
General was composed of 3 surgeons, 4
lawyers, 7 butchers, 2 carpenters, 3 ao-'
tors, 2 grocerse;, 6 liuor sellers and 3:
-tinkers. The advocate had kept a house
of prostitution. Thirty of these 36 men
came to the scaffold, 10 on the tenth
T hermidor, 12 next day, I ofh the twen
tieth and 7 on the twenty-second. 0Of
these SO. only 2 were. Parisians. One
was a Prussian, 5 were Limousins, 3 Sa
voyards, 2 Belgians, 2 Siss ; 6 came
,from Marseilles, 2 from Auvergne, 2
from Lyons, 2 from Nimes aad 1 from
5. those happy days when. the paper
ny (assignats) was fully equal to
SIeidmnds of trade, the louis d or wal
1,00 1ivres; gold was at 7200.'
eat os50 francs a pound, meat 1500.
dietger of Beaumarchais, the alqthor
" Naoes de Flgr,' tus't e
S'.'4,t.for, some 4000 tranos in
asnnabtr in her household expensebook'
4t- flgureb are turne~1 lnto dollars at
the usual rate): '
led of wood .... ............
Slb of tallow nd t.........
o}ei ht1i.. .. .. 1404
.. o.................................
alung w;la & **
·( ****
were worth $20 a pound, and meat from
$5 to $6. In two days Mile. de Beau
marchais bought four pounds of bread,
which cost $45.
"Nothing," said the regicide Fores
tier, "is so splendid and mysterious as
a revolutionary court, as the crowd of
prisoners that pass with an incredible
rapidity, and as the file-firing into them
of the .urors."
In 1789, Trellhard, in the Assembly,
supported his proposition for the con
fiscation of the domains of the clergy
by the following irresistible argument:
Major-The right of property is the
use or abuse of it.
Minor-The clergy cannot abuse it.
Therefore
Conclusion-The clergy has no right
of property.
This delightful syllogism was, by the
way, supported by the Bishop of Autun,
better known as Talleyrand.
At Lusignan at a grand fraternal ban
quet, one of the priests proposed this
toast: "To the health of the death of
the aristocrats."
In the "Memoirs" of De 1'Espinart is
the following significant passage: "In
my prison, and later at the Concierge
rie, I have heard men summoned to be
set at liberty who did not answer toe
their names. They had been guillo
tined. One day eighty pardons wete
brought in from the Committee of Pub
lie Safety; unhappily, sixty-two of the
prisoners had already been executed."
Those were the days of anagrams. In
"Revolution Francaise" the curious
found not alone "La France vent son
roi" (France wants her King), but also
"Un Corse la finira" (A Corsican will
end it.)
A FEMALE ENOCH ARDEN.
A Woman who has Got Rid of seven Hus
bands.
NEW YonRK, Dec. 17.-The New York
Times has a special from Hartford, Ct.,
which says the town of Coventry has
brought suit against the town of Man
chester for the support of an alleged
pauper named Patti Pamelia Anthony,
and the woman herself has made a dep
osition which shows a remarkable ca
reer of married life. The case is before
Judge Carpenter, of Hartford, as arbi
trator.
According to her story, she was mar
ried July 5 1835, to Wm. Bly, of Spring
field, who left her three days later. Six
weeks later she heard he was dead, and
on February 4, of the next year, she
married David L. Rogers, of Hadlyme,
Conn. She lived with Rogers six months,
when Bly, the dead man, appeared, but
was bought up and gave quit claim to
Rogers for a silver watch and $5.
About two years after Rogers went to
sea, and six months following his de
parture Mrs. Rogers heard he had been
hanged as a pirate. Finding single life
hanging heavily on her hands, she mar
ried, in March, 1841, Frederick A.
Wheeler, who now lives in Manchester,
Conn.
Six months after this marriage, Rog
ers the hanged pirate, came back, oust
ed Wheeler, and lived with Pamelia till
October, 1849, when he died.
In March, 1850, she married Henry
Myers, of Williamsburg, New York,
and got a divorce in March, 1857, and in
the same year married James Davis and
moved to Wisconsin. She lived with
him several years, and got divorced.
She then married Richard Marshall
somewhere in Ohio, lived with him
seven years, and got another divorce;
then coming back to Connecticut she
married Emanuel Anthony of Hart
ford, and lived with him six months,
when he ran away.
This record shows she had seven hus
bands in all. She was first married
when fourteen years of age. She says
she is now fifty-six years old. Coventry
sues Manchester for her support, claim
ing her settlement is in Manchester,
where her husband, Wheeler, now lives.
There Rogers' marriage is claimed to be
void, as Bly was still living; but as Bly
died before Wheeler's marriage, the
latter was legal. Manchester says the
Bly she married is not Bly, who is said
to be dead but another man; that the
married Bly was alive when Wheeler's
marriage took place, which makes that
void. It is also held that Wheeler's
marriage is of no effect, under the Con
necticut laws, from the fact that at the
time Wheeler married her, his father
was married to her sister. So he was
not only marrying his mother-in-law's
sister, but also his father's step-sister,
and soon. It is a very peculiar case.
A TALE OF A BROOKLYN CAT.
A resident of Charles street, Brook
lyn, while recently breaking up a barrel
for kindling, gave it a violent blow with
the ax that drove one of the staves out,
striking squarely between the eyes a
cat that was standing a couple of feet
away. The blow was so forcible and so
precisely delivered that both of the
poor animal's eyes were started out of
ts head and left hanging on its cheeks.
It could not be caught and killed, as the
owner was desirous of doing, but three
days later a neighbor captured it, and
having an idea that perhaps the ani.
mal's sight could be saved, with rude
surgery put the eyes back into their
sockets. Singular as it may seem,
though one eye is hopelessly gone, the
other is feebly sensitive to an object
placed before it suddenly, and there are
hopes that the cat will recover to take
part in the coming show.
CoLons IN CURRENCY.-Silver and green
are beautiful and harmonious colors.
[Terre Haute Express.
Poker is a school for the emotions,
enabling a man to hold a flush without
showing it in his face.
It looks as though the Republican
party would have to be revictualled,
apd that mighty early.- [Hawkeye.
Our landlady says she won't take " the
Mexicap border" on any terms. She
leavep Gen. Ord have all the glory and
profits.
Chicamauga means the "river of
death." but the appropriateness of the
Indian title was, singularly enough,
never discovered until after the great
battle was fought.
The Doctor-You eat well?
Le Malade Inlaginaire-Yes.
The Dootor-And drink well?
Le Malade Imaginaire-Yes.
The Doctor-And. sleep well?
Le Malade Imaglnaire-Yes.
The Doctor (writing a prescription)
Have this made up and take it three
times a day. We'll soon stop that.
New Amertcan Sewing M11hjn.e 185 Canal
street._.
For Itseful and ornamental Chrfstmas pree
eats, /s to NAias'sOhina Palace;,
'ign P9tQ a AD SBaslD mPoa.r.l.-We direct
.he'o. thatito the a$ver~dsemeat
SA th . No. as Pqydrae
s IYtre 0h; on hand a lare sujof
barrl . o ,e. togethet a
feeaaft44i t -
TI E FIRIlT PAI OF 1 Bl IECBES.
[Gustave Droz.l
The greatest desire of a child is to be
come a man. Now, the first symptom
of virility, the first important step in
life is marked by the use of breeches.
This first pair of breeches is an event
that the father longs for and the mother
dreads. To her it seems the beginning
of abandonment. She looks with
moistened eye at the little frock cast
aside forever, and thinks: Is his early
infancy at an end ? Already! my role
will soon cease. He will have new
tastes, new desires-he is no longer my
self-his individuality asserts itself-he
is somebody-he is a boy.
On the contrary, the father is delight
ed. He laughs in his sleeve, as he looks
at the little arched calf projecting from
the pantaloons-he taps the little boy
whose contour is clearly defined under
the new garments, and thinks, "How
well the little rascal is built. Like me,
he will have broad shoulders, solid
loins. How firmly his little feet rest
on the ground." He wants to see him
wear boots-he is always willing to buy
him a pair of spurs. He begins to see
hkneelf in the little being who sprung
from him. He looks at him with new
eyes, and for the first time, he discovers
an exceeding pleasure in ,calling him
my boy.
As to baby he is drunk, he is glo
rious, he is triumphant, though some
what embarrassed with his arms and
legs, and we may say, without wishing
to offend him, he is not unlike those
poodle dogs which have been clipped at
the approach of summer. What trou
bles the little man most is his past.
How many grave men, I ask, expe
rience the same inconvience! He feels
that breeches oblige, that now he "..
quires ?9W tLractones,new movements,
a hew tGh6 of voic6-i-e begins to ob
serve movements of his papa, who is
not displeased with it. He attempts,
awkwardly, some masculine action,
and this contest between his past and
present gives him the most comical gait
in the world. His little frock haunts
him, and he becomes greatly enraged.
For useful and ornamental Christn.nu pros
onts, go to Navra's China Palace.
BLUE PERSPIR&TION AND LOVE.
[Medical and Hurgical Reporter.l
It is by no means a matter of merely
modern observation that very extraor
dinary effects are produced by the ten
der passions in the body and the mind.
Horace speaks of the disordered liver,
"jecur uloerosum," broughtabout by it;
Plautus also refers to this same morbus
hepotarius, and reven Solomon, the
wise, describes the youth whose liver
was struck through by this dart of the
passions. A few months ago we quoted in
this journal the remarkable case of a
young lady who, in consequence of dis
appointed affection, had blue perspira
tion-cyanodrosis - for six or eight
months. The records of our insane
hospitals show not a few examples
where permanent mania has followed
violent affection.
. . .. •4.04..- - -
HERE'S THAT TEA.
Benjamin Mott died recently at Al
burg, Vt. He was an ardent sympa
thizer with the French Canadian rebels
of 1837-8, and when he left home to
join their forces, his wife, who knew
nothing of his intentions, bade him
bring home a pound of tea. At a fight
next day he was made prisoner by the
British and shortly after condemned to
death, a sentence commuted to trans
portation to Van Dieman's Land. He
was released in 1846 and enabled to re
turn home. Like a dutiful husband he
did not forget the tea, but entering his
house after an eight years' absence
placed a package on the table and said
to his wife, who had failed to recognize
him, "Mother, here's that tea."
Dr. J. B. Walker, dentist. 18o Delord street.
A BIBLE STORY.
An interesting story comes from Ari
zona. Kellogg andCarter owned a min
ing claim, and foolishly quarreled
about it. Kellogg was a man of few
words; "light and free was his touch
upon his revolver." With little ado he
fired at his partner, and supposed that
he had a bullet into his breast; but be
hold ! Carter was a good young man,
and had a Bible in the pocket of his
gray working shirt. The ball struck
upon the sacred book, its course was
turned, and Carter was unhurt. Then
the good young man whipped out his
gleaming bowie-knife, sprang upon
Kellogg, and carved him so artistically
that his hold on his revolver relaxed
and he was like to die. The good young
man stanched his opponent's blood,
and rode away for a physician, return
ing within twenty-four hours, having
made a total distanee of over ninety
miles. Kellogg is recovering. Carter,
to avoid arrest, sought to cross the
river, and this time the Bible didn't
save him. He was drowned. The
moral of this recital is very intricate.
But it is plain that Carter wasn't
born to be hanged.
For useful and ornam'ntal Christmas pres
ents, go to Navra's China Palace.
A TAX ON BABIES.
The ingenuity of the Chinese is not
confined to embroidery, ceramics and
decorative art, but extends to internal
revenue. One of the latest schemes of
the Celestial statesmen proposes a tax
on new-born infants. The sum is ridic
ulously small-about ten cents-but as
babies are one of the principal produc
tions of the Celestial Empire, and the
mar ket constantly overstocked, a hand
some revenue from this source is confi
dently expected. Tne tax falls due
when the infant enters the world, and
the happy father, with 'ut delay, steps
down to the captain's office and settles
its passage. Strange as it may seem,
there are no deductions in case of double
entry. This is not in accordance with
natural equity or customs morally. The
tax for twins ought not to exceed fifteen
cents, for small job lots, with the usual
discount to the trade.
For useful and ornamental Christmas pres
ents, go to Navra's China Palace.
A RIVER THAT DOE, NOT GIVE UP ITS
DEAD.
[Hunts.iiie Item.]
The Colorado river (not our Texas
Colorado) is noted for "swirls" so-called.
They occur everywhere, but only at
high stages of water. A bubble rises
from the bottom tand breaks with a
slight sound on thesurface. The water
at the point begins a rotary motion, so
small that an inverted tea-cup might
cover it. Larger and larger grows the cir
cle till asurface of forty feet in diameter
is In motion, spinning round a funnel
shaped hole in the centre two or three
feet acrm the top, ad comg tea
pth ¢C al r
and its foremost end thrust up in the
air twenty or thirty feet. while the other
passes underneath-the exposed end to
be slowly drawn down again, and to
disappear. Three soldiers-deserters
from Camp Mohave-passing through
the ravine in a skiff, immediately below
the fork, suffered their craft to run into
a swirl. One of the crew, at the first
intimation of danger, threw himself
overboard beyond the charmed circle,
and as he swam away he turned
his head and saw the boat spin round
until one end, being drawn in the vor
tex and the other upheaved in the air,
it slowly sank as it revolved into the
turbid busom of the river, its human
freight to be seen no more, for the Col
orado river does not give up its dead
no corpses lodge on its shores.
TREATING.
IN. Y. Mail.]
"Come up and take a drink." This
absurd custom of treating anybody and
everybody is of Irish origin. The effer
vescent son of Erin is guilty of intro
ducing it to America, and the imitative
American is responsible for nursing it.
There may be something attractive
about Irish hospitality, but no level
headed man can praise their insane
custom of calling all the world up to
take a drink. Only in Erin and the
United States is such a foolish custom
possible.
Another Step Towards Manhood.
[dau Francisco Call Lon( on Letter.]
It is really the fact that jaunty Eng
lish girls are now raising the hat by
way of acknowledging a bow, the same
as the gentlemen d. in hat sed is
.th. c,, tound felt Oxford, which looks
well on top of a pretty young face.
How Sorrow May Be Soothed.
[Harper's Bazar.]
As mourning dresses have so little
trimming, their beauty depends upon
the fine fit of the corsage, and the close,
almost tight, sleeves; linings of black
silk make the waist and sleeves fit
smoothly, and do not add greatly to the
expense.
---4. * -
Daniel Webster once affirmed in com
pany that no woman ever wrote a letter
without a postscript. " My next letter
shall refute you," said a lady of his
acquaintance. The "Great Expounder"
soon after received a letter from his fair
disputant, where, after her signature,
stood: "P. S.-Who is right now, you
or I ?"
If you dream of a stuffed oyster-shell
dancing in its shell to the tune of "Hold
the Fort," while a club-footed Indian
looks on and chews gum, it is a sign
that it is going to rain when your
blonde cousin gets married. [If It is a
brunette cousin, you have got to dream
something else.]--[Puck's Dream Book.
A young lover wants to know how
high striped stockings come. -High
striped stockings come just like the
other kind. They are woven. If that
isn't what he means let him put a
banana peeling on the sidewalk, or get
married, or go home drunk.
A flash of Massachusetts lightning
killed a cat. The old Bay State is look.
ing up.-[Danbury aws. Lightning
differs in different States. For instance,
look at Jersey lightning. And you will
see cats and rats, and a snake as large
as the north pole shall lead them.
[Derrick.
J. R. Walker, D.D. 8.. 1io Delord stroet.
"Three strikesl-out!" cried the
bank clerk and with his Ulster on his
back and I'dish-brim" on his head, he
was out on the sidewalk in les4 than five
seconds after the Custom-House clock
had struck three.- [London (Ont.) Ad
vertiser.
Baltimore papers tell of " A Bird that
Caused a Divorce." It was a duck-of a
bonnet-probably.-[New York Com
mercial. A goose-of a husband-more
likely.- [Norristown Herald. A swallow
-of whisky - perhaps. - [Worcester
Press.
Several exchanges are giving direc
tions "how to dress." The most sensi
ble way is to stay in bed until the fire is
started, and then take your clothes
under your arm and trot out to the
dining-room stove.-[Rome Sentinel.
A dear little four-year-old girl, in her
deep reverence for the Almighty, could
never be persuaded to say God, it was
always "Mr. Dod." "Why, mamma, it
isn't 'specd ul to say Dod; it's Mr. Dod,
of course."
"Augustus, my love, what are you
thinking about so intently?" "Why
Aurelia, you know when we're married
we shall be made one, and I was trying
to make out which of us that one would
be."
No Turkish child is allowed to know
its exact age. Such a regulation as this
would be especially acceptable to the
fair sex at least, in a good many other
countries besides Turkey.
An exchange wants to know how the
Turks happened to learn to fight so
well. Why, man, most of the Turkish
officers have half a dozen wives.-[Tur
ner's Falls Gazette.
Dr. J. R. Walker. dental surgeon, 180 Delord
street.
For useful and ornamental Christmas pres
ents, go to Navra's China Palace.
New American Sewing Machine, 185 Canal
street.
C. O. D. means Jno. U. Adams. 23 St. Charles
street, will send you a hat and collect on de
livery.
CLOAKS AND SHAWLS.-M. L. Byrne & Co., 163
Canal street, will offer this week their entire
stock of clalis and shawls at immense reduc
tions.
BEAUTIFUL PHOTOoRAPHS.-Oritics all over the
world are very enthusiastic in their praises of
the pictures made by the Lambert carbon pro
cess. Artists who are so foi tunate as to possess
this new mode of making photographs cave a
great advantage over the tehnfical sh r -
comings of those who use the old process, and
they produce results which are recognized to be
unsurpassed. Specimen- of these be utiful
and never-fading photographs can be seen at
Lilienthal's Art Gallery, 121 Canal street, who
has the exclusive right of Ldmbert's patents for
the btates of Louisiana and Mississippi.
This notice is intended part cularly for house
keepers, as they only fully appreciate not only
the phelicy but the necess ty of a comfortable
and attractive home.
The decoration of a parlor the upholstering
of a bed room, or the refined and elegant ap
pearance of a dining room are always matters of
deeo and pro,longed meditation, and at no place
can their wants be better and m .re satistactori
l supplied than at L. Uter's art depot, No. 8
2la street.
IM rr, re of all sizes and styles, window shades,
cornices, walnut and silt easels, wall brackets,
jardini, res, engravings, chromos, litho raphs
and frames, all in such profunlon of style and
number, toat it is almost impossible for a vis
itor to leave his- store without making some
purehase.
I- - - r, r
A CASE FOR tOLWs[ON.
Bernard Lynch was arrested in New York
the other day charged with having aban
doned his wife and two children, one of them
at the breast. Mrs. Lynch testified that he
would not give her anything to support her
self and babies. Mr. Lynch retorted that he
had been locked out five nights in succession,
and, despairing of peace at home, had chosen
another place to lay his weary frame and
wrestle with his daily and nocturnal hash.
The injured man expressed a willingness to
contribute to the maintenance of his family
if his wife would not expose him in the future
to the unhealthy dews of heaven and to the
bitter sarcasms of her eloqncent tongue.
Whereupon this scene occurred:
"I don't want you tosupport me," said Mrs.
Lynch; "I only want you to keep tllhse chil
dren from starving. You take the children
and I will take care of myself."
"Take the children ?" answered Mr. Lynch,
"and I'll be glad to do it."
"You'll have to foed the baby," warned Mrs.
Lynch; "she ain't weaned yet. He must feed
her, Judge."
"All right," said Mr. Lynch; "I can do it."
Then he put his hat firmly on his head and
stretched out his hands to receive the baby.
Mrs. Lynch laid it in them doubtingly.
"Well, Mrs. Lynch," said the Court, "if you
are satisfied, your husband can go."
Mrs. Lynch said that she was. Mr. Lynch
started for the door, with the long dress of
the baby trailing on the ground and a very
broad smile on his red face. MIrs. Lynch
look'ed at him for a minute and then burst
into tears, screaming, "Give me hack my
baby! You can't take her from ime!"
welzure of the at. Clair County Tax Books.
[St. Louis Republican I
The seizure by disguised men of the St
Clair county tax books on the night of the
lith is an act of violence from which, if not
repaired, the county will suffer mosi It it
said there were f' it ,ons y engage in th,
outrage. It Wa" commiteu il;nn in the pro
tendled interest of the taxpayers, and the
authors of the act evidlently assume that their
conduct will be approved by the community.
It remains to be seen whether this assumep
tion is correct or not. The purpose of the
seizure, we presume, is to get rid of paying
the taxes levied to meet the interest on the
county's railroad bonds and judgment there
on; but as all the books were carried off, no
taxes whatever can be collected-not even the
regular county, school and State levies. The
county owes to the State about $x000 in taxes
for the present year and the State will not re
lease it from the obligation. The collector is
responsible to the State Auditor, and If he is
not able to protect himself from such violence
as that which was committed in this seizure,
it will be the duty of the Governor to furnish
him with assistance from other quarters.
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Blimarck's Strategy.
[C'ourier-Journal.)
Bismnark will necessarily have another at
tack of neuralgia after the present battle with
his foes of the official household. He never
failed yet to have his own way, although op
posed by very influential men. Even Count
Nesselr(ode is reported te be on the verge of
dismissal from the office of Chamberlain, and
the Crown Prince Freidrich Wilhelm who
detests the Chancellor,) eannot obstruct the
man of iron in his business of cabinet nmaking
or anything else. When Bismarck gets every
body worked lip into a fever-heat and creates
dissatisfaction, he tenders his resignation,
which the Emperor will never accept, goes to
Varzln for a few weeks rest, with his ear at
the end of a telegraph wire connoecting him
with the Chancellor's office, and then rushes
hback to BeIrlin to watch Germany and all
Europe with a keener vision.
The latest styles in hats can be found at Jno.
U. Adams'. 23 St. Charl'es street.
For useful and ornamental Christmas pres
ents, go to Navra's China I'alace.
Beautiful pianes, cheap in price; elegant or
gans, In ceses highly ornamented; music
books, violins, guitars, horns. accordions,
drums and trumpets are suitable Christmas
presents. These cultivate and refine. Money
expended in musical instruments is well in
vested. Parents, do not neglect giving your
children musical culture; if you do you will
make a great mistake. The first mnise house
is P. Werlein's. 135 Canal street, where all the
above, and much more, are to bhe had. Do not
fail to visit Mr. Werlein's great music head
quarters.
JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
SUCCESSION NOTICES.
Succession of Magdalena Rink, Deceased
Wife of Peter Ramp.
SECOND DISTRICT COURT FOR THL PAR
º, ish of Orleans, No. 39.781-Notice is hereby
given to the creditors of this estate and to all other
persons herein interested to show cause within
ten days from the present notification, if any
they have or can, why the account present
ed by Theodore A. Miller, testamentary execu
tor of this estate, should not be approved and
homologated, and the funds distributed in ac
cordance therewith.
By order of the court.
de23 27 ja2* JOHN HERBERT, Clerk.
Succession of Gustave Trepagnler.
SECOND DISTlICT COURT FOR THE PAR
kJ ish of Orleans, No. 39.999-Whereas. E. T.
Parker. Public Administrator, has petitioned
the court for letters or administration on the
estate of the late Gu-tave Trepagnier, dleceased.
Nutice is hereby given to all whom it may con
cern to show cause, within ten days. why the
prayer of the said petitioner should not be
granted.
By order of the court,
del4 19 23 JOHN HERBERT, Clerk.
Succession of Msltress Henrlette Lablehe,
widow of J. J. F. Laudun.
'ECOND DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
kJ parish of Orleans, Wo. 40,011-Whereas, Mrs.
MaR le Henrlct'e Laudun, wife o' Edmond Bour
geois, has petitioned the court for letters of ad
ministration on the estate of the late Mrs. Hen
riette Labiche, widow, e c. deceased. Notice is
hereby given to all whom it may concern to
show cause within ten days why the prayer of
the said petitioner should not be granted.
By order of the court.
(le19 23 28* JOHN HERBERT. Clerk.
AUCTION SALES.
By Albert Paul.
GREAT CLOSING SALE
-OF
ALL UNREDEEMED PLEDGES
-OF
THE LOAN OFFICE
NO. 17 BARONNE STREET.
BY ALBERT PAUL. Auctioneer-Office No. 38
SExchange Alley-SATURDAY, D'cember
22. 1877. and foll, wing days, at 1013 o'clock a. m.,
will be sold st auction
ALL UNREDEEMED PLEDGES up to July
1, 1877, on which interest has not been paid,
without exception. Great bargains in
Diamond Ring., Pins Ear-Rings.
Brooches. Studs, e'c.,
Gold and Silver Hunting and
Open-Faced Watches.
Jewelry of every descA. tion.
Silverware, Guns, Pistols. Dirks
Clothing of every deecription, etc..
Clothing and Pledges of every d'scriotion will
also be sold this evening at 6:30 o'clock.
Terms-Cash.
OTTO SCHWANER'S Loan Office,
de19 17 Baronne street.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
FOR THE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA.
IN THE MATTER OF E. MANDIN AND E. F.
Perilloux, individually and as members of
E. Mandin & Co.
At the City of New Orleans the twentieth of De
cember, A. D. 1877.
In Bankruptcy-WN. 1605.
THE UNDERSIGNED GIVES NOTICE OF
his appointment as assignee of E. Mandin
and E. V. Per lloux, individually and as mem
bers of the firm ofE Mandin A Co., of this par
ish and St within said district who have
betn bankers upoun their own peti
ý. Asa cnett.
Figý lldý, ý rý.ý',,ýtýý- ..
JUDICIAL, AN3TI3 M T
HgEUS? SALEB. .
Win. Conway, Miss Mary RtKetCUe , t
gated. vs. Thomas Kiernan.
QIXTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PA 14
7 ish of Orleans, No. 9121--BY vi rqe of a
of seizure and sale, to me directed by the ho.nr
orabli the Sixth District Court for the parish t
Orleans, in the abeve entitled cause, twill yroI
ceodl to sel at public auction, at the Merck
and Auctioneers' Exchange. Royal street,
tween Canal and Customhouse streets inLt h
Second District of this city, on MONDAY, Jat
uary 14. 1578, at 12 o'clock m.. the followin
described pro r y. to witt
I A CEIVTAIN LOT OF GROUND situat
lring and being in the Second District of this
city, in the square bounded by Conti, it. Lo
ltRoman and Ucrhignystreets, anddesignate
the number one on a certain plan drawn by.
Sym.anski, civil engineer, dated the twenty
of December, 1851,and deposited for referenr 6
the omle of Michael Gernon, notary public
this city: said lot measuring twenty-six feet
six inches three lines front on Roman street o
one hundred and forty-eight feet six inches
depth,betwe.n parallel !lines, and tweaty ts fet
six inches three lines on the rear line, whi lo
of grounlid is designated by the number salte of
sqiare or islot n u nuber lift -three, on an oritn l
plan drawn by .1. Pilie, late surveyor,dated It
of May, in10, and deposited in the offe of tr
late David L, Mc'C(y,e notary publi in this iofty.
Together with all the buildings and improve*
ment's thlreon.
2. A C(IR'IT tIN LOT OF GROUND. situatei.
lying and being in the subuib 'I reme, in said
,recond District of this city, in the bquare col.
prised within iienville. Conti. Derbigny an
Korman streets, and designated by the number
twenty-nine of square number fifty-two, on a
crltatin plan drawn by Joseph Pille. late atur
voyor, dated first May. 184o, and deposited for
reference in the oflo of said David L.. OiW.
late notary public city in this city, and on an*
other plan drawn by C. A. Hedin dated seven
teenth Novenhber, 1852 and deposited for refer
en'e in the office of said Michael (Gefnqo not a
., bliolntb s " - . ".' ,, .'..g . . ..r "
. 0 ,-, . t.... •€ Bhasthg. -g, . americLta
mneitirer., iecording to sidl plan. twenty sevRn
feet. front on sal 1 Bienville street by one hun
dred feet three innhe- one line in depth, between
parallel lines. Together with all the buildings
andil inlprovewments thereon.
Heiw.d,l in the above suit.
Terms-Cash on the spot.
TIIOMArS . HANDY
Clvil Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans.,
d.'13 2:1 .Ia 14 _
Smith & McKenna, In Liquidatlon, Vs.
John J. Herrle.
SECOND JUIPICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR
the Sixth and Seventh Municipal Districts of
the parish of Orleans. No.993-By virtue of awrit
of seizure and sale, to me directed by the
honorahll ttfl SorindJuditial District Court for
the Sixth anl .cventh Municipal Districts of the
parish of Orleans. In the above endtled
cause, I will proceed to sell at public aito
tion, at the Merchants and Auctioneers' KE
change, Royal street. between Canal and Op*
tomhouse streets. in the Second Distreit of this
city, on MOND tY, January 14 1878, at 19
o'clock m., the following described property, to
wit
FOUR CERTAIN LOTS OF GROUND, to
gether with all the buildings and improvements
thereon, designated by the numbers seven,
eight, nine and ten of square number thirty
nine, in the cityof Carrollt.n, in the parish f
Orleans, formerly Jefferson, in this State
hounded by Canal Avenue, Fourth.Shortap
Zimvle streets, as per plan deposited in
office of Jamei Graham, notary public in this
nity of New Orleans. Said lots adjoin each
other and measure each thirty feet fronton
C'anal Avenue by one hundred and twenty-two
feet six inches in depth, between parallel lines;
lot number ten forms the corner of Canal Ayve
nue and Fourth streets. Being the same pro
erty wtich the defendant herein acquired
purchase from John Meyer. by an act pa
before Ernest Commagere. parish recorder an
ex-officio notary public In and tor said parish
of Jefferson. in this State. under date of the
filth day of June. 15i;7.
Soized in the above suit.
Terms-Cash on the spot.
THOMAS H. HANDY,
Civil Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans.
del: 23 ja3 14
Alphonse Bechet vs. Lauc Beebe.
SIXTH DISTRIOT COURT FOR THEUPAR.
Sish of Orleans, No. 7599-By virtue of an alias
writ of fieri facias,to me directed bythe honorable
the Sixth District Court tor the parish of Orlean, i
in the above entitled cause, I will proceed t
sell at public auction, at the Merchants and
Auctioneers' Exchange, Royal street between
Canal and Customhouse streets, in theSecond
District of this city, on MONDAY, December
31. 1877, at 12 o'clock m., the following described
property, to wit
ALL THE RIGHTS. TITLE ANDINTEBEST
of the defendant in and to a certain lease, exe
cuted by Widow E. P. Macias, of property in the
square bounded by Common, d'Hemecourt
Genois and Clark streets, consisting of seven
teen lots, f ground. Alsothetwo story dwelling
house, kitchen stables, horses. carriage, furni
ture, and also agricultural implements. Also.
all the balance of the land bounded by Ha
Avenue, Park, d'Hemeci'urt and Baudin streets;
also the part bounded by d'1iemeeourt, Com
mon, Hagan Avenue and Clark streets, for the
term of twelve years, at the rate of three hun
dred dollars a year, which amount of rent ap
pears to have been paidin full, and which lease
ends on the first of neptember. 1888. The obli
gations of the lessee being to preserve all of the
fi.rniture in good order, to keep the same in
sured and to reserve the bedroom furniture of
Mrs. Macias for Maria Anfoux, as the wholewill
morefully appear by the registry of said leasein
the Mortgage offile, book one hundred and fifty
three, folio one hundred and seventy-five. Also
the claim of ,Luc Beebe against the succesri.~
of E. P. MaRias, amounting to the sum, as he
claims, of thirteen hundred dollars.
Seized In the above suit.
Terms-Cash on the sp,,t.
THOMAS H. HANDY,
Civil Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans.
dr19 23 27 31
D. A. Harris vs. Caspar Lusse.
SIXTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PAR
3 ish of Orleans, No. Poi1t-B virtue of a writ
of fleri facias, to me directed by the honor
able the Sixth District Court for the pariah of
Orleans, in the above entitled cause, I will
proceed to sell at public auction, at the Mer
chants andI Auctioneers' Exchange, Royal street,
between Canal and Customnhouse streets, in the
Second District of this city, on MONDAY. De
cenmbh'r 31 1877, at 12 o'clock m., the following
described property to wit
ALL HE RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST
of the defendant herein. Caspar Lusse, in and
to the unexpired term of the lease up to the
fifteenth day rf February next (1878). of store
No. 35 Front and No 36 Fulton street in the
First District of this city, at the ra e of sixty dol
lars per month, payable monthly, with the priv
flege of renewal for onu or two years at the
same rent, say sixty dollars per month.
And on the same day, at 5 o'clock p. m., at may
warehouse. ,\os. 23 and 25 Orleans street, b
tw, en Royal and Bourbon streets, in the Second ,
District of this city
ONE PLATFORM SCALE AND ONE OLD
LADDER.
Seiz, d in the above suit.
Terms-For the lease the purchaser to Day the
rent as it falls due. and for the balance, If any,
cash; and for the platform scale and ladder
cash on the soot.
THOMAS H. HANDY,
Civil Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans.
de2o 23 27 31
LEGAL NOTICES.
THE STATE OF LOUISIANA,
FIFTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PAR
ISH OF ORLEANS.
MARIE LOUISE CASS vs. C. L. C. CASS-No.
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT ON THE THIR
tieth day of Noember. 1877, judgment was
rendir'd in this ·ourt in the following en.
titled suit, in the words and figures following.
1 to wit
Marie Louise Caps vs. C. L. C. Case-No. 866.
On motion of Hornor & Benedict of counsel
for plaintiff, and on producing to the court due
proof in suop, irt of sa d plaintiff's demand, the
law and evidence being in her savor,
It is ordered, adjudge i and decreed that the
judgment by default herein en'ered on the
twenty-sixth inst., te now e nfirmed and made
Sfinal, and accorditngly that tlere be judgment in
favor of plaintiff. Mal ie Louise Cases and against
defendant, . I,. C. Cas., her husband, decreeing
a separ,,tion of prope~ty and a dissolution of the
c mmunity of acou sts a ,d gains heretofore
existing between the said r artees.
It is further adjudgedl and decreed that the
sa!d plaint IT do have and recover of the defend
ant, her husband, the sum of six thousand dol
lars with legal interest on three thousand dol
lars thereof from November 5, 1873, and like
interest on three thousand dollars thereof
from March is 1874, until paid, and costs of suit.
Judgment rendered Novembe3ao, 1877.
Judgment signed December . 1877.
W. IL ROGEBS. Judge.
In testimony whereof. I have hereunto set r
hand and affixed the s- al of the said at
l the of New Orleans, on tldrfh dao