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THfio WASHINGTON GAZETTI
VOI,. XX.
THE FRENCH QUARTER.
HOW THE CREOLES LIVE IN THE
CRESCENT OITT.
Their Outward Customs- A Visit to the
Orsols Shops In New Orleans—
Absinths Saloons.
A correspondcnt'df thb Ifew York
Telegram, writing front New Orleans,
says: The first object of interest the
Northman or the wise visitor from the
East asks to he ahowu is the “French
quarter,” and a great many have
taken rooms in that antiquated por
tion of the city. under the hallucina
tion that they will learn French
purely by absorption. But there are
no pesple more exclusive lliati the
Creoles, even to III* lodging-house
keeper*, who lei rooms as a regular
business and never invite you to be
come one of the family. They
naturally auppeso that you have
your own circle ot acquaintances
and friends, and that you do net
amount to much if you do not.
The visitor only sees the outward
customs of Creole life, just as he
views the quaint dwellings and
curiosity shops of the “native foreig
ners” who refuse to become Ameri
canized, even to the extent of learning
language. Their lack of industry
and enterprise his measurably retard
ed the growth ot the city, but more
especially their “section.” lam told
by a city official that the entire real
estate property in the French anarter
has decreased in value from filly to
sixty per cent within tlie past fifly
years.
Their shops somewhat resemble
country stores in the matte* of the
variety of articles kept. For instance,
in a jewelry store the keeper repairs
jewelry, soils jcwslry, and iu addition
takes jewelry on pawn and buys old
gold and silver. On entering these
“jewelry-store-pawn-shops” the eye
rests upon a large placard, -Ladies’
and children's ears punched a special
ty.” Next door lo onq of these mixed
shops is a waiter-girl saloon, kept by
an cx-oinmitting magistrate, where
undoubtedly head-punching is a
specialty. A notion store admits a
portion of the truth in a sign that
articles can be bought “dear orcheap.’
The second-hand bookstores refused
purchasing, a few tgeeka-ago, at any
price. They all t#ll the same story—,
over-supplied. Their shelves are
Actually betiding beueath the weight
of story volumes anu even entire
libraries, sold by people who have
experienced more prosperous days
The work are mainly French, of
course, and were sold at about what
the postage or transportation cost
the owners, ralume after volume of
fiction can here be found, as well as
the torn and tattered filcss ot,the
Parisian story pa pc*, The “voting
blood,” though clinging to his ances
trv and the traditions of his fathers
is Americanized to the extent that
he cares little for the romance or
history of a country he has never
seen yet, which he cads his own.
So io a tiudmTal strait he sells the
library of his sire to a second-hand
dealer and drops a tear to his memory
as he pockets the proceeds and heads
for the Royal or St. Charles street to
tempt the fickle goddess at his favor
ite rouge-et-noir er perhaps to play
baccarat in the hack room of an “ab
sinthe mill.”
There are saloons were absinthe is
lmade a specialty and which are main
ly Irpquenlod by absinthe ■ drinkers
who never patronized whiskey sa
loons as they, drink nothing but ab
sinthe except at meals when their
favorite claret is a part of the menu
The sign “Absinthe Saloons” causes
the visitor to stop and curiously peer
in to see what kind of an establish
ment {t is. But It is to the French
man what the “cafTee saloon” was to
the American years ago when whis
ky saloons were known by that de
ceptive title. A frw of these land
marks’still exist, and coflee and cakes
are sold at one and of the rickety
counter by a decrepit, veteran-looking
-woman. On the narrow streets
lacing the old St. Loats cathedral are
little shops resembling an undertaker’s
where coffins, wreaths, holy candles,
crucifixes from an inch to three feet
high, and ail Imaginary church reliq
uaries are sold. Holy candles are
'kept burning as long as iho shop re*
mains open, and a quietness prevails
which gircs the place of barter a
solemn aspect, in addition to its half
weird and mournful appearance and
surroundings. The patron is awid
into the subjection of removing his
hat, bartering is conducted in an
undertone and the proper change
Landed over in a solemn and dignified
manner. But the chink of the coin,
the high prices paid and occassional
misrepresentations no doubt remind
the purchaser that, notwithstanding
the'solemnity of the places, they are
of the “earth earthly,” and are after
the dollar of our daddies.
Adjoining the ancient cathedral is
the old state arsenal, where the
“flower and pridc”ofthe State were
mustered into the Confederate service,
many of whom never returned. On
the next block is a “blood and thund
er” variety theatre, where the chief
qualification of an actor is shooting,
scalping; imaginary Indians ami rob
bing stage banks. As the admission
is only ten cents,' the ptafcc is nightly
crowded. A few doors further and
the visitor li?ars, "Eagle bird by
chance!” followed by an indistinct
w-h-i-r. lie knows what it is. But
even Ihe roulette man has raised hit
prices, or rather increased his percen
tage. Poker roorn“are more nume
rous even than faro banks, and the
percentage they take is about on a
par with the profit of stopping an ex
press train or the flight of a bank
cashier to Canada. In “seven up”
each player in the game Is charged
twenty—five cents aq hour. In poker
one chip is laken out ofcach pot when
the hand is called. The cheeks arc
generally ten cents—sometimes
twenty-five cents. At litis rate it is
easy to figure how, r fter a night’s
sitting, each player would retire loser
and the “house” the only winner.
Thesc“roonts are chiefly patronized by
clerks and young men about town,
who play small, or as long as possible
on a little money, and are elated with
small winnings. Faro and all bank
games are a felony under the State
law, but tacitly licensed by tho city
authorities. A pronament-offleisi on
belug asked by your correspondent
bow the city officials could override
a State law, he said; “Well, they
don’t exactly do that. We give the
proprietors ot these houses to under,
stand if they will pay SIOO or |2OO a
month according to the Standing of
tneir hank,’ into the city treasury we
will let them run. That money goes
tolhe hospital fund. Might ai well
do that as to lefthe police blackmail
(he gamblers,” concluded tho official,
in a matter of fact Way.
o*lol* OF THE BAJH. REBELLION.
In dealing with the present rebel
lion in tho Canadian Northwest it is
fair to ignore all the wild stories of
Lonit Kiel’s seditious proclivitset, and
to look directly et tho demands of (he
half-breeds. In the first place it 1*
not Manitoba that the dominion is
called upen to fight, but the settlement
running almost one thousand
miles northwest of Winni
peg on the Saskatchewan river beyond
the Manitoban boundary. The pres
ent outbreak is but a repetition of (he
rebellion of 1860, which was mainly a
land fight. All of the Canadian North
west was governed up to that year by
the Hudson* Bay Company, which
sold out to the Canadian Government
for 11,500,000. The rule among the
half breeds was to locate their lands
upon the rivers, the frontage being
small, the farms ranningback in some
case* several miles. When the Cana
dian Government got control it sent
out surveyor* to cut tlie country up
into squire blocks, entirely ignoring
the river frontage. This it will be re
membered, was in tbe boundaries of
Manitoba. The story of how the
fiery handsome and educa
ted Louis Riel put hig foot on the
surveyor’s chair iiear Winnipeg and
ordered him ’>• stop, is one of the pic
tures of the rebellion of iB6O. A ris
ing was ordered, and a bill of rights
drawn. The result of the matter wss
that Riel, was banished, anil, most of
the demands for special provincial
privileges were ignored, swards were
made for disturbing the river fron
tage by granting the half breeds each
‘MOacresof land. But thie law, passed
in 1870, applied to Manitoba only.
Now the Northwest is filling up, and
the same frontage system it being ig
nored. Tho present outbreak is there
fore a repitition of the rebellion of
1860, led by the same man, with sub
stantially the same demands. The
French half-breeds want lo be put un
der the land law of-l&70, and this ex
plains the coolness of the French Can
adians towards the Government in its
efforts to suppress rebellion.—Spring
field Rebuplican.
WASHINGTON, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL It). 1885.
A IUIXISTZB KNOCKED DOWX.
A Temperance Sermon Vi Ballets that
war* Hood for Two Draui.
Thie city is worked up over a re-,
ligio-political feud. A young man
distributed religions tracts on the
corner of Capitol Square last Satur
day. On the same corner stood another
young man distributing election tick
ets. The religions young man gave
the politician a tract and ,tl ■> politi
cian gave in return a little cni'd say
ing : "There, partner, take -this; you
can get two drinks on it at any saloon
in town.” The card read : “For City
Clerk. John M. Niiekois, Jr,” The
iractdistributor carried tho card lo
Rev. W. H. Musgrove, pastor of the
First M. E. Church, and explained lo
him its alleged meaning.
A lIOMU FROM THE PtTLPIT.
The revereued gentleman said in
his pulpit Sunday: “I hold in my
hand a caixl which is good for two
drinks in any saloon in Springfield.
It reads: ‘For City Clerk. John M.
Nuekols, Jr.’ ”He then dilated upon
tho evils of intemperance and tho
scandalous manner in which -candi
dates for office obtained their end. Mr,
Nuekols and his family called on Rav.
Musgrove in the evening and de
manded an explanation of tho publi
city given, as it was an insult, iicv.
Musgrove replisd that ho would not
be threatened, and had no explanation
to give. Afieralongconsulalion and
some hot word Rev. Musgrove agreed
to retract his words at the evening
service in his church.
AN ITNSATISPACTORY RETRACTION.
Preceding a red hot leiuperance ser
mon he said thst he wished to ex
plain something he said at tho morn
ing service. “I take hack nothing
I stated,” said lie; “but I understand
from Mr. Nuekols that this card is
not good fortwo drinks erone drink/’
This retraction was not considered
sufficient by Mr. Nuekols and his
friends, and yesterday lrAwro:e-to the
minister demanding a full and com
plete denial of all lie said, and warn
ing him that if ha did not make all
the redress possible for the Insult
neither his age, his higli social, posi
tion, nor his holv railing, would ex
cuse him from being held personally
responsible lothe wriler.
THE BLOW !*J TttE IYE.
On his w*y to mail this lettar Mr.
Nuekols mot Rev. Musgrove on the
street. He handed him the letter and
(old him to read it. Rev. Musgrove
read it, and with flushed face replied
that he had no retraction to make,
and (hat under ibe same circumstan
ces h* would repeat what he had al
ready said. At this Mr. Nuekols
struck the minister a severe blow in
the eye, staggering him back into the
krmsof a bystander. Friend* inter
fered and no more prize ring cour
tesies were exchanged. Rev. Mus
grove is in tho prime oflife, and is a
large, powerful man. He made no
resistance to the blow, but put his
hand to his face and walked away.
Mr. Nuekols is a nephew of cx-Gov.
Crittenden, of Missouri. The latest
report says llftfl Rev. Musgrove is
confined to his bed, and is delirious. ■
Paul Howes is a Georgia drum
mer. He was recently travelling in
South Corelina and with a fellow
traveieV purchased a 1,000-mile ticket.
The conductor refused to allow hut
one of them to ride on the ticket, sav
ing that while it could be Issued to two
or more parlies only one person could
be issued lo two or more parties only
one person could ride on it at one
time. Mr. Howes was put off the
Lrain about four miles from Wades
boro, and ho gave notice at ence that
he would sne the road for damages.
He employed an attorney, but it was
not long before the authorities offered
to compromise. The offer was -ac
cepted and Mr. Hewes came off fl,
OOObetteroff. His walk of fourmiles
to Wadesboro netted him just 12.00
per mile.
Ball’s Hair Reneiver renews
cleanses, brightens, and lnvigerates
the hair, and restores faded or gray
hair lo Its youthful color and Instre.
People with gr*r hair prefer to us*
the Renewer, rather than proclaim
to tbe world, through their bleached
locks, thst they are becoming
aged, passing on to decay.
A close observer at the the theatre
hat come to conclusion that there is
not much difference between going
out between the acts and coming ip
between drinks.
A TRIPTIIHOCOiI FLORIDA.
Impressions a Greene County Young
Mull Formed,
Mr. Robort Ingram, of this county
who left the fitter part of last year
for a tour of inspect ion through Flori
da, with a vlew-of settling there, re
turned home last wook, and from the
views he giveethe is thoroughly satis
fied that Greene county is just a good
wavs ahead of the word-painted Mec
ca called the“ Land of Flowers,’’that is,
so far a* the Igriniug interests go,
“I am satisfied that the country is
much, vary much overestimated," was
Mr Ingram’s reply. “My own expec
tations were in no wian realized. I
traveled over* poor portion of the
stale and base my opinions entirely
upon wtiat I saw. ”
“Is not the orange business profita
ble ?”
Think not. lam certain there is
not the profit in the growth of thorn
which is constantly represented. In
the first placo the production u in ex
cess ofthe demand, and the price runs
down to a song, In a fuw years, from
the fact that numbers of young groves
in ail parts of the growing section,
will come into market, the supply
will be still further increased and
the profit greater reduced. To say
that Florida oftei-s any inducements to
a poor man to accumulate anv thing
is faulty.”
“Why?’
“In the first place everything in tho
line of mechanics and labor its over
done. The gill pictures of wealth
lias brought to Florida an influx of
mechanics and laborers from every
section. Carpimlers, blacksmiths, etc.,
are ail working on short time, and
you find two men for every piece of
work which ona man can do.”
“Does the country offer any advan
tages for cattle raising ?’’
“No. In only a faw localities ean
rattle or stock bo raised at all. From
this it eyaiont that farmers are
compelled to buy most of their ‘ merit
and pay high prices from they profits
they make on their gardens or groves.”
“Have tho majority of people who
have located Ihcre made money ?”
“By no mean*. But few engaged in
legitimate truffle have made anything.
Speculation lias becu rife, the north
ern cap-’talili furnishing the money
in moat lhitahriM out ef which the
shrewd speculator ttttttle his Motley;
Northearn capital hai fairly lottrftfcd
in Florida. Hundreds of immense he*
tels, the erection ef which involved
large sums, are now almost lenanlless
and in !om than ten years tho whole
bottom will have fallen out!”
“You are satisfied that the ceuntry
wont do?”
“I am most assuredly. Florida may
be a very nice place for rich people lo
spend their winters, but for a poor
man-to ma%‘it his home with the
view of becoming prosperous, it is
the veriest folly. Wages are low,
trades are overdone, prices of produce
are ruinous and Florida is the last
place to go to get rich. I find that
Georgia stands the test better than
Florida or Texas, and lam ofthe
opinion that I shall bo content to
live and die on Georgia soil.”
—Greenesboro Herald.
XUBDSBED BY HIE ELATE.
Arrest of a Eeirro Charged with Killing
His XaatST 23 Years ago.
Twenty-three years ago Aintoad P.
Ellington, a well-to-do farmer living
near Rice’s Depot, on Prince Edward
county, Y*., disappeared, and the
only trace of him that could be dis
covered wss hit hat floating on a
mill pond i* the neighborhood of his
bouse. Seven years later a negro
while poking in a pile of decayed
logs on the Ellington farm in search
of a fugitive rabbit, discovered *
skeleton, which was identified gs
that r,f the missing man by means of
a ring and a gold phi gib his teeth.
A few weeks ago on the Southern
border of Texas, a gentleman over
heard three negroes talking. One
of them, is relating hia story to his
companions, said bo bad murdered a
man in Prince Edward connty, Va.,
early ia the war. Hie knowledge of
tire particulars induced the gentleman
to write to the clerk of Prince Ed
ward county about the matter. An
investigation followed and a* its re
sult the negro, Crawford Jeter, a
runaway slave of Ellington, is under
arrest and en route to Prince Ed
ward counly to be tried for tho mur
der of his master iu 1862.
WHERE THEBE IS CAUSE FOB
BXHOVAt.
While certain Republican newspa
pers are taking a lively interest in
the subject of eivii service reform
and are dicussing appointments and
removal, it is well for them to bear
in mind in office where the incum
bent. The standard of Republi
can office-holders in the South is
very low, and tho application of civil
service rules to them will necessitate
a great many changes. Regarding
South Carolina alone, tho Charleston
News and Courier says :
“It is safe to say that ninety-nine
ontef every hundred Federal office
holders in this State are ignorant,
vicious or iintcruplousiy partisan.
They are disreputable, contemptible
and injurious, not because thoy vote
the Republican ticket, but because
they cheat, steal or lie in thoir official
capacity. Such officers as these
ought to bo removed at the earliest
possible moment, not for the sake of
the Democratic party alone, but for
the sake of good government In gen
eral and for the good name of the
United States.”
A similar state of things is said to
prevail in other Southern States, no
lably Louisiana where some Federal
officials are regarded ns the embodi
ment of political corruption. Tho
scandals which wero unearthed in
the departments at the close of the last
administration show that a just ap
plication of civil service rules calls
for a practical application of the
popular teying,‘ turn the rascals out.”
Bureaus honeycombed with corrup
tion demand heroic treatment to bring
thorn Into accord with the new regime
• f honesty and reform. The Repub
lican organs which are preparing for
a grand outburst of idignation at tho
prospect of the removal of some of
their cronies from the positions they
have disgraced, shoul I not forgot
that their retention iu office would
’• afi&l|,ab!e violation, .
die ef civil service reform. Whan
the various departments are thor
oughly investigated it may ho found
that there exits no Incmtaidorable
body of office-holdera who gained
their position* merely ** Rppiibll*
ean partisans and hot as deserving
and competent who acted imgroper
ly in office whenever party ends
wmt? he and who
Cattrdt he allowed (o remain with
•fit flistredit and injury to the gov*
efjiftienh The people demind n
upright and Intelligent administra
tion ef all Federal officers and the
indications are that they Will httv# it;
When tbe Republican ok is gored it
is in strict conformity with civil ser
vice reform. Oar zealous Republi
can friends should make a note of this
in time to avoid stultifying them
selves.
OUEFBB AND THE OBAB.
A SI. Simons’ fourteen-year aid
darkey came to grief as follows:
From a full-rigged fishing tackle he
threw a well baited hook full length
of the line into St. Simons river.
Waiting a short while he felt a faint
bile at the hook. Cautiously pulling
it in he found to his Joy a
large crab timidly and slowly fol
lowing. When just below the sur
face of the water fearing he might
lose the very much desired crustacean
he inadvaertntly slipped his hand
under the hook and grab in order
the morn certainly to secure the
prize. No sooner dono than the
crab with his largest and strongest
claw closed in on Cuffee’s forefinger.
This was a dilemma and Cufi’ee for
cibly thought himselfeqnal'to the em
ergency, (and acting upon the oft
quoted saw, “everything if fair in
war” caught the crab’s claw between
his firm el teeth; At this time tbe
crab fastened his other eiaw into
Coffee’s flat nose. This state ef
things So paralyzed him that he bel
lowed loudly for help. His wail
ings soon brought to bis assistance a
kind-hearted gentleman passing by,
who with some stonas crushed tho
crab’s claw* thus relievi ig him
from his predicament and pain.
Coffee declares, “die -Rigger gwine
crab Askin’ nairy nulher time artsv
dat.”—Brunswick Advertiser.
“Pa,” asked young Johnny Jar
phyly. ‘-what is a defaulter ?” “Ha
is a man who loses money that does
not belong to him, my son/' replied
Mr. Jarphly. *‘And what Is a finan
cier?” ‘‘One who hangs on to it/'
NO. 15
FOUR YEARN FROM HOME.
Effect of Dime Novels upon a Young’
Man—Prodigal Returning Home.
A few mornings since we saw a
young man, a pleasant-faced fellow
with hearty, robust form, but who
seemed “rather the worso for wear,”
and he wanted to chop some
wood—do anything to earn something
to eat. His fact! and manner of
speaking suggested honesty t,aud
that’s seldom found in a tramp) so he
got a job at once. While eating wc
drew from him a story which will
not be uuinteresling to our readers,
and we hope any boy who may bo
tempted like he, will lako warning
and profit by his folly, and that all
parents win be careful in the sclectiou
of literature for their boys.
He gave his name as George Hun
ter, said that his father and mother
iived in Albany, and that four years
ago he got to reading trashy literture
which so infatuated him (hat he de
cided to leave home and make a for
tune. He went to Savannah and
hound himself a sea captain for the
term of four years, sailed away Iront
his native soil, from all familiar faces,
kind friends and loving parents, left
all for foreign countries. During tho
four yea,s he never heard a word
from home, and worse than all he
was treated vory rough and unkindly
by the seamen. For four long years
he had not set his foot on native soil,
and had been a slave, as lie termed it,
until the vessel reached Brunswick a
few days ago, when he ran away from
his employer, and had walked all the
way from there here, and was on his
way to Albany, to father and mother,
from whom nothing but death, ho
says, can ever separate him.
He said hcwould’nt take thousands
for his experience, Bad though it was,
for now ho would go to work, fully
convinced of, the truth iu those boau
tilul words; “Beit ever se humble,
there’s no place like homc.”-j fWay
—w* ? PO'* : ,
y ■rainii.i7^~Up^g
CASTELAtt ON WKN. LOUDON.
Gordon, the Chinese, tho Egyptian
tho Nubian, the Ajbysslnlan, the mer
chant, the warrior, tho visionary, the
clairvoyant,the strange being admired
and marveled at for his great abilities
and his extraodinary exploits, the
grealest type of originality among the
Saxon race. Casting my eyes b*ok
over the heroes of Spain I men
with whom I would rather coMpartf*
him Utah any here of our mod
el'll fiffies. 1 dff ndt fcsriipare hirti
to our first discOvhrcrerJ of the iSTeW
World, fn whom the bhafacler of the
warrior predominates over any dfhef
character; I would rather compare
him to first Jesuit missionaries, and
artrong them to the first explorers of
India: anti China. The missionary
and the explorer are with great felic
ity Onited in the Pasha and tho Brit
an, as they were United in the Jesuit
—an incomprehensible mixtnro of as
eertlcism and wordliilcss, vehement,
clever, with prophetic prevision and
mathematical calculation, an informal
combination of individual sacrifice
and mercantile egotism. Pure mor
als, firm failh and a practical mind;
those are the qualities recognized in
the history'ot the Asiatic apostles,
and such are the prominent charac
teristics ef Gen. Gordon.—Tho Ma
drid Dia.
If the French Republic shall totter
and fall it will be because of misman
agement. It is said to be more or less
of a fraud. A constitutional monar
chy would, from all accounts, be pre
ferable. The Ceurier-Journal, after
due investigation, declares that the
public debt amounts to 14,760,000,000,
which is 1300,000,000, in round num
bers greater than the debt of Great
Britain, The annual revenue for 1883
amounted to $713,718,598 which ia
$320,000,000 more than that of Great
Britain, $666,718,598, which le $320,-
000,000 greater than that of Germany
and $265,000,1X10 greater than that of
Ru*ia.
Mr*. Thinks—‘lt's a perfect outrage
Mr. Wink*. The idea of inviting
those gentlemen to dinner when yeu
knew the bouse was full of company.
Why, if will make thirteen at a ta
ble.
Mr. Winks—Bnrely you are not
superstitious abont that. Having thir
teen at a table won't worry me the
least.
Mrs. Winks—Well, it will whew
you see what a small roast the butch
er sent.