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The New York herald., 1871-11-12
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NGORRISANIA PROPERTY-y0 MINUTES FROM HAR-
M lem Railroad Depot Forty second street, New York
For to let with immediate possession nrst class
two story frame Dwelling House containing lS with
eoId water bath water closet stationary tubs spessins
tubes furnace; gas throughout; the 10 tagged
curped and guered and lighted with gas about Your
CITY Of ground In gardeu fruIs, shade lawn
pleasantly situated on high ground ave minues steam
and three 10 horse terms TO suit purchaser
Also sghroom Houses and about i've city Lots SALE
within three minutes 10 steam price T2bOO each
S20W remain bond and mortRaee. Also two ssven.
room Houses; price $5OO each 0U0 remain bond
and mortgage required For further particulars inquire Of
JAMES L. fARsnALL, on washinsscn avenue, corner Of
filh sirsok. Morri1Aple =
The New York herald., 1871-11-12

II OfEL IN WASHINGTON FOR RENT-THE HAMIL-
III ton House, fsshonaby located Of and Four
teenth recently enlarged AID reBlted
containing srynve rooms In all many Of them suits
convenient for entertaining; 30 well furnished
house WIN be rented 10 responsible party years
longer Address j. MuORHkAD, Agent, Hamilton House,
WaAhlngtOn.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03
A Wonderful Balsam.

A manufacturer and vender of quack
medicines for rheumatism and the
growth of hair combined, recently wrote
to a friend for a recommendation of his
the m~anufacturer's) "balsam." In q
few days hereceived the following, which
We call pretty strong:
Dear Sir:-The land composing this
farm his hitherto been so poor that q
Chinaman could not get a living off it,
and so stony hat we had to slice our
potatoes, and plant them edgeways ; but,
hearing of your balsam, l put some on
the corner of a ten-acre field surrounded
by a rail fence. and in the morning 1
found the stones had entirely disappear
ed, and a neat wall encircled the field I;
the rails were split up into firewood,
and piled up symmetrically in my back
yard. I put half an ounce in the mid
die of a huckleberry swamp two days
saw it clear of, planted with corn and
pumpkins, and a row of peach trees in
full blossom through the middle. As an
evidence of its tremendous strength, I
would say that it drew striking likeness
of my eldest son out of a mlll-pold,
drew a blister all over his stomach. drew
a load of potatoes four miles to market,
drew grease out of a flint, and eventu-
ally drew a prize of ninety seven dollars
out of a defunct lottery"
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03
Latest Fashion Notes.

A handsome fabric, which will be very
popular for underskirts is of satin and
velvet in alternate stripes of different
colors, as blue satin, with black velvet,
or green, lilac, crimson, and corn colored
satin in contrast with the velvet. This
material, cut on the bias, is the demand
for trimming silk or poplin suits, which
it does very effectively.
Empress cloth, in all shades and quail
ity, yelours, poplin, serge, satin de chimes,
alpaca, and the Incompatible Cashmere,
enjoy g high degree OF favor.
Poplins are to be had from 81 cents to
$3.50. Empress and velours vary from
70 cents to S1.50; serge from 81 cents
to SIPS; and poplin alpacas are as low
as 90 cents per yard.
Velveteen polonaises, trimmed with
pipings of silk or satin, make a very
handsome and comfortable promenade
suit.
Close-ftting sacques, slashed at the
sides. of fine beaver cloth, trimmed with
black gros-grain pipings and fringe, are
offered at SO.
One of heavy beaver suited to the cold.
est weather, trimmed with velvet, hand.
somely embroidered with silk braid, is 6
very desirable garment for S25.
Ladies' cloth is much used for demi'
season, and is made up in sacques and
mantels. This material is usually trim,
med with brsid Or with pipings of silk,
finished with lace.
A stylish marquis mantle of ladies'
cloth, handsomely embroidefedin white,
with black and white fringe, attracted
our attention. Price SIS.
A water proof ~polonaise, stitched with
white in a very pretty pattern, made
quite a novel garment. Price SO.
Sailor hats of felt aud tarpaulin viii
be the mode for children and misses.
These vary in price from SOC. to S2.25.
Feathers, velvet, and gros-grain are
the trimmings most selected for round
hats, while lace, flowers, and long
ostrich plumes are the favorite garnitures
of bonnets.
Almost serviceable and stylish boot fol
the promenade is a double-soled button
boot Of about eleven buttons, with hand
some Russian leather foxing, calf kid
tops, and s-olloped and stitched with
plain black. Price $40.
A very heavy walking boot for mid.
winter has fourteen buttons, and a very
thick double sole. Price So.
A superb suit of rich, black silk had 6
plated ~lounce, headed by plain points,
headed with p~assementerie, and finished
with rich fringe.
Ahandsome garment in velvet consist
ed of sleeveless sacque, with a circular
cape open both in front and in the back,
and trimmed all around with a leaf passe-
menterie, and beautiful guipure lace.
A blue velvet bonnet and brim of alter
nate folds of velvet and tea-colored silk,
a soft plated crown. In front on top OF
the crown was a plume, a most exquisite
blush rosebud and leaves, and a blue
bow and ends of gros grain. Inside
trimmings of white tulle.
Something entirely novel was a bonnet
of drab silk, with a plating of silk
around the crown, finished with orna.
ments of steel.-Ner Fork paper.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03
4 Strange Case.

4 sad incident occurred at Steuhen
vile County Infirmary a few days ago,
resulting in a horrible death, the bury.
ing of a small lad mined Murphy, aged
five years. ~reel-footed child, who wal
dese r by the mother to cloak 81
shame. Itappearsthat two other paupsI
children, name Philip Sheridan and Andy
Stewart, dug n large hole in the orchard
adjoining the i~nfirmary. After ~efecting
this part OF the diabolical act, the two
little fends, whose ages, were respective
" five and ten years, repaired to the in
Urinary grounds and caught the reel
footed boy, and carried him to his living
grave. Shrieking, yet without power OF
being heard, the little victim was caught
BY the young executioners, and forced
into the hole. Holding him down they
shovelved in the earth and stone upon
his wrirhing body, sitting his cries as
best they could, until the poor deformej
body ceased to struggle, and the spirit
took its flight to Him who gave it. The
two young murderers went back to the
house without informing any one of the
deed, and the buried boys absence was
first noticed by Mr.. Porter, the Superin-
tendent, about one o'clock. Upon max
ing inquiries, a little black boy informed
him that Andy Smart and Phil. Sheri-
den had ''buried 'Limpy' down in the
holle-." On going to the spot, Mr..
Porter found the newly made grave, and
below the surface the lifeless form of
little "Limpy." The little murderers
have been sent to the reformatory. This
is one of the saddest incidents we have
ever had to record.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03
Anecdote of Ezekiel Webster.

In these latter days, when the Office Of
the Surrogate is the theatre of so much
unseemly wrangle over the wills of tesla
tors that men who have property to leave
may sometimes despair of their wishes
being consummated, an anecdote of Eze-
kiel Webster, brother of the godlike, ~
may be aptly quoted
When in full practice he was employed
to defend the Will of Roger Perkins. OF
Hopkinton. The physicians made aft
davit that the testator was struck with
death when he signed his will. Mr..
Webster subjected his testimony to a
most thorough examination. showing,
by quoting medical authorities, that
doctors disagree as to the precise moment
when a dying man is struck with death /;
some affirming that it is at the COM
mencement of the fatal disease, others at
its climax, and others still affirming that
we begin to die as soon as we are born.
81 should like to know" said Mr..
Sullivan, the opposing counsel. "what
doctor maintains that theory ?"
CDR. Watts" said Mr.. Webster, with
great gravity:
"The moment we begin to live,
We all begin to die"
The reply convulsed the Court and au-
dience with laughter.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03
Ugliness of Mormon Women.

A late writer says Nothing impressed
us more in Salt Lake city than the home
illness of the women 1t may be ungal-
liant to mention it but, as every one
that goes there thinks it, here goes the
statement of the fact. Now, homeliness
of feature is not a disadvantage. There
is a handsome ugliness and a pious
LONELINESS /; but with these Mormon
women it is a vicious, outrageous I'M
comel1ness, indicative of moral disfgure-
ment. The Tabernacle was alive with
them. They made us shudder. 1t is
"assault and battery" to have them look
at you. What Brigham or any other
mar would want of seventeen such crea-
lures 1 cannot imagine. One of them, 1
should think, would be a great horror.
Such dislocations of noses and misplace
ments of mouth , and ruins of eyebrows,
are not gathered together in any other
place on this continent. There must be
a good many witches among them. We
would not have been much surprised to
see them riding home on a broomstick.
The only excuse that we can see for poly
gamy is that it would take at least fifty
such women to make one wife.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03

A NEW THEoRY.-Some Of the Eu-
ropean astronomers are discussing a new
and interesting theory. namely, that
auroral appearance and the zodiacal
lights are in some way connected with
the phenomena OF terrestrial magnetism.
DR.. Balfour Stewart declares that in the
anti-trade winds he finds the moving
conductors required to produce the effect,
and suggests that as they pass rapidly
over the lines of the earth's magnetic
force they may be regarded as the We
hicles of an electric current, possibly to
be Lit up as atenuated gases are when
they conduct electricity. In this way,
he thinks, the phenomenon of the 20
diacal light might be produced. Then,
again. these moving carrants will react
on the magnetism Of the earth, which
may account for the somewhat sudden
and violent changes that take place In
the earth's magnetism at those seasons
when the great currents change most rap
idly, as for example, the ~equinoxes. DR..
s. also intimates that there may be two
varieties OF aurora, n corresponding to
stationary conductors under a very rapid
" changing core, and the other to
rapidly moving conductors under a con-
slant core.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03
The First Newspaper in America.

In Buckingham's Newspaper Speci
mems" we find that the first attempt to
set up a newspaper in North America. SO
far as can be ascertained from existing
records or from tradition, was made in
Boston in the year 1890. Only one copy
is known to be in existence, and this is
deposited IN the state paper Office In
London.
Number one of this paper, and proba-
bly, the only number ever published, is
dated September %, 1890. Immediately
on its publication the Legislative author
tiles spoke of it as a pamphlet, stated
that il WAS contrary to law, and con-
tanned reflections of a very high nature. "
They strictly forbade I" any thing in print
without license first obtained from those
appointed by the government to grant
the same" This paper was printed by
Richard Pierce for Benjamin Harris.
Mr.. Pierce is said to have been the first
person who carried on the printing bust
ness in Boston.
Benjamin Harris, who was the proprie-
tor of this paper, had a printing house
in Boston, and in 1862 and 1894 printed
the acts and lGws of Massachusetts, and
was "printer to his Excellency the Gov
eruor, and Council" Harris's commits
sion TO print the laws was in the follow
ing words:
by his ExcellencyI order Benjamin
Harris to print the acts and laws made
by the great and general court or assem-
bly, of their Majesty's province of Massa-
chusetts Bay of New England, thai we
people may be informed thereof.
WILLIAM PHPPs.
"Boston, December 16, 1892"
This is n curious, interesting and i'm
portant history, showing hat the advent
of the newspaper to this country took
place a hundred and eighty years ago !
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03
WyOming's Great Legislative Joke.

The accident, for such it was, by which
woman suffrage became the law of Wyom-
ing happened in this way /: The President
of the Council of the first Territorial
Legislature OF Wyoming strolled into the
Office of the Secretary of the Territory
one morning In November, 1859, to talk
about local politics. Woman suffrage
came in for its share of attention. Said
the Secretary, who was a staunch advo-
cate of woman's right:
"Mr. President, do you know you have
the greatest opportunity of any man in
America to immortalize YOURSELF"
"How?" inquired the president.
by introducing a bill to the council
extending the right of suffrage to wo-
man, replied the secretary.
by Jovel I'll do it if you'll draw up
the bill" responded the president.
agreed" answered the secretary /;
and Nj. President smiled the quiet smile
of satisfaction incident to the birth of a
new idea, pulled away at his cigar,
Strengthened himself and walked to the
Council chamber to ponder on his future
greatness. The bill wa drawn, intro
duced and passed the first reading of the
Council-more for the novelty and no.
toriety than because its members were in
its favor.
In the lower house, however, the bill
met opposition, and became the subject
of earnest discussion on the part of a
minority. The majority looked upon
the whole thing as a joke ofthe rollicking
secretary, and were disposed to let him
have his fun, while they would enjoy
the big supper promised them by the
secretary if they would pass the bill.
Thus the bill passed the House, notsup-
posing the Council would confirm it on
It's fnalreading. The Council, however,
did pass the bill, whether from indiffer-
ance or to appear consistent with its
former action it is impossible to say, as
it is equally impossible TO account for
mosto of the laws passed by this Legisla-
ture oO any known hypothesis. But
whether joke or design on the part of the
secretary, the members of the House
were certainly victimized, for they never
got that big supper, and the bill did pass.
It only waited now for the Governors
signature under the great seal of the
Territory to make this bill a law in the
land. In a few dlys the bill was return
ed with his Excellency s familiar o. K.
and woman suffrage became both a fact
and a law in Wyoming.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03

Pale, miserable, discouraged. without relish for foed.
without energy enough for s~1srtiOn, yet with no acute
pain, or other specific indication of disease. how often DO
we see feeble invalids fading Is it were out of life without
any apparent cause. We say of them that they are
sinking fast" CT sinking gradually" as the case may
be- But there is no good reason why they should sink
a. al. Persons in this dead alive state simply want in
visOratins and vitalizing. Nature. in a state of tqrpor.
demands help. Bring ont the reserve of vitality in the
system, brace the nerves, tone the stomach. break up
the morbid trance of body and mind with a course Of
Hostetter's stomsch Bitters. 1t can be done. 1t has
bssn done in thousands of instances The effect upon
the snervated frame is electric. Never give up, however
l1nguid and broken down Remember that for the e1-
hausted. the debilitstsd. the despondins. this powerful
vegetable restorative IS a genuine elixir. II is not 4
mere stImulant that provokes a transient fash of yigor
in the system, and then leaves it in a more depressed
condition than before. 1t removes the causes Of debility
By altering the s~ecretions, and regulating this action o;
the internal organs. as well As re-snforcIns them. Itis
a particularly valuable medicine at this season. because
it i5sa antidote to the malaria which produces inter
mittent fever. bilious colo and other disorders Of the
bowels prevalent in the fall.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03
Appeal for Aid.


in view Of the urgency of immediate
and copious aid from the people outside
of the State, the following appeal to the
United States has been issued by the
Michigan State Relief Committee
TO The People Of the Uaited SAFES We
need instant and plentiful aid. From
II, 900 to 1900 people, at least, in the
State of Michigan, have lost their homes,
food, clothing, crops, horses and cattle.
On the night Of the Chicago fire 1000
people on the east shore of Lake Michi-
gan, and 5000 to 5000 on the west shore
of Lake Huron were reduced to almost
absolute restitution. Within two or
three weeks other small settlements have
been blotted out. The number of indi-
vidual farm-houses, barns and frontier
dwellings which have been destroyed by
the a~ll-prevading fires cannot from want
of information, be accurately calculated.
The aggregate we know to be enormous.
The fires are still burning, and new ones
spring up. The area OF ruin and devasta-
ton is daily increasing. and much suffer
ing exists. A long, hard and cold
Winter is approaching, and large num-
bers of these people are accessible only
by water, and navigation will soon be
closed. Scarcely q month, or six weeks
at most, remains in which to feed, clothe
and shelter them for the Winter season,
which extends far into the Spring.
They must be helped now, or they will
perish. They will need, too, in early
Spring, seed ndimplements for harvests
next year. A greater portion Of them
must commence life entirely anew and
without preparation at the beginning OF
Winter. Their isolation from the centres
Of commerce and the means of communi-
cation makes the problem of relief more
difficult and urgent. The people of
Michigan have nobly responded to APP
peals which this misery has made to then
sympathy and generosity, but they are
sorely crippled, indirectly in their bust
ness by the Chicago fire, and directly by
the assistance given to the sufferers from
that calamity before they we're aware Of
the demands which would be made upon
them at home. Many of them, too, have
lost their by fires which oc-
CURED in this State. In their name.
and on behalf of the victims already
known and many whom we fear are YET
unknown, we ask prompt and efficient
aid from DUR benevolent fellow-cftizens
everywhere. Money and supplies may
be sent direct to Michigan Relief Com
mittee at Detroit or Grand Rapids.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03

SUCCESS IN CALIFoRNIA-Col Eollis.
ter, a former citizen of Licking County,
Ohio, emigrated to California shortly
after its acquisition to the United States.
He began in a small way near Los An.
gelos, raising sheep and cattle. Hi:
present possessions are immense He
has an almond grove covering seven
hundred acres, and over sixty thousand
almond trees yielding fruit. He ha:
planted, and is successfully growing, one
hundred thousand orange, lemon and
olive trees, had at one time over one
hundred and fifty thousand head of sheer
and cattle ; OWNS about one hundred
thousand acres of land divided into three
ranches. He has recently purchased in
Japan twenty-six bushels of Japan tea
seed. and sent over for and obtained two
or three Japanese to cultivate it and
expects to meet with great success in
this e experiment.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03
SYsrEMATIzrye MgNrAI LApoR.-As

SYsrEMATIzING MENTAL LABoR.-As a
marvellous instance of what one man
may achieve by doing Systematically and
thoroughly whatever he undertakes, we
can not do better than consider the life
of Alexander Won Humboldt. There
was no part of the world he had not
visite1, and he had been nowhere with
out acquiring the most exact knowledge
of the whole country, its geology, its
animal lie, its botany, all its physical
characteristics, as well as the language,
habits, customs, laws, religion, and his
tory of its people. He led this life till
he was ninety years of age, and even
then no fact, in any part of the world.
that had any bearing on scientific truth
escaped his notice. His mind was a
museum, where all the knowledge that
hal been brought into the world was
placed in order, carefully guarded, and
always ready for use. We are not wrong
in attributing the boundless learning and
prodiglous memory of this great man to
his habit of systematizing his mental
labor, and to his power Of s~elf-concen-
tration /; and to his belief in the wisdom
of God. Scientific American.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03

SNeu1AR-The bed OF the Newsletter
sea. in Germany, which since 1866 had
been quite dry, commenced suddenly III
September, 1870, to be filed with water.
II had been laid'out into fields, which
were well cultivated, and the Archduke
Albrecht. upon whose estate it is situated
had erected numerous farm buildings for
bis tenants of massive granite. The fill
ing ND has steadily progressed until at
the present writing, the lake is almost of
its former depth !; and only here and
there a roof or a chimney appears above
the water, which will soon close over
every vestige of what was once a thriving
and highly cultivated agricultural To-
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03
FINANCIAL.
Investment SecurItIe,

JAY COOKE & Co, are now selling. and recommend as
a profitable and safe investment tor all classes. tn First
Mortgage 7-3O Gold Bonds of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, bearing Seven and Three-TsDths
per cent gold interest more than g per cent currency,
and secured by first and only mortgage on the entire
Road and equipments, and on more than II, 900 Acres
of Land to every mile Of track. or 500 Acres of Land to
each $1,000 Bond. The highest current price will be
paid fOr U. S. Fve-Twenties. and all other marketable
Securities received in exchange. Pamphlets. maps sad
full information. as well IS the bonds themselves. will be
furnished on application by JAY COOKE a Co, Phi.-
dslphia, New York and Washington. and By most Banks
and Bankers throughout the coun r
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03

Our HOUSE AMI HoME.-Says Mrs.
Stowe There are certain characteristic
words which the human heart loves to
coniure with, and one of the strongest
among them is the phrase, "Our House"
1t is not my house, nor your house, nor
their house, but Our House. 1t is the
inseparable ire who own it, and it is the
IRE and the our that go a long way toward
impregnating it with the charm that
makes it the symbol of things most
blessed and eternal.
Houses have their phslognomy, as
much as persons. There are common
place houses, suggestive houses, attrac-
tive houses, and scientific houses, and
fascinating houses, just as there are all
classes of persons. There are houses
whose windows seem to yawn idly-to
stare vacantly-there are houses whose
windows glover weirdly, and look at you
askance !; there are houses again, whose
very doors and windows seem wide open
with frank cordially, which seem to
stretch their arms to embrace you, and
WOO you kindly to come and possess
them.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03
CoupS'r TKusr HMsrnF.-Tbe "a,

COULDN'T TRUST HIMsELF.-The SUiSs
Times reports that a native of Fribourg
presented himself a few days ago at the
window of the Post Office at lausanne,
and asked for an order of 100 francs.
The clerk put the following usual ques-
lions to him." Who is the sender I? :"
jacques Matthew" "What is the
name of the payee?" jacques Math-
leu, post ereStaRte at Estavayer." SIS
he your brother ?" "No, it is myself"
"Do you mean to say that you are
sending a Post Office order to yourself
at Estervayer 2" Eyes, 1 am going
there" "But why can't you take it
yourself" "Ah, there it is, " said the
simple fellow; "You see l know myself,
and if 1 were to take the money with me
the probability is that it would never
reach Estervayer, while by sending it
through the Post Office 1 shall be sure
to find it IN my arrival, where 1 shall
need it"