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The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-05-09
The Anti- aambling Law.

The Morris Senate bill for the sup
preston of gambling passed th,
House on Friday by the decisive
vote OFF, to II, and having before
passed the Senate, is now 3 law
This law is similar in its provisions
land general purpose to the Little
lottery law which preceded it, and
about which so much has been said
in relation to alleged improper
means to secure its defeat in the
early part of the session. The Nor
ris bill, however, extends the legal
prohibitions and penalties against
gambling to games not included in
the Little bill, particularly faro and
keno, as well as to billiards when
played for the purpose of betting
and gambling. Taken both togeth-
er, they form as thorough and com
plete q system Of legislation for the
prevention of this vice and public
evil as perhaps, it is possible to
frame; and we congrgt1late Ohio ND
on the result which has been thus
secured by the sanction of public
sentiment upon the first movement
Of the Legislature in this matter.
The provision of the Morris bill
are as follows Section first forbids
the keeping or exhibition for gain Of
any gambling table, or faro OF keno
bank, or any gaming device or ma
chine Of any kind Whateyer-includ-
ing billiard tables kept for gambling
purposes. 1t also forbids any per-
son acting as "backer" or ''cappern
for any Of such games, OF il. any way
inducing any other person to engage
in them. The penalty for either Of
these ofenses is, q fine of not less
than $50 nor more than $500 and
imprisonment in the county Jail for
from ten to ninety days.
Section second provides that any
person dependent in any degree for
support upon, or entitled to the
earnings Of any person suffering loss
by gambling, shall have right Of ae-
tion for recovery, and also for exem-
plary damages, against the keeper of
the gambling place where the loss
was suffered and against his back
ers," " "venders," "cappers," and all
interested sttachss or partners Of the
concern. This is the principle OF
the Adair liquor law, applied to the
twin diabolism Of gambling; it
makes them both squirm. The third
section makes real estate used for
gambling purposes, whether owned
or leased by the keeper of the gam
bling house, ''liable for all fines and
judgments assessed or obtained IN
der this act against the owner OF
lessee thereof" This completes the
circle OF responsibility, and will
make it dangerous not only to keep
3 gambling he'll, but to rent a build
ing for such uses.-Leader.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-05-09
Yastfp.
From the Peoples Magazine-Repubhshed in
Little's Living Age of May Cd.
A VISION OF LIFE.


From the Peoples Magazine-Republished
Little's Living Age of May Cd.
A VISION OF LIFE.
BY FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAyE.
Days ccme and days go by,
Gliding so fast that one
Into another almost seems to run,
And Thursday dawns ere Wednesday is nigh;
One precious leaf each plucking from the tree
OF life allotted me.
Through the thinn'd boughs atop
Looks in the naked blue;
The flowers all fan'n, and scanty fruA in view,
Sweet-ripe as yet, or set ior future crop,
And at the root the hidden worm know
Mining to lay it low.
All tree, that once in youth,
When hope was green and high,
Dreampt its large leafy head would touch the sky
Its roots all matted round the central truth
How poor, by that vast visionary tree,
Looks the small shrub see!
Not rooted in pure truth,
But in some shifting soil,
" nere error ana appearance marx OF TOLL
Till freezing Age seals the bold eyes of Youth,
Saying, "LOok here! for all thy force and gIoar,
Thou eanst no further 90.
Yet, though the leaves may fall,
The life-sap is not shrunk,
But gathers strength deep in the knotted trunk,
And, losing part, has more than having all;
Condensed within itself 10 meet the stress
OF age with eheerfulness.
And for the dreams of youth
Come larger aims, that bear
Elsewhere their fruit, their crown expect else
where;
In amaranth meadows Of immortal truth,
Where the sun sets not all our night below
Der flowers of golden glow:
Unfading leaves, and eyes
Wiped from anhuman tears;
Soft gliding of the years that are not years,
Eternal spaces:-not like those our sighs
Note as they pass, while, fast as bubbles fly,
Days come and days 90 by.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-05-09
The wonders Of the Grave.

The tomb of Edward the the First,
who died in 1907, was opened Janu-
airy 9, ITO, after 463 years had
elapsed. His body was almost per-
feet. Canute (the Dane who crossed
over to England in 1017, was found
in 177G by the workmen who re-
paired Winchester cathedral, where
his body had reposed nearly 100
years, perfectly fresh. In 1869 three
Roman soldiers, fully equipped with
warlike implements, were dug out Of
a bed of peat in Ireland, where they
had lain probably 1900 years. Their
bodies were perfectly fresh and
plump.
In the reign Of James the II. Of
England, after the fall Of the church
| of Ashley, in WarWickshire, there
was taken up the corpse of Thomas
Gray, Marquis of Dorset, who was
buried on the 10th of0etober, 1430,
in the twenty-second year of Henry
lVIII.; and although it had lain
there seventy-eight years, the eyes
hair, flesh and nails and joints re-
mained as though it had been but
newly buried.
Robert Braybrook, who was con
secrated Bishop of London in 1881
and who died in 1404, and was buried
lin st. Paul's, was taken out CT his
tomb after the great fire in 1866,
during the repairs of the cathedral
and although it had lain there no
LESS than 262 years, his body was
found firm as to skin, hair, joints
and nails.
Pietro Rodriguez, a Portuguese jew
eler, while pursuing his occupation
in the City Of Mexico was, In 1895
accused before the tribunal of th'
linouisition, and after suffering va
riety of tortures. was condemned Il
be buried alive in vault in the Con
vent de St. Domingo in that city
He was then 38 years old. Th'
Convent de St. Domingo was latel,
+ demolished in search of treasure
supposed to be concealed there, ant
t the body of Rodiguez taken out o
the vault exactly as when places
there 26O years before. His daugh
ter, two and half years of age, wa
living under her fathers feet, and a
) perfectly preserved as himself
These last mentioned bodies are i
: this city. The evidence of tortnr
= on the body of the jeweler are feal
: fully apparent. In one respect, how
ever, the appearance does not coli
eide with the record we have giyei
The miserable man must have die
in the hands of his tOrmentor
The position of his hands show tbs
I he was suspended by the body an
9 neck until he died. Marks OF tn
cord and of the burning iron al
deeply recorded on the various psrl
6 of his body. His hair and beard al
5 firm, his skin natural in hue an
a texture, without the least trace OF q
= composition in any part.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-05-09
New Exemptions.

The tendency on the part of the
lawmakers is steadily toward miti-
cation of the condition of the poorer
classes. The time is within the rec
ollection of many readers, when i'm
prisonment for debt was vigorously
enforced in Ohio, and when this was
abolished q great step was taken in
the direction Of humanity. Soon
after, in pursuance of the same pol
icy, the Legislature began to relieve
needy debtors by exempting one ar
ticle of property after another from
sale under execution. BY an act
passed April 18th, 1873, this list is
still further enlarged by the addition
Of property of every person who has
a family, and every widow, which is
not exempt, as follows:
1. All wearing apparel; necessary
beds and bedding; stoves and pipe
necessary for purpose Of fcooking and
warming, together with fuel for 60
ldays.
2. One COW, or household furni-
ture to value Of $S5; two swine OF
pork thereof, or furniture to value OF
SIS; 6 sheep, or wool or cloth there
from, or furniture to value OF $l5,
with food for animals for go days.
3. Bibles, hymn-bOoks, school
books and family pictures.
4. Provisions to the amount OF
$50, and household and kicken fur
niture to value of $50.
5. One sewing machine; one-knit-
Iting machine; tools and implements
necessary to carry on the debtors
trade, not to exceed 800 in value.
6. Personal earning of the debtor
and his minor children for 3 months
lpreYious to judgment, when it i;
Ishown that the same are necessary
to the support by the debtor Of hii
family.
! Z. All specimens and cabinets o.
natural history or science, excep'
such as may be kept for exhibition
for gain.
8. Draymen, (the heads of famil
ies) may each hold a dray, horse ant
harness; q farmer horse or yoke o
IOxen and wagon; and physical
lone horse, saddle and bride, an(
books, medicines and instruments t.
amount of 800.
These, rs we understand it, com
prise all the exemptions of persons
properly now provided for by th
laws of Ohio, and when considere'
J In connection with the state o
things existing sbout 40 years ago
: when "the limits" Of the corporation
/ of the County.seat were the extrem
, }of personal liberty allowed to tn
3 unfortunate debtor, the change al
: pears very great. But it is not prot
D able that the end of this moVemer
: has yet been reached.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-05-09

A shocking story comes from AT
riea. A treaty having recently been
concluded between the King Of Bon
ny and the King of Opobo, it was, in
accordance with the ancient custom,
ratified by sacrificing slave in q
very peculiar manner From the
crown of the head down over the
trunk an incission, as iffor halYing,
was made; then several stout men
seized hold of the victim, while some
Others hooked the body INTO two
parts along the line indicated
through the i1cision. One half Of
the body the representatives Of King
Bonnv. and the other half the en-
bassador of King Opobo, flung into
the sea, by which the contract was
considered irrevocably sealed King
Bonny tried very earnestly to avoid
this useless and cruel part Of the
ceremony, but the Africans we're not
to be dissuaded from observing q
time-honOred usage.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-05-09
Attempted swineie on tbs TEsasur.
BY 4 NeW York Bank Teller.

Attempted 9winele on the Treasury
Bya New York Bank TsIIsr-
Several weeks ago 3 letter was re-
ceived at the Treasury Department
from a party in New York, who re-
Iquested that $500 in new money be
sent him in place OF an old $500 bill
(which be inelosed. On examination
the inclosed bill it was discovered
that it was considerably shorter than
the ordinary bills, and further in
vestigation revealed the fact that it
WIS a piece Of mosaic ingenuity, it
being wholly constructed, With the
exception Of one corner, Of small
strips of other bills Of the denomina-
ton of $500. Thee strips we're al
neatly pasted on tissue papeE,
through which, however, the back
Of the note could be seen. There
were twelve or fifteen strips in all,
but the right hand upper corner,
which contained the figures $500
was composed Of a three -coFnered
piece torn from another bill. In
order to get these transverse strips,
it was necessary to take q narrow
strip from each of twelve or fifteen
$500 bills, which were necessarily
shortened one-tWelfth or one-af-
teenth of their length by the opera
ton. By commencing at the left
end Of the bill, and cutting s strip
out Of the next bill to the right Of
where the first strip was taken from
the first bill, and cutting other bills
IN the same way, the rectangular
pieces when laid together fitted nice
ly,i the engraved lines and printed
words being dist net and unbroken.
And here it may be stated that the
pieces taken from the $500 bills did
not impair their value, as under =
rule established by Secretary Bout
well, any bin from which less thsn
one half has been taken will be re-
deemed by the Treasury Department
at the full value of the original bill.
The writer requested the new money
to be sent him at a certain station
IN New York, and 9 Treasury detect
i've was instructed to watch the sta
ton and ascertain who called for the
answer Of the Treasury Department
to the request This was done, and
ayoung man about twenty years Of
age, a bank teller, was arrested on
the charge Of attempting to defraud
the Government. He made q full
confession, but begged so pitiously
for mercy that the detectives and
number Of influential men in New
York united in asking General Spin
ner to forbear prosecuting him, IS
he was then the only support Of an
aged mother and sister, and that
was his first offense. The young
man also wrote q letter to General
Spinner, imploring him for mercy,
and considering all the circumstances
General Spinner concluded 20 take
no action in the case.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-05-09

Sam Long, the well known clown
attached to Forepaugh's circus, tells
the following readable story of Hen
ry Clay. II remember once We en-.
tered Lexington in procession, and
it just happened that Henry Clay
was driven in at the same time. l
brought up the rear ofthe procession,
riding a mule. AS he was directly
behind me, l turned my face to the
ass tail, and sung out Here we are
fellow citizens. WIsdS@fed by fol-
Nv The people laughed and shout
ell and old Harry seemed greatly
amused. The next day at the cir
Gus l made him speech, in which
advised him to be president Of thS
United States, and take me in his
cabinet. That night he sent me {
bottle Of the finest wine ever tasted
with his compliments, From thu
poorest fool to the best clown in tho
United States All! sir, there va:
q great man for you"
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-05-09
CHRONIC DISEASES
CURED BY
II. w. Libbey, MD.

~ ~ ~ u
Cancer, Salt Rhsum, EryHipelas
and all tints Of ScrOfula, although
hereditary; Chronic Enlargsnont
OF the Heart; DrOpsy OF the Heart
Neuralgia OF the Heart, whether
sympathetiC or Organic; DrOpsy in
all its varied forms; CAtarrh Of tbs
Head ; Bronchial DiROultiesi Colds,
Coughs, Asthma, and all Deposition
to Consumption, although heredita-
ry; Enlargement OF the Liver Liver
Abooss; Tubercular Liver; Torpid
Condition OF Liver; ClOggsd Score
tiOns of Liver; Gall Stones in Gall
Bladder, and all liver complaints;
Epilepsy, or Falling Sickness Fits
and all kinds OF Fits; Cancer Of the
Stomach; CankeFsd Irritation Of
Stomach, Dyspepsia, and all De-
rangemsnts Stomaohi Diabetes
Inflammation OF Kidneys and Blad
der, and all troubles with these
eans Curvature OF Spine Spinal Er-
ritntion, and all Spinal Diseases
Paralysis in its various forms Apo
plexy. and all Dispositions to :nrnl-
ysis or ApOplexyi Flstulai Uicera-
ton OF Bowels, Falling O7thO Anii
Piles; Rupture OF Bowels, and all
tendencies to Constipation Catar-
act on tho Eyes Film on the Eye; In
Rammation Of the EyOss GrAuulatsd
Eyelids; Weak Optic Nerve and all
Diseases OF the Fvesi Cancer OF tn
Uterus; CstaTrh OF tho Uterus ! ln-
Aammation, DrOpsy, SyPhiiitiO Ul-
csratiOn, and Falling of the Uterus
Fibrous Tumors; Ovarian TnnOrs
Dropsy OF Ovnry; Inflammation Of
Ovary, LeucOrrh@a, and q general
want of action OF the F 5mAls Organ
and all obstruottOns or immOdeFats
fov OF the Menses. For this GLASS Oi
diseases no other physician gives SC
direct and reliable treatment. Deaf
ness, from any cause; st. Vitus Dance
Hip Disease; White Swelling and
all forms of Power Sores; Removes
Tumors of all kinds, without the mss
of the knife; Rheumatism OF Heart
Chest, Stomach or Limbs, In any and
all forms, acute or chronic; all Vsn'
eral Diseases; Syphilis in its worai
developments, even to the decay O.
the bono; all taints oft fully eradI'
GATED from the system; Will straight
en- Crooked Limbs; oures Enlarged
or Cahed Spleen a General Debility
ORthe whole Nervous System; Pros
tratIOn Of tho Nervous System, ant
all Nervous Diseases In either lhAl'
or female; will remove every varie'
ty OF Worms from the system; ana
remove strong medicine, though
years resident In the system
For information Of any of the shove diseas
es, address
Dr. niIObey,
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-05-09

Ayoung lady living at Aau Clair,
Wisconsin, disappeared the other
day, and after 300 hundred people
had searched for five hours she was
found sitting up with her lover,
suueezing hands and talking non
sense as If nothing had happened.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-05-09

A young lady recently, on being
requested to sing "The Maiden's
Prayer" Immediately favored a
Rockford audience with "MOther
may 90 out to swim?"
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-05-09

The two editors of the Paris Rap
Iple decided that NJ. Thiers was a
fool, and he sent them to prison for
a month to see if he could not bring
about change of mind.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-05-09
e2 SENECA STREET,
CLEVELAND. 0.
rEsr1NnON1ALs-

Fremont, Ohio, April 20, 1873.
DIR. LlBBEY-
Dear Sir: thought would let you know how
am getting along. am as well and feel as well
as ever did, and am cured of all but shortness
of breath. l am entirely shut of pain. ] have q
very good appetite, and can stand work about as
well as ever. / now weigh 100 pounds; when
commenced TO doctor with you my weight was
about 14O pounds. feel very thankful to you FOL
live 10 help many more afflicted people. Had i
not been for you aud my hnshand should have
Quit doctoring as felt discouraged as Others ha6
told me could not be cured, but now feel vtry
thankful that did not give up as now consider
myself cured with the exception OF that shortnesi
OF BREATH and hope that VIII get better too: tel
as though Il was my duty to write you and for th'
benefit Of other afflicted persons. Yours
Mr.. A. and Mrs. j. HENsEL-
You have our sincere thanks foT the good yoI
have done. Mr.. A. and Mrs. j. HKNsFL.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-05-09

The Syracuse STANDARD says that
hanging man is only committing
auother murder. He only needs to
be struck with a slung shot to un-
dergo change of opinion.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-05-09

Illinois has law by which no par
ty can recover more than $4,000 for
any one killed by railroad train,
but this is a big price for dead
sucker.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-05-09
REQUIslTIoNs.

The Department will not furnish
less than FIVE hundred cards on the
order of postmaster. Individulars
desiring postal cards will purchase
them of postmaster, and is no case
can they obtain them upon direct
application to the Department.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-05-09
COUNTERFEITS.

All calds different from those
herein described, bearing embossed
or printed postage stamps, and pur-
porting to be United States postal
cards, are counterfeit; and the manu-
faeturer of such cards, or the at
tempt to use the same, will subject
the offenders to a fine of five hun
Idred dollars and Imprisonment fol
five years. (Sec. ITS Postal Code. J
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-05-09

A clergyman in Pennsylvania, in
stead of saying, "Let us prayP says:
"Let us interview the throne OF
grace" The domiRle had once been
3 reporter.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-05-09
MRS. MARGARET BOwLUs.
N.aO Washington, o., FEB. st,iSTa,
DR.. LIDBEY-

DR.. LIDBEY-
DEAR SIR: Twas afflicted with falling sick
ness, or epileptic lts, for eight or nine years.
They had made considerable inroad upon
my mental faculties. tried numerous rene
dies recommended for fits, as we'll as many
physicians, but found no perceptible relief
until used your Remedies. You will renem@
ber me as being one OfyOur patients at Ply
mouth, o. By the use of two cases of your
Remedies am completely restored to health
have now been some six months without
spasm, and feel that am entirely cured. l
cannot speak too highly in your praise, for
such bene1actor to the public should GER
tainly be appreciated. Ishall always remcm-
ber you with kindness for the good you have
done me.
Yours truly,
J.C. WALTERS.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-05-09
IRREGULAR CARDS.

An ordinary printed business card
may be sent through the mails when
prepaid by one cent postage stamp
attached; but such card must con-
tain absolutely no aoritten matter,
Iercept the address, otherwise it will
be treated as not fully prepaid, and
refused admission into the mails.
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FRENoNr, o., April lst, lsT9.

DR.. LIBBEY-
DEAR SIR: should be ungratefui indeed
i'll did not make some acknowledgment to
you, of the wonderful change you have work"
Cd in my physical condition during the past
three months treatment have received from
you. My heart and lungs were in a fearful
condition. was generally prostrated and
completely broken down. feel now as well
as nine-tenths of the women Of my age lam
sure that your treatment was the cause or SO
wonderful change. My friends and neigh
bors are loud in your praise. There aremany
in this place and vicinity that aFe anxious to
avail themselves of your skill, and look for
ward with great anxiety to your next visit.
That you may live to do more Of the good
work you have begun, is the constant prayer
of Yours,
MRS MARGARET BoWLUs.
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SPOILED CARDS.

Postmasters will not, under any
circumstances, be permitted to re
duce or exchange postal cards that
may be misdirected, spoiled in print
ing, or otherwise rendendered unfit
for use in the hands of private hold
lava
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DESCRIPTION.

The card adopted is five and one
eighth inches in length and three
inches in width, and is made of good
stiff paper, Water-marked, with the
initials gu. S. P. o. D." in mono
gram.
The face of the card is engraved,
surrounded by a border in scroll
work one-eighth of an inch in width.
The one cent stamp printed on the
upper right-hand corner is from q
profile bust of the Goddess of fLiber-
ty, left, and surrounded by lathe
work border, with the words "U. S.
Postage" inserted above, and "One
Cent" below.
On the upper left-hand corner are
the words "United States Postal
Cards" with the directions to "Write
the address only on this side-the
message on the other" Underneath,
and occupying the lower half of the
card, are ruled lines on which to
write the address, the top line being
prefxed with the word "To."
The back of the card intended for
the communication is entirely plain
being devoid even of ruled lines
In color the body of the card is light
cream, the printing velvet brown
No variation in size, shape, color, ol
in any other particular will be made
from the regular style to accommo
date special cases, nor will the De
partment do any printing on the
cards beyond the engraving speci
lied in the description.
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MisG&IIaneuns Selections.
Postal Cards.

The Third Assistant Postmaster
General (E. W. Barber) has given
notice that, the Department will, on
the 1st Of May, commence the issue
to postmaster of the postal cards
authorized by the act of June 8,
1872.