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Richland beacon., 1873-06-07
A HideOuS Fight.

There comes to us hideous story from
California of a fight to the death between
two butchers with krives, which is no less
remarkable for the insignificance OF its
cause than the formal and buslness-llke
manner in which the affair was managed.
Failing to lSettle trifling disagreement
concerning their work by means OF hsti-
cuffs and hard words an adjournment
was taken to the neighbOring meadow,
where, With their companions OF the
slaughterAouse forming the traditional
ring, theyssOught definite and effective
settlement with the weapons OF tnelr
calling. A scene more incOngruO" IS with
our bOasted civilization could not be con-
ceived than that presented on TINS
soppy. mos0uitO-ridden meadow, where
| two American citizens were flashing long
and sharp knives, making vicious slashes
at such portions of each others anatomy
as their training in the abattOir told them
were tie most vulnerable. and ackn0wi-
edoing the applause of the spectators by
a more lively delivery Of their blows.
When .he terrible blade sank to the MI!
in the body of one of the comhatants, anu
the other fled, gashed and bleeding, the
mOmentuous question on which the twain
had disagreed was doubtless considered
settled.
The supposed readiness of our people t.
whip out a revolver or a bOwie-knife fol
the correction of misunderstanding OF
! the revenge Of an injury has assumed TIN
character of a national trait with thOs'
who know America least. Only the Othe
, day French paper seriously argued tina
this liability to sudden death caused
certain beneficial Difference and regar'
for the feelings of each ether that is no
, found among the unarmed and therefor
! less cautious French. 1t needs only
slight extension of this line of thought I
r discover in the California duel the gerr
of another great benefit to society. In
application of the ordeal of battle to tn
:, settlement of the trifling differences
c life will doubtless tend to cause a muc
greater degree of circumspectiOn, and
e more thOus htful consideration OF delica'
C questions of right and privilege. h
pecially will this be the case if disputan
:. can command such sedate interest an
!. calm moral support from the communit
: as were enjoyed in this case. AlthouS
= we would prefer to regard this incident
= abnormal and exceptional in its characte
and though it may we'll be dOubtt
whether the public sense would common
}, such an innovation, it is yet possible
s. see a logical connection between the figl
with knives and the specdier crack OF Il
h pistol, which, according to our Fren(
Y critics form such an admirable restraint
v influence in our society.
Richland beacon., 1873-06-07

PAIN KILLER.-In another column will be
found the advertisement of Davis Pain Kill
Ter. There is probably no other preparation
manufactured that has become so much Of "A
household word as the Pain Killer. For
thirty years it has stood before the public,
and the innumerable testimonials that have
been called forth Voluntarily, testify fully to
its merits. When you need family medi-
cine buy the Pain Killer.
Richland beacon., 1873-06-07

RATHER AwKwARD-"Well,a and how's
the beauty? AS lovely as ever?'' so,
loveiier, if possible, Mr. POlkinyton! She's
just been shortcoated, poor darling, and
-" "Just been shortcoated, Mrs. Jes-
samy!!" "Yes, of course! My baby
you mean, don't your" "O-er-no! l
IL meant your opposite neighbor-
Miss BelsiZe ~
Richland beacon., 1873-06-07

DIR. ID. ELMoRE, of s. Warren St, Jersey
City, y. j.. has Il certain cure ior S an ont
lie uses vegetable extract that LIN ,hn
the Cancer. roots and branches, Wncn I'm In
sore rapidly heals. and never uice.n a.tmont
its early stage charges nothin" lor 'io"''
and medicine until cured.
Richland beacon., 1873-06-07

THE Tribune, in giving an account of a
sale of pictures in New York the other
day, mentions in the list, "What is the
Price of the Rat?" and sets down the
price at $3l5. Rats must be scarce in
New York at that price.
Richland beacon., 1873-06-07

AN old Dutch tavern-keeper had his
third wife, and being asked his views of
11Gfzimony, replied, "Vell den, you see,
- 4rst time marries for love01at wash
~; den / marries for peautys lat wash
e. TOO, apout as goot as de fist; but
tine ] marries for mony-and
1h6 peter as poth!" Old Coorey took
. wo611cal view of things.
Richland beacon., 1873-06-07
A Theory for the Distant Future.

THE time is coming when there will be
no more shipwrecks, when ocean steam
ers will not sink or disappear, and when
coasters need no longer fear the dread lee
shore. 1t will not be this year or next,
but it some time will be, If we can credit
a recent article by Prof. Winchell, of
Michigan. 1t appears or rather 1t is,
though it does not yet appear-that the
waters of the earth are drying up. The
earth is cooling, the water works its way
deeper and deeper into the crust each
year. And in the course of time it will
all be soaked up without evaporation;
ocean and atmosphere alike will be drawn
into the cold embrace of the earth, which
will be left frozen desert, floating
through space throughout all time, like
theory Is that as order came out of chaos
by the cooling of the exterior of the melt
"a masses, so this same process Is to con-
tinue to the end. He finds confirmation
* this In the present condition of the
neon. which undoubtedly once was
Uhnt the earth was, but it has gradually
6961 Oh to be "a fossil world, an ancient
90 Uuspended in the heavens; once the
- III The activities which now char
= - ~ ur6Ace Of our earth, but in
~ q realm of silence and
MT beavenly bodies show
- pf0oGos. Saturn in its
] ! ! ! !
- ~ and then
- the decline
- fains ere
(niGg. LAstof
Richland beacon., 1873-06-07

Reader, put yourself in the place tf dyspsptic
and bilious patient under the old fashioned, regu-
lar treatment. Alopathc doses Of blue pi |, purg-
stives that 20 through him with the impetuous
rush of an avalanche, opium when he can't sleep,
and little beef tea to keep him alive under the
assaults of the medicine men upon his stomach
his intestines, his liver. and his BRAIN all these
he has to endure. Is 1t any wonder that he be-
comes dreadfully weak, emaciated and detected
Reader, II you have any 'gumption" you would,
under any circumstances, and at all hazards, de-
cline to put yourself-otherwise than suppositiously
in that mans place. Now put yourself in the
place of person with the same complaints, who
has had the sense to resort to Hostetters Stomach
Bitters a remedy. He takes that agreeable and
potent vegetable tonic and Alternative, will say
three times day. As q necessary consequence
his appetite returns, his digestion improves, his
bodily strength increases, his bowels become free
and regular his sleep is Sound and refreshing his
spirits grow buoyant the tinge of health returns
his complexion, and in . few weeks the cure IL
complete. This is no fancy picture, 1t IL . brief
abstract of the experience Of Thousands Of dys-
peptc, bilious, debilitated and desn0lng r;
tients. Is 1t necessary to AZ
of the two places he woull
with any disease Of the
or the nerves?
Richland beacon., 1873-06-07

G 1AoNb CAK., PURE.-Twopo pounds and
= NO 101r, equal weights ofbuter and
irWr16oh pound cake-the whites of
- meme pound and half II sweet
VIII two tea-spoonfuls Of ex-
111F almonds, to be poped over
n0nds IS you pound ITEM up
Richland beacon., 1873-06-07

A YOUNG mans friends object to his be-
ing loose, but, somehow, they haye N,
equal objection to his belnD
Richland beacon., 1873-06-07
Sweet Norwegian Cod Liver Oil

from the celebrated fisheries at Aalesund CNorway)
pronounced by physicians the most delicate, efficient
Cod Liver Oil in the world.
1t is easily taken, tolerated by the weakest stom-
achs. dgests readily. becomes rancid and is al
most entirely free from the usual dsagreeabe char
acteristcs OF Cod Liver Oil.
For use of Cod Liver Oil Mr.. Wilson's discov-
cry Is Of the greatest value.
For the safe internal administration of Carbolic
Acid Mr. Wilson's method of combining IL with Cod
Liver Oil is absolutely necessary.
Richland beacon., 1873-06-07
SOUND REASONING.

Consumption is decay. Soothing. expectorant rem.
edes only useful palliatves they do not reach
the cause-they do not stop the decay. Tonic medi-
zines strengthen the life forces and prolong the bat
tie. but the decay goes steadily on, and sooner or
later the victim must yield Climatic changes are
sometimes good, but they seldom wholly cure. In
short the very first thing to be done is TO STOP THE
DECAY then apply the restorative tonic and strength
giving treatment. Think moment. The Lungs are
Observation-Disclosures. ulcerations' cavities apd depos
its of poisonous matter Cpus) are forming. The cir
culatlon carries this poison all over the body. VAST
ing loss Of appetite. enervaton, night sweats ard all
the terrible symptoms appear; Is IL worth while to
doctor the symptoms, which merely the results,
while the decay which Is the cause, is eating up the
life springs?
These two things well known by the best physi-
Clans
LIST. CdrboGc acid posirelv arrests Decay 1t Is the
most powerful antiseptic in the known world. Even
dead bodies are preserved by it, Entering into the
circulation 1t at once grappIes with corruption and
decay ceases. II purifes the sources OF disease.
ID Cod Lrer on is Natures best assistant in resist
ing Consumption. It'll at once food, a TONIC. pu
rider, and healer. 1t braces up and supplies the
vital forces, feeds the wasted system and enables
ture to regain her foohod. For these purposes moth
ing compare with Cod Liver Oil. This is the the
DRY Of
Richland beacon., 1873-06-07

WHEN writing to advertisers please mehtioh III
w name OI this paper
Richland beacon., 1873-06-07

46 m &O0 per day! Agents wanted! All classcs OF
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Richland beacon., 1873-06-07

i triloquism learned in days. This GREAT sEl -
and Ito others. Gamblers Tricks. CardiolOgy; L
How To III Vt. TRAP and FISH. all In the ORIG
Book of W Ortlcrs." Mailed for - cts. Addx
ID. q. CUTLER, Carthage, Illinois.
Richland beacon., 1873-06-07
:. WHAT WOMAN

ENWAY'S PeDman's Guide To- removi
~ stiffness from cramped hands; pE1ce 50 cen,
Address b. ENWAY, Drawer l7, Te1odo, o.
Richland beacon., 1873-06-07
IL Cures Cholera. when All Other Nf"e
dies Fail.
1t gives Instant Relief from Aching iee'n'
In sections Of the country where
II, n

proprictors for the Southern and Western Sta'
er- For sale hy all Medicine Dealers.
Richland beacon., 1873-06-07

Is not secret empirical nostrum. 1t happy conf
bination VI two remedies known TO physicians every
where as the best means of combating consumption.
This combination Is Mr. Wilson's discovery. and IL
founded upOn the following
, 1873-06-19

Miss Susan B. Anthony has attaincd the goal
Of lor ambition and the crown Of martyrdom.
Having conceded through her counsel that sho
was woman on tho day she cast hor vote, sho
has boon declared guilty Of illegal voting, mis-
da1neanor under tho laws TINT is punishable In
variety Of ways, Had there boon any other re-
suit, Miss Anthony's vocation as an agitntor
would hayo beon gone, and sho would have
relapsed into hateful obecurity. Tho verdict Of
tho jury'was In accordance with tho charge Of
Judge Hunt, who ruled that tho regulation Of
tho suffrage was state's right, and not limited
by tho Fcdord Constitution, except in the pro
hibition OF the Fifteenth Amendment against
tho imposltlon Of any disability on &C.
count Of raec, color, or previous condition
Of, aeryltudo. This loft the. State Of New York
tho right to conlne the suffrage to malo citizons.
It had done SO by law, aud, as Miss Anthony had
violated tho law, she must suffer the CONGO
quoncoa. The Election Inspectors who received
hor voto arc alao on trial. but their jury has not
been able, as yet, to ngree.
, 1873-06-19

The Chicago produce markets woro moro
steady yoat erday. Moss pork waa quiet and
shado lrmcr, at e15.7o@15.75 oaah, and $3.50
@15.85 Bollcr July. Lnrd was dull and 211@5c
por 100 lbs lower, at s8.3o@8.321d oast, and
s8.40@8.45 soller July. Meats wore quiet and
unchanged, at c96@o11o for shoulders, $40
$40 for short ribs, 811@sso for short clear, and
01l@11Nc for sweet piolklod hams. Lako
frcighta woro actlvo and steady, at $40 for corn
to Buffalo. Highwines woro quiet and un-
changed, at 800 per gallon. Flour was moro
actiyo, and weak. Wheat was quiot and
3S@s4o higher, closing tamo at el.21 SELL
or tho month, aud s1.1G96 seller July. Corn WAS
aotivo and woak declining 1@114c and closing at
s11lc caah, and 9s114c seller July. Oats were ac-
tive and 71fo lower, closing at 25}4o cash, md
2614o eollor July. Ryo was quiet and steady at
6015o. Barley WAS dull and nominal at 55@o0c
for poor to good No. 2. Thoro was further do
cline Of 16@2oo in hogs pricoa receaing to $a.2o
@4.50. Catto worc dull and w6ak. Sheep ruled
ntoady.
, 1873-06-19

That will be IN interesting occasion at Janos-
vile, Wis.,, On tho 28th Inst, whom Senator Car
pointer will undertake to give his constituents
his reasonB for supporting the sa1ary bill passed
at the last session OF Congreas. hfr. Carpen-
ter's iettor, consenting to speak, indicates all
tho confidence In his ability to satisfy his con-
stituonta which aman OF hia large persuasive
powers would naturally havo. Ho intimatos
that be is hrim~tun of good REASONS, mud says
that he will proaont as many Of them
IS ho can in IN hour or two, leaving othors to
suggest thomBelvo8 to tho pregnant minds OF
his heare1s., We are willing to concedo that
what man may do Senator Carpenter is able to
do in an argumantatiye way, and that il any ono
o. tho gentlemen who Sustained tho salary-grab
can mako TINT measure appsar justiaable Ao can
do it. But, With the highest appreciation Of
n1r. Oarpontere plauslbi1lty Of speech, We doubt
that he will succeod in porsuading tho average
taxpayer that 1t Was good policy tor tho last
Congress- to vote a,gay 100000 without any
return, OF for Senator Carpenter to tako out OF
tho United States Treasury, in tho way Of back
pay, more money than he had agreed to scrvo
for. But, Of course, VIC ahnu all be glad to hear
what he las to say.
, 1873-06-19

The st. Croi1 land-grant which WAS refused
by tho Milwaukee l. St. Paul Railroad III to be
taken up, according to rumor In milwaukee,, by
tho Wisconsin Railroad Company, now corpo-
ration formed for that purpose. Tho Compn-
ny ie said to have organized by tho election
Of tho attorney Of tho Milwaukee, Il st. panl
Railroad a. President, mud to have appointed
= committee to filo securities, notify Governor
Washburn, md tako Ill necessary stops to &c.
euro tho migrant. On the othor hand, aoyorn-
OF Washburn says ho haa not seen my such
committee and knows nothing Of any such Com
Y1any.
, 1873-06-19
result may hnvo tho ofroct Of changing tho pop.
ular sentiment on tho subject Of pro rata rates.

That tho Congressional moyoment for grant.
ing away oil tho public lantla to Agricultural
Colleges was tho roBll1t Of d private lobby, with
personal gain III Wow, wns suspected NJ the timo
1t camo 30 near succeeding but 1t 10 now very
oortafn that the farmers, who ought to tako tho
olliot intoroHt in tho project il 1t woro worthy,
regard 1t as belonging to tho class Of
frauds that, under various protexts, hnvo
sought to secure the ropaouaton Of Gov
ernmont lands. Tho Agricultural Congress-
held rocontly In Indianapolis refused to
indorae this proposed disposition Of tho lands.
though It WAS brought boforo that body undes
tho auspices Of tho Agricultural College ring.
Bill lator d representative farmors' convention
In Southern Indiana has paHael resolution de-
manding that tho public lands shall bo held in
good faith to seouro homes for actual aostlera
only md that grants Of land for educational pur-
poses shhll only bo mado to promote n systom Of
common schools, tho benefits Of which may
roaeh all classoa OF tho community. It is to bo
hoped that tho Bchcmo will not bo revived. II
It ahnll DO revived, however, 1t will no longer
boar tho taoit approval Of tho farmers, and
neither Congrcss nor any othor Legislative body
will DO likely to fly in tho faco Of tho farmers
for como lttlo time to como.
, 1873-06-19

Students Of Biblical geography have long boon
In doubt ns to tho o1aot locality Of Mount Cal
wary whero Christ waa crucinod. Tho Orientaf
Typographical Corps, eont out from England to
study tho topography Of Bible lands, think they
havo at 1aat found tho spot so ha11owod to
Christians, in tho hill outside Of Damascus gatc,
near tho north wall OF Jerusalem. Tho profile
Of this hill ia ekull-nhapod, and this popularity
Strengthens tho nupponition that 1t Is roally tho
Bcono Of tho cruoia1ion, which ia described In
tho Bible aa a "placo callcd qo]gotha, that is to
say, A place OF skull."
, 1873-06-19

their own business. and lot othor people do tho
samo." ThIa Ia tho proposition which tloy
mako. aud they invite tho American peo-
plo to ngreo to 1t, and tho American
pross to MD thom III bringing about
" this desirable atato Of afrairB" ThiB
iB a dead shot and gives tho Han Franclaco au-
thorlttos mn opportunity to stop anl consider
what thoy aro about. Hereafter John China
man will not morft tho opprobrious opithet Of
tho "hoathon Ohinee." Ho has Ahown him.
eolf to bc raastor Of tho situation by oyory rule
Of honesty and fair dealing at loaBt, and in tho
strategy Of diplomacy Inns proved himBolf an
adopt. Hia proposition tonchoB San Francisco
In tho most vital spot. It COOS to tho very bot
tom Of her purse. Without tho Chinese
market, whore would Sun Francisco be7
Drive out tho American traders from China,
and what becomos Of our silk and ton
intorostB, ,Whioh aro now 30 extensive nnd
lucrative Evidently this waa Wow Of
authoritios Of that city in their blind and head
long orusado against tho Chinese md Chinese
labor. It odds to the Importance Of tho propo-
sition that 1t is not only logical one, but in
every way fair, houost and consistent ono.
It is tho samo method which any prudent and
shrowd merchant would adopt in his pri-
vate businoBs to protect himself against
an unjust discrimination. In the proaont
state Of our commercial relations with
Chino, suspension Of troAty atipula-
tions would involve us In great confusion,
and produce disturbance III the market Of much
moro consequence than tho distractions Of tho
Chinese labor question. Tho Chinese aro botter
nblo to got along without uB than VIC without
them. Wo want their tens, and silks, and otllor
commodities under tho most favorable circum-
stances, and wo must havo them. How
much wo aro indebted to the Chinese
can ho estimated from tho fact that, dur
ing tho ton months ending April /, 1873,
we called upon them for about 10000, 600
pounds Of toas, and for silks, spices, and
drugs in proportion. Is it entirely consistent,
therefore, for us aftor having broken their walls
down, and forced thom ont Of their exclusive
policy, after insisting that thoy ehall como out
and Americana shall 60 in, and oxtorting troatioa
to that effect, to force them back into their holes
again by discriminating against their 1abor,
and trampling upon their personal righte
and oustoms2 II thoro is no better Of
moro digniaod method than this Of solving the
problom OF Chinese labor, We had better nc.
knowledge the imposalbility ut once. We should
at leaat initiate tho dignity Of tho 81 heather
Ohineo" III dealing with grent question.
, 1873-06-19

Tho proceedings of tho Board Of Education
have of lato boen onlivened by debatos on the
question Of teaohing tho German language In
tho public schools. There Is nov, and Inns boen
for somo years, provision for instruction in
German in certain grades and, also. instruc-
ton in the same language among the pupils Of
tho High School. In both it Ia optional with
pupiln to study German or not. Tho Gcrman
olasscs havo boon largely composed Of childron
Of German paronts, who have sought to
educate tho children In tho two languages
at tho samo timo. Whilo there arc many
others besides children Of German paronta
rho hare from time to timo begun 1t, tho per-
contago Ia FILLING OF. It Ia now proposed by
Mossrs. rrusspg, Hesing, ind Rlclberg, 1nom-
bora Of tho Board OF Education, to make tho
study OF German compulsory. II this rule wero
adopted generally, child entering tho tonth
grado would begin his education By learning hib
letters IN English and Qorman, and rs he ad-
vanced everything taught him, spelling, reading,
wri.4Ag history, geography, and arithmetic
would bo taught in tho two languages at tho
same timo. Tho adoption of this rulo, however,
involves other and more serious mattora. Being
made compulsory, each child, unwilling or
unnblo to learn German, would lavo to
leave tho schools and go to somo English
school. Tho public schools, instead OF boing
placeB to teach American ohlldrcn how to road,
writo. aud spell their own language correctly,
would become essentially dorrnan schools, and
10 child would bo allowed to attend who did not
study and keep up With Ills olassos III uornan.
Thore is no objection to any person studying tho
German language; On tho contrary, knowledge
of it 10 becoming essential to any advanced
grado Of scholarship. Tho literature Of Cor
many at thls time in all tho brunchos Of sol
auco, except tho pure mathematics, is rlchor,
perhaps, than that of any other tongue. The
great scholaza Of Great Britain and Amorlca
perfect their education In Germany. but thie
, 1873-06-19

milo, It was found that 1t wonld either l,avo to
do tho local business at loss, or put on euoh .
thrift ~ to exclude certain iron diBtricta from
tho Midland manufactures. Another caao 1t
Wiltehiro, Eng, tloro lH M extensive deposit Of
iron orc, containing only about 80 per cont Of
iron, but no ooal In tho noighborhood for smolt-
Ing purpoaos. Tile Great WoBtorn Company
havo nado low ratos for carrying coal long
distance, thoroby enabling tho Wiltshire district
to produce Its iron. II tho Groat Wostorn woro
forced to ,nahe uniform rates, 1t could not do 30
at tho price at which. coal Ia now dolly
DO ehut up. Those aro but samplos OF oyidonco
that waa enlisted on nil sidoD, and many Of
those who favored tho adoption Of uniform
toll wore found to havo golloited tho same con-
ceHsions in certain quarters which they dcniod
to othors in different instances. Tho proposed
uniform tariff was to o1tond to passenger travel
as woll u freight transportation, but It did not
require much timo or skill to demonstrate that
road running through district Of 900 poo
plo could not afford to carry passengers at tho
Same rate 0s another road trayorRing = district
Of 1900, 600 or 3,ooo,o poople.
Tho principle Of tho proposed uniform tariff In
England ta materially tho Bamo o. that Of tho
pro rata law in Illinois. Tho only difforenco iS
that tho Illinois law applies to "iko quantities Of
freight" which affords tho railroads loop-holo
to furnish special rates for largo oonsgnments,
though wo nro informed thar tho railroads do
not intond to avail themselves Of this possible
privilege under the law. However tho pro rata
principle has boon technically and laboriously
| doAnod In the statute, tho railroads hive eigni-
aod their intcntion Of abiding by 1t, and it must
stnnd or full On tho trial which 1t shall rooeiyo,
1t is worthy Of note, noVorthooss, TINT the prin-
| ciplo Of o uniform mileage rate, which was
advanced aa one Of tho rcaBons why Great
Britain should tako control of tho railroads,
ogontual]y camc out as ono of tho reaHons why
tho Government should not assumo this con-
troll. It WAS hold that, In case Of Government
| control, tho adoption Of tho uniform rate would
DO necessary for tho reason that 1t would be dan
gorous to intrust discretionary power In tho
.hnnds Of any sot Of Government officials. But
1t was demonstrated that tho uniform mileage
rnto would be injurious to tho beat commercial
interests Of tho country; and, consequently,
tho argumont originally advanced In favor Of the
absorption Of tho railroad syatom became an ar.
gumont against It.