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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-10-08

At Fall River, Mass, all the cotton mills
are running three days week.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-10-08

w. The numerous friends of A. B. BOW
DEN respectfully nominate him as suitable
candidate for County Commissioner at the
next election.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-10-08

South Carolina ever produced, and revere his
memory. We have not come here on an elec-
tioneering tour but simply for the purpose of
giving you our candid expression of opinion.
This wooden-horse trick, which was spoken of
by the gentleman who preceded me, was prac-
ticcd during the reform campaign, when Car
penter was running for Governor, and it was
beaten by about A., 900 majority. In all of the
Counties which have visited could haul all
the boilers in one-horse wagon, and l think
it is plainly evident that the Democrats are at
the head Of this movement. / should like to
have side chat with my white friends. Eve
rywhere that I have been, the whites have
turned out and listened with attention. l am
q white man, natiye-born South Carolnlan,
and an old Confederate soldier, and would chal-
lenge any man to say that he entered the war
one day sooner, or came out of it one day later
than did. fully believe that the State had
the right to secede, and it did secede and get
out of the Union, and become separate and
distinct power. When South Carolina and the
other Southern States seeded, the most terri
BILE war of modern times came on, and the
Confederate armies were defeated. L do not
consider that was a rebel, for was trying by
wager of battle to establish distinct nation
aity. The Southern people put this in the
wager, and it was lost. International law lays
down the principle that the conqueror has a
right to dictate terms, and to make municipal
laws for the conquered. The terms under
which we now live are the kindest that have
ever been bestowed upon q conquered people.
The United States government has given back
to US our sovereignty, and welcome it as n
precious boon which hail with gratitude. In
Anderson County there are no Democrats, for
the Democracy is dead. Even Col j. p Reed,
who has always been a good christian, has just
made up his mind to join the church, (Repub-
lican party When | went to battle for my
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-01-08
A Bl0ck.and-r0n Dog Tackles n
Turtle.

If anybody has seen black-and-tan dog,
answering to the name of ''Judge," going
down street in company with a hard-shell
turtle that won't answer to anything, and
certainly won't answer to tackle, as the dog
can tell you if you can get him to stop long
enough, please halt the eloping pair, as they
are the property of the editor of this paper.
We are fondly attached to the dog on ac-
count of his vagabondish, Bohemish habits.
He knows every dog in Peoria by name, and
is on speaking terms with nine-tenths of the
dogs that come in under the wagons, and he
knows more of the inhabitants of this city
than the tax collector does. The turtle is a
more recent acquisition. 1t was placed in
the back yard yesterday, and the dog spent
an hour and II half trying to entice it to come
out of its shell and be sOciable. The old
iron-clad maintained his reserve however,
until the dog crammed his nose against the
front part and began to sniff. The pair
seemed to come to some sort of understand
ing at once, for the dog made an impetuous
remark on very high key, and they both
started on trip. The dog was last seen
sauntering along like a whirlwind, the turtle
staying right by him. We should be very
sorry to lose the dog now, as he has acquired
another important and valuable quality. He
knows more about turtles than any other dog
in the country and it is mighty hard to find u
real good turtle dog.-Peora Rerieoc.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-01-08
The SchO0llnaSter Abroad.

Education may be little behind hand in
this country, but our boys are ingenious. In
IN examination in the West, last week, a class
of forty lads having been set to write out the
second commandment, con,rived to spell the
word ''jealous" in twenty-eight different
ways -twenty-seven of which, need not tell
you, were unconventional. The same bright
youths metamorphosed Pentius PLATE into a
''punchit split, "bunch of spled (this was
really magniiccnD and "punches pilot, !"
while more advanced pupil described the
estates of the realm as those which pertained
to the crown. These young gentlemen. it
must be owned, did not belong to what we
delight to call ''thc educated classes" but
the following was lately elected from an
under graduate OF one of our universities,
who had been required to give his views upon
the career of Oliver Cromwell: 'Hc was
bold, bad man, but repented on his death-bed,
when he exclaimed If had served my God as
have served my king, he would not have
deserted me in my old age" am inclined
to think that this is the happiest confusion of
ideas that education has yet tcd.-Lond""
Car XNr1erx BNeNCr
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-01-08
Catching Cold.

Everybody is liable to "catch cold but
scarcely anybody knows how the ''chilling"
process is accomplished. Here is how II is
done When the surface of healthy ami
NAL IS exposed TO cold, the cutancous vessels
contract. and by thus contining the blood to
the interior Of the body, prevent its cooling
and preserve the temperature of the vital or
gans. unless the application of cold be con-
inucd for Il considerable time. This is not
the case. however. when the animal has been
previously exposed to warmth. The cuta-
ueou> vessels become paralyzed by the heat.
and remain dilated even after the cold has
been applied The blood is thus exposed
over large surface and becomes rapidly
cooled, even though the temperature OF the
surrounding medium is not very low. Con-
flnement in a close office, hot theatre, or
crowded ballroom, will have Il similar effect
on man. From such places people will press
ont into the coel open air, or sometimes even
purposcly station themselves in q draught.
The blood, which is coursing through the
dilated vessels of every part Of the surface.
is rapidly cooled. and. on its return to the in
tcrnal organs, cools them much more quickly
than it could have done had the person simply
been exposed to cold without dlation of the
vessels by previous warmth.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-01-08
&: :ood Resolutions for the New Year.

We enter another year, and, in fancy, a
very large part of the inhabitants OF the globe
steO across a chasm of timc-from the feeble
embrace of 1873 into the warm clasp OF lusty
1874. Although the division OF time Is not
arbitrary. very nearly all IF us attempt to
begin new life with each OF these annually
recurring occasions. They serve as mill
stones or breathing places III our rafting ire
race One-half OF the world hal's Just now
looks back at its past, regrets The mistakes
it has made and the evil II has done, and,
shutting the book. resolves that thc cream
pages of the volume just opened shall bc tree
from these blemishes and be a record OF
promises kept and duty well done. 1t will be
prolific of virtuous intentions. The greedy
seeker after wealth will mentally resolve to
follow the tempting prize at greater DIS
tance: the votary of Bacchus to shun the
wine-cup; the children of fortune to he more
generous to their unfortunate fellows: the
Drodsal son to he less riotous III his living;
the sOrCid politician to diminish his pecula-
tions; and 80 on through the whole range OF
human characters there will rise spontane-
ously swell of concerted resolves to be more
virtuous that they may be happy. They will
seek in the new better life than in the old,
ambition will soar high and imagination pre-
pare q grand future, in which fortune and
morality and happiness will all be blended.
But. alas! how soon will these resolutions
assume a sickly hue, then melt and fade al
together. January is strewn with the wreck
of good purposes. In the stearn realities OF
EVERYDAY life these sublime resolves, how
ever heroic they may have been, yield to
gross enjoyment; the period of self-denial
and sacrifice in short, or its spirit becomes
feeble indeed in its manifestations. There IS
brighter side than this, however. To fail
is human, but all human beings do not sue
cumb SO easily. There arc those whose men
tai vows are strictly kept, whose reclamation
dates from the opening of the New Year, and
with whom it is the beginning OF new
! career, while those who fall arc better tor
their temporary virtue. Therefore, resolve
| now to be good all the year round, and make
| an effort to be faithful to the resolve.
There is another feature of New Years
day, borrowed possibly from the heather
Chinee, with whom it is almost religious
rite, which should he generally observed-the
payment of your debts. Get out of debt, and
stay out of it; this to the young men in par
ticular 1t is utterly absurd for them to recon-
cle the state of debtor with a series of good
resolutions Horace Greeley, who knew,
said that cold, hunger, rags, hard work, con-
tempt, suspicion, MI Just reproach, and other
evil things were disagreeable, but that debt
WAS infinitely worse than all of them. and he
left this lesson to the young men of the nation
he loved 50 well: Never run into debt!
Avoid pecuniary obligation as you would
pestilence or famine If you have but fifty
| cents and can get no more for a week, buy a
peck of corn, parch it, and live on it, rather
| than owe a man dollar
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-01-08
Helena, Montana, Thursday, January 8, 1874

(Neyada) Enterprise.

From the Territorial (Nevada) Enterprise.
State Printer Putnam, who has been So
journing in this city for Il few days past, re-
turned to Carson last Sunday noon. lie was
pres scntcd II fine Newfoundland pup, about
four months old, which here, and tor safe
keeping was placed in the Enterprise press
room. AS he was now the property OF
printer, he felt it duty he owed his master
TO get some n>i yht into the business at once
After inspecting the running OF a JOB press
for some time with much interest, he went to
it and stuck his nose between II pair of cog
wheels Leaving between the wheels piece
of skin off the end of his nose about the size
of a tradc-dollar he retired to a corner and
sat down for a time to reflect upon his first
lesson. After he had for some time paved
and licked his wound, his attention was at
| tracted to the bed of the power press, which
seemed to he shooting in and out in playful
manner. After this he started-encouraged
by seeing it retreating from him-but was
almost instantly knocked down by the swift
return of the bed. Here he thought he had
found a foe worthy of his steel. At it he
went, tooth and nail, and was as regularly
knocked down as each paper was struck OIL,
for about three hours. he then sat down
and watched the "thing" the rest of the
night, bobbing his head up and down as the
bed-plate moved in and out, but cured OF
battling with it. Being shut up in the room
and left to his own devices until noon on
Sunday, he found an empty ink barrel on its
side and made that his home. Being black
as ink himself, the condition of his coat was
not discovered until his master had taken him
aboard of the train for Carson. 1t was then
found that he was as full of ink as one of the
ink-balls used by printers in the early days
of printing Being an affectionate and play
full little cuss, the CONSERVATION which he
created aboard that train can be we'll inag-
ined. At last it was found necessary to wrap
and tie him up in lot of newspapers, and
thus the printers dog rode away with his
new master, newspaper carrier to begin
with
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-01-08

There is a sad and weird story of all oyster
eater, which still floats around the Wharves
of Baltimore, where oyster boats do c0ngre-
gate. One morning, twas years ago, the
sloop Martha Mary came from some oyster
bed on the Chesapeake, laden gunnel deep
with prime oysters, and was mOOred safely
along i Baltimore wharf. The skipper,
pleased with the prospects of his voyage,
loInaed on the wharf awaiting a customer.
There came 10 this captain Il lean, lank and
sallpwed-faccd man, who said i'll Il ca' 2rnous
voice. - | would eat some oysters. ''Plcnty
on board there, was the bluff reply. But
would pay for wha, | eat interposed the
stranger. "A! right, go aboard, eat your
fill for Il quarter chcerily replied the skip
per, for i'll those early times oysters were
'Willingly," said the thin man, producing
with alacrity the old Spanish quarter with
the pillars On it. the coin of that time, and
drawing large rusty oyster-knife from his
pocket Then the man opened the hatch of
the little vessel and dived below
The Captain went to his breakfast The
meal over, he returned to his sloop deck. Be-
low he heard the measured click of an oyster
knife. He thought little about it, only said
''He has q good appetite" Oysters were
not rapid of sale that day, as two more oyster
smacks had come in, and purchasers were
slack. makes no matter" said the captain,
''the weather is cold, them oysters is sound
and will keep in prime order for week. "
The Captain went to dinner. Again he faced
his little vessels deck, and still he heard the
monotonous incessant "click, ''click, from
below, working away with mechanical regu-
larity. Anxiously then that Captain strede
along, and was full of fear. As the sun set,
still the click of the oyster knife was heard.
In terror the Captain tlcd from his smack.
Next morning early, as he approached the
wharf, still his affrighted ear heard the click.
He could stand it no longer. Rushing below,
scattering aside whole heaps of empty shells,
he found the lean, laaK and cadaverous man,
still opening away at the very bottom of the
vessel. ''They was good, said the catlaver.
Gus man, swallowing with artistic tlrt a
sngular!y large oyster, "but scarce rs salty
as like en-; eff had had cracker, or just
clash of vinegar, mebbe l might have en-
joyed them more. See here, Captin, its jest
case of knife with me. This ere oyster
knife" and he held up the attenuated blade,
worn now to the size of a small pen-knife
"waren't good stell, or might have he'd my
fill," and saying this he slowly and deliber
ately climbed up the hatchway, and still lanh
and lean disappeared in the distance. This i:
the story of the oyster fend, as whispered
about in low voice among professional
oyster-openers of Baltimore.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-01-08
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Sheep Raising.

You may 20 over the plains and Wills OF
Southern California for miles, says Lo.
Angeles exchange, and see thousands OF
sheep, but not q man 10 watch them. Around
each flock or band of say thousand OF
sheep, are half a dozen dogs of q peculiar
breed-dogs whose progenitors were imported
from the sheep pastures of the Old World.
These dogs take the entire care of the sheep,
drive them out to pasture in the morning,
keep them from straying during the day, and
bring them heme at night. They have in.
herited talent for keeping sheep. But the
shepherds do not depend wholly On that
thcy cultivate it in this way, SO at least the
old shepherds say. When lamb is born il
is taken away from the mother sheep before
she has seen it, and puppy put in its place.
The sheep suckles the puppy and learns to
love it. When the puppy grows old enough
to learn to eat meat, it is fed in the morning
and sent out with the sheep. 1t stays with
them because it is accustomed to be with ito
mother, but it cannot feed with them. AS
they get full the dog gets hungry. At length
impatient to return where it hopes to get an
other piece Of meat, it begins to tease and
worrv its mother, and finally starts her to-
ward home, the other sheep follow, and thus
the whole flock is brought in. II the dog
brings the sheep home too soon. or comes
without them, he gets no supper, or is pun
ished in some other way. Hence, he soon
learns when to come, and to see to it that
none Of his charge are left behind. These
animals are trained by taking advantage of
their instincts and appetites.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-01-08
The WEEKLY HERALD
TT E!.I-IiED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
.. .. y " t,s*> t:Sx FISK Bros, Publishers
lYeU uty.

+. t. Perkins writes thus in the Old and
.Ne,r,: Beauty of feature is almost common
in America: refinement and intelligence OF
feature arc absolutely so. But sracefulness
is very rare. Among men-why, the idea is
supcrtluous-no matter about it either way.
But among women. whose business is beauty,
man who knows, say, a hundred ladies we'll
enough to recollcct the manner and traits OF
each distinctly. can perhaps select, one pos
sbly two. but very likely n0nc who possess
that supreme and divine grace of beautiful
motion. Even to bc able to recognize and
admire it. if not due to unusual keenness Of
perception. is in itself All elegant culture.
What most people call beauty is of the form
and color of the face only. The person of
a woman is most often taken for granted or
ignored. But there may be real beauty
which is, 10y the way, Of the whole person,
from the crown Of the head to the tips of the
tocS-without gracefulness. What does give
craccfulncss-beauty of motion lis unknown.
|; is something of the body and something
of the soul
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-01-08
The French situation.

The present situation in France is very
cleverly described by a Frenchman thus: The
King being chcckmated, let US make up the
new game. Red figures at the left white at
the right. Now your red king is Mr.. Theirs,
his queen is Madame Gambetta. his bishops
arc Messrs. St. Hilaire and Remusat, his
knights Messrs. Greevy and Dufaure; bis
castles Of straightforward incredible it
may sound-arc the Princes of Orleans. The
pawns, representing the peasants, or the
farming population, are advanced on the ex-
treme left Your white king is Mr.. Mac
Mahon; let the queen be represented by the
Imperialist Madame Rouher; his Knights and
bishops are in the right center; little Lulu
ard lis mother, Eugene, are indisputably
his castles, and his extreme right is OF course
composed of pawns Taken altogether, the
game at its present stage is clearly in favor
Of the red, particularly as Lulu and his
mother are just now in position where
they cannot move in any direction.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-01-08

In its organized form Swcdenborgianism
seems to have gained 10 great success in this
country, according to writer in the Ne~
Church Magazine. 1t is nearly ninety years
since the doctrines of Swedenborg were first
openly proclaimed in America, and now the
avowed believers in them do not number
over 1000 OF 5000. The first society was
organized eighty years ago in Baltimore, and
the regular attendants arc less than $50. The
society in Philadelphia is fifty years old, and
has 200 attendants-j0 less than forty-six
years ago. The New York society is fifty
seven wears old, and all the attendance in
New York and Brooklyn is less than 500
The present number of members is 1868.
Mr.. Hitchcock concludes that it is impossible
to build up great ecclesiastical organization
on the basis of Swedenborg s teachings. Only
limited class, soon exhausted, can be
brought into such an organization. Still he
thinks, as do the Unitarians, when comfort
ing themselves over their similar feeblcness
as al ecclesiastical body, that, if other
churches reject their name, they are yet ac-
cepting the substance Of their teachings.
Certainly the contrast is striking with the &C.
clesiastical success of the Methodists, who
invaded the country about the same time.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-01-08

TWEED is not wholly withou. consolation.
The irrepressible George Francis Train
writes the ex-Boss as follows; 'lou pos
sess secrets against public men that in my
hands will release you and put them in your
place. Will you speak: If so, name the
time that l can visit you represent the
coming revolution. Two millions of work
iucmcn will soon be clamoring for bread
Nv last letter to you was from the Bastile of
LYONS, France. You are the first victim Of
the gigantic conspiracy to change our form
of government. Act quickly. for desperate
mcn sometimes resort TO poison.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-01-08
C0nllubial COUPLES.

A New York correspondent writes to the
Chicago Tribune as follows: This is the
season for cOnnubial couples to visit the me-
tropolis on wedding tours, and they are seen
in numbers every day at the Broadway hotels.
Their incipient matrimonial condition can be
detected at glance and at the longest range.
1nasmuch rs marriage is IN the way OF nature
and in accordance with time-honored custom,
l cannot imagine why those who enter it
should appear so awkward and ridiculous.
Newly-wedded pairs are among the absurdest
of creatures. They seem SO utterly silly, so
unconquerably spoony, that they never flash
across my vision without exciting my pity.
All their attempts to conceal their state, of
which we are sincerely ashamed, only result
in their rendering it ludicrously conspicuous.
Every servant, porter, bell-boy, and bootblack
in and about hotel knows that they are
novices in matrimony, and never refrains
from smiling significantly as they so by.
One of the distinguished marks of the n.y.
meneal victims is their complete newness-
not of character alone, but of every article
of attire. Even to the sOles OF their boots
their freshness shines, and their movement
and manner seem to be as fresh as their
clothes. The fact that they are universally
recognized always annsys them, and pro-
vokes their constant endcavor to appear like
old married folks. Wouldn't it be well, under
the circumstances for engaged persons to
practice matrimonial ways for some months
before they fairly put on the nuptial moose? !?
If they would call each other Mr. and Mrs.
Jones, wear garments that had been some
what used, and show supreme Indifference to
one another, perhaps they might succeed in
imposing upon the public but so long as
they indulge in ''Dear" and ''Darling," and
in startling new clothes, and look like idiots
generally they must be detected for what
they are.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1874-01-08

A CALIFORNIA paper says the Pacific Coast
people in public are generally men OF New
York temperament and Pennsylvania Legis-
lature morals Since the day of Broderick 3
rough gallantry, and Bakers stately elo-
ouencc, we have had neither politicians nor
orators of the first-class from that coast.
Old Senator Nye, who was never Califor-
nian in feeling or style, put touch OF hu-
NOR into the Pacific delegation. But Sargent
undertook to bluff all public opinion. Cole
was a man of minor force, without tempera-
ment, speech or luck at cards. Corbett, OF
Oregon, was pretty specimen in ornithology;
he could not speak, but he might have sung
if he tried. Stewart, of Nevada, is big
trading operator, under the guise OF a lawyer
and public man.