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The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-09-01
About Patent Medicines.

The american Agriculturist is doing
good work in exposing the humbugs
offered to the people in various guises.
In late number it says: Our objections
to patent medicines are several, but first
and mainly because they are secret. We
object to taking or giving anything
whatever, the composition of which is
not fully known. We would Lot treat a
dumb animal or plant with an unknown
drug, much less a human being. These
medicines may be divided into two class
eS those which possess really active
properties and have positive effect
when administered and those which are
practically inert, or consist of some
stlmulant or tonic, and act more upon
the imagination through the remarkable
circulars which accompany them than by
virtue of any medicinal agent they con-
tain. This last class are the worst
swindles, as they give stuff that costs q
nero trifle for high price, but many of
them are so nearly nothing that the harm
they do is more to the pocket than to
the system. The whole class may be
set down rs worthless trash, and in the
main are agents to draw money from the
nervous, timid, and credulous, for the
benefit of a few ignorant pretenders,
who, with their fashy diamonds, fast
horses, and fast life generally, are sad
blotch upon our civilization. AS to the
other class, those medicines which have
some potency, we object to these be-
cause they are powerful, and those who
use them are working in the dark. Nor
phine is useful remedy, but should al
ways be given knowing that 1t is NOR
phine, and just rs dangerous rs it is use
full. Not one mother in hundred would
apply n solution of morphine to the
mouth of her teething babe did she know
that it was morphine, but mix it up with
sugar, and call it somebody's soothing
syrup" it is used without question,
and thousands of little white gravestones
all the way from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific attest its soothing power. Certain
worm lozenges were once popular, and
their advertisement was headed "Chil-
dren Cry for Them" and hundreds of
parents who would have been horror
stricken had their physicians prescribed
q dose of calomel, fed their children on
these lozenges. The writer, at public
lecture, exhibited the quantity of Gallo
mel he had separated from box of
these lozenges, and had the satisfaction
of checking their sale in that city. Now
while we do not deny that in some cases
these remedies may be useful, we en-
phatically and wholly object to them on
account vi their secrecy. They may be
hurtful, and are always needless. When
we say needless, we mean in the secret
form in which they are put up. None
of this active class of secret medicines
contain anything of any medicinal value
that is not to be found ut all decent drug
stores, or which is not ut the command
of every one.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-09-01
A Wall Street Financfer.

do not imagine, says q correspond
ent, that Jay Gould is a pleasant theme
to any American, and yet the Wall
street strategist has his strong points.
He Is man of uncommon nerve, never
falterlng, or, as they say, never "squeal-
ing," when pursued by the most adverse
fate. 1t was thought that when Fisk
died his dramatic end would demoralize
Gould, eventually drive him from the
public gaze, and certainly ruin him as a
financial power. There are those who
assert that his subsequent irglorious de-
feat in Erie was O warning to him, that
he redoubled his efforts as strategist,
and made up his mind to recover lost
ground. Others again say that his
operations are only another method of
keeping off the dreaded end foreshadow-
cd by the death of Fisk. I was down in
Wall street the other day talking with
IN old habitue of the street. He was
saying that Gould had everything his
own way; that he could do Just as he
might please in any stock, and that all
other operators were powerless to pre-
vent him. "What, then, is there to
prevent him amassing unlimited
wealth 2"
"He is loaded down with Union Pa
cific," replied my friend, "and nobody
wants it. Gould can never get rid of it
unless a dividend of ten per cent. is de-
clared, in which event ho may unload
and retire from the street one of the
richest men in America"
Gould will probably never quit Wall
street. His temperament is exactly
suited to the excitement of that kind of
life, for he is cold, wary, dextrous
business man, without passion, and ap-
parently without feelings of any kind.
He neither drinks nor uses tobacco in
any form; nor is he addicted to any
habit that would prevent him from n
most perfect and absolute concentration
OF the astonishing faculties with which
he is gifted. am told that his chief
broker, "Charley" Osborne, makes
over $500, 900 annually on commissions
alone, and that Mills has been known to
realize 1926, 600 in single month.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-09-01

small landing in the woods on the
banks of the river, where the steamer
stopped for passengers, when there were
any to take. He learned from the occu-
pant Of the only cabin in the neighbor-
hood that the boat would be down in the
afternoon, and so, having put up the
signal to secure landing of the boat,
established himself on tho bank and
waited. He deemed himself safe enough
from pursuit, and took no precautions.
Throwing himself on the ground he
slept, until, late in the day, he was
awakened by the sound of the boat in
the distance. She would round a point
in moment or two, and he waited ex-
pectantly. AS suddenly rs though risen
from the ground, lank figure stood be-
fore him and the muzzle of q rifle peered
in his face. The terrified desperate had
no difficulty in recognizing the man as
the one he had injured. With the rifle
still held steadily upon the face of the
startled Reddett, Long hissed out:
"I've got you! You whipped me |
Whipped me like dog! 1 swore I'd
kill you before I call myself man again,
and I'm goin' to do it I! I've cleaned out
your band, and now it's your turnl Oh
I've got you Thank God, I've got
you ~
The ruflian in abject fear pleaded for
his life, groveling at the feet of the hun
ter. He clung to his words as drown
ing man cings to straws. The boat was
very near. Should she round the point
in time he would bo saved Already
her smoke-stacks showed through the
brush, when the hunger pressed the
trigger, the sharp report rang out, and
Reddett fell dead, shot to the brain
through the left eye. Long slipped away
in the woods, and when the boat stopped
in response to the signal, they found n
dead man, but no one efse. Harrison
county was rid forever of the worst gang
of rutfians in the Southwest.
can that, stranger" said the old man
in the Dallas hotel, "is true story Of
the way Sam Long settled accounts with
the blackguards.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-09-01
A ChiId's Prayer.

She was hardly able to talk plainly,
and a policeman had to give her his
hand to assist her up the steps into the
central station.
"Did you put my mother in Jail 2"
she asked, as she pushed her pink
sunbonnet back and looked from one to
another.
They had arrested red faced, tangled
haired woman, who fought the officers
and made use of foul language. No one
dreamed that the child was hers, but it
was. The little thing was so innocent
and pure that they didn't want her to
even see the iron bars, but tho mother
heard her voice, called to her, and they
opened the corridor door. The child
grasped the iron door, looked into the
cell, and cried out:
Why, mother, you are in Jail !"
The mother crowded back, ashamed of
herself, and the child knelt down on the
stone floor, clung to the iron bars of the
door, and prayed:
Now L lay me down to sleep, and I
hope my mother will be let out of Jail %
The men had tears in their eyes as
they gently removed her, and when the
woman came into court the next morn
ing to be tried his honor whispered to
her to go home and try for that child IS
sake to be mother instead of wretch.
Detroit Free Press.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-09-01
A DRAMATIC STORY.

The Manner In Which Injured Man
Settled Accounts with the Desperndoes.
A gentleman who has lately returned
from visit to Dallas, Texas, tells story
which is rather dramatic end may be
true. The story was told to him by an
old hunter, who had become domesticat-
ed and was lounging about one of the
Dallas hotels.
" could tell you a good many queer
stories, stranger" said the old fellow, in
conversation with the gentleman, "but
L don't know of any that 'ud be more
likely to kind o strike you than an ex-
perlence of Sam Longs in Harrison
county, years ago: Texas wuz a tough
place then; you kin bet on that Z"
And then the old fellow told the story.
which can scarcely be as graphic in print
as in his terse idiom:
Years ago Harrison county, in Texas.
was the haunt of about rs desperate a
gang of ruffians as ever infested any dis
tr1ct west of the Mississippi. Their num-
Der was 30 great and their organization
30 complete that they set the but half
administered law at defiance, carrying
on career of daring crime with impuni-
ty and making the region an undesirable
place OF abode for all honest citizens.
Ostensibly hunters or horse traders, the
desperadoes made stock stealing their
chief occupation, never hesitating to
commit murder when necessary for
their safety or for the execution of any
OF their rascally plans. The controlling
spirit In this desperate organization was
a giant named Dick Reddett, who, from
his exceptional ferocity and daring, ex-
ercised almost despotic control over his
followers. A special pride of this man
was In his extraordinary skill in the use
OF the rifle, no one of the band being
able to compete with him in what was at
that time considered the chief accom-
plishment of Western man.
1t was favOrite practice with the
band to congregate at some one of the
lew small stores scattered through the
country and there engage ii shooting
matches, and it was upon one of these
occasions that Sam Long, the hunter al
ready mentioned, CHANGED to be present.
Long was quiet, modest fellow who
hved with his wife and child in small
cabin In theneighborhood and who made
hunting his constant occupation. He
never appeared at the store save to az
change skins and furs for provisions OF
ammunition, and was widely and favor.
ably known for his sobriety and honesty.
Upon the occasion just referred to when
Sam Long CHANGED to come while the
desperadoes were engaged in one of Their
shooting matches, it was demanded thai
he should take a part in the sport. The
hunter hesitated at first but finally. moi
wishing to incur the ill-win of the ruff.
ans, consented. HIS skill with the rife
was known to be something remarkable,
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-09-01
Pig Iron.

The production of pig iron in the
United States last year amounted to
2,6S9, 413 tons, as compared with $685.
278 tons in 1873, and 1854. .553 tons in
1872. The following States made more
iron in 1874 than in 1873: Maine, Yer
mont, Massachusetts, New York, Vir-
ginia, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, West
Virginia, Tennessee, Ohio and Michigan.
The following States made less iron in
1874 than i'll 1878: Connecticut, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, North
Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois,
Wisconsin and Missouri. The greatest
increase i'll 1874 occurred in the miscel-
laneous bituminous coal and coke dis
trict in Ohio; the greatest decrease in
1874 took place in Lehigh, Pa.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-09-01
An Operation by Physicians Who do
not Advertise.

Since the academy of medicine at
Evansville, Ind, expelled veteran ply
sician for regularly advertising, the
Journal, at that place, tries to carry out
the rule in spirit by excluding the ir-
regular advertising, i'll reporting case
as follows:
There was On operation performed the
other day-a surgical operation-and if
we did not have O wholesome dread of
the academy of medicine before our
eyes, we would report the case in full.
1t was m amputation of the leg-the
lower part-about half way between
where the shoe stops and the garter be-
gins. The patient was weak, and could
not afford to lose any blood; she needed
all she had to begin the business of iv-
ing again, 80 the doctors (members of
tho Drake medical academy, consequent
ly cannot be named) agreed solemnly
that she should not lose any at all. DIR.
- 1--WE are writing according to the
"code" now, 80 we can't name him)
produced sort of rubber strap, which
looked like the DOCTORS suspenders,
sewed end to end. DR.. - Ga member
of Drake medical academy, so we cannot
mention names) held the leg up while
DIR. - 1--WE don't mean to be personal,
but 1t was neither of the other doctors)
strapped the rubber on. This done, DIR.
- (who, being n member of Drake
medical academy, cannot allow the use
of his name) put something else on,
while DR.. -(who is nameless because
o member of Drake medical academy
took the rubber strap off. A physician
was present belonging to Drake medi-
cal academy, wo withhold his name)
armed with knife, and began to cut.
He was ably assisted by medical gen.
tleman of this city (mmentionable here,
as he holds n membership in Drake
medical academy. The arteries were
taken up by DIR. - (who belongs to
Drake medical academy, and is thereby
nameless here forevermore'D in a
most skillful manner. When our re-
porter left the patient was doing we'll.
The whole operation was very creditable
to the doctors (who, being members of
the Drake academy of medicine, cannot
have their names in print).
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-09-01
Chickens.

Tdidn't" says Chip. "You did n says Peep
" How do you know 7-you were fast asleep.'
"I was under mammy's wing,
Stretching my legs like anything,
When all of sudden turned around,
For close beside me heard sound
A little tip, and little tap"
"Flddle-de-dee You'd had nap,
And, when you were only half awake,
Heard an icicle somewhere break"
Whats al icicle2" 81 don't know;
Rooster tells about ice and snow,
Something that isn't as good rs meal,
That drops down on you and makes you
squeal"
Well swallow Rooster's tales, beg
And think you didn't como out Of an egg
tell you heard the old shell break,
And the first small noise you ever could make
And nanny croodled, and pufred her breast,
And pushed us further out Of the nest,
Just to make room enough for you;
And there's your she'll say it's true !"
Chip looked over his shoulder then,
And there 1t lay by the old gray hen
Half nh egg she'll cnipped and brown,
And he was Il ball OF yellow down,
Clean aud chppor, and smart and spry,
With the pertest bill and the blacklist eye.
HIM + said he, with little pork,
That is 4 wonderful piece OF work
Peep, you silly don't you roe
That shell isn't nearly as big ~ me?
Whatever you say, miss declare
L never, never, never could get in there ~
"You did J" says Peep. IL didn'tw says Chip.
With that he gave her a horrid nip,
And Poem bepan to dance and peck
And Chip stuck out his wings and neck.
They pranced, and struck, and capered about,
Their toes turned in and their wings spread
out,
As angry as two small chicks could be,
Till Mother Dorking turned to see.
She cackled and clucked, and called in vain
At it they went with might and main
Till, at last, the old hen used her beak,
And Peep and Chip, with many a squeak,
Staggered of OH either side,
With very funny skip and stride.
What dreadful nonsense ~ said Mother Hen,
When she hoard the story told again;
You're bad as the two-legs that don't have
wings,
Nor feathers nor combs-the wretched things
That's the way they fight and talk
For what isn't worth q MULLEN stalk.
What does it matter, I'd like to know,
Where You came from. or where you go2
Keep your temper and earn your food
can't scratch worms for lighting brood.
won't have quarrels-I will have peace
Matched out chickens, 80 don't be geese ~
Chip scratched his ear with his yellow claw,
The meekest chicken that ever you saw
And Peep i'll her feathers curled one leg,
And said to herself-"But he was an egg ~
Rose Terry Cooke, in 81. Nicholas.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-09-01

ANGRY ABOUT rr.-Woman's revenge
If she dies for it, AS the bride got
ont of the carriage she caught her veil
and tore it, and the bridegroom was i'll
naturcd about it. Then when the func-
tionary said "Will you have this MANI"
etc., she said "No," and that was the
end of the marriage.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-09-01

Ju lge Myrick of California has decid-
cd that man undergoing an imprison-
ment for life is civilly dead and his
wife widow.
The Morning herald., 1875-10-26
THE SCHUETZEN PARK.

The first days trial of speed by the Will
mington Trotting Association will take place
tomorrow. The purses will amount to
$370; $50 for the four minute race:
$12O for the $50 and $500 for the 2:4O
horses. Under the first head, the Assoc ia
tion announces nine entries; under the sec
ond, ten; under the third, five. The trot-
ting will attract large crowds, as the sport
ing men Of Wilmington are not few in num-
ber. For the names Of entries we refer to
the complete advertisement of the trials of
speed in another column.
The Morning herald., 1875-10-26

A dispatch from Providence, r. l., states
that the first prize in the short range match
at What Cheer Range, yesterday, was taken
by E. Thomas, who scored SO points. In
the military team the Slocum Guards of
Providence, took the first prize. The famous
American team will participatsin in the shoot
ing to-day.
The following is among our Cincinnati
telegra nsrscsived last night A man named
Hanks, we'll known base ball player of
Gown gtoa, has been arrested on the charge
of rape. His victim is "A years old, daughter
Off. E. Powell, of Covington. It is charged
that Hanks brought the girl to house Of
ill-fame in this city, and forcibly accom-
plished his purpose.
The Morning herald., 1875-10-26
BALL IND Bat.

The Quicksteps have made arrangements
to play the Actives, of Reading, and game
will be played between these two clubs ON
the 2Sth, inst, in the city of Reading.
On Saturday the Quickstep club will play
the Archer nine, on the Quickstep's new
grounds, the proceeds of the game to be di-
vided among the members Of the Quick
steps.
The Expert Base Ball Club will play the
Fame Active championship game on the
Quicksteps new grounds. Friday afternoon
at 3 O'Clock. The Expert on that occasion
will be attired in their new suits.
The Morning herald., 1875-10-26
IN THE TOLLS.

James Kelley arrested for drunkenness,
fined so cents and costs.
John Canning, charged with the larceny
of pigeons valued at 81, the property of j.
s. jackson, will be given hearing to-day.
Michel Sanard arrested, charged with dis
orderly conduct and threatening bodily
harm, was given hearing last evening and
fined so cents and costs.
St,Peter's Benefc cial Society and StMary's
Total Abstinence Society proceeded in a
body to the Opera House last night, headed
by Prof, BLENDERS Cornet Band, to attend
the lecture of Hon. A. M. Kelley.
The Morning herald., 1875-10-26
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

The funeral of the late Mr.. Federick Hud-
son took place yesterday at Concord with
simple but impressive ceremonies.
At Owensboro, Ky, on Saturday, Prof..
Atchison, an aropaut, fell to the earth from
a height of several hundred feet. His ro-
covery is doubtful. &s&
After three days argument in the Supe-
rior District Court at New Orleans, the case
of the "Two Orphans" has been transferred
to the United States Court.
DR.. Sherman and Samuel Parker, who fell
dead in the street in Bevier, NO., on Friday
last, died from drinking mixture of prus-
sic acid and whisky by mistake for plain
whisky.
The D!arlo Espasnol, of Madrid, says that
Senor Morfori, formerly Minister Of the
Colonies, was arrested on Saturday and sent
to Cadiz, WHENCE he is to emba,E for some
foreign port.
The trial of the watchman al tar Chesa-
peake and Ohio depot in staunton, Virginia,
charged with violating the Civil Rights bill
by putting colored woman ou. OF lie pas
senger whiting room, resulted in "Lung''
jury, there being eight for acquittal and four
for conviction. T..
A terrific storm visited Bermuda oo the
9th isst., unrosfng several houses, aid blow
ing down the tents OF the Warwick camp.
Atth dock-yard much damage was done
a1ou. 100 feet of causeway being washed
away. The effects of the storm was felt
the entire colony.
The Morning herald., 1875-10-26
Moody I'm BROOKLYN.

BROOKLYN, Oct. 25.-A prayer meeting
was held at s o'clock this morning in
Brooklyn Tabernacle, DR.. Talmage's
church, at which Moody and Sankey were
present. Every available spot in the church
was filled with spectators. The very in
teresting services opened with singing of a
hymn, Rev. Mr.. 1ngliss then made fcrvent
rayer, which was followed by the congre-
CATION singing the Crock of Ages" Moody
hen read from the thirty-second chapter of
jeremiah, interspersing the reading with
pertinent remarks. Sankey sang alone, the
congregation joining in the chorus, and Rev.
Mr.. P. Millard addressed the congre-
tion, stating that the greatest pos
sible int. rest should be taken
in the spiritual welfare of sailors.
Charles Morton, of Plymouth Bethel offered
prayer, after which George H. Stewart, of
Philadelphia, and Rev. Mr.. Steel, of Fleet
Street, addressed the congregation. Moody
prayed and the audience was dismissed. 1t
is stated that it took over twenty-five min
utes yesterday, for the meeting to vacate
the rink. Mayor Hunter, who was present,
Yesterday, has to-day, in view of the insuf-
hciency of egress and ingress, sent letter
to the Department of Fire Buildings direct
ing thorough examination of the rink with
a view to greater degree CT safety in case of
alarm or hurried egress from the building.
lie has ordered that doors opening inwardly
shall be altered ~ Q g to open outwardly
and suggests that additional doors or open
ings be provided.
The Morning herald., 1875-10-26
THE SUPPOSED MuKDER.

On Saturday TIE HERALD contained the
verdict of the jury who held an inquest over
the late Mrs. O'Donnell. tits now reported
that the friends of the woman alluded to-
were dissatisfied with the verdict, and
stated that deceased came to her death by
Ill treatment of her husband, who had few
days previous to 1t, thrown her down the
stairs, inaicting such injuries that she died
from the effects. Yesterday warrant was
issued for the arrest of Mr.. O. O'Donnell, and
he was accordingly brought to the City
Hall last evening, where dense crowd had
gathered to learn the proceedings Of tie
case. Owing to the lateness of the hour the
hearing will not take place until today at
$50 O'Clock,