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The Morning herald., 1876-12-06
THE ELIZA PINKSTON CASE.

Mr.. M. ?. Handy, the careful CORES
pondent of the Philadelphia Times" has
taken pains to investigate this case. He
writes from New Orleans
Nobody in the neighborhood had heard
any political complexion given to the out
rage until the story came from New Or.
leans Gentlemen with whom talked
are ready to testify that Eliza Pinkston
was rabid Democrat, and atthey heard
her curse Republican speaker in open
meeting just before the election in Ian.
guage unfit for publication, after vainly
trying to borrow pistol to shoot him
All attempts 10 connect politics with this
affair fall to the ground, and l say it after
careful investigation, begun with the alb
horrence Of such an outrage, and the con-
viction that it was crime chargeable tc
the Democrats.
The Morning herald., 1876-12-06

George Rignald, the English actor, says
of American theatres: They are models.
We have one or two fine ones in London,
but they are poor in the provinces, With
you they are generally splendidly appoint.
ed, in fact, it is like comparing darkness
to light. Then, too, the surroundings ol
your theatres are 80 good. In Europe they
seem to be situated in the midst OF groe
shops, and they are something disgusting
with the indecency that is in close prox
inity,
The Morning herald., 1876-12-06
A Doq That Didn't Live IN Val

SO
A well-known Memphis coal dealer,
not long since had big dog of wonderful
sagacity. He stayed around the coal yard
and whenever coal cart was hauled on
the scales, the dog always took stand
under the wagon like coach dog. lie
weighed nearly 100 pounds, and vas
weighed as coal thousands of times, and
nearly every coal consumer in the city
purchased that dog at so much per bar
rel. The practice went on for months,
and was only discovered by funny aeci-
dent. A negro wanted barrel Of coal,
and wheeled hand cart with coal on the
weighing scales. The clerk in the Office
worked at the scales, and hallowed
through the window 'take out lot of
that COAL"
The negro did so, and kept on until all
the coal was out of the cart.
The clerk tried the scales again, but the
pea indicated too much.
"Take out more coal, shouted the clerk
The Morning herald., 1876-12-06

The New York Sun thinks that Mr..
Randall's brief address on assuming the
chair ss Speaker. on Monday, had strong
and manly ling. There was an ominous
sound in the concluding words, which he
uttered with much force, declaring that il
unauthorized and unconstitutional acts on
the part of the Executive were not frowned
down at once, with relentless and unspar.
ing condemnation the countay would be
lost.
The Morning herald., 1876-12-06

a ST. PETERSBURG correspondent of
the Augsburg Gazette states that the Bus
sian Government was about to issue an
order requiring the duties on imports to
be paid in metallic currency, but does not
.tate whether gold or silver will be e1ac-
led cr whether the two metals will be re-
ceived on eoual terms. Nominally the
silver roubla is the Russian monetary unit,
but, as matter of fact, the Russian curren-
cy is almost exclusively ofpaper. The new
order in regard to customs duties is pro-
badly due to the necessity Of raisiug an
exportable currency for war purposes.
Austria has recently adopted regula.
ton requiring the payment Of duties ex-
cIusively in gold, although her metallic
monetary standard is Of silver. The same
power has recently issued bonds to small
amount, the interest on which is payable
in gold These concessions to the grow.
ing preference for a single gold standard
are probably due to the recent decline ir
silver In the meantime the price of the
latter metal is now on the rise, having re-
acted from its minimam of about sid
sterling to 55ld., at which it was quoted
in London on Friday last.
The Morning herald., 1876-12-06
Personal Mention.

Cough is in Minnesota.
Bob Ingersoll is in Hartford.
General Howard is in Oregon.
Turks steal Armenian women.
ralmage is lecturing in the West.
Hon Milton Sayler has gray eyes.
Robert Collyer will lecture in the East
Hugh McCulloch is at Fort Wayne, Ind
Schuyler Colfax is lccturing in Massa
chusetts.
Godlove Orth has returned to the prac-
tice of law.
Californian farmers are holding back
their wheat.
Most of Hennessy's brandy is shipped te
England.
The Duke of Abercorn will leave Dub
lin this week.
Senator Sharon will leave for Washing.
ton next week.
Shell, ivory and ebony have supelsed-
ed pearl for fans.
Senator Logan is not sure Of reelection
from Illinois.
The Pacific Ocean has sixteen per cent
more salt than the Atlantic.
Bailey, "the Danbury News man" will
lecture this week at Princeton. N. J.
Parke Goodwin will lecture before the
Yale art School on the ''Theory Of Art
There is a complaint that French race
horses are running out the old English
stock.
The Morning herald., 1876-12-06
A MoNUMkNr 10 GRsELEH.

At Greenwood Cemetery, New York on
Monday the bust of Horace Greeley was
unveiled, presented by American printers.
In speaking of the event the New York
Herald of yesterday says:
"It was especially fitting that the bust Of
Horace Greeley, which was yesterday un-
yelled in Greenwood Cemetery, should
Lave been presented by American printers.
During his lifetime the old editors busy
brain impelled him to ventures in many
departments of thought and action. He
was by turns agriculturist, philosopher,
orator, historian, theologian, Congressman,
Presidential candidate. He even wrote
art criticisms and perpetrated poetry; but
his judicious friends admit that his best
work was done in his profession as a jour
nalist, and his actual intimates know that
he himself was never SO happy as when
absorbed by the intellectual and mechan-
ical details of his profession. The pen
and the press were one and the same thing
10 him; the rattle Of great presses was his
favorite music, and he never seemed more
at home than when leaning over an impe-
sing stone or lingering type at case. Let
ters from politicians and statesmen were
always on his desk, but the most import
ant of these often swept aside while the
veteran printer answered with keen delight
the missve OF some puzzled or discouraged
country editor, or some enterprising young
typo who wanted to start in business and
wrote, as the most natural thing in the
world, to ask advice Of Horace Greeley.
Not all the printers in the country accep-
ted the various theories which first saw
light in the Tribune there We're thousands
upon thousands of them who did not vote
.or the old journalist in his single and pa.
hetic struggle for Office but for Greeley,
their fellow craftsman, the man who in his
early DAYS had stood at the "case," hung
over the "stone' and fed the press, and
who, in the hour of fame and fortune never
scorned or forgot the ladder by which he
had climbed to his final high position, nor
ever failed to have a friendly word and
IN open hand to those whom he had dis
lanced they cherished kindly regard
which grew in fervor when the generous
had dropped liieless and the genial tongue
was forever silenced. The words spoken
over his grave yesterday were heartfelt
and eloquent, bat in the bust itself is en-
bodied the sentiment of the old editors
most enthusiastic admirers. i
The Morning herald., 1876-12-06
GERMANY will not take part officially

GERMANY will not take part officially
in the Paris Exhibition Of 1878, the prin-
cipal reasons given being that the Ger
man Government and the Chambers of
Commerce do not anticipate that a suffi-
cheney of German goods will be sent 10
Paris to warrant the large expenditure to
be incurred by the Empire. In addition,
they think the present time Of depression
inopportune. ...".
The Morning herald., 1876-12-06
A Bachelor Farmer Found Dead.
From the West Chester News

From the West Chester News
John and Peter Kurtz two aged and veal
thy brothers, both of whom have lived lives
of single blessedness all their days, owned
and resided upon one of the finest farms 10
East Nantmeal township, Chester county,
located near Houser's store, on the Cones
toga turnpike. These gentlemen have
always born the reputation of being among
the most peaceable and law abiding citi-
zsns in that section ofcountry. On Friday
morning about o'clock, John, the elder
brother, was missed from his room by his
brother Peter. The latter dressed himself
and went down stairs into the yard, where
he found John lying on the ground, face
downward. He had evidently fallen for
ward on his face from a sitting position.
When picked up he was almost dead
Peter grasped up the body and carried it
into the house, Immediately after which
life was found to be extinct. Elijah Bull,
Esq, of Springfield, who is Deputy Coro.
ner Of that district, was Immediately sent
for, for the purpose of holding an inquest
upon his arrival. He summoned Jury
composed Of Jesse Hause, Robert Laird,
Jo ohm Manger, ST., Geo. T. Brown, John
Liggett and P. NJ. Fox. The jury, after
hearing the testimony of Drs. Henry
Woodrop, of West Nantmeal and D. Heber
Plank, Of Morgantown, who decided that
deceased came to his death from stroke
of appoplexy, and rendered their vote ac-
cordingly.
The Morning herald., 1876-12-06
A Chequered Career.

Who says that American life is stupid,
that it is utterly devoid of the elements of
romance, and that it is as commonplace as
plank road or a grain elevator. On a
single page of a western exchange there is
enough raw material to stock dozen sen
sstonal novels. Here is the chequred life
of an enamored gardner, who, after being
deceived by his wife in California and re-
iected by another woman, turned hermit
and took to liquor and finally to strych-
nine, Here is beautiful young Mormon
lass working in hair store at Salt Lake,
who falls in love with her Gentle employ
er has her face slapped by her Mormon
brother, and finally elopes with the young
man, Here is a railroad official in Kan
sas City. whose wife hirted with the boss
of shirt factory; the husband was jealous
and indignant; the wife made a scene; the
shirt factor left town; the wife coaxed her
husband to go east, find work, and build a
new home for her; while he was out of
town the wayward, wilful lady took a
lawer into her confidence and obtained a
divorce; and now the shirt factor is in i'm
inent danger of being either killed or mar
ried. Here is the desperate deed of a
Mexican assassin, near Pueblo, Colorodo,
who kills ranchman, his wife and his
married daughter. Here is soldier in
Wheeling West Virginia, who sues out a
writ of habeas corpus for the remains OF a
sister, nun, in order to bury them where
he nleasps and not where the. RIshon savs
they must be. Whoever says this is dull
country had better subscribe for Western
paper.
The Morning herald., 1876-12-06

A Washington dispatch says: War has
begun in the White House, and Sherman
has now the opportunity to take the field.
Grants colored cook Lucy struck the COL
ored waiter over the head with a rolling
pin, day before yesterday. The waiter re-
taliated, and threw plate at her head.
Here is a field for military operations, and
Sherman need no longer pine for action.
The Morning herald., 1876-12-06

IT is supposed that Col Thomas A.
Scott was in Louisville on Saturday for the
purpose of purchasing the Louisville, Lex
ington and Cincinnati Railroad so as to
have control of direct route to Louisville.
The road was to be sold that day, but the
sale has been postponed.
The Morning herald., 1876-12-06

"d-n it, you have boat load Of coal on
that cart"
.Look hyar, boss" replied the negro,
the coal is all out, and I'll have to take
wheels of to tighten it."
Then the negro looked under the cart
and seeing the big fat dog at his post, ex-
claimed:
"Lord God, massa. yon's selling me that
dog for COAL"
The dog was missed in few days and
was found dead on the scales, the animal
having taken some poison accidentally, but
be came back to die at his post. 1t was
fine example of faithful until DEATH
Memphis Ledger.
The Morning herald., 1876-12-06
SOUTH CAROLINA.

What has been done in South Carolina
has brought the whole nation to dead
stop. There is no turmoil, no confusion,
little excitement even. The American
people is absorbed in grave, anxious
thought. A new and alarming phase Of a
military administration has developed it.
self in the midst of most critical time.
What are the facts? Simply that United
States soldiers, acting under the orders OF
President Grant. and a representative Of
Gov. Chamberlain, excluded from the State
House at Columbia persons claiming to be
melnbers-elect of the Legislature, who
bore certificates Of election from the high
est court in the State. This is an abso-
lutely impartial statement of the facts. No
Republican, no Democrat can dispute it.
argument is wasted upon such deed;
quibbling with it infamous. These troops
had no more right to prevent the entrance
of these members than they had to remove
members from their seats, no more right
than they to enter your house and drag
you away; no more right than they have in
time of peace to drive you to prison at the
point ofthe bayonet, when you have COM
mitted no ofiense. They had nothing to
do with the legality of these certificates;
that is for any parliamentary body to set
tie for itself. Ofsuch a crime the details
are not necessary. The bare fac, stated
here is alone law-defying violation OF the
FIRST principles Of constitutional govern
nent. 1t is just such another outrage as
that committed in Louisiana because there
is no practical difference between taking
persons claiming to be members-elect out
of State House, or keeping them out. 1t
was the same unlawful interference exer-
clsed, in the one case inside; in the other,
outside the State House.
We have said the people are thinking.
They are and thinking hard. They are
thinking whether party which resorts to
bayonets feels sure that it has won at the
polls. They are thinking whether an Ad-
ministration which presumes to thrust its
bayonets into State Legislature may not
march its troops into the House of Rep
resentatives. They are thinking what shall
be the best punishment for party which
violates the name Of good government, and
stutfs the ballot box in the ename of liberty.
Because there are no outbreaks it does not
follow that there is no indignation. 1t is
smouldering fercely and when it strikes
it will be by peaceful legal methods, but
its stroke will leave the Republican party
a blackened wreck, "a warning for all future
time.
The South Carolina outrage is de.
nounced by men of all parties and opin-
ions. Joseph H. Choate, VIM. M. Evarts'
partner, land President of the Union League
Club, denounces it. The New York Eevn-
ing Post denounces it. The Few York
Herald denounces it. The New York
World demands President Grants I'M
peachment, and the New York Herald
predicts it. This is a question that arise.
above the Presidency, though it closely J
concoens it. 1t is question of the very
life of the nation, and the men who hav,
committed this outrage will shortly fine
themselves on trial for all attempt at polit
ical murder.
The Morning herald., 1876-12-06
Wilni.Eton, December 8, 1875.

Wanted-reliablec correspondents in every
village in the State, to write the doings and
sayings of the people and the busin ess pros.
poets and attractions of their locality. The
schools, the churche,, the farm operations,
the character of the soil, and the advan-
tages possessed, TO be the themes for their
communications. nov29-tf.
The Morning herald., 1876-12-06

The Chairman Of the North Carolina
Republican State Committee protests
against the eligibility ofone ofthe Dem
ocratic electors, and objects also to count
ing the returns from several counties. The
case will 60 to the Attorney General,
The Morning herald., 1876-12-06

= American meat is liked in English mar
keo, and it brings from twelve to seventeen
ceflts pound.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-03-15
Two RInds of women.

There are two kinds # women 10
the wor!d-perbups many more
JvO ! Gm speaking Of now; the one
Is the talking, be other is the doing
klud. The talking women are ever
lasting demanding chance to do
something; they want their rights 10
do what men do; they tell Us that
they must be allowed 10 manage
their own affairs in their own way.
hold property, form partnerships, do
business Ia their own names. make
laws, go to Congress, and vote.
They say nothing as to the right to
sweep the street, carry the hod, go
before the mast, shoulder a musket,
fight the Indians. pay taxes, and do
police duty on wet nights. But
they are always talking of their suf-
ferings by reason of not having q
chance.
The other kind of women say little
and do much They act singly or
in society, as is most efficient in car
ing for the poor, the orphan, the
sick, the erring, the children of want
and sorrow, of whom there are al
ways many about Us. and whensoever
we will we may do them good. In
this city, as in other great cities,
there are hundreds of such charities,
sweet as heaven in their motives aud
strong as love 10 their power to do
They do not strive nor cry Tneir
voice is not complaining in the streets
They Go not worry the world with
petulent frettings because they can
not rule all creation, and reform
society on a patent back-aetion sys-
TEN OF their own invention They
see their sisters suffering, and they
help them; 10 danger, aud they guide
them to safety; wanting work, they
find work for them to do; in prison,
they visit them; dying, they minister
unto them. This is the difference
between talking aud doing.-N y
Observer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-03-15
Transmission OF BIooa.

The Buffalo Commercial thus de-
scribes au interesting experiment
which was triud aJ the medIcal col
lege in that city, one day last week {:
The subjects were Two dngs-uue
considerably larger than the otber-
which were placed under the inGu-
eoce OF ether uutil both animals we're
utterly unconscious. An artery IN
the neck Of the larger dog was open
ed la this u tube was inserted. and
the stop-cuek Of the tube turned of.
thus preventing auy blood from es-
Gaping untll the proper time came.
The small dog vas .hen placed upon
the table, the carotid artery opened,
aud the animal allowed to bleed To
death When the blood bad ceased
20 run IG was announced that the dog
was absolutely dead Artificial res
piratiJn was applied, aud Jheu the
tube 10 the meek Of The large canine
was inserted ~ that of bis blUOdltss
brother. the Professor meanw bile
V wOfkinS upou the chest after the
manuer used N restoring a droW ming
person A soon as the stop-e0ck in
the tube was turned the blood from
the dog commenced flowing into the
empty veins of the other, and in a
few minutes the creature was breath
ug again as naturally "a ever. The
students aPplauded loudly and the
-ranstu-ion was complete Neither
# the dogs, We are assured. felt a
particle # pain during the opera
.iuD.0
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-03-15
The Broken Hearted woman.

lie WeHJ out aud drowned himself.
unable I,uger To endure the amount
of d me-tlc bliss given 10 the square
Incn thar hi, Siie-a woman with
ghln Ip- ana glass eye-fIrnished
for him. The widow, almost broken
hearted, went down fu he Morgue to
identify the corpse. accompanied by
friend They were shown a large
assortment of ready made bodies, but
none, apparently suited their fancy,
aud they departed
Af'er they had gotten into the
street the discUusolate widow OBJ
served to her companion:
Mary. dear, did We see that corps.
ali swelled and bilious like, at the far
eud Of the -lab z"
"Troth and / did that, Louisa
"Well, Mary, tha. was Thomas. -
''Thomss?" returned Louisa
Thomas? How did You know it ?''
Sure didn't | see the mark of the
stove litter | gave him a poult with
on New Years eve ?D
We'll, Louisa you are a faithful
wife, that | will allow. And what
for didn't you say so much to the man
that runs the menagerie ?D
Don't you see Mary i? If | had
identified the corps. wouldn't / have
to pay for the funeral? Now the
county has to bury him, and / can
buy me three new dresses and bar
rel OF Hour with the money it would
have cost me. Bless your soul, don't
you see ?"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-03-15
Size OF Countries.

Gfeece'is about the size Of Yer
mont.
Palestine is about one.fourth the
size Of New York.
Hindostan is more than q hundred
times as large a. Palestine
The Great Desert of Africa has
nearly the present dimensions of the
United States.
TIE Red Sea would reach from
Washington to Colorado, and i: is
three times as wide as Lake Ontario.
The English Channel is nearly as
large as Lake Superior.
the Mediterranean, if placed
across North America would make
sea navigation from San Diego to
Baltimore
The Caspian Sea would stretch
from New York to St Augustine, and
is as wide as from New York to
Rochester.
Great Britain is about twO-thirds
the size of japan; one-twelfth the
size of Hindcostau; oae-twelftb OF
China, and one-twenty-fifth of the
United States.
The Gulf of Mexico is about ten
times the size Of Lake Superior. and
about as large as the Sea of kamse-
chatka, Bay of Bengal, China Sea,
0khotsk, or Japan Sea, Lake Ontario
would go in each Of them more than
City times.
The following bodies Of water are
about thesGme size. German Ocean,
Black Sea, Hudson Bay is rather
larger The Baltic, Adriatic, Persian
Gulf and Egean Sea, half as large,
and somewhat larger than Lake Su-
DeriOr.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-03-15
Drainage Needed.

a writer of the Massachusetts,
ftoaoman thus concentrates some of
1aArsnmsntsi Ia fsvox-of drainage;
" Nat are the effects of draiuages
Inorough drainay. deepeus the .,il.
vi what use l. ~ ~ pio~ ueru aud
manure heavily, " bile The soil il full
Of water? The roots of plants will
grow down into stagnant water; the
clements Of plant TODD are not all on
the surface; many of them have been
washed down by the rains; some of
them are found in the deeompos; ~
rocks themselves Take away the wa
ter and the roots will find them. Drain
aye lenglbens the seasons. In our eli
mate this Is an important pOiot 10 be
gaiued II les dfsiBag, one ~ two
At, h c. uid be- .utued, lJ VI 4uiu os
quiz a rei-rfin sus ba,s .,arI -p.iu.s.
- leo theie L. : much O.. l.. d,..-, ia
a short space of tImc. ID a,nas, iu-
cr-e-t~ luc rlrci oi %, a1y,ra .u
81 ui.uufe. ib,. suii bsiug durf i-
h.ose va-ii, - N.tkyd dar 'n- ma-
aufe l- ai-. a &c eseul! di-tfin'trd.
Foe water passing through teg sail
carries ieF- zing IN u .ef dovn tu the
roots vi Tue p,sut, Nu-rc here
J. sag gGant Wattr maaur- mus de-
compose slowly 'i at ali; bur the
water pa>Ses Il, ihe AR Is admitted,
aud decomposition takts place.
W bat observing maH Is there that
does not ku"N that his or p. are I'LL
proved "a quality by drainage!
sweet English grass aud clover take
The place Of sedge aud rushes
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-03-15
How to Become n Lawyer.

A day or two ago, when q young
man entered a Detroit lawyers Office
to study law, the practitioner sat
down beside him and said:
Now, see here, | have no time to
fool away. and if you don't pan out
well | won't keep you here thirty
days. Do you want to make a good
lawyer 2"
"Yes, sir"
"WelI, now, listen. Be polite to
old people because they have cash.
BE good TO the boys, because thew
are growing up to be a cash basis.
Work in with reporters and get pufTs
Go to church for the sake of exam
pie. Don't fool any time away on
poetry, and don't even look at a girl
until you can plead a case. If you
can follow these instructions you will
succeed. If you cannot, go and
learn to be doctor and kill your best
friends. Detroit Free Press