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The Morning herald., 1877-07-04
THE WASTE OF WAR.

The history Of the world teaches how
much easier it is to begin wars tn IN to end
them. We now witness the besinning in
earnest of fighting between Russia and
Turkey. No one can tell when it will end
No one can say how many countries will
become involved in the difficulties before
they are adjusted. But it is safe predict
that this war must be attended by impedi-
ment and destruction to peaceful industries;
by the diminution of production by the
waste and devastation, and the consequent
inordinate increase Of demand, that usually
attend upon great wars. These tend to
public impoverishment. The world, on
the whole, is made poorer. But for the
time being, they may in some respects be
advantageous to this country and may in
crease the demand for several of our sta
pies. Should such advantages accrue, they
will be short lived, and at an txp nse o.
misery to other people. The real and per-
manent prosperity Of this country must be
brought about by other means.
The Morning herald., 1877-07-04

HE report OF the Pennsylvania State
Insurance Commissioner, shows that the
Life Insurance Companies of Pennsvlva-
MIA, at the close Of the last y ar, had in
force 81, ,2lS policies, insuring $79, APO, ia,
4 net decrease of twenty-five policies, and
a net increase of 1928, 1924 insurance du-
ring the year. Their entire premium in.
come for the year was $2sol, ,4O7 90, or
S9O,SOO.6S less than the premium income
OF 1875. Companies of other States re-
ceived premiums in the State during the
year, amounting to S4,747 ,3O4 O5, and in
Cured losses amounting to $2,224S42-a
decrease of S66O,099 80 in premiums, and
$293,l7 in losses incurred as compared
with the preceding year. #
The Morning herald., 1877-07-04
From the Earlies Aes

SCROFULA has been the bane, and as II
We're, the curse of mankind, Moses. I'm The
18TH chhp'er Of l'evitcus, lays down yery
eAPlcll rules on this disea =. So terrible
ana lOathsome had II been considered then
That q person known to be infected with il
would not be allowed to mix with societv
The Jews regarded it as divine lnflictio1
ana believed there was no cure for IT. II
Was then the sins ofa youth or a diyiatiun
rom the paths OF virtue were punished as
Long as life lasted. happily in our dav
the sience OF medicine has been Geyelonei
the grea stOrehOuse Of Nature furnishes
remedy the disease is stripped of it's tar
ror 6y the use OF the SA v AitI TAN'S R0, IT
AND HERB JUICES, and the victim q,
&c Scrofula: Ulcers, Sores, Pimples, Blotcher.
II ter, etc, eau be restored 10 sound heajth
In q few weeks. That there are thonsands
now whose conditions are as bad as those
OF the daI ages We are well aware. NJ. nv
now ia1l TO find u cure as well as 1hev az,
men,. TO all such the Samaritan's Root
ana Herb Juices will prove q happy boon
eradicaiing all impurities from ,hs bln"d
and max the complexion bright ami
healthy. A lew bottles W IL remove MIN.
pies or Dlotches, thereby doing away with
cor metle. IN. powders. MOOT ANUHEKR
JUICES $l.25 per bottle: Sent by express
to any address, -'"'
DESMOND & CO..
Vih Eacestreet. Philadelphia. Pa
The Morning herald., 1877-07-04

AS much power goes annually to waste
at Niagara Falls as could be produced from
266 900, 600 tons Of coal, taking the con.
sumption of fuel at four pounds per horse
power an hour. As the coal production
of the world is but 274,OOO,OOo tons, the
'tatement is startling one. One hundred
thousand tons Of water pour over the edge
every hour, and falling $50 feet deveopes
force of l6,So0,000 horse power for the
falls alone. The rapids have an equal fall
and quantity. 1t is not at all probable that
the power will be 'harnessed" and applied
to practical use, as the difficulties ale great
and the results uncertain.
The Morning herald., 1877-07-04
WHO Is IN 1T?

One of the Insurance Companies referred
to in our article on Insurance on Monday.
the Royal Canadian, has had its license to
do business in New York State revoked by
order of the Attorney General of that
State. We are curious to know if this is
one of the Companies the school houses Of
Wilmington are insured in? If the Royal
Canadian is deemed unsafe to insure the
property Of New Workers, how can it be
safe to insure that of Delawareans. So
much for rose-colored statements Of foreign
Insurance Companies.
The Morning herald., 1877-07-04
THE uonMO NJ,

Great diyersity II opinion exits among
tourists and travellers who have visited
Salt Lake City, 10 regard to the condition,
habits of life, and church polity of this
peculiar people. BY some, the Mormon
practices and mode Of living has been Sc
verely condemned, whilst others have en-
dsayored to palliate what appears to be a
gross outrage against I civilization, and have,
in several instances, represented the Latter
day Saints, as a prosecuted people. Not
outstanding their crimes, they have ex-
hibited great virtues, and as a people are
patient and Industrious. w 5t1 i tt.f
The truth is, however, that polygamy is
one of The least of their crimes. The
church appears to be a band Of assassins,
without pity or remorse. A letter in the
New York Herald, the authority Of which
is vouched for states that the recent mas
sacres in Utah, proved the Mormons to
have been guilty of the most diabolical
and appalling crimes, surprising in enmity
the Mountain Meadows massacre. ''
The Morning herald., 1877-07-04
SHOPPERS.

Again we refer to the uncivic and uni
just pra ,tice of shopping in Philadelphia
1t is fatally injuring the trade of this city,
and it is rather cheeky, in some of the p' r
sons referred to, to speak Of their State
pride, &C., when they refuse to contribute
cent towards its commercial prosperity,
Will the shoppers think how censurable
their conduct is, how unjust to the store-
keepers of Wilmington.
The Morning herald., 1877-07-04

%AA AATAUhx A4PANW - Ane41
One dfihe;most ss.tifyins movements
| ID trade of our time the rapid incrsase
in the expectation Of fresh beef to Europe.
No other country in the world has advan-
tages equal to those Of the United States as
centre of the cattle. trade. iThera are
great stretches Of fertile meadow land in,
lSouth America and Australia, but their
remoteness from an adequate market de-
bars them from raising cattle extensively
except for their hides and horns. The
extensive railway system Of the United
States, the large amount of population
within our territories and our contiguity
to the markets of Europe, all mark this
country as distined to become the great
grazing centre of the world. lthas already
been discovered by our Texas and Kansas
herdsmen that by. means Of refrigerator
cars and refrigerator compartments in the
transatlantic steamers, they can find a
ready market for the beef as we'll as the
hides of their cattle and it will not be
long before another important advance is
made and the West and Southwest take
their natural place as the foremost pro-
ducers of cheese and butter in the world.
In October, 1875, the experiment Of shipI
ping fresh meat to Europe was first at
empted, and $4,000 pounds Of beef, valu-|
ed at $1,000 were placed on the English
market. This, and like quantity shipped
in the following month, met with such a
ready sale that the amount was increased
to 1874 900 pounds in December, 1879 1t
was speedily discovered that John Bull
was equal to the consumption of any
amount of American beef, and the quaint.
ity exported has steadily increased month
by month up to the present date. In the
three months ending with March, 1876.
total amount exported was 766 900 pounds
valued at SOL 900: in the corresponding
period of 1877 the amount had increased
to l4,233,6l pounds, valued at 81 ,266 962
The steady ratio of increase is shown by
the large increase in the total amount
shipped in April and May, 1877, over the
gross export Of the three months proceed
ing the number of pounds Of meat ship
ped to England from New York and Phila>
delphia during these two months having
reached the aggregate of Is, 1863, 978 pounds,
valued at more than million and half
of dollars. The shipments already aver
age ten millions of pounds monthly, equal
to monthly slaughter of twenty
thousand American oxen for the English
market. The enormous resources of our
grazers are shown by the fact that the
rapid growth of the export trade has had
no injurious effect upon prices in the home
market indeed, there seems, on tie con-
trary, good reason to believe that with the
increase Of facilities for the transportation
of meat from the prairies of the West and
Southwest to the seaboard will come a
gradual reduction in the prices of meat to
American consumers. The capacity of
production is simply illimitabIe, and the
increase Of railway accommodations cannot
fail to develop this int enc of he most
profitable branches of American trade.
The Morning herald., 1877-07-04
Il. +. Kunkel's ustral & r.. +
kunkel's Shampoo for
the Hair.

The best and cheapest Hair Dressing and
dandruh. alley irritation, soothe and cool
the heated seal y, prevent the hair from
ialllng of, AID promote the growth in a
very short time, They preserve and beau
Tty 1lly the hair, and render it soft and glossy.
pearence 10 braid and wiry hair. and as a
mar dressing they are unriva led; eradi-
cnte dand uff and prevent badness. The
shampoo ceans the hair, removes greece,
serum, Itching, eruption, Cures heada he
Sauseu Stu ny II NJ and fatigne. kunkers
Shampoo and Lu,tral restore hair To a nnt
nral and glossy color, restore faded. drv
marsh and wlry hair, Price per bottle g. ;
AK your druggist for them or send to E r
kunkel; Proprietor NO. 259 North Nintb
street, Phladcl pha, Pa,
The Morning herald., 1877-07-04
NO No BSAN5 BGlI1j

Greatest Single Number Prize Drawlns'
ever took place in the United States
ny authority of an act of the Legss
the next All Prize Drawing will t*keRi
! public at Cheyenne, Wyoming pm'.
ly March Is 1877. and to be drawn
18th and 20th Ofeach and every monln'
S722,243 to be distributes. .,,,I
Each and every ticket will be enIl"'I
prize.
The Morning herald., 1877-07-04
MEDICINAL.
e. +. Kunkel' Bitter Wine
Of iron.

e. F. Kunkel' Bitter Wine
Of Iron.
e. F, Kunkel's celebrated Bitter Wine of
Iron will ehectually cure liver complaint,
jaundice, dyspepsia, chronic or nervous
debi i,y. chronic diarrhOea, disease of the
kidneys and all di' eases arising from a
disordered liver, stomach or intestines,
such as constipation. fl tulence, inv ard
pi es, full ness o. blood to the head, acidily
of the somach, nausea. heartburn, disgust
for food fulIness Or weight in the stomach
sore eructatione, sinking or futtering at
the pit OF the stomach, swimming of the
head. hurried or ditriculL breaih hing, flutter-
ings at the heart, choking or suffocating
sensation when in lying posture dimness
of vlss on. dots or Webs before he sight.
dull pain in the head, deficiency of pres,
piration, yeilowness Of the sk In and eyes,
pam in the side. back, head, chest, Inn M
ttc sudden tinsh. Of heat, burning / n the
flesh. constant imaginings OF evil and great
depression of spiri ., Price 81 per bottle.
Beware of cOu "terfeits, Do not let yonr
druggist palm off some other preparation
OfirOn he may say is q good but sk for
Kunkel's Butter Wine OF Iron. Take no
other. kunkePs Bitter W inc OF Iron is not
sold in bulk-onIy IN 81 bottles. 4. F, Kun
ke, Proprietor, NO. $50 North Ninth Street
Philadelphia, Pa. sold by all druggists,
The Morning herald., 1877-07-04
''sWeet Forget Me NOt.n

This Ia the title of a new and maoniaoor,
song, with remarkab v pretty waltz cho.
rus, composed by BOBBY NswCoMB ot
mi"s're' fame 1t is .ung by Primrose and
Vest: o: Haverly's M,ns' rels. elt haniv
n = engler, of the "rony rastor Troupe:
tists Oil over the country. This so,,v vi =,
surely be admired by everybody. Prio
~ c nts per copy. can be had from nnv
music dealer, or fIOm the publisher.
f. W HELMIcE.
West 4th st. Cincinnati. O.
The Morning herald., 1877-07-04
Tape Worm Removed Alive.

Head and all complete, in two hours s.
No Tee till head PASSES, Feat, pin and
259 North Ninth street, PhiladeIphja. pa
send for circular. For removing seat. ! in
or stomach worms call On your druspist
and AK Tor a bo,tle of Kunkel's Worm
syrup, price 81. II never fai S. Comman
sense leacheslf tape worm be removed, ali
other W. rms can be readily removed.
The Morning herald., 1877-07-04

Steinkerk cravats, which first became fas-
hionable in 1892, are revived in Paris this
year,
The Morning herald., 1877-07-04
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WILMINGTON. DOL. July 4, 1877:

NOTICE TO SuBscRBxRs.-Thosa Of our
subscribers who are indebted to the MORN
ING HERALD, Will oblige by an early re-
nittance. ...... ....
The Morning herald., 1877-07-04

A IL e reduction on other styles of ma>
chimes, leased on inst lmes tn as here otore
III very low prices. We caution the public
aga nSt buying wothless imii alton of our
msch) Is, as yOu are liable TO be imposed
anon, See that the machine you buy has
our PATENTED TRADE MARK, and Ou,
name In full on the arm. Our office for
whining ton. Del, IL located at 424 MARS
kr,I sIREET, the only place where New
aud Genuine Singer Machines can be
THE SINGER MAN NUFACTUR>
The Morning herald., 1877-07-04
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The Morning herald., 1877-07-04

Ladies are specially invited to calf
md 10 ok through our immense stock 0
Rnysa nd Chi drtn's Clothing,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-08
Parisian Projections.

The Partisan Exhibition of 1878 will not
only be beautiful and commodious building,
surrounded by fountains and gardens OF
loveuess vet unknown. TO the most expert
euced sight-scers, but the exhibition will be
only one of the new things now in prepara-
ton to attract and lascinate all the gad-about
world, whether grave or gay. In 1867 folks
went to see a new and more splendid Paris
than was ever imagined twenty years before,
called forth cut of narrow streets and fetid
alleys into space and light. The people who
60 thither in 1878 will behold the fa;reSt city
of the earth finished and dressed as though
FIR bridal. The stately plan Of the new
"Hulel de Vile" now rising fast on the noble
site of that destroyed by the Commune, will
complete tue magnificent line Of public build
iugs on the right bank Of the Seine, which be-
gins with the Tuileries, to terminate with
grand display of architecture which includes
the courts Of justice, the prefecture of police,
and the ancient towers Of Notre Dame. The
spacious hospital of the hotel Dieu will be
flushed in 1878; and the Louvre will stand
proudly out from her ruins. The avenue de
rOpera will be opened and so will the new
boulevard St. German, called after the name
of forgotten abbot, yet destined to be one Of
the busiest ihoroughlares Of city now hardly
sufficiently impressed with respect for bcne-
feed cersymen highly couhected. Tramways
from every point of the compass will be for
ever on the move and there is confident talk
Of an underground railway, which w'i relieve
the streets of suberabundant traffic, to the Joy
Of all short-sigh,ed or feeble persons at cross
ings. Paris is also to be Illuminated by cen
trail electric lights set up in exalted positions
that tie night will be as clear as the day, and
much nerrier; with all kinds Of music.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-08
A Line Anent Lamps.
Medical Journal.

Statistics kept by ocllis,s employed in in
firmares for eye diseases have shown that the
habit of some persons in facing window from
which the light falls directly 10 the eyes as
well as on the work, injure theft eyes in the
end. The best way is TO work with side light
or, if the work needs strong illumina,ons, So
that it is necessary to have the working table
before the window, the lower portion of the
latter should be covered with screen, so as to
have a top light alone, which does not shine
in The eyes when the head is slightly bent over
and downward toward the work. In the
schools in Germany this matter has already
been attended to, and the rule adopted TO have
all the seats and tables SO arranged that the
pnpils never face the windows bnt only have
the side-ights from the left aud as light
simultaneously thrown from two sides gives
au interference Of shadows, it has been strictly
forbidden to build school-rooms with windows
cn both sides, such illumination having also
proved injurious to the eyes Of tie pupils
We may add to this advice not to place the
lamp in front Of you when at work in the eve
Mug, but little on one side, and never to re-
glect the use Of shade so as TO prevent the
strong light shining in the eyes This is es-
pecaIly 10 be considered at the present time,
when Kerosene lamps, with their intensely
luminous flames, become more and more COM
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-08
APicture of General Zachary Taylor.

General james Shields thus de.cribes bis
first interview with General Taylor: " was
sent with my brigade to repor. to hin
on the Rio Graude. After getting my COM
mand into camp put on the mos, snowy uni
form had aud spent much time rigging my-
self up to do honor to such an occasion as the
meeting with the commander-in-chlei oil the
army of occupation. Arrived at headquarters
| inquired for General Taylor, and was shown
into tent by the orderly, who went away to
announce me- Presently entered @ herd-fea-
tured but still very benevolent-faced man,
quite uudersized, who, from his appearance,
would easily have been taken for a wagner.
A great Tapping straw bat crowned bis head,
be had no collar, linen coat, and the coarse
pantaloons he wore bad no suspicion Of rank
about them, and his unstockinged feet were
covered by common infantry shoes. While
was trying 10 figure out in my mind what this
appari,iun could he, he grasped my hand and
heartily exclaimed, I'm very gla1 10 see you
here General Shields and will cut out some
work for your command before long" And
this was actually General Zachary Taylor, one
of the bravest. kindest end nobest Of men
that ever lived"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-08

How Boxing-Class was Broken UP.
from the Virginia City ChrOnicie.

Last evening there was some extraordinary
fun in the gymnasium. A bcxipg-class had
been formed, consisting Of ten pupils. Sonie
wag connected with the institution conceived
the idea Of getting up riot in the class. lie
went about it in novel aud ingenious way.
Before the hour for the class-meeiing he bored
hole through the ceiling and lei down rope,
10 the end of which he tied a canvass ha. bll-
cd with sand. Above he had confederate
manipulating the rope. \.ben all was in
readiness, he remarked:
"Now, boys, III put you through the first
exercise. All get around the bag in circle
and begin TO punch with your fists Each
man must try and drive the bag to the man
opposite, and the first man that fails To keep
the bag away from him sets up the beer
This proposal was received with enthusiasm.
and the class collected about the bag AZ tho
word they all began TO punch with will, gei-
ting more earnest and excited every minute
Just about this time the fellow overhead, who
was watching the progress of The game through
a hole in the ceiling, suddenly jerked up she
bar about foot above tie beads Of the excited
class. The effect can be easily Imagined
Each man hit ihe opposite man on the nose
and then they began the battle blindly. While
the riot went on. the man above occupied his
time 10 pulling the bag up aud letting IT drop
on the cads of the comhatants The way
the blood spur,el around the floor would have
delighted Wild Bill. They rolled over, got
each Others heads in chancery, struck from
the shoulder. am! had plenty of fun generally.
When they finally 90, quie,ed Gown aud began
to look for the two men who put up the lob,
the parties could not be found.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-08
OFFICE Ix JEFFERSON BuILDINe.'
Saturday, September 8. 1877.
Book Notices.

THE AMERICAN AGRIcULTURlST-by the
Orange Judd Co., 245 Broadway, New York,
monthly j'urnal treating Of the farm, the
garden aud household Is the best, by far,
aud the cheapest journal Of the sort, exrant.
Is fuely illustrated. interesting, useful and re-
liable More than double the amount of the
subscription can be obtained in useful hints in
a single number.
The reprint of Blaespood's Magazine for
August has been received from The Leonard
Scott Publishing Company, A Barclay Street,
New York
Besides the serial stories Mine is Thine
aud Pauline" which are continued at con-
siderable length, there is an article on Victor
Hugo, cmbodying a rapid review Of the " lie.
gendc des ScicIes," which is declared 10 he a
magnificent poem, and short criticisms upon
his hovela, beginning with "Notre Dame
The pleasant, gossping L" Wanderers Letters
are continued, aud this number gives a sketch
of the career Of Murat a, Ring Of Naples.
"The Surm in the ElSt-Nn Ill" con-
denscs the war news up u the Goth Of July,
and gives better conception Of the progress
Of the campaign than can be gathered from
the ha>ty pernsal of the frasmentary bulletins
in the daily papers, which not un(requently
contradict the assertions of the day before.
The literary world has 4 rare treat in WIDE
AWAKE for September, as it is remarkable flr
the twelve pages of delightful gossip i; gives
concerning the Poet, K II Stodiard The
graphic accohnt Of his early life reads like a
romance 1t is illustrated by three portraits
and an interior. The number opens with a
frontispicce illustrative Of Mrs s. NJ b Patt's
poem, " Passing the Gypsy Camp" This is
followed by Kaiie'S Adventures" long and
good story by Mrs Ella Rodman Church.
Child Marion" is as interesting as ever; this
time tn the modification Of Uncle Will" she
sings in the streets Of the Austrian Capital
while Harry stands en- his head and passes
around his cap pennies. "Snlomons Seal, F"
the serial by Sophie May, has grown intensely
interesting. Mrs Thayer has a charming sto-
ry of My Summer Boarder.' and there arc
many other attractions, poetical, pictorial,
musical and enigma,ical, chief among them
being the ninth " Adventure of Miltades
Peterkin Paul." by John llrownjohn.
Only 81 90 per aunum Ella Farman, Ed
tor. D Lothrop & Co. Pnblishers Boston.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-08
New Rules on the B. & o. r. r.

We ascertain That the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Compafy have introduced some new
rules aud regulations that operate for the ad-
vantage, convenience and comfort o.. employ
ees among them The following: Each engine
has a regular crew Of hands to operate IT,.
when used, nearly all are enabled to make foil
time, as it is aimed to have force employed suf-
fcieDt to do the work, aud no more. At the
eud Of divisions places are to be provided
where employees can rest and be comfortable
while waiting for return trip. One chief grew
ance complained of was being frequently called
mp long before their time for leaving arrived.
This has been remedied by aid Of telegraph, 50
arranged aud systematized that 20 man can be
called more than an hour before his train moves
out. Every employee being called up is al
loved a quarter Of a day time. whether assign
ed to duty or not. When engines are laying
ofi or repairs or necessarily idle, the crew de-
string to go home are entitled 10 passes over
the B. &; o. r. R-Keys'r Tribune.