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The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1877-01-02
A FooI.hardy Man Goes to sleep
with q Boa-Constrtetor.

Sam Johnson, OF this city, formerly
a Deputy Constable, came very near
losing bis life lately, and il he had
there would have been a general ex-
preston that be tempted his fate by an
exhibition OF singular fool-hardiness
and strange contempt OF the most or
dinary prudence. For some time John
son had the care Of an immense snake
OF the boa-constrictor species. This
sweet boon was left in Johnson's charge
by the proprietor OF one OF the side
shows that was with Howe's circus on
its late visit TO this place. The snake
had been sick, and fearing IL would die
il il was carted about from place to
place. its owner made an arrangement
with Johnson TO take care OF it till such
time as il should be sent for to again
appear in the exhibition. Sam has
paid all needed attention to his snake
ship, and the huge boa has quite re
covered from his illness under his con.
siderate and careful attention. john
son had tried to establish friendly Ie-
lations with the snake, and fattered
himself that he had succeeded very
well. Two or three nights ago, when
the weather turned so suddenly and
severely cold, johnson found that the
boa was benumbed with cold and ap-
parently half dead. With a strange
disregard Of consequences he took the
half frozen snake from its box, and
placed ii in his own warm bed from
which he had risen. He then returned
to bed. intending when the snake
should revive from its chilled and be-
numbed condition 10 replace il in the
box. Unfortunately johnson fell into n
doze and then into deep sleep. From
his sound slumber he was awakened by
a horrible sense Of suffocation about
his chest. He awoke to find himself in
the terrible coils OF the boa-constrictor
which had been warmed into life and
fury in Johnson's bed. The unfortu-
nate man comprehended in an instant
his fearful danger. Ureat drops Of
sweat started to his brow rs in an
agony OF horror he realized the nature
Of his peril. With the energy Of de-
spair he erasped the snake with both
hands. aud with almost superhumsn
strength, and in a manner he can
scarcely recall, succeeded at last in un.
coiling its hateful folds from bis body.
dragged the struggling boa 10 it's boz
aud safely secured IL IN its old quar-.
ters. A severe nervous attack succeed.
ed the flight aud horror the strange
combat had occasioned, aud not anoth.
or wink did Johnson sleep that night
He can congratulate himself that he
escaped so easily. and that his sense.
less temerity did not receive the pun.
ishment it jnviied.-Kansas City mo-
I Times
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TIE s.TRUE INTENT AND MEAN
ING.v
10 The Editor Of tbe New York Times

To the Editor Of the New York Times
The true intent and meaning Of the
oft-quoted Constitutional command,
"The President OF the Senate shall, in
the presence Of the Senate and House
OF Representatives, open all the certifi-
Gates, and the votes shall be counted" J"
must be deduced from contemporane-
ous precedent, assimilation with other
legal commands, and construction.
PREsrpESr.--Mr. Lincoln, in his IA
nous Cooper Institute speech, over
threw Douglas claim that the trainers
Of the Constitution were pro-slavery,
by citing their anti-slavery acts as pub
lie men afterward. When at the very
first Presidention election of the Senate
unanimously resolved 20 elect Presi-
dent of the Senate, for ''the sole pur-
pose Of opening and counting" the
Presidential vote, they overthrew, by
this earliest precedent, the latter-day
argument that il was not intended that
that officer should count the votes he
alone could open:
AssrMILArIoS.- The law requires a
deed of land TO be signed Gin presence
of witnesses What forp That il
should be n public act-not done in n
corner, out OF sight. But those 'in
presence Of" whcm m il is executed have
nothing to do with the land, the title,
or the consideration. They are the
witnesses of the act. as the two houses
are of the opening and counting.
CONSTRUCTION. the trainers OF the
Constitution intended that Congress
should have authority over the Presi-
dent of the Senate as 10 his official act,
they understood the force OF positive
language too well TO have leJt IL to be
guessed at or quarreled over. To add
"with their concurrence" or words To
that effect, would have settled ii. That
they omitted any such words. and al
Isded TO them only az witnesses, ex'
cludes any conclusion that they intend
ed them to have any controlling power
over the officer named by them.
SCHUYLER CoLrAx.
South Bend, Ind, Dec, 1876.
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Kate Claxton, who escaped from the
Brooklyn disaster, says there never was
a braver man on earth than Studley.
He stood by me cool and collected as
the best man OF the Six Hundred, and
kept the falling fire off me. When the
flames swept upon us and fight was
imperative and no good was TO be done
by staying, i gathered my petticost
firmly in each hand. and fought the
fire from me AS I dashed through il.
L stopped only once and that was to
see poor Murdoch, and try TO drag him
of but he was pulled away from me.
Then i fought my way through with
that wooden petticoat; it was my saliva
ton. / either heard Maud Harrison in
her room and got her out or met her
at the door of il. Then / remembered
the underground passage TO the box
Office, and went for il, for the burning
stage began to fall on us. The horror
OF few minutes in that dark place
only wide enough for one to pass at q
time-is indesci liable. / knew that
the door at the end was usually locked.
and might be now; but the good provi-
dence that directs even the fall OF the
sparrow made n whim of mine the
means OF our escape. In the morning
of that dreadful day, merely for fun, /
had insisted on having the door OPEN
ing from the box Office to this passage
way unlocked, and went through il to
my dressing room instead OF going
round 10 the stage door. The key was
reluctantly given 10 my agent, Mr..
Stanley McKenna, with many injuuc-
tions TO lock the door behind him. He
promised TO do so, but dropped the
key into his pocket instead Of putting
IL in the door on the inside, AZ he
should have done. he says that his
fingers we're cold, and when he put
them in his pockets he vowed he
wouldn't take them out for all the keys
in Brooklyn. Those cold fingers OF
Gods mercy saved our lives, for after
we stumbled through that passage and
mp the stairs the door yielded and we
tnmbled into the box Office. The
/ smoke was suffocating.
Beyond the Office were the crowd
treading over each other. i gathered
that dear old WOODEN skirt around me
clutched il in one hand so as to have
my limbs free, gave 10 n twist, n tucb
that turned il almost girdle, and
leaped from shoulder TO shoulder oi
the packed and sitting crowd. liter
ally walked on their heads, or rather
sprang from one point OF vantage u
the other over living mass OF surgise
human beings. IL seemed 10 me thar
in three leaps was in the street,
New York Sun.
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There is bill collector in Virginia
who knows thing or two. When he
drops in on q Republican, he remarks I:
"Well, they've settled il finally"
"How's that?"
"Tilden gives up the fight Enter
prise just got the dispatch and so did
the Chronicle"
GOOD enough. Hurrah for Hsyesi"
Jumps around the room and yells).
"By the way. I've got . little bill
Of forty-five dollars against you"
"All right; just receipt IL, and here's
your coin. Ill pay anv mau forty-five
dollars for such good news as that
Now Ill 90 out and collect my bets.
exit Republican in . state OF hilarity
to collect 1856 bet on Hayes
The bill collector now reaches Til
den man, and opens mp as follows:
well, Hayes gives IL mp. Whole
thing settled"
Bully for our side; knew II all
along"
1--WE got little bill here-2G3. 80. "
Pass u right over; here's the coin.
Ill win five times as much. Guess III
GO ont and collect my bets" exit
Tilden Democrat 10 rake in his lucre. =
Virginia (Nev.) Chronicle.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1877-01-02

The Losses OF life and Property ON
the Lakes During 1870.

DETROIT, Dec. 23.-Capt. J. w. Hall
who has just prepared the marine sta
tistics OF 1876. places the number Of
lake disasters at GAO; valuation OF prop
erty lost, s1,173. .260 losses OF timber
RATS on lakes latter amounting TO
about l0l. 900; greatest losses during
any month was September, amounting
to S276. 1873; number of Disasters this
year All less than in 1875 total mum.
Der of deaths, either on board ship or
on shore. among seamen i55. OF which
number 80 were vessel masters, Ia
we're lost by foupdored vessels, 81
drowned, 25 died on shore; IL we're
killed accidentally, 2 murdered, 2 com-
mittcd suicide, aud found dead. The
new tonnage amounts to 7.46i, Q fall
ing of from 1875 OF II, SIT tons. Lost
tonnage amounts 10 $500 tons; an ex.
cess over the new tonnage Of 1855
tons. Financially, the season OF 1870
In the worst on record.
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A MODEL QUEEN.

The day may not be far distant when
we, in this free country, shall be called
upon to receive temperance mission
airy sent to us by the Queen Of NADIA
gascar. The following proclamation to
her subjects will show what this dis
tinguished woman is doing at home:
al, Ranovalomanjaka by the grace
of God and will of my people, Queen
of Madagascar, defender OF the laws of
nv kingdom. And this is what say
TO you, my subjects. God has given
me this land and kingdom, and CON-
cerning the ram, oh my subjects, You
and have agreed that 1t shall not be
sold in Antananarivo or in the district
in which it was agreed il should not be
sold Hmerina, the central province.
Therefore 1 remind you OF this again,
because the rum does harm TO your
persons, spends your possessions in
vain, harms your wives and children,
makes foolish the wise, makes moro
foolish the foolish, Qiterally, gives
heart to the foolish), and causes people
not to fear the laws OF the kingdom.
and especially makes them guilty be-
fore God.
"All this shows the rum TO be bad
thing to have at Antananarivo, for at
night (under its inhuence) people go
about with clubs to fight, and they
fight each other without cause. and
stone each other; therefore, why do
you love it, OH my people? But I tell
YOU that trade in good things, by
which you can earn money, makes me
very glad indeed /; oh my people. IL
you trade in rum or employ people to
trade in il, here in Antananarivo. or in
the district spoken of above, then, sc-
cording 10 the laws which were made
formerly, consider you to be guilty.
because I am not ashamed TO make
laws in my kingdom which shall do you
good. Therefore, I tell you that IL
there arc people who break my laws
then must punish them. Is not this
so, oh nv people? sayes Ranovalo-
mapjaks. Queen of Madagascar, An
gust 9Th, 1876"
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VEGETINE
Purifies the Blood. Renovatcs md
Invigorates the whole system.
ITS MEDICAL PROPERTIES ARE
ALTERATlvE, TONIC, SOLVENT
AND DIRETlC.

yegetine ie made exclusively from the juice
OF carefully-selected barks, roots and herbs, anc
so strongly concentrated, that IL will efectually
eradicate from the system every taint OF ScRoFu
la. scR R)yuLous HuNoRs, TuNoRs. CANCER, CAN
cRkors huhoR. ERYsiPELAs, SALT RAKuM. sY
rHfLITIc DIsRAsEs, CAsKER, FAMrsEss at the
STOMACH. and all diseases that arise from impure
bleod. sciatlca, InHamRatory and Chronic
rheumatism, Neuralgia, Gout and Spinal Com
paints, can only be erectualy cured through
the blood.
For Ulcers and Eruptive diseases OF the skin
Pustues. Pimples, Blotches, Boils, letter, Scald-
head and Ringworm. VR0ETISR has never failed
10 effect permanent cure
For Pains In the Back, Kidney Complaints.
Dropsy, Female Weakness, Leucorrh9a, arising
from Internal liberation, and uterine diseases
and General Debility, vEoErTsK acts directly mp
on the causes OF these complaints. IL invigor-
ates and strengthens the whole system, acts up
on the secretive organs, allays Inflammation,
cures liberation and regulates the bowels.
For CATARAB, DYSPEPSIA, HABITrAL CosrTyk-
MISS, PALPTTATIos OF the HEART, HEkDAcHBs.
Pills, Nervousness and GENERAL PRosTHATIoS
OF the NERVOUS SYSTEM, no medicine has ever
given such perfect satisfaction as the vEGKTfsE.
II psrines the blood, cleanses all OF the organs,
and possesses controlling power over the ner-
yous system.
The remarkable cures effected BY vBoyTIsE
have induced many physicians and apothecar,es
whom we know TO prescribe and use II In theif
own families.
fact, vEoxrrSr Is the best remedy yet dis
covered for the above diseases, and Is the only
reliable BLOOD PURIFIER yet placed before
the public.
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How sn. HELPED Him out.

"I hardly know what kind Of an Of
fering to make You for the coming
Christmas" fondly lisped young Chi
caso fellow 10 his true love, in her
fathers parlor. one evening this week.
"You don't ?" said she.
"No," said be.
A pause OF several moments here
took place. when she suddenly lay her
little head upon his shoulder and MUIR
mured:
.'Ye., dear" ."he replied, Il can't con.
trive what kind Of one 10 make you"
..Ah-hcr," said she, clearing her
throat. And then she purlcd forth in
silvery, cooling notes.:
Edward, dear, w-wouidnt an-an
engagement ring b-be an offer-riner 2
II was an awfal thing to do what she
did. but be didn't seem TO care for
that he was so glad-and, besides,
it's leap-yesr yet.-Chicago Journal.
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For stornachs Out of Order.

No medicine will 40 eGectually improve the
tone Of the stomach as these Pills; they remove
all acidity occasioned either by intempeIance or
Improper dist. They reach the liver and reduce
10 TO healthy action; they are wonderfully en-
caci0us 10 eases % spssm-in fact they never fan
10 curing all disorders Of tue liver aud stomach.
The word for the following diseases; Ague, Asth-
ma. Bilious Compls'Ste, Bioiches on the SKIN,
Bowels, CoBsumption. Dehllty, Dropsy, Dysen-
al kinds, fits. Gout, Headache, Indigestion, In
iamnation, Jsundice, Liver Compisinis. Lum-
hago, Piles, rheumatism. Retention OF Urine,
Scrofnla or Kings Evfl, Sore Throat stone and
Gravel, Tic-Douioureaux, Tgmors, UlceD,
Worms OF all kinds, wesknsss from any cause.
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MARK THESE FACTS.
The Testimony of the whole world.
RoLLOWAY'S PILLS.

81 had no appetite; Holloways Pills gave me
hearty one"
"Yoar Pills are marvelous.-
az send for another box, and keep ihem In the
house"
"Dr Holloway has cured my headache that was
chronic"
81 gave one Of your Pins 20 my babe for ehole-
day.
any nausea OF O morning In now cured "
"Your sox of Holloways Ointment cured me
Of noises In the head. j rubbed some Of your
Ointment behind the ears, and the noise has lei
"send me Two boxes; want one for poor
family"
81 enclose q dollar; your price is % cents. but
the medicine 20 me is worth q dollar"
"Send me eve boxes OF your Pills"
"Let me have three boxes Of your Pills by re-
turn mail, for Chills and Fever
have over 30 such testimonials as these, but
want OF space compels me 70 conclude.
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we'll remember those nights last
winter on the force bill, when Randall
and Butler fought the battle single
handed, so 10 speak. for they alone
"stuck, while a majority of the other
members. on both sides, went home "a
bed. Butler sat on n chair with bis
feet on the desk, chewing an unlit ci.
gar and twirling his thumbs, and Sam
Randall was, during intervals OF read.
ing the papers end writing letters, seek.
ing solace from a blue-patterned ohina
teapot, with cup and saucer TO match.
Il Washington Correspondent Boston
Journal OF Commerce,
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IMPORTANT CAUTION.

None are genuine unless the signature a. J.
HAYpocK, a. agent for the United States. sur
rounds each boz of Pills. aud Ointment A
lection OF any party OF paries c0unferfeitipg the
medicines or vending the same, knowing them
10 be spurious.
...sold st the msnufactory Of Professor BoI,
towAY A CO.. View York, eDd by al respectable
frn ygists and deslers In medicine throughout
the civilized word, IN boxes st % cents, 81 ceuts
srd NJ each.
y Thsrs "a conkidsrsbis saving By taking tie
larger sizeA
y B.-Dlrecssons for the guidance of patient,
IN every disorder are anixed 20 each boz.
office, II9 Liberty street, new YORK..
(nov3iTG
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EIEIEEN MONTHS for Sd.

scribner for December, now ready, and when
contains the opening chapters % nicholas
Mnt1rn." viii be read with eager curiosity and
interest. Perhaps no more reliable number q
fhis tnaoazine mas yet been issued. 2 he three
mum pers ~ ScrDIer for Angus,, September, and
Ocfo ler containing the opening chapters Of
sThat Lass oLowries," viii be given 70 every
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scheack's Pulmenic syvup Ger the
cure Of Consumpsien,C Ceughs
and Colds.

The great virtue OF this medicine IL that n r.
pens the matter and throws it out Of the system,
purines the blood, aud thus effects cure.
ScuKScKs SEA WEED Tonic, ron TIE CURE
OF DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, &c.
The Tonic produces Q healthy action OF the
stomach creating an appetite, forming chye. and
curing the most obstinate cases OF Indigestion.
scHKScKs MANDRAKE PILLS. roR THE CURE
or LIVER COMPLAINT, &C.
These Pulls are Alternative. and produce heal
thy action Of the liver without the least danger.
as they are free from calomel, and yet more en-
cacious IN restoring healthy action OF the liver.
These remedies are a certain cure for CoRsump-
ton, as the Pulmonc Syrup ripens the matter
and purines the blood. The Mandrake Pills act
upon the liver, create healthy bile, and remove
al diseases OF the liver, often q cause OF Con-
sumption. The Sea Weed Tonic gives tone and
strength TO the stomach, makes good digestion
and enables the organs 70 form good blood; and
TINS creates n healthy circulation OF healthy
blood. The combined action OF these medicines,
as thus explained will cure every case OF Con-
sumption. n taken In time, and the use OF the
medicines persevered In
Dr. Schenck Is professionally at his principal
oflice, corner SIXTH and ARsH Srs., Philadelphia,
every Monday, where ell letters for advice must
be addressed. noy2lTe
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The Black Sea being entirely closed
by ice in the latter days Of November.
an immense feet. consisting Of lighters
laden with wheat, il detained in the
Russian ports, aud many Of these ves-
sells we're considered in no small dan.
ger at The latest dates. IL il reported
as very likely that a large supply Of
grain 10 the British markets being Thus
cut or there must be n considerable
importation OF wheat end -four from
the United States
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as, ,1o7, ,652
Showing the excess in shipments
from the river this year to have been
@, 639, ,007 feet over 1874 and 10, 1875, ,50i
feet over those OF last year. Adding
80, 600, 900 feet for through clearances,
and the total lumber shipments from
the river by lake for the season were
eos, ,346, ,659 feet.
Lumber has ranged IN price from
$3.50. 50 and s2S TO 60, s12 aud $50.
Good judges, however. are Of the opin-
ion that an average price for all lumber
shipped would be S5. %, gil 80 and $50.
There has been vast amount OF lum-
Der sold at figures above, but that sold
at figures below reduces the average.
Estimating that of the lumber shipped
IL per cent would be uppers, 20 per
cent common and Is per cent culls(th
per cent OF uppers is in excess of pre-
vious years on account OF the efforts
made to secure good logs, while the
per cent of culls is also increased on
account of the "close skinning" Of the
pine lands where lumbermen operated)
and We find that tho average price of
all OF the lumber shipped from the riv-
er would be gil. .25 per M. At this e.
CURE the Dos, ,3i6, $50 feet which were
shipped would represent the sum of
sc, 03S, ,944 10.
The amount OF lath forwarded from
the river for the three years last past
was as follows:
.......''.'.............. 1850 700
is.o.. ..................'..'. ss,e9.,eoo
b,I4s, 80
discrepancy this year Of 1880, $50
pieces as compared with last year, and
Is, 416, $50 pieces as compared with
1874. OF the discrepancy this year as
compared with last, 10, $40, $50 is charg-
cable to Bay City and 2,3l0, 100 to Sag
inaw.
The shipments OF shingles from the
river for the three years named were:
lsIt..................... 1900. s9,ie4.soo
lslo..................s .............. llI,ssxo0O
le1O....... lOo, ,EfbOoo
Showing a discrepancy this year OF
IL, ,0S9, ,450 as compared with last year.
OF this discrepancy Z, 1913, 100 is charge
able to Saginaw and 3,l96,S50 to Bay
City.
The shipments OF slaves from the
three years last past were:
ls74................... ................ t.e6so6s
lsIo.....s.... .........-................ SllS.II
ls'o........-.. LzofxUS
The hoop shipments from the river
amounted this season to IL. .S0l, 900, all
OF which Except part OF one cargo to
Cleveland, 10000 went from Bay City.
Total from river this year........ lI,soi coo
Total from river risIt............. 80. I5,esoooo
Being an increase OF nearly. 2, ,000, 600
this year over last, and q decrease OF
nearly 5000, 1000 as compared with
1874.
The salt shipments we're l,045, 755
barrels, all but about sc, 900 barrels of
which were by lake. The total COM
modities forwarded represent q value
of about $1,000. 900.
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HOLLOwAY'S PILLS
Invariably cure the following diseases:
Disorder Of the Kidneys.

In all diseases affecting these organs, whether
they secrete too much or too little water; OF
whether they be af1icte1 by stone or gravel, oi
with aches and pains settled VI the ioips over the
regions Of the Kidneys, these Pills should be ts
ken according 10 the printed directions, snd the
Ointment should be well rubbed into the small OF
the back at bed time. This treatment will give
almost immediate relief when al other mesnI
have failed.
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The total number OF vessels which
entered the ports Of the British Isles
during the year 1874 is officially report
ed as 50, S5l, measuring 23,36e, $40
tons. These figures, compared with
the returns Of is73, show a loss Of 64s
vessels, but gain OF 500. $50 tons, the
gain Of the tonnage appearing chiefly
In stear navigation. The total num-
her Of vessels that entered from the
United States during the year 1874
amounted 10 4.O6s vessels, measuring
$500, ,249 tons, aud OF those that clear
ed for this country to 2,773 vessels,
measuring Z, SOC, 251 tons, being q gain
OF 656 vessels and 4S9, ,09l tons in the
entries, and loss Of AL vessels and
22S. .452 tons, as compared with the
shipping returns OF the preceding year.
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One Of the most modern authorities
on mental arrangement records II as q
etartling fact, not n mere rumor, that
over 10, 900 persons Of unsound mind
are confined in iunatic asylums in the
United States, driven mad from over
excitemen, NJ spirituslism. In'anity
from this cause IL aiso now very reva-
lent In England, and 1, ipcreasias day
by day,