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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-12-01
A Great Scientific Problem Solved.

Harlem was much excited last winter
over young colored woman who de-
clared that she had snakes in her
stomach. To the many reporters and
physicians who visited her, she gave
garrulous explanations of her sufferings;
she felt the STRINGS of reptile within
her, and at times heard terrible rum
bling and kissing sounds. The myster-
ious tenant was fastidious in its tastes
and protested strongly against certain
articles of food. Several physicians
made an examination of the woman, but
nothing could be learned save that she
was the victim of great internal strife.
Constant anxiety at last wore out her
health, and she died at her home, No.
433 One Hundred and Twentieth street,
yesterday morning. At five p. NJ, Coro-
ner Woltman and Deputy Coroner Cush-
man held a post-mortem examination.
AS the medical men were grouped about
the corpse, said DR.. Demarest solemnly
Zone OF the greatest scientific problems
is about to be solved" The moment
was big with expectation. The skeptics,
however, triumphed. No trace of snake
or animal was found in the stomach. The
woman's sufferings had been caused by
imagination and indigestion l-Ne,O YORK.
Tribune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-12-01

again, and now presented her with the
receipted bill. His face wore pleased
expression.
"How much shall 1 pay you?" asked
Mrs. Whitman, drawing out her pocket
book.
"Nothing. The watch is not de-
faced"
"You have done kind act, sir, " said
Mrs. Whitman, with feeling trembling
along her voice. 81 hope you will not
think unfavorably of my husband. It's
no fault of his that the bill has not been
paid. Good-morning, sir.
Mrs. Whitman drew her veil over her
face, and went, with light steps and
light heart, from the store. The pleas
ure she had experienced ON receiving
her watch was not to be compared with
that now felt in parting with it. From
the jewelers. she went TO the boot
makers and paid the bill of twenty-five
dollars; from thence to the milliner's,
and settled for her last bonnet.
81 know you're dying to see my new
Dress" said Mrs. Whitman, gaily, as
she drew her arm within that of her hus-
band, on his appearance that evening.
"Come over to our bedroom, and let me
show it. Come along! Don't hang
back, Charles, as if You were afraid"
Charles Whitman went with his wife
passively. looking more like man on
his way to receive sentence, than in ex-
pectation of pleasant sight. His
thoughts were bitter.
"Shall my Ada become lost to me ?"
he said in his heart-"lpst to me in a
world of folly, fashion and extrava-
gance ?"
"Sit down, Charles" She led him
to large, cushioned chair. Her man
ner had undergone change. The
brightness of her countenance had de-
parted. She took something, in hur-
ried way, from a drawer, and catching
up q footstool, placed it on the floor
near him, and sitting down, leaned upon
him, and looked tenderly and lovingly
into his face. Then she handed him the
| jewelers. bill.
"It is receipted, you. see" Her
voice futtered little.
"Ada how is this? What does it
mean ?" He flushed and grew eager.
"I returned the watch, and Mr.
r. receipted the bill. would have
paid for damage, but he said it
was uniniured, and asked nothing"
ooh, Ada!"
"And this is isreceipted also; and this"
handing him the other bills which she
had paid. "Aud now, DEAR" she added
quickly, chow do You like my dress ?
Isn't it beautiful ?"
We leave the explanations and scene
that followed to the readers imagina-
tion. If any fair lady, however, who,
like Ada, has been drawing too heavily
upon her husbands slender income, for
silks and jewels, is at loss to realize
the scene, let her try Ada's experiment
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-12-01
Living on Water Forty.tMo Days.

DR.. Tanner, of Minneapolis, MINI,
has lived on water for forty-two days. He
states that he was anxious to prove that
human life could be prolonged without
the use of any nourishment whatever, and
began his fast under the eyes of an asso-
ciate physician, who examined him fire.
queutly and kept record of all the
symptoms. For forty-two days he re
NAMED without food, taking walk every
day in the open air and swallow Of
water whenever inclination prompted.
On the fortieth day he walked out to
Lake Cedar and drank too much cold
water, in consequence of which the action
of his heart was weakened so that not
the faintest trace of pulsation could be
discovered at the wrist. These symp-
toms soon disappeared, and on the last
day of his fast, although he had lost
eighteen pounds in weight, he felt so
strong and well that he was confident
that 4e could hold outfor two weeks
longer On returning to his food he ate
sparingly at first, but soon had to blHnt
the edge Of an enormous appetite.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-12-01
False Hair.

False hair, for ladies' wear, being re-
cogniZed as necessity of modern social
existence, the want must be somehow
supplied. But live hair, hair bought,
to use the technical phrase, son foot u
the hair of girls and women bribed to
submit their locks to the shears-grows
annually scarcer and dearer. When the
modestdemand for tresses was influenced
by few elderly danes in need of wigs,
the supply was easily secured by agents
who bargained with the peasant maids of
Brittany and Auvergne. Paris alone
would now consume all, and more than
all, OF the available capillary crop in
France, and Marseilles. the present CEN
tire of the hair trade, deals with Spain,
the East, and especially the two Sicilies,
for the forty tons of dark hair which she
annually makes up into 60, 900 chignons.
dead hair " has something of sinis-
ter, sepulchral sound; but as without it
the cheap curls, fronts, and chignons
could not be made at the price, it may
be comfortable to know that the original
owners of the raw material are, as likely
as not, alive and we'll. Rag-pickers value
no unconsidered waif and stray of the
street, short of gold ring or silver spoon,
so high as the clotted combings of female
hair, soon to be washed with bran and
potash, carded, sifted, classed, and
sorted. There are, commercially, seven
colors of hair and three degrees of
length. Much dead hair enters into the
cheaper of the 100000 "pieces" annu-
ally made in France. The dearest
chignon costs about 81. 25 in England,
the cheapest fftieth part of that
amount. England Is the best customer,
and close upon her heels comes America.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-12-01
A TattOOed Ambassador.

M: Mamea, secretary of state of the
island of Samoa, recently arrived in San
Francisco on his way to Washington as
ambassador for his country. His APP
pearance is described by a reporter,
who says. Mr.. Mamea is a magnificent
specimen of physical manhood, straight
as an arrow, and about six feet six inches
in hight. A massive head, surrounded
by shock of woolly hair, sits gracefully
upon pair of broad shoulders. He
has a pleasant and smiling face, beam
ing with intelligence and adorned with a
small coarse mustache of the darkest
hue. He converses huently in English
III soft dulcet tones, and has thorough
knowledge of the events of the day. On
the vessel, up to the time of his landing
on our shores, he clung to the native
and primitive garb of his island home.
A colorless shirt descending to the waist,
with primitive cloth attachment, were
the only articles of dress save an extra
breast-pin or two, with which he clothed
his colossal form while iourneying
across the ocean. This garb, however,
has been discarded for black broad
cloth suit that sets of his stalwart frame
and is in fine contrast with his bronze
countenance. His body, from the whist
to the knees, is gem Of the tattooing
art. 1t is completely covered with the
distinctive signs and figures common to
the chiefs and members of the royal
family in the Navigator islands. He is
devout Christian, being convert, and
Bible is his constant companion. II
is, he says, the unanimous wish Of the
natives that this country will guarantee
some protection to them, SO that the in.
creasing and profitable trade between
Samoa and Europe may be turned this
way. tu
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-12-01
CONCERNING LONGEVITY.
The ChRBces n Child Ten Years Old Has
Of Attaining Old Age--An Interesting
TnhIe.

OF Attntnlug Oia AEGEAN Interesting
Table.
Our modern life insurance tables con-
tain very accurate approximations to the
average age attained by civilized man.
kind, and being founded upon the best
attainable statistical information, can be
relied upon. 1t would appear that the
chances of the child who reaches the age
of ten years in fair health for arriving at
the "three-score-and-te designated
By the psalmist as the reasonable limit
of life, are four out of ten !; that is to
say, there are 10000 men and women
alive at seventy years of age out of every
100, 900 who reach the age of ten years.
Only one in that 100000 may expect,
however, to round out Q full century,
although ten may live to see ninety-five
and 100 up to about ninety-three.
One man in every 100 reaches the age
Of ninety. No less than $4,000 attain
sixty-fve, while more than 25,00C
will pass their seventy-fifth year. Al
, eighty-three there are but 10000 left,
nine out of every ten having dropped
out of the ranks. Fully $4,000 souls
alive at ten years of age will see forty.
| four.
The fewest deaths occur between the
ages of twenty five and twenty eight in
elusive, at which period men ani
women should be in the very prime o.
their lives. OF the hundred thousand
$50 will die the first year then the an
nual number of deaths gradually de
clines to 718 between the ages of twenty
five and twenty-eight, after which they
again increase until at fifty-one they
reach 1000 per annum at sixty the,
number over 1,500, at sixty-six more
than 1000, and between the ages o
seventy-three and seventy-four the,
reach their maximum at 2, 500 each year
At seventy-five, there being but 20,00I
of the original hundred thousand re
naming altogether, they commence t,
decline again. At eighty the number o
deaths annually is about 1000; q
eighty seven it is less than a thousand
For the benefit of those curious il
such matters, the following table may b.
of interest, the estimates being base,
upon 100000 children, of either sex
who have reached the age of ten years
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-12-01
1 Would Not, If l Could /!

Iwould not dig my past
Up from its grave of weakness and regret;
Up from its hopes - which glimmered but to
set,
Its dreams that could not last.
Yet can look before,
And profit by the lesson sadly learned;
As children, playing with the fire, are burned,
And tempt its glow no more
would not, il 1 could,
Live DER again this dark uncertain life
This slipping backward in this daily strife
Of reaching after good.
And yet 1 can know how weak
Are all below, and so sweet charity
Will cling and glow about each form see,
And thus to me will speak:
would not open out
The half healed wounds Of other years, long
fled;
'Twere better they were numbered with the
dead
Better than fear or doubt.
Yet can truly say,
Let the dead past bury its dead. We go
So swiftly onward to life's sunset glow
And then, there is no day!
Life is too short to waste
In vain repinings or in weak regrets;
The strongest heart endures and never frets
Ger joys it may not taste.
And he who can go on
Bravely and firmly in the allotted way,
Gaining new strength with every darkened ray
Shall surely reach the dawn.
And so 1 would not lift
Up from the grave the shadows of my past
The clouds that all my sky once overcast
Into the night may drift.
For there's enough to fill
Each hour and moment of the days to come ;
Then wherefore WOO the shadows to our home
The valleys to our hill?
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-12-01

"Did you steal the complainant's
coat ?" asked the magistrate Of a seedy
individual who was arraigned before
him. "I decline 20 crafty the morbid
curiosity of the public by answering
that question: responded the seedy
individual with scornful glance at the
reporter,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-12-01

The deaths average less than one per
cent. per annum of the whole number
up to the age of ffty-one, although
amounting to upwards of ten per cent
of the number surviving after the age
Of forty-one. OF course, thenceforward
the annual percentage of deaths increases
very rapidly until at ninety-three it
amounts to nearly the entire number of
survivors To sum up, modern statistics
would divide the average human life
into three portions of twenty-five years
each, which may be entitled youth, ma
turity and old age.-NeW Haven Beg
lister.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-12-01

"ln the sentence John strikes
William, ," remarked school teacher,
=" what is the object of strikesp "
" Higher wages and less work, prompt
ly replied the intelligent youth.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-12-01

would not dig my past
Up from its grave of weakness and regret;
Up from its hopes - which glimmered but to
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-12-01

There are now 9, ,265 letter carriers en-
ployed in the free delivery service of the
United States.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-29

COMMENTING on the protracted and I'M
seasonable soft weather for the last two
or three weeks, the Chicago Times says:
1.-THE roads In the country everywhere in
the northwest are In an impossible con-
dition because OF the mud, the result be-
ing an embargo on commerce. The
farmers make no effort to reach the rail-
roads with their grain and produce. The
country merchant, deprived OF large
number of customers who pay cash al
this season, is unable to meet his city oh.
legations, and jobbers who have sold on
thirty, sixty, and ninety days are finding
collections Impossible. The city resident,
accustomed to paved streets, can hardly
realize the condition OF clay turnpikes as
ter a month Of moist weather. So lar
from being able to haul load on one OF
them, team of horses would be unable
to make Roadway on most OF them with,
out any burden Whatever. Unless the
present week sboald witness a much
lower degree Of temperature there vii
be . thanklsss Thanksgiving. In the
way Of weather change is necessary.
and the sooner Il Is effected the better
Another fortnight Of RAIN and mud Will
DO more TO cripple business than dozen
bank failures or an assortment OF par
los - ..- sr. ..
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-29

The pre- sident Is In trouble. 1t Is said
that Stanley Matthews has changed his
mind and come to the conclusion that the
presidents "s0uthern policy" is all a
mistake, and that he has urged the pres
sldent to fly the track-.O back, be re-
radicalized, and to join the Conklng and
Edmunds fiction OF the Radical party.
Hayes is In deal OF trouble. aud don't
know what to do. Matthews has been
the PRESIDENTS right hand man, and his
advice and counsel has been sought on
all important questions, and 1t is not Inns
probable his advice will have great weight
in shaping the future course OF the al :,
ministration.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-29
Gte8nueiin
GIVE THANKS.
lysoct AVIATION BY HIS ExcELLKScY, GOV.

ayRocI AVIATION BY HIS ExcELLENcf, COW
CuLLoM.
@M STATE OF ILLINOIS,
ExEcuTIvE DEPARTMENT.
1, shelby M. Cullom, governor OF the
,tste Of Illinois, do appoint Thursday,
the 2olh day Of November, as a day OF
Thanksgiving. This purely nationa! ies'
tiyal, which originated with the Pilgrim
Fathers, is entitled to the respect and OBJ
servance OF oil good citizens, as arecogni-
non Of the experimenting providence OF
Almighty God, and an expression OF our
thankiulness to HIM for His bountiipl
goodness to us AS people.
Not in spirit OF Boosting, nor with
out 4 deep sense of sympathy for the ma
tions 70 severely afflicted, II may Increase
our gratitude to remember the condl.
ton Of India, stricken with famine, OF
Russia and Turkey, devastated by war,
and Of France, torn with fierce internal
diesentiOns. From these evils We have
bean delivered; while our civil and reli'
Rious privileges, the general good health
Of the people, our magnificent crops,
and the Consequent improved condition
of all business interests, afford rs abnn-
dant occasion for positive rejoicing.
/, therefore, call upon the citizens OF H.
linois to assemble in their places OF feli'
Gious worship, and around their tables
and fresides, to make this a holiday, a
day Of rest and OF iestiyity, not forgetting
uproper religious observance, but above
all, q day tor the re-asaembllng OF scat
tered kindred, In order to the closet knit.
ting Of those domestic ties which are the
pledge and ground of national union and
prosperity.
In testimony whereof, have here'into
set my hand aud caused the seal OF the
state to be affixed.
Done atthe city of Springfield, the sec
ond day OF November. A. D. 1877.
1888 s. M. CCLLoM, Governor.
BY the Governor.
GEO. II. HARLOW, Secretary OF State.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-29
The Hardwood strife Faded

The coal miners strike in Braldwood
il at last at an end, the strikers having on
the 23d accepted the terms offered hy
the companies. Those Of the late strikers
who are re.employei are 10 receive their
bach pay withbs twenty lays, and those
for whom there il no work Immediately
are to be paid their back wages within
FIVE days. At the miners union meeting
on the 23d, the frat ballot on accepting
the terms resulted in 2O0yOtcs againstac.
cepting, to $50 in favor OF resuming
work. Then the latter number arose in
o body aud ayowed their intention and
determination OF going to work, regard
less OF consequences. This had the effect
of bringing about a second ballot, which
resulted unanimously in favor OF accept
ing the profierea terms and resuning
work mt once A car load Of negro black
leg miners arrived ut Braidwood, but
they will, Of course, be shipped home I'm,
msdiately, In view Of the happy result OF
the proceedings.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-29

year, take it, however, that this pro-
duction could be largely increased iftlie
demand tor silver became very pressing.
The undcveloped resources OF the United
States In regurd to that metal are not un-
derstood over here. But, under any cir
eumstsnces. / am not going to believe
that American Government bonds VIII be
trifed with, or that either the home or
foreign creditor of the Republic will
be deirauded OF cent that belongs to
him. Ihave put this view forward for
many years now, aud at some very try
ing periods--as between lSGi-65. for inst
anee-a ana shall not give II ND till see
much graver reaon for so doing than
there IL "a present
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-29

Hons. "Billy" Smith and JOHN II. Oh
erly gave us a call the Other n', and Tor
a large number OF fleeting moments al
forwards the Monitor Office WAS filled
with the musical echoes Of their laugh.
Had Governor Cull0m rakod the State
with line tooth comb he could not have
gathered more unadnltera,ed good hi,
nor than the majority Of his railroad and
warehouse commissioners possess. Obs
erly's story, with Billy Smiths laugh,
would bankrupt a circus il brought in
competition.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-29

To careless lockers on from the gale.
ries there was nothing Of unusual inter
est occurring on last Wednesday in the
American House Of Lords. True the IA
nous Senator Ben Hill was making a
speech ON the Kellogg VS.. Spoirord and
Corbin VS.. Butler cases, and he was lis.
tened to very attcntlvely by the Demo.
cratic senators Who filled their seats in
the closest order. The Republican svna-.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-29

THE total vote cast at the recent elec~
ton in this state was $3.50. ls9. Ofthis
number S2,242 votes were cast Tor the ap-
preparation to complete the new state
house, and 2Oi, $50 against the appropria>
ton; majority against the appropriation,
ls4,329.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-29

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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-29

WARRINGTON dispatches declare that
the treatment Patterson has received at
the hands OF his Radical brethren has so
imbettersd him that he has announced his
intention to vote tor the admission of
Spofford, and against Kellogg.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-29

REPUBLICANS have commenced to de-
nounce Senator David Davis for the past
he has taken In the contest for the con
troll Of the Senate. Senator Davis has
voted with the Democrats on all impOr
tant political questions.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-29
LEGAL NOTICE

J. hereby given 10 Joshua G.. Hall as admins
traitor dc bonis non Of the estate of Hosea Clark,
deceased, and Edwin Brainard OF the tendency,
in the Circuit Court Of Alexander county, HI
nois, Off bill in chancery TO ioreclose q mort.
gage, wherein You, together with, Chaano"y N.
Siipman, Louisa y. shipman, Joseph w.
Drexel and Charles Edward Tracy, as Receiv-
ers Of the Cairo and Vincennes railroad and the
Cairo and Vine nnes railroad company are de-
iendants, and Charles e. H0lten, AS Receiver OF
OF 1.-THE Mutual Lille Insurance Company" OF
Chicago, 10 complainant and that the summons
in said cause is returnable on the first day OF the
the January term, A. ID. 1875 of said Court to
be holden III the Court llouse, in the city of
Cairo, in said county, on the first Monday Oh
said month. Dated Nov. 9TH, 1871.
JOHN a. REEVE, Clerk of said Court.
SAMUEL T.. WHEELER, Solicitor OF Complaint.
dow.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-29

Mr.. Hill talked on and on, and The gal
leries listened anxi0usly Tor the rash
bursts of eloquence Tor which he is fam
Gus; but there was not spark OF fire in
any thereof he said. He had evidently
no intention OF repeating the blunder OF
his amnesty historic. 10 was his first
speech in the Senate, or, at least, In the
United States Senate, but he spoke eX-
temporaneously. without notes, and with
a little embarrassment as ii he were at
home again in the Confederate Senate,
or before Georgia cOnrt, In all that he
says Mr.. Hill has the perfect reliant,
though unobtFuslye pOise Of more con-
cious but not vain OF pccrshlp with the
ahlest.
Twice
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-29

tors paid little attentlonto the remarks
Of the peer from Georgia; senator Con-
king especially seemed studiously' mat
tentive, but It is characteristic OF this
senator TO treat as "trifes light as air.