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The Morning herald., 1877-09-25
From the Earlies Ags.

SCROFULA has been the bane, and as 1t
were, the curse of mankind Moses, in the
18th chapter of Levitieus, lays down very
explicit rules on this disease. So terrible
and loathsome had II been considered then
that a person known to be infected with ii
would not be allowed tt mlx with society
The Jews regarded it as divine infliction
and believed there was no cure for 1t. 1t
was then the sins Ofa youth or a diviation
from the paths OF virtue were punished as
long as life tasted. happily In our day.
the sience OF medicine has been developed
the great storehouse of MAJ ure furnishes
remedy the disease is stripped of its ter
ror by the use OF the SA MA RITAN'S ROOT
AND HERB JUICES, and the victim OF
Ulcers, Sores, Pimples, Blotches,
litter, etc, can be restored to sound health
in a few weeks. That there are thousands
now whose conditions are as bad as those
OF the dark ages we are well aware. Many
now fail to find cure as we'll as they did
then, To all such the Samaritan's Root
and Herb Juices will prove happy boon,
eradicating all impurities from tie blood,
and making the complexion bright and
healthy. A few bottles VIII remove pim-
pies or blotches, thereby doing away with
cosmetics ana powders ROOT ANDHERB
JUICES Sl.25 per bottle Sent by express
TO any address:
DESMOND & CO.,
9l5 Racestreet. Philadelphia, Pa
The Morning herald., 1877-09-25
A CASE OF ..BlTER BIT"

| A very ingenious swindle was recently
| attempted 10 England, and appears to hsv'
been in some measure successful. Al
| Christmas time, when everybody was CIV
ing or expecting presents, there went to
hundreds of country parsonages hamper
of wine. accompanied by no indication OF
the name of the generous donor, and the
recipients were of course placed in delight
fal uncertainty as to which Of their rela'
tives they ought 10 thank for the gift. The
mystery, however, did not last long. In
due course there came a circular letter,
which purported to have been sent out
before the wine was despatched, and which
stated that the hamper was sample to be
returned if not wanted, and to be charged
if not returned by specified date, which
date, of course, had passed by before the
disagreeable announcement came. How
many clergymen Mr.. A. Fielding took in
by this procedure cannot be said, but he did
not take in the Vicar Of Eppipg, the Rev.
F. Winslow, for when in due course-as
honest readers will be glad to know-Mr
A. Fielding failed for 6s. Sd. in the pound,
and the assignee dunned the clergyman,
the clergyman replied thus:-"As you are
the manager and receiver of the estate, ]
shall be obliged by your putting my name
down as creditor for the amount Of 70.
3d., which is due me according to the sub
Joined statement:-W -Warehousing a case Of
wine for six months, G.; porterage, 3s.
legal expenses-consulting solicitor as 70
liability, &c.-6s. 3d.; e5 9s. Sd. Less
one dozen of wine (Rurgundy), e. 2s.;
due to Rev. F. Winslow, Is. Sd. Being a
teetotaler. have not had the pleasure of
tasting Mr.. Fieldiug's wine, and SO can
give ne opinion as 10 its quality. l ac'
cept your estimate of lis value. l must,
however, express my verv warm iudigna-
ton at the sharp practice to which, in
conjunction with SO many Of my brother
clergy men, have been subjected. As far
as am concerned ia this matter, must
own 10 slight feeling of consolation that
it is a case of 'birer Bit"
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kets Of Zanzibar, and we're sent thence to
the interior to be exchanged for ivory.
gold and other articles. But the west
coast is far more accessible to US than
Zanzibar, and an American steam hotilla
on the Congo would very quickly make a
market for considerable amount Of our
own manufactures, while American enter
prise might reap fortunes by careful
commercial exploration Of that great un-
known interior which Mr.. Stanley's cour-
age has now for the first time made scces-
sihIe
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the CONGO.

The Congo River is, in fact, as Stanley
has traced it, the Mississippi or Amazon Of
Africa. 1t opens the continent. 1t is the
key to the commerce Of vast region. Its
navigation is, to be sure, not unobstructed,
but the falls and rapids where it breaks
through the coast range, and the other
falls near the Equator-the principal
breaks in its course, so far as We yet know
will prove but slight obstacles to enter.
prising traders provided with competent
capital. 1t is certain that the course of
exploration in Central Africa will hence
forth be from the western coast eastward,
end it is highly probable that within
year one or more thoroughly fitted com.
mercial exploring PARTIES will ascend the
Congo. Tne lower falls probably mark
the limits of the unhealthy legion; above
that comes an elevated tableland, on which
Europeans may expect to live with difi-
cultv. The heart of Africa may thus u, :.
doubtedly be reached by steamboats,, and,
As Stanley reports tba. the Upper Congo
has several large afluent', it is probable
that vast region lies open now to mercap-
tie adventure. The fact that the Cppe.
Congo drains densely wooded regi, L
gives additional promise of pa.urally fel
tile region, which may be expected tc
make important additions TO The commerce
of the world within very few years. We
trust American epterp ise will no. b. be-
hindhand in the effort to make use Of this
new region. The time was, before II {
W., when American cotton goods and
other products we're favorites in the mar
The Morning herald., 1877-09-25
THE 0IGARETTE.

Inasmuch as many millions OF people
are in the habit Of smoking cigarettes, and
A, the use Of tobacco in this form has OF
late years spread rapidly,in this country,
the subject is one Of Importance. In Rus
sia. in France, in Turkey. in the East, in
Soain and in the countries peopled by the
Spsuiards. cigarettes are smoked by nearly
all the men and by some of the women.
Cigars and pipes are little used, and as for
the chewing of tobacco, that is tabooed by
all people Of good taste, Of whatever race
Now, is the cigarette injurious? OF
course it is, and so, to degree, are all the
forms of tobacco smoking; but to people
of weak lungs or Of tendency to bron-
chi.l troubles the cigarette is worse than
the pipe or cigar, for the habit of large
part of cigarette smokers is to inhale the
smoke and blow it out after it has reached
the lungs. The practice, indeed, is bad
for any one, however perfect he may be
physically.
OF cigarettes, taken as whole, the most
Injurious are those made at Havana. We
should advise people to be beward Of CT.
sarettes made in Havana. The French are
better, and the Russians better still.
Those made in the United States are very
good.
But if a man will smoke cigaretses, We
advise him to make them for himself, as he
can easily do after he acquires the knack.
If he does that let him procure the Papier
Persan, of French manufacture, sold in
little books. When this paper is burned,
there is left only minute quantity Of
ashes. The proper tobacco to obtain is
that known as the Caporal. By making
your own cigarettes you can get good pa
per, and also avoid the paste used in so
many of those bought.
The great trouble about cigarette smok'
ing is 30 many addicted to the habit inhale
the smoke. This is bad. The absorption
of the nicotine of tobacco BY the mucous
membrane Of the lungs and bronchial tubes
is much more immediate than that by the
mucous membrane of the mouth and lips,
and the consequence is that the inhalation
Of tobacco smoked by people in anywise
weak in the lungs or bronchia is very dan
serous. One thing, However, may be said
in favor Of cigarettes-that the paper pro,
tects the lips from actual contact with the
tobacco, and thus helps to ward off sor
Of disease Of the lips and mouth which
sometimes aftlicts cigar smokers. Bu
there always lies against them the objec-
ton that, being cheap and ready at hand
there is a temptation to consume too man,
of them.
We hope our civil correspondents now
know all about cigarettes but we war;
them that in whatever form they use to.
bacco, they invite trouble Of the nerves
and that moderation there, az elsewhere,
the rule Of tie philosopher.
The Morning herald., 1877-09-25
ICE CREAM AND FRUIT

Kyle the well known ana popular dealer
in ice cream. confectionery. cakes and
fruits, l. now at his accustomed stall in the
new second Street Market House. where
he will dispense these luxuries during the
hot season. With his usual urbanity and
well known politeness and CHEEKY good hu
~ and do his utmost to lessen the burden,
Of life by doing the square thing to all his
fellow men, He will also supply parties
and pic mics with ice cream, and orders can
be left either athis stall or at his house,
north east corner ofSi xth and Orange street.
mayl56m
The Morning herald., 1877-09-25
MEDICINAL.

nR. FITLEk'S yEHETABLE RHEU.
- MATIC REMEDY is the perscrip.
tion OF one of PhiladeIphias eldest physi-
cians and is guaran eed to cure rheuma.
tisnI, neuralgia, sciatica, pain, Backache
&C., or money refunded, by invigorating
the nerves. purifying the blood, and neu-
tralizing poisonous deposits In the system,
By merit it has become standard medi
cine, Suffer1pg and money saved by useing
it IN time. Remember that DR.. Filter is
the only physician in America devoting
40 years to this one line of practice. Cure
warranted, Advice gratis. As South Fourth
street.
The Morning herald., 1877-09-25
e. F. kunkel's ustral 4 e, F,
kunkeFs Shampoo for
the Hair.

The best and cheapest Hair Dressing and
Hair Cleaner in the world. ohey remove
dandrutf, alley irritation soothe and cool
the heated scalp, prevent the hair from
falling off, and promote the growth in a
very short time, They preserve and beau
thy the hair. and render it soft and glossy.
pearence 10 braid and wiry hair, and as a
hair dressing they are unrlva led; eradi.
cate dand. utf and prevent badness. The
shampoo cleans the hair, removes greece,
scruff, itching, eruption, Cures headache
caused by heat and fatigue. Kunkel's
Shampoo and Lu,tral restore hair to nat
ural and glossy color, restore faded. dry.
harsh and wiry hair, Price per bottle Sl'
Ask your druggist for them or send to e. F
kunkel, Proprietor, No 259 Nortn Ninth
street, Philadelphia, Pa,
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9l5 Racestreet, Philadelphia, Pa
The Morning herald., 1877-09-25
Tape Worm Removed Alive

Head and all complete, in two hours -
No fee till head passes, seat, pin and
stomach warns removed by Dr. KunKel
259 North Ninth street, Philadelphia Pa
Send for circular. For removing seat, rim
or stomach worms call on your druggist
and ask Tor a bottle of Kunkers Worm
Syrup, price 81. 1t never fails Comman
sense teachesif tape worm be removed, ali
other worms can lie readily removed.
The Morning herald., 1877-09-25
e. f. Kunkel' Yitter Wine
Of Iron,

E. F, Kupkel's celebrated Bitter Wine of
Iron will eftectually cure liver complaint,
jaundice, dyspepsia, Chronic or nervous
debi ity. chronic diarrh Dea. disease of the
kldneys and all eases arising from a
disordered liver, stomach or intestines
such as constipation, Fl tulence, inward
pi es, full ness o. blood to the head, acidity
of Jhe stomach, nausea, heartburn, disgust
for food fullness or weight in the stomach,
sore quotations, sinking or fiuttering at
the pit of the stomach, swimming of the
head. hurried or difficult breathing, fiutter-
ings at the heart, choking or suffocating
sensation when in a lying posture dimness
of vision, dots or webs before he sight.
dull pain in the head, deficiency of pres
piration, yellowness of the skin and eyes,
pain in the side. back, head, chest, lin os,
etc sudden tiushes of heat, burning in the
flesh, constant imaginipgs OF evil and great
depression of spirits. Price 81 rer bottle.
Beware of counterfeits. Do not lot your
druggist palm off some other preparation
ofirOn he may say is a good. but Ask for
Kunkels Bitter Wine OF Iron. Take no
other. Kunkel's Bitter Wine OF Iron ts not
sold in bulk-only IN 81 bottles Eff, Kun
kel, Proprietor, NO. $50 North Ninth Street
Philadelphia, Pa. sold by all druggists.
The Morning herald., 1877-09-25
NOTICE..

Instructions to Ladies Gratis.
All who are desirous to be their
own dressmakers would find it to their
advantage to call on Madame Schwartz,
at her Temporary residence, 5U7 Shipley
street. where she will remain Tor a
few days 10 teach the certennialprize sys-
tenn of cutting, garments i9r & LADIES ,hirts ana
for sale Cutting, blsting and fitting done
Al the shortest notice and west prices.
Yen will only call and be convinced. Ladies
wanted to solicit subscriptions.
sepl2-tf
The Morning herald., 1877-09-25
THE HERALD
The Morning Herald
W1LnINGTON. Del, Sept. 2o, 1877.

Nor1cE TO SuBsoR1BEnSs = Tnose OF ou
subscr,bers who are indebted TO the MORN
ING HERALD, will oblige by an early re
nittance.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-02-08
How to Make a LactOmeter.

Any housekeeper who desires to test
the purity of the tactical fluid furnished
daily by the miIkman, can provide her
self with an impromptu and to all pur-
poses an efficient lactometer in this
easy way: Procure glass bulb and
stem, both hollow; load it with quick
silver, sand or even bird shot, until the
instrument will float upright in milk
known to be pure. Mark on the stem
the point to which it sinks-the surface
point. Remove it from the milk and
float it in pure water, marking the sur
face point as before, which will be con-
siderably higher on the stem than the
other mark. Now take narrow slip
of paper, capable of being rolled length
wise and inserted in the stem of the in
strument so that figures on it will be
visible through the glass. Lay off on
this-in the direction of its length-a
space equal to the distance between the
two surface points, numbering the first
point 0 and the other 100. Subdivide
this space into ten or twenty proper
tional spaces correspondingly number
ed, roll the slip and insert it in the stem
until the is at the surface point of the
milk, the 100 at that of the water.
Your laetometer is now complete
Float it in your milk-can every morn
ing, and the depth to which 1t sinks
will register the percentage of dishon-
est water, if any, the milk contains.
Suppose, for example, the instrument
sinks till the surface line cuts the figure
Is. The milk contains Is per cent. of
added water.-Pittsbargh Commercial.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-02-08
The Trouble a Cat Caused In a
Brooklyn Family.

Mrs. William Groot of Myrtle Ave-
nue., Brooklyn, told her husband on the
evening of the oath of December last
that she was going to be out part of the
evening, and suggested that she invite
lady friend of his, Mrs. Rosewald,
to help beguile his loneliness. He
readily assented. After the children
had been quito bed Mr.. Groot and Mrs.
Rosewald played euchre. Then Mr..
Groot got pitcher of beer and some
pretzels. They were just getting COM
Portable when there came scratching
noise on the window-pane. Mrs. Rose
valid grasped Mr.. Groot's arm nervous
ly, and the latter hastily arose and went
to investigate. 1t was only the cat
come home from picnic. 1t rubbed
against Mr.. Groot's leg and then went
under the bed. Suddenly the flow of
lager and pretzels was interrupted by
horrible coughing and spluttering un-
der the bed. Mr.. Groot got down on
his knees, and, lifting the coverlid,
peered into the darkness, but was I'M
able to see any thing.
"Bring light" said he.
Whereupon Mrs. Rosewald brought
the Kerosene lamp, and placing it on
the floor, herself stopped down to see
what she could discover. At the same
time Mr.. Groot leaned forward with
the same intention, and their heads met
with considerable violence. After
mutual interchange of apologies, Mr..
Groot having deluged his companions
head with camphor in token of his re-
greet, he again essayed to discover the
whereabouts of his pet, and soon espied
her at the back of the bed.
"Pull out the bed," said Mrs. Rose
wald; "it probably has a bone in its
throat; and we must take it out"
William accordingly arose and pull
ed the bed a little way from the wall,
and Mrs. Rosewald, kneeling upon it,
crawled over to the back to see the OBJ
ject of their solicitude.
"I see it," she said, "but its eyes
look so terrible L dare not touch it."
"Oh, pshaw,' laughed Mr.. Groot;
"you ladies are always afraid. I'll get
her," and he accordingly got on the
bed and reached down for the cat.
Just at this moment the door softly
opened and Mrs. Groot appeared upon
the scene. She paused moment in
her establishment, and failing to grasp
the situation, grasped three-legged
stool which stood near the fire. Just
as her spouse was dragging the strug-
Cling cat up by the back of the neck
she struck Mrs. Rosewald with the
stool. The lady sprang to her feet and
there was an awful time.
In few days a summons and COM
plant were served upon the offending
Mrs. Groot, in which 81 Geo damages was
asked for injuries sustained at the rem
contre in question. The latter propo-
SEES to defend upon the ground of justifa-
BILE assault, as under the circumstances
any wife would have pursued similar
course. The case will come to trial in
a few days.-Nes0 York World.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-02-08
Giants of the Past.

In memoir read before the Acade-
my of Sciences, at Rouen, NJ. LIE Cat
gives the following account of giants
that are said TO have existed in differ
ent ages:
Profane historians have given seven
feet of height to Hercules, their first
hero, and in our day we have seen men
eight feet high. The giant who was
shown in Rouen in 1884 measured eight
feet six inches. The Emperor Maxi
min was of that size. Shenkins and
Platerus, physicians of the last century,
saw several of that stature, and Gorep-
ius saw a girl who was ten feet high.
The body of Orestes, according to the
Greeks, was eleven feet and half; the
giant Galbara, brought from Arabia
to Rome, under Claudius Caesar, was
near ten feet high; and the bones of
Secondilla and Pusio, keepers of the
gardens of Sanuat, were but six inches
shorter. Funnam, Scotchman, who
lived in the time of Eugene H., King of
Scotland, measured eleven feet and a
half; and Jacob lie Marie, in his voy-
age to the Straits of Magellan, reports
that on the 18th of December, 1865,
they found at Port Desire several
graves covered with stone, and, having
the curiosity to remove the stones, they
discovered human skeletons ten and
eleven feet long. The CheValier Scory,
in his voyage to the Peak of Tenerife,
says they found in one of the sepulchral
cayerns in that mountain the head of a
gaunche, which had eighty teeth, and
that the body was not less than fifteen
feet long. The giant Ferragus,
slain by Orlando, nephew of
Charlemagne, was eighteen feet
high. Roland, a celebrated anatomist,
who wrote in 1914, says some years
before there was to be seen in the SUBJ
urbs of St. German the tomb of the
great giant, Isoret, who was twenty
feet high. In Rouen, in 1900, in dig
ging in the bitches near the Domini-
cans, they found stone tomb contain
ing a skeleton, whose skull held
bushel of corn, and whose shin-bone
reached up to the girdle of the tallest
man there, being about four feet long,
and consequently the body must have
been seventeen or eighteen feet high.
Upon the tomb was plate of copper,
whereon was engraved: "In this tomb
lies the noble and puissant lord, the
Chevalier Ricon de Vallemont and his
bones" Platerus, famous physician,
declares that he saw at Lucerne the
body of man which must have been at
least nineteen feet high. Valance, of
Dauphiny, boasts of possessing the
soncs of the giant Bucart, tyrant of the
Vivarias, who was slain with an arrow
by the Count de Cabillon, his vassal.
The Dominicans had part of the shin
bone, with the articulation of the knee,
and his figure painted in frescO, with
an inscription showing that this giant
was twenty-five and half feet high,
and that his bones were found in 1705,
near the banks of the Morderi, a little
river near the foot of the Mountain of
Crusal, upon which, tradition says, the
giant dwelt.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-02-08
Anecdotes of Judge Davis.

At Indianapolis, which is within his
circuit, a lawyer named Ketchum was
ready when his case was called, but his
opponent was absent and had sent word
that he couldn't arrive for an hour or
two. Ketchum insisted on proceeding
at once. The Judge demonstrated in
favor of the absent lawyer, but to no
purpose. " WE'LL" said he, firmly, /" if
you insist upon going on, Mr.. Ketchum,
you have, of course, the technical right
to do so; but if were you wouldn't
urge the matter. Over at Springfield,
the other day, there was just such a
case, the lawyer would insist up
on going on with the trial; and so l
had to look after the interests of the
other party myself-and, do you know,
curiously enough, Mr.. Ketchum, we beat
him!" 1t is needless to add that Mr..
Ketchum concluded to wait.
In a case where a loyal Virginian
after the War began suit for review of
the procedure confscating 100000
worth of State bonds, Senator Melon
aid argued that, as the Con6scation act
made the procedure in the nature of an
admiralty seizure, there could be no re-
view. "Well," said the Judge, ''the
may be no precedent, as you say, Nc
Donald, for review in an admiralty
case; but when such thing as this can
happen, it is time that there was pre-
cedent, and l am going to make one"
Frequently the penalties attached to
violation of the revenue laws are too
severe, considering the fact that they
may be ignorantly and innocently
broken. In such case, when the least
term of imprisonment allowable by
statute was one year in the penitentiary,
Judge Davis sent the prisoner 80 days
to the county jail, with the remark that
nobody would mind whether he neg
lected the law except the prisoner, and
he would hardly venture to complain
about it.
A well-to-do farmer, who had fallen
into bad company and bad courses, was
convicted before him of having coun-
terfeit United States notes in his pos
session with the intention of passing
them. The Judge called him up, and,
before sentencing him, asked if he had
arranged his affairs in anticipation OF
his enforced absence. The culprit re-
piled that conviction was a surprise to
him, and nothing was in order; but
that he could settle his business affairs
in about 10 days. As the criminal
could find no one to go on his BAN bond,
the Judge allowed him to depart on his
own recognizance, much to the amuse-
ment of the lawyers in the Court, who
laughed at the idea of the man being
fool enough to come back again; but
Mr.. Davis insisted that the fellow had
not sstaken to the tall timber" His
knowledge of human nature was justi-
fed, for at the appointed time the
farmer returned, like Regulus, and the
Judge sentenced him to the peniten-
tiary.