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The People's vindicator., 1878-11-30
THE INEFFeCTIvENESS OF GUARANTEES


If any fact has been more fully demonstrated
than another during the period of the plague,
it is the inetfectiveness of inland quarantines
Aside from the migratory habits of people in
general, and the determination of the average
American citizen to exercise his God-given
right to 60 where he pleases, the tramp nuis-
ance offers an insuperable barrier TO the Of
fsctive organization of quarantine in city
surrounded by land. 1t is possible that a
single individual might establish aquarantine
against all the world, if he could exclude the
atmosphere and initiate his lungs through dis
infectants.
During two months in which the Yellow
Fever Hospital was in operation in Louisville
seventy-six patients were admitted to it, Wis.,
itors we're in daily attendsQce-not only
physicians, but ministers of the Gospel and
other citizens The ladies Of the Flower
Mission visited it regularly every Thursday,
and yet not single person who visited the
hospital contracted the disease. This would
appear to be proof positive that something
else besides contact with the disease is requis-
ite to import it from one person to another.
Certain atmospheric conditions are favora-
bic to the spread Of the disease, and when
these phenomena exist guarantees against
people or goods from infected districts, even
if they could be enforced, are utterly inef-
fective in preventing the disease. But tue
quarantine can not be enforced. Notwith-
standing the most rigid examination Of pas
sengers arriving upon the railroad trains and
steamboats, outside the limits Of Cincinnati,
the pest-house in that city had more yellow
fever patients than the hospital at Louisville.
Numerous places in the Southern States
quarsntined against the whole outside world,
and allowed no communication with it, but
the fever came upon them all the same, either
through the atmosphere or by being carried
in tho systems Of refugees, as in Cincinnati.
In the former places the disease spread, and
in the latter it did not. The Bel theory has
been fully vindicated BY the result in many
places both North and South, and has proved
tho necessity of thorough system Of drain
age and disinfecting those districts in large
towns which are liable to produce disease.
Aside, then, from the unchristian and in
human character Of quafantines, the result Of
which is constant cause Of reproach against
those cities which instituted them, the USE
lessness Of attempting to bar out pestilence
which defes all human barricades has been
proven to be 80 apparent that we doubt if it
is ever again attempted in the Mississippi
vallov
The People's vindicator., 1878-11-30

TH'SJ '"uSo "0Ao uAVoNoAouJ tuo culuSl0
rom which was the cause Of malignant
malarial fs,ss. which would have proved
equs'iy f.tsi 'l,sss yellow fever had existed
in Memphis or Ne~asleans.
The people living ons,oadwsv, near the
depot, who we're daily witness, >,of the arrivals,
of yellow fever patients from thssouth, natu.
rally referred the deaths which to>.k n,.co
near their residences to yellow fever, ID ~,icb
opinion they we're in q few cases borne out b,
their family physicians, who advised them te
change their place of residence for a shor,
time. Acting upon this advice, Broadway
between Tenth and Twelfth, was almost en-.
tirely deserted. A few families left the city
in = state bordering upon panic. As in oil
similar cases, they magnided the danger from
which they fed, and poured into the willing
ears Of Cincinnati reporters tale which
those enterprising joarnslists lost no time in
working up into sensation Of the most am
pie Dimensions. The large circulation Of the
two nswspaperA which wed with each other
id tho display Of headlines and in tho blood
,curdhng description Of the "terribls scenes "
in Louisville, scattered tho rumor far and
wide, and, although the falsity Of it was at
once made apparent by the Iouisville press,
the only denial which coald be given equal
The People's vindicator., 1878-11-30
sho ploto"ranh Memorial Record.

Tbe above is the title of most artistic design
al iurhe, in size with receptacle for the rhoto-
aph Of your departed friend, with o'anAS 'or
lmc date OF dem SO. and age, H.. ,
@ Spacc will not allow II full description; out a
s,nple copy, with terms to agents, will be sent on
jne agent, in a few months, disposed OF LAW
''''' JAMES NESBIT, Louisville, Ky.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-22
The Late Gideon Welles.

Mr. Welles was native of Connecti-
cut, and remained resident of the State
from his birth DULY /, 1902 to his
death. He edited q Democratic paper
in Hartford from 1926 to 1887; was
Postmaster of that city from 1886 to
1S41 held a seat in the State Legisla-
ture for eight years was head of bu-
reau in the Navy Department during a
part of Folks administration was one
of the fathers of the Republican party !;
helped nominate Lincoln for President
III 1860, and was Secretary of the Navy
during the entire administrations of
Lincoln and johnson. Entering the
department ut most critical period, he
succeeded in creating great navy, which
performed some very brilliant service,
besides an immense amount of hard work
in blockading the whole coast of the
Confederate States. The appearance Of
the rebel iron-clad Virginia in Hampton
roads at the beginning of the rebellion,
where, by most fortunate chance, the
original Monitor met her, effected a
complete revolution in naval warfare.
While Mr.. Welles was never credited
with the clustering energy of Stanton,
~ 40 SSi ot'il phuo BlO"p iOh-Sl"et hOCeo
were constructed with amazing rapidity
under his administration, and that, while
disasters followed the army in rapid sue
cession, most of which were chargeable
to perversity and lack of provision in
the department at Washington, the navy
was almost invariably found in the right
place at the right time, and suffered
comparatively few losses. Without
much of the pretentious self-assertion
which characterized his associates in the
Cabinet, Mr.. Welles performed his duty
to the country faithfully, and admins
tered his department with as much en-
ergy and at least as great success as was
found in any other branch of the public
service throughout the war. If not
what the world calls great man, he was
at least able, faithful and untiring in
the discharge of a most important trust.
Chicago Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-22
Desperate Fight with a Bear.

The New York World has thrilling
bear story from Goshen, n. Y. Mr..
John Ackert and three companions start.
ed large bear from its nest and brought
it to bay on ledge ten feet high, where
Ackert shot the animal as it was battling
with the dogs. The other hunters were
scattered about in the woods. Ackert
approached the PROSTATE animal and
shouted for his comrades. The bear was
not dead, and to the hunters surprise
arose to his feet and rushed toward him.
Ackert fired his other barrel, but did not
kill the bear, and in another second was
defending himself in a hand to- hand
fight: The crust was so slippery that
the bear had the advantage, as the hun
ter could not keep his feet. and he
slipped and fell. The bear had him in
his embrace in a moment. The move
ments of the combatants had brought
them near the edge of the rocks. AS the
bear threw his paws about the half-pros-
trate form of the hunter, the latter dealt
it fearful blow with his hunting AK,
which felled the animal. The ground
was sloping, and the animal maintain
ing its hold of Ackert, slid toward the
edge OF the ledge, and before it could
get hold in the crust with its claws both
hunter and bear fell over the rocks, and,
striking the icy slope below. shot like a
cannon-ball down the mountain. Two
OF Ackert's companions came out upon
the rocks just as he and the bear went
crashing into the tangled laurels at the
foot of the ridge and disappeared in the
swamp. The hunters were compelled
to make detour of half mile to reach
the swamp. They found Ackert sitting
with his back against q hemlock tree.
He was covered with blood, and his
clothing hung in tatters. He was alive,
but 1t was half an bour before he was
able to realize where he was and how he
got there. He remembered falling off
the rocks, starting down the mountain
Rugged by the bear, and crashing down
into the swamp, and that was all. The
bear lay ten or fifteen feet away, covered
with blood, and dead.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-22

satisfy the requirements of their several
cases. They are the voting power Of
every constituency; they oblige their
representatives to name n party and
stick to it; they pin him. as they say, to
his colors. They insist on defining
everything, particularly matters of opin-
ion, and think, when they have given a
heresy name, that it is more than half
refuted. Yet they never understand
definitions when they have made them,
and, though they believe blindly in
form of words, seldom remember it COR
rectly. They are led in politics by cries
and are great on uniformity and uni
forms.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-22
Stupid People.

We are often tempted in moments of
forgetfulness to overlook the blessings
we owe to stupid people. Apart from
the pleasures we derive from laughing
Mt them, we are indebted to them for
hours of tranquil happiness. Making
fun Of them is but one-sided enjoyment
after all, for they cannot answer back
again, and are seldom good enough even
u turn the other cheek. AS butts,
therefore, they are failures. You can
never calculate how far to go with them.
You may offend with piece of trifiing
banter after your most cutting sarcasms
have passed unheeded. But the stupid
man is the backbone of the nation. He
is the prophet of common sense. I'm
like Charles H., he never says witty
thing. but seldom does an unwise one.
His usefulness in the social economy
of the world has yet to be acknowledged,
his place in the order of creation to be
fixed. Yet such people form the bulk
of every congregation, and down to their
level sermons must be preached. They
constitute the whole body of aggrieved
narishioners. and laws must be made TO
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-22

PHYSICIANS have long prescribed DR..
Graves HEART REGULATOR az a relief and
cure Of Heart Disease, for the simple reason
that they have seen its favorable workings in
all the many forms Of disease the Heart is liable
to, and it can truly be recommended al sci
entifc remedy for that dreaded Of all diseases,
whose subtle workings are not usually seen un-
til the patient is beyond ordinary help. Among
the many forms of Heart Disease are Palpita.
,ion, Enlargement, Spasms OF the Heart. Stop
page of the Action OF the Heart, Trembling al
over and about the Heart, Justification or Bony
Formation of the Heart, rheumatism, Genera
Debility and Sinking of the Spirits. We car
pronounce DIR. Graves HEART REGULATOR
a certain remedy, and advise you to use it
Send your name to L. e. INGALLS,, Concord, n
H., for pamphlet containing list of testimo
mails of cures. etc.
For sale by druggists at so cents and 81 pei
hottie.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-22
A Curious and Desperate Situation

IL has been said that extreme peril
and great anxiety have often turned
white in q few moments the hair of
people who have suffered. If this be SO,
then it Is remarkable if the hair on tn
head of "Sap" Hearley is as black as it
fused to was. ;" Sap" is a colored br :,
about 20 years of age, employed by
e. III. Welsh, in the little building
Baltimore street. He is also engage 10
attend the furnace connected witt ,he
building. Yesterday morning, about
o'clock. while repairing the fire, he con
cluded to step inside the furnace and
warm his hands before the fire that was
principally at the end opposite the door.
He had hardly entered the furnace be-
fore violent gust or wind blowing
through the room dashed the iron door
shut with hideous bang, and fastened
the poor boy in what seemed a sure and
horrible grave, for the flames were spring.
ing up rapidly to devour their victim.
The closing of the furnace door opened
the draught automatically. The doomed
boy raised wall of heartrendiDg des-
pair, but no one heard him. Hopelessly
he commenced kicking against the iron
door. Desperation put tenfold power in
his leg. He kicked long and well he
kicked hard and true he kicked as NOR.
tai never kicked before. The door be-
gan tremble on the hinges; one more
lunge and it flew open. The boy sprung
ont headforemost, sailing out into the
room serenoly and gracefully as an ar.
row from bow. He can point with
pride to that No. 10 boot it was the
thing that did the business. Cunaber.
land ND Atyeghanian.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-22
Aching Heads and Uneasy Nerves

Are often soothed by Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers, because that searching corrective com
pletely removes the causes Of brain and nerve
excitement, which are to be found in the de-
rangement of the stomach, and of its associate
organs, the liver and towels. 1t is truth
winch cannot be too earnestly insisted upon, that
the effect of mere sedatives and narcotics. like
bromide of potassium, valerian, choral hydrate
and opium, is less appreciable the longer they
are used, and that they can never permanently
relieve nervous excitability, because they can
not remedy the weakness and organic derange
ment which lies at its roots Hostetters Btters,
however. can and does cure nervous maladies,
for the reason already stated. Sick headache,
restlessness at night, vertigo, mental heaviness
and depression of spirits as wellas the dyspeptic
condition of the stomach, and torpidity If the
liver and bowels, which give rise to them, are
entirely obvated by this benign Alternative tonic.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-22

The Greatest Discovery or the Age IL Dr.
Tobias celebrated Venetian Liniment 30 years before
the public, and warranted TO Diarrhea Dysentery
Collie and Spasms taken internally; and Group Chronic
Rheumatism. Sore Throats Cuts Bruises Old Sores,
and Pains IN the Limbs, Back and Chest, externally.
II has failed. No family will be without
after once giving a fair trial Price, 40 cents DIR.
TOBIAS VENETIAN HORSE LINIAiENT, in Pint
Bottles, at One Dollar, is warranted superior to any
other NO PAY for the Of Collie Cuts, Eruiscs
O,d Sores etc. Sold by all Druggists Depot-I0 Park
Place. New York
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-22
To Housekeepers.

The attention Of heads of families is respect
fully invited to the superior quality, in every
respect, of DooLEYs YEAST POWDER. 1t is en-
tirely free from aduteration OF any kind, and
every package contains absolute full weight.
Consumers should bear in mind the fact that a
strictly pure full weight baking powder. al
though it costs little more than the adulter-
ated, cheap. light weight, or bulk powders ls
by far The cheapest, both IN purse and health.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-22

The old life preserver is what they cal
Johnson's Anodyne Liniment way up in Main,
where it is made. This name is well deserved
for il is the best liniment in the world. 1t vii
certainly prevent diphtheria, and will relieve
Group aud asthma instantly.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-22

GEN. Crook thinks that Sitting Bull
will be compelled to come TO the United
States in order to hunt the buffaloes nee
essary for his Subsistence; also, that
there is no possible way of keeping him
from crossing the frontier. There will
be always more or less trouble TIL Sit
ting Bull is cleaned out.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-22

vendors are now putting up Condition Powders
in packages az large as niggers foot for 25
ceuts, but they are utterly worthless. One
small package Of Sheridan's Condition Powders
are worth draw load of them
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-22

The advertiser, having been permanently cured OF
that dread disease Consumption, by simple remedy
anxious to make known to his fellow the
of cure To all who desire IT, he will send copy Of
prescription used free of charged with the directions
for preparing and using the same which they will ind
&c. "
Parties wishing the prescription will please address
REV EDWARD A. WILSON,
1874 Penn Street. WilamsburUh M V
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-22

IN France 50 per cent. of the murders
committed are tor money; in Spain 9S
of every 100 murders are inspired by
motives of jealousy or love.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-22

DIR. PIERcE's Golden Medical Discov-
cry will cure a cough in one-half the time ne
cessary to cure it with any other medicine; and
it does it, not by drying it up, but by removing
the cause, subduing the irritation, and healing
the affected parts. Sold by druggists.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-22
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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-16
THE HUB.
Entertaining BristOw - Failures
and Crooked neSs-State Directors,

Entertaining RrigtOw Failures
and Crooked Directors,
Report.
National Associated Press to the Star.
BOSTON, MASS, Jan. 6.-Hon. BENZ. FL.
Bristow was entertained by a number
Of prominent cltizsns at the Revere
House yesterday.
A meeting OF the creditors Of Churchill
& Co., dry.goods dealers. was held yes
terday. The Liabilities were stated at
1892, ,63S 81, of which $500 o. are con-
tingent debts, In the shape OF notes dis
counted, and $1,000 accommodation po-
per. The total assets are $3.50 ,524Os, and
showing q nominal surplus over liAblli-
ties, both direct and contingent, OF $57,
8p5 IA. A committee OF five was appoint
ed to make full examination.
A meeting OF the creditors Of Charles
r chardsOn i Co., Wholesale dealers in
paints, oils and drugs, was held, aud a
committee appointed to investigate the
books. Their liabilities are reported TO
be 800, ,00O.
Davis Bros. & Co., leather dealers, 70
High street, failed yesterday. Liabili-
ties $500, 900, half Of which Is secured. A
large proportion OF the unsecured in-
debtedness is in favor Of Boston parties.
The embarrassmento of William U. Child,
leather dealer, 81 South street, caused
the failure OF Davis Bros. " Co.
The report OF the State Directors OF
the Bvston Il Albany Railroad was pre-
sented to the Senate yesterday after
uOon. The main features are q recon-
msndation for reducing the dividends
and the holding Of monthly meetings by
the Directors.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-16
THE CRISPINS' STRIKE.
No Change and the Trouble
Spreading.

No Change and the Trouble
Spreading.
National Associated Press to tue Star.
LYNN, MASS, Jan. 16.-There is No
change in the attitude either OF the
strikers or manufacturers. Both sides
remain firm. The streets are full Of ru-
mors Of concessions made by manufac-
turers, but they all prove groundless.
The backbone Of these men seemSto
have been propped up by some meanE,
and they declare as their ultimatum
that the Board OF Arbitration must be
dethrOne |, or they Will make no terms.
Five more shops were deserted yester-
day.
MARLBOROUGH, MASS, Jan. 16.-The
shoe manufacturing troubles have
reached here and promIs to be as SER
ious, in comparison 10 the number OF
shops, as those OF Lynn. There are seven
teen boot and shoe shops In operation In
this town, ami business to the extent Of
%, 600. 000 ie transacted yearly, about one
tnird Of which is expended for help.
The strike among all manufacturers
would i flict loss on the community
from which 1t could not soon recover.
Some five or slx hundred workm4n are
lille, although ali OF them are not strik.
ers, u portion being thrown out Of WORK
by the shutting down Of other depart
mentS,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-16
PORK PACKERS.
The Mild WeatAer Hurtiag TAcsx
PrOsDects Materially.


The present winter has been an unp. o
pitious one for those who deal ia tAs
hog product. The receipts, principally
from Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana naa
Southern Il!inois, have been large, Ia
taot larger than during the correspoaG-
ing period oil tho last season. However,
| during the months Of December aua
January last season. the weather wAs
decidedly cold, and the cutting, earisS
and packing OF hogs was AN easy NAL
ter.
This season, the weather, with the ex-
ception OF five or six days, GAS been eG-
Iremely warm for the time OF year, aaa
as a natural consequence killing COSTA
not be proceeded with at any great
speed. The consequence has been tnak
| the arrivals of stock In the yards was
altoge !her larger than the weatAer
would permit OF handling. This. nj
course, caused considerable los -
packers. They were obliged to feed ta9
animals oftentimes from one to iys
days.
For the last three days the arrivals
have been quite large and toe killing
very slow. "A consequence the yards
of the Umi,ed L ,ilroad Sock Company.
on Spring Grove avenue, and these sI
| the Little Miami Railroad Company, On
Court street and E gleston avenue, are
crowded almost to suffOcatiOn.
The receipts OF hogs during the yesT
commencing January were 4T9. 4s7, aAd
the shipments 26 GIL, leaving net sssp-
ply for slauglterlng in this city OF 49,
1856. AS the seasUn is not more thao
half over, the tigures given are exceed
ingly creditabie ones.
A reporter for the STAR conYerses
with several prominent pork men this
morning in the vicinity OF the stock
yards. 1t was their opinion that the
season, while it had commenced disas-
trously, would eyeutuslly come out sas
right. Prices, they said, had kePs uN
remarkably well, and they were OsoA-
dent thar, with the aid Of COLD Pr0bs."
the season would be brought to a sac-
cessful end.
One thing seems to be certain, that tlas
pork-packers have not given up hoPss
o: making neat profit on the seasesss
business.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-16
Poisoned by a Servant.

National Associated Press 10 the Star.
PATERSON, N. j., Jan. 16.-Jennie
Post, aged sixteen years, whose history
goes no further back than the date oi
her discharge IRON the Poor-house at
Paterson tour years ago, is now in Jail
in New City, N. Y, uAder charges Of
murder and attempted poisoning. She
was until recently domestic in the en-
pIoy of General VIM. WEIGHT, late
of the Prussian Army, whose farm
is near Spring Valley, Oh the North
ern Railroad OF New Jersey. Sns
gave the General aud Mrs. Weicht pol
son, and tbs latter is not expected to
live. The General mas recovered. 1t is
rec0llected that Jennie went from the
Alms-house to the family Of Mrs. Peter
J. Debaam, of Il ,ckland, ana remained
there until alter the death OF Nj. De-
baum, which occurred two years ago.
Mr.. y baum had been treated tor pneu-
monia by DR.. Lake. but his sudden and
painful death excited suspicion. Jen-
ME went from the Debaum's to Alexan-
der Wilde's, and Lhen 10 General Won
Weichts.