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Straight-out democrat. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1878-1879, 1878-06-28
A Persistent Detective.

A New York paper of recent date
says: William Baum, trapper and
hunter. living in Blooming Grove Town
ship, Pike county, Penn, appeared be-
fore Justice Davis, in Jersey City. yes
terday, and asked for a warrant for the
arrest of Frederick Hebin, on q charge
OF arson and larceny. Baum had accumu-
lated, by his industry and economy.
about $500, which he kept in the house.
He made no secret of his wealth. nor of
the place Of its concealment. Early one
morning in May, 1877, he started out
with his gun and dogs to look for game.
Crossing creek, he had gained height
some distance from home and sat down
to rest. Looking back he saw black
smoke rising from the neighborhood of
his home. Convinced that the house in
which he had left his wife and infant
child asleep was burning, he retraced
his steps. His worst fears were realized.
His wife stood in the yard, wringing her
hands and crying, and the babe was not
.;n hs.Sfra 0$shing intQ the burning
DulldntR. Raum a.~Aehed tffs Utfi1 frUm
it's cradle. and wrapping his coat about
it fought his way through the flames to
the open air. His brave effort nearly
cost him his life. He was soorched from
head to foot, and the traces of his in
juries were still painfully visible when
ne appeared in court yesterday. His
face was terribly SCARED. Three fingers
OF his Left hand were missing, and his
right arm was withered. After the fire
Hebin was nowhere to be seen. He was
suspected at once TO have robbed the
house and set fire to it. When he had
sufficiently recovered Baum set out on
hunt for the suspected ineendiary. he
travelled all over the State of Pennsyl-
vania, and partly over New Jersey. A
day or two ago he met Hebin in Hobo
ken, followed him to No. 80 Clinton
street, where, he learned he was living.
Detective Quinlan arrested Hebin. The
prisoner will be sent to Pennsylvanis
for trial.
Straight-out democrat. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1878-1879, 1878-06-28
A Hens s.Brood" Of Dogs.

a tr1end OF mine, writes the cOrreS-
popdent Of the London Live Stock JOUR
nal &ah NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.; AA1-
1f :ySGnB oues. Now that is nothing
extraordinary, but that she should be
assisted in her maternal duties by an
old hen is. I think. q very unusual thing.
In the kennel with her is hen, which
has taken to the young dogs in most
affeotionate way, sitting in the corner
with two or three of them constantly
under her wing; and, what is still more
extraordinary, they know her call, for
if they stray away she cackles, and they
come back. At present her adopted
children are very young; whether she
is only to take them for the usual
"month" nobody knows, but I fear
when they are old enough to accompany
her about the fields, she will find it diff
Quilt to make them take to the delioaoies
she may be able to scratch ont Of the
earth for them, and which would, no
doubt, be much appreciated by her own
young. At all events, the case is q
curious one, and may be interesting to
some Of your readers. We had q case
not long ago in this parish Of cat tax.
ing to some chickens and nursing them
very carefully; but I never before
heard OF hen nursing young dogs.
Straight-out democrat. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1878-1879, 1878-06-28
Fossils.


=, Don't be fossils; old logs lying by
'he "sys,ce tor moss and fungus to
grow upon for worms to honeycomb
and spiders to weave nets around. Be
man among men, with q purpose and
strength to accomplish. Don't be afraid
OF resistance - the more the better.
Friction cleans the bark and rubs down
the knots. Don't be afraid of failure,
You will be certain to find it if ever.
lastangly seeking. If it must come. let
the day find you and not you the as7.
No man can succeed in ali his under
takings, and it would not be well for
him to do so. Things easily acquired
go easily. It is by the struggle it costs
to obtain that we learn to rightly esti-
mate the value.
Done be fossils. They are content to
rot out to let matters take their course.
and the sooner they are out of the way
the better. They simply occupy the
room need by better men by men who
are vigorous, thriving sprouts of the
great human tree men who will take
and keep place in the world who
make business and attend to it who
amount to something do some good to
their race men of bone, sinew and
nerve men of thought and action, with
the will to do and the heart to dare :;
men who. would be missed and regretted;
not old, mouldy, worthless trunks by the
side of the stream, tossed up high and
dry by one freshet to remain motionless
until the coming and swelling of
another.
Don't be fossils. Better die in the
struggle than rust out uselessly. Want
OF success with effort is better than no
striving for the prize. There is more
OF honor even in failure than to never
have endeavored. He who perishes
bravely in the combat receives the re-
ward OF praise, though he fails to grasp
the crown. There is pleasure in effort,
In excitement, in the trying, though the
end is but dream. Life is made up of
trial and no wise man shrinks from or
seeks to avoid it. Strike for the Truth
and the Right, and if the glory Of the
Victor is denied, you can at least gain
that of the Martyr.
Don't be human fossils - miserable
nothingsl Be up and doing. Glory
awaits the seeking and wealth the toiline
for. and neither will come without the
earnest seeking. Do something. IF
the great slips through your grasp, hold
firmly on TO the less. Be anything, if
honest, rather than human nonentity.
Straight-out democrat. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1878-1879, 1878-06-28

Tea made from the leaves OF young
tea plants growing in the conservatory
OF the Department Of Agriculture at
Washington was recently served to some
visitors.
Straight-out democrat. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1878-1879, 1878-06-28
Items or Interest.

AoAoAcu yotAIbs
The Queen of Belgium paints: that
is to say, she paints pictures.
Money doesn't make the man. but
twenty shillings makes the sovereign.
A thief may make bolt for the door.
and not be very good mechanic, either.
The English refuse white horses for
Army purposes because they are too
conspicuous.
Taking things as they come, isn't very
dlmeuit; it's parting with them as they
A four-year-old child in Kennebunk
Me-, has head weighing fifteen poundS
and body weighing niney
1t is time to sit on the front stooo
with girl and Japanese fan, and listen
to the street musician and the mosquito.
The hen cholere is prevalent in pArts
Of Minnesota. lt takes chickens o6
about as fast as the old-fashioned mid
night plan.
Melancholia, which has struck the
Czar OF Russia, is said to have affected
every autocrat Of his family after the
age Of fifty.
A western stasistician has found that
Washington Territory has 10, 600 yoters.
1,4OO barn, and 15, 900 bears. By actual
count, of course.
In the Gasconade river, Miss., the
fish have been dying by thousands, from
eating the worms that drop from the
oVerhanging maple trees.
II mean business" said q burglar
who entered Mr. Patterson's house. in
Sterling, Ill. $50 do l." said Mr.. Pat
terson, and shot him through the head.
OF the 356 American colleges, sixteen
have Libraries of over 25, 900 volumes.
The largest college library In the
country is Harvard's, containing, 16O.-
600 volumes.
A Kentucky eman who went to the
Black Hills wrote back to q paper. saw
ing "Offer q premium At your coming
fair for the biggest fool in the country.
and Ill try to get there in time"
Good service is prompE service. It
the service is conferred has lost in pa.
thence and hope deferred what he might
have bestowed in love and gratitude.
The discouraged collector again pre-
sented that little matter. ssWell." saws
his friend, "you are round again.
eyes," says the fellow with the ao-
count in his hand, "but want to get
square,"
Elam Potter is now pushing the
wheelbarrow from Albany to San Fran
cisco. He wears very long hair and
whiskers, and the wheelbarroW is Qaudi-
~ painted, 80 that his arrival in q vii.
lage causes excitement.
Jefferson Davis has been actnQ GA
umpire for two Mississippi men who
disagreed in politics and applied abusive
epithets to each other. He decided
that both ought to apologize, and they
did so.
Nervous lady passenger on the train
after passing the temporary bridge at
New Brunswick: ''Thank goodness We
are now on terra .frn,a." Faoetious
gentleman: eyes ma'am, less terror
and more hrmer."
The photograph may bottle up the
voice and pass 1t down to future ages.
but the smile that twists the face of tho
man as he seeks solitude and gazes upon
his uame IN print for the Arst timo win
have to be guessed at
"Habit" is hard to overcome. Ifvou
take off the first letter it does not change
"a bit" If you take of another. you
still have "bit," left. If You take OF
still another. the whole of .'it" re-
mains. If you take off another it. Ia
not 6 ~ foko11x, ,,ooJ
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-04

Commissioner j. J. Youlin Of tho Hudson
County Roar OF Health has reported to the Board lhal
th, CONDITION of School No i, such ns 10 hord dis
ease The cellar IA covered with siagnan water three
iurts w. and nlmd with refuse. lie THINK, that m,
J., not s,uu rcu,dl,d, "alr1riul haNcat ." HtAM NJ,
be- Mc result He has requested the Board o E9ucduo'
" elOse school ANIL tie place - IhVT0Sh sNanseI
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-04
srlRKs tRoM 1nE rELHGRirM

The cuisines, INri o'Palcstnc, Texas was burned yes
tcrdAN. Ia,s tlFiHb
Thr ilnl. Thomas Iaihpt accepts "a" Republican noM
nation Tor nuNVrunr 90 Massachusetts,
Inrmcl was visited bV another hurricane on the 10Th of
last month Two rs sud hll r heltrrS IA the tar
bVT were l1sL Many houses MeTe destroyed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-04
s nroal.i,a,. rn.lor,. Ke.lsnn,lon Tenasreh.

In consequence of a malarial sickness con-
tra,cd la.f .uiug, tr Rev Dr. Alexander Mncihrlanr
pastor OF the Hanson Place haput Church. BIO 'klYn,
nH, tulrroi h,s e.eul'inu Ills lh\ 'Yan, have pro
tti|ctt tittl ilu FN thIN lti lhF 't lftt.
.uN for M, r.l :. l1. A ,uN i." 10 l'al> was l'ruut
mril.l Tine rInfHh iA aiINuI"d ur.nnl.ltl'r ur9n.
sd.r thp paste - l4tDui. Nn4D MAs iNt'lNrl WlI
ic-rrt luriD Is ltuuuIu,u o. ulli hnt siN houlAs
leave VI abseA.e, lhslead v. AeeelNns ls ies-"aHVE
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-04
What May no Done with the Army.

wAsnISGToS. oct. 3.-The Adluiant- General
oil the army wall. In lew days, uriher explain the
posse cuniaius clause IN the Army bil II viii sy that
oficrr. can detail the troops under then command 10
ruirct ed ~fhrs property wtrurNrr II Ism jeopardy
or IN. re- u any danger ~ II, Destruction Anoilcr case
m which truups can e used that Ni hr cri, Will r a.
put down an cNpodiuon tnrn'd In Mo United states io
Ni.t with ho.ul, intent any tlrr-u country ani 100 ri
rosuna the cacr. ui such expedition lru.e o Nolrs
in .uch case. WNs made tie subject u Cabinet crnsl
..ft.t ttYt ID IL "A In
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-04

For Governor A. T. Norton for Lieutenant
Governor. Richard Alien. for Comptroller S"mcrns.
Tor Treasurer u Wood tlr Commissioning oi tLe Laml
uni,e. Jacob htuchlet, AMI Tor Attorney GcueTal, ".
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-04

LAKE NAHopAc. oct 3.-The weli-known hoi"l
OF this place Grcgor, House, vas burned Yesterday
AMI with It tie Monk Coittgr The furniture va. NOT
saved The hotel nud furniture wuir owned 10y NJ
Nd Alpine a Sew Nurk. hut Nrr, leased e. Mr ]. II
,rr.nrv winio,mrgly owned tho to- unl ure snid &"
be valued at $4,000 There = t1I.vVO ihs"anc. ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-04

HAVANA. oct. "a telegram from Jamaic
contains rinnr NJ negro in,nrrccuou in santa cru
Murders and other atrocities Hir reported IhN urht
arc snll " hAvN nns., ,s,lIm ~ tlr l.lAml
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-04
The signal once rredlci,o
Jo11IAGs IN AND NEAR TnE CITr.

Nnrhcnst to southeast winds partly cloudy
weathor. and sllsht changes IN temperature.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-05
THE DRINK SYSTEM

There is one consideration which
shows conclusively that this business of
making and selling ardent spirits does
not augment the wealth of the nation.
We not only drink nearly all we manu-
facture, but we buy largely of other ma
tions to answer the demands of our rum
thirst. If we manufacture spirits for
other nations, as we grow tobacco for
them-worthless as are both these poi
sons, and clearly as they both should be,
on every Christians list of contraband
goods-we might in that case find the
business more profitable but we drink
them ourselves and therefore whatever
is gained by the business by any indi-
viduals amongst US is gained from the
pockets of their countrymen. The ven
der who sells his rum drinking neigh
Dor gallon Of spirit gets, it may be.
his profit of shilling but that shilling,
and the whole residue of the cost, are SO
much loss to his neighbor. Would that
this covered the whole loss of the unhap.
by man who drinks it /! That one gal.
Ion, it may be, browns his soul in per.
dition.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-05
GROCERY LIQUOR SELLING.

While public attention is largely di-
rected towards the saloons and tiippling-
houses, there is another branch of the
liquor traffic which should have more
consideration-viz, the sale of bottled
liquors by grocers. With many grocers,
especially in the cities, liquor-selling is
prominent, as it is doubtless profta-
BILE, part of their business. The result
is an increase of home-drinking, and
the cultivation of an appetite for beer,
wine and stronger liquors. especially
among many women and children who
are ordinarily beyond the reach of sa-
loon influences. In England, as in this
country, the evil assumes large and in
creasing proportions. 1t is noteworthy
fact, in connection with the present ef-
forts in Great Britain, that over nine
hundred leading physicians have lately
petitioned the British Parliament for a
repeal of the law under the sale of in
toxicating drinks by grocers may be Ii
censed. Who will initiate kindred eff.
fort to abolish grocery liquor selling
here ?-Natiosaai Temperance Advocate
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-05
HOW DARKROOM LIQUORS ARE
MADE.

There may be seen daily on Chestnut
street man dressed In faultless apparel,
with great diamond on his breast vain
ly endeavoring to outglitter the magnif-
cent solitaire on his finger. In German
university he learned chemistry, and not
even Liebig knew it better. His occu-
patton is the mixing and adulteratlon of
liquors. Give him dozen casks of de-
odorized alcohol, and the next day each
of them will represent the name of a
genuine wine or popular spirit. He en-
tiers wholesale drug store, bearing a
large basket upon his arm. Five pounds
of Iceland moss are weighed out to him.
To raw liquors this imparts a degree of
smoothness and oleaginousness that gives
to imitation brandy the glibness of that
which is most matured. An astringent
called catechu, that would almost close
the mouth of a glass inkstand, is next in
order. A couple of ounces of strychnine,
next called for, are quickly conveyed to
his vest pocket, and pound of white
vitriol is as silently placed in the bottom
of the basket. The oil of cognac, the
sulphuric acid, and other articles that
give fire and body to liquid poison, are
always kept in the store The mixer
buys those from various quarters. They
are staples of the art.-Phitadelphia Z a.
NOR
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-05

A PAGAN LEGEND OF JESUS.

Publius Lentulus, said by some to have
been proconsul Of Judea prior to Herod,
is reported to have seen the Savior, and
to have written the following letter to the
Roman Senate cat this time appeared
a man who is still living and endowed
with mighty power; his name is Jesus
Christ. His disciples call him the Son
of God others regard him powerful
prophet. He raises the dead to life, and
heals the sick of every description of in
trinity and disease. This man is of
lofty stature and proportioned his coun-
tenance severe and virtuous, SO that he
inspires beholders with feelings both of
fear and love. The hair of his head is
of the color of wine, and from the top of
the head to the ears, straight and with
out radiance, but it descends from the
ears to the shoulders in shining curls
From the shoulders the hair flows down
the back, divided into two portions, after
the manner of the Nazarenes his FORE
head is clear aud without wrinkle; his
face free from blemish, and slightly
tinged with red. his physiognomy noble
and gracious. The nose and mouth are
faultless. His beard is abundant, the
same color as the hair, and forked. His
eyes are blue and very brilliant. In re-
proving or censuring he is awe-inspiring /;
in exhorting and teaching, his speech is
gentle and caressing. His countenance
is marvellous in seriousness and grace.
He has never once been seen to laugh.
but many have seen him weep. He is
slender in person, his hands are straight
and long, his arms beautiful. Grave and
solemn in his discourse, his language is
simple and quiet In appearance he is
the most beautiful of the children Of
men. "-Church Monthly.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-05

A BLESSING ALWAYS REMAINING
DR.. Bell relates that blind girl, re-
siding in France, had for many years
persued an embossed Bible with her fin
gers, but, becoming partially paralyzed,
the sense of touch in her fingers was
lost. Her agony of mind at the depri-
walton was great. and IN moment of
despair she took up her Bible, bent down
her head and kissed the open leaf, by way,
as she supposed, of last farewell. In
the act of doing SO, to her great surprise
and sudden joy, she felt the letters dis
tinctly with her lips, "and from that
day." he adds, "this poor child has thus
been reading the book which is her one
great comfort. Christian Press.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-05
u EN- pKtAMcG.
TRY EXAMPLE.

DR.. Reid, of Edinburgh, says: Permit
me to give a single instance, showing
what an advantage abstinence gives to
minister in dealing with intemperance.
The Rev. John Griffith, M. A., Rector Of
Meath, tells us that Quaker friend did
much to enlighten and to instruct him.
Meeting with this young philanthopist
shortly after entering on his present
charge, he was congratulated by him on
his zeal in attacking the sin of drunken
ness. which SO generally prevailed in the
parish, and then asked:
wilt thou tell me how many converts
thou hast had from drunkenness ?"
Il fear none" was the reply.
"Well," said he, "thou hast tried
what preaching will do, and thou hast
tried what lecturing will do; suppose
thou dost try what example will dol"
The appeal was irresistible. 1t may
now be asked what have been the results
of his protesting teetotalism. Eight hun
dred persons in the course of eighteen
months signed the pledge; seven hun
dred young people became members of
the "Band of Hope" The whole moral
aspect of the town became changed Sob
riety was soon in the ascendeney, as
frequently public-houses ceased to be
considerd respectable. The stumbling
block having been removed, the work of
philanthropy and religion progressed.
81 might fill columns, !" says Mr.. Griffith,
"with the mention Of the fruits of those
la bors. shall only mark out one for
especial notice-vi.z, the increased infu-
ence the profession of total abstinence
conferred on me, not as an individual
citizen, but as minister of the gospel.
By avowing myself on the aide of total
abstinence, my influence increased ten
fold.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-05

How deep is Gods ycarning over re-
bellious man When the sinner fees
from Him, God pursues him; and not
till he has long and deliberately rejected
the divine entreaties, refusing to listen
to the voice of the heavenly charmer
charming never SO wisely.-not till then
does God cease his pursuit. And when
He does cease it, He turns away more in
sorrow than in wrath, saying, "Oh that
my people had hearkened unto me l''
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-05
Lions About.

It is dangerous thing to trife with
a cold. A darkey preacher once told
his hearers that he thanked God "that
the devil went about as roaring lion,
seeking whom he may devour. He might
catch poor fellow who didn't know that
he was near him but when he heard
the roar he could get out of the way if
he didn't he deserved to die" So when
one hears the wheeze of the cough which
tells of the old lion, Consumption, Turk
ing around, he should fly to DR.. Wistar's
Balsam of Wild Cherry, and get out of
the way of danger. This preparation is
well known, has been tried nearly fifty
years. and is acknowledged by all who
use it to be unsurpassed in its soothing
and healing properties. so cents and 81
bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-05
SMALL THINGS TEST MEN.

In the things small lie the crucibles
and the the touch stones. Any hypo-
crlte will come to the Sabbath worship,
but it is not every hypocrite that will at
tend the prayer-meetings or read the BIZ
BILE in secret, or speak privately of the
things of God to the saints. You shall
find the same true in other things. A
man who is no. Christian very likely will
not tell you downright lie, by saying
that white is black, but he will not he's
itate to declare that whitish- brown is
white. He will 60 to that length. Now
the Christian will not 60 halfway to a
falsehood nay, he scorns to 60 an inch
on that road. He will no more cheat
you out of twopence farthing than he
would out of two thousand pounds. He
will not rob you of an eel. Even Phar-
isee will ask Christ to his house-to sit
at meat with him-he is willing to en-
terrain great religious leader at his ia
BILE: but it is not every one who will
stoop down to unloosen his shoes; for
that very Pharisee who made the feast
never brought him water to wash his
feet nor gave him the kiss of welcome.
He proved the insincerity of his hospi-
tality by forgetting the little things. l
will be bound that Martha and Mary
never forgot to unloose his shoe-latchets,
and that Lazarus never forgot to see that
his feet were washed. Look, then pray
you as Christians, to the service Of
Christ in the obscure things, in the
things that are not recognized by men,
in the matters that have no honor attach.
ed to them, for by this shall your love
be tried.-.Spurgeo,a.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-05
A CARD
TO THE PUBL

I buih my store a little over one
ago I started aoathoa1 any casio
and had bat teao acquaintance; Il
the cheek to offer Flour and Grad
any one that aoanted to b,ty, and aith!
this aoas considered (by some) sm 10
great crime I haze been suffered
on, and am still "alsve and kicking
I aCant to ask the anhobstdat|
Orleans County If 1t has been, or 4
dag, a'sy benefit to them to haze
-four and grain stores an Barton ?
although I do not sag 1t bOosti'ag|
hare at this time good Hardware
and good Flour and Grain trade,
ing sold ia / months ocer seves had
barrels Of -four, besides several thoat|
bushels of grain. As l haze no tad
call on the farmers and Others d
county, I aOsN take 1t for granted
the people are intelligent enough to 4
aohere to trade, a0ithostt my telling 4
And an conclusion I a0ould sag, y
thanks to the customers that haze
by me and to those that haze not
ro,aszed me, I hare no sU-a0iN toac
gou this IS a free country, and
should haze anything IN mig store
you soant to bag, be 1t ever so snad
sooald be Just as glad to sell 1t to go
though gou bought all of your goo'
me. Very truly yoars.
CHENEY GREE