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The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20
The Chinese Mississippi.

An American traveller writes to the
New York Times from Hankow, China,
as follows: "The regular navigation
of the Yang-tze-Kiang by steam is an
affair of the last fifteen years, and was
originally an American enterprise. The
river is one of the largest streams in the
world. Here, at Hankow, about 600
miles from the sea, the Yang-tze equals
the Mississippi at Natchez or Vicksburg,
and the current is said to be little less
than four miles an hour. At Chinkiang,
passed on our way up, the river is plen-
tifully dotted with boats and iunks, but
this condition is not peculiar to the
vicinity of Chinkiang. All the way up
We find them, and sometime there will
be twenty or thirty boats sailing so
closely together as almost to endanger
each Others cordage and sides. You
have seen New York Bay on a pleasant
afternoon in summer when every boat
that could hoist a sail was out for an air.
ing. Well, imagine this whole river for
hundreds of miles as thickly covered
with sales as our bay is on the occasion
1 have indicated andyou can get an idea
of the native commerce of the Yang TIE.
From Chinkiang the river is quite pic
turesque in places, and occasionally re-
minds you of the st. Lawrence or the
Columbia but was unprepared to see
the ruins of so many villages and cities
which were destroyed in the T@ping re.
bellion, and a sparse population through
SO many miles OF land Of teeming mil.
lions. Occasionally we pass groups Of
men at work. Some are cutting reeds
for fuel, others collecting cotton, hemp,
and other products of the earth and
others extracting indigo from the plant
which produces it. The plant is bruised
and soaked in large tubs till the color
ing matter is extracted. The indigo
settles to the bottom of the tub, and the
water is poured off; then the cake il
dried, and we have the indigo of com
merce. We see lot of little stages
perhaps thirty feet high, and just larg,
enough at top for one man, who work.
there, patiently and alone. He is braid
ing bamboo cable. 1t goes down by it
own weight as fast as he braids it, ant
is coiled on the ground beneath. Ere
quently there are fishermen seated alon,
the bank engaged in raising and lower
ing nets at the end of long bamboos
which are balanced like well-sweeps
1t is capital employment for laz
man, and not at all exciting. Hankow
from which I write, is great trad
center. Frequently the mouth of tn
Han is so crowded with junks that th
| river is entirely covered, and one ma
! walk for hours by stepping from on
: deck to another. Until last March til
steam navigation of the Yang-tze ha
been virtually in American hands,"
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20

Radix,' in one of his recent New York
letters. makes good point apropos of life
insurance Investigations and troubles generally,
by calling attention to the fallacy Of judging OF
the reliability of companies according to their
bulk. Many such institutions seek to dazzle
the public eye by printing their large gross as
sets in the heaviest type, and by laying great
stress upon the nominal millions under their
control to win confidence and prevent any close
analysis of the whole statement. He points
out the plain, but often forgotten fact, that
even conceding the equally good quality Of the
assets Of two companies, is not necessarily the
one with the most millions which Is safest for the
policy holder, but the one whose net surplus
bears the largest ratio to its whole property.
Judged by this sound and searching principle,
"Radix finds the Etna Life Insurance Com
pany. OF Hartford, to be one Of the strongest,
II not the very strongest, institution Of the
kind in the country. With little over twenty
four millions Of assets, it has about four and a
quarter millions Of clear surplus. The special
commission appointed by the Legislature of
Connecticuta year ago to investigate all the life
insurance companies Of that State saw of the
Etna that 1t is mot only solvent but financial
ly sound, and under the managemento of officers
and directors OF large experience sound iudp-
ment and unblemished character, and entitIed
to the entire confidence of policy holders and
the public Taking the above facts and this
official Endorsement together, IL is evident that
this writer's estimate OF the Etna is one that
can be everywhere safely Endorsed,
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20
The New Silver Dollar.

The above two cuts represent the new
silver dollar that is now insprocess OF
coinage in accordance with the provis.
ions of the silver bill recently passed by
Congress. Two specimens from which
to make choice were submitted to the
finance committee at Washington, and
the above design was accepted after
mature consideration. It is known as
the " Morgan dJllar," because it is the
work of Mr.. George E. Morgan, an Eng
lish engraver who has been in the SER
vice of the United States mint since o.
tober, 1876. The new dollar is two per
cent. lighter than the silver trade dollar,
but approaches that coin so nearly in
size that there is no perceptible differ
ence in either size or weight. The
various minis of the country will coin
these new dollars as rapidly as possible,
but some time will elapse before they
can get into general circulation. The
actual size of the dollar is reproduced in
the cuts.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20

p,on.c.iv.ly, from purely phyaoA,, s 49, -.
a, IispS. tnl.nd region must reach ne -.
don q one Of he riohsst sgrsuaa 11 ~ yssTs
o. the .s . Secade-husbAndry here Va ~,
ssV ..5ss,iy. From sbsplutey no dsT. s,Ee ss
ys.Ss go hi. Iso1 !; a = t1 Ss%Sa N From
ParueolI ~ ths train belt" 90 termed,
King ,S o9 has had to be taken 10: Inc
Inns IT, ~ water in the streams has sos.
HSntsd springs have burst forth 'S sSSIs 1' Of
existed before-in short luss w rs been
s1o1 heTe. under the march Of eiyihzAtion
vbSc y.t tsIes In ! heayily-timbered country uh-
der the same social conditions. .,.,.n o,..r-
10 move rS he accuracy Of the foregoing stA'e-
The Fan of Rain and Melted SNOW, " i incn ~
At Forts Hays LArned ana - xsI,v Mste-
geological Records kept by the United stA'e'
Goyernment ct the Posts named
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20
Running A Muck.

Every one has a notion OF what this
horrid can amok" frenzy means, but
we fancy Major McNair is right when be
says that probably few persons are
aware of the extent 10 which the prao-
tice which has come to be called =" run
ming muck really obtains. The
Malay is Of an extremely nervous tenn
permanent, and il is 4 common thing to
see man "whose will is under the in
fuence Of those he meets, and who
seems bound to initiate every gesticula-
! ton or movement that is made. The
nervous excitement reaches its climax
in the "amok." Raiah Mansur, one OF
the sons of Yusuf, the present ruler of
Perak, during strange Git of excitement,
drew his kris and rushed of, striking
right and left, killing six and severely
wounding two persons, and finally maxi
ing his escape into the jungle. He was
only twenty years old On occasions OF
this kind, the "amok" may be the
cause of death or severe injury to twenty
OF thirty people, before he is literally
hunted down and destroyed like mad
dog. The Malay, speaking of amok,
says "My eyes got dark, and l ran
on" Major McNair gives terrible de-
scription of the scene when the cry OF
"Amok amok - is raised, and the
police turn out flor the object is now to
take the man alive, try him by British
law and punish him for murder), armed
with huge short-pronged pitchfork, to
catch the mailman by the throat and pin
him to the wall, where he is driven
to bay. Generally speaking, the amok
is killed by the crowd of his pursuers,
thous h occasionally, as in the case of the
Sultan Yusuf, he escapes to the jungle.
Very few are brought to trial. Major
McNair docs not believe the amok is the
result of opium eating, which is an inn
ported custom among these people; he
holds it to have had its origin in the
deed of some desperate Malay, to have
been handed down by tradition to his
highly-sensitive successors, and since
then regarded as the right thing by
those who are excited to frenzy by apr
prehension or some injury that they re-
gard as deadly, and to be washed out in
blood. - The Spectator.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20
Rorovn,iop, moi ProstrntIon.

Did any enfeebied human being ever become
strong under the operation Of powerful cathar-
tics or salivants? 1t is sometimes necessary to
regulate the bowels, but that cannot be done
by active purgation, which exhausts the vital
forces and serves no good purpose whatever.
The only true way to promote health and VigorI,
which are essential to regularity OF the organic
functions, isto invigorate, discipline and purify
the system at the same time. The extraor-
binary efficacy OF Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
in cases of debility or iIregularity Of the organs
of digestion, assimilation, secretion and dis
charge, is universally admitted. Appetite,
good digestion, regular habit of body, active
circulation Of the blood, and purity Of all the
animal fluids are induced by this superb tonic
and corrective. 1t has no equals, moreover,
az a preventive of chills and fever, and other
types of malarial Disease. To immigrants and
travellers it is psrtfcularly serviceable as a
| medicinal safeguard
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20
, r.nnnirn sInnarr.

When DIT. h. Y. Pierce vas = eAnd date for
stsfe senstor his political opponents publish
"a a pretended analysis OF his popular medl-
cines, hoping thereby TO prejudiee the people
against HIM His election by an overNheimihs
maiority seventy rebuked his trAdnoers, who i,
q night 10 impeach his business integrity. NO
notice would have been taken OF these cam
psign lies were it not that some OF hls eeiles
Snota Of enyious rivals) Ars republishing these
bogus analyses. Numerous and most absuio
formulas have been published. purporting y
come from high authority and i Is signih'
can't fsct that no two have been at all alike
conclusively proving the dishonesty OF then
auflors
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20

The Greatest Discovery Of the AEe " III
Tobias celebrated Venetian Linimsntl PEARS oeior'
the public and warranted TO DiHrThsA DyseniefJ
Collie and spafms taken internally and Group OhfoniS
Rheumatism Sore Threats, Outs, Bruises, Old sores
and Pains In the Limbo Back. and Chest, externally
II has never failed. No family will ever be without
after once giving It far trial Price, 90 cents On
TOBIAS VENETIAN HORSE IMMINENT, In Pm
Bot,les At One Dollar Is warranted superior 10 AM
other or no PAY. for the Of Collie, Outs Bruises
old Sores ETC. Sold by all Druggists. Depot-IO Parl
Place New York.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20

Hewitt, OF New York. attacked the recent hsh.
cries award, and assailed the policy OF President
Hayes. "A joint resolution fixing the time LOT
paying whisky taxes was reported from inc
committee on Ways and means. The naval ap-
propriAtions bill was reported IL appropriate
sl4.O4s. 64s. A resolution inviting the Presi-
dent 10 recognize the DiAz government, IN
Mexico, was offered, but objection was made.
An evening session for general debate was
held and the House adjourned at $50 P. n.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20
Foreign News.

Cardinal Franchi has been appointed secre-
tsry OF state by Pope Leo XIII.
The treaty. signed at San Stefsno bears the
title: "PreliminaTies Of Peace and contains
twenty-nine srticles. The opening articles re-
late t6 Montenegro Servia aud Bulgaria. The
indemnity is fixed 4 l.Ai0 OO0OOO rouoles
tsEll9.54o ,OO0). but 100000, coo rou6les are
covered by territorial cessions. Nothing Is
ixed concerning the terms and period OF pay
ment OF the $40 OOO, 900 roubles (s246. l4O 600.
No guarantee is stipulated, nor is there men
ton Of the Egyptian or Bulgarian tributes or
OF the Turkish fleet The treaty simply states
that Russia and Turkey shall agree subse-
quently about the payment.
Adyices from Bonnie Bay, Newfoundland,
state that great distress prevails there, as the
result Of the scarcity OF fish last season, and
that half the people Of the place are living
altogether on herring.
There has been large fire in Panama. The
flames spread over three blocks OF business
houses, causing damage estimated at S5OO, OOO.
Count Sclopis, the L allan statesman and
president OF the Geneva Board Of Arbitration
on the Alabama claims, is dead at the age OF
eighty.
A dispatch from Trieste says the Austrian
steamer Sphinx, from Cavallo, with 5OO Clr-
cassans on board. caught fire and went ashore
near Cape Ella. Five hundred lives were lost.
The Ksffirs at Cape Town, Africa, were de-
feated by the British in severe engagement
and had many killed.
John Tammore, foreman at Riordan's pulp
mills, Merriton, Ontario, was instantly killed
and two others seriously injured by an ex-
plosion Of dynamite cartridges.
A London dispatch says Trustworthy pri-
yate advices from India state that the Moham-
medanS are greatly excited in consequence of
the overthrow OF Turkey. Serious trouble is
even apprehended unless the government takes
some anti Russian action shortly. 1t Is be-
lieved that 200, 600 Moslem volunteers to serve
against Russia, could be raised without diff
Guilty
The surrender of insurgent Cubans con-
tinues.
About forty miners were killed by an e1-
plosion in colliery near Bolton, England.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20
HOMES In The WEST

Excursions to Lincoln, Nebraska,
Leave New. York and New, EnElnnd the
Third Tuesday In every month until Decenl-
Der. Excursion No. ~ will leave TUESDAY.
MARCH IaIh. Fare nbout half regular
Rates. Fast trains aud frst-class accommodations
For descriptive Land Circulars Informa-
ton about Tickets etc send address Postal Gard to
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20

Is It true economy to use cheap, adulterated
baking powder, which is highly injurious to
health, merely because it is cheap? Common
sense and experience say no! Dooleys Yeast
Powder, which has been known for twenty
years as an absolutely pure. wholesome, and in
every respect, reliable article, is within the
reach of all those who practice true economy in
tbiu raspact
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20

Alex. Gillespie, of Wilmington, Del,
while digging well in cellar, Friday,
struck oil, the well yielding over five
barrels in couple of hours.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20

Out in California, the land OF the
glorious climate, the first six months
of the year they pray for the rain, the
remaining six months they run away
from floods.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20

cipal subiect Of consideration Was the draft Of
a letter prepared by Secretary .EyArts, and 10
be sent TO the governments Of all the Latin
union countries. This is in accordance with
the section Of the silver bill, providing Tor an
international conference TO determine the reia-
tive values OF the bi-me'alic standards.
The House committee on pOst-ofhoea and
post roads has under consideration a new
scheme for the classification Of mail matter
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20

4 Never Felt Better. -,
Such ia the verdict after taking aor" "
ouirks Irish Tea. Sold in packages 81 = cts.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20

uOthers! Mothers!! Mothers!i! Don't
fail to procure Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup
for all diseases incident to the period OF teeth
inc in children. It relieves the child from pain,
cures wind collie, regulates the bowels, and, by
giving relief and health to the child gives rest to
the mother. 1t is an old and well-tried remedy.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20
CHEW
The Celebrated
"MATCHIiEss
Wood Tag Plug
TOBACCO.
THE PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY,
New York, Boston, and Chicago.

There are probably hundred or more per
sons in this and neighboring towns, who daily
suffer from the distressing effects of kidney
troubles, who do not know that Johnson's An
odyne Linment is almost certain cure. In
severe cases. great relief may be obtained, If
not n perfeCt cure,
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20

We notice that agricultural newspapers al
over the country are now exposing the worth
lessness Of the large packages Of horse and
cattle powders. We put the ball in motion and
claim the credit of it. Sheridan's Powders are
absolutely pure and are the only kind worth
having,
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20
the
GOOD Old
STAND.B'
7 n r
MEXICAN MUSTANG LINlNEI
FOR RAN ARD BEAST.

EsrABLBHED IS YEARs. AlwsyS cures n
- d.. Always handy. Bas never fsilsd
ni lions hare tested Il. Tn whole world sppNN'
,.lorioua old MustanS-the Best and Cheapest In
in existence. 25 cents bottle. The Mustang h
cures when nothing else will
soID By ALI, MEDIOINE vENDE&
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Ea.tarn and Middle states.


bin for the protection Of savings bank de
posters has been passed by the New York
State Senate
The New Hampshire Greenback party held
convention Al Portsmouth and nominated
Samuel Flint, Of Lyme, for governor
A FIRE in spartansburg, Pa, destroyed nearly
every business house in the town. Twenty
families we're made homeless, and the damage
done reaches 100000.
The shin Bertha, Of Portland. was sighted
bv the steamship Bolivia, in mid-ocean, with
the American ensign, union down. The mate
OF the Bertha stated that on the previous day
Captain Hill and three seamen had been washed
overheard. A navigator and two seamen from
the Bolivia were sent aboard the ship.
SpeciaI Bank Examiner William J. Best, who
has been engaged for long time in examining
the affairs OF the Union Dime Savings Bank
one Of the largest institutions OF its kind IN
New York city-hss prepared supplementary
report stating that the concern Is IN a safe con-
dition, and charging that the troubles OF the
bank we're due TO a conspiracy of several men,
bers Of the banks board Of trustees to injure IT,
Henry Schmidt, Of New York, while in a
drunken rage at his wife, who refused to give
M her earnings to satisfy his crsving for
Honor. poisoned her, his daughter, and mother
in-law by putting arsenic in their coffee, and
then fed, The mother and daughter were
rescued from death, but the old lady was left
in a critical condition. Schmidt was captured
and locked up.
The railroad bridge over the Raritan river at
New Brunswick, n. ia wooden structure
$500 feet long-caught fire near the draw and
was almost totally destroyed.
The porgie ship Alabama, lying in the har-
Dor Of South Bristol Me, was destroyed by
fire, causing loss of $4,000.
The large commission and packing house Of
Ashael Troth i Co., Philadelphia, has sus-
pended
The Home Savings Bank, OF Boston, has sus'
pended. 1t is believed the depositors will be
pai6 in full, but a long time will be required to
wind up the affairs.
fire in Jersey City, n. j., destroyed five
dwellings and made over one hundred families
destitute. Loss on buildings and to occupants,
about S25, 900.
Robert McAdam and Charles Patton, boys
aged about twelve years, quarreled IN Philadel-
phia over the possession OF a stick Of candy.
Patton drew pi- toll and shot McAdam through
the head. instantly killing him.
The election in New Hampshire resulted in a
victory for the Republicans Governor Pres
colt was reelected, and Republican legis-
lature and council were also chosen.
Three buildings Of the American Powder
Company, at South Acton, Mass, were COM
pletely demolished by an explosion, and two
men. named Foster and Turpenty, were in
stantly killed. So heavy was the shock Of the
explosion that it was heard for distance Of
twenty-five miles.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20
If IT IS A HUMBUG,

Blame no one but yourself, for ask no money. till
tested for our Eve Ton Wagon Scale Freight prepaid
Price $40 For free Autograph and Price List address
ZONES OF RINGHAMTON Binghamton, N Y.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-03-20
Invalid Pensions Increased.

BOUNTY-Yolunteers re-enlisting between Jan'y l.
1853 and April l. 1854 with months prior service can
get unpaid balance of 300 PENSION for wounds and
disease ION slight disability to soldiers, sailors widow
and children. War 1871 Pensions to survivors and
widows Change law to period Of service and date
of marriage BOUNTY to soldiers discharg for
wounds injury and 800 to vols enlisted before july
DO 1861 for three years. regardless of term OF service,
not paid ADDITIONAL BOUNTY to ami 2 years
vols. and widows, Z only siO9 h9s s, been B9d Ne"
Late Ohief CLERK, U. S. Sanitary Commission Agency
Attorney at Law, No. III Nassau Street, New York
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-16

IsvEsTiGArE.-'rhe Pittsburg Teie.
graph, is not exercised quite so much,
over Congressional investigation a.
the average Radical organs are. The
editor comes to this sensible conclusion
He says: ave do not observe anything
very criminal in the resolution of Mr.
Wood, inaugurating Wholesale inves.
tigation into the conduct of Govern.
ment officials in Washington. Inves
tigation is good thing, notwithstand
ing the melancholy murmurs of some
of our contemporaries. Officials ol
parties who object to being investigs
ted and all their acts made public, stand
in need of rigid investigation, and peo
pie who investigate merely for the pur
pose Of persecution, always get the
worst of it. Let Mr.. Woods investi
CATION go on, and if there is any dis.
honesty in official places to be uncov
cred, let the lid be lifted by all means
and as promptly as possible. Dishon.
esty in all quarters must be stamped
out. The ends rather than the means
should be a mattar of solicitude.'
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-16

A THouoHTLEss ExEcurIvE.--The
Governor of Nevada neglected to
issue a Thanksgiving proclamation
this year, and, as mono OF his constitu.
ents reminded him of the omission, the
State kept the day and ate its dinner
unohicially. His explanation is very
simple one. 1t did not escape his nom.
ory he knew that it was his duty to
bring Providence and the Common.
wealth into the proper relations; but
the printing fund was short, and he
was afraid that the newspapers would
not publish the proclamation except
as an advertisement. However, smart
law student informs us that a de fdcto
Thanksgiving is just as good as dc
jwe one, and Nevada seems to have
had as happy Christmas and New
Year as Pennsylvania.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-01-16

ANOTHER SrRAw.-Wm. Il Chand.
Ter, Secretary of the Radical National
Committee, has written a long letter
on the eight by seven transaction. He,
this high priest, declares that Hayes
was COUNTED IN. Thus, one after an.
other of those whom the gods wish to
destroy, become mad This feature OF
heather mythology is as true as the
needle to the pole. Chandler 'bosscd
the Florida job and stole the electors
of that State from Mr., Tilden, and
handed them over to Hayes. He, like
Sherman, and the rest of those who
had committed grand larceny, went to
Hayes tor his pay. He wanted to be
made Minister to Spain or Italy. Mr..
Hayes had promised these places to
Ohio men, and could not accommodate
the New Hampshireite in that way.
Chandler CT course got mad, supposing
that Ohio had received enough of the
steal, and straightway writes long
letter exposing the fraud. Had he
turned States evidence while the eight
by seven were in session, his tcstimo.
ny, like Oakes Ames' cash, would have
been put where it would have done
"the most good" His revelations come
too late. Hence we are compelled to
chronicle the fall OF another great Rad
ical leader before a gun was fired.