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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-12
timony, when John French arose, and ex

timony, when John French arose, and ex-
claimed:
81 do now accuse him of the murder of
Zimri Buskirk my affidavit is in the room;
the Sheriff holds il at this moment. Look
at the man Guilt is written on his face.
He is trying to leave the house. Catch
him!n
The confusion that now ensued was in
tense. Ellen Milligen, with loud shrek,
fell forward on the floor, where she was
permitted to lie, for all eyes were turned
upon her brother.
Pistol in hand, the young man was clear
ing path to the door, No one dared to
lay hands on him, for he threatened to shoot
the first one who touched him, and
thus he reached the door leading to the
street.
On the threshold he paused and faced the
excited occupants of the court room.
"You will never put me in Abner Ten
neys placen he cried. ''If did kill Zim-
ri Buskirk, you shall not prove and hang
me
The next moment there was loud re-
port, and human body, after swaying for
an instant fell heavily upon the floor
Hiram Milligen had taken his own life !
This tragic occurrence, as might be sup
posed, put an end to Abner Tenney's trial.
1t established his innocence in the eyes of
all, and the guilty was beyond the punish
ment of an earthly tribunal
Upon her recovery, Ellen Milligen un-
folded one OF the darkest plots on record.
She confessed that her testimony was but a
tissue of falsehoods; that she knew that
her brother had killed the farmer for the
purpose of getting his money, and accused
young Tenney, in order to prevent him
from winning Eva Buskirk. Ellen, piqued
at Tenney's refusal to court her. had enter
ed into the plot with revengeful spirit. But
the game had failed.
OF course the minister's son was released,
and Ellen Milligen left the country between
two days. She died several years later in
den of infamy in the South
Abner Tenney led Eva Buskirk to the
altar several months after his release, and
became one of the solid men of the South.
believe he is still living, but his father,
the minister, is dead and the secret which
he guarded so zealously at one time is no
longer one.
1t was simply this: Despite the holy in
fluences under which he had been raised,
he had departed from the paths ofrectitude
and became a gambler, along with John
French and his companions. On the night
OF the murder OF Mr.. Buskirk, the quartette
were in the midst of carouse which the
youth refused to confess for the sake of his
father, who never dreamed of his wild life.
But John French had saved the young
man whom he had led into vice, and kept
him from the gallows. Tenney's secret
was told by him after he had made a man
of himself; but it puzzles many people who
know it not to this day.
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CLEVELAND, TENN, JUNE 70. 1879.

destroy and annihilate each other In
the most horrible manner i'm the most
horrible manner. Although the tribe
of the Guvnaques engage in commerce
with any who may visit their territory,
they are nevertheless, veritable canni-
balls so far as the Huitotes are concern
ed, whom they hunt as they would wild
beasts, with the object of making pris-
oners, whom they sell as slaves in Brat
zilian territory, or reserve for worse
fate, serving up the still palpitating
bodies of their victims as annrticle OF
food in thsir horrible and disgusting
feasts. The frightful orgies practiced
at these barbaric rites are described by
a gentleman named Guzman, Colom-
bian, who, for commercial purposes,
visited the country inhabited by these
tribes. The buildings or temples In
which the victims are sacrificed are
about thirty metres square with several
doors on either side, and will ac-
cOmmodate about forty individuals.
he victim selected is led by the hand
by chief several times up and down
before the assembled savages amid
shouts and laughter the most Internal (;
the tren bling captive is obliged to pass
out and in through the various doors,
and at last is allowed to stand for a
few moments in the centre of the build
ing, in the midst of his savage destroy
ers. Then, without word of warning
the savage chief attacks the helpless
creature with club, knocking him
senseless or dead with the first blow,
an1 proceeds to dismember and divide
the body among those present, who de-
your the remains even without the for
mality Of submitting them to the fire.
Like wild animals, crouched upon the
mud floor, they proceed to their unnat-
ural and horrible feast. But the Qua
ques are in turn exposed to the attacks
of wandering parties of Brazilian ne
grOes, who at certain seasons of the
year ascend the Caqueta River, attack
dwellings and villages, making prison.
ers of men, women and children indis-
criminately, whom they carry off to
their houses and sell into slavery every
year, without protest on the part of the
local authorities, or steps being taken
to put an end to the Internal traffic.
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How to Put Nervous Babes to Sleep.

|
A baby is very lender thing, peo-
pie say, but most Of them are very far
from knowing how tender. Imagine
how nervous you are IN certain states
when recovering from illness say,
when the fall of book or slam of a
door makes you culver and feel faint,
it is as if some one gave blow. A puff
of wind will set it gasping, it's little
breath blown quite away. A noise
makes it shiver, change of summer
air makes it turn death cold. A baby
is the most nervous of beings, and the
tortures it suffers in going to sleep and
being awakened by careless sounds
when "dropping Of" are only compar-
able to the same experience ofan older
person during the acute nervous head
ache. Young babies ought to pass the
first months of their lives in the coun-
try, for its stiffness no less than its
fresh air. But where silence is not to
be commanded, baby may be soothed
by folding u soft napkin, wet in warm
ish water, lightly over the top OF its
head, its eyes and ears. 1t is the best
way to put na5yous babies to sleep. /
have tried it hundreds of times with a
child so irritable that paregoric and
soothing syrup only made 1t wide
awake. A fine towel would be wetand
laid over its head, the ends twisted a
little till it made sort of skull cap,
and, though baby sometimes fought
against being blindfolded in this way,
five minutes usually sent him of into
deep and blissful slumber. The COM
press cooled the feverlsh little brain,
deadened sound in his ears, and sh ut
out everything that took his attention,
so that sleep caught him unawares.
Teething babies find this very comfort
able, for their heads are always hot,
and there is fevered beating of the
arteries on each side.
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CannilDals.

A curious story comes to us, upon the
authority Of the Prefect of the District
Of Caqaota, in the State Of Cauca,
ON the borders Of the Brazilian Empire,
Of hostilities between savage Indian
tribes which are marked by the atroci-
ties common to CentralAfrica, or the
islands of the South Sea, On the deso-
late sands of the lower parts of the
river Caqueta, live two tribls of Indians
the Huitotes and Gasqnes--between
whom appears to be an endless fued.
What the original cause Of the sanguin-
ary wars between these two tribes may
have been Is not known, but the fact
remains that they seem to exist but TO
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-12
RAIN ON TIE ROOF.

Soft fails through the gathering twilight
The rain from the dripping caves,
Ani stirs. with tremulous rustic.
The dead aud ths dying leaves,
While afSr in the IN DIT Of the shadows,
hear the sweet voices OF bells,
Come borne on tue Wind Of the autumn,
lghas iifally Uses and sSels.
They cal aud they swer each other.
Aud answer and mingle again,
As the d ep and the sllrill in an anthem
Make harmony still in tieir strain
Ar tie voices Of sentinels mingle
Ia mountainous regions Of SNOW,
fill from the hil-tops a chorus
Floats down 10 the valleys below
The shadows, the freight Of even,
The sound OF the rams distant chime.
Z Come bring ng, with rain softly d opp ng
Sweet oughts Of shaiowy time
This slumberous sense Of seclusion,
From storm and intrdders aloOf,
We feel when we hea in tie midni lat
TIE patter of rain on the roof.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-12

1t has become SO common 10 write TIE
beginning OF an elegant, Interesting
article and then run 1t into some adver-
tisement that we avoid all such cheats
and simply call attention to the merits
of Hop Bitters in as plain honest terms
as possible, to indics people to give
them one trial, as no one who knows
their value will ever use anything else.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-12

The Prince Imperial has reached
Zululand and taken the held with the
relief column,
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Regular rates Of advertising. tl per squars
hrst insert.on and 50 cents each subsequent
Insertion
Special contracts win be made for ali Adyur-
usemeuts for four Insertions or over.
Transient advertisements Always payable
quarterly In advance
Marriages and obituary notices, over one
square charged for at half regular rsteA
AL local notices 10 cents Line for each tn
sertioh
No notices inserted for lea than hfty
oentA
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-10-25
AWFUL OUTRAGE BY NEGROES.

SIX BLACK FIENDS SHOT THE OWNER OF \
FLAT-BoAT, AND RAvlsH HIS WIFE IN THE
PRESENCE OF HER LITTLE CHILDREN.
\ dispatch from Memphis, dated Tues
day last gives the details Of the most tiend-
ish outrage ever perpetrated on the Missis-
sippi river. The dispatch says:
AS the steamer o. W. Pierce was on her
way down the river last Saturday night
near Montgomery landing, Ark, some eigh-
teen miles below here, loud cries OF mur.
der and calls for help were heard from a
pair OF flat-boats apparently adrift in the
river. The Pierce rounded to, ran alongside
of the boats and found poor woman named
johnson in a pitiable condition, her three
children, the eldest about five years old
and the youngest at the breast, budding
around and sympathi2ing with the Injured
woman, who had just been Iayished by six
brutal and yillanous negroes. The scoun-
drcls had first shot the womans husband,
three buckshot having struck the back OF
his head and stunning him. Thinking
they had killed their victim, they com.
plctcd their work Of deyitry, plum.
dered the boat, cut her adrift and wen
ashore, leaving the supposed dead man on
the river bank. Among the articles carried
off by the scoundrcls was shot gun and
500 in money. Captain Washon, Of the
Pierce, sent for the wounded man, took the
boats and left them at Lawhorn's landing
some distance further down. 4 number OF
people in the vicinity had interested them
in thematter,and werGat lastarconnts,
endeayoring TO find trace Of the perpctra-
tors of the diabolical act The six negroes
were seen from the approaching steamer
making their way to shore from the flats in
n skiR with the wounded man. The syn.
pathy Of all on board of the Pierce was
aroused at the wrctchcd plight of Mrs.
johnson, whose condition was extremely
critical when the boat left her II is TO be
hoped that the villains will be hunted
| down.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-10-25

IT Is not 10 be denied that Senator Bay
ards presidential chances are looking up
1t is true, as the New Orleans Times
remarks, that the result in Ohio has shelved
Thurman. 1t is scarcely less undeniable
that the result in New York will quite as
effectively shelve Tilden. All this achieved
Mr. Bayard's friends are no doubt right in
thinking that Mr.. B., with his hard money
views is bound to come to the front Act
ing under this conviction theyare preparing
to give him fitting reception on his arrival
from Europe. 1t is announced that he will
leave southampton on the twenty-sixth of the
present month. He will therefore reach New
York sometime in the first week Of No.
vcmber. AS far as the South is concerned
Senator Bayard is the most acceptable man
that has yet been named for the presidency
He is not the favorite in the Northwest, but
he would doubtless poll the full Demo-
cratic vote. His nomination, however,
would enforce the nomination of a Green.
back candidate, who would win the sup.
port of Observation-Disclosures. The
Republican Grecnbackcrs, as matter of
course, would support the Republican nom.
inee.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-10-25

TUE New York Herald, never partial tc
| the Democratic party, can, at times, deal
Justly with both parties In dealing with
the cutlery about the oppressed and sadly
bull -dozed negro OF the South II very
sensibly concludes that if the negroes were
really in the sad condition in which it
plcases some of our Northern politicians to
represent them if they were murdered, OPP
messed, robbed and cheated everywhere, it
is not possible that they would produce
now a greater cotton crop than the largest
under slavery; that the crop should be in
crcasing steadily year by year, and that, be-
sides the cotton, they should produce, also,
as they do, larger amount than ever be-
fore of their own food supplies. Northern
papers are tull Of complaints Of Northern
and white laborcrs who are also wronged,
often in ways which it is difficult to prevent,
and the ignorance, and, more than that,
the wastetul and unthrfty habits of the
southern negro expose him peculiarly to
become the prey,of sharpcrs. But, in the
ace of the immense and continually and
steadily increasing cotton crop, it is non
ense to assert that there is general terror
SIN, expressions Or cheating OF the blacks.
We advise the Republicans to give up that
point in their argument, But We advise
the Southern whites, also, to pass laws for
the more stringent protection of the black
laborcrs against men who cheat them ont
Of their earnings. If they neglect that,
they may some day see a real exodus Of
the blacks, which would be very en-
barrasing event for them.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-10-25
COLORADO, though quite young State, j

COLORADO though quite young State, j
"spunky," has sand in her craw,' towns
stiff spinal column ETC., and has told Tn
cleSam to his face that, if this is Nation, she
expects the Nation 70 remove the Indians,
every mothers son Of EN-, out Of Colorado;
otherwise, she will assert her State rights
and 90 for the redskins on her own account.
a dispatch from Denver TO the commits
sioner of Indian affairs, affirms that the
Governor and all the leading CITIZENS unani-
mOusly swear that the Indians must be re-
moved from the State or extermnated by
the State, if not by the Federal forces.
Confidence, they say, can never be restored,
and it is only question whether the result
be attained at once or by slow and tedious
warfare.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-10-25

A NETWORK case Of love and suicide in
low life, Invested of all its tedious details
sub.heads and exclamation points, appear,
in this shape; A Jew, thirty-fye years old
dirty and unkempt, aproduce merchant who
peddled raddishes from door to door; and {
shoemakcr's wife; old, wrinkled, toothles,
and otherwise free from those charms which
contribute to female lovclincss, were the
parties. The shoemakers wife had Just
completed her morning household duties
and sat summing herself on the stoop of her
humble residence The Jew commenced his
demonstrations by asking and making signs
indicative Of a desire to open Irritation.
The shoemaker's wife, being in poor health
and having already tour lovely babes and
most devoted husband, looked upon this
attack upon her virtue with honest indigna-
ton. She retired within the sacred portals
of her home. These manifestations of dis
pleasure were not sufficient, however, to
cool the ardor Of the enamored jew. Day
after day he fingered long around the spot
where dwelt the object of his affections
On last Thursday he noticed that she was
alone in her husbands shop. He quickly
entered and asked her to marry him. She
told him that she was already married
He then begged her to clopc with him.
telling her that he could not live
without her. As she did not care particu.
larly whether he lived or not, she declined
this loving, but not very promising PROPOSE
ton. The Jew became more urgent, and
threatened TO put an immediate end to his
existence unless she would share his bed
and board, his joys and his sorrows. She
peremptorily refused, and then the jew,
quick as thought, seized keen.edged
knife from the shoemaker's bench, and cut
deep cash in his throat. The woman, in
terror, fed into the street screaming mar.
der.n police and other words calculated
to arouse peaceful and law.
abiding neighborhood. The jew, after
giving his throat another cut, followed her
the blood squirting freely from his wound,
at every step. The shoemaker, at this
stage of the tragedy, appeared upon the
scene, and, excited by his wifc's cries, drew
al knife and started in pursuit Of her pursuer
His aid was not needed, however. The
Jew, weakened by the loss of blood, fell t,
the pavement, was quickly carried to tho
hospital by the police. The shoemaker
wife returned to the bosom Of her family
and is now vainly trying to discover VIVA
charm it is that she possesses that exctct
so violent love in the bosom of the ven
dor Of radishes.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-10-25

EVERYBODY recollects the blue.glass
craze-scores Of windows in Cairo testify
70 this day that the people residing within
know all about it. Well, new craze is on
the tapis. While we sleep we lose an i'm.
mense amount Of electricity, and we can't
afford to lose the minutest flash of it. Glass
covers for beds keep It all in. Mum, the
scientist, says, the cover not only confines
the electricity, but is never falling cure
for rheumatism, insomnia salt rhcum, corns,
old bunions, sprains, consumption. general
debility, dyspepsia, cold, neuralgia pains
cholera, malarial fcvers, ague, sore throat
ingrowing nails, distempcr, cracked hoof
bronchitis, asthma, saddle gals, scratches
heayes and hydrophobia. big thing. q
course. And Mr.. Mum says: TRY It
Why, Of course, try it. Buy set RICH
away for every bed in your house. Go rigl
along and do IT, II some man should 50
that horse shoe carried in each han
would cure dyspepsia, every man in Amer
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-10-25

The FALSE NOTIONS exist in the minds of
many otherwise intelligent people rs to the
requirements Of q disordered stomach or
liver. The swallowing of nauscous and
powerful drugs is the way to encourage
not to cure dyspepsia and liver complaint
Nor can constpated or otherwise disor.
dered condition of the bowels be remedied
by similar treatment That aprceabl,
and thorough s,omachic and apcrient, Hos
letters Bitters, which is the re-.
verse of unpleasant and never produces vi
client effects, Is far preferable to medicine,
of the class referred to. II infuses new
vigor into failing physique, cheers IN,
mind whileit strengthens the BODY, and in
s,itutes q complete reform in the action o
the disordered stomach bowels or liver
Appetite and sleep ARE both promoted. utter
me and kidney affections are greatly bene
ntteu ny It's use. II is indeed a comprc
hcnsive and meri,orious preparation. fro
from drawbacks of any kind
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-10-25
LEGAL.
GALE or VALUABLE CITY LOTS,

William Tweed Parker, Va. Mary Tinker, William
Tinker, Dy0s 7. Parker ctals
Public. notice Is hereby given that the under.
signed Master In Chnnccry for Alexander County.
In pursuance Of a decree OF the Alexander County
Circuit Court, entered on the 4th day of Octob ".
1879, will offer for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder on Saturday, the 18th day of Noyem.
Der, lslo three lots In the City of Cairo Illinois.
described as follows; towit: Lots numbered 4;
and Is in Block one, and Lot 3gin Block 81, accord
ing to the original plat OF said city. Lot II Is on The
corner Of Fourth and Lcvec streets and lot IS Is The
adjoining lot on Leyee street Lot 30 " on I'm
street and has upon II good frame dwelling
The sale will begin at o'clock p. IN. AZ lot 80
and will begin AT lots II and IS At o'clock D. m,
Terms; One-half cash, and the othor half pay.
able Ia twelve months from day of sale purchaser
giving note secured by trust mortgage
JOHN 4 REEVE.
Master In Chanccry Alexander County, Illinois.
GREEN Il GlLBERT, Solicitors.
Dated Cairo. Illinois, October 23rd, 1919
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-10-25
THE SCHOOL oRAMMING SYSTEM.


Ii is somewhat surprising to hear OF
teachers and principals ofschools criticising
adversely the tendency to cram the brains
Of small pupils, not only with nonsense
which will do them no good either in this
world or the next, but Sith such variety
| that only mere smattering of number
of studies is gained, and nothing is learned
thoroughly. Yet il is a fact that IN insti-
tuteS of teachers and in boards of cduca-
ton, in many localities, this subject is at
last taken up in an apparently earnest man
ner.
At first thought it must seem rather re-
markabe that principals and teachers are
the directors. Most people are impressed
with the belief that these are the very per
sons TO blame for the introduction and
progress of the examining system. Their
time, or certain number of hours of it.
must.bc devoted TO public instruction. To
give all this time to studies which are of
the highest practical benefit to the child,
such as reading and spelling, and those sim
pie mental exercises which will form good
groundwork for the greater tasks to come,
would be too monotonous and would lack
show. So the useful is displaced for the
ornamental, and the ornamental is given A
variety Of shapes, and the parents or guar.
dams do not object, because they like to
have their children make display Of things
more snowy than reading and spelling.
Teachers, too, are anxious that their pupils
shall make u display in the presence of Wis
itors, for the song, and the drawing, and
the military drill, and the calistenic cxer-
cises are far more likely to please the eye
than reading, spelling, or iniantilc attempts
at composition.
We speak especially Of the primary
schools. In babyhood, aud on to that time
when young men and women can Judge for
themselves of the quality and quantity of
their work, the system Of examining is
put into practice, but it is more injurious,
in the primary than in any other depart.
ment Of the public schools. We believe,
however if the source which inspires this
undue multiplication Of useless studies
could be discovered, it would be found els
where than among the teachers. Teach
ers as a class are intelligent, and under
SNNlu AliN N"AlN, eIlNl Nhllulallts VI lbE4
pupils at any age. As class they are con
scientious and desire to be OF the highest
possible benefit to the children. Therefore,
the public must look elsewhere tor the
source Of the evil, and they will probably
find it in the fac; that boards OF educa.
tion whose duty it is to decide regarding
text books, are, tor some uncXplainablc
reason, extremely susceptible TO the
Establishments of publishing house agents.
Not content with repubhshing and i'm
proving works which belong to the do
main of standard studies, these houses
are constantly inyenting new tangled
things TO toist upon the schools, Voluble
agents are employed to push them. political
influence is invoked, the new features are
introduced; the teachers must nccc ssarily do |
their best with them, and the minds of the
children suffer, are dissipatcd and ruined
by the variety OF. strange and dis
tracing stuff with which they are fed |