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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-21
Secretary Ram ,ey ~ Eariy Life.
lebanon Penn. Times1

The following letter from the Hon.
Alexander Ramsey, Secretary Of War,
was written in reply to congratulatory
letter received by him from Mr.. F. A.
Kicker, Of Mount Joy, whose mother,
eighty-two years Of age, resides at Hum
melstown: ..
l am much obliged to you for your
kind congratulations, and most sincerely
hope that your anticilmtions will be
realized in my administration Of the War
Office. I feel very confident that I was
the youngster your mother carried in her
arms 30 many years age-God bless herl
livery well recollect your grandfath-
er's tannery on the banks OF the Swatara,
and / know that my mother was on in
innate terms at the house of your grand
father. But I left Hummelstown for
Harrisburg before | was eleven years Of
age, and my recollection is not as dis
tinct of the events Of my early childhood
because of my removal from place to
place. was born in 1916, and in 1926
| left Hummelstown. My mother died
in 1858, my father died before I left
Hummelstown. If you should see your
mother again give her my love-she
doubtless had it when she carried me as
an infant in her arms-and assure her
that she has my love and reverence now.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
ALEXANDER RAMSEY.
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M. Hu m brrt,> Duet.

M. Humbert. Communard member of
the Municipal Council, and the can
didate who sustained formidable fight
against M. Gent in the Vaucluse, is
keeping his name before the public in
the mast efectual way by fighting a
Journalistic duel. Disdaining the tears
of his young and beautiful bride. he
called out NJ. Mayer, editor of the Rad
ical journal Lanterne, Creditable seconds
were found on both sideg those of M.
MAYER being a half-pay Captain, and M.
Bosq, a Deputy for the Gard. A pralim-
mary difficulty as to which was the Of
Tended party, and entitled to the choice
of weapons, was referred to NJ. Ranc, the
amnestied Communist, who held that
the case was difficult one, and recon-
mended a toss up. The toss was in favor
of NJ. Humbert, who chose swords.
The parties met in the Bois de Meu-
don, but had difficulty, owing to the
snow. in selecting spot which offered a
fair footing. 1t had been agreed that
each combatant was to bring two swords,
but, owing to M. Mayer going to a
wrong railway station, his swords mis-
carried, and it was agreed to 60 in with
those Of NJ. Humbert. At the second
encounter M. Humbert's sword was
broken to shivers, and there was no
means of carrying on the combat. M.
Mayors second suggested that honor was
sufficiently vindicated; but NJ. Humbert
did not think 80, and second meeting
came off to-day. M. Humbert was
wounded in the breast and M. Mayer in
the thigh. N. Humbert, supposing he
survives his duel, will have TO go to
prison for six months on Jan. 18th, the
last delay he has been able to obtain,
pursuant to his sentence for political
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NINE. De MaintenOn and the Edict
Of Nahtes.
HTha

TThe Spectator.l
Of the definite charges against her;
that which, in England at all events
has been most widely spread, and most
generally believed, Is that she instigat-
ed the King to revoke the Ediet Of
Nantes. She had, we believe, little or
nothing to do with that disastrous
measure. Her letters proved that she
would never have approved the means
by which it was enforced. Louis and
his wife were alike kept in the dark
as to the worst barbarities exercised on
his wretched subjects. "n faut quel-
quefois tromper le Roi pour le servir,"
was maxim practiced by others as well
as the writer. I'll faut attirer les
gems par la douceur," she says: "Jesus
Christ nous en- montre Pexemple;" and
years later, "No corrompez pas les moeurs
en- .prechant la doctrine" In 1897, it is
true, she wrote a "Memoire" against the
repeal of the penal laws; but it is a sem
sible State paper, whatever we may
think of the conclusions, and the use Of
force is expressly deprecated. Her ac-
UlOH Ill the case OF ner own rrOIestaHI
relatives is less easy to excuse, but the
resistance of the De Villettes was not
very obstinate, and that Of the Chevalier
de Ste. Hermine won her respect.
"L'etat du Chevalier de Ste. Hermine," )"
she writes, "est deplorable, mais
il ma rien de honteux, ct celui
de ceux qui abjurent sans etre veritabie-
ment Catalogues est infame." Mime. de
Maintenon is also accused Of urging
Louis to acknowledge the Pretender as
James III, and of thus causing the war
Of the Spanish succession. This charge
is very likely true, but we do not think
the worse of her character as a woman
for allowing compassion for another to
override her political Judgment. The
same excuse will partially defend her
conduct in pressing the dying King to
exalt the rank and power Of the royal
bastards. For the Due du Marine she
felt deep and real love; and it is usu-
ally thought no great wrong to her sex
to say that justice is the least womanly
Of virtues ...-
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In the Australian Forest.
fChambers, Journal.


Morning and evening the Australian
forest is awake; at noon it is asleep. No
greater contrast can be imagined than
between the morning hours and those of
midday. In the former, the very flow
ers seem to possess an active existence.
Myriads of such, larger and more bril-
liant that those under English skies, load
the air with the sweetest scents; magnif-
cent tree-ferns wave their fronds or
branches Ia the light breeze, uold stumps
Of trees great green and yellow lizards lie
watching for their prey; the magpie
throws her voice from the wattles, and
possibly the lyre-bird in the denser scrub;
and In the tall gums numberless para
Ikeets, parrots, roselles. cockstoes, butcher
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-21

The Cheapest, PuF-
est and Best Family
Medicine In the World.
An Enectaal Specific
for all diseases OF the
Liver, Stomach and
Spleen.
Regulate the Liver
and prevent Chills and
Fever. MaMri0us Fe-
vers. Bowel Complaints
Restlessnes4 Janndice
and Nausea
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-21

Sensations are at premium in the
far West, the San Francisco Call, having
run short, recently cornered Fijian on
an incoming sloop, and induced him to
describe all the minute processes Of can
nibalism, and reveal his ecstasies of ap-
petite ever the favorous memory dPen-
FAINT fricassee. The dish of description
was served up very warm, With spices.
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CONSTIPATION!

SHOULD not be regarded as trifiing
ailment-in fact, nature demands the ut
most regularity of the bowels, and any
deviation from this demand paves the
way often to serious danger. Il is quite
as necessary to remove impure accumula-
tions from the bowels as IL is TO eat or
sleep, and no heaitb can be expected
where e0stive habit Of body PREVAILS
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PILES!

How many suffer torture day after day, making
life burden and rohOing existence OF all pleas
ure. owing to the secret suffering from Piles Yet
relief is ready to the hand Of almost any one who
will use systematically the remedy that has per
manently cured thousands simmons Liver Reg
ulator ia no drastic violent purge, but gentle as
sistant to nature
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-21

A young man in Hartford, who in
CURED the displeasure Of his kinspeople
and aquaintances by marrying German
servant girl, now holds his head very
high when he meets any one Of these cri-
tics. His wife has fallen heir to an estate
in the Fatherland worth 100000.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-21
BAD BREATH!

Nothing is 20 unpleasant nothing 50 common.
as bad breath, and in nearly every ca Q 1t comes
from the stomach, and can be 80 easily corrected
II you will tke Simmons Liver Reg guiatof 10
not neglect 80 sure remedy for this repulsive dis
order. 1t will also improve your Appetite, Com
plexi0n and General Health.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-21
LIVER REGULATOR.

II you feel duh, drowsy, debilitated, have fire.
quent headache, mouth tastes badly, poor appe-
tite and tongue coated. you are suffering from
torpid liver, or "bilousness" and nothing will
cure you SO speedily and permanently as 10 Ake
SIMMONS Liver REGULATOR OR MEbfcfSE
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-21

To prevent dyspepsia, Indigestion, Wind
in the stomach, costiveness and torpor of
the liver, take an occasional dose of Ma
guire's Cundurango Bitterz one hour be-
fore breakfast.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-21

The Safe Kidnev and Liver Cure has been
indorsed by some Of the best physicians,
and many others use it in their practice.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-21

The greatest blood purifier, liver invigor-
Maguire's Cundurango Bitters.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-21

Kidney-Wort effectively acts at the same
time on kidneys liver and bowels
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-21
SICK HEADACHE!

This distressing afiiction occurs most frequently.
The disturbance Of the stomach. arisng from the
imperfectly digested contents, calsesa severe pa
in the head. accompanied with d'sagreeabie
nausea, and this constitutes what is popularly
known as Sick Headache. i44
ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE.
I..#H ~. o. ....,. ----,,r,, 49, "-
..f ' 40 -,
-I u- J. III. ZElLIN Il CO.,
... PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Price, u. Sold By all Drugxista
oc27-fyd. NJ, v. F&no5-iyw.nxrm
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From Col. G. u. Delevan.

From Col. e. n. DeIevan.
new YORK, April 70, 187
After years Of use II gives me pleasure to tify
TO the virtues of Dr. Tobias Venetian Horse Linz
ment. It has saved the life of one of my four
horse black team. This recommendation / give
without solicitation, as think owners Of horses
should know its value.
CHARLES Fl. DELAVAN,
No. 1926 West Twenty-seeond street.
The Family Liniment is 25 and so cent? tina
Horse, 20 cents, inpipt bottles; the Derby Pew.
den, % cents . box. Sold by the druggistA
ap2eS&wlyta
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SEVERE RHEUMATISNI.

State of New Jersey. Bergen County, TownshipoR
Hackensack. S.
Thomas johnson, Of said township, being duly
sworn, doth depose and say, that he has been
severely afflicted with rheumatism for above q
year, and wis SO bad that he could scarcely walk,
being bent almost double, and was utterly unable
to do any work. Having heard of the wonderful
cures made BY Dr.. Totbas' Venetian Liniment he
was induced TO try it, and after using IL q short
time was able TO 60 to work agan. after being
unable to do anything for nearly year.
7. JOHNSON.
Sworn to before me.
). H. BRIEcxEKHoFF, Justice Of the PeAeA
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Certificate Of the Surgeon Of tho
Royal Mail Steamer Amerfcs.
This Ia tn certify that have used and recon-.
mended Dr. Tobias Venetian Liniment, and have
found 1t useful In variety Of cases. 1t also Qives
unfaling relief from the annoyance ana irritation
j. a. GRAHAM. M. R. G. s., of london.
Royal Mail Steamship America, Jersey City.
July 28th.
Thousands Of ether certificates can be seen ~
the depot
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CIR OIFPs

Da. ToBIAs--1 write TO inform yon that the
child OF friend Of mine was cured of Group, af
ter being given up to die by three physicians One
h0nr after your Venetian Liniaont was used It
was out of danger hope yon win publish this
so that mothers may know they have remedy foi
this terrible complaint lest child by cxoup
never feel alarmed as nave your medicfue al.
ways in the house. have also used II for palma
sore throat, etc , snd always found It to cure.
JEREMIAH CASEY,
HEofth Moore street. New Yofk
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SWEDISH
POROUS PLASTER

A valuable rubefacient, stimulant and seda-
tive Acta decidedly yet gently on the psrtsI
5sniicted, removing the NEST ebstinats pain inI
1 all parts Of the body. Rheumatism, Gout. Lum-
bago, Sciatica, Neuralgia. affections Of the Kid
asyS Rseksche. DC. Price - Cents
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FROM COL. ID. MCDANIEL,
Owner of Some Of the Fastest Run
ming Horses In the World.

JERDME FAKK, june IT, IB77.
This ia to certify that have used Dr., TobiaS
Horse Venetian Liniment and Derby Condition
Powders, on my race-horses, and found them give
perfect satisfaction In fact they have never
failed to cure any ailment for which they were
used; the Liniment when rubbed in by the hand.
never blsters or takes the hair off, II has more
penetrative qualities than any other have tried.
which suppose is the secret Of Its wonderful sue.
cess in curing sprains. The Ingredients from
which the Derby Powders are made have been
made known to me by Dr. Tobias; they are per
fectly harmless D. MCDANIEL.
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This Is to certify that have had the Asthma
since 1S4t. and have been treated by many physts
clans without relief Your Venetian Llnlmene
has made perfect cure. .
WIN. Y. TOWNSEND,
Port Richmond, Staten Island
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Warranted for SO Years and Never Failed
DIR. TOBIAS
LINlMENT

HISS given universal satisfaction since Il has becA
introduced into the United States After being
tried by millions it has been proclaimed
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found herself, surrounded by boxes and
bundles, facing the formidable gentle
man, who opened the door.
Save for a suspicious shortness of a
certain portion Of his attire, which
reached only to his knees, which were
met by stiff leather leggings, the worthy
woman would have dropped him a cour-
tesy.
"Past the doctor Office hours, ma'am," /"
he said, in response to her feeble appeal.
cts as much as my place is worth to
take in your card"
"But / have no card. He'll see me.
Pm-Pm-
But she did not finish the sentence
only stepped inside the door and stood
under the full glare of the light of the
hall lamp.
The man locked askance at the singu-
lar apparition. Hen hat was crushed and
bent, her dress bore evidence of the dust
of travel, and in her hand was huge
bsnd-box, containing the hat which was
to astonish the Londoners.
"Indeed, mXam--," the man began,
out the old lady walked steadily on TO
the door, beneath whose threshold she
deserted stream Of light.
The hot flush had by this time burned
out of DIR. Notions cheek. The morn
ings dawn had dissipated the foolish
fancies of the night. His duties of the
day were over, and he was free to seek
Violet. whose wonderful eyes would
light up as he entered, and whose lip
would perhaps brush bis cheeks with
their velvety caresseA
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-04-16
FOREIGN INTELLJCENCE.

The London Times says Lord Beaconslield is
preparing TO retire.
The Russian Government continues to sup
press newspapers for political purposes.
The Liberal majority in the English Paria-
ment will be at least eight over the Conserva-
tive and Home Rulers
Prince Gortschakoff was reported danger
ously i'll on the 11th.
Great floods have recently occurred in the
neighborhood of Ismid, Turkey, causing great
distress among the inhabitants.
A Paris paper contained an article on the
11th, supposed to have been written by NJ
Gambetta, denouncing the Jesuits, Bonapart-
lists Jeromists and the church as sworn foes Of
the Republic.
\ Rangoon dispatch, on the 18th, stated
that seven hundred persons had been burned
alive at Mandaay as a sacrifice for the resto-
ration of King Theebaw's health. His disease
is said to be leprosy. The panic in Mandalay
was frightful and hundreds were leaving the
city.
The famine in Armenia is on the increase
In one village one hundred and fifty people
have died Of starvation.
Peruvian papers report that the Chlians
landed at Mollendo and that they committed
brutal Outrages, respecting neither foreigners
nor natives age, sex nor condition, and that
in some cases the Chilian soldiers were forced
by their officers to fire upon their comrades to
restrain their devilish brutality. The accounts
are probably much exaggerated.
Many persons perished in the floods near
Ismid, Turkey,
The Bundersrath. on the 18th. adopted the
resolution declaring the receipts for pOst-office
remittances shall be liable to stamp duty,
thus reversing the recent vote which led to
the resignation of Bismarck
The story of the capture of the Duke and
Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen by Sicilian
brioands Is untrup
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-04-16
Fishing in Guiana.

1t is strange journey up the broad
deep current of the Essequibo. The
fish-cartabac and pacu-have even
rows of teeth like the incisors of man.
mails, and, like the very odd fish called
" "sheepshead'', are justly esteemed u
luxury on New York and New England
tables. The teeth of the Essequibo fish
are employed not in grinding up the
molluscous food which gives such de-
lightful flavor to the sheepshead, but in
browsing upon the aquatic plants which
grow in the swiftly running water. All
is strange in this oldest of countries.
The cartabac and pacu are not caught in
nets or landed by rod or line, but are
shot with arrows made of lorg
straight reeds--the tlower-stalks of
the wild cane, fitted with a
movable arrowhead, 10 which the shaft
is attached by piece of cord in such a
way that when the point pierces the
fish the barbed head comes of the az
row, but still remains attached to it by
the cord. Fish are not only shot but
poisoned, and so cleverly poisoned that
their flesh is none the worse. Pad
ding up the great rivers under the
overhanging boughs, the traveller is sa-
luted by the fall of an occasional igua.
ma, two or three feet in length, good
ly animal to eat, albeit hideous lizard
in outward semblance. The iguana,
whose flesh when well cooked is like
that of chicken, has two awkward hab-
its-one of biting fearfully, another of
when seized letting go its tail at the
base, leaving it in the hands of the
would-be captor, and making off tail
less to its burrow-AU the Year Round.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-04-16
The Indiana Ku. Klux.

SHELBYyILLE, Ind, April 5.
The Democracy of this county to-day
inaugurated the true Yazoo principles
and mode of operation. A negro citizen
presented himself to vote, his vote was
challenged by a Democrat, he swearing
that no d---d nigger should cast
vote. At this a qualified Re
publican made out the proper
affidavit, taking the man to have
him swear to it. When he presented
himself he was set upon by a gang of
Democratic hoodlums, who ran him off
the square, threatening to kill him if
he attempted to vote, at the same time
using clubs on a white man who took
the negro's part.
After the wounded man was cared
for and the excitement somewhat
abated, another negro, who has lived
in the State all his life, went up to vote,
the same action being taken as before.
The Democratic mob, headed by Lee
Amsden, County Treasurer, swearing
that not another nigger should vote,
commenced beating the negro and
dragging him out into the middle of
the street, where he was almost killed
While Amsden was urging on his
with club welded by a Republican,
which laid him out, tearing his scalp
open five inches, The would-be
assassins, seeing their leader down,
started for the. man who did the act,
shouting Hang him!' "Murder himp'
but the man made good his escape, or
he would have been slaughtered on the
street.
Following this, George Spragg, a
great bully and shoulder-hitter to the
Amsden clan, attacked Daniel Naeff, a
mere pigmy of man, beating him
almost to death. The Democratic
officers stood silently by never offering
to interfere, one of them taking part
in beating the negro.
The Courthouse was turned into a
Democratic saloon, and the negroes
were driven from the polls The gang
which did this was led and supported
by the Democratic officers.
The day has been one of continual
bloodshed and bulldOzing. Republicans
tonight were ordered off the sidewalks,
their lives being threatened if they re-
| fused. Helpless men were confronted
with revolvers and knives, and peaceful
men WeIe assdulleu III lhe luos1 pIuVoh
.manner.
Amsden, who is lying in critical
condition, is the man who led the mob
which attacked the emigrant train here
in December. He and his clan may
Justly be termed set of deSperadoes.
who are disgrace to the county and
to the State. They acted to-dy rs
their iiendish natures guided them,
planting in the very center of Indiana a
species of Ku-KluXism that would put
TO shame any Southern State. Special
Dispatch 10 he Chicago Triblme,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-04-16
Socialism in Germany.


HERR BEBEL, Socialist, complained
in the German Parliament the other day
of the manner in which Socialists are
treated. His colleague, Herr FritSche,
is followed everywhere. He went into
a tailor shop to order coat, and a de-
tective entered as soon as he went out
and insisted upon the tailor's telling
everything that had been said. Herr
Hasselmann, another Socialist, walking
in the Thier Garten, noticed a man dog
ging him. He tried for an hour and a
half to escape, and then suddenly
turned round and confronted the spy
who confessed himself and his business,
and showed the document authorizing
him to act as he was doing. A boy of six
teen, the son of a Socialist, was ordered
to attend a police Office, and then, after
being piled with liquor, was closely ex-
amined as to his fathers conduct. Herr
Bebel accused the detectives of even
worse offenses. Some of them entered
the houses of banished Socialists and in
suited their wives and daughters In
one case a woman saved herself by
seizing a broomstick and threatening
to use it On the officer if he did not 90
away at once.