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The Hartford herald., 1885-06-17
Prayer I'm the Jury Room.

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The Kansas Supreme Court has been
called upon to decide point probably
never before raised. Ii seems that when
the jury went out, one of their number
proposed to open their deliberations
with prayer, and thereupon proceeded
to pray cloud and long" What the
tenor of the appeal was. whether it was
impartial or favorable to either side,
does not appear. The verdict, how
ever, WAS against the defendant, where
upon his lawyer moved to set it aside
on the ground Of undue influence ex-
ercised by one of the jurymen by means
of public prayer in the jury room"
In his elaborate brief ON the point,
the counsellor admits that there can he
no legal objection to a private petition
to the throne of grace, earnestly offered
by conscientious juror with the mo-
tive of freeing his own mind from pr,
uhice and passion" But "a public
prayer in such a place" presents diff
ferent case, since Zone long practieed
i'm the welding of this subtle influence
can play upon the weaker brother, and
the more gifted in prayer is the leader,
the more powerful VIII be his in
fiuence."
The Court has not yet announced its
opinion. In law the objection is new
one. A complaint that juror is un-
duly given to prayer will also strike
the public as novelty.
The Hartford herald., 1885-06-17
Interesting Reading.

The July Harper's promises to be one
of unusually varied interest. 1t will
contain the beginning of Howell's new
story, "Indian summer" besides a
further instalment of Miss Woolson's
EAST Angels" A new article in the
series OH great American industries,
"A Silk Dress" gives a careful account,
with many illustrations, of the manu-
facture of silk in this country. A paper
describing Buffalo has no less than
nineteen illustrations of the city of
President Cleveland-four of them full
page-and is one of the most brilliant
of the descriptions OF American cities
which HaIper's has from time to time
published. "A Days Drive with Mon
tana Cowboys" by the artist Zog-
baum, and a pleasant paper on cam
persand" in the AdironidacKs, with
pictures Of the lake and of the noun
tain of that name, represents out of-door
life, as does also a series of poem, "Mid-
summer at Mount Desert" by Mrs.
Mace, with illustrations by Harry
Fem. Gen. Butler contributes an ar
ticle giving the complete history of his
yacht America. Art is represented by
paper on the interesting architecture
of "The Mohammedans i'm India" with
number of illustrations remarkable
for their beauty of detail. Among the
stories is an amusing one of "His Royal
Highness's Love Affair."" illustrated,
and another by the humOrist Burdette.
The frontispiece is characteristic pic
! ture by +. 5. Church, of pandora"
The Hartford herald., 1885-06-17
The New Postal Cards.
Worcester Gazette. I

The Use of the postal card as a means
of correspondence has grown notably
less since the reduction of the letter
rate, but enough of them are still in
cluded in the mail matter of the country
to give general interest to the new
arrangements regarding them. In
pOrtant changes are to be instituted to
morrow. A new contract is to be
awarded for the manufacture of new
style of cards. When the postal cards
We're first introduced they We're made
by the Morgan Envelope Company of
Springfield Massachusetts. Then the
American Prototype Company secured
the contract, and the cards were made
at Holyoke, Mass. A third contract
was gained by Messrs. WoOdworth x
Graham of New York, n. Y, who
made the cards a. Castleton, n. Y.
The contract price has been lower at
each award. At fiist il was sl.39s per
1000, then 1896 100 cents, and finally
5i4S-l00 cents per 1000. The new
firm and figures will be known to mors
row. At first the cards were made to
weigh six pounds to the 1000 but, for
eight years | loco caids have weighed
81 pounds. The next contract will call
for cards weighing 81 pounds per l 900.
This reduction in thickness will cheap
en- the cost of manufacture, but other
changes will increase the expense. The
new cards are to be of light cream
color, and the printing will probably be
in blue ink, while the devices may be
changed to resemble those of the inter-
national or Canadian cards. Whatever
the result of the proposal for the con-
tract may be, the Government will
provide for rigid protection of
their rights i'm the bargain, re-
quiring bond of some S20O,OO0 from
the successful firm, and reserving the
liberty of keeping an expert in the
mill where the paper is made and an
inspector in the place where the cards
are made, with final power by the
Postmaster-General to fine the con-
tractors if all is not satisfactory.
The Hartford herald., 1885-06-17
John Roach. Builder of the Now Dis
patch Boat Dolphin.

During her fourth trial trip the EN-
gines of the Dolphin developed the
twenty-three hundred horse power
required 10y the Naval Department of
the United States, and kept it up for
six hours. A test has yet to be made of
her capabilities in the open sea, when she
will bee required to make twelve knots
an hour, loaded. After then, all being
well, Mr.. Roach will be one of the hap
piest men in the country. Up to the
fourth trial trip his experiences with
the Doplin were not the most cOmfor-
table.
Mr.. Roach in one of our numerous
self made men. He is rich, but began
life in extreme poverty. An ambitious
youth, at sixteen years of age he left
his native Ireland for the New World
He landed in New York, where he
sought employment in vain. Crossing
over into Jersey, sixty miles from Jer-
sey City, he found man who had
worked for his father i'm the old coun-
try, and by his kindness was given EN-
ployment at the Howell Works. In
three years time the Irishman had
saved fifteen hundred dollars, which he
determined to invest i'm land. Leaving
almost the whole of his savings i'm the
hands of MIR. Allaire, his employer at
the Howell Works, he started West
with this intention. The cash he had
left was lost in business reverses
which overlook the man to whom he
had entrusted it, and Mr.. Roach was
compelled to forego his scheme and en-
gage IN common labor for a living. In
short time he worked his way back
to New York, married and began busi-
ness. Again he was checked by the
loss of all he had, consequent upon the
explosion Ofa boiler; but started afresh
as soon as possible, prospered, and in
time became famous as builder OF
large engines. In 1871, being then the
owner of extensive iron works, he had
sufficient capital TO begin the manu-
facture of iron ships, and bought yards
for this purpose, at Chester, Pennsylva-
mia, where he has constructed many
fine steamers.
Mr.. Roach is sturdy protectionist,
and has been often heard from on the
subject of subsidizing lines of steamships
by the Government, IL policy which
has his earnest commendation.
The Hartford herald., 1885-06-17
Hsw to Check Crime.


One great barrier to the punishment
of crime these days is sickly senti-
mentality. We need healthier tone
in society, and allegiance from each
individual to the body polite which is
above personal consideration, a spirit
of justice that demands the protection
of all by the lawful punishment of the
violators of the law. We need the law
so changed that no man is incapacitat-
ed from sitting on jury from any
opinion he has formed of the merits Of
the case outside of the sworn evidence.
AS the law is, i'm many cases. the H.
literate and the uniformed are put on
the juries when the most capable and
consci. ntious material is excluded, and
often the henchmen of the guilty party
are placed in the box, regardless of
their oath, solely to acquit. Wealth
and position have much to do with pre-
venting Justice; and sometimes when
the accused richly deserves the halter,
We hear of lawyers of supposed or real
ability rendering the criminal their
services free.
Then again, juries who condemn and
officers who engage in the trial, ask for
their work to he set aside by the Gov
ernOr. IL their action was wrong, they
should have been acquitted;i if right they
should not stultify themselves. Away
with all sentimentality, or pause and
look at the picture of sympathy and
SORROW on the other side, and then learn
that duty is above sympathy, that "to
obey is better than to sacrifice"
The Hartford herald., 1885-06-17

Ostrich Farming I'm South Africa
american Agriculturist

The former rude way Gf procuring on
trich feathers, by hunting and killing
the bird, threatened to exterminate the
ostrich, and il is a matter of surprise
that Its domestication was not under.
taken much earlier than it was. In
1864, Mr.. l.. Won Maltitz gave to the
Agricultural Society of Cape Town,
South Africa, an account of his expert
ment with seventeen Ostriches. His
results encouraged others, and ostrich
farming soon became an established in.
ing has been followed to a limited ex-
tent in South America, and Il has been
commenced in Southern California.
There are vast tracts on our southern
border that might be utilized for this
industry. should no unexpected OBJ
stacle present itself. AS that country
is the home Of the cactus family, an
abundance of ostrich food is already
provided.
About nine miles from Graaf-Reinet,
Cape Colony, South Africa, is farm,
thirteen thousand acres in extent, be-
longing to Mr.. Charlwood, who is one
of the largest and most successful os-
trich farmers IN the Colony. On this
farm there are no less than fifty six
pairs of breeding ostriches. These are
camped of, each pair being kept in
camp of about twelve acres, inclUsed by
wire fencing, and covering, in all,
about six hundred and fifty acres. Be
sides the breeding birds, he has about
two hundred which are kept for pluck
ing, and number of chickens Breed
ing birds are worth up to two hundred
and fifty dollars per pair, plucking
birds about fifty dollars each, and chick
ems from the shell are valued at seven
dollars and half each. The market
value of the feathers from full grown
ostrich for year, averages about thir-
tytwO dollars. This will give some
idea of the large revenue Mr.. Charl-
wood receives from his Ostriches. The
farm on which Mr.. Charlwood keeps
the Ostriches is so dry that not SO much
as cabbage will grow upon it, and the
ostriches are fed, in times of drouth. on
species of cactus, known as the pricks
ly pear. This is cut by a machine
made for the purpose in America. At
the present time Mr.. CharlwOOd has
about one hundred and fifty chickens,
which are taken from the nests as soon
as hatched and fed by hand with green
food, which has to be brought from a
village some miles away. MIR Charl-
wood, in feeding the birds, uses tons of
bones, limestone, etc, and employs a
small army of native servants. The
breeding birds must be supplied with
water and food daily, which means
that sIxty>five trOughs of water, dotted
oyer six hundred and fifty acres of
ground, have to he filled, and each
camp supplied with cut up prickly
pears and other food. The water il
hauled from a dam some miles away
from the camps. The plucking birds
are herded like sheep, and roam all
over the farm.
The Hartford herald., 1885-06-17
Happy the Cieada lives,
A Printers Dream.

"A printer sat in his office chair; his
shoes were patched and his coat thread
bare, while his face looked weary and
worn with care. While sadly thinking
Of business debt, old Morpheus slowly
around him crept, and before he knew
it, sOundly slept. And sleeping he
dreamed that he was dead-from
trouble and toll his spirit had fied-and
that not even a eowbell tOlled, for the
peaceful rest of his cowhide soul. As he
wandered down among the Hades-the
smoke and seOreh of lower hades-he
shortly observed an iron door, that
ereakingly swung on hinges ajar, but
the entrance was crossed by a red hot
bar. and Satan himself stood peeping
out, watching for travellers thereabout,
and thus to the passing printer spoke,
and with growing voice the echoes
woke:
"Come in, my dear; it shall cost you
naught and never fear. This is the
Pia't "htiC Il OODh tlc OitS WIZ ucNtI
pay their subscription sums; for though
in life they may escape, they will find
when dead it is too late. / will show
you the place | melt them in, with red
hot chains and scraps of tin, and also
where comb their heads with broken
glass and melted lead, and II Of refresh
ments they only think, there's boiling
water for them to drink. There's the
red hot grindstone to grind down their
nuse, and red hot rings to wear ON their
toes; and If they mention they don't
like fire, I'll sew up their mouths with
red hot wire, and then, dear sir, you
should see them squirm, while roll
them over and cook to a turn"
With these last words the printer
awoke, and thought il all a practical
joke, but still at times, so real did it
seem, that ne cannot believe j; was all
a dream; and often he thinks with a
ehuckle and grin of the many men who
save their tin, and never pay the
printer.
The Hartford herald., 1885-06-17
Henry Clays Family.

The inquiry is made as to the living
descendants Of Henry Clay. The pre-
sence of James B. Clay, Jr.. Of Lex
inton, Ky, in the city at the Nation
al Hotel, where he was born while his
father was IA representative in Congress,
and where his immortal grandfather
died affords the opportunity To an
swer it authorItatively. There is but
one son Of the "GTeat CommJner"
living, John VI. Clay, who resides in "a
portion of the original Ashland estate.
and is "A farmer and stock raiser. Thorn
as II. Clay deceased left two SONS and
daughter. Henry b. the elder of the
river, in Tennessee, which he success
fully cultivates. The other son lives IN
Boston and is connected with IA pub
fishing house.
The daughter is unmarried and lives
with her mother near Lexington. The
only child living of Colonel Henry
Clay jr., who fell in the battle of Bue-
ma Vista during the war with Mexico,
is the wife Of Henry G.. Mcdowell, who
owns the Ashland residence where they
live. Colonel Clay left two sons, one
seryed i'm the union and the other in
the confederate army, and they lie side
by side in the cemetery near Louisville.
OF the family of James Ii. Clay, charge
daffaires to Portugal, and represent
tative in Congress az above mention
ed, four SONS and one daughter are liv-
ing. His son Henry, promising
lawyer Of Louisville, was killed i'm ren-
counter in that city few months ago,
and his slayer has just been convicted of
manslaughter.
James Ii. jr,, the eldest of the chill
dren, is farmer and engaged in rails
ing thoroughbred horses in Fayette
county, Ky. Thomas j. Clay, who is
the fourth son, but the next living, is a
lst lieutenant in the 18th infantry, U
;. A, and at present stationed at Fort
Union, n. NJ. Charles ID. Clay, the
fifth son, is 2d lieutenant in the 18th
infantry, U. 5. A, and at present sta
toned at Font Custer, NJ. Il. George H.,
the sixth son, lives near Lexington
with his mother and H. a stock breeder
These six young men, the SONS Of
Thomas II. Clay, and the four SONS of
James b. Clay, are the only living
grandsons OF Henry Clay.
The Hartford herald., 1885-06-17
OUR FINE ASSORTMENT
MORE IN THE MAN THAN IN
THE LAND.
ny SIDNEY IANIER.

l knowed "a man which lac lived In Jones,
Which Jones is a country of red hills and
stones,
And he lived pretty much by getting of
loanes,
And his mules were nothin' but skin and
bones,
And his hogs was fiat as his cornrbread
pones,
And he had bout a thousand acres Of land.
This man-which his name IL WAS also Jones,
He swore that he'd leave them old red hills
and stones;
For he couldn't make nothin' but yellerish
cotton.
And little a. that: an his fences was rotten;
And what little corn he had hid was
boughten,
And DANCED il livin' was i'm the land.
And the longer he swore the madder he got,
And he riz and he walked TO the stable lot;
And he hollered to Tom to come thar and
hitch,
For 10 emigrate sonrewhar whar land was
rich,
And to quit raisin' cockleburs, thistles an
sich.
And wdstin' their time on the land.
So him and Tom they hitched up the mules,
Pertestin' that folks was mighty big fools
That 'ud stay i'm Georgia their lifetime out,
Just scratchin' a livin', when all of 'em
mought
Git places in Texas, whar cotton would
sprout
BY the time you could plant in the land.
And he driv by a house whar man named
Brown
Was livin', NOT far from the edge OF town;
And he bantered Brown for To buy his place,
And said that, bein' as money was skaee,
And bein' as sherifis was hard Ia face,
Two dollars an acre would git the land.
They closed at dollar and fifty cents,
And he loaded his corn and wimmin and
truck,
And moved To Texas, which IL tuck
His entire pile, with the best ~ luck,
To git thar and git HIM IA little land
But Brown moved out ON the old Jones farm,
And lac rolled up his breeches and barred his
arm;
And he picked all the rocks from or7n the
groun',
And he tore IL up and ploughed il down;
Then he plowed his corn and wheat in the
land.
Five years glid by, and Brown one day,
(Which he got so fat he wouldn't weight,
Was a sittin' down sorter laZily
To the bulliest dinner you ever see,
When one o. the children jumped up on his
knee,
And says: lyons Jones, which you bought
his land"
And thar was Jones standin' out nj the fence,
And he hadn't no wagin. nor mules nor
tents,
For he had left Texas afoot, and cum
To Georgia To see if he couldn't get some
Employment, and he was lookin' as humble
asif
He had meyer owned any land.
But Brown he axed him I'm and sot
Him down TO his vittils smokin hot;
And when he had filed till he wanted no
more,
And rared hisself back on the fine kitchen
floor,
Jones looked at him sharp, and riz and
swore
That whether mems land was rich or poor,
There was more in the man than there WAS
in the land"
The Hartford herald., 1885-06-17
NO. "A.
Expected Advent of the Locust.

.
According to Prof G.. v. Riley, the
u. ;. EntOmOlOgist, We are to expert
enee this year very extended appear
ance of the insect known as the Period
ical Cicada, alias the III year locust"
Prof Riley, who has made many
original observations on this insect, and
who IL years ago published an account
OF twenty-five distinct brOods, and first
announced that there is l3 year race
OF the species, states that We shall wit
ness this year the conjunction of two
distinct brOOds, one IL year and the
other I3 year brood.
| IL IL 22l years ago, or in 1864, since
these two broOds appeared simultane-
ously. The IL wear brood is located
principally in the Mississippi Valley.
reaching up "a FAR ss the mouth of the
Missouri, and having its thiekest CEN
tiers in Union County, Southern Illinois,
and in Kansas, Missouri, Georgia,
louisiana, Tennessee, and Mississippi.
The IL year brood il one of the largest
Of all those known to occur, and will
appear on Long Island i'm Kings and
IN Monroe counties, New York, at Fall
River, in the southeastern portion of
Massachusetts, i'm parts of Vermont and
very generally in Pennsylvania, Mary
land, District of Columbia, Delaware,
and Virginia, also in northwestern
Ohio, in Southern Michigan, in Indiana,
and Kentucky.
This curious insect, according to race,
remains either for IL or IL years under
ground, developing slowly, and some
times burrOwing far below the frost
line. Prof. Riley says that they viii
begin to rise from the ground about tire
latter part Of May in the more South
ern portion of the country and early i'm
June in the Northern portion, and that
the woods will resound with the hoarse
rattliug noise which the males make,
the females being nOiseless, n fact whi, h
the RhOdian bard Xenarchus recOrds q
in his coupIet
Happy the Cicada lives.
Since they all have voieeIess wives
The IL year brood that is to occur this
year has been well recorded for tie
years Ills, 1882, l749, 1866, l7s3, 1901,
lsl7, 1884, 1851, and 1868. Prof Riley,
witnessed it himself in 1865, and while
the underground life of the insect has
been hitherto inferred only from tie
periodical appearance of the perfect
insect. he has since then been able to
establish it by direct observations Of
the larv@ from year to year.
The Hartford herald., 1885-06-17
New Postal Laws.

On the first day of July, important
changes occur in the laws pertaining to
postal rates. The principle changes re-
late to letter postage aid newspaper
rates to publishers, of bona tide publ.
cations, and to news agents.
On the first of July letters of all
weights, from one ounce down, will be
sent for two cents to any post. Office in
the United States. The rate heretofore
has been two cents for a half ounce or
less.
Rates for weights i'm excess of one
ounce will be cOrrespOndingly greater;
that is, two cents for each additional
ounce or fraction of an ounce, it mat
ters not how small.
Drop letters at offices where there is
no free delivery by carriers, remains at
one cent; where the free delivery sys-
tenn by carriers prevails the rate will be
two cents. Newspaper publishers and
news agents can mail publications.,
printed periodically, at the rate of one
cent per pound, when sent to regular
subscribers.
Newspaper publishers can also send
sample copies of their publications at
one cent pound, but news agents can
not. Any article or item in newspa-
per or other periodical may be marked
to attract notice by the sender, but it
must not be by written or printed
words. Newspapers and periodicals go
free of postage to regular subscribers
who receive them at post offices in the
county of publication.
Stamps specially designed for the
newspaper rate, Of one cent denomina.
tion, are now ready for sale, and will be
used on the first of July.
The Hartford herald., 1885-06-17
Manners and Customs.

A. a sign of affection, kissing was un-
known to the Australians, the New Zea.
landers, the Papuans, the Esquimaux,
and other races. The Polynesians and
Malays always sit down when speaking
to a superior. The inhabitants of Malli-
colo, an island in the Pacific ocean, show
their admiration by kissing; the Esqui-
maux pull persons nose as a compll-
ment; IA Chinaman puts ON his hat where
We should take it of, and among the
same curious people "A coffin is consider
ed as neat and appropriate present
for an aged person, especially if in bad
health.
The Hartford herald., 1885-06-17

night a. We all passed out hurriedly
through the hole made by hands other
than his own The captain ON that oc-
casion, | can assuIe you, did not stop
in the air chamber to make any exam
ination, but pulled through as rapidly
as possible.
l shall continue from time To time to
write upon this subject until it is thor
Oughly ventilated.
l.. ID. HOCKERsMITH,
Captain 60. c.. 10Th Ky. Cavalry.
The Hartford herald., 1885-06-17
PATRONIZE HOME.

10 is a well-knOwn fact that every State in
the Union has its patent medicines. some of
them are truly meritOrious and others less
50. They are all able 10 furnish many testi-
mOnialS. but those teStifying are generally
strangers TO Us. But Mr.. II. E. Richey, Of
Princeton. KY, well-knOwn in this section
OF the state has prepared several remedies,
consisting of Richey'S Pills. Dysentery cure
Liniment. &c and hundreds of our neigh
bOrS and friends are testifying that these REM
edies are all good. They are for sale by all
Druggists. For further Information address
7tf II. +. RICHEY. Princeton, Ky.
The Hartford herald., 1885-06-17
Fits I!

All fits stopped free by Dr. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. No fits after
first days Use. Marvellous cures.
Treatise and $500 trial bottle free to
fit eases. Send TO DIR. Kline, 93l Arch
ST., Philadelphia, Pa. IL 10 Tyr.
The Hartford herald., 1885-06-17

A business not worth insuring against
loss by fire il not worth following for
livelihood. Insure your property at
once i'm the Golden California Insur-
ance Company. JOHN T. BARRETT,
agent
The Hartford herald., 1885-06-17
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

Baptist-Services first sunday and sunday
night in every month and Saturday night
preceding.
NJ. r. Church South-Services third and
ourth sundays IN each month-hev. L. A.
Edwards, Pastor.
Cumberland Presby yterian-Service second
ana fourth sunday and sunday nights IN
each month. Rev. j. r. Mcdonald, pastor.
Methodist Episcopal (colored) - services
every sunday morning and night. sabbath
school Al y A. M-Rev. Jas. Bowren, Pastor.
Alpha Baptist Church (coloredl-rlrst ana
Third SUNDAYS al al A. N. and ~ p. M.