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Year: 1878

The case of Peter Vending, the Leb-
anon man who never perspires, hereto
fore mentioned in the Eagle, was fully
described by DR.. J. FL. Messe, of Leb-
anon, in the Dental Times in 1871, as
follows: Mr.. Vending is about thirty
eight years of age. He never had teeth
developed in his Jaws, but his gums are
very hard and resisting. Over the al
veolar ridges they seem to be almost
callous or bone foundation, enabling
him to masticate the hardest substances
most readily. lie is also destitute of
the senses of taste and smell, and yet he
is not without choice as to food and
drink; arising, l suppose, from certain
stomachic excitements produced by his
favorite articles.


He is great lover Of beer and oysters,
but as to the latter, he knows no differ
enee between a bad and a good one-eat-
ing the putrid as eagerly as the fresh.
He never perceives (and is therefore
offensive odors. The skin over his en-
tire body is dry and raspy, and utterly
devoid Of sebaceous glands and hair
follicles, with the exception of small
portion Of his face, where few wiry
hairs have staggered into daylight. The
suboriferous glands and their ducts are
also wanting, a circumstance which
causes him much suffering during the
summer season, more particularly when
the weather is warm and the atmosphere
dry. He then, for the sake of comfort
and perhaps preservation of life itself
must cover himself with wet clothing
and resort to the damp cellar. Here he
sleeps, lying ON the bare earth.


When the writer of this was but a boy
this anomalous being was in his fathers
employ on the farm, and this peculiarly
was often a terrible annoyance to myself
and others, as we were obliged to relieve
his agony from heat by running fol
water and pouring bucket upon bucket
over his writhing form. Well do / re
member his "Ahl you stayed; tha
water is not cold-you Played" wher
we happened to be a little longer thai
he thought we ought to be. On thes
occasions his symptoms were those o
asphyxation; otherwise he is apparentl,
possessed of good health. These con
ditions seem to be partly hereditary ol
the maternal side, since his mother ha,
brother with nearly similar defects


though the man himself is the only on


out of a family of nineteen to whor
these imperfections have been tran.
mitted. He is also himself the father @
seven healthy children, in whom not
trace of his own misfortune is to b
found. Upon the whole, the case of NJ,
Vending may be ranked among tn


freaks of nature which defy explain,


ton
Year: 1878

OF General Lafayette's personal ap-
pearance an old newspaper gives this de-
scription: General Lafayette was one
of the handsomest men in the army, not
withstanding his deep red hair, which
then, as now, was rather in disrepute
His forehead was fine, though receding;
his eye clear and hazel; his mouth and
chin delicately formed, and exhibiting
beauty rather than strength. His mien
was noble, his manner frank and amiable,
and his movements light and graceful.
He wore his hair plain, and never COM
piled so far with the fashions of his time
as to powder"
Year: 1878

TIE climate of Cyprus is anything but
equable or salubrious. That scourge of
Mediterranean ports, miasmatic fever,
prevails to an alarming extent, and the
crops suffer severely from devastating
rains and excessive drouth. A large
portion of the island consists of barren,
improbable land, requiring irrigation
or a more constant and gentle rainfall
to render it susceptible of cultivation.
One of the first cares of the British Gov
ernment should be to introduce and
plant upon a large scale that most ex.
cellent rain producer and health bringer,
the eucalyptus globulus, or common
gum tree.
Year: 1878

A YOUNG Scotchman lately presented
himself in great perturbation of mind
at the police station of the Paris Expo
sition, and announced that he had lost
his wife. A description of herwas given,
and three police agents were sent On a
search. The lady was at last found.
seated on a bench, crying. The young
husband was so oyerjoyed that he drew
from his pocket two notes of five hun
dred francs each and offered them to the
men. They smiled and, Figaro says,
told him that the French police find
gratis ladies who have gone astray. He
should have tried it on them singly.
Year: 1878

WHEN a man becomes famous for
good or i'll, anecdotes of his early train
ing are more numerous than reliable. 1t
is related of the family of Modelling. the
assassin, who attempted the murder of
Emperor William, that his father and
mother were 80 quarrelsome that the do
mestics were enjoined never to see or
hear what transpired between the couple.
They were drilled strictly to obey
orders. One day the elder Modelling
ordered his horses put to the carriage,
and told the coachman to take him on a
two hours drive, and not to turn his
Year: 1878

WHILE Lord Beaconsfeld and his as
sociate were riding in triumph through
the streets of London, patriotic spec
tator, flushed with enthusiasm, seated
himself between the ears of one of the
lions at the foot of Nelson's column,
when he was informed by constable on
duty that " it was not permitted, and
that he must come down." al amt
coming down from the British lion on a
day like this" said the man amid the
cheers of those around him, and he was
left undisturbed.
Year: 1878

A WASHINGTON young woman awoke
from her sleep with confused sense OF
somebody standing over her. She
reached out her hands, which fell on the
head of a burly negro burglar. She
clutched the wool firmly and shouted
" Somebody come here quick" The
male members of the family rushed in
just as the strength of the young gir1
gave way, and the burglar escaped.
Year: 1878

A VERY remarkable incident occurred
ON the voyage of one of the ice ships
lately arrived at Bombay from America.
The vessel was struck by lightning, and
the electric fluid, passing into the body
of the ship through the foremast,
pierced hole some ten feet in diameter
through the ice, melting about thirty
tons and setting FIRE TO and slightly
burning some of the beams of the ship in
its passage.
Year: 1878

head whatever noise he might hear be-
hind him. In few minutes the driver
heard sharp report. Obedient to his
orders he did not turn or look, but fin
ished the drive and returned home.


When he opened the carriage door,
Modelling senior lay in the bottom of the
carriage-dead, with his pistol in his
hand. Not very likely story-but that
is the way it is told in the German
Year: 1878

In telling lie it is always best to
look a man straight in the face. Some
people think you can't do this, but with
little practice you will find that you
can, though your left eye may bat q
little.
Year: 1878

THIS time last year the hands of
Chase, the Fall River defaulter, were
lily white; the fellow is now scullery
man in the Massachusetts State Prison,
and spends his days in peeling and
quartering potatoes. Exchange.
Year: 1878

EhnOXVIIIs. Ibnn,, CnTOnICIb FFbD.J


For this splendid victory much credit Is due
to the grand efforts OF Mr.. Conkling himself,
His speeches were able, bold and convincing
which brought out full vote. He looms up
as one OF the foremost and most successful
political leaders in the country, and viii
doubtless become q formidable candidate for
place Oh the presidential ticket Of 1880. His
hold on the people Of New York is strong, and
Without New York the Democrats can not
elect President. If the Republicans Of that
State hold the ground they have so gallantly
gather the fruits Of their splendid victory, the
result Of the presidential election two years
hence must prove favorable to the Repub~
licanS.
Year: 1878

CINCINNATI, Nov. Ex-senator Voorhees, in
an interview, states that ono of his first acts
upon the reassembling of Congress will be O
movement to make the trade dollar O. legal
lender. Further conversation with the Sena~
tor ana other prominent Democrats Of In
diana revealed the fact that the next Congress
financial fight in this State will be free and
unlimited collage Of silver.
Year: 1878

How Sac PROVED Ir.-Mrs Shelley,
Of Chicago. desired her husband 70 so
into court and swear that she had peace
full disngsition, and when he refused she
nearly heat the life out Of him with fat
iron. He deserved it all for giving his
wife such 4 hard name.
Year: 1878

If you would be happy subscribe for and advertise in the SALT RIVER HERALD, help to build it up and it will help to build you up. Don't

 get crusty and fly into a passion if the printer becomes hard up for a little cash and asks you for what

 you owe him when you don't hap pen to have it in your pocket, but tell him just how you are situated and when you can pay, then be sure and come to time; this will beget mutual confidence between you and the printer and both will be happy.
Year: 1878

A great improvement III 'lihei lOl the mails, and a saving of some thou sands of dollars in the expense of postal service in this Territory could easily be effected by a few important changes from present routes.

 By the present line on route, No. 4O1O2, from Prescott to Dos Palmas, the distance is two hundred and six ty miles according to the schedule of the service as published by the Post Office Department. A great portion of this route is over heavy sandy road and across arid deserts with

 LONG DISTANCES BETWEEN WATER for either men or beasts. When service began on this route Dos Palmas was the terminus of the rail road pointing toward this Territory and also the point for the discharge of all freight bound to Arizona. Now with the terminus of the rail road within our borders, at Yuma, Dos Palmas has lost most of her importance as a commercial point and is virtually only mail station on the railroad. The route as be- fore stated, is over sterile desert country especially that part it be- tween Wickenburg and Dos Palmas and as nearly all freight and mails for Arizona are now delivered at Yuma, it would be great advantage

 TO THE BUSINESS MEN

 In all our principal towns to have the mail routes radiate to all such towns from Yuma

 Such change would throw all the mails and freights on the line of the telegraph and so our mail con tractors, merchants and others could be always in possession acknowledge as to the whereabouts of mails or freights, a matter of great impor- tance not only to the class named, but to every citizen.

 The Southern Pacific mail line from Yuma to Fort Worth, by way of Stanwix, Maricopa Wells and Florence in this Territory and Mes silla in New Mexico, is, between Stanwix and Florence, over a long stretch of arid sand with many miles between watering stations and part of it ought to be abandoned By dropping off that portion of it be tween the two points above named (Stanwix and Florence via Marico pa Wells a

 GREAT SAVING WOULD ACCRUE To the PostalService. To do this i would only be necessary to run tn, mail from Stanwix to Phoenix ovel the new Territorial road which run, up the Salt River Valley over |; good road bed and with water il abundance at intervals of but few miles, and thence to Florence owe the route now occupied by No. 40 1O7; thus saving to the Cover: ment sixty miles of tri-weekly ser vice on the above named route
Year: 1878

assume that on sea as well as on land com
mission from Government marks the distinc-
ton between regular and irregular warfare
and that the commander of duly commls-
stoned cruiser, which may or may not
form part of an Admiral's fleet, is neither
a privateersman nor pirate i"e
Pail Mall Gazette is evidently somewhat nm
pressed with the argument for it goes so lar
as to ask what there is to prevent Russia from
buying any number of vessels in the United
States and granting commissions to Ameri-
cans who will consent to enter her naval SER
vice.


Americans however, have no need to be
drawn into arguments over the distinction De-
tween cruiser and privateer. Our neutrality
laws are plain. They are not, as Captain Sc
metschkin assumes, suspendedin time OF peace.
They are always in force Russia can buy
her ships here or in German ports, but she
cannot arm, equip and fit them out in our
waters when there is reasonable ground to
"believe that they are intended to cruise or
"to carry on war against Power with
(which the United States Government is at
"peace.' The pledges made In the treaty
of Washington must not be strained, much
less violated.
Year: 1878




In the House Of Representatives, at Wash
ington, on Thursday. the Hon. ). :. Cox vas
engaged in his great mission of maintaining
and defending the rights of the worl.ingmcn.
1t was one of the occasions he is so happy at
scizing for posing before the unemployed as
their sympathizng friendand the worklngmen as
their champion. The present opportunity was
upon the passage of the joint resolution pro-
yIding for the enforcement Of the eight hour
law BY cutting off one-hlth OF the hours of
labor, he said, provision would be made for the
employment of One-iilth more laborers; and in
the pathetic tone and manner so common to
his class of statesmen, he added that there
never was time when 1T was more ncces-
sary that Congress should do something
for the good of the wOrkngmen than at
present To men who think but little, and
that little very loosely, this may seem to be
a kindness to the wOrkingman, and Mr.. Cox
seem IA real benefactOr. 1t looks to them as
though Mr.. Cox was making n great effort to
promote the welfare of workingmen by Sc
curing a general reduction Of the hours of
labor. But is that the effectl Mr.. Cox, what
ever he may say about it, knows that it is
not for he is much too intelligent person to
suppose for an instant that legislation of
that sort can affect the market price of
labor, which is regulated, as he well knows,
by the inexorable law Of supply and demand.
He knows, of course, that his legislation will
have no more effect upon the market for labor
than law fixing the price to be paid for
butter and eggs at the White House would
have upon the general produce market. In
the latter case certain marketmen would he
specially favored; in the former, limited
Year: 1878

literature. That Mr.. Wood by this Tariff bin would
create q monster of which he knows little and whose
movements he could not possibly control, is far
within the truth. But il cannot be said that he is
such monster himself the House Of Representa-
tiycs. from present Indications seems quite compe-
tent to control both Mr.. Wood and his bill.
Year: 1878

Ii will be fortunate if the burning Of
tbe Allan Line steamer Sandman mt
the entrance of LOugh FOyle has not
been attended with great loss of life.
The latest adyices report that the
vessel was on fire amidshlps, and that half
of the watch in the forecastle, and a num-
Der of steerage passengers in the fore part
of the vessel were cut off from all help.
The situation thus pictured is deplorable. and
is only relieved by the fact that the Sardin-
ian is almost in port, and at point
where lighters and small craft abound.
Had the fire occurred few hours sooner,
when she was on her way from Liver
pool, it is probable that few of her AGO
passengers could have escaped. The fire
is attributed in the first place to the
explosion of generated gas, but it may
need the closest scrutiny to discover
whether the fire originated with some
explosive substance in the cargo, or was
caused by the bursting of a boiler, such
as caused so much destruction on the steamer
Westfield. Occurring SO early insthe season,
Year: 1878

The opponents of excise legislation scored a
big point yesterday, in securing an ADJOURN
ment of the Legislature until Monday night'
This will leave less than two days of the ses-
sion, unless the advocates of new Ia" can
secure a postponement of adjournment
Year: 1878

In passing the bill for the repeal of the
Bankrupt Law, and amending it so as to
take effect on September l, the Senate seems
to have sought a middle course. AT first that
body favored immediate repeal. Then that
was thought too hasty. and next January
was proposed as the time for il to take effect.
Protests from all over the country against
such postponement have come to the ears ol
Senators, ana they now offer compromise
1t remains to be seen whether the House will
accept the amendment. Certain 1t Is that
almost every argument against po:tponement
to January, applies to the amended form OF
repeal, except that it is less injurious to keep
busiDess interests disturbed during four than
eight months. The effect if the bill becomes a law
will probably lie to keep up the long lists OF
failures through the Summer. The best that
can be said of it is that it might have been
worse.
Year: 1878

THE business sentiment of the country
in regard to the Potter resolution and the
revolutionary plans of the Democrats finds
voice in the New Yor Bulletin, a CONNER
cial journal discussing public affairs with ref
erence to business interests, and not from
partisan standpoint. The Bulletin says:


The attempt to reopen the question is IA
grant act OF party bad faith, which, If consum-
mated, would establish precedent in politics
that might imper the future internal harmony
OF the country. But these considerations, how
ever important they may be, are really only
secondary. The agitation now started, il per-
sisted IN to the extent seemingly contemplated,
may involve very serious consequences to the
peace and harmony of the United States The
settlement effected in 1877 was readily accepted
because it was better alternative than revolu-
tiOn; aud if that settlement is now to be over
thrown, what have we but renewal of the
horrible alternative that was then summed
with the consent of all parties. The gentle
men who ale so f1Dpantly Jealous to reopen
this issue are regarded by the people as simply
playing very reckiessly with fire; and that is
course which not one in a thousand citizens
will sanction. The nation is already beset
with perplexing, problems enough without re-
vlving an issue fraught with still greater dam
depression which it would be criminal to inten-
sify by restoring the apprehensions that ex-
listed in the first three months of 1877, from the
effects of which we are still suffering. The
country will put its mark upon the men or the
party who lend themselves to this effort to
create strife that is threatening to every in
tereSt,
Year: 1878

THE Democratic leaders have come to the
conclusion that if they want to have work.
ing majority IN the House they must close
Sanderson's bar, which is altogether too
handy for those hardy Democrats who are
fond of tangle-foot.
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous letters ana communi
cations. The and address of the writer are In
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
Year: 1878

THE small appropriation made by the Dem.
ocrats for printing in the patent office has
run out and the work of issuing patents has
been stopped. The business of the office will
be at standstil unless another deficiency bill
is passed.
Year: 1878

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS IS furnished
with Card certificate couDtersigne6 by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent
Year: 1878

five solemn benedictions given by Cardinal
Guibert and four bishops. The body OF the
deceased remained exposed upon cata'
falque until four o'clock, when the coffin
lid was closed and the corpse was de-
posted temporarily in side chapel of the
cathedral to await the completion of the
vault intended for its reception.


IN SAD MEMORY.


The streets were thronged with people.
all OF whom appeared anxious to testify
their regard for the memory of the deceased.
Year: 1878

WE think it win % befound. when the
negro Jones statenents are all examined
critically, that they are entirely too mum
erous and romantic to be true. The
Dodson family must have been very low
in morals and far from the respectable
people they were at first reported, or Jim
would not have been made such a'pet of.
Had they iivcd- some-cf the sections
north of US where the negro is claimed TO
be "an equal and brother,"iwe should
not have been surprised at his familiari-
ty. His remarks to the negro woman
Eliza, about Mrs. Dodson's leaving her
husband to come to him, was enough to
make an innocent and honest wife put a
dozen balls through him. But then we
think an innocent and honest wife would
have stood her ground and shot him in
open day. 1t is bad case in any view.
His story about burying the dead babies
looks doubtful and willful also. For IL
would seem that country girls could have
used spade for this purpose themselves,
or secured the services Of Vincent, and
thus tried to avoid the exposure of their
shame TO the negro.
Year: 1878

IN ONE WEEK from to-day, Congress
will assemble. Both Houses being Or
ganized, they will proceed to work a,
once. There will not be much actual
work done before the Christmas and
New Year holidays are over; i; but great
deal of work will be laid out; and no
doubt questions will be put before the
Houses to test political sentiment and to
show how parties stand on several of the
main issues that will be discussed.


Should the Resumption law be repeal
ed this session, and resumption take
place, nevertheless, the country will feel
at rest on the currency question, and it
will soon pass out Of the political arena
1t Will, however, occupy a place in dis
cussion until gold and silver are coinet
on the same terms. A bill to effect thi,
will no doubt be put before the Hous,
soon after it meets; and will probabl,
be passed, unless the friends Of silve
differ. Already some of the silver adyo
Gates propose to have silver coined free a
gold is now coined. We think, however
they may change little, and favor tn
purchasing Of gold bullion and its coiI
age, as silver is now coined.
seems no more than right that the labo
OF turning gold bullion into coine
money, should be paid for and not give
away. When the mint ceases to col
gold bullion for nothing a greenbac
dollar will be able to buy enough gold
make gold dollar for about IS cent
This would put both metels on lev,
and restore just equality to silver miner
Year: 1878

WE SHALL soon have less of rldienle
of the 'dollar of the daddies." II will
now pay duties, and in little more than
a month will have made the greenbacks
equal with gold in the payment of all
debts except interest on the government
bonds. This will be a pretty good SER
vice for the much ridiculed "dollar of the
daddies,"
Year: 1878

reaching about latitude thirty 1t curved
gradually to the eastward, and passing
south of the Azores rushed with full force
on the coasts of Portugal and Spain. 1t is
hard to tell at present which OF the
countries have suffered most from the
violence of the tempests. We have yet to
hear from the New England coasts. where
it is expected that the storm will prove un-
usually severe.


In another portion of the HERALD will be
found an interesting letter from our Paris
correspondent describing the meeting OF
the Meteorological Congress in that city.
A feature of the Congress was the discus
sion of the HERALD storm predictions after
the reading of the paper by the HERALD me-
teorologist. The announcement OF the
veriication of one Of these predictions to
an assembly containing scientists hot from
arguing against their reliability recalls the
experience Of General Butler before the
Congressional committee when the capture
of Fort Fisher, which he was showing could
not be taken, was announced.