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Year: 1877

Late last night a rather unusual case
of mistaken identity" occurred on
O'Farrell street, above Mason. Mrs
Jonsen, the wife of j. f. Jornsen, the
down town dealer, has long been an in
valid, and under the advice Of her ply
sician has recently been in the habit of
partaking, before retiring, of harmless
if not helpful prescription of pepper
mint and other innocent and strictly
herbal extracts, mixed with glass of
Spring Valley water. just as she was
sinking into slumber through the infu-
ence Of this pleasing sedative, by some
inexplicable warning from the bounda-
ries of another world which only Col.
Ingersoll could adequately explain, she
remembered that instead Of putting the
proper prescription into the glass OF
water, she had poured into it the whole
contents of bottle of laudanum, which
her daughter, Emeline, had that day
procured for the relief of the toothache,
and which was sufficient to kill about
twenty good and able bodied men. Re
sisting, with one frantic effort for life,
the sleep that was overcoming her, she
aroused her husband, told him Of the
untOward circumstance, and in hastily
assumed and slightly too midsummer
raiment he tore through the silent streets
for the residence of the family physi-
clan. Mrs. Jornsens stomach was
pumped out with commendable dis
patch, and reflled at intervals Of thirty
seconds with black coffee. She was
switched around the room with a cruel
ty. only meant to be kind, and as the
deathly stupor gave way, her daughter
who had been hastily summoned en- DIS
haLille to support one side Of the.perse
cuted pedestrian, found time to ask
itsssWhat is the matter with her thin
| timer
Year: 1877

Prof. Stewart, of Cornell University,
has found, by actual experiment, that
one-quarter Of an acre we'll set in clover,
is sufficient to feed one COW 1SO days, if
cut and fed her, while if allowed to run
on it would probably not last two weeks.
Another advantage in the care of milch
cows is that they give more milk from
the same amount of food, it being found
that the walking to and from pasture
diminishes the quantity of milk.
Year: 1877

John Shannon, IN Coleman, KY, was
separating some cattle from the rest of
the herd A rope had been thrown over
powerful bull, and he was fastened to
tree, The rope broke and the bull
made for Shannon, caught him on his
horns and tossed him in the air. As he
came down the maddened animal caught
him again and threw him up, this time
killing him.
Year: 1877

by the report given in another column it
will be seen that tho great desideratunl, a
reduction in the public expenditure, has
finally been securcd-on paper. Last year
the total OF the municipal budget was
thirty million nine hundred thousand dol
lars. This year it is thirty millions the
pocket Of the taxpayer being spared to
the tune of ten mills on a dollar, or in all
rather less than million dollars. If the
public were properly grateful for small
fnvors this one million in thirty would be a
feather in the cap Of the Comptroller, who,
even though he is the Tammany Boss, does
not extort from the city the utmost possible
penny. Does not the TACT thai under uni
vcrsal suffrage we get this reduction in ex-
penditurc prove that the amendments to
the constitution are not neededY
Year: 1877

An instalment Of answers to the inquiry
of Mr. Boucicault as to the definition of
comedy will be found in to- days HERALD.
They are all Of interest, and worthy the at
tention of the reader. These correspond
ents write clearly, exhibit the possession
Of distinct ideas on the important subject
touched, and some of them certainly have
that useful kind of knowledge which people
vaguely describe when they say man knows
"what's what" But are these writer's dra-
matte critics? We do not know that they are
or that they are not but wedo not perceive
in their epistlcs that sense OF just superiority
to all the other varieties Of humanity by
which the critic is commonly known.
Therefore we incline to the notion that they
are only ordinary mortals. But Mr.. Bouci-
cault did not say that ordinary mortals did
not understand this subject. His words
are:-.I declare there is not in this country.
nor in Great Britain, n dramatic critic, who,
affecting to sit in judgment on a comedy,
can tell me what comedy is" There may,
by the way. be one or two who can correct
the grammar Of this sentence. 1t will be
seen by this sweeping challenge that it is the
race of dramatic critics whom the aggrieved
author separates from all other mortals as
distinguished for their ignorance on q nice
point OF their science. AS to other mems
knowledge of comedy Mr.. Boucicault is no
doubt satisfied with it rs scholarly, practi-
cal and remunerative, for his theory evil
dently is that the public taste is just and
that the people, learned or. unlearncd,
know comedy when they see it, but are
led astray by the critics, who spoil sport
with the insinuation that some famous COM
cdies are only kind Of literary resurrection
pie. 1t is the critics, then, who are wanted
and where are they? They are humbled,
overwhelmed, crushed, and cannot say "boo
to goose" But they will bido their time,
and when Boucicault produces another new
play, then will they slay him with the
sword of Zolos.
Year: 1877

republican and ga worker" in the interest
of the party, but because he was ON honest
and capable man. 1t has been said that the
Athanasian creed is like a wildcat "be-
cause of its damnation clause, and 1t might
similarly be said that this phrase about hon.
esty and capacity is in party comprehension
equal to q Wilderness of wildcats. For In
the first place it is clear treason to propose
to nominate man for any but party
reasons, and to put forth the virtue
Of a non-party man is to assume
that there is no party man equally
virtuous. But there is worse against Welsh
than even this letter, if worse be possible.
He has actually endowed a chair of litera-
ture in university in Pennsylvania he
has actually attempted to corrupt the youth
of that great State by contributing toward
the ruin Of their natural talents through
literature Such men would, left to them
selves, destroy any State and any party.
Almost any other offence against the dignity
Of Pennsylvania would have been endured
with more grace than this deliberate move
to turn all the boys into ''dam literary fell
lows" but it will go hard if this does not
put the offender naked and defenceless into
the hands of the ruthless Simon.
Year: 1877




One of the most respectable and satisfac-
tory wars of which there is any account is
that which determined the doubtful point
OF supremacy between Rome and Alba.
Five men and one woman were the only VIC
TINS There might have been millions
slain and the point remained doubtful
under the ordinary system of the use OF
armed force, but the early peace societies OF
Rome exhibited their influence on that oc-
casion, and the ordinary plan was set aside.
Either the Roman and Alban equivalents OF
Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips had
howled their agitation against the war or
the contractors had proved unable to equip
an army, or there was some other good rea-
son, for it was agreed that supremacy as
between the cities should be the stake in
great prize fight to be fought by three
on a side, and by this championship sys-
tenn the slaughter and horrors OF great war
were prevented. Our readers will perceive
that leaf has been taken from the Roman
history in the conduct of the great issue
between Tammany and anti-Tammany III
the Seventh district. Tammany and anti
Tammany, like Rome and Alba are disposed
to economize blood and muscle and not put
the whole world by the ears. Hence the
fierce combat Of Haggerty and Lynch, the
accepted champions Of the two sides. 1t
was understood, of course, that as this
combat should 60 the candidate of one
or the other side should be counted
in; but alas the struggle was inde-
cisive This was not the fault of the
champions, but Of the metropolitan police,
which was quite overlooked in the arrange
ments, perhaps because it did not appear in
the course of the Roman battle. Dur
ing the conflict the champions threw one
another through u glass door, which was
not done by either Romans or Adams.
Neither did the Romans or Adams snap
pistols Mt one another, which shows that the
ancient combat was rather tame by compare
son with the modern. 1t was the failure Of
the pistol to respond to the swapping that
rendered the battle indecisive, and some in
quiry should be made as to the cause Of that
failure. Perhaps there was treachery.
Either some anti-Tammany emissary had
tampered with the caps on Haggerty's pistol
or poor ones had been supplied him, and it
should be known which was the real cause.
Until that point is settled we fear the battle
cannot be renewed.
Year: 1877

The Senate shows no disposition to origi-


nate legislation and is very properly wait
for the consideration Of which the session


was specially called. Several bills were
introduced yesterday, but they were Of no
very general importance, being for the most
part purely local Mr.. Burnside seems to
think the colored citizens have not u fair
chance in the army and navy, and in
troduced bill making the way smooth
ior them to enter either branch OF
Year: 1877

the service An old bill in regard to the
establishment of pension districts and the
appointment of surgeons to examine appli-
cants reappeared, and petition rom some
of the victims OF the Freedman's Bank SWIM
die was received. Mr. Edmunds was made
the chairman Of the Select Committee on
the Presidential Question, and after the IN
PRODUCTION Of some bills Of private charac-
ter the adjournment took place. In the
House the feature of the day was the report
from the Banking and Currency Committee
in regard to the Resumption act, which is
elsewhere discussed.
Year: 1877

Already the course Of events at Washing
ton exhibits the accuracy of our prediction
that the Clan Cameron would avcnge the in
dignity put upon its head by the adminis-
tration. 1t proposes to delay, impede, and,
il possible, defeat the confirmation of the
man to whose advantage the government
turned Welshcr. Discoveries of the great
est importance have been made. Welsh, 1T
appears once wrote a letter. Even in the
most ordinary circumstances this is n dam
aging fact. Only this and nothing more
has blightcd many rising fortune,
for the man who writes letter and exposes
himself to all the possibilities Of interpreta-
ton ceases to steer his ship and commits
her, with her rudder lashed fast, to the god
OF storms, the lightning and the gale. But
il there is folly and danger in such an act
in ordinary circumstances how terribly are
these clements increased when letter is writ
ten by q man who has given to Old Winnie
bago reasons to desire his ruin But the
letter written by Welsh was not simple,
harmless missive; it was one OF most
mischicvous sort-a letter of kind prop
erly regarded by oil the great leaders as
immoral and ruinous. 1t recommended
the President to appoint to certain Office
certain man. not because ho was GOOD
Year: 1877

ALTHOUGH TUE GAME succeeded in getting
away the hunt Of the Queens county hounds
yesterday was full of excitement. Fifteen horse
men appeared in the saddle, but before the day
closed the majority OF them were unhorsed,
which added to the interest Of the OCCASION
Year: 1877

be mono the less evident. If the coin values
OF the two metals should be equal it would
be a matter of indifference to the govern
but it would make great difference in the
willingness Of capitalists to purchase our
bonds. We should lose nothing by paying
in gold if silver and gold money were at
par. but it would be impossible to sell new
bonds to advantage if the purchasers were
uncertain whether they were to receive full
gold value in payment. An act of Con-
gress making the national bonds pay
able in silver would be q disastrous
blow to the public credit, and we
have the most undoubting confidence that
the President, armed with constitutional
negative, will not permit any such mischiev-
Gus bill to become law. With this cer-
tainty that the public crodit will be pro-
tected we see no ground of alarm in the
probable reconciliation Of silver. We
should prefer for the present that silver
should be legal tender for amounts not
exceeding twenty dollars; but even if
il should be made II legal tender
to the same extent that greenbacks now are
the evil would be comparatively slight. A
double standard is of course theoretically
absurd but we always had double stand
ard previous to the war, and the country did
not regard it as n very great practical incon-
venience Many of the arguments against it
which are most strongly urged are fallacies.
1t is said that since gold is the money Of tho
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our currency should be conformed to theirs.
But when gold is exported to discharge
balances it is not it's nominal value as coin
but it's real value as bullion that is esti-
mated. We 90 not export it as money,
but as merchandise, and coined silver, even
after reconciliation, would be exported only
rs silver bullion. Forall purposes OF foreign
commerce both metals would continue to
stand on the same footing as at present. AS
we are large producers of both we should
continue to export them but whether
coined or uncoined we should receive
bullion and nothing more Their
coinage into money is O purely do
mestic question, aud it is absurd to argue
as if our coinage laws had an important
bearing on our foreign trade We feel little
interest in the silver question beyond a
sense Of the enormous folly of making the
public debt payable in silver, and we are SO
sure that the President will by his veto save
the country from that calamity that we are
reconciled in advance to the reconciliation
of silver for other purposes. Our trade with
China, with India, with Russia and other
silver countries will afford market for the
produce Of our silver mines, but the market
will be equally good whether we export in
the form Of coin or Of silver bars.
Year: 1877

Mr. KANE has brought the coaching season
OF 1877 to close and thrown down the rib
bons until the lst Of May. Seventeen hundred
passengers have been carried and more than
five thousand miles travelled during the past six
he
Year: 1877

A remarkable story of snake charm
ing" has been brought to light here.
Mr.. Luke Brewer lives near the dock in
this city, and Is the father OF A little girl
and boy aged respectfully and years.
He discovered ON Saturday, that his chill
dren had been in the habit of playing
with a water snake three feet in length.
1t appears thai the reptile had made his
land home underneath the kitchen 1Oer-
ing of Mr.. Brewers dwelling, and came
hence through an Oriface in the ground
outside the house. The little girl on the
day mentioned, informed her father that
they had q pretty pet just like an eel that
came out of a hole in the ground, and
PLAYED with them and the kittens. He
asked the child to show him where it
was, but was told that it would not come
out while he was there. He left for
few minutes and while returning was
met by his daughter, whe said she had
called her pet, and it was now playing
with her brother The frightened father
hastened to the yard, and was almost
paralized with fear on discovering his lit
tie boy caressing the snakes head. He
ordered the little fellow away. The
child reluctantly complied by stepping
back, whereupOu the father seized a club.
when the reptile commenced to make for
his den. The boy then moved towards
it calling it endearing names, and was
about to pick it up when Mr.. B. killed its
against the earnest and fearful entreatie,
Of the infatuated children. The boy, a
robust, hearty little fellow, refused to be
eomtorted, abstaining from food the rest
Of the day, and begging te be allowed to
bring the dead serpent into the house.
Mr.. Brewer thinks the children had been
amusing themselves all the summer with
their strange pet. The tail of the snake
for distance Of three inches from the
end bore evidence that two kittens,
which were in the house, had also been
participants i'll the SPORT Cor. Baltimore
Gazette
Year: 1877

The Turkey carpet, as it is made in
the hand-looms of Ouchak, Is a fabric
that in durability, wearing qualities,
and softness of texture cannot be sur
passed. 1t is made in square pieces or


various dimensions, but generally OF a
size to cover an ordinary room. The
cOlOrs are so stable that 1t Is said a bar
rel of vinegar upset on it will not
change a color For wear, time seems
TO make no impression on 1t. Beneath
my eet is Turkey carpet which IS at
least thirty years old, and it Is, at this
writing as fresh as the day the last
thread was wove into it at Ouchak.
There seems to be no fixed patterns, for
have never seen any two alike. The
weaver's fancy determines the figures
and arrangement OF colors. and that Is as
fantastic as an Oriental imagination al
waysis. The carpets are so heavy that they
rest on the floor with their own weight,
and need no tacks to fasten them down.
As they are not secured to the floor,
they are frequently taken up and busted,
and are always thus kept clean. When
the staircases, as well as the rooms, are
laid in these solid heecy carpets, the
house is As still as if it were unin-
habited, 50 far as the movements OF its
occupants are concerned. 1t Is curious
fact that while everything else has
declined in price, Turkey carpets hold
their own In the east, one q quarter OF a
century old selling near on to It's
original oost.-Cor. Phildde{phi4 tTess-
Year: 1877

and furnished with large loose hanging
windpipe below, well-defned even when
the horse is at rest.


The ears must be quick, small at their
setting on, and thin; there is no Objec-
tion to their having good length; the
head NAV be, but is not necessarily,
small. but it should be well-shaped, and
it must be as beny and as free as possible
from flesh it should be so wide and clean
between the Jaws as to give ample space
for the windpipe the nOstrils must be
capable of great distensioD to allow free
breathing during exertion; the skin
sheuld be soft, the coat fine and silky,
and the hair of the name and tail, al
though it may be somewhat wavy,
should be free from anything like curli-
ness and rather scanty than super
abundant.


After severe exertion, full veins should
show all over the whole body, The dis
tension of these veins, which are generally
invisible in the cold -blooded horse, gives
the thoroughbred one OF his greatest ad-
vantages by affording relief to the pulsa-
tion during the strong action of the
heat. The horse above described is
quite sure to have the deep chest and
heart-place which are 50 Important to
strenuous exertion, but many o. the best
thoroughbreds are deficient in that
round. barrel-hooped form of the ribs
which is necessary to the roomiest ac-
comodation Of the lungs and abdominal
viscera.


4 sound horse having these qualities
and whose sides, back of the girth, pre-
ject beyond the line of the shoulders and
hips, may be relied upon for the nest
arduous work.-Scri5ne,' Jiega@dae for
NoUem6er.
Year: 1877

A new invention-a torpedo balloon
is being experimental with in Bridge
port, Conn. 1t is designed 10 convey
torpedoes BY means of a balloon above a
hostile army or city, when, by an auto
matte arrangement, they are detached.
and exploded by gauge fuse. It las
attracted much attention, and an agent
of the Russian government is observing
the experiments.
Year: 1877

DO the Poor Have the Gospel Preached


to Them.


The conversion of the working classNs.
it Is safe to say, will never be accom-
plished by any ecclesiastical organization
which sells cushioned pews at action,
or rents them at high rates, and builds
milliOn-dOllar churches for the accomOda-
ton of one thousand worshippers. The
passion for equality has taken too strong
hold of the workman to make it possible
to catch him with cheap chapels and
- assistant pastors" He will not seek
salvation III f1ynla paupUris, and thinks
the best talent in the ministerial market
not a whit too good for him. He no
unnaturally doubts the sincerity of Chris
tians who are not willing TO kneel beside
badly-dressed persons in prayer on the
one day of the week when prayer is
public. In fact, to fit the Protestant
church in this country to lay hold of the
laboring population great process of
reconstruction would be necessary. The
congregational system would have to be
abandoned or greatly modified, the COM
mon fund made larger and administered
IN different way. They would have, in
short. to be close approach to the
Roman Catholic organization, and the
GuuTCntS NOulu nave 10 lose LD6 character
of social clubs which now makes them 50
comfortable and attractive. Well TO do
Christians would have to sacrifice their
tastes in dozen ways, and give up the
expectation OF aesthetic pleasure in public
worship. There can not be a vast Gothic
cathedral for the multitude in every city.
The practice Of the church would have
to be forced up to its own theory Of its
character and mission, which would in
vOlve serious collision with some of the
most deeply rooted habits and ideas Of
modern social and political life. That
there is any immediate probability Of
this we do not believe Until it is
brought about, its members must make
up their minds to have religious profes-
sions treated by some as slight guarran-
tees of character, and by Others as but
cloaks for wrong-doing, hard as this may
be for that large majority to whom they
are an honest expression or sure hopes
and noble aims-N y. Nat on.
Year: 1877

Some weeks ago we called at tention 70 the notice published in the DEMOCRAT to the effect that a bill would be presented to the present Legislature defining and fixing a new line between tue counties of Pope and Johnson.

 We called attention to that no, tice in our local column in order that 1t might not escape the at tention of interested parties, and, so that, if any party or parties had any protest or remopstrance to enter they might have due time to prepare the same. From the fact that we have heard of DO such protest or remonstrance be ing prep red we take it for grant ed that the parties who live on the territory which will be trans. ierred from Pope to Johnson. should the proposed chalge be made, are willing for the change. The proposed change will take something like one hundred square miles from the present territory of Pope county.

 It strikes us that tho conven- fence of all parties would have perhaps been better served, and a straighter line been obtained by running only two miles east on the township line between townships ;ine and ten, and thence directly north on the sec. tion line between sections thirty- one and thirty two in township ten, to the Newton county line.

 This would have given Johnson county about fifty square miles off of Pope county and would have thrown the line for portion of the way nearly on the backbone oi the divide between B!g and Little Pineys.
Year: 1877

IT was wont to be said by the Radi-
cal press and orators that the South
still sought to destroy the Union. We
once attempted the task and, failing,
have sought, even more earnestly, to
reproduce the original relations of the
States to the Union and to one another.
Therefore we voted for Tilden. 1t is
not the South but the East that now
"secedes." The Fundamental law of
union is annulled when the majority
does not govern and when, after fore
ing Us il, we are to be thrust out of the
Union. Very certainly this is done
when Ti!den may not be iEaugurated
because he is the "rcbcI- chosen" can
didate for the presidency. Pinned to
the Union with bayonets we are now
to be thrust out by the Senate and re-
tuning boards. What are we to do (?
When outside the pale of union they
would not suffer Us to remain cut, and,
forced i'll, we are net to be recognized
as coequa!s. They ent:archiscd the
negro and mad the eX-slave the tool
with which to secure the votes Of the
South, and n0H the freedman hay
ing betrayed his pew masters, return
in boards mus effect objects Which
the negro fails to accomplish. 1t is
not the South but the North that now


"secedes," aud if we Thought the
North wrong when it iuvn1ed the
South we cannot now stultiiy Ourselves
by invading the Moth, and therefore
can have 40 part in the next war.