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Year: 1877

Some time ago white man named
Chas. Mason was arrested and sent to
the Work-house, on some charge or 9TH
er. Major Travis defended Mason, and
charged him SIS tor his services. Mason
paid half of the sum and lady friend
made good the rest by giving tue Major
a new suit of clothes which belonged to
Mason. The latter just goG out, and this
ton went before Squire Anthony and
issued writ of repievin, claiming that
the lady had no right to give the suit of
clothes to Major Travis.


The case will come up for hearing on
next Saturday,
Year: 1877

CORRESPONDENCE.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:


am Informed on good authority, that the
Editor of the Republican has closed his COL
umns against all liberal thoughts and criti-
eism whatsoever. That being the case, oil /
can say, is that it will takes great deal less
papers to print their next addition, If the
people of this city, mean the Free People,
are to be whipped into measures by Preach
er's meeting, they are much mistaken.


We want both, Mr.. Vernon and the Preach
ers to know thst their are citisens In this
city who dare think for themselves, and that
they know that slavery has been abolished
in our land, and being free, We intend to use
that freedom In a godlike manner, and let
no creed or dogma trample our freedom
under foot. So let the Editor sees which
best the honest freethiuking man, or the
other faction.


Yours For Truth,


A Large Majority.
Year: 1877

During the storm Of Thursday night the
steamer Vesper Of the Electric Line, plying
between this city and New York, went
ashore on Money Island, about ten miles
above Philadelphia. At the time of the &C.
cident she was heavily laden with merchsu-
disc, which had to be removed before che
could be drifted. On Friday afternoon she
was gotten of, and the goods transferred
again, ween she proceed on her way to New
York.
Year: 1877




Integrity of character and truth in
the inner man are the prerequisites of
success in any calling, and especially
so in that of the merchant. These
are attributes which never fail to
command respect and win admiration.
No one fails to appreciate them, and
if they "do not pay" in the vulgar
sense of the word, they bring an
amount of satisfaction and peace 10
the owner that all the wealth of Cre-
sus could not yield.


There is no better stock in trade
than these principles no capital goes
SO far or pays SO well, or is so exempt
from bankruptcy and loss. When
known they give confidence and cred
il, and in the hardest of times will
honor your paper in bank. They
give you an unlimited capital to do
business upon, and everybody will
endorse your paper, and the general
faith OF MANKIND will be your guar
antce that you will not fail. Let
every young man, upon commencing
business, look well to these indispen.
sable elements of success, and defend
them as he would the apple of his eye
If inattentive and reckless here, he
will imperil everything. Bankruptcy
in oh q ro cfer is saldorn roma trad in q !,
ordinary lifetime. A man may suffer
in reputation and recover not so the
man who suffers in character.


Be just and truthful. let these be
the ruling and predominating princi'
Piles of your life, and the reward will
be certain, either in the happiness
they bring to your own bosom
or the success which will attend upon
all your business operations in life, OF
both.
Year: 1877

Il The Central Railroad of Iowa seems
to be infested with swarms of tramps.
We hear from q gentleman recently
from Marshalltown, that last week
the citizens fed something like hum
dred tramps on crackers, on the pub
lie square of that city.


We cannot learn the nature of these
swarms Of idlencss. We would like
to sec an analysis of these aggrega-
tions of humanity, like as we analyze
compound substances into their SIM
pie clements.


If q careful history was taken of
these men as well as the manner and
means by which they so congregate
together, we think the remedy for the
evil might be better found. 1t must
be that crime is at the bottom of the
trouble in the main. If so, some
wholesome medicinal punishment
must be administered to put stop to
Year: 1877

The following incident is stated to
have actually occurred by Bangs"
who sends it to the Boston Globe
"a woman with face SO awfully
plain that the flies wouldn't light on
her, drove into shed in the rear of
Green lstreet, Cambridge, last Tues
day, with load of whortleberries,
and while the stupid old horse stood
at the manger, champing provender
and trying to kick marsh-hy off his
ear with his hind foot, he threw him
self and before he recovered his feet
he knocked the dasher and the end of
the ancient wagon out and sent per-
feet shower of berries almost down
to Fort Washington. The woman,
who was negotiating with Central
square provision man for her load,
rushed back and yanked the old ami
NAL on to his feet, and after planting
three or four tremendous blows on
his skinny sides with her fists, she re-
marked to the crowd that had gather
ed to see the fun: "This blasted hoss'll
never git over the habit of kickin'.
Last week he kicked bee line over
barn. Two years ago he made me
q wilder; my ole man went to hitch
him to harrer and he pasted him in
the abdomen with his hoofs, and the
poor man was with his Redeemer be-
fore he struck the ground" And tn e
old lady backed the horse out of the
shed and gave the lines jerk that
must have loosened every back tooth
in the animals head as she started to
return to Littleton.
Year: 1877

Make home a pleasant place for
your boys. Do not be afraid Of your
best parlor that they may not use it.
Let them have plenty of warmth and
light, and entertaining books to read,
and musical instruments and any par
lor game they like. Girls will stay at
home if it is the dnllest place under
the moon, but boys will not. II their


young companions are banished, If
they are checked when they laugh or


sing, or make noise, if they NAV not


have the innocent freedom they need


under their parents roof. then they


will have freedom of some sort else
where. And there are always plenty
to beckon them to places where thu
bloom is brushed from youths round
cheek. A young man will squeeze
little "fun" ont of his life, and if you
want him to be credit to you and t.
himself, make it possible to enjoy life
at home. Let the home be q place to
live and breathe in, not merely q ROOT
under which he may eat and sleep.
Year: 1877

WILKEsBARRE, Aug. 4.-The min
crs had large meeting in Dow
Grove this afternoon. They invited
the Mayor and Sheriff to come and
inform them why the military are
here. The Mayor responded and
made a speech counselling peace.
They adopted resolutions asking that
the military be taken out of the val
ley. Part of them marched through
the streets with band of music.
Year: 1877

THERE is always calm after a
storm, and this old adage is very
apparent in the newspaper field just
now. During the striking season
there was rushing riot among news
papers, and their capacity for news
was strained to its utmost, but now
there seems to be dearth of vivacity
among them. 1t is the syncope
following the fever.
Year: 1877

Frank Walworth who was SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for life, for
the murder of his father, at the Stur-
teyant House, New York, city, has
been pardoned. It is said that the
mental condition of the young man
was the fact which operated most
strongly in influencing the Governors
action. The rumor is that his mother
will at once start with him for Eu-
rope.
Year: 1877

rRoN day to day the wheat crop Of
Iowa is proving to be better and bet
ter. 1t is an exceedingly important
item on the credit side Of Iowa's
ledger, and the effect will be appar-
ent during the coming year. Stop
the outflow of money for breadstufls
and great financial leak is plugged.
Year: 1877

EVIDENTLY the endorsement of the
President by the Ohio Republican
Convention, led that body to look out
sharply for resolutions upon other
subjects, which would capture as
much Of the popular vote as possible.
Year: 1877

large, extent among the poorer population,
who may beseen emerging from the druggists
with cups and tin vessels containing the black
paste, with which they purchase . few mo-
ments of happiness and oblivion at terrible
cost. A few manufacturers employ opium to
small extent in the preparation Of bogus
Turkish smoking tobacco, and in the manu-.
facture of cigarettes and cheap cigars.


!, Most Of our opium comes from Smyrna,
and the great increase in the importation du.
ring the last few months, is doubtless owing
in great measure to the speculative fever on
the outbreak Of the war between Russia and
Turkey, based on probable war tax by
Turkey, and the closing Of the port at which
most Of the opium is shipped. The market
is now largely overstocked and the prices are
much lower than usual.


While, therefore, there is evidently an in.
creased use of opium in this country, it is by
no means employed to such an alarming ex-
tent as the above figures would appear to in
dicate.
Year: 1877

The TINE TO EAT FRU1T.-The earlier in
the day fruits are eaten the better. They
should be ripe, fresh and perfect, and if eaten
in their natural state, it is almost impossible
to take too much. Their bealthful qualities
depend on their ripe acidity, but if sweetened
with sugar, the acidity is not only neutralized,
but the stomach is tempted to receive more
than it can digest, and if cream is taken With
them, the labor of digestion is increased. No
liquid of any description should be drank
within an hour after eating fruits; nor should
anything else be eaten within two or three
hours-thus, time being allowed for them to
pass out of the stomach, the system derives
from them all their enlivening, cooling and
aperient influences. The great rule is, eat
fruits and berries while fresh, ripe and per-
feet, in their natural state, without eating or
drinking anything for at least two hours af-
terward. With these restrictions, fruit may
be eaten in moderation during. the day and
without getting tired Of them, or ceasing to
be benefited by them during the whole
season,
Year: 1877

The OPIUM TRADE.-There have been
imported into this country during the present
year, 110, ,357 pounds of opium, representing q
money value Of 1851, ,199. What is the rea-
son of this heavy importation? Are we be-
coming a nation of opium-eatsrs Is this q
new form of intemperance? The startling
increase in the consumption of this narcotic,
is we'll calculated to excite some alarm. Per.
haps the principle reason for the increased
use of opium is due to the greater number
and variety of nervous diseases during the
last few years, and the consequent greater use
Of narcotics in medical practice. A number
of heavy manufactures have sprung up with.
in the last ten years for the making Of tine
lures and morphine. Since the war, men
once wealthy but now impoverished, have ia
ken to eating and drinking opium to drown
their sorrows, and this personal use of the
drug is another cause of its extended sale.
This is especially the case, We are informed,
in the Southern States. The large importa,
tions to this country of the Coolie population
of China, have no doubt caused greater de-
mand for this drug and spread its use among
the lower classes California takes large
amount of this opium, and in certain sections
of New York, its use j. said to prevail to a
Year: 1877

One of the things which the public does not
concern itself about as much as it ought to, is
the kind and amount of food it shall eat dur.
ing the summer. The generality Of the people
go on in the same way during the summer
that they do in the winter with respect to the
food they eat, varying it only as the seasons
themselves vary it. The average man or wo-
man is not apparently aware that the heat of
the human body may be materially increased
or decreased according to the kind of food
that is imbibed. True, most people, when the
hot weather comes along, rush spontaneously
to fruit and cram themselves with berries,
cherries, peaches. watermelons, cantelopes,
pears, and often swallow much more than is
good for them. Hence cholera morbus, diar-
rhoea and other similar affections of the stom-
aoh. But very little or no care is taken in
eating heavy beef in as great quantity as
during the coolest months in winter. 1t is no
infrequent sight to see man sit down, when
the thermometer is at ninety.1ve degrees in
the shade, at table groaning with fat-form.
ing, heat-producing meats. On these he
gorges himself until he is as filled to repletion
as during the coldest days of December or
January. 1t takes repeated warning and
long experience to teach him that it is just as
senseless to do this in the depressing days of
July and August, as it would be for him to
wear his thick winter fannels and overcoat.
True philosophy would teach US to be as care
full to keep the inside of the body as cool as
the outside.


A great deal of stuff has been written con.
cerning the danger of cold drinks and eating
ices and creams. There is danger, under GER
tain circumstances, as, for instance, when
large quantities are gulped down while the
body is over.heated. But when no more heat
is experienced than what is sinevitable In warm
weather from any, even the highest exercise,
draughts of water may be quaffed by mouth
fulls at time, or even the coolest of creams
and ices be slowly eaten with spoon, without
any risk, save in exceptional cases. Of course
there are many ignorant and obstinate people,
who, eating and drinking habitually like pigs,
cannot be satisfied with this quiet and tenn.
perate mode of enjoyment. They pay the
penalty of their disquai6cations. But for in
telligent people, who will learn how to eat and
drink reasonably, there is abundance of health.
full pleasure for the palate, even during the
hottest of hot days. Eating and drinking
correctly is an art, and have to be acquired.
Year: 1877

New ORLEANS, August 81. 1877. -
Editor Democrat As an insurance man
thought your insurance news column q good
thing-eonducted for the good OF the commu-
nifty. Will you please advise In that column
what you charge for such a puff as appeared
this morning Of the Royal Canadian.


INSURANCE.
We doubt not but that Insurance" is the
agent of some wild cat company and that he
is himself a cur. Ali we said Of the Royal Cana
dian is absolutely incontrovertible. II "Insur-
ance' will call at our Office and repeat to us
what he writes above we promise him warm
reception.
Year: 1877

Sam Johnson, OF this city, formerly
a Deputy Constable, came very near
losing bis life lately, and il he had
there would have been a general ex-
preston that be tempted his fate by an
exhibition OF singular fool-hardiness
and strange contempt OF the most or
dinary prudence. For some time John
son had the care Of an immense snake
OF the boa-constrictor species. This
sweet boon was left in Johnson's charge
by the proprietor OF one OF the side
shows that was with Howe's circus on
its late visit TO this place. The snake
had been sick, and fearing IL would die
il il was carted about from place to
place. its owner made an arrangement
with Johnson TO take care OF it till such
time as il should be sent for to again
appear in the exhibition. Sam has
paid all needed attention to his snake
ship, and the huge boa has quite re
covered from his illness under his con.
siderate and careful attention. john
son had tried to establish friendly Ie-
lations with the snake, and fattered
himself that he had succeeded very
well. Two or three nights ago, when
the weather turned so suddenly and
severely cold, johnson found that the
boa was benumbed with cold and ap-
parently half dead. With a strange
disregard Of consequences he took the
half frozen snake from its box, and
placed ii in his own warm bed from
which he had risen. He then returned
to bed. intending when the snake
should revive from its chilled and be-
numbed condition 10 replace il in the
box. Unfortunately johnson fell into n
doze and then into deep sleep. From
his sound slumber he was awakened by
a horrible sense Of suffocation about
his chest. He awoke to find himself in
the terrible coils OF the boa-constrictor
which had been warmed into life and
fury in Johnson's bed. The unfortu-
nate man comprehended in an instant
his fearful danger. Ureat drops Of
sweat started to his brow rs in an
agony OF horror he realized the nature
Of his peril. With the energy Of de-
spair he erasped the snake with both
hands. aud with almost superhumsn
strength, and in a manner he can
scarcely recall, succeeded at last in un.
coiling its hateful folds from bis body.
dragged the struggling boa 10 it's boz
aud safely secured IL IN its old quar-.
ters. A severe nervous attack succeed.
ed the flight aud horror the strange
combat had occasioned, aud not anoth.
or wink did Johnson sleep that night


He can congratulate himself that he
escaped so easily. and that his sense.
less temerity did not receive the pun.
ishment it jnviied.-Kansas City mo-
I Times
Year: 1877

Kate Claxton, who escaped from the
Brooklyn disaster, says there never was
a braver man on earth than Studley.
He stood by me cool and collected as
the best man OF the Six Hundred, and
kept the falling fire off me. When the
flames swept upon us and fight was
imperative and no good was TO be done
by staying, i gathered my petticost
firmly in each hand. and fought the
fire from me AS I dashed through il.
L stopped only once and that was to
see poor Murdoch, and try TO drag him
of but he was pulled away from me.
Then i fought my way through with
that wooden petticoat; it was my saliva
ton. / either heard Maud Harrison in
her room and got her out or met her
at the door of il. Then / remembered
the underground passage TO the box
Office, and went for il, for the burning
stage began to fall on us. The horror
OF few minutes in that dark place
only wide enough for one to pass at q
time-is indesci liable. / knew that
the door at the end was usually locked.
and might be now; but the good provi-
dence that directs even the fall OF the
sparrow made n whim of mine the
means OF our escape. In the morning
of that dreadful day, merely for fun, /
had insisted on having the door OPEN
ing from the box Office to this passage
way unlocked, and went through il to
my dressing room instead OF going
round 10 the stage door. The key was
reluctantly given 10 my agent, Mr..
Stanley McKenna, with many injuuc-
tions TO lock the door behind him. He
promised TO do so, but dropped the
key into his pocket instead Of putting
IL in the door on the inside, AZ he
should have done. he says that his
fingers we're cold, and when he put
them in his pockets he vowed he
wouldn't take them out for all the keys
in Brooklyn. Those cold fingers OF
Gods mercy saved our lives, for after
we stumbled through that passage and
mp the stairs the door yielded and we
tnmbled into the box Office. The
/ smoke was suffocating.


Beyond the Office were the crowd
treading over each other. i gathered
that dear old WOODEN skirt around me
clutched il in one hand so as to have
my limbs free, gave 10 n twist, n tucb
that turned il almost girdle, and
leaped from shoulder TO shoulder oi
the packed and sitting crowd. liter
ally walked on their heads, or rather
sprang from one point OF vantage u
the other over living mass OF surgise
human beings. IL seemed 10 me thar
in three leaps was in the street,
New York Sun.
Year: 1877

What is Priclly ComtieyT We only know
from our exchanges that it is a forage plant to
be grown in stools or checks and Gu; annually
as proyender for stock. 4 Yifginian writing
to the Southern Farmer says he cut a plant
from his crop and it weighed y pounds that
5000 plants can grow upon one acre, and if
each be made as heavy as the one cut the yield
would be $4,000 pounds Of green food to the
acre. Does any one know how many pounds
Of green clover, corn, or small grain can be
cut from an acre? Perhaps as many as Of the
comfrey. This plant is said to yield 20 tons
the first year, GO tons the second year and so
,o 100 tons the third and following years.
Year: 1877

now State Commissioner of Insurance
and Statistics in Texas. Judge King is
IA fine scholar, and man of high lnteg-
| rity, and will strive to restore the rep
utatiOn which once attached to the Su-
preme Court of Louisiana. Few who
| know him believe that he can be biased
by political influences in the discharge
of his high functions.


Our extracts tell who Judge King is


better than we can. As a scholar, lawyer,


speaker-we may say Orator-and gen
tleman, he has always stood high. In


personal relations he is true friend,


and safe adviser. We have known


him for a good many years, and for


several of them rather intimately, and


we never knew him to speak harshly


or even disparagingly of any one, not


even of his enemies. Their good traits


he would mention, and pass over their


opposite ones in silence. Demagogue-


ism is entirely foreign to his nature !;
and this may be the chief reason why


he has never received that political
preferment which his merits deserved.


If the wing party had remained in the
ascendeucy, he would have been one Of
the first men in the land.


We are glad of Judge Kings appoint
ment for several reasons: 1t is a recog-
milton of the liberal, conservative native
element of the South, by the general
government; and the. recipient though
he has made much money by his pro-
fession, has never accumulated any
the Office therefore will benefit him
pecuniarny more than it would one
of greater means. AS to his com
potency to fill the position, it may be said
there is no position in the United States
that he is not competent to fill. Lastly,
Judge King is temperate man in all
things, and entirely free from the COM
mon street vices of the day. While he
is entirely free from all religious cant,
and liberal. towards all religious sects,
no one obserses the proprieties of de-
cent life more Alan he does. Drinking,
gambling, betting, OF even frequenting
MISUNDERSTANDING condemned by
very pious people-;sEe things that he
does not indulge in. The President
could not have selected p better sub
ect for a good office, and we are glad |
rom the bottom of our heart. that the |
Judge got it,
Year: 1877

INsINCERITY IN ASKING ADVICE
Nothing is less sincere than our manner
of asking and of giving advice. He
who asks advice would seem to have a
respectful Difference for the opinion of
his friend; whilst yet he only aims at
getting BIZ own approved of, and his
friend LIsponsible for his conduct. On
the other hand, he who gives it, repays
the confidence supposed to be placed in
him, by seemingly disinterested zeal,
whilst he seldom means anything hv
the advice he gives but his own interest
obreputation.-[ [Rochefoucault.
Year: 1877

Nobody blames but rather COM
mends Nancy for refusing to play
on that mournful occasion. Yet there
are those SO unreasonable as to think
that Democratic band-leader ought
to assist in making melody at the
funeral of his party.
Year: 1877

THE Shullsburg Model Band,
whose music was so much admired
at our fair last fall, and which car.
ried off the first premium with the
approval of everybody, has been
giving concerts at Darlington, Platte
vile and other places of late, and
proposes to give Concert here at
the opening of the City Hall on
completion of repairs, if satisfactory
arrangements can be made. We
hope the thing may be done.