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Year: 1878

The Greenback papers in this State are


still talking about the Bank of Venice, and
declaring that its paper currency was kept in
circulation at premium on gold for over
four hundred years. What are the facts
about that Bank? The assertion of the Ma
tionals is not a new one. 1t was put for
ward in the House Of Representatives and
conclusively answered by Mr.. Burchard of
Illinois, who gave full history of the Bank,
and sustained his position by copious quota
tions from the original authorities. This is
the substance of his explanation: The weight
of the silver ducats in Venice was fixed by
law, but the current coin of the day was
subjected to all manner of curtailment; it
was worn, sweated, clipped and otherwise
debased. Transactions were kept inducats,
the bank keeping its accounts in ducats OF
the standard weight. 1t received the de-
preciated coin on deposit, not by count, but
by weight, but receipted for it in standard
ducats. As the current coin was at an
average of 20 per cent less In value than
the same number of standard ducats, the
deposit of 12O ducats of the current coin
would be credited by the bank to the deposl-
tor as 100 ducats standard coin; so bank
credit for 100 ducats was therefore worth
120 silver ducats such as were in general cir
culation. The bank received coin by weight,
giving credit for the deposit in standard du-
cats and the draft on the bank, or credit is
sued by the bank, was worth the difference
Year: 1878

THE following is an extract from speech
made by a Democratic lawyer of Charleston,
S. c., to colored audiences, which has found
its way to Republican headquarters: each
of you represents 5000. You would have
brought that in 1860. You were freed with
out your consent, and now, if you will vote the
Democratic ticket, we will make the Yankees
pay for you. and then we will give you half
of the money. There stands old Uncle Jim.
He has wife and eight children, for which
the North will have TO pay me $4,000, one
half of which will give him, and the bal
ance will keep. Then he will not be de-
pendent upon charities. This, my dear colored
friends, is practical solution of the forty
acres and mule question, and you will
some day be lifted from your poverty by your
old masters. Only vote the Democratic
ticket, and we will soon be independent of
the contemplate Yankees"
Year: 1878

THE real friends of working men are those
who insist upon having honest money in cir
culation, and not those who clamor for a
currency that would foster speculation, in
crease the power of capital, and cheat the
laborer out of part of his hire. Workingmen
have nothing to do with the manipulation of
the money market, nor do they profit by fuc-
tuations in value.
Year: 1878

Y not read anonymous letters and communi-
cation The name and address Of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as a guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
inunications that are not used,
Year: 1878

Tho Herald Steam Printing House is
not surpassed by any Job Printing office
on the Pacific Coast, outside OF San Fran
cisco, in facilities for doing job work,
Low prices, good work and expedition
may be relied upon at this office.
Year: 1878

HIGH HEELED SHoEs.-Dr. Car
bally says: I'm descending stairs
or deep declivities while wearing
high heeled shoes, which throw
the weight of the body upon the
front part of the foot, the extra
effort made for the purpose of re-
tanning the body Within the contre
Of gravity produces a direct strain
upon these tendons, causing rupture
OF stretching of the annular liga-
meht sufficient to allow them to be
displaced. It is no wonder, then,
that fashionable women waddlo in u
most ungraceful manner when thoy
attempt to walk. They destroy
their comfort to follow ridiculous
fashion, and acquire all ambling
and undignifed movement. People
do things to follow fashion that
their good sense would cause them
to 'bo ashamed Of under any other
circumstances Ladies' wearing
such shoes are often obliged for
safety to 60 down stairs backward !;
and they can be seen every day
descending the steps Of our
fashionable residences in this mans
nor, making pretence Of talking to
some imaginary person in the front
door as on excuse to hide their
awkward movements"
Year: 1878

hurry, but very leisurely helped themselves to refreshments, their tumblers being found on the table out of which they drank, and the re- mains of cigars showed that they had also smoked. 1t is not known how they got into Mir. Merritts house, there being no place that showed signs of being disturbed. They mnst have entered it early in the evening" as he was at an entertainment at the Opera house, and he discovered the loss on his return at the close of the entertainment They took from him two gold watches and some jewelry but left the silver ware. 1t would appear from the deliberate and cool manner of their operations that they were no novices in the work but ex- perienced craftsmen.

 The story of a murder committed at East Bridgeport May 12, has just came out through the murderer's mistress, who knew all about the affair and became dissatisfied with him. John Rufus, alias ''Stutturing Jack,' was kill ed in an unoccupied carriage factory by Frank E. Bassett, who placed the body in n barrel, and drove to Dr. Sanford of the Yale medical | school at New Haven, but he refused to pur- | chase it without certificate from the proper authorities. Bassett then drove to Derby, and J down tho west bank of the river three miles to an unfrequented spot where he rolled the bar rel into the water. The body was recovered yesterday. Bassett is now in jail at Bridge port awaiting trial for theft.
Year: 1878

The demand for silver dollars now av- erages about four tons day. This is less than the coinage. They are sent principal y to the South to pay cotton pickers, as the negroes prefer them to any other kind of money.
Year: 1878

The injuries done by dust are among
the most serious to which mechanics
and operatives are subjected. Wher-
ever filings and fine particles of any
kind are produced it is very important
to prevent their introduction into the
lungs; even an occasional exposure may
do harm, and one continued for months
and years will certainly produce fatal
results. A natural protection against
breathing dust is afforded to most males
of the Caucasian race in the beard and
hairs around the mouth. These should
not be removed by any person exposed
to dusty atmosphere, who, therefore,
do very unwise thing if they indulge
in the vice of shaving, which is nothing
less than an attempt to improve upon
natures protective provisions. Three
evils result from this practice: First,
stimulating the continual growth of the
hair, which will become slow and finally
cease if not interfered with, while this
stimulated growth is steady, unneces-
sary drain upon the powers of the vital
system. Second, the removal of the
natural protection against cold from a
place where this protection is more
needed than is generally supposed.
Third, the removal of a dust-protector,
above referred to. Men inclined to pull
monary consumption should especially
guard against shaving, and let their
boards grow as nature intended, only
curtailing a little when it becomes in
conveniently long. Another natural
protection against dust may be secured
by accustoming oneself to breathing ex-
clusively through the nose, and only
through the mouth when speaking
AnaeTtcan Builder.
Year: 1878

The following are the principal astronomical
phenomena Of the year 1873. The times given
are Chicago mean time, and the appearance is
that presented to an observer in this city, un-
less otherwise stated:
Year: 1878

When will parents learn the i'm
portance of keeping firearms out Of
the children's way? They will play
with them if they can, 1t has been
established by innumerable exam
Piles that there never was a gun OF
pistol SO crippled, old or rusty, that
it will not go off in the hands of a
child, and it is also as well establish
ed that the innocent aim of child
is always deadly. Two more cases Of
this kind are reported. A boy Of
twelve years of age was left alone
for u few minutes with his one year
old sister. He commenced playing
with the baby, with loaded rife,
The gun went of, the ball entering
his sisters chin and passing through
her head, killing herinstantly, The
alarmed boy ecafrea for help. Hssaid
that man came into the house and
shot the child, and then ran away.
That was lie told in fright. He af-
tcrward confessed that he was play
ing with the gun, pointing it at his
sister, when she, grasping and pull



ing at the ramrod, the gun went of
in his hands. And so she died. The
other case was that ofa fourteen-year,
old who was playing at burglars, u
with a seven.year-old friend. He
had a gun which he did not know
was loaded, but which he had been
in the habit Of using to snap caps.
The inside boy took the gun, while
the outside fellow played burglar and
robber, at the wide chinks of the
door. He put his face to one of the
chinks, and this was good oppor-
tunity for the other to "blow wind"
in his face by swapping caps. The
first cap missed fire, but tho second
discharged the gun and killed the
outsider in the game of robbers, in
stantly,


There is no more to say. If chill,
dreu will play with firearms, they
must get shot sooner or later, 1t is
for parents to prevent such danger.
Gus play.
Year: 1878

can give me a intellectual answer.
Third, when l examine operations
of nature ] find everywhere through
them evidences Of intellectual ar
rangements, of contriyances to reach
definite ends precisely as | find in
the operations of man; and hence l
infer that these two classes of opera
tions are results of similar intelli-
ence, Again, in my own mind |
find ideas of right and wrong, Of good
and evil. These ideas then exist in
the universe, and therefore from a
basis of our ideas Of a moral universe.
Furthermore, the conceptions of good
which are found among our ideas as
sociated with evil, can be attributed
only to a being Of infinite perfections
like that which we denominate
"God." On the other hand, we are
conscious of having such evil
thoughts and tendencies that we
cannot associate ourselves with a
Divine being, who is the director and
the governor of all, or even call upon
Him for mercy without the interces-
sion Of One who may affiliate Him
self with us.


find, my dear Mr., Patterson, that
l have drifted into a line of theologi-
cal speculation, and without stop
ping to inquire whether what l have
written may be logical or orthodox,
l have inflicted it upon you, Please
excuse the intrusion, and believe me
as ever, Truly yours,


JOSEPH HENRY,
Year: 1878

Be not mere imitators of other
men's actions, methods. md rules Of
thought. Use other mems ideas and
experiences as you would use book
or newspaper, In stimulating your
own action, in comparing your own
conclusions. You are not safe in
blindfy accepting the conclusions of
any man without first applying them
to the crucibIe of your own common
sense, to the dictates and promptings
of your own judgment.


You must bear the burden or the
injury your own mistakes; it will
be difficult to find the man who gave
you bad advice after the crash has
come; most friends and advisers are
fair weather philosophers, hence you
must mark out your own pathway Of
action, irrespective of the opinion
and advice of others, except as aids
in forming your own finaljudgment.
Never expect that success from bor-
rowed ideas that you do from such as
have been fully digestcd and assim-
Hated in your own constitution
You cannot work so well in borrow
ed clothes as in those which have
been made to order.


Each forest tree depends upon its
own roots for support, and upon its
own leaves for nourishmont, and yet
while each is benefited by the shelf
er and protection of its immediate
ncighbors, it would die if dependent
upon them for anything further
So all men are dependent upon each
other for much that makes life pleas
ant and prosperous; yet after all no
man achieves mental growth, success

or high attainment except through
his own exertions and his own fae.
ultios, The world delights to aid
those who or abundantly able to take
care of themselves. Those who most
need help are least likely to receive
it. The mental victories achieved
through honest purpose, firm resolve,
persistent effort, are far more benef'
cial to the individual, as well as far
more satisfying to his better nature,
than the mere acquisition of proper
ty or power through tho assistance
of others, or through the medium Of
questionable practices.
Year: 1878

Three daughters of a Kcntuckian
determined to bo married the other


day, and their father refusing to ap-
prove their resolve, thoy all cloped
with the men ofthoir choice the same
night. Only in Kentucky do they
do such things in this wholesale way
Year: 1878

A Ill the type now In this office Is entire
Il ly new. We have all the late styles
card aud poster type, and Hattor ouISSeu
Mat we an DO ~ good work as any Office
u The State. Give uS trial.
Year: 1878

Mother, don't tell your little child
rem Gas VIC have heard mothers do)
that they won't mind, that you never
saw such bad children, or that it is
useless to speak to them. This is the
certain way to make them disobcdi-
ent and reckless, as any one can sec,
Once let a little child understand
that you do not expect it to obey yOu,'
and you may look for insubordina-
ton as n matter ofcourse. A little
loving faith in the child's good i'm
pulses will be far more cffectual than
an announcement that you expect it
to do wrong. The very stubborn
ness and disobedience of a child id
oftentimes caused by nervousness
and excitement, as much and more
than by wickedness, and should be
treated accordingly,
Year: 1878

KEORsENE will make tea-kettles as
bright as new.


BLUE ointment and kerosene in equal
parts is death to bed-bugs.


SALT fish are quickest and best fresh
ened by soaking in sour milk.


RIPE tomatoes will remove ink and
other stains from white cloth.


BEEswAx and salt will make rusty
flat-irons as smooth as glass.


A CHALK line drawn around preserves
and sugar-bowls keeps ants away.


A TABLESPOONFUL of turpentine
should be boiled with white clothes.


ALITTLE sperm, salt, or gum-arabic.
should be put in boiled starch.


FISH may be scaled much easier if dip.
ped in boiling water for minute.


A TABLESPOONFUL of SHREDDED horse
radish will keep pan of milk sweet.


Cool rain-water and soda will remove
machine grease from washable goods.


FIVE parts gelatine to one of acid
chromate of lime put on broken edges
with camel's hair brush, and the edges
pressed firmly together for few min.
utes and then exposed to the sun, will
make a cement that can not be dissolv-
ed or broken any more readily than an
unbroken piece.


WASHING-SODA weakenS the fabric OF
goods washed in it, and German
chemist advises the use of hyposulphite
of soda instead of the common washing.
soda. He says that it does not injure
the strength Of any goods, but has some
peculiar bleaching properties by which
linen and calicoes are greatly improved
in appearance.


THE wicks of kerosene lamps should
be changed frequently, or, if not toe
short, washed in strong, hot soapsuds,
with some ammonia in the rinsing water.
The trouble with poor light from kero-
sene lamps frequently arises from the
wicks being full of the sediment or re-
fuse matter which comes from the oil
and that impedes the free passage of the
kerosene through the wicks.
Year: 1878

The Liver is the imperial organ of the


whole human system, as it controls the life,


health and happiness OF man. When it is


disturbed in its proper action, all kinds Of
ailments are the natural result. The diges-
ton OF food, the movements Of the heart
and blood, the action Of the brain and ner-
vous system, are all Immediately connected


with the workings of the Liver. 1t has
been successfully proved that Green's Au-
gust Flower is unequaIled in curing all per
sons afflicted with Dyspepsia Or Liver Com
plant, and all the numerous symptoms that
result from an unhealthy condition Of the
Liver and Stomach. Sample bottles to try,
10 cents. Positively sold in all town on the
Western Continent. Three doses viii prove
that it is just what you want. jly18 II
Year: 1878

When Bolivar was stampeded by
the people week before last, fearing
that the fever was in town, our prin-
ters left, hence we failed to publish
the last two issues of the BULLETIN.
This week We succeeded in getting
printers, but too late to publish a full
sheet. Next week our usual large
sheet will appear.
Year: 1878

Duncan's Liver and Kidney Medicine is a cure for
all diseases having their origin in diseased state Gi
the kidney liver, such sick headache, dyspep-
sia swimming in the head, less of appetite, bad
taste in the mouth heartburn, tenderness or full
ness over the region Of stomach, oramp collie COS
tivnes palpitaton of the heart, pain in the back,
sides and limbs and all diseases peculiar to females
We can say to our friends that the above medicine
is just what it IS represented to be, and is pro-
nounced by every one Who has used it far superior
to liver medicine thev have ever used We
know that it gives better satisfaction than any we
have ever sold Knowing it TO be purely vegetable,
we can recommend it to suffering friends Price
10 cents. For sale by r. NJ. Hanner, druggist
Year: 1878

The Board Of Aldermen have de-
slgnated Wednesday, November s
as a day Of thanksgiving to AL
mighty God for our preservation
from the horrors Of the pestilence,
and our citizens are requested to
meet in their places of worship on
that day to return thanks for merci-
full protection vouchsafed our city.
Year: 1878

Remember the recommendation
of the town authorities inviting the
people to observe November 6 as a
day of thanksgiving TO God for the
merciful preservation of Bolivar
from the plague. Excellent and
timely request.
Year: 1878

"OSE Congress can not bind another" Is tho
significant declaration of the Washington TILDES
Orsan.-NdipOEdi Republican.


Well, II you were to indulge in the luxury
of an opinion, what would you say about it?-
Washington Post.


To indulge in an opinion is not luxury
with US by any means, and we promptly
reply to this inquiry that we believe the
action Of the House at its late session in de-
claring the irrefragability Of President
HAYES title is neither binding upon the
present nor any future Congress, for
it was insincere. If the POTTER in
quiry should prove an assumption of
fraud, however vague, against that title
the Democrats would not hesitate next
December or next March to punish the per-
petrators of it, and deprive the benefciaries
thereof of the enjoyment of their offices.
This is our opinion, and it is one that we
have frequently expressed. Now let our
cotemporary relieve itself, and speak to the
point without evasion in answer to these
suggestions.
Year: 1878

The somewhat remarkable editorial in the
New York Tribune of the 7th instant, pledg-
ing the support of the Liberals to General
GRANT in the event of his nomination in
lsSO, continues TO attract attention, and has
been very generally accepted by the so-called
GREELEY press of 1872 rs the law and gos-
pei of the present situation. We submit
that this acceptance does great injustice to
that class of Republicans known in cotem-
poraneous political slang as Stalwarts. This
injustice resides in the fact that the Tribune
editorial charges the Democrats with having
made General GRANT possible candidate
by their mismanagement of affairs since
their accession to the control of the House
in 1915. The truth is the Democrats have
not changed in any respect since they came
into power. They are Bourbons now as
they were in l-60-'6l, and as the Stalwarts
have always claimed they were But it re-
quired the experience of the past two years,
with its attempted cancellations and its con-
ccssions, which have all been accepted with
out gratitude or friendly return of any kind,
to convince the Liberals that the Stalwarts
were right in their estimate of the Bourbon
character We, therefore, maintain that the
revulsion of feeling among the Liberals, as
illustrated by their present willingness to
accept General GRANT as candidate in
1SSO, is born of bitter experience of their
own seeking. They offered something
more than the olive branch to the Southern
Confederates, for they threw themselves
into their arms and joined with them in an


effort of lsTl TO destroy the Republican
party, but they have been repudiated and


sorely abused. Their proftered cancellations
have been rejected. In other words, the
Southern Democracy remained stagnantly
truc to its Bourbonism, thereby sustaining
the foresight of the Stalwarts. 1t Is this
experience, as we have said-this digres-
sion from straightforward Republicanism,
that has recalled the Liberals from their


waywardness and re-enrolled them under
the loyal banners of the old Republican
party. Their return gives US strength and
Year: 1878

Mr.. THOMAS ). KELLY, who is repre-
scented as being possessed Of important in
formation relating to the forged Louisiana
certifcates-he being at that time messen-
ger of Governor KELLoGG-is now being
represented by the Democratic press as
having refused to make public his guilty
knowledge. OF course there is no truth in
such q statement. Mr.. KELLY is now in
this city, and Mr.. POTTER, of the commit
tee, has been in full possession of the
knowledge of his whereabouts since he
wrote to him from Lake Providence, on the
9th of last June, on the subject of giving
his testimony in the case, when he informed
Mr.. POTTER that he would remain there
subject to subpoena until the 10th of
June He remained there the time speci-
fed and until the 22d of June. Nosubpmna
being served on him by the POTTER COM
mittee, he came TO Washington, arriving
here on the last day of June. Since then
he has been in Western New York and in
Canada, and returned hero one week ago.
He has been engaged with his own bust
ness, aud has not evaded any subpoena or
an appearance before the committee, but has
been in readiness to appear at any time
when his appearance was required by it.
Since the Democratic papers have taken the
matter in hand, for the evident purpose OF
msrcpresenting and prejudiciug him, Mr..
KELLY has ascertaiued, by application at
the Office of the Sergcant-at-Arms of the
House of Representatives that no subpoena
has been issued at any time during the in
yestigation of the POTTER committee for
him to appear before it and give testimony


In view of these facts-and we are fully
convinced that they arc facts-it is very un-
Just to charge that Mr. KELLY has been run
of by one of the beneilciaries Of the act,
and refuses to make public his guilty
knowledge. Such grave charges certainly
should be well founded to warrant the mild
inquiry " how such party would look Us q
corpse" But this is the spirit OF the South
The first inquiry about colorcd man and a
Republican is, how would he look as q
corpse ?" This killing of negroes is
greatly popularized within the Democratic
party. If Mr.. KELLY is wanted he will re.
main in this city sufficient time to be sub
pUnaed, and is ready to give his evidence
when required.
Year: 1878

Now THAT the mischief has been done,
and the feelings or dignity of the State gov
ernment of South Carolina have not been
compromised by the surrender of the in
dcted revenue officers at Greenville, the Ad-
ministration is explaining, in private, what
it intended to do, and all that sort OF thing.
Ii, perchance, some of these private explana-
tions should leak out and get to HAMProN's
cans, what a muss there would be. The best
way, and the honest way, to treat such mat
tiers is to have but one policy for all parties
to the question, and adhere to it consist
emily Hypocrisy and double dealing gen.
orally meet with reputation and condemnn-
ton all around when they are exposed, as
they always are in such matters.