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Year: 1878

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Hundreds of stories are related of the
horrible deeds Of the body -snatcher, but
among them all none is more remarka-
BILE and soul narrowing than che one
just about to be narrated. The facts
were given to the writer recently, and it
is believed that they are now published
for the first time.


In the town of Kilmare, in the north
of Ireland, reside many families Of dis
tinction. The head of one of these was
Mr.. Bell, young gentleman of twenty
five. He inherited large estate from
his uncle and soon after removed from
his former abode to take possession of
the family mansion in Kilmare. He mar
ried the only child Of wealthy East In.
dia merchant residing in Liverpool, by
whom he had two children. In the fourth
year of their welded life Mrs. Bell was
taken suddenly i'll, and expired the next
day. The symptoms were Of peculiar
nature, and the limbs 80 increased in size
Immediately after death that magnifi.
cent diamond ring of great value could
not be removed from the lady's finger,
and was buried with her. OF course this
fact was we'll known to the inhabitants
of Kilmare, as Mrs Bell was the wife OF
the most considerable man thereabout,
and naturally, therefore, all concerning
her was matter of conversation and ru-
NOR. .


The old churchyard Of Kilmare stood
on the side of hill, and Immediately in
the rear of the charch and adjoining the
chancel was the tomb of the Bell family.
Here, in accordance with immemorial
usage, the body of the deceased lady
was to repose, and there it was deposi-
ted on the third day after her demise
After the ceremony the key of the vault
was put in its usual place by the sexton,
in the vestry Of the church.


The day had been gloomy, and as
night drew on thin rain fell, which in.
creased at about midnight to a smart
shower. Mr.. Bell, who was about retir.
ing, went to an open window, and as he
did so fancied he saw white figure
crossing the lawn in front Of the house
The next moment it disappeared, and
satisfying himself that he was the subject
of delusion he commenced to undress
Suddenly the clear tones Of the door-bel
rang through the building. Mr.. Bel
paused and moved toward the door o.
the apartment to listen. In few sec
onds the sound again reverberatet
through the house, and Mr.. Bell opened
the door and stepped out into the corri
dor. At that moment, as he glanced
down the stairway, he saw the house
keeper moving toward the front door
Then he heard her set the small lamp
she carried on the table and open tn,
locks and bolts of the massive door
Then dreadful and prolonged shriel
followed, and at the same moment Mr.
Bells butler ran along the hall toward
the froEt door; Mr.. Bell had reached tn
head Of the stairs and Was in the act o
Year: 1878

A subcriber wrote to Journal to make
some inquiries about the next worlds
fair, whereupon the wicked editor replied
that he was under the impression that the
next world wouldn't have any fair.
Year: 1878

FTHosE who have suffered from the various and com.


plicated forms OF disease assumed by Catarrh and
have many physicians and remedies without relief
or cure await the answer this question with consider


can be mentioned Is universally prevalent and SO
destructive to health as Catarrh Bronchitis Asthma,
tho lungs follow, in many instances case Of simple
but neglected Catsrrh Other sympathetic affections.
OF SMELL may be referred as minor but nevertheless
serious results Of neglected Catarrh, bad enough in
themselves but as nothing compared with the danger
Gus affections Of the throat and lungs likely 70 follow
Year: 1878

Luther Martin was one of the most
famous lawyers of his, time. He was a
little above the medium height and was
slovenly in appearance. His dress was
composed of the fine and coarse, and
seemed never to have felt the brush.
He woro ruHles at The wrist, richly edged
with lace, after every one else had aban-
doned them. These ruffles were con-
spicuously broad and were always dirty
with tobacco juice. Judge Taney said
that in his speech he used vulgarisms,
and that he heard him say +" cotch" him,
instead of caught him, and we sot down,
instead of sat down. His genius was
frequently clouded by the excessive use
of strong drink. Being engaged in an
important case, he promised his clients
the day before the suit was to be tried
not TO drink any liquor. He retired to
his room, but could not resist his desire
for stimulants. He sent for bottle OF
brandy and loaf of bread, and after
saturating the bread thoroughly with
the brandy he ate it, and his unfortu.
nate appetite was satisfied, and he
claimed that he had kept his promise
not to drink. He tried the cause in the
ablest possible manner, but on being re
preached by his clients for his virtua
violation of his promise, he remarked
"I did not drink drop; besides say NJ
more about it. Had it not been for the
bread would have lost the case"


He had a paralytic stroke, and having
sguandered his large earnings at the bal
as fast as they were acquired, in his ole
age, under the goadings of penury, hi
removed to New York and received tn,
hospitalities and kind attentions o
Aaron Burr, whom he ably defended a
Richmond. Before his death the Legis
lature passed resolution that every on,
on being admitted to the bar soould pa.
81 cash for his use. He died on Jul,
10, 1926, when he was eighty-two year
of age.
Year: 1878

A STEAMER plying between san ran
cisco and Stockton keeps an eccentric
and useful sheep on board. The sheep
is trained togo out on gang-plank at a
landing when flock is to be loaded, to
show that the approach is sac, and to
act as a pilot,
Year: 1878

washington Correspondence Baltimore SUM-


An amusing and interesting scene was
witnessed lately in the corridor between
the Senate chamber and the marb e
room. Senator Conkling came out to see
gentleman who had sent in his card to
him. Before the gentleman could step
up Mr.. Conkling was boldly surrounded
by some twenty or thirty of the strong
minded women who had, despite the
efforts of the doorkeepers to prevent
them, pushed past into the corridor.
At the head of them was Mrs. Isabella
Beecher Hooker. They button holed the
Senator in the most forcible style, and
when he found that he could neither ad-
vance nor retrace his steps without
coming in violent collision with some Of
his tormenters, he was fain to stand still
and listen. They appealed to him by
all the gallantry and chivalry for which
he was so famous to allow them to ap-
pear at the bar of the Senate and plead
their cause. They told him that Vice
President Wheeler had said that it
would be very ungallant and discourte-
Gus for any Senator to refuse such a
modest request. Mr.. Conkling said
it would be setting precedent under
which the Senate could not refuse to al
low any one with petition to appear
at the bar and argue on the subject.
Mrs. Hook er said, 1--WE represent 8,000,-
600 of citizens of the United States who
are basely .defrauded of their rights


You are a man who have your rights
and we ask and demand of you that you
help us to get ours" Mr.. Conkling said
he was always glad to help the ladies ir
everything. Then some twenty of then
in chorus said, "Give us our rights.
After this they bocamo mure demon
strative than ever, and came SO close tt
the Senator that the position was rather
embarrassing for modest man. Final!
a lady took him by the lapels of thu
coat and said: "Mr. Senator, you alone
can do this thing for us. With you
position, your eloquence and you
ability, if you will champion our caus,
you can secure for us the ballot. Do it
and call down upon your head the ever
lasting gratitude of the mothers ant
daughters of this country. 1t is a nobl,
work; devote yourself to it, and let j
be the crowning act of your life." Mr.
Conkling said: You fatter me.


have no such influence. 1 am satisfies
1 could not persuade the smallest womal
here to do anything against her will
ooh, yes, Senator" the lady said, put
ting her face within two inches of his
eff we can only get you enlisted in ou
cause, we know we shall succeed an


that very soon." Mr.. Conkling sale
"You can't prove it by me-" At thi
juncture some jealousy was exhibite
against the lady who had hold of tn
Senator's coat, and another of tn
strong minded caught hold of Mr.. Conl
ling by the arm and pulled him away
This one tried the whispering game, an
for three or four minutes there was


most striking pantomime. The lips
the lady, which were at Mr.. Conkling
ear, were moving at the rate of sixtee
knots an hour, the Senator at frequeI
intervals was bowling low, and maxim
furtive attempts to edge his way to tt
door leading into the Senate chambe


He finally reached it, and with one vel
profound bow disappeared. The who


scene was highly relished by the fe


who witnessed it.
Year: 1878

1t is to be expected from the magnitude Of
our purchases that the people will find some
thing more than ordinory assortment to make
their purchases FROM and further, it is reason
able to suppose from the position which oc-
cupy in the merchantile market. that bargains
can be offered and will be daily exhibited at
the LONG BRICK STORE. sufficiently great
to awaken an interest in the minds of every
purchaser and throw around the LONG BRICK
STORE charm that none can dispel


Low PRICES. snd n strict adherence to fair
and honorable dealing. is the magnet which
attract and retain large concourse OF people.
and in the end will secure TO me triumphant
and envlable position from among the good
and bad of the fraternity at the present day.


large line OF LADIES BEAVER CLOAKS.
! Cheap. / cannot stop 10 enumerate goods and
prices, you mnst come and see for yourselves.
FIFTY PIECES PERCALS,


PRINTS 80 INCHES WIDE,


I dare not name the price outside the
counter.


For the first time have been able to pur-
chase
Year: 1878

To-day begins the period which the
Church devotes to jubilation and thanks
giving. For forty days Ohe sat in sack
cloth and ashes, mourning the death and
sufFerings of her Spouse and beWailing the
sins of men which required so terrible an
Atonement.


The old Law prescribed that One-tenth
of all Gods creatures should be devoted to
His service. Toe new Law still fulAls
this obligation by setting aside tithe OF
the days of the year for prayer and pen
auce; and also tithe for praise and re-
joiCing.


But as every one Of her observances il
fraught With sublime meaning which
Year: 1878

The caucus of Democratic Senators on the
18th, gave its attention principally to dis
custom of the movements Of the new National
party which has been rapidly growing into
prominence in Pennsylvania and some OF the
Western States, and there appeared to be great
anxiety to learn what its proportions were and
its probable effect on the Democratic party
Senator VoorhieS, of Indiana, was closely ques'
toned, but could only cay in reply that, while
the movement seemed quite powerful, he had
No reason to believe that in his State at least
Rt affected the Democratic more than the BE.
1oublican party.
Year: 1878

Last Thursday evening the residence Of
Very Rev. c. MoynihAn, Pastor of the Church
Of SIS. Peter and Paul, WAS the scene of one of
those happy events which now and again flash
across our lives, re-establshing our shaken
faith in human nature and proving that even
the sel8shness of this age has not robbed the
heart of man of its most glorious attribute,
gratitude. This event Was the presentation to
Year: 1878

An ex-pclice officer who shall be
nameless, some ten years ago got set
of teeth on gutta- percha plate, but
often when he awoke in the morning
he would find them lying beside his
head, On Saturday morning he awoke
as usual but his teeth were neither in
his mouth nor in his bed and about
that time he began to experience a
strange sensation in his stomach. A
violent search was made by the ex Off
Ger and his wife for the missing teeth
even taking ur the carpets in the
search, but no missing teeth We're
found. The owner began to think that
he had passed restless night and the
incessant g"acing in his stomach sug.
gests the idea that his teeth are still
performing their functions, but not in
the nj are iutpnd.d
Year: 1878

SHOOTING AEFR,I.-Says the Waitsburgh
Times \ shooting affair came off last week
in the Blue mountains, near the Harkness saw
mill. A man by the name of Blumer went at
tar one of his neighbors with an axe, and as
that did not scale Wright he went after his
enIn. and commenced fring at his antagonist
One huckshot went through Wright's hair, hut
further than that no damage was done to either
,arty. The trouble was about land.
Year: 1878

City CHARTER. As We so to press an cleo
ton is being held for the purpose of testing the
sense of our people upon the proposition to re
incorporate the city under the general incorpo-
ration laws of this territory. But little inter
est is being taken, and the vote will be very
light The organic law Of this territory hav-
ing been amended by congress, the necessity
for a change no longer exists, and if Il change
is made. we think it will not he long before
many of our citizens viii be clamoring for the
old charter.
Year: 1878

London, March, pa Vienna cor
respondent says the full text of the
treaty Of Santefano has renewed a
strong anti-Russian feeling there, and
there is NO difference of opinion about
the real meaning of the treaty. 1t is
not Russian preponderance but Russian
rule in European Turkey, and it is just
because such alteration as would re-
move this feature would entirely de-
stroy the treaty that less confidence is
felt in the efficacy of the congress since
its publication.
Year: 1878

THE charges against Commissioner
Spear, of the Patent office in no sense
result from any i'll feeling between that
officer and the Secretary of the Interi-
or, so far as the Commissioner Is
aware. They grow out of a decision
In an interference case which disap-
pointed the contestant, who not only
charge incapacity upon the Com
missioner, but also the alleged mutila-
tion Of the record.
Year: 1878

IN the House, yesterday, under call
of States number of bills were intro
duced and referred including a joint
resolution authorizing the Secretary of
the Treasury to convey to the Chamber
OF Commerce of New York, for two
hundred thousand dollars, the site of
the late city postoffice; also to print
resolution declaring it inexpedient at
this time to change or modify the tariff.
Year: 1878

went into another room, and shot herself. When Mir. Curtiss heard the report of the pis- tol, he started for the room, but met her com ing out and caught her in his arms in time to save her from falling He asked who did it she replied q did it!" and died. He is all most frantic with grief and horror. s

 The Maine wood hunters send good accounts to their friends, having established branch post-ofice in Uncle Sam's dominion One writes, Eve have agreed with the Indians to leave our letters on big stone in the lake where they will get them and take them when they return, which may be in two or three days, and may not be in many. You may never get this but it is our only chance A telegram to-day says they are tout of the woods and will soon proceed homewards

 We shall look eagerly in the Enquirer for a further communication from "W." J.
Year: 1878

New London county is most remarkable for it's number of divided towns On examination it seems that seven of it's eleven doubtful rep resentatives are to come from towns which went republican with the exception of the loss of a single member of the electoral board. Five towns in Hartford county are similarly vorable probable results inthese divided towns and their representation would be as follows:
Year: 1878

One of the poorest ways hard-work-


ing woman can take to save time is to


sit up late at night. Many women bro
ken down and old before their time,'
might in measure restore this lost
health by going to rest regularly at eight
o'clock. Even very restless little chill.
dren usually sleep well tie early part Of


the night, and if the mother gets sleepy
lat all It must be then. II work is pc.
culiarly pressing, 80 much more need Of
the early bed time. II you can sleep


early you will generally find yourself


wide awake at early morn, refreshed and


ready for good days work. We all
know with how much more dispatch We
can work when we feel just like IT, and
how work drags when our will yower ID
feeble, and the whole tide Of feeling sets
the other way. Unwilling worx is the
hardest and the slowest We ever do. !


know the temptation is very strong


when the children are snugly asleep and


the house quiet, to ply the needle into
the late hours. Many women ! have
kno@n have kept up this system for 8
number Of years, but never without pay.
ing the penalty, and a very bard penalty
lit was. Most Of them left flock Of
little ones at an early age to be cared
for by other hands One at least-spent
years in an insane retreat, more I think
from want Of sleep than from any other


cause, and some drag on EheerIess lives;


suffering from nervous maladies for


which there seems no relief. 1t was


paying too high for even tidy garments


and neatly ordered house. To be q
| good sleeper, is, as q rule, good mark
for worker. He will be able to do far


more in a given time, and that with


cheerfulness and eases than the one who


robs the night Of three or four good


hours, in the hope of accomplishing that
l amount of extra labor.-Mrs j. d. AeG
Year: 1878

win has explored nature everywhere, but
he found no Adam in it. He was first
originated many thousands of years af.
ter the era of Adam, after the children
of Israel returned from their captivity
in Babylon. When they were gathering
themselves together again subtle philos.
ophers undertook to construct Adam as
speculative creature. Even as such
his existence began only few hundred
years before Christ. 1t is necessary for
Christianity that the depravity of human
nature should be admitted; for unless
there be q flend there would be no use
in combining measures to snatch man
from pit without existence. If the doc
trine of human depravity be true there
should be nothing but evil in the world
Why, then, is IT that q mere change Of
affairs-a re adjustment of things-.will
often change the bad into the good man !


Mr.. rockingham then endeavored to
show, by contrasting the difference be.
tween the present with the past the absur-
dity of arguing that humanity had degen.
Grated nowadays He took the ground
that man might falls victim to tempta
ton, become a defaulter, and not be utter
ly bad. He thought such man might
simply be the victim Of his own 'mpru.
dent attempt to fly into elevated regions
to which he could not penetrate. He sta
ted the broad issue which he and his hear
ers had taken against theology. and dwell
upon the courage and perseverance which
would be necessary to reach the desired
results.


"Defeat," he said, "must be FOLLOWED
by victory until at last We know how t.
walk steadily on-not downward, but up
ward. 1t we succeed it will be becaus,
we discard the very idea Of human depra
vity and endeavor to bring all men neare
tothe ideal OF their humanity"
Year: 1878

A Newton County negro carried three
200 pound sacks of guano distance Of
600 yards. He took sack In each hand
and took the third sack between bis teeth
The same negro can hold any mule in
the county by the hind legs.
Year: 1878

The great hope of society is individual
character, because it not alone affects
the individual himself, but also the
society in which he lives. Emerson says
that the characters of men make the
conscience of society in which they live.


BENJAMIN Franklin attributed all his
success among men to the character he
established for himself and not to any
brilliancy of intellect. Character lis
capital in itself. It is victory organ
lied, and does not depend upon birth,
fortune or influence. There is no capital
goes 30 far or pays 80 we'll, and bank.
ruptcy in character is seldom repaired
in life time. To establish character,
feelings have to be disciplined, habits
moulded and controlled in obedience to
reason and moral conscience, and when
properly fashioned make the surest pass.
port through life. We find in everyday
life that when q person of doubtful
character calculates piece of news it is
received with suspicion, whereas when
it is attributed to man of character
people listen with eager interest and
conviction. The best time to test q man
of character is when the tide is against
him. George Washington was true
example. of o man of great character,
who showed in times of danger and diff.
Guilty force of will, q tenacity of pur.
pose that have never been surpassed.
It is loss of character that has filled
prisons, poorhouses and lunatic asylums,
and only when people appreciate the
true worth OF character-how jealousy
it should be guarded and transferred as
precious heritage to their offspring
will the world furnish fewer causes ol
human misery, sorrow and degradation
Year: 1878

An article of diet of almost universal
consumption among the poorer classes
in Russia is the variety of home made
cheese known as "Tworog," of which
more than seven million pounds are
sold annually in st. Petersburg alone.
It's mode of preparation is very simple.
Sour skim. milk is placed over night in q
warm oven, and poured the next day upon
a sieve, where it is allowed to remain till
all the whey has run off. The curd is
then packed tightly in q wooden vessel
and covered with q lid made to fit
exactly within it. On this heavy weights
are placed so as to. keep up a constant
pressure on the mass of curd and the
space between the lid and the top of the
vessel is filled with cold water, which
is frequently renewed. Tworog cheese
is, in fact, nothing more than hard
pressed milk curd. In the northwestern
and southern governments of the empire
it is often made from sleeps milk, and
in Bessarabia superior quality made
from the whole milk is prepared, which
possesses far better keeping properties
than the ordinary sort. and which is
exported in considerable q uantities to
Wallachis, Moldavis, aud even tc
Austria.
Year: 1878

A good joke is told OF one of the
most distinguished members of the st.
Louis bar. A short time ago he was
called upon to write the will of lady
of some means, residing at one of the
public institutions of the city. He wrote
the document, and after having it
regularly attested, put it in his pocket
and forgot all about it. A week or two
afterwards he found the will in his
pocket. and, thinking the lady was dead,
took it to the probate court and bad it
probated. Some of the heirs, residing
in Illinois, hearing of the provisions of
of the will, came to the city for the pur-
puse of contesting it. and found to their
surprise that the lady was living, and
not likely to die very soon. The lawyer
is now at work getting the probate OF
the will set aside.-Giobe- Democrat.