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Year: 1874

The State J0,pWal in an article addressed
to 'patriotic Democrats, " calling on them
for aid in their desperate attempt to hold
on to the government of the State after they
have been so overwhelmingly repudiated by
the people, continues to assert that the
present difficulty is solely of Democratic
origin" 1t will have it that the election
law is solely the work of the Democrats.
1t knows this position is false. Why does
it leave out Governor Davis! The election
law is no more the work of the Democratic
Legislature than it is the work of Governor
Davis, the head and chief of the Radical
party in Texas It was submitted to him.


1t underwent his revision. Itwas altered
to please him and meet his views. 1t was
then deliberately approved and signed by
him without which it could never have be-
come Il law How then can the journal have
the audacity to denounce the law as the
work of the Democracy alonel Why does
it wilfully falsify the record? Because it has
no regard for truth when it stands in the
way of its partisan interests. Yet with
this falsehood on its lips it dares hypocriti-
cally to talk of moderation, to deprecate
violence and military interference, and to
call on patriotic Democrats" to aid the
Radicals in carrying out their plotted work
of villainy. We tell the Journal that this
attempt to misrepresent the situation and
cover up the base conspiracy of its party
will be futile. 1t cannot ignore Governor
Davis in this matter. 1t was his election
law, and if he does not stand up to it he will
act the part of perjured knave. He was
sworn to observe the Constitution He can
not plead ignorance Of its provisions. 1t
was of his own making, and he knew what
he meant by it when he signed and APP
proved the election law. He cannot hide
behind corrupt court, appointed by him
self and ready to do his bidding. He will
be dragged to the front and, if the matter
is ever brought before the Congress of the
United States, he will be stripped, exposed
in his naked deformity, and be stamped
with infamy, brand so burned into his
character that he will carry it with him to
his dying day. He had better ponder over
this before he takes the final step.
Year: 1874

THE condition of both the Spanish and
French republics is precarious. They may
end at any time, and we have always
thought and said they would not last long.
With such doings as have been had, and as
are now going on in this model republic, So
called, where the mass of the people are so
we'll educated and best with moral and re-
ligious instruction, how-can it be expected
that the people of Spain and France arc
capable of self-goyernmentl CASTELAR,, at
one time the most popular person in Spain,
has gone down under the popular pressure,
and change of ministry is taking place IN
the French government under Mcmahon
Both France and Spainawiil have monarchs
ruling over them'in less than six months, il
we arc not greatly mistaken.
Year: 1874

THE Radical .io'Faal is getting to have a
wonderful regard and respect for the Con
stltution and the decisions Of the Courts.
What respect did the Radicals pay to the
decisions Of the Supreme Court in reference
to the rights of the slave States under the
Constitution: Not one particle They
contend that they were overruled by the
higher law" They never did have the
least gespect for the Constitution or courts
until they changed the one to suit their
base purposes and filled up the others with
miserable tools to work out the will of de-
pravedi politicians. OF all corrupt things,
corrupt court is the most dangerous.
Year: 1874

THE Radicals appear to be the same all
over the country whenever the occasion oc-
ours for bringing out their inherent mean
ness. The extreme Radicals of Pennsylva-
MIA. headed by Simon Cameron, arc trying
to maintain their control of the State by
setting aside the requirements of the new
Constitution, adopted by majority of over
49, 900, and continuing the old Legislature
year longer than was intended by that in
strument-also to elect United States Sen
ator by the present LegislatRse, when he
should properly be elected by the next Leg
islature, which should be chosen next No
vember. They dread giving up their power
and their hitherto successful career of
fraud. Like the Radicals here, it is said
that they have got the present Attorney
General to give an opinion to support them.
Col. Forney and all decent Republicans de.
nounce their base attempts to continue their
reign of fraud and corruption. The Radi-
calls everywhere are getting desperate in
their straits. They feel that their hour is
near
Year: 1874

sTRANdE to say, it has been showing
south and east Of us while we have not seen
particle as yet, though We are told that it
did s'spif'a little on Monday last BY
special to the Galveston Nssrs It appears
that on that day the snow fell three inches
deep at Columbus whcreat there was great
rejoicing, in view Of the lingering yellow
fever in that devoted town. Snow also fell
the same day at Galveston and New
Orleans.
Year: 1874

The editor of the Stae GazsHe seems
hurt by our alluding to his call on his
friend, Governor Davis, and his attempt to
draw something out of him in reference 70
what he intended to do inthis serious crisis
of our State affairs. We are not conscious
of saying anything which should excite his
tender sensibilities. If we said the call
was at the Governors town house" instead
of his Office, why should he be so offended,
when it is we'll known in this city that he
has been on the most friendly terms with
his Exeellency and has frequently called at
his Gown house" and been a welcome
guest? We had hoped from this circum-
stance, that the editor Of the Gasette
would have been able to exert some bcnef-
cial influence over his friend, the Governor;
but it seems not. As 10 our having any
confidence in Jack Hamilton or Mercury
Baker, that is all bosh. We were disposed
to encourage them when they were making
war on the Gasette's friend, Governor Davis
that is all. Weplead guilty to that.
Year: 1874

CoI- DEAioRsE requests the editor Of the
Clarksvillc Tiaes to state that the article on
the Landlord and Tenant BILL copied
into this STATE Jsusaai and ascribed to the
Sta,dari, did not appear in the SIaaaard,
and desires. further, that the attention of
the STATESMAN should be called TO this
fact. We gladly make tins correction, as
NE took the State Journal Tor an authority,
not supposing it would put the article on
the wrong paper merely 10 build up, as it
might suppose, a stronger wall of defense
uf its own position. But whether the arti-
Gle came from the one paper or the other
We must respectfully continue our dissent
from its conclusions. We believe there was
nothing whatever in the landlord and
tenant bill Of an improperc character, OF such
as would injure any honest man willing to
pay his debts, if able. Wcsay this for the
consideration of the editor of the Times.
who is an elected member Of the Fourteenth
Legislature, and who, we have no doubt,
will make very worthy and able one.
Year: 1874

SWIMMING. Did you ever notice how
long it takes boys hair to dry when he
has run away and gone in swimming? It
is painful TO be boy, with mother Who
is constantly in fear lest you be brought
home from the river on board The
boy is commanded net to 60 la swim.
ming, and he swears he won't, but he lies
ike a little cuss. He thinks he will 20
in and not get his hair wet. and no one
viii know it, but just as he gets ready to
come out Of the water big boy ducks
him, and then he swcars, and when he
crawls in the back window at 10 o'clock
at night, his mother, with pressboard
hid in the folds Of her dress. Is the first
obatacle he encounters. Does she be-
lieve him when he tells her he has Just
been over to Jimmy Lvnde's practcing
with the first nine" Of a sunday school
class? No She feels Of his hair, finds
it wet, smells Of it aud finds it musty, and
finds his shirt wrong side out. Then she
spits on her hands, and with the press
board so works upon tender sensibilites
that he goes to bed with his hand on his
aching neart, wishing he was half or
phan, and be dreams he is u stern. wheel
boat, running backwards and that be has
colIided with barge loaded with bcnzine
and set it on fire The best way for a
boy to get along, at this season OF tho
year, is to have his hair shingled.
Year: 1874

A great many years ago, while was
comparatively young man, aud still un-
married, resided in certain city OF
Pennsylvania, and enjoyed the reputation
of being the ccverest lawyer ever known
there. 1t is not for me to say the praise
was merited, but / certainly found my
self able to discover loop-holes Of escape
for those whom | defended, which sur
prlsed even my fellow lawyers. pos
sesscd by nature those qualities which
would have made an excellent detective,
and | was a thorough student Of the law
There was no mystery about it, but
among the more ignorant classes had
gained reputation for more than human
| knowledge Perhaps it was not polite
for them to say that the devil helped, but
! they did.


| However, l began to tell you about
Madame Matteau.


She WAS an old lady, who owned lit
tie house in the suburbs Of the city She
herself was OF American birth, but her
husband had been Frenchman, and SO
the title Madame had been bestowed up.
on her She was now widow, and her
daughter Gabrielle and son Henri were
her only living relatives. Her income
was but slender, and she eked it ont by
taking few boarders, generally steady
old people who had known her for many
wears. These respected and liked her
but the city generally had a prejudice
against her. There had been two sud
den deaths in her house Each time the
victim was a stranger who came at night,
and was found dead in his bed in the
morning Each time the jury was divi-
dea--some believing that strangulation
was the cause of death, some that the
man had died in fit.


1T was terrible thing that two such
deaths should have occurred beneath her
roof Madames friends piticd her. The
rest OF the little world limited that these
were strangers. and their trunks, with no
one knew what amount Of money and
other valuable property, remained in
Madames possession, NO one said she
wasa murderess. but every one said it
was every strange, in an odd tone, and
no one since that second death had visit.
ed Madame Matteau


myself-perhaps because | had ad
mrcd her great deal, and her daughter
much more-had always insisted that it
was merely coincidence, and that in a
world in which apoplexy and heart dis
Year: 1874

the black Goals. and flung forked tongues
tipped with yellow tints, into the roem.
There was nothing cheerful about the
stove though it was Of that open style
now called Franklin Yet l drew chair
to ward it from habit, and sat with my
feet upon the hearth. do not know
how long sat there. Suddenly ! became
aware that was not myself. / was los
ing my senses. If unseen hands had
been casped about my neck, and an un-
seen knee had beer pressed against my
chest, my sensations could not have been
different.


A thought Of the evil spirit, which my
friend had suggested, family struggled
into my mind As staggered to my
feet noise like the roaring of the sea
was in my ear The flames Of the candle
turned TO great yellow blue. barely
retained strength enongh to stagger to
the window and fling it open. The fresh,
cold winter air rushed in at il. 1t gave
me intense pain, but il relieved me. Ina
moment more was able to Chamber out
Of It upon the shed below.


There remained until the day-dawn.
w ith my returning senses the truth came
TO me. That which had murdered the
three men who slept before in the blue
chamber was nothing more or less than
the coal stove.


1t was provided with what 10 called &
danger, and this in being caught IN a
manner which closed it sent the poison
Gus gas into the room. 1t had been
kinded as wood fire would have been
at the hour of retiring, by one ignorant
of the danger possible from coal gas.and
they had sept never to awaken. Had |
thrown myself upon the bed,I also should
have been found dead at daylight, in all
human probability.


As for the tact that neither doctor nor
coroner discovered the truth, have but
to say that they were not deeply scientif
ic men-tha, coal stoves were scarcely
used in the place, and that 1t had not been
mentioned that the blue chamber was
thus heated


OF course rejoiced the household BY
my discovery next morsing, and equally,
Of course Madame Mattcau, who was
not only freed from suspicion, but be
came the object of universal sympathy.
She was always grateful to me. and she
proved her gratitude by giving what !
soon asked for, the hand Of her daughter
Gabrielle in marriage.
Year: 1874

GREEN TOMATO PICKLES. TO every
gallon of sliced tomatoes add 2 table.
spoonsful of salt, and let it stand over
night Do not pour off the liquor. but
add / pound Of sugar, pint grated
horseradish, 2tablespoonsful Of mustard.
Put weight on top and set near the 6re
or in warm place until they become
sour, when they should he kept cool.
The Juice Of the tomato forms the vine
gar, and if some are partly ripe It is all
the better. No scum rises on the top,
and they will keep long time.
Year: 1874

WORMS IN DRIED FRUIT r-Housekeep
ers and others are much troubled to keep
their dried fruit free from worms A
contemporary says that handful Of sas-
safras bark sprinkled through bushel Of
fruit is q preventive from this pest
Year: 1874

EE- A gentle Quaker had two horses,
very good and very poor one. When
seen riding the latter. it turned out that
his better half had taken the good one,
Whatp said a sneering bachelor, how
comes it that you let your wife ride the
better horsei' The only reply was:
Friend, when thee be married thecll
know"
Year: 1874

Coal We'll, boys, what are you look
ing at so eagerly? Only piece of coal,
do you say Charlie? | shouldn't suppose
you could find anything worth looking at
in smutty piece Of coal All, we'll |
am glad my boys have found thar only a
piece of coal, as Charlie calls il. is worth
looking at.


think l can tell you something about
it that will make you open your eyes wild.
er still. You know how astonished and puz
zled you were the other night at the tricks
of the "magic.man," who turned beans
into sugar.plums, and did all sorts of won-
derful things before your very eyes. Now
this piece Of coal is the most wonderful
piece Of magic in the world. Suppose l
tell you that this hard black lump once
had life Yes, boys am in earnest.
That black lump is really ono of the most
wonderful things in the world. It was
once a delicate little plant, turning ever
tn the sun, and bending and noddipg with
every oreeza. 1t is almost beyond belief
and don't wonder that you shake your
heads. Many people older than you
would do the ssue if told that the coal
to viii ch they owe SO much, and which
they use quite as matter Of course. once
made up great forests which covered vast
areas. They know it comes somehow Out
OF the earth aud as long as it continues tc
come aud doesn't cost more than 90 much
q ton, they don't bother themselves with
questions as to what it is. l have nc
doubt many regard it as peculiar kinG
Of rock, | want my boys to know better
and SO let US see if We can't explain th'
mystery about il.


Well then. in the first place, plants ar


composed principally Of two gases and I
Year: 1874

substance called carbon The gases are
oxygen and hydrogen. You can easily
remember the word carbon Now when
plaut begins to decay, these two gases
escape into the air, while the carbon stays
and forms coal. So remember that coal
is chiefly carbon, and it gets the carbon
from plants,


Since it has been proved that coal does
come from plants, and that our vegetation
nowadays makes little or DO Goa, we know
that when the great beds of coal were
formed everything must have been spec
ialy arranged fo- it. The world wasn't
then as i. is now. 1t was just sky and
water, with here and there patches Of
land. There we're great marshes every.
where. Sometimes they would dry up and
become dry land. Then again tho sea
would come rushing in over the land, and
form new marshes. There were no birds
in the air /; no people upon the land. On.
ly reptiles and marsh loving beasts roam.
ed around in the soft clay. All was quiz
ct and desolate, yet it was not dresry
time. In the marshes and on the land
grew beautiful trees. Plants ran wild
everywhere. 1t was world of living
green. Now, it was simply on account
Of the marshy land that this vegetation
made coal, while our own does not.


| told you that time was specially
planned for coal making AS the plants
and leaves decayed. they fell into the wa
ter. The gases could still escape, but the
carbon, being covered from the action of
the air was left. This is the simple ez.
PLANTATION. Silently and with no human
eye to see, the work went on year after
year, century after century.


A few OF the plants in those DAYS Of
gigantic forests we're like what we have
beautiful ferns as large as many trees.
Such now grow only in the tropics
"Horse- tails" as you call them, which
are now seldom over two feet high, grew
then as high as twenty feet. Conifers,
like our frs and pines and cedars, were
very abundant. Bat the two most in-
portant trees in coal. making have entire.
ly disappeared from our forests. One Of
these had no branches, but was covered
with leaves and crowned with cluster at
the top Sometimes they were sixty feet
high.


But you don't see how We know that
trees did make coal ? There are several
reasons. If you should put piece Of
coal under a microscope, and examine it
carefully, you would see the vegetable &.
bsrs in it. 1t is the best proof we could
have. Then, besides in many places stems
and leaves are found in the COAL and
sometimes trunks Of trees are standing in
the beds. Again, wood contains silica OF
sand, and this is found also in coal. You
don't understand it as we'll ss hope you
will when you are older; but you can be.
lieve it now, and some day prove it for
yourselves.


| want you to look at this bright beau.
tiful diamond. Put that black, smutty
piece of coal by the side of it, Wouldn't
you think they had about as little in coTn
mon as any two things in the world Yet
they are made Of the same substance
carbon And although diamonds are tho
most valuable of gems, and eagerly sought
after, the world could get along without
them much better than without theil
black and often despised relation.
Year: 1874

A young man named Andrew Kelly was placed
al the bar, before Judge Murray, by Detective
John MCGOWAN, Nineteenth precinct, on charge
OF blacKmalIng and representing himself as de.
rective. He is the person who was with the late
william Mccormick, the victim OF hydrophobia,
when he was bitten, as alleged, by ornde dog
belonging TO william Mason, OF No. 305 East Forty
ninth street. This same dog made an attempt TO
bite another man who was passing along the side
walk a few days ago, and crowd gathered.
who called Tor the Immediate execution
OF the dog. Kelly came up and, showing a badge
Of some KIND. represented that ne was detective.
He advised Mason, VINO was much terrified, to give
the man some money and IL would be ''al right"
one dollar and sixty cents was given to Kelly, who
then took the that had been bitten into neigh
boring liquor store and treated him and others.
The following morning he sent Tor Mason and,
showing him two papers that he said were war
rants, threatened TO arrest him II he did not give
him more money. Mason refused and gave the
matter into the hands OF the police. The accused
waived an examination and was committed for
trial at the Special Sessions without bail.
Year: 1874

Coroner whitehin held an inquest yesterday in
the case of the child Morris J. Smith, who was shot
In the heart and instantly killed on July on North
Sixth street, Williamsburg, by a grocer named Nc
Sweeney, a full account Of which has already been
published in the HERALD. After searching investi-
cation and large amount OF testimony being taken
the jury rendered the following verdict 1--WE the
jury find that Morris J. Smith came his death by
hemorrhage resulting from pistol shot fired from
a pistol IN the hands OF James McSweeney. in
further find that the death OF Morris j. Smith was
caused by the criminal recklessness of John Nc
Sweeney firing Said pistol SHOT, McSweeney was
then committed by the Coroner to await the action
OF the Grand Jury
Year: 1874

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


The following ''cure of hydrophobian was given
to me several years since by the widow OF an
eminent physician. do not know what virtue
there is in IT, but give it for the benefit OF any who
may be induced to try it,


Drink of the scutearia or scullcap tea-mede as
strong as good table tea-half pint III the morn
lng-lastlng--to DE taken two mornings, and miss
the tniid. for forty days; one dose or flower OF
sulphur once week; eat nothing greasy or salt
Drink no Kind oi sprltuous liquor III the stipulated
time, keep clear ron wetting the ieet especially,
or damp winds, eat soda crackers and rice bolled
with clear water. Mllkwarm water to drink.
Abstain from all other eating and drinking.
Year: 1874

instant, or the opportunity is lost.


What are good tactics at ono stage OF


the battle may be the most fatal Of blunders
at another The HERALD advised General Dix
to declare himself against third term at the
precise nick of time when such declaration,
coming from him, would have had prodig-
ious effect He did not make his launch in
the high tide, when it would have proudly
floated and it is for him to decide whether he
will knock out the props and precipitate it
into the Shiny mud left bare by the ebb. The
difference between low water mark and high
water mark is the difference between the ad-
vice of the Times and ours. Had General Dix
followed our advice when we gave it it would
have been the salvation Of the party. But
that very identical advice, when given at ebb
tide by the Times, might prove as mischievous
as it would have been advantageous two weeks
ago. Time and tide, say the copy books, wait
for no man. They have not waited for Gov
ernor Dix, and if he has reason to deplore
great opportunity lost and great advantage
forfeited it is not the fault of the HERALD.
Year: 1874

BRIGHAM YOUNG AND THE MoRMoNs. s.-Let it
not be supposed that in the event of the death
of Brigham Young the Mormons will be
thrown into confusion touching his successor
as head Of their Church. All this is arranged
and provided for, and the will Of their great
and revered leader, lawgiver and prophet will
be the law to the Saints. Nevertheless, his
death will push the Mormon question in Utah
to speedy solution.
Year: 1874

cences touching the genial and gentle char
acter Of Lincoln. and well expressed. Surely,
with this example before US of what General
Grant can do in public discourse if resolved
to try, we have reason to believe that he will
soon become as quick to seize the situation on
the rostrum and to sweep the field as on 'the
nerilous edge of battle"