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Year: 1879

TIE HEALING VIRTUEr OF PLANTS - New discoveries-or what claim to be discoveries s-of the healing virtues of plants, are continually making. One of the latest is that celery is cure for rheumatism; indeed, it is asserted that the disease Is impossible if the vegeta- ble be cooked and freely eaten. The fact that 1t IS almost always put on the table raw prevents its therapeutic powers from becoming known. The celery should be cut into bits, boiled in water until soft, and the water drank by the patient. Put new milk, with little flour and nutmeg, into saucepan with the boiled celery, serve 1t warm with pieces of toast, eat 1t with potatoes, and the painful ailment will soon yield. Such Is the declaration of physician who has again and again tried the ex- pertinent.
Year: 1879

street 1t will extend the Clark-street line to
IWenty-seeond street. where 1t will connect
with the Wentworth-avenue line. and possibly
With that on Archer avenue. But, connected
with the former line. it will egive a through
route to the city limits south, vim Clark street
and Wentworth ayenue.n


MT. Hoinics went on TO say that the COMPANY
with which be is engaged is doing cyeryth,uu Il
can to meet the demands of the people OF the
South Side, and he felt that no complaint conld
be made OF the manner In which the travelling
PUBLIC il being transported. Ho hoped the dxY
would come when horse power would bo done
away With, but until then there could be no
materiai shortening up of time. The only way
to solve the problem Of transporting moro
people, As he had said above,
was to put on more cars; to carry them faster,
or at least enough faster to make material
difference in the rate OF speed, must be the re-
suit Of other means OF locomotion.. As the de-
mnnds Of the travelling public OF the South Side
increase, the Company builds new side lines and
puts on more cars. At present there is sufi-
Gent CARRYING capacity, and Mr.. Holmes does
not anticipate that 1t will be exceeded for years.
He says he appreciates as fully as can any one
the desrsbility of making onick journey over
the horse car lines, and bis company has done
everything It can to reach this end.
Year: 1879

THE COLORED EXODUS.


Below we present tho views of
Fred Douglass on the wholesale
emigration Of his race into Kan
sas, as expressed in a recent open
letter


I cheerlully accept your offer o:
limited space in your columns, in
which to state the grounds Of my
opposition to the o-called colored
exodus. I am, briefly, opposed to
that movement, because it IS not
the proper solution of the Southern
question. That question will not
be solved and cannot be solved un-
til the constitutional provisions
guaranteeing equal rights shall be
peacefully executed in every State
of the Union, South as we'll as
North. / am opposed 10 their ex-
odus, because it is a wretched sub
stitute for the fulfiIlment of the
national obligations by which the
Government is held and firmly
bound to prote every American
citizen, of whatever color, upon
any and every part of the American
domain. I am opposed to this ex-
odus because it is an untimely con-
cession to the idea that colored
people and white people cannot
live together in peace and prosper
.ity unless the whites are majority,
and control the legislation and hold
the Offices of the State. I am OPP
posed to this exodus, because it will
cast upon the people of Kansas and
other northern States multitude
of dcluded, hungry, homeless, nak-
ed, aud destitute people, to be sup
ported in large measure by aims.
I am opposed to this exodus, be-
cause it will enable our political
adversa1ies to make Successful ap-
peals topopular prejudice, (as in the
case of the Chinese) on the ground
that these people, so ignorant
and helpless. have been imported
for the purpose of making the
north solid by outvotiDg intelligent
white northen citizens. I am op-
posed to this exodus, because roll
ing stones gather no moss, and I
agree with Emerson, that the men
who made Rome or any other local
ito worth going to see staid there.
There is in my judgment no part
of the United States where an in
telligent colored maa can serve his
race more wisely and efficiently
than upon the soil where he was
born and reared and is known. I
am opposed to this exodus, becaase
l see IN it a tendency to convert
colored laboring men into travelling
tramps, first going north because
they are prosecuted, and then re-
turning south because they have
been deceived and disappointed in
their expectations; who will excite
against themselves and against our
whole race an increased measure
Of popular contempt and scorn. I
am opposed to this exodus, because
I believe that the conditions of ex-
istence in the southern States are
steadily improving, and that the
colored man there will ultimately
realize the fullest measure of liber-
ty and equality accorded and se.
cured in any section of our common
country.


1t is all nonsense (aad perhaps
something worse) and almost be-
Year: 1879

meath contempt to compare the
evils (great as they are) from which
the colored man is now fleeing to
the north With those endured by
colored men in the time of slavery.
The men who make this compari-
son with view to convict me Of
Inconsistency know that there is
nothing analogous in the two situ-
ations. There the black man was
chattel-now he is a man and a
man among men. Then the black
man was u s]ave-now he is free
man. Then the black man had no
legal or constitutional rights which
anybody was bound to respect
now he has all the lega! and con-
stitutional rights which are guar
anteed to the most exalted citizcn
of the Republic. It is true that
these rights have been in many in
stances cloven down by violence,
and that for the present the consti-
tuition is inoperative-but shall we,
who have borne so many hardships
and outrrges, and seen so many
changes in our favor, now throw
up the sponge, abandon our vantage
ground Of position, which is nine
points of the law. and go among
strangers in pursuit Of homes in a
cold and uncongeniai climate, rath.
cr than remain on the soil Of our
birth. where we may 1.-Two down
persecution =? If there is any part
of the United States to which the
negro has a stronger claim for
peaceful residence than any other,
that part is that lying south Of Ma
son and Dixon's line. Whatever
the South is in point Of wealth and
civilization the negro has made
her. His labor has converted the
Southern wilderness into fruitful
fields, and dotted them about with
comfortable homes. His arm has
leveled the forests, extra cted the
stumps, reclaimed her waste places,
graded her roads, supported her
commerce, developed her resources
in word, he has titled her soil
with hard hands, moistened it with
his sweat, and enrichened it with
his blood, and has a claim to re-
main on her soil against all comers.
Armed as the negro is now, with
legal and constitutional guarantees, +,
and being the muscular. and labor
ing arm of the South, I cannot yet
believe that with these advantages
he is so destitute Of mutual power
that he can not make living terms
with those who want his lnbor,
and who must have it or accept
poverty and ruin instead. My
counsel to him, therefore, is to bide
his time, to labor and wait, in the
full assurance that time and events
will sooner or later establish his
rights in the south upon enduring
foundations.


l have seen many attempts to
lash colored men iuto schemes Of
emigration. I am old enough to
remember the Haytian emigration
scheme fifty -four years ago an
other to the British West Indies
forty years ago. mother still to
Central America sixteen years ago
and they only served to upsettle
the minds Of the colored people,
deranging their plans of enterprise
frem hone improvements, and were
transient, as I believe this one will
be- The hundreds may go, but
the millions will stay behind, and
will finally have their wisdom in
so doing rewarded with peace and
prosperity.
Year: 1879

BY permission Of our friend Mr.. +
Sherrod, we are permitted to publish
the following letter, received BY hin
from our former tcwnsman, Mr.. Peter
II. Greene. II will be read with intcres
by his many acquaintances in this
county, and BY many who are thinking
Of going to the silver mines.


LEADvrLLE. CoLoRADo,1


August 10, 1879.


NY old Friend Frank.


| wonder II YOU would not like to read
a letter from your old friend Pete, now
among the lofty Peaks of the Rocky
Mountains. know you must think
am curious mana sort Of a natural
wanderer. 1t is so, believe myself
l staid just long enough in California to
catch the mining fever and let II settle
down in mo. ! suppose will never get
entirely ovcr 1t. stood II rs long as
could, and had to make the break again.
| left home on 9th Of Juno and got 10
this mining town June 20. found that
l had got most too old to stand this
great altitude and have not been able
10 get about over the mountains here as
did 10 years ago. when came TO Cali
fornia gulch, which was worke ! here for
gold. Gold in the gulch, very rich, was
all that was known TO exist here then of
precious metals. Little did then know
or think Of tho existence Of the vast
mineral wealth OF silver carbonates un-
the ground hunted over after
deer, that never even got shot at.
walked over the very grounds, looking
after those noble animals, so plenty then
but now gone, where lie the richest beds
Of silver ore that has ever been discov-
cred on the face Of the earth. can hard
" give you any idea Of these silver
mines, because you are not acquainted
with anything Of the sort to which can
compare them. But for your satisfac-
tion / will try, for know you to be one
Of those curious sort Of geniuses that
like TO know something Of what is GO
ing on among the mountains.


For many miles about Lcadville, and
over tho Range east Of here, and over
The western slope. and all about on the
sides Of the mountains clear TO the very
and the summits away up
where tho snow Is always found, the
Year: 1879

The Little Rock papers tcem with
reports of rich silver discoveries in the
vicinity of Hot Springs, A place
called Silver City has already sprans
up, people are pouring in, great excite
ment prevails and it is likely that a
daily paper will be shortly started
there, and other city features
added to this ambitious young
rival of Leadyille. The Spaniards
worked rich silver mines in
Arkansas when that region was wild
territory, unknown to the outside
world. All geologists who have given
the subject much attention unite in
the opinion that there are rich depos-
its of silver and other precious metals
in Arkansas. Attempts to work these
mines have been made on a small scale
from time to time, but no large invest
ments have ever been made either in
sinking shafts or in the necessary
machinery. II the half that
has been reported is. true, the most
astonishing transformation will take
place in the silver districts in the next
few months. A car load of the ore is
to be skipped to st. Louis shortly, and
II the assay comes up to the standard
predicted there will be "a rush to Silver
City equal to the Leadyille crowd.
The people in the vicinity of
these discoveries are naturally
excited and elated. Many of them
think that few lucky blows with a
pick will make them rich. Thousands
Of people who would not know pyrites
Of iron from genuine gold quartz are
digging holes with the confident belief
that they will suddenly make a for
tune. 1t is one thing to discover a
mine and another to work it. The great
silver mines of Nevada are worked
by wealthy capitalists, who hayeinves
ed millions in machinery and labor.
We hope, however, that the Arkansas
silver will be found nearer the surface
in paying quantities, and that every
body in the State, or that goes there
will get their share of it. Arkansas
may yet be the richest State in the
Union. Who knows but that few Of
her luckiest and richest citizens may
in generous mood, one of these days
pay off the national debt and lend
Memphis a few millions on long time
and low interest to pay off her debt
pave her streets and construct mag.
nifcent system Of sewerage equal tC
that of Paris which can be traversec
in good-sized boats? Well, we shall
see. Good luck to our neighbors
anyhow, If they will send us few
bars of their best metal, as sample
we will try to find out whether it il
the genuine stuff or not.
Year: 1879

A MOVEMENT has been started to
erect a monument to the memory Of
the illustrious cavalry captain, General
N. B. Forrest. A meeting of those
who served in his command, and
other friends and admirers, will be
called at an early day to devise means
for raising the necessary funds. If
every ex-soldier living who served
under General Forrest will contribute
from one to FIVE dollars, according to
circumstances, an ample fund can be
raised in short time to erect monu-
ment which would be an ornament to
ElmwOod Cemetery and the just source
of satisfaction to all our people. We
suggest the erection of colossal
equestrian statue in bronze as the
most fitting monument to the man.
Of course this will be very costly, but
it will last for ages to remind all
beholders of the greatest cavalry com
mander the war produced.
Year: 1879

EVANSVILLE, Wis, Sept. 24.-One of
the most brutal murders ever recorded
in tins State was committed to-day on
the farm of Alexander White, in the
town of Potter Rock. MIR. White left
the farm early in the morning to make
some purchases, and after he had gone
his little five-year old boy was missed
from the house, as was also Geo. Bar
ringgarten, German farm hand.
Search was instituted and the body of
tue boy was discovered lying under a
manger in the sheep barn, with his
throat cut from ear TO ear and his head
nearly severed. He was entirely disem-
boweled, his arms tied behind him and
his ct securely bound. From the situ-
alton it was evident the murderer first
hanged him, and finding death by That
means too slow, had cut him down and
finished him with knife. Barringarten
had fed on horse taken from the farm,
and had been seen several miles away
making for home at Fort Atkinson,
| No cause for the deed can be imagined


The murderer will soon be captured, as
sharp pursuit has been made.
Year: 1879

A young woman who had never
learned the gentle art of cookery,
being desirous of impressing her
husband with her knowledge and
diligence, manages to have the
kitchen door ajar on the day after
their return from the bridal trip,
and Just as her lord comes In from
the Office exclaims loudly: "Hur-
ry up, Eliza, do. Haven't you
washed the lettuce yet! Here,
give it to me; where's the soap!"
Year: 1879

This is a good old story-given
in the Graphic-about the aged
lady on her deathbed, who was in
a penitential mood. She said: al
have been great sinner more than
eighty years, and didn't know it,"
An old colorcd woman, who had
Year: 1879

A Buffalo church bell went
through three floors without in
juring its ring any. Ring in a pun
on that if you can.-Detroit Free
Press. All right; just say where
we shall clapper in.-Richmond
Baton.
Year: 1879

But Getting a Divorce in Sober Earnest.


romantic incident, originating from q
practical joke, and eliminating in regretful
and entirely unprecedented marriage, came
to light yesterday. The affair happened last
autumn near the picturesque city of Chilli
cothe, No., and the direct outcome of an
excursion party, participated lin by half
score of Young, and subsequent develop
ments proved, very imprudent persons.


The party had passed the day in picnicing,
and were returning to Chillicothe at nightfall,
when the cavalcade had occasion to pass the
residence of a rural squire or justice of the
peace. Just before reaching the squire's resi-
dence one of the party suggested that it would
be good joke to conclude the pleasures of the
day with wedding. The proposition was in
dorsed by the entire party, who. growing en-
| boldened by It's unanimous concurrence, pro-
| ceeded to alight at the squire's residence.
Whether it was the unexpected appearance of
such jolly crowd of visitors, or whether
visions of prospective fee made the bucolic
justice 80 good humored towards the young
people, it is not known, but certain it is that
they were welcomed in right royal manner.
| The next consideration was to procure
couple who were willing, for the
fun of the thing, to undergo the cer-
emony of being joined in wedlock.
| Among others in the party was young man
named Edward Barker, who particularly
attentive in his addresses to leading belle of
the vicinity, whose parents were well-to-do


people residing in Chllllcothe. One of the
party prepared wedding between these two,


which resulted in what every body supposed at
the time mock ceremony, after which
the party returned home in high glee over their
| adventure.


The surprise of all concerned may be i'm
agined when an Official notice of the marriage


was filed few days subsequently with the
county clerk of the district, and developments


have since shown that the marriage was solem
nized in lawful form, and in dead earnest.


The victims to the joke and their own folly


were surprised and indignant at the revelation,


and the young man is at present in this city


seeking divorce, which, in all probability


Will soon be granted.
Year: 1879

Gospel Teachings To-Day in the ST. Paul


Sanctuaries.


The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the
east shall be shut the six working days; but on the
Sabbath it shall be opened


< x 4
Likewise the people of the land shall worship at
the door Of this gate before the Lord
X T.
At that day ye shall ask in my name; and I say
unto VOL that I will nraY the Eathar for Won
Year: 1879

HIS OWN THROAT-THE MAN SUPPOSED TO


be INSANE.


[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD


WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. W. Va. Sept ~. 1879.


The horrible details of IN atrocious attempted
murder and q suicide. which occurred in the ex-
treme portion OF Greenbrier county. W. Va. have
just been received here. Mr.. Frederick
Harvey, who resided Muddy Greek.
left his home few mornings ago. telling his step
daughter that he going to attend 4 religious
meeting at Emanuel Church. Soon afterward he
going opposite direction. and to parties
who met him he said he had changed his mind,
and would go to hear Rev. Mr.. Van Horne preach q
funeral sermon. Instead Of visiting either of the
places mentioned he went to tho hous OF Mr..
George Feamster, with whose family he dined. He
remained there until late in the evening, when he
returned home and engaged i'll conversation with
his step-daughter. He spoke quito deliberately,
and not only stated that he had been
hear Mr.. Van Horne's sermon, but went
far crticse the character of the discourse and
mention the names OF several parties who
there. Nothing occurred at this time to create
tho suspicion that he then contemplated anything
unus ua But abruptly bringing to u close his talk
about the funeral sermon he approached his step
daughter, seized her by the hair and told her he
going to cut her throat. She took this sanguinary
remark in the light of joke and fairly laughed at
him. In another instant she realized the horror Of
her situation The sittering blade of knife flashed
before hor eyes and she ielt the sharp sting OF the
weapon in her neck Then began fearful





tho grip of maniac from which she
found 1t impossible to release herself until
she fearfuliy gashed and stabbed. She received
six wounds on her head aud neck two of which
partly severed the wrndpipe Two were on the side
of the neck, OF them just grazing
the carotid artery; ono commencing on the
side of the face. passing over and cutting of
the lower ond Of one ear, passing around the head
and stopping just behind the other eur, and small
cash the bridge OF the Besides these
she received two gashes on the shoulder. one hand
was cut across the palm to the bone. and the fingers
on both hands were badly cut


HARvEYS SUICIDE.


At last, although covered with gore, she succeeded
in freeing herself from tho mans grasp and escaped
barely with her life. The woud-bc murderer then
deliberately drew tho knife across his throat,
literally soyering IL from to Ho fell aud in
stantly expired. An inquest was held tho following
morning and verdict rendered in accordance with
the facts stated. The recovery OF the young
woman is extremely doubtful. Harvey is believed
to have been IN state of religious frenzy bordering
on insanity. though some persons think the murder
and suicide were premcditatel. No cause or motive
for the tragedy can DO ascertainod.
Year: 1879

By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.


PIITsDURG, Sept. 81. 1879.
The action of the Iron Assoc iation yesterday in
putting up the card price Of iron three cents was
received with satisfaction by the puGdlers Most
of tho iron manufacturers are running on
contracts at the old rate. These were not
anxious to advance the card price ust
yet. they felt that which sold at two and
half cents should be pudded at s5 per ton. but the
idea that there Is great movement in iron and that
the manufacturers are coming money, prev
alent that there danger that the Amalgamated
Union would charge the manufacturers with bad
faith and trouble would arise.
Year: 1879

A lady passing up First avenue last even
ing, came upon rickety sidewalk between
Fifth and Sixth streets, when plank tipped
from under her and threw her headlong to
the ground. Scrambling up hastily and
scared half to death she stepped into deep
hole, where two of the planks had been re-
moved and was second time thrown down.
This time she did not get up SO really, but
was assisted to her feet by a passing gentle
man. She seemed greatly shaken and con-
siderably hurt, but after resting few mo-
ments she managed to walk slowly off un
assisted. This dangerous trap should be
attended to at once. 1t is a positive dis
grace to the city, and on the
other side of the street the sidewalk is almost
as baa-rotten, full of holes, and with jagged
ends of boards sticking up to catch unwary
toes. Another place on the same street, (be
tween Washington avenue and Third street,)
the road itself is almost impossible, and mas
been for whole week, from lumber and
stone being piled almost across it. This is
the place where man, some days since, fell
into basement excavation. No light is ever
placed to warn drivers or pedestrians of the
danger even the darkest nights. The mayor,
who is showing himself SO anxious that city
ordinances are observed, only needs his at
| tention called to this.
Year: 1879

FHE Republicans have been in worse
situation than Japhet in search of a father
in their endeavor to secure a candidate for
mayor. Gen. Averill happened to leave the
city on Saturday, on business, and they i'm
mediate ly announce that he is to be their
candidate. OF course if he was at home he
would decline, and will do so when he re-
turns, if he should be nominated. They
played the same game few years ago, and
as no one who was at home to decline would
allow his name to be used Gen. Averill was
nominated. He promptly telegraphed his
declination and the whole ticket went to
pieces. 1t won't be worth the generals
while to go to the expense of a telegram this
time. The gang that are running the ma
chine are not worth it, and every one we'll
knows he will not accept such an empty
honor