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Year: 1877

scarcely keep awake. comiorted my
self With the reflection that ! would
soon H. AZ home snugly tucked IN bed.
where could sleep to my hearts con-
tent. Whilst indulging in this pleasing
rrvcrie dropped asleep. and what fol-
luued I only learned from my family


They had concluded that. finding the
snldcn change in temperature. / had
either determined 90 spend the night in
town, or had returned there for that
purpose in ease ] hal started honle he
fore the cold began. At \ o'clock, hss-
ing given me up, they retired to bed
and 10 sleep. About . o'clock my wife
was awakened by the repeated whinny-
ing of horse in front of the house.
She never suspected it was ours, but
took IL for 4 stray, and, from motives of
humanity, called up one of the men and
ordered it to be putin the stable. When
the man went out and found that it was
our own horse, and that l was in the
wagon apparently dead and frozen stiff,
he made an Outcry that soon brought
out the household. Fortunately, my
wife had recently been reading of the
proper mode of treating persons par
tally frozen, and therefore knew that
must not be taken into O warm room,
but must be rubbed with snow. Plenty
of snow had fallen, and 1 was stripped
and rubbed with it, until began to show
signs OF animation. Then friction with
coarse cloths were used until 1 was suffi-
ciently restored to scream with the tor
ture they were putting me to. Every
portion Of my body was as sensitive as
a boil. felt as if had been stung all
over with wasps or hornets, until 1 was
a swollen pulp, ready to burst at any
point, like an over-ripe cherry. The
joints of my fingers, toes, ankles and
wrists seemed as if screwed in red-hot
vices, till the blood was ready to ooze
out from the extremities, and 1 could
scarcely persuade myself that my finger
and toe nails were not being forced off
by the pressure. l soon became delir-
ious and raging fever set in, from
which did not recover for weeks. But
when I did recover my physical condi-
ton was better than before. had been
slim and almost puny before. but now
I became hearty and robust as you see
me now, so that at sixty 1 am strong and
active as most men are at forty. 1 at
tribute it to my having been frozen to
the verge of death. Cold is undoubt-
edly invigorsting, but, even with my
experience, 1 would advise the gene
rality of persons to take it in broken
doses.
Year: 1877

A CHEERFUL WRE.-What blessing
to household is a merry, cheerful wo-
man-one whose spirits are not affected
by wet days or little disappointment
one whose milk of human kindness
does not sour in the sunshine of pros
perity. Such woman, in the darkest
hours, brightens the house like piece
of sunshiny weather. The magnetism
of her smiles, and the electrical bright
ness of her looks and movements infect
every one. The children go to school
with the sense that something great is
to be achieved; the husband goes into
the world in conqueror's spirit. No
matter how people annoy and worry
him through the day, far off her pres
ence shines, and he whispers to himself,
"At home shall find restp So day by
day she literally renews his strength
and energy.
Year: 1877

case of absence or defalcation Of two
Of that number.


The willingness of three of the Re-
publican members of the committee to
unite with their Democratic colleagues
in ordering this report was strength
ened, and perhaps. to some degree in
spired, by the private knowledge of the
fact that considerable number of Re-
publicans in the Senate, including Sar-
gent and several other so-called radical
Republicans, were firmly of opinion
that Eustis was fairly entitled to the
seat, and intended to vote for his ad-
mission, whether a majority of the
committee recommended it or not.
The chairman of the committee says
that the report will not be called up by
him for action for some time, and prob
ably not until after the arrival of
Sharon.
Year: 1877

ONE Of the most favorable business
indications east is the fact that the
recent bank failures in Chicago and
elsewhere cause no general alarm. 1t
indicates that business management is
now on a more cautious and firmer
basis than in the past. Foreign invest
ors are more easily alarmed than our
own, consequently the threatening OF
the public credit by Congress has al.
ready brought home for sale some few
U. s. bonds, just enough to show the
color on Wall street.
Year: 1877

A DELEGATION of Fox indians have
arrived Unexpectedly in Washington
and without the consent of their agent.
They had an interview with the Secre-
tary of the Interior, asking payment of
their board, but were informed that as
they left their reservation without per-
mission they would have to use their
own means. They replied that they
would. 1t is understood they want pay
for former. lands in Kansas.
Year: 1877

THE Commission appointed by Sec
retary Sherman to investigate the ope-
rations of the Secret Service division
will make their report Immediately.
They recommend no radical change in
management; they concede the value of
the division, and pay high tribute to
the morale of the secret service under
its present management.
Year: 1877

THE LEADER earnestly requests its
friends in all parts of the country to
send in the news. Write often, give.
us all the news and keep us posted in
all matters of progress and develop
ment. When in the city our friends
are invited to call at this office and fur
nish us with any information they may
possess.
Year: 1877

In the Senate executive session Fri
day night, the nomination of Smith as
collector of Chicago, was reported
without recommendation and placed on
the calendar, and no action was taken
on it Saturday.
Year: 1877

THE necessary appropriations made
for the survivors and widows of the
crew of the Huron have taught the fol-
ly of cutting short the life-saving sta
tions by the niggardly economy which
has been recently practiced, and the
probabilities are that henceforth plenty
of money will be appropriated for that
branch of the service.
Year: 1877

Will be found to possess those qualities necessary
to the total eradication of all bilious attacks prompt
to start the secretions Of the liver, and give q
healthy tone to the entire system Indeed, it is no
ordinary discovery in medical science to have in
vented a remedy for these stubborn complaints,
which develop all the results produced by a here
tofore free use OF caomel, mineral justly dreaded
by mankind, and acknowledged to be destructive
in the extreme to the human system. That the
properties of certain vegetables comprise all the
virtues of calomel without its injurious tendencies
is now ar admitted fact, rendered indisputable By
scientific researches; and those VINO use the Man
drake Pills viii be fully satisfied that the bes
medicines are those provided by nature in the
common herbs and roots of the fields.
| These Pills open the bowels and correct all bill


lious arrangements without salvation or any Of tn
| injurious effects of calomel other poisons. TIL


secretions OF bile is promoted by these pills as will


be seen by the altered color of the stools and dis
appearing of the sallow complexion and clearsin
of the tongue.


Ample directions for use accompany each box c
pills Prepared only by j. H. Schenck u Son.


their principal Cfice, Sixth and Arch Street


Philadelphia, and for sale by all druggists an
dealers.


Price 25 cents per box.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON. Dec. 81. Great excite
ment has prevailed here since Saturday


because of terrible outrage perpetrated
upon young lady in the eastern part of
the city last Saturday. A movements on
foot for organizing vigilance committee
to patrol the streets; two negroes were ar
rested yesterday on suspicion, and but for
strong protests of the police the crowd
would have taken the matter into its own
hands and summary punishment would
have been visited upon at least one OF
them then and there; largely attended
indignation meeting was held last evening
Year: 1877

LONDON. Dec. 28.-The Daily News
says: The Ottoman government declares
its desire that negotiations for peace may
be brought about on the present basis of
facts, and as its professions must be ac-
cepted as sincere the public will wish it
success in its new policy. 1t cannot be
necessary to point out that even upon the
most limited Interpretation of the Office it
has assumed, the queens government has
assumed task of great delicacy The
present war primarily concerns Russia and
| Turkey. but the eastern question is one
which must be considered by Europe. By
It's present action our government has
taken upoa itself the character of inter


cessor for one unfortunate belligerent
while acting also oficiously- for Europe,
but it has to harmonic this new character
with the declarations which it has repeated
ly made and with the whole course of its
conduct, of which the least that can be
said is that it has now prepared the world
! for the part it has now undertaken to play.
On her majesty's ministers may very much
depend whether the eastern question shall
be now settled, at least for many years to
come, or this war be followed by mere
truce, the prelude to war even greater
and more disastrous than that of which we
are now spectators We are bound to
hope that they will prove equal to their
RESPONSIBILITIES.
Year: 1877

Special to Cincinnati Gazette.


WAsBINeToN, April 25.


The election of Spoford, as Democratic
Senator from Louisiana, revives the comment
upon small majority in the Senate. If
Judge Davis is counted as Republican and
Spofford is seated, there are but three major
ity according to the strictest construction,
and if Eustis Is seated from Louisiana Gas it is
said Senator Morton declares he should be),
the Republican majority will be reduced to
two votes. This, in view of the peculiar
condition Of politics, is too small for any
practical party purpese. There are already
some indications that the Democrats may at
tempt to reorganize the Senate in December
with Democratic president pro tempore, and
that they expect to secure this reorganization
with votes from two or three Southern Re
publicans who have become hostile to the
Administration. In fact this matter has al
ready received 90 much attention from the
Democrats, and their investigation of the
present feelings of several Republicans has
created 90 much confidence, that it is almost
certain that the movement for recognizing
the oficen Of the Senate on q Democratic
basis may begin ut the June session. There
are several Republicans who have long been
actively opposed to some of the best officers
of the Senate. OF these there are enough
from the South who are embittered by the
President's policy to control the organization,
and it is expected by the Democrats that q
combination can be successfully made which
shall give the Democrats force enough TO ac-
complish their purposes, provided the Demo
Gratis will aid in removing such Republican
officers - these mon dislikes
Year: 1877

Special Dispatch to Gin. Gaz.)


WASHINGTON, April 25.


The whole Louisiana question will be OPEN
ed at the coming session by the question of
receiving Spofford. Kellogg's credentials
from the Packard government are already in
the hands of the Committee on Privileges and
Elections, and upon the report of his case the
whole subject will be before the Senate The
debate may be precipitated the first day of
the session, when Spofford appears to take
the oath. The case of Eustis, also in the
hands of the Committee, must be considered,
and hence it is readily seen that questions in
volved in Louisiana affairs will come before
the Senate in the regular order of business
without any one being obliged to assume the
responsibility of opening a fight ON the ad-
ministration.
Year: 1877

GEN. BANKS prefers to wait awhile before
giving his opinion on the new policy. He
thinks its future depends upon the use which
the Southern people make of the power
given them, and therein agrees with every
body else. As the extra session, he thinks it
will last for two or three months at least.
Year: 1877

Outward manifestations OF what we
term feeling, like most Of the good
things of life, base their value upon
rarit,r.


Men speak of the fair MS things went
with them there.


Sit in your place, and none can make
you rise.


The more haste man makes to lln-
ravel skcin of thread the more he ell
tangles it.


We should give as We would receive,
checrfully, quickly and without hesita-
ton; for there is no grace III benefit
that sticks to the fingers.


1t is the vice of the unlearncd to
suppose that the knowledge Of books is
of no account, and the vice O, scholars to
think there is no other knowledge worth
having.


When the idea of pleasure strikes your
imagination, make a Just computation
between the duration of tho pleasure
and that of the repentance that is likely
to follow.


Affection, like spring flowers, breaks
through the most frozen ground at last;
and the heart which seeks but for an
other heart to make it happy will never
seek in vain.


The poor are only those who feel poor,
and poverty consists in feeling poor
The rich, rs we reckon them. and among
them the very rich, in a true search
would be found very iudigent and
ragged.


The noblest part of friend is an
honest bol,lness in tho notifying of
errors. He that tells me of my fault,
aiming at my good, must think him
wise and faithful-wisc in spying that
which see not, faithful in plain ndmm-
ishmcnt not tainted with flattcry.
Year: 1877

1t has been almost hobby with
the Maryland Farmer to advocate
the use of Salt and Lime on land.
So we'll convinced are we that no
other articles used as fertilizers
return greater benefits and profit
for their cost than these two sub
stances and now we are glad to
be backed up by such high author-
ity us the fcllowing


Prof. johnson recomme nds, for
fertlhzlng purposes, to mix one
bushel of salt aud two bushels of
dry lime under cover, and allow
the mixture to lecompose gradual
ly, thus forming chemical union
For this purpose the mixture
should be made six weeks before
use. OF still better, two or three
months, the heap being turned
over occasionally. This Salt and
Lime mixture when applied at the
rate OF 20 or 30 bushels per acre.
forms an excellent top dressing for
many crops. 1t acts powerfully on
the vegetable matter of soils ; Sc
bushels applied to turnips have pro
duced as large a crop as barnyard
manure.


1t is destructive to grubs and in
sects in the soil. Like Salt. it at
tacks moisture from the air, and is
useful against drouth. Its decom-
posing power is remarkable, and If
three or four bushels of it are
mixed with a good load of muck
the latter will be thus thoroughly
powdered.'


Even one half or one third the
quantity, recommended by Prof.
johnson, will do great good, in
case the farmer does not feel able
to make so great an outlay in one
year ; he can apply less the first
year, and add more each success .ive
year, as he feels able.


1t is not safe to put the Salt Oh
fresh green crops, as it will kill
most growing vegetables ; it may
be safely sowed on grain and grass
late in the Fall and Winter; OF
worked and narrowed into the soil
at any time of the year !; in the
Spring tine is best, then killing
more insects.
Year: 1877

=
Two shan be born the whole wide world


apart,
And speak in different tongues and haYe


no thought
Each of the others being and no heed;
And these o'er unknown seas to unknown


lands
Shall eros 5, escaping wreck ,defying death,
And all unconsciously shape every act
And bend each wandering step to this
one end
That one day, out of darkness they shall


meet
And read life's meaning in each others


eyes.
And two shall walk some narrow way OF


life
So nearly side by side that should one turn
Ever so little apace to left or right,
They needs must acknow eldge. face to face
And yet with wistfui eyes they never meet.
With groping hands they never clasp, and


lips
Calling in vain to ears that never hear
They seek each other all their weary days,
And die uEsatisfied-and this is Fate.
Year: 1877

HARD TGMEs.--FOr the past three
years we have heard little else in COM
mercial circles but complaints and COM
ments on the hard, dull times, and while
theories have been abundant as to causes,
theirauthors fail to tell us when there is
to come a change for the better. A gen
tleman of our acquaintance said few
days since that he had over three hun
dred thousand dollars which was paying
him only two per cent. per annum. But"
said he, ''can any one tell me where ! can
safely invest it at better rates4" The
in the value of real estate has
made capitalists even mistrust and avoid
loaning money on mortgages, kind Of
security which was formerly considered
to be one of the best. The whole nation
seems to be taking rest after the excit-
ing race in which all took part during
the war; and this is the only explanation
we can give of the present hard times.
Year: 1877

When that important secretive gland re.
quires arousing, it is only requisite to resort
to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the national
remedy for inactivity of the bilious organ,
for constipation, and for dyspepsia, besides
those malarious disorders to which torpidity
of the liver predisposes person. Far more
surely does this celebrated ant-bilous cor
dial accomplish curative result than mer-
Guy or any other mineral drug used to cure
liver disorders. In fact, such medicaments
cannot fairly be called remedies, since, al
though they may have a temporary effect,
they eventually fail to influence the system
remedially, but instead often do it serious in
jury The Bitters, on the contrary, are a
specific OF the most salutary nature, and are
likewise reliable and agreeable tonic, ap.
petiZer and nervine.
Year: 1877

INsINCERITY IN ASKING ADVICE. -
Nothing is less sincere than our manner
of asking and Of giving advice. He who
asks advice would seem TO have respect
full Difference for the opinion of his friend
whilst yet he only aims at getting his
own approved of, and his friend RESPONSE
BILE for his conduct. On the other hand he
who gives it repays the confidence sup
posed to be placed in him, by SEEM
ingly disinterested zeal, whilst he seldom
means anything by the advice he gives
but his own interest or reputation
R0chef0uedult.
Year: 1877

PHYSICIANS of high standing unhesitating.
ly give their Endorsement to the use of the
Graefenberg- MarshalIs Catholicon for all fe.
male complaints. The weak and debilitated
find wonderful relief from constant use of
this valuable remedy. Sold by all druggists.
$l.50 per bottle
Year: 1877

An arrangement has been made be-
tween the owners Of the tugs Valley
Queen and Minnie Sutton to run in con-
uection over the inland route. The VAL
ley Queen to remain upon the upper end
of the route and run ON the head OF
Crooked lake to Mr.. d. Smiths hotel on
Indian river. The Sutton to run from
the latter place to Mackinac.. This, to-
gether with the completion OF the road
from Crooked lake to the railroad, and
placing thereon Mr.. Smiths US. mail
wagon, will make this very pleasant
route for passengers. Those who have
passed over the route express themselves
as delighted with the scenery along the
line Of travel, and predict that it will
prove very popular with those seeking
recreation and health in the salubriOus
air OF the Island of Mackinac and this
northern section. There is no place in
the country where the weary, care-worn
business man or the invalid can find d
more pleasant resort, to recuperate than
i'm northern Michigan,and with the open.
ing OF this route they may enjoy the ben
efits of the climate aud the pleasures OF
its varied scenery without experiencing
the discomforts of trip upon the lakes
which so many dread. ~
Year: 1877

One dollar and q half is a very low yearly subscription rate for newspa- per. It is only twelve and half cents per month. But we are anxious to get all the masses more in the habit of reading. We know that if they will read their county paper they will keep better posted and he more prosperous

 they will think more and be more prae- tical and provident and better times will be brought about. Urged on by this desire we now make this offer, towit: to everybody who will remit us one dollar and fifty cents we will send the DEMOCRAT from now until the lst day of January 1879. Is not this as liberal as you could ask, and cannot every man in Pope County who is any man at all afford to take his county paper at this low figure. Send us your money at once and have your names enrolled on our subscription books, and you will never, never, never regret it.
Year: 1877

Browns GINGER win be found invaluable in all
cases OF Cramp or other disorders caused by change
OF water or bad water, and few drops used regu-
arly by travellers will usually act Is Preventive
and ward OF such attacks. To the aged and those
recovering from Illness, small quantity with
and refreshment: the Ginger having no reaction,
which is the great objection to the oil alcoholic
sumulants Produeing all the good effects Of
mustard Piaster without the possibility Of blister
ing the SKIM Its application flannel is most eff
caclous And in the case OF persons predisposed
70 hneumatism and Gouty Affections, It is of grest
service. used to rub with)


- Beware of Counterfeits.
Year: 1877

free from serious objections yet palatable, in
vitng 10 the sensitive palate, which will create no
morbid appetite for itself and operate assis-
tant Indigestion, we'll perform the functions
Of q stimulant. Such we confidently believe is to
he in
Year: 1877

Flatulercy, Sluggish Digestion, want of Tone and
Activity in the Stomach and Bowels, Oppression
after eating, cure to be relieved by single dose
taken after each meal. A great want exists for o
Year: 1877

whether produced by indigestion, improper food
change of water or diet too free indulgence Of ice
water, exposure to sudden changes of temperature
are Immediately relieved by it. One ounce added
to a gallon of
Year: 1877

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN PUR-
" suance OF petition Of more than ten legal vo-
ters, resident in the city of Rock Island. IN the
state of Illinois, Special Election will be held al
the Court House, in the city Of Rock Island In the
State of Illinois IN the