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Year: 1879

The defeat of Conkling was the final
death and burial of that delicate and much
disordered infant civil service reform.


John Sherman, hanging about the bar
room of Williard's Sunday night, barter
ing with Democrats for sale of patron
age for votes, was a spectacle to make
rutherford B. fairly howl with anguish
over his dying offspring. But then His
Excellency was shut in the White House,
peacefully winding up prayer meeting
with hymns aud bonny-clabber, made pal
atlble by sprinkle of sugar, furnished by
the lobby that wants better adjustment of
the tariff.
Year: 1879

IT looks to us like our excellent neighbor
Of the vicksburg Herald has been for the
last two or three weeks slightly drifting
politically; bnt we have full faith, how
ever, that he will round to at the right
TINA
Year: 1879

ONE of our brethren of the press, starts
an observation in this way San original
and vigorous cotemporary Declares etc.
Now, what we want to know is why he
didn't say the Austin Cotton Plant, at
onca2
Year: 1879

NEVER was there time when there was o
more urgent necessity for preaching Gods
holy law, in all its scope of righteous demand
and Just penalty. Never was there time when
the popular conscience needed more thor
ough toning up.
Year: 1879

DR.. LUKE z. BLACKBURN has been
nominated for Governor of Kentucky
on a platform which declares in the
only plank Of any Importance that
Congress is right in coupling with the
appropriation bills extraneous matter.
Whatever may be said of the man, not
much can be said for the platform.
Year: 1879

WANTS Us TO EAT Our FOOD
RAw.-A German physician in
relation to food as between animal
and vegetable holds that "both
vegetarians and meat eaters are
on the wrong track. Vegetables
are not more wholesome than
meat or meat than vegetables, and
nothing is gained by consuming a
compound of both. Whatever nu-
tritive qualities they may possess"
he says, "are destroyed in great
measure and often entirely by the
process of cooking. All food should
be eaten raw. If this practice
were adopted there would be little
or no illness among human beings.
They would live their apportioned
time and simply fade away, like
animals in a wild state, from old
age." 1t is hardly probable that
he will find many civilized beings
to fall into his views of eating
everything raw.
Year: 1879

A middle-aged lady, who resides


near Wellers, Pa, was afflicted by


that terrible disease, scrofula, the
seat of the disorder being in her


head. She suffered terrible agony
from the pressure Of tn. diseased
Uranium upon the brain, and her
physician decided that the only
means Of relief was the removal Of
the top Of her skull. He neyr at
tempted the operation, however,
fearing she might die from it's
effects. The woman continued to
suffer, and her son, who was
afflicted with the same. disease,
determined to take the risk and
perform the operation. He was
considerable Of a mechanical gem
ius, and he soon constructed a fine
saw for the purpose, the material
used being wire from an old hoop
skirt. After he had finished the
instrument, although he had no
surgical knowledge, he began the
operation of saving through the
skull at point about two inches
below the summit of the cranium.


After working some time at the
operation the young man was taken
ill and died. After his death the
lady's daughter, young lady of
nineteen Or twenty, decided to
| continue the work, and did so,
succeeding in removing the top of
her mothers head, relieving the
terrible pain, and probably saving
her life. She was occupied sew
eral days in the operation, which
was a delicate and dangerous one,
ordinarily only to be performed
BY the most skillful surgeons. IF
the improvised instrument had
been driven too deep and penetra-
ted the delicate covering Of the
brain, instant death would have
resulted, and that some accident
Of the sort did not occur is one Of
the most astonishing facts about
the matter. She undertook the
operation as desperate resort,
and the exercise of nerve which
sustained her was wonderful.
Once while working she tainted,
and frequently she would throw,
down the saw, declaring she could
60 no further. Her mother, whose
enormous will power was not less
wonderful, always urged her to
proceed, saying, eff can stand it,
you can do the same, as it is the
only way Of saving my life" No
anasthetic was used, and the
afflicted woman carefully watched
and directed the operation.


AS stated, instantaneous relief
followed the removal Of the dis
eased bone, although the disease
was not eradicated. The removed
bone was replaced by aysilken cap,
carefully fitted. The operation
was performed over six months
ago, and the lady was at last ac- g
counts, alive and cheerful, though,
Of course, confined to limited
sphere ofaction. She took a very
philosophical view Of the affair,
and seems grateful that relief was
afforded, although she will remain
an invalid for life. ......
Year: 1879

There are many fruits that
never turn sweet until the frost
has touched them. There are
many nuts that never fall from
the bough Of the tree till the frost
has opened and ripened them.
And there are many elements of
life that never grow sweet and
beautiful till sorrow touches them.
Year: 1879

| Dr. "A. GURUS enters MS elghty-
third year to-day, and claims to
be the most supple and elastic
man Of his age in the world. AS
he professionally expresses it:
He turns his heel against his
hip and hooks his chin over the
head Of the tibia, with the thyroid
cartilage over the patella. He
stands on one foot and places the
heel Of the other fiat on his chin
and the ball on his forehead. He
brings the posterior spincs (crests)
Of his scapul@ within two inches
Of each other, or extends them
eight inches asuuder. He raises
either and depresses the other so
as to make a difference OF six
inches in their height, and give
him a very crooked spine. He ex-
pels the air from any part of his
lungs, or fills that part without
sensibly disturbing the remainder.
He has perfect command Of the
functions of all the viscera of his
thorax and abdomen. He can in
crease or diminish both the volume
and the pulsations Of his arteries,
and can promote the proper &C.
tion Of his stomach, liver, kidneys
and bowels without medicines !;
can relieve his headache or his
fevers, or warm his feet-all thes Q
by a, simple effort of his will.


If any one doubts the perfor-
nance Of this programme, the doc
tor is ready to demonstrate. He
thinks he could walk a mile in
ten minutes, but he wouldn't vio-
late the laws of health so far as
as to walk five miles an hour for
100 consecutive hours.


This isn't all, he always shaves
himself without a mirror and with
his eyes shut ;'the sides of his face
with his different hands the right
with his right and the left with
his left, and no barber can excel
the execution in good qualify for
shorter time.


As to the preservation Of his
health the doctor gives the follow
ing discouraglng account:


Il eat no food that is known to
be injurious to my constitution
no pork, very little beef or lamb,
and but rarely. fish or fowls. [
drink no alcoholic liquors-never
in my life glass of champagne
wine, nor one of lager beer. l
use no tobacco in any form or con-
dition, nor even tea nor coffee,
except as medicine when I need
their action or when absent from
my home I take q cup to avoid
troubling my friends"


The old doctor persists in saying
that he does not take poison for
medicine, and sums up bis early
history as follows:


CAL eight years of age I was
made a poor boy BY the misfor-
tune of my father. For the next
twenty-seven years I never had
cent Of aid for my food, clothing
or education that I did not earn
with my own head and hands. For
ten years of it I suffered much
from dyspepsia and hereditary
tendency Of consumption, both Of
which l cured forty-seven years
ago."


In response to the suggestion
that he should retire from busi-
ness, the doctor says:


81 shall do so when I cannot, as
| do now, lecture to students an
hour every day I shall ride when
I cannot walk four or five miles a
day, for practice and other busi-
ness, and may use a cane when [
can find no profitable use for my
hand. For the present [ must be
permitted to go about my busi-
ness with no other membranes
than the instruments with which l
work"
Year: 1879

In the year 1849 died in the
town Of Greene, Me-, an old man
named Thomas, who had o thrill
ing wolf story of his own to tell:
though the experience was too
early for his memory, he being at
the time baby in arms. Mr.,
George J. Varney relates the ad'
venture in the Lewiston Journal.
Mrs. Thomas was a fisherman's s
wife who lived in the town of
Brunswick, Me-, where Bow doin
College now stands. At one time
when her husband was in port,
but could not come home, she
started on foot to Harpswell, a
! distance Of ten miles, to see him,
carrying her youngest child in her
arms. Returning with a load of
! fish on her back as we'll as the
burden Of her babe, she heard o
wolf howl in the forest, and terror
quickened her pace, though she
was already fain to sink with
fatigue.


She was midway of the five
miles of unbroken woods when
the howl of the wolf again smote
her ear, and this time other
voices, one after another, joined
in. The pack had gathered on
her trail!


She must climb a tree, one
would say; but she did not. She
did not even throw away her fish.


The wolves gained upon her mo-
ment by moment, the great gray
wolves Of the North that stand as
high as o man when they rear. It
was a mile and a half to the nearest
house when size first caught a
glimpse of the approaching de-
mons.


She had for the last two miles
walked at her utmost speed it
vas now time to run. Yet she
still held firmly her babe and her
fish.


A quarter Of a mile more, anu
swiftly as she had passed it, the
wolves were within a few yards.
She could see their white teeth
and hear their laboring breath
| above her own. She loosened
and threw down single fish, and
ran on. The pack discovered rare
game, and fought together for it's
possession.


By the time it was eaten the
courageous woman had got quar-
ter Of a mile in advance; but the
pack were soon at her heels again.
Another fish checked them, and
their snarls and yells, as they
again fought each other for a bite
of the savory fresh Goldfish. hur.
ried the laborious flight of the
weary woman.


Her babe, annoyed by the shak-
ing it received from the rapid
pace, at length cried Justify, call
ing the wolves to renewed pur-
suit. In vain the poor mother
tried to sootbe her infant, but
another fish was followed by a
fresh fight and precious delay of
the pack.


Again and again this action was
repeated, until at length the bark
ing Of two huge dogs alarmed the
wolves, while the almost ex-
hausted mother ran past the
friendly brutes to the door of the
farmhouse, thrown open to re-
ceive her.


The great dogs were trained to
their duty, and no sooner was the
fugitive in the house than they
also retired in good order to the
same safe stronghold, leaving the
foiled wolves to rage outside, and
to fall before the guns that were
speedily brought to bear upon
them.


The weary mother found safety
and rest, but whether she saved
any of her fish tradition does rot
Year: 1879

We therefore say to the afflicted


Try this Remedy fairly, It will not
harm you, you have nothing to
lose, buswiIl surely gain aVigcs
rous Body, Pure Blood Strong
MerveS and a Cheerful Mind
Year: 1879

J Very few of thes sudden deaths
which are said, to arise from disease
of the heart do really arise from that
cause. To ascertain the real origin of
sudden deaths, an experiment was
tried and reported to scientific con-
gress at Strasburg. Sixty-s six cases of
sudden death were made the subject
of thorough post mortem examina-
ton in these cases only two were
found who had died from diseases of
the heart. Nine out of sixty-six had
died from apoplexy. while there were
forty six cases OF congestion of the
lungs-that is, the lungs were SO full
Of blood they could not work, not be-
ing room enough for sufficient guam
tity of air to enter to support life.
The causes that produce congestion OF
tho lungs are-cold feet, tight cloth.
ing, costive bowels, sitting still until
chilled after being warmed with labor
or rapid walk, going too suddenly
from close room into the open air,
especially after speaking, too hssty
walking or running to catch q train,
&c. These causes of sudden death
being known, an avoidance of them
may serve to lengthcn many valuable
lives, which would otherwise be lost
under the verdict of heart complaint.
That disease is supposed to be inevita-
BILE and incurable; hence many may
not take the pains they would to avoid
sudden death, if they knew it lay in
their power.
Year: 1879

Itis wholly without precedent in
our history. 1t is without warrant in
the spirit of the Constitutions, and the
spirit of the veto is in direct conflict
with the letter of the Constitution, and


is shamelessly hostile to the doctrine
of the Declal alton of Independence.
1t is inconsistent with itself. It is an
assertion of Executive. prerogatives
that are both groundless and perilous.
1t is a declaration that the President
may forbid Congress to appropriate
moneys for the maintenance of the
Government, if Congress at the same
time attempts to- direct the manner in
which and the purposes for which,
within the Constitution, those moneys
shall be expended. 1t is an attempt
to coerce or to defy Congress. The
President vetoes a regular Appropri-
alton Bill because it forbids the pres
ence of Federal bayonets at the polls,
and in the name of free suffrage! The
President will not allow the army to
be paid unless he or his can command
it for political or partisan purposes I;
and he vetOes a bill which the Repub-
licans in the last Congress offered to
pass, and he to sign. He files notice
upon the country that he will stop the
wheels of Government rather than
permit Democratic Congress to re-
peal odious Republican laws. He
seeks to establish the principle that the
President may withhold appropria-
,tions for the support of the govern
ment st his pleasure, unless he can
conduct the Government at the point
of the sword unless he can, in direct
reversion of the doctrine of the Dec
laration OF Independence and the Con-
Year: 1879

The long wished for rains have not
come yet, and the ]umbermen are cor.


Sespondent!y down in the mouth. 1t
does look as though the Almighty had
FORGOTTEN this section Of the country.
Year: 1879

Gold, Silver, Copper or Lead, will be made at highest possible rates for account of owners. My long experience and con- nection with buyers in the different mar kets give me a very decided advantage over any one in the Territory in making such sales to the profit of those entrusting them to me. Correct and responsible assays obtained and submitted when desired.
Year: 1879

BUFFALO, Sept. 25.-Details Of bold at
tempt at abduction here have just come to
light. A young man named Charles T.. Schuy-
ler, q telegraph operator, called on sixteen
year old daughter Of one OF our prominent
citizens on Tuesday while she was attending
school, representing that he was employed in
her fathers Office, that her father had been
Injured by the fall OF a building, and that he
was sent by him to bring her to him.


She accompanied Schuyler to the place
where 1t was represented that her father was
lying. On entering the room Schuyler
locked the doors. seized the young lady, and,
telling her OF his purpose TO Keep her pr1s-
oner until certain sum Of money had been
paid, forced her to copy the following part OF
letter to her father which he had written:


Dear Pnpa-I ask you to give this NJ an $500,
for unless he raises that sum within week
he is ruined. He pledges you his word and
honor that 1t shall be returned to you within
sixty, days. For this loan he has no security
to offer you except myself, which he has In
his keeping. He must have this sum imme-
diateIy, within week. So long as think you
intend to pay this sun. 80 long shall be kindly
dealt with, but at first LA this point che
stopped writing and begged to be released,
promising to raise the required sum and bring
1t to him.l On her swearing never TO disclose
what had happened she was released.


Yesterday che told her father what had
taken place. Schuyler is now under arrest,
and confesses bis crime. On his person was
found letter to the father OF the young Lady,
saying, In substance, that he had his SOD
Willie, aged six years, In custody. and would
release him on the payment OF 5000. III this
sum was not forthcoming the child would be
drowned. Schuyler was held to bail IN 5000
for trial.


The names OF q number OF children OF
wealthy parents, with their homes, were also
found on his person.
Year: 1879

The length of a pigs tail led to a
murder in Madison county, North
Carolina, last Thursday. Two far
mers, named Norton and Gather,
disputed concerning the length Of
the tail Of a pig which they were
examining. Norton gave Gather
the lie, whereupon Gather told
Norton to get ready for a deadly
fight. Both men drew their revol-
vers almost simultaneously.
Gather was fatally wounded and
Norton lost a thumb. Tho point
as to which Of the two men was
right in regard to the length Of the
pigs tail remains undecided.
Year: 1879


It Is not ly any means impossible tlat tho
Grecubackcrs will name tho next Speaker Ut tho
next I1ouse; On tic contrary, they will certainly
dn IL unless tic Southern tlclnbcrs net fI concert
a,,.l assert their nndoubtcd right to the control
Of tho party in Congress.
Year: 1879

Few chronicles of modern warfare sur
pass the story of the iron-clad Huassar, of
the Peruvian navy, with several Chilean
vessels, for it's exhibition ot desperate gal
iantry. From the first the Peruvian was
hopelessly overmatched, bat she fought to
the last grasp. Early in the combat the
ship was so wounded in her steering gear
as to become unmanageable, and as she
hoated thus at the mercy of the waves, the
Chleans easily kept on the safe side of her
and with their enormous weight of metal
simply hammered he to pieces. And
those on board the doomed ship, officers
and men. went through their part of the
performance with a heroism that could not
be surpassed in any navy. Indeed, the
maritime nations who are fondese of refer
ring to the desperate stories of their naval
history might be proud to add to their rec
ords tale like that of the Huascar. Span
iards, and, least of all, South American
Spaniards, have not been regarded as the
sort of men likely to fight this way on
the sea but it will not take many fights
like this to establish their fame. There
are some names in ths report, however,
such as Mcmahon, which seem to imply
that ali the men were not of pure Spanish
blood.
Year: 1879

Mayor Cooper said yesterday that he had not sent
the papers in the of the Police Commissioners
to Albany Mr. John Tyler Kelly, the Mayors First
Marshal, about the Hall and said that he had not
taken the documents to Governor Robinson. There
appeared to be doubt in the minds of some
shrewd politicians that the removal papers were to
have been sent on Monday evening. but owing to
something action was taken in the matter.
There was rumor during the day that the reason
why the charges had not been sent up long since
was OWING to disagreement between Mayor Cooper
and Governor Robinson in reference to the candi-
dates selected to fill the prospective vacancies. The
truth Of the rumor could not be traced.
Year: 1879

The Board of Pilot Commissioners met yesterday


Ambrose Snow in the chair. Tho steamtug
James Watts. owned by Shorthand Bros. was incd
500 for throwing ashes In the North River. off tho
Battery. on tho 18th of March. Tho boatkcepor Of
pilot boat No. was reprimanded for noglecting to
take pilot to the steamer Cnrondclct, and also
informed that on the next charge OF the kind he
would be taken of the list In the OF the


ship Claribel, which touched ON Romer's Shoal on
the night OF the goth Of March, the captain of the
vcsse and the pilot In charge were examined, and
both agreed that the accident due to the fall in
the tide and bad stceragc apparatus. Tho pilot was
reprirDandtxi.
Year: 1879

The Commissioners of Public Charities and Cor
rection brought suit in the Marine Court to re
cover q statutory fine of $50 from Mary Finnegan
for having sold intoxicating liquors without a
nconso also similar suit against Susie wagstaG on
the same ground Against the former the only
evidence submitted to Judge Sinnott on tho subject
of tho defendants proprictorshp he finds to be
unsatisfactory and inconclusive. The evidence
as to her having no license he hnds to
be no evidence at ALL IL being merely
that no such license was found on public record


nor was the statement OF witness that he did not
sec any license hanging up of any weight, it did
not appear that Inc made the matter subject of
special observation. and defendant being woman
there was the probability that she might be merely
nm agent OF another. The plaintiffs the Judge holds


must present more convincing evidence before they
can have the judgment which they seek. and which
would involve findings Of fact that would leave tho
defendant open to criminal Indictment. similar
disposition was made by the Judge of Susie wag-
STAFF case.
Year: 1879

Early in the present week bench warrant
received from the United States District Court of
Wyoming Territory for the arrest of J. NJ. Pattee
L. Ludam and one Brown. against whom indict-
ments had been found for ''misusing the Post Office
establishment" at Laramie City. 1t is alleged in the
indictment that the accused devised, with the in
tention to deiraud. scheme known rs the Sem
mole Gold and Silver Mining Company, under the
laws of the Territory of Wyoming, land falsely
represented and advertised the said company to be
organized for the purpose of mining and TO be the
owner of rich mines and valuable machinery used to
work and develop the same situated in the Seminole
Mining District in Wyoming Territory" and that
they falsely advertised the stock of this company
be of value. and for this purpose made use OF the
Post Office at Laramie City, contrary to the laws of
the United States without issuance Of warrant Pat
tee. accompanied by his counsel and ex-District At
torney Bliss. appeared before United States Commits
sioncr Shields and was formally committed to await
the action of the authorities in Wyoming. Colonel
Bliss then took the matter before Judge Choate in
the United States District Court. where bail
ccpted in 81 800 for appearance for trial in Wyo
ming at the proper time.
Year: 1879

The editor Of the London Truth,
after observing that probably not
one in twenty of the persons who
indulge in boating on holiday can
swim, proceeds to tell his readers
how to acquire this accomplish
ment. Nothing" he says, "is
more easy. When the air is out of
the body its owner sinks; when the
air is in the body its own
er floats. Let any one slowly draw
in his breath as he draws back his
legs and pushes forward his arms,
retain it while he is preparing for
the stroke which is to propel him,
and slowly allow it to pass through
his lips as his arms are passed back
from before his head to his sides
and his legs stretched out. The &C.
tion of the stroke should not be
horizontal, but should be made op
slight incline downward. The real
reason why people take weeks to
learn how to swim is because
swimming professors either do not
know or do not choose to teach the
philosophy of breathing, so as to
render the body buoyant. L would
enage to make any one tolerable
swimmer in an hour, unless he be
a congenital idiot.
Year: 1879

The facilities of the HERALD Steam
Printing House for doing job work are not
surpassed in California outside OF San
Francisco and Sacramento. All work en-
trusted to us will be executed with neat
ness and dispatch at the lowest living
rates