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Year: 1874

lie who boasts of being perfect is perfect
in his folly l have been good deal up
and down in the world, and / never did see
either perfect horse or perfect man, and
L never shall until two Sundays come to-
gether. You can not get white -four out of
coal sack, nor perfection out of human
nature he who looks for it had better look
for sugar in the sea- The old saving is.
'Lifeless, faultless" OF dead men we
should say nothing but good, but as for the
living, they are all tarred more or less with
the black brush, and half an eye can see it.
Every head has a soft place in it, and every
heart has its black drop. Every rose has
its prickles, and every day it's night. Even
the sun shows spots, and the skies are
darkened with clouds. Nobody is so wise
but he has folly enough to stock stall at
Vanity Fair. Where I could not see the
fools cap, | have neverless heard the bells
jingle. As there is no sunshine without
some shadows, so all human good is mixed
up with more or less of evil even poorlaw
guardians have their little failings, and par
ish beadles are not wholly of heavenly ma
ture' The best wine has its lees. All
mems faults are not written on their fore
heads, and it's quite as well they are not,
or hats would need wide brims yet as sure
as eggs are eggs, faults of some kind nestle
in every mans BOSOM There's no telling
when mans faults may show themselves,
for hares pop out of ditch just when you
are not looking for them. A horse that is
weak in the knees may not stumble for a
mile or two, but it is in him, and the rider
had better hold him up well. The tabby
cat is not tapping milk just now, but leave
the dairy door open, and we will see if she
is not as bad a thief as the kitten. There's
fire in the flint, cool as it looks wait till
the steel gets a knock at it, and you will
see. Every body can read that riddle, but
it is not every body that will remember to
keep his gunpowder out of the way of the
candle
Year: 1874

No one, remarks the Lancet, conversant
with newspaper literature but must have
been struck with the great number of
deaths from hydrophobia recorded dur
ing the last three years in this country.
From Sheffield we have an account of a
man dying last week of the disease, in
horrible agonies, while at about the same
period presumable rabid dog ran amuck
among the inhabitants of Huddersfield,
biting no less than six persons Five of
these were Immediately taken to the in
firmary, where their wounds were eau
terized with nitric acid and nitrate of silver
The ANIMAL large sheep dog-was killed
and an examination of It's body brought to
light a circumstance which leads us TO think
it possible that the dogs violence was due
solely to irritation, and not to rabies In
the stomach (Which was empty comman
pin was found near the pyloric end, with
its head buried in the coats of the stomach,
the point having penetrated through into
the cavity, where about half an inch of it
was free. AS regards the prophylactic
measures to be resorted to in cases similar
to that which we have just recorded, we
are sorry to have to confess that the ar
mament of medical science offers no weapons
capable of counteracting the dire effects of
true rabies. Complete excision of the in
jured part Immediately after laceration has
been advocated by Mr.. Youatt and others
whose experience gives weight to their
opinions, while the pathological condition
of the brain and medulla after death would
suggest depletion after suspicious bites
Year: 1874

Sill has his office Main street in the second story
of DR. : WaltonS brick building, nearly opposite the
sr5ufsburg House and he aters himself that by eigh
teen years constant practice and the most earnest and
careful attention To all matters pertaining TO his pro-
fSou that he is fully able 10 perform all operations
IN he dental line in the careful and skillful man



special attention given saving the Natural Teeth
also 10 the insertion of Artificial Teeth Rubber
Gold silver Continuous Gums, and perfect fits in all
cases insured.


Most persons know the great folly and danger Of
trusting their work to the inexperienced those lv
i1r at a distance April 13 1S74.-tf
Year: 1874

The correspondent of the Newburgh
Journal writes:


eve were reminded few days since
while digging about the yard that this is
to be locust year, Immense numbers of
these little fellows nearly full-grown, are
now making their way upward, and are
within eight or ten inches of the surface Of
the ground. They will probably put in
their appearance some time in June They
come every seventeen years. y
Year: 1874

A darkey was trying to steal goose,
but fierce dog raised an objection, and
Sombo retired. The next night he tried it
again, but violent thunder storm interfer-
ed, and just as he had captured his prize,
the lightning struck him, and nearly fright
ened the poor fellow to death. Dropping
the goose, he ran off muttering, Pears ter
me dere am mighty lot of fuss made bout
q common goose ?'
Year: 1874

They tell queer story about the doctors
in certain Texas town, who were all away
last summer to attend medical convention.
They were absent about two months and
on their return found all their patients had
recovered, the drug stores had closed, the
nurses had opened dancing schools, the
cemetery was cup up into building lots, the
undertakers had gone to making fddles,
and the hearse had been painted up and
sold for a circus wagon.
Year: 1874

a few days since needy person applied
to wealthy citizen for help and received
the small sum of five cents The giver re-
marked as he handed over the pittance,
''Take it, you are welcome, our ears are al
ways open to the calls of the distressed -
"That may be, replied the recipient, "but
never before in my life have | seen SO small
AN opening for such large ears.
Year: 1874

a horseman says: Fake one ounce OF
spike, ard bathe The afflicted part four or
five times every day; perhaps it will be
three or four months before the splint is
removed also, it will take off callous Jumps
that have been standing for years. have
tried it with success, and never knew it to
fail
Year: 1874

The city Of Scranton do say tha; our
city Fathers have been NEGLIGENT in not se-
curing that place on the Hylpark Hill
where the accident happened and we blame
the Driver for going down this bill on that
frosty morning therefore to punish both
Partys We do find one Hundred & seventy
five Dollars sl7b 90 for PA So saw ps
AZ
Year: 1874

Special kilograms from Little Rock to the
St.Louis Republican give interesting views
of Arkansas affairs, as follows


RECEIPT OF THE PROCLAMATION.


This afternoon the presiding officers OF
the two houses of the Legislature received
from Attorney General Williams the Pres
idents proclamation for publication to the
people. As soon as this became known
the widest excitement prevailed on the
streets. Never in the history OF Little
Rock was there such cheering and general
rejoicing. 1t is almost impossible for one
to elbow his way through the excited
crowds. Men, women and children rejoice.
Stores that were heretofore closed are
opened, flags are waving, bands playing,
and the people are wild with their excla-
nations. The President and Baxter are
Just now two popular men in the eyes oi
the people of Little Rock Hundreds Of
people are rushing to Baxter quarters tt
congratulate him, ladies and men, white
and colored. Ten thousand copies OF the
proclamation are now being printed bp tht
Gazette, and the Office is besieged by peo
pie anxious to get copy.


GENERAL. VIEW OF THE SITUATION.


The Baxter camp Is wild with JOY to
night Brooks men have about all scam
pered over the back fence of the state
house ward, and by tomorrow morning h
will hardly have man in his trenches.


The CLAYTON ring with its long history G
fraud and corruption is dead tonight, i
Arkansas. Your correspondent has con
versed with Brooks men and Baxter mer
and cannot help but believe that those me
who have come up here from their planta
tions, and left their wives and children
have done so with nothing but honest mt
tives, and really believed they were hgh'
ing for something more than the questio
of who shall be governor Brooks adhel
ents are nearly all negroes from the imme
diate vicinity, who got into his trenche
more because there was bread and mea
there than because they believedin Brooks
: cause. The few white men who were wit
'' him are terribly disheartened. Had b
Year: 1874

The students of the different medical colleges


In this city arriving In large numbers and settling
down for the Winters study. 1t estimated that the
Winter courses OF lectures the schools draw
TO this city nearly 1000 Many OF the students
attend two courses OF the country colleges and
come 10 this city for their last third and
degree. Many come here for their third course on
account Of the high reputation Of NewYork diploma
and also because the hospital advantages much


greater than those OF any other city, INDECENT students
spend their out Of lecture" time the young
of some country practitioner in good standing
rounds of visits and read what he may direct The
first Winters they attend the cheaper OF lee
lures at the smaller colleges but the third year they
come TO this city for the last course and take their
diplomas in the Spring following. As rule these
study medicine TO acquire means OF obtaining q
spectacle livelihood. 1t is this that such
prejudice has arisen against the employment Of young
and recently graduated medical men. The Harvard
Medical School IS an exception other medical colleges
In this College no student can graduate and take the
degree Of the College who has not been able to
pass the searching examinations Of the course.
Men enter that College, and at the end Of
ination upon what they have been over
before they proceed with the studies Of the next six
months. They are finally examined upon all their
studies for tine years and fair test OF ability
practice medicine is thus made Aside from the expe-
rience age give, under such system the who
pass successful examinations are well fitted 10
The responsibilities which medical practice entails
This system cones the European requirements,
and the demands OF the public cause the standard or
medical education In all the colleges TO be raised higher
aud higher each succeeding year. Hardly city IN
NeUHorR and medical education ought TO be placed ut
lust high u standard.
Year: 1874

It is we'll known that the yearly layers or rings by which the age of tree is determined do not diminish in relative thickness by constant law. A paper was recently read before the French Academy of Sciences in which the causes of this irregularity were dis cussed. The writer concluded that the data of meteorological phenomena, when known and tabulated, might be com pared year by year with the annual layers formed in different varieties of trees. From such comparison some ideas as to the laws of development of trees may be obtained, and these laws being established, trees might become collections of meteorological evidence where observations can not be made. An exchange suggests rather striking example of what might be learned from ancient trees: .........- ...s.

 Suppose that there should be found in Egypt a very old though living tree, the origin of which dated back to the time of Joseph. If on cutting the trunk the rings corresponding to that period showed seven thick and seven thin lay CTS, there would be tangible evidence of the Scriptural tradition of the seven years of plenty and seven years of fam inc, besides of the immediate causes of humidity, temperature, etc., to which such phenomena might be due"

 Viewing trees in this light, they may indeed become historians of the past.
Year: 1874

Sir William Gull, in lecture on typhoid fever, recently delivered at Guys Hospital, argues that the disease is as preventable as ague, and that the time will come when deaths from it will be as rare. He says that it is caused by virus of nature, which may get into the human body. increase in it and destroy it. It is an accidental con- dition, and not one of the ordinary pro- cesses of nature. The origin of the disease is somehow or other connected with drainage it has therefore been called the filth fever, and to get rid of the filth is to get rid of the fever. Dr. Gno asserts that no one can approach @ case of typhoid fever without paying some attention to hygiene. This, he claimed twas of the greatest importance, and with it he would prefer to carry any one through the disease by wines and soups and fresh air, rather than by the use of drugs.
Year: 1874

This city, says Bangkok correspon- dent, has lately been 8 scene of tes- tivity and gorgeous processions and ilIuminations, owing to the recoronatlon of the King, who has lately attained his majority. He was originally crowned about six years ago, on the death of his father but, being then only boy ot 13, he could not undertake the sole charge of government, which was, therefore, intrusted to a Regent, who has fulfilled his duties in manner which is seldom met with in Oriental countries.

 Prior to the present ceremony, the King, according to Siamese law, was compelled to enter the priesthood for a short time, and had to perform all the duties of the youngest novice and to receive instructions suitable. to the position he was to occupy. After this ceremony he was, on the morning of the 18th of November, at half-past 5, re- crowned by the attendant priests, which fact was announced to the people by a salute of 1O1 guns from the palace, and another of 21 guns from French frigate which came to Bangkok in honor of the occasion.

 At 10 A. M. the King repaired to the Royal Throne, arrayed in the splendid State robes, and attended by his nobles bearing the different insignia of his power. A most brilliant assemblage had been previously congtegated in front of the throne, and representatives from almost every civilized nation were present. Immediately after His Majesty had taken his seat on the throne he read proclamation abolishing crouch ing and prostration in the presence of a superior. From time immemorial 1t has been the Siamese custom never to stand in the presence of Royalty, and the highest nobles in the land could only approach the King on their knees, with their elbows resting on the floor, and their hands joined in the act of worship. A noblenen visiting another of higher rank than himself would have to remain in very similar position, no matter how long the interview might last. In the proclamation the King stated that he had been impressed with the conviction that no country could prosper where such servility and worship from one man to another was the cus- tom, and that he wished to see men on 8 more equal footing, so that the poor est subject in the kingdom might feel sure of obtaining equal justice with the rich.

 During the reading of this edict, all the Siamese present, to the number of about 400, remained in prostrate con- dition on the floor, but at it's conclusion they arose simultaneously and did their best toward making bow to the King iy, Europaap FochiOn

 Many of them appeared i'll at ease, and it was noticeable, by their round shoulders and half-stooping gait, that they were almost afraid of the position they found themselves in.

 After a few more formalities, the King retired amid the most horrible din of conches, gongs, horns, and all other native instruments which could possibly render discord discordant. As the King now possesses some mill tary bands very fairly trained in Euro pean music, it is anticipated that the native instruments sounded their own death knell on this occasion.
Year: 1874

Messrs. Smith, Hale, and Tappin, of Sioux City, Ia., are indicted by the Journal of their municipality on the following count They were down on the Missouri bottom, near Decatur, last week and very anxious to get across the river. The reports which they heard in regard to the strength of the ice were so conflicting that they hesi- tated to venture upon it for long time. Finally they procured small boat and made the venture. Tappin pulled on a rope attached to the bow, while Smith pushed at the stern. The object in taking the boat was, in case the ice gave way, to have it handy to take to, and thus save themselves from watery grave. It was agreed that MT. Hale = he being the largest man-should re- main on the shore until Smith and Tap pin had gained the other bank, when he should follow on his hands and knees. The parties with the boat reached the other side in safety, when MT. H. struck out as previously ar- ranged. He spread himself out like a bat, in order to cover as much surface as he could, and thus crawled on his stomach for half an hour-a very fa- tiguing process of navigation. At the end of half an hour he had reached midway of the river, when he heard a noise behind him that filled his soul with terror. He thought the ice was breaking up, and that he was g. goner, sure. He looked around and there was a team of horses attached to load of wood. He sprang to his feet to escape being run over, and lit out for his com rades, who were lying on the ground almost choked with laughter over their groundless fears and MT. Rale's ad- venture.
Year: 1874

A lady has been reduced to abject poverty at New Haven, and has been obliged to apply to the city for relief, who few years ago was the happy wife of man worth $100, 900. He died soon after the loss of nearly the whole amount by financial revulsion in Europe, where they then resided, and she came to this country in the hope of her being able to earn support for herself and her children. Her oldest son having been fo- some time out of work, his mothers valuable pieces of jewelry have been sold, one by one, to keep the family from starvation. The woman's appearance and conversation are those of a lady of the highest cul- ture and refinement, and ths case seems to be an extraordinary illustration of the caprice of 6ckle fortune"
Year: 1874

 When the world no solace gives, When in deep distress groan; When my lover and my friend Leave me with my grief alone; When a weary land tread, Painting for the rocks and springs, Overshadow me, O Lord,

 With the comfort of thy wing! When my heart and flesh shall fail, When I yield my mortal breath, When I gather up my feet Icy with the chill of death; Strengthen and sustain me, Lord, With thine all-sufficient grace; Overlean my dying bed

 With the sweetness of thy face. When the pang, the strife is past, When my spirit mounts on high, Catch me up in thine embrace, In thy bosom let me lie! Freed from sin, and freed from death, Hid with thee, in heaven above, Oversplendor me, O God, With the glory of thy love.
Year: 1874

PRACTICAL JOKE BY A FIsH.--A gentle
nan living on the Savannah river, Geor-
sia, was in the habit of sending his neg
roes down to the river to fish with nets.
as the tide served. On one occasion, two
of his boys reached the fishing ground be-
their purposes. Cutiee always goes to
sleep when he has nothing else to do. So
pushing pole into the mud, they tied the
canoe thereto, and lying down intended to
sleep until the tide served. But along
came huge devil-fish, which grubbed up
the pole, and tucklng it under his flipper,
began towing the canoe and its contents
toward the deep water. When the ne
groes awoke they were terrified well-nigh
out of their wits. They were proceeding
to sea at the rate of about four miles an
hour, but the power propelling the canoe
was wholly invisible. The first impulse
was to jump overheard, but it occurred to
them in time, fortunately. that they were
unable to swim. Finally the rope BY
which master devil-fsh was towing them
was cut, and they reached the land in
pitiable state of terror.


An individual of this species has been
known to take up the kedge of small
schooner and carry it fer upward of mile,
towing the vessel that distance, when he
dropped the anchor, apparently fatigued
with the amusement.-The GALAXY for June
Year: 1874

If we could give advice TO Holsters,
which we can't, we should urge all such
crustaceans OF tender years or less than
ten inches in length as desire to keep
out OF hot water, to claw off to Mass
achusetts, where State Constables visit
with the terrors of the law the mercen-
ary fellow who seeks the life Of the inno-
cent young lobster. The average lob
ster has no right to live, liberty, or the
pursuit Of happiness in Maine until Au-
gust lst, as may be seen by the acts of
the last legislature.
Year: 1874

'ney IN turn seemed to increase and


strengthen; and when it is remembered


now monotonous and unattractive, as
RUE, is the spontaneous music of the
plantation negro 1T may readily enough
oe supposed that these quaint, wild mel
odies were swept toward the South in
the course of years and striking the sim
pie fancy of the negroes, fingered
among them until they became accli-
mated, to return after many days with
other words and under another name.
Year: 1874

EDITOR HERALD: The Anaheim
Branch is pushing ahead lively. The
workmen are this morning within half
a mile Of the point where the depot is
to be built, and doubtless they will
finish the main track tomorrow. 1t
is As minutes of a tiresome walk from
the depot to the centre of the town.
Anaheim had better be improving the
sandy road to the depot at once. The
School Exhibition given last night by
the children in aid of the public school
library was very successful. Enter
prise Hall was crowded with about 400
spectators and the performance was
extraordinary. LEWIS.


Ana helm, Dec. 30th.
Year: 1874

90 The tide Ofimmigration Is steadily SET
ting in, and the first thing eastern people do
is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
a new one of DESMOND. They say the e Il no
comparison between the two. 2Lo
Year: 1874

Hamilton was once applied to Tor pro-
fessional assistance by a man of New
York city, who held the guardianship of
several orphan children. These chill
dren, then very young, would, on coming
of age, if they had their rights, succeed
to the possession of large and valuable
estate. In the title deeds of this estate
the guardian had discovered material de-
fects, and he thought he saw a way, with
the assistance of an able lawyer, by
which he could secure the title of the
whole property to himself He opened
to Hamilton the whole business, exhibit
ing copies of the ti:le deeds, and ex-
planning how he would like to proceed.
And he promised the great jurist large
reward if he would undertake the busi-
ness. Hamilton said he must give to a
matter so important due thought before
he decided, and set time for his client
to call again.


The guardian called according to APP
pointment Hamilton had put in writing
faithful minutes of their former eonver-
sation, which, upon this second visit, he
read aloud.


II think" said Hamilton, when he had
finished reading, that that is a true
statement of your plans


Yes, sir, answered the client, that
is correct. Aud nowyif | may ask, what
have you decided


Il will tell you, sir, replied Hamilton,
sternly; you are now completely in my
power, and ! consider myself as the fu-
ture guardian Of these unfortunate or
phaus. l have decided that you will
settle with them honorably, to the very
last penny, or l viii hunt you from the
surface Of the earth


u may unnecessary to add that the
false-hearted guardian did not pursue
his nefarious scheme any further.