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Year: 1878

Many people have not only said
they were tired of life, buI have
proved the truth of their assertion
by committing suicide; and many
others would have made way with
themselves if il was not for the
wiekedness of il. Many young
people who have formed bad habits
aud have been eniiced into the
bauDts of vice, have become tired of
dissipation aud would fain have re-
turned to the path OF virtue, but no
friendly hand was extended 10 help
them: their own strength was but
weakness, aud they looked not mp
TO God who forgiveth and "upbraid-
eth not" but giveth wisdom aud
strength TO all who ask, and says
"blessed is the man that endureih
temptation, for he shall receive the
crown of life which the Lord hath
promised 10 them that love him."
So they tired of life and rushed into
eternity. And will not God say TO
us, "where is thy broiher?" or where
is thy sister? and shall we dare TO
reply as did one of old, sam | my
brothers keeper? Some people tire
ofIife because of domestic troubles:
others on account of the loss of their
earthly possessions. Each heart
knows its own bitterness, and their
name is legion. who think, if they
do not saw, "Alas for life! if that
were all, and naught beyond the
grave" Some people who have
carefully and tenderly provided for
their children, denying themselves
not only the luxuries. but often the
necessaries CT life in order TO do so,
become broken hearted and tired of
life when sickness and old age
comes 20 them, because then their
children neglect them, and leave
them alone i'm their loneliness, for
getting who lovingly watched over
them by night and by day, week
after week when they were sick,
Unmindful of weariness or cost, or
time or trouble i'm trying TO make
them comfortable, and in procuring
dainties to tempt their appetite. But
for all the ills of life, sis there no
balm in Gilead? is there no physi-
clan there?" Aye, the "Great Ply
sician of souls" will, if we ask him,
give us that peace which the world
knows not of-the peace of God
which passeth all understanding,
and which can make us gloriously
happy under all circumstances of
life. n. ID. HOWE.
Year: 1878

One of our substantial subscribers,
in a recent conversation, gave his ex-
perience in treating neat stock affect
ed with the habit OF eating wood,
chewing bones, etc. His cattle were
one spring affected in this way they
presented sickly appearance. He
put four bushels of leached ashes in
his barn-yard, and threw out TO
them about shovellul every day.
They all ate with evident relish. At
ter turning them out TO pasture he
put peck Of ashes per week upon
the ground in the pasture. They
ate il all up, and gnawed the grass
off where il had been lying. The
cattle began to improve, gaining
flesh, and looking better than they
had for several years. He now
gives one quart of ashes, mixed with
the same quantity OF salt, TO twelve
head of cattle, about once a week,
and finds il TO agree with them
wonderfully.
Year: 1878

Take things always by the smooth
handle.


Never spend your money before
you have it.


We seldom repent having eaten
too little.


Pride costs more than hunger,
thirst and cold.


Nothing is troublesome that we
do willingly.


Never put off till tomorrow wha!
you can do to-day.


Never trouble another for what
you can do yourself.


Never buy what you don't want
because it is cheap.


How much pain the evils have
cost Us that never have happened.


When angry, count ten before you
speak, if very angry, count a hun
dred.
Year: 1878

There are over forty thousand
words in the English language, but
none of them can adequately express
The feelings of the compositor who
is surrounded by an audience of six,
all of whom deem it incumbent
upon them TO pick up the types,
throw them back into the wrong
boxes and 10 remark that the compo
"acts like hen picking corn"
Year: 1878

In its columns always brings its
reward. Business is business, and
those who wish to reach the solid
people of Central Nebraska will
find the columns of the JOURNAL
splendid medium.
Year: 1878

hours, and have succeeded In running the
majority of them out of town. But col"
ored preacher, teaching school some five
miles in the country, came in tonight and
reports that he saw several ex-convlcts out
on the road, and they gave him to under.
stand that they intended to have satisfaction
out Of the people Of Huntsville before leay.
ing; and it is now the general impression
that they will attempt to burn the town to-
night. The people are arming themselves
aud will be ready to give them warm re-
cepton should they attempt to carry their
threat into execution, The oolored people
are taking sides with the citsens, and are
nobly assisting in getting rid Of this bad
element OF the town and county.
Year: 1878

say that much aud gays It, On the other
hand, the able and dignifed London


Tablet takes the papal declaration NEST
seriously Its rea 'oDing is; "The de-
struction of the temporal power tends to
make the pope asubject, and the supreme
pontitf Of universal Christianity can not
be subject" The protest against the
taking away of the temporal sovereignty
is in these words; at ia neither by n
passion for ambition, nor desire for
domination, that we seek this restitu-
ton, but solely on account of the duties
of our charge, and by the terms of the
cath which binds u.s. In addition we
are actuated not only by the considera-
ton that the temporal power is necessary
to us in order to defend and protect the
full freedom of the spiritual power, but
also because it is clearly shown that in
the sovereign temporarily of the holy
see is involved the public well being and
the safety Of society. Consequently
We can not avoid renewing and
CONFIRMING in Jhese letters all the pro-
testation aud declarations that our pre-
decessor, Plus TX, Of holy memory, has
on many occasions made and reiterated,
as much against the occupation of the
temporal power as against the violation
of the rights of the Catholic church" "
Year: 1878

GOVERNOR HARTRANFT, of Pennsyl-
vania, in view of the formidable COM
bination of malc0ntents in the mining
region of that state, has requested the
war department ior supply o! arms for
the militia, who are drilling in prepara-
tiOn fora possible repetition Of the dis
turbances of last summer. The secret
organizations in Pennsylvania, it is
known, have been getting ready for
some time for some movement, and in
other states there is reason to believe
that some bold work is contemplated in
the way of "war against capital" or
in other words the willful and malicious
destruction of property. The Pennsyl.
vania authorities are wise in preparing
as they are to put down the first riot
which crops out. The experience Of
Pennsylvania last year was certainly
sufficient to suggest to the governor the
folly of delayed action.
Year: 1878

ONE OF the hottest regions OF the earth
il along the Persian Cult, where little or
no rain falls, At Bahren the arid shore
has no fresh water, yet comparatively
numerous population cOntrive to live
there, thanks to the numerous springs
which burst from the bottom Of the sea.
The fresh water is got by diving. The
diver, sitting in his boat winds great
goat.skin bag around his left arm, the
hand graaping its mouth; then he takes
in his right hand heavy stone, to which
is attached a strong line, and thus
equipped he plunges in and quickly
reaches bottom. Instantly opening the
bag over the strong jet of fresh water, he
springs up the ascending current, at the
same time closing the bag, and ishauIed
aboard. The stone is then hauled up
and the diver, after taking breath,
plunges in again. The source OF these
copious submarine springs is thought
to be in the green hills OF Osman, some
five or six hundred miles distant.
Year: 1878

IN Cincinnati, a Mrs. Hennig, while
crossing Pearl street, near Eggleston
Avenue, was struck sanseless by missile
that made flesh wound extending from
her right temple around to her forehead.
1t was thought at first that she had been
shot by stray bali from an air-gun,
but the theory was afterward broached
that one aide OF a small pebble, heavily
pressed on by the outside rim Of passing
street car wheel, was propelled after the
fashion of wet watermelon seed be.
tween the thumb and iorefnger, with q
force sufficient to cause the damage as
described
Year: 1878

tv should not ask to be allowed to rule
this country. No man il fit to rule over
people whom he hates. What is want
ed most is unity and cooperation. This
government must rely for success upon
the affections OF its people, and how can
this reliance be maintained when one
section of the country is subjected to
abuse, misrepresentation aud hate by a
party press? How can we build up the
right spirit in the Southern States by
abuse and hatred. Yet this is the stock
of half the speakers of the opposite
party.


After discussing this phase of the po-
litical question for a few minutes Senator
Bayard said that to The patro otism, in
tolligence and true feeling of the people


must we look for safety. Only by care
and thought can we pull through our
difficulties. We will need the help of all


our people, and the party that proposes
! to dispense with the aid, assistance and
sympathy of oDe-half of our people is
not fit to rule at all.


Throughout the speech Senator Bayard


was listened to with close attention, aud
| was liberally applauded. At its conclu-


SION he was rendered vote of thanks,


and after music by the band the meeting
| adjourned.
Year: 1878

The reservoir yesterday was full of
water, which covered the division wall,
and formed an unbroken sheet of water
over the entire basin, presenting a very
pretty sight. The quantity of wafer was
nearly 35,000,U0U gallons, and the depth
was Is feet.
Year: 1878

What He Thinks Of the Political Situation.
The Democracy will Retain Their Hold On
Congress Grant Sure to be the Re o.
publican Nominee The National
Leaders Playing into Grants


Hands,
Year: 1878

There is sort of frantic desperation
in the tone in which Gen. Grants
nomination is urged. The drift of
the articles is a plain confession that
upon him hangs the only chance of
the Republican party; and that the
chance arises, not from the greater
wisdom of the Republican p.licy, but
from the dire extremity of the couu-
try. a. more ridiculous strain cannot
be imagined.-Hcupe,'s WcckLg.
Year: 1878




from the effects of the warm weather and are de-
bilitsted, are advised by physicians to take mod
crate amounts OF whisky two or three times during
the day. In little while those who adopt this
advice frequently increase the number of "drinks',
and in time become confirmed inebriates. A bev-
erage which will not create thirst for intoxicating
liquors, and which is intended especially for the
benefit Of debilitated persons, whether at home or
abroad, Is DIR. Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic Con-
tanning the juices of many medicinal herbs, this
preparation does not create an appetite for the
intoxicating cup. The nourishing and life sup
porting properties of many valuable natural pro-
ductions contained In It and well known to medical
men have most strengthing influence. single
bottle Of the Tonic will demonstrate its valuable
qualities. For debility arising from sickness, over
exertlon or from any cause whatever, a wineglass-
full Of Sea Weed Tonic taken after meals will
strengthen the stomach and create an appetite for
wholesome food. To all who are about leaving
their homes, desire to say that the excellent ef
fects OF DR.. Schenck's eeasonable remedies, Sea
Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills, are particularly
evident when taken by those who are injuriously
affected by change Of water and diet. No person
should leave home without taking q supply of these
safeguards along. For sale by all druggists.
Year: 1878

supplies Of tobacco this year, but he did
apply for the usual amount of drugs when
he had enough on hand to last fifteen
years.


Cotton crop returns for August show
the condition to be IS, decline of four.
Year: 1878

ALTHOUGH the young men of this
place generally conduct themselves
as gentlemen should, yet there is one
thing we must call attention to, and
that is the bad practice of SNOWFALL.
ing the Chinese. To assault any per.
son, whether he be white man or a
Mongolian, while he is attending to
his own business is not right. Stop
the practice boys, and you will elevate
in the eyes of all respecta-
BILE citizens.
Year: 1878

LABOR BUREAU bill has been in
troduced in the California Legislature
to create and maintain labor bureau
to be composed of five commissioners,
to be appointed by the governor,
whose pay shall be SIS per day, but
not to exceed $25l per month, and
their duty will be to ascertain where
laborers and others in want of en-
ployment can obtain it, and to assist
them thereto. This is practical phi
lanthropy, and we trust that the bill
will become law.
Year: 1878

Mr.. KINGSLEY gave the first of a Sc.
ries of lectures in the M. Z. Church
last Sunday evening He was greet
ed with an unusually large house,
there not being sitting room. His
lecture was merely an Introductory
one, but was eloquent and was lis
tened to attentively. He will deliver
a lecture ON Atheism in two or three
weeks, due notice of which will be
given through this paper.
Year: 1878

The teachers and pupils of our city


school intend giving a concert on


next Friday evening. The object ol


the concert is to procure means to add


20 the school library. The collection
OF books now in the school room is d
credit to our teachers taste and Judge.
ment. The books are read, not only
Dy the pupils, but also by many OF
the grown people in town. We hope
tnat our citizens will see lit to liberal
~ patronize this entertainment. We
have authority to say that the perfor-
nance will commence precisely at I
o'clock, and that it will be finished by
.. 1t will be seen from this that all
persons wishing to attend the ball will
have ample time to GO the concert
first. Let all try and attend. If you
cannot go, get ticket from some of
the little girls that have them for sale
and thus encourage good cause by
your means, if you cannot favor it
with both your presence and means.
The entertainment will be held in the
Theatre Ticket Office open all day
Friday.
Year: 1878

Hon. Elisha Footc ia Popular Science Monthly. ~.


The great development of electricity
in thunder-stOrms has been subject of
much speculation Its EXPLANATION
however, is still an unsettled question.
Some views on this subject are presented
in this paper.


We have no evidence that the pro.
duction of fogs or clouds-the, change
from invisible to visible vapOr, or from
combined To uncombined moisture
produces any electricity. All expert
ments TO establish such supposition
have had a negative result.


These PARTICLES of vapor we may sup
pose to be small spherules, each with
its normal portion Of electricity that
surrounds or occupies the surface OF the
sphere. When two of these particles
unite and form one, the combined parti.
cle5 will have twice the electricity Of
either of the separate parts, but not
twice the surface There will then be
an accumulation OF electricity upon the
surface OF the combined particles: and
still more will this toe 50 when thou
sands of these spherules unite TO form a
drop Of water.


We may well conceive, therefore. that
a cloud forming water should become
surcharged with electricity. that will
escape in violent explosions when the
accumulation is too rapid, for the cir
cumstances are unfavOrablc 20 its being
carried of by the surrounding moist air.


IL is not, then, the formation Of vapor,
but its condensation 10 rain, that pro-
duces thunder and lightning And this
IT is believed acCOrds with all our ex-
Perience. Clouds are constantly form
ing and disappearing; fogs and vapors
are accumulated in some places in great
abundance, but no electrical excitement
has ever been observed But, on the
other hand, there is never flash Of
lightning without Il manifest disposition
Of rain. To this there is no exception.
There is, indeed, a manifest relation be.
tween the two. The more sudden and
rapid the condemnation, the more violent
and terrific the explosion


Sometimes in thunder-storms we hear
a loud crash, and then, soon after. comes
an increased pouring down Of water
sound travels more rapidly than rain,
and, although the report reaches Us
first, the interval between the events
and the distance travelled plainly indi-
cate that the explosion succeeded the
condemnation; and we naturally infer
that 10 was caused by IT, The loud
crash and simultaneous lightning show
the nearness Of the explosion AZ the
origin Of the rain-drops.
Year: 1878

lE China there is free trade in physic.
q dose OF Chinese medicine is quite a
curiosity. II is about the size Of half n
pound OF moist sugar, and consists of
twenty separate packets-four or FIVE
kinds OF bark, little orange peel, some
Walnuts, some gentian, and half a dozen
other sorts, not unlike a small cake of
blacking. These are all boiled together.
and good half pint of the decoction is
TO be taken quite hot AZ n dose.
Year: 1878

Mn. EDisoS. the inventor. has just
completed and tested an invention for
measuring heat-an instrument by which
the heat Of the most distant stars eau be
accurately ascertaintd. According to
this instrument the warmth OF taper
ing end OF q wasp is only sixiy-five de-
gress. but when man inadvertently
sits on the insect he Is willing to bet his
last dollar that the heat is two hundred
and sixty degrees In the shade.
Year: 1878

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
Year: 1878

Persons who have become thoroughly
chilled from any cause, may have their
circulation ut once restored by taking In
to the stomach a teaspoonful Of Johnson's
Anodyne Llniment. mixed in little cold
water. we'll cweetened.
Year: 1878

The steamer City Of Troy. bound for Albany last
night veered from her course, and is thin fog ran
into the wharf at tho foot Of West Fory-hr street
One Of the barges Of the Knckerbockcr Ice Company
moored there, and tho steamers velocity was SO
great that prov through the barge aud shiyero
the stringpiece and SOME of the uock timlcrs
When the engines reversed and the vessel
backed out into the stream 1t found that no one
was injured and singularly enough but little dam.
age had been done To the steamer. The barge however
Jared badly, sinking at her noorings, and about
f3 900 loss sustained her and the shattered
.ln.L
Year: 1878

loud sound ss Of an explosion was heard by resi-
dents of this city yesterday morning at twenty two
minutes past two O'Clock. The sound apparently
from tho East River. in tho vicinity of the
Eleventh precinct An officer of the Tenth precinct,
doing duty in the Bowcry. said he passing De-
anccy street at the instant of the sound OF expo-
sion He saw the light, he thought. about two sea-
onds previous to the sound of the explosion. No
plallation of the occurrercc las vet been giyen.
Year: 1878

tOt0eH Oe4I c0o1mef Wef0 oWay.'


The State Register of this morning
says:


Judge Knapp, the hard money can
didate Of the soft money or Rationale
party of Iowa for Supreme Judge,
has been spending day or two in
Des Moines, consulting anxiously
with his friends. The Judges trouble.
10 just this: He wants to be Supreme
Judge II he can,-and il not, he wants
to keep ON being District Judge
And, % his time is out for the later
place this year, he must ifhe 10 going
to take that, be . candidate for re-
election this fall, and he does not see
just how he can be . candidate for
that and Supreme Judge Ut the same
friends. He has an idea, very tick
ling to his ambition, that II he can
get the nomination Of his own party,
the Democracy, as well ~ that Of the
party OF the 6reenback idea to which
he 10 opposed, no can make the rifle
for the upper bench. But II he shall
decide to try for that, he will have to
give up the other-and thus may lose
both. Our affectionate advice to the
anxious gentleman 10 that II he wants
to be . Judge he had better keep the
seat he now has, and which he fills
very well indeed, as the people Of all
parties admit. For he stands just ~
good chance oftaking the excursion
that Elijah did as he does of being
elected to the Supreme bench this
year. The Judge would do we'll to
read the fable OF tho dog that crossed
the bridge with good piece of meat
In his mouth, aud saw the shadow
dog aud shadow meat in the water.
He would better not lose the sub
stance by jumping for the shadow.
The Register should not iatter the
Judge with any hopes In this district.
Let there be NO false pretenses, Mr..
Rsgistev, to keep the Judge of the
State ticket.
Year: 1878

Quite an original method of taking
a fort 10 desci ibed in BLack,cood's 8
MGnazine.- In 1896 large Russian
army beseiged the Turkish fort of
Azof, which was situated on q plain,
strongly fortified, and had q small
but well disciplined garrison. No
common approaches could be made
to il, and the Turkish cannon swept
the level with iron hail. In this case
the engineering skill Of the Russian
was bafiled, but General Patrick Cor
don, the right-hand man of Peter the
Great, and the only one for whose
death 1t il said he never shed q tear,
being determined to take the place at
any cost, proposed to bury it with
Garth by. gradual approaches. He had
large army; the soil of the plain
was light and deep, and he set l2,OOO
men to work with spades throwing
up q high circumvallation of earth
wall before them in advance. The
men were kept in gangs, working
day and night, the earth being thrown
from one to another like the steps of
a stair, the top gang taking the low
est place every half hour in succes-
sion. In five weeks the huge earth
wall was carried forward nearly one
mile, until it rose to and above the
highest ramparts, and the earth be-
gan to roll over them. This caused
the Turkish Governor to hang out the
white flag, and give in. Had he not
done SO, Gen. Gordon would have
buried the fortress.
Year: 1878

The following is the full text of
the bill which passed the United
States Senate on the 18th inst, re-
pealing the present Bankrupt law:


BE u enacted Iy tie Senate and House
Of Representatives Of The United States
Of America IN Congress assembled
That the Bankrupt law, approved
March 2, 1867, and all acts in amend
ment or supplementary thereto, or in
explanation thereof, be and the same
are hereby repealed; provided, how
ever that such repeal shall in no man.
ner invalidate or affect any case in
bankruptcy instituted and pending In
any court prior to the day when this
act shall take effect, but as to all such
pending cases and all future proceed
ings therein, the acts hereby repealed
shall be In full force and effect until
the same shall be fully disposed Of in
the same manner as If said acts had
mot been repealed.
Year: 1878

The State Leader, democratic organ
at the capital, is forced to speak out
candidly about its brethren of Illinois.
1t says:


The taxation of government bonds
which is demanded by the greenback-
ers and by the Illinois democratic
State convention, Is mischievous and
dishonest doctrine for any political
party. There is nothing but harm in
any demand like this. The govern
ment bond is a debt of the taxpayer.
When the taxpayer undertakes to
impose tax upon what he owes he
Is taxing himself. The government
bond bears a low rate of interest, and
this is only possible on account of its
exemption from the local assessors'
levy. If we admit that the bond
should be taxed, then what advantage
will we gain? The result will only be
that the government, or the people
who owe the bonds, will be obliged to
pay a higher rate of interest. This
would make more work for officials,
give brokers chance to speculate on
margins and injure the public credit
of the people and the government.
1t is foolish and very impolitic for any
party convention to try to gain votes
on such doctrines.