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Year: 1874

The efforts that are being made to impli-
cate MIR. King, the member of Congress,
elect, from the Sd District, in tho Pacific
Mail scandal do not promise success. The
circumstances detailed for that purpose are
very far fetched, at best, and sound very
mach like inventions.


Later intelligence does not fully sustain
the above.
Year: 1874

The Dakota legislature has passed
unanimously memorial to Congress.
praying for division of that territory,
and making two distinct territories Of
the northern and the southern divis-
ions, If fsuch measure should secure
the favorable consideration of Congress
Fargo will in all probability be fixed
upon as the capital Of the new terrific
ry.


can afford to be a little extrava.
CANT now, as my husbands been elect
ed to the legislature" said an Indiana
woman as she ordered six bars Of soap
to be sent up.
Year: 1874

In its political aspect. We regard the
coming race as one of much more than
usual importance. Already more than
fifteen States have been disenthralled
and relieved Of Radical oppressors. It
remains t. be seen. whether the people
OF Tennessee have the independence to
declare themselves independent of the
so-called independents and support
Vhe Democratic nominees for Executive.
Legislative and civil Offices IN August
and November. The overwhelming ma
jority of our people are opposed to Rad
icalism. If they listen to the prating
Of the old political grannies, who con-
tInually cry cGUc3J5. and throw away
their votes On independent candi-
dEtes the result IS inevitable
defeat VIII be ours. In proof
We have bat 10 recall the scenes Of two
years ago. and to reflect that Horace
Maynard occupies 4 seat in Congress
as a representative Of people who lock
upon hlm as a viper, whose venomous
fangs are fixed upon the body polite.
Infuslng poison into the channels OF
national legislation. We cy-
pect to Support the nominees Of the
Democratic Convention for Governor.
Congress, the Legislature, and al 9th
eT Offices for which nominations NAV be
made. We are assured no better plan
las ever been devised by the wisdom of
man for the selection of candidates
who Will represent the majority Of the
people. We appeal to our people to or
gdnlze-to rally around the standard Of
the conservative Democracy of the
country, that We may present a solid
and united front IN the coming cam
paiGn,
Year: 1874




Lost and Two saved


From the Buffalo Courier, Jan. "a.


Three men named A. Rose Henry
Won Wagnem, and Joseph GirOux, NV
ing IN the vicinity Of the works of the
Niagara River Iron Company, went
out on the river some time before noon
yesterday ON a shooting excursion, as IS
supposed. The party bought a sail
boat into requisitiOn, but had not been
long upon the Niagara before the boat
was eapsiZed by a sudden squalL. The
men were thrown out, but managed To
gain footing on the ice, which was
being rapidly borne down the river. At
noon the three men were discovered on
the ice nearly IN front of the works al
ready mentioned, and their pItiful cries
for help attracted great many people
to the shore. The crowd were bewllder-
ed with terror, and found themselves
absolutely pOwerless to render
aid. The ice was running
with relentless swiftness and
the rescue of the men seemed 10 admit
of no delay. The greatest excitement
prevailed and the unfortunate trio were
considered doomed. In this extremity
a man was suddenly dispatched from
the Iron Works for the Grand Island
Ferry tug Ada, and to summOnsfOr help
Capt. Adam Hartman responded with
alacrity. His boat had barely fuel for
a miles travel, and he could not have
anticipated anything FOR her but Sc
we're struggle with the swift current.
the heavy ice and the gale that had set
IN, but he resolved upon prompt action
and went as speedily as possible to the
rescue. He pursued the men down the
river, but before he could reach the
foes upon which they drifted out Of the
party, Joseph Giroux fell into the an
CRY waters and was seen no more. The
other two were rescued a short distance
this side of La Sale, and when taken
off were badly frozen and completely
exhausted. They could not have main-
tanned their ground many minutes
longer, and altogether they must have
been for nearly three hours IN the very
face Of death. The unfortunate Giroux
leaves a wife to mourn his untimely
taking off.


Nine Marshals Of France have been SEN
Year: 1874

A GENTLEMAN from Montana dined
in Philadelphia recently, and in letter
to a New York friend, described the
event. He said: After all that fine
dinner they brought in some glass
bowls, with water and a piece of lemon
in each. L suppose it was lemonade;
and as we had been drinking many kinds
Of wine 1 was glad of it, for l was
thirsty. But when | went to taste it
/ found it so sour that l asked for su-
gar. The ladies appeared to me to be
smiling at something, but scarcely
knew what. Afterwards | was told
they were finger bowls to rinse ones
hands in. But, John, nobody washed
washed their hands after l drank my
lemonade. l call that thoughtful,
don't you?"
Year: 1874

ing cold, and my feet were Jumps OF ice,
while my head was burning hot.


Fifteen minutes had passed, and the
fire was kindled but the room was not
warm. The blue flames struggled among
the black Goals, and flung forked tongues,
tipped with yellow tints. into the room.
There was nothing cheerful about the
stove. though it was of that open style
now called Franklin. Yet drew chair
toward it from habit. and sat with my
feet upon the hearth. did not know how
long l sat there. Suddenly l became
aware that / was not myself. | was los
ing my senses If unseen hands had been
clasped about my neck, and an unseen
knee had been pressed against my chest,
my sensations could not have been differ
ent.


A thought of the evil spirit which my
friend had suggested family struggled in
to my mind. AS staggered to my feet
noise like the roaring of the sea was in
my ear. The flames of the candle turned
to great yellow blue. ! barely retained
strength enough to stagger to the window
and fling it open. The fresh. cold winter
air rushed in at it. 1t gave me intense
pain, but it relieved me. In moment
more l was able to Chamber out of it up
on the shed below.


There remained until day-dawn. With
my returning senses the truth came to me.
That which had murdered the three men
who slept before me in the blue chamber
was nothing more nor less than the coal
stove.


1t was provided with what is called a
Iiamper. and this, being caught in a man.
ner which closed it, sent the poisonous
gas into the room. 1t had been kindled,
as wood-6re would have been, at the
hour of retiring, by some one ignorant of
the danger possible from coal-gas, and
they slept never to awaken. Had thrown
myself upon the bed l also should have
been found dead at daylight in all human
probability.


As for the fact that neither doctor nor
coroner discovered the truth, have but to
say that they were not deeply scientific
men, that coal-stoves were scarcely used
in the place, and that it had not been
mentioned that the chamber was thus
heated.


OF course l rejoiced the household by
my discovery. next morning. and equally,
of course, Madame Matteau, who was not
only freed from suspicion, but became the
object Of universal sympathy. She was
always grateful to me, and she proved her
gratitude by giving, what l soon asked
for, the hand of her daughter Gabrielle in
marriage.
Year: 1874

The thieying South Carolina Governor
Moses has telegraphed t. thu Presidcn;
tor aid 10 keep the people quiet while lie
continues his system Of robbery. 70
this message the Attorney General re-
plies that there Is It company # solh II
IN Edgeheld county, tho county named
10y Moses as the locality threatened with
disorder from bands Of armed men. and
whom he If afraid to attempt t. sup.
press with the state militia. Moses
should step down and out" and suffer
better man to take his place


The Southern States were remarkable
for electing to posts of honor the ablest
and best men within their limit. No H.
llterate small-potato characters before
the war held the executive chair in those
States and it must be with "A feeling of Tho
deepest contempt they view now their
States subject to such cowardly, igno-
rant, mean and detestible ecoundrels as
has been put over them by Grant and
the Radical party. So long as it was
done, IN their estimation, simply as a
war measure OF chastisement, they were
willing to submit with patience. But
when they find it is merely a system of
robbery that is beng carried on. where
by their country ls being depleted Of
everything and sold 10 Northern and
European bondholders for taxes. it Is be.
coming question whether it would NOT
be virtue to resist and die in self-de-
fense with arms in their hand. rather
than to be robbed Of everything and
subjected to negro domination after
ward.


We do not believe that Ireland was
ever subjected to half the oppression in
single decade that has been heaped
upon the Southern Staten. The history
OF expressions Of the South, when fairly
read by the Northern people, Will make
their blood tingle to the very ends Of
their fingers. II ever people could De
justified in resortlng to assassination a.
a means Of ridding their country Of op-
pressors the people Of the South could.
And the wonder is that the negroes
themselves do not rise in armed rebel
lion against such tyranny. Their igno-
rance alone is the cause Of their submis-
aion, since they too are being subjected
to an enormous tax that will deprive
them of all they are able to raise az soon
as the little left the whites is absorbed.
To hazard another war even of gneril-
la character is to hazard even the bonds
of the government.
Year: 1874

Come and kiss me. baby darling;
- Lay your head upon my breast;
Put your little arms around me,


Say good night and go to rest.
Softer lips than mine may kiss you,


Whittier hands caress your brow;
Bnt my darlinRs You may never


Find the love that leaves you now.
Sister. take my precious baby


Put her in her cradle bed;
Love her. sister-when she wakens
Twill sleep among among the dead.
Soon this anguish will be over,


Soon tins struggling breath will cease
Sister. guard my little darling.


Lead her in the paths of peace.
Husband, when the violets open;


When the trees above me wave.
Take my little one and lead her


With you To her mothers grave.
Tell her while the birds are singing
And the blossoms deck the sod.
That her mothers soul is resting


In the Paradise of God.
Year: 1874

Prof. White told, at the late meeting of
the American Association, the story of a
party that divided in the Great Dismal
Swamp. one portion of the party having no
compass. The latter portion of the party
was lost, and after long wandering found
their way out by singular expedient
They made use of the insect from which
fine tooth combs were invented. Putting
the insect on a fat piece of wood, and
leaving it to its own devices, II invaribly
began TO move in certain direction. This
direction was followed out by the party,
and they were thus lead out to the north
ward. 1t is supposed that this instructive
movement of the insect is due 10 its sesking
the way toward the greatest light.
Year: 1874

After great labor had been expended upon
it, and after the enemy had thrown many
tons OF shells into the excavations to impede
it, the work was discontinued at the request
OF the officer in command Of the fleet. THE
Year: 1874

Ladies admitted TO Grand Stand free.


Season Tickets, each person, which admits
to all the races and grand stand, and TO The
rink each evening, and to Ladies' Riding
Tournament, Five dollars.


Admission tn Ball. for each gentleman and
all the ladies he can bring, Three dollars.


There will be music at the Park and at the
Fair each day and evening.
Year: 1874

Everybody is wondering why the BAZAAB
IL selling their goods so cheap. The reason is
they must clear out their Spring and Sum
mer goods TO make room for the immense
stock of Fall and Winter goods which they
will soon receive.
Year: 1874

ALE FOE FAMILY UsE-EEGLIsH ALE, CREAM
ATE. AND PoRTER.-To supply demand from his
many countrymen here, HENRY BOWLER has no"
ale that he fatters himself will fairly compete
with their home beverage both in favor and quality,
and with his universally approved "cream ale" and
porter will enable him to please the paates OF NIL
Orders to Spring Park Brewery promptly hlsed
Year: 1874

LEVY BROTHERS have the largest stock Of linen
goods Of every description ever offered In this city.
What they sell for linen Is warranted US such. The
money will be returned II 1t proves otherwise.
Year: 1874

4. The board Of aldermen may appoint q
clerk, who shall attend the meetings of said
board and keep record Of its proceedings,
and shall perform such other acts and duties
as the said board may from time to time re-
quire of him.


). This act shall be in force from its pass
Year: 1874

The Washington correspondent Of the st.
Louis Republican says:


The new Solicitor of the Treasury has
prepared most of his report on the secret
service force. As result of his investiga-
tions in New York, he recommends that the
whole secret service division be abolished,
the Office in New York closed, and that the
whole present force be discharged, and all
records Of that Office be brought to the
treasury for full examination. He has not
found evidence duplicating Colonel Whitley
or his force in the safe burglary, but to-day
he received information which decided him
to return at once to New York and con-
tinue this branch of inquiry. The report,
however, deals with the general character
and condition of this force, and concludes
that it is not properly executing its mission,
and that the government is not receiving
an adequate return for the large sums 1t
eypends upon this force. Hereafter duties
of the kind it has attempted will probably
be entrusted to United States marshals and
attorneys in the several districts.
Year: 1874

On the first of August next
On the first of August next
The Louisiana State Lottery
The Louisiana State Lottery


Will be drawn.


There are three capital prizes
There are three capital prizes
OF ten thousand dollars each
OF ten thousand dollars each


Get your tickets.
Year: 1874

From the Jackson Courier -Herald.l


Mrs. Paralee Haskell, wife of the late
eminent General W. T. Haskell, the
present Librarian Of the State at Nash
Vile, was recently elected a member Of
the Historical Society in that city. In
this connection, we may add that the re-
mains of her eloquent and distinguished
husband lie inferred in the city cemetery
at this place. with not even stone to
mark his resting place. This ought not
thus to be. The survivors Of the Mexi-
can war, in which General Haskell took
so prominent a part, ought to bestir
themselves and see that fitting tribute
commemorating the virtues of this
statesman, citizen and soldier, should at
once be erected.
Year: 1874




To ALL. particularly invalids, Spring Is a


trying season. Indications of sickness should


at once be attended to- Fatal diseases may
be caused by allowing the bowels to become
constipated, and the system to remain in a


disordered condition, until the disorder has
time to develop itself. An ounce of preyen-
ton is worth pound of cure. is an old and
truthful saying. Therefore. we advise all who
are troubled with the complaints now very
prevalent-headache, indigestion, disordered
liver. want of appetite. nausea, or feverish
skin, to take, without delay, Sehenck's Man
drake Pills. We know Of no remedy so harm
less and decisive in its action. 1t at once
strikes at the root of the disease and produces
a healthy tone to the system. People never
need suffer from any disease arising from
disordered condition of the liver if they
would take this excellent medicine when
they feel the first indications of the
malady. Families leaving home for the
summer months should take three or four
boxes of these pills with them. They have an


almost instantaneous effect. They will re-
lieve the patient of headache in one or two
hours. and will rapidly cleanse the liver Of
surrounding bile, and will efeetually prevent
bilious attack. They are sold by all drug
Elats: - S9ss
Year: 1874




'If 'twero done, then ,tweIe well it were done


Quickly"


The most striking characteristic OF the
age in which we live in the breathless
haste with which we perform almost every
important action Of our lives, nay. even
the uuimportant actious become of conse.
queuce by reason of the rapidity which
We think it necessary to bring 10 bear up
on them. The commonest excuse Ut the
present day is, II really have not time"
to DO this or that. III have not moment
10 spare" is the hssty statement which
We hear twenty times day. swell, l
can give you just two or three minutes, "
is the reply of the business man whose
advice you wish ,or gratis. II the re-
quired interview has anything to do with
the possible aud probable acquisition of
money, the usual hurry will, to certain
extent, calm down, because the great
hurry of or time is to get place in the
race Of wealth, and breathing time for
the purpose Of considering the ground is
not locked upon as wasted. Hurry cx-
tends even to religion, as We see i'll the
general tendency to shorten the services
of the Church. Aud what sign, too,
of universal hurry is the telegraph sys-
TEN That system is, doubtless, tar from
perfect yet, aud before very long We shall
i'll all probability find ourselves employing
the electric wire for the greater part Of
our correspondence, and our private
houses will be fitted With magnetic sys-
TEN which will entirely supersede the use
Of Dells, For instance, more butter is
wanted for breakfast the fact is commu.
nicatcd to the domestic offices by elcctri-
city, and the butter is brought without
the necessity Of verbal order, and 50 at
least fifty per cent OF the time is gained
The time will come when we shall wonder
how people could possibly have tolerated
the anxiety of waiting toriy-eight hours
for Il reply to letter. Such state Of
things will soon be almost as rare as trav-
eiing by mai .coach There is one aspect
Of hurry. however, in which reaction
appears to he setting in. Desirous as we
may be of getting over the ground quick
ly when we are travelling from place, to
place. an alarming chapter Of railway ac-
cidens is inducing us to believe that, af-
ter all, ,opr lives and limbs are worth con-
sidcration. AMI that travelling at sixty
miles anhour has decided drawbacks so
long as there is a chance Of c5iding with
Shuuting freight tram. Perhaps a lit
tie further reflection may lead us to think
that speed in other phases Of existence is
not always compatihle with safety and
that. after aII there is something to be
said in favor Of the habits of the tortoise.
Macbeth says: IF 'twerc doue. then
'twere well it were done quichly;" but
that misguided chicitain had got d murder
in his eye, and therefore, his practice
makes against the theory. .s,.......
Year: 1874

The spirit photographs which pass
current among creduIous spiritulists for
genuine ghosts of the departed are pro.
duccd in various yays. The latest and
most scientific method s as follows The
p!aiu background screen, bef,re which
the sitter is placed III order to have this
portrait taken, is to be painted before
hand with the form of The desired ''spir-
it, the paint being composed of some
fluoresceDt substance, such as solution of
sulphate of quinine. When this paint
dries on the screen. it is invisible 10 the
eye; bat it sends out rays that have pow.
er to impress the photo plate; and thus
the image Of the person together with the
quinine ghost are simultaneously develop.
ed Upon the negative Scientific Ameri-
can. as
Year: 1874

What mistaken economy it is to shut
up the house as close as possible during
this cold season and fire up the furnace.
A gentleman has just asked me If | don't
think that an air.tight stove Is more
economical way of heating room than an
open CRATE ? Certainly not! | told him.
Nothing can be economical, even in a dol
lar point of view, which is not healthful.
ln the case cf the poor laborer, even,
What is his capital? A clear brain and
good muscle He, Of all men, can least
afford to poison his blood with close, oysr-
heated all of hot furnaces and close
stoves. 1t is only the tdevotees Of fashion,
both ladies aud geptlemen, that can af.
ford to live, move and have their being ID
unventiiated, over-hcated houses. AS
creatures are Of 70 possible use to any
body, as they only consume and waste, |
enjoy seeing them poisoned and flushed
iu the sitting atmosphere Of a close, fur
nace-hcated house.


Of all tho devices for ventilation, moth
ing equals the open CRATE No working
family can afford to be withoutit 1t will
contribute additional health and working
capacity enough to more than make up for
its additional cost | am far from being
au extravagant man, but living where
wood is fourteen dollars cord, have in
my study an od-fashioncd open wood fire
with anGirons, and am sure that | can
make no more economical Investment.
A CRATE with coal and good draught
is a very good substitute, and much cheap
er--D,o Depis, in To Day. s''s'
Year: 1874

Letter from Ex-Governor Hebert-Views


of Representative Southerner-The


One Great Question with the South.


New YORK, August 4, 1874.
To the Editor of the Herald:


| have read with attention and regularity
the series of editorial articles in which the
Herald, for more than year past has been
discussing the candidacy OF General Grant
for third term of the Presidential office.
With the gift OF prescience the Herald,
more than twelve months ago, appeared to
divine the circumstances that might lead to
the reelection of General Grant. Through
the South, especially, have these articles
been read by thinking men with deep in
terest.


In that section of the country there is but
one question with the people, and that is
their peace and their material reconstruc-
ton. All the great issues that hitherto
divided parties, and about which the
Democratic and Republican parties ''chOp
logic" at the North, are as dust in the
balance in comparison with the vital issues
of domestic tranquility and their pecuniary
rehabilitation. The tariff, the finances and
our foreign relations attract but little at
tentiOn at the South. AS for the public
debt, her people would engage to pay their
share of it in diamonds, instead of gold or
greenbacks, provided they could have home
rule and their quiet and prosperity once
more restored and assured These questions
of their future peace and reconstruction
sink out of sight all other issues, and they
yearningly ask: How can they be secured!


The Democratic party as an organization
is powerless to assist them. On the great
questions of cheap transportation, the re-
stOration of their levees, their transcenti-
mental railroads and the opening of the
mouth of the Mississippi they find their
Democratic friends at the North advancing
hide-bound theories of constitutional con-
struction and opposing these measures of
Southern rehabilitation. No wonder that
in their extremity they turn an appealing
look to the soldier President, who, at their
surrender at AppomattOx, returned to their
great leader his rendered sword, and who
remembered then that the hour of triumph
was the hour of magnanimity. That the
Southern people should look kindly on
General Grant and favor his reelection is
not unnatural. They see in him the repre-
sentative of great force, such as no man
mas typed in this country since the days OF
jackson. They see in him power over
the negro element at the South greater
than the control of all the white Repub-
icans there put together They see in him
a President who has conducted the affairs
of this country with infinite success for now
over six years.


That General Grant should have made
Year: 1874

The pounding Of the stomach for the cure Of
dyspepsia was the cause Of good joke the
other day. Two mon were describing what
they had done to cure themselves. "Do YOU
knead your stomach 2" "I-I-oouldut get
along without it!'' responded the other in Ihe
last stage Of astonshment.
Year: 1874

Corn BATTER BREAD Take six teaspoonfu
Of -four and three Of corn meal, with little
salt; sift them, and make thin batter with
four eggs and q sufficient quantity Of milk
bake in small pans in quick oven.