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Year: 1872

THOUGHT ESSEN NTEAL TO HEALTH


If we would have our bodies healthy our
brains must be used, and used in orderly
and vigorous ways, that the life-giving
streams of force may flow down from them
into the eXpectant organs, which can minis
ter but as they are miniStered unto. We
admire the vigorous animal life Of the
Greeks, and without injustice. we recognize
and partly seek TO initiate the various gym
nastic and other means which they employed
TO secure it. But probably we should make
a fatal error if we Om:tte from our calcula-
ton the hearty and generous earnestness in
which the highest subjects of art, specula-
ton, and politics were pursued by them.
Surely, in this case, the beautiful and ener-
getic mental life was expressed in the ath-
letic and graceful frame. And were it
mere extravaganza to ask whether some
part of the lassitude and WEAKNESS Of life,
of which we hear so much in our day, might
be due to lack Of mental occupation on
worthy subjects, exciting and repaying a
generous enthusiasm, as well as to an over
exercise on lower ones? Whether an en-
gressInent on matters which have not sub
Stance enough to justify or satisfy the men
tai grasp, lie not at the root Of come part Of
the mGladies which affect our mental con-
valescence? Any one who tries it, soon
finds out how wearyiDg, how disprOportion-
ately exhausting is an overdose Of slight lit
erature," compared with an equal amount Of
time spent on real work. Of this we may
be sure, that the due exercise of brain-Of
Thoughts one Of the essential elements of
human life. The perfect health of a man
is not the same as that of an OK or horse.
The preponderating capacity of his nervous
parts demands corresponding life.-COrR-
hill Magazine.
Year: 1872

From the indianapolis Sentinel Oct 81


While the horses entered for the 2:38 race were
taking their exercise on the track during the FORE
Minnie and Zilcadie Golddust resulting in the
fatal injuring of the former and the possible per-
manent disabling OF the latter. From the state
ment OF Mr.. Wilhart, the driver Of Minnie 1t ap-
pears that the mare bOlted with him and ran at q
iull gallOp around the turn OF the first quarter
before he could bring her down. He was just
getting her under control, and was turning her to
drive up the course, and while in this position
diagOnally across the traCk-Zilcadie who was
coming at terrific rate OF speed colded with her.
The head OF the mare struck the breast Of Zicadie
and the wheel OF the latters sulky struck Minnie
with tremendous force over the region of the heart
breast, one OF them entering several inches and
breaking OF in the wound. The shock threw Mr.
James, the driver OF Zilcadie, forward upon his
horse, while Mr.. Whart was thrown under I'll
cadets suky. Strangely enough neither Of the
drivers was hurt.


where she lay, apparently suffering greatly, not
wthstanding every effort by the veterinary surgeons
to relieve her, until six O'Clock, when she died. It
was feared at first that Zilcadie would bleed to
death, but the now OF blood was finally stanched,
and last evening there was every prospect Of his
recovery. Mr.. Dorsey his owner, who places a
very high value upon the ANIMAL he considering
him one Of the most promising horses in the coun.
try has strong hopes that he will not be perma-
nently disabled; but IL seems scarcely credible
that he should recover from his hurts with the
free muscular action that he possessed before
Messrs. Frazer Moore the owners OF Minnie,
refused $4,000 for the mare few days ago, believing
that she possessed capabilities that forbade the
placing OF price upon her at present.


Neither party attributes any blame to either Of
the drivers and the unfortunate accident Is con-
sidered to have been altogether unavoidable.
Year: 1872

tuals-A Poor Came.


The seventh game of the championship series be-
tween the Mutuals and the Baltimores was played
yesterday afternoon on tile Union Grounds, Will
lamsburg, and resulted In the defeat Of the Balt-
more Club by score OF Is to I, game being called
in the eighth inning. The ground was In admira-
smiled on base ball field; but the game which
opened by no means brilliantly, became very poor
toward the close, and proved very mediocre ex.
hibition Of Skill for either side. The Bal.
timores were the favorites before the game
was opened, at slight odds, but the 2,Ooc spec
tators assembled appeared In the best possible
mood toward the players. In the entire game there
was not single individual exhibition OF moro than
average SKILL Hicks OF the Muuals, being about the
only man who played his position perfectly


terestng than 1t otherwise was had 1t not been
for an accident In the fourth inning by which
the Baltimores lost one OF their most effective
McMuen was running from second to third base
McMuen. Force took the ball handsomely and,
In turning quickly on the base to touch McMullen,
swung his right arm with fearful force against
McMullen's leg. The contact was very sharp and
Forces arm was quite disabled indeed for time
1t was feared that it was broken. Force
ground In carriage. Hastings was then
substituted for Force, going behind the bat,
and Higham relieved Pike at second base, Pike
going to third. The game was called on the eighth
seven in favor Of the Mutuas, although when the
play ceased the Baltimores had played their ninth
inning making one run, and the Mutuas were in
their last inning with three runs to their credit
was too dark to continue the game,


The following Is the score -
Year: 1872

ed in Boston. He said in substance, that
the difficulty in tbe case was to believe
the story the men told. The witness
Bruce. who had been reading q novel Of
great power, goes to sea and finds mas
ter carrying out the details Of the plot Of
that story-speaking with the mate about
getting the boats ready before there IS
any leak; aferward whispering with the
mate; the mate carrying an auger below
and staying there long time; the leak
increasing; the same thing repeated twice
more and the vessel abandoned; q protest
read so low that the crew could not hear
it. All these things are point by point CO
incident with those Of the striking book
of fiction which the witness had been
reading. The improbability that he
should happen to find the truth following
so closely on the earlier fiction Is very
great. On this being pointed out to him
he came in the next day and said that she
master was in the habit Of reading the
same story during the voyage, and hat
he had often seen the book lying on the
poop. The Judge thought this was if pos
sible, more unlikely than the other state
ment, because such an act on the masters
part would be equivalent to leaving 4
printed confession in plain sight Of his
crew.-BostOn Herald
Year: 1872

REMARKABLE CASE OF SMULAuoN.-
The case of the ship White Swallow, the
trial of which was lately completed in the
United States District Court, presented
various remarkable features. The ship,
as has been before stated, was on voy-
age to Hongkong and was abandoned off
Fayal in June last. In September the
first and second mates, steward, sailmaker
and two of the crew, joined in libel
against the owners, claiming pay in sums
from four hundred to six hundred dollars
each on the ground that the master had
destroyed the ship by boring holes in her.
The case was lost to the complainants
simply because their story could not be
believed, and a chief reason why it appear
ed incredible was the similarity of the &C
count to that told by Charles Reade in his
novel of "Foul Play" In the course of
the trial the mate swore that he saw four
holes bored in the run of the ship by the
captain. The sailmaker, (Bruce) the sec
ond mate and steward testified that they
saw the water rushing in through the side
of the ship and charged the master with
the crime, and that he agreed to pay them
two hundred dollars each. The mate and
Bruce gave their dispositions and were
cross-examined at great length. The mate
produced chart with marks upon it show
ing the voyage, which he said was made
by the master and himself on board the
ship. The witnesses were called upon to
describe the parts of the vessel in which
they said the holes were bored, and their
description differed SO materially from that
of the builder of the vessel and those who
loaded her that it was pretty clear they
had never seen them.


Judge Lowell decided that he was sat.
isfied the story was fabrication through.
out and that the chart produced was mark
Year: 1872

TIE F1NENEss OF SILK FIBRE.-The
smallest sized specimens OF sewing sli1
manufactured measure about t&enty-two
hundred yards, or over one and one
fourth miles to the ounce. Even in the
construction of this variety, so fine and
gossamer-like that it is used only in the
most delicate branches of needle work,
sometimes from 200 to 400 fbres of the
material, as originally spun by the silk
worm, are required in order to assume
the requisite size. The little vermiform
artists which produce this beautiful ma
terial do not spin threads of uniform
size. Perhaps no two spin exactly alike;
therefore there may be as many differ
ent sizes of the worm fiore produced,
and as wide contrast in texture and
quality, as appear in the finished article
of sewing silk after it has been subject
ed to the manipulations OF human
skill and ingenuity. The smallest fibre
of silk, as wrought by the worm into
the exquisite structure of its cocoon, is
SO infinitely minute that every ounce of
the manufactured thread is supposed to
contain nearly 1900 miles of this floss
like strand, and the puny animal some
times elaborates fibre of such marvel
Gus tenuity that less than four pounds
of the thread, avoirdupois, would reach
ro und the world.
Year: 1872




PACKING BUTrER.--A new method of
packing butter for the retail trade has
been invented which promises to an
swere a want long felt. The new proc
ess is described as follows: A firkin or
barrel is prepared by filling to 1. prop
per depth with strong and pure brine.
The butter, as it is taken from the churn
and prepared for the market, IS careful
ly selected as to color and quality. and
inclosed in plain cotton bags OF sacks,
weighing from five to ten pounds each.
These sacks are laced in the barrel or
firkin, fresh and sweet, and as the brine
completely covers them they can be Kept
in this condition for any length of time,
it is claimed, without any deterioration
in quality. One great advantage that is
claimed for this new style of packing is
that dealers can take one or mere of the
bags from the original package, leaving
the rest safe under cover Of the brine
and excluded from the air. The bags
are suited to. the retail trade, as they
are just about what is usually needed
orfamily use, but are at the same time
so conveniently arranged that any small
er amount can be cut from them in the
handiest manner. This is an exper-
linen. in. packing butter, but it is wor
thy of consideration by retail Dealers
Buffalo Commercial Adrertiser.
Year: 1872

CHARCOAL FOR AE1IALS.--It is difficult
to doctor brute animals, because they
cannot tell what is the matter with them.
and probably three quarters of the at
tempts made to relieve them only make
matters worse. Generally they are sick
from over-eating. or from excitement
and over-heating. 1t is not uncommon
for horse or COW in theipasture to eat
too much green clover. or apples; or
something else disaranses their stom-
ach; or in the barn they will get into the
meal barrel, and suffer from. the effects.
In all such cases the remedy is pulver-
i.zed charcoal. Take It new from the
wood IKE, grind it, and pour it down
Year: 1872

Mr.. Gum, Editor Of the Transcfipt
was prostrated this forenoon by para
alytic stroke. He wasln Pray's saloon
at the time of the attack, where he had
gone to see picture which had lately
been brought there. Drs. Steel, Ostran-
der and Waughop were Immediately
called, and through eiEeXertions the
patient was reused from the stupor into
which lie had fallen, and they think
that he will recover, They say that bis
disease is form Of insanity resulting
from nervous exhaustion. Mr.. Gunn
had been working very hard in his edl-
,orial business under the excitement OF
the approaching election, aud also had
been smoking tobacco exoessiseiy, which
are said to be the cause of this Sudden
and unfortunate attack This should be
n warming to many of our professional
men who are oyerworking thems Ives,
destroying their health, and endanger


ing their lives to some sudden stroke OF
paralysis or ity.-O'ynpia Courier q.
Year: 1872

REMEDY FOR WoUNDs.-A correspon-
dent of the Coetntry Gentleman gives the
following as one Of the lest remediC s
known for the cure of wounds: ''Take
a pan or shovel with burning Goals, and
sprinkle upon them some common GROWN
sugar, and hold the wounded part in the
smoke. In few minutes the pain will
be allayed, and recovery proceed RAPIDLY.
In lay own case rusty nail had made
a bad wound in the bottom of my foot.
The pain and nervous irritation were
severe. This was all removed by hold
ing it in the smoke for fifteen minutes,
and l was able to resume my reading in
comfort. We have often recommended
it to others, with like results. Lately,
one Of my men had finger nail torn
ont by IL pair of ice tongs. 1t became
very painful, as was to have been expect
ed. Held in sugar smoke for some
twenty minutes, the pain ceased, and it
promises speedy recovery


This sounds very much like one Of
those remedies which need supplement
ing by an abundant faith to produce
heir beneficial effect. The products of
the imperfect combustion of sugar are
water, carbonic acid, ard dense vol
ume Of carbon in the form of SCOT. a
Year: 1872

HEROIC OBEDIENCE TO DUTY.-Ma any
can still recollect when tidings came Of
the silent heroism with which more than
five hundred soldiers, in the wreck OF
the Birkenheed, met death in the spirit
Of obedience to duty; and that, too, when
there was none of the excitement of
battle and of victory to cheer them on.
The soldiers stood in their ranks on the
deck of he sinking ship while the wom-
en- and children we've quietly put into
one of the boats. Every one did as
he was directed" says Capt. Wright,
one of the few who escaped to tell the
tale; land there was not a murmur or
a cry among them till the vessel made
her final plunge. All the officers re-
ceiyed their orders. and hac them car
ried out, as if the men were embarklng
instead of going to the bottom. There
was only this difference, that | never
saw any embafkation conducted with so
little noise and confusion. When the
vessel was just going down, the COM
mander hot of the soldiers, but of
the ship" called out, All those who
can swim, jump overheard, and make
for the boats The officers begged the
men not to do as the commander said,
as the boat with the women must be
swamped Not more than three made
the attempt. And SO they sank among
the waves, carrying the habits Of duty,
which they had learnt as soldiers, into
il al last act Of self-sacaifce.'
Year: 1872

"Plaoe honest men in Office, said
the Courier the day before election.
This is the only piece of advice coming
from that quarter, which the people of
Thurston county have acted in accord
ance with, and nothing they could have
done would have been more distasteful
10 the managers Of that paper.
Year: 1872

On another page of this mornings issue we
publish an interesting collection of letters from
the HERAID's correspondents in the Spanish,
English and Turkish capitals Ireland too,
finds place in the collection of our letters
written from abroad. perusal of the Madrid
correspondence will show the difficulty of the
labor undertaken by the new Ministry of Sef1or
Zorrilla. Indeed, it seems as if this last
attempt of King Amadeus is final one to
give to the Spanish nation permanent and
constitutional government The failures of
Topete Serrano and Sagasta have somewhat
shaken our belief in the ability of the present
dynasty to govern. The task of Zorrilla is a
hard one and one which will require the ex-
ercise Of all the political sagacity and states
manship with which he is credited to make it
successful. The legacy of corruption, demor-
alization and rottenness which Sagasta has
left him is Of 30 perplexing character that re-
form seems q .Herculean task. In the dis
solution Of the present Cortes and the call
ing for new elections the King has shown him
self wise and determined ruler. The new
elections, provided that the means employed
by Sagasta be not resorted to by the present
Ministry, will enable us to form more accu-
rate estimate of the disposition of the Spanish
people towards the Italian King. In our Lon
don letter we have the fifth and sixth days
business of the international Prison Congress,
which lately had its sittings in London. In
previous letters the progress of the Congress
and the work it had in hand were fully de-
tailed. Important subjects, all bearing upon
classes whose criminnlity reflect the dark side
of life, were fully ventilated by experienced
men and thoughtful philanthropists, acquainted
with the criminal statistics of the Old and New
Worlds. The exuberance of Oriental display
on the occasion Of the .ftte day of the Sultan
of Turkey is described in our letter from Con-
stantinople. correspondent of the HERALD
travelling in Ireland describes the scenes of
loneliness which he experienced on his travels
and explains their causes in letter from the
Emerald Isle.
Year: 1872

OUR SPECIAL NEWS REPORT FROM MEXICO is
dated in Matamoros on the 21st instant. It
tells of fighting near Tampico. The revolu-
tionists were successful in an assault upon o
smaller town and completed their work by the
execution of its commander. Martinez forced
his way into San Luis, but was compelled to
retire after some severe actions. Most Of the
generals who lead in the nativist strife main
tained their usual attitude of ready for combat
on either side Palacios appears to have
enjoyed stroke of luck, for we are told that
he has been appointed Military Governor of
Coahuila The war affair in Mexico is evil
IDENTIFY losing vim, and we may hope that the
struggle will soon die out from sheer inanition
and want of means on the part of its pro-
moters. If the best men live they will, accord
ing to this rule of pacifcation, win in the long
gun.
Year: 1872

A Busr uP.--Last week an attempt
was made to organize n Radical Club
in Columbia, but the affair broke up
in confusion. The cause of this was
an attempt to christcn the organization
"Thc Grant, Wilson and Hmtranf
Club" A number of the most earnest
Grant men refused to train under the
banner Of tho gubornatorial candidate
of the Infamous Treasury Ring. Hart
ranft stock declined about twenty per
cent. in consequence OF this attempt
to lash honest Republicans into hia
support
Year: 1872

Ourdespatches from Columbia, ,Sonth
Carolina, show that the State is in as
bad condition politically as it is
financially, if not in a worse. 1t has
been plundered in the most barefaced
way by the carpet-bag rascals and
their negro allies, and debt has been
piled up that siaggers the people by
its weight. There is nothing com
parable in the history of this county
to the fragrant robbery and abuse Of
power by the Radical authorities there.
And now, when the time had come
that the respectable portion of the
community hoped to find a remedy for
the evil through the regular Conven-
ton of the dominant party and a
change of rulers, the robbers have
overwhelmed the reformers. BY pis-
tolls, bribery and vociforous clamor
they nominated most unscrupuloua
batch OF plunderers for all the highest
offices in the State So outrageous
was tho conduct of the Convention
and such terrorism was exhibited that
the best men of the Radical Republi-
can party were glad TO escape from
the State House to save themselves
from serious personal injury Revol-
vers were drawn, chairs were raised
over the shoulders of members, ready
to strike, and bedlam seemed to be let
loose. Ii is really wonder there was
not general riot aud much 5loodshed.
James l.. Orr, United States Senator
Sawyer, District Attorney Corbin, and
others finally called a separate Con-
vention; But they represent only u
minority or faction Of the party. The
majority appear to 60 with the carpet
bag plunderers. This is the old story
of negro government History is re-
peated Whenever the negroes have
attained the ascendancy or the balance
~ pnwnr in any country ihara every
thing has gone to chaos and ruin. IL
was so in Hayti, in San Domingo, in
Venezuela, and in all other countries
where the blacks having political pow
er have out-numbered the whites, or
where n few knavish whites have used
the blacks to ride into power This
should be solemn lesson for us, but
it seems our politicians viii not heed
the teaching of history. Unless tho
Radical Republican party be split asun-
der and part of the negroes should
have the good sense to go with tho
Conservative and more respectable
portion in South Carolina, the State
must remain in most hopeless con-
dition.-Nep York Herald.
Year: 1872

It Is related of Frederick the
Great of Prussia, that IN going
through the reception room of his
palace ut Sans Souci, he encountered
a workman who busted himself to
get on top of ladder TO take down
q clock from the wall, but owing to
the sm oOthness of the marble floor
the ladder could not be kept firm.
"What art thou doing here, mon an1?'
inquir ed the king. Il am a watch
maker" answered the workman,
and l have received orders from the
superintendent of the palace to re-
pair this clock; I have been trying to
take it down, but cannot succeed as
the ladder does not stand firm.
''Ascend the ladder, said the king,
sand I viii hold it while you are at
work" This done, the workman
departed with the click. On the
following morning, the king was in
formed that the clock Of the recep-
ton room had been stolen. No
sooner had his Majesty heard this
when he found to his chagrin, that
instead, as he believed, of assisting
a matchmaker, he had been made
the dupe of thief The king at
once issued an order, saying: "Let
him run; I have been an accomplice
to the theft.
Year: 1872

CHARITy.-one OF our city physicians this
morning had placed in his hands note enclos-
ing s5 bank note, requesting the receiver to
distribute it wherever it would do the
most good in alleviating the suffering OF human
ity. The note was signed Stranger and the
boy who bore the note refused to tell the name
OF the writer. There are still those who do
deeds Of charity without proclaiming them from
the bouse toms
Year: 1872

The n. Y. WORLD insists that
the democratic party shall make a
nomination. We have simply to
say, that if it does, the nominee will
not be slow to find that there Is no
longer a democratic party. The
people are running this election,
and they simply do not intend to
let the WORLD, the flesh and the
devil run it any longer. just now
Grecley's white hat will muster
more men than the WORLD ever
saw.
Year: 1872

NTE HAVE JUST RECEI WE'D FROM THE
w finest Shoe market in the Urion
large and thoroughly assorted STOCK Of BOOTS
q SHOES Of every grade and variety, also
complete stock of LEATHER and FINDINGS, and
now offer them for Sale at rates heretofore unknown
in this country, We offer to supply the retail
trade Of this region, and to wholesale to the trade
at rates which cannot be liable to successful eora-
petition anywhere. our house Is intended to date
the founding Of new business in Bristol aud to
supply demand which cannot longer be ignored,


Nothing Like it


has been placed before the pubic We offer eve
~ grade and variety suited to the country, in
Mems, Ladies' and Childrons' sHoEs aid Doors


Our present large and splendid stock viii be
kept up to its present standard from our own
manu- factory, IN which we are now running num-
Der of hands and from which We will turnout quail
ity of work very superior in merit,
Year: 1872

DY authority In the act of the Legislature


ID Incorporating the Public Library OF
Kentucky, the trustees will give their Second
Grand gift Concert in the great hall of the
Public Library Building, in Louisville, KY. on