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Year: 1873

| A Constitutional Convention is now


in session in the State Of Ohio. A,


one marked innovation upon a long


established custom or rather Consti-
tutional provision, it is proposed to


not exempt church property from tax.


alton. According to the census of 1870


there was at that date, in the United


States. church property to the value OF
$254, ,4S3,5S1. All this we believe, es-
capped taxation under the laws of the


various states. In cities, the wealth


accumulating in church property
from year to year is immense.


Much trouble is continually
arising among the officers Of the law


to determine just what is church prop


erty and what not, and in very many
cases we have no doubt, the law is be.
ing sadly abused, and much property
escaping taxation that the letter Of the
law does not warrant. What we
have said however in respect to church
property may with more or less of
propriety be applied to many other
kinds of exempted property. Though
it would be TO effect very serious up
roofing of a long cherished benefit, we
have for some years had grave doubts
about the policy of making these ex-
emptions being the best for the State
or organizations to which 1t is extend
lcd.a If taxes are raised from property
belonging to religious denominations,
to colleges, school-houses. and all this
class of property, 1t Will only be so
much Of relief to the people at large,
on their individual property, and to
to whom this exempted property be-
longs, and this in large measure will
operate only to take from one pocket,
money to transfer to the other. and
would have the merit Of avoiding the
endless trouble about determining
what property is justly entitled to ex-
emption. We shall look with much
interest upon the progress Of this move
in Ohio.
Year: 1873




John r. Irish, Of Iowa City, is the
Chairman of the Democratic State
Central Committee, besides being the
gabbiest and most pompous, If not the
smartest man of Iowa democrats. The
campaign Of 1873 is about to open,
and John as naturally as clam
in high tide, puts in his say and gives
the keynote of the democratic CAM
paign. He says:


"The question is often asked in
Iowa, What of this years campaign p
and it is for the purpose of embodying
the answer that we write. As last
year the allies Of Democracy led and
the great mass of the party followed
and fought this year the position we
DelieVe SEOiSid DC TGpe5sez, and the De-
mocracy in every state should take the
Initiative"


That is to say, Liberal republicans,
we baited You handsomely last year.
We were willing, in SO far as we could
control democrats, that they should
play second-tiddle to you; now we
think you ought to come square into
our camp and make one of us and let
the old democratic party run the ship.
OF course nothing else was ever ex-
pccted by people Of five grains of COM
mon sense, from the very start. The
people of this country have been taught
SO dearly by experience the tricks OF
politicians that they cannot be deceiv-
cd by willy schemes.


Success to any party or any set OF
men politically lies only in the pursuit
of a straightforward consistent course.
If the democratic party Of Iowa gel
back under the advice of Mr.. Irish into
their own nest under their own colors,
we think they will TO give a Yankee
guess) try and stay there.


If Liberal Republicans still banker
after the experiences of last year, they
better accept Mr.. Irish's views,
and stand not on their order Of becom-
ing in name as well as in fact, members
of the democratic party. z


~ he
Year: 1873

A BOY, FROM 8 TO II YEARS OLD, WILL b
"A taken to Board in the country on rea SON BILE terms
and will be well taken OF healthy and pleasant Il
caon public school in sight OF the house Address, 10
one week. A FARMER box 1863 Herald office.
Year: 1873

It is 30 he hoped, therefore. that our san.
culinary Fusion politicians will. for this day
at least, forget their worldly aspirations.
and in the house of prayer and penitence
try to cultivate spirit of good will and
amity toward even those who have won the
fat bllets which they 80 much cevet.
Year: 1873

Mr.. JOHNSON ALLOW me to say confidently
that the present License Law is q master piece
and will abide the scrutiny Of the wisest and best
men.


1t is no use to talk of repeating 1t, or calling
off its friends, or the officers from its execution
1t Is based on humanity, founded on necessary
requirements, lett TO the recommendations of citi-
zens OF good character and dependent on proper
judges Its influence and execution has already
been most benifcient, We have seen the increase
in order, aud quiet men hare feared to get drunk
lest they should be drawn up.


have In my minds eye nov, the owner Of g
hotel who is . magistrate and was Of posed to the
law, but the other evening fined Two drunken
men IS piece, and said they would lose nothing
they would soon save that much and make It up
Men of conscience and humanity approve of this
law and its wholesome operation in our commu
mites. It Is no use fer politicians to try to find
fault with the law. for it is faultless, its enc
mics to call in the sophist art and cry unoonstitu
liOnal-it will remain. 1t iS not the law temper
ance men asked for. II Is much better. 1t was
not made for them, it was made for our fellow
citizens in general, and men may bubble as they
please they cannot alter what is unalterabe.-
There is q goodness in tbs law that will make
1t selfsuppOrtlng and sels.sustaining.


CONSIDERATION.
Year: 1873

GENTLEMEN who contemplate
getting married this Spring will
be glad to know that Professor
Steuhen, Il Prussian scientist, has
discovered that the theory of
vibrations, as generally accepted
Is an error, and that the truth will
be more nearly approached if the
infinite variations of molecules
are put in juXtaposition with the
effect of percussion On air waves,
and tested by the difference be-
tween the outer and inner rapid
ity, as determined by the immov-
able point of mertness at the CEN
ter of contact and the confines Of
impact.
Year: 1873

Ct WEST 26TH STA RESPECTABLE YOUNG
I'll girl as chambermaid and waitress assist with
washing, to do general housework in private family


AFRAID Of work; best city eerenee Call address
Year: 1873

OEC WEST BOTH ST, FIRST FLIGHT.-Two
ZOA sisters; one excellent cook and good bread
and biscuit baker, and to do washing the other
as chambermaid and waitress; will do the work of
tmal family together or separate four years refer
Year: 1873

What have l to do with the rum
traffic p Yes, what have | TO do with
it g.? Are you Christian {? Can you look
approvingly upon the vilost traffic which
even curses our earth. and which does
more to oppose the final victory of the
cross, than all other agencies combined ,
What have you to do with it Do you
vote TO license this God defying. man de-


stroying traffic ? Then you have enough
to do with it Are you father You
have children who are exposed to its de-
struction and alluring temptations, shall
they fll the drunkard's grave ? you have
have daughters,-shall they live to EN-


bitter by the reflection that brother, a
husband wears drunkard's chain 3
What have you to do with it Do you
help to make it legal and respectable, in
stead of Illegal and criminal Then you
have enough to do with it. Are You a
friend to man Then you see this detest-
able traffic annually Staying its 10000
victims, and casting them into a prema-
ture and dishonored grave, you see homes
made desolate, and widows multiplied,
and children fatherless you see paupcrs
increasing and crimes multiplying, and
our jails filling up, and the insane coun-
ted by scores of thousands, and idiots
numbered by hundreds, you see the hon
est and industrious tared to maintain the
wrecks of humanity this traffic is daily
making You see it all What have
you to do with it Do You vote for Ii
cense then you have enough to do with
Year: 1873

Old Parson s., of Connecticut, was a
particular kind of a parson. One day be
had man plowing in his field, and he
went out to see how the work was going
on. The ground was very stony, and
every time the plow struck rtone the
man took occasion to swear little.


Look here" cried Palson s., "you
mustn't swear that way in my field y


well I reckon you'd swear too" said
the man. IF you had to plow such q
stony field as this


"Not bit of it," said Mr.. s., "just lie,
me show you"


So the parson took hold Of the plow
but he very soon had great trouble with
the stones. As etone after stone caught
the plowshare, Mr.. S.. calculated. "Wel
1 never saw the like -


And this he repeated every time a
. stone stopped his onward way. When
he had plowed around once, he stopped
and said to the man:


There now! You see l can pillow
without swearing"


But l guess it's pretty near as bad tc
lie," said the man, land you told dozens
o lies. Every time the plow struck a
stone you said. L never saw the like.
when the same thing had happened, the
very minute before
Year: 1873

-. [CoN1rxuED.]


POISONOUS PROPERTIES OF TOBACCO.


BY a chemical process we extract
from tobacco . colorless liquid aka
loid. This is the principel to which
chemists have given the name, nicotine.
1t is acid to the taste and smell, forms
neutral compounds with acids. and is
intensely poisonous in minute quanti
ties. By distillation We obtain from
tobacco volatile oil, which has been
called nicotia.ine, and which is equally
poisonous with the above. One drop
of this oil rubbed on the tongue of
cat will cause the death Of the animal
in FIVE minutes. A puncture made in
the nose of dog with a needle dipp-
ed in this oil caused its death in six
minutes.


Every man who uses tobacco is con-
stantly introducing into his system
portion of this deadly poison. If its
disastrous effects are not at once ap-
parent it is because tho system has
become accustomed to its presence
A practiced opium-eater will consume
eight or ten grains of morphine daily.
while for the uninitiated from an eighth
to a quarter of grain is a full dose,
and from one to two graine will cause
death. That the quantity of this vir-
ulent poison taken into the system of
the habitual user of tobacco is not so
inconsiderable as some might be led to
suppose, the effects on the neophyse Of
his first chew sufficiently demonstrate.
Year: 1873

| The shops for the sale of intoxicating
drinkssnre so many, and the results of
their business in crime, poverty, and hu-
man suffering 80 common, that the think
ing part of the community, is consider
ing something must be done to check the
drinking custom, and to save the young
men, so many Of whom are pursuing the
same course once pursued by drunkards,
and are going swiftly to 6ll the ranks of
the vast army of drunkards. many of
whom are called daily from the life of
drun&srd to drunkards doom. We as
citizens, have trust committed to our
care; we are responsible in great meas
ure, for the crimes of the future drunk
ards, who are now the youth of our land,
if we fail to maks use of proper means
within our power to place the tempting
bowl beyond their reach, SO that they
may become temperance men and if we
cannot rave the fallen we may save others
from falling. BY Local Option we have
pretented TO US as voters, whisky or no
whisky. Let us vote as we talk There
is 'enough of temperance element in
Juniata county to control this subject,
if we are in earnest, and united Let US
take our stand on the side of the right,
and seeking the blessings of God and his
guidance, go to the polls on the third
Friday in March next, and cast cur votes
in favor of Prohibition.


Vote for License, and the bad trade
continues, the crime, and the pauperism,
and the evils you know of. continue by
your help! Vote thus. and when you
see the bloated, reeling drunkard, feel
and say, voted for that When you
hear the oaths, and imprecations, which
come from our liquor places, feel and say
voted for that When you learn of
families abused, the heart and hope of
the wife crushed, the children ignorant
and imbruted by the fathers drunken
ness, say and feel, | voted for that
When You see the prison and poor-house
crowded with the victims of the drink,
say and feel, l voted for this Fellow
citizens How will you vote. Do you
want the responsibility of the crimes of
the future drunkard, resting upon you
Do pou want to aid the rumseller, in max
ing widows and orphans, ,sand in scatter
ing ruin and de.olation over onr land
The only way to avoid the responsibility
is by working and voting AGAINST
LICENSE"


There is no time 50 be lost what ia
now needed is action. Speak out boldly
think of some friend, whose vote or aid,
can be secured, call on him Think how
much a word can do


TO him that knoweth to do good, and
doeth it not, to him it is Elm How will
YOU VOTE
Year: 1873

It is stated as an illustration Of how
unnecessary extreme poverty may often
be, that when Mr.. Melley, NJ p, the
other day, in Liverpool. collected some
thirty street arabs to free luncheon, they
were found ragged and filthy in the ex-
treme, and in pitable state of ignorance
while the atmosphere they created was
so fetid as to be hardly endurable by the
benevolent entertainers. And yet it was
ascertained that the earnings of nearly
half of the parents of these boys aver
aged more than 6fl a week, some being
as high as sf2 Beer does it.
Year: 1873

The Wilmington Fountain Society phys Mayor
Simms and his police force handsome and de-
served compliment, in another column. We
hope the force will continue to merit the good
opinion nov frequently expressed Ofthen by our
citizens generally. lis pleasant thing to feel
and know that your police are men Of reliable
character, who are friendly toward you aud know
that it is their duty to for the interests and
protect the person and property of every citizen,
without regard 10 condition. 1t is their duty TO
discharge their duty in this way, and by doing SO
they assist make their duties light and pleasant
1t is better to lead the poor inebriate to his home
il he will go quietly than to force him through
the streets to the cells. Or 10 strike him un-
merclfully should be be turbulent. There has been
a marked. Improvement in this matter lately
TIE officers seem to have inspired respect even
for the unruly
Year: 1873

The presiding officers Of both Houses Of the
lately adjourned New York Legislature refuse to
sign the annual supply BILL" because they be-
levc that 'Jobs were inserted in after it LEFT the
conference committee. The bill will therefore be
printed and submitted 10 the members Of that
committee for examination.
Year: 1873

From the Ledger, Of to-day.


TER MAYoR's VISIT TO ALASKA STRKRT.-Ex-
Sergeant Duffy, acting under orders given by the
Mayor during the visit Of the latter to Alaska
street, has arrested the two young white women
the report Or the visit. One had left her home in
Delaware only day or two before, had been
robbed Of her clothing, aud was found drunk
upon the aoor Of miserable tenement house. The
other has a husband living in New Jersey, but
street. Both Of the young women were removed
to Blockley Almshouse, As another result OF the
visit and the comments ON it, the lessee Of the
tenement house where these girls we're found has
caused the arrest of eight Of her sub-tenants on
the charge Of keeping disorderly house, and ex-
presses determination to make them leave the
premises or else have them sent to the alnShoasO.
She will then nail up the house, and thus close,
temporarily at least, one Of the plague spots OF
the district.
Year: 1873

The HUNGRY FooR.AIt is estimated
that some 10000 operatives will be
thrown out of employment during the
coming winter In New York. Men, wo-
men and children, with the utmost will
lingnsss to labor, and yet unable to cb


tain work, which is their only means Of
subsistence, form the saddest and dark


est picture of the present financial pres
sure. Here are persons enough to
populate a Hourishing city turned out
upon the streets, to do what? They do
not know themselves, and their feelings
al this season of the year. when warm
clothes are to be bought and fuel IS to
be paid for out OF an empty purse. can
not be appreciated by those who are
surrounded by Observation-Disclosures and
comforts of a country lite. ~ atNfl
Year: 1873

see are various. There is, perhaps, no ter
ritory Of the same area in the Union that
justly boasts of greater variety of pro-
duets. urpeople, with the proper energy
and enterprise, could come as near living
Independent of other localities as almost
any section of the globe. We propose in
soil will produce.
Year: 1873

In a healthy condition the skin is kept
supple by an oily secretion, which answers
the same purpose as oiling leather. Dur
ing warm weather this secretion, in com
mon with all the other secretions Of the
skin, is more abundant than in cold When
it is insufficient the skin becomes dry and
harsh and on those parts of the body
where the skin is thick and subject to
motion as on the hands, it readily cracks
or assures. The amount Of this secretion
is so much reduced in cold weather that
the frequent washing of the hands with
soap causes them to chap readily, and this
the more certainly if the soap is not wash
ed off The alkali in soap is usually in ex-
cess, and this combines with the oily Sc
cretion, and 50 deprives the skin of its nat
ural lubricator. To prevent the hands
from chapping, then, be careful to wash
all soap from them thoroughly in clean
water This will ordinarily suffice; but. il
not, it will be necessary to make good the
removed oil by using KENNEDY S SALT
RHEUM OINTMENT, sure cure for all
skin diseases of whatever name or nature
| PRICE 80 CENTS. Sold by druggists.


3-ldly
Year: 1873

We see by the Chicago papers that
PROCTOR 4 GAMBLE have reduced the
price of their long established and popular
brand NOTIFIED GERMAN Soar, its pres
ent price and superior quality makes it the
cheapest as well as the best soap for con-
sinners 6-23d3m
Year: 1873

to European nations, q savage in many
respects--proud. wiliul, sensual and ar
bitrary. If punctuality be the polite.
ness of princes, as it is said TO be, Shah
would in consequence of his utter indif.
ference to engagements, bo one Of the
most i'll. hammered men in the world.
He kept the parade at Potsdam, ordered
by the Kaiser, waiting 4 couple OF hours.
lie kept the Queen Tor half an hour at
the railway station waiting for him.
He would not go to breakfast when it
was announced, at the time of invitation.
but walked about in the garden, and
then seeing an arbor which pleased him,
desired to have his breakfast brought
there. When he sat at dinner yesterday
he put his fingers in his plate and ate
with them, and il he came on piece OF
some dish which he did not like, he took
it out OF his mouth and threw it down
not on the ground. but on the Queens
(Empress's) dress. II free from the
more horrid vices attributed to Pcrsians
by travellers, he is quite without shame
or scruple in his disregard of what is
called morality by Christians and good
Mussulmen. | came home from Pots
dam in the same carriage with some
OF his suite, very fine looking gentlemen
%, hal 10 nI oil


but with all the frivolity and arrogance
OF ignorant and uneducated men.
Their talk was OF their own prowess
and of clothes; how they could ride
better than any people in the world, be.
cause they could back q horse from
the desert and ride him, whereas
Europeans rode only horses which were
already broken ina Prussian officer
dryly remarked, Tho difference is that
we direct the course of our horses, and
that your horses follow their own"
They all spoke French, and tho Shah.in.
Shah knows it much better than he
would be thought TO do from his mode
OF speaking it. as when he is quite at
his ease he can talk it pretty nuentlY
But he is not much at his ease with
European barbarians, and il is ludicrous
TO see him standing alone in crowd
with clear space round him and no one
10 talk TO, for he balances first on one
leg and then on another. like hen on
hot griddle," and does not know what
TO do with them or his hands. When he
turns his back and the spectator calmly
surveys his exterior. freed from the dis
tracing influences Of his diamonds. the
Shah does not present an imposing sp-
pearance. | admit that the backs OF
most people fail to impress one, but his
Majesty's tailor has rendered his "rererS'
quite abnormally ridiculous by making
his frock coat with q multitude OF fine
ploits like those of Highlander's kilt or
Of a lady of Queen Bess's time over the
hips and so all round. His face is seldom
animated. and there is something in-
cvngruous in the position of his respecta
BILE gold spcctacles, n Ia Thiers, in his
aquiline nose, under Persian cap. and,
ovrr all these diamonds
Year: 1873

Opening OF the Evangelical COnfere nces


New YORK. October 3.--The Evangelical
Confei ence opened prayer this morning at
Madison Square Church. The formal open.
ing for business took place later at Stein
way Hall. The hall was crowded to excess
with delegates. They swarmed out on the
lobbies and stairs at either end of the block
through which the hall extends. The large
platform was so crowded as early as ten
o'clock that there was hardly standing room
Oriental delegates in white tartan were
conspicuous objects in the vicinity of the
chair. Hon. William E. Dodge called the
meeting to order and said:


"You are here assembled from all parts
of the world, from countries having insti-
tutions and laws quite different from ours.
As for us, we seek no alliances with the
State. We only ask protection and the full
enjoyment OF religious liberty. (Great ap-
plause We trust that many OF you will
have tile opportunity of visiting our far
Western lands, and beyond our inland seas,
and of seeing the marvellous extension our
country is undergoing When we visit
your countries we are deeply interested
in looking over the works of centuries, your
grand csthedrsls and your citiss of renown.
When you come here we AJAX you to look
at what has mainly been accomplished in 9
single century. The object Of your meet
Year: 1873

There is a telegraph line from New Or
leans to the Balize. Over this line mes
sages may be from the city to the mouth of
tho river and vice versa. There is an ope.
rator at each end who is acquainted with
th. mysteries Of the electric fluid as gene.
rated in battery and transmitted by the
wire. intelligence is thus disseminated be.
tween the two points. These statements
may not appear sufficiently novel for ex-
tended notice. bu: the arrival a, the wharf
OF the steamship strasburs. Captain Bane,
from Bremen. with 500 German emigrants
on board bound for Texas. would seem to
indicate the lack Of such means of informa-
ton. The line and operators still exist, but
nothing was known OF the arrival of this
steamship till she touched the whar. in the
Fourth District yesterday morning. Some.
thing must have been the matter. The
operator may have stepped ou: to see a
man. or the line grounded on a sowboat.
but nothing definite is known.
Year: 1873

Judge Benedict, United States Circuit
Court, has just decided that vessels in the
West India Mexican and British provincial
trade must ship and pay off their crews be-
fore shipping commissioner. This decision
will have the effect to materially increase
the business of the shipping commissioner
at this port.
Year: 1873

In another column will be found
the card OF Nessrs. oliver, Finnie q Co., who
keen The largest and best selected stock OF
family groceries in the city. By fair dealing,
low figures and fresh goods this house has
built up an immense trade, and their name
mas become a household word through the
surrounding country. They purchase goods
direct from manufacturers and importers, anu
can sell as low as any house in the west. MI.
oliver, a man of large experience is absent
most of the year buying, is a close dealer, Will
have nothing but the best, and ships at lowest
freight rates. This enables his house to COM
pete with any other either at wholesale or re-
tail, and they solid the trade of the public.