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Year: 1876

A Carbondale Gill; dispatch to the Chicago
Tribune. July 5. says; From a reliable inform
ant news came here to-day that the wife of
Howard Eighme, a farmer living seven miles
south OF here, has been missing since Monday
last She was last seen being dragged by her
husband across an open field with rope around
her neck. Nothing serious was thought of this
mode OF treatment, as similar scenes are quite
frequent here"


For the benefit OF bachelors we would state
that Carbondale is in Champaign county, Illi-
nois and can be reached by way Of Chicago,
fare $3l 15 1t has long been known as a quiet
little place. poasting OF the good behavior, peace
fulness and amiabiity of its girls. This amia-
bility is now explained by the telegram to the
Chicago Tribune All bachelors will find Carbon
dale an extremely pleasant place for the sum-
mer time. or. indeed. for all the year. Young
men desiring wives will do well to visit this
locality and select Carbondale girl before they
look elsewhere; they do well. bear the wear and
tear OF life much better than the girls brought
up in other climes; are amiable, and do not
mind such innocent playfulness as being
dragged over the fields with rope around their
necks. in fact rather like this kind of treatment
regarding it as proof that they are not forgot
ten.


If any young men in town desire Carbon
dale girls for wives. but are unable to 60 North
for them, let them write to US or to the Chicago
Tribune. We will gladly act as go-between in
these courtships; for we are extremely desirous
to see some Of these girls down here: they might
set those Of New Orleans good example Of the
duty Of obedience to husbands. and amiability
under all circumstances. limited supply on
hand; apply at once. n
Year: 1876

The Campaign WEEKLY DfMocRAT, a
large eight-page paper, will be fur
nished from the LIST of July to the 18th
November for the small sum Of One
Dollar. Every man In the State should
subscribe. Every Democratic and Con
servative club should subscribe for
from twenty-five to one hundred copies
for distribution.
Year: 1876

DeRudio, the fellow who in 1874
knocked down and brutally maltreated
the venerable Gen. DeClouet, Of the
parish Of st. Martin, was with the army
on the Little Big Horn, but at the time
OF the massacre he was in the rear with
Gen. Terry. He was not the sort of
Custer be up with Sitting Bull when
the Bull was on the war path.
Year: 1876

Grant refused to see Custer the last
time that gallant officer called at the
White House. Custer had offended him
by telling the truth about some OF the
favorite thieves on the frontiers.
Year: 1876

As the virtues of medicines can only be ascer
tanned by careful observation, it is to be regretted
that many of the drugs still prescribed by some
Physicians should retain place in our materia
medica. AS an instance of this, that vile drug Bal
sam Copaiba furnishes example. About the year
1880 the Spaniards in the Island of San 1 omingo
having become afflicted with certain complaints,
thought, according to the prevailing notion at that
time, that the remedy might be found where the
disease originated, Under thus impression Balsam
Copaiba came INTO use, but never has a nauseating
drug done more injury, for it not only changes the
nature of the disease to more dreadful state than
the original, but it ruins the tone of the stomach
and brings on Dyspepsia in its worst forms. To


void this drug and its effects the SAMARITAN
| GIFT, pure yegetatle remedy is within the reach
of all. Only ton pills to be taken, and will cure every
time n from two to four days, Male packages So
| female 9S.
Year: 1876

Let us have no cant, one way or the
other. Home is the pleasantest place in
the world, and that is not home where
the wife is not. Women are rarely good
travellers, and wives are perhaps the
worst travellers in the world. Our
friend Punch, who is no cynic, and
strictly family man, once made a per-
son ask his friend: Are you going to
travel for pleasure or are you going to
travel with your wife ?" 1t sounds very
dreadful when the laugh has died away;
but there is a kernel of truth in the half
unpleasant satire. If you you, a
strong, hearty man, with no aches, pains,
or nerves-fnd travelling sometimes so
fatiguing, such a WEAKNESS, such a pain
of a pleasure, what think you IS felt by
the much more highly strung creature
who travels to please you and in order
not to be separated from your side over
long? Where you feel badly she staTves;
where you grumble she silently endures,
till perhaps she can endure no longer.
Does her fatigue increase your enjoy
ment? Does it not spoil it altogether
Are YOU not vexed beyond utterance
when YOU can not get her the much de


sired cup of tea, when the the train is
full and she can not lie down, when at
the end of a long journey that is the best
bedroom to be had? Then there are places
which can not be visited save on foot or
on horseback; and while she can not
walk, how, in the name of all that's rea-
sOnable, can she be expected TO ride a
mule on that saddle for hours upon hours
over the Tete NOire or the Col de Balme
She lies, and succUmbs. You don't let
her, and she feels she has marred your
pleasure. And both Of you inwardly
confess, as night closes in, that Nine. De
Stael was right when, in " Corinne, she
describes travelling to be, an des Plus
tTistee pldsirs de Ia re" Then leave your
wife at home. Many men do; many
men must. The matter Of cost settles
the question very frequently. What's
meat for one may be meat for two !;
but what are travelling expenses for one
are not and can not be made travelling ex-
penses for a second likewise, more especial
" whom the second wants several things
with which the first can dispense. But
Is it pleasant to any man to leave his
wife at home, even though she be the
one to urge him to 90 on a little tour,
thinking that he requires It? If he be
anything of a fellow, he feels as though
he were acting selfshly, even though he
may not be, and, in any case, he misses
his usual and best companion, and must
often feel desperately lonely without
her. Think of those dull evenings
Year: 1876

There is one aspect of this Centennial
year 1876, which deserves more atteu-
tion than has yet been bestowed upon it.
1t is Of grave importance in connection
with the institution Of marriage and
with the rights of women. There may
be people, perhaps, who viii say that II
was only by q mere accident that the
Declaration Of American Independence
was made in a leap year. These ssme
people viii tell you that it was only by
accident that Maximilian RobespierTe
splashed his silk stockings On the mem
orable occasion which, as a great his
torian has so cOnvincingly shown, led
him on and up to the giddy heights Of
power and of crime. 1t was Only by &C
cident, too, we suppose, that Cromwell
and his comrades were turned aside
from their purpose Of embarking for the
new world. Why did not the congress
of the colonies act in ITS or postpone
action till 17777 There can be no doubt
in the mind of any thoughtful student
Of history, that the true answer 20 these
questions is to be found in the fact that
the wear 1776 was not only q bisseXtile
year, but of all bissextile years the most
quardrennial year imaginable, since l776,
being divided by four, gives US as Its
result 444, or as many tours as can only
be conveniently crowded into the num-
Der of any year, which is at all likely TO
interest US Or-ouTss descendants to the re-
hottest generation. It was, in short, a
four-leayed Glover Of a year, and as
everybody knows who knows anything,
and everybody believes ~7hc believes
ANYTHING, your four-leayed clover Is the
highest symbol of feminine good luck.
This, of course, prefigured for the United
States of America an influence OF the
most unezampled sort upon the united
state of matrimony. 1t was plainly
written in the book Of fate from the be
ginning that the old and conventional
relation of the sexes should be reversed
In the Republic Of l776; and the young
women Of America will be false 10 their
duty and TO the high destiny Of their
country If they fail to celebrate this, the
first centennial leap year Of our history,
by formally doing away with the euete
customs of g past barbaTism and inau-
gurating the new era, (which has thus lar
been only fee0ly preached and prophe-
sled by such voices crying IN the wilder
nos rs those Of Miss. Susan B. Anthony,
Mrs. Cady Stanton, and Mrs. Lucy
blackwell Stone. Let every unmarried
Girl in America who respects herself
and the republic, take solemn oath,
say on a pair Of scissors or an old shoe,
or anything else which may be regarded
as really binding by the female mind,
not only to refuse the shand Of any man
who offers himself 10 her IN marriages
but also to shoot on the spot any man
who may refuse her hand when osiered
90 him by her, after mature consultation
with his parents and guardians
Year: 1876

Barry was a duckling in the water.
don't know what Barry thought about 1t,
but his mother often felt that I" Mothers
Boy" was growing out of her reach. He
had been brought up at her side. It
gave her a little pang to see him Testive
when she tried to keep him there. And
it must be said when Barry climbed up
to the ledge called the F'White Boar,
and sat looking Off on the ocean, he had
a vague longing to be out on that lovely
sheet of water, shining in the sun, tum-
bling into bright green waves, and stretch
ing so far down to the sunset, where the
rays blurred out the horizon. Some
where beyond that crystal gate in the
south was his fathers big ship-sailing
among the spice islands, may be; or
gliding by shores where strange birds
and beasts and painted savages were
dotted along, as IN the pictures of a geo
graphy. The Sagadunk fishermen used
to 90 out of the haTbOr early in the morn
ing and return late at night. Barry
sometimes saw them from his chamber
window as he dressed himself at sunrise.
They spread their sails like wings; the
soft morning breeze sprang up; and so
they sailed away and disappeared down
the far-oH horizon. They seemed 10 sail
into the sky. One day, Barry privately
inquired Of Old Kutch, who was a
famous fisherman of Sagadunk, if he
ever saw his fathers ship, the Flying
Fish, ont at sea The old fisherman
ssiid: Never, 50 far ss ] knOwed OF, "
which was not satisfactory to Master
Barry He thought that "Oid Kutch :"
must see the whole world when he got
below that dim horizon. % ! know my
papa's ship, and if were to go with YOU
might show her TO you, and find MY
papa" said Barry. Old Kutch laughe


But your mar wouldn't let you 90 80
Year: 1876

The Catholic ReUie1 boasts that the
Catholic population of this country is
increasing.so rapidly that /" it seems to be
merely question Of time, and that not
very remote, when its number will pre-
ponderate over all other religious faiths"
In view of this fact it says We can
afford TO wait this consummation of the
glorious will of God, !" though to wait is
hard, and to endure assault while forbid
den to strike back, especially when you
know you are able to strike effectively,
requires great forbearance. Catholics,
we are told, "dOn't want TO engage in a
fight, but ifa fight is forced upon them,
let their opponents beware. " At any
moment" says the ReUje10, " the Catholics
of the United States move as a body,
they can decide any election. We know
that they can not, nor do they desire to,
form a distinct political party; but they
can make any such party triumphant or
insure its defeat" This, we are told, is
not bid for the favor of Democrat or
Republican" but then, at the same
time, we are informed that the Re
publican party is about to die" and we
are left to infer that the hopes of the
Catholics are in the Democratic party.
The ReUiei0 affects great calmness and
serenity, but under present ciTcum-
stances does +" not think it inadvisable to
ponder somewhat upon the strength
their numbers give them" Utteranees
such as these are calculated to induce
Others than Catholics to "pOnder."
Year: 1876

The truth is, the entire South is grow
ing rapidly IN population. There has
been no great rush of immigration, but
a constant trickIing into various healthy
and fertile sections Of our fair Southland,
of Northern and Western families who
seek refuge from the inclemency of their
colder climate. In South Carolina,
Florida and Arkansas and North LOuisi-
ana this influx Of population has been
very marked, while in Texas there has
been an absolute tide Of new peoples
from all quarters Of the world. Here in
Alabama we have witnessed a current Of
immigration of no magnificent kind.
All along the Tennessee river through
out the valleys of North Alabama, we
find every where strange names and
faces. A dozen villages have sprung up
around iron furnaces which ave owned
By men lately from the North. There
is no question that the South Is asserting
her birthright. The gentle light Of the
Southern cross is attracting the gaze Of
millions, and when the census of 1880 Is
taken, It viii be found that the COnfed-
crate struggle which forced the emanci-
patton of the slaves has resulted, under
the mysterious workings Of Providence,
in inscribing ultimate victory upon the
banner Of the South
Year: 1876

EVERY shot from England's 8l-ton
gun will cost s25. A few parks Of that
sort Of artillery would be worth more to a
young country striving to build up
national debt than regiment of quarter
masters.
Year: 1876

TIE German government owns some
of the railways and has found that sys-
tenn so satisfactory and successful in
operation thatit is now negotiating Tor
the purchase of all the other railways in
the German empire.
Year: 1876

Ir really begins to look as if the Utah
legislature, almost unanimously Nor
mons, might adopt some measure to put
an end to pelygamy in the territory.
Such spasm Of wisdom would be
alarming.
Year: 1876




At Morenci, Michigan, there is located
one of the best butter factories in the
country. 1t now uses the milk of 200
COWS, and when in full force will have
about 900 more The milk is taken to
the factory by the farmers and put into
large pans, made especially for this pur-
pose, around which constantly flows a
stream of pure, cold spring water, keep
ing the milk cool and perfectly sweet
After standing twelve hours it is skim
med, and churned Immediately, and the
result is that the butter thus made is as
much better than ordinary dairy make
as factory cheese is better than that
made in the old way. Several OF our
best families have tried it, and all unite
in the verdict that it is the sweetest and
incest butter they have ever had.
Year: 1876

Concerning this subject the Scientific
American very truly says: Many are
careless in the keeping of the feet. If
they wash them once week they think
they are doing we'll. They do not con
slider that the largest pores are located
in the bottom of the foot, and that the
most offensive matter is discharged
through the pores They wear stock:
ings from the beginning to the end OF
the week without change, which become
perfectly saturated With offensive matter.
III health is generated by such treatment
Of the feet The pores are.not only re-
pellants but absorbents, and feited mat
ter, to a greater or less extent, is taken
back into the system. The feet should
be washed every day with pure water
only, as well as the armpits, from which
an offensive odor is also emitted, unless
daily ablution is practiced, Stockings
should NOT be worn more than day OF
two at time. They may be worn one
day, and then aired and summed and
worn another day if necessary.
Year: 1876

Most plowmen have such long whiffle
trees that it is often impracticable to
make any plow work satisfactorily. Ex-
cellent plows are frequently denounced
as worthless, and rejected, simply because
the double wh,ffletree or the ox-yoke
was too long Yet the plowman, never
suspected wherein consisted the true
cause of the difficulty. Our own prsc


tice, from boyhood, has been to make
the double whiffistree for blowing never
more than two feet between the points of
attachment of the singletrees, which were
about % inches in length When it was
desirable to plow narrow furrow slices,
the singletrees were attached only 90 ias
ches apart. Let plowman attempt to
plow with a doubletree six feet in length
and he will readily understand why .
plow will not run correctly when the
doubletree Is too long. When the doub-
tree is too long the plow will be drawn
too far from the furrow to the unplowed
ground unless the plowman makes con-
slant effort to prevent the implement
from cutting a furrov a slice wider than
can be properly turned over.-N Y. Her.
aid. ....tv...l. s
Year: 1876

Boss SHEPHERD.-This gentleman
to whom Washington owes much OF
is present magnIfcence and some
thirty or forty millions of its debt, is
still in favor in the National Capitol.
About two weeks since he gave a
grand ball in Washington for which
six hundred invitations were issued ,
most OF which, from all accounts,
were accepted. President Grant and
family were among the guests, and 1t
was the more marked in the former
as it was his first appearance in society
this season. No Nemesis seems to
follow This man Shepherd. Public
opinion charges him with the gTossest
mismanagemept, put the cream OF
Washington society gather at his IN
yitation. We are MT certain how
ever that it is Just to Washington TO
designate the proportion of It's people
who rise to the surface as the cream
of It's society. We trust there are
ladies' and gentlemen in that city, not
so we'll known TO the nation, perhaps,
as Mr.. Shepherd, who would not feel
honored by an invitation to his social
festivities.
Year: 1876

FoR A CoNsnrUTioN.-Georgia will
probably have a constitution. The
Lower House Of her Legislature has
passed a bill ordering such a body,
and the measure is said TO be popular
with the people. The bill provides
for one hundred and ninty.four dele
gates to the convention, to be chosen
in January, 1877. This late day WAS
fixed upon for the setting of the con-
Yention, against strong lobby opposi-
ton, the object being to give time for
the exciting events Of the last few
months ia the State TO be forgotten, III
order that calm judgment may he
brought to the performance of the
duty in hand. 1t is believed the bill
will meet with bat slight opposition
In the Senate.
Year: 1876

WHEN BISMARCK says" We live in
a state of the most profound peace
we have no wish for conquest we are
contented with what we possess +; we
have no thought of threatening any
one," it is high time to look out for
a declaration of war In some directl
on. Ofcourse Germany needs peace,
but Prince Bismarck should not say
so lest the sceptical doubt it.
Year: 1876

A NUIsAYcE.-Every few months
that notorious ranter, Mr.. Robert
Toombs, gets up in some public place
and amuses himself by making g Seces.
sion speech, in which he represents no.
bodv's sentiments except his own.
The Southern press promptle deny
that he has any right to speak for the
South, and repudiate all of his utter
apees A few administration journals
in the North repubiish the speech,
and point to it as an indication Of the
unreconciled spirit Of the South, when
it is only Al indication that !ts author
is 4 reckless frantic. What the South
really thinks of him may be Judged
by these remarks from The Lynch-
burg Trgiaioa: Now, what sense
is there in Toomb's raving? Wha. Is
the Use Of his talking about what he
fought for when, as everybody knows
he did little or no fighting when the
opportunity was furnished him, and
only the inclination was wanting! We
deny the right of Mr.. Tocmbs, whose
life has been signal failure, and who
with great natural talents, IL utterly
devoid of wisdom, to keep his country
in ferment, and simply TO crafty
his vulgar taste for playing bully and
braggart to injure the people that 1t
should be his chief object to serve
Year: 1876

TIE failure of the bill in the House
FOR an amendment to Constitution
which shall limit the Presidents office
to a single term. is not likely to be
the end of the movement. \ large
majority was developed in favor of
the resolution, though the requisite
two thirds vote was not obtained.
Year: 1876

Position OF THE SoUrH.-The Rich.
m"nd Hhig thus emphatically says
Tine South casts behind her all the
past that was hostile to the Union.
she has Sworn anew allegiance to the
OnIon; and her sons will be the first
to buckle on their armor to protect
IT. integrity from foes, whether for
eiyn or DOMESTIC"
Year: 1876

GERMAN IN PuBLic ScHooLs--The
question of teaching the German lan>
guage in the public schools Of New
York, has been settled decisively by
the Board of Education, limiting the
teaching of that language to the
higher schools As 4 special study.
Year: 1876

The above house Is large and commodiOus
and fitted up in the most modern style.
The bar is always wei. supplied with the
best Of liquors.


Boarding can be had on the most moderate
terms either daily or weekly.
Stabling for Is head norses.
The proprietor respectfully asks the pa
tronage of his friends and the public.


JOHN MCCALLIN.
Year: 1876

The notice which appeared at the head OF
the local columns of THE HERALD yester-
day was placed there without the authority
of the editor or publishers, and by some one
who assumed the authority without sanction
from ug
Year: 1876

A BEAUTIFUL BAPTIsMAL FoNT.-
AT the Catholic church on Madison
Street, known as the Sacred heart of
Jesus, is baptismal font, which is the
most original in design that has ever
been seen in this country. 1t is COM
posed entirely of iron, and is made of
one piece. 1t represents the seven
sacraments of the church, the first of
which is the Baptism of The Saviour,
surmounting the cover, the second is
the Confirmation, the third is the Holy
Communion, the fourth is the Comics
sion. the fifth is the Extreme Unction,
the sixth is the Holy Order, and the
seventh is Matrimony; these are so
regularly grouped as to come in the
order they are known in the church,
and relieved by two guardian angels,
all worked in colors that harmonize
we'll with the subject, and form sub
ject Of deep and pleasing study. At
the foot of the font are the four Evan
gelists, st. Matthew, st Mark, ST..
Luke and st. John. 1t is the work of
e Roman artist in New York, and was
built especially for the church of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus.-Herdld
Year: 1876

The Ravel Gymnasium will give
their second annual reception on Mon
day evening next, in the Masonic
Temple. From the sale of tickets the
ball will be one of the largest given in
this city this season. The last ball of
this society gave even satisfaction and
no pains are being spared to make this
one eclipse the former. Refreshments
will be served very plentifully during
the evening.
Year: 1876

RETURNED The Wilmingtonians who
went down to participate in the l. Q AS
ball at RAINS Hall. Baltimore, returned
early this morning. They are all unani-
omous in the opinion that the ball was
grand affair.
Year: 1876

Farmers should be on their guard. A new
dodge of swindling has been put in opera
ton. Several strange men drive through all
agricultural district. They stop at all the
farm houses and make d contract to take
all the butter the farm can furnish at fifty
cents per pound. Further, 1t will be gath.
cred up by special teams and the cash paid
for it at the door. The pretense is that
during The fall and winter the large cities
viii be overhowcd and that butter will be
scarce. In this way all the farmers in a
district are contracted with, and arrange
ments are made 70 come for their butter on
certain days aid at certain points; the con-
tract to 60 into effect in two weeks. A few
days after the departure of the men drove
of COWS comes along. They are fine look
iug milch cows. The farmers having good
thin. IN view think they might use few
more cows. They try to buy them and the
droyer dosen't seem to be anxious to sell
Finally, however, he is induced to sell tw o
or three to each farmer at prices considera
bly, higher than the real market value. he
then departs, meets his partners, who put
up the butter jobs, and they divide their
profits. That is the last the farmer hears
of 1t.