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Year: 1871

A FATAL HUNT.-Another instance of
the pitcher going once too often to the
well has occurred in India. Captain Doig,
an infantry officer, had become renowned
as tiger hunter, and the fame of his ex-
ploits had even reached Europe. He was
supposed to be invincible, had performed
almost fabulous feats, life The poor
gentleman was, Notwithstanding, killed by
tiger early in September He went out
one day and had a brilliant success, Staying
fine tiger single-handed. Four or five
days after, news came that another tiger
was lurking in the same place, about six
miles from the cantonment The new ar
rival at once began to distinguish himself
by slaughtering bullocks, and Captain Doig
resolved to bring his sport to an end. Un-
accompanied save by his own "Shikaries," !"
the hunter repaired to the spot. The saw
age beast was soon found, and Captain Doig
got rather long shot at him, and felt sure
he had hit him in the head. His impress
ion, however, was that the tiger had got
off into the jungle, not much hurt, and that
he must beat again for him in fresh
quarter. While preparing to do this,
Captain Doig being at the moment alone,
the enraged animal suddenly leaped from
cover, and in an instant, seized his foe and
bore him to the earth. Captain Doig after
ward said that the onset was so swift that
be never even saw the beast until he him
self was on the ground and being, as he
expressed it, "calmly eaten" A horrible
struggle ensued, the "Shikaries" sprang
to the rescue, and the intrepid hunter ac-
tually fought himself out of the tigers
clutches, and not only that, but managed
to destroy him. The encounter was never
theless fatal. Captain Doig had the pluck
to ride back to the cantonment, being lift
ed to the saddle for that purpose.A But he
recovered from the shock and the frightful
laceration he received, and five days after
breathed his last For men who get cele-
brated for this kind Of achievement its pur-
suit seems to have irresistible fascination,
and the sad case of Captain Doig has
many precedents.
Year: 1871

A cotemporary records thai. a nice young
girl at Green Bay, Wis, was being courted
by nice young man. He was generously
inclined, and made her presents of hair
oil, which he purchased from the store Of
the father of his adored. After giving her
some 20 bottles of the oleaginous fluid he
discovered he was working in a circle-as
fast as he presented them she returned
them to the store, thus dutifully making
trade for her father.
Year: 1871

A burglar was caught at Somerville
Mass J, from the circumstance of meeting
young lady in one of the rooms in her
night-clothes. On seeing him she tainted
and fell into his arms, and when the peo
pie of the house came in he was trying to
bring her to with bottle of camphor. He
said no gentleman would go off and leave a
lady in such condition as that.
Year: 1871

oath he cooked his pistol, and swore
he would blow out my brains, unless
[ instantly showed him where the
money was concealed.


Fearful of violence, I led him to
the library, and pointed out the vol
umes in which were the nine thousand
dollars. With cry Of brutal glee,
he ran to the shelf, took
a book down, and commenc to hur-
riedly turn the leaves. The pistol
he still held in his hand, but the
weapon somewhat impedcd his rapid
search, so he laid it on the table by
his side. How I did it, l know not,
for [ always was timid girl, but in
an instant, [ had siczed it, and,
pointing it toward him, threatened
to shoot him dead if he moved a
step.


Baffled, he made motion as if to
spring upon me, but there must have
a fire in my eye that stopped him.
Giving little laugh, he tried to
parley with me, and cndeavored to
coax me to let him 60, but I would
not listen to word, and perempto-
rily ordered him to silence.


How long the minutes seemed
each one an hour. Still kept the
pistol levelcd at bis breast, and lis
tened anxiously for the return of the
servant. The burglar begged and
prayed for me to let him 60, but I was
adamant. He implored me for the
sake of his wife and children, bit to
all entreatles I turned a deaf ear.
Yet, not for moment taking my
eye or pistol off him. At last I
heard the merry laughter of the re-
turning servants, and my pulse and
heart quicker. He heard it too, and
again implored me to let him go.


1 shook my head.


Finally, the domestics entered the
house; on my calling for assistance,
the gardener and oachman ran to-
ward the library, and as they burst
into the room, l fell fainting to the
foor.'
Year: 1871

The administration is disappoint,
ed at the result Of the Virginia elec-
tion. The democratic triumph is
charged in great measure upon the
apathy of many of the federal officials
in that state, to say nothing Of the
alleged conservative proclivities of
some. The latter may expect a
speedy decapitation.
Year: 1871

II is always safe to be polite to
ladies. An incident Of the late
railroad smash-up near Boston prov es
it. A gentleman of that city gave
up his seat in the last car OF the
Beverly train to lady, and passed
forward. The lady was killed and
the gentleman was unhurt.
Year: 1871

Much depends in the growth Of .
city or town upon the spirit ofsnter-
prise and absence of selEshness; men
who employ capital in absolute pro-
ductioE are benefit to the commu-
nifty. A wise community lends its
aid to every well grounded enterprise
that aims to establish itself among
them.
Year: 1871

THE LATEST FROM UTAH.-A despatch from


Salt Lake which we print this morning has it


that number Of well known polygamists are


making arrangements to send away their


plural wives should the decision in the forth


coming trials go against the defendants. If IL
should come to this we shall despise the Nor
mons even more than we have yet done. II
they believe polygamy to be Divine institu.
ton, let them stick to it and firht the fiobt
IKE honorable men. If they are willing to
abandon the Divine idea and 20 in for expe.
diency, let them still be men. They cannot
and they dare not dispose of .heir plural
wives and their children 10 this easv wav
The plural wives and their families are the
Inheritance, and therefore in a sense be
property, Of the nation, and the nation must
and will see to it that they are cared for.
Many OF the Mormon leaders are now rich
and in the downfall and abandonment Of M.
lygamy Congress must see to it that tho w;ves
and children Of the polygamous marriages
have fair share Of the properly of the bus-
bands and fathers. In the settlement of tb;s
question care must be taken that the nation be
not unnecessarily burdened and that fair plav
is made the rule.
Year: 1871

THE VICE PRESIDENCY. The matter OF Gen.
eral Grants denomination being settled to the
satisfaction Of the leading republican papers.
the Providence Journal-which must speak
by the card, inasmuch as it is the organ of one
Of the United States Senators-takes ND the
subject of the Vice Presidency, and after
administering severe rebuke to Vice Pres-
dent Colfax for presuming to decline a renomi-
nation Ia advance, proposes to punish him by
nominating him again by acclamation. Thus
is 1t foreshadowed that the republican war cry
IN 1872 will be but the echo of that of 1863
Grant and Colfax.
Year: 1871

Ton THE BEAoH AT LONG BRANoH. IL
will be seen BY our reports of the effects
of the storm on Tuesday night that the beach
at Long Branch has suffered considerably, the
bluff being washed away to the main drive at
the intersection of Chelsea avenue. and some
of the hotels badly damaged This disaster
might have been foressen, and if proper pre-
cautions had been taken to avert it Long
Branch property owners would have acted the
part OF wisdom. What is wanted is a break
water of stone along the beach, so as to pro-
tect the bluff from the fury of the breakers
during storm like that of the night before
last. The owners of hotels, as we'll as the
owners Of cottages and other private property.
should take immediate steps to construct this
breakwster; otheryiss they may wake up
some boisterous wintry morning and learn
that all their beautiful villas and gardens and
fashionable drives are among the things that
were.
Year: 1871

THE BEY OF TUNTs was recently quite cor
dial to our naval commander on his coast in
his greetings to our President and people.
We might say, indeed, for so distant foreign
relation as the Bey, that he was pathetically
gushing. ''The United States and its people,
said he ''are neares! 10 INV heart
Year: 1871

THR YOUNG MEMS MUNICIPAL REBORN
for prosecuting repeaters and fraudulent voters
that general exodus from the city of that
unwholesome element Of our population is re-
ported. The committee will have done it's
best work if it succeeds in driving the roughs
that compose these classes away from their
customary work of housekeeping and car
''p.png" during the winter months.
Year: 1871

FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA We
have mail reports furnished by the steamship
ocean Queen yesterday. The advices have
been fully anticipated by the telegraph de-
spatches from the different States, which have
already appeared IN the HERALD. Indeed, it
may be said that the situation had not changed
since the date Of our previous special letters
from the capitals of the republics.
Year: 1871

The meeting of citizens of New York,
to deliberate upon the frauds of the Tam
many Ring, was one of the largest held
for many years. 1t was made up of the
"solid tax payers of the city" AS all
could not get standing room in Cooper In
stitute Hail. the largest in the city, meet
ing was held in the street.


What the meeting proposes to do was
very fairly and pointedly stated by Judge
Emott, as follows:


Now, gentlemen, as your President has
said, "What are you going to do" [ will
tell you've have come here to tonight
to express our ideas, and to direct public
opinion. L tell you the world is waiting
to see if the men of New York believe in
honesty, or worship fraud. We must re-
peal this charter. We must compel the
complete developments of the acts of
these men, and an entire publicity of every
debt in the future which they make-we
must limit their power to make these
debts, to mortgage our property without
our consent. We must remove the officers
who have been guilty of such acts-we
must punish the guilty. Wemust recover
the money back to the city treasury.


If there be no law to do it, then persist
emily agitate, agitate, agitate, till at last
you get law. If the citizens of this
great city are in earnest, they cannot be re-
sisted; there is no power like the power
of people aroused A voice-"That is
son aroused and enkindled with the en-
thusiasm of righteous wrath. We have
seen it in the war of the rebellion let us
see it again now.
Year: 1871

This compound is a never-failing cure for this ter
rible disease How many diseases have their seat in
the blood-diseases which have been treated vainly
for years. If the blood alone is purified in most cases
health and happiness will return. DR.. Fowler's
Compound acts especially upon the virus in the blood.
causing in time the disappearance of the hideOus
Sores and restoring the skin beautiful appearance
the eye clear and sparkling and the whole human
ganization becomes healthy.
Year: 1871

DY VIRTUE OF A VENDITIONI .EXPoNAs


ID issued from the Circuit Court of Knox county
Tennessee, and to me directed will sell for cash IN
hand in front of the court house in Knoxville on Sat-
prday, the Both day of September 1sll, all the right
has in and to certain tract parcel OF land lying and
situated in the 18th civil district Of Knox county Ten
Year: 1871

The bonds of the new loan will be
paid by check on the treasury, payable
to order, and will be sent direct by mail
to the address OF the holders. This will
prevent the holders from going to the
Assistant Treasures Office 10 receive
the money. All subscribers are re-
quested to send their addresses to the
Treasury Department.
Year: 1871

The Professor Of mathematics in
n western college has figured out be-
fore his class the exact dimensions
of Heaven. He decided that it con-
tains but 1,500 square miles, and
bases his calculation on the 2lst
chapter of Revelations. 1t is thought
by him, however, that this space
will be ample, so many people seem
to be going the other way at pre-
sent.
Year: 1871

One of the results of the German
Arctic Exploring Expedition is the
discovery of immense coal beds in
the north of Greenland. Mountains
exceeding Mont Blanc in height was
discovered, and the botanical speci-
mems found indicate that Greenl and
must have been covered at one time
with rich vegetation.
Year: 1871

From the Nashville Union and American.


The imminent prospect of Gen Grants
denomination for the Presidency forbid
any discussion of probabilities on that
hand. 1t is foreordained, and it is doubt
full even whether the formality of nom
mating convention will be indulged The
Radical party belongs to Grant and is
the Grant party of the country. Now,
if gentlemen connected with the Repub
lican party desire to defeat even Grant
there is but one practicable way of do
ing It, and that is to call in each of the
States an anti Grant contention and let
that convention nominate an electoral
ticket, composed say, equally of Demo
Gratis and anti-Grant Republicans. select.
ing for the places the purest and best
men in the respective States. Let this
ticket be run 10 each of the States on It's
own merits uncomplicated with anybody's
candidacy for the Presidency. Let this
college of electors if elected such 90 on
the day prescribed by law and cast their
votes for President and Vice President
[ verify believe that such a ticket would
prevail over the Grant ticket in New
York, Pennsylvania, aud OHIO, and in
enough other States TO insure the defeat
of Grant beyond peradventure.


This was the original intention of the
Constitution The convention system
practically did away with it and made
the electors mere cyphers. This plan
recurs to fundamental principles, aud
has the advantage of taking the whole
field againt Grant. A DEMOCRAT.
Year: 1871

1t will be borne in mind that we have
several times recently warned the people
of Kentucky that there is a deep laid
scheme upon the part of the Grant ad-
ministration to manufacture a pretext
upon which to found declaration of
martiallaw in Kentucky. Every other
expedient for getting control of the State
has been tried and has proven abortive


Kentucky stands in the way of the
purposes of the party in power. She is
an oasis in the Sahara which reconstrue
ton has made of the South. She stands
as light house TO which the eyes of the
mariners seeking the harbor of civil lib
erty and local self>government can look
with hope. She is a nucleus upon which
the Democratic masses of the country
can rally. She is an example of the
success which may be achieved by a rigid
and unfaltering adherence to principle
She Is huge thorn in the Radical side
She IS IN impossible barrier to the meas
ures OF Capitalization, so long as she be
allowed to remain free. Hence the pur
pose to get her out of the way; to lay
upon ber the strong hand OF power; to
blot her star from the constellation of
freedom.
Year: 1871

Salt Lake correspondence of the San Fran


cisco Chronicle.


There are thousands Of deluded bach.
elors in the outside world who think they
have nothing to do but come to Salt
Lake, and that the Mormons will furnish
them with ready made wives with the
same facility that q clothing merchant
could furnish them ready made clothing.
This is serious mistake, and the sfore-
said bachelors will find it out If they
should ever come here. Even a profess
ed Mormon has to earn by hard work
second wife before he can get her. At
conference times certain number Of
saints are called to go on missions to va
rious parts Of the earth, TO be absent
generally three years. Some go to the
Sandwich Islands. others to Australia,
some to England, and others to different
European countries, chiefly Denmark,
Norway and Sweden. II these mission
aries are faithful and make converts,
upon their return TO Salt Lake. if they
so desire it, they can have an additional
wife by applying to the prophet, Brig
ham. IL such q case the mi=si ouaries
usually pick out some SISTER" whom
! they Converted during their absence, and
between whom according to the spirit,
there is decided affinity" As to the
Gentle bachelor, this is the poorest
country in the world for him. for should
he attempt to play the role of seducer.
or even lover, to any of the Mormon
girls. q thousand eyes are upon him, and
his life is at stake every movement he
makes. Every Mormon is a policeman,
ever watchful Of the households Of his
brother saints, and woe to the intruder
who foolishly invades any sanity abode
with evil intent. Knowing this, the Gen
tile bachelors are very cautious, and they
consider life even sweeter than stolen
sweets from Mormon maidens.
Year: 1871

The Commissioner of Education has
prepared series of statistics to be EN-
bodied in his annual report, setting forth
the relation of education to crime in the
New England States. From this it APP
pears, first. that eighty per cent. of the
criminals IN those States have DO educa
tion. or not sufficient to serve them a
valuable purpose in life second. eighty
to ninety per cent of the criminals have
never learned any trade, nor are they
master of any skilled labor ; third. not
far from seventy FIVE per cent. Of the
crimes committed are by persons of for
eigu extraction, born themselves abroad,
or their parents fourth. eighty to ninety
per cent of the criminals are intemper
ate; fifth ninety FIVE per cent. OF the
Juvenile offenders are from idle, Ignorant,
vicious and drunken homes.
Year: 1871

From the Rev York Tribune.


We agree with DIR Prime in the Oh
Serrer, that it is a shameful thing for
congregations to starve their pastors by
paying them Diggardly salaries. The
Doctor tells of one PRESBYTERIAN clergy
man who died few months ago for want
of sufficient food Fear OF poverty had
made him an idiotic miser. / is not
impossible that nervous anxiety about
income damages the health of preachers
The matter, according TO DR. Prime
ought to be laid upon the conscience Of
the individual members of the church
for, sad to relate, in the opinion Of this
distinguished person. who ought to know.
1.-The Church collectively has no con
science This is a state of things de-
manding immediate attention, for re
ligious folk can better do without heads
than hearts See the gross unfairDess of
our treatment of clergymen. We nearly
monopolize all their time. all their brains,
all their physical strength; but if they
make little effort to pick up a little
money by extra professional work or
enterprise, they must get very rich in
deed not to have the public declaring
them false TO their ordination vows.
Year: 1871

You can't eat enough in week to last
you year, and you cant advertise on
that plan either.


People that advertise only once in
three months forget that most folks can
not remember any thing longer than
about seven days.


No bell can ring so loudly as good
advertise ment. People will believe what
they see rather than what they hear


Quitting advertisements in dull times
is like tearing out dam because the
water is low. Either plan will prevent
good times from ever coming.


An Indian once tried the softness of
feathers by laying on rock and stretch
ing himself upon it. There are some
who try the virtue of advertising as of
anything else in life, that if it is worth
doing at all it is worth doing we'll


Bread is the staff of human life, aud
advertising is the staff of business.


A simple card may proftabiy stand
years without changing, but a sensation
advertisement should be changed as often
as you can get the printer to do it.


We don't recommend advertising as
the best way to get good wife, but We
can recommend it as the best way to get
good trade.


A heavy advertisement once is more
than quadrupled in value by small card
published for few months after giving
your address.


Beware of long prosy advertisements.
Year: 1871

THEquestion of how old cigar should
be before being smoked is often dispu
ted one. Cubans like green cigar.
The workmen, who ought to know smoke
the cigars as they make them. IF you
60 to certain cigar store in New York
already quite celebrated for its Cuban
cigars made in the city, and buy cigar
there, before handing it to you the very
courteous Cuban will, with great delib
eration. hrst apply the cigar 10 his ear.
You ask What is that for? "To see.
or rather hear, how dry it is If too
dry, It will snap very short. l can hear
it. green cigar is soft and makes 40
noise "How old ought a cigar to be p
In two or three weeks in this elimateea
cigar IS dry enough-longer than that
does not improve1t."
Year: 1871

THE Glasgow Times comes out strong
ly for Mr.. Beck, which is certainly sig
oifcant indication of the times. The
popular current sets strongly in that di-
rection and Mr Beck is undoubtedly
the coming man; and, now that his back
is turned, we do not hesitate to say that
he richly deserves to be The people
will be unpardonabiy false to their-ovsn
interests if they fail co reward with high
er honors the energy capacity and fdeli-
ty which. by universal admission, have
characterized the term of his public ser
vice.
Year: 1871

NEARLY all the gold sent East from
San Francisco now comes through the
mail bag. put up in small boxes weigh
ing from two to three pounds each, and
each box sent as registered letter. The
reason for this is very substantial one
In the mail the cost of transportation is
about one per cent, while the express
companies charge five 1t is stated that
about one hundred thousand dollars in
gold passes daily through the Omaha
postoffice.
Year: 1871

Tue National Democratic Executive
Committee, appointed by the National
Convention, will meet in Washington in
January to decide on the time and place
of holding the Gext convention. The
Radical Committee meet in Washington
on the 11th of January to decide when
aud where their convention shall be held
Year: 1871

THE warning from Washington in re
gard to the bogus tin mines in Utah
shows that the recent excitement IN re
lation thereto was gotten up for purely
speculative purposes to entrsp the un-
wary as well as She greedy.
Year: 1871

1t is suggested from every quarter
that the best prices to be realized will be
those paid early in the season, and it
stands rather strongly to that reason,
We must remember that there is an i'm


mense amount Of the old stock of pro
visions to be carried over into next year,
which xsct, coupled with the large excess
of gesent crop, will Inevitably pro
duee tinued depression in the pro


n t- At this season OF the
- s shs usually stifieu; but, ON
Kfy, there is a manifest weak
ness V1his department at the present