Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1878 — Page 4

THE TWO KIVKBB. . BY HF.KBY W t-OMOYM.IXJW. I. ' J Slowly the hour-hand of the clock moves round; So slowly that no human eye hath power To see it move I Slowly in shine or shower The painted ship above it, homeward bound, Salls, but seems motionless, as if aground Yet both arrive at last; and in his toyer 1 he slumberous watchman wakes and strikes the hour, A mellow, measured, melancholy sound. Midnight 1 the outpost of advancing day 1 The frontier town and citadel of night I The watershed of Time, from which the streams Of Yesterday and To-morrow take their way, One to the land of promise and of light, One to the land of darkness and of dreams 1 ii. O River of Yesterday, with current swift Through chasms descending, and soon lost to sight, I do not care to follow in thy flight The faded leaves that on thy bosom drift! O River of To-morrow, I uplift i Mine eyes, and thee I follow, as the night Wanes into morning, and the dawning light Broadens, and all the shadows fade and shift! . I follow, follow, where thy waters run Through unfrequented, unfamiliar fields, Fragrant with flowers and musical with song; Still follow, follow; sure to meet the sun. And confident, that what the future yields • Will bo the right, unless myself be wrong. in. Yet not in vain, O River of Yesterday, Through the chasms of darkness to the deep descending, I heard thee sobbing in the rain, and blending Thy voice with other voices far away. I called to thee, and yet thou wouklst not stay, But turbulent, and with thyself contending, And torrent-like thy force on pebbles spending, Thou wonldst not listen to a poet’s lay. Thoughts, like a loud and sudden rush of wings, Regrets and recollections of things past. With hints and prophecies of things to be, And inspirations, which, could they be things, And stay with us, and we could hold them fast, Were our good angels—these I owe to thee. iv. And thou, O River of To-morrow, flowing Between thy narrow ariamantine wal e. But beautiful and white with waterfalls, And wreaths of mist, like hands the pathway showing; 1 hear the trumpets of the morning blowing, I hear thy mighty voice, that calls and calls, And see, as Ossian saw in Morven’s halls, Mysterious phantoms, coming, beckoning, going 1 It is the mystery of the unknown That fascinates us ; wc are children still, Wayward and wistful; with one hand we cling To the familiar things wc call our own, Anil with the other, resolute of will, Grope in the dark lor wuat the day will bring. —March A tlantic.

MY UNCLE BEN.

My Uncle Ben believe in ghosts ? Of course he did ; he used to say: “No modern mansion of stucco and plaster for me ; give me a grand old house, all covered by ivy and hidden by trees, whose walls are hung with tapestry, and whose passages, extending from room to room, make the blood curdle with their gloom and length. Why, sir, there is something enlivening even in its decay; the dampness of its walls, and the cracks in the discolored ceilings, which only suggests to the vulgar mind ague and rheumatism, are evidences to me of its venerable age and respectability. The very mice that scamper up and down in the time-worn wainscoting give me a friendly greeting that I never meet in your new-fashioned houses, built for a race of mammon-worshipers who have made their wealth out of shoddy and petroleum. “ People mourn over the various ills that flesh is heir to, over the loss of money, lauds, and health, and other insignificant things, but I mourn over the decline in the race of our ghosts:—that is a real loss ; but what can you expect ? They are sneered at by foolish skeptics, and insulted by dictionary-concoctors like Walker ; what decent specter would feel any respect for himself when people '■all him specter ? It is enough to make him contemptible in his own eyes, and cause him to let himself out to be exhibited at an entertainment combining instruction, amusement, and horrors, for the small sum of one shilling per head. What honest, gentlemanly ghost, who lives in a quiet, respectable country house, would have any connection with the disreputable roving spirits that can be called up by any charlatan or impostor to play on a cracked accordion, to make stupid jokes, to untie knots, andt® rap out ghastly revelations from a dirty deal table ? An old-fashioned, aristocratic phantom would despise the tricks of such nomadic nonentities, as he wanders through the the dreary corridors of the haunted house, or remains in his garret or cellar, thinking over the good old times when he appeared with clanking chains to frighten weary wayfarers, and make the awe-striken folks shudder as they sat in the old chimney corner. “Think of the thrilling interest he excited when he revealed to the true heir the place where the money was concealed, that he had robbed him of before he left this life for the land of shades. Such a ghost was well worth knowing ; and so was the good old scholarly phantom, who required you to speak to him in Latin, who appeared only at the canonical hour of 12, and who could not be got rid of with your furniture, but remained one of the fixtures of the ancient mansion. “ To have such a ghost in your family is the only criterion of age and respectability; once a man was known to be a gentleman by the house he inhabited, by his carriage, and his coat-of-arms. Now Mr. Solomon Stubbs, the retired cheese monger, buys the house of the ruined Marquis de Sang-Azur, and purchases a crest at the Heralds’ College; he may purchase almost anything, may keep a dozen carriages, but he cannot buy a ghost; it is only the ancient families that can keep that proof of respectability.” I really believe that Uncle Ben valued the shade that was said to haunt his house far higher than all his more tangible property. Nothing made him more angry than for any one to doubt its existence; he was always ready to break a lance with any skeptic on the subject, and to offer him a bed in the haunted room; and, although many of the young members of the family scoffed at the story, very few had the courage to accept the challenge. One winter night, when the wind was moaning round the chimney-pots and through the eaves, singing a dirge among the leafless branches of the gaunt old spectral trees for the joys of the dead summer, the family was gathered round the fire in the drawing-room. JRUncle Ben, who was standing with his back to the fire, said to his nephew: I think, Joe, we had better put on another log of wood; I don’t feel inclined for bed yet, and I suppose you youngsters intend to sit up half the night, as usual.” “I don’t mean to turn in yet for one uncle,” replied Joe. “Tell us one of your ghost stories; a regular bloodourdler.” “Ah, Joe,” said the old man, “lam afraid you are a thorough skeptic. Yen disbelieve in all supernatural appearances.”

“Certainly,” answered Joe, who was Secretary to the Literary Debating Society in the little town of Mudborough, and who had written an essay to prove ♦he non-existence of everything, and that we are simply the creations of our own thoughts. ‘ ‘ Certainly these impalpable specters are only illusions which the disordered condition of our weak physical organs bring before us.” “ I own you ..re a clever lad, Joe, but 1 don t care a button for your arguments I believe in ghosts because I have seen them.” “ Oh, I am open to conviction; if you introduce me to a bona-fide ghost Til give in. I believe only in the things I understand.” “Joe, you have as little faith as a Jew; and, if you only believe in what you understand, your creed will be shorter than that of any man I know.” “Can you give us any proof? Can you mention one instance im.which the specter has appeared to anw .one you know?” / ‘ I * / “A hundred, if you wish it/’ said the old man. “One will do; give us one gegniw esse and we will believe.” " K - ”■

“I will; listen. The story that lam about to relate is an incident that happened to myself some twenty years ago, and for the truth of which I can vouch.” “Well, proceed.” “ I would give you the history of the specter attached to thj® f Mouse, but that only appears*®** f*vp»ed few, and I have not yet seen it, although I have often enough heard thd*noises it makes. ” “We should prefer a ghost that can be seen, if you nave ever met with one. ” “Ten must .understand that the village in which I lived, like many others, possesses its spectral visitor. About 100 years ago, an ancestor of mine started for London in his traveling carriage, one evening about the latter end oi June. He was an exceedingly irascible man, and, as the coachman wap not sufficiently quick in preparing the vehicle, he became much enraged, and used exceedingly passionate language. For some time the coachman bore his abuse patiently, but, at last, he lost his temper, and struck the old in the face. ■ ' “In those days everybody wore a sword; and my ancestor, who was always ready to draw, snatched his weapon from his sheath, and, with one blow, severed the unfortunate man’s head from his body. “ Conscience-stricken at this fearful crime, and terrified by the dread of its consequences, he gazed upon the headless body for a few moments, and then, being seized with a fit of apoplexy, was carried into the house by his servants. where he died in a few hours.”

“Well,” said Joe, “although the story is horrible enough, it has nothing of the supernatural in it. It is quite possible that an angry old man may commit a murder and die of fright.” “ Yes, you are right; if the tale ended there, there would be nothing to doubt; but what lam going to tell join I am afraid, will be scoffed at by my skeptical young friends, who disbelieve everything they do not see or hear.” “ That’s meant for me,” said Joe, with a laugh. “Never mind, uncle; gp on with your story.” “Yes, my boy, now I come to the marvelous part. Every year, as the hands of the clock point to the hour of midnight, a traveling carriage, with four horses, driven by a headless coachman, leaves that village, and passes down the London rqad.” “He must be clever if he ran see to drive without his head,” interrupted the still skeptical Joe. “That I cannot explain; some ghostseers say that it is possible for people in clairvoyant state to read from the pit of the stomach ; at all events, a dead man may be possessed of faculties that we do not understand ; for a man becomes considerably altered when he is dead.” “ He does, I admit.” “And if you allow that a dead man can drive at all, the small matter of a head more or less is of very little importance.” ' ■

“Just so.” “ You know that when a man dies he becomes a spirit.” “That’srum,” said Joe. “ No, sir, it’s not rum, nor whisky either; and, if you cannqt listen to my story without’ endeavoring to turn it into ridicule, I had better leave off,” replied Uncle Ben, who was as peppery as his ancestor. “Oh ! pray go on, uncle,” exclaimed all the listeners. “We’ll try to keep Joe in order.” “Well, as I was saying, this apparition made its appearance once a year, as the clock was striking 12. Many of the villagers had heard the tramp of horses and the rattling of wheels as the ghostly cortege went by. Now and then some favored individual witnessed the headless driver, as he whipped his horses on toward London. But, in all cases, the coach passed too quickly for any one to -see whether the old gentleman was really inside or not.”

“ And did no one ever see him ?” asked one of the party. “ You shall hear. I will confess that, until the night when the incident which I am about to relate took place, I was as great an unbeliever as any es yop, and always treated the whole account as an old woman’s tale, only fit to frighten children. But, one evening, as I sat smoking with some old friends, one of them, a devout believer in everything supernatural, began to talk about the family legend. I, as usual, threw ridicule upon the affair. Perhaps the good wine had inspired me with more than ordinary courage, perhaps not; at all events, I horrified some of the company by stating my intention of venturing out to wander down the road, and see if I could meet the phantom cavalcade. I swore that if I did, I would ask the old gentleman to give me a lift, and offered to bet £IOO that the whole legend was a pack of lies.” “ And did you go ?” “ Yes ; although some of the more superstitious of the party tried to prevent me, I persevered, and wandered out into the night ready to meet with ghost or goblin. ” “ And did you meet them?” “ Just as I emerged from the lane the village clock ehimed the three-quarters, and I sat down upon a moss-covered’ milestone to wait and watch for the phantoms that ‘come like shadows—so depart.’ The night was chilly, and, as I wrapped my cloak around me, I began to shudder, as I wondered if, by any possibility, there could have been any truth in the strange story that I had heard. I had brofight with me a pock-et-flask, so I treated myself to a nip to warm me, as I gradually felt like the man in the play, that all my courage was oozing out at my fingers’ ends.” “Oh, uncle, afraid !” cried one of the boys.

“Yes, my boy, I must confess it, for the moment I began to wish I was back in the comfortable old dining-room; but as the brandy warmed me up I laughed at my fears, and determined to stay it out, careless of man or devil. “Suddenly the clock Struck the hour M midnight. * ‘ As the last echoes died away, I heard in the distance a sound like the noise, qf a carriage and horses rapidly approaching. My blood began to curdle in my veins; it came nearer and nearer; and, at last, I saw a cArlous, old-fashioned vehicle coming toward me at a furious pace. “ For a moment I was speechless, but, mustering all my courage, I cried out to the coachman tofctfcp. He did so, and then, to my intense surprise, I, saw that his head had bden severed from the trunk. The ghastly head lay by his side on the coach-box, which perhaps accounted for his being able to hear my cries.

“As the carriage stopped he sprang to the ground, flung open the door, let down the steps and signed for me to enter. By this time my nerves were well braced up, and I jumped in without any fear. “ Upon entering the coach and inking my seat I found myself opposite an old gentleman who was dressed in the costume of the commencement of the reign of George 111. Upon his head was an old-fashioned tie-wig, and in his hand was a naked sword which .was still covered with blood. Ilia face was of an unearthly pallor, and had upon it a soured, scared look, which did not make* him a very pleasant-looking traveling companion. “For some time we sat face to face, and when I found that he did not appear to take the slightest notice of me, I began to be more at my ease. At last I thought it would be Very uncivil to ride iri the Cid gentleman’s coach without speaking to him, and I algo felt inclined, as I had never before met with a real ghost, to make his acqq&intftnce. So I, by way of opening the conversation, said;

“ ‘A splendid night, sir.’ i “ The elderly party in the tie-wig made no reply. ..... i “ ‘ln a hurry to get to town, I presume ? lam very much obliged to you forthe lift.’ -I /. .ytfak. *■ ‘ Stall bo answer. After this we both, sat for some time in silence; the ghost seemed buried in thought, £nd mained watching him with great interest., At last, the night being chilly for the time of year, and the coach having about it a peculiar atmosphere like that of a vault, I began to feel extremely cold, and I drew out once more my flask of brandy. “ The eyes of the old fellow lit up and twinkled with excitement, as he sfiw me drink. I offered him’the bottle; he ‘accepted it With a low bow, and followed my example. “ ‘ Thank you,’ said he; ‘ I have not tasted such good family brandy for many a day.’ He then drew out his snuff-box and offered me a pinch. Not daring to offend him, I took one, but I carefully let it drop on the floor of the carriage when his eyes were turned away. “After a second nip the old gentleman grew quite sociable; and-began to talk; he complimented me upon my bravery in daring to stop his carriage. For just one century he had, once a year, driven along this road without meeting any one who had the courage to ride with him; and, through me, he would be released from all further punishment, which was to last until some brave fellow accompanied him in his drive and conversed with him.

“For this release he heartily thanked me, and said that, for my courage, I should be lucky to my business speculations; and, as you are.ftWflfe, lie turned out a true prophet” “ Did you talk about anything else ?” asked Joe. “Oh, yes. My old friend had as much curiosity as a woman/’ said Uncle Ben, who, I need not say, was an inveterate bachelor. “We had a conversation about London. \lt appears that he had been a great beau in his time, and he considered himself an enormous favorite with the ladies. He wished to know who was the' reigning toast, and was much disgusted when I told him that toasts had gone out of fashion.” “ Was that all ?” : “ Oh, no. He told me where the best civet and pomatum was to be bought, and who was the best peruke-maker; and was still more surprised when I said that no one wore wigs dow, except lawyers and coachmen. He asked if traveling was as dangerous as eves; thpughhe. confessed that he had not been much troubled lately by the knights of the road. He said that one rode up to stop him twenty-five years before, but the sight of his headless driver had so frightened him'thatho put spurs to h is horse and disappeared* as if he had had twenty Bow-street runners at his hee|s.” “Did you not ask what became of him on the other nights- es the year, when he was not out for his drivfe. .

“ He said that, in company with the innumerable shades who were condemned to occasionally visit the earth for crimes committed during their past lives, he passed his time hovering round his old haunts, longing to become visible to his descendants, and to assist them in times of trouble, but unable to do so. As we conversed, the time rapidly slipped away; and at length the lamps of London became visible in the distance. After thanking the old man for his courtesy, I suggested that I might now alight, as I had a great many friends in town that I should like to visit; but he shook his head. “ ‘ No, no,’ said he; ‘we are at the mercy of my coachman; he has the entire command during our drive, and he will only stop at the place we picked you up. See, ho is turning the horses round; we are about to return.’ “If the journey to town seemed short, the journey back was still shorter. The old man told me a hundred anecdotes of the people of his time. He had been a staunch Jacobite, and he told me all about the young Cavalier, and painted the “ March to Finchley” in words that did full justice to Hogarth’s picture. The statesmen, wits, and soldiers of the last century appeared to stand before me in the flesh, and I never enjoyed a drive better than the one I had with my ghostly ancestor. “As the clock struck one, we pulled up at the old moss-covered milestone where I first stopped the coach. Once more thanking me for the inestimable favor I had done him, the old gentleman signed to the driver to open the carriage door. I got out, and, as I turned round to bid him good-by, I found that the whole cavalcade—coach, horses, driver, and old gentleman—had vanished into thin air, and I was alone. ” “Alone?” exclaimed his hearers. “Yes,” said Uncle Benj “but the strange thing was that I became insensible, and knew nothing more until I was found the next morning lying beside the milestone with the empty brandy-flask in my hands ” . ■ “ I thought so. You emptied the bottle, fell asleep, and dreamed that you saw the phantom cortege,” said Joe. “No, sir, it was no dream. j When I saw that carriage, and when I rode in it, J was as much awake as I am now; ana when you are as old as I am, and have seen as many wonders, you will be surprised #t nothing, and will own that there are more things in Heaven and earth than are dreamed of in your philosophy. ” — Belgravia.

Age of the Idea of Hell.

In tlie first place, it is necessary to rise above that narrowness of view which regards the doctrine of hell as especially a Christian doctrine, or as the monopoly of any particular religion. On the contrary, it is as ancient and universal as the systems of religious faith that have overspread the world. The oldest religions of which, we have any knowledge—Hindoo, Egyptian, and the various oriental systems of worship —all affirm the doctrine of a futqjje life,, with accompanying hells for the torture of condemned souls. We-eertiunly cannot assume that all these systems are true, and of divine origin ; but, if not, then the question forces itself Upon us, how they came by this belief. Tbe'olJ, historic religious systems involved advanced and complicated creeds and rituals, and if they were not real divine revelations in this elaborated Sh'Spe we are compelled to regard them as having, had a natural development out of lowTr and cruder forms of superstition. To explain these religions—-as to explain the earliest political institutions—Wte mudt go behind them. There is a prehistoric/ rudimentary theology of the primitive man, the quality of which has to be deduced from his low, infantine condition of mind, interpreted by what we observe among the inferior types of mankind at the present time.— Prof. Youmans, in Popular Science Monthly fbr March. . »

Edgar A. Poe.

Of Edgar Allan Poe, Mrs. Siisan A. T. Weiss gives in Scribner some very kindly and entertaining reminiscences. She says that as he appeared to her in her own home and in society, Poe was pre-eminently a gentleman? This was apparent in everything about him, even to - the 4£alst detail. He dresred always in black, and with faultless taste and simplicity. An indescribable ’ refinement pervaded all that he did and said. His general bearing in society, especially toward strangers, was quiet, dignified, and somewhat reserved, even at times unconsciously approaching hauteur, He rarely smiled, and never laughed. When pleased, nothing oouid exceed the pbwn of his manner—to his own s& cordial, to ladies marked by a sgrt of nhiyajrous, respectful courtesy. * " ■* ’

DAVID BONHAM’S CAREER.

From the GalloWs to the* Presidency the Missouri State Senate. [From the St. Ix>nia Glbbe-DSmocnrt.] -• The Hon. Fred Hora,- o*o>of the earjy settlers of WidMnHn, and who has served sevei-al trrftes as Speaker of the Arambiy of that Bt*te,> is writing some interesting letters to a Milwaukee paper about the old settlers. He relates as follows Of a well-known cfitiMen of Missouri: “ Another tragedy, in which one of the old settlers, who could be found -here during the sessions of the Territorial Legislature as an outsider or an officer, played apart, took place in Waukesha county in the year 1846. David Bonham was elected by the House of Representatives in that year Sergeant-at-Arms, and soon after shot and killed a man at or near his homestead in a dispute about the possession of a saw-mill Bonham was standing in the mill armed with a gun, and deliberately waited the coming of his unsuspecting victim, and, as soon as the latter was in sight, shot him dpwn and killed him on the spot, without warning. The j ury soon agreed ona verdict of murder in the first degree, ana the criminal was sentenced to be hanged at Racine; the gallows was erected, the military from Milwaukee had gone to the former place to keep order on the day of execution, when, a few hours before it was to take place, a paper arrived from Gov. Dodge commuting the George P. Delaplaine, the private secretary of Gov. Dodge and the special messenger on that occasion, had delayed on the road but a few hours, David Bonham would never have been President of the Missouri State Senate, which place he occupied some twelve years £)go, but would have swung from the gallows erected for him at Racine.

“BOnham was a good-natured but an impulsive and easily-excited Englishman. He never felt any remorse for the murder he committed; at any rate I could detect nothing of the kind in a long letter written to Mr. Noonan while the former was at the height of his glory in Missouri, and which Mr. Noonan gave me for perusal. The letter was full of expressions of gratitude to Mr. NoOnan for having saved his life, and showed at least, that he remembered his friends, which is a virtue not often to be found in these degenerate days when everybody iS filled with selfishness, and is calculating on future contingencies by stepping over the bodies of his slaughtered friends to obtain higher honors.”

Glimpses of Lincoln.

So much has been written about Lincoln’s private life and personal habits, that it seems unnecessary now to add more than a word. He was simple in all his tastes; liked old songs and old poetry. He was always rieatly, but not finically dressed. He disliked gloves, and once I saw him extract seven or eight pairs of gloves from an overcoat pocket, where they had accumulated after having been furnished him by Mrs. Lincoln. Usually he drank tea and coffee at the table, but he preferred nfilk, or cold water. Wine was never on the table at the White House, except when visitors, other than familiar friends, were present. The President’s glass was always filled, and he usually touched it to his lips. Sometimes he drank a few swallows, but never a whole glass, probably. He was cordial and affable, and his simple-hearted manners made a strong impression upon those who met him for the first time. I have known impressionable women, touched by his sad face and his gentle bearing, to go away in tears. Once I found him sitting in his chair so collapsed and weary that he did not look up or speak when I addressed him. He put out his hand, mechanically, as if to shake hands, when I told him I had come at his bidding. It was several minutes before he was roused enough to say that he “ had had a mighty hard day. ” Once, too, at a reception in the White House, ’I joined the long “queue” of people, shook hands with him, received the usual “ Glad to see you sir,” and passed on. Later in the evening, meeting me, he declared that he had not seen me before, and explained his preoccupation of manner while the people! were shaking hands with him by saying that he was “ thinking of a man down South.” It afterward came out that “ the matt down South” was Sherman. Once, when a visitor used profane language in his presence, he rose and said, “I thought Senator G. had sent me a gentleman. I was mistaken. There is the door, and I wish you goodnight.” At another time a delegation from a distant State waited on him with a written protest against certain appointments. The paper contained some reflections upon the character of Senator Baker, Lincoln’s old and beloved friend. With great dignity, the President said : “This is my paper which you have given me ?” Assured that it was, he added, “To do with as I please ?” “ Certainly, Mr. President.” Lincoln stooped to the fire place behind him, laid it on the burning coals, turned and said, ‘ ‘ Good day, gentlemen. Nbah Brooks, in Scribner jor March.

From a Saloon to a Pulpit.

A little over ten months ago Charles F, Whitcomb walked into ’Syracuse wearing an old straw hat with a hole in the top, a pair of shoes with the heels knocked off, and a linen duster. Yesterday the Bev. Charles F. Whitcomb, of Ira, Cayuga county, entered the Standard editorial rooms ; the straw hat had given place to a site tile, and the lirieir duster nad been multiplied to a full-dress suit pf black. It is but a littld'pver twelve months ago that Mr. Whitcomb van a saloon where the worst characters of Detroit, Mich., congregated. He went through a Entail fortune of SB,OOO or $10,000; spent the lastoent with boon companions, and then started on a tramp. At Port Leyden, LtfwiS county, he abandoned his former habits, and when he struck Syracuse: and the revival he maintained Ms desire to lead a better life. He took up one branch of Mr. Hammond’s labors— work among the intemperate. This he 'pur-, sued for several months, and was quite successful. He reached Ira, where he, now is pastor. of a church, which has prospered under his ministrations. From a saloon-keeper to a preacher ip twelve months. — Syracuse (N. Y.) Standard.

An Anecdote of Lincoln.

While the ceremonies of the second inauguration were in progress, just as Lincoln stepped forward to take the oath of office, the sun, which had been obscured by rain-clouds, burst forth in splendor. In conversation, next day, the President asked, “Did you notice that sunburst ? It made my heart jump.” Later in the month, Miss Anna .Dickinson, in a lecture delivered in the hall of Ae House of Representatives, eloquently alluded to the sunburst as a happy omen. The President sat directly in front of the speaker, and, from the reporter’s gallery, behind her, I had caught his eye ; gdon after he sat down. When Miss Dickinson referred to the sunbeam, he looked up to me involuntarily, and T thought Iris eyes were suffused with moisture. Perhaps they were, but nett day he said, “I wonder if Miss Dickinson saw me wink at you ?” —Noah Brooks' “Reminiscences of Lincoln," in March Scribner.

New Treatment of Diphtheria.

Dr. E. N. Chapman, bf Brooklyn, N. T., in the Scientific American, claim f? grMt success in the’treatment Of diphtheria with quinine and whisky. He claims that it neutializes the diphtheritic poison and destroys the membrane. He cites numerous cases to prove his position. fie claiips that any local ap-

plications are worse than useless. He gives jt in large doses and begins early in the formative stage 6f the disease. If, as he it is as much a specific as quinine for intermittent,' It is ft valuable discovery.

Sol Smith’s Curse.

Sol Smith’s brother Lemuel,' a young actor, was killed in Augusta, Ga. His murderer, Flournoy, was acquitted by the jury on the plea that the killing might be classed as the result of a duel. After hearing the verdict, Sol Smith said to the homicide: Before God and man I charge you with murdering my brother ! The sleep of the innocent will never more be yours. You are a murderer, and will ever more carry the mark of homicide upon your brow. From thia time forth in this world you will never sleep again. Two years later Sol was accosted by an abject-looking wretch, who stood before him in an attitude of supplication. It was Wm. Flournoy. “Why do you follow me ?” said Sol. “Becausel want you to shoot me—right here.” “ No, it is not for me to punish you,” was the reply. “It is not punishment I ask you to inflict—that I haye received already, in full measure ; it is vengeance I ask you to take, for your brother’s murder upon his murderer. I endeavored to persuade myself I committed the deed in self-defence, but know better now. I am a murderer. You said I would never sleep more, and 1 never have. I have closed my eyes at night as usual, have steeped my senses in brandy until unconsciousness came, but that blessed sleep you drove away has never returned to me for one moment. My life is a burden to me. Take it Let me die by your hand, and then I may feel your brother may forgive me. I will die to-night! ”he said impressively, as Sol turned away and toft him. The next morning Flournoy’s body was found jat his country place. It was riddled by bullets and scalped. An Indian war had just broken out, and he had been the first victim.— Sunny South.

The Petroleum Trade.

The petroleum production of this country is largely on the increase, as the facts and estimates recently made by the Engineering and Mining Journal sufficiently indicate. The following are the figures: 4 PBODUCTION FOB "1876. • : Barrels. Pennsylvania oil fields proper.. .8,968,906 West Virginia (estimated)., 120,000 Smith’s Ferry and Ohio' (estimated) 55,010 California (estimated). 32,000 T0ta1.•9,175,905 PRODUCTION FOB 1877. Barrels. Pennsylvania oil fie1d513,135,671 West Virginia (estimated) 172,000 Kentucky and Tennessee (estimated) 73,000 California (estimated) 73,000 Ohio (estimated)- 36,500 T0ta1.18,490,171 The increase of 1877 over the year previous foots up to the enormous amount, of 4,3,14,262 barrels, or a daily increase of 11,811) barrels. The exports of oils in barrels, equal to fdrty-two gallons of etude oil each, amounted in 187 G to 7,497,856, and in 1877 to 10,425,502, showing an increase of about 3,000,000 barrels. ' Not the least remarkable fact in the petroleum business was its opportune discovery as an illuminator at the very time when the whale fishery began to seriously decline, and it is difficult to imagine anything more convenient or better for the purpose for which it is now so generally used.

Xilled With a Base-Ball Bat.

Kent Mellin, a young son of 8. B. McLin, formerly of Florida, died in this place on Sunday night from the effects of injuries received during the game of base ball on Friday afternoon. A number of boys were playing a game of base ball, and young McLin and another young man named Dudley were on the same side. McLin claimed that it was his turn to go to the bat, and Dudley said it was his, and walked up to McLin and took the bat from him. McLin became angry and struck Dudley in the stomach with his fist. Dudley jumped back, and seeing McLin still approaching him, as if to strike again, he commenced waving the bat rapidly in front of his body and walking backward. McLin continued to approach, trying to run in near enough to strike, holding his head forward and down. In this position he ran up too near to Dudley, and the bat struck him on the temple just above the ear, fracturing the skull. —Thomasville (Ga.) Enterpise.

Land Grants Forfeited.

The House Committoe on Public Lands have agreed to report to the House a bill forfeiting all land grants to the following named railroads, with the recommendation that it be printed and re ommitted for consideration by the committee. The railroads named are: Northern Pacific, Texas Pacific,-Atlantic and Pacific, Oregon Central, .Hastings and Dakota, St. Paul and Pacific (St. Vincent extension and Brainerd branch), Wisconsin Central, North Wisconsin, Houghton and Ontonagon, Detroit and Milwaukee, Little RoCk and Fort Smith, St. Louis and Iron Mountain, New Or leans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg, North Louisiana and Texas, Florida and Gulf Central, Pensacola and Georgia, Alabama and . Chattanooga, Mobile and'Girard, Coosa and Tennessee, Alabama and Florida, and Gulf and Ship Island. It is estimated that this bill, if passed, wjU restore to the public domain about one hundred million acres of land.— Washington Cor, Chicago limes, A sllver quarter-dollar and 5-cenJ piece, coined by the Obnfederate States of America, have turned up in the South. •

Breathing Miasma Without Injury.

There is no exaggeration In the statement that thousands of persons residing from otie year’s end to another in fever and ague regions on this continent and elsewhere breathe air more or less impregnated with miasma without incurring the disease, simply and only because they are in the habit of using Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters ! as a preventive. ”It has frequently happened, and the fact has been amply attested by the parties themselves, that persons surrounded op all sides by neighbors suffering the tortured or this shivering and burning plague, have enjoyed absolute immunity from it, thanks to the protection ifcrd«d by She Is that standard anti-febrile cordial less efficacipus in remedying than in preventing chills and fever, bilious remittents, and disorders of •Jafclndred type. Taken between the paroxysms, • it; speedily mitigates their violence, and eventually prevents their recurrence. These facts, convincingly established by evidence, appeal Tyith peculiar force tb travelers and sojourners in malarious districts.

They Don’t Know It.

■ Some people don’t know that they.are being swindled every time they buy an Inferior, shortweight balling powder. It would-be fat better to buy and use the old. reliable Dooley’s Yeast •Pow Deb. Every package of the Dooley Powder is warranted absolutely pure and strictly > full weight. Sold by. grocers.

, The Chicago Ledger—the best Story Paper in the West. Send five cents and get two Copies.

i , CHEW The Celebrated ’ “ Matchless” ;. i Wood Tag Ping : j Tobacco. The Pioneeb Tobacco Company, New York, Boston and Chicago. >■ . Fobty million bushels of choice wheat were harvested in Minnesota in 1877. 8h eis now the most prosperous. Western State. The St. Paul Dispatch, is valuable to all cotitemplating emigration, miking State news a specialty. Weekly edition, f>1.50 ayear, 75cts.for 6 mos. Samples free. Address Dispatch Co., St. Paul, Minn. The editor of an agricultural paper says there is absolutely no cure for hog cholera, but that Sheridan’s Condition Powders given occasionally wiH certainly prevent it. Be sure to get Sheridan’s. The other kinds in large packages are trash. Do you want a good Story Paper ? Such is The Chicago Ledger. Send five Cents > for two copies.(Jrumbs of Comfort.—Earache, toothache, headache, neuralgia and deafness can be instantly relieved and finally cured by Johnson’s Anodyne Liniment. Get a bottle and Bead directions. Two corats of The Chicago Ledgeb sent to any address for five cents, 1

The Crisis.

What think you would be the result if the earth should stop spinning around the sun? Were you ever near a large and intricate machine when one of its wheels became clogged or broken—near enough to hear the grating, jarring clash, the sudden, deafening crush? Astronomers assure us that precisely similar effects, only on an inconceivably grander some, would be produc'd if our earth—o*.w wheels in the universe-machihe—should suddenly cease its revolutions. In other words, there would be a general clash and crash of satellites, planets and systems. What we term financial crises are due to similar causes. One of the wheels in the finance-machine becomes clogged, perhaps shattered. The terrible Wall street ‘crash” which follows is communicated to every part of the financial mechanism of the country. But analogies do not stop here. There is that other mechanism, the most intricate of all— sometimes called an organism because it generates its own forces—the human machine. When one of its members fails to perform its office the whole system is thrown into disorder. Members before considered unassailable break down under the unnatural pressure. The shock comes, and utter prostration is the result. Reparation can only be effected by the restoration of the impaired parts and the readjustment of its levers—the physical forces. There is one part of the machine more liable to disorder than any other—the liver—the great balancewheel of the machine.

The liver being the great depurator or bloodcleansing organ of the system, set it at work and the foul corruptions which gender in the blood, and rot out, as it were, the machinery of life, are gradually expelled from the system. For this purpose Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, used daily, and Dr.’Pieroe’s Pleas ant Purgative Pellets, taken in very small doses, are pre-eminently the articles needed. They cure every kind of humor, from the worst scrofula to the common pimple, blotch or eruption. Great eating ulcers kindly heal under their mighty curative influence. Virulent blood poisons that lurk in the system are by them robbed of their terrors, and by their persevering and somewhat protracted use the most tainted systems maybe completely renovated and built up anew. Enlarged glands, tumors and swellings dwindle away and disappear under the influence of these great resolvents.

Physicians have long prescribed Dr. Graves’ HEART REGULATOR as a relief and cure of Heart Disease, for the simple reason that they have seen its favorable workings in all the many forms of disease the Heart is liable to, and it can truly be recommended as a scientific remedy for that dreaded of all diseases, whose subtle workings are not usually seen until the patient is beyond ordinary help. Among the many forms of Heart Disease are Palpitation, Enlargement, Spasms of the Heart, Stop page of the Action of the Heart, Trembling all over and about the Heart, Ossification or Bony Formation of the Heart, Rheumatism, General Debility and Sinking, of the Spirits. We can pronounce Dr. Graves’ HEART REGULATOR a certain remedy, and advise you to use it. Send your name to F. E. Ingalls, Concord, N. H., for a pamphlet containing list of testimonials of cures, etc. For sale by druggists at 50 cents and $1 per bottle.

Mothers 1 Mothers !! Mothers !!! Don’t fail to procure Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for all diseases incident to the period of teething in children. It relieves the child from pair, cures wind colic, regulates the bowels, and, by giving relief and health to thechild, gives rest to the mother. It is an old apd well-tried remedy.

TO CONSUMPTIVES. The advertiser, having been permanently cured of that dread disease, Consumption, by a simple remedy, is anxious to make known to his fellow-sufferers the means of cure. To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the prescription used (free of charge), with the directions for preparing and using the same, which they will find a bube Cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, Ac. Parties wishing the prescription will please address Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON. 194 Penn Street, Wuliamsburgh, N. Y. The Greatest Discovery of the Age is Dr Tobias’ celebrated Venetian Liniment I 30 years before the public, and warranted to cure Diarrhea, Dysentery, Colic and Spasms, taken internally; and Croup, Chronic Rheumatism, Sore Throats, Cuts, Bruises. Old Sores, and Pains in the Limbs. Back and Chest, externally. It has never failed. No family will ever be without after once giving it a fair trial. Price, 40 cents DR TOBIAS’ VENETIAN HORSE LINIMENT, in Pint Bottles, at One Dollar, is warranted superior to anj other, or NO PAY, for the cure of Colic, Cuts, Bruises Old Sores, etc. Sold by all Druggists. Depot—lO Pari Place, New York.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Beevess7 50 @lO 00 Hogs 4 25 (<$ 4 65 Cotton 10%@ 11 Flour—Superfine 4 00 @ 5 00 Wheat—No. 2 Chicagol 25 @ 1 26 Cobn—Western Mixed 53 @ SIX Oats—Mixed 38 @ 41)< Rye—Western 71 @ 72 POBK—New Meno 11 OO @ll 25 LABD '. 7’4 CBICAGO. Beeves—Choice Graded Steers..... 4 75 @ 550 Choice Natives 4 00 @ 5 00 • . Cows and Heifers 2 50 @4OO Butchers’ Steers 3 50 @ 4 00 Medium to Fair. 3 90 @ 4 50 Hogs—Live 3 60 @ 4 10 Floub—Fancy White Winter 6 00 @ 6 50 Good to Choice Spring Ex. 5 00 @ 525 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 1 09 @ 1 10)4 No. 3 Spring 105 @ 106 COBN—No. 2 42 @ 43 Oats—No. 2 24 @ 25 X Rye—No. 2 54 @ 56 Barley—No. 2 46 @ 47X Butter—Choice Creamery 33 @ 38 Eggs—Fresh.. 11 @ 12 Pork—Messlo 2.5 @lO 40 Lard 7k MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 11 11 @ 1 12 No. 2 1 10 @ 1 11 Corn—No. 2 42 @ 42)4 Oats—No. 2 24 @ 25 Rye—No. 1 53 @ 54 Barley—No. 2 56 @ 57 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 3 Red Fall 1 20 @ 1 21 Corn—No. 2 Mixed 42)4@ 43 Oats-No. 2 25 @ 26 Rye 56 @ 57 Pork—Messlo 75 @lO 90 Lard 7#@ 1* Hogs 3 7j @4 50 Cattle 2 50 @ 5 00 CINCINNATI. Wheat—Red 1 15 @ 1 20 Corn—New 39 @ 40 Oats 29 @ 31 Rye 59 @ 61 Pork—Messlo 50 @lO 7.5 Lar» 7X@ 7)4 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 1 White 1 26 @ 1 27 No, 2 Red 1 25 @ 1 26 Corn 44 @ 45 Oats—No. 2 28 @ 29 DETROIT. Flour—Choice White 5 75 @6 25 Wheat—No. 1 White 1 24 @ 1 25 No. 1 Amberl 22 @ 1 23 CUBN—No. 1 42)4 @ 43 Oats—Mixed 29 @ 30 Bablet (per cental) 1 05 @ 1 50 Pobk—Messlo 75 all 25 EAST LIBERTY, PA. Cattle—Best 5 25 @ 5 50 Fair...... 4 25 @ 5 00 Common 3 55 @ 4 00 Hogs 4 10 @ 4 40 Sheer.- 3 00 @ 5 65

i ASK the recovered 1 ' dyspeptic’, billons suffer111 J k era; victims of fever and. agne, the mercurial-dls-yj eased patient, how they Wyt»i recovered health, cheerMSB ful an< i Sood appoyou by taking Simmons’ Liver < “WRoW - The Cheapest, surest and family Medicine in the Worlds : For DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, Jaundice, Bilious Attacks, SICK HEADACHE, Colic, Depression of Spirits, SOUR STOMACH, Heartburn, Ac., Ac. This unrivaled Southern Remedy in warranted not to contain a single particle of MERCURY, or any injurious mineral substance, but is PURELY VEGETABLE, containing those Southern Roots and Herbs which an allwise Providence has placed in countries where Liver Diseases most prevail, ft will cure all Dtieascs caused by Derangement or the Liver and Bowels. The SYMPTOMS of Liver Complaint nre a bit ter or bad taste tn the mouth; Pafhintheßack-Sidesor Joints, often mistaken for Rheumatism ; Sour Stomach; Loss of Appetite; Bowels alternately costive and lax; Headache: Lossof Memory, with a painful sensation of having failed todo something which ought to have been done; Debility, Lem Spirits, a thick yellow appearance of the Skin ana Eyes, a dry Gough, often mistaken for Consumption. Sometimes many of these symptoms attend the disease, at ethers very few: but the Liver, the largest orBan8 an in the body, is generally the seat of the disease, and, ' not Regulated in time, great Buffering, wretchedness and DEATH will ensue. 1 can recommend, as an efficacious remedy for disease of the Liver, Heartburn and Dyspepsia, Simmons 1 Liver Regulator.—Lewis G Wunder, 1,625 Master Street, A bub-san? Postmaster, Philadelphia. “ We have tested its virtues,personally, and know that for. DjMpepSfe.Bßfohmfeasantf ThrobbingHeadashe it. M Ihem gave ns more than temporary relief; »n« lr ‘ t* B -”—RO- ; , , MANUFACTURED ONLY ttt J. H> ZEH-IM « CO,, PHILADELPHIA. Price, SI,OO, gold tg »ll Druggiste. * LARGE © VOMWItSSIONO Paid to Agents on two very elegsnt and valuable bookr on popular subjects. filled with the very finest' ilbistra tious by noted Artists. Wishing to place Agents in EVERY TOWN On these books AT ONCE, we will give SPECIAL AMD UNWIUAL COMMISSIONS to Agents who apply within TWENTY DAYS. We mean business I Send for Circulars, Terms, etc-, etc., to the AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO.. Chicago. 111. ELIXIR hi. W Rrfor.>®k lAfisr it, and will do it on the 6MOOTHERT I ACE. than 20.«4 ran ng rr.ao ALHEADY WEAK MOVPTaOHR AND BEARD, bavin, used W-. fro " 1 8 r * cK ’ *•- Xo E**i»y appfr d-Certsla VjMX-j* if Packsjro with direction* post-paid 25 eta. J for _ Jt-A* y> «*. MHTfI * COa f>O»<Afet>te. Palatine, HL i wUJ 4m clutfowandjLMreM 3 aboe* Finnirc VljUvllU w ** w * r *** r Agency— B CortUndt St., N. Y. ATT Gll"'bT TITTPU C wilo were woundxLAJU 0V 7 JLj JLz± JL4 JLl> o *d, or contracted

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VEGETINE FOR DROPSY. Dn. H. R. ST.vrS""” ”■ It is a pleasure to give my testimony for your valuable medicine. I was sick for a long time with Dropsy, under the doctor’s care. Ho said it was Water between the Heart and Liver. I received no benefit until I commenced taking the VEGETINE—in fact, I waa growing worse. I have fried many remedies; they did not help me. VEGETINE is the medicine for Dropsy. I began o feel better after taking a few bottles. I have taken thirty bottles in all. lam perfectly well—never felt bet ter. No ope can feel more thankful than I do. I am, dear sir, gratefully yours, A. D. WHEELER. VEGETINE. When the blood becomes lifeless and stagnant, either frdm change of weather or of climate want of .exorcise, irregular diet, or from any other cause the VEGETINE will renew the blood, carry off the putrid humors, cleanse the stomach, regulate the bowefe. and impart a tone of vigor to the whole body.

VECETINE For Kidney Complaint and Nervous Debility. IsLEBORO, Me., Dec. 28, 1877. Mr. Stevens: Dear Sir—l had had a Cough ter eighteen years, when I Commenced taking the VEGETJNE. I was vety low. my system was debilitated by disease. I had the Kidney Gomplaint, and was very nervous—Cough bad, and Lnngs sore. When I had taken one bottle I found It was helping me; it has helped my cough, and it strengthens me. lamnowabte te do my work. Never have found anything like the VEGETINE. I know it is everything It is recommended to be. Mbs. A. J. PENDLETON. VEGETINE is nourishing and strengthening; purifies the blood; regulates the bowels; quiets the nervous system; acts directly upon the secretions, and arouses fthe' whole system to action. VECETINE FOR SICK HEADACHE. Evansville, Ind., Jan.9L 1878. r Stevens * Dear Sir— I have used your VEGETINE for Sick Head, ache, and been greatly benefited thereby. I have every reason to believe it to be a good medicine. Yours, very respectfully, Mbs. JAMES CONNOR, 411 Third Street. HEADACHE. VEGETINE can be said to be a sure remedy for the many kfndsof headache, as it acts directly upon the various causes of this complaint—NervousrMp, Indigestion,Costiveness,Rheumatism,Neuralgia, Biliousness, etc. Try the VEGETINE. You will never regret ftVEGETINE. DOCTOR’S REPORT. Du. CHARLES M. DUDDENHAUSEN, Apothecary, Evansville, Ind. The Doctor writes: I have a large number of good customers who take VEGETINE. They all speak well of it. I know it is a good medicine for the complaints for which it is recommended. Dec. 27,1877. VEGETINE is a great panacea for our aged fathers and mothers, for it gives them strength, quiets their nerves, and gives them Nature's sweet sleep. VECETINE. DOCTOR’S REPORT. H. R. STf.VKNB, Esq.: h»ve been selling your valuable VEGBTINH for three yean, and we find that it gives berfe!* satisfaction. We believe it to be the best Blood Purifier now sold. very respectfully, Db. J. E. BROWN A CO., Druggists, Uniontown, Ky. VEGETINE has never failed to effect a cure, giving tone and strength to the system debilitated by disease. VEGETINE. 4 > PREPARED BY H. B. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. Vegetine i» Bold by AU Pniggisti.

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