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The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-05
The Hest Speculation Of the Nay.

building of the Road, net them d0eIle, tryLc, Qx0drMpk
tie sohok cost Of their Stock, and that too before they
have half paid for it. Of this, fact there can be no
doubt. Lots have already, before there was any pros
rect Of 4 Railtoad, been sold in the town of Louisville
for Two Hundred Dollars each. We are Offering equally
good lots fof ten dollars each! What we ask in return
is S,; tsax = ! Z, .; + l b~ssss 3. l. p s!a..pE r ' e. l ! tts Yards
Of hi. Own Iss ssaS / What could & f ! : he s'i is
putting money in no mani pocket but his own. He is
tersstedf as'ssJ 60 nan,kSSi6 NJ aosises e will,
as 9 shareholder, hsees N6pAnD asT5nN
Let rs reduce this matter 70 details, first to demon
strate its feasibility, spdlsecshdA ttsshOw its results as
to the individual purchaser:
The Road from Nini6sesss to Louisville will cost it has
been estimated, at theIate Of S2Oyee0 per mile, making
q total of 100000, Of this, it is . we'll known fact,
that if one half, or even onethird be raised in cash, the
with contractors, BY discounting the bonds Of the Com
Epany secured on the portion already built, and il various
other ways. We propose TO raise very nearly the whole
amount in cash. We will offer for sale about six thou
sand lots in Louisville at Ten Dollars per lot, subject to
an average subscription 9f one share to the lot, in all,
six thousand shares, making at One Hundred Dollars
per share Six HUNDRED Thousand Dollars; not one half,
not %one-third. but sic seuemths of the whole amount re-
quired to build the road and this too in cash, as it is
needed, in monthly instruments Of thirty thousand dol
lsrs each. Now is it doubted that those lots can be
sold 1t must be remembered BY the incredulous who
will hang back to their own future loss, that ODE year
ago q large number Of lots were. offered for sale by
the Proprietors Of Nininger, a town containing now with
its additions over seven thousand lots at Eix Dollars
each, subject to an equally onerous condition. Not one
line Of advertising heralaed them, not one newspaper
psaed them, not one public meeting vas held, andgyet
tceaeyssessn d1ysaftom the sale Of the 6fst lot every lot
offered was disposed Of. What has been the result?
Nininger City in one year contains = population IL at
least six hundred, about one hundred and twHentya1ye
'iheuses, two Nv mills . sash factory, aad 4 grist Sll
sf .sain ,rsassy
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02

AS a weary traveller was vending his way
through the mud, out in far west region
of the country, he discovered a young
maiden standing in the door of small log
house. He rode up in front of the house
and asked the maiden for drink of water;
he drank it, and she being the first woman
he had seen for several days, offered her 3
dime for kiss.
The young maiden accepted the offer and
received both the kiss and the dime.
The, traveller was about to resume his
journey, but the maiden, never before hay<
ing seen dime, asked:
sWhat am to do with the dime?"
"You may use it any way you wish" he
replied, cit is yours"
sThat being the case" she replied. "I'n
give back the dime and take another kiss.s
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02
Cure for Cancers.

Our attention has been recently called to
a cure for cancers, which is of so much i'm
portance that we wish to make it known as
widely as possible. Some eight months
ago, Mr.. T. B. Mason, who keeps music
store on Wisconsin street, and is brother
of the well-known Lowell Mason-ascer-
tained that he had a cancer on his face the
size of pea. 1t was cut out by DR.. VOL
colt, and the wound partially healed. Sub
sequently it grew again., and while he was
in Cincinnati on business, it attained the
size of hickorynut. He has remained
there since Christmas under treatment, and
has come back perfectly cured. The proc
ess is this: w sEo
A piece of sticking plaster was put over
the cancer, with circular piece cut out of
the center little larger than the cancer, so
that the cancer and a small circular rim of
healthy skin next to it was exposed. Then
a plaster made of the chloride of zinc, blood
root, and wheat -four, was spread on piece
of muslin, the size of this circular open
ing, and applied to the cancer for "a hours.
On removing it, the cancer will be found
to be, burnt into, and appear of the color
and hardness of an old shoe sole, and the
circular rim outside of it will appear white
and parboiled, as if scalded by steam
The wound is now dressed, and the out
side rim soon, suppurates and the cancer
comes out a hard lump, and the place heals
up. The plaster kills the cancer so that it
sloughs out like dead flesh, and never grows
again This remedy was discovered by DIR.
Fell, of London, and has been used by him
for six or eight years, with unfailing sue
cess, and not case has been known OF
the disappearance of the cancer. where
this remedy has been applied 1t has the
sanction of the most eminent physicians and
surgeons of London but has not, till re-
Gently, been used in this country, and many
of the faculty, with their proverbial oppo-
sition to innovations, look upon it with dis
trust. If it is what is claimed for it, this
terrible disease will be shorn of most of Its
terrors. The application is painful. but the
pain is of comparatively brief duration,
which any one so afflicted would cheerfully
endure.-MilCaukee Democrat.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02
Digestion,

Digestion Is that process which extracts
from food the elements of growth, repair
and sustenance. If the digestion is imper-
feet, the health of the body becomes imper-
feet in a few hours; and If by any means
digestion ceases altogether, soon after a
hearty meal, man will as certainly die
within a few hours, and sometimes almost
as suddenly, as if bullet were shot thro'
his heart. Any great emotion of passion
or pleasure, soon after eating, causes death;
hence, no highly exciting or momentous
news should be communicated, even to the
healthiest, let alone the sick and the feeble,
after full repast.
Sometimes the wisest of US will eat too
much; for an occasional indiscretion of this
kind. TWO or three teaspoonfuls of strong
vinegar afford relief to some persons, but
aggravate the evil in few. The better
plan is to take long leisure walk in the
open air, with pleasant associate. Keep
on walking until entire relief is experienced.
and eat no more of anything until next
morning, so as to allow the overtaxed stom-
ach to recover its tone, vigor and elasticity.
If we become conscious of surfeit after
night, and from that or any other cause, a
walk is impracticable, a good substitute is
found. in standing erect with the clothing
removed, except the stockings. mouth clos
ed. and rubbing the region of the stomach,
and for a foot around it, with the open hand.
Very great relief is often afforded, even in
serious cases, within an hour, by vigor-
orous manipulation of this sort, taking for
breakfast, next morning, cup of some
kind of hot drink and single piece of dry
bread; and for dinner a bowl of soup with
bread crust. and nothing else for that day.
The stomach should always be allowed ex-
ira rest after Halls, Journal of
| Health.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02
JOB PRINrINGI

The Office of THE KAsaAs Nrws is furnished
with q complete assortment Of the newest styles
of Type, Borders, FlOurishes, Cuts, Cards, Fancy
Papers, Colozed IHks, Bronze, &C., enabling the
proprietor 10 print czcULAzs, Cams, ckk1IFIcAFEs
or STocK, DEkps RoezEEss and ali other kinds of
JoB PRISTINe, in manner unsurpassed in the
country. Psrtieular attention paid to printing
ali hads of Blaskss~ 0rdeFAs for work promptly
attended q, when accompanied with 6AsH. "Ex-
cEIszoR'' is our motto
Executions, Summons, Subpenzs, Attachments,
Recognizanees, etc, constantly on hand.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02
A Rich Puff

A manufacturer and vender of patent
medicine recently wrote to a friend living
out west, for good strong recommendation
of his {the manufacturer'sl "Balsam. -
In few days he received the followings
which we call pretty strong: aaa I'D
s'Dear Sir-The land composing my
farm had hitherto been SO poor that Scotch
man could not get living off it. and 80
stony that we had to slice our potatoes and
plant them edgewise; but hearing of your
Balsam, I put some on ten acre lot sur
rounded by rail fence, and in the morn
ing found thai the rock had entirely dis
appeared, neat stone wall encircled the
field, and the rails were split into oven wood,
and piled up systematically in my back
yard.
81 put half an ounce in the middle of q
huckleberry swamp-in two days it was
cleared off, planted with corn and pump
kins, and row of peach trees in full blos-
som through the middle.
GAS an evidence of its tremendous
strength, would say that it drew strik-
ing likeness of my eldest son out of mill
pond, drew a blister all over his stomach,
drew a load of potatoes four miles to mar
ket, and eventually drew prize of ninety
ty-seven dollars in q lottery"
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02
Alligator Killing.

In our perambulations in the outskirts oi
the city few days since, we came across
an aiilgator hunter, who was growing rich
nom the profits of his singular business.
ne came to this city, like thousands OF
others, IN the belief that money could be
made IN almost endless profusion with very
little effort, and wearied with disappoint-
Lnent; and just on heIpoint of coming un-
DER the eye of the police as dangerous or
suspicious, being without a visible means
OF hvlng, he wandered into the suburbs,
tnen into the swamps in the rear of Jeffer-
son City and neighbofhood. where he made
ms f1rst acquaintance with the Louisiana
alligator. 80
his bump of speculation was at once ex-
cited. Such creature was of some utility;
his hide, his oil, his tusks, perhaps his
bones, might find purchasers. So, borrow
ing from a man who occupied hut in the
neighborhood, gun and some ammunition,
he declared war upon the alligators. He
dried their hides, he extracted their oil,
he took out their teeth, and sure enough,
they proved to be merchantable articles.
Commencing in May last, he had, up to
last Sunday, killed four hundred alligators.
SoiHOO Ca FCtiOuOC OJ pIdCtlC6, lie
now hunts at night, and carrying pan of
fire. Attracted by this unusual light, they
come up close to him, when he finds no
difficulty in bringing monster down at
every shot.
The skins of these alligators are readily
sold at seventy cents apiece. They are
manufactured into waterproof boots, and
the most valuable and expensive shoes to
be found in our market are made from tan
ned alligator's hides. The oil, tusks and
hides of these four hundred alligators have
produced in the hands of our new hunter
acquaintance $3.50, besides paying his
current expenses.
This enserprising original is now looking
out for suitable location for the invest
ment of his gains in real estate, content that
the vicinity of New Orleans has an abun-
dance of the raw material which forms his
staple of trade.-N o. Pieoyune.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02
Relief of Neuralgia.

As this dreadful disease is becoming more
prevalent than formerly, and as the doctors
have not discovered any method or medi-
cine that viii permanently cure it. we SIM
ply state that for some time past member
of our family has suffered most intensely
from it, and could find no sure relief from
any remedy applied, until we saw an article,
which we re-published, recommending the
application of bruised horse -radish to the
wrist for toothache. AS neuralgia and
teothaehe are both nervous diseases, ne
thought the remedy for the one would be
likely to give relief to the other, so We made
the application of hofse-radish, bruised and
applied to the wrist on the side of the body
where the disease was seated; it gave almost
instant relief to a severe attack of neural
gia- Since then we have applied it several
times, and with the same gratifying results.
The remedy is simple, cheap, and may he
within the reach of every one.-LGGrens-
giILe Herald.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02
Mr.. Summers Health----What is a
s 90 Moxa2


The Paris correspondent of the New
York Times, writing on the 18th of Au-
gust, says:
Mr.. Sumner left town yesterday for a
season at Aux-les-B -Bains, In Savoy. The
cauterization of the spine has done him
good. and after season at AK, he will re-
turn to Paris again and to the moxas. Per-
haps your readers do not know the charac-
ter of this remedy A moxa is thus made
and applied: It is composed ordinarily of
carded cotton, rolled into a cone, the base
of which may have an inch diameter, and
slightly pressed by and contained in piece
of muslin or other cloth. The cotton is
saturated In some alcohollzed substance,
such as camphor or nitre. 1t is then pla-
ced on the skin of the patient, over the dis
eased part, the cotton Is lighted, and as the
fame reaches the bottom of the cone, it is
blown into the skin by means of a blow
pipe. The skin around is protected by a
wet cloth. The greatest pain is experience
ed when the fame first reaches the skim
Soon the cuticle begins to crack; the skin
contracts into burrows, turns brown, then
fries, and finishes By becoming black and
carbonized, like other burnt substances
These moxas must be repeated often, and
over the whole course Of the spine, if the
disease be there, in order to produce per-
manent effect. They are thus called from
a Chinese and japanese tissue like cotton,
the ArtenaiSia Chsnensia, which they call in
those countries Moxa; for it is from those
countries that the practice of the moxa is
derived, and it is as old as history. 1t is,
in fact, so old treatment, even in modern
times and modern nations, that it has al
most gone out of use; yet it is sometimes
resorted to in cases which have resisted ali
the other counter-irritants, and not unfre
quently with marked benefit The prac-
tice of burning the skin, or other diseased
parts, which had gone somewhat out of use
a few years ago, is now fast coming into
use again in Paris. Scarcely ward of the
Paris hospitals is now without lis portable
furnace of charcoal and red hot irons.-
They are applied as well in medicine as in
surgery, for practice in chronic, Hyde
fined affections. The practice now in vogue
is that of stripping the patient naked, and
drawing an iron, heated to a white heat,
quickly over the body, parching the cuti
Gle brown in its track, and giving to the
body the appearance of striped zebra. If
the iron is white, and the operation is prac-
ticed cleverly, the patient does not suffer
from it enough to force a cry; but if the
iron is only red, the pain is, of course very
great.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02

SENATOR BRoDERIcK's Arrival II CALI
FoRs1A.-A San Francisco correspondent OF
the Taunton Mass.) Gazette. writing on
the 4th of August, thus mentions Senator
Broderick's reception in California:
Senator Broderick for, as he is common
ly called here-Daye Broderick returned
by the last steamer from the East His ar
rival was announced by the firing of guns
By his friends. and he has been greatly
petted by many who were never considered
his friends before. The Republicans, who
never saw his merit until he became an op-
position Senator, ara now loud in praise OF
his good sense and personal ability. I know
nothing of his abilities, but he is certainly
much beloved By q large party in Califor-
MIA Indeed, think he is better loved.
more hated, and more feared, than any man
in the State
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02
Great Sale.

! By virtue of writ of foo feo to me di-
rected, win sell to the highest bidder, at
the city of Sweet Kiekapoo, in Kansas Ter
ritory, on the last of the Dog Days, the
following articles, all being the property,
and part Of the handiwork. of the late
James Buchanan, to wit: -sa41 9srr~f
Oae Constellation called LAcompton-
very much abused and tattered.
Five million acres of land, of choice
quality. selected expressly for she people of
Kansas, but by strange circumstance,
never received by them. -,..s.-. ID.
Ten thousand copies of the English Bill;
one thousand sheets of paper, containing
the words ''Proposition Accepted" and q
number of certificates Of election (inclad-
ing those of the Free State members Of
Leavenworth county, All this is excellent
paper for wrapping up groceries, cigars, to-
bacco, and so forth.
a large quantity of arms and munitions
of war-excellent for subduing ''factious
majorities.' -
A number of Free State scalps-valua-
bic as relics. a G
One candle Ibox-someWhat soiled by
being buried in the ground.
The sites of several large cities. named
Oxford, Kickapoo, and Shawnee-6ne spots
for antiquarian researches. T
A large number of ready-made writs of
naandanus and ha6eas corpus-suitable for
aiding rascality of any and every degree of
enormity-
An unlimited number of Congressman,
editors and politicians. These were pur-
chased very cheaply. only last spring, and
will be sold at any price whatever-in fact
if they have to be given away, it will not
be cheaper than they feel about this time.
The sale viii positively come off at the
time and place specified, without fail The
property must all be disposed of, as the late
owner "bursted'' IN Che attempt to carry
Lecompton-empowering me, by will. to
sell it for the benefit of q. plundered
Treasury. ~ So
Terms Of sale-Cash. -~- .,'i
JOHN CANDLEBox CALHOUN,
administrator cum testansento anaezo
Of James Buchanan, Defunct
- White Cloud Chief. 3
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02
Water Imprisoned at the Creation.

We were shown, at Pleasant Ridge, by
DR.. E. F. Bouchelle, one Of the most inter
esting geological curiosities. 1t consists of
a specimen of rock of the order Of crystal
ization, containing in its center globule of
water movable and visible. The water is,
if there be any truth in geology, one of the
oldest drops of water in the universe: far
more ancient than the waters OF the food
of Noah. To use the language of DR..
BoucheIle, sit is a drop of the waters, that
covered in darkness the face Of the great
deem. when the earth was without form and
void" In other words, this littie drop is 3
portion of the first water that was created
during the six days of Genesis, and became
entangled among the particles of rock ,du-
ring the act or process Of capitalization
The rock being priaitive, or the first Of
creation, the water must also be primitive.
Ala. Observer.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02
A Doctors Life.

The following are some of the sweets oi
doctors life: Es
If he visits few of his customers when
they are well, it is to get his dinner;, if he
don't do so, it is because he cares more
for the fleece than the flock. If he goes TO
church regularly, it is because he has moth
ing else to do; if he don't, it is because he
has no respect for the Sabbath or religion.
If he speaks to poor person, he keeps bad
company; if he passes them by, he is bet
ter than other folks. If he has good car
riage, he is extravagant; if he uses poor
one, on the score of economy, he is defci-
cient in necessary pride. If he makes par
ties, it is to soft-soap the people to get their
money; if he don't make them, he is afraid
of cent! If his horse is fat, it is be-
cause he has nothing to do; if he is lean,
it Is because he is not taken care of. If he
drives fast, it is to make people think some
body is very sick; if he drives slow, he
has no interest in the welfare of his patients.
If he dresses neatly, he is proud; if he does
not, he is wanting in self-respecct. If he
cultivates the soil, be is fit for nothing but
farmer; if he don't work, he is too lazy
to be anything. If he talks much. "we
knows if he don't talk, 1--WE like to see a
doctor social" If he says anything about
politics, he had better let it alone; if he
don't say anything about it, "We like to see
man show his colors." If he visits his
patient every day, it is to run up the bill;
if he don't. it is unjustifable negligence
If he says anything about religion, he is a
hypocrite; if he don't he is an inf lei. II
he uses any of the popular remedies of the
day, it is to cater to the whims and preju-
dices of the people, to fill his pockets; il
he don't use them, it is professional selfish
ness. If he is in the habit of having coun-
sci often, it is because he knows nothing;
if he objects to it on the ground that he
understands his own business, he is afraid
of exposing bis ignorance to his suPeriors.
If he gets pay Tor one-half his services, ne
has the reputation of being great manager.
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02

A FA1R HIT.-In his speech at ottaaa,
Douglas boasted that he could trot Lincoln
down to Egypt and s'bring him to his milk -
This dignifed phrase has furnished the Re
publicans of Illinois with an excellent point.
Douglas was recently on his way to fulfill
an appointment to speak, and according to
a correspondent of the Chicago TrDsae,
was greeted At each stopping place with .'si-
lent cheers" and "tbe most deafening si-
lence:" At Clinton flag was hung out.
inscribed with these words: sOId Abe
comes ~ on the 4th Of March; the Douglas
calf can have the milk them
The Kanzas news., 1858-10-02
WHOLE No. 81.
Fruits.

Through these columns we have often
urged upon the people of Kansas the great
necessity of cultivating fruit. But in this,
as IN other good works, there is needed
''line upon line. and precept upon precept, %
so we shall make an apology for again call
ing attention to this important subject =.
Every body likes good fruit, and it only
requires little timely exertion on the part
OF our citizens TO secure an abundance of it.
In passing over the Delaware and Wyandot
reserves this year, the traveller will see the
peach trees planted by the Indians loaded
down with most delicious fruit. Had those
who settled in Kansas three and four years
ago this fall. set out peach trees then, they
might now have been eating fruit from them.
Those who set out peach trees Ais fall, will,
in all probability. eat fruit from them with
in the next three years.
So of other fruit trees; if they are only
set out and growing, very soon, almost be-
fore We are aware of it, we shall have an
abundance of fruit. All that it wants is a
little resolution to do the thing noV. this
fail. If a man is poor, let him plant fen
trees every year, and he will soon have a
large orchard. But every year that passes
without trees being planted. is great and
serious loss.
Fruit is luxury. 1t is more than lux
ury, in this country; it is anecessity. We
are well persuaded that liberal use of fruits,
Such as we might and ought tn have during
the summer and fall months. would pre-
vent one half of all the sickness so preva-
lent in those months. People live on a
heavy, hot, pork diet during our warm sum-
mer months, and then wonder that they
have fevers. 1t is no wonder at all. The
only wonder is that two don't die where one
now does. They are too poor to buy few
trees and have them growing, but not too
poor to pay a big Doctors bill every fall
This is very poor economy. 1t don't pay
at all. z ~ -ars.ars. s-.s mort =
Every farmer, every village or city lot
owner, should Immediately make prepara-
lions for putting out trees this fall. A few
apple trees, few peach trees, few of all
kinds of standard fruits, should be set out
so that they may be growing. Do not put
it off till spring-attend to it noO.
If each owner of land in Kansas would
set out even half dozen fruit trees this
fall the real wealth of the Tertiary would
be increased by half million of dollars.
Who will do his share to contribute to-
ward so auspicious result.-LasUrence Re
publican.