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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-26
A Cure for Hydrophobla.-A Frencl

.H
man Who was bitten by a mad dog and
seized with hydrophobia, Suffered so
that his friends resolved to sufocate
him. Fonr of them extended a.feather
bed upon the floor, threw the unhappy
man upen it, and covered him with a
second bed, on which they placed them
selves to press upon and smother him.
During this time his wife was held by
main force in the adjoining room by
some of her relations. The unhappy
woman remained at first apparently stu.
pified, but when frightful silence had
succeeded the tumult, she seemed to
break loose from her apathy; the full
horror of the scene rushed before her
mind, and, with a shrek of despair,
she rushed into the chamber of death.
With superhuman force she threw aside
the men who were holding her husband
down, and pulled away the bed which
covered him. Life had almost depart
ed, but respiration was soon re-estab-
lished, and at last he opened his eyes.
The efforts he had made had covered
him with SO profuse perspiration that
it ran in streams from the whole of his
body, and the disease was broken up.
1t is now believed that hydrophobia
can thus be sweated out of the system.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-26

"A Curious Inseriptienl-A returned
Buffalo boy, who served in the 102d n.
Y. Regiment, and marched with Sher.
man through Georgia, hands the Buffa-
10 Advertiser the following, which he
copied from a tombstone in Cheraw, 5.
c., in March last. There was no name
or date-nothing but the lines appended
NV name-my country
What are they to me2
What whether high o. low nv pedigree?
Perhaps far surpassed AZ other men,
Perhaps fell below them all
What then?
Suffice it, stranger, thou see'st tomb:
Thou knowest itsguse-
1t hides no matter whom.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-26

Epidemic among HOrses.-We hear of
fatal epidemic raging among the horses
in some parts of the country. 1t is thus
described
The disease is mistaken for the COM
mon horse distemper, and Is often neg
lected till too late to be remedied. Vet
Urinary surgeons say that the disease is
quinzy in an epidemic form, which runs
twenty-one days. At first there is a
swelling of the throat, followed toward
the last stages, by a swelling of the
head and limbs, which proves fatal. =
Owners of horses attacked by this dis
ease, should lose no time in securing
the services of an experienced veteri-
nary surgeon.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-26

a sbackle broke near the ship, and j, 400
fatboms of the rope sank with the cable
TO the bottom of the Atlantic. A buoy
was lowered with "a fathoms of cable,
and q mushroom to hold it, to mark the
sDot. During the operation of picking
up, the machinery gave way. 1t IS sup
posed that tooth was broken by the
strain, and thus getting It between the
spur wheel, smashed the latter. This
accident happened twice, and the oper-.
alton of hauling in had to be performed
by the capstan.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The
weather unfavorable for recovering the
cable. ----.---------.-
Monday, Aug. 7.-Lowered another
grapnel at 1910 p. M, and commenced
dragging for the cable; at 6 began to
haul in, and continued to do so slowly.
Tuesday, Aug Sat $50 a. m. l 200
fathoms of grapnel rope was hauled
in, when the shackles broke just inside
the ship. Lost in this attempt /, 100
fathoms of rope. A second buoy was
lowered to mark the spot. Balance of
this day and all the next was fully occu-
pied In having new shactles made for
hauling in rope, altering the capstan
and making preparations for another
attempt to recover the cable. Had the
apparatus been ready, the weather on
Wednesday was much too rough to at
tempt any operations. The two buoys
rode out the gale in this depth per-
fectly. sss,as-
Thursday, 10th, at Z O'Clock a. M, we
began to lower the ground, and at 6:55
had out 2, 400 fathoms-all that was on
board the ship-and commenced drag
ging for the cable, and continued to do
so until the evening, when we began to
haul in slowly. M EtfD
Friday, 18th, at 6 a. m. we finished
hauling in 2, 400 fathoms of rope, when
the grapnel came up foul with its own
chain. At IL a. m. we began to lower
the grapnel again, and as soon as the
2, 100 fathoms were paid out, we COM
menced dragging until 8 30 p. m, when
we began to haul in slowly. 1t was soon
evident by the strain that the grapnef
had caught the cable. Att p. m, when
10 fathoms had been recovered, the
rope parted. As there was not sufficient
rope on board the Great Eastern to re-
sumo grapneling, it was decided she
should return at once 60 England.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-26
on In Kansas.-The Topeka Record

says: st9f
The State Geologist, Prof. Swallow,
day before yersterday discovered an oil
spring on Centre Greek, four and one
half miles northwest of Lawrence, on
the farm OF Mr.. Hussen. The oil is
thick and black, flowing down the
creek. He also the same day discover
cred and oil spring within one-half a
mile of Tecumseh has the true oil
bearing sand stone. kwakelT oh We
slothfull ard harvest the rich treasures
that lie at your doors. No longer need
to go to Mound City, or Fit. Scott, to
dig for OIL. The prospects here, are
just as good as anywhere. g a1ei@s aai
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-26
MARROW ESCAPE OF THE EXPRESS MEssES-

Mr.. John Lynch, the steward of the
Pewabic, who was also express messen-
ger. went down into his Office, and while
attempting to unlock his safe, with a
view of taking out the valuables en-
trusted to his care, the steamer went
down. The water closed IN about him,
but by the most superhuman exertions,
he managed to escape through the win
dow, and was subsequently rescued,
nearly exhausted, and taken on board
the Meteor.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-26
The Census Of Ohleago.-Below is civ.

en- the census of Chicago, as taken al
different periods for twenty years past,
by the State and general government,
and by the city, beginning with that OF
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-26
CARGO OF THE PEwAB1c.

The following is description of the
cargo of the Pewabic which went down
with the ship: 13l tons copper from
Quincy mine; 45 tons copper from On
tonacou; % tons copper from Central
mine; Go tons of copper from Smelling
works; l ton copper from Smith i
Harris; l79 gross tons iron ore; 2O2 half
barrels fish from Detour; 20 half bar
rels fish from Ontonagon; also a few
packages fish from Bayfield,; 200 ship
knees from P. S. Church, for Campbell
&Owen; about 10 tons mixed freight;
2 IL tons potash from Portage; "a rolls
leather from Ontonagon. e.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-26
THE PEwABIC.

The Pewabic and Meteor both belong
to the Pioneer Lake Superior line,
Messrs. j. L. Whiting & Co.. managers,
The Pewabic was buiit in Cleveland by
Peck & Masters. and came out In Octo-
Der, 1868, but was not entirely finished
until the spring of 1864 She was a
craft of very fine sea-going qualities,
and was snperhly finished, and valued
at about si00, 600. She is insured in
five or six companies for an aggregate
of $50. 900
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-26
DEAD BoDY RECOVERED.

Only one dead body, that of Mrs.
Wells, of Ann Arbcr, was found among
the floating debris of the wreck. 1t
was brought TO this city, and will be
forwarded to her late home for inter-
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-26
A True HERO.

If ever man earned the distinction
of a genuine hero, it is Mr.. r. @. Jack
son, the first engineer, Last winter he
became the husband of an idolized and
idolzing wife, and this was her first
trip to the upper LAKES. They were to-
rether in the engine room when the
collision occurred. The second engi-
neer came to him add said ''Save your
self and wife I can swim, and have no
one to take care of but myself" Jack
son. In all probability, had no idea that
the boat was on the point of sinking,
and thought only of his duty to stand
by his post, and accordingly replied
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-26
MILWAUKEE MARKET.

shH H MILWAUKEE, Aug. 10. b
wHEAr-The market rallied to sI,2o yesterday
afternoon for No. with moderate demand. In the
evening there nothing of importance done, buy
ers holding off; there were few bids at IL 2sK.
but holders were firm at S1,2e.
This morning the market opened with q pretty
brisk demand for "spot wheat at sl.2s. but closed
sensibly lower. sl2s for regular receipts being all
lat could be realized.
On Change the opening was firm with sales most
" at s., a. A few thousand bushels found buyer
at 81, 29k@1.sO but at the close spot" wheat was
plenty st sl.29. a a .Fi1
FLOUR-Firm but inactve-nominaliy l0af5c
higher. but buyers cautious. We quo:e
White wheat p bbi. .......... 81. 25aa.1aK
spring, CITY AA-..- :.--.--.....--..--. e60dIO0
Spring, country Y. .----......-..-..-. 620d6,50
spring, supernne- ....---....-.-. 5,OO05.zB
spring. NO. z.--- &C.,. 4s5O9zstS
oATS-Unchanged at 42@45.
CoRN-Nothing doing, nominal.
BARLEK-Quiet- ga sasgaks
RYE-Nothins doing. nominal st -.szs 3
BUTTER Steady az 20o "a
EdGS-in better suppis At 1e0IT.
WooL-Dull and droopiag. Buyers refuse to pay
55@56c-holders not willing to yield to lower figures
POTATOES-Lower. Plenty at sO645
BRANS-steady AT 1906
GREEN APPLES-Fair supply at 100000
sEEDs-ouiet- Flax, sl,50@1,s0; Tifncthy, $40
@soO; Glover, s7.OOa9.00.
HAIoPer ton: Timothy, pressed at $1,000; wild,
LIVE slcoK-Quiet; cattle 81 7506, 90; hogs $500
@iO'VO; En- ep ss.Oo@4. Loo; lambs s2,759s.00,
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-26

New Fowi.-A fearful giant in the
shape of a barn-yard fowl has been in
troduced into Scotland from Central
India, called the Begun Gayusa," a
cut of which is given in the August
number of the American Agriculturist
The male is thirty inches high, and APP
pears like the Shanghai, except that on
the head couple of minute horns arise,
instead of a comb, from a heavy base
which projects some distance along the
upper side of the bill. The wattles are
also larger and fuller. The chickens of
this kind of fowl, it is reported, grow
to the weight, of eight pounds at seven
and eight months old-limbs of course
included. We have no account of the
laying propertief.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-26
THE ATLANTIC CABLE.

Diary of Cy rus w. Ffe1d-How the Cable
was BROKEN and LOst-Unsuceessfui
Attempts 90 RECOVER 1.-THE Great East
ern Returns for Stronger Grapneis.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-26

The court held that this eccentric
contract afforded no evidence OF. insani-
ty, for which imputation there was,
moreover, no pretense, and the Mayor
is ordered to proceed at once to per-
form the marriage ceremony.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-26

that he would not desert the engine to
the last. His wife became frightened
and chung to him, but he told her to be
calm, saying he would take care OF her.
Neither of them left the engine room,
SO that in their doom they were mot
divided"
, 1865-03-10

The Independent tells that the life ofa childin
Stockton, endangered by Group was saved by
the attending physician who made an opening in
the windpipe, through which the child inhaled
breath.
, 1865-03-10
TFrom the Idaho World
Our Cabin on the Bar.


From stranger dwellings distant wide,
Mid sturdy, towering pines,
Where thick stand cabins side by side,
Now o'er the golden mines
Scarce two moons since in coy retreat,
Far from the crowd and jar,
We reared, in wood retirement sweet,
Our cabin on the bar
And from our six-paned window here,
Oerlooking vale and town,
We watch, in moonlight, calm and clear,
The dancing stars go down;
All crested DER with silver dew,
High heavenward shining far,
Proud mountain tops look down to view
Our cabin on the bar
Far, far removed from older friends,
size desert rtai' beiWeen
Rude strangeness here enchantment lends
The rugged mountain scene
Though long loved ones here never rove,
To cheer us from afar,
And strange it seems, indeed we love
Our cabin on the bar.
Our genial place blazing bright,
Lights no vindictive sheet
All reeking with inyective's blight,
Our saddened gaze to meet
All teeming with envenomed taunt
And tales of brothers war,
Malignant papers rarely haunt
Our cabin on the bar.
Fresh, steaming dailies never come,
Crammed with conflicting lies
To fret us in our mountain home
Meath ldahoan skies
OF barbrous men, bedyed in sin,
Who hated bloody war,
Ere peace were treason, we read in
Our cabin on the bar.
When new made friends do gather near
Our footight's gladstone ray,
With orient tales Of home land cheer,
At quiet close Of day
Each in his turn his yarn to spin,
Like some seafaring tar,
Loud rings the merry laughter in
Our cabin on the bar
With all arranged for batch'lor ease
Apartments all combined
Where starch conventionalities
Their clements meier find
Housework done up" with sighting strike,
Our things pitched here and thar"
We wonder, would our sweethearts like
Our cabin on the bar
When we our wayward footsteps turn
Homeward in future years,
To quiet anxious friends concern
Mid joyful smiles and tears,
Our lingering thoughts will often dwell
Where we now musng are,
Wen evermOre remember well
Our cabin on the bar. A. j.
Buena Vista Bar, l. Z.
, 1865-03-10
BOOTS AND SHOES.

T
THE undersigned has constantly on hand EksT
1 the largest and best selected stock of ca
Boots. Shoes and Leather this side of Portland,
and is prepared to suit all who want anything in his
line at the shortest notice and reasonable terms.
ss-An work Warranted to give satisfaction "a
B. WELLER,
Main street, doors west of Wells, Fargo & Co.'S,
Nov. II, 1854. 49ly. Walla Walla, VT
, 1865-03-10
"A City Hotel.
DIR. E. sTEvENsoN

"OMEOPATHIsT-S SUCCESSOR TO DIR. GLIB
IL SON-Graduate HON. College, Cleveland o.
Licentlate of Canada.
Having permanently located in the city, DR.. S.
hopes to merit continuance of the patronage accor-
ded to Dr.. Gibson, by whom he is recommended.
Office and residence at the City Hotel
Walla Walla, Dec. So 1864. Sm3
, 1865-03-10

Some mems friendships are so uncomfortably
warm that they no sooner take one up than they
drop it.
, 1865-03-10

ALLGGAToRs NEsTs.-They resemble hay cocks,
four feet high and five in diameter at their bases.
being constructed with grass and herbage First,
they deposit one layer of eggs on a floor of fmor-
tar, and having covered this with a second STRAIT
um Of mud and herbage eight inches thick, lay
another set Of eggs upon that, and so on to the
top, there being commonly from one to two hun
dred eggs in a nest. With their tails they then
beat down around the nest the dense grass and
reeds five feet high to prevent the approach of
unseen enemies. The female watches her eggs
until they are all hatched by the heat of the sun
and then takes her brood under her own care,
defending them and providing for their subsst-
ence. Doctor Lutzemburg, OfNew Orleans, once
packed up one Of their nests, with the eggs, in
box, for the museum at st. Petersburg, but was
recommended before he closed it to see that
there was no danger of the eggs being hatched
on the voyage On opening one, young alliga-
tor walked out, and was soon followed by the
rest, about hundred of which he fed in his
house, where they went up and down stairs
whining and barking like young pups.
, 1865-03-10

"Papa, can't 60 to the geological rooms to
see the cammomile fight the ry-no-sir-ee-hoss ?"
"Sartn, my son, but don't get your trowsers
torn. Strange, my dear, what a taste that boy
has for nat'ral history. No longer ago than
yesterday he had eight tomcats hanging by their
tails to the clothes line"
, 1865-03-10

coal-on millionaire has named his little
heiress Petrolia Ann. 1t is expected that the
next little heiress will be named Carrie Sene
, 1865-03-10
wALLA wALLA BREWERY
To Druggists and Painters.

HNHE UNDERSIGNED ARE CONSTANTLY
Il Manufacturing superior article of Turpentine
for the trade We will fill orders in quantities to
suit, at reduced prices We are also manufacturing
auperior article of Axle grease for the Wholesale
trade. TA.WOOD & co.
Nov. II, "a. Front street, Portland Oregon.
, 1865-03-10
Gems of Thought.

Time has made our life too long for our hopes
but to brief for our deeds.
There is nobody so abased that he is not tall
| enough to look down on others.
A man is oftener hated by the many without
reason than loved by them without it.
No one in the world is so often cheated-not
even women and princes-as the conscience.
Mercy and peace may be kissing each other'
in some more heavenly habitation, certainly not
here. AL
We have to look into a great many empty
heads and great many empty hearts; in the
former we behold world of folly, in the latter
a world Of blackness.
tits difficult to say to what sort of ears Fame
most loves to blow her trumpet-whether to
deaf ears or to long ones
A mans own FIRE of genius may reduce him
to ashes, person that is electrified can kin
himself with his own lightning.
We should not let trfes merely plague us ,but
also crafty us we should seize not their poi-7
son-bags only, but also their honey-bags.
People run each other down as though they
thought they could make pedestals Of their
neighbors' characters, and look tall by standing
upon him.
He who spares and puts armor upon his feel-
ings preserves them most sensitive, even as the
tcuueIesI sAlH Hes peueatn Jne hnger-nalls.
Nothing is so fallble as human Judgment, but
nothing so pitiless. The one black spot in our
hearts-the devils share in us-is that the gen.
eral impulse is to believe the worst
Persons with shallow feelings and deep de-
signs sometimes tread the paths Of sin sure
footed as Spanish mules on the edge Of the Cor
dIlleras.
Very seldom, except in romance and melo-
drama, does true love beat cunning, and simpl-
city make victorious way against worldly sue
cess,
Whilst shame keeps watch, virtue is not
wholly extinguished from the heart, nor WIN
moderation be utterly exiled from the mind Of
, 1865-03-10

SooX after the telegraph was in operation on
the line Of the Mississippi and Ohio Railroad, a
native stepped into the Office and wanted the
price of pork in Cincinnati.
In few minutes an answer came with charge
of 35 cents for the information, but the hoosier
was too smart to be caught in that way, and
soon replied
No, mo- Mr.. Telegraph, you can't fool me in
that way, m not quite so green as you think
am That darned tickin' thing of yourn hain't
been out Of the room ! was watchin' it all the
time.
, 1865-03-10

A ball dress wore on recent occasion in Paris
cost $40, 600
, 1865-03-10
NUMBER 12.


account-it would bring you bad luck. Let
some one hand you the missing article through
the window, or bring it at another door, ~
THE CAT.-If you are moving from one house
to another, never take a cat with you, or she
will surely bring bad luck to your new home,
whereas she will add luck to the old house. and
those who move into it. This supposes that
puss knows all the rat and mice holes in the old
house, but not in the new. Besides, you will
probably find cat already on the premises
SHOES AND DIsH-wATER.-Sav the old shoes
to throw after the carriage, when any of the
family start on journey; it win insure a safe
return. We should save our old shoes, these
hard times, and put them to other use. Leather
is leather, these days. NeEerlet your dish wa
ter come to boil, as every bubble brings bad
luck to the family.
The LAST LooK.-Neyer look after a friend
VINO is leaving you until he is quite out Of sight;
or you may never see him or her again but
turn your eyes away while he is still visible, in
order that he or she may return. Unless it be
of one to whom you would say good riddance,'
in which case watch him to the last, or like a
bad penny, he will turn up again.
CHANGING RooMs.-It is bad sign if sick
person desires to be removed from one room to
another; they are sure to die sometime, if they
are allowed to do so. Think Of the Libby pris-
oner8. Would it endanger their lives, think
your
BUGS.-The "death-ticking" in the wall or
bedstead is a solemn warning of death ITO tho
bugsl and dreaded by many; and yet the insect
so called has great fancy for old walls and old
bedsteads and tender young folks. The only
remedy we can name for this, is to keep your
beds and bedsteads clean.
PLANTING IN THE MooN.-Potatoes planted in
the new of the moon will go chiefly to tops; but
if planted in the old of the moon, will bring
large potatoes. Peas and cucumbers may be
planted in the new of the moon, for their pro-
ducts are above ground. rSensible people,
however, plant, their crops in the ground, rath-
er than in the moon.
PORK.-It is said if hogs be killed in the full
moon, that the meat will swell in the pot when
cooking; but if killed in the old or waning of
the moon, it will shrink. We shall winter oup
pigs.l
GONG TO SEA-If you leave port on a Fri
day, bad luck will come to the ship. TSo firmly
believed is this Whim, that sailors absolutely re-
fuse to go on that day; nor do owners attempt to
overcome this foolish prejudice. Friday (not
the ''good,' y is called hangmans day and GRIM
inals are usually sentenced to be executed on
Frday1
A VoYAGE-The French, when going on a
voyage 70 propitiate the sea gods throw piece
Of silver to the waves, by way of superstitious
appeal to the god Of fortune. Wouldn't our
greenbacks or postal currency do as well 2-sil-
yer being so very scarce here, and the premium
so high
We are not here recording the superstitions of
France, but those of our own country-yes,
those Of enlightened Americans-we who are
above all the nations; we who take off our hats
to nobody; we, the great, the magnificent,
cherish such exalted ideas as these offate
, 1865-03-10

WAGES OF LABOR IN misunderstanding to
Mr.. Flint, Secretary of the Board of griculture
who Investigated the subject while in Europe,
thirty-seyen cents per day is the highest sum
paid the farm laborer in England or Ireland, the
laborer boarding himself. In most parts of Ire
land the farm laborer gets but twenty-f cents
per day, and with this sum he must board anc
lodge himself and even at this low rate he is
not able to procure labor on full time In Bon,
on the Rhine, it is about twenty cents per day.
In Weisbaden from thirty to thirty-fve cents
per day At the large Agricultural Institute at
Goisperg, near Weisbaden, it is twenty-four
cents per day. In and around Heidelburg, in
the Grand Duchy Of Baden, it is from Thirty to
thirty-fye cents per day. In'and around Cassel
thirty-seven cents per day. At the Agricultural
Collegeat Werthenstebeux females are paid
eighteen cents per day, finding themselves
These prices are for the season of harvest, when
prices are generally higher than at any other
season of the year. No wonder there is a large
emigration to this country.
, 1865-03-10

WHITE SLAvEs.-By the train on the Illinois
Central railroad, Monday evening last, there at-
rived in this city between forty and fifty white
women en- route for the South, where they arc to
be employed on a cotton plantation. They are
in charge of a Doc Magavie, who cultivates
portion Of No. 4s, and were 'picked up' BY him
in New York city, and brought hithef for the
express purpose of picking cotton. Is this not
a comment upon the times ? Which, we would
ask is it better to have black Slaves or white,
and shall the white women of the North, who
have been rendered destitute by the war; be ne
cessiated to take the place Of the negroes, whom
Lincoln has freed, and to-day supports at gov
ernment expense ?-Coiro Democrat.