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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-11-22

TWO VALUABLE BUILDING LOTS FRONT
ING ON On STREET EAST, BETWEEN 1
AND STREETS MOTH, AT AUCTION
- On FRIDAY the 25th inst; at 3 O'Clock p.
-So. Of Burch's subdivision of square No. 7I6
being ~ feet inches front, each lot by depth of
~ feet To a Is foot alley.
Terms One halt each; balance in and Il months.
for notes bearing interest, and secured by deed of
trust on the premises. Stamps, &c at cost of pur
chasers. so down each lot at time Of sale
nO2ld GBEBH & WILLIAMS, Aucts
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-10-21
A Bride Fails to Come to Tine.

Last evensng was appointed for Z
scion OF Leavensworlh dite to be
Joined to one of the fairest of our
fair. This wedding has long been
on the tapis. and one Of the grandest
affairs of fhe kind ever seen in Leav
euworth was expected. For six
months pas. the intended bride and
her friends have been arduously en-
gagged preparing the magnificent
trOrSs eau that she was to wear on
that eventrul night. The friends and
iLvited guests had laid out immense
sums of money procuring suitable
robes to don on this happy evening
Last night came. and Il fashionable
residence on Broadway was ablaza
with youth and beauty of Leaven
worth. There gathered one OF the
most brilliant throngs that ever was
known in this city. The bride WAS
arrayed in th most costly fabrics.
her person dazzled with the gems
of India and all her features seemed
10 be radiant with happiness. The
bridegroom is Il well known high
toned gentleman of this city, and NJ
the time appointed lie promptly ar
riveC. dressed with lastly elegance
The minister arrived, his face light
ed ~ with visions OF the most boun-
teous fee that mortal man ever re.
ceived for making two one. When
the time came to stand before IIv-
mems alter and breathe their vows
OF eternal unity the groom sought
his darling and asked her if she was
really. Heavens She coo!lv replied
that for reasons that required no
EXPLANATION she had decided 10 live
and die happy maid" The news
spread like wildlire among that gnr-
geous party. and all was consterna-
ton. The groom thought she had
gone mad, and o-gcther with friends
used every argument to persuade
her to reiinquish the rash design
But it was useless the die was cast
and his hopes daslred to atoms. The
young man now serious
" contemplates suicide to end bis
mental agony, the minister is sick
and amivisions of splenddid cake
have Observation-Disclosures Bull
letin Sept. so.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-10-21

ANECDoTE OF SECRETARY FISH
Mr.. Secretary Fish, though one OF
the most refined and courteous OF
gentlemen. can scarcely be said to
have a national reputation as wag.
Yet here is q trifie that shows what
he might do if very hard pressed ::
A few months since Major Jack S.
Of California, was in Washington in
qnest of office. He had beseiged
Senator Cole to such an extent that
The horn buttons on the back of his
coat had made two holes in the Sen
ator's sofa. at last the irrepressi
BILE Major was referrl to the Secre.
tarv of State, aud promptly gained
an interview with that gentleman.-
Entering the presence, his tail white
mat leaning back at an angle of for.
ty-five degrees, stroking his huge
mustache. and relieving his forehead
from perspiration by means of a
huge red handkerchief bordered
with blue, the Secretary addressed
HIM: well, Major, l am told YOU
were of great service to our good
eau, in Californin during the last
political campaign"
The Major. throwing himself back
into that graceful position peculiar
to himself, and placing DO ii thumbs
in the arm holes of his vest. exclaim.
ed "Oh no, guess not, it's the
man around the corner, in the gro
Gerry -
Mr.. Fish, somewhat daumed bv
the attitude struck by the Major.
and deeming the language rather
un6ecoming for gentleman to
make use of who was an applicant
for high Federal position, replied:
That being the case, Major, 1 will
have conference with the gentle
man who occupies the grocery, and
endeaver to reward him for his serv-
ices. Good morning, Sir"
On the ensuing morning the Maior
inserted his various shirts and
things in his leathern bag, and STAR
ed for Cali fornia-Editor's Drawer,
in Harper's Magazine for November.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-10-21

his british lip trembled. He looked
around wildly for n chance of escape
saw there was none-and, putting on
an air of !ravado, exclaimed. with All
oath. ''NVeli, / can do il again.
With the words, le had raised his
hand, was extending it-had nearly
touched the corpse-when he shrank
back with fearful groan. His eyes
had been the first to see that tue blood
WAS flowing fieely again from the
wound-not one alone, but all!
y strong man at all times, he was
rendered doubly so now by despera-
ton; aud in his efforts To escape his
coat was torn to chreds, and the
jewelry and money of which the girl
had Eeen robbed, fell 10 The floor, and
raving and cursing he F. was caried
away To prison
During this exciting scene Martin
had renSained unuoticed. When the
justice and the uncle of the girl Thought
of him again, they found him with his
hand upon her head, and 4 smile play
ing upon his lips.
"What is it?" they both asked in a
breath.
"She is not dead. Show me where
I can place her upon her bed, and
summon some woman. She is not
dead-Only stunned"
And he lifted her in his strong
arms, and carried her to another
apartment.
1t was weeks before Ethal Loring
was sufficiently recovered to appear in
court. She instantly recognized the
prisouer Kirkpatrick; and the simple
manner in which she told the story of
assault, robbery, and attempted muir
der, added much to its force. With
out leaving the box, the jury found
him Guilty" and he was sentenced
to death.
The trial over, the uncle of the girl
called Martin aside, and asked the
amount of his charge for his profess
sional service.
''It is II very large one" was the half
quizZical reply.
''No matter; / will repay twill
give you anything you demund."
"Here then, is my CHARGE" he re-
pliei, taking tile haEd of the blushing
girl. al came here To study geology,
but never anticipated finding such "a
rare specimen"
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-10-21
WONDERS Or THE TEIE.
GRAPH.
How we Get the War News-Tl,e 0per-tOr st Hearts
Conten..
From the Journal of the Telegraph

From the Journal Of the Telegraph
The press dispatches from Europe
to New York during the last four
weeks numbered abort one hundred
thousand words. New York has
been better posted on the isue the
war each day than London, Paris
or Berlin. These dispatches have
almost wholly been sent by a single
cable, full one third of the whole to
single daily paper. aud with mar
vicious rapidity and accuracy. Fam
iliar as we are with the work of the
telegraph, it has been a marvle to
us. To hundreds of thousand of
minds the whole price is aud has
been a deep enigma Here is a man
sitting in a dark room at Hearts
Content. The ocean cable termi
mates here. A fine wire attached
thereto is made 20 surround two
small cores of soft iron. As the
ele ectrlc wave. produced by few
lees of copper and zinc at Valen-
Tia, passed through the wires,
these cores became magnetic enough
to move the slightest object. A
looking glass, half an inch in diam
eter. is fixed on bar of iron one
tenth Of an inch spare ana half an
inch long. On this tiny glass a
lamp is made % glare SO that light
Is reflected on u tablet on the wall
The language OF the cable is denoted
by the shifting Of this reflected light
from side to side Letter by letter
is thus expressed IN this ft.iny
idlOm in utter silence on the wall
There is no record male by the ma
chine except as the patient watcher
Gales out to q comrade the translat
e flashes as they come, and which
he records. 1t seems miracle of
patience. There is something of
awe creeps over US as we see the
evidence of q human touch 1890
miles away swaying that line OF
light BY such a delicate process
as this, and after being repeated
from line to line five times before
its ultimare copy is in New York,
have the late great battles been re
corded in our daily papers with
great particularitv and sent through
out the Union. Nothing like it has
ever before been accomplished. The
enterprise Of the New York prss, of
a single press in New York, has
eclipsed that Of the wealtiliest and
ablest presses in Europe. 1t is
characteristic of the nation to do
its work grand'y and well
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-10-21
TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE IN ASIA
Over Three Thousand Persons Killed
Chinese Official Reports.

The Roman Catholic bishop ut
Ba;ang, on the confines of Thibet,
China, aud Burmah, sends to India
an account Of terrible earthquake
in that region, affecting an area of
one hundred and eighty by ninety
miles. The event occurred on the
llth of April, and his last letter is
dated the 30th of May. Consider
ing that the missionaries there can
communicate only by Shanghai. the
transit of the letters has been rapid.
Last year, it may be remembered,
there was a very destructive earth
quake in the. in oIe sense, adjoin-
ing British district of Cachar \
shock ut five in the morning and a
stronger shock at noon were fol-
lowed at sunset by an earthquake
which leveled the whole town and
killed or bruised half the popula
ton. The missionaries escaped to
their garden. and only one of their
servants perished.
The large and splendid La'nasera,
inhabited by three thousand Lamas.
fell with 4 crash. The Chinese nili,
clal reports. which DR.. Chauveau
tells us are q little exaggerated, es-
innate the loss of human life at four
hundred and thirteen Lama priests,
liftyseven soldiers, and two thou
sand eight hundred and twelve
common people" A series of
earthquake shocks were felt as far
IS Pung mong tang, the place at
which Mr. L. +. Cooper met Seer
Suggut Sing, the Nepaulese Anbas-
sador, in 1868 The village and
many others are destroyed, and SO
many of the authorities and the
soldiers have been bnried under tr.e
ruins of their houses that robbers.
like wild beasts, run everywhere"
To conclude in the bishops own
words: The imperial highway
from Pekin to LkasSa seems. and is
said To he now, totally impractical
bic near kon= dze-tin by the fall OF
Il mountain and the sudden upAeav-
ing of new one"
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-10-21


Henry Ward Beecher says when
| was a lad was pretty good as boys
90, but | had n will Of my own. l
used 10 want to go to the village on
training day. There were certain
tor that reason | wanted to see hem
all the more. Sometimes l had not
the courage to tell the truth, because
1 was afraid ofa whipping, and then
got fonud out and had the shame
and the whipping both. / would
do one little wrong after another till
| was out OF balance; do errands un
ftilnfullr. carry q grist to the mill,
anu go seating, and then prevaricate,
but, by and 10y there would come Il
reckoning day, for my conscience
was Il very unruly one; and then.
after tears and confession, would
be perlec,ly happy till there was an
other accumulation of faults This
childish experience is exactly like
our experience i'll religious lite As
long as we feel that we are all right
we are jubilant. But little 10y little
We become clOuded; we don't dare
stop praying, but our prayers be
come very general, and we become
more and more in the dark, till at
last there is breaking down. God,
rs is were, overhaul5 us. There are
tears and lamentations, and then
peace, Christ never seems SO sweet
as in such moment; then we think
We can never go wrong again"
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-10-21
A Young Man Commits Suicide.

Francis Nutting of Lansinghurg.
committed suicide on Wednesday
of week before last by lying down
upon the track of the Troy d Boston
Railroad, near Eagle bridge. in front
of an approaching train. He chose
curve in the road, so that the en-
gineer could not see him until it was
too late. He lay with his head from
the engine, and thus awsited death
The locomotive, tender, and five
coaches passed over him, nearly cut
ting off his head and sh ckingly nut
ilating his body. The following
letter was found in his clothing:
II have selected this place because
the curve is large. and l can not be
seen until it is too late to stop the
engine. Thus l shall 90 out of the
world with a rush. | have fortified
myself with some forty rod whisky,
which got at the Hollow, where
may be found some more of the
same sort Whoever finds my dead
body and this paper will know who
| am. Send my person | effects to
my wife, Mrs Gertrude Mating, in
Lansingburg did this by my own
hand Rum is the cause. [ have
but one regret; that is my wife; for
she has been a wife to me in every
sense of the word. But l can not
live any longer, for am tired of my
life. So farewell to the world
FRANK NUTrING.
81 should like TO write to c. j.
Lansing, Lansingburg, but my time
is short, and 1 haveno paper.
F. n.
Il write this On the top of the rail-
Bury me IN my clothes, as | am.
| am not worthy of a shroud or cot
fin l have twenty-five cents in my
vest pocket. Send the things to my
wife as before directed. l have a
brother at Johnsonviile. | hope he
will shed one tear in mem ory, and
then.
LET Me BE FORGOTTEN
Father, | wish | could i've o full
fill your hopes and wishes, but l can
not! OH rum rum rum!
F.N.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-10-21
Battlefield Statistics.

A Boston philanthropist has been
figuring with this result: Since the
creation Of the world four
teen t b o u SAN d millions OF
human beings have fallen in the
battles which man has waged against
his fellow creature man. If this
amazing number of men were to
hold each hand at arms length thev
would extend over fourteen million
five hundred and eighty three thou
sand three hundred and thirty three
miles of ground. and would circle
the earth on which we dwell six
hundred and eight times. If we al
low the weight of man to be on an
average of one hundred pounds
this is below the mark }, we shall
come to the conclusion that six nil
lion two hundred and fifty thousand
tons OF human flesh have been man.
gled, disfgured, gashed and tram
pied under foot The calculation
will appear striking when we state
that if only the forefinger of every
one OF these fourteen thousand nil
lions of human beings were to be
held in straight line they would
reach more than six hundred thou
sand miles beyond the moon; al Il
that II person were to undertake
to count the number, allowing nine
teen hours a day, and seven DAYS
in a week, at the rate of six thou,
sand per hour. it would occupy that
person three hundred and thirty six
years. Three hundred and fifty
thousand pipes of human blood have
been spilled in battles. 80
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-10-21

ST. LOUIS is destined to he the great
commercial center of the United States.
In 1910 her population was $1,000. The
census returns now give her IA popula-
ton of 3i3, ,000-just what New York
had thirty years ago. Chicago and
Cincinnati remain in the background,
while St. Louis is making rapid strides.
Cincinnati will gain when the South
ern railroad is built, but Chicago re-
fuses 10 be comforled at the improve
meut of her successful rival.
Eventually the country must havo
n great distributing center, and when
the Pacific railroads bring us the pre-
ducts of the oriental countries moro
rapidly and cheaper than the all-oceau
il is not probable that
New York can retain her prestige for
furnishing western people with sIclt
81. IioHis is central ansl
is good distributing point both by rail
and water, and her Wholesale business
twenty years hence viii be immense.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-10-21

Secretary Boutwell, has stopped
another leak of the public funds
He las directed that all accounts for
travel ing expenses of Treasury aff-
cials here after certify that no free
passes were used and that the a
mount demands is Only for actully
necessary expenses. 1t is q nice
thing for Government officer to
make a long journey under orders
aud get a good mileage for the duty,
though he travels on pass and i'll
ours no expense
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-10-21
The Senate or the Peuiteniary-
South Carolina Politics.

A correspondent of the Charleston
Courier relates 4 conversation as it
occurred at n political mass meeting
at Kingston, South Carolina, between
Hon. B. b. Carpenter, the Reform
candidate for Governor, and one Mr..
Powell Smy the, Radical candidate for
State Senator:
Judge Carpenter was alirding to the
heavy increase of taxes, when Powell
Smythe interrupted him, saying:
MAY ask you a question. Judge?"
The iutlge-''Certainly, if you wilt
allow me afterwards TO ask you one"
Smythe-"What was the tax Oh
slaves in 1s66?''
The iudec-''There waS mt q slave
in the United States in 1866"
Smythe-"I mean in 1Sj5?'
The Judge -"There were none then.'
Smytlie-"We!l, / mean in 1854"
The iudge-'I don't know-aI that
lime was not here, was Oh the othe-
side fighting in the Union army. And
HOW for my question!
care you the man who had n wife
and six children in Clarendon, AMI
went to Columbia, Joined the Scott
ring, got rich by bribery, and married
another woman there ?"
The crowd-"Yes, that's so; he's the
man."
Smythe, (sheepishly) IL wasn't mar
ried 10 the first one ~
The judge-"The children were your
own"
Smythc-"T'eS, but she was not my
wife; / only lived with heru'
The judce-"Yau were in the legis-
latuEe two years? Now I'll tell you Il
law that you don't seem to know any
thing about. That law makes man
and woman, who have lived together
as you have in this case, man aid
wife; and if you don't mind yoI
will go to the penitentiary as a higa-
mist, instead of going To the State
Senater'
This was too much; the crowd.
white and black, who knew of Powell
viliainy, yelled, and the
poor devil skunk away in the crowd.
He never asked another question, aud
lOrt'f think eyer will aVain
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-10-21
FLlZE.
BY JOSH BILLINGS.

/ hate iii.
A fiji has got no manners.
He amt no gentleman.
He's an irtrootler, don't send in
no kard, nor AK an interduckShun.
nor don't knox at the front door.
and nuver, nuver thinks NV takin OF
his hat.
Fust you kno he is in bed with
you and up your nose-tho what he
wants thar is E mystry-an he in
vites hisself to breakfast, and sets
doun in yure butter thout brushin
his pants.
He helps hissclf to sugar, and
meat, and merlassis, and bred, and
persurves, and vinegy--ennything.
aud don't wait for no invita tion.
He's got a good appytite, AID just
Us sun eat one thing IS anuther.
L aint no use to challenge him
for takin liberties; lie iissseDs up q
hostile correspondence with YOU.
whether or not, and shoots Eisself
at YOU like built, and he nuver
misses. nuver.
He'll kiss yore wife 30 times a
day, and zizz zoo, and ridicule YOU
if you say a word, and he'd rather
you'd slap at him than not box;
he's doger NV the dodgirinist kline.
Every time you slap, you don't slap
him, but slap yoreself, and he zizzez
and pints the hine leg of skorn at
you, till he aggravates you to dis
trakshin.
He glories in lightin every pop
on the ixacd. spot whar you druv
him from, which pruves the inten-
ton to teeze you. Don't tell me he
amt got no mind; he knows what
he is after. He's got sense, and to
much of it. tho he nuver went to
skool day in his life, Except in a
supe dish.
He's mean, malignant, owda-
Shus, premi;llitated cuss.
His mother never padded him
with a slipper His MORALS wuz
neglected., and he lacks good deal
ov humility mitely. He amt bash
i'ul bit, AMI l doubt if he bushes
ofting.
In fac!l, he wuz never fetched up
Il tall.
He was born full grown, he don't
git old-other things git old, but he
nuver gifts old-and he is imperdent
and mischevous to the day NV his
deth.
He droopz in cold weather. and
You kin mash him n 4 wind ~ ain.
and you've jest put your finger in it.
He comes agin next yeer and Il heep
more with him. Taint no use.
One fiji to family might do for
but the good ov SO mcnf
fiize | be dogon ef kin see kin you:
l has thort much about flize, and
| haz notist how ofting they stop
in their delivery to comb thar heads
and scratch thar noze with thar
fourlegs. and gongc thar arm m-pits
under thar wings. and the tops ov
thar wings with thar legs.
And my kandid opynim ar that
1ize is lowsy, they eeches all the |
time, is miSerbul. and that makes
EN- bad tempered, and want to
make other peepil miserbul too.
Eff that amt the 1ossfy ov flize, ]
give up
Altho fiji don't send in his kard |
he always leaves one. and l don't |
like it. Taint prittv, if tis round
He kant make q cross. mark. only a
dot, and he is always dotting whai
thar ajn't no is. There is no end |
to his periods, but he never Guns
30 full stop. Sich handritin is
lisagreabil.
lie is an artist, but his fresco and |
his wall paperin l don't admire.
Ihars too much sameness in his |
patterns His specs is the only |
specs that don't help the eyes. You
kan t see throo um, and you don't |
want to.
| hate q li
Darn fl.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-10-21

Charles-''Tell me, Laura, why
thy sadness Tell me, why that
look OF care? Why has fled that
look of gladness that thy face was
wont to wear 20
Laura--"Charles, tits useless to
dissemble: Well my face may wear
frown. For I've lost my largest
hairpin. And my chignon's coming
down"
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-10-21
How Counterfeit Notes are Made.

How Counterfeit Notes aye Made
y patty of men, say from three to II
dozen, get together and hold frequent
meetings, and act according TO plan
| laid down. One or two will find out
some copperplate printer in the en-
p,oyment of the bank note company
i'm fact, all such printers are known by
| the party. The ese men will manage tn
meet one of the printers in the even
ing, get acquainted, drink, and have Il
good lime generally with him, and 50
proceed for Il few evenings. Then
they Offer him from fifty to one hum
Gred and fifty dollars to procure a GER
tain kind of impression. This impress
sion il made in This wise: The e-printer
takes tine impression upon tinfoil from
tine plate from which he i printing,
which is done in moment. Thus
YOU see every line ana the size is oh
tanned correctly. From thi- tin-foil
an electro plate is made. They then
yet some plate printer that can be
found about the city, have Il good time
xith him, and engage him at twenty
dollars day to do pinting. BY this
plan thousands of copies are struck off
which defy detectives, except in the
quality of the paper, which will slight
ly differ from the genuine. The place
of manufacture is generally some dis
tance from New York, like Staten
island, Fiatbush, or sometimes Baxter
street, or similar localities, in that
city. 1t is strange fact in every case
where party of this kind exists every
member lacks confidencr in his associ-
ates. Every move made by one is
narrowly watched 10y the others of the
party. 1t would be death to an infor-
mant or spy that did not look to him.
self.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-10-21

Truth will ever be unpiatable to
those who are determined not to re-
linquish error, but can never give Of
tense to the honest and well mean-
ing; for the plain dealing remon-
strances of a friend differs as widely
from the rancor of an enemy probe
of a physician from The dagger of
an assassin
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-10-21

A lover, being requested to buy
his sweetheart pair of shoes while
in the city. inquired by note it she
wanted them Round or Squire
Toad" to which she answered,
s.Kneither, but peeked.n