Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-03-02
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OCEAN TMBER-The sea board.
A RARE ARTICLE Beefsteak just
warmed.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT - Sleighing
"dears."
NEVER trouble trouble till trouble trou-
bles you. suyh
PHILADELPHIA contains more houses
than New York, Brooklyn, and Jersey
City combined.
THE Washington is as good a company
as there is in existence for the policy
holder. PA. McGRAw, Senator. 10 I
A VERY benevolent lady has taken the
idea into her head of knitting a pair of
hose for a fire engine.
If you should die to-day, would you
leave your family independent of charity !?
Insure in the Mutual Life, of Chicago.
THE Chicago Times, chronicling the fact
that man there was married to get out
of iail, remarks that ".some chaps have a
queer idea of liberty"
WITHIN the memory of the Oldest river
man, there has never failed to navigate the
Mississippi, boats known as the United
States and Ben Franklin. - fa7lt -
ABosToN man asks the city to compen-
safe him for his sons death, which. he.
claims, was caused by the cruel treatment
of teacher in one of the public schools.
A AWEsTERN gentleman lately put him
self to bed on the steps Of a church, and,
trying to fold the snowfakes around him,
declared every time he grasped handful
that the plaguy sheets always tore SO.
A ABosToN hotel keeper, who sued man
for leaving without paying for his board,
has lost his case. The defendant told him
when he put up at the hotel that he had
no money, and the plaintiff admitted the
fact. as Ia ;. - 80. -
"IT's desp'r't thing" said old Joe
SmykersEa desp'r't thing That are
young couple, who've been billin and
cooin' and maxim eyes at one another for
a month, have now gone to the minister
and gotta permit to see if they can't keep
it up for lifetimer' So -
IT is said that A men, 16 women and
26 children were killed outright, and 107
men, 72 women and 80 children wounded
by the bombardment Of Paris. When the
armistice came the deaths from sickness
averaged 900 daily. The last sortie cost
the French 5000 men. 80. 55r
A WILL filed in the San Francisco Pro
bate Court reads: .'s San Francisco, Jan.
30, 1871.-All and any property standing
in my name, real and personal |. leave to
my wife, Mary Anderson, and likewise my
two daughters, Mary and Jennie.-John
Anderson" The two daughters anxiously
inquire whether they are part of the
legacy or sharers in it. '''.'-F
Mr.. GOLDEN, an old bachelor editor
thus, in his spite, comments on recent
moonlight incident "We LETT our sanctunl
at midnight last night, and on our way
home we saw young lady and gentleman
holding gate on its hinges. They were
evidently indignant at being out so late
and we saw them bite each other several
times" -.---.--..
A BOY at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, was
sitting upwith a sick mother, when she
asked him to give her the medicine tine
doctor prescribed. He was busy reading 8
novel, so he gave her dose SoHt of the
first bottle he came to, to save time, as he
was interested in finding out how the
hero got along. The mother was borne to
the silent tomb the next day, but the boy
finished the novel the night before.
THE editor of the Noblesvi1le, Ind.
Register recently received the following
notice; " Sir, you will please publish the
death of my father 80 in your pa
per He died at his residencein - - - :
on the morning of the ------ after al
illness of only three days He died o
congestion of the lungs. Please say to hi
patrons and friends that his widow ane
sons will manufature and sell his agut
cure the same as he did and oblige you
friend" -4t
A VETERAN Yankee sailor who wa.
with Farragut in his terrible battle below
New Orleans, having his leg shot, off be
low the knee, observed to an Officer
That's but an eight dollar touch; an incl
higher and | should have had my. 81:
for it" alluding to the scale of. pensions
allowed for wounds. The same man, a.
they were lifting him on brother tar
shoulders, said to one of his friends
Bob, take look for my leg, and give m,
the silver buckle out of my shoe; II dc, a
much for you, please God, some othe
time"
AT certain college the senior class wa
! under examination for degrees. The Pro
] fessor of Natural Philosophy was badger
ing in optics. The point under illustra
tion was that, strictly and scientifcall,
| speaking, we see no object, but their i'm
ages depicted on the retina. The worth,
Professor, in order. to make the matte
| palmer, said to the wag of the class: /" MI
Jackson, did you eyer actually see you
father? Bill promptly replied, No, sir.
Please to- explain Why you never say
! your father Because" replied MI
jackson, .gravely, che died before | wa
born, SIR T Ef
You know as much as is good for you
| For it is with the mind as it is with tn
senses. A greater gdegrce0 of learnin!
/ would terrify us. If our eyes should SCI
things microscepieally, we should b.
afraid to move. Thus our knowledge i
/ suited to situation and circumstances
| We're we informed beforehand of. goot
things provided for us by Providence
from that moment we should cease to en-
joy the blessings we possess, become indii
ferent to present duties, and be filled witt
restless impatience. Or suppose tn
things foreknown were gloomy and ad
verse, what dismay and despondene,
would be, the consequence of the, dis
covery? And how many times should W
suffer in imagination what we now onl,
endure in reality? Who would wish Il
draw back veil which saves them from
| so many diseuietadesa fflsome hof yo
had known the troubles through whiG]
you have since :waded,5 you would -hav
tainted under the prospect, but. what W
know not now we shall know Hereafter.
Jay.
| THE Scientific american gives the follow
ing directions, which cannot be placed be
fore the public too often, for detecting tn
Ipresence of explosive elements in fkero
sene: "The taking of the specific gravIt
| is worthless, because the adnlteration b.
the lighter naptha can be disguised by tn
addition of heavy oil. The color AM
edor are also not to be relied upon TIL
i-oniy reliable test is the temperature of tn
/ flashing point; that is, the temperature a
which the petroleum takes fire when
burning match is applied to. its. surface
The test can be easily applied. Into a fla
dish or saucer pour the, oil to be tried INIT
4 it is at least half an inch deep; then hol
1 burning match or taper near the surface
At the point of contact the combustion
often very lively, as the taper draws u
Fsome of the liquid, but if the petroleum b
safe and free from naptha, the flame doe
not spread over the surface. If the petfC
fleum has been ;adulterated ,sas soon as, tn
match touches the stlrfece blue lamber
I flame flashes across it, and in a few me