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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-06-09
$4,000 Acres to Each Mile

of Railroad with which they are mortgaged. They
cover 1850 square miles (nearly large as the State
of Rhode Island, which is 1906 square miles,, ant'
are of great value.
The bonds are for $1,000 each, due March l. 1899.
bear interest at
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-12-28

stricken with paralysis at one p. m. on the
Goth, at the Covington Post Office. He fell
to the floor and remained inscnsible for an
hour, after which he was removed to his resi-
dence. He was better in the evening, having
so far recovered as to sit up and talk with
some of his friends.
A Toronto, Ont, dispatch of the 2lst says
the weather throughout the Dominion for
the previous thirty-six hours had been in
tenscly cold, ranging, according to locality,
from sixteen to forty degrees below zero.
John Kenny has been found guilty of fraud
ulent voting at the last election in Brooklyn,
and sentenced to fine and Imprisonment
The Illinois House of Representatives has
passed a bill making liquor sellers liable for
damages for the benefit of drunkards' fam
lilies.
The Kentucky Legislature met in joint
session on the 2lst, and elected Hon. T. c.
McCreery as United States Senator to succeed
Mr.. Davis.
A special dispatch to the Louisville Courier
Journal of the 21st confirms previous report
that a mob of negroes had taken John II.
Saunders, Jasper Dugan and Curtis Garret from
Jail in Lake Village, Chicot County, Arkansas,
where they were confined for the murder of a
negro lawyer named Wynne, and shot them
to death. After killing the prisoners, the
mob took possession of the town, which they
still held, and many citizens had fed for
safety
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-12-28
An Extraordinary Game of Ministerial
Euclre.

Near late New Jersey camp meeting,
two clergymen, a Baptist and Metho-
dist, were walking, when they saw a little
girl sitting on stone, who was weeping
bitterly. "What is the matter, my little
girl." asked the Baptist, kindly. "My-
NV father was KILLED on the railroad
few davs ago, and has just been buried,
sir and my mother is sick abed and can't
work. and we haven't nothing to eat and
don't know what to do" sobbed the little
girl, crying as if her heart would break:
"a truly lamentable case; do indeed
pity YOU" said the Baptist, rigidly, as II
he were pitying some ice-cream he could
not eat. ''How much do you pity her,
Brother C. ~ Il pity her So" yelled the
Methodist, as he threw a V into the girls
lap,
II double your pile, Brother p" the
Baptist brother said, as he slowly placed
an X over the V. II go you one better"
the Methodist bawled, as he put ten on
the other money. Il cover your stake,
Brother p" and the Baptist clergyman's
expression showed he was getting excited,
as a frenty from his purse was put on the
rapidly-increasing pile.
''I'll top the spons with fifty, howled
Brother p, as he drew out his last note
and placed the sum with the others, glar-
ing savagely at his companion. Here's
hundred-dollar note, little girl, said the
Baptist, quite blandly, now that he had
rot ahead of his brother; you may
STaLe in the spoils, for you've cleaned
out and 'euchred' both my friend and my
self. and left us both dead broke Then
they walked off humming hymn. Now
what we would like to know is, what did
those clergymen do before they were con
! yerted
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-12-28
Pitting from Small-Pox.

The terrible scanning and pitting of the
face, neck, and other exposed parts OF the
body, consequent upon the severe attacks
of the smallpox, are well known. 1t is
noticeable, however, that the scalp is al
ways exempted from marks, even after the
severest form of the disease, the cover
ing afforded by the hair preserving it
from pitting. Remembering this fact it
recently occurred to an English physi-
clan, while watching a photographer
using cotton wool, to shut out light
in the process of ''vignetting" pho
tographS, that the material, if applied TO
the face and neck of smallpox patients,
might give protecting influence some
what similar TO that afforded the scalp by
the hair, and thereby prevent or modify
the subsequent pitting. Having under
treatment a couple of cases of GONZALES
cent smallpox, he therefore applied cot
ton wool to protect the face. The disease
in each case was of the distinct form.
One of the two, girl, aged fifteen years,
had an abundant eruption, which, in the
unprotected parts of the body, went
through the usual consecutive changes.
In both cases the parts covered by the
wool were left without avestige of marks.
The mode of application is as follows;
On the first appearance of the eruption,
patches of skin an inch square were
washed over with collodion, and Immedi-
ately covered with thin, uniform layer
of fine wool; the wool readily adhercs il
applied before the ether of the collodioI
evaporates. When the whole of the face
etc.. was thus covered the wool wa:
brushed over with solution of starch ol
gum. The starch or gum was occasion
ally reapplicd to the edges of the wool to
prevent any shifting by the movements o.
until the dry crusts fell off the othel
parts of the body In view of the result:
of the experiment, the mode of treat
ment would seem worthy of furthc
\ trial
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-12-28
4 Great Waste of Time.

THE greatest everyday want that most
men feel is that of time. The laboring
classes ask for fewer hours of work, that
they NAV have more time for themselves
and families. Business and professional
men find their employments so engrossing
that they borrow time from their hours of
restand recreation, and thereby are hurried
to their graves. The educational problem
of the day depends upon considerations oi
time. There is more to. be learned than
there used TO be, and the work of better
education is not 10 decide what may best
be left unlearncd, but by what improved
methods of instruction il shall be made as
easy TO learn much now rs it once was to
master a little. If time is so valuable,
why arc we not more careful about chill
drcn's waste of II
We are apt TO regard their time as a
matter of little importance and If they
keep out of mischief and do their daily
tasks. trouble ourselves very little about
it. Nav, are those parents rare who think
the first requirement in the training of
children is TO find something TO take up
their time, no matter what, if it be not
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-12-28
)HIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2s, 1871.

Recent authentic advices from Yeddo say
that an Embassy which was to sail from
Yokohama on the 18th, due at San Francisco
January Is, is the most important that ever
left the Oriental nation for America or
Europe. 1t is sent out by order of the
Japanese Parliament and Yeddo, that the rul-
ing classes may study for themselves Western
civilization, and not depend on reports of
interiors as hitherto.
1t was officially announced at London on
the 18th that the Prince of Wales had passed
a quiet night, and was satisfactorily pro-
crossing toward recovery.
At Geneva, Switzerland, on the 18th, the
Commissioners for the arbitration of the Al
ALBANIA claims held a formal meeting. Count
Zlopis the Italian member of the board, was
chosen President, and the Commission ad-
journed until the 18th of June.
A special dispatch to the New York Herald
from the City of Mexico on the 18th,
says the backbone of the rebellion in
Mexico was broken. The revolutionary
General Diaz was losing favor with his
adherents, and many of the military COM
manders who were considered doubtful had
recognized President Juarez, and would yield
obedience to the government.
A Paris dispatch of the 10Th states that the
French Academy had received the following
from the eclipse expedition 1.-The spectrum
of the corona attests the existence of matter
| in the space beyond the atmosphere of the
SUM-
The Duke D'Aumale and Prince dc Joinville
took their seats in the French National Assem-
bly, on the 10Th. They sat in tile center of the
members of the Right. Their appearance
created no sensation in that body.
! On the Goth, deputation of French Pro-
testants had an interview with Thiers, who
received them with affability, and promised
! that religious equality should be maintained.
| A London dispatch of the 21st says the
celebrated Tichborne trial had reached
another stage. The plaintiff IS case closed
that day, and a further hearing was post
poned until January Is.
The st. Petersburg Messenger of the 21st,
tile official organ of the Russian Govern
ment, announces for the first time the remo-
val of Minister Catacazy from Washington,
owing, it SAYS, to personal difficulties which
might prejudice the good relations existing
between Russia and the United States.
Bsmark recently sent dispatch to Baron
! Won Arnim, German Representative at Paris,
setting forth the feeling of evaporation
caused in Germany by the outrages perpe-
| trated on her soldiers in France, and threat
ening retaliation unless the alleged outrages
ceased, or the perpetrators thereof are de-
| livered up to the German officers.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-12-28
Seasoning and Elasticity of Wood.

The results of experiments on the re-
sistance of material by AIessrs. Chevan-
dicr and Werthiem, have brought out the
following conclusions. The density of
wood appears to vary but little with age
The co-eilicient of elasticity diminishes,
on the contrary, beyond a certain age. 1t
depends also upon the dryness and ex-
posure of the soil in which the trees were
grown. Trees grown upon a northern,
northeastern, or northwestern exposure
and in dry soil, have the co-efficient
higher, in proportion as these two con-
ditions are united, and trees grown in wet
soils are not so elastic or firm.
Age and exposure influence cohesion !;
and cohesion and elasticity are affected
by the soil in which the trees grow. The
thickness of the layers of wood appears to
have an influence on its elasticity, except
in case of the fir tree In this il is greater
as the layers are thinner.
Trees cut in full sap, and those cut be-
fore the sap starts, have not presented any
sensible difference in relation to elasticity.
In these experiments the value of the
limit of elasticity was the load under
which it produced only small permanent
elongation.
Practical men have long known that
timber grown on dry soils possessed
greater elasticity and strength than that
grown on wet and spongy soils; and those
woods were strong also when grown on
soils containing fair amount of lick.
The cutting of timber in a proper stage
of its growth is one of great importance to
farmers, and in this connection the ques-
tion of seasoning comes in. We think
that timber should always be felled when
the sap is matured-say after August and
before March-and dried as quickly as
possible under shelter, where it may not
become wet and dry alternately. If thor
oughly soaked in water before seasoning,
it will dry much quicker than if not pre-
viously soaked, but always at the expense
of the tenacity of the timber. On the
other hand, severe and quick kiln drying
has not been found to answer the ends
that were desired.
The thorough seasoning of timber will
always pay, especially if to be used in the
arts, and now that the better qualities of
timber are getting scarce and high, the
importance of the subject will warrant
the arboriculturist in using every means
in his power, not only to grow such sorts
as command high price, and upon soils
best suited to them, but also to pay par
ticular attention to proper seasoning Tor
use.
Another thing in this connection is i'm
portant Lumber soaked in water and
then thoroughly dried, it is held, is not
affected by the weather-will not expand
or shrink in wet and dry seasons.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-12-28

before, and at that moment, from that
very gap, down jumped Soft Billy, and
in his hand he brandished reaping- hook
The dream, in all its horrors, seemed on
the verge of fulfillment; but my great
grandmother was a strong-minded woman,
and, though her heart was throbbing with
terror, she neither tainted nor screamed !;
she walked straight up to the idiot, and
gave him kindly greeting. 6 l am glad
to see you, Billy | am walking to the
end of the lane, and now you shall take
care of me-" The lad, highly flattered,
was meek and amiable in moment, and
they walked the rest of the way together,
she keeping up an incessant chatter in her
most CHEEKY tones, though her heart was
doubtless beating at every swing of the
ungainly figure, and every flourish of the
deadly weapon in the poor, purposeless
fingers. At the cottage door she thanked
him, and wished him good-by; and it
will readily be believed that she procured
another escort for her walk home.
Now for my last story, which L had
from the lips of venerable old Presby-
terian minister, the last man to indulge
his Imagination,
He was in the habit of going every Sun
day afternoon to conduct the worship at a
little village on the coast of Scotland
One Saturday night he dreamed vivid
dream. He saw the village, and the bay,
the waves tossing and beating in storm,
and he saw a pleasure-boat upset, and
dashed to pieces against the rocks. Two
men were buffeting with the water, fight
ing for their lives one fair, slight youth,
the other a middle-aged sailor. As the
dreamer looked, he saw them both clutch
at, and cling to a floating spar ; it swayed
and sank under the double weight, and,
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-12-28
THE OLD WORLD.

A cable special says the English merchants,
when the illness of the Prince of Wales was
alarming, bought the entire stock of black
artificial flowers, dry goods and jet ornaments
in Paris,
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-12-28

An enterprising dentist in neighbor
ing city advertises Get your sweetheart
new set of teeth as Christmas
present"
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-12-28

The latest London announcement is a
nose machine, by which homely noses are
pressed into the most fashionable shapes,
according to the tastes of the owner.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-12-28

The lady who presented Mr.. Spur
-.on with 100000 some time ago, to
found an orphanage for boys, has, It is
said, offered thas gentleman another large
sum of money to found similar institu-
ton for girls
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-12-28

Few women, it is said, are so modest
that they are unwilling to sit in the lap of
luxury and ease.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-12-28

All fears of the cholera from Russia
seem to have subsidized Alexis only
brought the HoopepkoE with him.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-12-28
Miscellany.
THE BLESSING OF TO-DAY.

STRANGE, we never prize the music
Till the sweet-voiced birds have flown;
Strange, that we should slight the yiolets
Till the lovely flowers are gone;
Strange, that summer skies and sunshine
Never seem one-half so fair
As when winters snowy pinions
Shake the white down in the air.
Lips from which the seal of silence
None but God can roll away,
Never blcssomed in such beauty
As adorns the mouth to-day
And sweet words that freight our memory
With their beautiful perfume,
Come to us in sweeter accents,
Through the portals of the tomb.
Let us gather up the sunbeams
Lying all around our path;
Let us keep the wheat and roses,
Casting out the thorns and chaff;
Let us find our sweetest comfort
In the blessings of the day,
With patient hand removing
All the briars from our way.
z,s.nH "a, m a,
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-12-28

Utah may have its plural wives, OBJ
serves Mr. Quilp, but other parts of the
country have very singular ones.-Boston
Post.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-12-28

the habit of passing counterfei, money,
but he happened to have them with him,
and, having taken a somewhat exact meas
ure of the two chaps who had attempted
to swindle him, he had quietly deter
mined to beat them at their own game.
"If youwant anything more" said he,
ssto make this affair all satisfactory, l can
give you good references, either in Kansas
City or New York, where / live" Our in
formant didn't demand the references
Kaaesus City Times.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-12-28
THE MARKETS.

PROFITABLE MINNG-Min'ing ones
business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-03-16
NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION,

The democrats have carried New Hanp,
shire for Governor and Members Of Con-
gress by small majority. For several
years the republicans have carried the
State by hard fighting, having a reliable
majority of between two and three thous-
and until last year when the Labor Reform
and Temperance vote cut it down to 1853
This was small margin i'll vote of some
seventy thousand to depend upon, but it
was thought that with energy, union and
no unfavorable circumstances the thing
could be done. The campaign however
has been more marked by apathy than ac-
tivity, and it is probable that the feeling
about the change of Mr.. Sumner operated
unfavorably, so that the State has gone
against the republicans. While it will re
duce our majority in Congress as its worst
result, it may not be without some COM
pensation in the lesson it will teach and the
stimulus apply where they are needed.
We have no doubt the State will give re-
publican majority in 1872. The loss. is but
temporary
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-03-16

much ease as water runs off goose's back.
She flats and sharps with the accuracy Of the
piano-forte, and her voice dies away like the
echo of the voice of mercy"
Just as an auctioneer was saying "Gone :"
afew evenings since, his audience went through
the floor into the cellar, but happily without
hurting any of them. The auctionecr, as
soon as he found his legs, remarked that the
accident would enable him to sell lower than
before, and called for a IBID" and they bid
him Good night"
A few evenings SINCE Mrs. Matilda Fletcher,
the Iowa poetess, lectured in the Senate
Chamber at Madison, and the attendance on
the Assembly was light in consequence. A
call OF the House was ordered, when about
twenty members, including Mr.. Judd, return
ed. Mr.. Ju DIS reply, to demand for an ex
PLANTATION by Mr.. Maxon, set the house in a
roar: 1.-THE woman tempted me, and went
astray." The Speaker pronounced the ex-
cuse sufficient.
A few days since at an examination of the
masters class at one of the Boston public
schools for boys at the South End, the lads
had been asked several questions regarding
bank discounts, interest and notes, which they
had promptly answered correctly. A men,
Der of the School Committee then said 'You
seem to understand all about bank discounts,
interest, notes, ETC.. now want to ask you
the meaning of a bank term which may not
be down in your textbooks. What is meant
by the term which we read of SO often, called
''bank irregularities?' To this question one
of the boys Immediately replied: 'If poor
man wrongfully takes small amount of any
thing it is called stealing, and he is punished;
if bank officer steals very large amount of
money, it is called an irregularity and he is
not punished.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-03-16

ito not IiiiUru YOU reader, thai I)f W on
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that cures Consumption, when the lungs are halt
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of mind. body or estate, make men live forever and
leave death to play for want of work, and is de
signed 10 make our sublunary sphere bllssfu
Paradise, to which Heaven itself shall be but side
show. You have heard enough of that kind Of
humbuggery But when tell you that DR.. Sage's
Catanrh Remedy mW poshireiy cure the worst cases
of Catarrh in the Head, only assert that which
thousands can testify to. | will pay 500 Reward
for that cannot cure. pamphlet giving
symptoms and other information sent free to any
address. This remedy is
SOLD BY MOST DRUGGISTS IN ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD.
Price 50 cents. Sent by mail, postpaid, receipt
of sixty cents or four packages for two dollars.
Beware OF countefts and worthless limitations.
that my private Stamp, which is positire gaaran-
tee Of Ge8uinehess is upon the outside wrapper.
Remember that this private Stamp, issued by the
United states Government expressly Tor stamping
my medicines, has my portrait name and address
and the " ords u. ). Certificate of GenuineDess'
engraved upon it, and need not be mistaken. Don't
be swiniled by travellers and others rel resenting
themselves as Dr. Sage; am the only man now
living that has the know ledge and right to manuac-
ture the Genuine DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, and
never travel to sell this medicine.
X. V. PIERCE. NJ D.,
dcc26- teod3m l25 Seneca St, Buffalo, n. Y.
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the very low rate of
90 and accrued Interest.
Among their advantages are
LIST. The road is nearly finished, and the cars
are expected to run across the State
in 60 days.
I'd. The road has bee n built only of the best
material, the iron having been manu-
featured expressly for it, at a much
higher cost than that usually paid.
Sd. 1t runs through most superb agricul-
tural country.
4th. 1t has great advantages in carrying coal
North and bringing lumber South
9Th. The Mortgage is only 600 per mile,
while many other roads are bonded to
double this amount.
9th. The road is principally owned by bank
ers and other capitalists, who have in
vested large sum in its construction,
and who have every reason to take care
of its obligations.
It'll. A First Mortgage for so small an
amount, upon a road so near compile
ton, and in such strong hands, may
we'll be considered a perfectly safe Sc
curity.
We believe there will be more favOra-
bic time to sell Governments. and buy
really Eirst-class KailI Dad Securitie such
~ these-than the present. with any fur
Their decline In Gold, Governments must
decline also.
Subscriptions will be received in Augusta, by
Messrs. B. e. Potter & Bro, Bankers,
and by the
Augusta Savings Bank,
Of whom pamphlets and full information may be
had.
w. B. 6HATTUCK, Treasurer,