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The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-02-10
THE RIVER.

~ The river remains stationary.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-02-10
PITY PATIENTs.

OF this number sbou, forty are marines,
eight county and one OF two private pa
tients. Nearly one half ofthosc At present
confined are negroes. AL expenses At
tending marine p a,isnts are paid by the
United States Government. %
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-06-15
CITY GIRLS

The girls of the principal cities in
this country are noted as follows:
Baltimore, the handsomest.
Boston, the most intelligent.
New York, the gayest and most ex-
pensive in dress.
Washington, the most airy and su-
perflcial.
Philadelphia, the most refined and
ladylike.
Chicago, the fastest and most dissi-
pated.
Toledo, the biggest feet.
st. Louis, the most reckless.
New Orleans, the most travelled.
Cincinnati, the greatest firts.
Louisville, the proudest.
Detroit, the widest.
Cleveland, the most graceful and
entertaining in conversation.
San Francisco, the most Indifferent,
Richmond, the most anxious to be
loved.
Mobile, the most liberal entertain
ers. .s
Hartford, the best musicians.
Buffalo, the dullest.
Rochester, the longest hair.
{ The girls in the country for making
! the best wives.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-06-15
THE sAvAGEs AND THE rELEeRAPH
ATriok on the AaracanIan, 3 ! Indians i n : :


It is not little curious, says the
Independienta. of Chile, to know how
the telegraph wires and posts have
been preserved from injury by the
Indians, otherwise the communicated
of the frontier forts with one another
could not have been kept up. The
following stratagem was hit upon and
related by traveller recently from the
frontiers, who was asked how it was.
He said when the posts were erected
there were some forty or fifty Indian
prisoners in the camp of the army
General Pinto. fearing that they might
destroy this important work of ciVili-
zation, called them together and
brought in an electric battery: iad ii
edo you see this wire which is
placed here ?n s9pa bus ,n10 iaiq ~
eyes, general 'sHi'fq adtiia a3lP be
"Well, then, i have caused it to be
placed there, so that yeu should not
pass to the other side or touch it, be-
cause if you do your hands will adhere
to the Wire.v .1i9OW 9B4 l8ohgaG :!
The Indians smiled with an incred-
ulous look. The General called them!
one by one, and made them lay hold
of the wires of the battery and set it
going. H al-i . s17 81 t
"Let go the wires, tell you" c
al cannot, sir, my hands are be-
numbed." -is3g lid 13 lotl9ia3Ga.
On cutting off the current of course
they dropped the wires. Each Indian
was made to experiment for himself.
Before letting them go the General
recommended them to keep the secret
and not tell it to their countrymenoz
OF course they did quite the con-
trary, and told eyeay Indian what they
had seen and what had happened to
them. Since then not wire has been
damaged, because they now all believe
that if they touch the wires they will
be caught and held prisoners until tho
troops. comelup. ad aaHanb i9in
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-06-15
Farmers and Builders

Farmers and Builders
VXTILL take notice that the subscriber is
w prepared to supply them with the best
quality of
16 and Is inch Pine and Hemlock
Shingles,
Lath and Hemlock Building Timber,
Fencing, &C., of different lengths,
Can fill orders and have delivered at any of the
residence good supply of
Shingle, Latb, Lumber, &c,
Call and see them before purchasing. PRICES
REASONABLE. am also Agent for the
Buckeye Mower and Reaper,
Most durable and lightest draft machine in use
SO said Thea awarding committee at the State
trial in Mansfield, last July. 1 am selling to
farmers the different kinds of
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
Such as NIsHwITZ PULvERIZING HAIR
ROW; of their utility, can give good references
from those who have purchased of me. Also
for sale, WHEEL RAKES; IRON BEAN
PLOWS, CULTIVATORS, WING SHOVEL
PLOWS. 1 have supply of the celebrated
EAGLE WATER DRAWERS, which are very
convenient. l am agent. for FAIRBANKS Is
necessity of having them, as everything is now
bought and sold by weight. Orders filed with
promptness.
Thanking the public for their patronage,
ask the continuance of the same. My motto is
Live and let Live" Terms, strictly Cash ol
Ready Pay. #. d. SNOW.
Windham, O., May 8. 1871, 141-sm.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-06-15

A YOUNG man says that there may
have been such a thing as real true
love in old times, but that now the
notion is entirely obsolete, and If you
ask young 70 & lady now:a.d,ays to share sL re
know how large that lot" IL.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-06-15

AN attendant at Mount Vernon, not
long since, found a lady weeping most
bitterly and sadibly, with her hand
kerchief at her eyes. He stepped UP
and said, "are You in any trouble,
madame?" "No, sir she sobbed. :" i
saw you weeping,s' :" Ah," said she,
chow can one help weeping at tho
grave of the father of his country 2"
doh, indeed madam, that's it'll The
tomb's over yonder; this is the Ice
house." 'a - Ha''"'-," A' ~"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-06-15

A CoNNEoTIcUTs schoolboy has writ
ten a composition on the horse, in
which he says it is an animal having
four legs, Z" one at each corner" 3lI.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-06-15
JOHN McCLUN,

General Insurance Agent, represents the fol-
lowing reliable companies s. ~
AMERICAN, Chicago, ILL.,; GREAT WESTERN,
York EYGoMING. Muncy,s Pa; NORTHWEST
ERN MUTUAL LIFE, milwaukee Wis; CON-
MONwEALTH LIFE ms. Co., New York.
ONCE with #. W. Coffin: in Phenix Block
over Second National Bank, Rayenna, Ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-06-15

A LITTLE management will often
avoid resistance which a vast force
will strive in vain to overcome, 4 -'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-06-15

TlOR Posters, Hand Bills, Bill Heads, sc
ID come the Press Oflcetsoni iChss tD ut, etgeot
North end Of Ampise Bfce&.t = t-A- n \
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-06-15

THERE are six millions of real estate
owners In the United States, the farm
ers being four millions of the number, /.
---,s..-- 1s------ IJ.-.s.Usas
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-06-15
TONES MARBLE woRKsi

have now on hand, and am manufacturing
to order, large variety of Marble Work con-
sisting of fe,4s 49,
MONUMENTS,
~. TABLETS,
HEADSTONES AND
CABINET SLABS.
I use the best material that money will buy;
employ none but honorable and skillful work:
men; have nc. travelling agents. and sell as low
as thelowest.
also keep on hand and for sale good vari-
ETY. of Sand Stone for building purposes. Also,
Well-Stone and Flagging.
T. M. JONES.
Ravenna. Sept. 3. 1868, VI
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-06-15
paRIs MAeAzINE ExPLosIoN.

More than Three Hundred Women and
Children KiIIed-The Air Full of Frag-
ments of Human Bodies. l-.4. ,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-06-15
.asAN oIn PIoNEER.

Death of a Noted Indian Hunter at the Age
of Io2 Years-A Conlpairiot of Lewis
: Wetzel-ThriIIing Adventure and Escape
from the Sayages. ' VIZ
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-06-15
a. = G. w. Ry-Chanee or TIme.

The following are the times of the departurs
Of trains at the points below. II took etfeci
Monday December < - -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-06-15
MARK TWAIN.

i The old-Ttme Poney Express of the Great
| Plains. I-- e
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-15
THE OLDEST MAN.

In 1914, when Pittsburg was but q
village, an old man named Jacob Four
nais, then aged about seventy years,
came there from Canada, and after .
brief soiourn, proceeded to New Or
leans in Q keel-boat. That old man
died lately in Kansas City, at the age
of one hundred and 'thirty-four years.
Journals was probably the oldest man
living. lie was q Canadian French
man by birth, but for more than half q
century was n hunter and trapper in
the employ of the fur company, one of
the French "voyageurs" as they were
called.
He was never sick, and only few
minutes before he died was walking
about the room. He said to the family
In the morning that he would ''never
see the sun go down again." and just
before the sun went down the machine
stopped-and the old man was dead.
HIS age was entered ON the census
roll last year as one-hundred and thirty
four years, which is as near as from the
best evidence It could be affixed.
His recollection of important events
was very good. and, as he was an illit-
crate man, his memory held to issolated
occurrences, not of history, as obtained
from reading books. This, while il
made his Information fragmentary and
unsatisfactory as to the history of thai
early period of his life, yet afforded the
best evidence to his great age.
He said he was working in the woods
| on q piece of land he had bought fol-
himself, near Quebec, when Wolfe wai
killed on the Heights of Abraham
This was September IL, 1859, and from
what he told of his life previous to tina
he must then have been over twenty
years of age. Thinking he might have
COMPOUNDED Wolfe with Montgomery
l775-he was questioned fully. butfhi
recollection of names and incident
was too distinct to leave any doubt anC
the same account had been given {,
others long before.
| Another event which be remembered
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-15
TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF DRUNKEN.
NESS.

Yesterday afternoon gentleman liv-
ing in an aristocratic portion of Second
street set out to search for his wife,
who had been absent from home since
Saturday. Going into the row of huts
located between Walnut and Madison
and East and Floyd streets, he was
filled with unutterable anguish at find
ing her ii one of these dirty huts, oc-
cupied only by colored people, and evil
IDENTIFY very much intoxicated. All of
his efforts to induce her to return home
and to the six living children with
which their marriage has been blessed,
were unavailing. The woman entreat-
ed 70 be let alone, or else be permitted
to go where she would never behold
his face again. She had on her person
the sum OF three hundred dollars, which
she stated would take her where she
pleased. A carriage was sent to the
door, and an officer, whose assistance
was required, went into the house and
finally persuaded her to return to the
home which she had not seen, and
perhaps had not thought of, since Sat-
urday. She was placed in the carriage,
and, In company with the officer, went
back to her family, but not without i'm
ploring to pc allowed to go anywhere
else. The appearance of the woman is
prcpossessing in every respect-above
the average size, she is splendidly
formed, and in affiuent circumstances.
What motive there is for this woman's
strange and disgaceful conduct cannot
even be guessed. This adds yet anoth-
err horror to the long list of crimes
from drunkenness. Here is woman
of personal beauty, high position-a
mother surrounded by her children
dragged down below the level of q
brute, and involving in her fall hus.
band, children and loving friends. And
all for what? Let who will, answer
4 louisville Commercial.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-15
AN APPEAL FOR THE ssKANEAS
HOME FOR FRIENDLESS WOMEN"

This Institution is now in'the fourth
year of its existence. Ithas extended
aid to hundred and thirty friendless
women. During the last year flfty-six
have been admitted, and thirteen chill
dren have been born under its roof.
OF these inmates comparatively few
have belonged TO Leavenworth. The
poor and friendless we feed, shelter
and befriend, are not ours alone. They
come from your towns and neighbor-
hoods.
They comprise respectable women
who reach Leavenworth out of money
and needing temporary help-a few
meals and lodging, until they can hear
from friends.
Or they are forsaken wives, who,
perhaps, find themselves on the eve of
maternity without friends or shelter.
Often they are young girls from the
country seeking employment, and
while doing so come to NJ for refuge,
and if we fail to give it they are easily
found of "Her whose house :nclineth
unto death, and her paths to the dead. /"
We also have many cases of young
girls from your towns, who leave their
homes hoping. to hide their shame
among the crowds of q strange city,
Caring for these through the hours Of
woman's greatest trial-When they
wish it, adopting their children-we
can often save those unpitied mothers
from father degradation, and return
them to their homes and better lives.
And last but not least, we Wish to
keep open refuge for the only class
against which q cold world seems saw
agely to bar the door of reform-fallen
but repentant woman.
Over q year since the Kansas IIegis-
lature gave $4,000 with which to build
alone" The city of Leavenworth
gave lots worth $4,000 on which te
build. The edifice is now nearly com.
pleted. 1t is foriy-three by thirty-six
feet, composed of four stories, includ.
ing basement, is of brick and of taste.
full design.
There is no endowment, and no on<
connected with the institution receives
the matron. Even our physicians gen.
erous services are gratiutous.
The building will be ready for fur
nishing in q month, Will you help US
As we look over the labors OF thu
past and remember that the main and
constant support of this Institution
costing from twelve hundred 90 tWC
thousand dollars per year, has in tn,
past, and must in the future be giYeI
by Leavenworth, we have thought th,
present q proper occasion for appeal
ing to the charitable Throughout tn
State to aid in furnishing this State in
stitution. To feed these hungry, CLOTH
these naked, and minister to these sick
we appeal to you. They are yours q
much as ours, and we appeal hopeful,
because human hearts Will not listen Il
vain.
We want money or furniture for tn
; new home, dornftories and infirmary
: stores OF ali kinds for cellar aud store
room. clothing, secondhand or new
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-15

well, and which he seemed always to
look upon as good joke, was that dur
ing the occupation of New Orleans by
General Jackson-1SI4-l5- had
been refused enlistment 'beeaHse he
was too old" The old man often told
this with great glee. He must have
been about eighty years old.
He accompanied the expeditions of
Lewis and Clark in their explorations
of the Missouri and the discovery of
the Columbia river in 1887. His ex-
perience during the trip making him q
valuable man in the fur company, he
was afterwards employed, as we have
stated, until thirty years ago.
For the past seven or eight years the
old mans recollections of faces were
often at fault, but his memory of events
and incidents seemed as strong as ever
like pictures in his mind-and his re-
tention of occurrences was the great
help in determining his age.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-15

Our TEETH.-They decay. Hence.
unseemly mouths, bad breaths, imper-
feet masticatiOn. Everybody regrets it.
What is the cause? 1 reply, want OF
cleanliness. "A clean tooth never decays.
The mouth is a warm places degrees.
Particles of meat between the teeth
soon decompose. Gums and teeth must
suffer. Perfect cleanliness will pre-
serve the teeth to old age. How shall
it be secured? Use quill pick, and
rinse the mouth after eating. Brush
and CASTLE soap every morning; ths
brush with simple water on going to
bed. Bestow this trifiing care upon
your precious teeth, and you viii Keep
them and ruin the dentists Neglect it,
and you will be sorry all your lives.
Children forget. Watch them. The
first teeth determine the character OF
the second set. Give them equal care
Sugar, acids, saleratus and hot things
are nothing when compared with food
deeomposing between the teeth. Mer-
Capitalization may loosen the teeth, long
use may wear them out, but keep them
clean and they will never decay. This
advice is worth more than thousands
of dollars to every boy and girl. Books
have been written on the subject. Thi.
brief article contains all that is essen.
tial.-DiO LeIcfS.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-15

ODD FELLows.-The recent session
of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of
New York made some decisions of
general interest to the Order, to-wit
1t was decided to be improper and
inconsistent for a District Deputy
Grand Master to hold the Office of No
BILE Grand during his official term.
The following legislation was had in
relation to the Grand Masters decision
The Noble Grand of o subordinate
lodge can give the p. w. of the Re-
beckah degree where there is regular
chartered lodge of that degree; if q
member of the Order commits suicide
his family by that act is not deprived
of benefits; motion to adjourn lodge
meeting to another day before going
through the regular order of business
is illegal, but if without day it is right
lodge must close, not adjourn; a
member more than eighteen weeks in
arrears for dues is not entitled to re-
ceive the p. W.; lodge is not COM
PEELED to reinstate q suspended member
withdrawal cards of applicants for a
new lodge need not be presented to the
District Grand Comittee for their APP
| taken from the lodge-room. After q
protracted debate it was decided by a
vote of $50 to Isl that subordinate
lodges have q right to appropriate their
funds for picnics or excursions. Grand
Lodge cards shall be furnished to mem
bers of defnnct lodges, suspended for
nonpayment of dues, at 81 each. Lodges
are empowered to return money paid
for degrees when the degrees are not
received, provided the certificate be re-
| turned,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-15
WORD IN SEASON.

''My friend, let US pause awhile in
life's journey and reason together"
The speaker had one of those oval
shaped faces which generally carry g
winning smile his light blue eyes but
reflected the earnkst soul within, and
his silvered hair could bring naught
but respect. The young man SO abb
kind, who are always doing something
either good or bad.
The strangers had been making ar
rangements for stage comforts across
| the prairies of the West; the former
was disposed to be satisfied, but the
latter had been swearing roundly ut his
imagined discomforts. The young man
could not resist the extended hand OF
the elder one, and as they had little
while to wait, they sat down on the
rustic seats in the shade of the locust
trees. The gray-haired man said (:
Pardon me, but wish to call your at
tention to your profanity. Your way
of swearing is what the 'roughs' call
decidedly genteel.' Friend, do you
remember YOUR first oath ?'
head, while his face grew very, cery
thoughtful.
The elder continued: perhaps If
your memory is dim you can profit by
my experience; l we'll remember my
first and last. was the candidate for
q State Office my..ambition was anxious
to secure the nomination, and election.
At the convention failed to receive
the nomination, and very gloomily /
walked home. As entered our pleas
ant parlor, threw down my hat and
exclaimed: Damn it, I'm defeated
My beautiful boy of six years was play
ing with his toys on the carpet, and
with wonder looked up as he heard
these first rough words, and something
told me that they had gone down into
his heart. That very night he was
stricken down with a delirious fever,
and the only words he ever uttered in
his rawlings were the ones l had
passionately uttered with an oath as
entered my house. It was heart-rend-
ing, as he lay moaning his life away, to
hear those words uttered "a his last.
Young man, take warning by me, and
never say what you wonld not wish .
child or a friend to repeat upon dying
bed. Life with you is sweet and you
would hesitate to poison your body !;
then why be less jealous of You soul,
and forever sting your memory?
The young arose and with much heart
heartiness said ''Thank you, thank yOu !;
hope your words have fallen on good
ground"
Long after he had lived his three
score years l met him, and no oath
had ever passed his lips since that MEM
orable day and when he was called
home his record on earth was, efficient
and faithful in his Masters vineyard"
Has any young man the same fault? If
so, cease the poisonous practice now
Herald and PreS6yteT.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-15

The best mode of resting when fatigu-
ed depends upon the cause of fatigue
and the condition of the person at the
time. There is one thing, however, and
that is sponge or towel bath over the
surface of the body, followed by a thor
ough rubbing and friction of the sur
face. Of course the temperature of the
water, and the vigor and amount of the
rubbing must be graduated to the
strength of the person. 1t is generally
best if given by a second person.
When the fatigue is mental, arising
from an over exertion of the brain, the
muscles should be called into action, as
by walking, horseback riding, rowing,
playing ball, pitching quoits, gymnas-
tics, etc. General muscular fatigue is
quickly relieved by lying on the face,
and having some one rub and percuss
the back vigorously. Also, but less
readily, by lying Nat upon the back mp
on hard couch or bed or upon the floor
with the hands back of or under the
head, but the head not otherwise raised,
and taking full, deep breaths. Local
muscular fatigue may be relieved by
rubbing and percussing the part, or by
changing position, and bringing other
pafts of the body into action.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-15

A CHILD's BEAUTIFUL FAITH.-Birdie
was only four years old, but she had al
ready been taught that God loved her,
and always took care Of her. One day
there was heavy thunder storm, and
Brides sisters and mamma even laid
by their sewing, and drew their chairs
into the middle Of the room, pale and
trembling with fear. But Birdie stood
close by the window, watching the
storm with bright eyes.
go mammal amt that bu1ul ~ she
cried, clapping her hands with delight
as vivid Hash of lightning burst from
the black clouds, and the thunder peal.
ed and ratified over their heads.
cit is Gods voice, Birdie, }" said nam
ma, and her own voice trembled.
"He talks Velly loud, don't he nam.
ma? S'pose it's SO % deaf Betsy car
hear and the uver deaf folks
30 Birdiel dear, come straightway
from the window" said one of her sis.
tiers, whose cheeks were blanched witt
| fear.
"What for?" asked Birdie.
"Oh! because the lightning is 81
sharp, and il thunders so loud.
But Birdie shook her head, and look
ing over her shoulder with q happy
smile on her face, lisped out:
HIf 1t fuuders, let it fnnderi IT'S 600
makes it funder. and he'll take care o
me. I amt bit afraid to hear Coz
talk, Maizy."
Was not Brides faith beautiful
Mamma and sisters did not soon forge
the 1esson.-S. 8. Times.