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Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-20
How Long to StarTe.

A man will die for want of air in five
minutes, for want of sleep in ten days, for
want of water in a week, for want of food
at varying intervals, dependent on consti-
tuition, habits of life, and the circumstances
of the occasion. Instances have been
given where persons have been said to
live many weeks without eating a particle
of food but when opportunities have been
offered for fair investigation of the case,
it has been invariably found that weak
and wicked fraud has been at the bottom
of it.
On the 2Sth of August the captain Of a
Boston whaler was wrecked. For eight
DAYS he could not get drop Of water or a
particle of food. On the day of the wreck
he weighed one hundred and ninety
pounds, and when rescued, he weighed
one hundred pounds. A teaspoonful of
brandy was given to each sailor, but be-
fore they could be taken on board the
vessel which saved them, they became IN
conscious, and remained so for two days,
but all eventually recovered. Many per-
sons have been killed by eating too much
after having tasted for a long time. The
safe phn of procedure, and that which
every reader should bear in mind, is to
feel the way along, as persons who are
travelling in the dark and fear precipice
ahead. There can be no rule given, be-
cause there are 50 many modifying circum-
stances. Give a teaspoonful of hot drink
at a time, and, if there are no i'll effects,
repeat in five minutes. and the same
amount of soft food, boiled rice, softened
bread, or Cruel, for the stomach is itself as
weak as the sufferer in proportion, and
can only manage very small amount OF
food.
Wading in water, or keeping the cloth
ing saturated with water, even II II Is sea.
water. seHsibly sbates the horrors of
thirst.-.HaTs Journal of Health
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-20
4 Harmless Reptile.

Nor only are toads harmless, they are
absolutely and directly useful to us, per-
ambulating our fields and gardens at night,
and devouring vast quantities of injurious
insects which could never be destroyed by
the hand of man. The mode in which a
toad takes its prey is very curious. The
singularly beautiful eye of the toad is as
quick as it is bright, and if within the
range of its vision an insect or grub
should happen to move, the toad is sure to
sect and nearly certain to catch it. First
the toad holds its head as high as possible,
so as to make sure of its prey, and then
crawls slowly toward it, preferring to get
under it if possible. When it is nearly
within reach, it gazes intently at the in
sect, its mouth being gradually brought
nearer and nearer. Something pink then
flashes from its mouth, and the insects
vanishes as if by magic.
The pink fash is the tongue of the toad,
which is formed in rather curious way.
The base of the tongue is fixed close to
the front of the lower jaw, and is long and
tapering, the tip pointing down the throat
when it is at rest When, however, it is
used fer catching prey, it is thrown out
with a sort Of flick" and the tip, which
is covered with a glutinous secretion, ad-
heres to the insect, and conveys it down
the tOadS throat Dtfpre the prey has had
time to make an effort for escape. When
the toad swallows its prey, it does it with
mighty effort, during which the eyes al
most disappear, the size of the insect hav-
ing little to do with the Vehemence of the
demonstration. Some INES when a large
beetle is swallowed it does struggle, but
too late, and for some time its struggles
may be seen through the thin and ribless
sides of its capturer; the toad sitting the
while in perfect compcsure, not in the
least affected by the scratchings and kick
ings that are going on in its interior.
Indeed, the stomach of the toad seems
as devoid of feeling as if it were of iron.
Moreover, the toad not only cares nothing
for the scratchings and kickings of large
beetle, but is equally Indifferent to the
stings of wasps bees and insects similarly
armed with venomous weapons, and will
eat them with marvellous appetite, as ii
the sting acted as sort of gentle aid to
digestion, like cayenne pepper with GU
| enthusiastically Magazine.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-20
The Cams of GOSSIP.

THIS is an old game, children; one we
played years ago, but there is lesson to be
learned from it, even if it is ole; and we
b Jpe that while it may afford you amuse-
ment, you may also learn the lesson it
teaches. A number of little folks-say
! fifteen CT twenty-sit around the room in
a circle. Then the leader, whoever in the
circle may be appointed, whispers very
rapidly, a complete sentence-not too long
or too short-to her right hand neighbor.
The sentence whispered so rapidly Is not
likely to be clearly enunciated, or fully
understood by her listener, but the Latter
must use her own Imagination, and make
sense out of it, and then whisper it to the
next one, and so on to the last one, who
whispers it to the author of the sentsnce,
VINO rises anu repeats aloud the original
remark, and the way it has been returned
to her after its wanderings. The two SEN
tences are generally entirely different.
Gossip is good name for the game, isn't
1t, children? sometimes we hear things
that somebody else has said about US: we
do not ask for an explanation, but we stop
liking that person; we stop sharing our
pleasures with her; we give her frowns
for smiles, ETC., etc. When you hear such
remarks, remember this little game of Cos
sip, and recall how easy it is for remarks
to get twisted and changed, and that per,
haps your little friend said something
good about you after ALL Anyway, il
isn't fair, little girls and little boys, TO
condemn in this wholesale manner with
out seeking an explanation, and giving our
supposed enemy chance to right himself
II ne Can Woods Household Magazine
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-20

brook; SO he did not try to be sly about !
but went boldly down through the gar
den and across the pasture tG the brook.
His mother saw him crossing tie pasture
with the rod trailing aftsr him, bus, as he
often went there to drive the calves about,
she thought the rod was big whip he halt
picked up.
The little chap seated himself ON the
bank, baited his hook, and began to fish.
He sat minute quite still, then jerked up
his line with the air of a veteran angler,
then dropped 1t again; and so on for half
an hour he sat patiently waiting for
nibble.
As he sat there, he had forgotten how
much pains he had tslsen TO teach lamb
that was in the pasture 70 butt; but the
lamb had not been so forgetful, and when
he spied Tiny Tim seated there, moving
his hands, he thought it was a dare for
him to butt and butt he did, sending Tim
off the bank, plump into the brook.
One squal as he went over the brink
splash, and he was down among the
fishesl
Old Obadiah Oliver happened to be fish
ing just a few rods further up the stream,
and, hearing the splash, ran down and
pulled poor Tim out of the water. He was
as wet as drowned rat.
Tim lifted up his voice and wept; and,
to comfort him, the old man gave him
| some fish he had caught, and set him over
the fence, and told him to run home and
| dry his clothes
Tim cried as loud as he could bawl, all
the way home; for he thought he had
| spoiled his clothes. OF course he had not,
but as his mamma had only that suit
made, he had either to put on his dress
again, or go to bed. He said he would 60
to bed; so he went up stairs.
He kept so still that they thought some
thing was going on, and Cora went to see.
She peeped through the crack of the door,
and saw Tin with a pair of Lucius' old
trousers on, and his fathers coat.
| The sight was too much for her, and she
burst out laughing. Tim slammed the
door, and no more was seen of him till
supper time, when he crept down in his
bed gown, 10 eat his bread and milk. He
could not be Coaxed to put on a dress
again, after the bliss of wearing trousers.
Young Folks Rural
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-20
PIETRo cuNEo, Editor and Prop'r.
UPPER sANDUsKY, OHIO, THURSDAY, JULY TO- 1871

that the room was in disorder, produced
all the effects desired. Julia went quickly
about the work of restoring things to the
right places, and in few mint,tes order
was apparent where confusion reigned be-
fore. Little Tommy, whose love of ham
mering was an incessant annoyance to his
mother, ceased his din on her sudden ap-
pearance, and, for few moments, stood
in expectation of boxed ear; for time
he stood puzzled at the new aspect of af-
fairs. Finding that he vas not ttnder the
ban, as usual, he commenced slapping a
stick over the top of an old table, making
q most ear-piercing noise. Instantly Julia
| said, in a low voice, to him:
"Don's Tommy don't do that. You
| know it makes mothers bead ache"
docs it make your head acne, mother,
asked the child, curiously, and with a
pitying tone in his voice, as he came creep
| ing up to his mothers side, and looking at
| her as if in doubt whether he would be
| repulsed or not.
Mrs Lyon, kindly, "and it is always un-
pleasant. Won't you try to play without
making SO much noise?"
"Yes, mother, I'll try" answered the lit
tie fellow, cheetfully. "But I'll forget
sometimes"
He looked earnestly at his mother, as if
something more was in his thoughts.
"Well, dear, what else ?' said she, en-
couragingly. ~.
when i forget, you'll tell me, won't
your"
eyes, love-"
"And then I'll stop. But don't scold
me, mother, for then l can't stop"
The mothers heart was touched. She
caught her breath and bent her head down
to conceal its expression until it rested on
the silken hair of her child
Be good boy, Tommy, and mother
will never scold you any more" she muir
INJURED gently in his ear.
His arms stole upward, and as they
were twined closely about her neck, he
pressed his lips tightly against her cheek,
thus scaling his part of the contract with
a kiss
How sweet to the mothers taste were
those first fruits of selfcontrol. In the
effort to govern herself, what power had
she acquired. In stilling the tempest of
passion in her own bosom, she had poured
the oil of peace over the storm -fretted
hearts of her children.
Only the first fruits were there. In all
her after life did that mother strive with
herself, ere she entered into contest with
the Inherited evils of her children, and
just so far che was able to overcome evil
in them. Often, very often, did she fall
back into old states, and often. very often,
was selfresistance only slight effort, but
the feeble influence for good that flowed
from her words or actions whenever this
was so, warned her of her old error, and
prompted more vigorous selfcontrol.
Need it be said, that she had an abundant
reward9
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-20
Exercise,

EXERCISE can kill as well as cure. To be
taken advantageously, it should be done
with Judgment. Sometimes a particular
part of the body needs exercise, but the
whole body is too weak to give it; in such
case, only the part needing 1t should have
it. But there is one rule which is applica-
BILE to all, never go against the instincts.
Many persons have hurried themselves
into the grave by endeavoring "to keep
up" when they ought to be in bed; and
they do "keep up" too, for so long time
that, when they do take to their beds, their
strength is so completely exhausted, that
the system has no power to rise, and they
fall into typhoid condition, and all is
lost. When anything serious is the mat
ter with domestic animals, they court
quietude and perfect rest. Sometimes we
feel indisposed to exercise from sheer lazi-
ness; in all loose conditions of the bowels,
debility, an instructive desire to sit down
and stay there is universal; in most of
such cases quietude is cure. But there is
one safe rule for all under all circum-
stances: if every step you take Is with an
effort, do not take another; go to bed; II
you feel the better for a walk, then walk
on; but stop short of great fatigue.-DT.
w w Hall.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-20

Let the person whose name you wish to
know inform you in which of the up
right columns the first letter of his name
is contained. If it be found in but one
column, it is the top letter; if it occurs in
more than one, it is found by adding the
alphabetical numbers of the top letters of
these columns, and the sum will be the
number of the letter sought By taking
one letter at time, in this way,
the whole can be ascertsined. For exam
pie, take the word Jane: J is found in the
two columns commencing with B and 81,
which are the second and eighth letters
down the alphabet; their sum ten, and
the tenth letter down the alphabet is j,
the letter sought The next letter, A, ap-
pears in but one column, it stands at the
top. n is seen in the columns headed B,
d, and II these are the second, fourth,
and eighth letters of the alphabet, which,
added, give the fourteenth, or n, and so
on. The use of this table will excite no
little curiosity among those unacquainted
with the foregoing explanation.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-20
BilIousness.

BAD blood, too much blood, giving
headache, bad taste in the mouth of morn
ings, variable appetite, sickness at stom-
acb, chilliness, cold feet, and great suscep-
tibility TO taking cold; no one person may
have all these symptoms when bilious, but
one or more is always present.
Sometimes bilious person has yellow
tinge in the face and eyes, called "bilious,"
because the bile, which is yellow, is not
withdrawn from the blood; it is the bust
ness of the liver to do that, but when it
does not do it, it is said to be torpid, to
be lazy, does not work, and the physician
begins at once to use remedies which are
said to promote the action of the liver.
1t hes been discovered within a few
years that acids "act on the liver" such
as nitric acid, elixir vitriol, vinegar; but
these are artificial acids, and do not have
the uniform good effect of natural acids,
those which are found in fruits and berries.
Almost all parsons become bilious as the
warm weather comes on; nine times out
of ten, nature calls for her own cure, as
witness the almost universal avidity for
"greens, and "spinach" in the early
spring, these being eaten with vinegar
and soon after, by the benign arrangement
of Providence, the delicious strawberry
comes, the raspberry, the blackberry, the
whortleberry; then the cherries and the
PEACHES and apples, carrying US clear into
the fall of the year, when the atmosphere
is so pure AMI bracing, that there is gen.
eral good health everywhere.
The most beneficial and anti bilious
method of using fruits and berries as
health promoters is to take lhem at dessert,
after breakfast and dinner; to take them
in their natural, raw, ripe, fresh state,
without cream or sugar, or anything else
besides the fruit themselves.
Half q lemon eaten every morning on
rising and on retiring is often efficacious
in removing bilious condition of the sys-
tenn, giving good appetite and greater
general health.-Dr W. W. Hall.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-20

SAYS the Lehigh (Pa.) Register: GA
young man in town, last week, who
claimed that he is neither insane or
hypochondIiacal, but only laboring under
great mental depression, entered into ne
gotiations with one of our practising
physicians for the sale of his body, which
is to be placed into the hands of the latter
after death. The persons appeared before
one of our Aldermen, where the neces-
sary documents were drawn up aud proper
ly signed. the amount agreed upon being
$40 for that organization which is fear.
fully and wonderfully made"
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-20

A vERDANT young man in Maine visited
Portland the other day for the first time,
and IN his neanderings around town to
see the sights, wandered into an engine
mouse: After gazing at the steamer some
time, he turned inquiringly to one of the
poys and said: Say, mister, is that a
brass DandY, And being answered in the
negative, ana told what it was, he contin-
ued: Well, what do you do with it,
should like to see it work, but I've sot nv
mind on brass band, and thought this
was it,"
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-20
NUMBER Sc.
Youths Department.
Il SONG FOR BOYS.

WHEN lie is fall of health and glee,
Work thou as busy as beei
And take this gentle hint from me;
Be careful OF your money!
Be careful of your money, boys
Be oa-"Cnl of our money;
Youth ind II true that friends are few
When you are s1ort Of money.
But do not shut sweet Mercy's doors
When Sorrow pleads or Want implores;
70 help to heal Misfortune's sores,
Be careful OF your money!
BE careful of your money, boys
Be careful of your morey;
TO help the poor who seek your door,
Be- careful of your money!
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-20

There is some advantage in being fat.
A few nights ago a bulky lady in Bridge
port, Conn.,, alarmed by the approach OF
burglars, leaped out of bed with such force
that she shook the house from garret to
cellar, awakening male lodger who slept
on the lower floor and frightened away
the burglars before they had time to Sc
cure anything.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-20

THERE was a little amusement in the
office of the Probate Judge of Cincinnati
a few days ago. An exceedingly corpulent
gentleman called, and perspiringly asked
for marriage license. The accommodat-
ing clerk, of course, seized the blank with
avidity, put down the date, inserted the
applicants name and then asked the i'm
patient lover the name of the prospective
bride. This was poser. The interro-
gated stared blankly at his questioner,
stuck his hands in his pockets, and finally
acknowledged thst he did not know. The
clerk told him that the name was essential
to the legality of the license, and the un.
happy man departed, saying that ne would
find out and call again.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-20
Poetry.
q DAYIN EARLY HAYTI1ME.

SMALL watery clouds begin to rise, before the mid
Afl day hour,
And beaded drops on water.jars foretell an early
shower.
The house-dog seeks his favorite grass while COM
ing down the lane,
And e-toads in the poplar bonghs are prophecy
ing rain.
The quail since early morning hours has piped his
And cuckoos in the maple grove are singing
"euckoo !" yet.
The mower drops his scythe, and wipes the sweat
from off his brow;
Two loads of choicest clover hay are ready for the
NOW.
''Be quick and get the ox-team Johni-Frank
And James may leave of spreading swatas. and
tnntble up the hay"
A dark cloud with its watery folds now meets the
And mutterings indistinct are heard along tho
western SKY.
Soon John comes hurrying to the field, with 6 Get
:. up, Star gee, Brightl''
The stalwart form of Farmer Day is almost lost to
sight.
The hay goes on the rick SO fast that John cries
Father, stop,
And let me lay the corners out and bind them at
the topl''
never do to let
This cloverhay SO sweet and dry, be spoilt by get
ting wet.''
And standing in the grateful shade beneath the
apple bough,
The farmer wipes the sweat again from OF his
heated brow.
One load is safely in the barn. and one upon the
vain,
While, Just across the meadow lot comes on the
drifting rain.
A large drop fails upon tie hat, another on the
haud,
And now tie tempest wildly breaks upon the
thirsty land.
The other load is in, hurrahi and, ranged along
the bag,
The men and boys lie stretched at ease, upon the
new-mown hay.
The sun in splendor breaks again upon the waiting
eye,
And loi a painted bow appears and spans the
eastern sky.
And Farmer Day in evening prayer thanks God
with hearty praise
For vernal sun, and Summer rain. and plenteous
harvest days. Our Young Folks.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-20

A scHooLMAsTER in Binghampton, N.
Y, has been fined 81 700 for circulating 8
copy of verses found upon the floor of his
school-room, in which the character of a
lady in the neighborhcod was maligned.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-20
A Key to o Persons Name.

By the accompanying table of letters,
the name of a person, or any word, may
be found out in the following manner:
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20
From the st. Louis Republican.
The MGm KImx Attorneys.

The Administration has resolved to rein
force the present stock of district attorn eys
in the Southern States with a detachment of
specials, who shall assist the regulars in
finding and furnishing the ku Kiux. This
is an acknowledgment of weakness which
we did not expect, ard an outrage for which
there is no excuse. The Investigating COM
mittee have been holding daily sessions for
many weeks, and have brought, and are
bringing, witnesses from different sections
of the South, who are abundantly able to
demonstrate the existence or on-existence
of unlawful organization there. So far as
the evidence has been made public, there is
absolutely no proof that any combination
of individuals in the South is seeking to
overthrow federal authority or disregarding
local laws. The Administration, however,
cannot permit its favorite humbug TO be
snuffed out of existence In such a summary
manner, and proposes to galvanize it into
new life by the aid of divers and sundry i'm
pecunious members of the legal fraternity.
These special district attorneys are to be
appointed by the government, and win, of
course, leave no stone unLarned TO meet the
wishes of their patrons. 1t will be their
business to discover Ku klux where none
have ever been heard of before, and they
will find witnesses and manufacture evil
dence sufficient to convict any person or
persons who may be tried in their courts.
They win be spies. informers and prosecu-
tors combined, and prompt TO do the dirtiest
work in the dirtiest possible manner.