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The New York herald., 1872-11-27
SOUTHERN SECURITIES HEAVY.

SOUTHERN SECURITIES HEAVY.
The southern State bonds were heavy, with q
lower range OF prices for Virginia consols and the
new South Carolina July issues, while the Tonnes.
sees and Mssouris were only steady. The
new Missouri Asylum skies were quoted 90 q 9l.
The New York herald., 1872-11-27

TUESDAY. Nov. 2o-6P
On 'Change to-day cotton was quiet and easy,
but not quotably lower for lots the spot. Flour
remained dun, while both wheat and corn were
dull and lower.
The New York herald., 1872-11-27

wthstanding prices have remained the same. We
quote Pots IS %
BUILpisc MArrmAIs-The demand for brick has been
only moderate, but prices not materially changed
from those last quoted. Lime has been in moderate sup
ply and in limited request 81 80 for Rockiand common
and 81 rs for do. lump Cement remained quiet anu
steady 81 % per Dbl Tor RosendaIe Lats sold quite
freely At 81 ~ for Eastern spruce.
CANpLss-The ct has been quiet for all descrip
ons excepting adamantine, which have sold moderately
Sic 3c. patent do, 42c. 43c. stearic, Sc. 29c
CorroS on the spot was nesleeted and nominal The
scarcity OF freight rendered IL impossible Tor ex-
porters operate while the purchases OF spinneri were
limited to the supply OF pressing exgences Prices were
wholly nominal and the annexed quotations were surely
market when future deliveries were unsettled and tend
ing downward under the of heavy receipts
the shipping ports. The sales reported Change sum
The New York herald., 1872-11-27

. think 4; was generally included In
it always being counted In the sale.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-22
The Words We Use.

IT has been calculated that our
language, including the nomenclature
of the arts and sciences, contain 100, 600
words; vet of this immense num-
Der it is surprising how few are in
common use. To the great majori-
ty, even of educated men, three-fourths of
the words are almost as unfamiliar as
Greek or Choctaw. Strike from the lexi-
con all the words nearly obsolete-all the
words of special art or professions-all the
words confined in their usages to particu-
lar localities-all the words which even
the educated speaker uses only in homeo
pathic doses-and it is astonishing into
what Lilliputian volume your Brob-
dignagian Webster or Worcester have
shrunk. 1t has been calculated that a
child uses only about one hundred words;
and, unless he belongs to the educated
classes, he will never employ more than
three or four hundred. A distinuished
American scholar estimates that few
speakers or writers use as many as ten
thousand words ordinary persons, OF
fair intelligence, not over three or four
thousand. Even the great orator who is
able to bring into the field, in the war of
words, half the vast array of light and
heavy troops which the vocabulary affords,
yet contents himself with far less i'm
posing display of verbal force. Even
the all-knowing Milton, whose wealth of
words seem amazing, and whom DIR.
johnson charges with using "a Babylo-
nian dialect" uses only eight thousand /;
and Shakespeare himself, ''the myriad
minded" only fifteen thousand. These
facts show that the difficulty of mastering
the vocabulary of a new tongue is great
ly overrated and they show, too, how
absurd is the boast of every new diction-
ary-maker that his vocabulary contains so
many thousand words more than those OF
his predecessors. Lakeside Monthly.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-22
Leap Year i'm Church.

On Sunday evening in one of our Epis-
copal churches, young man and young
woman were observed in close converse
ton, and from their manner 1t was evil
dent that their conversation was OF
very pleasant character. A gentleman
who sat close behind them being disturb
ed from devotions by their movements,
and who was unable again to resume them,
deemed il expedient to watch them lit
tie more closely, and soon found that
their attentions were concentrated on
prayer book in which one underlined
some words to form a question, whilst
the other did the same in order to form
an answer A pause ensued, after which
the young lady, who for moment had
been evidently in deep thought, rapidly
turned over the leaves of the Prayer
Book to the Service of Matrimony, which
having reached, she pointed to the all
important question-"Wilt thou have
this woman to be thy welded wife," etc.
This, however, elected no reply from her
companion, who had become stolld. He
had to be nudged and even pinched be-
fore even a smile could be got from him.
At length, altogether out of patience,
she gave him violent nudge, but this he
appeared not to notice. At length the
fair one nerved herself for the decisive
moment, she iobbed him with pin, and
holding before him the book, again pro-
pounded the question. Her companion
Somewhat reused himself, and, looking
the lady full in the face, gave such a de-
cided Nor as completely disconnected
the husband seeker, who, to hide her NOR
tification, buried her face in her hands,
from which it did not emerge until the
! "Amen" was said, and the congregation
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-22
Elephantiasis.

A QUEER thing in Bellevue, yesterday,
was case of eleplantiasis, or swelling of
the entire system. 80.
Albert Morrow is the patient. He is
forty years old, and has a most pleasing
ceuntenance. He was formerly slim IN
person, but twenty years ago his feet COM
menced swelling. That swelling went on
increasing then it began to crawl up his
legs to his knees, then up his thighs to
his body. Then the dreadful poison moved
through his whole system below his breast
bone. His legs and stomach have become
immense He now weighs 500 pounds,
and is gaining fast. His legs or thighs
measure AZ feet in circumference. His
disposition is cheerful, and he does not
seem to be in any pain.
His appetite, the doctor says, is i'm
mense, though he himself don't seem to
think so. r
"How much do you eat in a day, Al
bert." / asked, yesterday.
well, not very much" he answered.
"How muchs" ---r-- e-.
Lets see, our regular diet, three times
per day, is beef, potatoes and soup. 1
don't know how much do eat. / sup
pose one pound of beef, half-dozen po-
tatoes, and quart of soup. That is at
my regular meals"
''That is at your regular meals; now,
how much extra diet do you consumer"
1.-THE doctor allows me, besides my reg
ular meals, 6 ounces of whisky, eggs,
"a oysters, 6 quarts of milkl ! pound OF
beef. Q quarts of beef soup, halfpound of
crackers, quart of rice, and some Cruel. !"
Great heavensl don't wonder that Al
bert swells up. The doctor tells me that
he consumes the above amount of food
daily. He eats constantly, from morning
till night. His great appetite has made
him financially poor, but physically fat
1t would take ten men to earn enough to
feed him.-N Y Com. AdreTfiser.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-22
The Rockford, Rock Island & st. Louis
Railroad Disaster.

THE following details of the recent ter
rible railroad accident Rear Alton juno
ton station, ILL.,, are taken from St. Louis
papers of the Sth:
From the st. Louis Republican,
The details of this fearful event are
truly heart-rending. A passenger train,
No. A, due at East st. Louis at 7:10 o'clock
a. M, proceeding at rate of speed not
much less than 20 miles per hour, is sud-
denly brought in collision with train of
freight cars moving at a rate of speed
not less than 12 miles per hour. The en-
gines are smashed, the baggage and one
passenger car are driven into each other
with great force; the seats are torn from
their fastenings, the stoves overturned,
broken, the fire mixed with the debris; and
of the MANNED and hopelessly entangled
passengers, four are roasted in the flames
before life is extinct, while several others
are scorched and bruised, and have their
limbs fractured and broken, all in the
short space of five minutes. Such, in
brief, is the summing up of the results
of this dreadful disaster
THE DISASTER.
The freight train No. Z, conductor Ba-
ker and engineer Halpine, left East st.
Louis at 4 o'clock yesterday morning, and
should have reached Upper Alton station
at 6:06 in the morning. The freight
train must have been several minutes be-
hind time when it reached the Alton
Junction station, but Notwithstanding
this the conductor ordered the engineer
to proceed. Mr.. Halpine, the engineer,
it appears, had only made one or two
trips owes the road, and had taken in a
train on Tuesday night, reaching East St.
Louis about midnight, having been on
the train about eighteen hours. He, it is
said, expressed some doubt about being
able to reach Upper Alton station, before
the passenger train would come down,
but at the suggestion of the conductor,
he left the Junction station andproceedcd
toward Upper Alton, distant about two
miles. The road at the Junction runs III
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-22
THE OLD WORLD.

In the British House of Commons, on the
9th, Right Honorable Henry Bonverie Brand,
the Ministerial candidate, was elected
Speaker, without opposition.
The London Times of the 9th declares that
England had not revoked, and never would
revoke, the Treaty of Washington. She was
still ready and resolved to stand by it, but
could not and would not embark in an alter
cation specially designed to close the door
to all hopes of settlement.
The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prin-
cess Alexandria, left Sandringham on the
10th, in special train for Windsor Crowds
of persons thronged the stations by which
the train passed. and manifested joy at the
recovery of the Prince.
A Paris dispatch of the 10th says Minister
Washburne had no intention of leaving on a
visit home, and that he did not, as was re-
ported in Paris, present his Secretary to the
President as Charge d. Affaires.
Great eagerness was manifested in Lon
| don on the 10th for the latest news from
the American Alabama claims. Special
dispatches from New York and Washing
/ ton to the press there were posted on the
! Change bulletin, and surrounded by large
crowds. The, Times says it is morally
certain that an attempt to settle the Ala
bama claims before the Geneva Board
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-22
A Man with Three Arms.

Among the passengers on the train
bound south last evening was a man
born and raised in the county of 0tsego,
NY. His name is William Jacobs. He
prides himself on three well-developed
arms and hands, the member extraordi-
nary having grown above the right
shoulder blade. zr..
1t hangs suspended down the back, and
can be raised and lowered at will. In
length it is shorter than the arms proper,
but possesses extraordinary muscle, which
he displays whenever occasion demands
it. No person passing through railroad
car, or meeting him upon the street, would
observe any deformity, but after becom-
ing cognizant of this singular case, would
observe peculiar fit of his coat.
He states that he has often been queS-
toned as to why he does not place him
self on exhibition, or become one of Bar
NUNS permanent attractions. His in
variable reply is that he is averse to pub
lie exhibitions. His father being a
wealthy farmer, he had always preferred
to remain at home, and was the most act
i've and profitable of farmers help. he
would assist in loading hay, and at the
same time hold securely the horses reins.
On several occasions he came near break
ing this unnatural member by sudden
.,
of full sized felon upon the fore-fngcr.
On one occasion, when about eighteen,
the village boys thought they would have
little sport at ''three-arms expense,
and commenced a system of blackguard-
ism, followed by bold attacks upon his
person. Forbcarance ceased to be viz
tue, and. throwing off his loose garments,
he went for them in true pugilistic STYLE
arm number three performing its duty no
bly,, and apparently outrivalling numbers
one and two. At the end of the skirmish,
six PROSTATE villagers told what fierce
opponent they had met. ''Threearms
gained notoriety, and never afterward
was prosecuted on account of his de-
formity. At the outbreak of the rebellion
he ioined a New York regiment, and so
distinguished himself by bravery, that he
was finally promoted to Captain, and
ranked as the best drill officer of the
regiment to which he was attached AT
the close of the war he returned to the
farm, and has since remained there. He
is now e, route for the South to visit SIS
ter somewhere in the interior OF Nortn
Carolina. 1t may be query with some
how he could use his arm with the proper
clothing upon his body. All his garments
intended for laboring suits were SO made
as to open upon the back, and closed Dv
buttoning, the same as chllds apron.
He is truly wonder. Being man OF
fine conversational powers, an interview
with him is especially agreeable, and he
relates many pleasing anecdotes OF him
self with great WlNdnaspOrt (Pa.)
Gazette.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-22
TWILIGHT.

Irs ilmy veil o'er summer skies,
. 1t drew, and cooled their fervid dyes.
With tenderer tint, on field and dell,
The light across the landscape fell:
- IL flushed on tired Childhood's cheek.
And said: Thy dreamy pillow seekl''
To, ,Plowman at his cottage door,
1t whispered: Rest! days toll is o'er''
To wistful Watcher by the sea:
fhe morn may bring thy ship to thee!"
1t crowned the Saint upon his bier:
: Sleep well, Gods own!-the night is here!''
Kissed off the tears from weeping eyes:
"Have faith the day again shall rise~
= It's passing ray through chancel pane.
Wrote on the urn; This life is vaine'
--,rhe spires gold cross athwart the sky,
Flashed its last words: '.'Tis gain to die!
And thus, with vari-colored thought,
Were evening shadows interwrought.
Thus to the Earth the fading light
Gave benediction of the night. =
-Christidn Union
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-22

dispersed, when it was noticed that the
young fellow hurried out at a tolerably
rapid rate, whilst she who had tormented
him stayed behind, as if to put as great
distance as possible between herself and
the faithless one who had disappointed
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-22

GRINDING APPLEs.-The American Ar-
tsan suggests that there are better ways
of grinding apples than those usually
practiced. 1t says: "The best cider In
the world is said to be made in the Prov
ince of Normally in France, where 1t was
introduced many ages since by the Moors.
who preserved among them the art OF
making the beverage after coming from
the place of their nativity. The Norman
cider mills, so say the books, are COM
posed of revolving edge stones, turned
in a circular stone cistern by one or two
horses"-in other words, by rude Chill
ian mill. From its simple construction
and direct action but little power is lost
from friction, and an iron mill of this
character, as far as crushing the fruit IS
concerned, would doubtless do more and
better work than the more common ap-
ple-grinding apparatus There would re-
main, however, the liability to rust, and
the need of simple but efficient means for
continuously feeding tile fruit and re-
moving the pulp. The former could be
remedied by nickle-plating the grinding
surface of the wheel and basin OF the
trough, and painting the rest. The method
is a matter for future improvements to
proyide."
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-22
NO. Is.
FARMER GRANT.

Ny summer rambles take me through
Some quaint and some neglected places
Among the men with brawny arms
And ruddy faces.
And such a one met last night,
At county fairs the constant winner;
His face was brown, his hands were hard,
His name was Skinner.
Thus spoke the agricultural man.
While sweat upon his forehead glistened,
And sat calmly on the fence
And smoked and listened:
Some say that Grant amt Just the man
To plow the corn with turf and stubble;
But rally, can't 'zactly see
What makes the trouble
" He don't 90 lecturin', to be sure,
About the care Of wheat when ripening;
But, gosh! the way the crops come in
Beats thunder n lightning.
4" He hain't writ books to tell We how
To pick ont pumpkin seeds that's holler;
But, mind you when his corn's laid by,
He plows his foller.
"we're Gurus critters-allers quick
To praise or blame a man in station;
We'd prob'bly show a heap more sense
BY moderation.
" Now Grant don't know bout plowing deep,
Or drainin', either, that know on;
But You jest bet the patch he drags
VIII do TO SOW on.
" And look, too, at his garden truckI
1t seems to me, by thunderation,
That he has raised the biggest beats
In all creation.
And when he takes his little scythe,
And round about his person swings 1t,
As sure's you're born, he strikes for grain,
And alters brings it
ITS luckr Well, mebbe tits, You know,
IwoQ't say It's, nor won't deny 1t;
But you let some Of your great men
Jest try 1t.
:" 1t may be luck; it may be fate,
Sometimes ask myself, What wuZ II g
The only thing know is, that
The critter duz it.
The Britishers are paying up;
The rebs have well nigh quit conniying;
Our debts growing less and less,
And things is thriving.
The Injun smokes his pipe in peace;
The niger sings his loud hosanner;
And, as the boys say down in town,
That's what ails Hammer
And so, I've bout made up my mind
That things can't easily be mended;
That, taken all in all, the farm
Is dsrn'd well tended"
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-22

Mr.. Patterson, of Hartford, is exc
cutting an order for the soldiers monu-
ment at Antietam. 1t is to be surmount-
ed by statue of soldier, % feet high,
and weighing sixty tons.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-22
Miscellany.
THREE LOVES.

THERE were three maidens who loved king;
= They sat together beside the sea.
One CRIED II love him, and would die
1e II hut for one day he might love me.
Tho second whispered, "And would die
To gladden. his life or make him great.
The third one spoke not, but gazed afar
with dreamy eyes that were sad as Fate.
The king, he loved the first for day,
The second his life with fond love blest;
And yet the woman who never spoke
4 Was the one of the three who loved him best
-f,g.s-ays7ssisr -G0@ary.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-22
There were six others slightly injured
A HORRIBLE SCENE.

A HORRIBLE SCENE.
From the st. Louis Democrat
To add to the horror, the Goals from the
overturned stoves ignited the splintered
woodwork of the wrecked cars, and in
less time than it takes to write the story
the train was in flames, funeral pyre.
Those who were only slightly injured,
but unable to free themselves from the
timbers that pinioned them, became raw
ing maniacs at the approach of the flames,
and died shrieking for aid that could not
be given then.
BURNED ALIVE.
A gentleman who was passenger on
the train says the scene was indescribably
horrible. Mr.. and Mrs Reuben Raines
and there little child were seated in the
! fore part of the car when the collision
occurred, and were thrown by the tele-
scoping of the cars to the rear. The hus-
band was extricated without great diff
Guilty, but it was found impossible to
remove the debris from the wife.
Her head and a portion of the body
were exposed, and her frantic
cries for assistance for the child were
heart-rending. The little thing was finally
gotten out, but the poor woman was soon
wrapped in flames, and her screams ana
| prayers grew weaker and weaker until
silenced in death. Raines' injuries: 1t is
feared, will prove fatal, as he was still un-
conscious when our informant lett.
One man was caught by the foot only,
but all efforts to release him proved futile.
An axe was sent for in compliance win
his request that the foot should be cut
off. but before it arrived the flames reached
him, and soon nothing but his charred
remains could be found.
THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
No doubt exists as to the cause of the
accident. The conductor of the freight
train, who is now in this city, states that
he left the last station before the scene OF
the accident, behind time, but with the
belief that he could reach the next station
before the passenger train. He missed
his calculation by nineteen minutes, al
though running with valves open, anC
every pound of steam on.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-22

Ny summer rambles take me through
Some quaint and some neglected places.
Among the men with brawny arms
And ruddy faces.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-05-29
Judge MarshaIl,s opinion.

Hon. 5. s. Marshall, one Of the most
highly respected Democrats Of this State,
aud now and for many years pas, very in
hasniiAl Democratic congressman, in let
ter dated Washington, May 2lsL and just
publiShsd in the Cairo Bulletin, says
1, IL my opinion, il nothing occurs to
change the current Of pablo opinion be-
tween this time and the 9th Of July, that
the Oincinnali ticket and platform will be
Endorsed 81 Baltimore and IL 30 they shall
have my hearty support. Mr.. Greeley's
admirable letter Of acceptance, which has
Just appeared, will do much toward concilia-
ting opposition and will unqueslionably
Rrsauy enhance his chances for the prssi-
dsnoy. There never was time when .
spirit Of harmony, cancellation, and forbear-
ancs was more needed than now. II would
be criminal in We 10 waste our strength in q
time like this BY worse Than useless couten.
tons among ourselves. II is impossible
that We should oil see things precisely as
our nsighbon see them, but let us determine
20 cot together, let our differences be what
they may, for In this is our only safety Il
u 10 our destiny 10 20 81 allies 10 the Lib
eFAl Republicans, let us not 60 As o dis
banded, dsmorAlized rabbls, rendered i'm
potent by our own disseusious but rattle
As noble, organized, and disciplined arm,
Of freemsn, 10, Us march with banners WAv
Jag against the sIrongholds Of the enemy, I
an assured victory. IL is great mistake &
suppose that in this way conservative rspuh
leans would be rspslled from the cause
Thousands OF them al over the land ar
waiting 70 join their brethren who moved q
Cincinnati rs soon rs the success Of ih
movement is assured, and they know ,hs
this oan orly be done by the united supper
OF the Democratic party.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-05-29

70 oppose than as editor. When his sincere
desire for these reforms led him to break
down the barrier between himself and life
long antagonists, they could not refuse to
.how . spirit equally patriotic. Better
known than any other man in America as
one who owes his success. not to luck, but
to honesty, industry and ability, he is the
strongest representative of amnesty and
peace, and Of civil instead Of military rule.
To oppose him, must believe that the tar.
ia reform is more important and of more
immediate necessity than all others, and
that il will be defeated BY his election. ]
do not so believe.
It seems to me that free traders have but
one wise and consistent course before them
to join heartily the Liberal movement and
make Its triumph overwhelming, thus re
moving forever those war issues which, al
long as they remain unburied, block tn,
path ito an economic reform, and mean
while to seek earnestly the reform of tbs
tariff by the nomination and election o.
members Of Congress who represent thei
convictions.
Respectfully, -
M. GR0SVENOR.