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Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-09

"What in the world of numbers do you
meanf"
"Msy I never be divided" said the
king, 'if can understand your
No. began to explain what fraction
was, and suggested that Tommy should
''And I should not have dared to pro-
pose this if it had not been that the
wretched boy had hitherto been number
less, and therefore half loaf would be
better than no bread"
The king, ever ready to encourage tai
ent by his example, and to reward it Law
ishly with smiles, held out his hand to
No. l, who knelt and humbly kissed it.
"Your ingenuity is-as virtue ever is
Its own reward. You are no longer the
lowest in the kingdom; for Tommy Sprstt
=" THAT young gentleman had been care
full. in the absence of any number to
which he could lay claim, to inform
them of his namel ''for Tommy Spratt
takes his place as the slave of slaves and
dlvisor of /.
Tommy was about to weep-he had &C.
tually gone so far as to lift his cuff for
the purpose of drying his eyes, when q
thought struck him.
"And where's u them He'd divide
me, and a, and 16, and 1.32, and 1.64?"
he went on, taking spiteful delight in
seeing the grand blank of Incompetent
sion which overspread the features of
his listeners. "And dare say, if the truth
was known, you're some of you fractions
yourselves"
YOUTH" said the king, in tone of the
utmost severity, ''be SILENT"
"And have heard" continued Tommy,
whose hitherto despised ana hated arith-
metic began to stand him in good stead,
land have heard tell of decimals, and
if you are innumerable, believe you're
neither more nor less than circulating
decimal yourself"
For one moment only the king was
stunned by Tommy's unexplained audaci-
ty; then his great mind rose to the oc-
casion.
"He is convicted by his own mouth of
treason" for though 0 was ignorant of
the meaning of the wort, he guessed no
compliment was intended by the term.
"Take him and to the battlements, and
cast them into the moat."
Once more Tommy found himself the
center of crowd of numbers, who,
seizing ON him and the hapless 1, bound
them together hand and foot, and bore
them in triumph to the battlements.
They only met with one slight interrup
ton, when wrathful number, with a
cruel laugh, fastened to them the air. ball,
the faithful companion of Toms perilous
voyage to that inhospitable world.
Thus they proceeded in a procession to
the ramparts, where large crowd was as
sembled to witness their execution. With
many taunt and jeer they tossed them
over, but, to the astonishment of the null
titude, after sinking slowly for some
seconds, the air-ball began to take effect,
and, impelled by favoring breeze, they
arose out of reach of their tormenters.
Ere he could utter a word of thankful
ness or Joy at this unexpected deliver
ance, Tommy Spratt found himself lying
in the grass under the shady tree, the gin
gerbread crumbled to nothing in his hand,
and the air-ball floating serenely above
him.
From that day Tommy Spratt became
changed boy, remarkable especially for
two good qualities-his persevering at
tention to arithmetic, and his unremit-
ting and tender care of No. 1.-Hoods
London AnnuaI.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-09
Miscellaneous Reading.
4 HoME PICTURE.

Tn sun that brief December day,
Rose cheerless over hills Of gray,
ana, darby ctrcled, gave at noon
a saader light than waning moon.
BLOW travelling down the thicken1ng eKy
!ts mute and ominous prophecy,
a potent seeming less than threat,
ttsanK from sight before it set
q q Cnln no coat, however stout
VI nomespun stuff, could quite shut cut,
a nard, dull. bitterness Of cold,
Tnas checked. mid vein, the circling race
NJ NJ fe-blood in the sharpened face,
nn rne coming OF the now-storm told
1.e n wind blew east; we heard the roar
~ ocean on his wintry shore,
ana felt the strong pulse throbbing there
oeat with low rythm our inland air,
Meanwhile we did our nightly chores
Brought in the " ood from out Of doors,
Uttered the stalls, and from the mows
,Raked down the herdsgrass for the cows;
Heard the horse whinnying for his corn;
And. sharply clashing horn on horn,
Impatient down the stanchfon rows
The cattle shake their walnut bows;
While, peering from his early perch,
Upon the scaffold's pole of birch,
The cock his crested helmet bent,
And down his querulous challenge sent.
Unwarmed by any sunset light,
The gray day darkened into night
A night made hoary with the swarm
And whirl-dance Of the binding storm,
As zigzig, waverng to and fro,
Crossed and recrossed the winged snow;
And ere the early bedtime came
The white drift piled the window frame,
And through the glass the clothes-line posts
Looked in like tall and sheeted ghosts.
So all night long. the storm roared on;
The morning broke without a sun;
In tiny spherule traced with lines
OF Natures geometric signs,
In starry fake and pellice,
All day the hoary meteor fell;
And when the second morning shone,
We looked upon world unknown,
Or nothing could we call our own.
Around the glistening wonder bent
The blue walls Of the armament,
No cloud above. no earth below
A universe Of sky and snow!
The old familiar sights of ours
Took marvellous shapes: strange domes and tov
ers
Rose up where sty or corn-crib stood,
Or garden walt or belt of wood;
A smooth white mound the brush plle-showed,
A fenceless drift that once was road;
The bridle-post an old man sat,
With loose-fung coat and high cooked hat;
The weil-curb had a Chinese roof;
And even the long sweep, high aloof,
In its Giant splendor seemed to tell
OF Pisa's leaning miracle!
From Whittier's SnoaU- Bound.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-09

One of our citizens went to the cars
this morning to see his wife off, and hav-
ing two or three minutes before starting
time, stepped round the corner an in
stant" He returned just in time to see The
train moving off, and, slapping his leg
emphatically, he regretfully enunciated,
II oughtn't to have taken sugar. Dan
burn Mars.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-09

On the afternoon OF the 3Oth ult., fourteen
of the women held in Rochester, N. Y, for
Illegal voting at the election, gave bail to ap-
pear at the ALBANY Court. Susan B. An
thony refused to furnish bail, and was re-
manded.
Governor Washburne was inaugurated as
Governor of Massachusetts on the I'd. His
address says that while the Boston disaster
caused commercial embarrassments, the
public finances are gratifying. The funded
debt has been reduced $4,000 900 during the
year. The total funded debt is now about
s27 900, 900. He considers the labor question
as of the first Importance.
At special election held on the I'd, in the
Bradford District of Pennsylvania, to hll
the vacancy in Congress caused by the res
ignation of Mercur, Mr.. Bonuell, Republi-
can, was elected by about 1000 majority
over Victor E. Piollet.
Governor Perham, Maine, was inaugurated
on the I'd, and delivered his annual message,
which shows healthy condition of the finan-
cial, agricultural and manufacturing inter
ests of the State. The Legislature elected
the following State officers Geo. G. Stacy,
Secretary of State ;B. B. Murray, Adjutant-
General W. P. P. Burleigh, Land Agent ;
81. NJ. Plaisted, Attorney General.
A private letter from Arizona says that
the Lee family, circus performers, eight
persons, were all murdered by Apaches
while on their way to Mexico through
Arizona.
The coal miners strike in the neighbor-
hood of Springfield, ILL.,, has terminated,
the men resuming work at the old prices.
The free public library Of Chicago was
formally opened on the 1st.
The Lower House of the Missouri Legisla-
ture permanently organized on the I'd by the
election of Mortimer McIlheney, DemScrat,
for Speaker, and j. T. Pratt, Democrat, Chief
Clerk.
By collision on the I'd between freight
and passenger train on the Macon & West
ern Railroad, in Georgia, eight negroes were
killed and ten or twelve others and three
whites were injured.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-09
General News Summary.
THE OLD WORLD.

A large portion of the famous Dover Cliff,
In England, fell recently during q terrible
storm of wind and rain, crushing two
houses and filling several yards with debris
and masses of chalk. The fall was antici-
pated, and the houses were therefore unoc
cupied.
By the recent wrecking of the steamship
Germany thirty persons were lost, twelve Of
whom were passengers, only one being
American.
England, on the night of the 25th, the floor
of the building gave way, precipitating a
hundred persons a considerable distance.
Many were injured, some fatally.
Aspecial from Berlin on the 9th ult. says
the British Ambassador at st. Petersburg
had delivered note to Prince Gortschakoff,
informing him that England would abstain
from interfering with Russian progress in
Central Asia II 1t did not threaten Afghan
istan. Nine thousand Khivan troops were
besieging Russian forts on the Euerba River.
Another force of 1000 Khivese were depre-
dating on the Russian fisheries at the mouth
of the Euerba. Reinforcements HAD been
sent to the Russian troops in that locality.
Persons entering Germany from France
are not now required to provide themselves
with passports.
Details of the great storms in England
show that two hundred and twenty-one ma
rine accidents occurred in November, and
over one hundred lives were lost at sea in
December.
A Hessian convict was pardoned, net
long ago, on condition that he would emf
CRATE to this country. Our Minister at Ber-
lin was informed of this proceeding, and he
exacted from the Grand Duke of Hesse a
promise that nothing of the kind shall occur
again.
The revenue receipts of Great Britain for
the quarter ending December 81 amount to
S7S 600, 900, an increase of IS, 900 over the pre-
ceding quarter.
Prosecutions have been instituted against
the Roman Catholic journals, in Berlin and
in the German provinces, which published
the recent Papal allocution.
King Amadeus, of Spain, has expressed
himself as heartily in favor of the bill re-
Gently introduced in the Cortes providing
for the emancipation of the slaves in Porto
Rico.
A recent London dispatch says hundreds
of agricultural hands were out Of employ
ment there because the farmers refused to
pay the wages demanded, and they were
preparing to emigrate to Brazil.
The Russian Government has communi-
Gated to Great Britain its plan for the cam
paign in Central Asia, and has offered to al
low British officers to witness it.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-09
Burned to Death.

The details of the calamity at LIE Roy,
Mower County, Mimi, whereby Hon. J..
T. Williams, member of the last Legisla-
ture of that State, lost his life, are given
by the Austin Register in very complete
manner He lived over his store and
Post-Ofice. His wife was unwel, and
Mrs. B. V. Lincoln was watching with
her. At half-past one O'Clock in the
morning Mrs. Lincoln undertook to go
down stairs with lamp, but dropped the
lamp, and the Register says:
Hearing her screams, Mr.. Williams
jumped from his bed, went to the stairs,
and discovered her wrapped in the en-
brace of the fiery demon. She was at
bottom of the stairs. He attempted to
rescue her; he jumped down over her
and tried to open door leading out into
the yard, but before he could accomplish
it, she rolled down against the door. Mr..
Williams was almost naked, having on
but one undergarment, and was in the
midst of the flames, literally burning up.
He broke out a window, seized pail,
went to the pump, and several times
poured water upon the burning body.
Evidently realizing the utter uselessness
of trying further to save the woman, he
rushed through the store to one of the
front windows, breaking through into
the street, and called for help.
In few moments many brave-hearted
citizens we're on the ground, ready to as
sist wherever their services were needed.
Dry goods boxes were piled one upon an
other to the windows of the second story,
Mr.. Williams, whose face, hands, legs
and feet at this time were fairly roasted,
was the first man upon the boxes and
into the window for his wife and children.
With the aid of friends they were all got
out in safety. Mr.. Williams then grab
bed his coat, which had in one of the
pockets $758, and valuable papers-some
$500 being money-order funds, and the
balance belonging to the town and school
district treasurers, which he was holding
in trust until such times as the officers
should call for it. Having got down from
the boxes, he darted into the Post Office
and seized a package of some 5000 worth
of postage stamps.
All this had been going on without the
citizens being aware that he was badly
burned, or even that Mrs. Lincoln had
perished in the flames. He walked into
the drug store of F. W. Frisbie, sat dowI
in chair, and remarked to Mr.. Frisbie
why, Mrs. Lincoln is burned up !" An6
in the next moment he says: "Frisbie,
am terribly burned can't you do some
thing for me ?'' At this, Mr. Frisbie
| resting momont from the excitement o.
the occasion, looked up at him, and a
once discovered the truth of poor Mr.. W.
remark that he was terribly burned. HI
was assisted by Mr. F. to the rooms owe
his store, and placed in abed. He was 81
badly burned that when pumping waite
from the well to put on the fire, he &C
tually left upon the frozen ice the bottom
of his feet ! two pieces of tough skin
each the size and shape of his foot, ant
the thickness of calfskin.
Mr.. Williams died in great agony Oh
Thursday, and was buried on Sunday
The citizens of LIE Roy raised purse o
$500 for his afflicted wife.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-09

A curious copper coin was recently
unear thed near Manchester, \. 81. On
one side appears the date, 500, in Arabic
numerals, and small crown; upon the
other is the number six in Roman numer-
ais, and four small parallel pillars. The
coin is much corroded and worn, and no
one is able to decide what government is
sued il.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-09

"A society of Atheists, recently form
ed at Venice, in sending to Victor Eman-
ual a congratulatory address on the es-
cape of his son and daughter from assas-
sination. so far forgot their principles as
to "thank Divine Providence for the
miraculous escape" etc.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-09

-Courting the daughters of publicans
is risky in North Wales. A young man
tried it lately, and though the young lady
and her father were both willing, the law
inflicted fine of five shillings because he
was in a public house beyond the hour
for closing.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-09

A "plant-doctor" advertises in Eng
land that he will for fee visit gardens,
farms. etc., infested by insects, and give
advice as to their destruction. He does
not call himself plant doctor, but "con-
sulting entomologist. Wo believe that
a gentleman in Boston, Mass, offers his
services in similar manner.-Heartha and
Home.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-09

"A Russian correspondent writes: Mr..
Baird, the proprietor of the great iron
works at the corner of the English quay
in st. Petersburg, is about 10 establish
similar works at Nicolaieff, for the exeeu,
tion of Government contracts,
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-09

One thousand conversions resulted
from TIE camp meetings held on the At
lantic seaboard last season,
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-01-09
tance of mile, with frightful speed and

tance of mile, with frightful speed and
force.
4 letter from Wilmington, n. c., Decem-
Der 81, states that Andrew Strong, one of
the notorious outlaws Of Scuffietown, was
shot dead by young man named Wilson,
whom Strong had warned to leave the place.
His body was delivered by Wilson to the
Sheriff, who Immediately paid him 81 900 for
1t, which is the standing reward by the
county for any Of the Lowry gang, dead or
alive. Wilson Is also entitled to s5, 900 re-
ward from the State. The'only member of
the gang now alive is Steve Lowry.
New Orleans telegram of the 2sth says,
on the authority of Governor Warmoth's
private secretary, that the statement pub
lished in Washington, to the effect that the
Governor had abandoned the contest and
advised the Legislature not to meet on the
9th Of January, was untrue.
Disasters on Western rivers destroyed
50, ,o25 200 worth of property during the past
year. Fifty-eight lives were lost by explo-
sions, and 1856 by falling overheard.
The Northfield National Bank, Mortified,
MIMI, has been organized, with capital OF
$4,000.
New Years customs were thoroughly OBJ.
served on the LIST at the Executive Mansion
in Washington, which was crowded for sew.
eral hours.
The Maine Legislature organized on the
1st. John B. Foster, of Bangor, was chosen
President Of the Senate, and q. F. Webb, OF
Waterville, Speaker of the House.
Another leading place of amusement in
New York City disappeared in flames on the
1st. The Fifth Avenue Theater, adjoiniBg G
the Filth Avenue Hotel on Twenty-fourth
street, was burned in the afternoon about
half an hour after an immense matinee audi
ence had dispersed. The loss on the build
ing and scenery and properties of the thea
ter are nearly $500, 900.
at the organization of the Massachusetts,
Legislature on the 1st, DR.. Loriug was
chosen President of the Senate, and John E.
Sanford Speaker of the House.
General John A. Dix was inaugurated as
Governor of New York State on the 1st.
The Missouri Legislature met at Jefferson
City on the 1st, and temporarily organized
Governor Caldwell and the other State
officers of North Carolina were inaugurated
on the 1st.
A $500, 0,006 fire occurred at Montreal,
Canada, few nights ago.
The National debt statement, January l.
Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1873-07-05
Varieties ct Local.

Nous prions les abonnes du "Louisanais,' y
aussi modestement que possible. de nous envoyer,
s'ils le peuvent ls montant de leur Announcement.
Lc "Louisanais les remercera du fond lu caur,
all moins autant qu'un pauvre diable de naufiage
remercie Tame charitable qui lui procure une
blanche de salut.
TRAyAlL-Nons avons, CONNIE cest le devoir
dun Journalistic campagnard, et6 visiter plusieurs
champs de cannes de notre localit6.
Et nous somn,es heureux de pouvoir dire que Ia
r6colte malgre les plui.s continues de plus dun
long mois, ma etc que momentan6ment ct legere-
ment compromise.
Ellie eest g6neralement bonne.
Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1873-07-05

ter, boire avec eux, dormir avec enx,
voire meme les saluer, 81 mons ne voulons nj
les aimer, nj les fr6quenter, nj boire avec eux,
nj coucher avec eux, nj meme les saluer?
Mais Ia politesse rendue ma jamais humiIi6
personoe. pas meme Washington, qui saluait
les noirs ct ne les oubliait point sur son
testament,
Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1873-07-05

mei'leurs citoyens dun Etat reduts a lin
puissance ct peurant sur des ruines, 81 les
hommes de vonloir ct d'snergie, conscients
de Ia n&csssite ct de Ia justice, faisant bon
marchs dune logomachie d'fcole, s'etaient
resoldment mis- d Ia tete de Ia colonne hu-
maine ct avaientcrossa du pied les charla-
tans dun republicanisme radical ct mentenr?
Minis nous avons tous plus on moins joua
sur les mots, Nos controversies ont etc des
controversies d d'6coliers. Les mots liberie ct
egalte, scion l'imagination ct le glossaire
de chacun de nous, ont etc 10 caout-chouc
qui s'alloDge, qui salIonge ct qui casse. Et
puis il fant ben dire, car celia est vrai, que
nous avons pris nos aympathies pour des
raisons, nos antipathies pour des arguments,
notre passion pour de la Iogique. Que de fois
n'avons- pas Ste aveuglss par Ia colere,
ct que de fois encore un prtiuge ne nous
point sembIe une preuve sans r6pliqne !
L'homme le pins sage, quand il touche a
certaines questions brhantes garde rarement
IL calme qui convient a Ia sagesse, ct ceux-Ia
sont bien rares qui peuveLt imposer silence
a leurs passions ct porter supplement lie
ttmoignage de Ia moderation ct de Ia vtrita.
On est nussi bien dams le faux au-de!a
qn'en.deca du but. lily a toujours, en- ma
there dc politique, de gonvernement ct de
legislation, nne relatrHe de temps quill faut
arprfcier SO juste yaleur ct ne jamais
maconnaltre
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-05-16
New Boots.

It Is a little singular how well pair
Of boots can be made to Ii; at the store.
You may not he able to get your foot
only part way down the leg at the
first trial, but that Is because your
stocking Is sweaty, or you haven't
started right. and the shoemaker sug-
gests that you start again and stand up
to Ii, and he throws In little powder
from q pspper-box. to aid you. And
50 you stand up, and pound your foot.
and partly trip yourself up. aud your
eyes stick out In an unpleasant mail
ner, and every vein In your body ap-
pears to be on the point Of bursting,
and all the while that dealer stands
around and eyes the operation rs IN.
tently as If the whole affair was per-
fectly new and novel to him. When
your foot has finally struck bottom.
there Is a faint impression on your
mind that you have stepped into an
open stove, but he removes 1t by SOL
emnly observing that he never saw
boot fit quite as good rs that. You
may suggest that your toe presses too
hard against the front, or that some ot
the bones on the side Of the foot are
too much smashed. but he says that is
always the way with q new boot. and
that the trouble will entirely disap-
pear in a few days. Then you take
the old pair under your arm and start
for home as animated rs relic OF
1912, all the while feeling that the
world will not look bright and happy
to you again, until you have Drained
that shoemaker. You limp down
town the next day, and smile all the
while your mouth. while your eyes
look as If you were walking over an
oyster bed barefoot. When no one is
looking, you kick against a post or
some other obstruction, and show
fondness for stopping and resting
against something that will sustain
your weight. wheu you get home at
night, you go for those old boots with
an eagerness that cannot oe described,
and the remarks you make upon learn
ing that your wife has disposed OF
them to a q widow woman In the sub
urbs, are calculated, to Immediately
depopulate the earth Of women and
shoemakers generally.-DaRbu' NeteS
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-05-16

A DENVER chap, who had inter
Viewed the "tiger" more frequently
than he bad the throne Of grace. re-
Gently became converted BY Ham
mond, aud while exhorting his com
rades to follow his example said: III
you do not except salvation now, 1t i
not me that you are hroring og on
1t Is Christ you are 6Wcking against.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-05-16
VIRGINIA AND TRUckEE
RAILROAD.

CN AND AFTER FEBRUARY I, 1878,