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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-01-02
The Dead Alive !

A few days ago, says the Chicago FINES
! Mr.. Muhlbesch was taken suddenly III
at his residence. His disease was of Ct
! very acute nature, and in spite OF aIl the
efforts OF his physicians, ne Died after Il
| brief illness, and his SurroWug friends
made ready for the funeral. An under
taker was summoned and the body proper
| ~ laid out, and on yesterday the funeral
| services look place from his late residence
After the customary services had been
| performed and the sorrowing relatives
had taken their last look of the deceased
the coffin lid was screwed down and the
funeral cortege m0ved slowly toward the
quiet confines of 3raceland Cemetery,
where the body WAS finally lowered sadly
into the grave which had been prepar-
ed for it. The last prayer had been offer
ed and the last solemn service repeated
when, ust as the sexton seized his spade
and was about to drop the first Shoveltul
of earth upon the coffin, sound some
thing like Il stiiled groan, followed by Il
scratching noise, as if the dead man was
trying to release himself from the con
| fines of his narrow house, was heard
proceeding from the still open grave. For
an instant every heart stood still, and the
| blood of every listener seem to curdle in
his veins The women screamed and
hastened toward the carriage, while the
men We're not slow in following them,
| In an instant the sexton was the only
man left at the grave, and he, too tr2n
bled at hearing what he had never heard
before. Finally he recovered presence of
mind enough to descend into the grave
and break open the rough box in which
the coffin was encased. Then the noise
was repeated, and he knew that the occu-
pant of that grave, who in few minutes
more would have been consigned to a
horrible death, and whom his friends had
already mourned as dead, was still alive
and anxious to be set free. A screw
| driver was soon procured from the under
taker present, and the coffin lid removed.
| when its occupant instead of being cold
and dead as he had appeared when last
seen, was found to be once more alive.
His friends, who had by this time recov-
cred courage enough to return to the
grave, were of course almost overloyed
at this strange and unexpected turn OF
| affairs, and fastened to rescue the late
deceased from his unpleasant quarters
| and remove him to one of the carriages in
| waiting. where he was rolled up IN II
plentiful supply of blankets and lap robes,
and the friends who had lately followed
him sorrowingly to the grave now has
tened .joyfully toward their homes. The
rescued man was SO overcome on being
rescued from his perilous position, that
he was for long time unable to speak,
and what his feelings were while under
going burial, or whether he was conscious
at all or not until the last moment when
he managed to signify that he was still
alive, is not known.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-01-02

To PREVENT IRON RUSTING. A Califor-
nia inventor has just taken out a patent for
a process whereby he claims to secure a
perfect and permanent preservation OF iron
surfaces from oxidation. He first heats
the iron in vacuo, in order to expand it
and open its pores, and then forces some
non-oXidizable substances into the intersti-
tial and intercellular spaces, after which 1t
is allowed to cool. By this means the in
ventor,claims to thoroughly impregnate the
iron with substance which will prevent it
from rusting or deteriorating in any man
ner. Among the numerous substances
which are adapted for the purpose, the in
ventor especially mentions paraftine, which
he considers the best for many reasons
About year ago the British Government
offered a liberal reward for the discovery
Of some process of treating iron so as to
preserve it from corrosion in salt water
and it is said that the parafne process has
been submitted for examination. 1t is prob
able, therefore, that we shall shortly hear
something definite concerning the merits OF
the invention, which, if it possess the ad-
vantage claimed for it, is one of great i'm
pOrtance.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-01-02

SAUsNiE MEAT good recipe for sau-
sage meat Is sometimes difficult to find just
when IL Is wanted. Here is one that we think
viii meet all the requirements Take all
the spare mgnI nr;nd ana N aenderloins from your
Chop 1t. Season it lighlv wiz sianu l,nbea ,o VI
ner, salt and powdered sage Pon ,dIo ~ ~ ~
two pods of red pepper aud nour U' tho bne tao 40
over it; work it all up. Cook a small niooa ac.,
TO try it, and if not seasoned high enpnoh
add what it wants. Pack in jar. or st1 e
skins with 1t after they have been soakad
and cleaned nicely. Hang them up to drv
smoking makes them hard.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-01-02

In reaping wheat, never take it by the
beard 1t is found to 90 against the grain.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-02
ENGLISH COLONISTS.

The announcement having been made
that 100 English farmers had embarked
on the City of Bristol, of the Inman
line, with the intention of settling III
Minnesota, the colonists were visited on
their arrival here yesterday. Mr.. Geo.
Rodgers, of Somersetshire, was pointed
out as best able to give information.
He was an elderly man of fine appear
ance-just such healthy, hearty, bold
Briton as would be likely to gather col
onists about him, with their confidence,
and keep mp their spirits in the dark
hours that befan such undertakings.
Mr.. Rodgers stood on the wharf reading
a document pertaining to colony affairs.
When asked how he came to start the
colony, he said :" 1 came to America,
last year to seek q home for my family
and such others as would be willing to
join us. 1 fixed upon the Red river re-
gion of Minnesota as the most desirable.
/ then returned to England and raised
the colony"
Exactly where in Minnesota will you
settle"
Twelve miles east of Glyndon, twen-
ty miles west of Brainerd and ,smiling)
go miles from Duluth"
"What is the size Of the district set
apart for your"
"Twenty-four miles by twelve; but
that will not be enough for all who will
come"
And you expect others Of your colo
nists soon?"
" At the end of next MONTH"
Are you nearly all farmers, or have
you taken the precaution to have due
admixture of other trades ?"
Eve have fair sprinkling of all suit
able trades. Our land is chiefly prairie;
there is not much woodland ON the tract,
but plenty within short distance. Buff
falo river runs through the land and the
Red river crosses one end of it."
when do you expect the 1900 will
be in America ?"
"By the end of this year. The North
ern Pacific has furnished MS with tempo
rary lodgings out on the prairie. They
have already erected three large build
ings that will accommodate 400 persons
each. "-Ncw York World.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-02
PLATED GOODS.

In Europe, the best plated goods, and
those commanding the readiest market
and the highest prices, are made by a
very simple process. An ingot of cop
per or of German silver being cast, and
the surface carefully prepared by fling
so as to remove all blemishes, and a
piece of silver having likewise one sur
face perfectly cleaned, are tied together
by means of iron wire. A mixture of
borax and water is then drawn round
the edges with quill. They are next
placed i'll a common air furnace to be
heated to proper temperature, and
having small aperture in the door to
show when the temperature is reached.
During the union OF the two bodies the
surface of the silver is seen to be drawn
into intimate contact with the copper or
German silver, and the moment this
takes place is the signal for removing
the bar from the furnace. The. appear
ance of incipient admixture ON the edges
of the silver shows how perfect the fu-
sion has been, as the oozlng of the metal
is not in consequence of any extraneous
of solder, ETC., but entirely
the effect of the fusion of the surface of
the two bodies. The ingot thus obtained
is then rolled into sheets Of any required
and, so perfect is the union
of the two metals, that they continue in
even when drawn out into the
finest wire.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-02
TIE FIRST DAILY NEWSPAPER.

The first daily newspaper ever issued
in the English language appeared in
London III years ago. and was called
the Courant The first number was
dated March IL, 1902, and it was called
by the leading weekly journal Of the
time, 1.-THE Pitiful Project of Poor
Printer" 1t was printed on one side Of
a half sheet Of paper about the size of q
foolscap writing paper, the other side
being blank. The first number con-
tanned no editorials or advertisements,
and only seven lines of local or domestic
news. OF these, four lines related to
the funeral Of King William Ill, who
died three days previously; while the
other three lines related to the condition
of the English army in Flanders, for
war was then raging between England
and France. The remainder of the con-
tents consisted entirely of extracts from
foreign journals, with the exception OF
half a column of prospectus. The en-
terprise proved SO successful that at the
end of six weeks both sides of the paper
were printed, and merchants showed
their appreciation of it by inserting over
q column of advertisements. The man.
ager of this pioneer daily obviously did
not think much of editorials, or else he
did not care to write them, for he says
he will "give his Extracts fairly and i'm
partially; at the Beginning of each Ar
ticle he will quote the Foreign Paper
from whence tbs taken. Nor will he
take upon him to give any Comments or
Conjectures of his own, but will relate
only Matter of Fact, supposing other
People to have Sense enough to make
Reflections for Themselves"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-02
THE FRENCH INDEMNITY.

With regard to the 1900, OOO, 600
francs still due by France to Germany,
the Semaine Financiere says 500, OOO,-
600 francs can be reckoned on in the
form Of bills due and not yet due which
are deposited in the principal banks in
Germany, constituting q fund ready
for the payment of the second half of
the fourth milliard- For the fifth and
last miliard, which ought to be paid in
four equal installmeuts of $50, OOO, 600
francs between June and September,
there are nearly 800, 900, 900 francs
realized, the greater part in bills ON
Germanyand England, the rest in metal
disposable at the Bank Of France. Then
there are payments on account of the
loan amounting to 100, 900, 900 francs
per month, which between now and Au-
gust may be expected to produce Co.,
900, 900 to 100000, 900 francs, and it is
as regards the last sum that difficulties
may be encountered. In any case, it is
confidently believed that in the last re-
sort the Government would find ready
assistance from bankers, independently
Of the 500, 900, 900 francs of cash in the
hands Of the Bank of France.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-02

Take plank of good, clear pine. an
inch and quarter thick, as long as you
wish to make the ladder. and ten inches
wide. Slit in the middle and taper the
pieces from the middle to the ends,
leaving them five inches wide in the
middle and two and one-half at each
end. Make the rounds of hard, tough
wood, and put them in one foot apart.
The bottom round should be about three
feet long, and each successive one should
be about an inch shorter than the one
under it. A ladder made in this way
will balance well, thus rendering it easy
to hand, and will be strongest where it
ought to be, in the middle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-02

COMMODORE VANDERBILT seems to be
waking up to an appreciation Of the lux
ury of doing good. His liberal pro-
vision of the "Church Of the Strangers
was a fitting thing for man to do, whose
steamboats, and railroads have brought
SO many strangers to New York. Then
We heard of the gift Of half million to
the Methodist Episcopal College at
Nashville and the papers now state that
the sum of $500, 600 has just been appro-
priated by Commodore Vanderbilt to-
ward the erection of large seminary for
girls on the grounds of the Moravian
Church at New York, on Staten Island.
It is "more blessed to give than to re-
ceive." Mr.. Vanderbilt has tested the
blessedness Of receiving pretty thorough
ly; we hope he he will find giving so
much more blessed that he will keep on
as long as he lives, and may he live
many years to do good to others.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-02

MODERN INTENTIONAL self-inflating
life-preserver has been devised in Bel
GUM, consisting of belt containing
carbonate of soda and tartaric acid, SO
arranged that when the wearer falls over
board the two substances are mixed and
evolve sufficient gas to float him. The
idea is said to have been suggested by a
shipwrecked apothecary, whose life was
saved from the circumstance Of his hav-
ing box of Slcidlitz powders in his
pocket.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-02
JOURNALISTIC ENTERPRISE.

The enterprise shown by journalists an
procuring and Forwarding news is COM
mendable, though some Of their prac-
tees, in regard to their rivals, are hardly
to be praised. During the war in Para
quay. South American correspondent
set up telegraph wire for his own use,
SO as to communicate the news ut the
earliest possible date. Finding, how
ever, that the Paraguayan Government
were beating him through their own
telegraph he had the andacity to cut
their vii Stories are told by the same
French ritter of the rivalry between
some of the English correspondents. DIR.
Russell, for instance, accompanied the
German army on its entry into Paris,
wrote ON his saddle an account, and sent
it off by special messenger, who galloped
to the first station on the newly reopened
line between Paris and Calais, jumped
up by the side of the engine driver, who
had special engine ready, and ratified
off to Calais in time to catch the mail.
He little knew that he was accompanied
on that journey by the correspondent of
a rival journal-the Daily Ners-who,
dressed as stoker, had no sooner ar
rived at Calais than, running on board
the steamer, he offered the captain any
amount if he would get up steam at
once. The captain complied, and the
pseudo stoker arrived in London just as
the messenger from the Times landed at
Dover. Again, during the insurrection
at Marseilles, the correspondent of the
Times, finding the telegraph cut, hired
steamer, which took his dispatches to
Malta, and thence they we're telegraph
ed to London.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-02
MANA CEMENT OF CHILDREN.

Even setting aside the unkindness of
the thing, it is bad policy to be rude to
children. They are initiative, and act
toward their playmates as their guar
dams act toward them. Probably most
parents, even very kindly ones, would be
little startled at the assertion that a
child ought never to be reproved in the
presence of others. This is SO constant
an occurrence that nobody thinks of no
ticing it; nobody thinks of considering
whether it be right and best or not. But
it is a great rudeness to a child, and
ought never to be done. Modification
is q condition as unwholesome as it il
uncomfortable. When the wound is in
ficted by the hand of parent, it is all
the more certain to rankle and do harm.
Let a child see that his mother is so
anxious that he should have the appro-
baton and good will of her friends that
she will not call their attention to his
faults; and that while she never, under
any circumstances, allows herself to for
get to tell him afterward, alone, if he
has behaved improperly, she will spare
him the additional pain and mortifca-
ton of public reproof; and while that
child will lay these secret reproofs to
heart, he will still be happy.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-02

of all the people who work in the great
nat. nal hive Of industry are tillers of
the oil. And yet the farmers exert
com. .ratively ANAL influence in legis-
lati, affairs. This is not as it should
be. Those who add so much to pro-
dnc.ion certainly should have a strong
voice in framing rules for the govern
meiIt Of the community. Some Of our
laws bear progressively on the agricul-
turists. But the farmers are chiefly to
blame. They must organize and fix
upon some harmonious plan of action, if
they would make their influence prop
erly felt.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-02

DIED AT HIS WoRK.-It is not COM
mon for clergyman to die in his pulpit.
but this happened a Sunday or two since
to the Rev. T. B. Hudson, pastor of the
M. Z. Church in Clyde. He had read
about fifteen minutes in firm and dis
tinct voice, when suddenly he stopped,
requested that the windows be let down
to admit the fresh air, pressed his hands
to his forehead, and leaned forward on
the desk. Then, as if rallying all his
strength for the effort, he began agsin
and uttered the words, "These days are
passing away" and as the last syllable
left his lips he fell back on the sofa and
expired. Mr.. Hudson had been for
period Of thirty-three years in the active
work Of the ministry, and was widely
known throughout Central and Western
New York. York Tribune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-02
AN JNFORTCNATE STATE.

A LETTER from New Orleans to Gin
cinnati pepper gives gloomy picture of
affairs in Louisiana. An association to
resist the payment of taxes has been or
ganized, including among its members
the property-holders, and the most
prominent and substantial citizens of
the Crescent City. Of the financial con-
dition this correspondent says !:
Louisiana, with less than a million
population, has to-day State debt of
$40, OOO, 900, and the city of New Or
leans has q debt to-day of about $780,
OOO,O 1t seems incredible, and will
startle you who in Ohio, with popula-
ton of over three millions, owe less than
S9,OOO,OO0. This enormous debt of
the State and city has all been
created in the past SIX years.
The trade and commerce of the
city has greatly fallen off within til elast
few years. Business is paralyzed with
the constant disturbance and irritation.
The failures during the last three
months amount to over 81, O0O,OO The
rate of taxation is five per cent. on the
full value, and all the real estate in the
city is for sale, with no buyers at any
price.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-02

Roasted coffee Is one of the most pow
erfui means, not only of rendering ami
nal and vegetable effiuvia innocuous,
but Of actually destroying them. A
room In which meat in an advanced de-
gree of decomposition had been kept for
sorne time, WINS instantly deprived of all
smell by an open coffee rooster being
carried through it containing pound Of
|coffee newly roasted. In another room
'he efanvia occasioned by the cleaning
'at of cess-pool, so that sulphurated
|ayeirogen and ammonia could be clearly
Elected, was completely removed with
q half minute on the employment of
lafee ounces of fresh coffee. The best
node OF using it as disinfectant is to
NY the raw bean, pound it in q mortar,
md then roast the powder ON q moder-
(tely heated iron plate, until it assumes
dark brown hue, when il is ready for
tse- 1t must, however, be remembered
nat the coffee, to be effectual, should
r perfectly pure. Adulterated rubbish
MI only make matters worse.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-02
Grating Wax.

Take three pounds rosin, one pound
beeswax and four ounces tallow mutton
tallow is best. Put them in kettle
and set it on the stove to heat, adding a
little water to keep the materials from
burning; stir we'll until the articles are
all melted and mixed except the water
When cooled little stir in q small
quantity of unboiled oil. Now turn the
wax into a wash-tub of cold water, grease
your hands with mixtu.e of lard and
tallow, and work the wax until it will
stretch well. If it proves too hard, melt
and add more oil.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-02

A LOCAL correspondent of Philadel-
phia paper "explodes" the story told in
Apptctons Journal about cottage on
the Schuykill river which Tom Moore
occupied for time. The pleasant tradi-
ton is proved to be wholly unfounded.
Moore's stay at Philadelphia was brief !;
he was society man, and never n recluse;
and the story that he hid himself away
in hut on the banks of the Schuylkill
was an invention of an imaginative guide
book maker.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-02
CCRIOCS DEATHS.

The last publication of the statistics
of death in Great Britain contains some
curious examples of the way people were
taken off One man died from the bite
of cat, and two from the bite of fer
ret. One was stung to death by bees,
and two died from bites of adders. A
man, woman and boy died from injuries
received from velocipedes. Attempting
to swallow sea-shell, screw and a
cherry-stone put an end to three hopeful
children. Two more met similar fate,
one from putting a pebble and the other
glass bead in the ear. Three died
from fish-bones sticking in their Threats.
A solemn warning against the use Of
specie, which is not tolerated in this
country. is found in the sad fate of two
little boys who died from swallowing
coins. One young woman died from
swallowing pin. She had held it in
her mouth for some time; and probably
losing her presence Of mind while adj
miring herself IN the looking-glass, If
fell and stuck in her throat This YER
ifies how " pride goeth before destruc-
ton" No less than four hundred and
forty-four infants were smothered by
bed-clothes. The number who died
from insufficiency of bed-clothing is
not given.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-02

THE BRAIN.-A French savant has dis
covered that the difference between an
idiot and genius is merely a mat
ter Of phosphorus in the brain, and
that the introduction of little phos-
phorus into the brain of the former will
transform him into the latter. How TO
introduce the phosphorus, quite the
most important, is not made clear.