The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-12-01
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Two Italian physicians are said to
have discovered liqnid which instant
lY stops the fl wing Of blood from any
kind Of a wound.
As it now stands, there are 90 Demo
cratic Governors of States, 10 Repuhli.
cans and Independents. OF the Leg
i>latures The Democrats have a majority
in q, Republicans iul3 and 1ndepend-
ents i'll 3.
A Hartford man tells Of rooster of
his which ate lot of. refuse yeast cakes,
thrown out into the lack yard, but
whose mangled remaius were soon
found, the cakes having been too good,
and exploded the poor bird like charge
of nitro-glycerine.
According to the talk In spiritual
circles" Mr. Talmage's declaration that
he would ''plow up the theater to its
foundation. in defiance of all earth and
hell has led to such commotion in
the region of lost spirits that Satan has
heen obliged to read the riot act
The bank Of sewer at Providence,
Rhode Island, caved in upon work
man, the other day, and, as no one saw
the accident, he would have been killed
had not four gray hounds seen the oc-.
currence, and commenced to dig and
howl for help. They were driven away
but returned, and their persistence
leading some men to dig at the spot,
the man was rescued unharmed.
The Peoples Freight Railway Compa-
ny. with Sl00,000 capital, with privilege
to increase it to Sl5,000,0e0, to build
railway from a point in Jefferson County
through Harrison, Tuscarawas, Coshoc-
ton, Knox. Morrow, Marion, Hardin ,Au-
glaize and Mercer counties to the Indiana
line, has fled a certificate of incorpora-
ton.
A correspondent of the Scientific
American says: The best simple remedy
have found for surface wounds, such as
cuts, abrasions Of the skin, etc, is char
coal Take a coal from the stove, pull
verize it, apply it to the wound and cover
the whole with rag The charcoal ab
sorbs the fluids secrete0 by the wound,
and lays the foundation of the scab; it
also prevents the rag from irritating the
flesh, and it is antiseptic.
Six or seven years ago DR.. Marshall of
Knoxville, was married 10 Miss Parsons,
a brilliant and beautiful young lady,
They lived unhappily together for seve.
raj years, when she made application for
divorce, and was separated from her liese
lord He. married again, and his second
wife was divorced from him in the same
manner as the first, and now he weds his
first wife second time. He resides in
Brnnswick.-F TaHey (Ga.) Mirror
The daily papers are making a good
point now by keeping the following
items before their readers "a family
in Florida lost their little by, and adj
vertised for him in daily paper That
very afternoon an alligator crawled up
out of the swamp and died on the front
door step. In his stomach was found
a handful of red hair, some bone but
tons, pair of boot heels, glass alley,
pair of check pants, and paper col.
lar. The advertisement did it,
There came up in England the other
day case in which the enforcement of
the law for compulsory education would
have condemned family to starvation.
I Louise Maylon, widow, the only sup
port of four small children, nearly in a
state of starvation. goes out to days
wolk when she can get it and leaves her
oldest child, a boy aged nine, to take
care of the others, and the school au
thorities brought her up to compel her
10 send this boy to sch ool, though if
she did this she could not 60 out to the
little work she is able to get. The
Judge refused to enforce the law.
A negro at Newport, Rhode Island
while digging in garden recently, found
asilver dollar, and asked permission to
dig there ON the following day, which was
granted, but during the night the owner
for a joke, buried the bale of kettle, 8
cannon ball and several pieces.of copper
coin. Thenext day the negro returned
with another gentlemsn OF color, and, af.
ter a tour about the ground with divin
! ing rod, unearlhed the articles which had
been buried. He was much elated, and
has been digging ever since, while the
owner of the land sits at window and
enjoys the excitement.
A simple accident near Rutland, Yer
mont, had remarkable semblance to
murder. Mrs. Mcclure, a farm wife
took load of butter to the village, sold
it for forty dollars, and started alone to
drive home Afterward she was found
lying dead on the floor of her carriage
with her head terribly bruised and hel
money gone. The theory of robbery
and murder found ready credence La
ter. the truth explained it ALL She had
died of heart disease, and had fallen on
the wheel of the carriage, which had
made the bruises, and the money had
been spent in paying bills in the village
A Washington doctor says: II have
known of hundreds Of cases of typhoid
fever being brought on by mental troub-
el occasioned by an unfortunate love
affair You take a man OF quiet do
mestc tastes and let him once become
wrapped up in the society of a loving
woman. Then after this society has
become to him a second nature, let it
be suddenly taken away from him un,
der circumstances that cloud his mind
with chagrin as we'll as sorrow, and you
have case of madness to deal with
beyond the power of physicians Medi-
cines are of no avail to them"
A correspondent of the Poultry World
says: The benefit which fowls derive
from eating charcoal is, / believe, ac-
knowledged. The method of putting it
before them is, however, not we'll under
stood. Pounded charcoal is not in the
shape in which fowls usually find their
food, and consequently is not very entic.
ing to them / have found that corn
burnt on the cob, and the refuse which
consists almost entirely of the grains re-
duced to charcoal, ,and still retaining their
perfect shape. placed before them, is
greediy eaten, with a marked improve
ment in their health, as is shown by the
brighter color OF their combs, and their
soon producing greater average of eggs