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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-06-17
Never Use the Money of Others

Mr.. Lincoln, before he moved to
Springfield, Illinois, was postmaster
in small Western town. The office
was poor, and Lincoln was poorer
than the office. 1t was known
that he was very hard up, and it was
also known that the Washington
agent was in town to collect the sum
due the General Postoflice. A friend,
thinking Lincoln might be embar-
rassed, came down to his office to loan
him the sum necessary to meet the
demand. Mr.. Lincoln thanked him,
and said that he did not need any
loan. While the two were talking,
the agent came in. The sum due
was less than one hundred dollars.
Lincoln went to his desk and took
out an old stocking, and turned the
coin on the table. 1t was counted out
and met the demand exactly. Well
it might, for it was not only the eX-
act amount due, but the identical
money itself that Lincoln had taken
in. Old-fashioned riX dollars, pista-
reens, sixpences, old fashioned cents
and all was there. 81 never use
money that belongs to other people"
said Lincoln, and that resolution did
much toward making him President
of the United States. "Burleigh,"
in Boston Journal.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-06-17

and the other made at him. Tins
surrounded, he was left with no othe,
alternative but to fall into thei,
hands as prisoner, or leap down q
high precipice of rocks on the north
side of the hill, fronting the Ohio
river Acquainted with many of the
Indians and knowing their feelings
toward him, he was satisfied that il
he fell into their hands, that a GER
tain, if not lingering death, await
ed him. In this awful predicament
he stood pondering over his melan-
choly condition, without arms to de-
fend himself, till the Indian had
come nearly up to him, when he
summoned up resolution and com
menced a rapid retreat toward the
brink of the precipice, hotly pursued
by the Indians; arriving there he
did not hesitate, but leaped down the
precipiee. passing through the
hranciIFs of small buckeye tree !;
he jumped sixty five and half feet
before he reached the ground. Re
covering, as soon as possible, he
made three other leaps, the first
seventeen, the second seven, and the
third eleven feet, which took him
nearly to the base of the hill. He
then ran to the Ohio river, plunged
into the water and undertook t.
swim across; but finding the water
very cold, and that the Indians had
not pursued him, he returned to the
beach, and recrossed the Kanawha in
a small canoe, and soon arrived at the
stOckade. The distance of each
leap was measured by Colonel Lewis,
of Virginia, and Colonel Boone, of
Missouri, who were at the stockade
ut the time.
From the fall of the leaves in au-
tlimn. TO the budding in spring, the
precipice can he seen by boatmen
descending the Ohio river, from
great distance, and ever since that
occurrence it has received from them
the appellation of "Ulin's Leap"
notwithstanding the extraordinary
efforts he made after leaping down
the preeipice, and which enabled him
to make his escape, they were not |
made without considerable injury. |
For some time his life was despaired |
of, but he finally recovered, and lived |
to good old age.
After the treaty of 1895 it was as
certained from some of the Indians,
who came into Point Pleasant and |
mingled with the whites, that 4
story had been a vogue among them,
md extensively believed in, on the
of those who chased Ulin,
that they had fired on pale face
who ran to the edge of the precipice,
md took wings and flew ff."-PoiRt
Pleasant Register.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-06-17
Adventures of IA Diamond.

The following good story is told
about the French writer, the late
Jules Janin, and the famous Sancy
diamond:
The old Princess Demidorf used
to wear the Sancy diamond as a
shawl-pin. One day she went with
her husband and Jules Janin to
visit the Louvre, and taking off her
sh awl, because the gallery was very
hot, gave it to Janin to carry, at the
same time asking him to put the
diamond pin in his pocket until she
should ask for it. Now you know
that the Sancy is worth 100000
francs, and Janin put it in his
pocket with the same sang froid as if
it had been a new piece of glass.
On getting into her carriage the
princess asked for her shawl, but for
got to inquire for her diamond, and
drove off. The next day she sent
round to Janin for the precious stone.
But no diamond was to be found. The
vest, white one, had gone to wash,
and with it the Saney.
Off went Janin in trepidation to
the domicile of his washerwoman.
In order to avoid suspicion he asked
her quietly if she had found any
thing in the pocket of his vest.
"No," said she.
"Quite surer' asked he again, be-
coming lividly pale.
"Ah, yes, did, by the way; a big
piece of glass. My little boy has it
now; he is playing with it out in the
yard"
And JaHin rushed out to recover
the gem, the brilliant colors of which
were delighting a batch of dirty ur-
chins, who were even then discuss
ing the propriety of shattering the
jewel into q thousand sparkling
fragments.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-06-17
We learn that Mrs. HenrY Blaze

We learn that Mrs. Henry Blazer
has returned home after long visit
out west to her daughters. The Cen
tenary friends have missed the alb
sence of sister Blazer very much, es-
pecially in the Sahbath-schoOl.
Some two, three, or four-legged
varmints keep bothering our chick
ems every now and then. They would
feel funny if the steel trap would
prove to us and our neighbors who
they are or what they are.
Some of our, correspondents have
upset themselves on word: if such
4 word can he found in Webster's
Dictionary we would like to know it.
AN OBSERVER.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-06-17
For the Gallipolis Journal,
A PROPHECY.
BY MRS. SARA woLvERTON,

BY MRS. SARA WoLYERToN,
And the Lord calls Ills chosen to war
1t is welli
Then around mass His foes in Their
power;
And the hate-flag unfurls, and the scorn
flies afar,
And to watchers, Oh! sad seems the
hour.
Now its down where the sea surgest
deepest and dark,
By a presence unseen he is led;
| While we wait for the waves, as they
foam-crest and fall,
And we fear for the dangers O'erhead.
But ah, look, rolls the tide, and path
way reveals,
Thro' the red-sea of doubt he has trod :;
Tho the weight of oppression was
Strong, and dismayed
All around, and above him was God!
He is sqtei goes the cry from the thou
sands of hearts,
As they sean by their faiths purer
glow.
Oh! how grandly Jehovah His Own will
protect.
Thro' the ways that the world may
not know.
All! then back to its groove goes the sea
for a space
And the wrongs to the echoless sand;
Whilst the Rock of His Word they shall
shake not for aye,
And a silence broods over the land.
DETROIT, April IS, 1873.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-06-17
Republican Enthusiasm.
From the Cleveland Leader.


Up in this part of Ohio the Re
publican feeling is above all mere DO
iltical sentiment-it amounts to pat
riotism. The more one hears from
all parts of this State nova -days
the more favorable seem the chances
of rOusing Republican triumph in
October. We base this on the accu
mulating evidence that the Republi
can vote of Ohio is coming out this
fall.~ That, after all, is the fact that
decides the issue in this State. The
victories of the Democracy have
been won, not by an increased vote
of their own, but by the diminished
vote of their opponents. The stay
at-home Republicans are at the bot
tom of their party's misfortunes in
Ohio. When they all come out as in
1872, Ohio has 2S0,000 Republican
votes and 250,000 Democratic. The
important fact of this years cam
paign is that the Republicans are
stirred and aroused by the Catholic
aggressions and the infamy of last
winters Legislature, and they are
coming to the polls to stop it all.
The drum beat of 1861 is heard again
among the farmers of the Reserve,
and the Democracy have learned to
know what that means,
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-06-17
Origin of Names of States.

Oregon is so called from its prin
cipal river.
Iowa was so called from its princi
pal river.
Indiana was so called in 1909, from
the American Indians.
Ohio was so called in 1902, from its
southern boundary.
| Missouri was so called in 1919,
from its principal river.
Michigan was so called in 1925,
from the lake on its borders.
Louisiana was so called in honor of
Louis XIV, of Franco.
District of Columbia was so called
in reference to Columbia.
Georgia was SO called in 1872, in
honor of King George III.
Alabama was so called in 1917,
from its principal river.
Pennsylvania was so called in
1851, after William Penn.
Virginia was so called in 1864, af-
ter Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen of
England
Carolina was so called by the
French in 1854, in honor OF King
Charles TX. of France.
Rhode Island was so called in 1914,
in reference to the Island of Rhodes
in the Mediterranean.
Illinois was so called in 1903, from
its principal river. The word is said
to signify the river of men.
Tennessee was so called in 1876,
from it's principal river. The word
Ten-assee is said to signify a curved
spoon.
MARYLAND was so called in honor of
Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles
l., in his patent to Lord Baltimore,
June 80, 1882.
Florida was so called by Juan
Ponce de Leon in 1912, because it
was discovered on Easter Sunday, in
Spanish Pqsqua de Flores.
Maine was so called, as early as
1888, from Maine in France, of which
Henrietta Maria, Queen of England,
was at that time proprietor.
Connecticut was so called from the
Indian name of It's principal river.
Connecticut is Moheakaneew word,
long river.
New York was so called, 1644, in
reference to the Duke of York and
Albany to whom this territory was
granted by the King of England.
New Jersey was so called in 1864,
from the Island of Jersey, on the
coast of France, the residence of the
family Of Sir George Carteret, to
whom the territory was granted.
Delaware was so called in 1893,
from Delaware Bay, on which it lies,
and which received its name from
Lord De La War, who died in this
Bay.
Mississippi was so called in 1900,
fren-its= =westoTa- -hoi.alarY-Missis-
sippi is said to denote the whole riv-
er, i. e., the river formed by the union
of many.
Vermont was so called by the in,
habitants in their Declaration of In
January 16, 1777, from
the French words Uerd mont, green
New Hampshire was the name Civ
en- to the territory conveyed by the
Plymouth company to Captain John
Mason, by patent, November 7th,
1929, with reference tc the patentee,
who was then Governor of Ports
Hampshire, England.
Massachusetts was so called from
Massachusetts, Bay, and that from
the Massachusetts, tribe of Indians
in the neighborhood of Boston. The
tribe is thought to have derived its
name from the Blue Hills of Milton.
Il had learnt says Roger Williams,
'that Massachusetts was so called
from the Blue Hills"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-06-17
For the Gallipolis Journal
Locust Ridge Items.

Fry's saw-mill has commenced to
saw again; they are doing big things,
saving twelve thousand feet of lum-
ber day.
The colored people have a regular
two-weeks' prayer-meeting at the res
idence of George West, an old, very
old man. They have very good
congregation, with the whites and
colored both. Boys, watch out how
you conduct yourselves or you will
be churched. Hope you go for some
good purpose and not for fun or to
make fun.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-06-17
Correspondence.
For the Gallipolis Journal.
Sprinklipgs from SprinlxIe's
Mills.

Mills.
We have been blessed with some
rain but not yet enough.
| Farmers all very busy replanting
corn.
Water too low for wheat; still
grinding corn.
Chicken-pox among the children.
Our district school taught by Miss
Mary Keller closed on Friday, the Sd
INST. The children were regaled
with good dinner, and spent the af-
ternOon in spelling, dialogues, dc.
BY the way, parents do not take
enough interest in this direction.
Proof of which fact is, that there was
only one or two of the parents in
the district present on the last day.
DR.. Patterson's sister and children
are on visitto this section. Their
home is in Iowa.
Mr.. Jno. Glanville held musical
festival at White chapel, in Lawrence
county, June ist, composed of about
100 singers of his classes-a very en-
joyable affair, with large attend
ance, thus showing that the country
people are beginning to see and ap.
preciate the necessity of training the
rising generation in the study of mu-
sic.
Candidates for Office Especially for
Sheriff. are nearly rs thick rs pota-
to bugs. Time was that when we
saw stranger ride into our midst,
we were certain that it was 4 drum
mer or book agent; but the scene has
changed, and we are saluted daily by
friends who ''expect to 90 before the
Republican Convention" Poor fel-
lows, when they narrow the thing
down to 4 point and realize that of
the host, only one can receive the
nomination, how they must be beset
by fears and doabts. What sleep
less hours they must pass in trying
to solve the problem.
In closing, l exelaim in the Ian
guage of "Now and Then," Dunno"
where art thou! SPRY.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-06-17
From late Newfoundland Letter. |
A Gigantic Icicle.

There is no record of such ice
fields rs have been sliding past our
shores this season. The sealing
captains report the ice in many in
stances twenty feet in thickness, and
hard as floating masses of granite.
Had the season been 4 stormy one
this ice would have played sad havoc
among our fleet. From the 8th of
January, when the ice first appeared
here, till the 11th of May it was
never out of sight-a huge river of
ice slowly floating past. Ships that
came through it reported it to be two
hundred miles in breadth. It's length
is unknown, but in all probabilities
it extended from Baffin's Bay to the
Gulf Stream, a distance of l,500 or
1000 miles. The intense cold of
this winter seems to have converted
the whole surface of the sea along
Greenland into ice fields, and no
sooner was one borne away on the
bosom of the Arctic current than
another one was formed. One would
suppose that such an enormous ice
delivery would temporarily lower the
temperature of the Gulf Stream it.
self and give us a cold summer.
Even at this date vast quantities of
ice are passing south, though not in
sight. The first two outward bound
mail steamers from Liverpool were
unable to enter the port of st.
Louis owing to the ice, and had to
run on to Halifax; and the same is
true of the first homeward-b bound
steamers. The third outward bound
mail steamer, by which this letter
should be conveyed, is overdue, and
may also have passed us by. The
''oldest inhabitant'' remembers no
such season as this.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-06-17
Ulin'S Leap.

On the 25th of April, 1892, Benja-
min Ulin left the stockade, about the
mouth of the Great Kanawha river
(now Point Pleasant, w. Va, and
crossing the Kanawha, he followed a
path that led up point to the top of
a hill about q mile below the Kama
wha, in pursuit of a stray horse. As
he approached the hill, he was seen
by three Indians, then on the top, who
carefully concealed themselves and
lay in ambush till he reached the
top, when one of them, who had
arms, fired at him. One of their
balls passed through his clothes, and
touched, but did not bury itself, in
his right hip; the other missed him.
Finding their firing had been inef-
fectual, they separated, two of them
running and occupying trc only
pass by which he could descend the
hill. in the direction of the stockade
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-06-17
The Face Not the Measure of
the Man.

From the Worcester Press.
One, of the feminine newspaper
correspondents closes critical re-
view of Senator Booths physiogno-
my with the remark that, "lf there's
any destiny in a mans face, Senator
Booths will carry him to the White
House." But there isn't. The per-
son who of all others whom we have
met, has the most poetical cast of
features, and seemed destined to be-
come the Byron of the present age,
is now clerk in a New York coal
yard, and has no idea of going into
poetry. The most sensitive, refined
and spiritual countenance we ever
had the pleasure of gazing upon be-
longed to young man who was a
regular ''big bonanza" of awful bias
,phemy. We remember seeing a meek
looking little boy, with fiaXen hair,
clear blue eyes and delicate blush
on his smooth cheek, bashfully enter
a Sunday school and take 4 seat in
lItt COI OIC vi istttN
teachers approached him and tender
ly said: Little boy, won't you re-
cite your verses to mer' The little
hoy did not burst into tears, as the
teacher evidently expected he would,
but with marked emphasis, he plant
ed his heel on the desk in front of
him and delivered himself of q mega
tive remark OF such startling pro
family that it is not permitted us to
indicate, even by initials and dashes,
the substance of his speech. He is
now grown to be man. The same
clear blue eyes contrast with the deli
cate pink on his cheek; the same
fiaXen hair wreaths his forehead and
gives him a look of sensitive inno-
cence, and when last heard from he
was pursuing the avocation of a river
thief on the lower Hudson.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-06-17
The Ideal of Manhood.

The period of complete manhood
is fixed by law at 81; but physio-
logically this is certainly not univer-
sally correct, for although develop
ment may be regarded as accom-
| plishel in every respect at this age
in the healthy English female, and
vertical growth may have terminated
even in the male, mans vital pow
er cannot he regarded as having at
tanned its maximum development un-
til about the age of go For some
years after the youth has ceased to
grow, in the ordinary sense of the
word, the dimensions of his chest,
the great index of vital power, con-
tinue to expand, and numerous are
the instances derived from military
experience, showing that recruits at
the age of 90 are unable to undergo
the fatigue of active service that is
borne with impunity by men of
more mature age. They are literally
not as well knit together. Several
important bones are not perfectly
consolidated, and it may be specially
mentioned that the sternum, which
has to bear so great a strain in labor
ed respiration, and is specially taxed
by the weight of the soldiers KNAPP
sack, is not converted into a single
plate of bone until after the Both
year. 1t is not until the sixth gnia--
quennial period of life that our lead
ing anatomical authorities find that
the following events, connected with
the consolidation of the skeleton,
took place: 1. Completion of the
vertebral column; 3. Completion of
the sacrum; 3. Coalescence of the
third with the second piece of the
sternum; 4. Completion of the ribs;
and 5. Coalescence Of the haunch
bones with theft crests.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-06-17
A Card of Thanks.

GALLIPoLIs, Ono, June Z, 1875.
The bereaved family of WILLIAM J.
WRIGHrLEr, deceased, extend their
gratitude and heartfelt thanks to the
friends and neighbors and to the I'm
proved Order of Red Men for their
Kindness and attention to US, in this
our aiiiiction and bereavement.
j. WRIGHTLEY and family.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-06-17

"YEs, you may come again next
Sunday evening, Horace, dear, but"
and she hesitated. 'What is it,
darling? Have l given you painp
he asked, as she still remain d silent.
"You didn't mean to, I'm sure" she
responded, ,"but next time please don't
wear one of those collars with the
points turning outward, they scratch
so."-Uticd Herald.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-06-17
For the GallipOlis Journal.
To the Memory of William j.
Wrightley.

To know him was to love him. He
was lovely in disposition, engaging
in manners and possessed in an emf
nent degree all those qualities of
heart and mind which made every
one his friend. BY his death the
town has lost one of her most indus
trious citizens, whose life was with
out blame and whose integrity en-
deared him to all who knew him. 1t
seemed hard indeed to see him thus
snatelfed away SO suddenly from our
midst and in the prime of life, too;
just when the future was full of so
many bright hopes, just in the prime
of manhood when life's morn was
fairest, when so many noble plans
were but half matured. He had
scarcely begun life when DEATHS un-
relenting ''reaper" came and gath
cred the young life at a most untime-
ly season. His life was beautiful
dream, which was terminated all too
soon by deaths untimely Interrupt
tion. He was not tired of life. for to
him the future was full of sunshine
and gladness. And vet when di-
sease fed upOn his vitals until death
seemed near, his face wore the same
sweet patient look, and not Il murmur
was heard from him. He was not
afraid to die, and when the hour of
his departure drew near, he passed
away without a murmur, through the
dark shadow of death into the bright
world beyond. Oh how long and
hard did we struggle against the fell
destroyer, whose relentless hand held
our loved one for weeks and months
with such deadly grasp. Then af
ter the jewel had flown, we laid the
casket of clay away in its quiet rest
ing place.
Here at home we miss thee most
dearest brother-in the family circle
we wiss thee;. the family ranks are
broken now, thy place is vacant, new
er more to be filed by thee again.
We look about on every side and see
some work of thy ingenious fingers.
No more will the sound of thy loving
voice cheer our aching hearts. There
is an empty void that cannot be filed.
Yet in my lonely hours l shall hear
the light sound of his foOtstep, and
in nv dreams l shall sec his smiling
face, for we know that he is not dead
but sleeping. Sleep on, sweet angel
brother, no sound shall disturb thy
deep repose. And now farewell, dear
son and brother, until we meet thee in
thy bright home above. AS a shock
of corn cometh in his season so are
matured souls gathered to the garner
of God.
He is gone in his beauty,
In silence to rest,
Like snow-drops are folded,
His hands OH his breast.
He lies like a statue
OF some Grecian art,
With cheeks that are pallid,
And cold, hushed heart.
A smile is resting
Upon his sweet face
AS if angels had touched it,
With hOlier grace.
With me through life's mazes,
No longer to roam,
WILLIAM has left US,
But only gone home.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-06-17

An itch for office does not always
lead to niche in the temple of fame.
This is humorous remark.
The daily gazette., 1875-05-04
Fashionable Furniture.
r. 81 r. N. HARMAN-
No. 41O King Streer
WILMINGTON. DEL.

~sszssa We respectfully Inform the citi-
sss2W zens OF Wilmington and the sur
IL rounding country that We continue
ead to manufacture and keep on hand al
our large and long established warerooms,
Furniture of every variety and style. con-
sigting of Mahogany, Rosey God and WAlnu
aud chamber uses.
Our assortment Of Furniture is larseer ana
more varied than can be found In Delaware.
and all articles sold aiour establishment are
warranted as represented.
Vanitiar Blinds of the most fashion able
des;gns made to order and kept constantly
on hand. We also manufscture and constant
IL keep a largeasortment OF Sprtnf
II oss and Husk Mattresses. I l5sgy5 s',' =
aTs j. jim. HARMAN.
> -l - 410 King Street.
The daily gazette., 1875-05-04

There are thirty-two dividend pay
ing mincs in California, Nevada, and
Idaho, which are on the San Francisco
list. These minds paid dividends, up
to and including March, aggregating
$58, ,961, 200, Assessments levied by
them aggregated ST, 151 $3.50; net prof
its, Sal 1909, ,S07. The mines are thus
classified: In California, five-assess-
ments, $63, 900; dividends, $2,4l9, 900.
In Nevada, twenty-four-assessments
S15, ,7S8. OSO; dividends, $50, 967, 300. In
Idaho, three--assessments, 81 BOO, 600;
$575, 600 ~ q a. ~