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The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-10-28
THE BOOMERANG.
nV11nn4f1sd1rAcrs ABOUT :rH1R s1N,,.. 4.
-;GUIAR WEAPON USED BY THE MA.
TIvES OF AUsTRAJIA.

i "a traveller tells us something OF
lthe singular weapon used by the ma.
tives51 of Australia, the boomerang.
lie. saw them used by the natives.
They ranged from 2 feet to 3S inches
inslength, and were Of various shapes
all curved a little andlooking, as he
describes them, something like a
wooden new moon. They were made
ofa dark; heavy wood and weighed
from Ito 3pounds. In thickness they
vary from half an inch and taper to
: point at each end. .-5, = .e;.~<
One Of the natives picked up the
pieceiof wood, and, posing it an in
slant, threw it, giving it rotary
notion; For the first 100 feet or
more it went straight ahead. I Then
ittacked to the left and rose slightly,
/ @.al rotating rapidly. H> It kept this
lhtterscoufse for q hundred feet. or
more, perhaps, but soon veered to the
leftiagain, describing a broader curve
and = aomoment later fell to the earth
s or 8 feet IN front of the thrower,
8 having described nearly circle in
the air.. ~ 81. - 49, I -
Another native then took the same
boomerang and cast it, holding it with
t4es'same grip. 1t took the same
Ee4ursesbut made broader curves, and
|k@ itcame round the black caught it
handsomely' in his right hand. -
f. Anothertnative next threw it and
lodged ION the ground about 20 feet
'behndshin, after it had described "a
circle Of 200 yards or upwards. AZ
4ern ahim5s they all tried it and but
oAe)of them failed to. bring the weap-
On back to the spot where they stood.
>" IGarnboo, a native, then selected
from the heap of boomerangs another
bne,' and cast it with sort of jerk.
Ii flew very quickly for 40 or so
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29

How House AIR is SPOILED.-The fol-
lowing facts will show how the air in
houses becomes cOntaminated:
/. An adult person consumes thirty
four grammes Of oxygen per hour, a
gramme being equal to fifteen grains.
= y stearinc candle consumes about
one half as rAIch.
). An adult gives off forty grammes per
pounds weight gives off rs much as an
adult Of one hundred pounds weight.
J. A Schoolroom filled with children
will, if not well ventilated at the begin
nm, of the hour. contain twenty-five
parts in 1000 of carbonic acid, at the
end of the first hour forty-one, and at the
end of the second hour eighty-one.
3. The air is also spoiled by the per-
spiration of the body, and by the volatile
oils given out through the skin, An adult
gives off through the skin in twenty-four
hours from five hundred to eight hundred
grammes of water mixed with various
eXcremeDts, poisonous if breathed.
6. \ ste;,rine candle gives off per hour
0.4 cubic feet of carbonic acid, and O.03
pounds Of water.
:. Carbonic oxide is n much more dan
gcroas gas than carbOnic acid, and this
obtains entrance to our rooms in many
ways. through the cracks in stoves and
defective stovepipes, or when the carhonie
acid Of the air comes in contact with 4
very hot stove and is converted into car
bonic oxide. The dust of the air may, or
Il hot stove, be burnt to produce it; or il
may flow out from our gas pipes when the
gas is not perfectly consumed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29

An Arkansas man ate pint of sawdust
a few days ago on a bet An intelligent
physician, who was called in. told him
that he would have pain in his lumber
region if he stuck to such board as that
She was brushing his hair. and he en-
ioyed being fused over amazingly. Roll
ing up his eyes he said; " Ny dear. why
was Columbus. when he landed in Ameri-
ca. like me now?' She couldn't tell him,
and he explained Because he WIS
tickled ut being fust over
A lady in Connecticut not long since
visited a brother who lives in 4 distant
city, taking her little daughter with her
Fatigued with the long ride. the child WAS
impatient to retire in the early evening.
" You must wait till your uncle prays-"
l." | didn't know that uncle prayed, !
thought he was Democrat"
Bashful young men now use card in
stead of speaking to their fair ones WHO
rivet the attention of their hearts. The
one we saw passed at church last Sunday
evening read thusly:
ACQUAINTANCE CARD.
Fair lady; may have the pleasure Of
seeing YOU home this evening? If SO. kee,
this card; if not, please return it.
y If / cannot see you home, may sit
on the fence and see you go by?
YoUR ADoRER-"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29

9. Another form of air injury is the dust
OF i fungus growth which fills the air in
damp and warm places. We call it MAS
ma, from a want of a true knowledge of its
character.
9. Accidental vapors are the crowninc
source OF air poisoning, These are to,
b;rcco smoke. kitchen vapors. wash room
vapors, and the like.
10. When we heat our houses and close
them from outside air. the heat turns the
mixture into vile mess, unfit for breath
ing The only remedy is ventilation.
Now that it is cold weather and our room,
are closed from free currents of outside.
air, let us look after the matter thoroughly
and do our best to prevent injury to our
selves from polluted air.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29

the labor of horses seems to be much
dearer than that Of men and women. SO
that upon the latter are placed the heavy
burdens which we usually assign to the
former
These Alpine regions are rich'in unf.il-
ing sources of interest, and, although they
have been again and again described, yet
to every succeeding tourist they are invest
ed with rs new IN interest, rs if they had
been created but yesterday This must be
my apology for these long letters. which
have far exceeded, both in number and
length, my original intention.
G.. G. Bush.
HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, Oct Z, 1875.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29

A GENTLEMAN.-What is Il gentleman
I'll tell you. 1t is simply this-a man of
perfect and unsullied honor. No man.
however fine his clothes. or how elegant
his manners, can be gentleman unless
his instructive sense of honor is rs fine as
the ear of 4 musical composer, who listens
to musicians who play his own works. so
that he could not do u tricky" Il dishon-
est, 4 mean or Il cruel thing for the whole
world.
He will not be honorable only in those
palmer paths over which the law keeps a
strict watch. Of course he will paw his
debts and forbear to lie or steal, or to have
more wives than one and his word is as
good rs oath or bond could be. BEING
decently honorable he will keep his ~iven
promise to Il man and his trOth-pli"ht to
Il girl, and will refrain from circulating
scandal concerning Il woman, or showing
his lOve-letters: but there are also a thou
sand delicate points on which he has no
doubt whatever. He knows when he NAV
give and when he may take; when he may
kiss. and when kiss is IN offence; when
II thing may be forgiven. and when to for
give, or rather to forget, would he an eter-
nal stain upon his honor For in this
world to blot out some memories is to
blot out ones own life No; that a man
nee'l seek revenge, bat he must remem-
Der that he mustn't give an honorable hand
to be clasped by one Which is stained with
dishonOr.
He takes no favor that it is not right to
take. and so he ever takes one generously
ard returns it when he may. Those who
trust in him trust well; they are never be-
trayed.
! The man of honor is the man with .
heart, therefore he is never Il flirt. He
leaves no woman in doubt rs to whethc,
he is her friend or lover-no. not the vain
est or silliest of her Sex; and when he
marries he has no secrets from his wife
nor does she have any from him
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29

PRINCE JoIIN-Many are the anecdotes
that have been published of the late John
Van Buren,, but the following will he new
to the readers of the Drawer: During his
fathers Presidential term. Prince John p"
then a very young man. indulged in many
playful performances that We're not alto
9, thcr delight 10 the paternal. On one
of his visits To Washington the Prince
stopped at Wizards. where his father
came. and after Il kindly greeting, said:
= John. had hoped You would sometime
prove to he Il worthy representative of our
f,milv, but fear you never will; in fact,
am convinced that You will bring dis
grace rather than reflect credit upon IL
"Fathcr.' said John, YOU may think
because You are President of the United
States that YOU are something more than
an ordinary man, but permit me to say,
that YOU will never be known in history
except as the father of John Van Buren,. =
-Hdrpers Magazine.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29

OUR COLONIAL AND KEvoLUTIoNARY
FLAGS-In the brGinning of the Revolu-
ton Il variety of flags were displayed in
mentioned SO frequently in the new papers
signs. hearing the Union Jack, These gen
crally bore some patriotic motto. as Lib
ertv, " Liberty and Property" Liberty
FLAG, If any. was used by the Americans
at Bunker Hill. That displayed by Put
nam on Prospect Hill on July 18th, follow
inc, was red, with Qui tranStulH s1stinet
on one side, and on the other An Appeal
to Hcaven.' The first armed vessels COM
missioncd by Washington sailed under the
pinc-tree flag. white flag bearing green
pine tree The first Republican flag un
flrled in the Southern States, blue with a
white crescent in the upper corner next to
the staff. was designed bv Col. William
Moultrie. of Charleston, at the request of
the Council of Safety. and was hoisted on
the Notifications Of that city in September,
1775. The flag displayed on the east bas-
ton of Fort Sullivan, afterward called
Moultrc, on June %, 1776, was the same,
with the word Liberty" on it. On the
west bastion waved the flag called the
great union" first raised by Washington
mt Cambridge, January >, 1776. This
consisted of the thirteen alternate red and
white stripes of the present flag of the
United States, with the crosses of st. George
and ST. Andrew emblazoned on the blue
canton in place of the stars. This flag
wa, carried also by the fleet under COM
mand of Commodore Esek Hopkins, when
it sailed from the Delaware capes. Febru
ary Il, 1875. Hopkins had displayed
previously Il yellow ensign, bearing the
device of rattlesnake in the attitude of
striking. with the motto " Don't Tread on
Me" The official origin Of the grand
union - flag is involved in obscurty. At
the time of its adoption at Cambridge. the
colonies still acknowledged the legal
rights Of the mother-country. and there
fore retained the blended crosses of ST.
George and St. Andrew, changing only the
field of the old ensign for the thirteen
stripes, embematic OF their union. After
the Declaration of 1ndel endence, the en-
blems Of British union became inappro-
pirate, but they were retained in the flag
until the following year. Congress re-
solved, on June II, 1777, "that the flag Of
the thirteen United States be thirteen
stripes, alternate red and white; that the
union be thirteen stars, white in a blue
field, representing a new constellation. y
-ApDletons' Anerican Cyclop~dfa.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29

Short screws, or screws of small diane
ter such us are usually cut bv screw plates.
a. much too Ion. rs the thickness of the
screw plate: then for Il distance from the
end equal to the thickness of the screw
plate. turn down the end of he screw so
that it will nearly enter the screw plate
without having ANY thread cut on it; and
when tn" screw plate is applied to cut the
thread. the reduced piece on the end will
serve a> Il guide. keeping the screw plate
true The screw will lit down evenly all
round the underneath face of the head
This method is much more rapid and as
true rs that of finishing the threads in the
lath
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29

lie would lift a letter from the ground
with the seal uppermo>t. rs certainly if
you were not present us if you were. for
he does none Of these things because he
desires You TO think him what he is. but
because he is what he is by nature. And
1 suppose, after all. it is just that: he was
born a gentleman. God gave him all
these finer feelings, and he only acts up
to them; but still it is all the same. and
the broad dividing line that separates the
snob and the gentleman is, that this lat
ter Is :; man of honor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29

A GYPsY's HEIRLooMS.-NelsOn Cooper
is the name of Il gypsy chief at Jefferson
vile, Indiana. who has heirlooms. One of
them is IA huge silver watch and as large
a silver chain. weighing two pounds.
The watch case contains over fifty dollars
worth of silver. and measures twelve
inches in circumference. Mr.. Cooper is
also the possessor of Il dozen silver but
tons made of English crowns one hundred
and seventy-two years old, each bearing
the head of Queen Anne. The property
is deposited in the First National Bank for
safe keeping
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29

Rusty black goods, of any material
except sil,. can be restored With slight
cost and little trouble Collect All the old
black wors:ed material y"u lEtve,on wash
inc day. After your clothes are boiled
and vour goods are thoroughly cleanSed.
put into the kettle of boilin. suls (let
there he two pail>ful of the >ul>,) two
spoonSful of the extract Of logwood. same
of coppera>: boil until all * dissolved;
add the goods and boil five minutes. stir
ring all the time; drain. and rinse ont all
the dye, then dip in a pail of wafer in
which an ounce of gum Arabic has been
dissolved. Iron when half dry. on the
wrong side. The alpaca can be then made
into suits. and the all woods used for trim
ming with good effect.
Faded drab or Slate colors can be re-
stored by saving the grounds and slop' of
the teapot until vou have pailful; boil in
clear water. and finish same as the black.
The blrk of the beech tree and the red
buds of the sumIach each color a fine drab;
act with copperas. and neither will fade
4 They color cotton as we'll a> woolcn. But
ternut shells or bark restore browns with
out any setting The bark gives the
darkest color. Children> garments can
sometimes bc restored bv tie above meth
cd. without ripping, and mal- tidy. when
otherwise worthless from stains and spots.
-Cor. ". T.. Fdrnl1r.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29

Evil or injurious reports concerning rs
may sometimes deserve considering. wl en-
they are not worth cuntra!iciinr- They
may point ont some spot i'll orr clara ter
where the enemy thinks We are most
weak. and his thinking may possibly have
charges Us with has mt in fact been
wrought. Or. in any case. the false re-
port may show ut least what mischief he
would be glad to have us fall into: anI il
will be well TO take good care 10 have
him thoroughly disappointed therein.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29
WILSON.


! The ing chant being an adaptation of
soem by William Cullen Bryant to the occasion
Sas sang at the burial of the Vice President: 4
1 he earth may ring from shore TO shore,
With echoes of glorious name,
But he whose loss our tears deplore,
Has left behind him more than fame.
For when the death frost came to lie
On Wilson's warm and mighty heart,
And quenched his bold and friendly eye,
Ills spirit did not all depart.
Ills words of fire from voice and pen.
And flung upon the fervent page,
Still move, still shake the hearts of men,
And hasten on the perfect age.
His love OF TRUTH too warm, too strong,
For Hope Fear to chain or chill.
His hate for tyranny and wrong,
Burn in the breasts he kindled, sill.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29

FORWARD CuILDREN-No physician
doubts that precocious children. fifty cases
for one, are much the worse for the disci-
pline they have undergone. The mind
seems to have been strained. and the
foundation for insanity is laid. When the
studies of mature years are stuffed into
the head of = child. people do not reflect
on the anatomical fact that the brain of an
infant is not the brain of a man; that the
one is confirmed, and can bear exertions,
and the other is growing, and requires re-
pose: that to force the attention TO abstract
facts, to load the memory with chronology
ical OF scientific detail; in short, to expect
a child's brain to bear with impunity the
cxertions of a mans is as irrational as
it would be to hazard the same sort of
experiments on its muscles Quarterly
Rcrie1C.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29

DETERIORATION OF FLorE-An "Oll
Miller, in Il recent number of the Lurai
Home. gives h's opinion about the cause of
Gene>cc flour detcrioratinT in quality He
says: Thirty years AGO no wheat WAS har-
vested Till fully ripe; consequently the
starch and gluten in all wheat ~pwn. being
perfectly granula,ed, was taken mp or alb
sorbed by the growing plant. giving it viz
or and vitality. leaving the bran outside.
clean and clear Wccvil. chincl hu~ and
winter killed whclt were Vet unknown.
and Genr-ce wheat or flolr stood a the.
head IF the class. Grne>ct wheat or flour
MAS first complained Of in l>i,. ana the
same and only compllint. viz. Your
wheat and flour works >nil and sticky"
stands against il I" thi, dtv. Farmers
have continued /" SOW this unripe wheat
year after wear. the growing plant taking
up what starch and clI,,n granula,ed,
leaving the rest t" rot. and the plant,
robbed Of lis natural source If vitality. is
left too weak To winter, or 10 fall a prev to
insects and this de-rneraird product is
again >own, TO 20 is annual roumd of de-
terioratiOn.
Ripe wheat has a thin. tough bran. and
when being ground pulveriz'S freely. has
Il soft. silky. elastic feel, giving of Il sweet.
pleasant. fragrance. Unripe wheat.
when dry, has :, brittle bran. the meal feels
dry and sandy, gives off 4 smell not unlike
green dried corn. and when being used.
tb~orb~ but littl" water; the pebbles of
flour being hard ,h, victim. llcS on the
outside. causing thu dough 10 lip ana slide
around. and whrn baked. leaves a dry.
hard loaf The ripe ii"Ur. being elastic
and puffy. ah>orl> ana continues Ia absorb
while kneading. a lar-- amount of water.
and when baked leaves = light and soft
loaf.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29

The BANKER WHO SUCCEEDs-THE
ONE WHO FAII.s.-Rapid changes. small
percentages, and marketable-convert
ble-collaterals, in contradistinction to
speculative investments, mark the differ
ence between the banker who succeeds
and the one whe fails
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29
obate and Commissioner, Notices !. oceach

The Independence Be'ge tells story of
a priest who during the Jubilee missing
WAS excessively disappointed at finding
none but female listeners 10 his sermon.
On the day before his final mini>tration he
thus addressed his congregation: 1t is
I great comfort to IL that Won have dulv
confessed your sins every rav to uS. but
that is not enough; we wish TO see your
husbands, fathers. brothers. present also.
Fell them. therefore. that if they will
assemble here Tomorrow | will teach
them how 10 make an excellent pair of
shoes in five minutes" As might be ex-
pected, the church on the ensuing dav was
crowded to Overlooking. and when the prie.t
had given his hearers a lesson on their lu-
ties told them that. as no doubt curiosity
had brought then there he would now
CRAFTY it, and STOPPING down he took a
pair of boots from the floor. and in five
minutes shaped them with shears into a
serviceable pair of shoes
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29
TIE OLDEST PRI>oNFH.--Dicken in

TIE OLDEST in
his American Notes. published thirty
years ago. described 4 prisoner in the
Eastern Penitentiarv at Philadelphia.
whose solitary confinement the great nov
elist lamented This person. Charles
Landheimer, still lives. al the age of seven
ty-fivc. He has just been sent back 10 his
old quarters for the sixth time for the
offence of stealing-a passion which has
kept him in Jail for more than half of his
life.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29

BURNS Charcoal has been discovered
to he a cure for burns by having piece
of cold charcoal upon the burn the pam
subsidies Immediately, BY leaving the
charcoal o:l one honr the wound is headed.
as has been demonstrated on several occa-
siouS
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29

At the : I,aritime Exhibition now open
in Paris, an imitation leather Is shown
which seems 10 be vastly superior 10 any
article of the kind before known. II is
called c'tirliHgc, and is :; preparation OF
cork. cut in fine sheets or In strips. ani
covered on either side with a skin of india
rubber. 1t wholly loses its friabili;v while
keeping every advantage. Cork thus
treated may be wrung out like Il di>hclo;h.
doubled into any shape. and beaten with :,
mallet. bat suffers actually no damage
1t is. of course. perfectly water tight. AMI
the inventor shows buckets OF every size
which folds like 4 handkerchief To put AWAY
Some on view have been full of water ever
since the opening of the exhibition. But
cuirliug' claims to be also heat-proof. Il
quality that should make it invaluable for
ambulance tents. for awnings. and for
tropical use. II may in short be said that
every purpose served by leather processes
to be fulfilled in this new substance. with
the further Recommendation of great
lightness and ilnpermeability. Its strength
is such that a piece IN inch and 4 half
wide has been holding a one thousand
pound weight for more than six weeks
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29

The Methodist Episcopal Church re-
ports a> in lis connection l9.2S1 Sunday
School,. 3O1. - officers and teachers. t.
iUG, It's >rhui;tr~-n total Sunday School
army amounting 10 l.Glj,:;jO souls.
These figures show >plrn.iidly for the
youth Of lh!, Church.
Notwithstanding the fact that missiona-
~ work at Acapulco, Mexico, was broken
up bv the murder of Mr.. Stephenson. and
has not yet been resumed. Jealous work
has been carried on in neighboring towns,
and several churches have been organized
by Mr.. Diaz, who ut the time of the muir
der of Mr.. Stephenson was wounded.
Mr. DiaZ hopes soon to return to Aca-
pulco.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-29
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