The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-01-23
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The merchants of Canada had rough
time of it last year. Business prostra-
ton, was noticeable everywhere. One
man in every 80 doing business failed
In the United States the ratio was in
60
The mercury has been as low as de-
grees below zero in South Carolina. All
the oats put in the ground the past two
months are thought to be hopelessly fro.
zen, out, and the barley is badly dam
aged.
"a woman in Allegheny county, New
York, hasn't used soap in her kitchen.
for 6se years. She heats the water and
then lponrs in a little milk This soft
ems the water, gives the dishes a fine
glow, AMI doesn't spoil the hands.
Tae Oregon .silver mud which re
Gently attracted considerable attention
on the Pacific Coast proves to have been
an attempted imitation Of the Arizona
diamond scheme, the mud having been
"salted' with preparation Of silver.
DR.. Deems, of New York, is said to
be much surprised and grieved at the
smallness of the bequest to him in Com
modore Vanderbilt's will He had hoped
to receive more than $40 600, which was
small sum for the magnificent Com
modore. .q
The Kansas Pacific Railroad will be
pushed on from Denver to Salt Lake as
soon as the frost is out of the ground,
the bondholders hoping to realize their
Investments by securing portion of the
through carrying trade of the Pacific
Coast. .t-A -
English papers tell OF sea captain,
recently arrived from Bombay who saved
his vessel during hurricane of two
days duration by filling two canvas bags
with eiI5 puncturing each slightly, and
towing them astern. The oil spread
slowly. over the water; the huge weves
epent their for,e at some distance, and
around The ship was q large space of
calm water af a,r3 x sa
The Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia has decided, in a Building As
sociation case, that the Association can
not sell property for fines, but that the
complainant must pay back what be re-
ceived, with the compensation allowed
by law, before be can regain his proper
~ given in trust to secure the payment
OF the sum. borrowed
According 10 an English authority,
redness ofthe nose in both 81 xes is pro
tluced by ipattention to the common
rules for preserving health. With men,
the, bottle is the predisposing cause; :;
with women, and especially the young,
tight lacing. An unnatural pressure on
the. waist and chest obstructs the cirou-
lation, and, causes stagnation of the
blood in that prominent and important
feature, the nose.
When any one is run over in st. Pc
tersbnrg, The carriage causing the acci-
dent is confscGted, the horses are taken
TO the fire brigade for public use, and
the driver is imprisoned and fogged-
How different in this free country, where
the driver trots ahead whistling, AMI the
first policeman that arrives locks up the
victim for staggering @ s.
In Texas all doctors are required, nm.
der the new law governing the practice
of medicine, to appear before the Coun-
ty Board of Examiners appointed by
the District Court, and stand an exam
nation in chemistry, anatomy, physiolo.
gv and materia medica, before they can
collect their bills. Any one violating
this law is liable to be indicted, fined
and imprisoned.
At Clapham Junction, near London,
no less than 952 trains pass daily, their
rate of succession, during the busiest
part:of the day, being seventy five trains
per hour, or one every forty eight Sec
<onds. AT this point there are thirteen
lines of railway, and one alone has thir-
tyriye s'points' or switches, with thirty
interlocking signals, al controlled from
a.single "box."
The Virginia Chronicle indulses in
narratives of Nevada life. Oae of the
latest concerns dog who had a won
derful sceat. His master was proudly
boasting how far the animal could track
him, and concluded his yarn with the
giumphant query, "What dye think
about that 2" do you want to know
what i think about it? said one of the
bystanders. "Well, Ithink you'd bet
ter go and take a BATH aaa s5raa 5.ts
Stephen Hall, queer but weak ge-
MUS, had made frequent gracious prom
ises to his troubled friends that he would
put himself out Of their way. One
stinging cold night he vowed he would
20 out and fretze to death. About IL
o'clock he returned, shivering and slap
ping bis fingers 1Why don't you
freeze 2" asked loving relative. 'Golly,'
said the pseudo suicide, "when freeze
mean 10 take warmer night for it!",
Recently samples of mud containing
silver were sent to San Francisco AT
first there was pretenee of secrecy as
10 where the stuff come from; but later
acampany Of capitalists were told that
Mud Springs, Oregon, was the place
that yielded such richness. These men
were cautious and would not invest any
money before an investigation. They
sent some Of the mud to Prof. Silliman.
of Yale College, who informed them
that The silver had been added by hu-
man agency, and had evidently passed
through qaartz mil The authors of
the fraud are to be prosecuted.