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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-20


me you'd have seen me dig out mighty
lively. But these weapons. the name
I've got, and my anxious look for gore
frightened him half to death"
"Yes, everybody seems afraid Of you,
observed the man from Tray.
afraid? Iguess they are! When
walk into place everybody begins to
quake and shiver, though / have never
drawn blood in this town. Here comes
the chap who acts as City Marshal, Chief
of Police, or whatever you may call him
He's six feet high and weighs over two
hundred pounds, and yet see how I can
bluff him."
The official referred to was coming up
the street at leasurly gait, and when
he came along opposite the group the
Terror leaped out with wild yell and
shouted:
Looking for me, are you Want 10
see me bad, do you"
IOA OOA 64kC uOu ldlet IO IOW
with me-" whispered the Sheriff as he
looked around tor cover. Il don't want
you, you don't want mel"
@You see how it works, continued the
little man. That man could make my
heels break my neck, and yet he Is afraid
Of me. Here are some grizzly bear
claws which bought in Omaha for TWO
dollars Everybody around here thinks
/ pulled the beast out Of a hole in the
hill, held him by the ears with one hand,
and cut these claws off with the other.
There are twenty notches in the stock Of
this rifle. These folks around here have
got an idea that have killed twenty
men in rows or fair fights, but / never
even shot at one"
There was period ofsilence and tier
the Terror continued:
There's money 10 it, and its rather
pleasant to be top of the heap, but this
thing can't last long. Some day before
long l shall light down on the wrong
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12
"Tmw AGE or REANON.

The boy that went to the mill on horse.
back, carrying the grist in one end of the
bag and a stone in the other, when reproved
by the miller, and told to divide the grist,
replied that his father and grandfather had
carried IL that way, and he, being no better
than they, should continue to do as they did.
Similar, or equally as absurd, reasons are
accounted as sufficient by some to warrant
them in indiscriminately condemning DR..
Pierce's Family Medicines, even though
there is overwhelming proof that they pos.
sess the merit claimed for them. For many
years the Golden Medical Discovery has been
recognised an the leading liver and blood
medicine in the market. Each year has
brought an increase in ITS sale, and 1t il now
used throughout the civilized world. Thou.
sands Of unsolicited testimonials are on file
in the Doctors Office, attesting its efficacy in
overcoming aggravated coughs, colds, throat
and lung affections, also scrofula, tumors,
ulcers, and skin diseases. Are you suffering
with some chronic mslady? II so, and you
wish to employ medicines that are scienti6.
cally prepared; that are refined and purified
by the chemical process employed in their
manufacture; that are positive in their
action, and specific to the various forms Of
disease for the cure Of which they are rec.
commended, use DR.. Pierce's Family Medi.
cinss. Full particulars in Pierce's Memo.
randum Book, kept for free distribution by
al! druggists.
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12
CAN BIRDS COUNT?

Nature prints, under the heading
given above, the following letter, dated
Magdalen College, Oxford, which tends
to increase our estimate of the mental
capacity of the feathered tribes: 81
have often" says the writer, "noticed
that crows crowded on Sundays to Ger.
tain place, where, on the seventh day, a
friend Vi mine was in the habit of
amusing himself by placing a quantity
of broken biscuit on his window sill. lie
had time for this only on the Sunday
morning, and during the week no food
was so presented. We noticed that on
the Sundays a crowd of birds came about
the window, whereas on other days no
special sign of excitement was visible
among them"
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12
Port .s,. or c.-,e.,,,e. m..a.s..

There is probably no article Of manufacture
30 universally needed rs reliable low priced
roofing, which can be readily spplied without
the aid OF skilled labor, and in no other direc-
ton has 80 great Q went been so inefhciently
supplied. The results OF experiments with
felts, cenents and other compositions haveso
far been anything but satisfactory. Numerous
so called" cheap roofngs" have been pro-
dueed, advertised, used and found worthless.
In view Of these facts we are glad to be able to
speak favorably Of an article which, from our
own knowledge and the testimony Cf some
OF the most extensive and best known manu-
facturers and merchants In this country, has
proven u reliable and economical substitute
Tor the more expensive kinds of roofing. We
refer 10 II. ". Johns ps.cn. Asbestos Roof
ing, the the manufacturers Of which make no
extravagant representations, but claim 1t to
be the only reliable portable roofing in use,
and from careful inquiry we belive. their
claims are well founded. This roofing is pre-.
pared ready for use, can be easily applied by
unskilled workmen, is adapted for steep or
fat roofs In all climates. and when finished
with the rhite freproof coating forms the
lightest, handsomest and coolest roof In the
world, costing only about half as much as tin.
Samples, illustrated catalogues, price lists,
and any desired information can be obtained
from the ii. w. Johns Manufacturing Co.,
patentees and sole manufacturers, 81 Maiden
Lane, New York. This company have re-
Gently completed a new manufactory, the
most extensensive works Of the kind in the
world, and have reduced their prices to a
basis which place their goods within the reach
Of every one They also manufacture liquid
paints, all shades, which are guaranteed
equal to any for general purposes and the
most durable for outside work Of any paints
in use. In body and richness Of color the
Asbestos Paints surpass any We have ever
seen. Fire>proof paint, an economical sub
stiiuts for white lead, costing only 75 cents
per gallon, for the protection OF factories,
bridges and other wooden structures against
FIRE, is also valuable for the class Of outbuild
ings, fences. ETC., which are usually allowed
TO go unpainted. Roof paint, steam pipe and
boiler coverings, steam packing, shenthings
Innings, cements, ETC., all Of which can bt
relied upon as being in every respect as rep
resented, and we advise our readers befor'
purchasing paints or roofing, to send for sam
pies Of these articles and compare them will
| all Others,
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12
Cnllure.V

wonder IL il has ever occurred 10 you
how much nonsense there Is in some OF
the pretense of excessive culture in which
IL h ouite the fashion sf Boston to in
dulpe, and possibly il isn't confined to
our city of notions. i was 10 Loring ;
one day, three or four years age, Just
when the "Ouida" fever was AT Its
height, and knot Of bright people were
discussing the books and laughing at
their sentimental immoralty. A young
person, evidently from the remote
suburbs, entered upon the scene. One
of the young lady assistants approached
her with view in assisting her In her
selection of book.
Are you looking for any in particu-
lar p
"Pve not made up my mind. l want
something classical; ] never read any
thing modern. Standard classical au-
thors are all that enjoy. I'll look about
a little"
SO she was left TO herself; but pres.
emily the conversation OF the "Ouida F"
disputants commenced to interest her,
and she raised her eyes from the copy Of
I,ongfellow's translation of the "Divina
Comedis," which she held in her hand.
"Suppress Ouids, not for the world ;
she is too amusing" said one.
But think OF the harm her books
do"
"Idont believe they do harm they'ra
too overstrained; any one, even young
person, of sense, would be struck by their
exaggerated absurdity."
"Their tendency Is oil wrong; fdon't
believe in thouse emotions"
"She is delightfully."- wicked, but ]
didn't think she would have any in
huence; should be shocked at the evi
dent loosene@ Of her ideas il her man
ner of expressing them wasn't - ridic'
ulous.
Dante WAS incontinently dropped
Classics had no more charm for the in
tellectual young suburban. She beck
oned the young lady attendant mysteri
ously one side, and in confidential whisper
said "Please give me one of the book
they are talking about, the wickedest
one there is."
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12
COMETS.

All the planets move in what are called
ellipses or ovals, differing not greatly
from a circle. Comets OF short known
periods and those Of long conjectural
periods move in very elongated ovals,
whose longer diameter Is many times as
great a. their shorter. Those which
have been known not TO reappear move
either in parabola, which is ellipse or
oval infinitely elongated, or in an hyper
bola, curve something resembling in
form an area Of circle whose center is
infinitely distant. In the former case
they may really move in ellipses OF enor-
nous elongation, and may, therefore, de-
scribe regular orbit round the sun in
hundreds Of centuries.
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12
The Wise Csurse b. Rh- y masi.m,

Rheumatic patients who have been induced
TO submit to depletion by blood letting, or to
take colchicum and other drugs of an equally
pernicious character, will consult their well
being by abandoning such insane procedure,
and using as substitute Hostetters Stomach
Bitters, which will infallibly afford them the
much desired relief, and is absolutely safe.
This benign vegetable depurient cools the
blood by expelling from 1t the infiammatory
elements which give rise to maladies of a
rheumatic and gouty type, and rectifes dis.
ordered conditions OF the stomach, nervous
system and bowels which usually ccompauy y
them. As rheumatism has a tendency to
attack the heart, the desirablity of an early
resort to the Bitters is obvious, since the
danger is increased by every moment OF
delay,
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12

DIR. WrLHorT's ANTi.PERIoDiC or FE.
vERAND AGuE ToNIcl-Wilhoft's Tonic has
established itself as the real infallible Chill
cure. IL is universally admitted to be the
only reliable and harmless chill medicine
now in use. ls efficacy is confirmed by thou.
sands Of certificates Of the very best people
from all parts Of the country. II cures ma,
larious diseases OF every type, from the shak
ing aagues Of the lakes and valleys to the rag
ing fevers Of the torrid zone. Try i'll IL has
never been knoYn 10 fail. q. Il. FINLAY 4
Co.. Proprietors, New Orleans.
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12
AN INCH OF RAIN.

The following answers the question,
What is an inch of rain ? An English
acre consists Of 9, 6,272, $40 square inches /;
and an inch deep Of rain ON an acre
yields 6,272,640 cubic inches OF water,
which, at 277.274 cubic inches to the
gallon, makes 22,622.6 gallons aud as q
gallon of distilled water weighs ten
pounds, the rainfall on an acre Is 226 ,225
pounds avoirdupois; as 2,240 pounds are
ton, an inch deep Of rain weighs 100 99S
tons, or nearly l0l tons per acre. For
every Tooth Of an inch, a ton of water
falls per acre.
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12
RIrTTERINE.

The chemical properties Of butterine,
properly prepared from ox.suet, are
almost Identical with those of ordinary
butter, the only difference being few
per cent. of volatile iatty acids forming
butyrine In the true butter. Fully 30
per cont. of both butter and butterine
consists of the more liquid fats common
TO both. The butter, Ia fact, is prac-
tically the animal fat passed BY the COW
through the udder in the milk from
which it was manufactured; while but
terine is made from the finer part Of the
fat which the OK stored up in its suet.
Both iats are equally cleanly and whole
some.
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12
THE SPREAD OF EPlDEMIcs.

According to the most recent re,
searches, certain microscopic organized
or living bodies constitute in all proba-
bility the specific poison or ccntagien
which causes the spreading Of epidemics;
When ever there Is fresh outbreak Of
an epidemic in q locality, the first case is
sure to be In connection with like case
in some other locality. This fact, the
result Of extensive experience, goes Tar
to demonstrate that contagion can only
be produced by self-multiplication ana
not by any chance of coincidence.
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12
American Cotton Goods for Export.

There has been disposition to pooh
pooh the idea that our American manu-.
facturers can manufacture cotton fabrics
at cost which will enable them to com.
pete with English producers. The sta
tistics, however, tell very different
story. They show that the quantity ex-
ported is not only large, but that 1t is
increasing at very rapid rate. The
official statement of American exports
for the first seven months of the fiscal
year 1867 show that the number Of
yards OF colsred cotton goods exported
In that period was II, 225 ,502, and Of un.
colored cottons 1871 ,233 yards; total,
55, ,956, 1856 yards. For the corresponding
period of the fiscal year 1856 the num-
Der Of yards of colored cotton goods ex.
perted was 4,5l5, ,716, and Of uncolored,
81 ,652, ,606 yards; total, 81, 16S 1922, show
ing an increase of %, ,9SS, ,4l3 yards during
the last seven months, compared with
the corresponding period Of the year
before. This, says the Boston Journal,
shows that whether or not New England
manufactures are able TO compete with
the old England manufacturers, they are
doing 30, and moreover the increase in.
dicates that the Gotten fabrics Of America
are finding favor In the markets where
they 20. 1t may further be presumed
that the manufacturers Of New England
find this trade remunerative, else they
would not have increased it nearly
seventy.five per cent. In the period above
stated. The difference in wages between
this country aud England is not 20
greatly to our disadvantage as it was five
years ago; but our better machinery,
cheap power and greater varieties ol
colored cotton goods put American man
ufacturers on an equality with the En-
glish manufacturer.
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12
ORGANIC cINpIvIDUALITY.

DR.. j. G. Bucknill, an eminent Lon
don physician, who has made the study
OF the brain q speciality, remarks that
No one brain Is like any other brain.
Either through the force of inheritance
from tbs parent organism, or through
the influence Of education or other modi.
fying circumstances, every mind poses
yes such peculiarity Of the individuality
in the relative susceptibility and strength
of its organs that the same disturbing
influence never produces in two brains
exactly the same pathological effects"
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12

BURNErT's FLAvoRING ExTRACTs.r-
The superiority OF these extracts consists in
their perfect purity and great strength
They are warranted free from the poisonous
oils and acids which enter into the compo.
stion Of many Of the Fictitious fruit havcrs
now in the market
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12
POPULAR SCIENCE.
LIE WITH YOUR HEAD TO THE MOI

A German pbysiologipt states that the
heating of the earth by the sun causes
magnetic currents from the equator to
each pole. Such being the case, persons
who suffer from sleeplcssness should pay
attention to their positions at night, and
lie in the direction of these currents.
Restlessness and want Of sleep result
from lying across them. The head TO the
north is the best position-to the west
the worst. Physicians in charge OF hos
pitals attend TO the directions In which
the beds are placed and with the best TO
suits.
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12

AFTER an experience Of over twenty.
Eve years, many leading physicians acknowl.
edge that the Graetenberg MarshalVs Uterine
Cdthotcion is the only known certain remedy
for diseases TO which women are subject. The
Grdefenbery Vegetable Pills, the most popular
remedy OF the day for biliousness, headache,
liver complaint and diseases Of digestion. Sold
by all druggists. Send for almanacs. Graefen.
berg Co., New York.
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12

Cakes, and pastry digest easily and conduce
to geod health. Good health makes labor OF
oil kinds easie and prolongs fe. DooLEY's
YEAST POWDER will always make all these
productions light and wholesome. 1t is war.
rsnted to make better, lighter, sweeter, more
toothsome, and nutritious biscuits, cake,
bead, ETC., than any other baking powder.
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12

"A war between Russia and Turkey
Ia like the battle Of the kite and the
snake: whichever destroys the other,
leaves a destroyer less for the world
Thomas Jefferson.
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12

To deficient tecreticns of the aliment-
ary canal may be traced many an attack Of
dyspepsia: use Home Stomach Bitters, when
the former will be promoted, and the latter
pass away. Prepared by the Home Rittes
Co., 81. Louis, Mo.
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12
LADlEs Ann SeNrLEMEN.

Write to DR.. Miller, 4l6 Spruce street, Phila.
delphia, Pa, stating the nature of your dis.
ease, and receive a letter of counsel .snd
advice free OF charge. Fifteen years hos.
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12

HAVE you inaammatOry sore throat,
stiff joints, or lameness from anycause what.
ever? Have you rheumatic or other pains in
any part Of the body? II so, use yohnson's
Anodyne Linimsna, internally and externally.
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12

INFORMATION worth thousands to those
out Of health. Self.help for weak and nerv.
GUS sufferers. Facts for those who have been
dosed, drugged and quacked. The new
Health Journal teaches all. Copies free.
Address, Electric Quarterly, Cincinnati, o.
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12

Some one says old maids 60 by the
name Of "wilted lilies" now. Probably
because ysan agone, when certain young
men asked them, " Wilt tho IS tey
wilted not. lA,lN ~
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12

RHEUMATISM cured at once by Durang's g
Rheumatic Remedy. Send for circular TO
Helphenstine 4 Bently, Washington, d. c.
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12
GAS.LIGHT FOR EVERYBODY! |!
81 Per 1000 Feet

-, ~ F6T TOUV F06t
Cheaper than Coal Ga,-Safer than Kerosens-A
more ht illisnt light than either
lniofsed Ly Lending Insurance Compeuies-An
Automatic Mtchinc-Easily handled Adapted TO
'lngsfactorie', Churches, Stores, Il X Derots
and omces -fr.m single hirner upwards Nothing
Ike ~ the conptry Send for illustrated catalogue
TIE sHALEH MANuFACTuRtNG Co.
r. o. Box 3i9s No MURRAY ST New York.
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12
guaber of Eggs Per Annua fron shs
Principal Varieties 81 Poultry.

rrs.eipsl Varieties 81 PssItry.
After repeated experiments with the
diaerent varieties Of chickens, and COM
parison with others who have expert.
mentsd In the same direction, have
concluded that the laying capabilities OF
the principal varieties are absut as fol-
lows: - ~
Light Brahmas and Partridge Cochins
Egg, seven to the pound lay 1870 per
annum.
Dark Brahmas- Eggs, eight TO the
pound lay 120 per annum.
Black, White, and Buff Cochins-
Eggs, eight to the pound; lay ll6 pei
Annum.
Plymouth Rocks-Eggs, eight to the
pound lay $50 per annum.
Houdans-Eggs eight to the pound
L z IrIsche-Esgs seven to the pound
lay 100 per annum.
Crevs Ceun- Eggs, eight to the
pound lay 40 per annum.
Black epanish-Eggs, seven to the
pound lay i40 per annum.
Leehosns-EGp. eight TO the pound
Lay l60 per annum.
aanburgs-Eesu, nins to Ne pound
llay l6O per annum.
Rslsh-EeUs mine 70 the pound Ia,
~ annum.
hi,iooes-EeyA nina to the pa1sad
North ..Aslfs s.d5o"e S.iis
~ IN y Sestng MAGAZINES i'm y;
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12
VECETINE
puriaes the Blood, Reno
Yates and InvigoIates
the Whole System
ITS MEDICAL PROPERTIES ARE
Alternative. TONIC. SOLVENT
AND DIURETIC.
Reliable Evidence

Mr.. ii. II. srEyvss:
Dear sir-I will most oheerfnlly add
my testimony TO the great number you
nave already received IN favor ot your
great and good medicine, NraHrisn,
for do not think enough can br sa,h w
ia praise, for | was troubled over thir'
~ yc.rs with that dreadful disease.
tatsrrh, and had such bad coughing
SPELLS that IL would seems Nc though
never would breathe any more sh1
yyssIisp has cured me and ! do ferl
10 thanx God all the tine that there !,
80 COED q medicine as NpsE1lNr anu
IA l-Gi IN nk Il one Of the best medicines
f,r coughs and weak, sinking f"el ings
Al the stomach. and advise everyb body
to use The VreSriss, for ! Gan as.nr:
them il il one Of the best medicines thai
ensp @ WAS Mrs. l. GORE,
Cor, Magazine and Walnut sts
Cambridge, Mass.
The Osceola times., 1877-05-12
MANY pereons suffer with sick hea

MANY perrons suffer with sick bead.
| u EyT<ua1ly induced by costiveness, ndi-
isl i.c. Such persor~srill End reIef, Il
80 Iii !, i; IS, - 'Rsss,"''A s
.-s.sun.
lac. : per ans. 3ysN-
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Saturday Morning, June %, 1877.
The st. John Fire.

The details of the great fire at St. John
confirm the first reports of the destruction
caused by the confagration. Nearly the
entire business and central part OF the ci'y
has been laid in ashes. A large portion
of the wealth accumulated In the place
has been swept away and hall of the peo-
nile are without houses to shelter them.
The city was prominently one OF wooden
buildings, packed closely together even in
the busiest and most central part of the
town, thus presenting fair field for the
calamity which so suddenly came upon
the people with Irresistible power.
The condition of the sufferers appeals
10 every generous heart. Fifteen thous-
and people are stripped of homes and
means of subsistence and for time at
least must depend upon public charity for
support. Bangor and Portland have
promptly and generously responded to the
demand the occasion makes upon all com
munities, forwarding supplies to satisfy
the hungry and make some provisions for
temporary shelter. Other cities Will do
likewise according totheir ability. Mayor
Nash has issued a call for a public meet
ing tomorrow, al Granite Hall, to render
aid to the stricken city, which we trust
will be well attended and take prompt and
energetic measures to send liberal contri-
buttons to the sufferers.