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Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1877-10-19
Quiet Folks.

Ouietness is sometimes sign of bodily
heslt n. The nervous man, who Is
always stirring, is seldom strong. But
-, hen a man is thoroughly wrapped up
w HIN. If and his own importance, per-
footIv ss,;sn. Il with his position and pros
I noct: tbs cut q, his clothes, the length
Of his whiskers, the attenuation OF M! MS
umbrella. and Che luster of his hat, the
chances are that he Is very qs''ev' Iuo ~
men are habitually well dressed, ou', n
they yet on in life, they cling u o'U :
fashions. They are not considerable 10
others, yet they give very little trouble.
They exact the utmost service, but make
no fuss about it. They are painfully
regular and punctual, but never seem
put out by other peoples want Of order.
They are bores at dinner party, wet
blankets at picnic, mere sticks at ball;
but excellent as officers, admirable par
sons, much sought after by matchmaking
mothers. 1t is they who carry off the
heiresses; who always save money !
who are never in debt or difficulty, as
other men are who are regular in their
devotions, and invaluable on commit
tees, where they always get their own
way, without trouble or fuss. They
habitually wait till every one else has
spoken. and then make the single re-
mark which concludes the matter, and
which seems as if it had risen to the sur
face, like cream, of itself Strict order
is kept in their houses but they do not,
as a rule, make good fathers. Their
children are too much afraid of them
aud too glad to get away from home,
Strange TO say, though they seldom
speak, they are excellent correspond
ents, write well, clearly, and at great
/ length and often turn into authors
especially nevelists. They have observed
while Others talked; and have passed
mental judgments which their secTe-
tiveness enables them to store for use
They are seldom deficient in humOr tell
q story in the fewest words, well and
quietly; and have generally some friend
in whOse society they seem to take silent
and subdued pleasure, and with whom
/ they can sit for hours without speaking
They live respected by all who know
them, are trustees and guardians to in
Vulnerable wards, and are often more
missed when they die than better men
! If the world fails to love them, it makes
up by trusting them and every few
years one of them turns out to have elab
GRATED some fraud, and goes away into
exile withOuta word. Saturday RerielC
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1877-10-19

not be found innufoisni numbers to Tor.
ward Il 10 Montreal. and permission has been
asked from the government to allow Ameri-
can craft 70 get forwariers out Of their EN-
barraasment Of riches.
A stove-dealer In Hartford, Conn., has
died Of a slight cut made in one Of his fingers
BY piece Of ordinary oxydiEed sheet Hine.
The zinc inflicted poisonous wound that IN
A few hours Affected the whole circulation,
and bsfIled the efforts Of physicians who
were then summoned. Oxydized zinc, which
"A found n nnmberless houses, should be
handled - carefully Is WoOrara arrows or
poisoned Chinese daggers.
There was an exhibition in a store in
Dupont street. san Francisco, last week OF
a mammoth bunch Of grapes from the great
grape vine Of Sauto Barbara IA cutting from
the monster sent 10 the centenniall This
cluster weighs one hundred and twenty-five
poufids. Is 81 feet N circumference and three
fest long me vine from which this is cut Is
sixteen wears old, and produces annuallt
1000 10 1900 pounds Of grapes. This is
probably the largest bunch OF grapes ever
grown.
The following despatch from General
Miles, dated Oct, I'd, has been received by
General Terry: . Genefd This command
meved rapidly to Snake creek, striking the
fresh trail of the hostile Nee Perces coming
ont al thu hear Paw thauhtains at Z o'clock.
September so met and surprised thb eaftp,
and at o'clock captured the larger part OF
their herd. about 600 horses, mules and
ponies. the engagement was quite severe,
and the enclosed IS list of our killed and
wounded TIE Indians lost " killed, in.
clWding bo0h Glass and Joseph's brother,
anS three. ether chiels, and ~ wounded.
Joseph gave me bis solemn pledge yesterday
that he Would surrender, bat did not, and
they are evidently waiting for aid from other
Indians. They say that the Sioux are coming
to their aid. ffey are closely invested IN
some deep ravines and kept under hre. To
take them by assault would cost many lives,
may wear them out and compel. them to
rive up. They fight with more desperation
than anv Indians have eeer met, believe
there are many escaped villains in the I'll
lage who expect to be hung when caught.
believe there is a combination between this
camp and Sitting Bull and have used ever
effort to prevent junction. / am expecting
the companies with Sturgis and will then en-
deavor to send the Second cavalry companies
to Benton, lpresuihe you do not wish then
Withdrawn when surrounding the Nez Perce'
camp. | intend 10 send my wounded to thS
Missouri and captured stock to the Yellow
stone. I would respectfully suggest tina
information be sent to the British author
ties TO prevent any portion Of the Ne
Perces tribe crossing the line, or to disarn
them should they take refuge on Englisl
soil. Can supplies be sent up the Mill
river road for the Second cavalry Pleas
send me any information or orders tina
should govern my movements. Very respect
fully, your obedient servant,
NELSON A. MILES.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1877-10-19
TIE wAR THY EAST.

There is already two feet of snow in
Shipka Pass Troops are obliged to sit on
the frozen trenches ankle deep in mud.
The Pesther Lloyd states under reserve
that the prince of Reuss German ambassa.
dor to the porte, has been instructed to de.
clare the Turkish blockade OF the Black sea
ports insufficient, and therefore void.
Correspondents hereafter will only be
admitted to the lines of active operations on
the days of engagements. At other times
they must remain at corps headquarters, in.
formation sent out by them having thwarted
the Russian plans
A dispatch says Achmet Eyoub Reiat
Pasha late chief of staff, two brigadiers and
several superior officers, are to be tried
EyOub Refat is charged with disObedienee in
having refused 10 obey Mehemet Ais orders
10 advance. The porte has seized Greek YES
sci entering the gulf of Aria with ammuni-
ton. Greece has demanded her restoration,
A Vienna special says Constantinople
authorities intend that Raouf Pasha shall re-
tain enough troops at Shipka to maintain
the defensive. All reserves collected in Rou.
melia have been sent across the Balkans to q
new position which the Turks seem to be pre-
pairing at Orchrane for Osman Pasha TO fall
back on should he be obliged to leave Plevna
The only question is, whether he will be able
TO do 50. The massing of Russian guards in
the rear of the line, at Plevna looks very
much as il the MuscOvites were preparing "a
efieotually close the communication OF
Plevna by sending large force across the
Vid to the rear Of the Turkish position.
Muhktar Pasha telegraphs the porte
under date Of the 18th as follows: 10
day the bulk Of the Russian forces fell back
to the loot of KaratOOl, having only six bat
taliOns entfeHched at Kalak. They have
thus abandoned their positions parallel with
our lines. There is no trace Of the enemy al
Baldioran, Kisilran or Oghuzlu, they having
struck their camps The enemy's losses dur
ing the three days battle at Yanilar, Gul
veran and Aladisrdagh are estimated al
10000 killed and wounded our losses are
about 200t. Grand duke Michael com
handed the Russians in person. Providence
has happily frustrated the formidable plani
OF our enemies.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1877-10-19
A Mysterious New Star.

The new star in Cygnus has gone
through a performance that is sore
puzzle to the men of science. As its
gradually waning light comes to be
examined by the spectroscope, it is
found now to have the features of a
planetary nebula. For few years past
the spectroscopists have been pluming
themselves upon the important accession
to the proof of the nebular hypothesis
that was furnished by the appearance Of
the nebula when their light was
analysed. The assertion was freely made
that the irresOlvable nebul@ consisted
largely of the simple gases, principally
hydrogen they were supposed to be in
the process of condensation, ultimately
to form suns But here is a star which
starts of as a sun with varied assOrt-
ment of streaks in its spectrum, and
winds up in few weeks with simplicity
of light and every evidence of being
nebula. Evidently the previous notions
about Debula need revision. Prof Lock
yer suggests as a way out Of the difficulty,
that the new star may not be 80 many
million Of miles away as the fixed stars
certainly are. If it had been at that
great distance and had burst suddenly
into fierce incandescence at the time il
was first observed, it would have taken II
few million years for 30 long a mass to
cOOl.--.M Y Tribune.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1877-10-19
What the SIM ls Made of.

A discovery of Importance to science
is announced by DIR Henry Draper, of
Hastings on the Hudson. II is well
known to students of the spectroscope
that while the black lines that indicate
the presence of metallic vapOrs are 50
abundant in the solar spectrum as to
leave no room for doubling that most, it
not all, the metals are igLited in the
sun. there is yet an absence of the lines
that characterize nearly all the nom
metallic substances. Hydrogen is ex-
cepted from this sweeping rule, but
there are many reasons for chasing that
gas with the metals Various theories
have been put forward to explain the
absence of nOn-metallic lines from the
solar spectrum, and the fact has even
been used to throw doubt over the
nebular hypothesis, which necessarily
assumes that the constituents OF the sun
can not greatly differ from those of our
earth. DR.. Diapers discovery, if it be
confirmed, shows that at least one-and
probably several-non-metalic substances
are present in the sun. In paper read
before the American Philosophical
society last month, he gave the details
of experiments which appear to prove
that oxygen forms one of the suns con.
stituents. Its presence is indicated in
the spectrum, not by black but by bright
lines. To make this more apparent, Dr.
Draper has photographed with the spec.
trum of the sun comparison spec
trum," of common air, the air being
jar. The comparison spectrum" gives
the bright lines of oxygen and nitrogen
and also from the terminals of the bat
terry used) those OF aluminium and iron
The lines OF the metal serves to check
the accuracy with which the two spectra
of the sun and of air--are matched.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1877-10-19
Good.Nntnred Edltinr.

Good natured editing" saws s0me
wise man, spoils half the papers in the
United States" Yes, verify "Will
you please publish the poetry | send, 4"
says one, ''it is my first effort :" and
some crude lines 60 in to encourage bud
ding genius. "Our church is in great
perilY" and a long dOlOrous plea is in
serted. My father took your paper for
twenty years." writes another, think
you ought to publish the resolutions
passed by the Big Brake church when
he died" and in go resolutions of no in
terest to a majority of the readers. |
am particular anxious that the views
present 90 before the church this week, +"
aud out 20 a covey Of small, pithy con-
tributions, t. make room for three col
umns from ponderous d. ID. " There
is immediate necessity for the exposure
Of one who is bitter enemy TO the truth, "
writes another, as he sends an attack
upon an antagonist which will fill an
entire page. 81 am about to publish a
book, iDdeutifying the Great Image OF
brass, iron and clay, aud ! would be
obliged 10 you to publish the advance
sheets Of chapter V. which ] inclOse to
you" "Why don't you publish in full
RS great speech in the general assembly p!
1t would increase your circulation
largely" q" If you will publish the ser
mon I transmit TO you, I will take eight
extra copies!" "The church must be
aroused on the subject Of foreign mis-
siOns," says a pastor, as he forwards the
halt of his last Sabbath's sermon. And
the ladies-bless their SWEET smiles and
their sweet voices - the gOOd-natured
editor surrenders to them al once, aud
they 90 away happy, utterly unconscious
that they have helped to spoil the paper.
PHILADELPHIA Presbyteridn.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1877-10-19
PERSONALIrIEs.

Herschel V. johnson, whom Alexander
II. Stephens recommends for a supreme
court Judge, is sixty-hve.
Holman Hunt hasn't made much
headway with his great picture of Jeru-
salem
A lodge has been built near Brigham
Noung's grave and guard kept there night
and day.
Alexander H. Stephens favors the
Texas Pacific railroad, regarding it as the
route TO the Pacific ocean, which would
benefit not only the south, but the whole
county.
The Boston Golden Rule states that
Moody and Sankey are paid Fixed salary,
made up by several wealthy gentlemen IN
different parts of the country.
The crown princess Of Germany and
her imperial husband will send their eldest
son Prince William, 10 England for a long
residence, that being the only country"
Says the princess, "where he can learn how
to become a gentleman"
Miller & Lux. California firm, own
100000 acres in allan area nearly equal to
that Of Rhode Island. They own about 80.
600 cattle. and last year their newborn
calves numbered 5000. They have a vast
number Of sheep, as well as Of hogs, and
they furnish the largest share of fresh meat
Tor the San Francisco market
General Grants charge, that Mr.. Sum-
ner was untruihful in the matter Of the
annexation Of San Domingo evidently had
its rise in n misunderstanding Col F0rney
who was present when the interview IN
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1877-10-19
Artificial Climate.

The growth of potatoes, recent expert
ment shows, is considerably effected by
the color OF the soil in which they are
planted. The Galaxy relates that in
studying the puzzling question why some
potato fields escape blight while sur
rounded by others suffering severely from
it. it was noticed that these fortunate
plots were darker than the infected areas.
Thinking that the greater absorption Of
heat bv the darker ground and the con-
sequent higher temperature might ex-
plain the difference, Mr.. J. p. Hannay
selected piece Of ground poorly adapted
for growing potatoes, as it was a blue
clay. II was planted in The ordinary
way, using stable manure. One-half
was left as planted, but the other was
covered with SCOT which had been care
fully washed until the soluble matter
had been entirely removed, 50 that it
could no longer afford any nOurishment
TO the plants Yet the tubers in this
part of the ground sprOuted first, and
were always healthier than these in the
undressed part Of the field. Tempera
lures were taken by a thermometer in.
serted in the soil, which showed that at
a depth of two inches the sOot-covered
earth was, on the average, LII degrees
hotter than the natural ground and at
the depth of eight inches the difference
was 90 degrees. Thus the dark earth
afforded its tubers a warmer climate than
light eolored soil. The most remarkable
difference was found in the composition
of the resulting crops. The soot-cov-
cred potatoes contained 22.5 per cent. of
starch, and those in plain ground only
IT'S per cent, and the granules were
smaller in size.-Rural Mesg Yorker.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1877-10-19

some dsy. some day Of dsys. threading the street
With idle, needless Iatti
Unlocking for such grace
shall behold your lace
some day, some day Of days, thus may ~ meet
porohanoe the sid mar shine from skies Of Nay,
o. winters ity thill
Teach Whitley vale ara bills
What matierf I shall thrill
Through every vein With summer on that day.
Once more LIES perfect youth win al come back,
Aud Tor m0ment thera
shall stand fresh and fair
And drot the garment card
Once more my perfect youth VIII nothing lack.
7 shut my eyes now thinking twill BEL
Low lace TO face each soul
I'll slip It's long control
Forget the dismal dole
OF dreary iste's dark SEPARATING separating sea
And glance to glance, and hand 10 hand in greeting
The past with all its iears
lie gileuee and is tears,
tts lonely yearning years,
All vanish In TIE moment Of that meeting.
-Elirtlefh s. Phelps.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1877-10-19

The ST. Louis artesian we'll has reached
depth Of $500 feet.
There are nine men accused of murder
in the jail at Galveston, Texas.
Boston's income from liquor licenses
this year will amount to S25O,000.
They succeeded in excluding liquor
from the Lexington, Kentucky, fair.
1t will cost S6l7 1893 to improve the
Mississippi river from the Des'Aoines Rapids
10 st. Paul.
The receipts of wheat at Milwaukee
October I'd were the largest ever reported
in one day-45S, $50 bushels
One of the most interesting obiecus
destroyed in the patent Office fire was Whit
hey's cotton gin, the invention Of which
built up the cotton trade Of the south.
Florence, the comedian, made $50, 600
by his last engagement at San Francisco,
snd invested the proceeds in mining stocks.
at the suggestion Of O'Brien, the million.
aire To-day the market value OF these
stocks is estimated at $4,000.
So much grain has accumulated at
Kingston, Ontario, that Canadian vessels can
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1877-10-19
A Vermont Community.

In Springfield, Vermot, there is an
association of twenty men and four wo-
men, including four married couples,
who are conducting a manufacturing
business. Each receives wages, mainly
at piece-work, and each pays his board
in the single donlicile which all make
their home On the LIST on January last,
the fall in the price Of their manufac
ured property forced upon them the
question whether to stop their mill or
reduce their expenses and they deter
mined TO cut down wages pro rata sufi-
GENTLY 10 insure profit equal to the m
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1877-10-19

Alabama. Georgia and the Carolinasi and
verriur 10 the national capital, thence 70
baltimore Philadelphia, New York and New
England, while a line from Shreveport 20
VermilionviIle would form complete rail
connection with New Orleans, and thence BY
other lines 10 al points on the coast. lhe
entire eastern seaboafd can be reached BY
lines through Virginia and Kentucky and
the gulf ports Of Galveston aud Houston BY
the Texas Central and great northern roads
already constructed.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1877-10-19
A Cnre for the ninhtheria.

A correspondent of a Victoria paper
writes "Should any Of your family be
attacked with the diphtheria do not be
alarmed, as it is usually and speedily
cured without a doctor. When it was
raging in England few years ago, / &C.
c0mpanied Dr. Field on his rounds to
witness the so-called wonderful cures
he performed while the patients of Others
were dropping off on all sides. The rem
edy, to be 70 rapid, must be simple. All
he took with him was powdered sulphur
and quill, and with these he cured every
patient without exception. He put a
teaspOOnful of -four of birthstone into a
wine-glass of water and stirred it with
his finger instead of a spoon, as the sui
phur does not readily analgamate with
water. When the sulphur was well
mixed he gave it as a gargle, and in ten
minutes the patient was out of danger.
Birthstone kills every species of fungus
in man, beast and plant in very few
minlt Instead of splitting out the
gargle, recommended the swallowing
of ID EiiysS tr6me cases id which he had
been called Just in the nick of time, when
the fungus was too nearly closing to al
low the gargling, he blew the sulPhate
through a quill into the throat, and
after the fungus had shrunk to allow Of
it, then the gargling.
II the patient cannot gargle, take 9
live coal. put it on a shovel and sprinkle
a spoonful or two of flour of birthstone
at a time upon it; let the sufferer inhale
it, holding the head over il, and tie fun
gus will die. If pleutifully used, the
whole ,om may be filled almost 20 suf
location, and the patient can walk about
in it, inhaling the fumes, with doors and
windows closed. The mede of fumiga
ting a room with sulphur has often cured
most violent attacks of cold in the head
chest, ETC., at any time, and is recon-
mended in cases of consumption anC
asthma. Cor. Cleveland Herald.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1877-10-19

terest on capital, insurance, taxes, and
Other Necessary outlays The result Il
tbat for the six months Of 1917 they
have earned s. 29S IN wages, while pay
inc out 81 266 for board and s, 0b4 more
toT clothing and incidentals, leaving q
balance Of 81 1853 10 b added 10 the cap
ital q the association
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1877-10-19

question was held, says that both President
Grant and himself believed that Senator
Sumner intended 10 support the San Do
mingo scheme, and the Col. 50 wrote 70 his
papers. This did not disturb The cordial
relations between The latter and Mr.. Sumner,
who explained that he had been misunder-
stood. The Col adds that there was no bad
faith about the senator's course 10 the mat
ter, AMI that with a little more moderation
on both sides the two men could have been
raeoncflad
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1877-10-19
fNDEPENDENr.
Newton Booth, California.
David Davis, illinois.
j. 7. Christiancy, Michigan.
HnNrEsTEn SEATS.

j. Z. ChTistiancy, Michigan.
CONTESTED SEATS.
j. b. Eustis, Louisiana, democrat.
W. p. kellogg, Louisiana, republic
can.
H. NJ. SoOford, Louisiana, democrat.
James Lewis, Louisiana, republican.
NJ. c. Butler. South Carolina, demo-
crat.
d. 7. Corbin, South Carolina, repub'
lican.
Should two democrats from Louisiana
and one from South Carolina be admitted
to seats, the senate would stand thlrty-six
democrats to thirty-seyen republicans
and three independents, the latter adding
a balance of four. If Messrs. Booth ard
Christiancy are ranked as republicans, as
they are, and Judge Davis as a demo-
crat, the senate will stand-republican'
80, democrats 81 Senator Morton being
too i'll to attend, il virtually stands IS tC
81. Aud if Senator Sharon, Of Nevada
is absent, as he has written that he vii
be it would stand a tie-S 70 81.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1877-10-19
49, ND FANclLss.


10 the PoIire-
ls,hor us in from the silent street,
Aiiev or doorway, Wnere ef ~
Ilros "a In from 4 ohegflela home
~ Fo- ~ hrofer laws, III hne aiope'
Gather Us is; the power y elyts ll,
We have no friends unie.. Pc
P ps ~ ~ Il ~ Iaare. and rahbes scofn'
w. r,ther us in. itn noble deed
10 crush again a brulted req
no search aud hunt the CITY Ger -.
lnat lAiien ~''''" ny The Euinq
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1877-10-19

SPiRTTUALIsTs assert that the priest
at Lourdes performs the so-called mira
Giles through the mesmerie passes which
he makes; IN other words, that be is a
healing medium"
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1877-10-19

III Etlo-ing ,,oll Of the senate show
ing at glance the 'n'se; ;,o-st a ms
of that BODY, will be T. i lisotso- ~ tbe
time, in view Of the organ 'AA''O" v '
new congress
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1877-10-19

l.Iroeral. ..~-n gspuslIs.r'.--t
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-09

UvTION SALE rURYITURE AT THE STORAGE
n wnrcroom Of SMITH SILLS, No. $50 Sh av Thurs.
day the 10Th inst 10 oclocK A. NJ Palror snd Bedroom
Furniture, Carpets, &C.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-09

MlsCELlAN EOUs.
IIANTED-ABOUT FACES OF ENvLLsH TkAss-
w lated into French. DAMON PEkrs. - Bees
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