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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-11-29

WHEN Miss Mary Anderson was al
Hartford, last week, d young fellow
who thought to cultivate her acquaint-
anco sent her IN invitation to dine with
him after the performance, To which the
young actress replied that she WIS not
on a foraging tour.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-11-29

MOORISH women wear engagement
rings in the nose.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-06-19
Remarlkahle Family.

In recent number Of the Chicago Times,
notice an account Of mixed family. and
thought would tell you of my own. My grand
father, Peter B. Brown. now living in New
York, married at 20, and was duly psesented
with a SON. William, and next with daughter.
Martha My first grandmother died. and Peter
married again this time he had Two sons,
jacob aud John. William married at 20. and
was the father Of three sous, Peter Jr., Henry
aud Stephen. Martha married NJ 10. and had
one daughter, Fraacis. jacob and John mar
red al 20 and 81. Jacob had daughter. Fam
ny aud son. Harris. John had two daughters.
Anne and Kate. / married my cousin Annie,
and have two sons now. My grandfather, Peter.
lost his second wife when he was IS, and mar
ried again and this time had two daughters,
Virginia aud Alice. My brother Peter married
his aunt Alice and Stephen my other brother.
married my other cousin. Kate my wifes sister.
They have two daughters. Jacobs son. Harris
married Marlha,s daughter. Francis. and Jacobs
daughter. Fanny 10 an old maid My Aunt Vir-
ginis married nephew of old Peter. named
George Brown, and they have two children
We have had gathering of the family 10 New
York. and all were present-not one dead 10 the
family excepting the two grandmothers, and thers
were forty Of Us present, and every one named
Brown. all the descendants Of one man-Petel
B. Brown, Of New York. This may be OF in'
terest to you. know it is TO me.
| Yours respectfully,
| HENRY BRowS.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-06-19

IT appears to be the opinion in the Eastern
States among those familiar with commercial
affairs that steady improvement in business
may be looked for in that section. The New
York Economist which takes this view of the sub
ject SAYS: GLOOMY views, dismal forebodings and
the frequent prophecies of coming disasters are
not the best incentives to stimulate the energy
which is now required to be successful 10 any
department of trade. When one business man
creaks to another Of the dlscouraging outlook Of
commercial affairs, the refrain is taken up and
sounded along the channels of trade until the
nervous and timid become frightened, and are
often. through fear alone led to make failures
and assignments for the benefit of their credit
ora There are just grounds for merchants,
bankers and commercial men generally to take o
more hopeful view CT the present. condition of
business. and speak to each other in more en-
couraging tone. We are fast nearing specie
basis. Congress will soon adjourn, the present
Tariff bill not pass, SO there will be no disturb.
ing of values the currency question will receive
20 further legislation, the crops promise the
most abundant harvest the country has ever
known, and the prices of all kinds of merchan-
disc, commodities and real estate have been ad-
justed to near the gold standard of values"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-06-19

The rapid increase Of the foreign trade of Ger
many i represented by recent statistics. which
represent an increase OF six per cent in the Rum-
Der Of vessels and crews. and twelve per cent in
tonnage since 1870. The number OF sailing yes
sells increased bot two to three per cent. bat the
addition in the percentage of steamers was ll6
per cent. and the tonnage of the latter increased
III per cent. In 1870 the number OF German
transatlantic steamers making regular journeys
amounted to %; IN 1873 TO 81. In 1873. Is
523 German vessels. OF 6l30 $40 tons sailed 10
various foreign ports, while in 1875 the number
of vessels had increased to 26 BIS. and the ton
mage TO 7274 926 TONS an increase of ,7e9 YEA
sells and Ia liz tons. The traffic OF German
vessels shows the following increase in tonnage
since 1870: To the East Indies. l076l tons
to China and japan. Tells tons; to Australia
l3.42l tons; TO Central America and the West
Indiss, 607, s25 tons.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-06-19

AN AsToNIsHED DuTcHMAS.--A Dutchman 10
the Pennsylvania oil regions let his lands to an
oil company last Spring on condition of receiving
one-eighth of the oil procured. The well proved
to be pretty good one and the farmer began to
think the oil men should give him better chance
and ventured to tell them so. They asked him
what be wanted. He said they ought to give
him one-twelfth. The arrangement was finally
made, with the understanding that the Dutch
man was not to tell anyone. All went smoothly
until the division day came. when our friend was
early at hand to see how much better he would
be of under the new bargain. Eleven barrels
were rolled 10 one side for the oil men and one
for him. "How's dish :" said he Il think
was to get more as before You have made
some mistake" The matter was explained to
him that be formerly got one barrel out of every
eight, but it was his proposition to take one out
of every twelve. This revelation took him aback.
He scratched his head, looked cross and relieved
his swelling breast of feelings of selfreproach by
Indignantly remarking. We'll, dat ish the first
time as ever knowed eight was more as twelve. F"
-Mt1sr's LPa) Journal
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-06-19

GLADSTONE TRAVELS THIRD CLAss.-When
Mr.. Gladstone was staying in Ireland last year,
went into Dublin with some friends one morn
ing and determined to travel thrd-class. in
order-as well BELTS u popular leader-to have
look at the lower classes But after the first
stoppage, he rejoined his companions 10 the first
class compartment. One of them being OF an
inquisitive temperament, made inquiries of the
tenants of the third.class as TO what had occur
red He was told that shortly after the depart
ure of the train from the station where MIR.
G q istone got into it, man sitting next TO the
ex- Premier turned to him and commenced q
spirited conversation, into which they both
heartily entered. Suddenly the native said,
with rich Hihernian brogue, They tell me,
sorr that Mr.. Gladstone is in this train y "Oh,
is hef replied the ex-Lberal leader, very
likely" Then" retorted his companion, IN
tell you what it is. sorr, there is not bigger
BLACKBOARD 10 IT," At this iuncture the train
stopped, and MIR. Gladstone rejoined his friends.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-06-19
Tobacco and Chickens.

Tobacco, it appears. is invaluable as a medi
cine for sick chickens, and some remarkable
instances OF its curative effects when used as q
remedy for the ailments OF poultry are given by
a correspondent of the Pacific Rural Press, an
American publication. One case mentioned is
that of young cock, about SIX months old
which fell suddenly i'll. The symptoms soon
became alarming: his head turned black, his
feathers all rufled up, and be appeared blind
and stupid. and seemed to Wish to push bis besk
along In front of him on the ground" The cock
gradually fell into q state of complete coma.
being unable TO recognize surrounding objects,
and the worst results were anticipated. As q
last resource he was dozed with qud OF tabacco,
and was laid down as it happened, bat not In
tentionally, with his head reclining near water
puddle. In about five minutes be began to drink
vigorously from the paddle still lying on his side
aud apparently quite blind Ten minutes later
he lifted himself on bis legs and staggered into
the ehicken-house, where be remained IN retire
ment for nearly two hours, when be emerged
from the shed, strutting about in perfect health
10 company with other fowls. In due course Of
time he was killed aud eaten. when be proved to
be as fat and healthy as any OF his mates Many
other cases are recorded of wonderful cures ef-
fected on fowls by doses OF tobacco, which
should be given in large qnids about the size Of
the FIRST JOINT Of mans thumb. This testimony
to the medicinal value OF tobacco, however pain
fol to those who pronounce it to be GLOW poi
son and who are never tired Of assailing il with
oppr0briols epithets (such as the "noXious
weed. I'D. l. Eorthy oil note, a. il may turn out
that instead Of being deadly drug it is valua-
ole remedial agent, deserving encouragement
rather than suppression, and boon to humaniry
removing many OF those ills which flesh is heir
TO- Its use in the poultry yard Is probably more
common than Is generally kno~n, to judge BY
the favor Of chickens now supplied by poulter-
ers. The favor Of the "drumstiek" il often re
markably similar to that Of an old clay pipe.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-06-19

Hon. Alexander II. Stephens, having achieved
all possible distinction in politics, to which his
life has hitherto been devoted, has turned his at
tention to science. and has invented new sys-
ten of weights and measures, which he has EN-
bodied i: bill presented in Congress, and pro-
poses to have adopted. Mr.. Stephens is not
satisfied with either the present system or the
metrcal system. and his scheme while it is partly
decimal, is based on no natural foundation as the
| metrical system claims to be. He objects to the
names adopted in that system because they are
| strange and unfamiliar, and thinks 1t cannot come
into practical use
As specimen OF his system, take the meas
ures of length: 100 hairs make Il nall (; 100 nails
metre; 100 metres kile; these two last
names being adopted with slight modification
from the metrcaI system. For liquids 100 drops
make spoon; 100 spoons quart 100 quarts
| a cask For weight 100 seeds make corn 100
corns q nut; 100 nuts bl-pound or bip; 100
bps ton.
of this system it may be said that it is neither
flesh nor fish nor good red herring. Ii is the old
barley corn system without any Of the definite
ness which long experience has attached to that.
1t is not metrcal because it goes by hundreds.
and not by tens, SO that it cannot be used In
connection with the decimal notation, There
appears to be no definition of the values OF the
elementary weights ana measures OF "nat
makes hair, orr drop or q seed. Hairs vary in
dimensions drops vary in quantity, seeds vary in
weight. The elements are no more definite than
the barley corn, or the cubit. or the weight of a
traders foot in buying furs of the Indians The
system can hardly even be considered as iDgeni-
Gus, and coali only have originated with a man
who was utterly ignorant of the problem to be
solved. If it had been invented as the Cherokee
alphabet was by an Indian, as an original system
Tor rude and uncaltiVated people. it might have
been considered as something remarkable. But
as the production of one of the abest nieects
Of the Southern States 1t is little more than ri
diculous Mr.. Stephens is doubtless able to dis
cuss the question of State rights with great
ability. and to refine to the greatest possible ex
tent upon nice verbal distinctions 10 the inter
probation Of the constitution but a scientis
it must be acknowledged that he is lamentabl,
failure,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-06-19

Cardinal MeClosky il OF spare hahit. His street
attire differs from that Of ordinary gentleman
only IN the straight cut Of the coat, and the sbsI
and hue of his neck weAr-a clerical purple stock.
His official robes of great richness lie sings in
mass in low, distinct and sympathetic tone. HiG
sermons are ordinarily impromptl
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-06-19

The ordinary expenditure of Great Britain for
the present year is estimated ut fSl 100000 and
the revenue at e79l46000 There was surplus
last year of 1859 S03, but the expenses on ac-
count of the six millions already voted convert
this into deficiency OF e. 900, and the total
deficit for the year is estimated at over $4,000
coo, to meet which the income tax Is to be in
creased two pence on the pound. and the dog tax
ia to be inceeased, leaving 81 $4,000 of the de-
6ci to be- carried over To next wear.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-06-19

Cant RUB IT 0UT."-"Don't write there"
said father to bis son, who was writing with
diamond on his window. why not p Because
you can't rub it OUT" Did it occur to you my
child, that you are daily writing that which you
cant rub out You made cruel speech to your
mother the other day. II wrote itself on her
loving heart aud gave great pain. 1t is there
now, and hurts her every time she thinks Of it.
You can't rub it out. You whispered wicked
thought one day in the ear of your playmate.
1t wrote itself on his mind and led him to do II
wicked act. 1t is there now; you can't rub il
out All your words. oil your acts, are written
in the book Of God. The record is o sad one
You can't rub it out.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-06-19
Marriage of Adam and Eve.

The Detroit Era writss-What clear case OF
unauthorized love and platonic affection was that
which marked the union OF our hrst parents In
the bonds OF wedlock. There were no "hrst
families TO form an alliance with. no dowries to
be settled, no prospective mothers-ln-law 70 De
propitiated. Happy Adam Thrice happy Eve
Readers did you ever contemplate the poverty
of the pair when they took each other 'for
better. for worse, for richer, for poorerY" Only
think OF IL Adam had not hat to his head, u
coat to bis back. pair OF shoes to his feet,
mary red cent" IN his trousers pockets. Tor be
had no trousers. What broad grin must have
spread over his face as be took his young bride
by the hand and exclaimed, in The language OF
the episcopal marriage service, with all my
worldly goods thee endow." But it was not
for Eve to say Sery much. She brought her
husband no dowry. She had nothing to testow
but love and affection. and not much OF that,
for her acquaintance With the young man was
very limited but. as he was the only fellow
round, it was him or nobody. So she took him.
Equally as poor as her husband she came to him
without d bonnet or shawl. nay without rag to
her back. They must have had novel wedding
trip, but of this Moses in writing their early
history has not seen 6t TO inform US. OF one
thing we may rest assured, that there were no
.Saratogss' TO care for, 10 shawls waterproots,
or lunch baskets to look after, no pint TASKS to
keep track Of A bunch of 6g leaves, merely for
change Of wardrobe to suffice till their return
home, constituted their baggage. They must
| have started housekeeping, too, on very limited
scale They hadn't, as far as history Informs US
a hair brush, ine comb, tooth brush cake oil
soap, towel, clothes wriDger, smoothing iron, mol
a bottle of soothing syrup. Poor Cain ano
Abel! They must have had hard time wrest
ling with the collie, whoopng cough, and cutting
their first teeth. But with all their poverty auc
lack of the comforts of life, including piano
sewing machine, and cook stove. tradition in
forms US that they were happy and took pleasure
IN each others society. They had no gossipin!
neigbbors that they stood in awe Of, and OF
lying down at night had no fear Of burglars
breaking in and stealing Adams gold lever AM
bis wIfe's necklace and bracelets. There was n
reason why they shouldn't have been an amiabl
couple. and have had good time generally
They washed their clothes doubtless by div
into the Euphrates aud there being no clothes
line in the family their clothes we're allowed
dry upon their backs. And Adam didn't care
continental" whether his shirt bosom wa
smooth or rulfied, and Eve was totally indiffereu
as to whether her hair was 10 curl papers G
not when her husband came home in the eveniu
} to tea. Supremacy blessed in the possession {
each others undivided affection, they could br
sing, oh happy day that fixed our choice p
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-07-19

All late meeting OF the Baltimore
Academy Of Medicine, DR.. Cordell thus
briefly reported the cure Of q gentleman
of that city-understood TO be Mr.. III.
X. Gregg, real-estate agent: " He Is
now So years of age, six feet three and
a half inches in height, and weighs l20
pounds. At the age Of IA he had typhoid
fever; since that time he has never been
sick. Weight Is the same now as mt "a.
At the age Of 25 he lost his appetite for
breakfast, and has ever since dispensed
with that meal. AT the age Of 81, owing
to the distance from his place Of bust
ness to his residence, he gave up dinner
also. For the lost six years he has,
therefore, confined himself to one meal
a day, and that about p. m From the
time Of rising in the morning until this
hour not a particle Of food or fluid Of
any kind enters his mouth. Daring the
six years in which he has partaken Of
but the one daily meal his health has
been excellent. lie uses no stimulants,
and for the last two years has drank no
tea or coffee. The evening meal l.
moderate in quantity, embracing the
usual variety Of a. dinner-tablc. He
rarely, however, eats any other meats
than fresh bork and bacon. Between the
meal and bedtime he drinks large
quantity Of water"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-07-19

ments in using his good Offices Ia behalf Of
oppressed Israeiites.
Vera Sassulich, the woman who astempt-
"a 10 assassinate Gen. Trepon, Project Of
the s.. Petersburg Police. has arrived ii
Geneva, switzerland. She tells q strange
story Of her adventures after her trial. I'm
medistely upon her acquittal riot took
place In the Courtroom, and during the
tumult she was hurried away by police
agents disguised as medical students 20 an
obscure house in the suburbs OF the Rus
sian Capital. She managed TO escape from
confinement In the dress OF Sister OF
Charity, and 80 reached Geneva. Since her
arrival in the latter city she has been treat
ed 10 banquet, given by Radical exiles OF
different nationalities, who naturally regard
her as a heroine and martyr to the cause Of
the red flag.
DIR. Nobling has 30 far recovered from his
injuries as TO be able to undergo search
Ing examination regardinghis attempt upon
the life Of the Emperor William. He says
he plotted the crime alone, but cummuni-
Gated his intentions to some acquaintance
who did not oppose II. His present state
ment Il believed.
General Mejia, Minister Of War under
President Juarez, has returned to Mexico.
II Il believed that President Diaz will unite
with General Mejia In an effort to save the
country from another revolution. General
Mejia will probably be = candidate for the
Presidency.
The reported death Of the Sultan Of Mo-
rocco il officially denied.
Additional conclusions arrived at by the
Berlin Congress are, the autonomy Of West
ern Roumelia, Epirus, Thessaly and Crete,
to be secured by European control; to main
tain the Dardanelles closed, as at present, to
ships Of war; TO cede Bstoum to Russia and
make II free port There remain the ques-
tions OF dismantling the Notifications and
fcrbidding the Russians to fortify the coast.
The occupation Of Bosnia and Herzegovina
BY Austrian troops has been postponed till
August, to give time for the restoration Of
railways and for the organization Of future
administration Of provinces.
England and Turkey have privately con-
cluded defensive treaty, by which, in con-
sideration Of the cession 10 England of the
Island OF Cyprus, the latter agrees 10 defend
the integrity Of Asiatic Turkey, by force Of
arms IL necessary. In case Russia should
see hit at any time to restore to Turkey Ba-
toum, Ardahsn and Ksrs. England agrees "a
evacuate the island. Sir Garnet wolseley
will he appointed Minister Of Affairs OF the
island, and British troops are supposed TO be
already In possession.
Thirty persons were killed at Lyons,
France, on the sth, by the explosion Of .
petroleum factory.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-07-19
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.

At Ross Grove, seven miles west Of
r;;;sburg, Pa, on the 4th, a most terrific
storm occurred during a picnic A large
number Of women and children had taken
refuge in and under covered wagon which
stood beneath tree; the tree was struck by
lightning, tcppled oyerupon the wagon and
crushed 10 death seven persons and badly
iniuring nearly dozen others. The names
OF the killed are: Mrs. Conrad ReithmuIler
and her l2-monfhs- old babe; Ludwig Waltz
two sons Of Peter Prayer, aged and Is
years; Sophia Schindelman, aged IS: Mrs..
Stoebner, aged f0-all Of the town Of Sharps-
burg
DR.. james G. Aver, the well known patent
medicine proprietor. died recently in m
asylum for the insane.
The Citizens Savings Bank OF Pittsburg,
Pa, has gone into bankruptcy. Liabilities
about $4,000, and assets not over one-half
that amount.
Benjamin Noyes, President Of the Ma
ficnal Life Insurance Company Of Wash
ington, y. c., convicted Of conspiracy 10
defraud the policy holders Of the New Jer-
sey Mutual, has been sentenced to is months
Imprisonment At hard labor in the New Jer-
sey Penitenfiary and to pay the costs OF the
suit.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-07-19

Near Bueyrus, o., on the s;h, John Kart
ner fell In front Of reaper In nold and
was horribly mutilated. being eisenhower
ed and having his arms severed.
Edwin 4. smith. prominent lawyer OF
Tuscola. H., cut bis throat with razor, and
when found was dead. Trouble-with his
wife was the cause.
Major w. w. Williams, editor OF the
Logan County (O.) IRdex, placed himself
in front Of the night express train near
Bellefontaine. on the morning OF the sth,
and was instantly killed. Family troubles
are thought 70 have instigated him 70 COM
init the deed.
George Bullitf, negro, was lynched AZ
Vine Grove, Hardin County. Ky, on the eth.
He was charged with having assaulted \
white woman
Robert N. Ostrander, a well known river
pilot, committed suicide At Louisville on the
9Th, BY taking laudanum. Family trouble,
brought on by his own dissipated habits,
was the cause.
Augustus NJ. Jackson, editor Of the New
Albany (Ind.) Ledger Standard, veteran
Journalist. died on the 9th, aged 81
James Gilmore, an employee Of the Unit
ed States Express Company At Cincinnati,
on the 4fh absconded with some $4,000 In
money packages.
Near New Lexington, o., on the 9Th, two
young ladies, named Green and Murphy,
were struck dead by lightning while pick
ing cherries.
Mrs. MAUI was fatally burned At Dayton,
o., on the 9th. while lighting the IRE with
kerosene.
The connection between the Sutro Tunnel
and Comstock lode in Nevada, just COM
pleted, Is . most important event to the
mining interests, As it gives new lease Of
life 10 the Comstock lode and mines, the
products Of which. amounting to hundreds
Of millions Of dollars in bullion from low
grade ores alone, have heretofore been
valueless on account Of the expensive mode
Of mining.
The official returns Of the California
election give the following rs the compo-
sition of the Constitutional Convention:
Non-parfisans, 81; Workingmen, 50; Re-
publicans, IL; Democrats, 8; Independents
?. The on-partisans elect AL delegates AZ
large.
A contract has been closed for completing
the Texas Pacific Railroad from sherman to
Whitesboro.
The Bear Paw Mountains, where the new
gold mines have been discovered, are l0C
miles long and 40 miles vide, and extend
from the Missouri River to within 20 miles
or less, Of the boundary line II l. supposed
there are rich quartz veins As well as placer
mines