The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1878-01-22

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OF 3S, III applicants for positions as
teachers in Ohio last year, more than
one-third were rejected.
The presidents special message on
Cbire'e immigration takes strong
| grounds for the protection of Chinese
already in the United States, but de-
sires that immigration be regulated.
How are the mighty fallenl Confed-
crate bonds to the amount of s400, 900
were recently sold in London at auc-
| tion for S3 40, or less than a dollar per
500, 900; bought, Of course, as curios-
tiles.
The Liberia fever RACES unabatedly
| down south. There have been 65, 600
enrollments in South Carolina, SO, 900
in Louisiana, aud large numbers in
North Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Ar
kansas and Mississippi.
'Tother day Illinois cancelled $780,.
900 Of her bonded Indebtedness, and
has only about $4,000 outstanding,
and Gov. Cullom expresses his deter
mination to pay off this entire amount
during his term, If possible.
Judge Stuart, OF the supreme court
Of Kentucky, petitions the legislature
| for direct tax on alcoholic drinks.
He proposes to tax whisky, gin and
rum five cents per drink; brandy and
wine 10 cents; malt liquors, two cents.
The right OF way for new pipe line
from the Pennsylvania region to the sea-
board has been secured; but the pro-
| jectors obtained il only by running
| numerous false lines in order to throw
the agents of the Standard oil company
off the scent.
In New York in the census year"
1S75l no fewer than six marriages
were reported between the ages OF 80
| and 100; there was one case wherein
a man 100 yoars old was married to Q
woman of %; another Of SO 20 woman
of 66, and still another of IS to a wom-
an of 76.
A formidable party has just been
formed in New York city for the pro-
lection of the liquor interest. 1t is
composed of 8, 900 wholesale and retail
liquor dealers, who calculate that they
can control at least 1000 votes in that
city. and can hold the balance of power
throughout the state. A national COM
bination is foreshadowed.
Harley, Of Georgia, the dead duelist,
is the second member of this family
killed in a duel. 1t is related that Col.
Harley, father of the family, once be-
came enraged at a female slave and
sold all her Children, to punish her.
She cursed her master, telling him
that the children of man so merciless
would come to some bad end.
During 1877 quite an impetus was
given 10 railroad building in Ohio, the
increase being 263 miles. making a total
in the state of 4, 1928 miles of main
rack. Ohio railroads, like those OF the
west generally. suffered during the
past year from general depression in
business. OF 81 railroads doing busi-
ness in that State, but 13-less than
one-fourth-paid any dividends.
The Anti-Horse Thief Association
has 36l lodges and s. ZOO members in
| Missouri, Iowa and Illinois IL does
not encourage lynching, although that
course Is permitted in places where the
law cannot be reeed upon to prosecute
thieves. In recent convention in
Augusta. ILL.,, il was said that the order
bad secured the conviction Of over ], 900
thieves within a year.
Capt. Tine Halls recipe for the cure
Of drunkenness is as follows: Sulphate
Of iron, five grains; magnesia, ten
| grains; peppermint water, eleven
| Ira al frff fs,f, Il.
| IL is to be taken twice day, and will
not harm an excitable and delicate sys-
TEN. IL acts as a tonic and stimulant.
md so partially supplies the place of
/ he accustomed "toddy," while il pre-
/ vents the physical and mental prostra-
ion that sometimes follows sudden
attempt at total abstinence.
Robert Bacon of Chicago is an in
ventor. One Of his devices is a fam
| wheel, 70 be placed in n hat, and run
! by clock work. His idea is that such n
machine would keep the head cool in
! the hottest weather. aud prevent brain
| diseases. BE set one of them going in
his own hat, and the first thing he
| knew his hair was being wound mp in
| tho machinery. The spring was very
stiff, and before he could release him
self large part of his hair was pulled
out by the roots.
Last Sunday Prof Swing, OF Chica-
| go, preached sermon in which he
practically joins hands with Beecher
aud Canon Farrar, positively repudiat-
ing the "crule doctrine Of foreordina-
tion, aud declaring an eternity of tor
ment Incompatible with the love of God
and that God should be worshiped as a
kind friend and not a monster. His
notion Is that heaven will be for the
saints alone. while sinners in the world
ia come will have a less exalted but
still comfortable place.
IL wodld appear that Russia has to
contend with famine within its own
borders as well as with the Turks in
Bulgaria and Armenia Death is re-
ported to prevail 20 a serious extent in
the province Of kazan, in eastern Rus
sia, this province lying TO the north
west Of, and adjacent to, the province
Of Samara, which suffered so disastrous
ly from famine n short time ago. The
city OF Kazan is said 10 be crowded
with famine-stricken persons, who have
hocked into il in search Of food, and
the peasantry in the outlying districts
are reduced 20 great straits. An i'm
pcral commission has been appointed
10 visit the province, and organize the
means Of relief. A public subscription
has, moreover been opened, 10 which
the Tartar merchants have subscribed
literally.
At the clinic OF the Nashville Medi-
cal College. recently Prof. Cook pre-
sented a boy, who from scrofulous in
1amation. had lost one eye; the entire
nose, including the bones, so that moth
ing remained 30 mark the spot where
, the nose was except horrible depres-
sion. The palate Of The mouth was also
DESTROYED, and the lids were wholly OBJ
) liberated and had so grown togeth-
I IN that )nly smaller opening remain
ed for the mouth. which could easily be
covered with a silver five-cent piece,
through this he breathes altogether /;
, eats aud talks-not Of course, distinct
~, but sufficient 10 be understood.
! fhe doctors propose TO restore 10y sur
4 licai operation the mouth and nose,
vi ich is thought feasible.