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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-07
How Diphtheria was Spread.

A few weeks ago a little girl in St.
Albans, who had just recovered from
diphtheria, was taken by her parents to
visit family in neighboring town.
She slept with the children in that fam
lily, and shortly afterward three or four
of them were taken with the malady,
and some have since died. The family
permitted relatives and neighbors to
visit them, and the result is several cases
in the neighborhood. They had public
funerals, even keeping the remains of
one child an unusual time, waiting for
another to die, so as to bury them to-
gether, and this also spread the con-
tagion. The physician was not power
fully impressed-as some physicians are
nOt-with the contagious character of
the disease; therefore, he did not take
the necessary precautions for the pro-
lection of the neighborhood or of his
own family, and the result is that one
of his own children has died and anoth-
er is dangerously i'll. A lady who went
to one of these houses to robe the vic,
tins for the grave has called at houses
in the vicinity where there are chileren,
without any change of her garments
or any attempt at disinfection, and has
fondled the children in those families
apparently in utter ignorance of the
danger to which she was eXposingthem
st. AlJdRs W Messenger.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-07
Report Of the Secretary of the Navy.

Secretary Thompson in his annual report
says: Since my former report the condition
of the Navy has been considerably improved.
There are now in commission % cruising
ships, one steamboat and five sailing vessels,
all In condition for active service except the
Gettysburg. There are six vessels, including
one monitor, which can be made ready for
sea I'm a few months; besides these there are
thirteen needing more extensive repairs, but
all can be put In thorough condition with
present appropriations and those asked for
the next fiscal year. In case It is necessary
ninety one war-vessels of all classes, includ
ing monitors, can be put in service.
The Secretary submits his estimates for the
coming year, amounting to Sl4 562, SS1, with
the remark that the Department has not felt
itself justified in going beyond the estimates
of the last fiscal year.
The Secretary discusses the relation of the
Navy to commerce, and says our rapidly In
creasing exports have demonstrated that this
country must become the greatest producing
country in the world. He therefore urges
upon Congress the duty of protecting our
commerce upon the seas.
The Secretary shows our dependency upon
foreign nations for the transportation of our
world. and says: II this condition of affairs
is to continue, our industrial interests must
be left to suffer still further injury. Our iron,
coal and timber Will decrease in value. The
enormous freights we now pay will continue
to press upon producers of our surplus ex-
ports our merchant vessels will in the end be
entirely driven from the seas. ii, on the other
hand, the Government shall adopt such
measures as shall put the country in posi-
ton to reap the full benefits of its
commercial enterprise, and secure the
profits of our own carrying trade,
which properly belongs to us, by means of
such fostering care as the National Govern
ment alone has the power to give, then our
Navy should have such strength and charac-
ter given to it that It will be able to furnish
protection to our commerce wheresoever It
may be needed.
The remainder of the report is devoted
largely to an account OF the condition of the
various navy yards OF the country, the Naval
Academy and torpedo service, suggestions
regarding training schools for boys, etc.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-07

which it is alleged causes no injury
whatever to the hands or to the
Brushes, is inexpensive, and produces no
smell.
About 60 years ago the paper-mills
then in existence in the United States
employed 5000 people, and the annual
product represented a money value of
So, 100000. In 1860 the number of per-
sons employed was % 900, and the value
of the paper manufactured $21, ZOO, ,000.
In 1870 this amount had increased to
S4S, S,436, sos; and in 1879, the last year
for which there are complete records,
the value of the amount manufactured
in thousand mills, employing $4,000
persons, was S66, ,505, 1925. Between the
years 1860 and 1870, there was gen
eral revival in the book business, and
the paper-makers pushed things with
great enefgy.
AT Smithwick, near Birmingham,
England, there is screw factory which,
with its clever mechanical contrivances,
Is something to wonder at. All the
sizes of screws used in carpentry and
cabinet-mBking are made of iron wire,
chopped into lengths and shaped in a
series of self-acting machines. A blow
on one end forms a head, which is
speedily turned true in revolving
chuck, the nick is cut by small circu-
lar saw, revolving jaw then seizes the
head, and the "worm or screw is
turned in twinkling; and in this way
half a million screws an hour are pro-
duced. This seems almost incredible,
but the screwing-shed alone covers
nearly an acre and a half, and contains
1900 machines. These, being self
acting, five or six can be kept going by
one woman.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-07
A Young Mans HerOism.

Almost every story of shipwreck is
characterized by the display of true he
roism on the part of some one of its
victims. And this last terrible disaster
in the British Channel is no exception
to the rule. Young Clymer, the son of
Mrs. w. B. Clymer of Philadelphia, soon
after the crash made by the bow of the
bark against the side of the Pomerania,
found his sisters, Miss Mary Clymer
and Rose, on the deck of the steamship,
whittier they had hurried from their
stateroom. He placed his Oldest sister
in a lifeboat, and Rose was thrown in
by a sailor. The boat was full, and the
cowardly sailors were endeavoring to
get in it. Clymer thought his mother
and the remaining sister were in the
boat. He did not hesitate. To save
the lives of his sisters he cut the ropes
which held the lifeboat to the steamship
and turned it adrift, standing himself
on the deck of the doomed vessel. He
said good-by to his sisters, realizing
that he would never see them again.
The fact that he first placed the young
girls of his family in safety before think
ing of himself is not so remarkable as
the nerve and courage, the quick pres
ence of mind and ready grasp of the
situation shown by this young man of
20 years. Many men would have dallied
with fate and have hesitated to cut the
ropes in the hope of saving themselves
also. But one moment of hesitation
then would have cost the lives of all in
the lifeboat, for it would have been
swamped by the maddened sailors. 1t
was the noble choice made by Clymer to
give up his young life, full of hope and
promise, rather than to risk the lives of
his sisters by an effort to save himself,
that marks his conduct as heroic.-Ne,o
York Sun
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-07
Watching a Rich Mans Tomb.

Mr.. Powers, the millionaire drug mer-
chant of Philadelphia, was buried Mon
day. The Times says: Beginning
last night. a watch will be kept ON the
grave, to thwart any attempts that B2ay
be made by grave-robbers. Two men
will watch by night and two by day;
the orders of Mrs. Powers being that
their vigil shall not cease for two years.
To the tombstone will be attached n
key to a watch, locked in a case that the
men will carry. This watch must have
the key at the grave inserted into it ev-
cry half hour, and will be inspected
twice a day, to see that it has been car
ried to the grave at frequent intervals.
Five years ago when Mr.. Powers's son
Henry died Gather and son now lay
side by side), n similar vigil was kept.
One day Mr.. Powers saw one of the
watchmen on the street under the inllu-
ence of liquor. He drove at once to the
works, at Ninth and Parrish, when he
met a trusted servant of the firm.
Mike he said, 'here are $20-buy a
nice warm coat and go to Henry's grave
tonight saw one of the watchmen
drunk to. day. At 8 o'clock, Mr.. Pow
ers himself drove out, bringing a lunch
and waterproof to the substitute watch
man, who stayed there for many nights
thereafter"
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-07
Science and Industry.

The corporation of Belfast, Ireland,
purpose erecting new markets from the
accumulated profits of the gas-works,
which run by the town.
The suspension of the Cornish tin
mining industry in England has now
become almost total. The few mines
still working, with three exceptions,
have largely reduced their hands.
Wholesale emigration has but partially
mitigated the distress, and thousands of
penniless women and children are left
behind.
The shoe business in Lynn, Mass,
during the past u months has generally
been very successful, and is cause of
much encouragement to the manufac-
turers. From Jan. |, 1873, to Nov. 8,
1878, the number of cases of boots and
shoes shipped from Lynn was lS5, SOS,
against 203, 1851 cases for the CORE
spending period of last year.
An English painter has invented a
new solvent for paint. 1t is said that
the solution is simply applied to the
paint with brush, and is then left for &
short time, after which the paint may be
scraped off with facility. The solution,
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-07
GENERAL.

The election of Mr.. C. X. Garrison, Presi-
dent of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, to the
Presidency of the Wabash Road, is likely
to be followed by number of important
changes in the connections OF several OF the
leading roads. The Wabash has pur-
chased the unfinished Chicago and
Paducah Road, which will be util-
lied by the Wabash in securing
an independent through line from st. Louis
to Chicago. The Illinois Central meanwhile
has begun the survey of a new connecting
line from Kinney, in Dewitt County, to East
st. Louis, which it is reported will be con-
structed in the shortest practicable time.
Other changes are talked of, but the two
mentioned seem to be fully determined
upon.
1t is reported that negotiations are pend
ing for the consolidation Of the Union and
Central Pacific Railroads under one man
agement.
On application of Major Reno, Seventh
Cavalry, Court Of Inquiry is appointed to
assemble at Chicago on the second Monday
in January, 10 inquire into the Majors con-
duct at the battle of Little Big Horn, when
Gen. Custer was killed.
Secretary Sherman's plan Of resumption
is briefly as follows: On New Years Day
greenbacks will be redeemed at the New
York Sub Treasury in gold or silver coin,
at the option of the holder of notes, with
out limitation. There will be no other
point of unlimited redemption ex-
cept New York, though Other
| sub-treasuries may redeem legal
tender notes "within ordinary limits" Silver
dollars will be exchanged for greenbacks oil
National Bank notes in .multiples of 1000
and the expense of transportation will bt
paid by the United States Government. A
specie issue Of legal tenders of large demon
nations will take the place OF gold certif
Gates. Legal tenders will be receivable fo
customs dues.
Robert Heller, the we'll known musician
and magician, died suddenly at Philadelphia
on the 9th, of pneumonia.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-07
A Man Baby...A Remarkable Case.

In the second story of one of the low,
rickety wooden buildings on the east
side of Chatham Street, in humble
apartments, there lives one of the most
curious of human monstrosities. 1t Is 3
boy, or man, 21 years old, having been
born in 1857, that is in all respects,
physically and mentally, nothing more
than an oyergrown infant. Its parents
are Mr.. and Mrs. Jacques Jenn, OF NO.
165 Chatham Street, industrious French
people. The child was born on the 10Th
of June, 1857, and was christened julie.
Up to his eighth month he did not differ
from other children; but at that age he
was taken sick with measles, and for
six months it was thought that he could
not live, one childish disease following
rapidly upon another. His last alimenI,
and the one to which his parents ascripe
his deformity, was one that banned the
attending physician, and is descrlDeo oy
the father as ''the English disease.
Both physical and mental growth seem
ed to be arrested by this disease; Inc
boy is not quite three feet high, Du1
measures four feet around the
waist, being inordinately corpulent:
His head is well shaped put
looks much too large for his
body, being more than two feet in cir
conference. His hands and feet are ex-
ceedingly small, like those OF l-year-
old infant, and he weighs 16O pounds.
Every effort has been made to educate
him, but he is not capable of learning
any thing. When he was 10 years olo
he was scarcely two feet high, put
weighed almost 100 pounds. The ply
sician who attended at his birth predict
ed that he would not live to be IA years
old, but he is now in good health. Inc
boy,s skin is remarkably soft and white,
like a baby's. ALI of his habits are
childish, and he can speak only rev
words, such as "papa," mamma,
" YES. ), and Uno." His extreme cor
p1lence prevents him from walking, but
he is very active with his hands ana
feet. He amuses himself with childish
TOYS, and is very shy when strangers are
about. Ex-Police Surgeon Baker, VINO
has watched the case closely for severai
wears, SAYS that it is the most wonder
ful case he ever heard of. The boy has
been examined by number OF scien'
lists, who have all come to the conclu,
sion that he is perfect baby In mlno
and body. His father has been ap
preached by many showmen, who were
anxious to add the boy to their list O
attractions; but MIR. Jenn has declined
every offer, not desiring to have his sol
exhibited to the public.-NeV for'
| Times
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-07
Girls Who Want to Marry.

There are girls who start out in life
with an underlined idea that they will
marry somebody, and then keep look
ing through the matrimonial market
Just as they would look through the
stock of silks on the shopman's coun-
ter. Taking down piece after piece
they find the shade of this too dark, or
of that too light, or of the other not ex-
actly what it ought to be. After put
ting the salesman to much trouble they
say they will call again, and leave the
place not knowing what they want. So
the girl who wants to marry looks
around to see what offers, and finds
that this mans beard is too red, that
ones eyes too blue, and the other ones
ears too long. She will look little
further. She examines all that are
in the market, and concludes to
look farther yet. And when, after hav-
ing almost unconsciously become flirt,
and having broken the hearts of hall
the young men in the neighborhood, ,she
keeps on ''looking little farther" She
finds herself going alone down the hill
on the shady side of the way, still with
an indefinite longing to marry some
body, and wondering who will come
along to propose to her.
1t would be rash to advise the youne
lady to accept the first marrying maj
who offers. 1t is equally rash to advise
her to wait, and wait, and keep on wait
ing, and at last marry nobody. Per
haps it is not necessary that all shoul'
marry. Some of the noblest women il
the world are what the world calls oil,
maids; yet that is lonely way of get
ting along. If the girl wants to marry
the young men will find out, and he
soul will look out of the windows G
her eyes in an unmistakable manne
when the right man comes along. An
all this without any lack of modesty O
breach of perfect decorum on her part
philadelphia Times.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-07

silver dollars. by Mr.. VOORHEES,: A resolu-
tion instructing the Committee ON Finance
to inquire into the eXpedioncy OF making
the trade dollar legal tender for all debts,
public nnd private, and of providing
Tor its recoin ige into the standard
silver dollar of 4l2k grains. ny Mr.. Blaine:
resolution instrurti"g the judiciary Com
recent elections the constitutional rights of
any citizens were violated in any State, and
what further legislation is necessary 10 pro
tect citizens in their constitutional rights.
BY Mr.. Cox: Resolutions providing for a
Joint committee to inquire into the
canse and spread of yellow fever, and what
legislation il necessary to prevent its intro
dnction into this county. Recess. Upon re-
Assembling, the Presidents Message was re-
the table. and ordered printed. Adjourned
till tomorrow. The only Senators absent
We're Messrs. Barnum, Cockrel), Conk-
ling, Gordon, Hoar, Iones (Nevada),
kernan. MeTItuon, Patterson, Plumb, Sar
gent, Sharon, Spencer and Whyte......
Speaker Randall called the House to order at
noon. The roll showed 229 members present.
Two new members, MessIs. Bailey, of New
York. and Majors, of Nevada, then took the
iron-clad oath. After recess the Presi.
dents message was received and Mr.. Wood
IN. W moved thnt the Message be
printed and referred. He accom-
panied his motion with quite
lengthy criticism OF that portion of the Mes
sage referring to the elections in the south,
and declared that there was no foundation
for the allegation of fraud or naturalization in
the States named. Mr.. Garfield replied to
Mr.. Wood, and the debate was further con-
tinued by Messrs. Hale, Cox and Others. The
motion to print and refer was agreed to, and
the House adjourned.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-07
School and Church.

There is a training school for max
ing teachers attached to the East Sagi-
nav (Mich.) High School. The plan
works well.
Japan has Is Protestant missions
and 161 missionaries, including their
wives. OF mission stations there are 81,
and of organized churches A.
&c The science and geometry of
Dress" will hereafter be branch of in
struction in the Indianapolis schools,
compulsory on the female pupils in GER
tain of the grammar grades.
Chicago pastors have organized a
society among themselves for study of
the original languages of the Bible. The
Rev. Arthur Little of the New England
Congregational Church presides. The
meetings are held in Farwell Hall on
Mondays at noon.
President Clark, of the State Agri-
cultural College at Amherst, Mass, will,
on the 1st of next May, leave Amherst
for an 1S-months trip around the world
in charge of company of $50 students,
who have chartered vessel at an ex-
pense of 800 for each student
Gen. Eaton, Commissioner of Edu-
cation, in his annual report mentions
the effect of the yellow fever upon edu-
cation in the South, and says that cor
respondence has begun with view to
relieving the over-crOwded orphan
asylums in that section by the reception
of part of their inmates into institutions
for destitute children in other parts of
the country The Commissioner re-
ports increased attention by the bureau
to the collection of statistics, and in
creased use by the public of facts thus
collected. He urges larger appropri
alton for the service, and that Congress
devise some plai, for the pecuniary aid
of education throughout the country.
The statistics of the Methodists of
the United States and elsewhere have
been made up for 1878 and given TO the
public. For the Methodist Episcopal
Church, to July 1, they show 11,30S
itinerant and II, 800 local preachers, and
1858, 7S3 members; for the Southern
Methodist Episcopal Church, 3,439
travelling and s, 1854 local preachers, and
765, 1897 members. The total for all the
Methodist Churches of the country
which have an episcopal form of gov
ernment is 81, ,1S4 itinerant and 25, 151
local preachers, and 1929, $50 lay mem
bers. The non-episcopal Methodists OF
the United States number 173,469; the
Methodists of Canada, 167 ,5S7; of Great
Britain, S28, ,932; of Ireland, France and
Australia, 96,0S9. The total for al
parts of the world is 104,175 travelling
and local preachers, and 4,4S9, ,S77 com
municants.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-07

disputed will and set of bones liable to
be stolen.-N. o. Picayune.
If Love is blind, as they say he is,
how is it that they always turn the light
down so confounded lowp-La Crosse
Sun.
Flies must have good eyesight, or
they wouldn't be leaving their specs
wherever they go.-WhitehaI Times.
-"Ah," sighed a hungry tramp, 81
wish 1 was boss. He most always has
bit in his mouth, while 1 haven't had
bit in mine for two days. .''-Portland
Gazette.
We've noticed that the men who
are always trying to borrow chew of
tobacco are the men who have bank ac-
counts, and who eventually crawl up to
the top round of the ladder.-N. Y. ET-
press.
Seat Senator from the country on
bent pin and he Immediately rises to a
point of order, leaving the chair to de-
eide whether or not the point is well
taken.-N. o. Picayune.
Il suppose the same man would live
to be 30 years old on brown bred, roots
and green erbs, who would reach rs
years on plum puddin' and milk punch.
Which ov the two ways do yu konsider
the whichestP---Josh Billings.
-Messrs. u. Appleton & Co., of
New York, beg to warn the public
against a party calling himself M. S.
Gardiner, who is representing himself
as an agent of Appleton & Co. They
have no such person in their employ,
and are continually receiving COM
plants from persons who have been
defrauded.
"A woman usually carries her purse
in her hand in order to be sure she will
not lose it. And, somehow, she never
remembers, until after she has had the
whole police force looking for the purse
and an advertisement in the paper Of
fering reward for its return and no
questions asked, that she laid it down
on the counter of dry-goods store
while she stepped to the shawl depart
ment to see if another woman's new
dress was really new or an old one fix
ed over.-KeoEuk Constitution.