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Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-19

SWALLOWED HIS TRETH-Philadel =
phia physicians report singular case,
which goes to show that false teeth, which
drop out on slightest provocation, need
watching. Levi Waggenseller, of Phila
delphia, was the owner ola set Of teeth
that would not stay in place. One day
he swallowed plate and all. The teeth
lodged first in the lower part of the throat
where they remained for five days. A
physician advised the taking of gin, to
dissolve them, and they moved down
and lodged about an inch and halfabove
the stomach. The patient could not eat
or drink. Milk poured down his throat
exuded from ears, eyes, mouth and nos.
trils. He lived seven weeks without food
and died u few days ago. After his desth
ran examination was made, in accordance
with his request. TIE plate with the
teeth in it, was found about one inch and
a half above the entrance of the stomach,
the hooks firmly imbeded in the flesh
There were marks at certain intervals in
the throat, showing the progress Of the
plate as it passed downward, the prints
of the teeth being in several places plainly
visible. Had the Plate, which was two
inches long and an inch wide, passed into
the stomach, in the opinion OF the physi-
clans it would have dissolved and the
mans life been saved. AS it was, the
plate passed down the throat in a trans
versed form, and once lodged at the farth
est point displacement was impossible.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-19

The shrewdness and business capacity
that have made the Yankee the first OF
traders and promise to turn this country
into the workshop Of the world received
Il striking and happy illustration the
other day. The scene was hereabou Is
the characters rising young merchant
and pretty woman. Hs had an effect
ion for her, she liking fer him, 80 they
became belrothed. After time she
found out that she didn't love him well
enough to marry him, and the match
and he staggered under it; and he fought
well for himself, protested that his life
was ruined asked ifshe could not learn
to love him, and in ali ways did the pro
per thing. She was lmmovable, how
aver, AID he sadly and reluctantly took
his leave. While his eyes were full OF
gathering tears he bsde his fAltering fare
wells, then closed the door upon his hopes
A moment later he opened it., stepped
back into the room, and, with tears in his
voice, brokenly murmured, II hope this
will make no difference about your com
ing to the store, Miss; and that your
mother will continue to trade with us.
shall be happy to give the usual discount.
Our stock is large and varied, our aim 20
please" And the door shut finally, leav,
ing him alone with his grief YoTtck
in Portland Press.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-19

"a LIBERTY OF THE PRESS. The liberty
~ the press is the highest safeguard to all
lree government. Ours could not exist
Without IL, 1t is with us-nay. with all
nsn, like great, exulting and abounding
liver. 1t is fed by the dews of Heaven,
Whieh distill their sweetest drops for it.
y gushes from the ril, as it leaps from
3he deep caverns of the earth. 1t is fed by
thousand affluents that dash from the
mountain top to separate again into n
thousand bounteous and irrigating riils
nround. On its broad bosom it bears a
thousand baIEs. There genius spreads
rs purple sail there poetry dips its silver
ear there art, invention, discovery sci>
nee. morality and religion may safely
nost. 1t wonders through every land.
y is a genial, cordial source of thought
4nd inspiration, wherever it sbounds.- .
pom its borders there grows every flower
u grace and every fruit of truth. am
Hot here TO deny that that stream some
Zines becomes dangerous torrent and
destroys towns and cities on its banks
eut am here to say that without it, civil
&lzation, humanity. government and all
E nat makes society itself would disappear
md the world W uld return to its ancient
earbarism.-Cd. f. d. Baker.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-19

lea, andpromised to marry his friend
when l return. He complied and l got
my maid to gossip with one of the ser
wants in the hotel, and by chance she told
her your history, as her sister worked for
your mother.
"Just before l started for England, an
uncle of my mothers left me fifty thousand
dollars in my own right, which my step
father could not touch. had it trans.
ferred to New York, and determined to
save myself with it. Hearing OF you
adopted the plan of getting you to marry
me. When we returned to England my
step father commanded me to fulfill my
promise. showed my marriage certi-
ficate. He swore, but he saw his case
was lost; had outwitted him. l did
not leave him to protect my sister from II
similar fate. l never expected to meet
you. intended to have you sue for a
divorce us soon rs he should die, and it
would not endanger my safety"
but this intention will never be carried
into effect" Doctor Pomeroy exclaimed.
You W i'll be mine forever, Ellen?"
"Yours forever |" she answered.
And when they went to see his mother.
there were no three happier people to be
found in the world.
Years have passed since then, and Ada
finds a home with her sister, who never
repents that she was saved from fate
worse than death, by strategy.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-19
FEASTED WITH HIS OWN FUN.
Russian Writer Compelled Liter
ally to Eat His own Words.

A recent libel suit in Moscow, in
which city the author of quarto volume
was subjected to a most ignominious pun>
i>hment, very forcbly reminds one of the
inestimable blessing enjoyed in country
in which the freedom of the press is Il
guaranteed and established right. The
facts in the case referred to are MS follows:
In The above-named city good y sized
book was published in vindcation OF the
rights of the subject. The work contains
ed singing sarcasms aimed at the venali-
ty of the officials, with many satirical and
humorous allusions to bribe taking and
other iniquties. Even the Gar himself
was handled without gloves, his acts were
fearlessly denounced and powerful ar
eument WAS adduced in 5ehalf of the
rights of his subjects. The maladminis-
tration of law was set forth in strong,
plain language.
The book attracted general notice, but
rested and thrown into prison. After Il
short and summary trial his production
was pronounced libel, and he was con
demned to "eat his own words" or suffer
the punishment of the knout. This ter
rihle instrument Of torture is in the shape
of long whip or sc"urge, and is COM
posed Of many tough thongs of thick,
hard skin plated together and interviewer
with strands of stout wire. The criminal
is stripped and is firmly bound to two
stakes which are sufficiently wide apart to
admit the free motion of the head. The
blows are laid upon the bare back, every
stroke cutting like knife. and soon the
victim of the stourge is II shapele>s mass
of blood and flesh. One hundred blows
are equiva lent to death sentence. Th s
was the alternative of the unhappy au-
thor
The day fixed for carving the sentence
Of the court into execution arrived. A
platform was erected in one of the public
squares of the city Bound hand and
foot, the victim of despotic power was
seated in the center of the platform. An
immense concourse OF people had gather
ed to witness the strange spectacle. The
imperial provost, the magistrate, the
physician and the surgeon of the Gar
were in Attendance. The obnoxious book
had been separated from its binding,
and as an act of grace, the margin had
been cut off. III caves were then rolled
up, not unlike cigar lighters. And there
they were. hasketful. Now the meal
began. Amid roars of laughter from the
ignorant and degraded populace, the pros
vost served the author leaf by leaf with his
own production, putting the rolls Of pa
per one by one into his mouth. He slow
ly chewed and swallowed one third of his
book, when the med ical gentleman con
cluded he had received into his stomach
as much of the nnutrItlOus material as
was compatible with safety. He was
then reconducted to his cell to digest his
meal. The two following days the same
scene was enacted, until every leaf was
swallowed, and rs a matter of fact he was
compelled to literally eat his own words
and feast on his own fun.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-19

AN 1ETEREsTIno OREGON FAMILY
We have an old pioneer in jackson coun-
ty, Mr.. James Savage, OF Rogue river,
who has raised family Of thirteen chill
dren. The boys, four in number, are
between the ages Of IA and %, and these
four boys have manufactured, by their
own unaid labor, three violins and a
bass viol, all of exquisite tone and finish,
and on which they execute difficult music,
having been without an instructor. The
instruments are made of cedar and maple,
and but recently one OF the boys was Of
fered $40, which was refused, 70: his vio-
lin. The boys can make rife or wag
on, shoe horse, mend clock or watch,
work out an algebraic problem, swing a
pick in the mines, or follow reaper with
equal success. The girls OF the family,
nine in number, have the same musical
talent, and are not ashamed to wrestle
with kitchen work, afraid to mount a
bucking horse, or row their skiff across
the river, even If it is dangerously swol~
len Portland (Ore) Bee.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-19

On BATHINa.-Hall's Journal of
& for it says on the subject of bathing d:
E'Once a week is often enough for man
10 wash himself all over, and whether in
summer or winter that ought to be done
with soap, warm water and hog's hair
brush, in room showing at least seventy
degrees Fahrenheit. Baths should be
2taken early in the morning, for it is then
that the system possesses the power of
reaction in the highest degree. Any
#kind of bath is dangerous soon after a
meal, or soon after fatiguing exercise. No
man or woman should take bath at the
c'ose of the day unless by the advice of a
Family physician. The best mode of
keeping the surface of the body clean,
besides the once a week washing already
men toned, is as follows As soon as you
get out Of bed in the morning, wash your
face, hands, neck and breast into the
ssms basin Of water put both feet at once
FOR about minute, rubbing them briskly
all the time then with the towel, which
has been dampened by wiping the face,
feet, etc, wipe the whole body we'll, fast
and hard, with mouth shut and chest pro-
jec.ing. Let the whole thing be done in
less than five minutes. At night when
you 60 to bed, and whenever you find
yourself waKeful or restless, spend from
Two to five minutes in rubbing your whole
body with your hand. so far as you can
reach in every direction. This has a
tendency to preserve that softness and
mobility OF skin which too frequent
Washing will always Destroy"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-19
VOLUME XIV.


THE FIRST PRINTED Book. 1t is a
remarkable and most interesting fact that
ths very first use to which the discovery
OF printing was applied was the produc,
& tion of the Bible. This was accomplish
ed at Mentz, between the years 1440 and
l445. Gutenberg was the inventor Of
The art, and Faust, goldsmith, furnished
The funds. If it had been a single page,
or an entire sheet, which was then pros
duced, there might have been less occa.
sion to have noticed it +; but there was
something in the whole character of the
affair, which, if not unprecedented, rem
dersd it singular in the usual current of
human events. The Bible was in two
folio volumes, which have been justly
praised for the strength and beauty of the
paper, the exactness of the register and
the lustre Of the ink.
The work contained 1880 pages and
being the rst ever printed, of course in
volved long period of the time and
an immense amount OF mental and me-
chanicai labor and yet for long time
after it had been finished and off red for
sale, not human being save the artists
\ themselves knew how it had been accom-
plished. OF the first printed Bibles,
eighteen copies are known to be in exist
enee, four of which are printed on vel
lum. Two of these are in England, one
being in the Greenville collection, one in
the Royal Library of Berlin, and one in
the Royal Library of Paris. OF the four
teen remaining copies, ten are in Eng
Klsnd-there being copy in the libraries
*of Oxford, Edinburgh and London, and
4 several in the collections of diffsreNt no
bemen. The vellum copy has been sold
rs high as So 500. james Lenox, Esq,
of New York city, has copy in his IL
brary, which was purchased by Mr. Dav-
idson, at auction. in London, in 1913, for
the sum $500 sterling, equal to 81, 200, in
dependent OF freight or duties. The Gus
Som House officials passed it free of duty
in cons idsrstion OF its great antiquity. 1t
is the only copy upon this side of the At
lantic.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-19

A WoMAN's WIT.-The world cor
respondent from A lhanv writes: A bill
was introduced that repeals all those
Sc n seless words used bv notaries and com
deeds by married wemen-to the effect
that they execute the same without any
fear or compulsion from their husbands.
This is the jargon Of old times, and its
presence on the statute b ,ok nowadays is
an insult to both man and wife. When
the bill was introduced. General Sharp
told few OF his neighbnring colleagues
an amusing story ola country justice who
wishing to save the quarter dollfr cost of
an acknow edgment of a deed that he
and his wife were executing, resolved to
take the usual owledgments himself
in his jud icial capacity. He got through
his own acknowledgment as a. individu
al to himself as magistrate very we'll,
but when it came to his wife's turn he
was hottie; ed, because the statute requir>
ed wife's ackEow wledgment to he "out
of the presence Of her husband" Her
wit relieved him, for she sent him out of
the room, shut the door and then bade
him take the nowledgmen: through
the keyhoe. But when he asked the
question whether she executed it with
out any fear or compulsion from her hus-
band" she answered, Most certainly (;
for I've locked the door on you and am
now emptying your pocket book het you
have left on the table" The Court SUBJ
sequently set the acknowledgment aside,
but the econom ical Justice never saw the
contents of that pocket book.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-19

A BRUTAL Virginia City wife-beater
had to be discharged because the only
decent ha;of the family refused to tesii-
fy against him. Woman's love il a
mysterious thing. perfectly incompre.
hensible and decidedly foolish. If that
man had kissed his " fe instead Of strik
ing her she probably would no. have
thought half go much Of bin.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-19

4 ONE day was conpcundng simple
eough remedy for my little three year.
I'd, who had a severe cold. He stood
Watching the process, and asked if it was
coed" On letting him taste, he ex-
<laimed: "Its awful good, mamma
.'et's keep itall for papa p'-Ha,psr s
Magazine.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-19

A SUGGESTION Economical France
has discovered method Of extracting
oil, from the II ,000,0 900 pounds of grape
seed annually thrown awav by wineries
One hundred pounds of seeds Yields five
pounds of oil, equal to olive oil and much
cheaper. California might practice a
little economy in this respect, and add a
little to the resources of the country.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-19

A CHIoo young lady who is an enthu-
sastic supporter of the temperance cause
offers to wager thatshe can kiss 100 young
men in 100 consecutive secor ds, the wn-
ner to donate the wager to the Blue Rib
bon Society.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-19

UNDER the new pension law the man
who used to get S6 per month-being to
tally dissbled-now gets S72, o. 1854 per
year. There are bat eleven, such on the
paY rolls.
Sharp County record., 1879-10-30
EMPLOYMENT.

The following just sentiment
was uttered by Daniel Webster,
in a speech in the senate of the
United States. 1t should be held
in everlasting remembrance;
81 say it is employment that
makes the people happy, This
great truth ought never to be
forgotten; it ought to be placed
upon the title page Of every
book on political economy in
cended for America and such
countries as America. 1t ought
TO be placed in every farmers
almanac. 1t ought to head the
columns of every farmers mag
a2ine and mechanics magazine.
1t should be proclaimed every
where, Notwithstanding what we
hear of the usefulneSs-and |
admit the high usefulness-of
cheap food; but Notwithstanding
that, the truth should be pro-
claimed everywhere-should be
made into a proverb, if it could
that where there is work for the
hands and the man, there Will
be work for their teeth. Where
there is employment, there will
he bread; and in a country like
our own, above all others, where
with a great deal of spirit and
activity among the masses, if
they can find employment, there
Is always great willingness for
labor. If they can obtain fair
compensation for their labor,
they will have houses, good
clothing, good food, and the
means of educating their fami-
lies; and if they have good
houses, good clothing and good
food, and means of educating
their children from their labor,
Sharp County record., 1879-10-30
PRAISE YOUR WIFE.

COuragementElt WQn't nurC neF'
She has made your home COM
Portable, your heart bright and
shining, your food agreeable.
For PHYS sake, tell her you
thank her, if nothing more. She
don't expect it, and it will make
her eyes open wider than they
have for ten years, but it will
do her good for all that, and
you too.
There are many women to-day
thirsting for the word of praise,
the language Of encouragement.
Through summers heat and
winters toll they have drudged
uncomplainingly; and so accus-
toned have their fathers, broth
erS and husbands become to.
their monotonous labors, that
they look for and upon them as
they do upon the daily rising of
the sun and its daily going
down. Homely everyday life
may be made beautiful by an
appreciation Of its LONELINESS.
You know that if the floor is
clean, manual labor has been
performed to make it so. You
know that if you can take from
your drawer a clean shirt when
ever you want it, somebody's
fingers have ached in the toll of
making it so fresh and agreea-
bic. Everything that pleases
the eye and the sense has been
produced by constant work,
much thought, great care and
untiring efforts, bodily and
mental.
1t is not that many men DO
not appreciate these things, and
feel q glow Of gratitude for the
numberless attentions bestowed
upon them in sickness and in
health, but they are so selfish
in that feeling. They don't come
out with a hearty "Why, how
pleasant you make things look,
wife" or Pm much obliged to
you for taking so much pains"
They thank the tailor for giving
them fits; they thank the man
in a full omnibus who gives
them a seat; they thank the
young lady who moves along in
the concert; in short, they thank
everybody and everything out
Of doors, because it is the Gus
tom, and they come home, tip
their chairs back and heels up,
pull out the newspaper, grumbIe
if wife asks them to take the
baby, scold if the fire has gone
down, or, if everything is just
right, shut their mouths with a
smack Of satisfaction, but never
say to her, ! thanky you.
| tell you what, men-young
men and old-if you did but
show an ordinary civility toward
thoSe common articles of house
keeping, your wives; if you gave
the one hundred and sixth part
of the compliments you almost
choked them with before they
We're married; if you would
cease to speak Of their faults,
however banteringly, before 9TH
ers, fewer women would seek
for other sources of happiness
than your affections. Praise
your wife, then, for all good
qualities she has, and you may
rest assured that her deficiencies
are fully counterbalaloed by
uOI1p Ouyp Nv
Sharp County record., 1879-10-30
CIVILIZATION OF URpA.


Commander Cameron has been
telling the British association
about the most civilized race in
Central Afrioa-the people of
Urna. He had visited their cap
tai and king, and spoke from
observation and experience, In
he matter of dress the people
mad civilized only so far as an
apron--unleSs the tattooing Of
women may be regarded as dress.
The royal family alone was
clothed in sCanty skins. The
chief claimed divine honors, He
had a thousand wives. When a
chief dies, all his wives but one
are slaughtered at the grave, as
a part Of the funeral ceremO-
MES. The spared wife, who is
selected by lot, passes on to the
next chief. The kingdom is full
Of wizards, many of whom are
ventriloqQiSts, and deal in idols
and charms. They manage to
make the idols talk, apparently,
and the best talking idol is put
in a jungle, and given as a wife,
a sister or daughter of the chief.
The wizard lives with the idol
and the IDOLS wife in the jungle
shrine. The people mutilate
themselves by cutting off their
hands, fingers, ears and noses
to express love for their chief,
and other emotions and Sentl-
ments, and they seem to like it.
The immediate servants of the
king all show some sort Of mutt
Iation, as a mark Of love and
duty and fidelity. The women
are manageable at twelve to
fourteen years, and do not wait
long. There's always somebody
ready to marry them, and they
are willing. Even the prospect
Of participating in the chiefs
CHASTITY funeral rites does not
deter them from joining the
chiefs household as royal brides.
There are no divorces in this
happy kingdom. When the wife
otfends the husband in any way
he cuts and distlgures her tattoo,
and she cannot appear in socie-
ty again until she is re-tattooed.
Very simple domestic discipline.
These people have none of the
expensive vices of other civiliz-
ations, and live cheaply and die
happy. The greatest honor and
luxury of the realm, for we'll
born bellies, is to become the
wives of the chief, and be roy
ally slaughtered at his grave
Fix.
Sharp County record., 1879-10-30
ALE. III. JOPLIN,
--GENERAL--
Fire Insurance Agent
BATESVILLE, ARK.

A- ~ A%@r++s3 %AN'
Will insure woolen, -four and
saw mills, cotton gins, store
houses and stock, dwellings,
barns, &C., in none but frst-class
companies. Capital represent
ed, S8,O00,00O.
l am also agent for Capt. A.
B. Smiths line of steamers,
warehouse and elevator, Will
receive and forward all consign-
ments, giving through bills Of
Iading on receipt of goods. No
charge for storing or forwarding
goods consigned to Capt. Smith
or myself.
| am also agent for all kinds
agricultural implements, thresh-
ers, gin stands, horse powers,
steam engines, &e. Circulars
with price lists furnished on
application.
All purchases in this place,
for merchants residing at a dis
tance, will be promptly attended
to, and to best advantage.
Being a resident of Batesville
for 20 years, | ain known to
most of you. To those who l am
not, | refer to Messrs. Butler &
Neill or other prominent men
of this town and county. Cor
respOndence solicited.
Office at warehouse and ele-
vator, foot of Spring street.
Residence on Boswell street.
Sharp County record., 1879-10-30
w E E K L Y G AZETTE

Terms:
One copy, six months, 81 25
One copy per month, less than
six months 25
One copy, one year, 200
Five copies, one year, 900
Zen copies, one year, II 90
ID A lhi4I Il G A u E II TE.
One copy, one year, $40 90
One copy, six months, 500
For less period, per month, 100
Payable incGridbIy IN adoance.
Address A. H. SEWER,
Little Rock, Arkansas.
Sharp County record., 1879-10-30

that labor will be cheerful, and
they will be a contented and
happy people. "-fx.
Sharp County record., 1879-10-30

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