Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-09-09
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Josh Billings has found one thing thai
. money cannot buy, and that is the wag oi
, a dogs tail. 1t is an honest expression Of
opinion on the part of the dog.
There is rourtune in store for the mil
, liner who shall devise bonnet that can
I be worn in any part Of church, and al
ways present its trimmed side to the con-
f gregation.
r The power of q horse is understood TO
: be that which will elevate a weight of
: 80, 900 pounds the height of one foot in a
minute of time, equal to about ninety
r pounds at the rate OF four miles an hour.
New York has thirty-three hospitals,
containing accommodations for between
six and seven thousand persons. The
Charity and Emigrant hospital each con-
tains one thousand, and Bellevue has sew
en- hundred.
1t is said that adulterated sugar may be
detected by a very simple test. A little
pure sugar is taken in the mouth and dis
solved and is then replaced by little of the
suspected article. If the latter contains
starch, glucose or chloride of tin, a dis
tinctly bitter taste will be present.
Griffin(Ga News: An aged colored man,
Fastening home from church, was asked
why he was in such hurry. "Oh, moth
ing in particular, boss" was his answer,
"only | jest heard at de conference dat
Sam Jones fell from grace, an | thought
I'd glt right home as soon's could, and
lock my chickens up. OATS all. E"
Professor Geiger sat in an easy chair on
the deck, looking very pale. The com
passionate captain asked how he felt.
Miserable, miserable; I'm sick, captain
I'm sick. have paid tribute to Nep.
tune till have lost everything" But"
said the captain, 81 see you still have your
boots left" "Yes," said the professor
family, "but they were on the outside"
An ostrich, long on exhibition at Rome,
having been suffocated by thrusting its
neck through the bars, there were found
four large stones, eleven smaller ones, sew
en- nails, necktie pin, an envelope, thir-
teen copper Coins, fourteen beads, one
French franc, two small keys, a piece of
handkerchief, silver medal of the Pope
and the cross of an Italian order in its
stomach-almost as tough a meal as boil
ed crow spiced with Scotch snuff.
A Long Branch correspondent of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, describing the scene
at juvenile hotel ball, says: 81 saw
young lady watching one of the little
misses whose plump legs were covered
with light blue stockings, with elaborate
embroidery at the insteps, and delicate
vine trailing over the ankles, and there
was unmistakably envy in the expression
of her face as she said: 'Heigho, wish
was little girl again. The truth was,
you see, that she had on as fine stockings
as the youngster, but she could not show
them"
Toll is the price of sleep and appetite, of
health and enjoyment. The very necessi-
ty which overcomes our natural sloth is a
blessing. The world does not contain
brier or a thorn that divine mercy could
have spared. We are happier with the
sterility which we can overcome by indus
try than we could be with the most spon-
taneous and unclouded profusion. The
body and mind are improved by the toll
that fatigues themj that toll is thousand
times rewarded by the pleasure which it
bestows. Its enjoyments are peculiar; no
wealth can purchase them. They only
flow from the exertion which they repay.
The theory recently advanced to account
for the magnetism of the earth, and which
has provoked much discussion, may be
thus briefly summarizes: The cause is
found In the revolution Of the earth be-
meath the electrical charge, originally and
at all times present in the atmosphere; it
proves, too, that if the earth be electri-
fed, it must, from its very rotation
quite independently of all other bodies
in the universe-be magnetic; and, If it
consists of shell of iron, thick or thin,
then that the law of distribution of mag
netism produced by this electrical charge
in mechanical rotation between it and
space would be sufficient to produce the
necessary amount of charge.
Brooklyn can he longer lay claim to be-
ing the city of churches. She furnishes
only one church to every 1,721 Of popula-
tion. Of other prominent cities at least
ten are ahead of her. Washington has
one for every 932; Cleveland one for every
1,044; New Orleans one for every 1,345;
Cincinnati one for every 1850; Baltimore
one for every 1,412; and Boston one for
every 1896. st. Louis is nearly as well
off for churches as Brooklyn, having one
for every 1852 of population. As for
New York city, she is nearly as far be-
hind Brooklyn as Brooklyn is behind
Washington. The proportion stands one
to 2,6l3. In New York state the figures
are one to S05.
They were very fond of each other, and
had been engaged to be married; but they
quarreled, and were too proud to make it
up. He called few days ago at her
fathers house to see the old gentleman on
business, of course. She was at the door.
SAID he, "Ah, Miss Blank, | believe; is
your father in!" "No, sir, she replied,
"pa is not in at present. Did you wish
to see him personality" EYES," was the
bluff response, feeling she was yielding,
'on very particular personal business, "and
he turned proudly to go away. 81 beg
your pardon" she called after him, as he
struck the lower step, "but who shall
say calledp" He never smiled again.