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Sharp County record., 1880-08-26
The BuOYancy Of Water.

Another terrible steamboat slaughter!
Presence of mind and a slight knowl-
edge of the specific gravity of the hu-
man body, would have saved much of
this frightful loss of life. There was
loose wood enough about the boat to
have foated ten times the number of
passengers on the ill-fated vessel, If it
had been used with judgment. The
human body weighs about pound in
the water and a single chair will carry
two grown persons. That is, it would
keep their heads above water, which is
all that is necessary when it is ques-
ton of life or death. The burning ves
sci was close to shore, the water was
calm and warm and all of these passen-
gers might easily have jumped over
board and padded laug thing ashore, if
they had only possessed and used the
simple knowledge that one finger placed
upon a stool, or chair, or a small box,
or piece of board, would easily keep
Sharp County record., 1880-08-26

the head above water, while the two
feet and the other hand might be used
as paddles to propel towards the shore,
1t is not at all necessary to know how
to swim to be able to keep from drown.
ing in this way. A little experience of
the buoyant power of matter, and faith
in it, is all that is required. We have
seen small boy who could not swim a
stroke propel himself back and forth
across deep, wide pond by means of
board that would not sustain five pounds
weight. In fact, that sometime small
boy is now writing this. Children and
all others should have practice in tha
sustaining power of water In nina
cases out of ten the knowledge that
what will sustain pound weight is all
that is necessary to keep ones head
above water will serve better in emer-
gencies than the greatest expertness as
a swimmer. A person unfamiliar with
the buoyant power of water will natu-
rally try to climb on top of the floating
object on which he tries to save himself
If it is large enough, that is all right.
But it is generally not large enough,
and half of a struggling group is often
drowned in the desperate scramble of
life and death struggle to climb on top
of piece of wreck or other floating OBJ
ject, not large enough to keep them all
entirely above the water. This often
happens when pleasure boats capsize.
All Immediately want to get out of the
water on top of the overturned or half
filed boat, and all are drowned except
those whom the wrecked craft will
wholly bear up. If they would simply
trust the water to sustain ninety-nine
hundreds of the weight of their bodies,
and the disabled boat the other hum
dredth, they might all be saved under
most circumstances. An overturned or
water-illed wooden boat will sustain
more people in this way than it will
carry. 1t would keep the heads above
water of as many people as could get
their heads on the gunwale. These are
simple facts, easily learned, and may
some day save your life.-Tre1stOn IN.
j. State Gazette.
Sharp County record., 1880-08-26
A Notable Instance Of Fasting.

In view of the experiment of DR.. Tan
ner, of New York, in his attempt to fast
forty days, q case which | heard of in
1872, while a patient of DR.. Pusey
Heald, in his Hygiene Home at Will
mingtOn, Del, may be Of interest to
your readers: A Mrs. H., small lady
with dark complexion, who was visit
or at the above health institute, accom-
panied by daughter, who was received
as patient, informed me that twenty
years before she was a hopeless dyspep-
tic, suffering all the terrors that the
term implies and given up to die by her
physicians, when a new physician, a
health-reformer, who in those days, as
class, were noted for their "heroic
treatment" undertook the treatment of
her case, if she would follow implicitly
his instructions, encouraging her with
his firm opinion that she would be cured
as a result. Believing that she must
die in any event-which shows that her
will power was about exhausted she
consented to his terms, which were, in
brief, to abstain from food until hel
should order otherwise. The secopf'
ord sli.-3 doy-S vf hor ftssC sno 'Suiereu
excessively from hunger, after which
she felt no desire for food. Her tongue
soon began to swell and gather Shiny
coating, which continued for twenty
days, during which time she exercised
more or less daily, as her strength
would permit. On the twenty-first day
the coating came off her tongue in a
mass, leaving it in a comparatively nor
NAL condition; her physician then or
dered her little rice water, and by de-
grees she reached generous diet, and
found to her great joy that all her old
dyspeptic symptoms had disappeared,
and that her enjoyment of food was as
intense and natural as she could desire.
She stated, however, that ever since
her recovery she had been obliged TO
exercise care in her diet, as her stom-
ach had not recovered its original tone
and elasticity, which could hardly be
expected. In conclusion, l have always
considered this a remarkable case and
fully believe in its truthfulness, as does
DR.. Heald; and there are undoubtedly
others here in Boston who know of it,
as it happened here; and it seems to me
that if sick woman, weak and enact
ated from dyspepsia, can live twenty
one days without food, it ought to be
possible for a man endowed with good
health and a liberal allowance of adipose
material, backed by strong will, to re-
frain for forty days, though perhaps this
reasoning is not altogether logical
Cor. Boston Transcript
Sharp County record., 1880-08-26
He Bought a Ring.

A gentleman while crossing Broadway
near the City Hall at dusk yesterday
was stopped by a Shabbily dressed man.
"Do you want to buy ring" the
man asked.
81 don't mind; let's see it."
"Come down the street here, not to
that light, the police might see."
"Well, where's the ring?"
"Here it is-gold-you can see the
initials, m. w. engraved on the in
side.n
The gentleman took the ring and ex-
amined it. 1t was heavy, bore stamp
"18 k" had the initials an. w." and
had every appearance of being genuine.
1t rang well on the flags.
"Where did you get it?"
81 found it on the ferryboat.
"It is more likely you stole it."
The man made a sullen denial, and
then said he would take dollar and a
half for it.
Anticipating an advertisement for the
ring in the morning papers, the gentle
man offered dollar. 1t was grudging-
ly accepted. While going up town on
a car the ring was shown to the con-
ductor
you've been swindled," he said;
"there's heaps of those rings all around.
1 hear of people cheated every day by
GneIIl.
The gentleman stepped into drug
store and asked to have the ring tested
with sulphuric acid. When the drug
gist saw the ring he said:
"Itis fraud. This is about the hun
dredth ring of the same sort that has
been brought here the past week. They
are very thickly plated with gold, and
filled with heavy composition.
Then he scraped off the plating and
applied the acid. There was a bright
green spot. The ring was worth but a
few centS.-NetO York. Sun.
Sharp County record., 1880-08-26
THE SKYLARK.

Hark to the dropping melody
From the brown lark above yOn grimv cloud! I!
Ambitious traveller, for earth 800 proud,
WOuldst thou join the angels psalmody2
Or is the steadfast sun the magnet bright
That ever to the sky attracts thy flight
Sing on, thou Joyous reveler!
Pouring tumultuous from thy reedy throat
Torrents of sound; who needless hears thy
note,
Is duh, or senseless driveler!
'TwOuld seem thou hadst indeed heard heav-
For strains like thine can ne'er from earth
have sprung.
Here, on the cool grass lazily
0utstretched, | listen to thy happy note,
And pleasant images upon me float,
Watching thy FORM that hazily
Shows through slOw-mOving vapors high
above
As up in fluttering spirals thou dOst move.
So once my SOUL awakening
From thoughtless slumber sprangtO greet the
morn,
And from its depth a merry lay was born:
Hope stood before me beckOning,
And led me forth along golden way,
Where sunlight never ceased to beam and play.
Would that all we, here wandering
About this earth, could sing away our days,
And neer i'm discomfort our voices raise.
Short life in sorrow squandering;
And would that we to toll as bithely bent
As thou ascendest through the armament.
The nightingales sweet sorrowing
Lus us with fantasy and idle dreams,
Till all the world to our charmed vision
seems
From solemn music borrowing
Soft magic-a fair place Of pleasant pain.
Wherein to dream, and sigh, and dream again.
Thy song is bright and vigorous.
Seeming to summon men to active lives,
Boldly prOclaiming he who nObly strives
'Gainst evils that beleaguer us,
And faces manfully his worldly work,
Shall prosper well-they i'll who duty shirk.
When twilight shades cross drearily
The sinking day, and all afeld is still,
Save the veXed murmur of the restless ril,
Like stone thou fallest, YEARLY,
To earth, and, sleeping in the dew thy breast,
Secretly creepeth to thy hidden nest.
Chambers Journal.
Sharp County record., 1880-08-26
Extravaganza in Flowers.

The flower business in this city, says
the San Francisco Chronicle, is no small
item in the commercial world After
an interview with six leading florists and
a comparison of opinions, it would seem
that in San Francisco the sales made at
the floral depots and by the street vend-
ers, at the nurseries and in the public
markets, vegetable shops and fruit
stands, amount annually to $50, 900.
There are at present in San Francisco
over three hundred persons engaged in
cultiVating, arranging and selling flow
ers, and there are three firms who are
engaged in nothing else but making
wire designs for the florists. These de-
signs consist of horseshoes, marriage
bells, harps, hearts, crosses, pillows,
pillars, columns, monuments, locomO-
tives, ships, horns of plenty, stars,
doves, butterflies, anchors, lettering
and almost everything else that can be
imagined.
You must make an immense profit
on your sales" said the reporter to one
florist.
mot 50 muqb3rqfsst uqb3rfsst ono would imagine"
B&19ditAIdet B&9ditAIdet he ip6inted ~ 44nd picking anIss a4nIs
is sold for $40, but the PAPER 6o der on
it is worth So alone. Besides there is
the most, for which we pay about $50 a
year. Then there is the tinfoil, which
costs us $40 or S12 per annum, and oil
cloth for lining amounts to nearly $50.
Then there is the wire for wrapping,
say $40. Thread will cost $40. And
even envelopes and cards must be taken
into consideration. H."
Envelopes and cards are a small
item," suggested the reporter.
"Not at all, said the florist. "Why,
sometimes have seen customer spoil
dozen or more cards before one was
directed satisfactorily, and l have no.
ticed it more especially where gentle
man is sending a gift for the first time.
He sometimes will betray more confu-
sion than a school girl"
Reporter-And how about the ladies'?
"They generally show less embar-
rassment, although lady did come in
here yesterday and wasted fourteen
cards before she got one to suit her.
She was sending it to gentleman and
at first she put on only hiS initials; then
she concluded to write the full name;
next she thought it would look nicer
written in French; then she went back
to English writing, but directed it to the
wrong hotel. At last she concluded to
address it only to the number of his
room at the Palace"
Representatives. do you get this
beautiful moss? ... F..
"Well, some comes from trees at San
Rafael and Saucelito, and much from
the rocks and trees at Monterey, where
many of the Spanish people make their
living by picking it. The greater por-
ton, however, comes from Oregon and
the Russian river" ..
"What is the lowest and highest price
of your bouquetsP' again queried the
reporter.
Our hand bouquets range all along
from five cents to twenty dollars. After
that price they take the form of designs
and are all the way from one dollar for
a star such as this'' pointing to floral
star which was just being taken out OF +
the shop" up to hundred and fifty
dollars, which would be asked for that
stand there, seven feet high, if it were
decorated ~
Sharp County record., 1880-08-26

When Warwick Castle was so much
damaged by fire few years ago, Lord
Warwick, accepted public contribu-
ton, literally subscribed to in this coun-
try, toward its restoration, because his
means would not otherwise have per-
mitted his restoring it for many years.
The fortunes OF the house or Warwick
will however, now experience a splen-
did revival by the marriage of its heir,
Lord Brooke, with the heiress of Wis.,
count Maynard, young lady having
100000 year, together with great
personal attractions and a charming
character. Lord and Lady Warwick
have been so gracious in according to
visitors at all times and seasons a view
of their famous home that this event
gives general satisfaction.
Sharp County record., 1880-08-26

1t is proposed to bottle and export
the waters of the Nile and it is con-
iectured that there millions in it, the
water is so healthful and delicious.
Sharp County record., 1880-08-26

"A gentleman never will insult any
one and loafer cannot.
Sharp County record., 1880-08-26

Hark to the dropping melody
From the brown lark above yOn grmv cloud
Ambitious traveller. for earth 800 proud,
WOuldst thou join the angels pSamody2
Or is the steadfast sun the magnet bright
That ever to the sky attracts thy ilightl
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-12-13
PAINE'S PILGRIMS
Hrtermincd to Move into Okla
homa.

H'SNE1gLL, rs, December 1.-THE
''laoma settlers broke amp on Bitter
''erS a, 10 o'clock this morning and
""'sI the state line 10 Haanewell,
-.y:r they are now camped. the se;-
- Sere closely followed by the Fed
.A'ASa,ry under command ofCol Cop
.aies, Who has superseded Lieut..
,'~ n AMI thelbhe coats have pitch
" Wv,r t,u'S ON Indian territory
fa,a'rd irom the cDi0nists but few
. 'a'Lt,' yariS on the opposite bank OF
'.'' fiy ':rrk, Ii il were not for the
,''>i,''G ant restraint exercised by
F.. ''''ers ID the colony they would
.'.r crossed Iheiine in the face OF the
.iN N.'rN twenty.iour hours ago. The
s''''''n 5 critical and the officers OF
s ,'nPany hopl 20 receive assuran-
- "'n Washington before they move
80. IN W'S point that will avert the
N'A'a,ened conflict.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-12-13

sert that truth and liberty will yet be
triumphant over all foes" He closed
with grand figure, further illustrating
this subject. In graphic language and
most dramatically he described the burn
ing Of the Smithsonian Institute, years
ago. And in this destruction, the dome
OF the Capitol, the American Temple OF
Liberty, stood out clear and strong, no
trembling OF its columns, or quive, OF its
marble veins. So when the end comes
and the wreck OF matter and the crash
Of worlds" over all shall arise the white
temple, base, shaft, capital and archi.
trave, ard upon the scroll shall be en-
blazoned: "THE WORLD SHALL Pass
AWAY, But TRUTH, LIBERTY AND JUsTICE
SHALL Nor Pass AWAY
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-12-13
THC CAPITAL CITY.

The Obstructionists- - Reduction Of Pen
sions-K Kellogg's Case -GelIy's Dethrone-
mont What Shall be Done for Hsntp-
Personsl and Other hattsrs-
Special Dispatch TO the Register.
WAsaIKGros, December IL.
The Republican obstrucionists,
The determination reached by the
Republican caucus 10 resist the passage
OF the electoral count resoiutisd' may
get them into serious trouble II persisted
IN. 1t was shown Friday when Mr.
Bicknell yieldel the floor upon the
question oi consideration, that the Dem.
ocrats intend to transact a. much other
necessary business n possible. Mr..
Cox intends on tomorrow 70 caution
the Republicans that with them must
rest the responsibility for Whatever
might happen Of an unpleasant nature
il they mean 10 obstruct business a dc.
cided in caucus The Republicans arc
not satisfied with the rights usually &C.
corded q minority, but insist npon ab.
solute control Of the majority. and ssy
plainly that what does not please 'em.
selves must not pas.
Trying TO Reduce the Pspsions
A prominent Republican Senator. in
commenting la,t night upon the proha.
bility Of some change in The pension
laws during the present session, ssid
that there is more in this idea than
would 10 at nrst imagined. - Il has
been pretty thoroughly diseussed 81.
ready among Democratic Senators aSd
Representatives. The bill introduced
by Senator withers. IGdsy. 10,
think, the first open move
ment toward Q strong effort 10 material
ly reduce the estimate Of Sc, ,0o0, ,ooC
submitted % necessary Tor the payment
Of pensions during the next hsrsl year
The Democratic msjority uill claim ths'
the increase Of ~, ,iU0 .0O0 over Tho sun
appropristed for this purpose Last year
which does not include the sn'oont nsc
esary for the paymsn. Of arrears. indi
cafes that the pssc,iee VI the Pens, VI
Bureau in passing upon claims Tor pen
sions IA too loose 10 guard against fraud
Senstot Henry Davis. 10 speaking q
me upon this subject last night, siid this
there must no reform in This pensio'
business. There are no doabt . sIea
many unworthy penioosss reesivin
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-12-13

"a difference OF about two hundred names In
tIis county Yet unsccouutrd fr.
The population Of West Virginia in
1870 was 4i?,Oli. and the aggregate eain
in ten years is 1853 This does not
fulfill first expectations, but is a first
rate showing, considering the many dis.
advantages under which the State Ia
bors. A large part OF the Stata is noun
famous; a much larger part is inaccessi'
BILE, in the modern acceptatiOn Of that
term, by lack of railroad facilities, and
yet West Virginia has grown in Popula-
ton at a ratio greater than majority Of
the eastern States. and which compares
favoraLly with any State Of the same
latitude. When the State has acquired
more railroads, her population will run
up rapidly.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-12-13
THE PENYGRAIG HORROR,
One Hundred Lives Lost.

LONDON. December 1.-The latest ac-
count OF the explosion in the PenySraig
colliery, Yesterday morning, makes the
number OF persons who persisted one
hundred The government has - Tar
listened to the iorsters representations
as to place two more regiments at the
disposal OF the Irish executive.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-12-13
Virsinia JudR.a IndictHd.

richmond, Va, December 1.-THE
Grand Jury OF the United States Cir.
cult Court adjourned today, for the
term, after having indicted live more
election judges, two from the City oi
Manchester and tuo from the town of
Chester in Chesterfield county.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-12-13
'kEMATED ALIVE.
i've Persons Burned tn Death
ata Cincinnati Fire.

2 Ss.NIn,NNSAri, December IA fire in
- rayyo's hGcket factory occurred
60 =. % g",, On the corner OF New and
,a,s ~, i'.ests. >lIests. IN which five persons
'nTned 10 d,ath.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-12-13
WEST vIRaINIA's CHILDREN,

Including Little and Big. White and
Black, Figures Up to Only 6is. .l97-Her
Population Printed from Official Fig.
urss tor the First Time
Correspondence OF the Register.
WASHINGTON, December II.
am indebted TO Senator Henry q.
Davis for the following statement of the
population OF West Virginia by counties,
according to the United States Census
OF 1880. This statement is still subject
to possible corrections by reason OF the
discovery OF omissions or Implications Of
names in the lists Of inhabitants return.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-12-13
Justice Strong 10 Retire from the Supreme
BADLY BEATEN.
Supposed Revenge OF = Dis.
charged EmplOye.

CIscIxSarf, Deceml<r II.-Csptsin
James y. wiss. Superintendent of tho
Memphis Packet Line, wn set upon
last evening, and b~sten by some per.
son or persona 20 him unkbown. He is
cons~ious this morning, bot has bern
vtmiting blood and IL in . critical CON-
diti6n. He only rrnembeSs recsivisg
the blow On the back part OF his head.
He has two ugly wounds on his face, -
II struck by brass knucklefs. He was
not robbed. II In thought some dh.
charged employe sttsrked him In re-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-12-13

The total receipts ot toreign gold .;
New York fOr tue week ended Saturday
vs . A.I?4 go; silver. SCI ,s27.
At Sharon, Masssch usetis, Q building
occupied by three msnufscturers Il
shoes and stockings. burned Saturday.
Loss, t37 .000.
Richsrdt0n's extensive saw factory u
Newark, n. j., the second largest In the
United States. wss burned. Loa esli.
mated st SC. 600; fully insured.
Nsssd Kenyon Taylor, sgsd twenty
yesrs, Q member Of the third elsss OF
Cadet Esgineen Of the Naval Academy
ut Annspo.is. did Saturday, alter Q lin.
esring illness Of affection Of the lun N.
Cadst Taylor entered tae Acsde n :
iron Massachusetts,.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-12-13

Oyercaais.
O'ercoats.
O'ereoats.
O'ercoais.
O'ercoais.
Overcoats.
N 1870 Market.
=! 1890 Market.
a. Eco Market.
~ !, ,sso Market.
~ i3eo Market.
Rs, M ls:o Market.
y harket. 'e'eoa's nj lSSO
n Harket. '''oa's III A@O
. Harket. ''rcoa's NJ lISO
pAarkei. 'ereoa's al 1870
aarkeI. "'ereesis ~ l3SO
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-12-13

Death Of Madame Theirs.
~ NaN' DC mh.r l2.-Madame Theirs
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-12-13

I (Ald;tiosAl Tdswspa 'oa Essra Pse.l
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-05
& J. ORoLY.
CARIg a CaoIY,

StONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS, ARE PRE-
9 j pared to 90 all kinds of work in their Inc, in
city or country. PRINCIPAL place Of business, Sacra
mento. Shop, 50 Second street, between and L.
Pos.-offce Boy, 80. Sacramento. OILS 4ptf
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-05
COAST NEWS CLIPPINGS,

Judge Peck, of Camas Prairie, who
kept account, tells the Idaho Democrat
that $50, 900 head of cattle, 90, 200 head of
sheep, and about 1000 head of horses
passed through there during the past
season for the Eastern markets.
Montana is one of the most Furnishing
Territories Says the Denver Tribune :.
The people are represented to be of the
best class. The mines are of undoubted
richness, and the Territory will soon take
rank with Colorado, Nevada and Cali
fornia.
The water in the Fraser river, in British
Columbia, at no time very clear, has lately
been more highly surcharged with earth
than usual. An analysis made recently
showed the water opposite New West
minister to contain So tons OF sediment in
every 1000 tons of water.
Near Homer, Mono county, recently, a
party OF vaqueros were amusing themselves,
when one of them, named Hawkins-him-
self on horseback-thre brush under a
horse ridden by Mexican. AS soon as he
did it he put his horse to run to get out
of the way, but the Mexican's lariat was
too quick, and he was snatched out of his
saddle senseless. Restoratives were ap-
piled, but it was three hours before he re-
covered consciousness.
Some Eastern Oregon stock men are
building a new kind of fence. There is
first barbed wire three inches from the
ground, then three boards eight inches
wide and three inches above the wire and
three inches apart. Two more barbed
wires six inches apart above the boards
complete the structure. This fence, it is
claimed, will keep out dogs and coyotes,
and the builders are confident their val
liable sheep will be safe inside this in.
closure.