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, 1881-08-27
gtristia4a416, III, Sr&t=,
SATURDAY, 27th AUGUST 1881.

According to the St. T1omo Tiden-
de of oath instant they have had in
st. Thomas rather stormy weather
from Monday evening till Tuesday
evening. The wind, early on Tuesday
morning especially, blew strongly
from the south, and along with a hea-
Wy swell setting into the harbour,
caused the s~tranding of three vessels,
brigantincs, of which only one has
again been hoated.
, 1881-08-27
Thc %iDcTian Plague.
From the Times.

Intelligence reaches us from st. Peters.
burg THAT the disease known rs the Sibe-
rian plague has appeared il several
provinces Of the Russian Empire; and
that in villages III the St. Petersburg dis
trict and along tie Warsaw line it has
already occasioned great fatality among
cattle and horses, as well as many deaths
among the human inhabitants. Che
disease in question is not to be c0nf0uadtd
with the dreaded bub0nio plague OF the
East because OF the solidarity Of the names
they have received. Although not dissi-
milar in several Of their gr0sSer charac-
t~eristicS, the diseases are entirely distinct;
and the one now prevalent differs from the
other in the allinp0rtant feature that it
never, in the true sense Of the term, be-
comes epidemic SO far as the human race
is concerned. Notwithstanding that II
good deal of mystery has always surround
ed and still surrounds the disease, the
"Siberian plague may now, indeed, be
said to have been fairly identified with
that m&lady, Itself liJtIe known, and
hitherto thought TO be Of most rare occur
renee in man, which medioa, writer's are
accustomed to speak Of as "anthraX,"
and which, occurring in sheep and cattle,
veterinarians usually designate by the
term "spleniC fever = or, to carry its
Identification back to the ages OF antiquity,
it is the same disease, so medical histori-
ans tells us, as that which constituted one
Of the plaques from which the Egyptians
and their cattle suffered at the time of
Pharoal-a plague described in Exodus as
a Z" griey0uS murrain," and as a boil
breaking forth with blains upon man and
upon beast" The historical interest that
thus surrounds the disease is, however,
considerably eclipSed rs we conc to learn
more Of its modern history. The epizo0 tic
prevalence of anthrax is still, as in the
time OF Pharaoh, not among the
flOcks and herds, especially of sheep and
goats and camelS, of Eastern Europe and
Asia and that it should be so is certain
~ no matter for co~n9ratulation to us, as
1t was to the lSraelites OF Old, but, on the
contrary, is one, as recent research shows,
of anxious concern. For the great bulk OF
the wool and hair Of these Eastern animals
is imported into England and, since the
t1eeceS of the dead and diseased are not
excluded, 1t has resulted that both men
and animals on English soil have, and not
seldom, been infected with what in Rus
STA is known as the Siberian plague
The West Riding Of Yorkshire receives,
for the purpose of the worSted manufac-
ture, by far the greater portion of the
material IN question, and it appears that
for many years a disquieting conviction
has prevailed among the men who have
the first handling of it thereto, the
sorters of the wool-that a mysterious and
often rapidly fatal malady was peculiar to
and resulted from their occupation. So
alarmed nave these men at times become
on the occurrence of an. unusual number
, 1881-08-27

The Dean of estminster, of
whose illness even, we had heard
nothing when WI went to press last
week, died on Monday night, of
erysipelas, in his W D~eanery,
after an illness of only a single
weeks duration, during the earlier
days of which no serious alarm had
been felt. Dean Stanley was born
in the year of Waterloo, and his
early life was contemporaneous with
, 1881-08-27
PASSENGERS.
ARRIVED.

ARRIVED.
Per Schr Vigilant from St. Thomas Aug.
25.-Edward Richard, Samuel Smith, Eliza
beth Thurland, Capt H. ?. Petersen, and
Rosa Chipperson.
BOOKED AND LEFT.
Aug. 25,-Mrs. Ellen Jensen and d%arghter
Francisco Nicholina Jensen, Mr.. William Glen
dinen, #. H. Jesseu, Ferdinand van Lende-
mann. Miss Mariel Neltbrup, and James Come
Illus.
The Cecil Whig., 1881-06-18
A Word for the Mother-in-Law

Are there no estimablc mothers with
married daughters? The mother-in-law is
not responsible for her position-probably
does not admire it. Yet she has been the
offensive .jests, and quantities OF sarcas-
ticrhymcs. Into all OF these has entered
I'm element Of bitterness which does not
appear III the gibs that are hurled ut the
widow and spinster. Malice is the inspi-
ration of the assault upon the mothcr-!l-
law Perhaps it is n savagery born OF
sense of detected guilt--wh ich has been
hidden from the too contiding wife. but
detected promptly by the penetrating eye
of the mothcr-in- law. She is not blinded
bv love for the man. and to perfect clear
ness of vision she adds an experience
which is as useful Us Sccond-sight in Ell
ablinr her to see to the bottom of things
Yet if she be wise she will not give her
daughter the benefit of her experience,
but allow her to enjoy her fools paradise
as long as possible.
\ good mothcr-in-law is really well
spring of pleasure to properly conduct
ed husband. She is aSSiduous III taking
care of the baby. and the scrviceabenrs-
of her knowledge concerning the most
/ effective methods OF carrying the infant
through the critical periods. the efficiency
with which she diSpenSeS paregoric, meas
ureS out cpicac. and compounds plasters,
| ii lis the minds of Just men with senti
meuts of admiration and thankfulness.
Give the mother-in-law her due. 1t has
The Cecil Whig., 1881-06-18
Treading Water.

Dr. Henry acCormar, of Belfast, Ire
land, writes that it is not at all necessary
or inevitable that person knowing moth
ing of the art of swimming should be
drowned if he depends simply and en-
tirely on the powers for preservation with
which nature has endowed him. The
pth of the Doctors remarks is contained
in the following extract:
"When one of the inferior animals
takes to the water. falls or is thrown in,
it instantly begins to walk as it does when
cannot swim falls into the water. he
makes few spasmodic struggles, throws
up his arms and browns. The brute. on
the other hand, treads water. remains on
the surface, and is virtually insrbmerge-
able.
In order, then, to escape drowning it is
only necessary to do as the brute does,
and that is to tread or walk the water.
The brute has no advantage i'll regard of
his relative weight. in respect of the
water, over man: and yet the man per
ishes while the brute lives. Neyerthc-
less, any man, any woman, any child.
who can walk on the land may also walk
in the water just as readily as the animal
does, and that without any prior instruc-
tions or drilling whatever. Throw dog
into the water, and he treads or walks
the water instantly, and there is IS no
imaginable reason why human beng
under like circumstances should not de-
as the dog does. The brute, indeed,
walks in the water instinctiyely, whereas
man Inns to be told,n
The Cecil Whig., 1881-06-18
KEROSENE.

Every person should read and poier
well the following words ofwarning from
the Albany On. W Times:
"An idea seems to be prevalent that
mating agent, but also in starting kitchen
fires. 1t matters NOT that the papers
almost daily record cases of painful death
from it's being put to the latter use
When fire is to be started to cook the
morning meal, it would he far better that
nitro glycerine, dynamite or gunpowter
should be used. than that the kerosene
can should be called into requisition. The
substances named only explode, but the
kerosene oil takes fire and spreads itself
on every object in its ncighborhood. 49,
Would that every woman who tries i"
start q fire with kerosene would stop ::
moment to consider that the soldier, an
der fire, in the midst of battle. has
many more chances to escape with life
than she.
Kerosene is dangerous compound to
be kept in a house, even if used prudent
ly. 1t should be kept in some portion Of
the house where neither sunlight, nor
any fire nor artificial heat can come
Lamps should be filled in the daytime.
and under no circumstances should be
fillod at night with another light near.
The oil itself is not explosive; it is the
gas 9ngendercd by the oil that occasions
the explosions that daily occur. \ half
empty lamp, although standing on table
without being touched, is liable at any
moment to explode. Such accidents We
have been called upon to record time and
time again. In order to prevent explo-
sions, lamps should be filled with the oil
and filled in the daytime. So far as light
ing fires by pouring oil from can Is con-
cerned, it is to be hoped that no reader
of this paper would ever even think Of
doing anything SO reckless and danger
Housewives should not only conform
strictly to the rules here laid down, but
should instruct their servants to do the
same, and sec to it, personally that their
instructions are obeyed. The picture Of
a woman with blazing garments, rushing
through the streets, has become alto
gether too familiar. To be burned is the
most fearful of all Deaths and yet how
often doss it happen, because the most
ordinary rules of prudence are disre
CarledH
The Cecil Whig., 1881-06-18
Heart Disease.

When an individual is reported to have
died of disease of the heart. we are in ne
habit of regarding it as an inevitable event.
as something which could not have been
foreseen or prevented, and it is too much
the habit, when persons suddenly fall
down dead, to report the heart as the
cause; this silences all inquiry and inves-
tieation, and saves the trouble and incon-
venience of post mortem. \ truer report
would have tendency to save many lives.
1t is through report of disease that many
an opium eater is let of into the grave
which covers at once his folly and his
crime; the whisky drinker, too. quietly
slides around the corner thus, and is heard
of no more; in short, this report of dis
case of the heart is the mantle of charity
which the polite coroner and sympathetic
physician throw around the graves OF gen
erous people. At scientific congress at
Strasburg, it was reported that of sixty
six persons who had suddenly died, an I'M
mediate and faithful post mortem showed
that only two persons had any heart af1ec-
ton whatever-one sudden death only in
thirty three. from disease of the heart
Nine of sixty die OF apoplexy-one out Of
every seven; while forty y-six-more than
two ont of three-died of lung affection.
half Of them congestion of the lungs; that
is, the lungs We're SO full of blood they
could not work; there was not enough
room for air to get in to support life. 1t
is then of considerable practical interest
to know some of the common every day
causes of this congestion of the lungs 4
disease which, the figures above being
true, kills three times as many persons
at short warning as apoplexy and heart
disease together. Cold feet, tight shoes,
light clothing, costive bowels, sitting still
until chilled through after having been
warmed upby labor or long, hasty walk:
going too suddenly from 4 close heated
room, as lounger or listener, or speaker.
application, or abstinence, or heated by
a long address; these are the frightlul
causes of sudden death in the form of
congestion of the lungs; but which, being
falsely reported as disease of the heart,
and regarded as an inevitable event, throw
people off their guard instead of pointing
them to their true causes, all of which
are avoidable: and very easily 50. as a
general rule, when the mind has once
been intelligently drawn to the subject.
The Cecil Whig., 1881-06-18
SHRINES OF AMERICAN PATRIOT


In due proportion to the rapid strides
with which the young Republic urges on
its untrammcled career, and reveals to
each succeeding generation the streets
and towers of cities where their fathers
had mown their grain, and their grand
fathers had fought the Indians, So do the
landmarks of the past, upon which the
moss of centuries has scarcely grown
become as rapidly invested with the halo
of agc-thc outcome rather of trans!or-
nation than of years dear rather from
contrast than from actual remotcness.
By Il mere accident Of everyday life |
tind myself writing on what the 'Amcri-
cans and more particularly the NirginianS
may fairly claim us classic ground. From
the window ut which We sit-heyoud i
smooth green lawn. whose shrubberieS
| the latest spring ever known still keeps
bare and nakcd-I can see the harrowS
| dragging their dusty course over the spot
where Thomas Jefferson was born. Te
say, after such complete instance of
cffacement, that all trace of the honse is
The Cecil Whig., 1881-06-18
WHOLE No. 2,O1O

to move. but to be hardening very per
ceptibly during the operation. Five or
six successive stoops daily for the first
week, as many each morning and after
noon the second, twice as many the 'lird,
and four times the fourth, and now this
muscle is beginning to assert itself. If
the forty stoops can be taken now each
morning and afternoon the second month,
and every month for the rest of the yea.
these muscles will be found to have made
decided gain in strength and size, and
nearly or quite enough to maintain their
just proportion to those of the calf. Pro
tracted fast walking also calls these mus
cles into vigorous play.
CONCLUDED NENT WEEK.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-07-09
The Presidents Condition.

We are gratified to announce that the
latest advices from Washington are to
the effect that President Garfield is
rapidly improving. Private kilograms
received in the village last evening con-
vey this intelligence, and the general
opinion of the physicians in charge is
that his recovery is only question of
time. This will be gratifying news to
the country at large, and will remove a
great weight of sorrow from the hearts
millions who were burdened with grief
over the dastardly attempt to take the
life Of the Chief Magistrate Of our re-
public. The critical condition of the
President has shown what firm hold he
has on the hearts of the people, prospect
i've of party, Many papers, politically
opposed to Garfield, and which said the
bitterest things of him during the Pres
idential campaign, and now among the
loudest in his praise, are all concede his
excellence as President. Even the papers
of the south do him justice, and their
expressions of sympathy are warm and
heartfelt. %
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-07-09
CONDENSED NEWS.

Betting is being manufactured OF
paper and it is said to be stronger than
that made Of leather.
The Leadville street railroad will be
the highest in the world.
President Garfeld's life is insured fol-
| $4,000.
A new theory as to the composition of
a comet is that it Is condensed vapOr, and
its tail Is the reflection of the suns rays
through it.
Superstitious people find some silly
significance in the fact that General
Garfield and President Harrison were
inaugurated on Friday.
And now an American dog has licked
a full blood French fighter, the American
owner pOcketing $4,000 of French
money. Next
1t Is said that about 20 of the manu-
facturers of matches pay an average tax
of $4,000 for every 10-hOur working day.
Their production is estimated at about
100000 matches a day.
The Revised New Testament is out
selling all the novels ever written. Three
and half million copies have been sold
in America and England, in addition to
many American reprints.
The work of the British Census Com
missiOners is rapidly approaching COM
pletiOn. The population of the kingdom
will be shown to be above 30, 100000. The
increase in decade is little over
100000.
New York has several artesian wells,
40 having been bored within a year.
Their depth varies from 200 to 1000 feet,
and their production from 1000 to 1000
barrels day Of water, clear, cold, pure
and inexhaustible.
The total number of miles of new rail-
road laid this year to the end of last
week was 1872 against 1899 miles re-
ported at the corresponding time in 1880,
761 miles in 1879, 6O6 miles in 1877, 618
miles in 1877, 673 miles in 1876, 401 miles
in 1875, 637 miles in 1874 and 1,408 miles
in 1873.
For the lowest prices on all kinds of
merchandise 60 to Macarthur, Smith q
o.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-07-09
The Annual school Meeting.


Those interested in the welfare of the
graded school should not forget that the
annual meeting of district No. 1, Town
ship of Benton, will be held at the school
house next Monday evening. 1t is hoped
that there will be full attendance as
several important matters will be
brought forward for consideration.
Among which will be that of furnishing
an additional room and employing
third teacher for the primary grade.
That such is necessity any one who is
acquainted with the crowded condition
Of the two primary rooms during the
past year will admit. Good schools are
one of the essentials to success and
growth of any place. Persons seeking
location are always anxious to find
place where excellent educational advan-
tages can be enjoyed for their children
and the character of the schools is among
the first things they inquire into. The
way to secure good schools is for the
citizens to take an interest in the mat
ter, attend the annual meetings and Of
fer consideration for suggestions as they
may think will cOnduce to the improve
ment of the schools. Let there be large
attendance next Monday evening.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-07-09

4
The Champlain arrived, this fore
noon. She left Chicago one day behind
which made her day late here.
The steamer Pearl made good time
on her trip up, this week, arriving here
at 6 p. m. Thursday. She called in Fri
day afternoon bound down.
The propeller Lake Erie, of the Col
lingwood line, arrived early yesterday
morning, landing quite a number of
passengers who come to seek homes in
this section.
DeGarmo Buel Is getting the material
on the ground for building to be used
for shooting gallery. 1t is to be built
on R. Patterson's lot, on Main street,
north of Geo. w. Bells Office.
The schooner Theo. Voges arrived
Thursday after a cargo Of lumber for
Sandusky, but the captain finding that
he could not get any lumber before Mon
day, he cleared for Chicago that after
noon, expecting to pick up cargo of
wood at HarbOr Springs or CharlevOix.
Lumber is being hauled for building
to be erected on r. PatersOn's lot, just
north Of Tibbett's photograph gallery, to
be occupied by Mrs. Summer, as dress
making establishment, in connection
with which she will keep a stock of
childrens underwear.
The opening at the Mullet Lake House
Monday night was not SO numerOusly
attended as was expected, other attrac-
tions interfering, but goOdly number
we're present and good time was enjoy
ed by all. The hot weather is starting
tourists in this direction and this hotel.
which gained quite favorable reputa-
ton last season, is already reaping a
rich harvest and still they keep COM
ing and the indications are that it
will have prosperous season. Messrs.
Smith Brothers are deserving of success.
They have provided handsome hotel,
furnished equal to any house in the
state, situated on one of the handsOmest
lakes in the state, and in a section
with fish and game. Boats are
ready at all times for guests, and it is
admitted by all who have visited the
hotel to be one of the leading summer
resorts of this section.
GEORGE AND VIM HENDRIX, of Detroit, |
railroad contractors are in the village |
looking after railroad matters.
Miss MARION A. PADDOCK, daughter of |
A. j. Paddock, arrived on the Champlain
his forenoon, bringingswith her young
ady friend, Miss Nellie Matthews, of
Chicago.
MAJOR CLARKE, editor Of the Manis-
;ique Pioneer, the liveliest little paper in
he state Of Michigan, came down on the
Van Raalte Friday night and paid the
TRIBUNE a very pleasant call this morn
ng. Mrs. Clark accompanies him.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-07-09

For fine kid gloves go to Macarthur,
Smith & Co.'S.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-07-09

For the lowest prices on all kinds of
merchandise go to Macarthur, Smith q
Co.'S.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-27
OTTAWA FREE TRADER: SATURDAY, AUGUST q, 1881.

David A. Wells is writing series OF articles
to the Des Moincs LeddSr on tree trade. lie
makes use OF the following forclble iilustra-
ton:
lfcvery woman who bought Isl k dress was
stopped by Il treasury official rs she went Out
of the store, and six yards out of every ten
were cut off, forcihly taken from her ana hand
ed over to n silk manufacturer at Paterson, n.
j., or If every farmer butcher, butter.maker,
or meat packer in buying "A bushel ct sail were
compelled to buy and give to Syracuse (N'
J salt manufacturer three quarters OF bush
el additional, IN order to have the privilege OF
using the first bushel; or, il twenty million
bushels of wheat mad To be specially planted,
harvested and put aside to be gwen to eleven
Bessemcr steel.rail establishments each ana
every year, IN order to enable them 10 make
and sell steel rails to the people of the country
at from $50 to 1913 per ton more than equally
good rails could be bought for elsewhere; II
the tariff could be administered in this fashion,
and that which Is now done covertly could be
done openly, does any one think That such
system could be maintained longer than neces
sary to elect a congress to repeal it!
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-27

Wo acknowledge an invitation to attend the
Fourth Annual Reunion of the Soldiers OF
Illinois at Bloomington, Sept. 7th, 9th and 9th.
The meeting has been largely advertised and
from the responses already received to invita-
tons the management are confident it will be
by far the largest reunion of soldiers ever held
in the Northwest The arrangements are per.
feet to entertain the crowd, no matter how
large, at moderate expense, and as An add.
tional inducement low fares are offered on all
the railroads. The matter seems 10 be in the
right hands and we have no doubt will be
great success. The ride is short ADD pleas.
ant one from Ottawa TO Bloomington and we
have no doubt our La Sale county boys will
attend in goodly numbers.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-08-27

millinery and dress making world, especial a..
tention being given to early fall millinery. The
number Is unusually coplous and satisfactory in
Its illustrations.
OUR LITTLE ONES (Tbc Russell Publishing
Company, Boston. 81 50 a Year, The Scptem.
Der number Is "just splendid" Its Illustration.
are certainly far In advance Of any other publ.
cation Of It's kind, while Its contents are just such
as little children cannot help but delight In as
well as be proated by withal.
Notes.-The September Seribner, It Is an.
nounced will have u wide range OF subjects, EN-
bracing war "reminiscences, natural history, win
ter sport, pictorial and decorative art, housekeep'
Ing, politics, oriental travel, biographical his
tory, the drama, fiction, fun poetry, current lit
erature, and progress in practical invention.
IL the September 81. Nicholas an absolutely
correct version Is promised Of Abraham Lincoln's
famous Gettysburg speech, an incorrect version
having appeared in the June number. The pres
ent version Is from u copy in his own Landwrit
Ing, prepared for the Soldiers and Sailors Fair
at Baltimore Ia 1864. This last version-un-
doubtedly the one he would wish pos,eriiy to
consider authentic-is to be given In fac-simile.