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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1881-03-17
Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate.
State of Ohio, jackson County, IS:

State of Ohio, Jackson County, SIS:
Court of Common Pleas.
John L. Ramsey, Administrator etc. of A. B.
Monahan, deceased, VS.. Caleb Hank and wife.
On Order of Sale.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of
an order of sale issued from the Court of Conn
mon Pleas within and for the County of jack
son and State of Ohio, in certain cause where
in John l.. Ramsey, Administrator of A. b.
Monahan, deceased, is plaintiff, and Caleb
Hank and wife are defendants, and to me di-
rected as Sheriff of said county, will offer for
Saturday, March Goth, A. d. 1881,
at one O'Clock P. NJ, the following described real
estate, situated in the County of Jackson and
State of Ohio, to wit:
Lot number ten (10) in the town of Erie, ex-
cept the mineral stonecoal underlying said
premises; also
Lot number twenty-five (25) in J. A. Longs
Addition to the town of Jackson, jackson Coun-
ty, Ohio, excepting the stonecoal underlying
said lot, and with the right to mine and remove
said coal.
Appraised as follows:
1St described tract at $50
End described tract at S66.67.
Terms of sale. Cash on day of sale.
To be sold as the property of Caleb Hank an
wife, to satisfy judgment in favor of John L.
Ramsey ct al, administrators etc.
Given under my hand this 18th day of Febru-
ary, 1881. -
Laird & Trip att'ys for pPf.
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MEDICAL.
REIGN OF TERROR.

"A HEEGN Uf EhhUE,
The Alarming Increase of
Heart Disease and the
Symptoms which
PreCede 1t.
Leading to Scientific I'm
vestigation and an At
tempt to Check It's
Increase.
The Wonderful Properties
of Sedatine-de-India"
and how to Proper
1y Use It.
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M ERCHAN Disc.

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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-07-14
Neglected Muscle

Because thousands of spectators flock
to the boat races, ball matches and
other athletic diversions that a few spir-
tied fellows indulge in every holiday,
there is general impression that mus
Gle is held in high esteem by the pres
emf generation. The truth is, that for
every man who takes part in the gam cs
there are a score of spectators who
never willingly indulge in any exercise
more violent than that of cigarette
smoking, and among the remainder
there are not many who can see that
athletic sport is good for anything I'M
less it enables q man to Guido some
body else and get his name into the
newspapers. The idea of cultivating
and maintaining muscle because it de-
serves good treatment and because it
richly repays its owner for all that is
done, is one that seldom gets into the
American mind. Most of our men of
good physique have either their par
ents or their daily work to thank for
it; not anything that they themselves
have Intentionally done for the purpose
of securing a sound body. 1t is not the
easiest thing in the world to obtain gen.
eral physical training, for gvmnasiums
are few and men competent to manage
them are fewer; but any man can de-
wise some exercise tor unused muscles
that will be great improvement on
nothing. Merely to swing the arms,
bend the back or go through the mo-
tions of fencing or boxing for quarter
of an hour every day would make any
listless young fellow far better company
to himself than ever before, and it
might prevent him being so much of
bore to other people as listless fellows
usually are.-NeU York Herald
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Decorative Art in Dress.

Writing to the Cincinnati Enquirer,
Clara Belle says Decorative art
Jancies have found their way into
our children's clothes. Here, for
instance, is little gray flannel dress,
with four rows of wide blue braid put
on with herring-bone stitches Of yellow
and red crewels. Again, | have seen a
little cream-colored sacque, with three
rows of black braid, or black velvet rib
bon, half an inch wide, held down with
feather stitch on each side Of scarlet
embroidery silk. Other garments of
summer camePs hair and similar goods
have outline patterns of leaves. flowers,
and other designs worked in the Ken
sington stem stitch, with bright shaded
or self-colors in gay, positive tones. A
good suggestion is that, as merchants
are now selling at low prices what they
call summer silks in checks, hair lines,
and small chene patterns, it is an ex-
cel,ent opportunity for buying at least
part of dress, if not whole one.
Even the thinnest and least expensive
of these silks, when lined, looked well
as ruffies and tlounces, and they shir
and plat to excellent advantage. When
In prlgnt col0fS, tney are just the tnlng
for parts of chilGren's dresses. All
sorts of hats and bonnets are worn by
little girls as we'll as pokes Palmettos
are popular, and may be turned into
Gainesboroughs, sundowns, sailors, and
mascottes, as well as pokes. Then the
pique and shirred lawn bonnets, with
poke fronts and backs, like wagon top
buttoned on, are more worn this sum-
mer than ever.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-07-14
TIL ings by Wrong Names

papa, what kind of wood do they
make lead pencils off" asked Charlie
Greaves, as he looked up from the pa
per upon which he was drawing an out
line map. From the wood of the red
cedar" replied Mr.. Greaves, as he took
a seat near his son. cit is principally
obtained from Florida. 1t is first thor
oughly seasoned, sawed into strips,
dried again, { en- cut to the proper
size for pencils. They are grooved by
machinery, the leads are glued into the
grooves, and the other half of the wood
glued on. 1t is little odd that. though
We call them lead pencils. there is not
a particle of lead in them"
Master Charlie looked keenly at his
father, under suspicion that he was
quizzing him.
"Why, papa, 1 can see the lead" he
affirmed. ''And what else makes it
mark ?"
"Red lead is an oxide of lead, white
lead is a carbonate of lead, but the
Jack lead used in pencils is neither a
metal nor a compound of metal. 1t Is
plumbago or graphite, one of the forms
of carbon. The graphite is ground fine,
calcined, and mixed with pure clay,
then baked in crucible. The differ
ent proportions of graphite and clay
produce the various grades OF pencils.
Lead intended for very fine work, such
as architectural drawings, are reheated
after the baking, and immersed in
melted wax or suet."
Red cedar must be very light
wood, surmised Charlie as he balanced
his pencil on his fingers. Where does
rosewood get its name from? Its color
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-07-14
Desperate Fight With a Coon

Little Henry Cooper, while fishing in
the Alapaha river few days ago, had
his attention attracted, and on looking
behind him discovered large coon ap
preaching stealthily, with his ears
turned back. Before he had time to
consider the situation the coon sprapg
at him, and seized him by the leg and
began biting and squalling at a terrible
rate. The boy was being badly hurt
as well as frightened, and set up Il ire
mendous squat himself, at the same
time making all the resistance possible
against his unwelcome visitor. He
first sliced the intruder with his hand,
whereupon the coon bit him severely
in the arm. The fight was kept up
some little time, during which the coon
''got in his work" of laceration ON the
arms, hands, and legs alternately until
the boys mother, who happened to be
about one hundred yards from the
interesting scene, arrived. The anxious
mother, in order to relieve the boy,
seized the coon with her hands, where
upon he fastened his teeth in her wrist,
and for a little while the contest was
lively between the three. The desper-
ate coon in the meantime seized upon
the boys arm again, whereupon the
mother took from the boys pocket his
knife, and after disemboweling the coon
he still held on firmly to his victim,
and not until his throat was cut did lie
relax his hold.
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Moth Preventive.

A correspondent of the Furniture Ga
ze4e recommends the following remedy
for exterminatng moths in carpets and
furniture: After some years expert
ence with the troublesome pests, says
the writer, found sure preventive of
moths in pitch paper, the same as
roofers use. The moth will live and
grow on cayenne pepper and tobacco,
while never could see that the use of
these articles kept the mouth out. The
plan for the furniture dealer or house
wife is to cut the paper in slips and
place about the room, under and be-
hind sofas, chairs, etc; this should be
done as early as the middle of April,
and in warm climates earlier. If the
dealer wishes to make parlor suits
moth-proof, he should place on the in
side of backs of chairs and seats small
strips of the pitch paper, and rest as
sured that the miller viii not select
these places to deposit eggs. 1t is the
miller that is the foundation of all the
mischief.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-07-14
How The Weather Indications are De-
termiDCd

At the Signal Service Bureau in Wash
ington the weather indications are re-
corded at 5 q. m, IL a. M, 4 p. M,
and II p. IN , daily. "a reporter under
takes to tell how the work is done, and
this is what he sees:
Take a seat in the Indication room
with me and we will see how the
weather is gotten up. 1t is now 4
o'clock Washington time, and kilograms
are pouring in from all parts of the
United States, Canada, British America,
West Indies, Nova Scotia, and falling
into the lap of the serjeant in charge
The territory covered is from Olympia,
in Victoria, on the northwest coast of
British America, across to Sydney,
above New Foundland, thence down to
Havana; across to San Diego, California,
and thence back again. There's Cir
die for Puck. AT certain hour of the
days o'clock Washington time-ob-
servations are taken at all the stations,
and then they begin to come in, chas-
ing each other over the wires pell-
nell, Ikea crowd of unruly school boys.
These dispatches are called off to six
gentlemen, each of whom sits before a
map, one noting the thermometer, an
other the barometer, third the CON
ditition of the weather; these are trans
ferred to one large map, and then Old
Probabilities makes his appearance.
He chances over ali; sees where storm
was at a. M, and notes where it was
at 3 o'clock. He takes into cOnsidera-
ton the wind currents, the humidity
and all the minor details which his ex-
perience and learning have taught him.
Not word is spoken in the room. Oh !
Probs is in deep study. In moment
he will speak to fifty millions of people
and few more over in Canada. His
stenographer appears and the indica-
tons are dictated for New England,
then the Middle states. the South, West,
Mississippi Valley, then perhaps, a
storm bulletin twenty-four hours in ad-
vance to warn some special section of
the country.
Among the innovations made by Gen
eral Hazen is the furnishing to sections
of the condition of rivers and their
probable rise or fall within twenty four
hours following at given points. Then
again reports are made for the South
ern states on the weather during cot
ton picking time, signals being display
ed from the telegraph stations denoting
clear or bad weather coming. 1t is in
contemplation to furnish the agricultur-
al sections with indications for harvest
time, so that the farmers will know
when to take it in. The idea was to
have a small cannon at telegraph
stations, and if a storm should be dis
covered in the night, which promised
great damage, to awaken the farmers
so they might save what they could.
But it has been found that most coun-
try telegraph offices close at such an
early hour that this cannot be carried
out.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-07-14
The Late Indian Eight.

A Denver dispatch says: Advice
from a source considered reliable,
greatly reduces the magnitude of the
late Indian fight. Not long after the
cattle men arrived in the Indian country,
Billy Nav, one of the leaders, conclud-
ed that the men were too noisy, and
being unable to get them in proper trim,
he, with six others, left the main partJ
Only thirteen Indians were encountered,
and but nine cattle men went into the
fight, the remainder apparently seeing
the trap the Indians were laying. The
nine men pursued the Indians and the
latter pushed their flight until they had
drawn their pursuers into a cannon
where they turned and fired and left.
One of the nine was killed and seven
wounded. William May, and com
panions who were reported missing
have reached the big bend of the Do
lores in safety. At last accounts thir-
teen Indians engaged in the fight had
crossed the Colorado line, and were en-
route to the UncOmpaghre agency with
their squaws and cattle. One squaw
is reported shot, having received a shot
while herding sheep. 1t is an important
fact in estimating the dangers caused
by the late fight that in none of the re-
ports have the miners appeared as
taking hand in the fight. If there
had been a fight that was likely to cause
a general outbreak it seems that the
miners would be sufficiently interested
to be among the volunteers.
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A Notable Case

CHICAGO July 1.-The jury in the
Elkins case disagreed. The case was
given to them at o'clock in the after
noon, and they pondered over the mat
ter till nearly II o'clock the next morn
ing, when they came into court and in
formed Judge Williamson that there
was no prospect of their arriving at any
conclusion. They stood six to six, said
the foreman. Mr.. Dow, the attorney
for the plaintiff, gazed helplessly upon
the undetermined faces of the twelve
good and true, and the judge question
ed them closely enough as to whether
their views were unalterable. They
were, said the foreman of the Jury;
there was no hope of reaching a con-
clusion; six men were for and six men
were against, and there the matter
would stand till the crack of doom.
This being the case, Judge Williamson,
with q sorrOwful expression of courte-
nance, told the jury to go home and
attend to other business.
The suit, which has thus resulted SO
unsatisfactory to the plaintiff, is
probably the first of any prominence
that has been brought under the dram
shop act, which came into effect in
1874. One or two cases have been tried
under it in this state, but so far no con
viction has been found by any jury.
Mrs. Elkins sued man by the name of
Cudney for selling liquor to her hus-
band, Henry A. Elkins, an artist of
some local reputation, who was much
given to drinking, and wanted to re-
cover $4,000 in shape of damages.
She brought into the suit as co-defend-
ants the owners of the property and
the man who sub-leased the premises
to Cudney. This rather complicated
the suit, as the average human jury
mans mind is unable to comprehend
that respectable property owner
is to be made responsible for the down
fall of a brilliant genius simply because
he happened to get drunk on premises
leased by him. The defense sought to
prove that Mrs. Elkins contributed to
make drunkard of her husband, and
signally failed to do SO. The trial, from
begiRning to end, has been a sorry ex-
hibtion Of the deplorable weakness OF
mans natu e, and if there is any moral
to be tagged on the sad, disgraceful his
tory, it is the futility of attempting to
repair a moral injury by asking for a
pecuniary COMPENSATION.
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wnE SOME BIRDS HOP AND 9TH
Els " ALA
From the Wide Awake ]

A little bird sat on a twig of tree
A swinging and singing rs glad as could be,
And shaking his tail and smoothing his dress,
And having such fun as you never could guess.
And when he had finished his gay little song,
He few down in the street and went hopping
This way and that way with both little feet.
While his sharp little eyes looked fer something
to eat.
A little hoy said to him g Little bird stop.
And tell me the reason you 90 with a hop,
WHY don't Won walk as boys do and men,
One foot at q time, like dove or hen
Then the little bird went with u hop hop hop;
And he laughed and he laughed as he never
would stop;
All he aid Little boy, there are some birds
that talk
And SOM birds that hop, and some birds that
walk.
Use YOU ewes little boy. watch closely and see
What little birds hop. both feet just ike me,
And what little birds walk ike the duck and
the hen
And when you know that you'll know more
than some men.
Every bird that can scratch in the dirt can walk;
Every bird that can wade in the water can walk;
Every bird that has claws to catch prey with
can walk
One foot at a time that is why they can walk
But most little birds who can sing you song
Are so small that their legs are not very str, Hg
To scratch with or wade with. or catch things
that's Why
They hop with both feet. Little boy gool-by"
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80 49,
Solomon and the Blacksmith

The story goes that during the build,
ing of Solomon's temple that wise ruler
decided to treat the artisans employed
on his edifice to banquet. While the
men were enjoying the good things his
bounty had provided, King Solomon
moved about from table to table, en-
deavOring to become better acquainted
with his workmen. To one he said:
MY friend, what is your trader
"a carpenter"
"And who makes your tools"
"The blacksmith" replied the car
penter.
To another he said: "What is your
trader" and the reply was "a mason. -
"And who makes your tools?'
The blacksmith" replied the ma
son.
A third stated he was stone cutter,
and that the blacksmith also made his
tools.
The fourth man that King Solomon
addressed was the blacksmith himself.
He was a powerful man, with barred
arms, on which the muscles stood out
in bold relief, seeming almost as hard
as the metal he worked.
ana what IS your lfdue, my SOou
MANI" said the king.
"The blacksmith" laconically re-
piled the man of the anvil and sledge.
"And who makes your tools?"
MAKE them myself said the black
smith
Whereupon King Solomon proclaim
ed him the king of mechanics, because
he could not only make his tools, but
all other artisans were forced to go to
him to have their tools made.
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COLFAX MD ELKINS.
A Romantic Incident in the Life of n
Chicago Artist
From the South Bend Tribune

From the South Bend Tribune.
| In 1868, Elkins was an unknown,
struggling, and almost starving artist,
in Chicago, where he had lived all his
life. He was deeply in love with the
girl who afterward became his wife,
but was SO poor that he could not think
of marrying. Like all ambitious artists.
he had been to The Rocky Mountains.
and had brought back a portfolio of
studies. From one of these studies he
made a picture called Morning IN the
Valley" In the foreground was pool
with dash OF cataract, another larger
body of water with trees to the left
of the picture; rugged and almost
perpendicular rocks on the right, with
camp of tents at their base. and in
the background snow-capped noun
tains. The picture was a striking one,
yet, while it attracted much attention
in the window of Chicago picture
store, it remained there day after day
and found no purchaser.
One day Mr. Colfax. who had been
elected Vice President of the United
States, but had not yet been inaugu-
rated, was passing hurriedly by along
the street and the picture caught his
eye. 1t impressed him with its famili-
arity. He examined it more carefully
and became convinced that some artist
had been to a certain spot iii the Rocky
Mountains where, not so very long be-
fore, Mr.. Colfax and certain lady,
now his wife, had wandered to from
merry company of travellers across the
continent, and plighted their VOWS.
He sought the artist and found that
his surmises were true. He asked
Elklns to put price to the picture,
md he ventured to say $500. The
price was paid, and it enabled Elkins
to marry. Not only that, but the fact
that the Vice President of the United
States had purchased picture of
Elllins for $500, was soon flashed over
the country, and Elkins found himself
famous, and with more orders for pic
lures than he could fill. 1t was moth
ing for him to command $1,000 to
s., 900 each for his larger paintings,
and there are a few of them that to-day
are valued at $4,000 each. The Lon
don Art Journal in 1875 pronounced
his paintings the best at the Centennial,
which was the highest compliment that
could be paid an artist by the best art
authority in the world, for Europe and
Americas best painters were repre-
scented there.
1t was at this time that Elkins' sue
cess appears to have turned his head.
He was then but 80 years old, but in
less than three months he became an
habitual drunkard, and an income Of
$4,000 to $4,000 year soon dropped
to the price of the one of two pictures
a year he might paint in his soberer
moments.
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Foreign Husbands.

From Lucy Ioopers Paris Letter
Italian gentlemen as a rule make far
better husbands for American girls than
do their French confreres, and SO the
promised bride of the young Prince
Ruspoli will probably do far better than
if she married Montmorenci or a
DeRohan. The young lady in question
rs a Miss Diller, formerly of Springfield
Ill. Her father was the United States
consul at Bremen during the last years
of the presidency of Mr.. Buchanan. /
have never seen the bride-elect, who is
said to be both pretty and accomplish
ed, but | have met Prince Ruspoli in
society. He is pleasing-looking but
rather shy young man, and his private
character is reputed to be far above
reproach as the length of his pedigree
and the antiquity of his title above
suspicion. Queen Isabella ofSpain will
confer upon him the rank and privil-
eges of a Spanish grandee on his mar
riage, and there are some very old
uncles with immense fortunes looming
in the background, so that altogether
the match appears to be one of extra
ordinary promise for the young Ameri-
can wife. | hope sincerely that my
fair countrywoman will be happy.
Meantime | am prepared and, in
decd, authorized to state that Miss Eva
Mackay is not engaged to anyone
neither to the Count de Harcourt, nor
to Marshal de MacMahon's eldest son
Patrice, nor to any other person what
ever. The young lady in question is
only just 49, and her parents have no
idea of marrying her after the French
fashion to any titled parsonage in ex-
istence. [ do not think that while there
are houses, and land, and mines and
pictures, and other purchasable OBJ
jects in existence, that our intelligent
and sensible bonanza king and his
charming wife will ever care to expend
any portion of their vast wealth in buy
ing that very costly and unsatisfactory
article, French son-in-law