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The Thermograph-A New ln,enti.,
In Medical Science.

A NEW instrument has just been IN.
PRODUCED to the medical profes,;o,
from the Use of which we NAV antie;n.,s'
results of great scientific ilmport,nos'
1t is named the thermoyraph. and h
purpose is to continuously record the
changes of the temperature Of the bodv ~
The principle upon which it is based;.
easily understood, and may he brjeav
explained as follows: A coiled sprin:
is made of two lamail;e of bras, and
steel, the brass forming the outer n,r art
of the coil. This spring is fixed in ths III,
center, but the free end presses gently
against the contents OF short yuIcsuits
tube. As the temperature of the apnar
atus rises the metal coil expands, and
the pressure excrted by the free end
varies aud always corresponds to the
temperature. The vulcanite tube is
filed with a powder composed Of p|um.
bago, gas carbon and silver, in a inely
divided condition. The electrical con.
ductivity of this mixture changes with
the pressure to which it is subjected.
Wires from an electric battery are con.
nected so that the current passes through
the powder, and it will therefore be IN.
derstood that with the rise and fall q
the temperature, and the consequeu.
changes in the pressure of the coil upon
the powder, the intensity of the curren!
will vary. 1t is now only necessavb
arrange a means Of recording these d.
terations in the current, and this hs
been done in a very ingenious
manner. A wire helix, OF special con.
struction, forms q part Of the Circuit,
and into this a soft iron core is passed,
free to move up or down. The position
of the core is governed by the strength
of the current, and as the core rises and
falls it communicates motion to an in.
dex, which records its position contin.
uously upon a moving strip Of paper.
The battery and the recording part d
the instrument are placed in a neat cast
iron case, while the coil is inclosed in 3
German silver case about an inch srds
quarter in diameter. TO use the thcr.
mograph it is only necessary to place
the little case in the axilla of the patient,
and 4 continuous record Of the temper.
ature is thus obtained. Already the in.
strument has revealed q minor heat
curve characteristic OF typhoid t1er,
and the physician is therefore ensbsd
to determine upon a diagnosis much
sooner than would otherwise be possible.
The course of the disease is permanent
ly recorded, the slightest modiiicationo'
variation caused by exposure or by The
remedies administered being reyeaed,
and the effects of the latter can beclose'
ly followed. Moreover, definite instruc.
tons may be left with the nurse IN
charge, who would be directed to watch
the indicator and to be governed b! Il
in the use Of remedies. The inventor
believes that the instrument will also
prove to be of great servicein the science
of meteorology, for it will indicate and
record the slightest changes in the 'ee ~
pcrature of the air, and on account oiH
low cost, only about $50, it can beck
teasiyely used in the Signal Service
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Empleyment for Girls.

DIR. J. G. HOLLAND, in scriba1's
Monthly, not long ago called a,tenslon
to the large number OF women VINO Se'e
studying art in this country, psnaas
portraits, historical pictures, Landscapes e
or flowers on china, in the vain nope u
earning y livelihood, who never nau
earned dollar. He proposed woa w.
engraving as 4 substitute for these lOl!
attempts, stating that there was e. ~.
slant demand in this branch OF all 49, :"
work not only of the finest quarry !"
the most inferior, such as bl'-", w.
and borders for pages, ctc:;, e'c' Wv
know that DIR. Hollands statement, Az
true. Young Girls ard women IN 4, N ,oa
York and philadelphia anu III ho,".
are to-day earning q comfortable 'i'i 10,
by engraving these commonplace "ns
necessary designs, while Others NV" IN
ambitions, sit month after m'ala ID a
their studios, with their landscapes +, a.. !.
gcnry pictures, without buyer; ~ ri,
piifal to see the eagerness WIN "" .ss
these would-be artists seize upon essa
new popular fancy, and food the .t Ia,
ket with vases, painted hor>esn ,.ae
necklaces or pcarl.shel|s, al! III S ,''s,
The cause of failure with most M ", h,
is that they aim too high. A g' 1ll',' m
longing to a family Of Strai$nIs",,oo
means, wishes to do soni'll'n5 !:
earn her own living. oAs ~. d
right. No true woman is c9n't h'rI.
became a weight upon an o'd, Ss ,so
worked father or young brothers "" int
some day will wish to mary H NJ here
a boy OF no decided talent or ss ',ar a., Of
are a thousa, d COMMONPLACE way ep
earning his bread. Only very ~, Nv
men of genius succeed as a,l u, t;,be:.
lists. But a girl flies at only the n ~. 10,
mark. She writes poems or es,": So. AT.
the best magazine; or she SUM-, sosl in.
ard opens q studio. She wo'so i ',. ,h,.
sul,ed if you should suggest 10 :a Nv ns I'd,
she engrave maps or advertising , u,,a,
or design carpets. There NJ far The
women writing wretchcd trash ' .od he
papers, one article out Of a il'la' 'nod IN.
Ing accepted, who could earn ago. sov made
come by sending pies or h 9!ae,s AT
pickles into the markets. n ~ Sare,
starving artists whose pictures w.t. S",, are
find purchasers, but whose , ',s dare
marve!s of beauty. But who Siia.. c "a
to hint that nature mean 'Neh ~. fr 8
and millincr,? The true cl''', ,,'a, hs
girl is to con,idcr-"S her 'I''' n that
donc-what she can do best >, =, ~ enc.
line, and no higher, lies her patr "'"'
cess. Youths Co'npt'"'"'
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

CONGRESS reassembled on the 9Th.
Among the Senate bills introduced was one
by MIR. ingalls,, to provide for the sale Of the
reservation Of prairie of the band of Potta.
watomie Indians in Kansas. The bill
for the relief Of Ben Holiday was taken up,
but withoutaction the Senate went into exec.
utive session. In the House, Mr.. Springer
(D.,h l') introduced a bill providing for the
apportlonment Of Representatives under the
new census. The bill recognizes the princi.
pie OF minority representation. It
was referred to the Committee on Census.
Owing to the illness of Mr.. Wood 3D., N.
~, the Funding bill was not taken up. and
the House went into Committee on the
Army bill, which was completed and
passed. The Interstate Commerce bill
was then taken up and Mr.. Reagan d.,
NO. spoke in favor Of his substitute for the
pending bill.
PREsIDENT-ELECT GARFIELD, on the
9th, formally rendered to the Ohio Legisla.
ture his resignation as United States Sena.
tor, and at the same time notified the United
States Senate of the fact.
The Hodge Operarhouse and the
Garg'ing Oil building, adjoining, at Lock.
port, N. T., We're burned on the 9th. Sew.
eraI fire'nen and citizens were injured bv
falling walls. Loss about $lOO, 900; insur.
ance, $4,000.
The State police claim to have dis.
covered new secret organi cation Of Social.
lists extending over the whole OF Germany.
GENERAL john F. MILLER has been
nominated by the Republican caucus Of tho
California Legislature to succeed Booth a
United States Senator.
GovEsNoR-ELECT PORTER, of Indi.
aha, was married on the 9TH, in New York
City. to Miss Cornelia Stone, daughter of 4
wealthy farmer Of Western New York. The
bridegroom was q widower, and has son
and daughter both nearly grown.
Hon. OTTo DRESSED, a leading and
wealthy German lawyer Of Columbus. a..
committed suicide on the 9Th, by shooting
himself. Mr.. Dressed left Germany during
tne troubles Of lS4s, and has for many years
been leading Democratic politician, aud
mas served the district as member Of the
Legislature. 1t is rumored that recent
financial reyerses induced him to commit
the deed.
As the result Of a saloon quarrel a.
IAN bridge, Tex, on the 4th, James Curtis.
Z {. well known cattle man, was shot dead bv
van Rice, and the latter was badly wounded
py curtis. Rice was arrested and taken to =
DOCTORS office, and while undergoing treat.
ment some person fired through the win.
aow, the ball entering Rice's breast, intlict.
Ing fatal wound. ''~'
JUDGE WILLIAM B. Woops, the
newly appointed Associate Just;c,,. Ia,
taken his place on the Supreme Benc,,.
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POLITICAL ITEMS.

Secretary Thompson, our ''flon-
arch of the Seas quits the Government
of the raging ocean to run canal.
\Ah. what a fall.
AN exchange has discovered that
Hancock's vote in indiana. %. 522.
reads the same backward and forward.
This is, No doubt, an excellent. omen
for 1884. -Ciacinna'i EnQHircr.
The colorea man is progressing.
The "kepublican Union of Missouri
has issued Il call for \ Convention. in
which the American citizen of African
descent is repeatedly referred to as a
"negro.'
"A Republican paper says: 1.-The
Democratic party is about forty years
behind the times, with no pros pect of
ever catchingup That's what the mat
ter" 1t never will be sup to De-
Golyer pavement contracts. Credit Mo
bilior brides and like transactions which
have placed the Republican party forty
years ahead on the road to perdition
Mr.. Hayes fidelity to Ohio as the
place whence oflice-holdcrs ought to
come, will be q good thing for General
Garfield. When the latter takes pos
session of the Presidential chair, there
will be nobody, or scarcely anybody,
left in Ohio to want IN office; and he
can acquire a reputation for noble dis
interestedness by selecting all his ap-
pointces from other States.
Mr.. Hayes has found a Southern
Republican up to the mediocre standard
required for an occupant of the Supreme
Bench. but the Republican party is up
in arms because the man found is not
4 native of the South. He is an Ohio
man, however, and that is evidently
quite enough in the estimation of Mr.
Hayes to make amends for his being a
a carpet-bagger, as we'll as to establish
his fitness in character and talents for
the highest court in the land.
Poor COlfax has been reading
Cardinal Wolsey's advice to Cromwell,
and declares he does not want seat in
the Senate. He has flung away ambi-
ton, bid last farewell to Office, and
finds more c0ntcntment i'll the quiet OF
South Bend than he ever got on the UNI
easy sea of political life. We are sorry
that Colfax wont come out OF his shell,
for we cannot be entirely content with
the example Garfield's elevation gives
Of the forgiving virtue of the American
people, unless Colfax, who was no more
Of an offender, is admitted as a sllarer
of the popular pardon.-St. Louis Re-
publican.
The Chicago Times desires that
if Senator Logan is to be invited to q
seat in tae Cabinet it shall be to the
one for which he is most eminently
fitted. That unquestionably is the
Treasury; on account OF his fortnight's
study OF the subject of finance, during
which he acquired the whole science.
Between that and the portfolio of the
Secretary of State there is little in his
case to choose; for, if the essence of
diplomacy be such use of language as
to conceal ones ideas. Mr.. Logan is
especially fitted for that position. His
success when he speaks in concealing
his ideas is the most marked feature OF
his career. The Times disclaims his
appointment as one to be credited to
Chicago, since he resides there solely
to secure opportunities for church
going. which lie could not find in his
own part of the State. Detroit Free
Press.
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whose interests, Judgment or teachings
are adverse to the rule OF tie masses
will Join its enemies, but in his room
it will recruit scores Of those in whose
interests it strikes. or who respect its
attitude and dctest strong Government.
The future OF the Democratic party is
the future of the Republic. -'UtNw
4, Wul!ace, in North american EeClc3r.
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NEWS AND NOTES.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

4 Summary OF lmooriant E'eata.
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JOHN J. MECHI, the well-known En-.
glish agrieulturiA, IL dead.
JUDGE PERCY WALKER, ex-Reprc-
sentative in Congress from Alabama, is
dead.
GEN. RASDoLrH =. MARCY, In
spector. General, and Col. John q. Barnard,
Of the Corps OF Engineers, have been placed
upon the retired list by the President.
A DISPATCH from Mentor says Cen
eral Garfield has invited prominent Republi.
can leaders to visit him at his home during
the coming month. TO consult with him re.
garding the formation OF his Cabinet.
ANTHONY DEITERs, who fought under
Napoleon at Leipsic, Borodino, Austerlitz,
and Waterloo, and witnessed the burning OK
Moscow, died at Wheeling, W. Va, on the
18th, agsd9a n
SUPERINTENDENT WALKER has nearly
ready for publication complete statement
Of the census. Hon. William n. Springer
will introduce In the House an sppOrtion-
ment bill based ON the present number Of
members, with . provision TO secure mi.
nority representation. .
MAJOR BLOsS, of the Oklahoma colo
nists, has challenged Lieut.. Wood, OF the
Army.
The Legislatures Of California, Ne.
yada, Tennesse &c and Texas met on the Sd Of
January; Delaware, Florida, Nebraska,
New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania on the
4th; Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri and North Carolina on
the jth; Indiana and Mississippi Oh the 9Th;
Connecticut on the Eth; Arkansas on the
10th; Kansas and New Jersey on the 18th;
West Virginia and Wisconsin on the 18th.
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MISCELLANEOUS.


The Dutch Government, it is said.
will issue an appeal to farmers Of the Brit.
ish Nation In favor Of the Independence Of
Transvaal. a,'
J. w. MILNE, clerk in the Pocas-
set (Aass.) National Bank, IL q defaulter to
the amount Of S. 600 and has absconded.
The Beers were repulsed in an At
tempt to capture the British fort at Potch.
efstroof, Tossing seven killed and many
wounded. They will now attempt to starve
out the garrison, which is occupied by 800
IL. D. BuroRD ( Co.'s plow manu-.
factory at Rock Island, H., was entirely de.
stroyed BY fre on the night Of the slst ult.
Loss, $50, 900; insurance, $4,000. The
works employed 100 men. Z.
JAMES 4. KEEsE's elegant summer
residence 4 Newport, B. l., with IL entire
eoutsnes, burned on the 3lst Loss about
ys9os g.: Insurance. ~, 900.
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N. b. HARDWOOD, the Weti.KnOWn st.
Paul dry.goods merchant, who recently
went into bankruptcy, has absconded. His
creditors are generally Of tie opinion that
his failure was q swniie. His assets will
not pay over % cents on the dollar.
The Florida orange crop is badly in.
jured by the recent cold weather. At Jack.
sonviIe the mercury went down to 100.
THERE are reports from the winter.
wheat districts Of Michigan and Wisconsin
that the roots OF the grain have been frozen
out Of the ground. ..,,l ..l
The Cheyenne River and Lower Brule
Sioux have accepted the terms offered them
by the Chicago & Northwestern and Chica.
80, Milwaukee Il St. Paul Railroads for
rights Of way through their reservation.
They are to receive S. per acre for every
acre Of land taken by the railroads. The
contracts were duly signed at Washington
In the presence Of the Secretary Of the In.
terror.
FlFTY-NlNE national banks were Or
ganized in 1880, eleven passed into voluntary
liquidation, and three failed.
ABSTRACT of the public debt state
ment, Jan. 8: Decrease during December,
%,G0, 43O; cash in Treasury, $222, 200, 739;
gold and silver certificates, $59, 241 ,Ol0; Ger.
tificates Of deposit outstanding, 81, Coz, 600;
refunding certificates, S9s7, 400; legal tenders
outstanding, S46,Gsl, ol6; fractional cur.
rcncy outstanding, 81, 1850. Total debt,
$2,o99, SS5 ,O96; total interest, $s1, 596,S79.
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nItnsetl, Dut was nShe0 out OF the canal and
taken to & hospital.
ANINE-YEAR-oLD girl, named Wilson,
was frozen to death in Wayne County, O.,
while on her way home alone from school
one cold day recently. ,
SEVEN men, shoveling out a cut on
the Nebraska Division Of the Chicago, St.
Paul \ Omaha Railroad, near Oakland, Neb..
We're run down by passenger: train and six
Of them killed. Their names are Charles
Meyer, Thomas Broughman, A. II. Swan.
son, Gust. A. Herman, Ole Anderson and
John .Orrickson. The seventh, named John
Atlellur,, was badly injured, but will likely
recover.
A FLAr.BoAr containing eight frozen
corpses was picked up by Government
steam-launch between Beaufort and Port
Royal. s. c., on the Sd. TWAS ascertained
that the boats crew had been drinking heav.
lily on the previous night, while on their trip
from St. Helena to Port Royal. 1t is sup.
posed that while under the influence Of
liquor they fell asleep, drifted out, and froze
to death from exposure.
Mrs. HARTMAN, living near Midway,
Ky, was fatally burned by her clothing TAX
Ing fire.
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dAu CuclSV AlOul Gllc tALrCIll!llCS OH I0C
other. The former gave the Republic
alien and sedition laws, direct taxation,
Federal Marshals and centralized rule
in 1879. The latter swept these out of
existence in 1900, carried us successful.
ly through two foreign wars; acquired
an Empire of territory and governed
the country for sixty years. We must
choose between these two now. The
Democracy must again plant itself upon
the axiom. "Governments are made
for men, not men for Governments.
1t must strike with mailed hand the ten.
dency to strong Government. 1t must
be true to the people and aggressive in
its fealty. Dominated labor must he
taught its rights and its interests. Capt.
tai must see it's safety in the intelligence
and justice of individual rule, and not
in the exercise Of arbitrary will. H,n-
est performance OF every Govern
mental contract now in existence,
but change OF policy by which the
debt shall be managed in the inter-
est of the people and not of the
creditor; equal taxation on eyerv form
of property; thorough inquiry into tax
alton for revenue and its readustment
upon a basis just to every interest and
to all the peoples; no monopolics; tor
FIXTURE Of the franchises of corporations
and punishment OF aggregated wealth,
or individuals for coercion of employees,
or the use Of money in elections; our
own carrying trade made to be our own
preserve; and divorce between Gov
ernYknt and banks are thoughts which
find place in such an issue. The cry of
"S6lid South is exhausted and i'm.
potent at last. 1t has served its pur.
pose. Divided councils upon ques-
tions Of administration have kent the
Democracy q mere party of opposition
and concealed the silent approaches of
the enemy to strong Government. 1t
will continue to be q party in opposi-
ton, Entrusted and untried, until it de-
family asserts its ancient theories and
goes to the people for their vindication.
The Democratic party is not dead.
Antnns-like, after each defeat, it arises
from the people stronger than before.
1t cannot die whilst it teaches and be-
lleves in the rights of the masses. The
hour for its triumph will have come
when it boldly asserts it's true theories
and ignores the Establishments of mon
ey, monopoly and corrupt power. He
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-24
EsrERpAy the condition OF the Pr,

YESTERDAY the condition OF the PRS
ident was as favorable as it was
possible to expect under the
c rcumstances. He took some fluid
nourishment in the natural way, and
his stomach retainedit. The discharges
from his wound are reported ashealthy;
and the mucus accumulation, as re-
srlt of his swollen gland, troubled him
but little. He is bearing up heroically
under complication of troubles,
but his power of resistance must
be gradually weakening. He is
SO weak as to be unable TO
turn in bed, or to speak above a
whisper; he is at times delirious, snd
now his head is full OF the idea that he
must get out of the White House or he
will die of malaria; his stomach will re-
tain and assimilate but a small amount
Of uourishment, ana that only in a liquid
form, and it is liable to fail him entirely
some extent, as the parotid swelling III
dicates; and his pulse is still irregu
lar and indicative OF exhaustion. I'm
less there is a speedy and marked
change for the better the vital machin-
cry must give cut from pure exhaus-
ton. Dissolution may come at any
hour.
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RI,AINE,s DISPATCHES.

Secretary BLAINE, speaking in refer
snce to- the conservative character OF his
own dispatches to Minister LOWELL at
London, says: 81 do not believe it is
hight to color the statements in the
slightest degree. 1t is crime, think,
to say one word that is not absolutely
warranted by the facts. Besides, You
will observe that 1 use no technical
phrases or terms. They ought not to be
used at all. They confuse and mislead
the people for whose information
they are intended" Undoubtedly
the general tenor OF the bulletins from
Washington, especially the ''non-offi-
cial" bulletins written at the White
House, and the interviews with the ply
sicians, impressed the public with great
confidence the president was reasonably
sure to recover, until all confidence was
DESTROYED in the speculations OF the
physicians. 1t is quite likely the bulle-
tins and interviews were given this col
oring for the laudable purpose Of calm
ing excitement, at q time when the as
sassination had created an intense feel
ing, and was arousing political animOsi-
ties. The certain assurances that
the President would recover had a
quieting effect some weeks ago, and as
the bulletins have taken a more dis
couraging tone, the death of the Presi
dent has been discounted in the public
mind, which has been educated to con.
slider the possibility OF ARTHUR's success
sion. II the news from Washington has
been colored for political or public rea-
sons, some justification may be found
for the assurances of the physicians; but
they lose in professional repute, and
create an impression lin which We do
not share) that the Presidents case
might have been in better hands.
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AMONG the good work OF the past few
dsvs at Chautauqua has been the or
ganizing of the Young Folks Reading
Union, designed to suppress the un
wholesome, impure, sensational trash,
ni. scaled literature, with which the
country is flooded, and substitute read
ing matter alike entertaining and in
srructiye. Ii is a move in the right
direction, and one well worthy OF imita-
ton until The prurient filth which oozes
from The cheap presses Of the country
shall have no outlet, ami cease its pol
luting flow. Common sense and careful
supervision can affect more good in this
direction than all the legislation which
en- be leyelled at the abuse.
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DIED..

RRoWN-on Tuesday morning, the 2Srd inst,
AT O'clock, SUE SToREs, twin daughter Oh =. W.
and Beth. A Brown, aged Is months and Il days
Funeral at l:SO P. n. this "wednesday the
oath inst, from the residence OF the parents near
rriadelphis. Interment at the Stone Churh
cemetery.
RUHI-At 1910 O'Clock. NETTIE NAY, ,iauSh'
ter of John aud Ellen Ruhl, aged Is mon rs
oh, let her rest. dear NettIe's biest,
And away from care and pain;
No more at home they II hear her speak
With that sweet voice agsil.
yss Ter her sleep, while loved ones weep,
And whisper "a good Dyes;
Their fearful gIief shall find relief
In Heaven above the skies
Funeral at 10 O'Clock Thursday August 25Ih'
from the residence OF Mary E. Combs, .SeS Mar
ket street. Interment at Peninsula cemetery.
Washington (Pa.) pap rs please copy