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Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-10-26

Scientific tCA.
The f 3wlng statistics of the good
old win IRE curious. In 40l, the
Black Sc 'a5 entirely frozen over. In
76S, not only the Black sea, but the
straits of the Dardanelles, were frozen
over; the snow in some places rose
fifty feet high. In S22, the great rivers
of Europe-the Danube, the Elbe, etc.
were so hard frozen as to bear heavy
wagons for month. In 1860, the
Adriatic was frozen. In 99l, every
thing was frozen; the crops totally fail
ed, and famine and pestilence closed
the year. In 1867, the most of the
travellers in Germany were frozen to
death on tho roads. In 1888, the Po
was frozen from Crem lna to the sea,
and wine casks were burst, and even
the trees split by the action of the frost
with immense noise. In 1886, the Dan
ube was frozen to the bottom, and
remained long in that state, In 1916,
the crops wholly failed in Germany;
wheat, which some years before sold in
England at six shillings the quarter,
rose to two pounds. In 1889, the crops
failed in Scotland, and such famine
ensued that the poor were reduced to
feed on grass, and many perished mis-
erably in the fields. The successive
winters of 1432-'SS-'34 were uncom-
monty severe. 1t once showed forty
days without interruption. In 1913,
the wine distributed to the soldiers IN
Flanders was cut with hatchets. In
1854, the winter was excessively cold
Most of the hollies were killed. Coaches
drove along the Thames, the ice Of
which was eleven inches thick. In
1909 occurred the cold winter. The
frosts penetrated three yards into thu
ground. In 1716, booths were erected
and fairs beld on the Thames. Ii
1744 and 1745 the strongest ale in Eng
land, exposed to the air, was covere'
in less than fifteen minutes with ice al
eighth of an inch thick. In 1909, an,
again in 1912, the winters were re
markably cold. In 1914 there was
fair on the frozen Thames.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-10-26
DEATH AND LIFE.

0 Death how sweet the thought
That this worlds strife is ended;
That all we feared and all we sought
Are in one deep sleep ended.
No more the anguish of to-day
To wait the darker morrow;
No more stern call to do or say,
To brood DER sin and sorrow.
o Death how dear the hope
That through the thickest shade
Beyond the steep and sunless slope
Our treasured store is laid.
The loved, the mourned, the honored dead
That lonely path have trod,
And that same path We too must tread
To be with them and God.
q Life thou too are sweet:
Thou breathst the fragrant breath
or those whom even the hope to meet
Can cheer the gate of death.
Life is the scene their presence lighted
Its every hour and place
Is with dear thought of them united,
lrradiate with their grace.
There lie the duties small and great
Which We from them inherit;
There springs the aims that lead as straight
To their celestial spirit.
All glorious things, or seen or heard,
For love or justice done,
The hopeful dead, the ennobling word,
By this poor life are won.
o Life and Death like Day and Night,
Your guardian task combine;
Pillcr Of darkness and Of light,
Lead through Earth's storm till bright
Heavens dawn shall shine!
Dean ShulCH
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-10-26

From Letter To the Philadelphia Press.
In the morning every one is astir be-
fore the rising sun. Hot chocolate or
hot coffee, with light porous cake, is
ready in the kitchen, AMI the servant
comes to your room to know if you
will have chocolate before getting up,
or notifies you that it is waiting in the
dining room at your convenience. On
passing from your room out into the
corridor Gall Mexican houses are built
onc-Story, in the shape of square,
with an interior corridor on three sides
facing Il courO, you need not feel em-
barrasscd if no one is about, your host
has probably had his coffee orchocolate
and gone to his business. The ladies
will be seen in an hour or two walking
in the garden. You will order your
coffee, if it has not previously been
taken in your room, and then amuse
yourself as best you can, by 4 walk or
ride, if you see fit, ordering whatever
YOU may desire from any servant who
may be visible. At about ten o'clock
your host will make his appearance,
and if you are around he win greet you
with "Bucnos Dios, Signor, Como passo
Val a Noche?n This is the morning
salute among both rich and poor, the
translation Of which is; Good morn
ing, sir, how did you pass the night?"
The ccremonious meal in all Spanish
American countries is breakfast, and is
usually taken between 10 and II o'clock,
a. m. Everything is served in courses.
Fruit first, soup often follows, then
meats, after that eggs, and last, "fri-
ioles," the national dish. This last is
dark red bean, is cooked with lard,
seasoned highly with red pepper and is
served in soup plate and eaten with
spoon. 1t is very palatable, and
foreigners generally become as fond of
it as the natives. Wine is always on
the table, and breakfast is never COM
plete until cigarettes are handed, and
every one is expected to smoke. Dur
ing the smoking business is discussed
or the days amusement canvassed, and
the programme settled. This is the
principal meal of the day. After pass
ing an hour or two over this meal, and
little recreation in the way of music
or receiving and entertaining visitors
(the latter never remain later than
noon), the family and guests go to
their respective rooms, and the daily
"siesta, or midday sleep is indulged
in. Between 3 and o'clock the house
is again astir. Coffee or chocolate is
unceremoniously served to each per
son going to the dining room rs suits
their convenience. The head of the
house goes to business until s O'Clock
p. M, and the ladies mako their toilets
for evening visitors. Both fashionable
and social calls are made mostly be.
tween the hours of and s o'clock p
m. Between 10 and II o'clock p. NJ. {
light supper is served, consisting prin
cipally of hot "tomales, which is corn
meal mush mixed with force-meat o
chicken or beef, highly seasoned witt
red pepper and onions, all nicely
rolled in q clean corn shuck, tied an,
put in pot and boiled until done ant
served in the shuck hot. After this SOM
cake and wine; then cigarettes, AM
after that beer This is the daily rou
tine in the house Of Q well-to-do citizel
of Mexico,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-10-26

Prentice MWllNTu'
But if the working men, and even
women, by virtue of superior strength,
skill, enterprise and energy, rise to be
employers, are they not apt to be as
hard, as cXacting and as Indifferent to
the welfare of those under them as 9TH
er employers?
They are. Just so, They want to
get rich. According to the new testa-
ment it is not easy for rich man to en-
ter the kingdom. | believe this passage
has been explained away in a man
neT satisfactory to wealthy congrega-
tions.
Would't you hire the girls for just as
little as possible if you were an employ
er, and make all you could out of their
labor? asks my critic.
believe that is the fashion of the
world. That is biz. "Biz is biz" in
this vale of tears. Yes, if | were an
employer it wouldn't do to let the milk
of human kindness keep warm. 1t
would be necessary to freeze it. Make
ice cream of it. Sympathy aud talk
will do in theory. The duty of all is to
get rich. The bible doesn't say so. 1t
says that riches are snare, that money
is tho root of all evil (the revisers
knocked the term "all evil" out of
time in four rounds). TIE bible seems
rather to commend poverty. 1t puts
Lazarus in heaven and sends the rich
man to hades, even in the revised edi-
ton.
Can believe then in the bible if the
common practice and the sentiment Of
the christian world is to be taken as the
exponent of its principlesp No. 1t is
an impractical book. To live up to its
letter would depleto every fortune in
the country. 1t needs another revision.
1t wants more tinkering to make il
compatible and come-atable with mod
ern custom and sentiment. 1t should
read: "Seek yo first riches. Do unto
others as you expect them to do unto
you. Love thyself better than thy
neighbor. Get money first and grace
afterward.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-10-26
UTAH.
Some Facts Concerning the Work Of the
Commission.

Commission.
St. Paul Dispatch.
The Hon. Alexander Ramsey, chair
man of the Utah commission, said in an
interview: "The registration in Utah
is completed. Thirty.iiye thousand
persons, men and women-the women
vote there, you know-were registered,
and 10000 polygamists of both sexes
were disfranchised. The census of
1880 showed that there were 10000
people in the territory, and it is csti-
mated that there are now about 160,-
600, of which 100000 are Mormons and
the balance of 10000 anti-MormOns.
OF this population, which registers 3d.
600 voters, the Mormons claim that
not to exceed from 5000 to 1000
are non-Mormons, while the Gentiles
assert that their voting strength is from
1000 to 10000.
"The people received the commits
sion well, and leading polygamists
assured us that they would make no at
tempt TO be registered. In general
way | think they have kept their word.
In fact, the Mormons conducted them
selves fairly. Besides completing the
registration we have appointed coun-
ty register in each of the twenty-four
counties of Utah, and selected u regis
ter for each voting precinct, so that
there are about POO of them. We now
have to appoint three judges in each
election precinct, making about 900
Judges.
"Now, with regard to these appoint
mcnts. There has been good deal of
nonsense in the papers about the COM
mission favoring the Mormons, while
the fact is that there are whole counties
where mono but Mormons reside, and
us the law is intended to make poly
gamy odious, and does not disfran.
chisc Il non-polygamist Mormon we
could not do otherwise than Just what
the law does, recognize that class. So
far rs the elections are concerned they
will, Of course, be carried by the Nor
mons, including the delegate to con-
grcss, and tine polygamists, knowing
that their man and officers generally
will be chosen, can well afford to
acQuiCScc in their own disfranchisG-
mcnt | heard it is said that the
present mayor of Salt Lake City, Mr..
Kane, stood Il good show for the Nor
mon nomination and election. The
general effect of the law will be to take
pretty nearly all of the iirst-class and
wcalthicst men of the Mormon church
out of politics and make polygamy
odious. especially to the rising genera
ton, who will dislike to be disfran-
chiscd on arriving at theirmajority.'
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-10-26

The Home of Whshington,s Mother.
Fredericksburg Na) Letter 10 the Buffalo Courie O..
1t will be borne in mind by most of
the readers of the Courier that George
WaShington'S mother resided in Fred
ericksburg during the revolution. She
had lived here for some years previ-
ously, and continued to do so until her
death. Her old residence, situated in
the westerly part of the town, is yet
standing and occupied, and is in as
good state of preservation as the
average dwelling Of the town. 1t is a
wooden building of two stories, with
onc-story wings projecting from either
gable and dOrmcr windows built into
the roof. 1t stands at the corner of
a square, flush with the sidewalk, with
n porch projected nearly to the curb.
The entire bui.ding is about seventy
five feet long. The rear walls of the
wings are, curiously enough, con-
structcd by brick, although the house is
framed. The farm owned by the
Washingtons at that time lies on
the opposite side of the river just below
the town, or at the point where the
II irsu 't'l. ''A.n coIPS' - u''uel o'iii'I' anu M
hcylpIus, rG SroSSGu i tnc tiseI ,ocn u. 'he
'sS"ui' Oh rrcucrlcNepurs III ~ ioo-' IL
Is S"'I'-nnu Ii every % ienlcr % WIN rem Iclnenlr
per S nearing IL uWTlnS urn tnc uaSs Oh o,
ms poyhoou ouIIlla' W asnlllslon waS Vnc inc
onIy you.n W lna' ever ever ,succceucT ; =, IN
!nroWlhg ,: y SIonc ncloSS tic @ liNer shirt-
ing HIS iauhGr larlll' ! nave ohly 10
say, % Hllcr I3Uhln9 IV9 ever ,nr ground,
lhal ueorSe WashlnSlo'. OF any olher
man coulu NOT lhrow u stone hall way
across the stream ~ any point at whlch
IL toucheS inc washington larm'
common rumor' as hahueu u0wn 10
the present day represents lhe ola LADY
as not pelhg eSpecial,y amiaple' ilttle
iimprudeht III the Gholce anu use OF
beverages anu rather iree witn the
raltah among her servants, sometimes
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-10-26
TEARING DOWN MOUNTAINS.


Through Montana.
shannonyillecor San Francisco Chronicle.
Mingling with the roar of The falls,
mile or so above this point, hear
the heavy boom or sharp, Parrot-gun-
like crack of the blast fired by Hallett's
army of railway laborers, now within n
few miles of this point, and approach
ing with speed heretofore unknown
in the era of railway building. Hun
dreds of men are scattered in the woods
on this side of the river getting out tim
Der for the false work of the bridge
that is to span Clark's Fork here. The
river banks and barges for pile driving
fairly swarm with workmen getting
these timbers into position, and the
"bosses" are really coniidant that they
will have temporary crossing ready
by the time Hallett'S graders can get
here. | very much doubt it, for the
last heavy through-rock cut has been
made, five miles east of Rock Island,
and when what is known here rs the
"big blast" tore away n mountain the
chief difficulty was overcome, and the
force slirged ahead like a released
racer.
Following with the eye the small dark
line on which the map represents the
route of the Northern Pacific around
the hcadwatcrs of Pen d'Oreillc, and
along rugged Clark's Fork, one has
no conception of what the construction
of such Il railway means. Going over
the proliles in the chief of subordinate
engineers office there comes n better
idea and realization, but one must ride
over the completed track, or watch the
thousands of men at work in these
rock-ribbel hills, see the deep cuttings,
the immense Filings, count the bridges
and miles of treStlc-work that carry the
trains safely over streams and arms of
lakes and inlets, to fairly realize the
expenditure of muscle, directed by
skill and executive ability, necessary
for such work as building n great
railway route through this mountain
Gus country.
At places, for instance, n point near
Cabinet Landing, to the men who do
the labor, and even to the subordinate
leaders, the passage seems closed
against them, The mountain towers
like prop to the sky, and from the
waters edge it rises like wall, pre-
senting no break or clcvcc for foot
hold. Discouraged, the men make
halt, and word goes back to the chief
that nature has raised an insurmount-
able barricr-"The work can not be
done" The reply is: at must be
DONE and Ilallett comes to see it
done. BY and by cable ropes holding
a plank staging godown the PERCEPTIONS
side of the mountain. Down rope lad
ders to this staging Chamber Cinnamon
armed with drills, and soon the rock
sides are filled with giant powder.
Then they clambor up, the blast is
fired, and the fOOthOld made by the eX-
plosive soon swarmS with Celestals;
the cant be DONE has been done,
and mans skill, energy and pcrscver-
encc have triumphed. And so this
work has progressed in spite of the
rigors of last winter, combined with
the huge distractions nature threw in
the way.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-10-26

: When you visit or leave New York City save
Baggage, Expressage and Carriage Hire and
stop az GRAND UNION HOTEL, opposite
Grand Central Depot. 40 elegant rooms,
duced to 50 and upwards per day. European
plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied with
the best. Horse cars, stages and elevated
railroads 10 all depots. Familiescan live bet.
Ter for less money al the Grand Union Hotel
than At any othey lrstclsas pstgl y ths Y
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-10-26

So il does, aud in cases Of dyspepsia, .indiges-
ton, constipation, kidney and liyercomplaints,
biliousness, etc., BURpocK BLOOD BIrrERs
have been proved by many trial 10 be a re-
liablccurc. Price $i.00. f -aA
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-10-26

Mr.. j. Lelst, warehouseman for Lautz Bros,
Buffalo, N. Y, says he had n swelling on the
foot which he attributed to chilblains. He
used THOMAS ELECTRIC Oh, and Is troubled
no longer.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-10-26

rE- The Scarlet, Cardinal Red, Old Gold,
Navy Blue, Seal Brown, Diamond Dyes gives
perfect results. ANY fashionable color, 10
cents,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-10-26

"A New York detective knowingly says
Stewards body was never recovered.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-10-26

"A Minnesota store announces ''s!nipe-shOt
warranted To kill.r
, 1882-05-27

THE "JUNE Rise. 1t is the usual
custom of our weather prophets at this
season Of the year to begin to predict un-
usually high wafer. The Standard can
not boast of a prophet or son of pro-
phet On its force, but reporter from IN
tervie wing several parties IN regard TO the
matter, has come to the conclusion that
the outlook for very high water this sum-
mer Is more promising than usual. A
commercial traveller who has just re-
turned from an extended trip through
eastern Oregon and Washington, states
that in an experience Of ten years he has
never seen 80 much SNOW in that country
try as at present. A gentleman who
came through from Boise states that the
roads are almost impassable beyond the
Blue mountains on account OF snow
which in some places was l6 feet deep.
4 resident of Freeport on the Cowits
states that the mountains near that
place are covered by a coating OF
snow which extends far down their
sides As can be seen from the upper
part of this city, the Cascades are white
with snow Oh all the higher portions The
Columbia is much lower at present than
is usual at this season, the cool weather
Of the past few weeks not having caused
any melting of the snow on tine noun
,a!ns The chances are that when the
weather becomes warm it will keep warm,
as the season is so far advanced and III
such case We may look for food, the di-
mensions of which every one may calcu-
late for himself
, 1882-05-27
ring the last eleven years:

The production per acre was smaller
last year than in any other Of the eleven
years covered by the statistics. The
wheat crop of the whole country was short
not less than Go, 900, 900 bushels; that
brought down the average yield to min
imum. The high average, however. has
been maintained by the large breadth OF
new land every year devoted to wheat
Old lands chow the shr,nkage. New lands
show the highest average. As long an
there is an immense area which can still be
appropriated TO wheat culture agood aver
age viii be KEEP. up In Ohio wheat produc.
ton hardly reaches an average OF eleven
bushels TO the acre. Thirty yean ago the
average was nearly double, ranging in
fact from % to 80 bushels. The center
of wheat production will not be stationary
until all the new land has bean laid I'M
der cultivation for wheat growing.
, 1882-05-27

STILL PgoG REssISG--As We 90 to press
We are reliably informed that work On the
railroad line connecting o. T. & n Cos
lines in the PAlouse country With the y. p.
has actually commenced This line leaves
the n. p. railroad at a poiat 40 miles above
Ainsworth and was almost due east, 10 the
intersection Of the graded line at Willow
SPRING. Thi. Is what Is known as the
Washtuekns route Mr. Nix, engineer OF
the O. L. & y. Co, is now in the city, and
will in few day. assume charge OF the line.
His parry are now on the ground The line
is to De pushed rapidly and viii plan the
lands Of Improvement Co.. and the entire
Palouse country in close railroad connection
with Walla Walla and the lower country.
, 1882-05-27
A Bankrupt City.

The history Of the last ten years in this
country has revealed many e1amPsss OF
municipal indebtedness out Of all rsAson-
able proportion to comlnrEiitJ property;
bat the city Of Railway, New jersey. can
certainly Niay over" anything Of this kind
brought to ligh. elsewhere. The whole
taxable property Of the city is asssssed At
s., ,547 900, and the debt is-bonded, 81
s47, 600; floating sll5. 800; total, g.
9S9, ,s0O-or nearly four-6f.hs Of the tax
able property Every property holder
IN the place, therefore, owes, in addition
to his private obligations, tour-hfths OK
the value Of his substance to the citys
creditcrA If the property holder owns
5000 worth of property, $4,000 Of it be-
longs to the municipal crediton It hs
owns go, 700 worth Of property, he ia
worth only 5000. The city attorney
says it will require = tax Of ten per cent
$40 ON the sI00-.o pay ths. annual IN
terest, and then not cent the primer
pal would be paid. An expert Who "ss
selected to examine the municipal boOks
states that . late city treasurer uisappso-
rated sIOO, 900 Of the citys funds
very unreasonable amount to steal from
.o inpecunious q community The city
has offered to compromise the debt sf
twenty-five cents on the doiiar' cat .he
bondholders have declined to sceePe tns
terms.
, 1882-05-27

A AvALUABLE discovery has been made
in medical science, which is Just now at
tracing a great deal OF attention, As We
see it related, DR.. Roach has demonstrat-
ed that diseases of the lungs, liver, KID
ney and the intestines are caused By the
presence of living parasites. he says;
"In the centre of the tubercle cell is the
microscopic organism which has created
it. The tubercle il in fact infested with
rodsLsped parasites which do not depend
upon any virus embedded in the diseased
organ" 1t is also stated that DR.. Koch
''having discovered these organisms. cni-
tivsted them artifcislly, and after de
veloping several generations of them
rithou. the intervention OF disease, In
troiuced them into the blood of healthy
guinea pigs, cats, rabbits and other AMI
mails. The result In every case was the
reproduction OF parasite and the rapid
development of tubercular disease
When the causes of disease are known
thew can be treated understandingly, and
presumably With measurable degree OF
success, ard this it is which lends import
anee to Dr. Kochls investigations
, 1882-05-27
ELSEWHERE We publish a letter from I

ELSEWHERE we publish letter from
valued correspondent, halama While
his premise. are correct, We cannot but
help repeating what has heretofore been
stated in these columns. We are faiiy I'm
pressed with the ides that sooner or later
Mr.. Willard viii perform all the promises
he has made TO the different towns, and
that he has not already done so Ia due to
circumstances orer ~h;eh he had no con-
troll and among the principal OF these CIR
cumssances is the scarcity OF labor. After
waiting for some years ior railroad com
munication our people are now naturally
inpatient in order tha, they may in their
own generation profit by their long wait
ing and work in the past 1t Is but a
little longer and they may confidently rest
in the idea that their fondest hopes viii
soon be realized.