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The Columbus journal., 1882-07-26
Wealth in the Senate.

The present Senate contains at least a
score of Senators not one of whom is
worth less than S2OO,OOU. The richest
man is, of course, Fair of Nevada, who
probably possesses as MUCH as all the
other Senators together. Next to him
is David Davis, of Illinois, widower.
who is reputed to be the possessOr of
millions 1t is somewhat difficult to
name the Senator whose fortune ranks
third in size; but if Eugene Hale of
Maine has received the mantle of his
father-in-law, Zach Chandler. with its
well-lined pockets, his fortune is nearly
as large as that of David Davis. The
wife of Senator Hale is the only daugh-;
ter of the late Senator Zach Chandler.
Other very wealthy Senators are Miller
of California, Malone of Virginia, and
Sawyer of Wisconsin, known to be worth
more than a million each. Sewell of
New Jersey is a railroad man, and is
very wealthy. Senator John Sherman
of Ohio, it is said, is worth more than
1000, 900, his property consisting large
ly of real estate in Washington. Among
other Senators who write their fortunes
with seven figures are Cameron of Penn
sylvania, Camden and Davis of Wess
Virginia, Brown of Georgia, and PIAmb
of Kansas. Senators Hill of Colorado,
German OF Maryland, Mcpherson of
New Jersey, and Pendleton of Ohio are
all worth more than 100000. Many
other Senators are comfortably fixed,
possessing little boards of from $50, 900
to 500. 900. Among those who have
but little comparatively here below
that is not more than slOO, 600 apiece--are
Morrill, of Vermont. Anthony Of Rhode
Island, Rollins of New Hampshire, Jones
Of Nevada, Saunders of Nebraska, and
Allison Of IowA-POrtIoSd (Ae.) Argue.
The Columbus journal., 1882-07-26
The Brooklyn Bridge.

Some slight doubts are cast upon the
safety of the bridge between Brooklyn
and New York. The difficulty is said to
be in the superstructure, the suspenders,
the added weight caused by the neces-
sity of making up for supplying rotten
steel by supplementary amount of solid
steel. Colonel Roebling. in a letter
written last July, stated that the margins
of safety are very "low in the towers
and cables of our bridge. The anchor
ages it has been possible to re-enforce,
so that a recalculation made last week
gives a margin of safety of over three
times, which is enough where mere dead
weight is concerned. For the other two
vital points nothing can be added"
General Newton, in his letter to the
chief engineer of the United States
army, speaks of the insufiiciency of the
original plan and estimates, coupled with
the attempt to build for S6,0OO.OOO a
work which will cost $4,000. 900.
Another point made by General Newton
is of the purport that, to satisfy the
locomotive interest 1.-The structure has
been strengthened, the trusses raised
five feet, and the weight increased SO
that one whole point in the margin of
safety has been wiped out, and the pres
sure on the tower masonry raised to
thirty-two tons per square foot. While
l anticipate not even sign of weakness,
relief can be had at any time by Tighten
ing the superstructure. The margin is
as great as at Niagara, and greater than
at Cincinnati. The commission on the
Blackwelrs island bridge recommended
. margin of safety of only three. During
the recent reconstruction of the Niagara
bridge the permanent load was reduced
200 tons. The cables rose four inches,
showing that in twenty-seven years the
the elasticity of the cables had not been
impaired.
The Columbus journal., 1882-07-26
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Tomorrow never greets US; to-day
never bids us farewell; yesterday never
recalls U.S. Whitehall Times.
The hardest rocks are made d the
sOftest mud, just rs the biggest syells
are made from the smallest men.-LOU-
ell Citizen.
-'.Lemmy, you're pigr' said
father to his son, who was five yearsOld.
Now, Lemmy. do YOU know what apig
is?' ''Yes. sir-a pig is a hogs little
boy" ."-Meriden Recorder.
Sympathetic lady to beggar, who is
standing with hat Oft: 20, sir. won't
you take cold?" Beggar: "No, thank
you, ma am; only takes pennies or five
cent pieces. ."-PhiLadelphia Sun.
"A chap who sent US a poem begin
ming when twilight dews are falling
fast upon the rosy lea," has since mar.
ried Rosa Lee. and now the weekly dues
are falling faster upon him.-Free Press.
The presence of spongilla furiatilis
in most of the city water in the land is
regarded as sufficient excuse by many
for the insertion of four tablespOonfuls
of spiritus frun,enti in small tumbler
of aqua pura. Nor7istoDn Herald.
New that the fact has been demon
strated that the earth will continue to
revOlve on its axis for at least ten mil
lion years more, We would request our
subscribers to hesitate no longer about
paying up for one year in advance. We
may be sanguine, but We think this Op-
portunity for displaying faith should not
be neglected.-Hackensack Republican.
"A New York athlete named Donald
son wants to bet that he will jump from
the centre of the Brooklyn bridge into
the East River. He is safe enough in
that bet. Wen bet that neither he nor
any other man can jump from the centre
of the Brooklyn bridge and come down
anywhere but in the East River.-N Y.
Graphic.
1T was an Independent looking fel-
low who was standing on the railroad
track. apparently paying no attention to
the fact that train was rapidly ap-
preaching. 81 say" said the station
master, ''you had better get off the track
or you will get run over.'' Il fancy that
is my own affair if get run over" was
the reply. "Yes, l reckon so. but who
is going to attend to taking up the mess
afterwards? It's not me. And. reach
ing out his right foot, he kicked the in
different man fifteen feet and nine inches
by actual Recommendations Sittinqs.
We have studied with great care an
essay "On the Application of Electro
Puncture to the Treatment of Pulsatile
Exophthalmos of the Orbit" and on the
whole conclude that it is indispensable
for family use. Night after night have
we been kept awake by the ''pulsatile ex-
ophthalmos" getting on racket and
knocking its own orbit askew. If we
had only had an ''electro puncture" or
or even a bell punch in the house we
should have been happy. But now
science has stepped in and flied this long
felt want we are comparatively happy
NeU HaUen Register.
The Columbus journal., 1882-07-26
Buried In q Trance,

A New Brunswick On. J) dispatch
says: In the latter part of March a man
named James Gilliland, residing here,
died after a brief illness. He was a car
pet weaver by trade, and was well
known in the neighborhood. After
death his house was visited by sympa-
thizing friends, who were anxious to
look once more on their departed COM
rade. There was peculiar appearance
about the body. which was the subject
of comment, and many of the visitors
refused to believe that life had depart
ed. Even after the body had been pre-
pared for burial and inclosed in q coffin
there was none of the ordinary appear
ances found in a corpse, and Gilliland's
friends were greatly agitated over the
matter. many of them believing that he
was only in a trance. So strong was
this belief that physicians were called
In to make an examination. They
found the body slightly warm, and hav-
ing none of the chilly feeling to the touch
which is always found in dead bodies;
the face was somewhat flushed. and the
supposed dead man resembled a person
in deep sleep more than a mass of life
less clay. The doctors, however, after
critical examination. pronounced Gil
liland dead. and the funeral took place
the following day, the interment being
in the cemetery. Last week a brother
Of Gilliland came to this city to make
an examination. having heard that
there were suspicious that the man was
not dead when burial took place. He
proceeded to the cemetery yesterday in
company with a man to reopen the
grave. When the coffin was reached
the lid was carefully removed, and to
the great horror of the man he dis
covered indubitable evidence that his
brother had been entombed while In q
trance, and had afterward recovered
consciousness. The body was found
lying on one side with the face terribly
scratched, as though done while in
agony. 1t is thought that the unfort-
innate man, on recovering conscious
ness, endeavored to free himself from
his coffin, and that a terrible struggle
for life took place. the hands being
horribly lacerated, while the face plain
ly showed signs of terror. The body
was Immediately reburied. Last even
ing the family of the unfortunate man
refused to give any information on the
subject. and the cemetery authorities
were likewise reticent.
The Columbus journal., 1882-07-26
A Daily Necessity.

A mild hammered man came down
the aisle of the car before we got a
Utica. and said softly:
"Can sell you life preserver to-
day. sir?"
The Jester looked at him in amaze
ment "Well, hardly" he said. If
YOU could sell me something with which
l could kill the train boy without risk
of detection. now, l would consider
that as near q life-preserver a. any
thing, but have no use for the ordi-
nary cork jacket that is never found un-
der the berths nor in the cabins of the
ocean steamers"
land yet." the agent softly assured
you run q risk of awful death. You
need life-preserver as much in the
railway parlOr car as on the ocean
steamer. Now l have here very neat
and useful contrivance. 1t is built. as
you see by this model, on the general
architectural plan of the complete
armor of the middle ages, and gives the
wearer Richard Coer de Lion appear
ance."
81 should think it would make him
look more like the scrap heap of q
prosperous railroad" said the Jester,
''where the rusty looking old man year
after year weighs and sorts rusty odds
and ends that nobody ever uses. If
wore that armor of yours, the boys
would kidnap me and sell me to the
junk man every time the circus came
around"
"This invulnerable armor, continued
the agent, lis an infallible and inde-
structible protection against the sever
est shocks. You might lie down on the
track, clad in this suit of mail and let
thirty eight ton locomotive run over
you. Steam could not scald You. and
if, by the conclusion of the collision.
another passenger ran into rou head
on, it would be cold day for that other
passenger. Here at your side hangs the
regulation pattern old Front dc BOeuf
battle axe. with which to hew your
way through the roof or sides
of the overturned car, and hack your
unhappy passengers free from encum-
bering clutches of the tangled seats.
Should the flames of the burning car APP
proach near enough to threaten to roast
you in your armOr before you get out.
this fire extinguisher ut your back will
avert that danger. This Sir Hildebrand
Hildesprit railway life saving armor is
the only positive assurance a mans
family have that they will ever see him
again when he buys ticket to the next
station, and no wise man will travel
without it. And then it secures you
plenty Of room in a crowded car, for
the man with the big overcoat, who
always crowds into two-thirds of your
seat and smothers you up into corner
without looking at you, can make no
impression on this armor, and he won't
want 20 dig his vicious elbows into
these ribs of steel more than twice.
And when
That settles it," said the Jester,
''you may take my measure right
here"
And although he had to pay 124 cents
. pound. delivered at the foundry, the
Jester ordered two suits; one to wear
and one to set up in the seat beside
him, to keep out the bore who loves to
shrek and howl amid the roar and rat
tie of the train, under the impression
that he is carrying on "conversa-
tiOn."
.'And when get that medieval ar
moral Railway Life Saving suit of mall
said the Jester. Oscar Wide will turn
olive green with feshly ."-Bur.
dstte in burlington HaWkeye.
The Columbus journal., 1882-07-26
FRUIT OR FLOWER.

When orchards SMILE and our gardens bloom
In rainbow beauty from day to day.
And vordant leafet and nodding plume
Keep time 30 music the breezes play,
How sweet the bower
Whom sun and shower
UafOld the bud and reveal the 1owerl
Along the meadows in cleaning lines
From year to year is the promise writ:
Tassels and tendrils Of clinging vines
Are never weary proclaiming 1t:
As bells in the tower
Toll forth the hour,
They herald the fruit that follows the flower.
We may watch and wait but can hasten net
The sweet fruition our hearts desire,
Nor gather the grape or the apricot
Until they are fed with the MONDAY dro;
Though the fields we scour,
We have no power
10 harvest the fruit that ID still iB flower.
But when the orchards are pink and white,
And all the meadows are green and gay,
In the promise given we take delight,
And breathe the fragrance that comes In
May.
Nor ask for the dover
or q ripper hour,
For the perfect fruit in the time of flower.
-Josephtn. Pollard, In Hdrpcr's Weekly.
The Columbus journal., 1882-07-26
KENDALL's SPAWN CURE.

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an used scNrr
nimcu
s : now the for man used
mild 1t
1 o
Send address Illustrated Circular which think
20 ur IN Nlrtgc, for
rs Is 3 p q i 10
ALL DRUGGISTS or get you.
or will be sent address receipt
4S Dr. B. j. KENDAI.L& co. Eroburg Falls,
The Columbus journal., 1882-07-26

A small. very black negro boy by
accident threw his top through a large
pane of glass in one of the front windows
of Mr.. Green's sewing-machine agency
in the Cater block. As soon as he laid
hands on the offending toy, he grasped
it with steel spinner outwards, and beat
himself fiercely over the forehead and
head with it until blood came, when he
threw the top as far away as he could
and told the owner of the store that he
didn't 60 to break the window" His
was novel way of atoning for his fault,
but 1t had the desired effect and he was
allowed to depart unmolested. Selma
(Atd.) Times.
The Columbus journal., 1882-07-26

n00s week in your own town. s.
NnhOutfit free. No risk. Every
VVOthing new. Capital not re-
quired. We will furnish you
everything. Many are making fortunes
Ladies make as much as men, and bo
and girls make great paw. Reader, If
you want business At which you can
make great pay all the time you work,
write for particulars TO III. HALLETT Il
Co., Portland, Maine. 4an-y
The Columbus journal., 1882-07-26
KENDALL'S SPAWN CURE;

Itead below OF It's wonderful
lis tusssta
of the result
henda! that feel that
whir
no
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Sent In ie tronpes, John
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by he de of it.
The Columbus journal., 1882-07-26
Tho JorSoy Roar6 of pbucatiOn n

The Jersey Board Of education re-
Gently charged lady teacher. through
the Principal. of incompetency. The
lady teacher put in a counter charge
that the reason the Principal thought
her incompetent was because she
wouldn't let him walk home with her.
Lady teacher retained.-N Y. Post.
The Columbus journal., 1882-07-26
Five pale and delicate looking, but

Five pale and delicate looking. but
neatlv-dressed little boys filled the sane
tum this morning. ranged themselves
in a row. and the spokesman said :
Mote these pallid cheekss Castor oil.
Note these shrunken limbs ? Castor
oil. Note this lack of abdominal ro-
tundity Castor oil. Note this unani-
nous stunt? Castor oil. We are the
unfortunate sons of female woman
with a maria for castor oil. with which
she doses us every night, until we can
bear it no longer, and, being desirous
to break through this unnatural bond
age. we wish you would say good
word for us in the paper" We prom
ised, and the five filed mournfully out.
The more you look at this. the more
sad it grows.-New Haren Register.
The Columbus journal., 1882-07-26
Consumption.

The influence of soils upon health Is
subject of no ordinary interest A
minute investigation clearly shows that
consumption usually prevails on clayey
and other soils that retain large
amount of moisture. Among other
means of preventing the birth and
growth of this unrelenting malady is
living on dry or well-drained soils. The
dwellings in which persons inclined to
this disease live should be raised much
above the level of the adjacent lands,
and be exposed as much as possible to
the vital forces of the sunny rays.
Drainage of wet and retentive soils not
only produces larger and earlier crops,
but removes the causes of many severe
diseases. notably consumption. Rails
ing dwellings high above the adjacent
land enables us to we'll ventilate the
cellars, remove the causes Of decOmpo-
sitiOn. or impurities. check the gener-
ating OF injurious gases that would ul-
timately enter the rooms above, and
slowly and slyly create disease. And
so, many wise physicians recommend
that persons inclined to this malady
should avoid the injurious results of
exposure to moist and chilly air, in
cold. damp, and sudden changes of tenn
perature. They strongly urge that such
persons should reside during moist and
chilly months in climates whose chang.
es are less than IN the Northern States
What such patients need is q uniformly
dry and moderate temperature, and
they should exercise as much as posi-
bic in the house. 1t is not the temper
ature itself that harms consumptives,
but the changes of temperature. The
temperature that is usually pleasant
and invigOrating to members of the
human family is 66 degrees. 1t ab-
stracts heat from the human family at
about the rate in which it is generated
in the human body and is congenial and
agreeable. 1t does not exhaust the
vital powers nor produce any unpleas-
ant feelings. The consumptive not
only needs congenial temperature.
but exercise enough to promote good
digestion. Visiting climate that is
warmer than ones own has only this
advantage that you often visit the outer
air at regular periods of time.
Have food at stated hours and take
time for properly masticating it. Have
as liberal supply of easily digested
nourishing food az you can easily dis
solve, absorb and convert to blood.
Keep the blood in active circulation.
Avoid late hours and chills and damp
air. Secure all the sleep you can. DO
not limit yourselves to anv definite
number of hours. but sleep as long as
your condition needs. Protect
your body with wooden underclothing
and inhale all the air you can in sunny
days and expose your s,in to the influ-
ence of the sunny rays. Recovery from
this exhausting msIady depends more
on this or similar course of treatment
than on medicine. But if drugs are
needed take them in small
quantities at regular periods of time.
DO not neglect to rub the skin well with
a flesh brush or coarse towel every day.
Content and cheerfulneSs do much to-
ward inducing the same result.-Praa-
rie Farmer.
The Columbus journal., 1882-07-26
KENDALL'S SPAWN CURE;

ON HUMAN FLESH has been neaaed by repeated rs be,
The best Imminent used deep c1torja Of
duration tSO CORNS. Hj MONS FROST BITES
or any t CIT or t"enes Some "f" 10 1t on h" t
sihpy because as horse nedcin but hl
IS good FOR FEAST good for IA v, o"d k"o from Experience
IN at "hENDALLS sra DIN CURE oa
old ,ch urondd
does not blister or make a Try b. ecoacin
The Columbus journal., 1882-07-26

But very few ever transmit q pedi-
grse in as good order g they receive il
The Columbus journal., 1882-07-26

-Oscar Wilde has made $25, 900 ou:
OF his lectures in this country.
The Columbus journal., 1882-07-26

Judge Hilton. in giving to re-
porter his reasons for discOntinuing the
business of the A. T. Stewart dry goods
house, states that the business was in Q
prosperous condition. but is too exactinG
upon man of his years.-N. 7. Graphic.
The Columbus journal., 1882-07-26
The three well-knowp. yenerah

The three well-known, venerable
citizens of New York, Thurlow Weed.
General James Watson Webb and Peter
Cooper, have been interviewed by the
New York Times a. to the habits of life
by which they have been enabled to re-
tain their mental and bodily vigor. Oat-
meal. milk and regular living is the pre-
scriptiOn.
The Columbus journal., 1882-07-26
JOB WORK

Of All kinds neatly and quickly
done, at fair prices. This species
of printing is nearly always want
ed in a hurry, and, knowing this
fact, we have so provided for il
that we can furnish envelopes, let
ter heads, bill heads, circulars,
posters, etc, ETC., on very short
notice, and promptly on time
We promise.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-06-24
Letter from Dufiiclds-
DrEEIELns- June u. 1852.

Mr.. Editor-Dear Sir-News in this cor
ner OF the world seems to be scarce but We
thought OF you this morning and in that
connection concluded to give you few
items. Already politicians are on the war
path and things 10 doubt will soon De
lively in the political world, we forbsar
saying further in this connection Just
now. The coming harvest engages the
attention of the average farmer, the fine
prospects for a good wheat crop iilling
his heart with JOY; judging from the many
Reapers delivered from the agency OF G..
l.. Barnhart, at this point, they mean 10
secure their crops without mndrance or
waste.
The quiet of our little town was some
what disturbed ON "Wednesday last by the
cry of fire, investigation proved that the
cottage ON the corner of main street, occu-
pied by Mr.. Thornhill, wa, ON fire. The
fire corps promptly responded and in tue
course of half an hJGT succeeded IN eN-
tiuguisIiug the flames. The town author
titles contemplate purchasing fire eN-
tingui>her, and are, as yet, undecided
what kind 10 buy, rather expect !, will
end rs this fire did, in SMOKE. One OF
YOUR townSmcn, Mr.. YIN. j. Britncr, has
contracted to build the foundation for the
new house or MIR. Henry RonemouS now
in course Of erection on his tine lot IN DUFF
field. Nj. Adam =. Link will do the wood
work, aud thi> building when completed
will be one OF thc finest in the place.
PhpuiX Division No. -. Sous of Tenn
peranCc, one Of the Oldest institutions of
the kind in the STATE, viii on saturday,
Juiy lJth, i0ii basket picnic IN one OF
the grove near Duhield>, and in the even
ing there will be u public installation OF
officers. This Division l. in Il lioUriSiing
condition, and notwithstanding the mary
reYcrses, she can IOiutWith pride 20 mem
hers vino have grown grey in thc Ioid.
Distinguished speakers VIII DE present,
and a brass band will eulivcu the occasion.
Business is good, and or merchants are
driving things lively. Harvest goods dis
PLAYED on every hand, one OF ihc Irn OF
Oshouru u BIrnhart having Just returned
from the city wilh all the harvest goods
Won are looking for. We have two steam
engines ut work now in thl, place aud,
while | write this can hear the Labor Of
the engine and the merry ring OF the an
vii busy Building Grain Drills for Use
during the coming season. This Drill l.
the invention of Mr.. Adam Hendricks,
who has displayed considerable Ingenuity
in anticipating the wants of Tie farmer IN
the shape of Il machine that will sow fer
tilizers no matter how wet il my be.
Upon the whole Duiicil~ j. looking mp
we have butcher, all We want now Is a
baker and barber, with little local OPP
ton thrown in. But for the present give
us Il rest and you shall hear from us again.
JANUS.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-06-24
IN NEHIOleIAN.

Died. Sunday evening last, the 18th, st
10 II O'Clock, FRANK LEMEN CR0WL,
darling child of VI. i. and y. Elizabeth
Crowl, aged years, 3 months aud 9 days.
In the death of little Frank n great blow
has been inflicted upon "A doting family.
The writer shall not soon forget the grief
shown by his surrowiug grand parent, \
great stout hearted man, when aunounc-
ing To him his death. Said this gentleman
To me Prank was my boy" This hut u.
lustrates how he had cntwined himself
about the hearts of his friends, by his low
ing and attractive ways. He was not
simply the attractive child Ia fond parents.
hut had so won upon those who knew him
that he became ga ncighb"rhood pet"
The vacant chair, the little playthingS,
now thrown aside forever Tor better cm.
ployment and the many cnlearments Of
The child will he constant reminders To his
loved ones of their loss. But fond parents
and friends be- OF good cheer and murmur
not. Your los Is his p2lin. Ills change
OF home makes one less attraction 10 YOU
for earth and one more for Heaven. Re
member this, GOD tempcrcth the wind Ia
the shorn lamb, AMI in your grief Will
deal 50 gently that you will Ia able ITO
kiss the hand that smiies."
"A FRIENDS TRIBUTE.