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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-08-02
FIVE LADY BOARDERs.

w married or single At pleasant locality. In
Cumberland county, In two miles Of the Allc-
ghany depot Terms, <l2 per month. AuDly At
once 20 MISS NJ. Is. TATUM,
Bo,wcl's Dost-Olice,
Il nj s.n 10
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-08-30

a German traveller IN Italy writes
that Verdi possesses = handsome estate
in the@vicinity of Parma; that he has
named it Villa Agata, after his first
wife. Hare he spends his summer
months. ln-winter he occupies . wing
Of the magni6oient palace Of the Do
rias, At Genoa. The prescnS repre-
sentative of this ancient house is one
of Verdi's most fervent admirers, and
is rendered happy by the composers
acceptance of his hospitality. The
palace is surrounded with a gilded
paling. This passed, splendid gar
den is entered that extends to the
shore of the blue sea. From lofty
terrace an enchanting view Of the
surrounding country is obtained. A
gravel path leads through the shrub
berry to high door of glass that
opens into the composers palatial
suite. The veneration with which he
is treated is shown by the numerous
floral designs that are here to be seen
bearing the letters that form his name
and every day these are made fresh.
A choice picture gallery, well select
ed library, musical instruments, and
costly gifts from Egyptian mobiles,
presented at the first performance of
"Aida," adorn these rooms. There is
a rare Cairo lamp, a present from the
khedive, and rugs and costly tapes
tries cover walk and floor. The com
poser possesses one of the choicest IL
braries that any private citizen can
call his own.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-08-30

spectra, characteristic Of compounds
of metallic with non-metallic elements,
and Of non-metallic elements. These
facts appear to meet with simple ex-
planation, if it be supposed that, as
the temperature increases, the COM
pounds are first broken up into their
constituent elements, and that these
elements then undergo decomposition
into elements of lower atomic weight
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-06-22
Coal by Wire.

! Iron.
The proposal of Sir Henry Bessemel
TO bring coal by wire, instead of by
rail, is very simple. Although coal i.
still our gveas agent in the production
of motive power. it must not he for
gotten that Sir William Thomson haS
clearly shown that by the use of dyna
mO.electric machiues, worked by the
falls Of Niagara, motive power could
be generated to an almost unlimited
extent, and that no less than 26, 2jC
horse power so obtained could be con.
veyed to a distance of 800 miles by
means Of single copper wire of half
an inch in diameter, with loss of
transmission of not more than 20 pei
cent, and hence delivering at the other
end Of the wire 2l,OO0 horsepower.
Sir Henry eXclaims, "What a magnii
cent vista Of legitimate mercantile en-.
terpriSe this fact opens up to our coun-
try! Why should we not at once con-
meet London with one of our nearest
coal fields by means of "a copper rod
of one inch in diameter and capable
of transmitting $4,000 horsepower TO
London, and thus practically bring up
the coal by wire instead of by rail?'
He supplies the equivalent in coal of
this amount of motiyepower. Assum.
ing that each horsepower can be gen.
Grated by the consumption of three
pounds of coal per hour, and that the
engines work six days and half per
week, we should require an annual
consumption OF coal equal to ! l,0l26O0
tons to produce such Il result. Now,
all this coal would, in the case assumed,
be burned at the pits mouth at the
cost of Is, per ton for large and 25. per
ton for small cOal-that is, at less than
one fourth the cost of coal in London.
This would immensely reduce the cost
of electric light and of the motive
power now used in London for such a
vast variety Of purposes, and at the
same time save us from the enormous
volumes of smoke and foul gases
which this million of tons of coal would
make if burned in our midst. A one
inch diameter copper rod would cost
about e533 per mile, and if laid to
colliery l2O miles away, the interest at
5 per cent on its first cost would be
less than Id. per ton on the coal prac-
tically conveyed by it direct into the
hOuse of the consumer
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-06-22
The Brute Creation,

A COW with her calf hplnnginr I,
william Heath of CoIumms "a
stopped at a brook to drinv A larg,
ram that had been standing on the nn
posite hank walked nm to the COW cav,
her a butt SQUARE in the forehead and
killed her instantly.
On a Sunday evening a watchmar
in a Trov factory helned his dilatory
dog into the buildinG with the toe nt
his boot On all week days now the
dor enters the factory as usnaI bpt nr
amount of coaxing can pet him neaI
the building on the S,bbaIh
A ipt.blaek lamb was tha otfsnrino
of a sheen belonging to Robert Gnd.
dorJ ~ 6.l, II;i1 II Tho n,otho,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-06-22

there are to have fun if a person is con
siantly on the lookout. There is
young man boarding at a prominen
hotel who probably has more quiet fu
than anybody. You would hardl,
think there was any fun to be extract
ed from hot baked potato, but ou
friend gets a dollars worth of fun on
Of every hot potato he steals off th,
table at supper time. When be i!
ready to leave the table trained wait
er brings the young man hot bakeC
potato, red-hot right out of the oven
and he goes out of the dining.roon
with Il smile of pious resignation OF
his face, and the potato in his hand
In two minutes he will have that pOta
to in the pocket of some stranger
The young man will stand off and
whistle and wait for the man to put
his hand in his pocket, watch the re-
suit and then look piOus and 90 and
get cigar.
The hot potato young man walked
out of the dining room one evening
last week behind newly welded
couple from Pentwater, Michigan. The
bride had IA blue velvet basque with
those large pockets on behind, where
they put in hanCker;niefs, caramels,
etc. The pockets are away around on
the other side of a person, where the
owner can't see what is going on and
the chance was too good for the hot
potato young man, so he dropped his
contribution into the brides pistol
pocket, while her husband was picking
out hat from the rack, and the party
went to the reception II ON and sat
down, the BRIDE in IA large stuffed chair.
The hot potato young man and a lady
and gentleman who desired to see how
the potato came out, also seated them.
selves IN the room. We suppose, iOm
her build and the sOlidity with which
she came down, that the bride mashed
The potato in her pocket. You know
how all.tiTed hot Il baked potato is
when it gets broken in Il fracas. The
bride looked at her hgsband as though
she loved him, but the gaze of affection
was soon changed to one of eager ex.
pectation. She moved uneasily in her
seat, and finally said to him:
Petty, l believe I'm going to be
sick"
He said he hoped not and asked her
what the SYMPTOMS were, and drew
closer, while the spectators tried to
look AS though it was time to 90 to a
prayer meeting.
'O," said the poor bride, as she put
her hand around to the southwest,
near the pocket, and jerks il away
quick, II feel Il strange unrest here.
! here is Geverish feeling, a burning
sensation, us of II pent-up volcano or
a mustard plaster, near the small OF
my back. Dear, if | die here in this
house you will take me home to Pent.
water, won't you, and not marry
again? o, l AM burning up with fe
ver."
The bridegroom said that he didn't |
want to argue the question, and told |
her they Lad better go to their room,
and AS she got up he placed his arm
gently around her, and as the hot po-
tato got in its work on his sleeve he
said:
"Egad, darling, youare feverish," and |
they Went alOrg TO the elevator and |
disappeared.
or course no one knew what hap
pened when they got to the room and |
found the hot baked potato in her pis-
tOl pocket, but at breakfast the next
morning tue bridegroom looked as
though he had designs on the life Of an
cOlored waiter.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-06-22

London Daily Telegraph
That some chimneys are better wol I'll
sweeping than others was incontro.
vertibly proved a few days ago at
Berlin by the result of an experiment
performed upon some SCOT with which
the inside surface of an old llue,
pulled down during the late alterations
at the Royal mint, was found to be
thickly caked. This fue had served
for many years as an outlet for the
smoke given off by the furnaces in
which the bullion undergoes fusion be.
fore its conversion into coinage, and ii
occurred to the architect superintend.
ing the repairs in question that it
might be worth while to analyze the
SCOT lining the chimney through which
fumes of boiling gold and silver has
passed in such quantities. The lique.
faction of the less precious metal re.
quires temperature of 1000 degrees
Celsius, while that Of gold cannot be
effected under 1850 degrees. 1t is
usual to bestrew the surface of these
metals, when in a liquid state, with
charcoal, in order to hinder evaporation.
But, at such a fierce heat as that
above indicated, some evaporation is
bound to take place, and its results
were made manifest by the yield of
four pounds weight Of pure gold,
valued at something under 1000 marks,
obtained from the SCOT that was
scraped of the inside Of the melting.
room chimney in question,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-06-22

George AirCd Townsend.
rec cars have just been built b
the Pullman Place Car company whic
are palaces on wheels. One WA
constructed for Hugh j. Jewett, tn
president Of the Erie railroad; an
other for Henry Willard, the presiden
of the Oregon Railroad and Naviga
tion company, and the third fO
I. w. Pealce, the president of tn
Sunset route in Texas. These thre
cars form houses in miniature. AT TIN
forward end OF each car is kitchen
back of this is Il parlOr which serve
as d dining-roOm, adjoining is bed
room with bathroom attached, and a
the rear end smolling.rOom and OBJ
servatOly. Berlhs are also supplied
in different parts Of the cars, and eltc
trio bells connect with the kitchen arc
servants quarters. The cars are hand
some in the extreme. That of Mr.
Jewett, the RlmapO, is heavily inlaid
with costly woods and magnifcently
upholstered. These cars coast about
10000 each, The car of VIM. II
Vanderbilt is one Of the largest in the
country. 1t is seventy four feet in
length, nine feet ten inches wide, and
fourteen feet six inches high. 1t is di.
vided into four main apartments. At the
front is the kitchen, and back of it
MI. Vanderbilts state.rOom. The sit.
ting and dining.room and the card-room
follow. At the extreme rear is the
observatory, with inclosed sides and
open back. The car is elegantly fitted
up, and is provided with eletric bells
and other cUnvenieHces.
Others beside railroad officials ride
in special cars. The Pullman Palace
Car company has, besides its coaches
in regular service, one car especially
intended for the Use of families and
private parties. This car is a house
on wheels, and is similar in construc
ton to the RamapO. 1t has accOmmo-
dations for ten persons. The main
saloon is furnished like a parlor, and
is supplied with an oIgn. The Pull
m III company charges s85 a day for
the use of the Car, which includes the
services of conductor, a cook and
two walters. Besides this, the person
hiring the car-or, in fact, any car
must buy eighteen full tickets Of the
line over which the car passes,
for hauling it. The car is usually
attached to regular train, and, if a
special engine is secured, which is
rarely the case, the expense is greatly
increased. Provisions and liquors are
supplied by the Pullman company at
cost, or the person TO whom the car is
let may stock it himself. Sleeping
cars are let at the rate Of S65 a day,
including conductor and porter; and
hotel cars at s7j a day, including a
conductor, cook and two walters. The
Pdllmau company also has two hunting
md tishing cars. One is named the
Davy Crockett and the other the Izlak
Walton. The charge for these cars is
i3j day, which includes cook and
gaittr fer each. The cars are provided
With kennels for dogs.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-06-22
All He Knew.

Detfelt Free Press.
AT the Union depot the other day
an old man who had borrowed a match
then a chew of tobacco, then a postage
stamp, and lastly besought the loan Of
key to open his old satchal, came
back the fifth time and said to the
stranger whom he had most annoyed
"My friend, can you tell me how
many times the human heart beats per
minutep'
"No, sirl"
"Can you tell me who first discovered
he circulation of the bloodp"
mo, sirl'
"Do you know whether the pulse
should beat seventy or seven hundred
times minuteP'
"No, l don't. All know about the
human system is the fact that If you
bother me two seconds longer / shall
exert pressure of 5000 pounds in the
endeavor to raise you about six feet
from the aoorp
Just so-iust so," growled the old
man as he sidled off; "but don't try to
pass that off on me for physical
science. That's nothing but what any
hoss could dor '''" '"''H q
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-06-22
The Battle For Bread.

Chicago Express
From late and reliable statistics il
appears that the average wages fol
skilled and unskilled labor is now los
per cent higher than was paid two
years ago. From this fact ii is argued
by some that the labor dsaifectiOns
and demands for increased pay, and
the recent strikes, are unjust aid I'M
reasonable on the part of wage worker,
and entities them to no sympathy or
support. But there are two sides TO
this question, and while capital is PIE.
seuting its case, let labor also have a
hearing.
This increase is of 10 per cent, even,
has been chiefly obtained by workmen
in those branches of industry requiring
the fewest laborers, while the advance
in unskilled labor, shop.girls and many
of the trades full stocked with help,
the average increase is but 20 per cent,
and in several branches none at all.
FiOm the same collection of stats.
ties which furnish the foregoing facts,
it Is shown that the average cost of
living now is 277 per cent greater than
it was in 1880. And even in this aver.
ago the increase is far the greater on
those articles of which the most is
needed and for which most of labor
wages are pad. For instance, the
average advance in the items of
h0use-rent, A)ur, meat, potatoes. but.
ter and milk is 1873 per cent. Hence
it will be seen that, notwithstanding
the average increase of 10 per cent
in wages, the dollar the labOrer receives
to-day is worth to him in the purchase
Of the crude substantials of life but
90 cents of the dollar he received two
years ago. In other words, the man
who has had his wages advanced from
- per day in 1880 10 - 20 in 1882 is
actually receiving but 1926 per day as
compared with 1880. A few bond
holders and money-lenders howl pite-
nusIy about the 80 per cent silver dol
lar they are compelled to receive in
payment, but when millions of labor
ing poor, forced by legislation and eco
lOmic policies made in the interest of
these capitalist to strike against receiv.
ing 60 per cent gold dollars for their
hard service, they are branded as NAL
ontents and dangerous disturbers of
he public peace.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-06-22
Another Chicago Romance.


Chicago Tribune.
Myrtle, dear?"
ayes, George, what is it?' replie
the girl, glancing shyly upward.
The radiant glory of u summer moo
shown down upon the earth this Jun
night, bathing in all its mellow spler
dor the leafy branches of the sturd
Old oaks that had for centuries shade
the entrance to Castle McMurtry an,
laughed defiance to the fierce gales tina
every winter came bowling down il
all their cruel force and fury from tn
mOorlands lying to the westward of th
castle. On the edge of the broad &c
mesne that stretched away to tn,
south stood large brindle COW, and ~
the moonlight licked with silvery
lustre her starboard ribs she seemed tt
Myrtle perfect picture of sweet con
tent and almost holy calm.
SIS it not a beautiful night, dearest ?
murmured the girl. "See how the
moonbeams flutter down through the
trees, making strange lights and shad.
owg that fit among the shrubs and flow.
ers in such a weird, 9host.like fashion
The dell is indeed clothed in lovoliness
tonight, sweetheart
Yes" said George W. Simpson, "this
is the boss dell"-and then, looking
down into the pure, innocent face that
was lifted to his, he took in his own
broad, third base palm the little hand
that erstwhile held up Myrtle's polon-
aise. AS they stood there silently in
the bosky glade George passed his arm
silently but firmly around Myrtle's
waist.
The noble girl did not shy.
"Do you love me, sweetheart?" he
asked in accents that were tremulous
with tremulousness.
Myrtle's head was dropping now, and
the rosy bushes of Calumet avenue in.
nocence were chasing each other across
her peachy cheeks.
George drew her more closely to him.
If mosquito had tried to pass between
them then it would have been bsd--for
the mosquito.
"Can you doubt me, darliDgP" he
whispered. "You surely must know
that love you with a wild, passion
ate, whoa-Emma love that can never
die. Do you not love me little In re-
turn?'
For an instant the girl did not speak.
George heard the whisking Of the
brindle cows tail break in rudely upon
the solemn stiffness of the night, and
ever and anon came the dull thud of
the bullfrog as he jumped into a neigh.
boring pond. Presently Myrtle placed
her arms about his neck, and with q
wistful, baby's got.the-cramp look in
her sweet face, she said to him: Il
love you, George, with a deathless
devotion that will eventually keep you
broke" And with these fateful
words she adjusted her rumpled bang
and fearlessly led the way to an ice
cream lair.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-06-22
BY THE SEA.


The air is filled with golden CLEANS,
Inc sunsets crimson banner streams
Along the western SKIES
How fair the daylight dies
feel the cool wind blowing free;
taste the salt breath of she sea,
And pace the yellow sand.
see before the lresh'ning gale
A fairy boat with rosy sail
Come heading to the land.
Ptrchance 1t comes to me:
And when Its form shall touch the stran,
The etin king to me shall bring
A gift of wishes-three.
What may those wishes be-?
VI know, know my heart will say
Give back to me this summers day
The friend | lost, the nope | crossed,
The love | threw away
Bring these again, pray"
All! quickly fade the sunsets god,
The day grows old, tho wind blows cold,
The rosy sail turns gray,
And far from me, across the sea,
How fast it glide5 away!
On net for me, by any sea,
On any shore, forever more,
That love shall burn, that hope r, turn;
For shall my longing eyes discern
This friend beloved of yOre:
NO never, nevprmOre!
Mrs. a. C.. BOWSGr In Nashville World
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-06-22
Field and the Andre Monument.

Chicago Times,
Mr.. Cyrus W. Field has sailed fol
Europe, and may not know that the
monument which he erected to the
memory of Andre, and which bore the
inscription written by Mr.. Fields
friend, the late Dean Stanley, has fallen
prone upon the ground. 1t went down
with no one nigh, and its displacement
cannot be charged to any one hand.
When misguided patriot attempted
to blow it up with dynamite, he failed
of its destruction, though he unwilling.
ly laid in the train that has ended in its
overthrow. After his attempt relic
hunters invaded the place, and their
continued clippings of the granite so
impaired the integrity Of the base that
the shaft in its own good time toppled
over. As the gentleman who inspired
Mr.. Field to the erection of a monu.
ment to the unhappy officer who most
justly and decorously was hung upon
the spot is dead, it is not probable that
Mr.. Field will care to do anything
further to perpetuate the memory of
Andre.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-06-22

The July Century will contain a
frontispiece portrait of Ralph Waldo
Emerson, accompanying a paper by
Emma Lazarus on "Emerson's Person
atty; also an engraving of the last
portrait of Henry D. Thoreau. from a
tintype presented to ]. H. Treadwell
by Mr.. Emerson. John Burroughs
writes the sketch Of Thoreau, which
is said to be one Of bis most delightful
outof door papers.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-06-22

The area Of the peninsula forming the
eastern shore of Virginia is 7SO square
miles; population, 1850; number Of
farms, 1925; public schools, 7s; increase OF
population since 1870, 5,l45. 1t is com.
posed Of two counties, Accomsc and
Northampton, and lies between the Chesa.
peake bay and the Atlantic ocean,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-06-22
this enc example we see the corrupting

this enc example We see the corrupting
influence of the Spoils System.
The mad scramble for office growing
in Intensity with the growth Of the
republic has at length reached point
when something must be done to
check it if the experiment of a govern
ment by the people is not to prove a
failure.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-06-22

Says the Brooklyn Eagle: Mr.. R. G.
Moore, of Messrs. Vernam & Co., 81
New street, New York, was almost in
stsntly relieved by st. Jacobs Oil of SO.
we're pain following an attack of
pleurisy. The remedy acted like magic.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-06-22

The food in the upper Delaware and
tributaries continues, and an unusually
large quantity Of timber is being RATED to
tide water.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-06-22

The art connoisseur and exhibitor
Prof. Cromwell. was cured of rheuma'
tism by 81, Jacobs 0ll.--NcuSM Yir
giaiaR,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-06-22
a Field for a Scientist

Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise.
Prof. Joseph Ls Conte, of the
University of California, intends to
visit this state some time in July for
the purpose Of examining some inter-
esting action in mineral vein formation
now in progress at Steamboat springs.
While here he will investigate and take
casts of the fossil tracks in the prison
yard at Carson. Prof. Rising will
accompany lie Conte.. While he is
about it the professor will do well to
visit denuded section of lani south.
east of Dayton, not far from the mouth
of El Dorado canyon, where are to be
seen, exposed over a considerable area
of bare rock, great numbers of tracks
of all kinds, some that resemble the
tracks of mammoth horses. In that
section also are great qualities of fossil
wood and various curious petrifactions.
On the way thither he must pass some
large beds Of infusorial earth (near the
Mound house, and by going up Ell
Dorado canyon short distance he may
find an immense field Of Ignite, con.
tanning remains never yet examined by
any microscopist.
One, Of the largest railroad bridges in
the cohnty is being built for the Adiron-
dack railroad across the Scandaga river at
Luzerne. 1t Is of wood, the Howe truss
pattern, and has span Of le2 feet, The
Ties are being laid loo feet above The water
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-06-22
Pure Gold out of SCOT.

ever put a stop to the cry OF
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