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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-17

The floods in Mississippi, Arkansas,
and other portions of the South,
continue to make sad havoc. In ma
ny sections hundreds of people are
made dependent on government aid to
keep them from starvation, while ma
ny others can not possibly he reached
in season to prevent suffering, and even
death, from exposure and lack of food.
The disasters along the shores of the
Mississippi are appalling, the waters
having risen so that at some points the
river is said to be fifty miles wide.
That means the destruction of a vast
amount of property. Government is
doing all it can to relieve the sufferers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-27
A Baby's Peril.
[From the Butte Miner. |


Sol Jennings is forehanded rancher,
who lives on divide, about four miles
south OF Wonderlich's place. He is an
may be kept in good condition he en-
plOys a man and his wife on his ranch.
the man helping In the work of the farm
and the wife acting as hOusekeeper.
During the past SIX months a man and
his wife named Freedom have been en-
plOyed as farm hand and hOusekeeper.
Mrs. Freedom is said TO be an active lady
and possessed of a cherub boy baby,
less than two years old, to which Sol be-
came much attached He frequently
passed his evenings with the little dar-
ling on his knee, while be engaged the
mother in pleasant conversation. Not
long since, while thus engaged, Sol be-
came confidential and impaired to Mrs.
FreebOrn the information that he had
saved some money, and that, as he had
but little confidence in the modern in
situations called banks, he had concealed
So, 900 in lawful money OF the United
States, under the kitchen floor. Last
week when Sol and Freedom returned to
the house from work on q distant part of
OIS A1sIOLI, IAINN 4DLllNA tfiNlCl4C0 VI I'LL
usual commOtiOn about the house and
Mrs. Freedom in a mental condition Dor
dering on hysteria. Between her sobs she
told her story. Soon alter the men had
left the house two strangers, with wells
over the upper portion of their faces, had
ridden up to the door and, dismOunting,
had ordered the woman to tell them
where Sol kept his money. She snatch
up her child and started to run from the
house, but was Immediately caught and
thrust rudely into chair One of the
men thensplaced the muzzle OF his re-
volver to the head of the little innocent
and said to the woman: Damn you,
giveup your money or kill your child. !"
She gave him about $500, which belong
ed TO herself and husband. Not satisfied
at this, the robbers, by threats OF instant
death, compelled her to disclose the
hiding-place of Jennings money, which
they secured and then mounted their
horses and rode rapidly away.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-27

able blueish tint. 1t is very malleable
and ductile, and will form alloys with
all the more valuable metals. It does
not oxYdize in the air or water, and is
proof against the action of the mild
acids. 1t can be worked In more ways
and to better advantage than almost any
known metal It is destitute OF Odor
and taste, and is not blackened by sui
phureted hydrogen as silver is in atmos-
pheres that receive a large amount of
coal gas. IT can take the place of silver
In all the industrial arts, and can be used
for manyIdecOrAtivep purposes. 1t is four
times lighter than silver, and only two
and half times heavier than water. 1t
could take the place of tin in the manu-
facture of plated goods, and would make
very beautiful and durable spoons, forks
and dishes. 1t would be much better
than nickel for making signs and various
kinds of ornaments. Being very light
and strong it could take the place of
wood in the manufacture of nearly all
kinds of furniture. By combining
aluminium metal with aluminium bronze,
most beautiful tables, sofas, bureaus
and chairs could be made. It's strength
and hghtness would serve to insure its
employment in carriages in place of
wood. 1t may be practicable to employ
il in the construction of railway cars and
thus render them ire-proof. It would
make elegant cornices for houses and
wairscoting for rooms. Now that wood
is becoming scarce, it may take its place
for great number of purposes besides
those that have been mentioned. The
public viii wait with interest for more
extended and definite reports about a
discovery that promises to be of SO much
advantage to the world. We may be
just entering upon the aluminium age,
which may be more glorious than the
age of gold, silver or iron.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-27

| stumped the CID gentleman, ana ne OAR
ricaded Johnnie's mouth with a lollipop,
A NICE young man thought he had
found something pure and fresh in the
shape of q laughing little witch of a girl
and was on the point Of proposing mar
rage, when she scattered his fond hopes
to the winds by remarking one evening:
"You hug and kiss me more than any
gentleman l am acquainted with except
Bill Wallace, and he is a baggage
smasher and only comes here once a
month.
AS Christmas is near at hand we may
expect to soon see in our st. Louis ex-
changes such items as these: GA Chi
cagO young man III o rash moment told
his girl that If she would hang up her
stocking on Christmas eve he would fill
it to the brim with something nice. He
has since seen her stocking and is unde-
cided whether to get into it himself or
buy her a sewing machine. "-NOrq'5s-
tO1U71 Herald.
"THAT daughter of Squire Finch is a
mighty pert-looking little fairy, isn't
she?" "You're right she isl" ct
understand she's in the market too"
g Very likely, although I've got the re-
fusal of her." "You have p" go yes!
[ was around there last evening soliciting
her hand and heart. She gave me the
first with emphasis, but the refusal I got
on the balance was equally convincing"
-YOnkeT8 Gazette.
A MARTINEZ of sergeant turns mp
unexpectedly to call out fatigue party.
Only one soldier answers to the sum
mons with promptitude. 'Confound it
all to confusionW yells the irritated Off
Ger. "What in the name of a hundred
thousand devils do you mean by turning
out alone, sir, when I called out the
whole squad 3? Forty-eight hours in the
black hole! That'll teach you to be the
only man to turn outw
A WHITE man not long since sued a
black man in one of our courts, and
while the trial was before the Judge the
itigants came to an amicable settlement,
and so the counsel stated to the court.
ga verbal settlement will not answer"
replied the judge; sit must be IN writ
ing" "Here is the agreement in black
and white" responded the counsel,
pointing to the reconciled parties, spray
what does your honor want more than
this ?"
He was pretty close man, without
doubt. At breakfast he cut an egg in
two and gave the new hired man one
half of it. The help ate it and held out
his plate for more. "What" gasped
the host, 'swant hull egg ?" "Of
course [ do" said the man. The boss
stared blankly at him a moment and
then, pushing the half egg across the
table snappishly cried: ''lake it, eat
it, and kill yourself" The man ate it
and is still alive.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-27

Havana steamships was caught in a
large school OF whales about q year ago
when sc hours out from this port
Several OF the plates III her bows were
driven In 10y striking against the mon
sters, and In order TO save the propeller
the ship was forced to lay to until the
school had passed. There was time
when mariners stood In great fear of the
cut-throat s0ord-fsh, which used to go
about limiting inOffensive merchant
men without the slightest provocation.
Th1s led to the placing of copper on the
bottoms OF vessels. The iron ships of
the present day are perfectly secure
from such attacks. When q GuiOn four
master, which prefers cutting through
an Iceberg to the trouble of gong around
1T, appears the sword fish which has been
OF the lookout for prey, is forced to
realize It's own lIttleness and to devote
itself to the destruction of whales and
such other small creatures as it can find.
Other sea monsters have been known to
assault vessels. It is said that devil-fsh
have seized the cables of small crafts
and dragged them out to sea, Some
years ago q vessel bound for the East
Indies put into st. Helena III distress
and reported having been run into by a
huge sea monster. Afterward, when she
was placed IN dry-dock, an immense
horn was found imbedded among her
tlmbers. This doubtless had belonged
to the monster and had been broken off
when it attacked the ship. There is
peculiar breed of whales which, instead
OF using its tail as q weapon of Offonse or
defense, plunges headlong at whatever
approaches it. This was recently chris
tened by friend of mine the Sullivan
species, owing to its 'slugglng' pro-
pensities. It was probably full grown
Sullivan that sank the Norwegian
bark Columbia III the fall Of 1879. The
bark was somewhere near the banks of
Newfoundland and was sailing due west
under full spread of canvas. 1t was
fine bracipg morning and the whale was
getting its blood in circulation by lit
tie run of few hundred miles toward
the eastward. The result was violent
conclusion. The whales blood dyed the
water deep red, while large hole was
knocked III the COlumbia's bow beneath
the water-mark. After the whale had
splashed about for a moment he disap-
peared. When the captain went below
to examine the condition Of the bows, he
found that daylight was visible through
the hole which the whale had made The
hold began to hllrapidly, and soon after
ward the crew were obliged to take to
their boats. They had barely done this
when the bark sank. They were picked
up the same afternoon by Rotterdam
steamship. These marine enemies CT
ours rarely attack vessel, but when
they do the result is apt to prove very
serious for both parties"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-27
A NEW YEAR RETROSPECT.
BY MARY B. HOLMAN.

feast was spread in the banquet hall,
An old King sat at the tables head;
sc The BGrmecides stay; there are plates for all,
Yet still they do not come" he said.
SAT our last meeting there were two score;
Two score chairs waiting here.
think they will come again, as of yore,
Though I've missed comrades year after year
Long he waited with wakeful eye,
The midnight came, and the stars grew dim.
His thoughts were with the days gone by;
Unearthly visitants talked with him.
For lol through the doorway came a throng,
And spectral voices awoke the gloom.
They echoed again a well-known song,
Then ghded IN silence from out the room.
The old King unused for awhile alone:
q" Now they have gone and [ am the last"
Next day another sat on the throne,
And every guest from the feast had passed.
All. kismet their fate is but our fate
We phantOms are of what is no more.
Well hnger tonight at Youths bright gate
Ere our sails are turned to another shore.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-27
A Monster Statue.

The great national statue of Germania
which is to be erected at Ne6erwald,
overlooking the valley Of the Rhine, to
commemorate the triumphant war with
France, is now being cast In separate
pieces st Munich. The head and some
other parts have already been completed.
Some idea of the magnitude of the work,
says the Builder, may be formed from
the fact that the total weight of metal in
it will be not less than forty-fve tons.
In the work of casting and finishing as
many as fifty men are often employed at
one time. The largest single portion of
the statue-the throne with cloak lying
on it, the whole weighing fifteen tons
has Just been cast. The blade Of the
sword, which alone weighs ton, and
which, enveloped in an oak garland, has
been cast separately is also finished.
Other parts of the monuments are being
cast at different establishments in other
cities. Thus the figures of the Rhine
and the MoselIe, to be placed at the foot
of the pedestal-the latter is itself eighty
feet in height-are being executed at
Dresden; the relieves are being prepar-
ed at Berlin, the great imperial eagle at
Lauschhammer and the categorical fig
ures OF War and Peace at Nuremberg.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-27
FASHIONABLE FANCIES.

ADEEP mauve shade, that seems tinged
with glowing red, is called "prune de
Monsieur
On house and carriage costumes white
and ecru emorOideries will be worn
throughout the winter.
FLAX gray wool dresses worn with
pale pink trimmings, is the latest fancy
introduced by Sarah Bernharot.
A FASHIONABLE combination of colors
consists of very deep terra Gotta and
different shades Of green. Especially in
bonnets this mixture is much worn.
The fancy for birds has extended even
able fashion is seen of q black raven
perched on an English black Grape bon
net.
The newest contrasts of color for
walking dresses are moss green with
strawberry red, seal brown with cerise,
garnet with copper color, and black with
ruby.
A KERCHIEF Of faille silk is fastened
around the throat with silver arrow
about a quarter of a yard long, ar
ranged dlagonally across the breast.
Small silver earrings are worn to match.
The new soutache trimming has found
general acceptance for the braiding of
long wraps, which are often made of
cloth, the soutache trimming facing the
fronts, and the back being Ornam ented
with handsome silk and passementerie.
SKY BLUE Ottoman velours is worn in
combination with brOcaded velvet of the
color of sapphires, long flowing skirt
being Of the former material, while the
basque and side panels depending from
it are of velvet. It is a very effective
dress.
FLoUNCED Moreen watered under
skirts are made up for wearing instead
of crinolettes, under dress. They are
complete petticoats, plain in front,
plated round the edge, and with box
plated founces up the back to the
waist.
IOQUEs, caps or furbans of what is
called velvet felt, will be worn with
cloth dresses. The brinns are covered
with gathered velvet, and the crowns are
covered with the head, breast and tail
feathers of bird of colors kindred to
that of the velvet.
BLACK velvet bonnets with honey
cOmD cEOWuS are muCn WOru ny people
who are forced to study economy. A
long feather arranged across front of
mitigated poke shape, and small brush
of plumes at one side, makes stylish and
inexpensive head covering.
The leather bonnets which certain
houses attempted to introduce are not
liked. Some, however, of very thin red,
embroidered in gold thread and trimmed
with shaded plumes have been adopted,
not, however, very generally. The out
lines are too rigid to be becoming.
AFTER all, there is nothing ike cash
mere. It wears and wears long after the
trimmings which lave set it off are value
less. The material will bear cleaning,
turning, dyeing or renovating in some
shape or other, and after a second wear
ing may descend to a junior. As the
majority of the feminine world must
study economy, it is we'll to recognize
the Kings that wear. Cashmere is IN
doubleday one, and good flannel is an
other.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-27
AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.

AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
A cablegram from London recently an
nounced that a cheap process Of produc-
ing aluminium has been discovered, and
that there was great excitement in the
metal trade IL Birmingham and Shelf
field in consequence. This discovery
may lead to q revolution in many of the
decorative and industrial arts, and do
more for the progress OF civilization
than any discovery that has been made
during the present century. That there
was metallic base for alumina, which
constitutes a large proportion of COM
mon clay, was acknowledged by the
early chemists. During the early part
Of the present century, DaYy. Berzelius
aid Oersted endeay0red to obtain it by
voltaic action, but were unsuccessful.
1t was first prepared by Wobler in 1927,
and attracted great attention. He OBJ
tanned 1t from the chlorine of aluminium
by the employment of potassium of So
dunn to form union with the chlorine.
The method was so costly that only a
small amount OF Ii was produced. Out
side the laboratory but little was made.
brilliant future was predicted for it,
however, providing it could be obtained
cheaply. During the last few years a
considerable amount has been manufac-
tured for making a peculiar kind of
bronze and for combining with other
metals for casting bells. It is very SON
orous, and serves to impart silvery
tone to the sound Of bells. AS it's oxide
forms the chief constituent of clay, cryo-
lite, and various other minerals, it is EVIL
dent that 1t IS more plentifully as well as
widely distributed than any other metal.
It is very difficult to find any part of the
habitable globe where 1t does not exist in
inexhaustible quantities. The metal re-
sembles silver IL color, but has an agree
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-27
a Black Rat
~ SASSN AhoAH
IFrOm the Paducah XIV News.l

rom tne FauuCah (hy.) NeWs.J
We were shown this morning by A..
NJ. Laevison7a curiosity in the way of 8
black rat. The rodent, one of medium
size, had been captured at Mr.. L. s
place of business, IN trap. Besides
his black fur, which was as soft and vel
vety as the hair OF a mole, the rat had
feet nearly, if not exactly the shape of a
mole, while thee were other indications
of a mixture in breed between the two
named critters"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-27

CHARLES HoncOMBE has two biscuits
baked thirty years ago, and they are well
preserved. His mother baked them for
him when he was leaving home, Novem-
Der 10, 1852, for a lunch, and enjoined
him not to eat them until he got hum
CRY, and Mr.. Fl. conceived the idea of
keeping them as q memento of his
mother, and has kept them well pre-
served thirty years.-Hjcknaan Courier.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-27

A RUBBER company at Trenton, New
Jersey, has made for d western grain
elevator belt 692 feet long, yard wide,
and weighing three tons.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-27
THE HOME DOCTOR.

Milk powder, mixed with powder of
beef, is reported as having been used
successfully by DR.. DuJardln- Beaumetz
IN keeping up the strength of consump-
tive patients. For use both articles are
dissolved in ordinary milk, and the
stomach is said to be very tolerant Of the
mixture.
TO REMOVE DANDRUFF.
Jamaica rum, one pint; bay, three
quarters OF pint; glycerine, two
ounces; carbonate of ammonia. one
ounce; borax, two ounces. Wash the
skin of the head with piece of sponge
dipped in this solution, after which
thoroughly rinse with tepid water.
This should be used once or twice each
week, together with hair tonic.
WARM YOUR FEET.
People who write or sew all day. or
rather those who take bnt little exercise
may warm their cold feet without going
to the fire. All that is necessary is to
stand erect and very gradually to lift
ones self up upon the tips of the toes,
so as to put all the tendons of the foot
at full strain. This is not to hop or to
jump up and down, but simply to rise
the slower the better-upon tiptoe, and
to remain standing on the point of the
toes as long as possible, then gradually
coming to the natural position. Repeat
this several times, and, by the amount
of work the tips of the toes are made to
do, IN sustaining the body's weight,
sufficient and lively circulation is set up.
Even the half-frozen car driver can
carry this plan out. It is one rule of
the " Swedish movement" system, and
as motion warmth is much better than
tire-warmIng, persons who suffer with
cold feet at night can try this plan just
before retiring to rest.
A CURE FOR sCIATICA.
An English officer, who served with
distinction in the war with Napoleon.
was once laid up in small village in
France with severe attack OF sciatica.
1t SO happened at that time tin man
was being employed In the house where
he lodged, and that this tinman, having
been himself a soldier, took an interest
III the officers case, and gave him the
cure which, IN this instance, succeeded
immediately and forever and which [
am about to set down. It is at any rate
so simple as TO be worth trial. Take q
moderate sized potato, rather large than
small, and boil 1t IN one quart of water.
Foment the part affected with the water
III which the potato has been boiled as
hot as it can be borne at night before
going to bed; then crush the potato and
put 1t on the affected part as pouItice.
Wear this all night and in the morning
heat the water, which should have been
preserved, over again, and again foment
the part with it as hot as can be borne.
This treatment must be persevered with
for several days. 1t occasionally re-
quires to be continued for as much as
two or three weeks, but IN the shorter or
longer time ii has never yet failed to be
successful.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-27

and remaining, or Thursday, answer.
a. @. Palmer, IN TerTe Haute
GnzetLe
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-27

A COMPANY has been organized at
Seattle, Washington territory, for the
cultivation Of hops. They have pur-
chased 700 acres near the town, paying
$22 an acre. They will plant 800 acres
in March, and the first years yield, es-
timated at 800 pounds to the acre, viii
pay for the land The expenses for the
first season viii be about $50, 900.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-27

GEoMErRIoAn designs predominant on
wooden dress goods.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-31
Another co.r-sllne Horror

SHENANDoAH. Pa, May 24.-An
explosion occurred at the Kohinoor
Colliery, operated by Richard Heck
scher 4 Co., at noon to-day, killing
Martin and James MulhaA (father
and SOM. Owen Gallahger. James
Mcdonald tdoor boy, John Strait
Ga Polish laborer) and Samuel Hugo
(driver), and injuring John Lee, the
fire bose, and a Polander named
Matty Matenlynowirz SO seriously
that they cannot recover.
The men were working in No. !
l lift, west gangway, at the bottom Of
the new slope, which is 100 feet
from the top Of the shaft when a
fall of top rock occurred, forcing the
sulphur down, and it quickly ignit-
ed from naked light. The force
of the explosion was terrific. The
men were hurled along the gangway
and dashed against the timbers,
mutilating their bodies SO terribly
as to be almost unrecognizable. A
number of men received serious but
not fatal injuries. (
The mine generates gas freely,
and when Fire Boss Lee entered
this morning he found large bodies
Of sulphur standing in the workings.
He warned the men as they entered
and James D. Lowrey, a driver fur
nished them with safety lamps. An
these lamps do not furnish as good
a light as the ordinary lamp, some
one about noon lighted a naked light,
and soon thereafter the fall of top
rock occurred which carried the sui
phur down. !. -. 49,. r.
= The gangways in the vicinity Of
the explosion were in an instant
filled with flying timber and other
debris, and loaded cars standing on
the tracks with mules hitched to
TO them were driven many yards
along the gangway by the force of
air. The news of the accident was
brought out by the men who had
escaped the shock, and spread like
wildfire. ~
Hundreds of people rushed to the
shaft, business men closed their
stores, and scene Of confusion and
excitement ensued. In the crowd
were many women and children.
relatives ofthe men employed inside.
As the burned and mutilated bodied
were brought up the excitement in
creased, and many women tainted,
while others had to be taken away
by force.
1t is now believed that the dead
and injured are all out, and the ex-
citement about the mine has IN some
degree subsidized. Kohinoor Coliiery
is one ofthe largest individual opef-
atoms in the region, and employs
between 800 and 400 men and boys,
and has az average weekly shipment
of 5000 tons Of coal. 2 s'sss
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-31

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snnnsi linton Hill n. j. 70 day.
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