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The Wilmingtonian., 1884-06-14

Many back-yards are denominations to the
eye and nose. One finds in them all sorts of
litter and refuse, from oyster cans to old
boots Here the Stops of the kitchen are
poured to increase the odOrs which ought to
warn every thoughtful person orthe malarial
influence breeding there, to break out event
usnly in fcvers or dphtheria. If any mem
Der of the family dies from one of these
diseases, his death is probably lamented as a
''mysteriOus d spensatOn of Providence"
but the minister would say il. he were to visit
the backyard that death was caused solely
by violation of hygienic laws. A very
strong argument against dirty backyard
is the spirit OF deception which it is apt to
foster in the young members of the family,
for it is a constant deceit to present clean
and attractive front yard to the gaze of the
passcrs, while the backyard is not fit to be
seen. Children should be Taught to be clean
for the sake Of cleanliness, and not because
outsiders are likely to critcise them. The
hest plan is to have a hogshead or large box
fitted up in one corner of the yard, and make
it rule to throw into this Old cans, boots,
broken dishes and all such rubbish, and
when there is great accumulation, to bury
or burn it. Do not allow anything to be
thrown about. Have drains made 10 convey
all slops entirely away from the house.
Make good walks, and let the ground have a
fine covering of grass, not weeds. Put up
strong supports for the clothes line. Kecr
the fence in repair, and plant currant bushes
near it. Set vines about the refuse barrel,
and train them over it until it is hidden. II
you have receptacle for ashes, let it bt
something which can be shut up not a row
of old barrels to offend the eye aid give out
a cloud of ashes every time the wind blows
Make it rule to have the backyard at al
times as clean as the front one.
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now in full blast, and large catches are
reported.
A well-known Wilmington angler was
fishing in the Brandywiue few days ago
just above Baneroft's mills when his line
was towed away and the reel whizzed round
at great rate, He gasped for breath and
wondered what manner orleviathan il might
be that was striving so hard to pull the top
out of his rod. He guessed it to be a six
pound bass at the very least. His disgust
may be conceived when ten minutes steady
strain brought to bank a peculiarly hideous
catfish weighing three pounds.
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danger. Mixed with the surrounding air, it
communicates that also. Headache, languor,
uneasy respiration, nausea, faintness and
syncope, are results which always follow
from breathing air contaminated with these
poisonous exhalaions, even in very moderate
quantity. &sn two per cent of carbonie
acid derived Im respiration and oombus-
ton, may prd1nce all the symptoms above
named. The full chemical and physiological
evidence upon this imports subject cannon
be given here, but the evils arising from the
slow and insdiaus effects of The poison of
bad ventilation, can hardly be over-estimated.
In ordinary combustion, especially with
slow fires and an imperfect supply of air,
carbonic oxyd is also produced, and is one of
the gases most likely to leak from hot-air
furnaces when the joints are not tight. 1t is
abundantly more poisonous than carbonic
acid or those gases of sulphur, whose
presence is at once declared by their odor.
The quantity of vapo" given off by the body
in sensible and insensible perspilation and
by the lungs, isvery considerable, being not
less than ten or twelve grains each minute,
or about three pounds per day, which, with
the quantity of carbonic acid expired, makes
about three and a third pounds, beside other
exciementitous matter given Off in twenty
-four hours.
If the air Of crowded apartment is con
Quoted through water, so much animal
matter is collected in the water as to occa-
sion a speedy putrefactive fermentation, with
a disgusting odor, aud the blast of air
escaping at xthe upper ventilator of a
crowded assembly room, is SO oppressive as
to produce Immediately the most distressing
symptoms. While we instiuctively shun all
contact with unclean persons, and what we
call dirt, even refusing cup that has
pressed the lips Of another, and esteem all
water not transparent as foul, it is marvel
lOus with what thoughtessness we resort to
crowded and ili-ventil ited public places, aad
drink in the subtle poison exhaed from the
lungs, skin and clothing of ev ry individual
in the assembly. Especially should We
remember that while the digestive apparatus
can select and assimilate nutriment from
food of questionable quality, the lungs car
discharge their duty to the blood only by {
full supply of pure air. If the Transparent,
of air was troubled by the exhalations of the
lungs as water is by the washings of the
body, no argument would be needed tc
secure attention To the importance OF VENT
lation; and yet it is quite true that the bodily
health suffers more from inhaling efIete all
than it could from drinking the wash alluded
| to-
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and dining hall is that which is best known
as Reynolds Malta House. You can get
anything you order there at reasonable prices
and at moments notice. The regular meal
rates of the Malta are 30 cents, but when
checks are bought in quantities(in advanee)
the cost is reduced TO twenty-five cents.
The dining room is model of neatness aud
cleanliness, and with attentive walters and
pleasant service the Malta House merits the
large patronage it is receiving. King and
Water streets will lead you to the proper
locality. The Malta House is open ON Sun
days, for meals only. 4-10-S4 tt
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John Cullen Bryant, of the Malta House,
has the finest, largest, cheapest stock Of
Bibles, Albums, Dictionaries and other stand.
ard books in the market. Mr.. Bryant
buys and sells his own books and can give
better bargains than those who employ
agents. Orders left at THE WILMINGTON
IAN office. or Malta House, viii receive
prompt attention. - I'll
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Christlield and Best 515 Market Street, are
now displaying a fine stock of Gents Fur
nishing goods of every description and best
quality. Earle and Wilson'S Collars and
Cuffs. Ties and cravats from Rufus Water
house, Broadway N. Y. Agents for the
Troy Laundry. 4-2G 81 3m.
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HARNESS, TRUNKS AND TRAVELLING
BAGS.

j. A. CONNER, reliable harness and
trunk manufacturer has removed to his new
store, No. Z. Fourth ST., near Market,
where you will find the largest assortment
of harness, bags, ETC., in the city. Ladies
and gentlemen's pocket books and ladies
shopping bags, sold at reasonable prices.
Prompt attention paid to repairing trunks
and travelling bags. IL 81 1y
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sIIIRTSl SHIFTS!

If you are in want of perfect fitting
white shirt, 307 Market street is the place to
get them. Ali our shirts are our own make.
Shirts made to order, and fit guaranteed.
w. H. SincOclS, 307 Market street.
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naT Nor the working class Send 10 cents for
LII IIpostage and we will mail you FREE
UUUDrOyOal valuable box of sample goods that
will put you in the way of making more money in u
few days than you ever thought possible ut any
business. Capital not required. We will start You.
You can work AL the time or in spare time only.
young and old. You can easily earn from 80 cents
to SIS every evening. That all who want to work
may test the business, make this unparalleled
offer; to all who are not well satisfied we will send
81 to pay for the trouble of writing to Full par
ticuaTs, directions, etc, sent free. Fortunes Will
be made by those who give their whole time to the
work, Great success absolutely sure. Don't delay
Start now Address STINsoS d Co.. Portland
Maine.
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GROUP.

Relief can be had in the worst cases of
Group by giving from one-half to one table
Sos
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-06-14

BY contact with the lungs, aud with burn
ing fuel, the air is contaminated chiefly with
carbonic acid water, eiiete nitrogen, Oxyd of
carbon, and animal odors. Every full
grown individual consumes in every minute
of quiet respiration, $50 to 500 cubic inches
of air. About IA ounces of carbon are
burned by the air out of the body of man
in tventy-four hours, and all this is returned
in the form of carbouic acid to the air.
Such air cannot be breathed againwithout
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now TO CURE SORE THROAT.

some who has tried it" communicates the
following seasonable item about curing sore
throat. Let each one of your half million
readers buy at any drug store one ounce of
camphorared oil and five cents worth orchlo-
rate of potash. Whenever any soreness
appears in the throat put the potash in half
tumblcr of water, and gargle the throat
thoroughly, then rub the neck thoroughly
with the camphoratcd oil at night before
going to bed, and also pin around the throat
a small strip of wooden flannel. This is sim
pie, cheap and sure remedy.
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as water is by the washings
., no argument would be nee
re attention to the Impotence o
II; and yet it is quite true that Til
ii suffers more from inhaling Of
it could from drinking the wash
LET THE CHILDREN RoMP.
Is the child a right to run, jump


Has the child right to run, jump, yell at
the top Of his voice, blow penny trumpets,
and rampage generally if it finds amusement
in it? Generally these are its only means of
recreation. 1t cannot take part in the pro-
found discourse of its elders. The bang
whang and penny trumpet only come within
its present resources for mental and physical
enjoyment. They tell us that it is healthy
for children to be allowed the full and free
expression of their bang-whang proclvites;
yet this is all suppressed in some families.
The comfort and convenience of The elders
alone are studied. The child is of the weak
est; the child is suppressed. The child must
act foreign to its nature. The child must
not raise its voice ai9ud-must not in the
elders presence bal he nonsense, save at
intervals when ny hso amuses the ss,,Alars
1 i %HS means 4 2 a ''E SGhalid which
through fear stiileSits nature, A child in
whom the inclination of youth to kick, squeal
and caper as with Kids, colts, calves and the
young Of nearly every living creature, must
be chained down, and in this way youth is
robbed of its only source of enjoyment.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-07-10
The Fourth.

The anniversary of Indepen
dence was properly celebrated il
Logan. The merning was inauspi
cious, the rain and threatening
clouds interfering with the vari
Gus proposed programmes.
Delegations from the G. A. T.
post at Nelsonvilfe accompanied by
the Nelsonville band made a very
handsome display. A number Of
the &. A. Rs. and citizens from
Shawnee and StraitsvilIe were al
80 in attendance. The base bail
club of Lancaster were present,
and took part in the festivities OF
the day.
The young folks had picnics and
in the evening dances. A dance
was also held in Rempel's grove.
The grafton of the day was de
livered by Col. Weldy in the Court
House.
/. The gallant 5Sth held union
in the Opera House Speeches
were made by Col. Friesner, Capt.
Bright and others which we're we'll
received and which will be publish
ed.
) The small boy was the conspic-
nous character of the occasion.
He has captured the 4th of July
and the day is peculiarly his own.
With flags and fire. crackers, he took
possession of the town, and while
shattering the nerves of the scarey,
he built up towering patriotism
with his noise and racket and gen
eral cussedness, and get-into the
wayativness.
No accident happened to mar the
general joIlifcation. The platform
erected for speakers at Rempel's
grove fell, but nobody was hurt.
In the evening the
boys fred of artillery and shot
rockets startling the planets and ri
valing the glory of the fixed stars
in the brill;aney of the sparks
spangling the over hanging sky.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-07-10
Higher Rye.

Joe. Hafler's banter about high
rye has reached the country, and
Joe. and his rye are hid out Of sight
by the country products. Daniel
Plukharp, from across tie river on
the former Jack Floyo farm, has
got stalk that is seven feet, two
inches high.
j. y. Anthony, one of the most
prominent farmers of Starr town.
ship, beats the bottom out of Haf-
fer and over tops Pluksharp. His
tallest rye is eight feet two inches.
Now if any one can beat that we
will give them the campaign SEN
TINEL free.
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Sad and Fatal Accident.

On last Sunday evening Emma
jadwin, of Logan, a girl of about
IA years of age, accidentally
shot herself with a revolver,
death resulting in about three
hours.
She was visiting at Ras. Van
horns, spending the afternoon
playing with the children. Van
horn is absent in Columbus, and
his wife with a view to protec-
ton in his absence, took the
loaded revolver and put it in a
bureau drawer where it would
be convenient in case of need.
The girl and Vanhorn's chill
dren aged about 10 and 13 years
were playing, and one had hid a
jewsharp.. In looking for the
harp the girl opened the drawer
where 3 revolver had been
placed.
The Vanhorn children c.n give
no clear account of how the pis-
tol was exploded. The ball en-
tered her head above the left ear
tearing open the skull and shat
tering the brain. She was con-
scious for some time, asking if
she would die, and complaining
that her head would burst. Dr's
Campbell & Wright were called
but at once pronounced the
wound fatal. All that surgical
skill could do in alleviating the
sufferings of the dying child was
done. She died about 10 o.
clock.
The theory of the accident is
that she grasped the revolver,
which was a self cocker and
STOPPING down to peer in the
drawer for the hidden harp, she
nnconsciously grasped the trig-
ger of the pistol with sufficient
force to explode it. The revol-
yer was found lying in the half
opened drawer, the handle cn
the bottom with the muzzle rest
ing on the top of the front edge
Another report is that the two
girls wers sitting on the floor,
one comblng the others hair,that
the Vanhorn boy got the revol
yer saying he wonld play sol
dier, and pointing the weapon al
the girls fired with the fatal eli
feet then put the pistol back III
the drawer.
Another rum is that the Jad
win girl was trying to take the
pistol away from the boy when
it was discharged.
The children are SO shocked
and scared that they Cali no;
give clear account OF The unfor
lunate affair. |,
The sad accident has cast a
profound gloom of sorrow over
the entire community, and the
sympathy Of the public is heart
Felt for the distressed family ini
his hour of terrible atfliction. !,
Funeral exercises were held
faesda: morning at the IL. Il.
Church. The remains were in
erred at the old Cemetery.
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Cedar Falls.


To the Sentlnel.-On last Sab
bath about 10 clock am, there
was heard several reports in the
South creek of the Falls which
sounded like heavy loaded musket-
ry or blowing rock with powder.
Nothing particular strange was
thought as there we're several
sight-seers in the Cuff at the time
of the first explosions were heard.
1t was soon discovered that it WAS
not the boom Of firearms, and some
investigation and search was made.
1t was no trouble to find the place
for the explosions we're constantly
going on. 1t was in the bed of the
creek just below the wagon bridge
on the BIoomingville road. The
creek bed at this place is solid rock
with over jetting rock on the east
side. The explosions were SO great
that they have bursted the solid
rock in the bed of the creek for the
distance of Soft, and Blowing the
rock terribly, tearing 1t to iragm-
ments and throwing stones to a
great distance. sOn the west side of
the opening, the rock has sunk
about one inch. There are still ex-
plosions at intervals, but not so fire
qucnt us Sunday. Sunday night
and Mon day. The explosions are
greatest at nig! t wc,t yesterday
evening and examined the cracks
and creviees very closely. T eI
burst does not seem to extend per-
perdiculur!y in the rock. but runs
Off to the east. While | was inspec-
ting as well as could, l beard
three thuds or gIuSs rather. which
seemed to lsc some distance in the
The rock from The opening where
| stood. There was a pool Of water
in the rock close to the opening
D1t OF which Hattie Temple wash
ed Saturday. The water sank I'M
mediately after the explosion
leaving the basin dry for the first
time to The best of my knowledge
and the best Id ormation l can
gather. b. IL. A
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-07-10
A {sir 4iesd.

Mr. Dan Plukharp, one OF ou.'
most intelligent and enterprisin@
farmers, has raised the most pro
fitable yield OF strawberries We
have heard of in the Valley
From a bed Is feet square, less
than 4 rod, he gathered enough
to supply his family with three
quarts a day and sold besides s12
worth. At this rate, counting
the berries consumed al value
of So, would make the yield 10
the acre over twenty-fohr hun
dred dollars.
Can any body, any place, beat
that
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-07-10
A Touching Meeting of Old
Soldiers.

Last week Gen. Lloyd Myers
of our town visited Washington
City in the interest of Harmony.
He strolled into the Senate
Chamber when the first man he
met was his old comrade Gen.
John A. Logan. The recogni-
ton was mutual.
Hello Lloyd!
Hello Jack
And the two warriors fell in
each others arms and hugged
and kissed like school girls. The
Senate Immediately took a re-
cess and Gen. Myers was given
an introduction and a formal re-
ception. After this ovation, Jack
asked Lloyd down to the wine
room and over a bottle Of Hos
ter's beer, the two discussed the
old time Rebel Secession and
the present Republican bolt
"By the way" said Jack. "How
is my old friend and chum Sill
Pursells"
'"'That reminds me, says Lloyd,
that Chinese Juggler has been
trying to keep him from being
confirmed postmaster" "The
hellenblazes" said Jack, growing
black in the face. "By the mud
of my native State I'lI choke that
scheme and scalp that schomer,"
With bristles angrily erect, the
grim visaged Logan strobe into
the Senate chamber, woke
up the sleepy Senators, had a
nino minutes executive session
called ard Pursell's confirmation
made.
"l'll show the Chinese" said
Jack "how they can't make an
attack upon my bosom compan-
ion, the gallant drummer boy. |
SILL" /
On parting, Gen. Logan prom
ised to soon make a return visit !
to General Myers. he said he
wanted to see the town named
after one Of his ancestors, and
weep at the tomb Of the late
Rempel, and go fishing with Sill
and the boys.
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Thou art the Nlas..

Who would dream that Wash
ington had enemies to circulate
slanderous reports about him.
al. Brooke in Gazette.
Thou hast circulated slanderous
reports about the good naHe of st.
Pursell, editor Of your paper,
Post Master of Logan, He is your
Washington and we dream the con-
clusion of your inquiry-thou art
the Man.
Al. Brooke says in the last issue
Of the iGazette-'We are glad, We
are glad we are not Tilden." When
the public read this the public
smiled. and the laugh was not on
Klden.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-07-10

Mr.. Joe Hatier celebrated the
Fourth in patriotic style. He
raised a high hicSory pole and
flung from the lofty top the-Ame-
rican flag. He invited a number
Of friends to his f,ospitable home
where Mrs. Halter entertained
pleasantly and treated the com
pany to hard bat most de!:r.ious
cider. Mr.. and Mrs. Rafier have
the thanks Of the Staff and tie
''gang" for the acceptable cour-
tesies.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-07-10
5Sth REUNION

The reunion of the 58th regi
ment held here on the 4th was in the
nature of family gathering and
was not largely attended by the gen
eral public. Our reporter howev-
er gathered the leading features OF
the occasion;
AS the morning was. too rainy
To go to the grove, the meeting
wns held in the Opera House.
The attendance was good and
old comrades c'asped hanls and
looked into each others f.res who
had not met since the days of sct-
i've service in the Fed. To know
that after lapse of most twenty
years they again stood in the pres
en"e of each other. gave the occa-
sion intense interest without the
speaking of word. But the way
was opened by singing Cd war
songs. This WIS followed by re-
marks by comrades s. II. Bright,
Capt. Jno. Hansen, W. Fl Huls
and Adjutant Defenbaugh and ot-
hers.
All seemed to warm up to the
occasion, and the feeling of COM
radeship swel'ed up in every heart.
Dinner was taken by messes, af-
ter he most" approved ARMY style.
At 2 o'clock Col. w. S. Friesner
delivered most excellent historic
al sketch of the regiment, which he
was by unanimous vote, requested to
have published that it may be pre-
served. The old officers were re-
elected wi tn Jno. Hansen as an ad-
ditienal Vice President, making
the present corps of officers as fo' =
lows: President, Col. W. S. Fries
ner, Vice Presidents, Col. F.F.
Rempel, +. T. jackson, Capt. Jno.
Hansen,Se S. ii. Bright, Treas
Capt. Wiltred STEERS.
The next reunion will be held at
MilIville on the anniversary of the
running OF the blockade at Vicks
burgh by the boats on which most
Of the regiment were then serving.
Prominent among the Attendance
from abroad was Adjutant Stephen
Desfenbaugh, of Tarltou, who was
severely wounded in the head at
the fearful charge at Chickasaw
Bayou, Lieut.. Miller of New Lon
don. Sargt. Leist and John Thorn
as formerly of Co., !. B.