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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-11-27
SLEEP AND HER COUSIN DEATH.

The Relationship Between the two Condi-
lions of Inconsistencies.
From the British Medical Journal.
The relationship between sleep, "the
cousin of DEATH" and death itself, is
probably real as well as apparent. The
distance which separates them is great,
but there are immediate connections,
grades of dissolution as of development
Among these the similar states of trance
and Information are worthy of special
notice, for sleep and for trance one cause
the exhaustion chiefly of the nervous
matter, but more or less of every organ
and tissue il assignable. The hysterical
stupOr is the sleep of nerve centers worn
out with the assault and conflict Of
stormy reflex action. Healthy sleep is
the rest of physical elements wearied
with the same strain applied more grad
ually.
Cases have been recorded in which
sOmnolence, continuing for days with
out cessation, has resembled trance in
its duration, while preserving all the
ordinary features of natural sleep. Va
riOus facts support us in assOciating the
Information of animals with the same
| train of organic or fuActunal changes as
the other unconscious states which we
have been considering: it comes like a
habit, it has. one may say, annual re-
turn: its apparent cause is the Oppres-
sion of external cold, and the animals 1t
affects are mostly those which, from
their bodily structure or habits, are sub
| ject to great periodic variations Of tenn
perature. Vital tissue is exhausted and
function is i'm part suspended, probably
because the numbness of cold has taken
hold upon the radicals of the outer cir
culatiOn, and of that of the brain surface
which is connected with it by numerous
anastomOses. In such case anaemia
would seem to be the cause of.the winter
sleep, as there is evidence TO show that
it Is also the cause of that temporary
starvation of brain which lulls without
arresting its action, in the natural re-
pose of each night.
| We may even regard the lethargy,
ended by death. into which man falls
when exposed to great cold, as short
and mortal liberation. The same in
fluenee acts upon him as upon the bear
or fish, but the power of the shock ID
greater on his finer and less accustomed
senses than on their comparatively
coarse organization. So likewise in
other regions and forms Of life, in the
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-11-27

WEAKNESS, paralysis, atrOphy, and gan
creme of limbs, in the leafiess hiberna-
tiOn Of trees, and in their decay, begin
ming in the terminal twigs, the same
teaching is evident, that vascular nutri
ton, in its periodic variations, is the
parent of activity and of rest, as its alb
sence is of death. 1t is not, therefore,
altogether surprising to meet with Occa-
siOnal instances in which death is simu-
lated by some deep degree of stupOr.
The case of George Childet, labOrer,
living at Bridgewater, which was lately
recorded in the daily papers, appears to
have been one Of this kind, The trance
like state developed quite suddenly, and
was mistaken by the relatives for death.
Some slight degree of warmth in the ap-
parent corpse induced the Clergyman in
attendance to refuse burial in spite of
the decided wish of the relatives thu 1t
should take place. After eight days the
signs Of enimation were established,
and the subject of this singular expert
eRce slowly recovered. In all such ca
ses there is an element of mystery: and
one cannot always decide how much of
this due to physiological or pathological
conditions, or to some external agency.
We are not informed of the antecedents
in the present instance, and cannot say
how much hard work, under feeding.
anxiety, or other causes may have had
to do with the result. The state describ-
ed, if really one of trance, affords a strik
ing example of the difficulties which
sometimes though very rarely, arises in
proving the final point in diagnosis, and
warning that the most trivial sign Of
vitality should not be overlooked in de-
termining the fact of death.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-11-27
Tons of Ballots.


Here are facts not usually appended
to election returns. The history of past
elections teaches that the vote of the Ma
tiOn advances from President to Presi-
dent by steps measured in numbers by
10 per cent. The total vote Of 1868 was
5,724.654: of 1872, was 6,465,S05; of 1875,
was 8,412. 1888: of 1880, was 9,21O,970 Add
10 per cent to this last total and the es-
innate for the vote going into the ballot
boxes to-day will be 10,3l2,067, an ap-
Proclamation borne out by other caleula-
lions and which will be found not far
out Of the result. ballot is piece of
paper averaging iuches wide and 1012
long. One hundred and fifty ballots
will weigh abOnt a pound, Two hun
dred and fifty ballots laid on each other
will measure about an inch. To prepare
these bits of paper at reasonable profit
costs 80 cents thousand. If the bal
lots cast to-day were placed end to end
they would reach In continuous line
| from Washington. ID. c. to Ell PasO, in
Texas, or they would stretch from East
port Me-, to New Orleans, as the crow
files If one end of the long line of pa
per were made fast at Cape Flattery, the
extreme northwestern prOmOntOry of
Washington territory, the other end
would pass Kansas City with miles
enough to spare to reach Sedalia.
This has to do only with the ballots
actually voted. The number of ballots
printed, of course, is tremendously lar
ger than the amount voted. In st.
Louis, for instance, the Democrats have
had 100000, the ether parties in all
abOnt 100000, making for this one town
a total of 100000. 1t is generally ad-
mitted, however, that the vote of st.
Louis will rot, at the outside, make
more than $4,000. Here, then, is a sur
plus of twenty-six ballots for each one
cast. This makes the total of ballots Of
fsred to the people throughout America
at this election 260,000000. 1t would
require eighty-five freight cars to move
this load of paper, whose weight is 1,716.
600 pounds. The white paper and print
ing of the mass has cost 1924, 900. Past
ed end to end there would be paper
enough to 90 entirely around the globe,
leaving $4,000 miles to spare for gigan-
tic double knot, which would cover the
greater part of the two Americas.-Sl.
Louis Post Dispatch.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-11-27
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 81, 1884.
Nasty.

The Rejoicing at the Corners the Receipt
of the News of Cleveland's Election-Joe
Bigler Rejoices Also and gives his Reas-
Therefore.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-11-27

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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-11-27
HILL & MASON,
DENTISTS.

Office two doors south OF Bank Building, oppo-
site Bennett block, Main St., Cheboygan, Mich.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-01-17
Why Tommy Was in Bed.

The sun was shining brightly. 1t was
only two o'clock in the afternoon, and
yet Tommy was i'll bed. The fact is, he
had been in bed since ten O'Clock. DO
you want to know whyp You may be
sure it was not from choice, for Tommy
was very fond of playing out doors, and
was always the first to get up in ths
morning. But he was q very mischiev-
Gus little boy, and liked to tease his lit
tie playmates.
''Oh, dear!' said his little sister Edith
one day, Il wish my hair was curly. I
like curly hair so mueh!''
II will tell you how to make it curly,''
said Tommy. Put mucilage on it to-
night, and in the morning it will be
curled tight to your head. -
Edith was only three years old, and
did not know that Tommy was teasing
her. So that night, after her nurse had
put her to bed and had gone down.
stairs, she Jumped up and went into the
library. The mucilage was on desk.
and Edith emptied it over her head and
rubbed it in well. Then she went back
to bed again, sure tEat her hair would
now be curly.
Oh, what little fright she was when
morning came! Her pretty brown hair
was stuck tight to her head in a thick
mass. Her mamma tried to wash the
muc1lage out; but it could not be done.
The poor little head had to be shaved at
last.
tom must be punished, !" said MANI
ma.
Iom was found hiding behind tho
wood-plle. You may be sure he cried
Wnen ne found that he was to be pun
ished.
ana that was the reason Tommy was
Ia pea Wnen the sun was shining. Don't
you Inink he deserved to be therep-
Our Little Ones.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-01-17
Theater-GOing i'm Paris.

A great many Americans who have
never been in Paris imagine that, as it
is the home and center of dramatic art,
the theaters themselves and everything
connected with them are perfect. This
is one of the popular illusions that need
to be dispelled. All the theaters, except
the Eden, are stuffy and uncomfortable,
and getting your ticket and going
through the necessary formalities be-
fore you reach your seat are sufficient
to deter many people from ever attend
ing performance. 10 begin at the
beginning, when you go to buy your
ticket you find yourself not before a
good-sized window where you can con-
verse intelligently with the ticket-seller,
on the contrary, most of the ticket
Offices are cramped-up little places, and
the window, or rather the opening
across which you must make your wants
known, is a little aperture often not
more than ten inches square. II this
so-called window were on level with
your elbows you might get on passably
well, but it is usually on line with
your stomach, and to carry on your
conversation it is necessary to bend over
painfully low.
The ticket-seller is usually woman
the bur1Iiste. as she is called-and, as
rule, she is no longer at an age that
inspires any tender passion. On the
contrary most of these 6urGttstes have
been so long in Office that they believe
themselves to be the veritable manager
of the theater. Directors, actors and
authors fear them much more than they
fear the public. The bura'iste's reply
to your questions is generally very
short, and not always sweet. and
sometimes think that the little windows
were made expressly to keep the ticket
seller at a safe distance from her pur-
chaser.
If you succeed in getting ticket you
will receive not the convenient little bit
of pasteboard so familiar to America,
with the date and hour of performance,
number of seat, ETC., printed. but a
large square piece of paper with your
name, number of seat and, if the play
is given every night, number of the per-
Torrance written thereon. Thus, if you
purchase seat for the fifteenth repre-
sentation of piece you must keep a
look out to see when that fifteenth per-
Torrance takes place. At many of the
theaters you get no check attached to
your ticket; the number is simply writ
ten on, and when you arrive at the the
alter your ticket is taken up and you are
placed by an usher. To finish with the
ticket, if it costs more than ten francs it
must have Government stamp, for
which you pay two cents. = Boston
Courier.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-01-17
Malta and the Maltese.

The Maltese Islands are four IN num-
Der: Malta, GOsso, Comino and COMM
itto-Malta being the largest of the
group. The axis of the group-twenty-
nine miles in length-runs from soutn-
east to northwest in the same direction
as the Apprentices. Malta is tifty-tive
mics from the most southerly point of
Sicily, and 125 miles from Mt. Etna.
During the last great eruption of this
100 OBJECT high mountain the glare of
its fires was distinctly seen from here.
About 200 miles southwest of us Cape
Bon points its finger out into the sea,
and the northeast end of Africa begins
at the finger-nail. Thus situated then,
midway between the continents of Eu-
rope and Africa, and directly in the
middle of the great water highway con-
Meeting American and European mar
kets with Egypt, Asia and the Indies,
Malta possesses an Importance easily
realized. She has been possessed by all
the countries bordering on the Mediter-
ranean in turn. and has been bone of
contention whenever the dogs of war
were let loose.
Malta and its officially styled ''de-
tendencies" though only f1y-specks on
the broad map of the world, now geo.
graphically form part of Europe, though
as TO climate and productions they have
much in common with neighb3ring
Africa The island of Malta itself is
seventeen miles long by nine mi es
broad. A boat sailing round it would
traverse about fifty miles. Its principal
ports are the Great and Quarantine
harbors af Valletta, which are separated
by the hog shack tongu. of land called
Mount Sceberras, on which the city is
built Among other bays on the north
ern shore is that of st. Paul, in which,
1900 wears ago, the Christian orator
was driven ashore. With the perspi-
cacity that you would naturally sup
pose him possessed of. st. Paul lighted
on his feet when he struck Malta, for
he not only chose the most beautiful of
all the bays in the island to be wrecked
in, but the people received him kindly,
and, being ripe TO- it, were easily con-
verified to Christ. anity. Prior to st.
Pauls advent the inhabitants of Malta
worShipped neurological gods. Only
yesterday saw a statue of the goddess
Juno. before which the ancient Maltese
have bowed down and sacrificed. 1t
stands under an archway in Il che of
the gate that leads into the old city of
Ciua Vecchia-the most venerable of
the Maltese cit es. The fine Cathedral
that stands there is several hundred
yea odd, and is built on the site of the
house OF Publius, who entertained the
great Apostle. There are long, narrow
catacombs traversing at all angles the
underground of Citta Vecehia, in which
the early Christians took refuge from
prosecutors. They are dug thu rough
solid rock. which rock, however, is easily
worke cutting more like cheese than
granite The atmosphere of Citta
Vecch;a is hazy with legend and sacred
with the localities connected with st.
Paurs stay the island, and the Cath
olicS, whose religion now prevails here,
have made the most OF them.
I he highest POINT of Malta is 7o0 feet
above sea level. There are not many
trees visible excepting in the walled-in
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-01-17
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Petroleum has been discovered in
the Punjab, Hindostan.
Oh mas navy consists of nearly
seventy vessels of all sizes and con-
strueted almost entirely under native
supervision.
Lord Ripon, the Viceroy of India,
is immensely popular among the ma
tives. and the Calcutta native papers
were printed in golden ink In honor oil
his recent visit.
An iron-worker named Stokes, OF
Manchester, Eng, found a hare in a trap,
and as it was suffering greatly he killed
it. The act being committed on Sun
day, a bench of magistrates fined him
twenty shillings.
Frederick VIII am, the Crown
Prince of Germany. and heir apparent
to the throne. who has been visiting
Spain and Italy lately, is tifty-two years
of age. At home he is known as .'Un-
ser Fritz" which, being translated,
means s'Our Fred
The Revenue and Agricultural De-
partment of the India Government have
been trying to introduce improved agri-
cultural implements among the natives.
The Ind an farmers received eighty
three different kinds. From official re-
ports received from various districts it
appears that out of the whole number
distributed twelve only of the imple-
ments found favor in the eyes of the
native agriculturist. Among the &C
ceptable new tools is an American corn
shelter.
According to Dr. Sach. of Buenos
Ayres, there is no danger of an exhaus-
ton of the guinine supply. The expert
mental plantations in Java and the
Island OF Reunion have been very sue
cessful; and, besides these nurseries,
the trees have heen cultivated in Bolivia
by the million for ten years. At three
places in the last-named country, taken
as they come, the Number of trees grow
ing is given, severally. at 10000, 2O0,-
600 and 100000.
Here is description OF a Russian
prison. written by Prof. Thun, of Leip-
sic: 1.-The prison at Kara, near Irkutsk,
is said to be one of the worst. 1t is an
ordinary farmhouse, surrounded by q
high fence. There are no tables or
chairs, only platforms, on which the
prisoners lie packed like sardines. The
food consists merely of bread and soup,
with a very little grit. There is no hos
pital or other care for the sick ALI
those condemned to hard labor are COM
PEELED to wear chains. whether at work
or in prison, and all correspondence is
forbidden"
1t is only just about one hundred
gears since the brutal nun 'shment of
pressing to death was abolished by law
in Great Britain. 1t was supposed to be
the penalty for felony, but any criminal
who refused to plead either guilty or
not guilty was condemned to it. The
Grim nal condemned to be pressed was
laid naked upon his back, and had iron
laid upon him, as much as he could
bear ard more and more, being mean
time fed upon bad bread and stagnant
water until he either died or pleaded. In
1726 a man accused of murder in small
English town refused to plead and was
pressed for an hour and three-quarters
VITA nearly 400 pounds of iron, after
which he pleaded not guilty, but was
convicted and hanged.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-01-17

City. Fla, has trained FISH which are as
gentle as chickens. When he appears
they swim toward him to receive their
food from his hand. The Dream and
perch feed at the first table, the cat
fish comes afterward. The little Great
ures form thoroughly happy family
Detroit Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-01-17

science. The Republican party ask it
to diet on demagognery, hate. reaction
and charlatanistic chicanery. There is
no honor in its policy, there is no prog
ress in it. there is no patriotism in It,
there is no craftsmanship in it. The
votes of the people can be relied on to
show that there is no success in it.-4Ak-
b07au ArQuS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-01-17

Eight hundred dollars in green
backs were found tucked away In the
corner of a sleigh owned by firm in
Portland. Me-, when it was brought out
for use after the late fall of snow. The
money is supposed to belong to tramp
who slept in the stable for while and
was sent to Jail for three months for
vagrancy.-Boston Tran Sc riDs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-01-17

James Whaling, the Northern Pa
enc oinclal killed by an accident the
other day. was only thirty-eight years
Old, but he had made and lost several
fortunes in his day, his expenses while
Iving at Chicago hotel four or Eve
years yea ga ago figuring up from. SIS, OeO to
ozo'ooo month. - Chicago Meas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-01-17
Found His Level.

The claim asserted in behalf of Gen
eral Malone that. as a distinctive and
peculiar factor in the politics OF the Re-
publican party, he was entitled to some
peculiar and distinctive recognition,
based upon alleged services for the
cause in Virginia. has finally been
passed upon and is unreservedly re-
jected.
The verdict of the people OF his own
State was rendered on the 9th of No
vember overwhelmingly against him.
The accounts between him and the
Administration show a balance, which
is also heavily against him. He is
debited with item after item of Federal
patronage, but the credit page is hope
lessly blank.
The Republican National Committee,
which met in this city on Wednesday
last, dared not mention his name. Even
Mr.. Chambers Southern outrage reso-
luton, which was adopted by the Com
mittee, is impersonal and so indefinite
that it might have been passed at any
time during the last fifteen years with
equal appropriateness and had no such
person as Malone ever existed.
So with the call of the Committee, in
it's pointless and general illusions to
free suffrage, an honest ballot and the
protection of human rights-it is still a
thinner and more insipid sop.
And now the Republican Senatorial
caucus so far forgets the services, sacri-
fees and martyrdom of General Ma
hone that it ruthlessly overslaughs the
candidate of his own naming and bursts
the bubble of his political Importance.
Participating in the proceedings of
the caucus as a Republican he could not
do otherwise than abide its action. He
has broken bread with the new commun-
ion and can not betray his pledges.
But he is no longer a dictator of nomi-
nations, no longer power to be court
ed, no longer a bandit to be negotiated
with, no longer the wedge to split the
Solid South. He is simply a Republic
an Senator Washington Post.
Prof. C. A. Young. of Princeton,
and DIR. James r. Nichols, of the Bos-
ton journal of Chemistry, regard the
rejecting stratum in the upper air as
the product of the Javan volcanoes.
They believe the matter is volcanic
dust. This theory will take its place
with others, but it seems inadequate.
Calculating the superficial area covered
by the stratum rejecting the red light
it will be seen that it is hardly reason
able that the volcanoes in Java could
have poured dust enough into the air to
form shell around the entire earth.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-05-22
CREDIT MOBILIEK.
An Answer to the Petition of the Union
Pacific Filed.

Rowland G.. Hazard, the stakeholder
upon whose complaint a receiver was ap-
pointed for the Credit Mobilier of America,
has filed in the United States circuit court
at Philadelphia, an answer to the petition
of the Union Pacific railway company for
the removal of Oliver Ames from the re-
ownership.
Hazard, in answer, says the judgment for
81, 299, 1866 obtained by the Union Pacific
Railway against the Credit Mobilier in New
York courts, upon which proceedings had
been brought to have said Judgment opened,
was not justly due, and that the Union
Pacific company was necessarily interested
in the suit now pending in Massachusetts.
brought by the Credit Mobilier to recover
81 Zoo, 900 from the Union Pacific road, as
the latter corporation is successor to the
Credit Mobilier. Hazard denies that Credit
Mobilier is insolvent, but believes it would
be to its best interests II Oliver Ames was
removed from the receivership and Penn
sylvanian appointed. he agrees with the
statement that Ames has not managed his
trust in the manner that he should.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-05-22
DOCTORS IN COUNCIL.
Annual Meeting of the Nebraska Homos~-
opathic Medical Society.

The eleventh annual meeting of ths.
Nebraska State Homeopathic Medical So
ciety has just closed In Omaha. A large
number of members from all parts of the
state responded to the roll call, and thir-
teen new members Joined the society.
Among the prominent physicians from
abroad were Prof. A. G. COwperthwait,
dean of the homeopathic medical depart
ment of the state university Of Iowa.
Under the bureau of medical literature,
Prof. p. l.. Paine, Lincoln, chairman, DIR.
j. f. Caldwell, Nebraska City, furnished
an excellent paper, in which he called for
more facts and fewer theories In ms.4icak
literature.
Interesting papers were read from num-
Der of gentlemen, and discussions In which
all participated were fraught with much
valuable information to the medical frater-
nifty and the public In general.
The election of officers for the ensuing
year resulted as follows: President, A. r.
Van Sycle, NJ. D., Hastings; LIST vice pres
ident, A. L. Macumber, NJ. D., Norfolk >
End vice president, G. Fl. Parsell, Omaha,
secretary, j. E. Caldwell, NJ. D., Nebraska
City; treasurer, 0. s. Wood, NJ. D., Crete.
Place of meeting for 1885, Fremont. The
society sent as delegates to the American
Institute of Homeopathy, G. NJ. Dlnsmoor,
NJ. D., and G.. l.. Hart, NJ. D., to the
Western Academy of Homeopathy, to meet
at Cincinnati, o., the society elected as del
egates, Drs. DinsmOor, Montgomery, Cars
cadden, Hanchett, Firstall, Brown, Sabin,
Burroughs and Connell, with instructions
to do all in their power to get the next an
nual meeting of that body located at Omaha.