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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-08-28

A piece Of interesting news comes from
Egypt regarding . discovery recently
made in lever Egypt by Mr.. Flinders
Pstris Of the fragments Of . colossal
statue Of King Ramsses H., which calOu
lsting The height from the fragments
whish remain, must have stood considers
bly, over one hundred feet in height. The
material employed is granite, and the exc.
cutting Of suoh work in such material,
and when completed, rearing it in posi-.
tion. must have involved profound
knowledge not only OF high art, but Of
engineering skill. II is possible that the
statue could have been cut whole in one
piece? If SO, what lever power did the
Egyptians possess to raise such an snor-
nous weight into perpendicular posi-
tion2
Certain it is that these ancient builders
knew how we'll TO get over, and did get
svsr, prodigious difficulties, ss witness
their sbelisks. and the enormous stones
which compose the platform Of the mag
niGcsnt temple Of the Sun at Baalbec.
Az there il No stone quarry near, how
these vast stones could possibly have been
convey cd thitAsr in the fist place, and
then raised in their position, has been an
saigma to all modern architects and en-.
ginesrs BY whom the temple has been
critically examined, and who have freely
confessed that, even with oil eur modern
science Of steam. cranes, hydraulic jacks
and railways, the transport and raising Of
such immense cyclopsan masses would
have undoubtedly presented many serious
difficulties, II indeed it could be accom-
plished at all.
Some OF our readers doubtless Saw MIR.
Poynt great picture in the Royal Acad-
emy Of London, few years ago, entitled
''Israel in Egypt 1t presented An snor.
nous mass Of sculpture mounted on
wheslsa truck, dragged along by hun.
dreds Of the unfortunate captive Israelites
who are smarting under the whips Of tEeir
cruel drivers. Mr.. Poynter bad good
authority Tor his ''motive power" ss
shown in his picture. 80 far rs We can
from ancient works or ancient
sculptures, the highest stone masses we're
transported mainly by force Of human
muscles, with few mechanical expsdisnts.
Levers and rollers seem TO have besu al
msst il not altogether unknown. The
mass WAS generally placed ON kind OF
slsdge, the ground over which II was 70
pass was iubricated with some oily cub.
stance, and the sheer strength Of human
shoulders was the strength applied
HDper's Weekly.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-08-28

Mi,fornnss never come singiy. They
are always married.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-08-28

YER Ter b. gosl lsolis' - possible, =
wanted Tor ssad il tsr my married dsrtsr
an ! thoasht 10 vas smeothia out ID
wrinkles - my faee, hat vhsa he prizss
open ny mouth aa' 'gasssr so look dsw'
ny threat. I thought IL vas . might,
strange procssain. still ! didnt sAy moth
ia' % loved hs knewed moro 'bout hi
business thaa I did I sorter shiversd
when he poksd an iron thing into N,
mouth. but didn't move. As lowed b.
done Il 10 make ny jaw stick out mach
nj. but the first thing l knowsd airtsl
this. he grabbed ahols o. tho ornly scum
Tooth ] had iu my mouth. Istrugglsd an
hollerea. but II wasn't no nse. fur he
swusg himself round an twisted the
tooth out ! jumped afien his arrange.
msnt whom hs turned me loose. an was
sittiu sutea thar when he grabbed me !
1T him. but hs still held me. We made
suck racket that fsller came up from
dovn stairs, an when the tsoth thief
made . lot . signs an fool motions ter
HIN. hs sAid:
'"why donv yer pay him fur pullin'
yer toothy
~ didn't want ~ tooth pulled" says
l.
"'That's . fas way TO cheat man.,
says he. III he'd tuck yer pictur then
you'd said you wanted q tooth pulled
an he kotshed me by the skuff o the
neck an led me out, and showed me
srlong the street. A whole mob jined
in, an they tuck me ter jail The mob
howlsd till l thought they was goin' ter
hang me. Istaysd in jail three days.
charged with assault an battery. Now
ledge, that tooth was wuth q hundred
dollars ter me on / want that town ter
pay me fer it. an moreover, want little
change fur stayin' in Jail.
"rhis case is rather remarkable" said
he judge. "You are quite an old man
md it is quits evident that the tooth
which yeu regret to have lost, ard upon
which you place such value, would, ere
ong. have given you great deal OF
rouble. Pride might have caused yeu
. bear with it and refrainod from having
pulled, thus becoming miserable to you
elf and burden to your family. The
,reat troubles Of my life were caused by
eeth. From early boyhood until now
lave been martyr to teeth See this
ooth, opening his mouth, 81 wish some
nan would sieze me and take it out. Con-
idsring oil these facts, I'll fine you one
hundred dollars and charge you for board
luring your ssjourn 1t the Jail. -Arkan-
as Irareler.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-08-28
The Tanasy PredigAI.

Mr. Kelly. viii you tell me conndsn-
tislly Why you don't pitch 10 and help the
Democrnts7
I'm going to When the tins comes.
But Why did you 90 out Of the party 10
the first place?
Yousg man there vas eues led who
rsn asay from hons 10 milf
What Of IL?
He stayed away lopg ssoagh for bic
folks TO thisk he was gene for good.
Whist has that got 10 do with the esse7
Young man. when that lad came back
homo they were 50 glad TO sss him
they gave him the latest calf on the
farm.
And Nr. Kelley looked over toward
the city buildings aud walked on, -~chiea.
90 Ness
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-08-28
House and loI IN Manchester.

caer for ale my houss snd lot located on Msis
street in the village Of Manchester Hosss nsv
also psv barn, hard and sefi vAlar, yoanw fruit
sssA Ysss location. Tsrms rsasonsble.
WALLACE LAMPSoK.
nssehssass. W.. Feb. 26tb. ises siu
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-08-28

and durable. Spssinsss irc~ rsmpeii
can b. sssa in the nussun u NAplss II
The AMI csatsry papyfuA. papsr q whish
many vanstiss existed. was largely nau'
iacturssd d AlexandrA ssd rssked high
Ia the commerce Of sations its uss con.
tinual uatil about seven or eight csrturss
ago.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-08-28
WARRINGTON HOTEL.
DORSET. VERMONT,

rstes- Dersst IL sre os iAs bnsss localities
ssosg ths Green mprsisiss And yeArly attracts
eesd sssbes u cay r~opis
Addrsss. duT SMITH, Prop.
porss4 W uAs 2ssh. ts6l.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-08-28

FoE RnErNArIsx, LrnBAGo. NruHALciA.
CrsmP snd Collie thsss 10 no remedy sspe-
rior 70 the genuiae DR.. Thomas Eclsctric
OH.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-08-28

"A young lady In tova has hair 20 long
thst IL sweeps the hoor. bat tLe young
lazy is net st iks her heir.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16
The Collegiate Filtration.

The college man-freShman, sophie
more, or whatever he may be-has
finished his summer lounging and has
got down to work and lecturers once
more, says a Philadelphia Bulletin
gossiper; but try as he will, a vision
of a certain pretty face and neat figure
will steal in between him and the
pages of MS book, and he finds him
self in memory back at the seaside,
strolling on the sands with this fair
one gazing upinto his eyes; or playing
at tennis and serving her easy balls
that she can not fail to get back over
the net; or rowing her over the placid
waters of the trce-bordered lake and
whispering words that make the color
come and 20 in her cheeks. The sum
mer Irritation has, after all, been for
MIN more than mere amusement, as
is evidenced by the languishing looks
he casts at her as he sits by her side at
the theater, and the tenderness and
solicitude he evinces as be places her
wrap about her shoulders when the
play is over. He is young and suscep-
tible. and there are ten chances to one
that he will, ere long, ask the young
woman to become his wife, though as
yet he is nothing more than school
boy, and has no more idea how to
earn living than the college porter
has how to translate Horace. Before
graduation day comes, however, the
engagement will have been broken.
He will have gone through this ex-
perience several times, probably, and
will then, though still young, be able
to talk in quite wordlywise manner
to his bachelor friends about the ro-
mances of his early youth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16
CRIME.

SEVEN burglars escaped Monday night
from the Danville Ill) jail, but three of
them were captured. The fugitives are
said to be desperate men.
WILLIAM FL. MCLEAN, of New Albany7
Ind, was sand-bagged on a street in
Bloomington, H., on Monday night,
and robbed of 500 and a gold watch.
A REGISTERED mail package contain
ing $10,5 in bonds, from New York
to East Hampton, Conn, was rified
Monday night between New Haven and
the point of designation. The postal
detective service is at work on the case.
w. w. CHATHELL, Of Muncie, Ind,
member of the State Fair Board, is mis-
sing. He had considerable amount of
money on his person, and there are fears
CT foul play.
IT is charged that the assignment of
Emil Dalheimer & Co., the Cincinnati
jewelers., is deliberate swindle, and
that they have been receiving goods o
credit from Boston and Attleborough
Mass. and selling them IN the West 10
per cent below cost.
1T has been ascertained that the Blu
chauans, brothers, the insolvent distil-
lers of louisville, are in Canada. The
affairs of the firm are becoming more
mixed, and, it is feared will reach the
Chancery Court for settlement.
THREE men have been arrested at To-
peka, Kas., on suspicion of wreckng
the Santa F'e train near Emporia, last
Sunday. Five thousand dollars reward
for the wreckers has been offered by the
railway company and $500 by the State
of Kansas.
At Newayago, Mich. John Armstrong
found border, George Bates, in his
wife's room Sunday night, and Selling
an AK, rushed in. The wife held Arm
strong while her paramount went in
search Of a pistol, but he broke from
her grasp, and killed her with the ak.
Fastening down stairs, he met Bates
ascending, and slew him with one blow.
Armstrong then surrendered to the
authorities.
AN Emperia, KS, dispatch of the 9Th
says early Sunday morning, at a point
ten miles west Of here, an attempt was
made to rob the Santa F'e passenger
train. The robbers evidently intended
to ditch the train. The rails had been
the passenger train came along. The
tram was running at such a rate of speed
that it passed safely over the rails.
When the robbers saw the train flying
by with its rich booty they evidently
became enraged, and fired volley
after it, the bullets striking the cars in
several places. Fortunately no one was
hurt, but following the passenger came
a freight, which was ditched, and the
fireman killed and the engineer seriously
injured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16
How the Will was Settled.

An Arab died leaving all his proper
ty to his three sons. The whole Of
the estate, real and personal, consisted
of seventeen elephants. To his eldest
son he left half, to the second son one
third, and to the youngest one-ninth,
and all were to take their share as soon
after his burial as possible.
The eldest son proceeded to take his
half, but found to do so would entail
the necessity of killing one, as his
half would be eight elephant and half
OF another
The brothers consulted as to what
they should do, and decided to call up
on their uncle, who lived in an ada
cent village.
Upon explaining their dilemma, the
uncle said he would return with them
and see what could be done. He &C
cordingly ordered his servant to pre-
pare his elephant for the journey, as,
being very old man, he always
rode
On arriving at their abode, he babe
his nephews show him where the
seventeen elephants which were TO be
divided were kept. On seeing them,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16

were badly defeated by the French.
leaving 1000 dead on the field. After
al engagement lasting five hours. Gen
eral Negrier's column defeated Chinese
force of 6 600 ia the village of Keep.
In the Russian city of Kamischen,
the entire community has been involv-
ed in bankruptcy ana restitution by the
wrecking of the principal local bank
by it's rascally managers.
GOOD crops but ruihously low nrices
are the rule in Ireland this season. and
distress is anticipated this coming win
ter among those of the farm tenants
who are Ia debt to their landlords.
AT Essay, Austria, Monday, fourteen
childre., while playing in boat. on
the river Brave, capsized it AMI all
were drowned.
PREMIER GLADSTONE has issued a cir
cular notifying his supporters to attend
the opening of Parliament, as he pro-
poses at the earliest moment to submit
important and pressing business.
THE first portion of the British ex-
pedition up the Nile, en- route to the
Soudan, has passed the first cataract.
The camel corps is encamped at the
Pyramids waiting for orders to advance.
THROUGH the mediation of Queen
Victoria and the Prince of Waes, q
compromise upon the franchise and
redistribution bill has been arranged
between Premier Gladstone and the
Marquis of Salisbury.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16
The COIOneI's Coffee Mill,

In 1861, after the retreat from Bull
Run, the 3rd Michigan Infantry went
into camp at Hunters Place, and a
middle-aged darkey came into camp
as a runaway. Colonel Mcconnell
seized upon him for cook, and after
instructions Joe was sent to the col
onel's kitchen. His first meal was
dinner, and about the time for it to
appear he walked into the coIonePs
quarters, made a very low bow, and
said:
Kernel, Use not quite up to de
situation jist yit. You tole ME to
bake beans, didn't youa''
It did"
"Werry well, sab; de beans am
baked. You tole me fry ham, didn't
you"
81 did"
"Werry well, sab; the ham am
fried. Now, did you say war to
bile de coffee in de kernel, Or or"
s'No, no. Who ever heard of MAX
ing coffee that way?"
''Well, OATS what I fought; but,
kernel, it am an awful slow job for
one niger to crack all dat coffee
tween his teef, an dinners gwine
to be half an hour late shuah's yer
horn ~
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16
A Letter from PurgatOrY.
"reminiscences of a Soldier -


A rather amusing story was told me
some time ago by an old lady, who
had an ancient servant who had
lived with her many years named Ann
Brady. One day Ann came to her
mistress in the parlor crying and roar
ing.
"Now amt I the unfortunate
womanl Och, what will I do, at all,
at all?"
whats the matter, Ann2" said her
mistress.
"Och, ma'am," replied Ann, "the
postman's outside, and he's got a let
ter for me from purgatory, and [
know it's from my ould mother, who's
been there this tin years. And it's all
about nae not paying for the masses [
said I would. Ochone! but I'm the
miserable woman!"
On her mistress going out she found
the postman in a fit of laughter, with
a letter directed to "Ann Grady"
from the dead Letter Office" Moth
ing could induce Ann to touch it, the
dead" to her meaning purgatory,
and nothing else, and her mistress
was obliged to open the letter for her,
and found it was one Ann had written
to a nephew in Glare, but who had
gone to America, and consequently
the letter had been returned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16
Lawyers and Soldiers.

When Frederick the Great issued
his new code of laws, he forbade that
more than four LAWYERS should
practice in Berlin or III any
part of his kingdom. In consequence
many clever men lost their lucrative
posts and splendid incomes. The
"disestablished aud disendowed" law
yers thereapon drew up petition to
the king, In which, after reciting that
his majesty's act had reduced them to
beggars, they asked him to find them
some further employment In lieu of
that they had lost.
The kings reply was laconic, and
characteristic of the man:
Such of you as are tall enough for
grenadiers may enlist as common
soldiers, and those who are not tall
enough for common soldiers shall be
received as drummers and fifers.
Frederick.
The lawyers murmured no more,
but gave up their case as lost.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16
Needless Alarm.
French Fun.

One morning SIS Halevy was filling
in the score of bis opera, '..Tbe Nous
quetaires de la Refine" he heard sonae
one singing In the yard one of the
passages of his new work. Surprised
at first, he listened to make sure that
the air was really his own; then, pass
ing from establishment to despair, he
exclaimed.
6 am a ruined mani Has it come
to this, that this song, which [ be-
ieved to be of my own composing, is,
after all, only an echo, a Renaissance
of some other work? [ have now no
ideas Of nay own merely copym
Then rejecting himself, he inquired
after the singer, whose shrill voice
had put him into such a furry, and
finding it was painter, busy white
washing the front of The house, he
sent for him, and anxiously question
ed him as to the origin of the air he
had been singing.
''1nG fol-" replied the decorative
artist, 9 it is what [ remember of an
opera they were rehearsing at the
Opera Comique the other day while
we were re-decorating the interior of
the house."
This was the very opera which the
master was composing. We won't
swear that in his excess of joy he did
not embrace the decorative artist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16

ton has been presented to the treasury
department. A few days ago party
of eighty-six Cinnamon arrived at San
Francisco. Some of them who had for
merly resided in the United States were
provided with certificates prescribed by
the act of 1892, but none of them had
the certificates required by the supple
mentary act of 1884. They were not per-
mitted to land, as the United States
courts in California recently decided
Chinese can be allowed to land only on
the production of evidence required by
law, and that secondary evidence can
not be accepted in such cases. The
treasury department. was appealed to
for relief. The secretary has, however,
decided not to interfere in the matter,
on the ground that it is a question to be
settled by the courts
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16
LATEST KILOGRAMS.
GENERAL NOTES.

THE decrease in the public debt dur
ing September was $12. 140. 039; decrease
since June 80, 1884, $24, $50, 1S1.
THE brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
gineers, Tuesday, at San Francisco, re-
elected E. S. Ingraham First Grand
Engineer.
j. w. RoLENTHAM & Co., clothing
manufacturers at Rochester, n. Y,
made an assignment Monday, giving
preferences for 800, 600.
THE heat is so excessive at Savannah,
Ga. that dock laborers are unable to
work at loading vessels. One death
occurred Tuesday from sunstroke.
IN the Georgia election, Wednesday,
less than or e-third of the vote of the
state was polled. There was 40 oppo-
sitiGn to the democratic ticket.
By order of court, the effects of the
St. Louis Malleable Iron Company were
turned over to its officers Monday
morning, and work will be Immediately
resumed.
THE Ham pden Mutual Fire Insurance
Company, of Springfield, Mass, has re-
solved to wind up and go out of bust
ness. It's policy-holders will lose moth
ing.
SMALLPOX, supposed to have been
brought by emigrants, is spreading
rapidly in the vicinity of Brookins, d.
T. Four deaths nave occurred already.
III. r. WHITEHOUSE, carpets and dry
goods at Clinton, lowe, made an assign
ment Thursday, with liabilities of $780,
90 and assets of between $50, 900 and
$4,000.
GENERAL JOHN B. MURRAY, of Seneca
Falls, n. Y, died suddenly Thursday of
apoplexy. General Murray, who was a
leader of the Grand Army of the Repus-
lie organization, was the origin ator Of
Decoration Day.
OWING to the withdrawal of large
sums the Mechanics Bank at Altoona,
Pa, suspended Tuesday. The other
banks are solid and well prepared for
an anticipated run to-day.
The American Beard of Commission
ers for Foreign Missions began it's 10th
annual meeting Monday at Columbus,
Ohio. The. reports showed that more
than 400 missionaries are in active SER
vice, and that the years receipts reach
nearly $590,000.
THE prime Meridian Conference, with
ferty-two countries, assembled at Wash
ington Wednesday, being welcomed by
Secretary Frelinghuysen, who suggested
that Count Lewenhaupt, Swedish mem
Der, be made temporary chairman.
Count Lewenhaupt on taking the chair
named Admiral 9. K. P. Dodgers as per-
manent chairman, who was SO chosen.
The election Of vice presidents, secre-
taries, and the choice of language in
which the proceedings should be printed
was made Thursday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16
A FrOlicsome Marquis.

The Marquis of Waterford, when
young, was full of hilarity. and liked
doing extraordinary actions. His
sense of the ludicrous was almost
overpowering; SO he never missed an
opportunity of having a good laugh
Or lark at somebody, or with some
thing.
One day doctor had stopped in
PIccadilly to visit a patient, leaving
his cabriolet in charge of lad. The
marquis came along, saw the doctors
How dye do" and an old woman
behind it with a barrowful of apples.
The latter be asked the price of, to
which the owner, thinking he was
only joking, replied, Get along wild
yer impertinence. Ye have little to do
think O making fun of a poor lone
widder." But his lordship insisted on
her naming a price, which she did,
mentioning five pounds, a sum which
would have purchased at least half a
dozen barrows like hers and their
contents, when, to her surprise, she
had the money put into her hand.
His lordship then gave the lad half a
crown, and, getting piece of cord,
fastened the barrow securely to the
back of the vehicle. aud calmly wait
ed events.
Presently the doctor came out, re-
warded the boy, got in, gave his horse
a flip of the whip, and started off
down Piccadilly. 1t was in the days
when Macadam was young, and the
roads were less level than they are
now, so at every bound over the high
way out flew score or two of apples.
Boys hurrahed, scrambled, and fought
for the pippins that strewed the
ground; and a mob followed behind
yelling out, "Keep the ball rolling, old
manp' whilst the doctor, in blissful
ignorance of the commotion his pro-
gress caused, drove on steadily. He
certainly looked back, but the barrow
was tied too closely to his own con-
veyance for him to see it, and it was
not until the apple cart cast wheel
that he ascertained what all the row
was about.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16
The Wit of JekYlI.

Once Erskine, whose irritable con-
stitution subjected him at times to the
attacks of hypochondria, with a lach-
rymose visage addressed Jekyll in the
Court of Kings Bench, complaining
'that he had severe pain in his
bowels, and he had tried re medy after
remedy without obtaining relief.
GA pain in your bowels!" exclaimed
Jekyll-"a pain in your bowels Get
yourself made Acknowledgement,
Erskine, and then you will have no
bowels at all !"
A Welsh judge, famous both for his.
neglect of personal cleanliness and his
Unsuitable desire of place, was once ad-
dressed by Mr.. Jekyll:
my dear sir, as you have asked the
minister for everything else, why have
you never asked him for q piece of
soap and a nail brushY
An attorney named Else, rather di-
minutive in his stature, and not par
ticularlv respectable IN his character,
once net Mr.. Jekyll.
Sir" said he, 81 hear you have
called me pettifogging scoundrel.
Have you done SO, sir?"
''Sir, }" replied Jekyll, with a look of
II never said you were a
pettifogger or scoundrel, but 1 said
that you were little Elsel"