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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-29

increasing the arrac1on on our earrn .
surface, and az q result densifying our
atmosphere. 1t was for this reason /
predicted in the New York Insurance
Times that the winters and summers of
1884 and 1885 would be remarkable for
their GOODNESS, for the depth of snow in
winter and the rainfall ia summer, and
how exactly this prediction has been
fulfilled As the same conditions will,
to . certain degree. exist, it is impossible
that the winter of 1886 can be other
wise than cold and stormy. This I'M
usual atmospheric density is the pfi-
mary cause of the cholera in Europe;
for those noxious gases, consisting OF
the poisonous compounds of carbon,
are more quickly generated, and rise
to higher atmospheric level than u.s.
ual, especially in low countries and in
cities badly drained and ventilated.
have made no predictions as to
storms or temperature excepting the
following storms which / published in
the New York Herald on May 10,
1884, viz: September 20 aud 80,
1886; March 1929, 1887, and Sep
TENDER 10. 1857. The last named will
be the greatest storm at Halifax. Que
bee and Boston that will occur for the
remainder of the century. 1t is the
great storm of October. 1869. known
aS TIE SaAUy SSUI IA, unISu I" 40 at
tended by tidal wave and committed
such sad havoc on the Eastern coast of
North America. On the 18th and 18th
perfect calm will prevail over the
greater part of she continent. the air.
current at Halifax, what little there
may be. moving from the west. At
four o clock on the afternoon of the
10Th september. 1880, it will suddenly
shift from the southeast. No one, IN
less told. would imagine that this quies
shifting of the flag on the mast and the
smoke from the chimney top indicates
the beginning of storm which in four
hours will become oae of the greatest
storms of the century, and one that
will be spoken of by other generations.
The New York Msvifime EegiSter-
stated in 1881 that my prediction Of the
storm of September II, of that year
the one in which the Asia was lost.
on Lake Huron with hundred souls.
on board-saved eight million dollars
worth of United States shipping; but
this will be heavier one. and much
more dangerous, on account ct its
Atlantic tidal wave.
+. STOKE WIGGISS..
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-29
The Execrat;on and the EulOgy.

An Execration, lying in the shade
reading newspaper, was approached
by Eulogy.
Anything new, Execration?
''Yes, I've lost job."
SLOWS that? Panic knock you out?"
'.No; but you know Mr.. Prominent
Man?"
what, that generous gentleman, so
kind yet so firm, so proud yet so hum
BILE, so profound yet so simple?'
"Yes, that old skinflint so full of taffy
get so pig headed, so vain vet so obse-
quious, so bombastic yet so pueriIe;
that's the fellow"
"What of him?"
"Why, he's dead, and that throws
me out vf job"
I'm sorry for you, Execration, but
your loss is my gain; his death gives
me plenty of work. "-Chscaoo Me1DS
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-29

Next to being 3 famous hero is the
advantage Of looking like one-at
least, it may be sometimes an advsn-
tage in situations OF peril. Colonel
Mckinney. when serving in the West
as a Commissioner of the Government,
once owed his safety. IN an encounter
with a gang of Chickasaws, to their
mistaking him for "Oid Hickory"
He gives the following account of the
incident, which occurred in the even
ing soon after he and his negro servant
had pitched their shelter-tent:
Ben had gone with his tin bucket
after water to boil our tea, when, COM
ing suddenly back, he rushed into the
tent with looks of wild smszement, ex-
claiming:
Injuns, sahi Iniuns, shores Won
live: 1 dUuo LoaI 'em yell"
Just then came q distant chorus OF
unmistakable Indian yells. The negro
was right.
We'll nebber see Waslin' ton agin,
sahr" cried the terrified fellow. '.Dar's
yer sword and pistols, kunnel; we'd
better take down de tent, an move on,
sah"'
"Shut mp. Ben! Do you suppose ]
would leave such 3 nice camping place
as this, and travel all night before j
found another?'
"No, sab; but-bu- What'e de
use OBJ nice campin' groun' if yes got
to be killed on it?'
Put on the kettle, Ben"
He had scarcely reached the fire be
fore half-a-doZen drunken Indians came
staggering up to it. One of them, pass
ing on, came to the door of my tent,
and pulling aside the curtains. began
to reel in, with gestures that intimated
he meant to take possession. The light
from the fire made everything almost
as bright as day.
L ran my fingers through the guards
of two of my pistols, and springing TO
my feet. took the Indian by the neck
and gave him a shove He tumbled ou,
of the tent heels over head, when the
remaining five savages, seizing some
their knives and some their rifles,
lush d towards me.
Seeing my pistols cooked and pointed
IT the two foremost, they stopped.
There was moment Of silence, when
one of them suddenly stretched out his
arm, and pointing at me with his finger,
said i'm loud voice:
jackson"
In an instant all the knives were pu,
up and the rifles lowered, and became
the Oh, ect of a general gaze. Shortly
after, they all in tolerable quiet, left the
ground.
My hair being gray and having grown
unusually long, and my habit being to
wear it thrown up from my forehead,
this Indian, who had doubles seen Gen
eral Jackson. concluded that the old
white chief was sure enough before him.
Very likely he had not only seen Gen
eral jackson, but knew something (per-
haps by experience) 81 his way OF
handling Ind ans. and Thought it best,
therefore. with his comrades, not To
place himse in a situation where the
same sort of treatment might be acted
over again.-YOHtFs C3DlpaAj0H.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-29

physical vigor. que 20 the absence OF
many of the disease germs that now in
fest the human frame q. . consequences
of eating unwholesome animal fat
The present annual yield of cotton
seed oil in the United States is esti-
mated TO be about four hundred thou
sand barrels of fifty gallons each, or
three hundred and seventy-five pounds
net weight-or an aggregate OF seventy
five thousand ChicdQo Tribune
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-29
SEASICXNESS.
Self Control Potent Element in Conquer
ing the Infirmity.

Self-Control Potent Element in Conquer
ing the Infirmity.
Captain John Goldman declares that
ne has succeeded in wardiDg off sea-
sickness by what he calls self-control.
He states that when the sickness first
comes, the victim will notice that he
invariably 'braces up" his nerves and
muscles against the foe. He uncOn-
sciously tightens and stiffens his chest
and abdominal muscles. What he
should do is the very reverse. Captain
Goldman says: when the first symp-
toms are felt, undo everything that con-
fines the waist; do not lie down, but
remain quietly seated, and let your
whole frame and structure respond
easily and freely to the motion of the
vessel. even adding swing and sway by
your own effort The. stomach will
soon grow accustomed to the novelty
of the thing, anu Won will soon be
knowing to the full the JOY of the per-
petual reStlessneSs OF the ocean 5 life.
Have faith and YOU will be successful.
There may be moments when YOU think
the next will be your last, but it won't;
and the victory once won, your tri-
umph will be enduring. The whole
process is the best example of conquer
ing through yielding that the physical
world has so far shown This is
worth trying atany rate. All accounts
agree that eating heartily at sea, if you
can do so, is one way of alleviating the
horrors of the NAL de mer.-DenlOreSrs
MONTHLY.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-29
ELY'S
CREAM BALM

Cleanses the head
sIlays inhamma'
ton, heals sores,
restores the sense,
of tsste, hearins
and SIN I'll. A
quick relief. A
po-sSive cure.
Cream Balm hss
gained an enviabls
reputation, d 8
placing all other
preparations. A
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-29

Another s.fresh-air' story, this one
from Litchffeld, Conn: A woman had
agreed to take a boy and his sister for
their second visit to the place. The boy
came alone, however, and, being asked
about his sister. replied: Mother
wouldn't let her come to Litchtield this
year. She saws she got the malaria
coming out with the fresh-air fellows
last year" The children live on Bax-
ter street, New YORK.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-29

Wendell Phillips was once waiting
for a train st Essex Junction, VT where
passengers exercised at times great pa
tience. He saw a graveyard away from
the village, near the depot. and very
full. He inquired the reason, and a
Green Mountaineer calmly informed
him that it was used to bury passengers
40 died waiting for the train--Bosto''
aid.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-29

particle is applied INTO each nostril no
pain; agreeable to use. Price SOC by mail
or at dru yeists Send for circular. ELY
BROTHERS, Druggists, Owego. n. Y.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-29

Iron bars and steel are elongated
BY magnetizatiou. the latter not so
much as the former, but nickel bars
are shortened.
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The Mirror

is no f1atterer. Would you
make it tell a sweeter tale2
Magnolia Balm is the charm
er that almost cheats the
looking-glass.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-03-05
Presidents Who Sulked on Inaugu
ration DAYS.

With three exceptions, every President
who served out his term rode to the
Capitol with his successor, and extended
congratulations at the conclusion of the
inaugural ceremonies. The exceptions
were the two Adanses and Andrew
johnson.
The senior Adams was deeply cha>
grined at his failure to obtain second
term, and his rage over the triumph of
Jefferson knew no bounds. He was a
man of strong antiphaties and bitter re-
sentiments, and his hatred of Jefferson
was, at this period of his life, most in
tense. So, early on the morning of
March 4, 1901, he mounted his horse and
rode out of Washington to avoid witt
Messing the Inauguration of his hated
rival.
John Quincy Adams inherited the
peppery temper of his father, and like
him was constantly involved in heated
personal controversies. There had been
for years bitter feud between him aud
Andrew Jackson, which the cireum-
stances of the election of 1924 had only
intensified: In 1928 Mr.. Adams was de-
feated for re- election, and Jackson was
swept into the Presidential chair on
tidal wave of popular enthusiasm. Ad-
ans modification at his own defeat was
increased by the fact that the hated
Jackson was the successful candidate,
and he refused to be present at the in
auguration ceremonies, or to extend any
recognition whatever to his successor.
On the morning of March 4, 1929, Mr.
Adams left the White House and at
tended by one or two friends, and, as his
father had done before him under simil-
ar circumstances, FASTENED to the ances-
tral home in Massachusetts.
For the next forty years all the Presi-
dents bowed themselves out of the office
with becoming dignity at the expiration
of their terms, and did the proper thing
by their successors on Inauguration days.
But when Grant was inaugurated he and
Andy johnson were at swords points,
and never even spoke as they passed by.
Grant, it was rumored, had declared that
he would not ride to the Capitol in a
carriage with Johnson, but the latter did
not give him the opportunity. When
the Inauguration procession reached the
White House it halted, and a messenger
was sent in to summon the President.
He returned word that he was busy with
his Cabinet and begged to be excused.
The procession moved on, and while the
ceremonies were in progress Mr.. John
son left the White House, never to enter
1t again. None of his Cabinet ministers
witnessed the observation-disclosures
Post.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-03-05
Costly Fireworks for Cleveland's
Inauguration.

Early yesterday morning a party of
fifty mechanics crossed over to the city
from East New York. and passing down
broadway turned into side street and
stopped in front of the buildings occu
pied by large dealer in fireworks. The
men looked as if there might be strike
and the crowd was rapidly swelled by
! people who were passing so as to block
the sidewalk, but the workmen were
shortly admitted into the building and
the temporary excitement passed away.
sit is simply party of workmen from
our factory whom We are taking to Wash
ington to begin work on the Inauguration
Day display of fire works" explained the
secretary of the fire works company.
"They begin work tomorrow and they
will be busy from shat time. including
Sunday, until Saturday week. with the
preparations"
"Will it require as many men as that ?"
"Oh, these are only a small portion of
the force. The work will employ $50
men, but the rest will be obtained in
Washington"
How will the display compare with
the old Jefferson and Jackson times?"
"0h. it's all CANNON to talk about what
they did in those days. They were mere
babies in the pyroteehnic art, you know.
1t would make Thomas Jeffersen's eyes
stand out of his head to see the display
we will give. 1t will be by three or four
times the greatest ever made in this
country. We start in with picture of
Jefferson in yellow and colored fires that
will be sixty feet high and thirty feet
wide. Then the representation of the
Capitol will be 65 by $50 feet 1t will
show portraits of Cleveland and Hen
bricks on either side, and figures repre-
senting Peace, Prosperity, Commerce and
Industry grouped about the building.
Our special feature will be picture of
Niagara Falls, giving a profile view of
the great cataract. This is on larger
scale than anything that has been at
tempted before. 1t will be 65x300 feet,
or, to give a better idea of the dimen-
sions, as high as a six story house and
the length of an average block. The
whole affair will cost aboutS15O,OOO, five
thousand of which will come from the
compaDy's pockets. 1t can afford that
on such Democratic jubilee. The con-
tract was awarded a New York house
on close competition not only with the
rest of the country but with English
firms. Most of the work will be made
right in Washington. If the frames for
scaffolding were taken from New York,
they would fill dozen freight cars"
"How long time will the display of
fireworks oecupy?"
1--WE expect to put it all within three
quarters of an hour and to make it lively
and brilliant."-N. Y. Tribune, 25th.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-03-05
Farm Life.

In yesterdays session of the Cunven-
ton of Maryland Farmers an interest
ing point was touched in the address of
Judge Robinson when he said "the ma
jority of our yonng men are daily turn
ing away from the plowshare, and seek
ing what they deem more genteel en-
ployment." Beyond doubt, this is one
of the greatest drawbacks which agri-
culture is now subject to. A very large
part of the enterprising young men of
the counties abandon the life of indie
pendenee and profit which agriculture
offers, and come to town to seek en-
ployment in stores, under the impression
that they thus take better position in
the social scale. They think that the
smooth hands and store clothes of the
statesmen in retail stores are finer things
than their own sunburnt hands and farm
clothes. But they do not sufficiently
consider how much better is the chance
of an industrious and enterprising farm
or to make a future for himself than
the salesman in retail store. Thus
the business of agriculture is constantly
losing its best working material, and
surrendering it to town business, which
has already a plenty. This loss of the
young blood of agriculture-its brains
and energy-is one of the reasons why
farming is less progressive than manu-
features and commerce.. Farming is
carried on too much in old grooves.
There is too monotonous a cultivation
of few staples. Greater variety of pro-
duction is needed, better economies,
more scientific understanding of soils
and manures, etc. and all this demands
brains and enterprise. 1t may be true
that great wealth is sometimes accumu-
lated by successful city men, but the
proportion of such successes to the fail
ures is heavy, indeed A young man
whe works good piece of land has u
far fairer prospect for prosperous, IN
dependent and manly life than the "em+
ploye" of city business house. who may
be discharged at any hour, or who at
best holds his Office at the pleasure of
his employer. If it be said that there is
"ho money" in farming, so, also, it is
said there is none in none
in mining, none in trade. Young men
that want to get rich in a hurry are
doomed to disappointment nine hundred
and ninety times in thousand. In
towna large proportion of those who
start rich end poor. The most skillful
and experienced merchants often suffer
bankruptcy There is no department
of life which offers so large assurances
of substantial happiness as agriculture.
It would be we'll if the young men of
ability in rural life could appreciate
this great truth.-Balt. American.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-03-05
BE A WOMAN.

Oft I've heard a gentle mother,
As the twilight hours began,
Pleading with son on duty,
Urging him to be man.
But unto her dark-eyed daughter,
Though with loves word quite as ready
Points she out the other duty
"Strive, my dear, to be a lady"
What's lady? Is it something
Made Of hoops and silks and airs.
Used to decorate the parlor,
Like the fancy ring and chairs?
Is it one that wastes on novels
Every feeling that is human?
If 'tis this to be lady,
'Tis not this to be a woman.
Mother, then, unto your daughter
Speak of something higher far
Than to be mere fashions lady
Woman" is the brightest star.
If you, in your strong affection,
Urge your son to be true man,
Urge your daughter no less strongly
To arise and be woman.
Yes, a womanl Brightest model
Of that high and perfect beauty,
Where the mind and soul and body
Blend to work out life's great duty,
Be woman, naught is higher
On the gilded crest of fame;
On the catalogue of virtue
There's no brighter, hOlier name.
Anonymous.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-03-05

A FEW remarks on the care Of watches
are made by writer in the Popular
Science Monthly. A good watch should
be oiled once year and cleaned once in
three years. If jeweler tells you that
there is some very serious trouble or
break in your watch, which will cost
several dollars to get repaired. ask him
to take the watch "down" and let you
see the trouble. 1t is better to wind ones
watch in the morning than IN the eve>
ming, since, if you wind it at night and
expose the watch to the cold, and chilling
of the tightly wound main spring may
break it. Frequently empty out thedGst
that aecumulates so quickly in your
watch pocket. 1t will not lnjure watch
or clock to turn the hands backward.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-03-05

THE Republican representatives made
a telling point on the Democrats during
the discussion of the Naval Appropria-
tion bill. They showed how for twenty
FIVE years the Democrats had persistently
combatted all naval improvements, and
how, now that they are coming into
power again, they are crying eagerly for
a rehabilitation of the department which
they have hitherto so strongly opposed.
Mr.. Randall, who seems to have navy on
the brain, tried to disprove the point so
excellently and forcibly made. but he
failed utterly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-03-05

THE President-elect has carefully re-
Trained from committing himself in re
gard to Free Trade; but every now and
then he shows a disposition to support
the cause of some anti-Protectionist
which is highly significant. The last
sign has been discovered in Illinois,
where telegrams have been received
from Mr.. Daniel Manning Cat present
Mr.. Cleveland's principal manager) urg
ing the election of MIR. Morrison to the
United States Senate. Does not this re>
port recall to mind the legend that last
year Mr.. Cleveland cordially supported
Mr.. Morrison's tariff bill and wrote a
letter to his "bosom friend" Mr.. Dor
sheimer, favoring it?-N. Y. Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-03-05
When Counterfeits Are Detected.

In the counting and handling of paper
currency the treasury women have al
most superseded the men. They count
better and faster, and in the detection
of counterfeits are unequaled. Notes
which circulate freely through every
bank in the country are readily detected
the instant they come into the hands OF
the women operators in the treasury.
1t will be noticed by anybody who ever
gave any attention to the subject, that
the warnings to look out for counterfeits
invariably come from the Treasury de-
partment. This means that the coun-
terfeit has circulated with impunity
until it reaches the fingers of the women
experts in the treasury, then it is instant
ly detected. AS an example: A counter
felt of the last issue of S5 bills was
known to be floating about some time
ago; the treasury sent out the alarm, but
the officials, judging from experience,
knew that it would probably not be de-
tected until one reached the treasury in
a package of money from one Of the
banks. AT last it came in bundle from
a big New York bank. The young wo-
man counting bills in the treasury picked
it out instantly. The note was traced
and found to have passed through half
the banks in New York without suspi-
cion, to be spotted at the first glance by
this young woman, who, it is said, has
never yet passed counterfeit. Not one
single cent has ever been stolen by wo
men since their employment in the treas
ury. When the work was done solely
by men, discharges for small thefts were
freouent.-American Queen.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-03-05

A BosToN paper says that in January,
1874, the thermometer at Jokanisk, in
Eastern Siberia, registered 1O1 degrees
below zero. Mercury in that region"
it says. sis solid for hours at time, and
can be worked with hammer like lead;
iron is brittle like glass, and is useless
even fire itself seems to freeze, for the
gases which feed it lose their heat, and
during the winter it is impossible to go
out without mask to prevent losing
the nose or ears" This is cold weather,
to be sure, but after such a winter as
this, it would hardly be very trying to
an inhabitant of "the upper lake re-
gions."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-03-05

MR. HENDRICKS has been presented
with a beautiful gavel made of eight
pieces Of Indiana hickory. 1t is said to
be an exquisite piece of workmanship,
and yet we suspect that if Hendricks
could induce Cleveland to swap places
with him, he would give him the gavel
to boot and add another piece of hick-
ory.-,New York Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-03-05

Sylvester J. Osborne, the skatingrink
professor. who married Miss Rebecca
Kearsley, the heiress, of Bucyrus, Feb
2, and has been claiming great deal of
attention in the press of the State since,
was arrested at Columbus on Thursday,
ON charge of bigamy. He was identi
fed by his brother in-law. Philo Christ
ler, of Bridgeway, Pa, who came here
for the purpose. Christler says his wife
resides at Bridgeway and that Osborne
married her i'll April, 1884. She gave
birth to child on the night of Feb. 2,
the same night be married Miss Ksarsr
ley. Col Sterling, the guardian of Miss
Kearsly, has the matter in charge, and
he will prosecute the case o the fullest.
Osborne also seems to have been in
trouble with woman at New Brighton,
pa
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-03-05

The Governor of the Island of Samos
recently discovered a tunnel measuring
about 5000 feet long. which was used at
least nine centuries before the Christian
era. 1t is completely preserved and con.
tains water tubes of about ten inches in
diameter, each one provided with lat
eral aperture for cleansing purposes.
The tunnel is not quite straight.