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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-07
INDUSTRIES THAT ARE oODDLED.
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From the Chicago Times,l
Our patriotic statesmen at Washing
ton never lose an opportunity to coddle
an American industry when it happens
to be an industry which can afford to
support lobby.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-07
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-01
\ Preventive OF Cholera

From the Philadelphia Press
In the treatise on Therapeutics and
Materica Medical" by Prof. II. c..
Wood, OF the University of Pennysl-
vania, is given an account of the re-
suits obtained by DR.. Roland G. Cur
tin, when resident physician III the
insane departments of Blockly hospital
from the use of sulphuric acid during
the severe epidemic of cholerain 1866.
DIR. Wood writes as follows (Thera-
peutlcs, Materla Medica and Toxicolo-
~, ?: 1903
The disease ceased in the insane
department within twelve
hours after the lunatics were all put
upon the free use of the sulphuric acid
lemonade, the only new case after this
being In Il man who refused to use the
prophylaCtiC. Two days after the use
OF the sulphuric acid was stopped two
new cases occurred, and the epidemic
was again arrested by the use of the
acid. In the surgical wards OF the
hospital department the acid was
used from the beginning OF the cpl
demlc, and these wards, although in
no way isolated, were the only parts
VI Nilt lilNtlttlloIl ltilN tSlittl ny the us
ease"
At the same time new cases Of chol-
era were constantly beingsent into the
hospital from the city, so that the
patients We're greatly exposed to the
disease. The method OF making the
lemonade was rs follows: about
twenty drops OF the dilute sulphuria
acid were mixed with four ounces of
waite and sweetened with white sugar
Some oil of lemon and q few cut
lemons greatly assisted in the dis
guise-" Every possible means of cut
ting short the outbreak had been tried
previous to this without good effect.
KISSING is said to be a very good
thing to make a girls lips red. kiss
has sometimes been known TO make
a girls lips red way up to the roof OF
her forehead, when her mother came
into the parloI Unexpectedly Just as
the kisser and the kissee were coming
under the wire-LOUisvile Journal.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-01
Raising the Dead

In the current number of the AscleD-
lad DIR. Richardson recounts his Re
searches III ResuscitatiOn, and sug-
gests some serious reflections on the
question OF what is death When
does death occur? Nav life be restored
after actual death By combining Ear
tlhclal circulation" with artificial res
plratlon dog was restored to life
one hour and five minutes after being
killed by an overdose of chloroform, the
heart being perfectly still, cold and
passing into rigldlty. Animals that
have been killed by sufTocatiOn, the
heart and other Viscers displayed by
partial dissection, were so far brought
INTO state of muscular irritabilitv
that the experiment was stopped from
motives OF humanity, lest the mutt
lated body should return to conscious
sentient life. Frogs poisoned by nit
rate OF amyl were restored after nine
days OF apparent death; in one case
after signs OF putrefaCtiVe change had
commenced. Various methods of af-
fectIng these reSuscitatiOns are de
scrlbed, the most original and effective
being that OF pumping warm delibrin-
ated and Ogygenized blood into an
artery In such a manner as that the
stroke OF the pump shall correspond
with the natural pulsations of the
artery, and to the stroke of the heart,
which is thus awakened to its custom
AIRY work. The action OF peroxide of
hydrogen III terminating the blood
and restoring animal heat in u really
dead body is quite startling. The
agent upon which Dr. Richardson most
relies III protraCting the period tina
may elapse between apparent death
and restoration of life is one that byno
means suggests itself to theuninitiated,
viz: extreme cold" This reliance is
based on the fact that it suspends the
aggregation of the blood corpuscles in
the minute vessels; the contraction OF
the capilaries; the occurrence of rigor
mortis; putrefactive change in the
blood, and, more especially, that it
retards or completely prevents coagu-
latiOn OF the blood. What haveread
in this paper, and have heard in con
versation with its author, appears to
me to justify the conclusion that Il
drowned or suifocated man is not
hopelessIy dead 50 long as the bodily
organs remain uninjured by violence
or disease, and the blood remains SUI
ficientIy liquid to be set in motion ar
officially, and supplied with a little
oxygen to start the chemical move
ments of life.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-01
Pen and Pencil Sketches of
His Busy and Event
full Life.
Outline of His Career and Public
Services from the Cradle
TO the Grave.
The Great Commanders Military
Campaigns, from Belmont
TO Appomattox.
BIOGRAPHICAL.

From the Cradle to the Breaking Out OF
the RcboIiion.
Ulysse4 Simpson Grant was born at Point
Pleasant, Ohio, April y, Isz2 His ancestors
were Scotch. In 1928 his parents removed to
the village Of Georgetown, Ohio, where his
boEhpUd v as passed. lie entered West Point
Military academy in 1853, appointed by the Hon.
Thomas j. Hamcr, member OF Congress. his
name originally was Hiram lysses; but the
appointment was bluuderingiy made out Tor
Ulysses -, and so it had to remain. The study
III winch be showed most proficiency during his
course at the academy was mathematics. he
graduated IN l1f5. ranking TWEEN Wrist IN a
class OF thIrty-ntne, and was made a breyet
Second Lieutenant Of infantry, and attached
as sUpernumerary Lieutenant to the Fourth
regiment, which was stationed on the Missouri
frontier. IN the Summer OF Is45 the regiment
WaS ordered 70 Texas to Join the army OF Gen
Taylor On sept. 20 Grant was commissioned
as tuil Lieutenant lie first saw blood shed at
Halo alto, May 3, 1886, and took part also in the
naatles OF l,esaea dc la tdlIna and Monterey, and
Jhe siege OF vera cruz IN April 1877, he was made
uaIteTuastrr Of his regiment but still par
ticlPated lu all agaVe operations; and after the
battle Of MolUo del ley, Sept z, Is47, he was
appointed on the field o First Lieutenant for his
Gal4antry In his report Of the battle of Cha
puItegc= iSgIt. is, 1870, Col. Garland, COM
luandtng the First Brigade, said: The rear of
the enemy haI made stand behind a breast
WoFk, from which they were driven by detach-
mHGIs OF the Second Artillery under Capt
tt1nAS ana the Fourth Infantry under Lieut.
Grant, supported bF other regiments Of the di-
vision, after short but sharp conflict" Il
must not omit to call attention TO Lieut.. Grant,
Fourth Infantry, who acquitted himself most
nuhly. upon several occasions, under my own
observation Grant was Dreyetted Captain for
ms conduct a. Ghapultcpcc, to date from the
battle. After he capture Of the City OF Mexico
he returned with his regiment and was sta
toned hTst at Detroit, and then at Sackett's
liarhor. In Is4s lac married Miss Julia T. Dent
Of IT. Louis, sister Of one OF his classmates. In
1872 ha accompanied his regiment to California
ana oregon, and while at Fort Vancouver. Aug
., 1883, was commissioned full CAPTAIN on
July 81, 1884, he resigned, and removed to ST.
LOUIS, eultlyatluC farm near that city and en-
Easing IN business as "a real estate agent In
1893 ne was employed by his father in the leather
trade at Galeua, Ill
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-01
BaIgy Trousers.

There never has yet lived a tailor
who could make trousers that would
not "bag" at the knee. \ newspaper
correspondent wrote from London
some time since that an inventive En-
glishman has made and patented an
articlefO the relief of Dragging" trOus-
ers. The article was described, but
that was the last that the writer has
heard of it. The only way to keep
trousers in shape is by weekly visit
to the tailor and a subsequent applI-
cation of hot irons. Ex-President
Arthur Is said to be the only living
man who does not bag at the knees.
In view of the fact that he was known
as the "President OF many pants, "
having something like fifty pairs, this
is not strange. A fortune awaits the
man who will carry out the Britisher's
invention, and put a like article on
the market. Now that the subject OF
trousers has been introduced, it may
be in good form to see how they are
made this season. The world is slow
Iy but surely getting back to the old
style of large pantalOOns. The legs
are n trihe larger this year than last,
and are cut straight throughout their
entire length The bottoms hang
neatly on the instep. The seams may
be plain or with a welt. The trousers
made from rough goods are larger
than when cut from other varieties
The legs of full-dress trousers are
smaller than those OF any other kind
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-01
4 Fair Interview.

From The San Francisco ChrOnlCle.I
"There is rumor that you are 60
ing to open d bank, senator" SAID a
Chronicle reporter to Senator James
G.. Fair. who was met on Montgomery
Street last evening.
"Well, well one Of the boys was saying
he'd heard such a rumOr, do you
know" replied the senator, softly.
eyes, bank in the Real Estate As
sociates' building, on Montgomery
Street, " it was suggested.
ITS strange, " unused the senator,
chow little items OF news are sought
for, and not one OF yOu ever say a
word in the paper about that new
pavement Eve had laid on Pine Street,
between Montgomery and SansOme.
Why, my son, it's like driving over
velvet"
.sAnd that ex-Bank Commissioner
Evan !. Coleman is to manage the
bank for YOU" persisted the reporter.
"BIess me-" slowly remarked the
senator, carefully knocking the ashes
from his cigar, 1.-The famous pavements
of Paris are like dressed granite, and
knock a horse s feet all to pieces, while
the pavement I've had laid has such a
spring-did you ever notice the spring
OF it, my SOM"
"And that you sold your interest in
the Nevada bank in order to start this
new bank, " urged the interviewer.
"As was saying to one OF the news
paper men in Washington, ! never like
TO keep a bit of news from the public.
Now. isn't this a lovely evening?
Really. the evenings in San Francisco
are Dleasanter than the days sohlo-
ouized the senator, gazing with wrapt
attention into the sky.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-01
Lord Of the Qmarter-DeCk.

IRON lht Detroit frtt Press.
A steambOat-OWner was explaining
how he happened to change captains
on the Comet. Said he:
81 came down on her from Port
Huron, and as we reached the city
says to the captain:
"'Better dropin at the foot of Rivard
Street and let me Off
"'My first landing is at the copper
dock, three miles below he answers.
"'But this is my boat, and | want
her to land where | said
"'But I'm captain, sir, and she goes
to the copper dock
"'Starboard, says to the man at
the wheel.
"'Port, says the captain.
II rung the bell for the engineer to
slow down ana the captain rung fol
him to 90 ahead at full speed.
"'Capt. COmas, has the owner of a
steamboat no rights?' | asked.
"LOts OF 'em on shore, but none on
the water says he.
"I'll discharge you the moment we
land
Every well, but don't get sassy, my
boy; | have twenty minutes to serve
yet
"With that | starts to take the
wheel, and in five minutes | was in
irons as a mutineer, and went ashore
with the handouts on"
Out you discharged him?'
ooh, yes"
"And is thenewc aptainany better ~
well, dunno; never dared tackle
him!"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-01

any serious DETACHMENT or injury all
these years The most notable fea-
ture however, is the chandelier, which
is the same that lighted the memorable bridal
festival 1t is a very unique affair I'm bronze.
with three burners and three supporting rods
between which latter Is handsome knightly
figure. The wonder IS that such souvenir as
this has remained safely through all the muta
tons to which the house has been subjected
The front room is now sleeping room the
back parlor is a dining room There is nothing
in the general plan of the hOuse to call for spe-
cial mention, as it is an ordinary dwelling place
with three large rooms ON each of the three
floors and ballroom additional on the second
floor.
already numbered. as it lies directly in the line
of the proposed route of the elevated road which
Is to connect the Iron Mountain Road with the
Union Depot
The bridal couple did not make this house
their home, but after a wedding trip they re-
turned to st Louis, and II ed for some
time with Mrs. Grants parents cut at the
farm, on the Gravois road Young Grant
resigned his army commission in 1854, and
10, ated with his family out on the Dent farm,
Mr.. Dent having made his daughter present
of eighty acres ana four slaves They lived
there very nicely, but Grant dId not find the life
oongrnial. The chief farming he did was TO
haul coriwopd to town and sell It, which &C.
casiuu the very familiar costume which clad his
E1unt form MAS "a jeans PANTS, gray wooden
shirt, one or two "galUSes, pair OF raw-hide
boots, SLOUGH hat, and an untrimmed beard. A
blaclsnahe whip made him conn lctc.
firing completely OF farm life, he moved into
town. and at first occupied 70 time house at
the southeast corner Of Seventh and Lynch
streets, aud then moved to little h use which
l. now numbered lrus Barton street. His en-
ploymcnt was the real estate business, hut he
did not prosper. and in 1857 moved to Galena,
III, where he went into business vi h his father
as a tanner Soon aflerward the war broke cut
and Grant was not long in discovering that
there was at least way i'll which he could
earn a living, and earn it nohly
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-01
REMINISCENT.
Gen. Grants Early Life in st. Louis-IIis
Marriage to Miss Dent

The happiest days and the darkest days in the
long life OF Gen. Grant were spent IN St. Louis
Lieut. Grant and Fred Dent had become
friends i'll the military school at West Point, and
when young Dent invited his chum to come
with him on a visit to his st. Louis home, he
did much toward shaping the destiny of Grant
and possibly of the nation. The two Young
men. after Grants visit, went to participate in
the Mexican war and when young Dent fell
with bullet in his groin while leading his com
pany 10 charge, Grant picked him up and car
RED him in his arms to place OF safety The
aHeCtlon between the young men increased,
ana the affection between the beautiful Miss
Dent and her brothers friend, with whom she
correspondent, more than kept pace with it. Af-
ter the war, the wedding. The elite OF St Louis
were there, the officers from the barracks at
tended in full uniform, and it was the social
event OF the year lS4S
The journals of that day were not given
to making mention of social events, and the
only newspaper reference to the wedding that
has been discovered consists of the following
notice that appeared in the Republican of Aug
"A, lN4S, two days after it occurred
Marred-0n the 22d inst, 10y Rev. J. H. Linn.
Lieut. Ulysses s. Grant. L. S. A, TO Miss Julia
daughter of Col. Dent of st. Louis.
The house where Col. Dent lived, and IN which
the marriage was celebrated. now stands on the
southwest corner Of Fourth and Cerre streets.
St. Louis.
There is very little now in the grimy and
d1lapldated exterior of the house to suggest the
elegance that characterized it in the DAYS when
II was the CITY residence of the Dents. The lime
dust and coal smoke OF I, rty years have Goa ed
Its walls 10 an extent that discourages removal
tion, and vandal hands have knocked the cor
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-01
HIS pIRTHpLAcE AT POINT PLEASANT. O


The boyhood of Grant was not more remark
able than that of any child in the same crcum-
stances. Indeed, the anecdotes of his childhood
in no way convey the idea that he manifested
any prCcocity. lie was the eldest of SIX chill
dr. n. His early surroundings We're severely
plain, his father, who of Scotch descent,
being Il dealer in leather. neither rich nor poor,
but ranking among the hard workers of young
and growing State. The humble home wherd
Grant was born Is not unknown to the publid
through the engrayer'S skill.
At the nge of II Grant entered the Military
Academy at West Point Those who believe thai
a name has much to do with the destiny of it'd
owner viii find confirmation of their theory iI
the accident which gave him the name he ha.
made famous. He had been Christened Hiram
Ulysses, but the Congressman who procured hii
appointment by mistake wrote him down al
Ulysses s. Grant. The authorities at West Point
and the Secretary of War were petitioned by the
young cadet to correct the blunder, but no nOt
tiCe was taken of the request. Ulysses s. fralt
he had been recorded and Ulysses S. Grant III
remained, the name now so worldwide in it,
fame having been bestowed through a Con.
gTessman's defect of memory. The initials Z,
5. suggested Uncle Sam" to his comrades a
nickname he never lost, and one peculiarly
prophetic in view of his extraordinary careeB
During the war he was not infreQuently nick
named United States Grant" and "Uncondt
toual Surrender Grant" the T. S. seeming Il
have special significance In those days which
tried mems souls"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-01
BOARDING

Mrs. Pitcher, very ohliging lady. answers
the old-Style bell and admits the caller TO a
spacious hai from which very precise stair
way leads to the floor above, with one abrupt
and uncompromISlng turn at the middle of the
ascent The stairway affords the first strong
trace OF the old-tlme richness. It's bausters are
exceedingly plain and straight, and its sbarp-
cornered newell post is innocent OF carving hut
all the parts are OF mahogany and the top OF the
post IS inlald with pearl. The double parlors in
which the wedding occurred opeu of the haU to
the lett They are {. mmo liens rooms Of about
i"XiS feet in dimensions, and separated 10y very
l.caFy Sild NJ ocr~. ho door taCinCs and win
dow facing are very broad, hut without cary
ING or mulding. and are painted white lust as
they were IN their DAYS OF glory The knobs of
the doors are OF solid brass and perfectIy
smooth. as was the fashion when .he house Was
built The fireplace j. Surm0unted by a wooden
ruantei, and Is faced by an ornament
ed sheet-lrol front, which has escaped
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-01
EYerHhOdY's Air-RraEa

Yes, sab" said Uncle Zach Use watched
III forty years, an it's as | seq De fust OF
May an Christmas day of de same year
alters comes on de same week day"
Further conversation proved Uncle Zach
most incredulous person. CHANGING to
mention DIR. Carver s feat of breaking glass
balls with rifle, he said
81 heerd bout dat shootin' and knowed
right off it wasn't squar'; dat was Yankee
trick, boss, sho's you born"
What was the trick 7n
Oar wuz lCadstone put into de glass
balls, an likewise onto de bullets; so when
de bullets fly outen the gun, it an the ball
les drawed tergedder, which, in course. broke
de glass-dat's the trick Z"
Later, Uncle Zach observed "a rope running
along the side of the car
BOSS, what's dat line iurP"
ITO apply the air-brake in case of acct
dent" Then we had further to explain how
the force OF the brake was obtained, to
which Uncle Zach responded:
Look a here, boss, you sholy don't
'spect me to b'lieye dat fooIishness? Why,
de biggest harricane whatever blowed
couldn't stop dis train, runin' forty mile q
hour. An you think l gwine to b'lieve II
little pipe full of wind under de kyars can
do it? No, sah-ree!"
There are great many Uncle Zachs who
Judge everything simply by appearances.
The air-brake does not seem to be IA very
powerful thing, but power and efficiency are
not necessarily equivalent to bigness and
pretonss.
Philip Beers, Esq, who resides at the
United States Hotel, New York City, and is
engaged in raising subscriptions for the New
York World Bartholdi pedestal fund, was
once upbraided by distinguished relative
who IA physician, for commenting in
such enthusiastic terms, a remedy that cured
him of Bright's disease eight years ago. He
said: " Sir, has the medical profession, with
all its power and experience Of thousands of
years, anything that can cure this terrible
disorder" No, no that is true; there is no
mistake about it but that Warmers safe
cure is really Al wonderfully effective prepa-
ration. That remedy is an "air-brake"
that every man can apply, and this fact ex-
plains why it has saved so many hundreds
OF thousands OF Copyrighted. Used
by permission OfAmerican Rural Home.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-01
AN out of-town parson was takir

AN out of-town parson was taking
leave recently of a congregation with
whom he had not lived on the best of
terms. Il do not regret our separa-
ton, dear brethren, for threegood and
valid reasons. The first is that you
don't love me, the second that you
don't love one another, and the third
that God does not love you. You
don't love me-my salary is several
months in arrear; you don't love one
another-or there would not be such a
dearth of marriages amongst you; and
God doesn't seem to love you as you
ought to be loved, because there have
been so few funerals among you late
7.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-01

Gen. Grant retired from the Presidency, upon
the accession of Rutherford b. HAYES, on the
4th of March, 1871 His career since that date,
which has been in the main a quiet and une7
ventful one, is too familiar to thd
reading world to require any extended notice,
Every one knows OF his trip around the world,
and the enthusiastic receptions that met him ID
every city, town, and village through which he
passed upon hts return journey across the con.
tinent; OF his candidacy for third term of the
Presidency, and the heroic devotion with which
his adherents in the Chicago Republican Con
vention of 1880 stood by him long as Tier,
was hope; of his unfortunate connec.
ton with the banker Ward, and how
the honest old hero was used {
ool-pgeon by that willy rascal: and
finally of his fall upon an icy pavement result
ing in a fracture of one of his hips which wa
followed soon after by the development of
cancerous growth near the roots of the tongue
For a time the public kept In ignorance
possibly the doctors were in the same blissfu
state regarding the nature of the distinguished
patients malady, and in some features. such as
the unreliable or purposely cOlored reports OF
his condition. the case bears strong resem blancs
to that OF the lamented Garfield.