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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24
RUSSIAN CONvICTS.
Bloodthirsty Brides on Their Way to Sibs
rian Penal Colonies

Bloodthirsty Brides on Their Way to Sibe-
rian Penal Colonies.
1t is nothing new in Russia to see a
band of convicts in their coarse gray
uniform, with large orange-colored
cross covering the back, trudge wearily
along on their way to Siberia. But
these miserable caravans are formed of
men only, female convicts being gen.
orally conveyed by rail or steamer
Some eighty-four of these latter left
Odessa the other day BY the steamer
Costroma for the Island of Sakalhin,
on the coast of Eastern Siberia. Ac-
cordng to the NoUos Tremya. thirty
six of The women were transported for
murder or attempted murder of their
husbands. twenty-five of the thirty-six
being under the age of twenty. One
BRIDE of sixteen had killed her husband
within the first week after marriage;
another of sweet seventeen lived with
him for six months before she did the
deed, and third of eighteen was con-
victea of killing her husband during
the night by blows with a heavy ham
mer. Which facts demonstrate that,
however beneficial early marriage may
be in other countries. in Russia at least
no woman should be allowed to marry
before she 10 twenty.-PaH Mall Ga
zstte
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24

In Scotland. recently, donkey. taken
unawares. was killed by a kick from a
horse.
An iron pier. s. l66 feet in length is being
built at Boston. 1t will be the longest in
the world.
Some of the Cincinnati restaurant keep
ers, il is said. sprinkle some kind of powder
over small oysters which causes them 10
swell.
An Eastern paper records case of blood
poisoning caused by tobogganing. or coast
ing. 1t is thought TO be the beginning of a
new disease.
The most famous artist in Belgium, who
is without hands, paints with his feet He
possesses great power and nicely of touch
with his toes.
An eminent Scottish physician recon-
mends milk As a substitute for brandy, as a
stimulant in the treatment of inebriates. He
says he has cured many critical cases with
it,
Train robbers are becoming so plentiful
in Italy as to attract the notice of the gov
ernment. They are said to he under the
control of a man who once lived in the
United States.
Pigs SHOUTS and pigs ears are used in the
soup at the Cook county, Illinois, Insane
Asylum. This fact came out during a re-
cent investigation of the management of
the institution.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24
A WEDDING IN NORWAY.
How the Bride Looks, Acts and Dresses
Up in the Far North.

\ wedding Is announced at the church.
whose bells are pealing. We invite our
selves 4 score of us enter the building.
1t is. like most Lutheran churches, plain:
but there is an altar. with ''seven candle
sticks and candles; large cross perfectly
white: pulpit midway, and commodious
pews and seats. The hour is two in the af-
ternoOn. not in the morning. though as 10
lighting the church. il is ''all one" Some
dozen or 50 of the natives, all females. with
handkerchiefs upon their heads, are present.
Our party is seated at the front. | re-
main at the door. My wedding garment is
not made up to the highest style, but as
the procession enters the door
fall in behind with the small boy
Of the family. The bride is tall girl with
intlammatory hair and cool demeaner. The
groom is a thick-set, stout man. whose hair
is erect, and whose imperturbability is
quite equal TO that of the woman whom he
holds. we hope gently. by the hand. A
long white veil depends from her back hair.
held by circlet of ivy. plant in great re-
quest and reputation here in Norway.
The friends of the bride and bridegroom.
including parents, pass up to the platform
with them and take seats on either side. A
priest comes out from the aaytum and
stands befor the altar silently, with his back
to us, while the precentor from side plat
form raises a sweet song, with whose music
there is not so much accord by the audience.
Then the bride and bridegroom kneel. a
prayer is said, and the two are one, and all
are happy. The bride is arrayed at the
door, and the scene Is concluded.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24

leaving circular hole of two feet in
diameter at the top for the outlet Of
smoke and the admission of light. The
roof Is well lashed by means Of rope
made from the bark of spruce. The
entire hn, above ground is then COW
cred with straw and earth. The en-
trance to the hut is subterranean. the
passageway being dug at an angle of
about forty-five degrees from the ex-
terror of the hut to the floor, which
passageway is carefully protected in
the same manner as the roof.
These people never want for food.
The country abounds in animals and
game, and the river in fish. Large
numbers of reindeer are killed, gener-
ally shot. although during winter it
quite frequently happens tnat many
are captured by driving them into ra-
vines where they sink into tne deep
SHOWS and fall an easy prey to the hun
ters. The following is list of ami
mails whose skins are preserved by the
natives, viz: Bear. (black. brown and
gray). moose. fox, (white, black, cross
and silver gray. martin, sable. land
and water otter, mink. wolf. beaver
and lynx. The meats of all these ami
mails are used for food. but great pref
erence is given to the reindeer. moose
and haar Tho latfar kD<
the former trapped. The fish caught
are of many varieties, including large
quantities of salmon. white fish, mullet,
pike and sculpin. The salmon are
chiefly caught in Hotham Inlet or at
the mouth of the river that empties into
it; the other fish are caught in the
river. They are mostly caught in the
summer by means of the gill net or
speared, the dexterity with which this
is done being something marvellous.
The pike weigh from seven to ten
pounds. whitefish from one to two
pounds and mullet from three to four
pounds. In the winter fish are also
taken through the ice by hook and
line. The hook used consists simply of
a fiat piece of ivory. with sharp piece
of metal screwed into one end of it at
right angles to the face of the ivory.
White whales are caught in Hotham
Inlet and it is regarded by the natives
as great and dangerous feat to catch
one. Those who are successful are
looked upon as men Of distinction.
Hair seals are also caught in Hotham
Inlet, but they do not seem to go up the
river"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24
SQUIRREL MIGRATION.
What Cincinnatian Has to Say on This
Interesting Topic.
Cincinnati Times-Star.

cincinnati llultS-SlaT.
Il have been very much interested lately
in reading about the migration of the
squirrels, remarked Mr.. Isaac \. La
BolteauX.
Il didn't know that squirrels ever mi
grated said the newSman. interrogatively.
Yes, they do. They don't migrate an
nually like the birds. but they change their
place of residence at long periods. There
are great numbers of squirrels round my
place on College Hill. and this fall | no
ticed they were not to be- seen. Usually at
this season of the year the squirrels are
busy gathering nuts, and the woods are
noisy with their short, sharp barkS, but now
none of them are 10 be found or heard.
Some time ago predicted squirrel migra-
ton. and now | find that | was a true
prophet. read in the papers that thous-
ands of them are crossing the Mississippi
from east 10 west. | remember when was
a boy of a squirrel migration from west to
east | saw thousands of the little animals
swimming the Great Miami. They swim
with their tails out of water. and if by any
mischance a squirrel gets his tail wet he is
helpless. At this time. ! recollect. boys
stood on the bank of the river. and when
the squirrels came near they would knock
their tails into the water. Then il was an
easy matter to wade in and catch them"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24
Tho Danger. and Excitement of . Whale
Hunters Life.

Tho Danger. and Excitement Of . Whale
Hunter, Life.
Now and then whale manages to
make IL. escape after being harpooned.
! Whenever that is the case the animal
has learned wisdom by experience, and
if it should aga II be harpooned takes
very good care not to exhaust its
powers by diving. So it remains on
the surface Of the wafer, where it can
breathe At ease. and rushes along at
full speed.
Three or four boats will sometimes
be fast TO the same whale, and will
be towed along N such speed that one
of the crew is obliged to stand over
the line with upl fed axe. ready to cut
the rope at a moments notice. The
Northern whales almost invariably
make for the nearest ice field and try
to dive under it. In one instance a
Rorqual. which had been harpooned in
mistake for Greenland whale. rushed
oil with such unexpected speed that il
shot.under an ice field before the line
could be cut. and neither crew nor
boat were ever heard of afterward.
Ii is, by the way, fortunate for the
whalers that the animal can not turn
its head or body. as. if IT could do so.
even civilized men would hardly be
able TO approach such an animal. As
il is, however. the well drilled boats
crew have Just time To back ont of
reach of its tail before il can made its
stroke.
For it must be remembered that SEN
sation occupies an appreciate time IN
passing along nerve. All of Us who
have suffered from an accident must be-
aware that at the moment of infliction
there is no pain, and that there is an
interval between the injury and tho
pain. The duration of this interval is
measurable by the length of nerve be-
tween the seat of injury and the brain.
Now. the whale IS very large ami
NAL; and supposing that full-grown
specimen of eighty feet in length be
struck about the middle of the body.
the sensation of the stroke would have
to be conveyed through nerves nearly
forty feet in length before reaching the
brain. Then, the return message de-
livered to the tail would have to ira
verse nearly twice that distance. So,
although the whalers NAV be wholly
ignorant of physiology. they know by
practice that the whale never strikes
Instantly on receiving the wound from
the harpoon.
Shell bullets, charged with prussic
acid or strychnine and just enough
powder to explode the shell, have been
found to kill a whale in very few
minutes. The sailors. however, with
all the prejudices of ignorance, think
that they will be poisoned when flens-
ing the whale. and so insist upon the
tedious and dangerous system of hsr-
pooning and lancing.-Loagman'S
MAGAZINE.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24

The venerable Judge Ranney. who was
one of the members of the convention that
framed the present Ohio constitution. is very
much shocked at the method (which he calls
tricky in which the amendments TO that
venerated instrument were adopted this
fall. He alleges the trick to have been in
printing Yes under the amendments without
also printing No; whereby thousands of ig-
norant voters cast their ballots for them
without knowing what they were doing.
He thinks both Yes and No should have
been there, so that the voter could have
marked of one or the other according as he
was for or against the amendment.
But, II the ignorant voter did not think
enough about his ticket 10 scratch off the
Yes, how would the No. added 10 il. set
him to thinking? If both Yes and No had
been on 1t and he had effaced neither he
would have voted against the amendment.
without thinking. But, as only Yes was
on 1t, he voted for II, without thinking.
In presenting . constitutional amend
ment to the people for adoption OF refec-
ton, 1t is just these ignorant voters. and
therefore careless voters. that have to be
considered and provided for. And the
consideration and provision should have
reference to the question whether or not
the amendment Ii desirable to the intelli-
gent voters Of the state II it is so desira-
BILE, the intelligent voters are perfectly ius-
tifable in so printing the ticket fprinting il
with only Yes) as that tine ignorant and un
thinking voter shall vote for it: because
that is the only way he can be got in favor
of any amendment II you put both Yes
and No on his ticket. he teares both on. and
thus always votes against an amendment,
however excellent ii may be and however
the thinking voters may desire
Its adoption.
So, the venerable Ranney to the contrary
notwithstanding, there is no decep-
bon or trick about the method at
" Ths eonstitution provides that
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24
CURIOUS COLLECTIONS.
The Hobbies of . Number Of Prominent
Men and Women.

Men and Women.
Nine. Agar, the celebrated TRACE
iienne. possesses a collection Of toys
which she exhibited in 1882 at the
Union Centrale Baron Oscar de Wat.
teville, who only smokes cigarettes, has
been making a collection Of pipes dur
ing the past forty years. The Duke Of
Richelieu, the Prime Minister of Louis
XVIII. had a spleQdid collection Of
pipes, which was very singular for .
man who only took snuff. The late
Duke of Zweibrucken, at Carlsberg. left
pipes to the value of 100000 forins.
General Vandamme. one of the heroes
of the army of Sambrset-Meuse, died
in 1880. leaving a fortune consisting
wholly in pipes, which realised $4,000
fracs at public auction. N. Maury.
II Asnieres, is the owner of q collec-
ton of marionettes, the relics Of the
Nicolet, Seraphin and Miniature thea-
ters in the Champs Elysees. This col
lection is, to say the least, quite a. in
seresting as those of gloves, garters,
funeral cards, match-boxes and military
tufts. which some people dote on.
Further We have collections of door
knockers. shoe-lifters, forks, braces,
buttons and shoe-nails. Lastly, We
note that an amateur of Poictiers has
made it his business to rake together
al the "bsd grammar" of members Of
The French Academy from its institu-
ion down to the year 1885. This inn
posing collection consists of about three
thousand and five hundred cuttings
rom books, reviews or newspapers.
These the collector bequeathed. oh
rony! to the Bibliotheque Magazine.
.he library of the Academy.-Interme-
hare dss ChecheYys
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24
EPITHELI0MA
OR SKIN CANCER.

For seven years | suffered with cancer on
my face All the simple remedies were applied
To alleviate the pain, but the place continued
TO grow. finally extending into my nose, from
which came a yellowiSh discharge very often
siye in character. 1t was also intiamed. and
annoyed me great deal About eight months
ago l was in Atlanta, at the house Of a friend,
who strongly recommended the use OF
Swift's Specific that l determined Ia make an
effort To procure 10. In this ! was successful
and began its use. The influence of the medi-
cine at first was to somewhat aggrayate the
sore; but soon the Inflammation was alldyed,
and began to improve after the first few bot
ties. My general health has greatly improved.
am stronger. and able To do any kind of work.
The cancer on my face began 10 decrease and
the ulcer to heal, until there is not yestige of
IL left-only little scar marks the place where
IL had been. | am ready to answer all queS-
tons relative TO this cure
Mrs. JOICIa A. MCDONALD.
Atlanta, Ga, August IL, lSs5.
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her. shall ha fnil ma,oritv

there shall be full majority OF
all the ballots with Yes on them in order
10 the adoption of an amendment Those
with No on them count against those with
both Yes and No on them count against
and those with neither Yes nor No on them
constitutional amendment be So printed that
all the votes cast ignorantly. careleSsly. and
thoughtlesSly must be counted against the
amendment? Are all these people who
vote without knowing or caring what they
vote about 10 be set down as necessarily OPP
posed TO any and all changes in the consti-
tuition?
II is preposterous. The fair presump-
ton is that most amendments submitted
by our general assemblies re-
quired 10 have a three-fifths majority of
each house in their favor-are demanded
by very large majority of the intelligent
and thoughtful voters of the State. Why.
then, when the amendment goes 10 the
people, should ten. or twenty. or thirty
thousand uninteligent and thoughtlesS
voters. who neither know nor care what
the amendment means and who are neither
for nor against it-why should these voters
have their ballots so printed that. throw
ing them in. as they do. without scratch
ing. they must always be counted against
it, and never for it?
The intelligent sentiment of the state has
amt haf
three-fifthS of the senate and three-tifths of
the house resolve for it and propose il TO
the people for adoption. The presumption
should he that majority of the people
want it, or else three-fifths of their repre-
sentatives would have not have gone to
the trouble and expense Of proposing il to
them. Why. then, should the tickets be so
printed As to negative that presumption? :?
Why should they be printed So that all the
thoughtleSs and careless voters must be
counted against that presumption. Why,
in short, should il not logically be presumed
that every voter desires to vote the Yes un-
less he proves the contrary by thinking about
it enough TO mark it off with his pencil'
Ne, so for from being a trick or a decep-
ton, the practice of making the ticket for
An amendment with only Yes printed on it
is just and reasonable; and, considering the
vast number of careless voters in this state,
il is about the only way in which any
amendment II the constitution can be
adopted by the people.
The two amendments adopted this fall
Were good ones and We're demanded by the
intelligent sentiment of the voters of the
state. They got, as they deserved large
majority of votes YES. If few thousand
citizens voted yes without knowing it, they
will never know enough 10 know that they
have boa0 harmed hy il
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24
Father, Mother, and Three sisters Dead

Father, Mother, and Three sisters Dead.
Mr.. David CiaypOol, formerly Sergeant
alarms ofthe New Jersey Senate, and now
Notary Public at Cedarville, Cumberland
Co., n. j., makes the following startling
statement: any father, mother, and three
sisters all died with consumption, and my
thought l could live. My work ship
smithing was very straining on ne with my
weak constitution, and was rapidly going
to the grave. While in this condition l
commenced using Mishler's Herb Bitters,
and it saved my life. Because it was so
difficult to get it in this little place, ard |
had improved so much, stopped taking it
for q time, and the result is that i have
commenced going rapidly down hill again.
Somehow, Mishler's Herb Bitters gives
appetite and strengthen and builds me up
as nothing else does, and l must have
dozen bottles at once. Use this commu-
nication as you please, and if any one wants
to be convinced cf its truth, let them write
me and l will make affidavit to it, for
owe nv life to Mishler's Herb Bitters."
The secret of the almost invariable relief
and cure of consumption, dysentery, dia0
rh9a, dyspepsia, indigestion, kidney and
liver complaints, when Mishler's Herb
Bitters is used, is that it contains simple,
harmless, and yet powerful ingredients,
that act on the blood, kidneys, and liver,
and through them strengthens and invigOr-
ates the whole system. Purely vegetable
in its composition; prepared by a regular
physician; a standard medicinal prepara-
ton; endorsed by physicians and drug
gists. These are four strong points in favor
of Mishler's Herb Bitters. Mishler's Herb
Bitters is sold by all druggists. Price Sl-0O
per large bottle. 6 bottles for $500.
Ask your drrssist for MIsHLER's HERn BITTERs
u be does keep It, do not take ANYTHING el-e hut
end . postal card to MrsYTER HERB BrrTEas Co..
& Commsrce Street. PhiladeiShin-
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Fort Gaines, Ca. May l. 1855.

had heard Of the wonderful cures of Swift I,
Specific, and resolved 10 try it, | commenced
taking IL in April. 1884. Ny general health was
much improved. yet the cancer which WAS in
my breast continued 10 grow slowly but surely.
The bunch grew and became quite heavy.
felt that must either have IL cut or die. But
IL commenced d discharging Quantities of almost
black. thick blood. lt continued healing
around the edges until February, when II was
entirely healed up and we'll. Betsy WoOD.
Cochesett, Plymouth Co. Mass. July l8. lS>I.
Swift's Specific is entirely vegetable. and
seems To cure cancers by forcing out the i'm
purities from the blood.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co, Drawer, Atlanta, Ga.
\. Y. l57 ". I'D st.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24
GLOBE-REPUBLIC.
EIEI|le, SUNDAY AND WEEKLY.
n esb rss~ h ~ Eighth Congressional District
6sssiAa0 Assse,sts1 Pssss 0lspatehss.
PUBLISHED sv THE
SPRINGFIELD PUBLISHING CO.
INg EVENING CLOSE e-AEPu0tG is published
every evening except Sunday, and is deiy-
cred at the rate Of iOc. per week. Single cop
les &c.
yne SUNDAY q eREPU8tic is issued every
Sunday morning, and Is delivered 10 sub
scribers at s. per year. Single copies &c.
TINE WEEKLY CLOSE REPUBLIC is published
every Thursday. and is one of the most com
plete family newspapers In the country;
eight pages. markets complete. Repete
with news and miscellany. 81 per year, in
variably cash In advance.
AiArsss al oommssScasSoas 10
sPnIIeFIELI PvDusHIlG CO.,
sPRINoFIELD. O.
TUESDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER "a, 1886

The trail to the Columbus forgery is get
ting hot and the Ohio State Journal gives
tokens of unearthing something IN the i'm
mediate future that will be sensational.
The Journal claims that the jobwas done
by Columbus artists. and not by any bung-
ling shoemakers from Cincinnati Custer.
the democratic candidate for sheriff, who
was beaten, is moving in his contest, and
Is likely to move something unexpected
The forgery must come out, If movements
likes these continue.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24

For many years was sufferer with cancer
Of the nose, and having been cured by the use
of ;. :. 5, feel constrained by a sense of duty
to suffering humanity to make this statement
Of my ease. With the fourteenth bottle the
cancer began 10 heal rapidly and soon disap-
peared, and for several months there has been
no appearance of a sore of any kind on my
nose or face. neither is ms nose at all tender
TO the touch. | have taken about two dozen
bottles : : :. and am souudly cured. and |
know that ;. :. :. effected the cure after every
known remedy Was tried and had failed.
RoBERr SMEDLEY.
Fort Gaines, Ca. May |, lsS5.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24
Nathan Hale.

Hon. Eraustus Brooks. in recent lecture
on the treason of Benedict Arnold. referred
as follows, to the execution of Nathan Hale
by the British, and the fact that the spot
where he was buried is unknown, After
one nights imprisonment he was executed.
without trial. without mercy. and As dying
man was even denied the Use of a bible.
Like Andre he was spy. His letters to
his mother and the lady he loved were torn
10 pieces before his eyes. The treatment
and trial of Andre. in contrast, not only
Won the sympathy and approval of Andre
himself but the respectful recognition Of
the entire country. While Andre in his
death was calm. silent, Self-posessed, almost
beyond precedent, the last and glowing
words of Hale We're his regrets that he had
but one life 10 give for his country The
spot where Hale was buried no one knows,
while Andre received the respect Of his ell
emies. the honOrs of his country. and TO re-
move the taint of hanging. the king of Eng
land knighted one of Andres brothers,
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-24

Ihaye had a cancer on MY face for somt
years. extending from one cheek bone acrOs:
the nose TO the other. IL has given me great
deal of pain. at times burning and itching {,
such an extent that il was almost unbsarsible
| commenced using Swift's Specific in May
1885, and have used eight bottles. 1t has giver
the greatest relief by removing the iniiamma
tion and restoring my general health.
W. BARNES.
Knoxville. Iowa, Sept. S. 1855.