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Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-15

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Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-15

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Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-12
DISEASES OF THE EYE.
Tho Effect of Modern Civilization Upon the
Visual Organs.

Not only has the acuteness of vision
of civilized man fallen below the
standard common among savage ma
tions, but, at the same time, the eyes
Of civilized man often depart from the
normal or approximately spherical
formation. They depart from it in
two opposite directions; either becom-
ing ilattcned from front to back, so as
to bring tho retina too near the sur
face. or elongated from front to back,
so as to remove the rctina too far from
the surface. The former condition,
technically called "hypermetropia,"
demands the exercise of accommoda-
tion even for distant objects, thus be.
coming 4 source of fatigue to tho eyes,
and it is also the common cause of
squint. The latter technically called
'myopia, y is the cause of short sight.
These two malformatonS may he said
to have come into existence within his
toric time, and into prevalence almost
within living memory.
HypermctrOpia, or ''ilat-cye," may
be regarded as matter of arrested
Z llt wv IN lllI UGGduSt
it has not attained its full proper
tions. 1t is stunted, and the imper-
fection is seldom limited to the shape
OF the organ rs n whole, but usually
extends also to IFS component parts.
The retina of 4 flat eye is commonly
defective, so that vision, even when as
sisted by glasses which correct the
fault of the shape, falls short of the
normal standard. 1t goes without
saying that hypermetropia is favored
by all circumstances which interfere
with complete bodily development,
and that it is almost common among q
population living in unwhUlesome con-
ditiOnS.
The original cause of myopia, on the
other hand, seems to be the applica-
ton of the eyes to near objects; in
other words, the pouring over books
and handicrafts. When the eyes are
directed to near object they are
turned in, or rendered convergcnt, so
that the axes of vision meet upon it,
and this position is maintained by a
muscular effort which, if continued,
alters the shape of the eye in the dircc-
tion Of clongation. Manifcstly the
alteration will be most easily effected
during youth, when the tissues of the
body, including those of the eye, are
comparatively lax and distensible, and
it will also be most easily effected
among those young people whose It's
sues are exceptionally weak by reason
of inadequate food or of unhealthy
descent or surroundings. Badly
lighted schools are the great manu-
factories of myopia, the bad light com.
pelling approximation of the books or
other materials of study.
There is yet another defect of shape,
called astigmatism, which merely
means that the surface of the eye is
differently curved in different dircc-
tons. All three, llat.cye, myopia and
astigmatiSm, however produced origin
ally, are peculiaritIes of shape which
are constantly handed down by par
cnts to their Otispring.-Ph Philadelphia
North 1DCrtrnu.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-12
CensOrS OF ,rypOgranhy.

Painstaking people, who know next
to nothing OF printing, find n special
delight in searching out topographic
errors in newspapers, periodicals and
books, tho detection of n blundcr, in
their own estimation, putting pre-.
MUM on individual intelligence -
comforting privilege of disparaging
printers. Men of Intelligence, who
write well but not lcgibly, never tire
of pointing out mistakes of printers
and the oversight of proof-readers.
The self-constituted censors of typo.
graphy may find food for wholesome
reflection in the fact that just about
one hundred years ago a number of
professors in the Edinburgh University
undertook the publication of a book
which should be perfect specimen of
typographical accuracy. Every con-
ceivable precaution was taken to pre-
vent errors of the types. Six expert.
onced proof-readers were employed,
who devoted hours to the reading of
each page. After their careful task
was completed, each page was posted
in the hall of the University, with q
notification that ESQ would be paid to
any person who should succeed in dis
covering an error. Every page re-
mained thus publicly exposed for two
weeks before being returned to the
printing office. The proprietors of the
work felt confident that the object so
diligently striven for had been attain
ed, Great was the discontinue of the
learned men when, on the book being
issued, several errors were found, one
occurring in the first line of the first
age.-Pyinter's Circular.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-12
Another Belief Shattered.

One by one the cherished beliefs OF
the past are swept away, or attempted
to be swept away, by some smart Aleck
who can't find anything better to do,
Nothing is sacred from their touch.
Stories that have been handed down
from generation to generation as
gospel truths are pronounced fables or
myths or downright prevarications,
even though they have been implicitly
believed in for centuries.
According to these ghouls there was
no William Tell, archer extraordinary;
or at least, il such n parsonage really
existed, he never shot an apple from
the head of his boy; the story of
Washington and his hatchet is laughed
to scorn; Leander never swan the
Tablespoonful wasn't such devil of
swimmer anyway; Shakespeare, tho
"divine bard, " did not write the plays
credited to him, but Bacon did, and so
on, and so forth.
Almost every week some new theory
is advanced regarding something that
has cndearcd itself to the people from
long association, and one of the latest
is that CASTLE soap is not made in Cas-
tile, and moreover, instead of being
the nc pluS ultra and de mOrtuiS nil niSi
bOnunl of saponaccOus purity, the very
best of it is made from rancid olive
oil and other unknown refuse. Think
of it, gentle reader-the beautifully
mottled soap which erstwhile PLAYED
such an important part in your very
first bath, and in the ablutions of
large part of the children in the civil
lied world, is said to be likely cause
of most skin diseases SO prevalent,
such as letter, salt rheum, ringworm,
SPAWN, st. Nitus Dance. string-halt,
eczema, sea sickness, blind staggers,
pole evil, rash, pimples, iistula, and
many others.
This attack on CASTLE soap by ply
sIcianS is accounted for on one hypOthc-
sis, however. Some of the diseases
enumerated above are constantly oc-
curing among wealthy families,
where the utmost attention is paid to
cleanliness; and the physicians, un-
able to give any better reason, and
knowing that the cause is expected to
be explained, fall back on CASTLE soap,
used IN infancy, even if there hasn't
been piece in the house for years.
1t is just barely possible that civil
lied people use too much soap, as fire.
quently ablutons may have tenden-
cy to open the pores of the skin for the
admission of molecules, microbes, in.
fusoria and various other parasites
which the science Of the last decade
has brought to light. Savages and
others not addicted to the use of soap
to any great extent are, we believe,
comparatively free from cutaneous
eruptions, and it may be worth the
while of some NJ. d. 10 investigate and
see if we as a nation don't wash too
much; or, the washing being all right
as to frequency, whether we thorough
ly rinse the soap off after each bath.
That may be the cause of the trouble.
Another sanitary crank has lately
commenced crusade against oat
meal. He should be Gagged and played
to death with bagpipcs. -PecE's Sun.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-12
Piscicnlture in Norway.

Norway is turning scientific piscl-
culture to account by Matching great
numbers of Holsters and fish. From
1000, 900 fish, chiefly cod and haddock,
hatched last year, the number has in-
creased this winter to 50,000,000 or co..
100000 The work has thus far been
done by private association, bat the
government is expected to aid in the
future in view Of Its obvious benefit 10
the national interests. Boston Adrs-.
tiser,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-12
The Centipedc's Bite.

few days ago Luclen Alexander
received from friend in Arkansas, n
specimen of that vcnOmous animal,
the centipcde. Mr.. Alexander placed
the articulate in jar of alcohol and
has it on exhibition at his store. Al
most every one who has been attracted
by it has related remarkable incidents
about its family. The centipede is
known to be one of the most poison
GUS reptiles in existence. 1t is claimed
that its sting is sure death, and an an
tidote for its poison is among the un-
discovered wonders of the world.
One of the stories related of this
species is that of an ex-soldier. lie
says that when among the Ozark
Mountains companion felt one of
them crawling up his leg. He knew
its sting was sudden and fatal, but the
varmint was on him. What must he
do to be saved was the question. He
knew it would be impossible to shake
it of, because at the least disturbance
it would plant its fangs into his flesh.
He felt it crawling, and as it came
higher and higher on his limb, the
perspiration boiled from every pore of
his body. Every moment was one of
agony, and he began to realize that
his life hung on slender thread.
Finally an idea suggested itself. He
dealt the centipede n terrific blow,
killing it; but OF course at the first
touch its fangs were inserted in his
flesh Almost instantly he disrobed,
and with common pocket-knife made
an incision around tho affected part
and removed about n pound of flesh.
This was twenty years ago, and the
man carries an ugly scar to this day;
but to that scar he owes his life.
Another story moro remarkable. il
briefly told. A company of emigrants
had camped in New Mexico. and one
NIGHT one of the party, who was sleep-
in9 on the ground, was awakened bv
n Secnliar Sensation on his toes. He
looked and saw a monstrous ccntipede
crawling across his foot. Only n few
feet from him was the campfire, and
he could see every fibor of the reptilo.
knowing its necnliarities and tbe Of.
feet of It's sting. he. too, was in fe-
YER of excitement Afraid TO move n
muscle, he dared NOT shake IL off AZ.
ter a seconds pause he reached under
his head cot his nistol and taking
deliberate aim. fred II was life'
saving shot for the man: the cent?
| - I....-...l 1 =. - -
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-12

A German paper publishes an article
by Mr.. Karl Blind on the photography
of Goethe's surname. He points out
that Gothic in the Frankfort dialect
means godfather" and suggests that
the poet adopted the spelling Goethe
in order to get rid of the ludicrous
associations excited by the signiiica-
tion of the name.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-12

BANCROFT, writes Washington cor
respondent, is so thin that the wind
would apparently blow him away.
Corcoran is so heavy that he could
withstand a blizzard. Bancroft s
cheeks are hollow, his eyes sunken,
and his hair is as white as the newest
of frosted silver. Corcoran's cheeks
are full, his face large, and his eyes,
like his mouth, strong and rather fierce.
Bancroft, the son of preacher, start
ed life with literary ambition, and he
has attained it. Corcoran, the son of
q shoemaker, resolved to become
wealthy, and he is now perhaps the
richest of this city of millionaires.
Bancroft cares but little for his per-
sonal appearance. Corcoran is rather
dude, and he looks as though he had
come out of bandbox. Both of these
great men live on H. street, within q
stones throw of the white house. Cor
coran has palace, and Bancroft q
library which he would not trade fol
it. Both have succeeded in their
ambitions, and both will probably live
in history.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-12
l afterwards learned that the hog,

afterwards learned that the hog,
after kicking the would-be-butcher
through the smoke house, and eating
a dead cat in the yard became disgust
ed and died tragic death, with the
sleeve of my new coat in his mouth.
Never monkey with hogs feelings,
even in his dying moment or his feet
either. 1t isn't safe. Bill Grapho, in
p1ck'S SIM
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-12

The count of Paris has writton a
letter to R. H. Eddy, Of Boston, and
in the letter he says: "I hear with
the greatest pleasure that you expect
that Gen. Fitz John Potter will at
last receive the full justice due to him.
You know already my opinion on the
subject. always thought that the
sentence against him was found upon
wrong information. When | wrote
my account of the battle OF Manassas
was perfectly convinced that hc had
done nothing which ought to have
brought him before court-martial,
but | criticised rather severely the
way in which he handled his troops,
as have been obliged sometimes to
criticise some of tho best officers on
each side."
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-12

The American artist, Mr.. Humphrey
Moore, has lately completed two gcnre
pictures at his studio in Paris. They
have been purchased by Mr.. Crocker,
who paid for tho pair f2,O0O Mr..
Moore, who is a pupil Of Gerome, is
deaf and dumb,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-12
IN S0UDAN.

Ended that strange career,
Long SOW Glorious,
Slain by an Arabs spear,
Gordon the glorious,
Stark under torrid skies,
Girdled with gloom,
Britain's best soldier lies
Dead in Khartoum.
Stewart falls bleeding, and
Earle is in glory
Steady, now hand TO hand,
Sweep all before yel
Close up the shattered square,
Stand fast, who can
Strike while n hope is there
Left in Soudan,
Mothers OF England, weep!
Weep, sons and daughters
Weep for the brave who sleep,
Hard by Niles watcrsl
Weep for your Burnaby
Dead in The van,-
Weep ye, for all who lie
Cold in Soudanl
Winds OF the desert sweep
Over them, lying
Locked in eternal sleep,
Death still dcfyiug;-
Mammon and Avaricc
We'll may grow wan,
At thought Of the sacrifice
Made IN SOulan.
j. " 4Uduhcirs, IN The CiTrcii
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-12

A Boston AdUertiSer correspondent
is tremendously indignant at The Cent
uy's portrait of Daniel Webster and
an article about him in which it is in
timated that that statesman on one
occasion let fall an expression that
would not be approved in an orthodox
Sunday school. "Thoso who knew
Mr.. Webster he writes, "well know
that no profane word ever fell from
his lips. Those who knew him, how
ever slightly, might know that he did
not swear in public places before
strangers. To exhibit him under that
hat is an insult, To put vulgarity or
profanity in his mouth is an outrage.
Neither in words of Saxon nor Of
classic origin was Daniel Webster a
profane man."
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-12

WHEN the late M. Willemessant, the
proprietor of the Paris Figaro, died,
he left the paper to the three men who
had done the post TO and him. But
there were many old contributors on
tho paper-men with well-known
names, who made an outcry at this
division of the property. They insist
ed that they ought to have been con-
suited, and they threatened to found
an opposition Figaro. This alarmed
the three principals, and they made a
proposition to the effect that they
themselves should take each $4,000
out of the concern yearly, and that
the other men should each have a
salary Of $500 for the work they
were engaged to do, and at the end Of
the year draw like sum out Of the
profits, thus insuring them $4,000 q
year each. Yet these men do not write
an average of more than half a col
umn a day each-if, indeed, that much,
so that they have very easy time Of
IT, It Is one OF the conditions that
when any one Of them dies his share
goes to the other, so that the last sur.
yIyor will have an enormous income.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-12

ENGINEER MELVILLE. Of Arctic ex-
ploration fame, has invented hy-
draulic life-saving attachment for
steam fire engines. The recent dlsas-
trous fire in Philadelphia was the stim-
ulant that prompted the invention.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-12

The second son of tho king of Wurt-
emburg has been entered as student
at Dublin university and the more
aristocratic students propose to give
him a grand reception. Others object
to such tribute until the prince vim
dicates his right to it as man and
not as possible sovereign.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-12

VICTOR HUGO, of course, considers
French to be tho language of civiliza-
ton, and has some contempt for bar
barian (all other) tongues, though
Spanish is less intolerablo to him than
any other. As for English, he says:
my English and American friends
have spoiled me by learning my Ian
guage, so have never been obliged to
study theirs
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-12

The widow of Prof. Ko-Kun-Hua,
Chinese instructor at Harvard college,
who is we'll remembered in Boston,
lately died at Shanghai and also her
Oldest daughter, Wau-Lau. Only
four of the eight members of the in
teresting family that Prof. Ko had
with him in Cambridge are now liv-
;nn
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-12

YELLOW HAWK, formerly Dakota
Indian chief but now pastor of self
supporting Indian church, is making a
good impression among church peo-
pie in Danbury, Conn.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-12
CURRENT TOPICS.

AN exhibition of birds has just been
held at the Crystal Palace, London.
One canary exhibited was valued at
$4,000.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-12

What brave hearts sleep in Africa What
grand llves have been sacrificed to her discov-
cry and redemptlonl And what names OF her
martyrs that dark land can plead when she
stretches forth her hands unto God l-7As IN
triar,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-12


the following bills were introduced:
Mr.. Smrall: To prohibit one railroad com.
pany from using the track of another unless
the company so using shall stop at all stations
of the company owning such track for freight
and passengers.
Mr.. Hunter: Amending the stray law so as
to require stray notices to be published in O
newspaper.
The senate took up the text book bill in the
committee OF the whole. Section 3 being un.
der consideration was amended by providing
that school children unable to purchase books
be furnished same by the state.
On motion Of Senator Young the clause pro-
yiding for print NJ In the penitentiary was
stricken out The amount appropriated was
increased from 100000 TO 100000 The
emergency clause was defeated. The commit
tee then arose and reported the bill back to the
senate with recommended IN that II do pass
In the house, the bill TO appropriate So, ,00C
for completing and furnishing the new addl-
lions to the state university was taken up foI
engrossmeut The entire forenoon was CON
sumed In its dis us;ion, A number of amend.
ments were offered and defeated, except one
requiring sn itemized report of expenditures
of the appropriation, to he submitted to the
Tnirty-fourth general assembly.
The bill was then ordered ongrossed and
printed.
The bill for repeating the Davis revenue law,
which applies only 10 Buchanan county, was
refused engrossment
Mr. Bodeman's bill, for additional notarics
public In st. Louis, was ordered engrossed
with Mr.. Lorlng's amendment, whicl fixes the
number of notaies at about 150
Mr.. Storts' bill, for repeating the felony
clause In the johnson 6 milling law, was re.
fused engrossment.
The funding bill adopted In committee ol
the whole, was ordered tngrossed.
The senate amendments 10 the bill requiring
coal 10 be measured before screening were con
Cured In.
The senate bill amending the St. Louis Jury
law so as to put the ordering OF a special jury
In the discretion Of the presiding Judge, was
read third time and passed.
The following bills were passed.;
House bill providing for the enforcement Of
liens OF hotelkeepers on wages Of boarders.
House bill extending the time for killing
prairie chickens from August 10 to October
Is,
House bill authorizing corporations TO be'
come sureiies on bonds,
House bill chang ny the time OF hold
ing circuit court in the Second Judicial cir
cut.
House bill allowing manufacturing and
bushes companiys 10 guarantee dividends oil
10 per cent on preferred stock,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1885-03-12

In the house, reports from various commit
tees were received and read and large nun.
Der of bills ord red to cngrossment. The
southwest Missouri insane asylum bill aud the
bill increasing the salary of the circuit judges
were indefinitely postponed. The senate bill
providing that liquor shall he sold in quantities
cd. The senate hill providing for the transfer
of cases from one court TO another was passed
The practice bill was amended and adopted.
The appropriations bill was passed and sent
TO the senate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-11
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS
The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of
All Kinds in the Two States.
"A Family on the Verge Of Staryation-A Dis
honest Express Clerk - Present Condi-
ton Of Wheat in illinois, leanings.
INDIANA.


Miserable Condition of a Family of Poverty
Stricken People.
Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, April 10.-WhiIst patrolman
in the upper part of the city, this morning was
making his rounds he discovered collection of
human beings slowed under the logway of a saw
mill, above the city wharf. All wgre miserably
and scantily attired and in deplorable condi-
4ion, being in the last stages of starvation. The
party consisted of Mrs. Mary Draper, her uncle,
daughter and niece. They claim that they
were driven from their house and forced
to leave Westpoint, a small hamlet
below Louisville two weeks ago. They
managed to build a boat, which
was only an open continuance composed of two
Sdinkies, over which was made a platform upon
which was an old cook stove and few blankets
They have been afoat ever since, exposed to cold
and rain. When discovered this morning they
were completely exhausted with cold and hunger,
the old man being SO completely exhausted that
but little hope is entertained of his recovery.
When food was brought before them they seized
upon it, and nearly choked themselves in their
haste. The old man and woman are illiterate.
but the little girls are uncommonly bright, con-
sidering their surroundings The township
trustee has furnished them lodgings and food for
the present
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-11
An Internal Machine for Gov. Hoadly.

CLEVELAND. o., April 10.-A special from
Coshocton says the Democratic Standard of that
place, has private information of scheme to
assassinate Governor Hoadly. Last Monday,
it says, the Governor received through the mail
small wooden box, from one end of
which hung string. The Governors suspicious
being aroused, he caused the cover of the
the box to be removed and carefully arranged
internal machine. loaded with dynamite, slugs
and spikes was disclosed. The string had been
so adjusted that had he pulled it, the Governor
would have caused an explosion and doubtless
lost his life. 1t is said the authorities at
work on the case. and for that reason the facts
have not before been made public.