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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-16

BY HUGH CONWAY,
Author of"CdHed Back" and Ozark Days.

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damp fog which filed the arched expanSe frorr
end to end The bread platform teemed witt
the motion and hustle attendant upon the dc
pa.turc Of a train The newspaper boys alone
we're having a comparatively duh time of il,
as the first act Of every passenger, upon tax
ing his seat, was to pull up the window ana
shut out as much tog as possible, declining tc
Let the sash down for any one. except other
travellers, who. having paid their fares claimed
their right to seas III the train--a proceedin"
which. to Tie first installed passenger always
seems Supremacy selfish The new conner, OK
corners, might choose some other compalt
meut than his
The moving rack which bears the lamp
reached the extreme end of the train. The
stron%-arned official below hurled the last
crystal globe to the nimble official who runs
along the top of the carriages, and leaps 81
recklcsslv from che to another Deft as an
Indian iuggler, he caught the cleaning mis-
sile slapped it into the last socket, and sprang
incontinently from the already moving train.
The guard shut the last door, which some
body's carelessness had left open, jumped into
his van as it swept by him. and. punctual t0
the minute the five o'clock train left London
and began its race to Penzance.
In one of the frSt-claSs compartments wel'c
three passengers, although the railroad conf
pany would only benefit to the extent Of two
fares, one of these passengers being chlld
still young enough to be passed off as chltd
in arms by all save, perhaps, those tender
minded persons who send conscience money
to the chancellor of the eXcEcquer. The two
travellers who augmented the conpany's rev
enue were a man and n woman.
That they were strangers was evident, and
it was also evident that the man was an ola
traveller. As soon as the train Vas III motion,
and he felt insured for some time to couIG
against disturbance lie arranged his wraps IT
the most approved fashion, donued a soft cap,
lit a lamp and buried himself in a book. He
was Young man; but as he appears III tins
tale only to disappear. a detailed description
would be sUrcrfiuous. 1t is enough to know
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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23
The Course of True Love.

From the Heraldsburg (Cal.) Enterprise.
1t was one day last week, and in the
city of Cloverdale, that wedding had
been given out to take place; all the
necessary preparations had been made
and the guests had all assembled, when
10 and behold! it was discovered that
the license had been issued by the Clerk
of Mendocino county, in place of So
noma. 1t had so happened that one
of Healdsburg's ministers had been en-
gagged and was on the ground ready to
perform the ceremony, and it can be
better imagined than described the
CONSERVATION that was produced when
the divine informed the contracting
parties that a marriage license issued
in Ukiah was not just the proper au-
thority to perform the marriage cere-
mony in Cloverdale, as that burg hap
pened to be in another county. At
this time the dinner was almost on the
table, and many of the guests
were standing on their tiptoe of ex-
citement, and what was to be done
was on the tongue of every one. The
thoughtful minister informed them
that it was only three miles to the
Mendocino county line, and when that
point was passed the existing docu-
inent would assume legal authority.
AS soon as these words had fallen from
the minister's lips a rush for the helivery
stables commenced, and teams follow
ed teams in quick succession until all
the guests were on flying wheels in the
direction of Mendocino line. When
this was crossed and q friendly shade
had been found, the party aliehted
and the happy couple were made one.
Then all returned to the place where
the tables were loaded with the choic-
est dainties of the land. A lasting ex-
ample was impressed upon the minds
OF those present that three miles make
p wonderful distance when on the
wrong side OF the county line.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23
The Cholera.
From the Boston Traveller.

From the Boston Traveller.
A noted German physician predicts
that the cholera, which started in the
south Of Europe. will extend over both
continents. Thirty years ago the same
prediction was made, but little heed
was taken to it. The Spring of 1854
was similar to the spring of 1SS4-late
and cold. The cholera reached New
Orleans some time in June, swept up
the Mississippi river to Cairo, divided
there and swept on in the direction up
the Ohio river to the Wabash, then fol-
lowed the Wabash river and the Wabash
canal through Indiana and Ohio till it
reached Lake Erie. From this point
it swept onward to Buffalo, Niagara
Falls and Detroit, decimating many of
the cities and towns along its march,
causing business to be suspended and
putting an entire stop to work on the
great railroads then in pro-
cess OF construction. At Ogdens-
burg, on Lake Ontario, or
rather at its outlet, the St. Lawrence,
it received check. The seaboard cit
les which suffered so seriously in 1882
1uot AO1o CoCupSu. AuO S1etoO etutl
the course of the cholera are alike
mysterious satisfactory explanation
has yet been given. That it exists is
sufficient. But that it can be stayed
in its course and checked in its progress
by timely precautions is equally true
August and September are the months
which in this latitude it finds its great
est feeder, and too much care and pre-
caution on the part of those who control
the sanitary department in our great
cities can not be taken. An unobstruct-
ed flow through the sewers and drains
is one important measure for prevention;
the constant cleanliness of the streets
another, and ndcompulsory cleanliness en-
forced in quarters where the population
is dense and ventelation poor, still an
other. It would be surprising to those
not familiar with the subject to know
what foulness can arise from q small To-
cality in large city to spread disease
and death through all its territory.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23
Cause of Pneumonia.

Pneumonia, with rare exceptions, ex-
tends from the lungs to the lining mem
brane cf the chest pleura), and hence
is really pleuro- o-pneumonia. Its seat is
not the mucous membrane of the bron-
chial tubes, as is that of bronchitis; nor
the general substance of the lungs, as is
that of lung fever, but the air cells and
the neighboring minute tubes (bronchi-
oles), which are wholly destitute of a
mucous membrane. Sometimes it is al
most an epidemic. 1t often attacks
more than one member of the family.
Pleuro- pneumonia among horses is a
very contagious disease, and has some-
times gone through the land, bringing
ordinary business to a stand still.
What is the cause of pneumonia
One medical writer says that neither
colds, bronchitis, pleurisy, asthma, nor
any other lung affection induces it;
that, in large proportion of cases. is
not referable to any obvious causative
agency, that, when it appears to follow
exposure to cold, it is probable that
this acts only as an exciting cause, CO.
operating with the action of q special
cause"
What is this special cause? This
question has received no answer until
recently. German investigators of the
highest character believe they have at
length found it in a microscopic para
site, thus placing pneumonia among the
germ diseases. The parasites are oval,
generally go in pairs, and, unlike all
others, enclose themselves TO-
gether-in capsule.
On cultivating them out of the body,
insulating them in fluid, and injecting
little of the fluid into thirty two mice,
all of the mice died, in from eighteen
to forty hours, of pneumonia, while the
blood showed the peculiar parasites
with their characteristic capsules. Ex
periments by means of inhalation exhib-
tied the same results. Different inves-
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23
Development of the Trotter.

When Flora Temple trotted mile
in 2:1S 81, remarks the New York
Herald, the achievement astonished
the world. This was in 1859. The
mare was looked upon as a wonder.
Few then believed that a mile would
ever be trotted in less than 2:15. 1t
took eight years to lower the record
of 1859, and down to 1874 the best
time made was PIT. In that year the
record was reduced below 2:15 by
Goldsmith Maid, who scored mile
in 2:14.
1t was then generally thought that
the limit of a trotter's speed would
prove to be 2:1O- But Maud S. had
not yet made her appearance, nor haG
Jay-Eye-See. The former brought the
record down to within quarter of
second of 2:1O in 1881, and three
years later the latter reduced it to
2:1O. The prophets of the turf made
bold to predict a. mile in 2:O9, and
even 2:O8. Maud S. has rapidly low
cred the former figure. and now Presi-
dent Edwards of the Cleveland asso-
ciation, expresses his conviction that
the wonderful mare can trot in 2:O7
under favorable circumstances, and
Mr.. Bonner declares that it will not
surprise him to see heprediction veri.
fled.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23
YOUTH.

oh! strange inconsequence Of youth,
When days were lived from hand to mouth
And thought ran round an empty ring
In foolish, sweet imagining.
We handled love in childish fas,ion-
The name alone and not the passion
The world and life were things 8 small,
Our little wit encompassed all!
We took our being as our faith
For granted, drew our easy breath
And rarely stayed to wonder why
We were set here to live and die.
Vague dreams we had, grander Fate
Our lives would mold and dominate.
Till we should stand some far-off day
More godlike than OF mortal clay.
Strong Fate! we meet thee but to find
A soul and all that lies behind,
We lose Youths Paradise and gain
A world of duty and of pain.
The English Illustrated Magazine.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23
Mounting a Dromedary.
From Loring's ga Confederate Soldier

From Loring's ga Confederate Soldier in
Egypt"
This is accomplished as follows A
Bedouin by divers jerks first succeeds in
coaxing or forcing the animal down on
his knees, with snap Like that of a
double -bladed jackknife- While one
holds his head away to keep him from
biting, another ties his fore-Iegs to-
gether, and then to secure them stands
upon them, inviting you to mount and
fix yourself in the execrable saddle. In
the meantime the dromedary is utter
ing the most agonizing cries of distress.
Suddenly the Bedouin looses the strap
and bounds from the animals legs; an
other terrible grunt and YOU discover
that you are on top of this living ma
chine, waiting patiently further develop
ments, with your hands grasping the
horns in front. The animal raises his
forequarters with bound, and this
sticks the front horn into your stomach
while you are pressing upon it to keep
in a horizontal position; that done, up
go the hind quarters with another jerk,
and this time the rear horn sticks you
in the back You are only too glad to
get the rear punch in token of thecom-
plete business While the animal was
opening his hinges I was thoroughly
impressed with the dizziness of several
hundred feet. It is best not to strike
these beasts too much, for if beaten
they are certain to stand still and de-
iberately turn their long necks and try
to bite piece out of yourlegs 1t then
becomes necessary to stick to them, in
order to avoid their fury, until, by gen
tie pathng, they are made to move on
amicably again. Their walk is rough,
but they trot with comparative case,
carrying the head up and tail straight
in the air, and looking very gay as they
rapidly move along. With your sack
of water and leather thong they can,
without much Inconvenience, travel
from SO to so miles day. But in MAX
ing this swift passage through the
heated air, reflected from the burning
sands, you are literally roasted, and
this rubbing and twisting your loins
and calling your hands in the effort to
hold on, makes dromedary riding
painful operation to those not accus-
toned to it.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23

Il Three hundred Mormons arrived by
steamship in New York. The heconverts
came from Germany, Scandinavia and
England. All paid their passage and
brought money with them. Several OF
the women were very good looking
They were informed that they were free
ito. leave the party, but only one of
them, an English widow, remained in
New York, all the rest going to Salt
Lake City.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23

The battle of North Point, of the
war of 1912, has been celebrated for
many years at Baltimore, by the sur
svivors, who have annually sat down
sto.a sumptnous feast, afterwards re-
freshing their memories by song and
story, of the incidents of the affair.
There are still five survivors, but this
year only one-was able to be present,
James R. Murfred, aged 80, and he, as
sembling himself at the accustomed
place, deveured the dinner in solitude,
after which he. participated in local
celebration of The event which it is in
tended to perpetuate.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23

Mr. Edward Atkinson O. Boston
statistician has discovered that the
average American citizen spends so
per cent. ofhis income for food, leav-
ing only 40 per cent. Torrent, clothing,
sickness and all other expenses. His
idea is, that the cost of food is dispro-
portionate and should be curtailed.
1t may be doubted whether his figures
are correct. If he had said food and
drink, and had included tocacco in it's
various forms there would be no
question: q s regards the sixty per cent.
Z, or even o larger proportion.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23

One of the most remarkablefeatur
of the late Minnesota State Fair was
the good order that prevailed. On
days when there We're twenty-five to
thirty thousand people present there
was not a single alteration or angry
word, or a single complaint of rude
ness. AS parson Jasper says, 'sthe
world do move"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23

Taking the country as whole, ,1,,72s
colored people die out of every 1oo,-
600, while the proportion of white
men is only 1, 1,474 in the same number.
This shows prevailing lack of endur-
ance on the part. of the blacks, but
this is more than made up by their fe-
cundity, especiallysinz the southern
states where the climate is mild.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23

Emory A. Storrs, the notable Chicago
lawyer, who recently died, did not
have sufficient property to pay his
funeral expenses notwithstanding his
large practice and large fees-and his
family would be penniless but for the
generosity of friends. His manners
were easy, his life free, his comrade-
ships genial and rattling, and the result
unfortunate. ...
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23

One thing to the credit of Kansas
City is that she is the only city in this
country of 100000 population that has
no professional base ball club. The
grown people of this metropolis are too
busy to sit in the sun and listen to eigh-
teen men quarreling with an umpire
Kansas City journal.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23

81 Every person living in a period OF
which, he can say, ''all of which saw
and part of which 1 was" must be
amazed on reading a great deal of the
stuff written OF that period by a later
generation, and finds no difficulty in
the way of fully crediting the remark
of a writer that ''history is madeup
of falsehoods agreed upon as facts.'
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23

tigators seem to have confirmed tae
discovery.
Later experiments show that the
lungs of animals which have died of
pleuro-pneumonia contain the same
parasites in large numbers, and that
the disease is necessarily the same with
pneumonia in man.-Youth's Compan-
ion
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23

e The New Jersey legislature of 1884
passed a bill forbid ding the sale of Gig
arettes to minors under the age of 1e.
The penalty for such selling was fixed
at $50 for every offense. The object
OF the measure was to stop the exces-
ssiye use of them by boys. 1t is now a
year and half since the bill received
the governors approval, but not one
case OF the carrying out Of. the law has
beenreported . Ithas beenpractically
a dead letter eyer since its passage, as
it ought to be and will be wherever
enacted. Such laws are not ex
aetly "sumptuary laws" such as
are prohibited by Reconstruction, but
they are not very df ssiInilar, and can
not be executed. If the use of cigar
cites may be prohibited to minors,
why not tobacco in any form, the ex-
cessiveuse Of confectionery, coffee and
many other things that are not bene-
fetal to youth or. "eEen children of larg-
er growth" :. :
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23

The Corner Stone, Masonic organ,
saws that Sir Moses Montefore was
ttthe foremost brother and most
ardent advancer of the craft -
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-23

A letter from S. NJ Blake, of Bellows
Falls, VT, the veteran astronomical
student, makes claim to the priority
in the discovery of the new "Star of
the East, = which has, lately excited SO
much interest, and also makes par
tial and plausible Identification of it
with the Star of Bethlehem. Mr.. Blake
had been scanning the heavens for
some time, expecting to find this star,
which was first seen as Harvard Uni
versity. Mr., Blake found it few days
later. Heexpects this star to become
a conspicuous object in the heavens in
the course of year from now, equal
ing the planet Jupiter in brightness,
and then, after little, begin to wane,
and after two or three years become
loststo view, not to be seen again for
another long period Of 314 years.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-03-27
Cattle Expectation.

An extensive English cattle dealer,
who has just been making a business
tour Of Canada, says the exporters
have made a mistake in paving such
high rates for stock as they have done
of late years. In order to meet the
present prices in England, prime cattle
should be bought at no higher than {
cents pound. Freight should also be
proportionately lower He thinks the
exporters have discovered their mis-.
take, as he finds that instead of large
numbers Of cattle being already bought
for shipment, as was the case year
ago, he doubts whether 100 have been
taken this season. He is of opinion
that exporters will not be lie to buy
their sheep sufficiently low TO meet the
prices in England. Owing to the very
heavy supplies of New Zealand mutton
10000 to 80 900 prime carcasses com.
ing on every ship, prices are now
lower than they have been IN many
years pastl- Toronto Mail
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-03-27
Hair and Bodily Strength.

Abundant hair is not a sign Of bodily
or mental strength, the story OF Samson
having given rise to the notion that
hairy men are strong physically, while
the fact is that the Chinese, who are
the most enduring of all races, are
nearly bald; and as to the supposition
that long and thick hair is a sign or
token ofintellcctuality all antiquity, all
Warehouses, all common observation,
arc against it. The easily wheedled
Esau was hairy; the mighty Caesar was
bald. Long-haircd men are generally
weak and fanatical, ard men with scant
hair are the philosophers, and soldiers,
and statesmen of the world Brook
lyn Eagle.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-03-27
Life in British Columbia.

An American visiting Victoria, b
c., writes: "Ihe people up here take
life very easy, and most emphatically
are not in the habit Of rising before
dawn and working away hammer and
tongs till midnight. Such an action
would at once stamp you as a crank or
an American. Here the merchant
strolls down to his business a out Q
O'Clock, and gets fairly under way by
10. At noon he takes an hour, or an
hour and half, for lunch, and then
struggles through the afternoon till 4
or 6 O'Clock, when he shuts up and
goes home to his dinner, and does not
open shop again till next morning.
When the stranger within his gates
demonstrates at this method, he is
reminded, with true British courtesy,
that the Victorians just live as long,
digest their food better, and enjoy far
more pleasure, than the American, who
is slave to his counting.house and an
anxious student of his ledger
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-03-27
Habits of the Soudanese.

Miss Sartoris, in her book on the
Soudan and Egypt, say: Every VIII
lagc has its pigeon houses, looking like
great mud cones, and in the evening
the owpcrs go out and call them in.
But when a man wants to get hold Of
extra pigeons, instead of calling them
he frightens the pigeons away. They
do not understand this, keep circling
above, and swoop down now and then
toward their houses. Other pigeons,
seeing this commotion. join them, and
as soon as the man secs there are
enough he hides. The whole Of the
birds, old and new, then 60 into the
house, and the man returning shuts
them in. This would be fine bust
ness if it were not that all Of them do
the same thing, and, therefore, each
gets caught in his turn. They know
this perfectly well, but no Egyptian
fel'ah could resist the temptation e
cl> a.ing his neighbor."
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-03-27

Piles are frequently preceded by a
sense of weight in the back, loins and
lower part of the abdomen, causing the
of the Kidneys or neighbOring organs.
At times, symptoms of Indigestion are
present, as flatuency, uneasiness Of the
stomach. etc. A moisture, like perspira-
tion, producinga very disagreea0le Itch
ing. after getting warm, Is II very COM
mon attendant. Blind, Bleeding and
Itching Piles yield at once to the appli-
cation of DIR. Bosanko's Pile Remedy.
which acts directly upon the parts af-
fected, aborbing the Tumors. allaying
the intense Itching and efecting a per-
manent cure. Price, 80 cents. Address,
The DIR. Bosanko Medicine Co., Piqua,
o. sold by G. Schasse Il Co., James
Clavin, Ragland Il Co..
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-03-27
How to Make Koumiss.

"Koumiss," which many visitors to
the Healtheries found so refreshing,
can be made in the following way Fill
a quart bottle to the neck with pure
milk; add two tablespoonfuls of white
sugar, after dissolving it in a little
water over a hot fire. then add a small
quantity of compressed yeast. Tie the
cork up well and shake the mixture
thoroughly, then place it in a room at
a temperature of 500 to 900 Fair.
for six hours, and finally cool in ice
over night The koumiss will be found
cool and refreshing in the morning. 1t
is necessary for the success Of the
attempt that the milk and yeast be
pure and fresh, and the bottle sound.
The bottle should be opened with care
on account Of the efervescence, and if
the liquid is seen to be curded should
not be drunk, as this indicates that the
fermentation has been overdone. 49,
Casselps Magazine.