The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-09-17

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there Emory was enabled to see the
world as it is in the dime novel. He
spent all his money but enough to
buy an accordion, which he purchased
and with this under his arm he march
ed into the Central Police Station,
and asked to be sent back home, where
it is to be hoped, the fatal dime novel
will be studiously kept beyond his
reach for the future
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While the recent terrible storm at
Washington demonstrated very clear
ly and fully that brick buildings suff-
cred more than frame buildings, there
is an important item to be considered
in connection with this matter, viz;
The brick buildings, as general rule,
especially those constructed in later
years, are built with walls entirely too
thin for safety. To run a large brick
wall up, beginning with nine inches
and tapering down to six, or even four,
then placing a great metal cornice
on top to catch the wind, is not safe
way of constructing buildings, and it
would prove cheaper in the long run,
where brick buildings are being con-
structed, to make them with good,
thick, solid walls. There are count
less death-traps being constructed in
this country-a shell Of hard brick on
the outside, and filled with soft bricks,
rubbish, or any convenient material
on the inside. Such work is not only
expensive in the end, but criminal in
the beginning.
The Democracy of Pike County
have found "a SAVIOR" The regular
candidate for Representative having
withdrawn from the ticket, in disgust,
the party was left in sadly torn up
condition, owing to factional fights,
and local quarrels. Nothing seemed
before the party save inglorious defeat.
But in this extremity the party ap-
pealed, through its managers, to Hon.
Isaac Austill to run for Representa-
tive. That gentleman stoutly refused
to run at first, but on being convinced
that it was the only salvation for his
party, consented to run--''to save his
party" What terrible catastrophe
it would be now, if the party should
not be saved after all. And such a
result is among the possibilities.
We have received the first number
of w. g. Cooper's new Portsmouth
paper 1.-The Free Lance" It has a
bright, pleasant countenance for a
Democrat, and Cooper ought to make
it pay.
There are many manifestations in
this life of the wonderful protection
which is thrown about Gods crea-
lures by Divine care. 1t may be
called luck or chance, or by any other
name. But there are certainly many
miraculous escapes when sudden death
seems inevitable, and escape equally
impossible In the wrecking of build
ings, where scores Of houses are blown
down, and town filled with flying
debris, it seems unaccountable that
people can live and move. Yet from
surroundings where it would seem
that the smallest animal could not
live, men will emerge unscathed.
Yet even these miraculous escapes
from storms are not so strange as
many scenes presented by various
battle-felds. In many instances DUR
ing the late war, the fire Of the con-
tending forces was so terrific that
underbrush would be stripped Of bark,
or moved down in such manner that
it would have seemed strange to see a
bird go through it. Yet men walked
up in the face Of an almost unbroken
hail Of shot, and passed unharmed
through it. True, in many of storm
accidents-in fact in most of them
there is more or less sacrifice of hu-
man life But taking into account
the almost countless dangers that sur
round US, there is evidently an over
ruling Providence which cares for the
children of men.
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Over in Lafayette, Indiana, resides
a preacher by the name Of Samuel
Godfrey, who is a terribly bad fellow,
if his wife tells the truth concerning
him. He according to her
most fearfully abusing
his wife, Julia. He threatened to kill
her, she says, and compelled her to fly
for her life But the most horrible
thing alleged in her grounds for di-
vorce is that one day, despairing Of
mean enough to say, he de-
liberately called her FOSTERING
scab." Now, no man ought to be per-
mitted to call his wife pestering
scab, and live. To denounce her as a
pestering scab, she is liable to "break
out at any moment. This is ter
rible case and the courts are asked to
draw the matter to a head.
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The management of the CONNER
cial Gazette should take the special
correspondent who went to Washing