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Year: 1877

The National Live Stock Journal,
in giving direction for the care Of
horses, says: "Auother common fault
in the alimeutation Of horses is the
leading to water just after full feed of
grain. The first effect Of this is to


largely distend the stomach and the
result may be Is serious as if the ma
terial we're mssticatcd grain and saliva.
But should this danger be avoided,
matters are mot necessarily left in =
better state. The sudden and exces.
sive influx Of water is likely to wash
on much of the contents Of the stom.
ach into the intestines before the nitro.
genous principles have been digested,
a fermentation, extrication of gases,
overdistensions, colics, and inilamma-
tions result. Even this is not all.
Tho application of an excess of cold
water on the mucous membrane Of the
stomach and intestines causes vascular
congestion and violent musular con-
traction, 60 that all tend to digestive
disorder Of a dangerous nature. Cop.
ious draughts Of iced water are hurt
ful alike to man and beast. If it must
be taken it should be in small quauti.
ties only and frequently. But drink
of water of moderate temperature, just
after feed Of grain. is full Of peril to
the soliped. Thirst should be all.yed
before the feed is given and if any
water is allowed after, 1t should be
merely a moutbful until the lapse Of
one or two hours time has been had
for gastric digestion. After feed Of
hay there is comparatively little dan
ger. From the excessive salivary ad-
dition to the hay. and the compare.
lively small amount Of its albuminoids,
these are rapidly dissolved out and d.
gested, and the further addition Of
watering is often rather favorable
than otherwise in fastening its pro.
gress into the bowels, where the diges.
ton Of its starch, sugar, fat and other
respiratory elements may be complet-
ed.
Year: 1877

The present Legislature Will, proba.
bic take some action on the School
book question. The bill, at present
under consideration, provides for a
contract with D. d. Merrill for furnish.
ing text books to the Schools of the
State for fifteen years, at about half
the price now paid. It may be good
move. The fifty per cent of is Ger.
tainly are attractive feature, but w
are not poor enough in this part Of the
the State, yet, to regard it as the only
essential feature in School books and,
unless other essentials are carefully
provided for, in the bill it may make
sad havoc in our Schools in less than
6ffaen voare
Year: 1877

Ohio ought to be on the watch for a
real big man TO run on the Democratic
ticket for Governor next Fall. The
Cincinnati Enquirer claims that the
Democrats will carry the State by
twenty thousand majority, and the in.
dicatiOns are that tie Enquirer 10 cor
rect. The Republicans are not dwell
ing together in harmony, while the
Democrats are in fue feather, and
crowdIng their opponents on the silver
question. The Radicals are down on
Hayes, and the Conservative Republi-
cans would much prefer 10 vote with
the Democrats, to voting with those of
his party that are trying TO break down
the President. This huge State
is very close any way, and with the
present advantages it seems 10 US al
most certain thst the Democrats will
win b. 3 rousing majority. This be-
ing the case, the best man the OhiO
Democrats can find in Ohio ought TO
be nominated, for II is very safe TO pre-
dict that the next Democratic candidate
for President will be from the West.
The South is now watching the West
with a view Of joining her on oil the
great questions which are Of mutual in
terest. A twenty thousand Democrat
ic majority In Ohio this Fal, would
send Ohio Presidential stock away
above par.
Year: 1877

superiority, cOnspicuOusness of place
apart from the common herd; that
grandeur of soul and telescope COM
prehensiveness of eye which the rank
and file, the pawns, the vast unknown,
are accustomed TO associate with the
ideal of human greatness. When
Cassius desired To express his envy and
dislike toward the great triumvir, he
said, Upon what meat does this our
| Caesar feed that he is grown so great:"
Cesar, from all accounts, was rather a
spare man, and the allusion TO the style
of board enjoyed by the great conqueror
at that period must, OF course, have
been used in a figurative sense. Julius
was pretty good judge of character.
and when he expressed his partiality
for fat men over lean and.hungry ones.
he doubtless meant TO say that they
were less given to wire-pulling, plot
ting, lying and other political trickery.
Shakspeare's fattest man was certainly
his champion liar, but the prepOnder-
ance of evidence goes TO show that fat





There have been great fat men in the
world, many of them, but it is Il debst-
able question whether they did not
acquire their greatness before beginning
TO increase in adipose tissue. Napoleon
was fat man; so were Fox, Gibbon,
Arkwright. the elder Dumas. and many
others.


In the United States the Supreme
Court has generally bcasted prepond-
erance OF fat men, which may, of course,
be accounted for by the frequency and
length Of the sittings INDUCED in by
that remarkable body. Fat men have
not been uncommon sights in the
United States Senate. Perhaps the fat
test man who has ever graced that
honorable chamber is Senator Davis.
\ writer who has made a study OF the
matter insists that il is about as difficult
for an average $50 FOUNDER 10 become a
great man as for camel to 90 through
the eve of a needle. You may respect
a very TAT man, especially when he has
the upper and YOU the lower berth in 4
Pullman sleeping car or steamboats,
state-rOOm, but il is difficult TO discon-
meet his abdominal Totundity with
certain desire to laugh, and laughter is
the grave of awe. The ideal great man
is tall and massive. of muscular develop
ment and magnificent figure-head- 4
spare little man, like Thad Stevens or
Lord John Russell, has better chance
of being looked up 10 by the multitude
than a fat man little man, medium
sized fat man, or very tall fat man.
On the whole, we rather sympathize
with fat men. To De confidential We
know how it i Ourself. They are un-
able To tie their own shoes with any
comfort. and they cannot well run
away from an infuriated bull or bull
dozer. If they have feelings, which all
TAT persons have, these feelings are
derided. Their only hope upon human
sympathy is laughter. \ fat man who
cannot shake his sides i, a mistake.
Women pat him familiarlv on the cheek,
but avoid him matrimonially. He can
not 90 into solitude and do the romantic.
and who ever heard of fat man COM
hitting suicide: Everybody likes fat
man-''he i gentle. he i kind''-but
few would think of asking him 10 head
great movement or act as principle in
some heroic deed. Fat men have their
mission in the world, but with notable
exceptions. il Is more in the line oil
ioviality than greatness.
Year: 1877

\ question has recently come up for
discussion before the debating society


of the village of Swampville which
interests us. 1t is, ''Can fat man ever
become a great MANI" We have not
had the pleasure of hearing the dis
eussion, but presume that the affirma-
tive must in common deeeney have
waived any rights they might possess
in connection with size or eorporocity.
Greatness was doubtless defined by both
sides to mean intellectual aud moral
Year: 1877

The greatest attribute of 4 Chinese
general Is considered to be his strategy.
He is nothing worth if he fails TO lead
his enemy into making false step.
The hero of the hour on this account
is general who led body Of troops
against a walled city held by the insur-
gents. He besieged them, and in due
course of time they pleaded for terms.
Laudable promises were made by the
dozens, the sine q,d non being they
should lay down their arms. This was
done, when, the generals dispatches
inform us, they were Immediately mas
sacred as fast as it was possible TO do
so, but the leader was put TO death by
the extreme torture" This consisted
in winding a wire very tightly about
the entire head and body TO the feet,
intervals of an inch being left between
each turn. This brought the flesh into
wales which were neatly and quickly
sliced off by keen knives. The scene
ended by decapitating the still living
skeleton.


A very great deal of the evidence in
criminal cases is elected by torture.
unless that given comedies with the
ideas of the magistrate. Ii, under tort
ure, witnesses assert things detrimental
TO the side he proposes to favor, they
remain in agony till they take IL all
back again. When he has got it sil
arranged to suit himself, ten 70 one he
will administer another dose to them
for not telling the truth (r) at once
There is something frightful to the
civilized mind in such abortion of JUS
tice, but even when the verdict is cor
rect and the felon is TO suffer for the
crime committed, the punishments are
20 truly barbarOus you sink your de-
testation for the offense In your pity for
the suffering offender. The sight Of =
human being receiving two hundred or
three hundred blows from a heavy
bamboo, leaving gashes and flesh beaten
to Jelly, and finally helpless cripple
for life, does not tend 10 excite your
love for your fellow-man. kneeling on
chains for many hours, the lash de-
scending at the slightest change Of
posture, pinching the fingers in vices


made of split bamboo; entwining metal
tubes about the body and extremities.
in which boiling fluid is poured, scar
ing the flesh wherever it touches; wear
ing a three feet square, twenty-pound


wooden collar day and night for weeks.
being unable TO reach the mouth with
the hand, and exposed 10 the gaze Of


the passers-by In the locality Of the


offence; placing in cage with the
head secured i'll collar which forms


the roof, the toes just touching the


ground, and left to die by starvation


and strangulation; beheading; sud


cutting iEto ''ten thousand pieces" are


among the usual punishments this


enlightened race. d
No man becomes a saint in his
Year: 1877

We don't wish to say much about it,
but even a skirmish with an editor must
be written up. After reading our article
last week, DIR. Bently came and inter
viewed us. He brought a few friends
along to see him eat us up, with his
hands tied behind him. He did not like
the reading of our last article, and we
don't blame him, for there were a few
sayings in it which were little severe.
But he locked arms with us, and we
waltzed around the room with him to
the tune of high words, and to the in
finite delight of the spectators. His
hands were not tied very tight, either.
There were numerous chairs and other
furniture in the room which were speedily
demolished and put out of the way. The
doctor got frantic and kicked over a two
gallon jug of ink, which of course we
didn't like, because it was new ink, and
besides it spoiled the looks of the floor.
We took the doctor for a sponge and
mopped the ink up as quickly as possible.
That's what made the doctor mad. He
then showed over a chair and we rolled
around for while, and then we began
to feel like fight, and we don't doubt but
what we would have had quarrel very
soon but the doctor suddenly concluded
he didn't care whether we took back
what we said or not, and as there was
not any prospect of our taking it back
right off, he concluded to quit just as we
had got ready to begin. After the whole
affair was over we felt sorry that it had
begun, but as it was none of eur insti-
eating we could not help it.--Rush city
(Ma1n.) Post.
Year: 1877

But for the pluck of a Young and
pretty woman the other morning there
would have been an exciting scene in
local train on one OF our railroads.


The blustery condition of the morning
made people don their clothing with an
unusual degree of alacrity. The young
lady referred to took the train. and
having settled herself in seat COM
menced to review hastily-made toilet.


Feeling something move behind her
she gave an indignant look at the Young
man who occupied the seat with her,
supposing .hat he had placed his hand
upon the ground sacred to the latest
style of bustle. A crawling sensation
quickly convinced her that something
other than human hand was threading
the mysterious mazes of the garments
beneath her red petticoat.


She followed the object with her hand
until it made a semi.circle around her
body, and then seized it. Had the young
Year: 1877

The question as to how far the brain
exercises an influence on the motions of
animals has been engaging scientific men
for years. DR.. Broca was among the
first to investigate the subject; he proved
that when a man was deprived of the
faculty of speech by a stroke of apo
plexy, there invariably existed a lesion
at the very same spot in the brain, viz,
in the anterior region, and on the pos
terror side of the third frontal circum-
volution to the left. Hence the con-
clusion that this was the seat of the
faculty of speech in man, and thus one
was led TO conceive a special place for
every intellectual action. Fritz, Hitzig,
Ferrier, Carville, and Duret, the most
prominent among those who have treated
the question, operate as follows: They
take off part of the skull of dog, then
apply electric wires to different parts of
the brain thus laid bare, and watch the
motions produced. Certain points cause
none, so that it is not the whole brain
that acts on the muscular system, but
only special points. Ferrier operated
on monkeys in the presence of the Lon
don Royal Society. According as he
touched various parts of the cerebrum,
the ape would shake his fist at the pub
lie, raise or stretch leg, or cut faces.
1t was shown that in the monkey the
center of motion of the tongue answered
exactly to that to which the faculty of
speech pertains in man. From all this
it follows that the surgeon may now
know precisely the point of the skull at
which to apply the trepan. Thus, not
long ago, man was brought into the
hospital st. Ansoine. He had received
blow on the left temple, and, on coming
to himself again, could only speak with
difficulty, and then he would call fork
an umbrella, lamp a hat, and so on.
Moreover, his right arm was half par
alyzed. The surgeon at once knew what
he had to do; be applied the trepan to
the proper spot, and hit upon a piece of
bone that compressed the brain. This
splinter was removed, and the patient at
once recovered the use of his right arm.
A few days later his tongue was freed
from all impeachment, and he left the
hospital perfectly cured.-GalignanPs
dTosseo0eg.
Year: 1877

man dared he would have assisted her,
but those striped stockings, that had
just cost seventy-fve cents, were not to
be profaned by a mans rude touch.
Pale as death, the young lady whispered
to him to raise the window quickly.
He did 50, and supposing that she might
have eaten something for her breakfast
that did not agree. with her, instantly
hoped out of the seat. Scarcely had he
done so, when, with her other hand, she
drew forth huge rat and slung him
into the middle of next July. The ami
NAL had probably got into the hustle as
a roosting place in the early hours of
very cold morning.
Year: 1877

der his feet, gravel and dirt slid down, else
all was still; only the river behind moved on
with low but never-ending roar. Some
way up the cliff leaned forward. Left hung
for a long minute by one hand, sought the
way with his loot but could not see. Many
mostly women-turned away, and said he
would not have done this if he had had
mother or father alive. He found footing,
though, began to grope upward again, first
with the hands. then with the feet, slipped,
slid, but caught hold once more. People
who stood below could hear each other draw
the breath. Then arose tall young girl,
who had sat alone on a stone; people said
that she had given her word to Left long ago,
though he was not of the clan and her par
ents would never give their consent. She
stretched up her arms and cried "Leif, Left,
why is this!' All the people turned towards
her; her father stood close by and looked
sharply at her, but she knew him not "Come
down, Left" she cried, ''for it is 1 who love
thee; up there thou hast nothing to Win."
Lett was seen to halt, bat only Tor mo-
ment; then he went on again. His hand was
strong; his foot was sure; for while he
succeeded well; but midway he began to
waver, and halted often. A small stone came
rolling down, and all eyes followed it to the
bottom, for ii struck them as a forebodng.
Some could bear it no longer and went away.
But the tall girl stood still as If planted on
stone, with the hands clasped over her bosom
and the eyes fixed on the rock. Left groped
with the one hand, but slipped. She saw it.
Then he thrust upward the other hand, but
slipped again. ''Leif." she shrieked so it cut
into the rock. "He is falling" the others
cried, and spread out their arms toward
him. Yes, he was falling. Raising the
sand and earth around him, loosening the
gravel and pebbles in his way, he kept falling
and falling, fast and faster, with the grating
and crashing of torrent, until at last it al
ended with the dull thud of the falling of
heavy load of moist earth.


When people who had drawn back from
the place and turned away their faces, looked
around once more, there he lay, one smoth-
cred mass, never to be owned man any
more. The girl dropped down on the stone,
and was carried away by her father.


The young men who had encouraged Left
to the venture were shy now to touch him;
some of them could not even bear to look at
him. Thus the old men had to do what
was to be done, and the Oldest among them,
said: "This is very sad. "But, perhaps" he
added after a while, looking around. cit is
well that something should hang so high that
not everybody can reach it."
Year: 1877

But suddenly the dog sprang up, stared
toward the ledge, wagged his tail, and barked; !;
turned back to Aslang, jumped with his fore
paws into her lap and barked; twisted round
again and barked with frantic restlessness,
while red cap arose above the ledge, and
Tore leaped to her bosom.


There he lay for whole minute. Neither
of them spoke, and when they begun to talk
there was not much wit in what thew said.


But old Junt, when he heard about it, said
a word which was not unwitty. He threw
his fist down ON the table, and thundered
through the room: "There is might in that
boy, and the girl shall be his"
Year: 1877




VINO Was CAsABANCA Owen Casabian-
ca was a native Of Corsica, on which island
be was born, in the year 1888. His father
was Louis Casabianca, a distinguished
French politician and naval commander, and
the friend of Napoleon. He was captain at
this time Of the Orient, one Of the largest
yessels,in the French navy, magnificent ship
of-war, carrying 100 guns and 500 seamen.
of Casabianca' S mother we know little, save
that she was a young and beautiful Corsi-
clan lady, and devotedly attached to her son.
Owen was her only child, a handsome,
manly little fellow, with her beauty in his
flashing eyes and dusky hair. She died
while he was yet quite young, and when
the green sod was placed above her grave,
the boy lett the pleasant valley under the
smiling hills of Corsica to go with his father
and tread the hard deck of war vessel.
Mere child As he was, Casabianca soon grew
to love his fathers dangerous calling, and
became favorite with all on board. lie
was made midshipman, and at the early age
Of ten years participated with his father in
the battle of the Nile. The ship caught fire
during the action. Soon after, Capt.
Casabianca, the father, was wounded by a
musket ball. Not yet disabled, he was struck
in the head some minutes later by splinter,
which laid him upon the deck insensible.
HIS gallant son, unconscious of the chief
tain's doom, still held his post at the bat
tery, where he worked like the hero he was
lie saw the flames raging around him he
saw the ships crew deserting him one by
one, and the boy was urged to flee. With
courage and coolness beyond his years. he
refused to desert his post. Worthy son Of
Louis Basabianca, he fought on, and never
abandoned the Orient till the whole of the
immense vessel was in flames. Then seek
ing refuge on floating mast, he left the
burning ship behind him. But he was too
late. The final catastrophe came like the
judgment doom. With an explosion SO
tremendous that every ship felt it to the bot
tom, the Orient blew up, and from among
the wreck the next morning was picked uI
the dead. mangled body of the young hero,
whose story romance and poetry can not
make more heroic than it was.-Y Youth,
Companion.
Year: 1877

Attack CpOn the Actor Forrester-


Attempt 10 Drive THE Shaugh-


raun" OF the stage.
Denver Tribune. 1Sth.l


Of all the dastardly and cowardly
outrages that have ever been per-
petrated in Denver that enacted at
the Forester Opera House last
night was the worst. Not only was
Mr.. and Mrs. Forester and their
troupe ignominiously insulted, but
a large audience of the very best
people In the city we're offered the
most wanton affront that could be
heaped upon them.


The play Of The Shaughraun was
proceeding smoothly. The audi
ence was in a good humor, and all
seemed to be going as well as could
be wished. 1t had proceeded to
the portion of the third act in
which the "wake" scene is about to
be opened. The audience had
commenced to applaud at some lu-
dicrous appearance, when there
came flying briskly through the air
from the1iar back gallery missile
which fell on the floor with a dull
sound. All looked amazed, but no
one seemed to comprehend the sit.
uation. Soon another missile came,
and then another. "Rotten eggs Y
exclaimed some one, and rotten
eggs it was. There was no longer
any room for doubt, for for a min
ute they fell thick and fast. In an
instant after it was realized what
was transpirng the whole audience
was on its feet. There was no time
for thought. Everybody was as
tonished, consequently in aninstant
all was confusion and disorder The
confusion that reigned at Babel
could not have been worse, consid-
ering the number at the two places.


The most prominent feature of
the whole thing was at first the as
toniShment Of the people. No one
seemed to comprehend the situa.
ton. Some Of the ladies uttered
a faint scream, but most of them
remained, upon the whole, as calm
as did the gentlemen. The cause
Of the excitement did not cease.
The eggs came whizzing through
the air. The curtain, in the mean
time, had been lowered, and the
offensive articles poured against it
without stint. For a while the air
was pretty well filed with the
sinking odor, as the eggs few
through the air and burst. Many
of them fell far short Of their mark
aud lighted in the audience. Not
a lady anywhere near the stage that
did not have her hat and dress be-
spattered with the disgusting fluid.
Many of them we're struck, Con-
soquently when they filed out they
presented a pitiable spectacle
their clothes in a horrible condition
and themselves nervous and down
cast in the extreme; sad COM
ment upon our boasted civilization.
Talk about refinement in Denver
THE occurrences last night Indicate