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Year: 1879

II two persons ars to occupy bedroom
during a night, let them step upon weigh
ing scales as they retire and then again ia
the morning, aud they win find their &c.
tual weight is at least pound less in the
morning. Frequently there will be loss
Of two or more pounds, and the average
loss throughout the year win be more than
one pound-that is, during the night there
is loss Of pound Of matter which has
gone of from their bodies, partly from the
lungs aud partly through the pores Of the
skin, The escaped material is carbonic
acid and decayed animal matter Of poison
Gus oxhalations. This is diffused through
the air in part, and in part absorbed by the
bed clothes lf a single ounce Of wool or
cotton be burned in a room, il will SO com.
pletely saturate the air with smoke that
one can hardly breathe, though there can
only DO an ounce Of foreign matter 10 the
air. Il an ounce Of cotton be burned
every halfhour during the night, the air
viii be kept continually saturated with the
smoke unless there be an open door or
window for il to escape. Now the sixteen
ounces OF smoke thus formed is far less
poisonous than the sixteen ounces Of ex-
halation from the lungs aud bodies Of the
twe persons who have lost pound ia
weight during the eight hours Of sleeping,
ioF while the dry smoke is mainly taken
INTO the lungs, the damp odors from the
body are absorbed into the lungs and into
the pores Of the whole body. Need more
DO said to show the importance Of having
bedrooms well ventilated, and thoroughly
airing the sheets, coyeFlels and mrttresaes
y she morning, before packing them up
IN the fdrm Of a neatly made bed.
Year: 1879

In the Patent Office at Washington
there are many objects Of interest connec.
ted with the Government and those who
administered its affairs in times gone by.
While examining some Of those objects Of
curiosity nothing struck us so forcibly as
the samples of small locks Of hair, taken
from the heads Of different Chief Magis-
trates, from Washington down TO Presi.
dent Pierce, secured in frame covered
with glass. Here is, 10 fact, a part and
parcel of what constituted the living bodies
of those ilustrious individuals whose names
are as familiar as household words, but
who now live only in history and the re-
membranoe of the past.


The hair Of Washington Is nearly pure
white, fne and smooth in its appearance.


That Of John Adams is nearly the same
in color, though perhaps little coarser


The hair of Jefferson is of different
character, being a mixture Of white and
auburn, or sandy brown, and rather
coarse. In his youth Mr. jefferson 5 hair
was remarkable for its bright color.


The hair Of Madison is coarse and Of a
mixed white and dark.


The hair of Monroe is of handsome
dark auburn, smooth and free from any
mixture. He is the only Ex- President,
excepting Pierce, whose hair has under
gone no change in color.


The hair of John Quincy Adams is
somewhat peculiar, being coarse aud of a
yellowish gray in color,


The hair Of General jackson is almost
perfect white, but coarse in its character,
as might be supposed by those who have
examined the portraits Of the old hero.


The hair of Van Buren is white aud
smooth in appearance.


The hair of General Harrison is a fine
white with slight mixture Of black.


The hair of John Tyler is a mixture Of
white and brown.


The hair of james X. Polk is almost a
pure white.


The hair Of General Taylor is white,
with a slight mixture Of brown.


The hair of Millard Fillmore Is, on the
other hand, brown with slight mixture
Of white.


The hair Of Franklin Pierce is dark
brown, Of which he had a plentiful crop


1t is somewhat remarkable, however,
that since Pierce's time no one has thought
Of preserving the hair Of his successors.
There are vacancies in the case; but there
is no hair either Of Buchanan, Lincoln,
johnson or Grant, for the inspection Of
futurity.--Nesc York Telegram.
Year: 1879

A REMEDY FOR NEURALGIA. The
Paris correspondent of Boston Courier,
referring to his recovery from dangerous
illness, says 81 mention this illness that
| may tell you how easily was cured. l
was bent double. | could not breathe,
My physician ordered me to take fat,
iron and heat il as hot as l could bear.
put double fold Of flannel on the painful
part, aud move the iron to and fro on The
flannel. was cured as if by enchant-
ment. My doctor told me that some time
sinee professor in one Of our colleges,
after suffering some time with neuralgia
Ia the head, which he himself had tried to
cure, sent for the former, who prescribed
a hot Aat-iron. The next time ihe doctor
saw the professor the latter exclaimed: ~
had no sooner applied the heated iron 10
my head than instantly al pain had raps
ished
Year: 1879

If any one receives or sees or
hears of a U. z. circular being dis
tributed in any precinct next FRI
day or Friday night, make no delay
in carrying the information and the
circular, on the fleetest horse you
can find, to both the printing
offices in Columbus, and whatever
the time OF night, rouse the printing
force so that the editor may write
and the compositors set up and the
pressmsn strike off counter circulars
by the thousand for immediate dis
tribution. These things take time,
and under such circumstances you
can not act too quickly. The prompt
action of one man may win us the
contest.
Year: 1879




The vote upon which the law
says a proposition such as is now
before the citizens of Platte county,
shall be declared carried, is a two
thirds vote, not of all the voters of
the county Gas some believe) but of
those voting at the election, for in
stance suppose there are 400 voters
in the county and but 1900 of them
attend the polls and cast their bal
lots. 1t would take 800 of these to
carry the proposition 40l votes, out
of 200, against the bonds, would
defeat the proposition. Challenge
every man of whom there is any
doubt. 1t has been suggested that
every such one be put under oath so
that he can be summarily prosecuted
if it should turn out that he had cast
an illegal vote. The people, in this
contest against strong railroad
corporation, deserve at least fair,
free ballot.
Year: 1879

DO you suppose that if there
was just one business house of each
line of goods in Columbus, that you
could buy so cheap as you now do {?
Certainly not. If competition does
so much for you in this direction,
why will not the general principle
hold good with reference to trans
portation companies Answer this
question fairly and squarely to your
con science and your pocket before
you say 81 want no other railroad
than the u. p"
Year: 1879

"A very fair estimate of your
grain per bushel OH wheat sold at
Columbus or Jackson, if you vote
for the A. & N. bonds and they
carry, is five cents a bushel, above
what you now get. You can figure
for yourself how much you would
make on this one item, saying moth
ing of So or more on every ton of
coal, and Sc or more on every thous-
and feet of lumber.
Year: 1879

Having secured The services of a
first class Carriage Painter | am
ready to do all kinds of work in the
painting line, and would respectful
ly solicit the patronage of the peo-
pie of Columbus, and surrounding
country.
Year: 1879

IF Gen. Grant accepts all the invita-
tions that are now being rained in
upon him, he certainly will never
again be President. It would take
him all the rest Of his life to fulfill his
engagements.
Year: 1879




Andy Tangen, of Painted Woods, near
Bismarck, Dakota, has Invented ian in
genious and convenient arrangement of
machinery in the language Of the scien-
tifc American, "for propeNing vessel by
foot power" The hull of the boat is of
the usual construction, having a long and
tapering propeller screw whose shaft ex-
tends forward and receives it's motion from
a transverse shaft placed amidships and
having foot cranks arranged Numerically
opposite In front of the shaft there is q
frame which supports both the steering
apparatus and the seat of the operator.
The propeller shaft is made in sections
that it may be heightened or shortened,
and the propelling and steering ma
chinery is fixed to q single frame that
may be moved backward or forward as
the loading of the boat may require. The
tiller ropes extend along the gunwale
through suitable guides and are attached
to the tiller. The rudder is partly sup
ported by the screw shaft. This is said to
be the only screw that will work to adj
vantage against a strong current The
screw is small, about half the ordinary
size, and its velocity is thereby increased.
Its inventor claims that it will make rail
road speed in still water. The inventor OF
this whip saw arrangement, for moving
the screw of a vessel, resides near Bis
marck and has associated with him John
Sutherland and Lewis johnson under the
firm name Of Tangen, Satter!and q Co.
for it's manufacture. f@i
Year: 1879

Wednesday morning Martin Kelly, who
runs the water works at the river, was
tossed forty feet into the river. The frame
work being interviewed by a rapid rise
gave way, and fell with the bank into the
river. Kelly found himself tloundering
in the river with the wood work in easy
reach. On to the floating timbers he
climbed and sailed down the river two or
three miles before he could effect land
ing. He was wet but not hurt, thanks to
the substantial character of the scatord-
ing on which he was at work.
Year: 1879

most beneficial to the people in the history of the state of New York. All these facts are forgotten and ig- nored and because majority of his countrymen desire him for the high est station, to which he was elected and only prevented from holding of fee by conspiracy and fraud, he is made the target for vile partisans and tsaducers. There is something in the picture of this mature and H. lustrious statesman, at the summit of an honorable and useful career, per sistently assailed on all sides, made the victim of the greatest fraud in history and followed in his every movement by hooting mob of pet ty critics, always stern, resolute and unreplying undertaking from lis chosen path. thnt is at once inspir- ing and melancholy.-inspiring as an exhibition of strong manhood and heroic endurance and self restraint, and melancholy because 1t is impos- sible to seperate from the spectacle of his assailants a sad reflector on the tendencies of party spirit in our country. Harriet Martinean said she could not look hopefully on the future Of the American republic, be- cause the mass of the people were below thelr institutions, and if there is anything that could realize the gloomy criticism It is such wicked intensification of party spirit as is exhibited in the attacks on Mir. Til den. Separate political antagonisms from patriotism and they become simple agents of national debase ment. Their fruit is public passion violent, sinister, menacing, as reck- less of public interests as an angry man is of decorum. When 8 man runs for office he may expect to be abused, but in this case we have a systematic misrepresentation exten- ding over years and aimed to destroy possible candidate because of his availability. Such thing Is na- tioLal disgrace and illustrates the animus of 8 party whose only bond of cohesion is lust for office and which would willingly surrender the fame and honor or their country to secure a transient success.-StLouis Republican.
Year: 1879

Gen. Garfield says that the nomi- nation of Gen. Grant depends upon the contingency of whether or not the democras by their behavior in congress next winter will "show 8 determined purpose to count in a democratic presidentm If they ex, hibit no such disposition, but on the other hand show q disposition to allow the republicans to "count in 8 republican president" without any resistence, then almost anybody will do for a candidate; but if it is going to require fight to repeat the fraud of 1876, then they will want Grant, because of his well. known fighting qualitiesl This is cool, to say the least of it--Gazctte.
Year: 1879

Let the Democracy in other States take warning by California The attempt to make the fnancia issue the main point in the campaign there has cost us two Congressmer at least. Let democrats be united and leave this miserable greenbacb doctrine alone until we have accom- plished the great work of redeemine the government from radical rule.
Year: 1879

Christian X. Ross has written letter
to a lady in Charleston, S. c., in rela-
tion to his lost hoy, the 'News aud
Courier" printing the entire letter.
Mr.. Ross says that his wife is now very
much prostrated. His last trip to South
Carolina "seems to have disappointed
her more than any for long tins or
possibly it was the last feather added
to the previous burden that Frustrated
her. 1t seems she had built great hopes
OF favorable result from it; why, |
cannot say, as told her before leaving
that regarded it as only a possible
chance; but on my return, after telling
her the result, she manifested more
disappointment than had noticed ia =


long time and soon took to her bed with
nervous prostration. may say here
that the newspaper report of my object
in going TO North Carolina is not cor
rect. did not 60 to see child there,
but to Investigate matter remotely
connected in the place to which went.
The mgtter is undergoing investigation,
and cannot tell what may be the final
rpsultn
Year: 1879

willingly induced the procession
to take; and yet, being a man
who could enjoy a joke even on
the most solemn occasions, he Of
ten related, with merry twinkle
in his eye, the extreme ludicrous-
ness of the scene when the hearse
and moarners came in sight as
he was waiting at the cemetery,
each driver urging his horse to


his utmost speed, as though they


were on the last quarter in an


English hurdle race. It's need


less to add that ever afterward


Ned was driven with a safety


rem. 9'i5 ssi it9s.A Fa1- got ~
Year: 1879




Looking back our good man
found to- his dismay that the ex-
ample set byNed had been follow
ed ytthe balance of the eortege.
He redoubled his efforts to stop,
but Ned only took the bit more
firmly in his mouth and fairly
lifted the driver off his seat.
Finding it. no use, he resignedly
gave Ned his own way, and con-
fined himself to keeping the car
riage in the roadway; and prob
ably no corpse was ever hustled
over the stones tos burial faster
than were the last remains Of this
staid citizen of old Orange.


When Ned got to the burial
ground he seemed to recover his
sense of the proprieties Of the
occasion, aud meekly walked up
to the entrance and stopped II


The parsons hands were worn
sore in trying to stop this John
Gilpin race and he had to wait
for nearly half an hour Before
the balance of the party came
up, when the ceremonies were
properly concluded os'r n "a


Although our parson lived so
many years after this, he often
would speak of the modification
which he endured when he saw
the ospeedwhich he had un-
Year: 1879

they were out Of the trap. It was close
graze. As they disappeared in the fol-
;age of the morass shots from the oppo-
site bank were heard, and Col Rush
came down with his Iancers in full array
The game had escaped and Col. Rush
was forced to return without his prize.
When asked, on his way back, by lady,
if he had caught Stuart, his reply was,
the lady informed:


"No, madam. He has gone in at the
back door. only saw bis rear guard as
it passed the swamp"


Such IS q brief account OF the famous
ride around Mcclellan. But for walit. OF
space I might add number of incident
how federal prisoners, as they rolled
from their tumbling mules in mud hole
after mud hole Of the swamp, exclaimed:


GLOW many Chickcnhominies are
there in this internal country" how we
were feasted by the bospitable gentlemen
Of Charles City, and how Stuart, sparing
neither himself or horsefesh, rode all
night to reach Richmond and make his
report to the president that federal flank
was undefendel-a ride III which, look
ing back now, | ean see that I committed
an error in not accepting his invitation
TO accompany him.
Year: 1879

MILKING.


The faster and more gentle a COW is
MIXED, the greater viii be the amount
given. Slow mixers always gradually
dry up COW, and for the reason that if
the milk be not drawn about as fast as it
IS given down it viii subsequently be
withheld, and that withheld, is as mat
ter of course what is known as the strip
pings, in fact, the upper surface of milk
in the udder. Many mixers draw the
milk with a strong downward pull, in
fact, with jerk. This should never be
allowed it irritates the COW, and often
Injuries the bag. Fill the teat and with
q firm pressure of the last three fingers
empty it, drawing slightly on the teat
and udder at the same time so proceed
alternately with each hand until the milk
supply is exhausted. Many mixers get
the habit Of slow milking because steady,
firm, quick milking tires the fingers and
wrists, until by practice the muscles get
used to the work. Until this use comes
naturally the individual should only milk
such number as they can without severe
cramping of the hands what are MIXED
should be MIXED fast, increasing the
number until at last there is no firing
whatever. Five minutes is about the
limit that should be allowed for milking
a COW. There is another thing well
worthy OF being remembered. Cows
should be milked as nearly at given
hour morning and evening as possible,
since undue distention Of the udder is
always injurious.
Year: 1879

\ writer in a Paris journal claims to be
IN position to know that the present
capital of the different Rothschild houses
is at least S500,000,00O, and that they
can control as much more, which may be
considered a pretty penny. Stories OF
Rothschilds will always be told, as they
will about any and everybody though to
be enormously rich. After the interest
q man has in his own money, he seems
to be most interested i'll some other man s
money. Nathan Rothschild is reputed
to have said: cone great reason of our
success is that we know how to hold ouI
tongues" They are as reticent as the
grave touching their business. After
Baron Lionel had been dead week, q
London wag remarked: "The old Bar
on is Just as communicative as ever. y
The time has passed, if it ever was, when
kings had to consult the Rothschilds be-
fore they could go to war, but they are
still stupendous power, and likely to
be for generations. The recollection
that the founder of the house. Meyer
Anselm Che took the name of Rothschild
from the sign of red shield placed over
his small shop in FrankforD entered
Hanover in 17G3 barefoot, with a bundle
of rags on his back, is enough to prevent
any one from dispair. But it is net
every man who has the brain of Meyer
Anselm.
Year: 1879

A dispatch from Green Lake says that
Gen. Bragg, of Fond du Lac, got a bite
from a pickerel, and for some minutes it
was nip and tuck as to whether Bragg
should catch the pickerel, or the pickerel
catch Bragg. Finally the pickerel let go
the hook, and the general went over
board. Then it was not settled, for they
didn't know but it was trick of the
piekerel to get Bragg into the water and
bite him. He got out, and they honest
ly say he made the people at the hotel
believe that it was perspiration on his
clothes. Well, it does make democrat
sweat, this time Of year, and we are will
ing to give the general the benefit of the
perspiration theory.-Peck's Sun.
Year: 1879

4 lawyer to his client his adversary
had removed his suit from one court
into another, 20 whom the client replied:
''Let him remove to the devil if he
pleases; [ am sure my attorney for mon
ey viii follow it,
Year: 1879

We BELIEVE that If everyone would use
Hop Bitters freely, there would be much less
sickness and misery in the world and peo.
pie are fast finding this out, whole families
keeping we'll at trifing cost by its use
We advise all to try it.


IL De 1 Ronhesher V Z
Year: 1879

The vote cast. by the people OF Louisiana
last November forces upon all the conviction


that the voters Of this State demand. at the
names OF their representatives the calling of


a, constitutional convention Immediately.


The nojection OF the proposed amendments to


the constitution submitted to the voters at


the last election clearly shows that nothing
short Of a constitutional convention will an-
Gwer their purposes. Retrenchment and re-
form Is and ever will be the war cry of the
Democracy until this is accomplished to the
entire satisfaction OF the taxpayers of this
State. The judiciary Of our State is the most
expensive and most unsatisfactory ever
known In any State of the Union. The money
now paid to the tax collectors throughout the
state would support and give to the State a
judiciary far mole efficient and satisfactory
Than the one now with which the people are
cursed. The abolition of the office Of tax col
lector, to which the Democracy are saeredIy
pledged for more than two years, was neg
ieeted tieo by the last Legislature. much to the
lsiature did not abolish that useless and
swer. - -


Now, let. the present Legislature do only
tne work imposed upon them by their con-
Year: 1879

We do not share the opinion Of many of our
people that the Legislature will call u con-
adjourn within ten days. We believe three
will be session Of many days, but we do not
agree with tho most eager for a convention
that tho first and most prominent subject
which should DO disposed u ls the question of
convention. We have no sort " doubt that n
convention will be called. But the time-tbat
will be a fruitful source for discussion. The
debates on this question of the time are sure
10 come, end they should come Mt once and
be disposed OF before the Legislature pro-
ceeds to other work.
Year: 1879

On an average, every man, woman and
child ID the United States CONSUMES each
year, about 30 pounds Of cane sugar, and
nearly two gallons Of m0lasscS. besides
maple sugar, honey and other sweets.
Nineteen pounds of pure cane sugar is
actually made up OF, and can be changed
into, eight pounds of charcoal and eleven
pounds Of water. Pure charcoal is made
up of eight pounds of charcoal (carbon)
and ten pounds OF water ANY boy can
demonstrate this roughly by putting a
small quantity Of sugar on piece Of thin
iron oyer hot lamp or Goals, and hold over
it a glass ial bottom up. The sugar will
change to pure charcoal, while the water
will rise up and condense on the inside Of
the jar if it be kept cool, and he will get
from the sugar but coal and water. The
chemist can easily take the nineteen
pounds Of sugar and change it into eight
pounds Of charcoal and eleven pounds Of
pure water, though he has not yet learn
ed how to put the coal and the clements
Of the water together to produce the
sugar. That requires the action Of the
living plant our sugar comes mainly
from the sugar-can grown in the South
ern States (most from Louisiana), and
from the West India Islands. Most OF
the sugar used in Europe, is from the Juice
Of the sugar beet. 1t is similar to our
cane sugar. The raw sugar is refined
chiefly in Northern cities, by dssolving
it. strainng it through cloth, and through
burned bones, after which it is boiled
down until thick enough to crystallizc in
grains. American Agriculturst.
Year: 1879

He LIKED THE STYLE. Not many
months ago a party Of Boston gentlemen
went to Cape Ann on 4 fishing party.
Some Of them got pretty Jolly, one in par
tlcular, who selzing one Of the Goldfish
which they had caught, walked up the
wharf. He soon espied i veteran fisher
man, who was saving wood, and under
the impulse Of the moment, fetched him
4 Whack across the face with the goldfish
In a moment he was sobered The gen
erous impulse of 4 noble heart throbbcd
in his bosom. He felt that he had done a
mean, mgentlemanly act, and he meant
to atone for it then and there Taking
out ten dollar bill, he proftered it to
the veteran, saying, ''Accept this and let
it wipe out any recollections Of the COW
ardly blow | struck YOU, as | did not
mean to do it and am very sorry for it,"


The veteran took the bill, his face beam
ing with mingled astonishment and de-
light, and making q bow, remarked, "Sce
here, stranger, you can wipe me over the
face all day long with q Goldfish, at ten
dollars a lick | don't bear you a mite
Of i'll will, don't | rather like your
style. When are you coming again 2"
And that settled it,