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Year: 1871

Guardians for DrunkaP6lS.


The General Assembly of Ohio has
enacted as follows


That the Court of Common Pleas
or any Judge thereof, in vacation,
upon satisfactory proof that any per-
son, resident of the county wherein
the application may be made,is incapa-
BILE of taking care Of and preserving
his or her property, by reason of in
temperance or habitual drunkenness,
shall forthwith appoint a guardian of
such person, which guardian shall,
by virtue Of such appointment, be
guardian also of the minor child or
children of his ward, in case no other
be appointed and ali laws relating to
guardians for minors and their wards.
and all laws pointing out the quaIif
cations, duties, rights and liabilities
of such guardians, and their sureties,
in force for the time being, shall be
applicable to guardians contemplated
by this act provided, however, that
in case there shall be no Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas of the county
where such Incorporate persons of
habitual drunkenness may reside, the
Probate Judge of the county may
make such appointment.


SEC. 2. At least FIVE, but not more
than ten days prior to the time when
the application for the appointment
of the guardian authorized by the
foregoing section shall be made, a no.
tice in writing, setting forth the time
and place Of the hearing of the applica-
tion, shall be served upon the person
for whose property such appoint
ment may be sought; and from the
time of the service of such notice
until the hearing, or the day thereof,
as to all persons having notice of such
proceedings, no sale, gift, conveyance
or incumbrance of the property Of
such Incorporate person or habitual
drunkard, shall be valid.


SEC. 3 The Court of CommoR Pleas
may, at a regular or adjourned term
thereof, for the county where the per-
son resides for whose property such
guardian shall have been appointed,
upon reasonable notice to such guardi-
an, and satisfactory proof that the ne
cessity for such guardian no longer ex-
lists, order that the relation of guardi-
an and ward terminate, and the ward
be restored to the full control of his
property as before the appointment
authorized by the first section of this
act.
Year: 1871

The late Congress did some good


work at about the end off career In
killing of proposed steamship subsI-
dies, land grants, etc. All of the former
appear to have been iven the go-by
and only two Of the Iatter-that to the
Southern Pacific, and another to q
branch road in Dakota, received favor
able action. The Southern Pacific
Railroad grant is a sop thrown to the
South, in consideration of the fact that
two roads, for the accommodation Of
Northern commerce, had already been
provided for by Congress. As a meas
ure Of Justice, therefore, it was fitting
that a Southern Pacific Railroad
should be provided for. Besides, it fs
for the benefit of those seeking homes
in the far West that these roads should
be built, as without them there Is no
inducement for any one to go beyond
the present settlements Of Kansas and
Nebraska.
Year: 1871

! Wearing Fine Clothes tOChurCh


An exchange thinks that the wear
ing of fine dresses by church-going la
dies is not so reprehensible a practice
after all. 1t says: "Men and women
in unstained linen, in unstained ap-
parel, in choice personal adornment,
have a sense of dignity and elevation
which those In slovenly garb do not
experience. And it is no particular
sin if this sense of elevation is carried
a little too far. Pride, of course, en-
ters into fine dressing, and many par
ticularly are fond of Haunting their
feathers in other peoples eycsj but a
majority love handsome dressing in
obedience to a sense of refinement-in
consequence of that sense of personal
purity which accompanies the wearing
Of choice apparel--and hence we see
perfect congruity in the well-dressed
crowds that pour through our streets
on Sundays, vending their way to the
place of prayer. And our most fash
iOnable congregations, if exhibiting
little too much ultra elegance, even if
showing Enthusiastically the presence of
pride and vain glory in too large
proportion for the spiritual welfare of
the worshippers, have yet an air of
sobriety, are reverentiaI in manner at
least-conditions that seem to have
been somewhat different in former
times.n
Year: 1871

A FOurteen-year-old girl was Wit
ness in a recent Indiana divorce suit,
and a portion of the evidence was as
follows "Father got mad because
mother starched his stockings. Moth
er picked up the stockings and hit
father on the head with them, and 1t
sounded as though they were sticks Of
wood. Father then stuffed a hot
wheat cake down mothers throat, aud
then mother set the dog on father, and
twisted the dogs tail to make him
bite harder"
Year: 1871

A shoemaker was fitting a customer
with a pair of boots, when the buyer
observed that he had one objection to
them, which was that the sOles were
little too thick. elf that's all" re-
piled the shoemaker, "put on the boots,
and the objection will gradually wear
awav."
Year: 1871

The occurrence of full moons during
the present year is worthy of note.-
There is a full moon in the first week
of each of the first seven months OF
the wear. In July there will be two
full moons one on the I'd and one
on the 3lst. In the remaining five
months the moon will be at the full in
the last day Of each month.
Year: 1871

It appears that the British House Of
Lords will soon free itself from the So
ciety of Bankrupt Peers. Lord Gran
VILE has undertaken to introduce a
measure for that purpose, and it is
clear, according to the London Press,
that the House will sustain it. The
old impunity, therefore, with which a
nobleman could squander his sub
stance, and bring ruin upon others,
will be brought to an end.
Year: 1871

Ex-Governor Cox is the unanimous
choice of the Board of Trustees of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
for President of the Institution. We
have faith now that the Institution
about to be founded will be a credit
to its founders and an honor to the
State. A Board of Trustees that can
do so wise a thing as to elect Cover.
nor Cox to preside over the proposed
College, can not go wrong in deter
mining what shall be the character OF
it. No College or University can be
inferior in grade with this accomplish.
ed scholar at the head of 1t. If the
Board can secure his services for five
thousand dollars per annum, they
should not hesitate & moment about
paying this salary.-[Ohio State Jour
nal.
Year: 1871

The entire front gable end of a
school-house at Cleveland was blown
in recently, reducing that part of the
building to a mass Of ruins. The
school was in session at the time, the
scholars numbering between one and
two hundred. The panic among the
children was fearful, but fortunately
none werekilled, and but two injured.
Year: 1871

We clip the following grumble from
a Spring exchange, thinking it might
with some exceptions, apply to this
section:


Business is dull. There is no use oil
denying it. It is so everywhere.-
The idea ofgOing from one town to an
other to get into more business is like
jumping from the frying pan into the
fire. 1t is dull in Springfield it is
dull in Akron, her "twin," it is dull
in GAINESVILLE ; it is duller in Mans
field ; it is as dull as duIlness itself
evWywhere.


The fact is, people have been over
trading everywhere.


The situation may be improved II
our citizens will refrain from going
abroad to purchase goods. We have
now frst-class dry goods, grocery,
drug, printing and other houses, and
if our people would refrain utterly
from going abroad to purchase, our
home dealers would be well sustained.
Year: 1871

Bats dislike captivity so much that they die under it. Five were turned into roughly-made cage, in which they were fed with flies, for which their ap- petite was something wonderful-in their eagerness, they would snap and bite at one another like so many ravenous CUTS. Cooked meat they could not appreciate, but raw beef was more to their taste ; Q circumstance affording their proprietor great relief, since, by attaching a piece of beef to the inside of their box, he was saved the trouble of catching flies for them, and was able to watch them cater for themselves. The meat proved a source of attraction to divers blue bottle flies, to the intense qualification of the captives, who displayed great uuickness in disposing of these visitors. No sooner did an unwilling bottle come within range than he was struck down by pair of bats wings, the for tunate bat falling instantaneously with all it's membranes expanded, covering over it's victim, and securing him by thrusting its head under. When the head came forth again, the membranes immediately closed, and the poor fly was immediately swallowed, wings and allan operation affording several min utes' enjoyment to the performer. They seemed pretty comfortable in their prison, getting quite lively of an eve ming, and regaling the ears of their own- CT with harsh music of their own more curious than pleasing. But in nineteen days every one of them was dead-nor did second party prove longer-ived. ,...s
Year: 1871

To become fonder of accumulation than of expenditure, is the first step towards wealth. An agriculturist will re- ceive few grains of an improved species of corn, which he will not eat, but will plant them and replant the product from year to year, till his few grains become hundreds of bushels. Money is increas- able by analogous processes, and success is within the power of every man who shall attain to ordinary longevity. If 8 man at the age of twenty years can save Q shilling every working day, and an- nually invest the aggregate at compound legal seven per cent. interest, he will, at the age of seventy, possess $15,OO0. Many men who resort to life insurance can save several times shil- ling daily, and thus accumulate several times the above sum long before the age of seventy. Nearly all large fortunes are the result of such accumulations. Hence the men who amass great fortunes are usually those only who live long. To be in haste to become rich by few great operations is direct road to eventual poverty. We cannot, however, command long life, but we can approxi- mate thereto by commencing early the process of accumulation elongation by extending backward being as effica- cious as an elongation forward. Every hundred expended by man at the age of twenty years, is an expenditure o1 what, at interest, would by compounding it annually, become 15,000, should he live to the age of seventy. This lesson is taught practically by saving banks, and well counteracts the fatal notions of the young, that old age is the period of ac cumulation, and youth the period for ex penditllre.
Year: 1871

was hurrying around the house this morning, doing up my extra Saturday work as quickly as possible, that might sit down with Henry, who was kept home by the violent storm when sud denly heard Henry call me from the sitting room, found him looking as I had never seen him before, and Aunt Minerva rather dbdshed. Henry drew me down on the lounge by his side, and putting his arm around me, said, "Now, Aunt Minerva, please repeat what you, have just said to me-" She tried to speak, but the words refused to come. She was such pictupe of confusion that I felt really sorry for her. At length, finding that she could not or would not "Annie, Aunt Minerva has been telling me that you are so extravagant in your cooking, and some other ways, that you will soon exhaust my means. And this is not the first time that she has complained of you in this underhanded way. I have never replied, thinking, that she would perceive from my manner that I would not attend to such talk i; but the last time it occurred, I resolved that the next time I would call you in directly" And then, turning to Aunt Minerva, he went on: "Whatever fault you have to find with Annie hereafter must be done in her presence. She and I are both young

 and make no professions of perfection. We are faulty, and are together striving against our defects. But have confi- dence in Annie's judgment, and do not think she will go far astray in house. keeping matters. She may feel that I have the most entire trust in her in every respect, and that will never allow any one to even attempt to prejudice me against her'' At this stage of our first domestic storm, Aunt Minerva summon ed courage to say: 'Wel, l must say you are making 8 great fuss about little matter of advice" Henry replied, cit is not little matter of advice the sad dest case I ever knew of arrangement between husband and wife was brought about by just such interference as yours. I knew of it when quite 8 boy, and the circumstances made very deep impress sion upon my mind. The husband and wife were good people, and truly attach ed to each other but the husband had a sister of whom he was very fond, and he, at length gave heed to her jealous whis- perings in regard to his wife. For many years they were unhappy. A time of reconciliation and better understanding came, and the wife had some years of comparative rest and happiness before her death, dimmed to a great extent, however, by the recollection of the un- deserved misery which she had endured for so many years. Annie cannot, of course, expect to spend life free from trials, but, God helping me, she shall never suffer from want of confidence and love in me- This scene has drawn Henry and myself very near to each other and it has made me very sorry for poor, discontented, short-sighte6 Aunt Minerva. of Health.
Year: 1871

An old gentleman Tn Polk county, Missouri, of considerable wealth, was some tune since made the dupe of mis- placed confidence in the following man. ner as related by the Bolivar Free Press i: "A band of Gypsies appeared in the neighborbood, remaining several weeks. A woman belonging to the party made the acquaintance of the old gentleman, and communicated to him the startling intelligence that 8 large amount of treas ure was concealed on his place, and that by obeying her instructions he could secure it. This he agreed to do. She then informed him that he must deposit all his money in 8 certain place. After the lapse of few days the whereabouts of the treasure would be revealed to him. He accordingly deposited the sum of three thousand two hundred dollars in a hiding-place known only to himself and the Gypsy. When several days had passed, she again appeared unto him, stating that her incantations would not work, and assigning as @ reason that he failed to deposit all of his money in the hiding-place, as stipulated. He then added seventy. seven dollars more to the amount, but still the spell which was to lay bare the hidden wealth proved un- successful. He then agreed to let the Gypsy take the package of money into her keeping in order to facilitate her conjurations. She kept it several days, then returned with the entire amount, and they counted it over together. The Gypsy then informed him he must, to complete the charm, secrete the package once more, for period of ten days that he must not, in the meantime, look at or go near it. This was assented to, and the package once more carefully sealed up and committed to hls care. When ten days had expired he proceeded to go to the place of deposit, found the pack age as he had placed it, but upon open ing it was amazed to discover that il contained nothing but scraps of old newspapers. He sought the Gypsy wo' man at her usual haunts, but the entire party had 's folded their tents, like the Arabs, and silently stolen away"
Year: 1871

In the lanyard of Ernest Blersch, 13 dogs, some grown and some half-grown, have been harbored for some time past. Fed upon the offal, which is plentiful and foul in such place, these animals had become fercer than their breed-a cross between the powerful Newfound- land and the brutal bull"-would have made them, red-mouthed, gaunt, and horrible, it is wonder that such pack could have existed in the midst of civ ilized community so long as they did and not have been sooner heard. Willie Blersch, bright seven-year- son of the well-to-do owner of the lanyard, and criminally careless master of the hounds, left his grandtather's and started home ward, intending to call for his father en route. He entered the lanyard unmind- left 1t to the care of its night guardians, the center of the place, and had called for his father, when long, keen fangs were thrust into him from behind, and he was dragged by large dog literally into the loft of one of the sheds, other dogs coming to the assistance of their fellow. At the taste of blood the fierce ness of the huge mongrels caught fire. The boy was dragged again down the steps, and rolled in the filth of the yard until all semb1ance of humanity had left him. Black, bleeding, and dying, he still chung with his face downward to the earth with the energy of despair It was at this moment that the neighbor became aware of what was transpiring. A bold man sprang over the fence to the rescue, but was immediately driven out by the now maddened and terrible dogs. They went in with pitch-forks, and people driving on the avenue stopped and went to the rescue with knives and pistols. It was brief and bloody work. The dogs were slain to the last puppy, but not before a strong man had carried what was left of Willie to his grandfather's. Here he was received by his grand mother, who washed him to the likeness of boy. The flesh had been chawn from his scalp there were great, ugly gashes in his forehead, cheeks, and lips. Great pieces of skin and flesh hung from the back of his head. Ghastly holes, their edges lacerated with tooth-marks, were under his arms legs and other tender parts of his body bore wounds beyond description. And yet he lived. No vital part had been reached. He could even tell brokenly how the attack had begun.
Year: 1871

How THEY MAKE UP.-Somewhere near Louisville there lives husband who was soldier. Both man and wife have fiery tempers which break out about once month in war of words. Then, failing to reduce his wife to subjection in the unequal strife, the soldier shoul- ders his tent, takes frying-pan and provisions, goes to the woods and camps out. Not many days pass before loneli- ness compels the woman to go in search of her lord, who, although he may have been in the doleful dumps before he saw her coming, whistles and sings at her approach, and pretends that the green wood is the place for him, and in 1t he could live for ever. Then the wife bursts into tears and prays him to return. He remains obdurate for a while, but finally succumbs the two then rush into each others arms, then disentangle themselves and rush back home again, he bearing the tent and she the frying pan.
Year: 1871

WATER IN THE DESERT. has been found in the Moiave desert. A hersman observed place where the vege- tation indicated unusual moisture in the ground, and digginga few feet through a hard crust, he came to Q stratum of damp earth, which soon became soft enough to admit of probing with a rake handle, which, on being withdrawn was followed by a stream of water that drove him from the pit. The water rose to the surface and has continued flowing ever since The first flow was as red as blood says the account but the water soon became remarkably pure and cool.
Year: 1871

SUN STROKE. According to a late writer, sun-stroke is due to the action of light upon the brain exerted through the eye, and not, as generally believed, to an elevation of temperature and it is asserted that, if the eye be properly shaded from the glare of the sun, any unusual precaution in the way of pro tecting the head and back of the neck may be dispensed with. .; ...--
Year: 1871

A maid is sitting by brook,

 The sweetest of sweet creatures I pass that way with my good book, Yet can not read nor cease to look Upon her winsome features. Amid the bushes on her cheek

 Her small, white hand reposes: am shepherd, for seek That wilful lamb, with fleece so sleek, Feeding among the roses
Year: 1871

mouse complete in all details, in the rear Of
the freight depot Of the Great Eastern rail-
road in the vicinity of the burnt district.
By tomorrow they will he ready to dis
tribute six thousand gallons of soup daily.
Shanties are being built on open lots in
convenient localities and made az COM
Portable as possible for temporary occupa-
Year: 1871

AN APPEAL FOR TOTAL ABSTINENCE
To the Citizens of Richmond: The under
signed deem 1t their duty at the beginning
of another year very briefly to call the at
tention Of the people of Richmond, and es-
pecialIy those who are communicates OF the
Christian Church, to the claims which the
temperance societies of this city have upon
them. They abuse no one, and would
coerce no one, but only seek by calm argu-
ment and earnest persuasion to make men
sober. They feel that every citizen Wno
has heart to sympathize with his fellows fellows


over the dreadful work which the use OF
ardent spirits a this community nas ssss aopf this
faet is an excuse, If one were necessary,


for for the M persistence and zeal With which
they are daily urging the claims Ias Of sh. sas1r
out further argument or lengthy appeal,
they simply ask, and not obtruslyely, that
every protesting Christian In the city put
the question prayerfully to their con.
sciences whether they are doing their
whole duty In behalf Of their frazier and
Year: 1871

A Doc SToRY-The Rev. H. W. Beecher
tells the following story, and it must, therefore
be true, though we do not vouch for it A
narrow log lay as a bridge over ravine. From
the opposite ends of the log, at the same mo-
ment, there started to cross it big Newfound-
land and a little Italian greyhound. Ofcourse
they met in the middle; of course there was
not room for them to pass; neither could they
go back. The height was a dangerous one for
the greyhound, and to the water at the bottom
he was extremely averse The Newfoundland
could have taken the leap in safety, but evi-
IDENTIFY did not want to. There was fix The
little dog sat down on his launches, stuck his
nose straight up in the air, and howled The
Newfoundland strsl intent, his face solemn
with inward workli2{l;s Presently he gave
as if to say. SITeesti, youugster, and lis
ten. Then there~was silence and seeming
confabulation for second or two. Imme
diately the big dog spread his legs wide apart
like Colossus, bestriding the log on its ex-
treme outer edges, and balancing himself
carefully. The little dog sprang through the
opening like fash. When they reached the
opposite shore the greyhound broke into fran
tic gambols of delight, and the Newfoundland
after his more sedate fashion, expressed great
complacency in his achievements he surely
had right to do.
Year: 1871

CHINESE LABoRERS.-Th Louisiana Sugar
BotUl of a recent date contains a communica-
ton from a planter at Irish Bend, Parish of
St. Mary, who during the last six months has
had twenty-Six Cinnamon at work for him on
his sugar plantation; he infinitely and for
every reason prefers them to negroes. In
November and December last they planted
forty arpents of cane for him, and although at
first they were very awkward wOrkmen yet in
wonderfully short time they improved SO
greatly as to be better than his old hands, who,
with three exceptions, became di3gusted and
ran away at the end of the year. As plough
men the Chinese are admirable, and take good
care Of their beasts never beating or abusing
them. They are intelligent and honest; every
one of them can read and write in their own
language, and so, when pay day comes, if any
of them becomes indebted more than his wages
amount to he merely sends up his book to have


it posted, and all is right. This planter pays
them $l3 for twenty-six days work, retaining
SO until the end of the contract; their ratiOns,
fifteen pounds of pork and fifty pounds Of rice
for thirty days. The labOrers are orderly,
cheerful, and ceanly all of the twenty-six in
two houses, twenty feet wide by forty long and
all their cooking and eating is done in an
adjoining house. If the experience of other
planters shall be similar to that of this cores
pondent the negro's occupation in the South
will soon be gone
Year: 1871

A family in Cincinnati recently buried some
body else's mother by mistake, and suddenly
divested themselves of mourning when it was
announced from the hospital that their own
mother was in fair way to recover.