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Exporiiypnta in Sotting Posts
A Now England former who cut
sotno yellow ok timber in winter
split each log into two box posts,
nml set them the following spring.—
Determined to settle the question' of
tha durability of posts, he mads the
following experiments:
First pair wero placed but end
down, Olio charred, both r ttod oil
tho third year; the upper ends w.ore
thou putin tho ground, and liny
):ißtod Devon years more.
Second pair wore put butt end
down, one salted by boring and
plugging Tho salted post gave out
tho second year, iho uncalled tiic
f;,nrih year. The ends wore then re
versed, and each laslctl about eight
years longer.
Third pair—One wan placed butt
end down, the oilier butt up. the
butt rotted by tho thud year, tho
other the fourth. The ends Wire re
versed, pud the new butt rotted one
year before the other, although the
1 ittcr was set one year sooner.
Fourth pair—These were set. small
cud down and one salted, l'otli rot
ted off the fourth year, and on being
reversed lasted lhur years more.
In drawing conclusions from these
experiment;-, the farmer decided that
charring did no good ami salting a
green post isuse'ess if not injurious.
All tl.c experiments indicated that
posts set reversed last, longest, and
it appeared that seasoned posts last
longer than given, tho seasoned and
small ends in tho first experiment
lasting about twice ns long as tho
green small end's in tho fourth one.
STORM A T SA A DLL'S VILLE.
v On Thursday ev. ning 29th ult..
about three o’clock a ♦cry severe
storm passed ovi r our city accompa
nied with lightning and heavy thun
der, the rain fell in toi rents, ami ihe
lightening.-: flashed v bile vho thunder
lolled and told of damage dune.
Tho Court House was struck in two
places tearing up a few brick and
inciting the tin of the roof where it
sirtick, die huuso'was injured but lit
tle. The Post Master, E. A. Sullivan
and Ed Orr. Esq., were both Se
verely shoched as also was E. S.
Langrcado, E-q., who was just enter
ing the building.
The High School was very b <
damaged. Tbs lightning struck .ho
pinaclo ofthe Bffliry and dcyceudiug
divided into four neper ate and dis
tinct ports tearing through tho build
ing in four places, shivering the posts,
and studding, the window frames and
sash, tho wainscott ing and Iho plas
ter, and killing Choi lie Bailey a small
colored boy of nine years, who was
crocked in a corner with iris little
dog in his arms which ho was trying
to protect from tiio storm. Mrs.
Rowley was stunned, 11. W. Cone,
Esq., was scorched, W. J. Northern
was slightly affected and Rev. J. J.
Hyman was very severely shocked,
others wero more or loss affected.
The Teacher’s Convention Lad boon
in session in the building and ad
journed for dinner and if the storm
bad occurred half an hour later tho
convention would have been called
to order, a large ciowd have been
present and the results would lmvo
been more terrible than they now
arc, — Sandei svillo Herald.
A ROYAL REPARTEE.
It is a common custom to deride
and ridicule old maids, old bachelors
and widowers —wo remember a good
thing told of England’s King William,
which is too good to bo lost to (he
credit of widowers: lie was one day
passing through a village in the
neighborhood of Windsor, when a
woman, dote mined to g'.t a sight of
the King, tin list liornelf close to the
windows of the royal carriage. Hav
ing satisfied her curiosity, she ex
claimed somewhat contemptuously,
though perhaps not with the inten
tion of being overheard- “Is that
the King? why my husband is a
handsomer man than lie.’’ William
stooped towards her, and said, very
“Good woman, don’t, speak
so loud; consider I’m e„ widower.”
In the depth of the sea the water
is still: the heaviest gin f is borno in
silence; tho deepest love flows
through the eyes and touch; the
purest joy is unspeakable.
Short dresses arc all the rago in
Paris. This is glorious nows to the
American women, who have grown
left-handed in tho back from stool*'
iug over to pick up thoir trails.
IF. A. SINGLETON. Ed <£ Prop'r.
VOL 5.
TYING PEI! SONNET.
Tying lira bound mu’- v her chin,
She tied her raven ringlet:. in;
ll.it no.’ alone in tho silken wmrn
Did she catch hot lovely, floating hair;
For. tying her bennet uador her chin,
Kho .led . j on-ja man’s heart within.
They were drolling togotlitv up the hill,
tt here If.o wind comes blowing merry amt
chill;
Amt it Mow the curls n froth some rare,
All over tho haj>v>y, peach-colored face,
Xiil, scolding and iaurhitig she tied them
in,
U.:dor licr beautiful, dimpled , hin.
Oh Western wind, do yon think it was fair
To play r sell tricks v.ith lior floating hair ?
'To madly, gloofully do your b, at
To blew i .in; idu. i the young man’s breast,
Wbcro ;Lie gladly folded licr in,
lie kissed her mouth and diraplo chin.
Ah ! Eilcrly V: cc. yen little thought
An hour ago when yon besought
lids country lass to walk with you,
After the run had dried the dew,
Went perilous danger you’d be in
A a she t: and her bom; , i undez her chin.
Croqueting A itumpus.
They find been married a year.
Like all affectionate husbands, ho
curried her home a Croquet set. His
wife needed exercise, and ditto, hus
band. Tho wickets were set and tho
game begun. After passing through
tho centre wicket, ho used her ball to
help himself through the other wick
ets to tho upper stako. Then iic left
her near the first wicket, and struck
for tho stake, which being but about
eighteen inches distant, made him
over-confident. The ball missed by
about an eighth of an inch.
“I declare,” ho exclaimed in vexa
tion.
Then she, having watched his rap
id progress with clouded face, now
struck for him and a minute later his
ball was spinning through tin-grass to
the other end of the ground. She was
now in position for her wicket, and
passed through it ami the others to
the stake, but missed it. Then he
came up by a well directed blow to
within two inches of the stake. But
site went lor hint again, and when
she got through, she was three wick
ets beyond the stake, and his ball
was at tho other end of the ground,
and bis brow was finely corrugated.
He stepped nervously toward it. It
was quite evident thet ho was quite
unruffled. When his turn ci.me
ho drove back to tiles stake but struck
a wicket, mid rebounded so close to
her that she easily hit him, and
again introduced him through the
wickets he was not for, and then sent
him flying again, ilor success caus
ed her to I ugh, ho hoard it.
“Yott think you aropretty smart,
but I’ll get oven with you,” he said
without sinning.
‘•You’ll have to play better than
you have done,” she pertinently sug
gested.
“I think I knew nc much abont.
croquet as you do,” ho said, etill
w th a straight face.
‘•You don’t play as if you did,”
she retorted.
'•lf you’d let me had tiiat stroke
over, when I waa up to the stake.
You knew I slipped as well as 1 did, ’
he said, growing red in tho face.
“No. I din’iit know any thing about
it,” she replied, taking on a little col
or. **
‘■l say you did.’’
■‘And I say I dind t. But ilyou are
going to play this game, why don’t,
you go ahead ?”
“I’ll pzlr.y when I get ready,” lio
answered, turning whito about the
mouth.
‘‘lf you ain't going to play, you'd
better go into tho house and shut
up,’’ sho suggested, raising her
voice.
“Don’t you talk to me that way,”
he cried, “or I'll make you sorry for
it, you brazzcn-faced liuzzy.”
“Huzzy !” Huzzy!” she screamed—
" Ain’t you ashamod of yourself, you
High Street Methodist, to call your
wife a huzzy ? I’m to be called a
y\. DBMOCnATIC FAMILY NKWSPAP.^R,
BUENA VISTA, MARION COUNTY, GA„ AUGUST 11, 1880.
huzzy, am 1, after working my life
out for you, and s’nving every day
after yon. There,’’sho cried, in a
paryoxism, throwing tho mallet to
the ground, “take your old croquet
and shove it down your thront nud
qhuke yourself to death with it, if yon
want to, you miserable wretch. And
don’t you ever ask me to play with
you again, or I’ll tell you something
yon’l! remember the longest day you
live ! ’
And again bLo bounced into the
house, leaving him standing out there
and rubbing his head in a benumed
sort of a way. But almost immedi
ately after, she thrust her head out
of the window and snapped out —•
‘ You needn’t think you are going
to got any hot buiscuit for your tea
in this hoi.se, young man, and you
can put that in your pipe and smoke
it just as soon as you a mind to.”
AH the neighbors, at a safe dis
tance, were watching with strained
eyes and picked cars, while the near
neighbors enjoyed life intensely from
behind the curtains of tho windows
overlooking the scene of action.
And now, none ol them ever talk of
croquet when this young conple Call.
Loving a Wliolo Family.
I don’t want to make any trouble,
but there is one man in this city who
ought to bo gibbet: ed ! began a blunt
spoken woman of foity-uve as she
stood before the officials of the
Twentieth street station a day or two
ago.
When they inquired for particu
lars she handed out a lettor and
said:
Observe tho envelope. That let
ter is addressed to me. You will see
that the writer calls me his jasamine;
he wants mo to set an early day for
the wedding.
When the captain had finished
reading the letter she was ready with
another, adding:
And this is addressed lonty daugh
ter Luoctia. You will sec that he
calls her his rosy angel, and he says
lie can’t live if site doesn’t marry
him. It’s the same man.
So it was, and his letter was as
tender as spring chicken. 'J hat fin
ished she handed out a third with
tite remark:
“This is directed to my daughter
Ilcllen. It’s the very same man, and
in it he calls her his pansy, and he
rays he dreams of her.
Why, he seemed to love the whole
family, remarked the captain.
Tnat’s just it. Pm a widow with
two daughters, and he was courting
ns al! at once and engaged to us
all at tho same time. Oh 1 what
wretched men there are in this world.
Yc3 indeed. It’s lucky you found
out.
Yen, it is. If I hadn’t ho might
have married the whole caboodle of
us. If Lucretia hadn’t opened one
of my letcers, and if I hadn’t search
ed the girls’ pockols while thoy wore
asleep we’d have thought him an in
nocent lamb.
And don’t you want him arrested ?
No, I guess not, but I want this
matter to go into the papers as a
warning to other women. Just thiuk
of his silting up with mo Sunday
night, and calling each one ot us his
climbing rpso ! Oh ! sir, tho women
ought to know what c a deceiving ani
mal man is!
Yes, he’s pretty tough.
It Ims learned mo a lesson, she paid
as sho was ready to go. The next
man that comes sparking around my
bouse has got to come right out and
say which he’s after. If its the girl’s
I won't say nothing, and if it’s mo
it wo'nt do ’em a bitoi good to slain
things around and twit me of bury
ing two husbands. —Detroit Free
Press.
Why was Goliath very much sur
prised when David slung the stone
at him ? Because such a tiring had
nover entered his head before.
An angry word is easily spoken but
hard to recall, and always bitterly
repented of if spoken to oue we
iovv.
HE KIND TO THE ERRING.
Sponk gently to tho erring—
Yo know not nil the porter
Willi which tho italic temptation ealln
In nomo unguarded hour;
You may not know how camwslly
They straggled, or how Well,
Until the liosir of weakness cenic,
And sadly there tlni> tell.
Speak gently of ihe erring
Oh ! do not than forgot,
However darkly stained by siu,
tie is my brother yet;
Ileir of the self-same horitago,
Child of Hits salf-same Go-f
110 hath hot stetilbled in the path
Thou hast in weakness trod.
Speak kindly to tho erring—
For is it not enough
That inocence and peace aro gone.
Without thy censure rough ?
It surely is a weary lot
That sin-cruslied heart to bear;
And they who share a happier fate
Their chidings well may spare.
Speak kindly of the erring—
Thun rnayest lead him back,
With holy words, and tones of love,
From mis’iy’s thorny track;
Forget not tliou has ofen sixiu’d,
And sinful yet must be;
Deal kindly with the erring one.
Ah Uod hath dealt with thee!
Eemarkablo performances Under
Water.
1 ondon Time*.]
Mr. Fk-uss made his first appear
ance at tho Royal Aquarium, West
minster, last night, in the large tank
built for tho whale and used by the
seals. His remarkable performances
under water was better seen than it
has been elsewltero either during the
few months of the exhibition of his
apparatus at the Polytechnic or at
Brighton. 110 can stay under water
for live hours without an air-tnbe or
any other communication with the*
surface, and tho absence of incum
brance gives him much greater free
dom than any other divers possess.
He can, for instance, lie down and
bend itis body in any position with
out fear ol being lifted or lloated up,
and without sulfering from tho .ob
struct ion of tho long pipe which usu
ally connects the head of a diver
with a boat above, In short, ho
possesses tho principal advantage
which oistiuguishesan animal from a
plant; be- moves perfectly in
dependent instead of being rooted
to one spot. Foreshadowed in the
water, ho presents a curious ap
pearance, with great goggle eyes in
his burnished helmet, a strong water
tight dross and water boots.
The spectators amuse themselves
by throwing pence ior him to pick
up, or by writing messages to Lirn on
card-board, nlwavs under wafer. He
sharpens his pencil under water,
gives and receives signals with a
cord, and is to experiment on the
submarine use of tho telephone. A t
Ryde lie walked for a quarter of a
mile unclor the sea; at Brighton he
went down in fivo fathoms by the
chain pier in rough weather. If ho
could eat under wator, Mr. Ficuss
says he could stay for a longer pe
riod than live hours, which he con
siders as an ordinary limit. Yester
day afternoon he remained two
hours and seven minutes under wa
ter in the Aquarium, and again went
down for hall an hour in tho even
ing. In a short lecture on his appa
ratus which Mr. Fleuss gavo in tho
evening immediately on returning to
the upper air, be stated that his
method is no secret, that it is patent
ed, and that the specifications arc
accordingly published. In every
draught of breath wo draw we take
in a certain amount of oxygen with
four times as much nitrogen. A lit
tle of the nitrogen becomes fixed in
the form of carbonic acid, and the
air thus deteriorated becomes unfit
to breathe. 11, however, tho place
of tho missing oxygen is taken by a
fresh supply, the mixture becomes
again fit for breathing. According
to Mr. Fleuss, ho takes down com
pressed oxygon to supply the place
of that which is breathed, in other
words, he has inventyd a set of anti
lungs, which perform a function pre
cisely tho reverse of that of the
lungs proper.
This was confessedly a rough, pop
ular, hasty and generalized explana
tion. A more scientific account may
be expected from the lecture on tho
subject which Dr. B. W. Richardson,
F. R. S., who is specially qualified
for the investigation by its well
known experiments on ozone, is to
deliver at the Society of Arts. It will
bo remembered that it was to tho
same Society that Professor Tyndall
explained the firemen’s respirator,
which lias since proved in practico so
valuable an instrument in straining
the bad air ut fires before it reaches
tho lungs, and so enabling the fire
men to breathe what air is li ft among
smoko and noxious vapors. Mr.
Ficuss’ method is still more eff> ctual,
because he canies his own supply of
Oxygen with him in a compressed
form, and lias thus boon enable to
breathe in an atmosphere in which
tbero is no appreciable quantity of
air at all. He states that he has
gone through fire-damp (oarburetted
hydrogen) and choke-damp (carbon
ic acid) and could exist in the charg
ed receiver of a gas factory. In the
great helmet and in the Lollows of
his armor there is room for a certain
quantity of air, and Ibis is kept fresh
and constantly renewed by a stream
of oxygon, the pressure of which ho
regulates by a tap a will. To re
fresh himself ho increases the flow
of oxygen, and when ha requiroa a
stimulus diminishes it. Mr. Ficuss
is a young and vigorous man who
has served in the steamboats of tho
Fcninsular and Oriental Company.—
His apparatus is certainly very in
genious and effective, and woll wor
thy of at ention.
SPEARING STURGEON.
With tite exception of the great
Canadian rivers, San Francisco har
bor can boast of a greater variety of
large fi-ffl than any other sheet oi wa‘
ter on the continent. Tho slough in
tiic vicinity of Newark and Alviso, on
on one side of the bay, and San Me
teo and Redwood City, on the other,
abound in sturgeon, but it is only
this year that tho fertile brain ofthe
sportsman ltas devised anew and in
interesting plan of capturing them,
which has raised them to the lovol of
game fish. It is tho most exciting
pastime that the amateur can indulge
in, slaying the sturgeon as he should
bo slain. From now until August
or tho middle of September is the
season for sturgeon. They can bo
found at about half flood on the
weather shcre of the sloughs ami es
tuaries of tho flood in shallow water.
At the mouth of Alviso slough they
can lie in great abundance, tho back
fin out of water, and the difficulty in
this locality is for tho spearman to
to cast his iron without getting into
one. When on the ground the spear
man must direct Ins rowers to pull
along gently—no splashing or talk
ing. When within ten or twelve
feet he launches his weapon, and tho
sturgeon, with one preliminary wal
low, darts away, while tho line fake
after lake spins out oi the tub.—
When the bow oar takes a turn with
die line, the party can give any
steam boat on the bay big odds and
distance it. Sometimes the fish, if
badly liuit, cases up after a mile or
so, and then if the light is all out of
him the lance will put an end to his
troubles. A light axo to cut the line
in case the sturgeon shows an incli
nation to take tho party out the Gold
cu Gate, is a necessary part ol tho
sportsman’s tackcl, but a mile or less
nearly always gives him enough oi it.
Sturgeon weighs from 100 to 300
pounds, and tho stingaroc, a flat fish,
which also runs very large, may bo
killed in this manner.
When you talk to women you must
choose between lying and displeasing
them. There is no middle course un-
I oas you say nothing. Extliango.
ANNUAL SUhSCUIPTJON, 00
A Car.r> of Mot.hor-iu-law-
A handsome-looking young girl,
named Sophia llicharda who was
crying bitterly, appeared in the Es
sex Market po’ice court against It r
husband, Frank, a young man, whom
she chargod with abandonment.
“Oh, Judge,’’ said thj you ig wife,
my husbaud refuses to livo with me.
Oh, what will l do?’’
“What did you do to him ?’ said
Justico OtterbourgV”
“Nothing at all, Judgo. 1 dill not
do anything to.him," said tiio wife.
“What do you to say to the charge,
young mail?" said the court to the
prisoner.
“J.udgo.” said the husband, ‘‘l am
willing to live with my wife. The
whole trouble is this: When we
were married my wifo and I lived
with her parents, Judgo, 1 could
not stand the abuse from her mother,
and I left tho house. I wanted my
wifo to leave with me, but she rclus
cd to leave licr mother.”
“How long have you been mar
ried ?’’ said his Honor.
“About six months,’’ said the hus
band.
“How o!d are yon?” said the
Court.
“1 am twenty years old, and my
wife is eighteen years of ago,’’ said
the prisoner.
“Can you support your wifo ?” said
his Honor.
“Judge, I am a piano-makor, aud
1 earn between sls and S3O a week.
I have hired apartments and fixed
them up with furniture, aud I am
waiting for my wife-’’
“Sho shan’t live with him; I won’t
allow it,” said an excited-looking
woman, with sour-looking features,
as site approached the bar.
“Who are you ?’’ Said Judge Otter
bonrg.
“I am the girl’s mother, that’s
what I am. He shall not livo with
her; that—”
“Stop!” said his Honor; “that
young man has an honest face. I
bohevc you are to blame in this.fNow,
young woman,” said the Court, to
tho young girl, “are you willing to
leave your inothor and live with your
husband ?”
“Yes, sir, lam!'’ sho said, a3 she
brushed away tlio toars from hor
eyes.
“Frank, you aro discharged. Try
to make yuur wife happy, and she
will mako you a good wifo; and,”
said the Court, “if i hat woman over
troubles you, come here and l’il send
her to the Island.” —New York Tel
egram.
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AMENITIES OF TEXAS LIFE,
Mrs. Cannon, wifo of Mr. Will Can
non, of liobinsonvillc neighborhood,
was on her way home from church on
horsaback last Friday evening, when
she felt something stick her in the
face, and, supposing it to boa limb of
a tree, throw up her had to ward it
off. While undressing for bed, after
her arrival at home, she was horrifi
ed to find a rattlcsnako in the sloevo
of her dress. The reptile dropped
out on the floor and was killed. The
lady had not previously felt much in
convenience from the slight abrasion
on her face, but now it commenced
swelling, and became so painhil that
a physician was called in to attend
her. It is supposed that the snake
had taken refuge in the tree, and
that it bit her and transferred itself
to her sleeve as sho rode under it.
When last heard from Mrs. C. was
doing well.—Waco (Tex,) Examin
er, t i
tiThero is a burden of care in get
tng riches —tear in keeping them,
emptation in u.-dDg them, guilt in
abusing them, sorrow in losing them,
and a burden of account at last to be
given up concerning them. And yet
wc never saw the man who was not
willing to bear all these burdens and
take all tho iisks for tho sake of
riches.
SOUTH AMEIiIOAN WAU.
Blowing TJp of tho Chilian Trans
port Loa Victory of tho Poruvl
ans.
Panama, July ‘24—Tho Chilian
t ransport Lon, purchased at the com
mencement ol tho present wur, is tho
steamer which was blown up in Cal
lao bay on tho 3rd inst. The affair
caused great excitement in Lima,
and much glorification among tho
Peruvians. Tho plan adopted was
the following, as related by. a corres
pondent of the Star and Herald: A
Peruvian officer took nn ordinary
fruit bout, put a torpedo in ttie bot
tom and over this put a lalsc bottom
resting on springs kept down- by Iho
weight of the cargo. Ho then load
ed it with a very choice assortment
of eiunatcs, yucas, chirimoyos, gran
udillas, fowls, turkis, green vegeta
bles,etc.,and towing it out towards tho
blockading squadrou before daylight
set it adrift. All day long the launch
floated about, hut tbo Chilians could
not sec it until about 5 o’clock in tho
evening, fearing it would fall into
neutral hands, the boat was sent out
to biing it back. Tho Loa was doing
duty, aud seeing the boat from th&
shore mukiiig towards the neutral
Vessels, caught sight of the launch
aud at once turned towards it. See -
ing this tho boat from ihe shore beat
a hasty retreat. Tho Loa lowered
two boats to fetch m tho prize, and
it was brougbt alongside and was dis
charged at once, As tho weight in
the launch was diminished the ma
chinery in connection with the lorpe
doe was Set free and in a moment 300
pounds of dynamite were exploded.
The Loa was almost lifted out of tho
water. The effect, as described by
those who were watching the opera
tions with breathless interest, from
the shore, was awful in the extreme.
Evory house in Callao was shaken to
its foundation, aud every ship on tho
bay shivered as though a fearful
earthquake had spent its fury beneath
them. The ill-fated ship appeared
as cnvclopod in one mass ol fiamos,
which resolved itself into dense clouds
of black smoke. '.Vhon this cleared
away she seemod to have suffered,
but suddenly she was observed to
sink at tbo stern while tier bows wont
high in air, aud the Loa disappeared
forever.
NO 47
While all this was going on, tho
Blanco, Eucalada and Huasear wore
in their accustomed positions, somo
eight miles distance, too far off to
render any assistance to their unhap
py comrades, or such of tnem as were
loft struggling in the water. There
wero about 40 persons saved, many
of whom are expected to die. At
least 150 men perished. The only
ollicors saved aro the 2nd command
er (wounded), the doctor and the en
gineer. The explosion occurred very
close to the anchorage ot the neutral
squadron and tho disaster might very
easily have happened to one of them*
Tho boat rosemblcd ordinary fruiters
which might have broken adrift and
got out to sea.
The condition of things in Lima
aro daily growing worse. One de
cree follows another in rapid succes
sion, ’ and tho purposo of more than
liinetenth of these appears to be to
divert the attention of the people
from the actual condition of affairs.
In the mean tirno the Chilians aro
recruiting actively, and by the first
of October expect to begin tho siego
of Lima. 13y that lime tuo foreigu
elemout remaining will be greatly re
duced, and but few left as spectators
of the final struggle,
Tho Ilealthy Dismal Swamp.
According to a Virginia Newspa
per, tho Great Dismal swamp is by no
means a dismal place, but rather a
charming uud healthy retreat. It is
not a bog, sunk into tho ground, but,
on the contrary, it is by actual sur*
vey filteen or twority feet above tho
level ground. It is an immense I’csciv
voir that, in its vast sponge-Jiko bulk
gathers tho waters that fall and pours
them into five different rivers. Tho
swamp is entirely of green timber.
Trees that fall, instead of rotliDg
turn into peat. There is nothing to
create miasma; all is fresh and sweet.
The air is pure, and the water, tinct
ured with juniper, is a potont medi
cal drink. Formerly tho planters
sent their slaves into the swamp to
on accouut of its healthiness.—Tel
egraph and Messenger..