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THE CUTHBERT APPEAL.
Vol. I,
Outhbert, Georgia, Friday, January 25, 1867.
No. 13.
mnY.
The following lines, by Father
Abraham Hynn, of Knoxville, the author
of the “Conquered Banner/ end tho
t* Sword of Loo, ” will touch every
heart:
LIMB,
Written for the Memorial Attocwtion of
Frederick-tltuy, IV
Gather the acred dual i
Ot the ward ora tried and true;
Who boro the flag of our Nation’* tntrt,
And fell iu the c*w» though Loci, (till Juit,
And died for me and you.
Gather them each and all l
From th*. Private lo th* Chief!
Com* they front hovel or princely hall,
They fell for ua, and for them ahould fall
The lean of a Nation'a grief.
Gather tba corpaea strewn
O'er many a battle-plain,
From many a grave that Ilea *o Iona,
Without a name and without a stone,
Gather tba Southern slsin.
We care not whence they eamc,
Dear la their IlfctfM ehy I
Whether unknown or known to fame.
Their cauae and country stilt thS aama—
They died-and wore the Gray.
Wherever the brave have died
They ahould oat real apart;
Living they struggled aide by aide.
Why ahould the land of Death divide
A tingle heart from heart ?
Gather tholr acattered day,
Wherever It may rest;
Juat M they marched to the bloody fray,
Juat as they fell on the battle-day,
Bury them breast to breast.
Tie foe man need not dread
This gathering of the brave ;
Without sword or Bag, and with soundless tread*
We muster once more our doathlaai dead,
Out ol each louely grave.
The foeman need not frown 5
They are powerlea Oow—
We gather them here and we lay them down,
And tears and prayers are the only crown
Wa bring to wreath each brow.
And the dead Ultra meet the dead,
While the living o’er them wtrp,
And the men whom Lee and Stonewall led,
And the hearts (hat once together bli-d,
Together Atilt - shall sleep.
Knoxville, Dec. Ifltfl.
TWO LITTLE PAIRS OF BOOTS
by airs. a. 0. pjcnnr.
Two little pairs of boots, to-night,
Before the Ore are drying,
Two little pair of tired feet
fn a trundle bed are lying;
The tracks they left upon the floor,
Makes me fj*l much like sighing.
Those little boot* with copper toepl
They ran the livelong dny I
And oftentimes I almost wish
That they were mile* away I
do tired I am to bear so oft
Their heavy tramp at p>y !
They walk about the new-ploughed ground
Where mud In plenty lice
They roll It up in marbles round,
Then bake it Into pics;
And then at night upon the floor
la every shape U drits.
Today, I was disposed to Mold,
But when I look to-night,
AI those little bool* before the Are,
With copper toes so bright,
I think Low ad my heart would be t
To put them out of sight.
For In a trank, ap stairs, I've laid
Two socks of white and blue ;
If called to put those boots away,
0, God! what should 1 do ?
I mourn that there are not to-night
Throe pair Instead of two.
I mourn because I thought how nice
My neighbor, “ eroa the way,"
Could keep her carpet all the year
From getting worn or gray ;
Vet well I know she'd smile to own
tiome little hoot* to day.
Wa mothers weary and get worn
Over our load of care ;
' But bow we speak of those little onos.
Let each of ua beware ;
For what would onr fireside be to-night
If no little boot* were there.
jfipThe work of building a large Iron
ltailroad Bridge across the Capo Fenr
river nt Wilmington, N. C., has been
commenced. It twill bo ooo of tho .long
eat bridgoa in tho South, and be uacd
for tho accommodation of three ruiroad
compnnice. Wendell Bolltnan, th? cele
brated and world-renowned bridge
builder and civil engineer of Baltimore,
is tho builder.
W* Tho Rome Courier uyi: Now is
the time to attend to tho important work
rf transplanting fruit and shade trees.
If yoa desire the greatest and bout luxu
ry this country affords, make provision
to have plenty of tho boat varieties of
w hoJesome fruit. The beet time to trans
plant is os eoon an the leaves fall, but it
will do verv well for a few week vet.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE BLEEDING HEART—A TAL*.
A dark cloud hung over the cedar
valley and a drizzling mint had wutered
profusely the thick grass around tho low
painted cottage that stood high among
tho trees, at tho foot of the hill. But
the window that looked down the nar
row road towards tho village was open,
though it was past the hour of eleven at
night, and Mary Bat pnlo and dqjnctcd
by it, resting her cheek upon her hand,
and looking out upon tho gloomy sky,
and listening with all tho deep and anx
ious expectation of a tender wife, for tho
approach of her absent husband.
De Lnney had not always kept such
hours as this—he was once, fond, affec
tionate, attentive to her every want
and wish, and careful of her happiness
us of his own life—when she married
him, ho wns gay and cheerful, rich and
virtuous, and eho had joiiy6d ber hand in
his with tho bright prOspett of a long
life of connubiul bliss, full beforo her.—
But now his brow wore, .tlm aspect of
deep and settled gloom—ha soemed tq
bo himself no more—somo secret dis
quietude preyed upou bis mind, tho
springs of which lay concealed from tho
view.. Sometimes shs thought ho loved
her ao longer—but tho thought almost
broke ber hour!, and she banished it—
she hoped for tho best, and waited now
his return with all tho pationco of wrong
ed, but silent uurepining aflcction.
As midnight approuched, the streak
cd lightning begun to flush along tho
woodland's nt iatervuls tho deepuna hoi-
low-toued thunder rolled across the wes
tern arch of heaven—tho clouds dropped
ruin in iurger quantities, and tho quiet
of the night yielded to the stormy black
ness of a coming tempest. Bho rose ami
dosed thu window with a heavy sigh.
At that moment a flush, unlike that of
lightning, nt tho edge of the woods, di
rectly down the road, and a,report us of
a pistol, alarmed her; she threw open
tho wir.d'’*v iiguin ; all was silent—then
a fuint voico seemed crying in tho wood;
ehs tunml and thought dm gathered
the sound of “murder’'—but tho thun
der rolled again and again, und tho red
lightning flushed angrily—and a howl
ing wind rose up and moaned most din-
mally along tho forest. Sbo fastened
down tho sash, and throw herself beside
her sleeping infants on tho bed ; clasp
ing them closely to ber bosom, while
her heart boat most violently, and her
whole frame trembled with terror.
A brief space elupsed, and thu hurried
tread ol a horse was coming up the road;
tho gate creaked on its hinges; she
heard Do Luncy’s voice, “wo, wo, Bob,
let inu got of!; this is bad business ; \u
nro both cruzy wo, wo, Bob, you don’t
smell tho blood now ; Lord how tho
ligh'ning flashes; there's blood oh my
arm yet; wo, wo.” Tho horse wus led
away to the stable, she hoard tho door
shut and the key turn, and presently Do
Lnney rapped at the door. She flow to
open it, and her husband entered with a
wild and agitated air, pulo ami besmear
ed with mire and blood.
“In tho name of Heaven,” cried Mary
"what is this
"Only a trifle, woman—Bob threw mo
and my nose bled 0 little.”
61m Tcared to interrogote him further,
for his ruffled and morose humor was
forbidding; sbo pressed him to partake
of tho sapper she had kept ready for
him, and endeavored to soothe by kind
ness and attention tho gloomy mood in
which she found him. lie refused to
cat, however, and after silting with his
hands clenched somo moments on his
forehead, he rose look n heavy draught
ofbraudy, and threw himself on the
bed.
Mary laid down beside him, but not
to sleep, or if a momentary doze came
over her, her waking fancy pictured to
her restless and anxious mind the fever
ish dream of a disordered brain. Bhc
roso ns tho first glimmering cf day broke
upon tho green valley, and walked out
to the spring to bathe her burning brow
in the cool, dean Waters of tho flowing
brook. Bhe hud been (hero but a few
moment*, before two men rode rapidly
up tho road, and entered tho gateway—
she hastened to the house, and they en
tered with her, inquiring for Mr. De
Laury, and seeming in too much haste
to vruit even tho common forms cf civili
ty-
DoLancylay still asleep, and when
they rudely roused him and laid thoir
bands upou him, ho sprung up in a kind
of frenzy.
"What I so eoon ?” cried ho—“Why,
h bo told you I killed him 1”
"It ia^nough,” said one of them, "who
asked you to accuse yourself ? how
oame you to know lie wan killed ? Como
wo must search you.” Do Lnney stood
aghast; in the perturbation of a moment
ho had betrayed himself-—he had been
tuken unpropured ; and as they drew
from bis pooEetH tho rooney-nnd watch
of the murdered man, ho trembled exces
sively.
“Ah, the devil has done for me at
Inst" said he, throwing a wistful glance
dt his two sweet infants an they lay smil
ing In their infant slumbers on the bed
locked in each other’s arms; and then lo
wards bin wife, who, fu an agony of de
spair, at this sudden burst of overwhel
ming misfortune on herself and children,
and of ignominy and shame on him who
was dear lo her as her heart’s blood, vile
and diabooored as ho stood before her
on that fatal m erning, stood pale and
fixed an a cold statue by the l*cdaide.
“I have ruined you all,” said he. "But
he v»hom I slew, first ruined me ; be
thousand dollars from me last
night; I killed him I got my money
back, and now my life in forfeited. Oh,
why wns I linked with this infernal
spirit. Gambling has ruined mo, and
those whose fortunes wero bound up in
mi no forever, oh, Mary, my poor wife ;
my poor dear babes. lie rnvcil and
raved but they hurried him ft'wuv; and
bound his manly arms with a thick cord
and led him between their horses from
his beautiful cottage home.
They had not gono fur beforo they
beard a distracted voico behind them ;
Do Lancy’s wife wns following; her
hair hanging about her Shoulders ; her
feet bare, mid her every feature beto
kening tho very horror of anguish.
"Stay a moment; 0I1 stay !—spouk
to me, George ; oh what will become
of us ? what will become of your poor
wife and children ?”
Tho officers only increased their speed
and Do Lnney went on with his hands
folded, and Ins brow bent in desperate
and silent* despair. Foor Mary, after
following them nioro than two miles,
turned and went buck, crying loudly
und bitterly all tho way.
George’s trial and condemnation fol
lowed speedily, lie plead guilty. Ma
ry went to sue him iu jail, out ho told
her at parting that it would break his
heart to meet her again. This proved
to bo an unnecessary admonition ; she
hud been deserted by all her friends,
amid tho crush of her morning hopes ;
she pined away in her solitary nome,dny
after dny, and wns nt last foudd dead
in tho cottage, with a babo on each arm,
curly one morning, by a pnHser by who
wns attracted to tho house by tho cry
ing of the infants. • Do Lnney novsi
knew ber fate, though he was not exo-
cutcd for almost a month afterwards.
Thus ended tho lifo of a gambler,
niter ruin to himself and family, in
double, and doubly desolating crime.
Bnisr Facts or Human Lirs.—There
arena the earth 1.000,000,000 inhabi
tants, and of these 88.833,11*13 die every
year ; 01,821 every day ; 8,780 overy
hour ; nod 30 every minute, or one every
pcooiid. Those losses are about balanc
ed by an equal uumbor of births. Tho
married arc longer lived than tho sin
gle. Tall men live longer than short
ones. Women have more ehnnoes of
lifo in their favor, previous to being fifty
yours of age, than men, but fewer after-
words. Tho uumbor of marriages in in,
tho proportion of 76 to every 100 individ
uals. Marriages are most frequent
ufter the equinoxes; that is during the
months of Juno nud Decomher. Those
born in tho spring nro generally more ro
bust than others. Births and deaths are
moro freouent by night than by day,
The number of men ia about equal to
that of women. The uverago duration
of lifo is about 88 yours. Of every
100 persons, only one roaches 100
years : ol every 100, only six roach tho
ago of 06, and nyt moro than one in 600
lives to 80 years. The number of lan
guages, spoken iu tho world amounts to
0,061, and there uro more than 1,000
different religions professed.
What Makes a Lad* ?—When Beau
Brumtncl was asked what made the gen
llomnu, liis quick reply was, "Starch,
etcrcb, my lord 1” This muy bo truo,
hut it lakes a grout deal moro lo make a
lady; and, though it may to some seem
singular, I am ready to maintain that no
conceivable quantity of muslin, silk or
satin edging, frilling, hooping, flouncing
or furbeTowing, con per te, or drees mak
er. constitute a real lady. Was not Mrs.
Abbott Lawrence just as much a lady
when attired in a twelve coot calico, in
Boston, ns when arrayed in full court
dress at Bt. James, London.
"As Mrs. Washington wns said to bo
so grand a lady,” says a celebrated Eng
lish visitor, (Mrs. Thorpe,) "wo thought
wo must put on our best bibs and bands;
so wo dressed ourselves in our most ele
gant ruffles and silk, and were introduc
ed to her ladyship ; and don’t you think
we found her knitting, and with her
check apron otj! B’uo received us very
graciously and easily, hut after tho com
pliments were ovur she resumed her knit
ting There wo wero without u stitch of
work and sitting in state; but Oeneral
Washington’s lady, with her own hands,
was knitting stockings for her husband."
Docs not that sweet republican simplici
ty command your admirutioo ?
Benefit or Advertising.—Many per
sons liuvo doubtless often ankod the mean
ing of tho hyeroglypliicson Drake’s Plant
ation Bitters—"S. T. 1800—X.” They
mean only this and nothing moro—"Star
ted Trade—1800—X dollars capital ”
This is an nctual fact, as stated by tho
inventor of tho Bitters, who has recently
sold out his right for 870,000 In the
meantimo during tho six years they have
been in tho market, by constant, persist
ent and liberal advertising ho has made
a princely fortune.
"Let Her Flow.”—A cotempornry,
from tho Rappuhannock region gets off
the following, which shows tbut he has
no poetry in his soul:
A poet, whose effusions, published in
tho Richmond Enquirer some time since,
is addressed "To Ibo Rappahannock
and in most supplicating strains beseech
es thut stream to "flow on I” The peo-
>!e doubtless feared a frerzo during tho
ate coId taetp; but it is to be hoped the
appeal will not be in vain, nod that the
“brigtit river,” whose banks are fringed
with woodlands, will contiuue to "git up
and git.”
FEMALE 1DUCATI0N.
To decide whether n female is to be an
implement of use, or an artiolo of orna
ment in society, is necessary beforo judg
ment can be pronounced upon tho manner
of education Hint is meted outtolhe girls
If alio is a more ornament in society—if
she has no mission beyond tho attraction
und fascination of a host of shallow-
lirainud individuals, ns hollow ns herself,
then bad French und Germun, dubious
poodles on perforated board, musio lees
thrumming on tho piano, Hentimentnl
weeping over the “Sorrow oof Wert her"
mnkes'n very good sum total for her ed
ucation. To enable n woman to "shine”
in society she must bnvo a spattering of
French, some German thut would bo "all
Dutch” to thu Hollanders, she must quote
poutry beautifully, nnd learn tho names
of a few of tho constellations that she may
point them out to her lover during moon
light walks. She swims iu thu shallow
waters of learning liko n sou-fish in n
shallow Btrenm ; shows her beautiful vxto
rior to admiring eyes,end like the sun fish,
she is worth nothing w hen caught.
Tho system ol education usually meted
out to girls is a broad burlesque upon the
noble institution of lenrning. Wo pro
pose no war upon female colleges ami
sohools, but common sense tcaches us
that what we wo is sorrowfully truo.
We have seen young Indies come boun
cing from the college curriculum, with
sheepskin douo up with a gaudy amount
of blue ribbon nnd German toxt, signed
by a full Faculty, who could not actual
ly calculate a sum in simple interest.
There seems to bo a culpable oversight
ot all that is practical and useful, nnd an
epidemic disposition to cram their heads
with bubbles that are suro to burst when
they reach the solid duties of womnnhnod
—cooking dinners nnd nursing babies.
Girls—ns much ns boys—should bo
taught that this is a terribly earnest
world—a tiresome work day life; that thu
butterfly perishes when thu flowers hnvo
fuded, while tho beetle feeds during* the
winter upon tho bumble storo ho rolled
up during tho summer. Tear dow the
phantasmagoria representation of life,
and hoist tho black flag, under which
they must light with fate.
Girls ought to know that thore Is somo
reality in lifo—thut they havo a mission
boyond the idea of sickly sontimontality
—that they are to become woman nnd
mothers nnd educators of a generation.
Why should a curtain be drawn between
them and tho world as it is V Why not
commence with a foundation, laid in
practical sense by teaching them at once
that they nro responsible beings—that
they have duties to perform that are on
erous os splitting rails, or bending to the
forgo ? Why seek to educate them into
accomplishments for which they have no
native talent, simply because they are
accomplishments r Time nnd money
spent in teaching music nnd dnwing to
girls, who are not fitted by nature to re
ceive such instruction, nro worae than
thrown nwny. Tho hours spent in beut-
ling tho polished key* of a piano, if epcot
in solving tho mysteries of Davies or
Murray, would return a much better
recompense lo the young lady. Tho lut-
ter fit nor for some of the duties of life,
while tho former do not.
We ure apt to take a very matter of-
fact view of all subjects connected with
education. Wo see it one of the practi
cal duties of life, nnd think it should be
trentccl practically and solidly. Tho idea
of use is inseparably connected in our
minds witli all that requires n disburse
ment of money and the employment of
time, and wu.cbnnot see the good sense
in wasting nfnne.y in tho purenaso offriv-
allies for young* ludics. Btill tho thing
is indulged by purents lo a dungorous
extent. Wo oannot find it iu our heart
to attach any blamo to teachers so long
ns parents nnd guurdians are snthfiod.
They sell what they can procure pur-
chasers for, and pocket tho money Hon
estly. They nro right. They have so
much know ledge for sale, nnd if tho buy
er wants tho superficial, lot him have it
by all means. It is easiest to transfer
and pays just ns big a profit. But of
thu purents or gunrdiuns it cannot .bn
said thut they uro right. They nro all
wrong, nnd the consequoncS is they ore
laying the foundation of r useless fabric,
which their daughters nnd wurds will see
in time.
We can see no earthly reason why the
minds of girls may not bear a solid edu
cation. We do not see why thoy Hhould
not have such an education ns qualifies a
man for business. We see no reason
why they should not learn to east up ac-
countfl, complete interest, profit und loss,
understand something ofbmik business—
in fact wo would have tliem go through
a thorough course of mnlhumntics and
•cienocfl. They should master-—or mis
tress—English grammar before they ven
ture into Latin, French, or any other
tonguo beyond the vernaculur. We
hnvo no objection to tlicso "accomplish
ments,” but wo think they should follow
education—not compose it. If this
courso wore adopted, our female schools
would turn out graduates fit to ofestMIte
the duties of their position j fit to truin
the minds of thoyonug, which is woman’s
peculiar province and her glory. If wo
men nro tho shapers of the distinies ol
men, how necessary it is that they should
bo fit for the high duty.—New Era,
Never put meat in cold water, but
plump it into that which is boiling brisk-
Jy. This will coagulate the albumen on
the outside, close the pores, nnd prevent
the water irom soaking out tho rich
juices. Baited meats may bo preierved
with coM water.
H THE CENTER OF THE EARTH I0L1D OR
IN FUSION.
It is well known that our earth, tnkon
ns a whole, must bo nbout five and it
half times the weight of nn equal bulk of
water, yet if we ostimato, ns we can do,
tho weight of the mountains, with thoir
rocks and earth, wo find them to be
equal to about two and six-tenth* their
built in water. Borne have attempted
to explain this on the principle of mag
netism, supposing the center to be most
intensely magnetic, nnd hence ntt meting
nil things to itself with double power.
But others regard it as proof that our
earth is solid, not fluid at the center,
and composed thcro chiefly of the denser
metals.
Dr. J. Sterry Hunt, F. R. S., of Can-
adu, has lutoly been presenting this view
in one of his geological locturcB—a view
which, though contrary to tho opinion
entertained by Humboldt, Agnssiz, and
most scientific men, until quite recently
is entertained by $ir Charles Lyell and
others. Thut our earth commenced to
revolve while in u fluid state, is held to
be certain from its very shape ; but it
had boon generally tnkon lor granted,
rather than proved, that tho congeoln-
tion would commenco nt the surface.
No doubt this is tho case with water
in cooling into ice, but thin is owing to a
well known and exooptionnl law, by
which, instead of contracting in -becom
ing sold, it commences rather to expand
at about seven degrees nbovo the free*
ing point, nnd oontinucs to do so until it
becomes ice.
But most bodies become more honvy
us they cool, nud hence, except whore
they give off thoir heat with grunt rapid
ity, would seem to havo n tendency to
solidity nt tho bottom fmjt nnd tho opin
ion is now being entertained that thin
must bo tho coho with our earth.
In favor of u liquid center, it has been
urged that us wo descend iuto mines
and caves wo find the tompernturo in
creasing ut a regular nud perfectly cnleu
table ratio, ami which continuing, ull
known aubstnneefl would nuturully bo
in u etulo of fusion at u depth of any Irani
eighteen to twouty-fivo miles. And this
must probably be tho enso pruetiuolly,
but for thu eilucL of prosnuro, which is
well known to bo favorable to solidifica
tion. Whero any body expands in fu
sion this lust effect is always at feast re
tarded by prosauro. Wo nil know tbut
tho temperature nt which water and
spirit boil and become vapor deponds up
on tho quantity of atmoflphorio or other
pressure, and it is only under tho usunl
amount of this, or about fiftecu pounds
to tho squuro inch, that water boila at
two hundred and twelve degreoa.
A distinguished mathematician. in
England, of tho name of Hopkins, by n
senes of ‘mathematical calculations,
based on tho procession of tho oauinoxes
linn nnnouticod tho conclusion thut the
earth, if not solid throughout, must nt
least bo so to tho depth of eight hun
dred miles; while another aeries of cal
culations, based upou (he effect of (ha
moon on the tidal system of our globe,
has been made to prove that tho crust of
the earth, if only n crust, is ut least two
thousand five hundred milon thick, nnd
when that is onco admitted, it becomes
quito an cany to suppose it solid the rost
of tho distance to tho center. About the
same conclusion has bean reached by
Archdeacon Pratt, of Calcutta, from the
height and vanities* of tho Himalaya
Mountains, tho weight of which would
crush in any more crust, such ns has or
dinarily been unsigned of luto years to
our earth.
These qonsiderntions all tend to show
how little wo really know at present of
the interior of our globe. The substan
tial similarity of the matter of it with
thut of tho Bun and of oven tho furthest
fixed star, has been demonstrated, or ns
nearly so as tho case admits, so that thu
formation of our stellar uhivorso from
nebulous mist is every way confirmed ;
but tho various effects of high degrees
of tompernturo in dissociating substan
ces found in combination nt lower de
grees render us unablu to toll precisely
what metals would bo seperuted und
precipitated first so ns to form the base
of a globe like oiiTm. Nearly nil tho
metals that wo know soeru to havo boon
deposited more or less os oxides. But
at present wo scorn to stand only at tho
entranco of what may be nnd will bo
known on all theso subjects. That there
must bo, at least, vast subterranean cur
rents of liquid mutter melted with fever
heat, if the whole center is not in a state
)1 fusion, seems certain, from tho vast
extent of many of tho phenomena con
ducted with earthquakes nnd volcanic
eruptions. But whut is truth, and what
mere conjecture, in matters deep beneath
tho inspected crust of the globe,
who shall now toll 7
*»«>u Mr. Norman Moldy, before thi
Polytechnic Association, recently pre
sented some curious statements furnished
in an official report on tho battle of Get
tysburg, stating that 27,674 guns wore
pioked up on the field after tno engage
ment, 24(000 of which wero loaded. Of
this number ono half had two loads each
remaining Utifired, one quarter had thiee
loads, nnd the luynuining 6,000 cor.tnincd
over ton loads npicco. Many were found
having from two to six bullets over ono
charge, in others the powder was placed j
above the bull, one gun had six cartridges
with the paper untorn, ia oa a Springfield
rifle twenty throo separate charges were
found, while ono smooth bore musket j
contained twenty-two bullets and sixtv
hurkibot rammed i» protniycucuily. '
OltDNANOK Uaso DoRtKO THE WAR.—
From tho report of Major-General A.
B. Dyer, Chief of Ordnance, appears
thut, during tho period from January 1,
1861? to Juno 30, I860, thcro were pro
vided for tho militury service 7,862 can
non, 11,787 artillery carringes, 6,888,205
artillery projectiles, shot and shell; G,-
639,090 rounds of grape and canister
shot; 2^802,177 founds of fixed nrltllury
ammunition ; 8,477,655 small arms, mus
kets, rifles, carbines, nnd pistols; 544,-
476 aivords, eubres, nnd fences ; 2,140,-
175 complete sets of artillery accoutre'
merits ; 216,871 complete sets of cavalry
uecoutremeuts; 630,544 complete nets of
horse equipments; 28,104 sets of two
horse artillery harness: 782,620 horse
blankets; 1,022,176,474 cartridges for
■mall onus; 1,220,666.485 percussion
caps for small arms; 10,281,305 cannon-
pinners; 4,220,877 fusees fi.r shell; 20,-
440,054 pounds of gunpowder ; 0,395,-
152 pounds of nitre; and 90,410,295
pounds of load in pigs and bqllets; be*
Hides inunenao Quantities pf parts for re
pairing and making good the complete
articles whi^^ps’ero damaged, lost, or
destroyed in service.
What a “power of fixing” it took to
whip us I
Tnf Bex.—Sir Duvu UrewBtor makes
the following remarks relative to tho
structure of tho sun:
"So strong has been t no belief that tho
sun cannot bo n hubitnble world, that a
scientific gentleman wns pronounced by
his medicul nltondnnt to be insane, be
cause ho had sont a paper to the Royal
Society in which ho maintained 'that the
light of tho sun proceeds from n donso
nud uulversil aurora, which may afford
ample light to tho inhabitants of the sur-
faro beneath, nnd yet bo nt such n die-
tnneo aloft n* not to annoy them; that thore
bo wutors nnd dry lands there, hills nnd
dales, ruin and fair wouther,’ and'that, ns
the light and the Bensons must be eter
nal,' the ‘sun may ensily bei conceived to
bo by far tho most blissful habitation of
tho whole syslom.’ In less than ten
yonrs after this nppurently extravagant
notion was considered n proof of insani
ty, it was tnaintniuod by Sir William
llorschell ns n rational and probable
opinion, which might be deduced from
his own observations on the structure of
the sun.—Scientific American.
How ,11* Got Drunk—A Chicago
paper contains tho following confession
made by u prisoner arraigned beforo tho
Polio ecourt of that oily for drunken
ness :
"I am A. P. Griffin. I want to onll
myself Bmitb, but I oannot tell a lie.
f’d be sure to betray myself. Last
night I visifed a friond, and took supper
with him. Brandiod poaches wore on
tho tublo, nnd I ate many of them.—
They were nioo and I had nn uppetito.
Strange to suy, thoy improved my con-
voraationnl powers. I was witty. When
ever I spoke overy one laughed. I got
off a conundrum. It wus wicked, but
oh, how funny. It was, 'which of the
ApoHtles is good to drink? Paul, boouuso
u pull is a bier. It’s a rule of throe oon
undruins. Then I left fur liolno. I
haven’t reached thoro yet. On my way
there, a missionary spirit awoke m mo.
I would sea what a linunt of iniquity u
rum shop looked liko. I called for
brandiod peaches without the peaches.
It wus given mo nnd I drank it. Tho
,barkeeper demanded twenty cents, buid
I: 'Friend, I om a missionary. Con
sequently I so all pay "thee in tracts.—
Hero nro two dozen of them. Head,
and profit theroby.' lie wouldn't take
them. He cursed mo. Then I got
angry, and forgot that I was a Chris
tian. 1 said 'Coufound you. 1 But I had
lo pay him. It would seem that some
times the wages ol sin nro twenty cents.
Wbut I did after thut I don't know. I
know my head ached. 1 know my hair
is filled with ashes. I know I am a,
wicked ainner. Now, Mr. Justice, don’ 1
fino me. If I didn’t, act right when I
was drunk, it wnsn’t my fault. Thoro is
uo hand-book of dniakcnneso to teach
fee. It wus the peaches that inudu inn
drunk. I am going to write out my lust
night’s experience. It will be in thu
form of u tract. I will send you some
that will mnko some nice Christmas
gifts," To discourage people from be
coming drunk on puRohes, A. wus
fined 810.
Texas.—The oditor of a Gulveston
paper 1 lately heard a mocking bird win
ning Dixie with greut animation. The
bird is presumed to belong to spuie re
constructed rebel.
flap Never bo cast down by trifles.-—
If n spider briinks his thread twenty
times, twenty times will ho mend it again.
Make up your mind you will do a thing,
and you will do it. Fear not if a little
trouble comes upon you ; keep up your
spirits, tlidugh tho day he a dark ono.
"Jftnnie,” snfd a venerable Scotchman
to his daughter, who was asking his con
sent to accompany her urgent and favor
ed suitor to tho altar. "Jonnie, it's u
very solemn thing to get married.” "I
know it, father,” replied tho sensible
damsel, "but it'n a good dual solumner
not to get married.”
tv An old lady beinq asked to mb*
•cribe for n newsjmper, declined on tho j
ground that when she wanted news she j
hoi rowed her neighbor’s.
" Tin fulse,” ns the girl said* when Her
lover told hor she hud beautiful huir, i
JIV M0JUMJ4*
«.-d»ut.
Why is A muff lilt* a fool ? Bhcsuso
it holds a lady’s hand without iqucniag
it. . ...
Josh Bl!Uriflpa0H»l Gnd nave the f.M.fe.
AptJ t lei ’em i uii out i Jor if it wwn't
fur U19111, wise 4ucii could not gil* bv-
ing.
“Didn’t you tell me you could liold the
plow suid a fanner loan Irishman he
nnd tnkon on tihil “Bo piny, m>w.” mud
Put; "how coulo I fe'ld it .nnd luif
horses pulling it uwny? Jint stop UiM
crathure and I’ll hold it lor you.”
Jo*h Billions nays CTidr'o are but few
sights in this life more sublime and pa-
tholie thun to sue a poor hut virtuous
young man, lull of Clui.-tiuu fortitude,
struggling io grow u inoustuche.
Bucecss in life-is fery apt to make us
forgot the time when we wasn't much.
It is just so with rt frog on a jump; lie
onn't remember when he was’u tadpole
—but other folks cun.
Kxta Family—A, young Wd^^th#
other day, asked m?, "Wlmt is your
choice flower ?” I supposed, of obilrsu,
she referred to household matters, mill
innocently answered, "Extra family.”*—
For some reason or other ull tire femuliH
iu tho room giggled. ( _ ,
"Wlmt’s the difference 'twixt h watch
and a fedder bed, Bam F M
“Dunno—giir it up."
"Because cle ticking of de watch is ob
do inside, and de ticking of do bed is on
do outside.” j
A Indv nskod n pupil nt n riutlio
school, "Wh’ai was the sin.of tho Phari
sees?” "Eating camels, maim,” qpickly
replied the child. Bho lmd read t|mt the
Pharisees strained utgimfe uud,awullov\.
cd camels.
An Irishman who found oa the street n
bill of fare of a recent dimpw at ft- hotel,
discovered therein tho information gf
"oysters cookod in chjimpngpe,”, pa oue
of tho dishes served. “Be^adi” Mps
Pat. drawing hissleovs ucruHa bis thirsty
mouth, "I wish I wus an oytUr.”
The editor of a country pflper ssys ho
fools oailod upon to publish Father
Lewis’ sermon on the "Locality Of Hellf,”
us it is a question in which tunny 6( Iris
readers were deeply intereited-. *
IS- ,r Aro sister Oul and Nanpo re
sources, Pa ?"
"No bay non. Why ^gypu ask tb^t
question?”
"Because I hpurffurtcle John say, if
you would only husband your Resources,
you cpuld get along u good Joul better
thanyba do. Ana I thought ft would-
be n good idea, bocausoyou wouhi’l hav..
so many young tnon hero for. supper
every Sunday, evening tfiafe nil, bp."
A "Bridal C*4»iaaiw , V.TheMadi»>n
(Wis.) Union lells tv good story ofrn new
ly married couplo who visited Hint eitv,
und, stopping nt .a first efe&» bote), I tor
bridegroom, in n manner showing his
newly acquired importance io.lifo..called
for u room—the host the house afforded,
lie didn’t wont «ny common fare, but tho
best they had, and ho lmd the money to
foot tho tiilh The landlord very pleas
antly inquired if ho was not from* the coun
try, and just married ? Yes, he rvnsfronr
the country, aad juat married, and lie
wonted the best room in the house, nud
he didn’t core n darn for the expense.-—
"Then,” says the landlord, "you want tho
bridal cbuinber ?*' "Why,!’ sny» the
countryman, not oxnotly comprehending
the mutter, "I guess so—at any rate
vend it up ; if I doa'l want it, Sal wiH,'
Wo supposo it wns sent up: •
A Frenchman beats a Yaskek — A
Yunkee and a Frenchman own n pi{f ii>
uo pnrtnerwhip. When killing tlmo came
thoy wished to divide tho carcass. The
Yankee was awriOu* to divide so-thflf he
could get both hindqunrters, and persua
ded tho Frenohnmn that the proper wry
was to cut It across the bock. Tho
Frenchman agreed to it, on the condi
tion. that tho Ynnkue would turn Me
back nnd take choice of the pieces, after
it was out io two. Thi Yankee turned
his buck und the Frenchman nsktd : -
"Vioh poec&vill you buvo ; eo pe«*»
vid, do tuii on him, or co peeeo vnt got
no tail on him t"
"Tho piece with the tail 1” shoutbd
tho Yankee instantly.
"Den, you tnko him and I trtko to od
or,” said the Frenebmun.
Upon turning mound the Yankee
found that U10 Frenchman had cut oft
file tail nnd stuck it iu the pig’s mouth.
A bdvruKHN Candidate's Platform.—
Jacob Blevins, n candidate for CbntfftjHr
frdm Alabama, put* forth n fnrtny plat
form :
“Yon bar a rite to- no tho primirpiife
that wHI guvern my kongreahunul kftr-
rer.^ I nm not the purrtfm to kettmil or
eqnfvsrknte. My principula are those of
tho American Egul, which, whnr the
karkus is, is oilers gethufed togethur -*
In relnshua to-tho nigger,. Lexsopt the
situusbun. Blavery isded, aiul ho wifi
tho niugers be before long. J sin info-
vur of a general ftninosty to all the 2tJ|’-
000 dolar mon, seeing they hud nothin
to do with bringin on tho wqr,.or film it
when it was brot. Booth of these was
did by the poof men ; but tboso of thut
klnss who maid nuthin by tho war I think
nuflwhuntly punishod, nud those who did
ort to bo pimitmetl for .getting rich at
the expense of the rebelyuq. All I hnvo
to way in konklushun is,-tbut if any jflrgn
doubts mjr loiulty eny longur hojs a mis*
arable traiiur, and I will klk him hs’hCod
a* civil guvernment is re*t4W(id>Vti, *