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IY ,J. P. SAWTELL.
CUTHBERT
APPEAL.
CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1870.
VOL. IV—NO. 42
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First Love.
I had just donned my first-tailed coat
My whiskers had just started.
When Araminta crossed my path
And left me broken-hearted.
I fancied she had auburn hair
(’Twas more like new bnrnt bricks,)
Her favorite was ‘’number one,"
Her gaiter was number six !
But as 1 pressed her freckled hand
(A rather clumsy seven),
I shut my eyes—bade earth farwell,
And dreamed I was in heaven.
1 rowed she was eternal,
An aneel and a saint;
I madly kissed her blushing cheek—
Alas! the blush was paint.
And when another she espoused,
And asked me to the bridal,
My brain was turned, my spirit crushed,
My thought was suicidal.
Hut, somehow, with another now
I tharc connubial joys,
And she a buxom widow—has
A dozen red haired boys.
Dick Poole’s Jump.
Dick Poole’s father came of a
stock, the Pooles of Poolgara, of
hard drinkers and hard riders, who
were never known to do a nseful
thing or an unkind act, and who
were consequently very popular
with the tenants. It need scarcely
be said that Poolgara was in Ire
land, and that the system of man
agement pursued by the owners
was such as to reduce the dimen
sions of the estate, until, when it
came to the hero of this tale, there
was little left of tho ancestral
acres. But Dick Poole cared
naught for this. As long as he had
the privilege of fishing and shooting
over the old place (and the new
comers never refused him) and
could procure enough of money to
got drunk ns often as he liked, he
let tho world wag, and saw the
property slide from him with the
equanimity of an impecunious phi
losopher. He had been weaned, so
to speak, upon the bottle. When a
boy bis worthy sire used to encour
age him to sip stiff punch from a
tumbler specially’ reduced in dimen
sions to suit his slender years. A
gun was made for him with a simi
lar view to the fitness of things.—
When he grew up he was present
ed with a larger tumbler and a big
ger gun.
On one occasion he rode a steep
le-chase and when he came in win
ner his father delightedly exclaim
ed : “ Dick, I’m prouder of you
this moment than if you wrote the
Bible !” llis education was sup
posed to be amply provided for
when he could hold his own with
the hounds and distinguish himself
with a gun in the bogs or the stub
ble.
The consequence of this heredita
ry course of training was, that
Dick became a dead shot, and pos
sessed of a wonderful head for whis
key. He disposed of farm after
farm of his estate, until at length
nothing was left him but the old
house, which he stuck to, and an
old retainer, Dan Doherty’, who
clung to his fortunes with a fidelity
which might be described as melo
dramatic. Poole, of course, from
bis habits, was not a welcome guest
among the country families, though
they universally admitted his right
to consider himself of their caste.
He kept up, however, a custom
of visiting the officers who were
stationed at a small garrison town
in the neghborhood; and it was at
their mess, to which he was invited,
that the circumstance arose, the se
quel of which rendered his name a
household word throughout the
province.
During dinner Poole conducted
himself well enough. He was for-
tunateiy placed next a quoit, suck
ing ensign; but when the claret
was disposed of, when the major
left the room, and strong waters
were called on, Poole laid himself
out as was usual with him, for a
hard night. A few of the men see
ing the rate at which he went, cal
culated ou putting him under the
table, but before Dick had shown
the slightest token of undue exhil-
eratiou, several of his entertainers
were talking thickly and laughing
loudly. Hunting and shooting sto
ries were exchanged with a crescen
do of mendacity on the part of' the
narrators as the night advanced.—
Dick had set them all in a .roar by
describing how be had shot down
every bird in a covey save one;
“ and I left him,” shouted Dick, “to
breed.” At length the conversa
tion turned upou swimming.
“ Talking of swimming,” put in
Poole, “ do you know the cliffs at
the seaside of Poolgara? I’ll bet
any man I’ll jump off the highest
part of those cliffs, and carry anoth
er fellow on my back.”
A universal burst of langhter, and
cries of “ Take you up old boy!
How much can you book ?” greeted
this insane challenge.
When the noise had somewhat
subsided, Lieut. Ltrowne, the senior
Lieutenant of the regiment, pro
duced a betting book, and said to
Dick: “ If you are serious, Poole,
for a hundred you don’t do it.”
“ Done I” replied Dick at once
and it was fixed then and there that
the performance was to tak* place
on the following Saturday.
For a wonder, Poole walked off
steadier than many of his hosts
could on that night. Lieutenant
Brown expressed himself well in to
win ; “ for if the fool would be mad
enough to attempt such a thing
himself, there is no ODe living who
would be idiot enough to go on his
back,” thought he. Next morning
Poole told Dan Doherty how he
had enjoyed himself at the barracks
and then quietly mentioned the bet,
as if he made nothing of it. Dan
for a few seconds.could not speak a
word for horror and surprise; at
last he managed to stammer out,
“O, Master Dick, Master Dick,
whatever d’ye mane by it? Is itout
of ver senses ye are, intirely ?”
“No, you old goose, I’m not out
of my senses,” replied Poole. “ 1
want to win a hundred pounds;
and what’s more, Dan,” he went on
coaxingly, “ you must help me to
wiu it.”
“ Begorra, thin, I wont!” bnrst
out Dan with rebellious energy.—
“ I’ve sarved you, man an’ boy, this
many a year; but hand or part or
fut, so help me ”
“ Look here, Dan, I don’t intend
to do it at all, and still I intend to
gain the wager. We want it, as
you know, badly.”
“ God help, ’tis thrue for you, sir,
we do,” said Dan, emphatically.
“Well, here’s my plan. We’il
be on the ground. You’ll get on
my back. (Dan made a forcible
gesture of dissent), And just as we
secin about to start, the police will
be on the spot to stop us. Do you
take ?”
“ You mane that we’re to put
them up it? Is that it, sir?”
. “ Yes, of course.”
“ But, thin, won’t the bet be a
dhraw, sir ?”
‘No, it won’t. Do you think I’d
make snch a wager without taking
care that I should have au advan
tage over these English boobies ?
Leave it to me, Dan. Follow my
directions, and you’ll find every
thing will be right. I’ll go into the
town myself to-day and speak to
the Head Constable.” The event
ful morning arrived, a cold grey
morning it was, in July. The offi
cers were all on the ground looking
over tho cliff, which was fully from
ninety to One hundred feet above
the sea, and wondering whether
Dick Poole would have the courage
to carry out his wild enterprise.—
Dick exchanged greetings with
them cordially, and brought for
ward Dan as his Compagnon du
voyage. That individual had al
ready some misgivings touching the
order of proceedings, and when
Dick peremptorily ordered him to
take off his clothes, he showed de
cided symptoms of his courage
oozing like that of Bob Acres, from
his finger’s ends. Poole, however,
whispered a few re-assuring words
in his ear. “ Besides,” reflected
Dan, as his teeth chattered with tho
fright and cold, “I’ve tould the
poliss meself, for fear iv any mis
take. I wonder they’re not here
already.”
Dan prolonged his unrobing as
much as possible, but at length he
stood trembling in cuerpo, and be
fore he could distinctly realize the
situation he found himself on his
master’s hack. Glancing over his
shoulder in mortal terror, he saw
the glazed caps of the police ap
proaching.”
“ Are they coming, Dan ?” whis
pered Dick, softly.
“l’es, master, dear, yis; only hold
on for a minit.”
“ Are they very near us, Dan ?”
“Quite close, yer honor,” re
sponded Tan now becoming easy in
his mind.
At this moment a constable ran
forward, breaking from the officers
who tried to intercept him. Bat
what was Dan’s terror when Dick
clutched him firmly by the legs, ana
then with a shrill “ Whoop !” like
the war shout of an Indian brave,
gave a header literally Into space
over the cliff.
Dan says he found himself going
down under water almost as far as
he had fallen from land. The place
was several fathoms deep; and on
their rising to the surface Dick
grabbed his companion and bore
him safely to a boat which was Iy«
ing nnder the precipice prepare-1
for the event. So Dick Poole won
the hundred pounds, and Dan Doh
erty was none the worse.
How to Save Youb ShoeSoles.
—It consists merely in melting to
gether tallow and common rosin, in
the proportion of two parts of the
former to one part of the latter,
and applying tho preparation, hot
to the soles of the boots or shoes—
as much of it as the leather will ab
sorb. One farmer declares that
this little receipt alone has been
worth more than five years’ sub
scription to the newspaper publish
es it.
— She who can compose a cross
baby is greater than she who com
poses books.
The Tax Bill
An act to levy and collect a tax for
the support of tbe Government
for the year 1870, and for other
purposes:
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly, That his Excellency,
the Governor, is hereby authorized
and empowered, with the assistance
of the Comptroller General, to pro
ceed to assess and levy snch a per
centage on the taxable property as
will produce, in the estimation of
toe Governor, the sura of five hun
dred thousand dollars, exclusive of
taxes.
Sec. 1. Be it further enacted by
authority of tbe same, That in ad
dition to the ad valorem tax on real
and personal property, as required
qy tbe constitution and assessed in
tbe preceding section, the following
specific taxea shall be levied and
collected:
1. Upon every practitioner of
law, physic and dentistry, ten dol
lars.
2. Upon every daguerrean, am-
brotvpe, photographic, or similar
artist, fifteen dollars.
3. Upon every person carrying
on auctioneering, twenty-five dol
lars.
4. L pon every keeper of a pool
or a billiard table, kept for public
play, $20 for each table.
5. Upon every keeper of a baga
telle table, for pnblic pay, twenty-
five dollars for each table.
6. Upon every keeper of a ten
pin alley or alley of any kind, for
public play, twenty dollars.
7. Upon every keeper of any
other table, stand or place, or any
other game or play, with or with
out a name, unless for exercise or
amusement, not prohibited by law,
ten dollars. That a.l vendors of
any patent medicine, liniment, or
any other article of like character,
(except regular merchants and
druggists) shall be liable for a tax
of fifty dollars for each county in
which they may peddle.
8. There shall be levied a special
tax for educational purposes of ten
cents per gallon on every gallon of
brandy, gin whisky or rum, wheth
er foreign or domestic, which is
sold by any person in quantities
less than thirty gallons, in this
State, and the amount sold shall be
given in under oath. Quarterly re
turns shall be made on the first
days of April, July, and October
and January in each year, by all
persons within the county who sell
in quantities less than thirty gal
lons, of the amount Bold the pre
ceding quarter. Said returns shall
be made to the Tax Collector of
the county, who shall demand and
collect the tax duo when the return
is made It shall be tbe duty of
the Tax Collector to require all per
sons selling said liquors to make
their returns and pay the tax there
on ; and if any person shall fail or
refuse to make bis return and pay
said tax,- he shall be assessed by
the Collector a specific tax of one
"thousand dollars, and the Collector
shall proceed to collect the same by
execution, as in other cases of oth
er taxes due and unpaid, to go into
effect on the 1st of October next.
9. That each and every male in
habitant of this State, on the first
day of April, between the ages of
twenty-one and sixty shall pay a
tax of one dollar for educational
purposes.
10. That all sleight-of-hand per
formers, or magicians, shall pay
the smn of twenty-five dollars for
each and every performance, iu
each and every county where they
may exhibit, to the County Tax
Collector.
11. That all circus companies
shall pay one hundred dollars for
each day they may exhibit in cities
containing a population over ten
thousand and fifty dollars in all
cities cantaining a population be
tween five and ten thousand, and
twenty-five dollars in all towns or
other places with a population un
der five thousand.
12. That all other shows or ex
hibitions. except for literary or
charitable purposes, in this State,
shall pay the sum of twenty five
dollars in each and every eonnty
where they may exhibit; Provided,
That this shall not appy to histri
onic, dramatic and other perform
ances usnal in theatres.
13. On any person or company
failing or refusing to pay the tax
on shows and exhibitions required
by this Act, it shall be the duty of
the Tax Collector in each and every
county, and he is hereby required
to issue an execution against said
person or campany so failing or re
fusing to pay said tax on shows
and exhibitions, to be directed and
le’vied by any sheriff or constable
of said county, upon any and all
of the property that may be fonnd
and belonging to said person or
company. And all monoy so col
lected shall be paid into the Treasury
of the State, for educational pur
poses.
Sec. 3. Thatnonon-residentperson
shall sell or offer for sale any goods,
wares or merchandise in any cottnty
in this State, or exhibit auy samples
of such goods, wares or merchan
dise with intent to sell the same,
without first obtaining from the Or
dinary of the county a license to
do so; and for which license he
shall pay over to said Ordinary the
sum of one hundred dollars as tax,
the same to be paid by said Ordina
ry to the Tax Collector of the conn-
ty, by him to be returned and paid
over as a part of the State tax of
said county, and such liceu.se shall
only authorize such sales and offer
ing to sell in the county for which
granted. Any Buch non-resident
person Selling or offering to sell
any goo Is, wares or merchandise
without first obtaining a license,
as aforesaid, shall be guilty of
misdemeanor, and. on conviction in
the Superior Count in the county
where the crimes was committed,
be fined in a snm not less than five
hnndred dollars, or imprisonment
in the common jail not longer than
three months, in the discretion of
the Court. One-half such fines to
be paid to the informer prosecuting
snch person.
Sec. 4, And that no non-resident
of this State be allowed to sell any
spirituous liquors in this State
without first obtaining license for
the same, for which he shall pay
one thousand dollars, tho same to
be paid into the Treasury of the
State for educational purposes; and
if any person shall violate the fore
going provisions he shall, on convie-
tion, be fined in a sum not exceed
ing five thousand dollars, one-half
to go to the informer and the other
half to be paid iuto the Treasury
of tbe state for educational pur
poses, or imprisoned not exceeding
two months, or both, at the discre
tion of the Court.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted,
That all railroad companies incor
porated in this State shall pay an
annal tax of one-half of one per
cent, on their net earnings.
Sec. All home and foreign insu
rance companies doing business in
this State shall pay one per cent, on
all premiums, iu money or other
wise, received by them: Provided,
That when a home institution com
pany pays its tax on its capital
stock it shall pay no tax on its pre
miums; and all express companies
from other States, doing busiuess
in this State, shall pay a tax of one
percent, on the gross amounts of
their receipts at their offices in this
Sate, to be given in and paid as in
succeeding sections; and that all
domestic express companies and
domestic insurance companies do
ing business in this State pay an
annual tax of one-half of one per
cent, on their respective gross re
ceipts: Provided, That the taxes
assessed by the above sections on
subject to modification by subse
quent legislation of this General
Assembly.
Sec. 7. That the oath to be ad-
administered to all persons making
returns on their taxable property
shall be in the following words:
“You do solemnly swear that you
will true answers give to all lawful
questions which I may put to you
touching the return yon are about
to make, and that you will make a
return of all your taxable property
—so help you God.” And it shall
be the dnty of the officer taking
snch returns to inquire of each and
every person taking said oath
touching all his taxable property,
or his liability for specific taxes, as
named in this act, act, and Comp
troller General shall publish a list
of all questions to be propounded
to tax payers.
Sec. 8. That all taxes assessed
under this act shall bo assessed, and
collected in UnitedStates currency,
and the value of the property on
the first day of April shall be the
basis of the taxes.
Sec. 9. That there shall be no tax
on income other than that provided
by sections 5 and 6.
Sec. 10. That nothing in this act
contained shall be so constructed as
to repeal or affect sections 796 of
the revised Code of Georgia, ex
empting certain property from taxa
tion : Provided, however. That ail
plantation tools, and also all mechan
ical tools, over the value of throe
hundred dollars, shall be subject to
taxation advalorem.
Sec. 11. That no assessment shall
be made for county, city or corpo
ration purposes on the specific tax
herein imposed on practitioners of
law, physio and dentistry.
S«x 12. All shares in any nation
al bank in this Stale shall be given
in by tbe individual or corporation
owning said shares, which shall be
taxed as other property of this
State of like character.
Sec. 13. That the provisions of
This Act shall continue in force un
til repealed.
Sec. 14. That all acts of the Gov
ernor, Comptroller-General, and
other officers, looking to assessing
and collecting taxes for tho present
year by tbe virtue of a joint resolu
tion passed by this General Assem
bly on the —day of last, be,
and the same are, hereby legalized.
Sec. 15. That the Comptroller
General is empowered and required
to cause tho taxes to be collected
by tbe 15th day of December next,
provided that no poll tax shall be
collected unless a system of common
schools shall be established by this
General Assembly.
Sec. 16. Repeals conflicting laws.
— San Francisco has just lost, by
death, an organ grinder who leaves
an estate of $100,000, with no heir
to it but bis monkey. There are
lots of women who would marry
that monkey on account of hiB
wealth.
— Two friends, some years ago
married and widely’ separated, late
ly exchanged telegrams, thus:—
“To— All well. We htive two
pairs of twins. How is that for
high?” “To— We have three
little girls. Three of a kind beats
two pair.”
— Two twin brothers in Boston
are said to be so much alike that
they frequently borrow money of
each other without knowing it.
The Rhinoceros at Home.
During the heat of the day, the
rhinoceros withdraws into tbe
thickest and most retired part of
the jungle, where he indulges iu
his siesta much after the fashion of
a fat Berkshire hog. On the out
side of the jungle, the hunter will
probably perceive an opening well
worn by the feet of these animals.
If he follows it np, he will find the
track gradually getting narrower
and narrower the further he pene
trates into the jungle. It is rather
touchy work, for, as said, the pas
sage not only becomes narrower
and narrower, but the sides form
an impenetrable wall on either side,
from tbe compact network of the
gigautic and formidable creepers
that line them. Very little air nan
penetrate, and tho light is very dim,
so that great caution is required,
for should “rhino” be at home, he
will be sure to welcome his visitor
with a furious charge, whose chance
of avoiding such s reception, by de
viating either to the right or left,
is infiniteally small. But let us
suppose no such contingency to oc
car. Alter proceeding some fifty
or sixty yards, the hunter will find
himself iu the “house” of the rhi
noceros, which is always situated
in the very densest part of the jun
gle. The dimensions of the “house”
may bo twelve or thirteen feet
square, by about six in height —
Perfect cleanliness rules there; not
s particle of dirt will be found in it
Added to this, the rhiuoceros has a
great idea of oomfort—in other
words, of being able to enjoy a
good scratch. A convenient bough
will probably lie seen to project in
an inviting manner, against which
our thick skiDued friend delights
to rub himself. As soon as the
eyes of the intruder get accustomed
to the dim, murky light within, he
will have tbe satisfaction of see
ing the impression of the rhinoce
ros’ burly carcass on the alluvial,
soil, showing tbe place where last
he lay’. Had the brute beeu “at
home,” and had the visitor’s step
been noiseless and the wind favor
able, he might perchance even have
caught a glimpse of him as he lay
fast asleep on his side, blowing like
a wheezy steam-engine. Occasion
ally, a smaller chamber is attached
to the “house” proper, but whether
it be used as a “boudoir” for “mad-
ame,” or as a “nursery for the chil
dren,” my acquaintance with tbe
family is not sufficiently intimate to
enable me to speak witb authority
on a topic so interesting. They
feed in the eatly morning and late
evening. Their favorite provender
appears to be tbe young shoots and
3nccnlent twigs of the trees and
shrubs. When tho sun has gone
down, they repair to the river for a
bathe. They approach the water
witb great caution, from fear of be
ing taken at disadvantage. When
they have ascertained that all is
safe, they go in with a mighty rush,
and wallow about to their heart’s
content.
Artemus Reorganizes his Wife.
Artemus Ward, in one of his let
ters, thus gave his idea of reorgan
ization : I never attempted to reor
ganize my wife but once. I shall
never attempt it again. I’d bin lo
a public dinner, and had allowed
myself to be betrayed into drinkin’
several people’s healths ; and wish-
in’ to make ’em as robust as possi
ble, I continued drinkin’ their
hoalth until my own became affec
ted. Consekens was, I presented
myself at Betsey’s bedside late at
nito with considerable licker con-
sealed about my person. I had
somehow got perseshun of a horse
whip on my way home, and remem
berin’ some cranky observashun of
Mrs. Ward’s in the moniin’ I snapt
the whip putty lively and in a very
loud voice I said : “Betsy you need
reorganizin. I have come Betsy,”
I continued, crackin’ the whip over
the bed, “I have eome to reorgan
ize you!”
1 dreamed that nite that some
body had laid a horsewhip over mo
sev’ril conseekutive times; and
when I woke up I found she had.—
I haint drank ranch of anything
since; and if I ever have another
reorganizin’ job on hand I shall let
it out. t
Wasted a Pastoe.—He must be
irreproachable in his dress, witbont
being an exquisite; married, but
without children ; young, but with
groat experience; learned, but not
dull; eloquent in prayer, without
being colloquial or stilted, reveren
tial, but not conventional; neither
old nor common-place ; a brilliant
preacher, but-not sensational; know
every one, bnt have no favorites ;
settle all disputes, engage iu none;
be familiar with the children, but
always dignified ; be a careful wri
ter, a good extempore speaker, and
assiduous and diligent pastor.—
Snch a person, to whom salary is
less an object than a “field of use
fulness,” may hear of an advantage
ous opening by addressing, etc.
— A poor Irishman applied to a
magistrate lor relief, and upon some
doubts being expressed as to wheth
er he was a proper object for paro
chial relief, he enforced his suit
with much earnestness. “Och, yer
honor,” said he, “snre I’d be starved
long since bnt for my cat.” “But
for wliat^” asked the astonished
magistrate. “My cat,”rejoined the
Irishman. “Your cat—how so?”
“Sure, yer honor, I sould her eleven
times for sixpence a time, and she
w is always home before I could
got there myself.”
A Nioe Little Story.
Once upon a time there was a
young lady who had three pretty
new teeth in her month. She
bought them of a dentist, and they
were fastened to a beautiful, patent
vulcanized rubber plate. This
young lady could eat almost any
thing with her new teeth, and she
felt very preud of them; they
were so useful, and looked so well
when she smiled. One day she
was eating dinner, just as fast as
she coaid, and she got choked with
a piece of boue. Then she ran
into the woodshed and coughed
until the tears came into her eyes,
and her father came out and pound
ed her shoulders, and her mother
made hor drink a pint cf water,
and, finally she got better; but
alas ! her new teeth were gone.—
So herself, her father, aud her
mother, and her two sisters, and
her big brother, aud the servant
girl, and the neighbor’s little boy,
looked Ml over tho woodshed for
those teeth, but they could not find
them. Then the young lady was
scared, and she said to her mother:
“O mother, I felt something hard
in my throat when I drank that
water, and I have swallowed my
teoth, and I shall die—I know I
shall die—and what shall I do ?”
That scared the mother, and she
put the young lady in bed and sent
tor the doctor. Well, the teeth
made her very aiuk. You know
how thin people got sometimes
from the gnawings of remorse and
of course, tbe gnawings of three
patent porcelain teeth would be
much worse. The doctor could do
nothing, and the young lady kept
growing worse and worse, until the
doctor said she could not live more
than twenty-four hours. That very
day the neighbor’s little boy found
the three lost teeth in the back
yard where they had been thrown
while the young lady was cough
ing. He took them in and showed
thorn to the young lady who said
she felt a great deal better, and got
up and dressed. Sbe is well now ;
but always takes out her teeth be
fore eating dinner.— Utica Herald.
A Thunder Storm.
There are few things, if any, in
all that portion of tbe universe
which is so exposed to tho eyes of
man, so grand, so mighty in beauty,
so magnificent in splendor, as a
great thunder storm. The feeble
and impotent contention of man
with man, even upou the grandest
scale, i6 fain to borrow from the
cloudy war of the storm images to
give it grandeur. We hear of the
thunder of the cannon, of the light
ning flash of the artillery. But
what is it all to the reality, when
forth from the cloud bursts the
deafening voices of the storm upon
the ear, aud upon tbe eye blazes
the blinding flash of the levenbolt
of heaven ? When shall we produce
lights like that, casting their splen
dor from one verge of heaven to
the other? Where shall we find
sounds so magnificent, so grand,
rolling along the whole vault, from
the zenith to the horizon? Yet
there are few persons who view a
thunder storm with the same feel
ings; and' indeed the difference of
human character are tried by scarce
ly anything more finely than by the
sensations produced upon the mind
by that phenomenon. There are
many who are terrified, and that
terror may proceed from a thou
sand other causes than mere men
tal weakness. There arc some who
have been taught fear irremediably
in their youth. There are some ac
tually afraid of corporeal danger.
There are some scarcely afraid, but
awestruck and overpowered.—
There are others, again, who have
neither fear, nor awe, nor admira
tion, the dull fabric of whose minds
arc incapable of any fine sensation.
There are some who do no more
than admire the storm, but admire
ft simply for its grandeur; there
are others who do so likewise, but
go far beyond; who combine it
with visions of bright things, who
hear tongues like those of angels
in the voice of the thunder, and
who gaze upon the blaze of the
lightning, lighted by its splendor
to far, faint visions of Almighty
power and majesty.
Integrity is Capital—Young
men iu business, write it where it
will meet your eye continually, that
high-toned, unyielding uprightness
is the first requisite and the most
valuable element in the capital of a
successful business. Witb troops
of friends and ample funds to be
gin with, a young man without
truth and uprightness will soon
wreck the fairest hope. But let a
young man be all right in his prin
ciples, he will win success in spite
of slim capital and few friends at
the beginning. In New York it is
hardly possible for a young man of
high moral character to fail of suc
cess, if he will patiently and indus
triously apply himself to his busi
ness. Hundreds of good men watch
with interest the efforts of such, and
are glad to say a kind word or lend
a helping hand.— Commercial Un
ion.
— “My dear,” said the sentimen
tal Mrs. Waddles, “home, you
know, is always the dearest spot on
earth.” “Well, yes,” said the prac
tical Mr. Waddles, “it doe* cost
about twice as much as any othor
spot.”
— Hobbs says he has one of the
most obedient boys in the world.—
lie tells him to do as he pleases,
and be dues it without murmuring.
The Son.
The following interesting facts
concerning the sun are condensed
from tbe recently published work
of Amedee Guillemin : •
The sun at tbe zenith (and 91 mil
lion miles’ distance from ns) gives
as much light to any object as 68,-
000 candies three and a half feet
from that object.
The light of the sun is abont 75
times as intense as that of the Drum
mond light, and the most dazzling
electric light ever obtained was 2.j
times weaker than the sun’s rays.
The latter is 180,000 times stronger
than that of a candle.
Th6 sun’s light at or near the
zenith, with a clear sky, is about
1000 times greater than when the
sun is setting; 2 j0 times greater
than when one degree high, aud
eight times as great as when five
degrees high.
Dr. Wollaston calculated the
light of the sun to bo at least twen
ty thousand million times groater
than that of Sirius or the dog star.
The light of the sun is 800,000
times greater th in that of the moon.
The sun’s light at the planet Mer
cury iB 7000 limes greater than the
planet Neptune.
The whole amount of the heating
power of the solar rays which fall
in one year on the earth’s surface,
would melt a stratum of ice cover
ing this surface one hundred fe-t
thick. Yet the earth receives lota
than a thousand-millionth part of
the entire heat thrown out by tho
snn into space.
The entire heating powor of tlie
snn is great enough to melt a solid
cylinder of ice forty-five miles in
diameter, and constantly darted in
to the sun with the velocity of light,
or 190,000 miles in a second ?
All the mechanical agencies of
the whole world—the power held
by onr coal fields, winds, vanning
rivers, fleets, armies, cannons,—are
less than one two thousand millionth
part of the caloric agency of the
sun.
The most accurate investigations
and the latest discoveries show tho
mean distance of tiie snn from tbe
earth to be about 91 million milos
and about three million miles furth
er from us in summer than in win
ter. It is abont 4 million miles
nearer than was formerly supposed.
The surface of the sun, in round
numbers is abont 2,300,000,000,000
square miles, although all this sur
face is some seventy times brighter
than the Drummond light. Think
of its being removed so far off, like
the fixed stars, as to become only
a twinkling point, and we may
judge faintly of the distance of the
stars ! The solid contents of the snn
are 323,000,000,000,000,000 cubic
miles.
All the planets together, if fused
into one globe, would still leave the
sun 600 times larger.
The weight of the snn has been
ascertained by comparing its at
traction to that of other known
bodies, and is 325,000 times greater
than the weight of the earth, fts
real weight is 2,1>4,106,580,000,.
000,000,000,000,000 tong"?
A man weighting 200 lbs. would
weigh on the sun’s surface, 5400
lbs. On Venus, he would weigh
186 lbs.; on Mercury, 104 lbs.; and
on Jupiter, 490 lbs.
It the earth revolved on its axis
17 times faster than it actually
does, centrifugal force would de
stroy all weight* On the sun, it
would require a revolution on its
axis 133 times faster to produce the
same result.
llerschel fonnd with his great tel
escope that many of the stars which
make up the railky-way, judging
from their size, were twenty-three
hundred times as far as the nearest
fixed stars ; but beyond these a still
more remote and blended light
came, showing the milky-way lo bo
unfathomable. Light, flying 190,-
000 miles a second, must have keen
10,000 years coming from those re
mote stars.
Tbe ancients knew that tho sun
was large, from being seen alike
from remote places. Anaxagoras
thought it was rather larger than
Peloponnesus—about enough to
cover the State of Ohio. Heraehi-
tus believed that every star was a
world in tbe depths of space, snr-
rounded, like ours, by an earth and
planets. Keler and Copernicus, two
thousand years later, adopted tho
same theory.
Doz oo Love Dod?—A lit' I j
girl was rebuked by her mother for
her fondness for killing flies. The
little one had acquired g^it dex
terity in this employment, and wa»
so much occupied in it, that the pa
rent found she was growing into a
state of cruelty. Calling the child
to her side one day, she said in a
sad tone.
“Mary, dear, don’t yon know that
God loves the little flies ?”
Mary seemed to hear the words
as though they suggested a great
many new ideas. She stood by h--r
mother’s side for some time, in
thoughtful sadness, and at length
walked slowly up to the Window,
where a bewildered fly Was hum
ming and buzzing about on the
pane. She watched it lovingly for
some time, and then, almost too full
of grief to speak plainly, she began
to utter caressing words.
“Doz ee fly know dat Dod lure*
oo ? Doz oo luve Dod T" Here she
extended her hand fondly towards
the insect, as if to strike away th«
terror that she felt she had inspired.
“Doz oo want to see Dod ? IVell,”
—in a tone of intense love and pity,
at the same timo puttiug her finger
on the, fly, and softly crushing it
against the glass— 1 Well, oo shall,’*
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