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A Proclamation.
GEORGIA.
By 11UFUS B. B IT BLOCK,
Governor of Said State.
Whereas, The AL«l<*tna and Chattanooga
Hail mad Company has failed to pay the semi
annual interest due on the first days of Janua
ry, and July ultimo, upon certain bonds of
that Company : and
Whereas, The Stnte of Georgia indorsed
for and guaranteed the prompt payment of
the interest and principal of said bonds, and
has paid to the ladders thereof .he semi-an
nual interest duo on the first daysol January
and July aforesaid ; and
Whereas, The said Alabama and Chattanoo
ga Railroad Company accepted, c incurred in,
mid agreed to the terms and conditions pre
scribed by law at the time said, indorsement
was made by this State :
Now, therefore, by virtno of the untliority
in me vested by the Constitution and Laws of
tills State, I, Hnfns B. Bullock, Governor and
Commander in Chief of (he army and Navy of
this State, and of the militia thereof, do issue
this my proclamation making known that the
State of Georgia is in possession of the Ala
bnma and Chattanooga Railroad, its track,
road bed, machinery, franchises, and property
of all and every description, lying or being in
the State of Georgia ; and it is
ORDERED, That, all oflieers of this State,
civil and military, euercise dne diligence, to
the end that the agent of this State be mnin
tained in tho peaceful possession of the said
Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad mid its
property within this Stnte, and restrain all
parties from any action whatsoever to dispos
sess the State until the further eider of the
Executive.
Given under my hand and the great seal of
the State, at the Capitol in Atlanta, tills
12th day of August, in the year of our Lord
Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-one, and of
the Independence of the United Suit A of
America the Ninety sixth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor:
David G, Cottino, Secretary of State
unglt-4t
A Proclamation.
GEORGIA.
By Ii UFUS B. BITLL 0 CJv,
Governor of said /State.
Wukreas, It lias been represented to me
that Waiter Wilson, Joseph llmio, Ruhard
Lazenby, and Radford l’erkins, stsnd cliarged
with the crime of asssanit, wiih intent to
murder, upon Ephraim Gibbs, in the comity
of McDuffie, on the ISth day of May, 1871,
and that they have fled from justice, I have
thought proper therefore to issue this, my
proclamation, hereby offering a reward of
One Thousand Dollars for all, or |3t)o each,
for the apprehension and delivery of the said
Wilson, Ilodo, Eaisenby, and Perkins, with
evidence sufficient to convict, to the sheriff of
said county and State, and also a further re
watd of five hundred Dollars, upon the same
conditions above recited, forany accessory, be
fore the fact, to said crime.
Given under niy hand and the Great Seal of
the StHta at the capital, in the city of At
lanta, this otlid .y of August, in the year of
our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Scveuty-
Qpt, and of the. Independence of the Uni
ted States of Ameiica the Ninety-sixth.
RUEU3 B. BULLOCK
By the Governor.:
David G. Cottihc, Secretary of State.
amilMt
A Proclamation.
GEORGIA.
Jiy R UFUS B. B ULL 0 GK,
Governor of said State.
WIIEREAS, Offieinl information lms been
received at this Department that a murder wag
t'Ommitted upon the body of John A Griffin,
in the county of Heard, on or about the 18i.li
of November, 1870, by Thomas Teal, Paschal
Griffis, t.nd Susan Knowles, as is alleged, and
that the said Thomas Teal, Paschal Griffis,
abd SusiLn Knowles have fled from justice.
Now therefore, to the end that they may be
brought, to trial iol'Alte crime with which they
stand charged, I have thought proper to issue
his my proclamation liereby offering a re
ward of one thousand dollars each for the ap
prehension and delivery of the said Teal, Pas
chal Giiffis, and Susan Knowl s. with evidence
sufficient to convict, to the Shcrilf ot said
county of Heard.
Given m der my hand, and the great Seal of
* the State, at the Capitol, in Atlanta, litis
seven It day of August, in the year of our
laird Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-one,
and <>f the Independence of the United States
of Aiueiica the Ninety-sixth.
RUFUS 11. BULLOCK.
By tlie Governor:
David G. CoTTINo, /Secretary of State.
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CUTHBERT APPEAL,
What I Saw and Heard in Dream
land.
Once thinking of the evermore)
Where death shall triumph tteVermore.
Wijle in my easy chair reclining,
The threads of varied fancy twining,
Some unseen power my,thoughts composing,
With unfelt force my eyeling closing,
My spirit soon, in dreamland wandering,
Found matter for a life time’s pouderingl
No worldly cares in my soul then cumbering,
I saw such woußdrous scenes while slumber
ing,
Brighter than all my fancy weaving,
And grand beyond the mind’s conceiving.
Too grand to he described or painted—
Angelic hosts a id spirits sainted,
Adorning seraphs, cherubs glowing ;
The tree of life in beauty growing ;
Tbe martyrs in pure white robesshining,
Victorious wreaths their brows entwining ;
Rivers of living water flowing
Trough streets with golden pavements glow
ing ;
The glorious dwelling, many-mansioned,
Sapphire-wailed palace of the ransomed,
Wherein, the wicked ne'er molesting,
Poor toil-worn souls found long-sought rest
ing.
Os all that troil its floors gem-sprinkled;
There was not one with brow care-wrinkled.
No rich were theic the poor enslaving ;
No poor for pity humbly craving;
No Dives sumptuously faring.
Gold, purple, and flue linen wearing :
While famished Lazarus, tatter-clothed,
Crouched at his gate, an object loathed.
There, equal rights to all accorded,
Man o’er his brother nevtr lorded.
There, over all Jehovah reigning,
Was neither sorrow nor complaining :
Bliss, perfect bliss, all were enjoying,
Pleasures eternal, never cloving.
Departed loved ones there abiding,
While in Almighty love confiding,
Mid the great light of suns unsettiug,
Their loved on earth were not facetting.
Those there, the Father’s face befWding,
Communion sweet with these were holding.
There were no heaven were earth forgotten ;
The universe is love-begotten
Love's golden chain, by death unriven.
Together bindetli earth and heaven.
While thus in dreamland I was ranging,
Bathed in a see of light unchanging,
The one great Spirit’s throne surrounding,
The saints their harps of gold were sounding.
First came their notes of praise, soft stealing
My spirit over ; then loud pealing.
As though wind, water thunder, blending
In paean loud, heaven’s vault were rending.
That heavenly music, spirit-thrilling,
With rapture my whole soul was filling.
Each sweet refrain, each chorus swelling,
Os God’s great love to man was telling,
Os bliss for nil that broathe preparing,
Which then in dreamland I was sharing.
Where life's pure light, alone was shining,
Beauty with holiness combining. *"
Wbile all these glorious scenes surveying,
Os life and love, both undecaying,
entranced, I stood beholding
Angels the gates of pearl unfolding :
Cn every servile badge dark frowning.
Earth's jaded toilers they were crowning.
Bondsmen from thenceforth nevermore.;
Saints, kings, and priests for evermore.
The music ceased, the spell was broke,
As with a joyous cry I woke.
Oh ! shall l ever see ngain
What things I saw in dreamland then.
Or hcarfagain such sweet refrains,
Such grand, such soul-nplifting strains ?
Fur bliss so great lew dare to itope
While With the storms of life they cope.
But, oh ! when death shall vanquished be,
And captive led captivity ;
When from the bursting we rise,
To meet the comer from the skies—
We all shall hear these s'weet refrains,
These grand, these sou! uplifting strains.
By sin and death no more enthralled,
In the great city sapphire walled
We then shall dwell for evermore,
Where death shall strike us nevermore.
John Wills.
ft-IF 0 The latest social sensation
is the Buft’enbarger poisoning case,
at London, Ohio. The points are
about as follows : Buffenbarger,sev
enty-odd years old,and worth a mill
ion, like many another man has
done, turned fool and married a
woman of twenty. Bridal trip to
Cincinnati. Met Colburn. Col
bnrn thinks she’s the old man’s
daughter. He makes eyes at her.
She tells the old man the fnfmy
mistake. Old man laughs and
makes the acquaintance of Colburn
and invites him to visit him. Good.
Colburn makes a visil--one, two,
three, many of them—-just to keep
up a pleasant acquaintance. Two
children are born. Old man dies
at the age of seventy six. “ Sleeps
with his fathers.” Wife mourns a
reasonable time and then marries
Colburn. Happy all. Some more
time passes. Buffenbarger’s friends
intimate that the old man was help
ed offi They accuse the lady of
feeding him on arsenic gruel. She
is arrested. Corpse exhumed.—
Post mortem. Arsenic in liver and
other parts of body. Who put it
there ? Late widow awaits trial.
Escape op Vallandigham’s Cli
ent. —The Dayton (Ohio) Journal
of the 3tl inst., states that the fire
bolls rang an alarm in that'city the
preceding midnight, and it was
found that seven prisoners had dug
their way out of the county jail,
among others McGehan, in whose
defense Vallandigham lost his life
recently. They effected their es
cape by tearing up a portion of the
stone floor of one of the cells in the
southeast corner of the prison, ex
davating a tunnel into the cellar un
cer the sheriff’s residence.
Tiie Atlanta Sun publishes a ru
mor to the effect that H. I. Kimball
has sold his entire interest in the
great H. I. Kimball House, in that
city.
They have a new fire company in
Atlanta. Ii is called the “H. I.
Kimball Cos.”
CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1871.
Siberia and Its Convict Prisons.
The system of transporting has,
like most Russian institutions, un
dergone a change for the better du
ring the present reign. Since 1867,
no foreigner could witness thosfe
terrible marches of fettered prison
ers, driven on like herds of cattle
by mounted Cossacks, which form
one of the principal horrors in
many of the still current books on
Russia. The convicts at present
arrive in Kassan by water convey
ance on the Yolga. To that river
they are sent by rail. The long
journey from Kassan to Tomsk, in
Siberia, is again almost entirely
performed by water, on the rivers
Yolga,- Kama, Tnr, Tobal t Irtish,
Ob, and Tofri. Only from the river
Tur (from Perm to'Tyumen), across
the mountainous boundary between
Europe and Asia, the prisoners are
carried on carts drawn by the three
horse teams otVtbe Russian poet
serv ice.
THE FLOATING PRISONS
in which the prisoners travel on
the rivers are large barges towed by
powerful steamers. The barges are
Very conveniently constructed.—
Below deck there is but one cabin,
sufficiently aired and lighted—the
principal prison room. The guard
room, the office, and the kitchen
are on deck, of which they occupy
less than one-third. The rest of
the deck forms a large cage; iron
posts support a roofrf'f sheet-iron,
and between the posts a net of thick
iron wire is extended—at once the
safest and the airiest of prisons.—
This floating prison would be very
Comfortable if it were not so terri
bly crowded. Water conveyance
in these high latitudes is limited to
less than twenty weeks in the year,
and most has therefore to be
made of it. Neither the prison
barges nor the temporary prisons
in Kassan and other towns art near
ly sufficient for the convicts; the
numbers confined in them are on
an average nearly double those for
which the localities are constructed.
The overcrowding is easily support
ed by convicts who stay only a few
days iu the temporary prisons, and
by tbe prisoners in the cage, where
the air is always fresh. In the cab
ins of the floating prisons, however,
and in Kassan during the winter,
the air breathed by the convicts is
foul beyond description. The only
consolation is that sickness and mor
tality in the convict gaol of Kassan
are not excessive. A glance into
one of
THE PRISON CAGES
discloses a very curious picture.—
Most prisoners wear the convict
garb, which is as ugly here as in
other countries; a kind of cloak
with sleeves, of a very dirty drab
color, disfigured by the letters S. I.
B. (Siberia) on the back; these
letters being inlaid in yellow cloth,,
A shapeless cap of the same mate
rial as the cloak completes the cos
tume, which seems to answer its
purpose very well, for the cloak is
very thick and firm. Even under
that uniform garb, many national
types may be distinguished; from
the solid, flat-faced Finish tribes,
some of them almost like Esqui
maux, to the sharp features of the
Jew, and the beautiful face and
form of the Circassian mountaineer.
The wearing of the prison garb
seems, beside, not to be obligatory,
even for the greatest criminal, and
many of them wear entirely or
partly their own clothing ; the Cir
cassian the national cloak, with its
rows of cases for cartridges sewn
on the breast-cloth, and the shaggy
fur cap; the Tartar, the pointed
felt hat over the skull-cap which
covers his shaven head, and the
eraftan ; the Russian peasant has
greasy gray-coat of sheepskin.—
Most prisoners have good, well
shaped boots, which guard their an
kles against the friction of the
chain; others wear the national
foot clothing of linden-bast over
the linen rags which they tie round
their feet and legs. The'dnly chains
worn are fetters attached to the
two ankles aud lifted np in the mid
dle by means of a strap fastened to
the loins. These chains are not
very heavy, and the prisoners walk
freely enough with them, yet the
clinking of the irons makes one
shudder. Such chains are worn on
ly by those who are sentenced to
hard labor/ tfrhllc those who are
sentenced merely to settle in Sibe
ria wear no chains whatever.—
Groups of womeu and children are
mixed up with the male prisoners;
the women being in the proportion
of about one to six, and the chil
dren one to twelve to the men.—
Two-thirds of the
■WOMEN AKE LIKEWISE CONVICTS,
the remainder and all the children
are merely passengers. For the
Russian Government, in order to
encourage emigration, offers free
passage to the families of those
who are sent out to Siberia ; an ad
vantage generally appreciated by
the wives, though as yet very little
by the husbands of convicts. In
1860, the last year for which Max
imov gives the statistics, 6,00(3 male
prisoners were accompanied by 326
women and 566 children ; while
women were accompanied only by
four men. The new system of
transportation owes its origin to
the energy and spirited enterprise
of a Russian merchant, Mr. Kol
chin, like Russian merchants, the
son of a peasant. He is the owner
of all the prison barges on the Vol
ga and Kama, as well as on the Si
berian waters; and likewise of the
steamers by which the barges arc
towed. These steamers carry pas
sengers and merchandise; and
though their freights are much low
er than those of the other passen
ger lines, they are, with their bar
ges in tow, nearly as fast as the
other steamers; and the accommo
dation for passengers is as good as
elsewhere. Mr. Kolchinhas an ex
tensive establishment at Nijni-Nov
gorod, where the Machinery for all
his vessels is made, and wdicre the
ships for all the European lines are
constructed. They are among the
best steamers on Russian rivers;
though most of the steamers on the
■ Volga and Kama belonging to other
owners are constructed in England
and Belgium. Only a part of the
prisoners go as far as Tomsk. At
various stations along the rivers,
especially at Tobolsk, parties of
prisoners are landed in order to be
distributed in the more westerly
parts of Siberia, where most of
those who are
SENTENCED MERELY TO SETTLE
in Siberia, and not hard labor, re
main. Fr*m the stations to the
final places of destination tbe jour
ney is continued on foot. Those
who go for hard labor to tbe con
vict establishments in eastern Sibe
ria still march in chains from Tomsk.
As far as they are concerned, the
old system of transportion is still
kept up. This system, though
very severe and cruel for the politi
cal prisoner, is much less so for the
Russian peasant. Its defects are
certainly very great. The stations
where the prisoners remain over
night are wretched, and are often
unbearably filthy. The officers who
command the prisoners are not al
ways very scrupulous, and often
use their discretionary power to ob
tain money by granting or withold
ing favors, which ought not to be
conceded—permissions to buy spir
its, to take off the fetters, etc. —
But all these drawbacks are much
lessened by the feeling of compan
ionship between officers and con
victs ; a feeling which no explana
tion can make intelligible to the
haughty aristocratic officers of Teu
tonic blood. The word “brethren”
is often addressed, and in good ear
nest too, by tbe officer to the con
victs. Savage alterations, like
those which but too frequently hap
pened between the fierce Poles and
the officers to whom they were en
trusted, and the atrocious punish*
ment inflicted, after such strife,
never happened between officers
and common criminals
A remarkable Rnssiau institution,
likewise easily intelligible to the
Western public, the artel, contrib
utes very much to lessen the suffer
ings necessarily attached to a march
of thousands of miles, performed
with
FETTERED LEGS.
Whenever a number of Russians
of the peasant class work together
they speedily form an organized
body with an elected chief, and
with equal rights and duties for all
the members. Such a body is call
ed an artel, and breaches of faith
of its members toword each other
are so absolutely unknown that
they arc considered impossible.—
This same organization is adopted
by the convicts, and, strange to say,
the same faithfulness which belongs
to all artels also characterizes those
formed by the outlaws. Nay when
the members pledge their “word
of honor” for each other, the prom
ise may be safely relied on, even by
the officers who guard them. The
elders (starosti) at the head of the
convict artels administer the money,
make all the necessary purchases,
and strike those bargains with the
officers to which we have above al
luded. Maximov describes very
prettily as an eye-witness,
THE LOVE OF MALE AND FEMALE
CONVICTS J
how the lovers manage by money,
cunning, and even by violence, to
meet and to travel together; and
how especially the carts on which
the prisoners cross, tho Ural Moun
tains are made useful for traveling
ih common. These affections exer
cise a good influence, and would be
infinitely’ more productive of good
if the Russian law promoted —in-
stead of hindering—the marriages
of the convicts. Flights from the
prison barges aro impossible, but
from the parties traveling on foot,
and especially from the convict es
tablishments themselves, they are
extremely frequent. From some
of these establishments nearly one
half of the prisoners have at vari
ous times made attempts at flight,
and Western Siberia, as well as the
eastern parts of Russia*, swarm
with runaway convicts.
Computing Interest. —Here is
anew rule for computing interest.
It is so simple and so true that eve
ry bauker, merchant or clerk should
post it for reference. By no other
arithmetical process can the desir
ed information be obtained by so
few figures:
Six per cent . —Multiply any giv
en number of dollars by the num
ber of days of interest desired, sep
arate the right hand figures and di
vide by six; the result is the true
interest on such number of days at
six per cent.
Eight per cent. — Multiply any
given a,mount by the number of
days upon which it is desired to as
certain the interest, and divide by
45, and the result will be the true
interest for the time required.
Ten per cent. —Multiply the same
as above and divide by 36, and the
result will show the interest at 10
per cent.
He that lacks time to iUowit,
lacks time to mend.
How to Restore Persons Partially
Drowned.
The season for bathing is likely
to afford the usual number of
drowning accidents, and as a little
knowledge of the treatment of
drowning persons may at some time
be of use' to all, we print below
some rules given by Dr. Marshall
Hall. He calls liis method “ the
ready method in asphyxia,” because
it requires no apparatus of any
kind. The main point is to renew
respiration and to improve the cir
culation. Dr. Hall says: “ The
means are physiological and physi
cal. All obstructions of the grottis
being removed by placing the pa
tient in the prone position, *. e.,
with the face to the ground, in which
position any fluids and the tonguo
itself fall forward, our first effort
is to excite respiration, physiologi
cally ; should this fail, our second is
to imitate the acts of respiration
mechanically. Our next object is
to endeavor to impl-ove tbe circula
tion which is done by promoting
the flow of the venous blood, and
to restore warmth in the limbs.—
Here, again, we proceed, we must
revert to the physiological principle
of exciting respiration ffiom time
to time. Dr Hall’s rules are as fol
lows :
1. Treat the patient instantly, on
the spot, in the open air, freely ex
posing the face, neck and chest to
the breeze, except in very severe
weather.
2. Send with all speed for medi
cal aid, and for articles of clothing,
blankets, &c.
I TO CLEAU TnE THROAT.
3. Place the patient gently ou
the face with oue wrist under the
forehead. (All fluids, and the
tongue itself then fall forward, and
leave the entrance to the windpipe
free.)
11. TO ENCITiS RESPIRATION.
4. Turn the patient slightly on
his side ; apply snuff or other irri
tant to the nostrils, and dasli cold
water on the face previously rubbed
briskly until it is warm.
If there be no success, lo eno
time, but apply the third rule.
111. TO IMITATE RESTORATION.
5. Replace the patient on his
face.
6. Turn the body gently, but
completely on the side, and a little
beyond and then on the face, alter
nately repeating these measures de
liberately, efficiently, and persever
ingly, fifteen times in the minute
only. (This number of thoracic
movements per minute agrees with
the natural order of respiratory
thoracic dilations and contractions,
corresponding with a slow move
ment of the heart, averaging some
thing less than sixty pulsations per
minute, and therefore merits due
attention.) The rationale of the
operation is this: When the patient
reposes on the thorax this cavity is
compressed by the weight of the
body, and expiration is promoted ;
when he is turned on the side this
pressure is removed, and inspiration
is facilitated.
6. When the prone position is
resumed, make equable but efficient
pressure along the spine, removing
it immediately before rotation on
the side. The first measure argu
ments expiration ; the second com
mencesjnspir^tion.
IV. TO INDUCE CIRCULATION AND
WARMTH.
8. Continuing these measures, rub
the limbs upward, with a firm press
ure and with energy, using hand
kerchiefs, &c.
9. Replace the patient’s wet cloth
ing by such other covering as can
be instantly procured, each bystand
er procuring a coat or waiscoat.
Meanwhile, and from time to time,
proceed to the fifth rule.
V. TO EXCITE INSPIRATION.
10. Let the surface of the body
be slapped briskly with the hand,
or
11. Let cold water be dashed
briskly on the surface, previously
nibbed dry and warm.
The Arctic Expedition. —Mr.
Richard Frohwein, an Elizabeth
druggist, is in receipt of a letter
dated Port Disco, Greealand, from
Mr. Joseph Marsh, formerly in his
employ, who accompanied Capt.
Hall as private Secretary on his ex
pedition to the North Pole. The
advice states that fitter the expedi
tion sailed from New York on June
21, and on arriving in St. John’s
harbor, Captain Hall opened the
letters given him under the seal of
the State Department, and impart
ed their contents, which stated the
nature and purport of the expedi
tion to the crew. The correspon
dent says that “ a better crew never
left a port.” The Captain is de
scribed as an old sea tar, but of re
ligious sentiments. He holds pray
er meetings«on each Sunday, aDd
will not permit his men to work on
that day, except it is absolutely nec
essary. The correspondent con
cludes by saying that probably noth
ing will be heard from the expedi
tion untill their return to this con
tinent two years hence.— Newark
Journal.
A drunken fellow, with a box
of matches in his pocket lay down
on the sidewalk in Muscatine, the
other day, to enjoy a quiet snooze.
While rolling over in his sleep the
matches took fire. Awakening, he
snuffed the air smelt
the burning brimstone and ejacula
ted, “just as I expected, in h—II
(hie,) by hokev.”
Kissing—How, When and Where ?
The following has been furnished
us by a young gentleman, undoubt
edly competent to testify upon tbe
subject, and We Call but admire
that spirit which prompts him to
give bis suffering fellow creatures
the benefit of his extensive experi
ence i
People will kiss, yet not one in a
hundred knows how to extract bliss
from lovely lipsno more than .they
know how to make diamonds from
charcoal! And yet it is easy, at
least for its. This little item is not
alone for new beginners, but for the
many who go at it hunting
coons or shelling corn. First know
who you are to kiss. Don’t make
a mistake, although a mistake may
be good. Don’t jump up like a
trout for a fly and smack a woman
on the neck, or ear, or on the cor
ners of her forehead, on the end of
her nose, or knock off her waterfall,
or jerk her bonnet ribbons, in haste
to get through. The gentleman
should be a little the taller. He
should have a clean face, a kind
eye, a mouth full of expression, in
stead of tobacco. Don’t kiss every
body. Don’t sit down to it; stand
up ; Need not be anxious about get
ting in a crowd. Two persons are
enough to corner and catch a kiss ;
more persons spoil the sport
Stand firm ; it won’t hurt any after
you are used to it. . Take the left
hand of the young lady in your
right, let your hat go to , or
'any other place out of the way,throw
the left hand gently over the shoul
der of the young lady, and let the
hand fall down upon the side to
ward the belt. Don’t be in a hur
ry; draw her gently, lovingly to
your heart ; her head will fall light
ly upon your shoulder—and a very
handsome shoulderstrap it makes !
Don’t be in a hurry ; send a little
life down your left arm and let it
know its business. Her left hand
is in your right; let there be an
expression to that, not like the grip
of a vice; the gentle clasp, full of
electricity, thought, and respect.—
Don’t be in a hurry ; her head lies
carelessly on your shoulder j you
are nearly heart to heart ; look
down into her half-closed eyes;
gently yet manfully, press her to
your bosom. Stand firm, and provi
dence will give you strongth for tbe
ordeal ! Bo brave, but don’t be in a
hurry. Her lips are almost open !
Lean lightly forward with your
head, not the body. Take good
aim ! The lips meet —the eyca close
—the heart opens—the soul rides
the storms, trouble and sorrows of
life; (don’t be in a tiurry) heaven
opens before you —the world shoots
from under y*our feet as a meteor
flashes across the evening sky;
(don’t bo afraid) the nerves dance
before the just erected altar of love,
as zephyrs dance with dew-trimmed
flowers ; the heart forgets its bit
terness, and the art of kissing is
learned. No noise, nofuss, no flut
tering and squirming like impaled
worms. Kissing don’t hurt; it
don’t require a brass band to make
it legal. Don’t job down on a pret
ty mouth as if spearing for frogs.—
Don’t grab and yank the lady as if
she was a struggling colt. Don’t
muss her hair, scratch down her col
lar, bite her cheek, squizzle her rich
ribbons and leave her mussed, rum
pled and mixed. Don’t flavor your
kisses with onions, tobacco, gin
cock tails, lager beer, brandy, etc.,
for a maudlin kiss is worse than the
itch to a delicate, loving, sensible
woman. One Who Has Tried it.
The First Saw Mill. —The old
practice in making boards was to
split up the logs with wedges; and
inconvenient to the practice was, it
was no easy matter to pursuade the
world that the thing could be
done in any better way. Saw-mills
were fi:st used in Europe in the fif
teenth century, but so lately as 1555,
an English Ambassador, having
seen a saw mill in France, thought
it a novelty which deserved a par
ticular description. It is amusing
to s6e how the aversion to labor
saving machinery has always agita
ted EngJ.aii 1 Tiic first saw-mill
was established i>y a Dutchman, in
1663; but the public outcry against
the new-fangled machine was so
violent, that the proprietor was
forced to decamp with more expe
dition than everdld a Dutchman be
fore. The evil was thus kept out of
England for several years, or at
least generations; but in 1767, an
unlucky timber merchant, hoping
that after so long a time, the public
would be less watchful of its inter
ests, made a rash attempt to con
struct another mill. The guardians
of the public welfare, however,
were <>n tho alert and a conscien
tious mob at once collected and
pulled the mill to pieces.
Carpets, Dust, and Disease.—
Home and Health says : An atmos
phere impregnated with the dust
which has been gathered in carpets
and remained there for a considera
ble length of time is positively un
healthy. The dust after being stag
nant for some time, especially in
warm weather, presents myriads of
animalcultc. To prevent the evil
the carpets should be cleaned often
The dust should be thoroughly re
moved every month. The trouble
of taking up, shaking and replacing
will be amply repaid, first, in the
matter of health, and secondly in
preserving the carpet. We advise
the good housewives —there arc
many—to make a note of this.
An lowa base ball club has buried
its catcher because he stood too near
the striker when the latter was pre
paring for a home ruu.
Contkiised History of Steam.
About 280 years B. C., Hiero of
Alexandria formed a toy which ex
hibited some of Ahe powers of
steam and was moved by its power.
A. D. 450, Anthemius, an archi
tect, arranged several caldrons of
water, eacli covered with the wide
bottom of a leather tube, which
rose to a narrow top, which pipes
extended to the rafters of the ad
joining building. A fire was kin
dled beueath the caldrons, and the
house was shaken by efforts of the
steam ascending the tubes. This is
the first notice of the power of
steam recorded.
Iu 1543, June 1«, Blaseo D. Ga
roy tried a steamboat of 200 tons
with tolerable success at Barcelona,
Spain. It consisted of a caldron
of boiling water, and a moveable
wheel on each side of tho ship. It
was laid aside as impracticable. A
present, however, was made to Ga
roy.
In 1050 the first railroad was con
structed at Newcastle on-Tyne.
The first idea of a steam engine
in England was in the famous Mar
quis of Worcester’s “History of
Inventions,” A. D., 1663.
In 1710, Newcomen made the
first steam engine in England.
In 1718, patents were granted to
Savory for Die first application of
the steam-engine.
In 1674, James Watt made the
first perfect pteam-engine in Eng
land.
In 1736, Jonathan Hulls set forth
tho idea of steam navigation.
In 1778, Thomas Pain first pro
posed this application in America.
In 1781 Marquis Jouftroy con
structed one in Saone.
In 1785, two Americans publish
ed a work on it.
In 1789, William Tyington made
a voyage in one on the Forth and
Clyde Canal.
In 1802, this experiment was re
peated.
In 1782, Ramsey propelled a boat
by steam to New York.
In 1788, John Fitch, of Philadel
phia, navigated a boat by a steam
engine on the Delaware.
In 1793, Robert Fulton first be
gan to apply bis attention to steam.
In 1793, Oliver Evans, a native
of Philadelphia, constructed a loco
motive steam-efigine to travel on a
turn pike road.
The first Steam vesel that cross
ed the Atlantic was tho Savannah,
in the month of June, 1819, from
Charleston to Liverpool.
How We Eat.
There are five kinds of eaters :
1. There is your dull man, who
seems to eat merely from habit,
mainly because his parents did so
before him, and he expects his chil
dren to follow his example. 2. Your
impatient, fidgety being, who is all
activity, and who falls to at once
on the dish that happens to be be
fore him. 3. Your careless eater,
without education, who considers
so much time as lost that is passed
at the table, puts all dishes on the
same level, and hardly knows the
breast from the drumstick. 4. Next
comes your ravenous animal, who
thinks only of quantity, takes every
thing that conies in his way, as if
anxious to show the capacity of his
stomach. 5. Lastly come the pro
fessors, men of taste, who cast a
practiced eye over the table before
eating, use judgment in the choice
of such dishes as suit their habits,
and eat sparingly of each, that the
palate may r be gently excited by va
riety. These are the guests who
are tho best dinner table talkers
and here we take tho liberty of
quoting a precept given by an an
cient philosopher whose name wo
do not remember, neither is it of
consequence, that the mouth is the
vestibule of the soul, the gato of
discourse, the portico of thought;
of course nothing unclean (of course
nothing unpalatable) should go in or
come out.
Fretful People. —lt is not work
that kills men; it is worry. Work
is healthy. You can hardly put
more on a man than he can bear.
Worry is rust on the blade. It is
not the revolution that destroys the
machinery, but the friction. Fear
secrets acid, but love and truth are
sweet juices.
We know a man with a patient,
good, Christian wife, and we never
heard him speiik a kind, pleasant
word to her, and doubt if he ever
did in the half century they lived
together. lie is always in a fret.
Everything goes wrong. You
would think that lie was made of
cross-grained timber, and Itad al
ways been trying to digest a cross
cut saw. He is externally cross,
and thinks that his wife and chil
dren, hired hands, and all the do
mestic animals, have entered into
combination to worry him todoath.
He is not only rusty but fairly
crusted over with it. Friction has
literally worn him out, and he will
soon worry himself to death. Os
course he has never worked to any
advantage to himself or anybody
else. lie superstitiously believes
it is because the devil has a spite
against him, when in truth it is
nothing but his own fretfulness.
The following speech is attribu
ted to a member of the Legislature
of Pennsylvania : * I know womin,
Mr. Speaker; I say it with no dis
respect ; I have had a heap to do
with ’utn. Tbey’r a useful class,
and—and yet with the best of ’uin
you may have trouble.”
Hint to mothers—Treat your
baby kindly, but not eordiallly.
NO. 35
VARIETY.
New Haven doeSffit fefel nob
by ” over its lobby.
TIIe inhabitants of Wyoming
brew many troubles but no beeri
In Oregon they ride fofty mile*
on horseback to get married.
Long Branch Indies plead guilty
to gilt dancing boots.
An Ohio itlHfdefer, being asked
by the judge If he had anything to
say, replied naively, “I have, air;
I have a Very bad cold, your Hon
or.”
A CixcljfiYATi painter in falling
from a building struck and broke in
two an iron awning frame, and still
survives.
Some young gentlemen at Sarato
ga are suspected of paying their
board bills by paying visits to Mori
rissey’s club-room.
A country editor who carries
concealed weapons is searching for
the writer on health, who sent* the
editor’s wife a circular reeoftiMend
ing that carpets should be taken up
and beatcu every month.
An Illinois man got married,
spent the first night of the honey
moon in the woods, and ran away
the next day.
The crop of Icebergs la very
large this season. Two, each half a
mile long, are reported from St.
Johns, and many others have beeu
encountered further out at seat
A LAWYER, in addressing a jury,
in Speaking of his client, remarked
that “ Othello’s occupation’s gone
whereupon his opponent said that
the only resemblance between his
learned friend’s client and Othello
was, that tlidy both pad villains for
counsel.
An Irishman having jumped into
the water to save a man fromdrown
ing, upon receiving a quarter from
the person as a reward for the ser
vice—looked first at the money and
then at him, and at last exclaimed,
“ I’m overpaid for the job.”
Tnu attention of two drummers
was attracted to a peculiar chimney
on a house in Virginia, and asked a
ttaxened-haired urchin if it “draw
ed well.” “ Yes,” replied the boy,
“it draws tho attention of all the
fools that pass this road.*’
In a dissenting opinion, Chief.
Justice Peck, of the Supreme Court
of Alabama, said: “ There was nei
ther common law nor common sense
iu the decision rendered by the
court in this case.”
“A coat cleaned, scoured and
pressed for one dollar,” is an an
nouncement often to be seen. A
humorous drunkard says that he
has never been cleaned and scoured,
but is frequently pressed for a
dollar.
Among tbe advertised letters at
Fall River, is one for the proprietor
.of the best hotel in the city, and
the postmaster is boarding round a
week with each to decide to whom,
it belongs.-
A German out Wost being re
quired to give a receipt in full, pro
duced the following after much
mental effort: “ I ish full. I wants
no more money. —John Sivackhae
mer.
A y thing fellow, who had been mar
ried for a twelve month, said it was
all fiudShine. Tne next twelve
month was all moonshine, and the
latter pferlod of his matrimonial ca
reer writ? without Bbiue at all ex
cept wh'fen his better half took it in
to her head to “ kick up a shine ! "
Ax Illinois man who had a watch
stolen from his pocket, and adver.
tised that the thief must retnrn it
if he would avoid trouble, received
eleven o'clock on the same day three
watches and letters promising a
fourth If he would send $23 and
ask no questions.
Small boy on tip toe to conapau r
ions : “ S —lt—stop your noise, all
of you.” Companions: “Halloa,
Tommy, what’s up now?” Small
boy*: “We’ve got anew baby—
very weak and tired—walked all
the way from heaven last night—
tnusn’t go to kickin' up a row around
here.”
How to BeGln the Day.— Rise
with the lark but not for one. Be
veff careful to attire yourself neat
ly ; ourselves, like our salads, are
always the bettef for a good dressing.
Sliavejtinrriistakdbly before you de
scend from ydrir room; chins, like
oysters, should have their beards
taken off before feeing permitted to
go down. Start with a determina
tion to be a agreeable and good
tempered, and that, lik'd M over
flowing fire, nothing shall p'tfft ton
out. Should the tea not be hot,
take it coolly; should the ham be
salt, emulate the philosophic Bacon,
and having made a few pleasant ob
servations about the mHk of human
kindness, the sugar of domestic fe
licity, the cup of happiucss being
full, and the butter resembling an
actor in a fresh part, because it ap
pears in a ne\V role, conclude with
the appropriate ballad of “ Let the
toast p:tss,” cracking fresh eggs and
stale jokes simultaneously.
Best Thing Out. —“ Mother,”
said a little girl who was engaged
in making her doll an apron, “I be
lieve I will be a Duchess when I
grow up.” “ How do you ever ex
pect to be a Duchess, my daugh
ter?” her mother asked. “Why,
by marrying a Dutchman, to be
sure,” replied the girl.