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by FREEMAN & BRO.
Ijic Calhoun limes.
Popping.
\n.l there they sat a-popping corn,
John Stiles and Susan Cutter,
John Stiles as fat as any ox,
And Susan fat as any butter.
\ii'l there they sat and shelled the corii,
\nd raked and stirred the fire,
; n d talked of difierent kind cf ears.
And hitched their chairs the nigher.
Xlirn Susan, she the popper shook,
Then John he shook the popper,
Till both their faces looked as red
sauce-pans made of copper.
,\irl so they shelled, and popped and ate—
All kinds of fun a-poking,
While he haw-hawed at her remarks,
And she laughed at his joking.
The clock struck nine, the clock strhek ten,
And still the corn popping ;
fi struck eleven and then struck twelve,
And still no signs of stopping.
\nl John, he ate, and Sue, she thought;
The corn did poy> and patter,
'Till he cried out, “ The corn’s afire !
Why, Susan, what’s the matter?”
v.j y she, “John Stiles, it’s one o’clock,
Vou’jl die of indigestion;
I’m sick of all this popping corn ;
Why don’t you pop the question ?
by-iaws and ordinances
I OF
I TlieTown of Adairsville. Ga.j Adopted
January, iS7 4.
Section 1. The officers of the Board
of Commissioners shall consist «fa
Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer;
the Chairman and Secretary elected by
the Board and continue in office until
their successors arc elected. In the ab
sence of any officer, the Board present
shall fill his place by a pro. tern, appoint
ment.
Sul 2. The regular meetings of the
Hoard shall be on the first Monday night
in each month Tfiree members of the
Board shall constitute a quorum, and
the Chairman or a majority of the Board
shall call extra meetings when deemed
necessary. Any member of the Board
failing to attend any meeting, when no
tified thereof, shall pay a fine of one
dollar, unless he presents such excuse
as shall be judged satisfactory.
Sec. 3. The Secretary shall record
the proceedings of the Board, and shall
sign all ordinances and orders made by
the Board and discharge such other du
ties as shall be required of him by the
Board.
Sec- 4. The Treasurer shall give bond
and security in the sum of one thousand
dollars, payable to the Board of Com
mers and their successor? in ofiice
I*for the faithful performance of the du
ties of his office. He shall receive all
monies due the town, or the Commis
sioners thereof, and shall pay out mon
ey only as ordered by the Board, and
shall take and file in his office, subject
to the inspection of the Board, receipts
for all moneys paid out.
Sec. 5. The Secretary shall issue
executions in alt cases, when ordered
by the Board, for a violati >n of any of
the ordinances of the town, for the col
lection of taxes, or for any dues to the
board or said town. The same shall be
directed to the Marshal of the town,
and shall bo by him levied on the goods,
chattels, land and tenements of the de
fendant in execution. When executions
shall de levied on property, notice of
the sale thereof shall he given by post
ing a notice in the town, giving ten days
notice of the sale. All sales shall be
by the Marshal.
Sf.c. (5, The Marshal shall make re
turns of all the papers in his hands,and
of his official acts, at each regular meet
ing of the Board, and at any other
meeting when required.
Sec. 7. For issuing executions, the
Secretary shall have the same fees . s
arc allowed by law to Justices of the
Peace, and for levying, advertising and
collecting under executions, the Mar
shal shall have the fees allowed Consta
bles, all to be paid by defendants ; and
the Marshal shall pay over to the Treas
urer at cat'll regular meeting any money
in his hands belonging to the corporation.
Sec 8. Each male inhabitant of the
town liable to work roads under the
laws oi the Slate shall pay three dollars
street tax, and upon failure to pay such
street tax, they shall be summoned to
work the streets of said town the nunc
F ber of days that may be determined up
on by the Board, and upon failure to
work after having been summoned,such
defaulters shall be fined not exceeding
three dollars for each day.
Sec. 7. Own era of real and personal
property shall pay such tax upon the
saille as the Board may assess, not to
°xceed one-fourth of one per cent.;
a «d they shall make the same uuder
' atu to the tax assessors and value the
' one from the first day of April. If
an y person shall fail or refuse to make
returns, they shall be assessed a double
t '-x. at the discretion of the Board ; or
- they shall return the same below its
■ due, the Board sh all assess the same.
:ir 'd the tax shall he collected in ac-
tdance with the assessment by the
Board.
S 1 °. Owners of billiard tables
s tail pay a tax of SSO per annum on
if i i table. Vendors of spirituous liq"
?, Jls ’’ball apply to the Secretary of the
f '"‘ [ 'and and get a license, for which tfrey
I ‘d Pay SBO annually. Such license
f 'be issued by the Secretary upon pny
rilent of the tax herein assessed, and
| ‘urther sum of one dollar ard twen
■y-five cents as his fee, to be paid by
I<i applicant. Such tax to be paid upon
truing said license. Any person who
’ la “ sell spirituous liquors without first
i ‘ curing license, shall, upon conviction,
! M y a fine of five dollars for each day
10 () r she so sells, and on failure to pay
* ai d fine, they shall be imprisoned five
1 a js for each day they sell without com
p )ing with this ordinance. Any per-
♦
son who shall open or keep open on the
Sabbath day a house where spirits are
kept for sale, or who shall sell spiritu
ous liquors on the Sabbath, shall, on
conviction, be fined not exceeding S2O
and imprisoned ten days,or at the discre
tion of the Board.
Sec. 11. Any person who shall fire a
gun,pistol or crackers, or shall be guilty
ofany noisy or disorderly conduct,or loud
and profane swearing, or of any public
indecency, or of drawing weapons likely
to produce dea s h, or shall place any ob
structions on the streets or sidewalks,
such as wood, rocks (except fur build
ing purposes), or shall do any act pre-,
judicial to the health or convenience h'
the inhabitants of this town, or shall
bo guilty of gambling of any kind, or
of running or driving any animal at an
unusual speed on the public square, or
sidewalks, or shall faii to repair fire
places, chimneys or stoves which may
be in an unsafe condition, or shall fail
to keep in good order any privy owned
by him or her, or shall self goods of any
kind on the Sabbath, except for burial
purposes, shall be fined not exceeding
S2O and imprisoned for the term of ten
days, or at the discretion of the Board.
Sec. 12. All shows or circuses or
menageries shall before exhibiting in
this town, get license from the Secreta
ry and Treasurer, and pay a tax of S2O
for each day, and one. dollar and twen
ty five cents to the Secretary for issu
ing the same. All shows of wax fig
ures, sleight of-hand performances, or
gan grinders, etc , and all other shows
or exhibitions l’>r pay in said town,
shall pay a tax of not more than Five
Dollars per Jay for each day.
All transient auctioneers or peddlers
shall pay a tax of not le a s than five dol
lars per d,y for each day they sell or
offer to sell.
Sf.c. 13. Any person who shall hitch
a horse or other animal to any shade
tree or fence, or who shall injure or al
low any horse or other animal to injure
shade trees in any way, or who shall
ride and drive on side-walks, shall, on
conviction, be fined not more than Five
Dollars.
Sec.. 14. Any boy guilty of jumping
on and off trains while in motion, shall
be fined or imprisoned at the discretion
of the Board.
Sec. 15. Any person who shall fail
to assist the Marshal (when summon
s'd) in enforcing any of the ordinances
of the town, shall be fined uot more
than Five Dollars.
Sec. 10. In accordance with the law
authorizing the passage of these Ordi
nances for the government of the town
of Adaipsvilce, aud for the purpose
of enforcing the same, it shall be the
duty of the Marshal to see that these
Ordinances and By Laws are strictly
enforced, or any Ordinances that may
hereafter be passed by the Board, and
the Marshal shall give bond and secu
rity for the faithful performance of his
duties as Marshal of said town, aud
the said Marshal before entering upon
the duties of his office shall take an
oath to carry out and administer the du
ties of his office, impartially and with
out favor.
Sec. 17. It shall be the duty of the
Marshal to arrest and imprison any
person for violating any of the Ordi
nances of the town, if said persons arc
under the influence of liquor, and
bring them to trial when ordered by
fh.e Boatd. It shall be the duty of the
Marshal to kill, or caused to be killed,
all proud sluts which may be found
running at large within the corporate
limits of said town, after giving owner
notice.
Sec. 18. Any person having any
matter for the consideration of the
Board shall submit the same in writing
to the Secretary of the Board. Any
of these By-Laws and Ordinances may
be altered and amended at any meeting
of the Board. All By-Laws and Ordi
nances in conflict with these By-Laws
and Ordinances are hereby repealed.
J. W. Guay, Chairman.
J. J. Oglesby, Secretary.
Marcus Brown, Treasurer.
W. H. Bearden.
G. C. Gitolston.
F. F. Strown.
-4— &S
The Rebel Forces.
In the November numbers of the
Eclectic and the Land We Love, 18G9,
an interesting and important corres
pond moe “was published between Dr.
Joseph Jones, Secretary of the Histori
cal Society, and General S. Cooper, Ex-
Adjutant General of the Confederate
States. From that source we glean the
following facts for the benefit of those
who are not so fortunate as to have pre
served a file of the magazines. Such
facts are startling even to those who
participated in the Southern struggle:
1. The available forces of the Con
federate army did not, during the war,
exceed 600,000 men.
2. The Confederate States never had
in their defense more than 200,000
men in the field at one time.
3. From 1861 to 1865 the Confeder
ate- forces actively engaged were only
600.000.
4. The total number of deaths during
that time were 200.000.
5 Losses of prisoners counted r.s
.total losses, on account of the United
States policy of exchange, 200,000
6. The loss of the Confederate States
army by discharge, disability and de
sertion amounted to 100,000.
7. At the close of the war the force
of the Confederate army was less than
100,000.
8 Out of 600,000 men 500,000 were
lost to the service.
These facts are taken from calcula
tions made with great care by Dr. Jo
seph Jones, submitted to and approved
by General S. Cooper, Adjutant-Gener
al of the Confederate army.
CALHOUN, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1874.
BRUTE MAN.
Remarkable and Horrible History of a
Wild Human Family—The \u.1e
Nymph and Ugly Satyr of a Penn
sylvania Wilderness.
Tunkhannock, Penn., Jan js.
William Parks, aged about twenty-one
years, lias been lodged in jail at this
place for repeated attempts to take the
life of his father, Stephen Wells Parks,
of the town of Monroe, this county
This brines into prominence the history
of the Patks family, known as the
“ Wild Family of Monroe,” which,
without exceeding the bounds of truth
in the least, is one of the most singu
lar on record.
DISCOVERY OF THE WOOD NYMPH.
In the fuli of 1871 a party from
Pittston, Luzerne County, were hunt
ing in the mountains of litis countv.—
In a wild, lonely spot, miles from anv
habitation, one of them, hearing a rust
ling in the leaves and pushes on one
side of him, was astouuded to see a
young woman, perfectly nude, digging
among the leaves, apparently sot beech
nuts. She was on her hands and knees,
and was not aware of the hunter’s pres
ence for some time. When she saw
him she uttered a harsh cry and start
ed off like a deer through the woods
and was soon out of sight. Deter
mined, if possible, to find out some
thing more in regard to this singular
apparition, the hunter summoned his
companions together, told them what he
had seen, and proposed that they follow
in the direction she had taken, and
endeavor to learn where she came
from.
THE SATYR.
The party walked for about a mile
through the woods and came to a small
clearing. In one corner of this clear
ing was a miserable hovel, built of logs
and with a roof of straw. They went
towards it. Before they reached it
the girl who had been seen by their
companion came ouo of the door, and
following alter her was a hoy, also en
tirely naked. They jumped about the
door as if playing, on all tours, picking
up something from the ground occasion
ally and eating it. The hunters stood
for a moment speechless with surprise
at the most singular soectaclc, and then
approached nearer. They were soon
seen bv the wild beings--for wild they
surely were —who at once ran swiftly
off' and hid in (he WQods.
A MODERN CRUSOE.
Coming up to the door of the hut,
the hunters looked in. On a bench, in
the middle of the room, sat an old man
reading from a large book, which
on his knees. His clothing was scant
and ragged, and evidently made by him
self. A long, whiteboard reached near
ly to his waist, and, like his hair, was
matted and unkempt. There was no
furniture in the room, except the
bench. In one corner some straw was
scattered about, as if for a bed. The
bare ground formed the floor. Near
one end of the room a hole was dug,
in which there was a fire. Over this
was an iron kettle, in which something
was boiling Everything betokened
the most abject wretchedness ; fiith and
dirt were on every side.
FfS NUDE children.
The old man arose when the stran
gers came to the door. He was below
the medium height, and had a sharp
bright eye and an intelligent face. He
invited the gentlemen into his house,
and asked them, in polite terms, the
nature ol their errand. The hunters
were at a loss at first to explain, but fi
nally told the old man what they had
seen in the woods and about his door,
and expressed a curiosity to know who
aud what the strange beings were.
The old man laughed and said:
“ Those ire my children, William and
Melvina—brother and sister. They ap
pear peculiar to strangers, no doubt,
but I’m used to ’em. Clothes are of
not much account, anyhow, here in the
woods.”
The old man then stepped to the door
and gave a peculiar shout. Very soon
his children were seen to emerge from
the woods and come stealthily toward
the house, gesticulating and chattering
a strange gibberish, and now and then
laughing idiotically. They came near
enough to afford a sufficient scrutiny.—
Both were well formed with the except
ion of the lower limbs, which were dis
torted. The gir r s face, although lack
ing any sign of intelligence, was not
unprepossessing. The boy’s features
were repulsive. Their heads were small,
the foreheads sloping far back. Long,
matted hair hung from their heads, and
their skin was nearly black with dirt
and exposure. While the strangers
were looking at them the boy, with no
apparent provocation, struck his sister a
blow in the face, uttering a peculiar
cry. She ran across the clearing and
the boy followed her, seizing a st'ek
that lay on the ground. Their father
started after them, shouting, “ Let her
alone, Bil ! Let her alone, I say!”
“ Bill” did not catch his sister, however,
and ran off in another direction. The
old man returned to his guests, who
could not repress their astonishment
and disgust, but solicited and explana
tion of the extraordinary and almost
incredible scenes which they beheld.
HISTORY OF THF. FAMILY.
The old man, w thout any hesitation,
told them the history of himself and
his wild children. His name, he said,
was Stephen Wells Parks. He was
born in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania,
and was fifty years of age. V> hen lit
was twenty-five years of age he mar
ried, and moved with his wife, to the
farm where the hunters found him.—
His wife’s health, he said, was poor,
and her mind very weak. His daughter
Melvina was born in 1850. She never
hud any care from her mother after she
could walk, and no clothing except a
cloth wrapped about her when it was
cold. Will iam was born two years af
terward. and was treated in the same
way. Parks and his wife believed
that it was useless to clothe their chil
dren out in the wilderness where they
lived. Neither of the children ever
spoke a word beyond their strange gib
berish, which they apparently under
stood. They ran wild in the woods.
Jiving on roots, beech-nuts, berries and
sometimes killing and eating snakes
and toads Walking so much on their
hands and knees, hunting their food,
occasioned the distortion of their legs.
Melvina had always been of a docile,
gentle disposition, and easily managed
Will iam was quite the contrary. He
was vicious and ugly from the tiHis he
could creep, and at the time the hunt
ers discovered the family, was getting
quite unmanageable.
The “ farm” was used merely to
raise enough potatoes and pumpkins to
furnish food for the mother and father.
The children seldom ate at home, and
slept in the woods when the weather was
not too cold—sometimes being gone for
days at a time.
DESERTION OF THF MOTHER.
In 1867 the wife of Parks left him,
st ring as a reason that “Bill” was get
ting so unmanageable and ugly that she
was afraid of him. She took with her
another child, a baby, and had never
returned. Up to the time of the visit
ol the hunters Parks had lived alone in
the mountains with his wild, mute idi
otic children. If he had occasion to go
away he always tied bill up in the house
with a strong rope, for fear ho might
kill Melvina Parks said he found them
a great burden, and their care intefered
with his studies. Surrounded by wretch
edness and filth, the father of these
brute-like off spring had learned the
Bible almost by heart, being able to re
peat whole chapters at will from any
portion of it. He was also well versed
in h ; s>tory and mathematics, and had
invented a system of short-hand writing,
which he used with wonderful dexteri
ty. lie exhibited of pen
manship executed by himself which
were really elegant. lie also recited
selections irom Shaksjteare in a manner
that astonished his hearers. He said
he regretted his wife’s absence very
much, as it prevented him from inves
tigating an important etymological the
ovy or his.
THE WILD CHILDREN LEASED FOR EX
HIBITION.
The bun ten left, finding it difficult
to credit even what they had seen and
heard. When the news of the exist
ence of the “wild family” became known
the “ farm ” was besieged with callers,
and two enterprising individuals con
ceived the idea of securing the family
and exhibiting the “wild mutes” about
the country. Parks was willing to en
gage in the enterprise, and leased his
unfortunate off-spring for the purpose.
He accompanied the exhibition, “ iec
turing” upon the circumstances attends
ing the lives of his children and him
self. The “ mutes ” were taken about
the country for a few weeks, but the
speculation proved a failure, and they
were returned to the wilderness. Re
moved from restraint,they tore to shreds
the clothing that had been placed upon
them as soon as they reached home.
After the first excitement created by
the discovery of this family had died
away they were forgotten. The arrest
and incarceration of one of them has
again brought them forward and revealed
a still more sickening chapter in their
hictory.
INFANTICIDE AND MURDER.
Parks, the father, says that after their
return home from the exhibition tour
Bill became more and more violent in
his temper. He made several deadly
assaults upon both his sister and father.
A few months after their return Melvi
na gave birth to a child. This child
she and Bill killed in the woods and
tore it to pieces. Not long afterward
Bil! attacked his sister and killed her
with an old knife that Parks used to cut
up pumpkins with. Parks buried his
daughter and ever sinee that time has
lived in deadly fear of his son.
THE WILD BOY ATTEMPTS PATRICIDE.
One day last week Bill attacked his
father, knocking him down with a club.
The old man gut away from him how
ever, and came to this place for an of
ficer to arrest him- Two men went to
Parks’ place,and succeeded after a strug
gle in capturing him. They put a
suit of clothes on him and brought
him to Tunkhannock, and lodged him
in jail As soon as he was place !in
the cell he tore off his clothing, and is
now perfectly naked. Parks returned
home, and is now living entirely alone
and probably finds an:pie time for his
studies. The wild, mute, maniac son
will doubtless be sent to the insane asy
lum to spend the rest of his days.
It seems incredible that in this en
lightened age, within the sound, as it
were, of the church bells of a populous
town, such a case of utter depravity
and wretchedness could exist. But the
above are the facts which can be sub
stantiated by plenty of reliable witness
es.— Correspondence New York Herald.
The Salary Repeal Bill Ap
proved.— Washington , Jan. 21.—The
President has approved the bill repeal
ing all parts of the Salary act of March,
1873. except such as increase the sala
ries of the President and the Justices
of the Supreme Court, thus - restoring
the compensation of members of Con
gress and others to former rates.
Action is the real teacher. Instruc
tion does but prevent waste and mis
takes; and mistakes themselves are
often the best teachers of all.
Health Rules By John Wesley.
The great apostle wrote upon many
{subjects. Health was prominent among
them. He published a work under the
title of "Primitive Physic; or, an Easy
and Natural Method of Curing Most
Diseases.” From his rules I have
leeted the following :
A pure air is very important.
lender people should have those who
lie with them, or are much about them,
sound, sweet and healthy.
Every one ambitious of good health
should be as clean as possible in their
houses, furniture and clothes.
The great rule in food is to suit the
quality and quantity to our digestion.
All pickled, smoked, salted and high
seasoned food is unwholesome.
Nothing conduces more to health
than ahstenance and plain food, with
due labor.
For studious persons, about eight
ounces of animal and twelve of vegeta
ble food in twenty four hours is suffi
cient.
atcr is the most wholesome of all
drinks, most quickens the appetite and
strengthens the digestion.
Strong, and more especially spirituous
liquors are a certain though slow poi
son. Experience shows there is no
manner of danger m discontinuing them
ut once.
Coffee and tea are extremely injuri
ous to persons with weak nerves.
Tender persons should eat only a very
light supper, and that full two or three
hou f s before going to bed.
Such persons ought to retire to bed
invariably by nine o'clock, and rise from
four to five in the morning.
Walking is the best exercise for those
who are able to bear it, and riding is
the best for those who are not able to
bear walking.
M e may strengthen any weak part of
the body by constant exercise Thus
the lungs may be strengthened by loud
speaking or by walking up an ascent,
the digestion and nerves by T riding, the
arms and hands by strongly rubbing
them daily.
The studious cught to have stated
times for exercise, at least two or three
hours a day, otfe half before dinner,
the other before going to bed.
Those who read or write much should
learn to do it standing, otherwise it will
impair their health.
The fewer clothes any one use by day
or night, (provided he is kept warm),
the hardier he will be.
Exercise should never be taken on a
full stomach, it should never be contin
ued to exhaustion, and when we are
done w r o should be careful not to cool
off too suddenly.
The flesh brush is highly beneficial,
especially in stimulating a part which is
cold and inactive.
Cold bathing is of great advantage to
health. It prevents many diseases, pro
motes perspiration, accelerates the cir.
culation of the blood,and secures against
colds.
Ail violent and sudden passions dis
pose people to acute diseases. Slow
and lasting- passions, such as grief and
hopeless love, bring on chronic dis
eases.
The love of God, as in general it is
the sovereign remedy for all miseries, so
in particular in preventing bodily disor
ders. And by the unspeakable joy and
perfect calm, serenity, aud tranquility it
gives to the mind, it becomes most pow
erful of all means of health and long
life. —Dio Lends in To Day.
~T3S > ——
Hindoo Belles,
“The Hindoo woman,” says a writer
in Frazer’s Magazine, “ attracted me
most by their graceful carriage, their
picturesque drapery, consisting of a full
skirt and a sort of burnous, which pass
es over the head, almost completely
veiling the face. These vary in color,
being sometimes bright blue and pink
and yellow, the skirt often bordered
with a hem of some other color, often
very gaudy, but the dark skin harmon
izes it all. The m 0.4 artistic, to my
mind, is the deep irdigo blue, but it is
more rare in thfe northwest than in
southern India, where almost all the
lower classes of women wear it. It is
pleasant to watch the easy grace with
which they walk, bearing round red
earthen ware or bright copper water
jars on their heads, steadying their bur
den with one well shaped, smail-wristed,
dusky arm stretched up to its full
length, and covered almost to the el
bow, and sometimes above it with num
bers of bracelets. These are sometimes
silver and often plated metal or red and
green lace. I once heard of a Behoof
the pupils of which were trained to
walk about with tumblers of cold wa
ter on their head ; and when I saw the
firm footed easy grace of these burden
bearing women, I regretted that the
practice was nol universal. The pile
faced race may perhaps pride itself on
its superiority iq the use of its head,
but these dusky daughters cf the san
certainly outdo their more favored sis
ters iu the use they make of the out
side of theirs. They earry everything
on their head, jars of water, pieces of
cloth, baskets of vegetables, huge bun
dles of sugar cane, fuel, anything and
.everything, leaving their hands free for
any additional burden. They do not
even carry their little black babies in
their arms, but either balance them
astride on their shoulders with their
little bauds on their mother’s head, or
else astride on “no hip, encircled with a
j strong arm. I have seen a woman with
four water-jars towering on her head,
and her little baby on her hip, walking
along with springy grace, jingling her
silvery anklets and toe-bells she
went.”
Never kick a man when he is down*
unless you are sure he can’t get up.
[Forjtbe Ultimo- Times,]
i of Nature are Preserv
ed by_ Antagonist i<£Forees.”
The proposition that antagonistic
forces can preserve harmony is a sMamie
one, but, strange as it is, it is true.—
By two forces the earth is sent “whirl
ing through space”.in a way that pre
serves its harmony with the “ spheres ”
! Its centrifugal force tends tu drive it
i from Jhe euh/and its cohtritK'tii! force
| tends to draw it to the sun. By the ac
j tion of these*two antagonistic forces it is
j kept in its path or orbit. Ccntriftigal
| and centripetal forces are antagonistic,
j but they preserve the most perfect*hat
| mony. How beautiful the theory ! ’’The
Idea itself is grand, but when applied
it lends the mind into a v;.st field of
thought. In studying the operations
and phenomena of nature, the object is
I to ascertain the causes of each aud all of
them, from the least to tho greatest. —
The theory of antagonism may be ex
tended to al the heavenly bodies. What
a grand harmony, then, exists iu plan
etary motion ! The student of nature
who undere.ands the two forces can ap
ply them and at once be struck with i
the beauty of the theory. This then**
ry when applied to the earth explains
thfe solidity, liquidners and mrit'orm na- |
ture of Matter; the internal and oxter- j
nal condition of the earth, as to its heat !
and cold ; and its elevations and its de
pressions ; the volcanoes and earth
quakes ; the wearing down of the moun
tains and the uplifting of the valleys ;
and indeed every change and operation j
in the earth and upon its surface. The i
order aud harmony we see around tis
are the results of antagonistic forces.—
One force uplifts the hills and moun
ta:ns, another force levels them in time,
so that ruinous extremes are avoided.—
Mr. Maury says: “Tho hills and valleys
were not always where wc see them
now.” Hills and valleys change places.
Our wisest and best philosophers and
geologists say that the Mississippi val
ley was once covered by the bed of the
sea, but time has dried up the water
end it is now laud. In the same way
the he l of the Atlantic Ocean will be
a fruitful valley of land, and where the
ocean steamer now ploughs the waves,
the overland engine will pass Our own
observation teaches us that numberless
changes are going on in matter, and
that the scene of the conflict le the sur
face of the earth.
J. L. Milburn.
f TtCbe'jcontinned. ]
A Case of Somnambulism.
Altogether the most interesting case
of somnambulism on record is that of a
young ecclesiastic, the narrative of
which, from the immediate coin muni?
cation of an archbish p of Bordeaux, is
given under the head of Somnambulism
in the “French Encyclopedia.” 'this
young ecclesiastic, when the archbishop
was at the same seminary, used to rise
every night and write sermons or piec s
of music. To study his condition, the
archbishop betook himself several nights
to the chamber of the young man where
he made the following observations :
The young mrn use to rise, take pa
per and write. Before he wrote music
he would take a stick and rule the lines
with it; he wrote the notes together
with the wqrds corresponding with
them, with perfect correctness; or,when
he had written the words too wide, he
altered them The notes that were to
be black he filled in after he had com
pleted the whole. After completing a
sermon, he read it aloud from beginning
to end. If any passage displeased him
he erased it and wrote the amended
passage correctly over the other. To
ascertain whether he used his eyes, the
archbishop intetposed a sheet of paste
board between the writing and his face.
He took not the least notice, but went
on writing as before. The limitation of
his perceptions to what he was thinking
about was very curious. A bit of ani
seed cake that lie had sought for he ate
approvingly; but when, on an..ther oc
casion, a piece cf the same cake was
put in his mouth, he spit it out with >ut
observation. The following instance of
the dependence of his perceptions upon,
or rather their subordination to, his
preconceived ideas, is truly wonderful
It is to be observed that he always know
when his pen had ink on it. Likewise
if they adroitly changed his papers
when he was writing, he knew if the
sheet substituted was of a different size
from the former and app ared embar
rassed in that case; but if the fresh
sheet of paper which was substituted
fur that written on was exactly the same
size as the latter, he appeared uot to be
aware of the change, aud he would con
tinue to read off his composition from
the blank sheet of paper as fluently as
when the manuscript itself lav before
him ; nay, mure; he would continue his
corrections and introduce amended pas
sages, writing them npon exactly the
same places on the blank sheet which
they would have occupied on the writ
ten page.
; The Ready Rooster.— Roosters
are the pugilists among birds, and hav
ing no suitable shoulder tew strike
from, they strike from the heel. When
a rooster gits whipped, the hens all
march off with the other rooster, if he
ain’t half so big or so hansura. It is
pluck that wins a hen. Roosters az a
i class won’t do enny household work ;
I yu han’t git a rooster to pay enny atten
! shun tew a yung one. They spend
| most of their time in crowing and str U
! ting, and ones in a while they find a
| worm, which they make a great fuss
over, calling their wives up from a dis
tance, apparently to treat them, but
jist az the hens git thare, this elegant
cuss bends over and gobbles up tin
worm. Jist li e*a man, fir ail the
world ! —Jodt Billing* AUmimir.
VOLUME IV.—NO. 27.
i is iTtLiri
Wb cn is a thief like a rep trier?—
V\ Ihhi he fakes^notes.
‘‘Good morning gentlemen,” said a
j book-peddlor, entering a railroad ear,-
No one responded. “ Beg pardon, if I
, t,ave s >iti too much, I withdraw the luifc
j word.”
Jack, who is at a boarding-school in
| the country,, writes home : “ Please
1 send mS a good trap to catch a wood"
chuck and a pi i e of carpet for me to
• say my prayers on.”
“ Take a wing,” gushed a young and
j pompous upstart, extending his bent
| a ‘‘uj to a sensible young lady, at the
ci tfie of a prayer meeting. “ Not of a
gander,” she quietly replied, and walk
ed home with her broth r.
Irish ‘•boy” to benevolent old gentle
man), “ Maybe yer honor’ll give a poor
boy something. Sure, it’s a dissolute
orphan, and deaf and dumb l am !”
Absent-minded old gentleman (putting
his hand in his pocket) “poor fellow.”
Lady’s Maid : “ Please, ma'am, I wish
to resign 1 ’ “ Why, Parker? You eau.e
here only yesterday?” Lady’s Maid:
1 ve been looking over yont drawers,
ma am, and find your things are not
up to the mark, and would’nt do mo
credit !”
i he landlord of a Detroit hotel writes
out a single bill of fare, which is pass
ed to each guests in turn, and io this
way he gives a high tone to his inititu
tion and saves a printer’s bill. The
bill announces “ Coffy,” “ seoupe,”
:‘roste beaf,” “ fride ham,” ‘’buyled
and bakt potatys,” “hide boul pudditi,”
“ mins pie.”
A little boy and girl had boon cau
tioned never to take the ‘nest-egg when
they gathered the eggs; but one even
ing the girl reached the nest first, seized
on the egg, and started for the house.—
Her and isappointed brother followed, cry
ing: “Mother! mother! Susy, she’s
been and got the egg the old lien meas
ures by !”
Says the Detroit Free Press: “In
the Police Court the other day, when a
uian was about to be tried for assault
and batu iry, he brought forward his boys
ten years old, as a witness. The Jus
tice asked the lad if he knew the na,
ture of an oath, and the boy said hi
father had explained it. “He said,”
replied the boy, “ that if 1 didn’t swear
that the other fellow struck first, he’d
tan the whole hide off my back.” He
wasn’t used on the stand.
One of the stations on the Selma and
Merid inn Railroad is named Cuba
Recently a train with an emigration
agent and a party of colored men going
West reached that point, and the
brakesman put his head inside the car
duor and shouted “ Cuba !” One old
colored man rose, and as his hair strait
ened out with sudden fear, said, “ Dar,
I know’d it ! Ileah we is in Cuba, an’
dat ’are white man’s gwine to put us in
do war or sell us fore day. I’so gwine
from heah,” and , followed by about
thirty others, he bolted off the train
and into the woods, leaving the agent
alone in his glory.
Mr, Layard, the Eastern explorer,
once requsfed a Mohammedan official
to give him some statistics of the city
in which lie lived. He received in re
ply a letter, of which the following is
an extract: The thing you ask of me
is both difficult aud useless. Although
I have passed all my day?* in this place,
I have neither counted the houses nor
have I inquired into the number of in
habitants ; and as to what one person
loads on his mules, and the other stows
away in the bottom of his ship, this is
no business of mine. Rut above all, as
to the previous history of this city.—•
God only knows the amount of dirt and
eonfusion that the infidels may havq
eaten before the coming of the sword,
of Islam.”
A man sauntered into an apothecary
shop in Portland, Me., the other morn
ing. and after spending a few moments
looking into the showcases, and turning
a piece of toothpick several times iu
fiis mouth, startled the clerk with the
question : “ What’s good to cure poi
soning?” “ What kind of poisoning ?”
asked the clerk. “ Well laudanum
poisoning,” says the stranger. “ You
see, the old w*>man took a couple of
teaspoonfuls of laudanum, and I kinder
thought I’d better drop into a pill-shop
and see what’s good for her” (all this
in a drawling voice). “ Here, John!”
shouted the clerk, “ put up a strong
emetic as quick as you can, and you, sir,
take it home, give it to your wife, fol
low it up with strong coffee, and a call a
doctor.” “ A doctor ? ’ says the man,
taking the medicine, “ she don’t waste
no money on doctors, not if I kuow
it.”
On the evening train fronr Albany,
recent!}’, was a woman bound for West
field. who persisted in requesting the
affable conductor to inform her when
Chester was reached. Every time when
the conductor passed through the car,
he was greeted with : “ Please tell me
when we get to Chester.” Courteous
man though he is, even his patience
was finally exhausted, and lie politely
requested the unfortunate female to
maintain silence, as he had award and
would heed her injunction. Chester
was finally reached.- ar.d “ Chester” was
yelled at the car door. The train again
started, and :he conducfer mounted the
car in which wa< his persecutor. “ Will
you tell me when we get to Chester ?”
she said. “ This is Chester.” he ex
claimed, and, grasping this bell rope,
he had the train back up to /the station.
“ I’m real glad you obliged me,” said
the daughter of Eue|*o the exasperated
conductor. “My husband used to liyo
here.”