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The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19
Great CLOCK.

Henry C. Wright. in letter to the Lib
erator, thus describes the great clock in the
Cathedral of Strasburg:
The priests and military have retired,
and am now sitting in a chair facing the
gigantic clock-from the bottom to the top
not less than 100 feet, and about 80 feet
wide and 1 5 feet deep.
Around me are many strangers, waiting
to see the working of this clock as it strikes
the hour of noon. Every eye is upon the
clock. 1t now wants FIVE minutes of twelve.
The clock has struck, and the people are
gone, except a few whom the sexton, or
head man with wand and sword is con-
ducting round the building. The clock
has struck in this way: The diai is some
20 feet from the floor; on each side of
which is cherub, or little boy with mail
let; and over the dial is small bell. The
eherub on the left strikes the first quarter,
that on the right the second quarter. Some
fifty feet over the dial, in large niche, is
huge figure of Time, bell in his right
Eand. In front stands a.fgure of young
man with mallet, who strikes the third
and then turns and glides, with slow step.
round behind Time; comes out an old man,
with mallet, and places himself in front
of him.
AS the hour of twelve comes, the old
man raises the mallet and deliberately
strikes twelve times on the bell, that echoes
through the building and is heard all round
the region of the church. The old man
glides slowly behind Father Time, and the
young man comes on readily to perform his
part as the time comes round again.
As soon as the old man has struck twelve
and disappeared, another set of machinery
is put in motion some twenty feet higher
still. 1t is thus: There is high cross, with
the image of Christ on it. The instant
twelve is struck, one of the Apostles walks
out from behind, comes in front, turns, fac
ing the cross, bows, and walks on around
to his place. AS he does so another comes
out in front, turns. bows, and passes in.
So twelve apostles, figures large as life,
walk. round, bow and pass on. As the last
appears, an enormous cock, perched on the
pinnacle of the clock, slowly flaps its wings,
stretches forth its neck, and crows three
times, so loud as to be heard outside the
church to some distance, and SO naturally
as to be mistaken for "A real cock. Then all
is silent as death. No wonder this clock is
the admiration of Europe. 1t was made in
1871. and has performed these mechanical
wonders ever since, except about fifty years.
when it stood out of repair.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19
To Manage a Rearing Horse.


In the British Sportsman we find the fol-
lowing hints respecting the management of
a rearing horse,. which strikes US as being
worthy, as it is easy of trial:
Whenever you perceive horses inclin-
alton to rear, separate your reins and pre-
pare for him. The instant he is about to
raise, slacken one hand and bend or twist
his head with the other. keepin G your hands
low. This bending compels him to move
a hind leg, and of necessity brings the fore
feet down. Instantly twist him completely
round two or three times, which viii con-
fuse him very much, and completely throw
him off his guard. The moment you have
finished twisting him round; place his head
in the direction you wish to proceed, apply
the spurs, and he will not fail to 60 for
ward If the situation be favorable press
him into gallop, and apply the spurs and
whip two or three times severely. The
horse viii not perhaps be quite satisfied.
with the first defeat, but may feel disposed
to try again for the mastery. Should this
be the case, you have only to twist him, etc.,
as before, and you will find that in the Sec
ond struggle he will be more easily subdued
than on the former occasion; in fact, you
will see him quail under the operation. Il
rarely happens that a rearing horse, after
having been treated in the way described,
will resort to this trick third time.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19
Discovery of a Cave.

Great excitement has been created in
Brooklyn by. the announcement of the dis
covery of a cave, near the Greenwood en-
trance. Thousands have already fiocked to
see it. The discovery was made by two
boys who were playing on a'hill near the
entrance to Greenwood, when the embank
ment gave way and they fell and discover
ed the opening of cave. The boys fled
upon this, and informed some gentlemen,
who proceeded to explore the place. About
100 feet from the entrance they found a
large room, with shelves all around, upon
which were numerous bottles, some full of
liquor, and some empty. In the middle of
a room was a table, containing books, and
a large lantern was suspended from the cell
ing. After being in the cave short time
the gentlemen heard horrid noise. as if
proceeding from human beings or wild
beasts, which caused them to beat retreet.
The length of the cave has not yet been
ascertained. The purpose for which this
place was used is subject of much dis
cussion. The general supposition is that
it had been den of robbers.-N. 7. Post
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19
D1smissing a Prisoner.

A young man named Hardesty, who shot
and killed the seducer of his sister about
year ago in Burlington, Boone county, KY.
was tried and acquitted few weeks since
After the jury had rendered their verdict
Judge Nutall addressed the prisoner in the
style:
Sir: You have been indicted bya Grand
Jury eff your country upon most heinous
charge. You have put yourself upon your
your God for deliverance.-
You had fair and impartial trial before
them and they have both pronounced you
not guilty, and so say I. Il may not be
proper for me to express my sentiments,
vet nevertheless Twill do it. Young man.
had been wronged as you have been, l
would have spent. every dollar / had on
earth, and all that could have begged and
borrowed. and then starved upon the track
of the villain, but I would have imbrued
my hands in his blood. Go hence without
delay. You are acquitted! >,
Both the verdict and this judgment were
received with shouts of applause:
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19
:.Tbe nrineinal avenne of onr eitr . 5

''The principal avenue of our city," says
learned friend in Detroit, "has toll gate
just by the Elmwood Cemetery road. As
the cemetery had been laid out some time
previous to the construction of the plank
road, it was made one of the conditions of
the company's charter that all funeral pro-
cessions should GO back and forth free
One day, as DR.. Price, a celebrated pbysi-
clan, stopped to pay his toll, he remarked
TO the gate-keeper:
''Copsidering the benevolent character of
our profession, think you ought to let US
pass free of Charge
mo, no, DOCTOR" the keeper readily re-
piled, 1--WE couldn't afford that. You send
too many dead heads through here as it is"
The doctor paid his toll, and never asked
any favors after that.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19
voL:1--No. 40.
snickerers.

There are many people who consider
themselves well bred, and who go much In
society, who nevertheless, violate the SIM
plest rules of politenesss by the very silly,
il, not degrading habit of snickering. The
word, if homely, is expressive. We are
accustomed to connect smile with things
leasant and graceful; and laugh seems
called forth by something genuinely anus
ing But when one unfortunately makes a
tritiing error in conversation, or if some
portion of the dress is a little disarranged,
then these highly civilized young ladies or
gentlemen look at each other and snieker.
Is it possible, We have asked ourselves,
that Miss A. or Miss F. can have been de-
Gently connected, or respectfully brought
up? Like mother, like child; what can
have been the home influence exerted upon
them?
Whenever we see this tendency to vul-
garity, we correct II as far as we can.-
Keep steady eye apon the snickerer, look
disapproyaI and the effect viii be instant
aneous though the lips may be silent.
One night, being at large party. we no.
tieed lady, who on entering attracted the
attention of several young. wouldbe ladies,
who began to cast expressive looks, and then
to snicker- Some glanced down and puck
cred their mouths as though it required the
greatest effort to keep from laughter. 9th
ers cast sly glances at the object of their
merriment, and in pantomime expressed
their rudeness. We had previously motto
ed one sweet girl, arrayed simply and beau
tifully, who. as she saw the impolite man
ners of her friends, looked over to the lady,
and then casting a severe glance upon them
she arose and came toward the object oi
their fun.
"Pardon me, madame" she said polite.
ly, ''here's bit of straw hanging to your
cap-I will remove it,
The lady, pleasing middle-aged woman,
who could not but have seen the motions OF
the thoughtless group. blushed deeply, as
she returned a ''thank' you" adding. 81
fear I.have looked somewhat ridiculous 81
sNot at all, madam replied the grace
full girl, "none but those who are deficient
in politeness would consider an accident RI
diculous"
The persons as the English express
lively say, of those who do not know how
to behave, looked from each other, with
rosy faces at this merited rebuke, self-con-
demned. We wish that every snickerer
might be treated in the same way 1t would
soon thin out the ranks of the self-conceit.
ed and presuming-perhaps, make ladie:
and gentlemen of them, ultimately Otivt
| Branch
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19
The Mayor of New York Among the
Lottery Dealers.

Mayor Tiemann, of New York, has put
his knife to the root of the lottery and poll
cy-dealing nuisance. He has had the prln-
cipal establishment indicted in Ga, where
he discovered that the law which originally
licensed this kind of business had expired
by its own Limitation years ago. The ille-
gality of the trade, it seems, was not sus-
pected in Ga, and when the Mayors ofic-
er appeared in MilledgevilIe for the purpose
of procuring the arrest of the guilty par
ties, it was difficult to say whether his mis-
sion occasioned more delight than surprise
Seven persons were indicted by the Grand
Jury of Augusta within twelve hours after
the officers arrival there and among them
the name of Ben. Wood, brother of ex
Mayor Wood, figures conspicuously.-
Wood not being in the State, was not ar
rested; but all the others, save one, were
arrested and held to bail in the sum of
$1,000. 1t is reported that a requisition
will be made for Wood by Gov. Brown. =
This establishment, with its tap roots in
Ga, is said to be the most. extensive nui-
sance of its kind IN the United States: Its
weekly income being estimated at over
100000. The prompt cooperation OF
the authorities of Ga. to bring these people
to justice is no less commendable. than the
energetic and fearless course of Mayor Tie
mann, who, if he succeeds in the work he
has SO auspIciously begun, will place not
only this city, but the whole country, un-
der unspeakable obligations to him.-N 7.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19
Carriers.
A correspondent of the Boston Ira,

A correspondent of the Boston Tran
script says:
We ask if it be possible that one can
destroy the proportions of well shaped
leg by gathering the stocking below the
knee ? Look at he'statue of Venus, and
in thought draw band or an elastic under
the knee-would not the result be an enor-
nifty? But place the band above the knee,
and the harmony of the lines is not dis
turbed-it becomes an ornament. The wom-
en- at Athens and Rome, who were famed
for their skill in dress and knowledge of
artistic beauty, wore the garter above the
knee. But not to occupy ourselves with
them, let US see how long it has been thus
worn with US. We have an authority in
this matter-the Duke de Saint Simon. If
he does. not prove the garter to have been
worn above the knee before the reign of the
great King, he establishes, at least, this fact
that the elegant and fashionable
women of the time wore it thus; for, in
his memoirs, alluding to Mile. de Bre-
nille,' whose inelegant manner caused much
ridicuie and gossip, he says, in his Ian
guage, then so popular, ''she was one of
those common, vulgar persons who garter
below the knee.''
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19
An Irish Manner of Stopping a Hole.

An Irish Manner Of Stopping Hole.
"Our folks have got a Biddy of the
veritablest kind She is queer duck, and
last Sunday, as we were sitting down to
young grimalkins, largely engaged in the
nursery business under the table.
''Biddy,'' said we. .'take this cat and her
kittens and put them where we shall never
see them more.'' A hint of dreadful i'm
port. but not understood.
Faith, sir, an that will
The feline family were. removed. and we
proceeded to dine. By-and-by Biddy re-
entered, with an expression on her face that
seemed to say, ''Be dad, they're in safe ka-
ping now, sure.'
.sWe1l, Biddy, what have you done with
the old cat and ner kittens?"
t'Be gor, sir, they're safe enough, sure.
Dive mind the wood house, feminist the sta
bic? Well, 1 put them all in there, and
fastened the doors and windees. Then see
ing there was hole beneath. where they
might get out. stopped that up, too; and
50, We see, they won't trouble ye any more %
We were-satisfed ."ov course" and we
ate our dinner in peace; afterwards walked
into the yard where We saw the Identical
old cat and her kittens. at perfect liberty.
Calling Biddy, we said:
did you not say you fastened that cat in
the wood house?"
"Faith an did, SIR
''And stopped the hole?''
: eyes, sir.
"Well, she had, that's fact, but what dc
you suppose she had stopped the hole with
She had stuck section Of stoUe pipe into IT,
We thought we should split. And there
- one of the little imps at the mouth Of it
just as it had crawled out, licking its paws
and looking as saucy as Rnicksr
booker.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19
AT the Charity Fair in Music HILL, Bos

At the Charity Fair in Music HILL, Bos-
ton, Miss Fay gave song. The unwont-
ed sound reused from slumber the feather
ed warblers in their gold cages. who raised
their heads from beneath their wings, and
were fired to emulous rivalry of the sound.
The higher the voice cf the singer rose,
the more bird-hke her runs and trills,. the
louder rose the clear responses of the feath-
cred chorus, beginning always when the la
dy had a few bars rest, ringing out in full
chorus, and subsiding into an approving 81
lence as she began again.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19
RUssIAN FRoNrIER, April I3. 1855.

The Indiana Journal ssys Bill English
is .'bad BILL He is certainly no coun-
terfeit-perhaps. he is raised BW.-lSsso-
albany Ledger.
Very badly ssraised," too. But better
raising could not be expected, consider
ing the stock. We will suggest TO the
Ledqer that he is changed RIll.-
Bright gave him to Buchanan snd got some
land s.in change" If he is not raised
R;ll ,, he will be, to certainty. this fall
His constituents. will "raise" him with one
of the most confounded hoists that ever
kicked rascal into obscurity jour.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19
The PR1DE THAT. xpEs HUM1Lrrr.-I

THE PRIDE THAT. APES HUM1LIrY-The
ceremony of washing the feet of twelve
poor men, by the Emperor of Austria, took
place in the palace of Vienna, on Holy
Thursday. according to custom. The pro-
ceedings commenced with prayer, and were
closed by dinner, in which each of the
twelve men were allowed four plates of
meat, dessert, and pot of excellent wine;
each was besides presented with suit of
clothes cut in the style of the Middle Ages,
small sum in money, and a pewter COB
let, bearing suitable inscription. The
same ceremony was performed for twelve
poor women, who obtained q good dinner,
and similar presents.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19
Belle Britain is down on artificial head

Belle Britain is down on artificial head
dresses, as worn by some ladies she has
met with. She says ''there is no ornament
for the head of woman, like the "natural
glory of clean, soft, simply arranged
head of hair. If l were man l should
almost feel as if l would like to put my
hand on such head, smooth it, pat it, kiss
it, and ask blessing on it. But "a huge
mass of braided conceits, stuck full of pins
and artificial flowers, looking like spread
eagle in front, and spread peacock behind,
smelling of grease and curling tongs-ugh!''
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19

To make good waterproof mixture for
leather. take pint of tanners oil. half a
pound of tallow, lump of good rosin of
the size of a common she'll bark, Burgundy
pitch the size of a hens egg. three cents
worth of lamp black mix together, and
melt gradually over slow fire. When to
be applied the mixture should be made
about milk-warm, and put on with clean
sponge. The leather may be made little
damp, not wet.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19
JOB PRIN TING.

The Office of THE KASzAs NEws is furnished
with a complete assortment of the newest STYLES
of Type, Borders, Flourishes, Cuts, Cards. Fancy
Papers, Colored Inks, Bronze, &c, enabling fhe
proprietor to print GlEcULARs, CAMPS, CKRrIPIcArEs
OF STock, DEEDS. PoSTERs, and all other kinds of
Jos PRINTING, in = manner unsurpassed in the
country Particular attention paid to printing
all kinds of Blanks. Orders for work promptly
attended to when accompanied with CAsH. ok
cEIsIoR' is our motto.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19

Kind words are looked upon like jewels
in the breast, never to be forgotten, and
perhaps to cheer, by their memory. long,
sad life; while words of cruelty, or of care
lessness, are Ike swords in the bosom,
wounding and leaving sears which will be
borne to the grave by their victim. Do
you think there is any bruised heart which
bears the mark of such a wound from yos?
If there is living one which you have
wounded, hasten TO heal it; for life is short
tomorrow rasy be too late,
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19

We are in possession of an infallible rec
ipe for making lady's cheeks red without
paint. For their special benefit We publish
it without charge. Here it is: Place her at
the wash tub. with her sleeves rolled mp and
hands full of dirty clothes. Then let her
bean suddenly enter and her cheeks viii be
a glowing red in an instant.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19

When the learned pig was in the zenith
of his popularity, a wag who attended the
performance malieiously set before him
some peas-a temptation which immediate
ly caused the animal to lose his cue. The
pig-exhibitor demonstrated with the author
of the mischief upon the unfairness of the
proceeding. when the latter replied that he
s'mereIy wished to see whether the pig kTaer
his P's from his Q's.'..
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19

The Cleveland Herald says that DR..
Cleveland of that city has an aquarium in
his Office. In this miniature lake are the
rock bass. lying among the rushes; the cat
fish reposing on the bottom; and tie sun
fish disporting in the clear water; the uin-
nows darting in and out from among the
aquatic plants, and the snsils and other ma
rine animals following their instincts.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19

Prof. Wise. the balloonist. has been en-
gagged by the Smithsonian Institute. at
Washington. to make series of grand
ballooning experiments. Mr.. Wise expects
to'demonstrate the possibility of navigating
the air with balloons with as much eeftain-
ty as ships navigate the ocean.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19

Young gentlemen of poetic temperament
should remember that polkas, .waltzes, and
similar institutions, we're not invented to
give opportunity 70 hug the ladies, but as
q means to display grace. agility, power OF
endurance, etc.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19

SALurArIoSs.-f you are a gentleman
and meet lady of your acquaintance IN
the street it is her part to notice goa srst.
unless. indeed. you are very intimate. The
reason is. if goz bow to lady first. she
may not choose to acknowledge you, and
thsre is no remedy; but if sAs bows 70 you,
! yos,. as geafkema,a, osnzot cut her. :.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19
The Riaemen of the West.

Mr.. Benton stopped a moment to speak
Of an exploit too little known to history
He said:
The British and Indians, to the number
OF sixteen hundred, appeared before st.
Louis in the year 1880. Gen. Geo. Roe-
ers Clark was then upon the American Bot
tom, with the conquerors of Vincennss and
kaskaskia. The French of st. Louis sent
to invoke his aid. He had but four hun
dred men, and might have. declined with
honor. He might have said: "Our num-
bers are too few, the river is too wide and
rapid; you are strangers, and live beyond
the confines of my country; you may be
IN collusion with the enemy, to draw me
across the Mississippi, and to revenge in
Louisiana the defeat of your countrymen
in Illinois," But such was not the Ian
guageof Gen. Clark, nor of. the four hun
.dred brave men who followed his steps,
He or they knew not danger. Knew ii notl
May their spirits pardon me for applying to
them such a Fourth-of-July expression.-
They did know danger-were born in It's
presence, and grew up in its company
and each could say, with Cesar.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19

Spare minutes are the gold dust of time;
and Young was writing true as well as a
striking line, when he affirmed that "Sands
made the mountain, and moments made the
year" OF all the portions of our life, the
spare minutes are the most faithful in good
or evil. They are the gaps through which
temptations find the easiest access to the
garden.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19

.Youhave considerable floating popula-
ton in this village, haven't you?" asked a
stranger of one of the citizens of village
on the Mississippi. .'Well. yes. rather. .
was the reply, s.about half the year the wa
ter is up to the second windows"
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19
: Danger and / are Brothers,
Twin lions whelped in one hour,
And I the elder and more terrible"

They were the 'rifemen of the West, and
took counsel, not from danger. but from
honor and courage. They divided into two
bodies and marched to the relief of St.
Louis. Two hundred presented themselves
opposite the town, and two hundred cross
ed the river below. At the sight of such
-boldness, the British and Indians, believing
them to be the vanguard of great army.
suddenly retired, after killing eighty of the
Inhabitants, and leaving an impression of
terror which still marks that year as an
epoch of calamity; ''l'oanee du. coup -
History tells of the passage of the Rhone
and Granicus; but here is the passage of a
river unknown to history, yet surprising
the exploit of Hannibal and Alexander as
much in heroism and magnanimity. as the
father of floods surpasses in magnitude the
streams of Asia Minor.-Benton's Abridge-
uaent of the Debates Of Congress.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19

l. is said that Mr.. Buchanan has carried
L:s s ahimosity to Douglas so far as to slight
-. handsome and accomplished wife. She
E not been invited to the White House
p: t ave Eonths past. The old curmudgeon
"is Is ne&ner than Lecompton.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19

One Simpson has sent the editor of the
Louisville JourBoSa goose egg. II inches
long and 81 inches in circumference. Up
on which Prentice concludes that Simpson
is sssound on the goose"
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19

Why is drunkard hesitating to sign the.
pledge, ike a skepticaI Hindoo? Because
he is in doubt whether to give up the wor-
ship Of jug or-1aot.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19

How few are our real wants, and hox9
easy it is TO satisfy them. 0Er imaginary
ones are boundless and Unsuitable.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19

The number of steel pens manufactured
annually, at the works of Joseph elliott,
Birmingham, Eng, exceeds one hundred
and fift7 millions.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19

A wine has been advertised under the
name of naked sherry. L ought at least,
TO have some body.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19

s.Hit one of your size, as the nail sAf0
to the sledgs hsmnssEs
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-19

,.. an Odd Fellow from lodge in some
wilderness, 5s on visit down East.