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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08
Bad whiskey.

A man named VIM. Williams, recently
died very suddenly in Ebensburg, Pa,
having in his possession at the time, a
bottle partly filled with whiskey. TIE
whiskey was taken in charge, and sent 70
a chemist for analysis, and here is the re.
port of the result: ,ss'. -fF ''.'h'.il -''
"No strychnine was found in said liquor
but in lieu of that poison, found ar
alkaloid known to chemists as picrotorin
and which is the poisonous constituent oi
Cecculus Indicvs The proportion found
was two grains to the pint of whiskey.-
In regard to the virulence of this poison
I would inform you that it is considered
by the best authorities fatal to human life
in quantities of from FIVE to ten grains
according to circumstances and conditions
= aetli5 s.tsu r r. s. BUNN."
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08
Poetry.
The Fuiurs.

The drop that falls unnoted in the stream,
Prattling in childhood on its native hiIl:
Ihe stream that mustleave home and travel far
Oyer rongn ways, With torn feet and no rest,
changing its voice, and then, in calmer flow.
Sobered by dreams Of the eternal sea, . ..-.
Pass with wide water, trembling in its depths.
10 the great ocean, like soul to heaven. ~
And bear the drop forest. and roam no more.
Forme, & life that only late set out, = f- o.
IN weakness, as G swallow from the nest ..
in Its long journey to the land unknown. =.
mat gaining strength. must pass through stony
Be lashed in storms, and ofttimes, in thick gloom
Lose sig9t Y what e priced. yet with the hope
That az its biighted loves and treasures lost
Are taken Of the wind, like winged seeds'
And soMn BY angels in the better land,
Hhese thIs tired life shall rest, aud hnd them
grown. i6FF 80. -
The beam that, distant Jet, but on it's way
Intent, past systems, over comet tracks.
Comes like pilgrim with an Offering,
ana through the pure space to the misty world
brings the faint greeting Of a star unknown.
Eor me, the light feet. not yet heard on earth,
Ihat move towards me from the better land,
And' though unheeded, shall complete Their
And. like the morning sunburst breaking nigh.
when my heart faints and my life is dark,
Step from the cloud bearing the gift of Heaven,
o"eet face and tender hands to comfort me.
The poet that shall come IN the worlds need
And lead men to the light, and teach them truth.
And win them by the wonder Of his Words,
IN true pc known for true, and false for false,
And build the nany-eolored bow Of thought
"a sig ~ above their heads, and in the end,
From his gold cup shall 50 enrich the world
That men shall lavish blessings on his grave.
For me, the angel that shall take ms hand,
v When winds are ceasing, and my work is done,
And, like king leading a beggar child,
Shall open death and lead me through the veil.
And gently guide me, daLLled with the liQht.
Till my hand rests on all that have lost.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08
ewhoso shsad.th Man. Blood . 90

Most of our readers remember the af-
fair at the St. Nicholas Hotel, New York,
about year ago, in which Mr.. Loring
was killed by DR.. Graham. DR.. G. was
acquitted by New York jury, but the
telegraph to-day brings the news that DR..
G. himself has been forced to suffer that
agony which he forced to poor Loring's
lips. ..-.. ......., -. 49,. -..- ,....
This event recalls to mind another af.
fair that made upon our mind very
marked impression, and which seems to
stamp with the light OF truth the super
nal prophecy Of the Bible, that "whoso
sheddeth mans blood, by man shall his
blood be she'd" Buck Walker of Madi-
son county, Miss. ruthlessly shot young
man who was imploring him to marry his
sister, whom he (Walker) had seduced
and no more than a year after the eveL,
alluded to, Walker was shot dead by q
young man whose sister he had added to
the list of his conquests, and he fell on
the very spot which had been Redeemed
by his victim year before .!-PegJectly
Independent. .... .... --.,
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08

ish franking privilege ceased, that the
franked and free letters amounted to over
30 per cent. of the whole number of let
tiers transmitted by the general post. The
average weight of each chargeable letter,
was about three -tenths of an ounce; of q
parliamentary frank about forty eight
hundreths of an ounce of an official kind
1876 o., or nearly two ounces of a
copy of public statute, 3.1129 OF. The
rates upon these would have been, parlia-
mentary franks, f348,814; official franks,
f616, ,965 statutes distributed, f36, ,443.
The total postage, then, on 100000 free
letters, in one year, was f1 002, ,222, equal
to upwards of Five Million Dollars. All
this, at one sweep, the Penny Postage
system restored to the public revenue OF
Great Britain.
The present English system, in use
since January 10, 1840, provides that each
public department shall absolutely pa
the postage upon every letter and docu-
ment it sends out. Even the Queens
privilege of franking was abolished, by
her own consent, in 1910. and her own
letters when sent through the post pass
freely virtue of bearing Queens head
stamps. Before this she used simply to
write her initials, 'V. R." on the corner
for it was not etiquette for the Sove-
reign to make his or her signature vulgar,
by writing it on a mailed letter.
When franking was allowed in Englar
there was only one instance in which the
privilege was allowed By proxy. This
was the event of illness or physical ina.
bility to hold the pen, when a warrant,
allowing certain person named therein
to write the frank, iu the name of the in
capable party, was issued by the Treas
ury, leave from the Sovereign being first
obtained. To write a frank, except un-
der the permission of this warrant, even
though it were done with the members
own consent, was felony punished with
from seven to fourteen years transporta-
ton. Hri ''
II, as most probably will happen, the
franking privilege will not be Immediately
abolished in this country, perhaps the
facts which we have collected may ena-
bic some one to frame scheme COR pre-
venting the abuses of the frsnking system
here. The great leading points are-tha,
the whole of the frank must be in the
handwriting Of the party issuing the frank
that the place where it is posted, and the
date of such posting shall be part of the
address so written by the gentleman who
franks that there be limitation of the
weight which each frank shall cover, and
that there also be a limitation to the
number of franked OF free letters which
each member is to send and receive i
a man has to write to his Representative
it is not too much to expect him to pay
the postage. s-t"
We do not enumerate these points II
the franking system, long since abolished
in England, with, view of recommend
ing all Of them. But some of these pro
visions are clearly worth consideration
The franking privilege may not be abol
ished, or indeed easily abolishable, in thi.
country, but its abuses may and SHOULD
be checked.-Phl. Press. ..... ,s- ..
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08
'..',-veaa " .sas


From q review in the London Times, OF
Capt. Sherard 0sborn's book entitled "a
Cruise in Japanese Waters" just pub
lished, we copy the following extract TAX
en- from the work itself: q 1ae I'd
at was wonderful to see the thousand.
useful as we'll as ornamental purposes to
which paper was applicable in the hands
Of these industrious and tasteful people.
Our papier- -mache manufacturers, as well
as the Continental ones, should go 10 Yedo
to learn what can be done with paper
We saw it made into material so closely
resembling Russian and Morocco leather
and pigskin that it was very difficult to
detect the difference. With the aid of
lacker-varnish and skillful painting, paper
made excellent trunks, tobacco bags, cigar
cases, saddles, telescope cases, the frames
of microscopes; and we even saw and
used excellent waterproof coats made of
simple paper, which did keep out the
rain, and were as supple as the best Mac
intosh.
"The Japanese use neither silk nor cot
ton handkerchiefs, towels or busters pa
per in their hands serves as an excellent
SuOStilubc. IL ID sub bulu, eOuSu3S " Peio
yellow color, very plentiful and very
cheap. The inner walls of many jap
anese apartment are formed Of paper, be-
ing nothing more than painted screens;
their windows are covered with ine
translucent description of the same mate
rial it enters largely into the manufac-
ture of. nearly everything in Japanese
household, and we saw what seemed balls
of twine, which were nothing hut long
shreds of tough paper rolled up. Ii a
shopkeeper had parcel to tie up, he
would take strip of paper, roll it quick
ly between bis hands, and use it for the
purpose, and it was quite as strong as the
ordinary string used at home. In short,
without paper all Japan would come to
dead lock and, indeed, lest by the arbi-
trary exercise of his authority tyranni-
cal husband should stop his wife's paper,
the sage Japanese mothers rin-law invaria-
tly stipulate in the marriage settlement.
that the bride is to have allowed to her
certain quantity of paper."la! oi h..a
1t appears from Capt 0sborn's book
that, owing to severe structures in Com.
Perry's Report, the japanese refused to
exhibit the brutal gladiatorial shows the-e
spoken of, and they declared that Euro
peans should never witness them again
This is creditable to the Japanese as we'll
as to Com. Perry and his officers.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08
Ths Mos, ouriou. Book inNh. word.

One that was produced in France about
three years ago. 1t is entitled "Liber
Pdssioais Domiai Jesa Christi" and is
neither t0ritten nor printed. ! The letters
are cut out of the finest yellum, and being
interleaved with blue paper, may be read
as easily as the best Of print. The mate
rails are of the most delicate and costly
kind, the workmanship exquisitely exact,
and the labor. necessary to complete the
work must have been immense. In 1910,
Rudolphus II, of Germany, offered for il
ll.00O ducats. nearly equal to 10000
ducats (or dOilars) at this day.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08
ma. valua,ion Of wi.eon.ln.

The Wisconsin State Board of Equal.
ization, which commenced its session al
Madison on the 9th ult., finished its Ia.
bors on the 10th. The land throughout
the State is equalized at Sc SO per acre
The total value of lands in the State, al
equalized, is $118, ,17S,8 ,829; city and vii.
ilage lots $26, ,833, ,511 So; while the per
sonal property, which could not b
touched by the State Board. amounts Il
$13,607 1893 o. The grand total of thu
property in the State, as equalized by tn,
State Board, is $168. $40, 233 79. la
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08

"a G @LOok into your own heart, and
write y said Herr Cant and earth's
cuckoos echoed the cry. Look into the
Rhine where it is the deepest, and the
Thames where it is the thickest, and paint
the bottom. Lower bucket into, q well
Of self-deception, and what comes up
must beimmortal truth, mustn't it? Now,
in the first place, no son. Of Adam ever
reads his heart at all, except by the habit
acquired and the light gained by some
years' perussl Of other hearts; aud even
then, with his scquired sagacity and re.
dected light. he can but spell and deciphel
his own heart, not read it flnently, ,-frcn
"a Good Fgab" By Charles Read< 80
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08

OF Some of the San Francisco papers
have published portraits Of Greeley
They seem to have taken for this purpose
such wood-cuts as they had on hand, and
instead of adapting the portrait to the orig
inal, they content themselves with adapt-
ing the description to the portrait. 1t was
found necessary in one case to make him
"stout, burly, dark complexioned man
with black hair and good deal of black
whiskers.n 10 t.41 f.,a 80.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08
Illegal Voting In Old Times.

The following is an extract from the
laws Of Massachusetts for 1913, showing
how voting was managed in the olden
time f.YIi e. III. e u 3lG@ a, l'9
1t is ordered by this court and the au-
thority thereof, that for the yearly choos-
ing Of assistants, the freemen shall use In
dian corn and beans, the Indian corn, to
manifest election, the beans contrary and
III any freeman shall put in more than one
Indian corn or bean, for the choice or re-
fusal of any public officer, he shall forfeit
for every such offense ten pounds.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08
A Rstort Direct

A clergyman from; sineighboring town
and one of his elderly parishioners were
walking home from church one icy day
last winter, when the old gentleman
slipped and fell fat on his back. The
minister, looking at him a moment and
being assured he was not much hurt, said
to him: "Frieud, sinners stand on slippery
places" The old gentleman looked up
as if to assure himself of the fact, and
said: II see they do; but can't"-Psvv.
ideace Post. y l3lss aaG satifz
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08
nrMr. Russell Smith will soon rem

or Mr.. Russell Smith will soon repro
duce in London the "Poor Mans Bible y
a very ancient copy Of the Scriptures
printed from wooden blocks before the in
vention of metal types. Fac-similes will
be given of the engraving which illus
trafes the original work-forty in num-
Der, and of course rather singular in design
and execution. Several copies are known
stiIl to exist in Europe, and the present
reprint will be copied from the volume in
the British Museum. r.e
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08

or Some people in the world appear
to find their highest pleasure in being q
sort of social hyenss, gathering together
and digging up the regulations Of frail
fallen men and women. to feast with gree
.diness and delight, whining and bowling
over the lesthsoms repast the while, as if
they felt sincerely sorry to have found
corruption, when they sought for it alone.
Have we not all sins enough to. make US
patient, if we cannot be charitable toward
other sinners 2-P Pits. DispatA .
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08

: or The Legislature of California has
rejected the Bachelors Homestead Bill,
which proposes to give to men who pre-
fer q life Of single blessedness. the same
immunity from seizure of. their home
stead, for debt as now enjoyed BY those
who have the good sense to get married.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08

GA parishioner inquired of his pastor
the meaning of this line in Scripture
,"He was clothed with curses as with oar
sse'a" at signi6es," replied the Divine,
.'that that individual had got q habit Of
swearing" - - 90.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08

GA correspondent of the New York
Tribune states that subterrsnean foun-
tain of rock oil has been discovered "A
Sistersville, which yields 400 gallon !. Q
pure oil in twenty-four hours.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08

" Inc 1lo1 11rapher Of . venerable
minister says le was remarkable for the
ieiicity OF , IS prayers, and returned thanks
with tne exactness Of an assessor. asst
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08

OF German Psychologists affirm that
of twenty deaths Of men be: .ween Is and
28 years ofage, ten origi' sate In the waste
of the constitution iD' ,nced by smoking.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08

, rr Says St. Eyremond, "a woman's
'.sst dshs are for hsr beauty" -
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08
High Bridge from England 10 France.


This magnificent project is being seri.
onsly entertained among engineers and
men of science. There have been equal
ly as wonderful things effected in our day.
The English papers have published come
Of the details Of the plans for uniting
England with France by gigantic tubu-
lar bridge across the channel between Do
yer and Cape Grinez. In order TO afford
a passage TO vessels of the largest size,
the bridge would rest on one side on the
cliffs of Dover, and on the other side on
the cliffs Of Cape Grinez, the French abut-
ments being raised one hundred and fifty
three feet higher than the English, TO COM
pensate for the difference Of elevation Of
the cliffs. The bridge would be support
ed by one hundred and ninety towers, ct
distance of five hundred feet apart, each
having light to guide vessels at night,
! aud an alarm bell for warning in fogs.L
The grestest depth Of the channel on the
line proposed, is one hundred and eighty
six feet The bridge would have two OF
more railways, which, 1t Is estimated,
could be traversed IN twenty minutes
and it would be 90 built as 10 admit the
light Of day--being lighted at night by
gas. In order to prevent all fear Of inya.
sion, the protector proposes that each end
OF the bridge shall be commanded BY I
strong 5atsery. The towers, which would
be ole hundred feet in diameter and tvt
hE.ndred and sixty feet high. would res
on colossal bases three hundred feet squar'
1 at the bottom, one hundred and fifty fee
4 square at the top, rising to hight OF for
ty feet above the water, formed Of block
tof granite united by iron bars. The ele
t vation of the tops Of the towers woul'
thus be three hundred feet above the sur
Q face of the water. Mr.. Boyd estimate
1.-THE utmost possible cost Of the bridge z
$4,000 900, but thinks it could be bull
le for half that sum, and that the whole cos
10 would be reimbursed TO the company
q eight years.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08
A Rspor,er,. challenge 10 M. Blonaln.

The local editor of the McKesp Citizen
throws out the following challenge to III.
Blondon:
"a single telegraph wire shall be ex-
tended from the American to the Canada
shore. without single guy, directly over
the cataract at Niagara Falls. The local
Of this paper, wearing pair Of cowhide
boots, and dressed in the costume OF
female Dutch cook, will proceed to the
middle of the wire, with common clay
pipe as a balancing pole, driving before
him hog and a COW, and carrying on his
back a cooking stove, coop Of chickens,
a bed and bedding, keg Of lager beer, a
barber's chair. and various cooking uten-
sis. He will then unload himself and
Immediately 60 to bed. After snooze
Of fifteen minutes he will rise, dress HIM
self, take glass of beer, milk the cow,
kill the hog and dress it, cook fresh pork
for breakfast after which he will eat
VOLTS meal. he will then throw one
hundred and thirty summersaults, suck
ing an egg while in the air at each evolu-
ton, alighting the last time on the tip OF
the cows horn, and while in this position
will take the chicken coop, and after hav-
ing taken the chickens out one at a time
and wrung their necks consecutively, will
balance the coop on the tip end of his
nose, balance the cooking stove on his
right hand thumb, balance the bedstesd
on his left thumb, at the same time fn-
ishing the beer and making Dutch
speech TO the admiring crowds on either
shore. After which-after the manner Of
Levi North's celebrated one-h horse act
the local will perform the one-cow act.
The foreman of this paper will ti.'n come
out on the wire, blindfolded aud shackied,
walking on his hands. Then there VIII
be a representation Of Heenan and Nor
rissey's prize fight, in which the local
and foreman will exchange sundry knocks
and kicks and black eyes. The last scene
will be both parties standing on their
heads, and will, in this predicament, play
a rub of twenty-one games OF old sledge
for the treat Of all hands. The whole to
conclude with representation OF some oil
the loving scenes in Romeo snd Juliet"
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08

r Every word, says Bulwer, has It's
sequel, and the sequel Of sPicure is beg
~. sr.s -
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-10-08
The Franking Privilege.

The franking privilege was a British
institution" until the Introduction of
Rowland Hilps Penny Postage, in Janua-
~, 1910. Up to that time, each Cabinet
Minister, and the heads of several public
departments, had a right of franking-the
number Of letters sent being unlimited in
such cases, and there being no check upon
the weight. This franking was borrowed
from the British by the Americans, who
do not limit the weight of official or 9th
er frank. The New York Herald, which
is VIGOROUSLY addicted to sneer, in turn,
at all things American, had the following
statement, one day this week: sit is no.
torious that members of Congress are in
the habit of sending home by mail their
dirty linen to be washed, and of receiving
1t back clean by the same medium" We
should think that the linen would run
some chance of being rumpled, if sent in
an envelope, as letter through the post.
There never has been any accusation
against British officials of the frsnking
era that they communicated with their
laundresses by means of their franking
privilege.
Besides the official, there used to be a
great deal of parliamentary franking.
There were abou: $50 members of the
House of Lords, who enjoyed this privi-
lege, as well as 658 of the House of Com
mons. Each of these Legislators was en-
titled to receive fifteen letters day, and
was limited to franking ten. Moreover,
no letter SO freed from postage was allow
ed to weigh more than an ounce. Nor
did the restrictions end here-the address,
with date, had to be written entirely by
the person entitled to frank, and any de-
Walton from this caused full postage to be
charged in every instance of omission or
neglect. Thus, an English frank used to
be in this fashion r... s..f
,,s London, September Nine, 1887.
To
James Rolyoake, Esq,
--f.i'. 36 Sackuille street,
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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-03-14
BUTTONS.
BY f. W. VAIL, AUCTIoNEER
I1OSIIINE AND - lLNRESERNEn

Il SALE-A very desirable residence in Worcester al
AuctionThe subscriber, doing business Boston, and
about to his family there will offer, without reserve
for public competition, TUESDAY, the 22G day Of
March, current at ii O'Clock in the forenoon his dwell
ing house, elgiby and pleasantly situated Main street.
3S and nearly opposite the mansion of Ephraim Mower
ESD The house is nearly new, well arranged for
fence and comfort is in complete order and ready for inn
mediate occupancy. The house is warmed by furnace
of the most approved kind and lighted by gas supplied
with good water of both kinds, marble manes, &c. &c.
There is also the premises good barn and carriage
house. thoroughly built very The lot
large and well stocked with choice fruit trees and shrub
berry of all kinds enclosed with iron fence upon granite
foundation Having intended the above estate for my
own permanent residence have spared expence that
was necessary in order to make it in all respects it
truly is very desirable place. and well worthy the
tention of purchasers either for home, to make
safe and profitable Investment The will ne positive
and upon favorable terms for the purchaser No post
ponement on account Of the weather. The house will
opened on the morning of the sale, 10 O'Clock Per
sons wishing to view the premises previous sale
can do so by calling upon the auctioneer.
mchl dts DURA WARREN
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-03-14
THE INTERNATIONAL H(
Taylor's Celebrated saloons,

where visitors have their meals or IL they desire
they will be furnished in their own rooms. =
9th The fare served in the Saloons and Hotel is &C
knowedged by epcures to be vastly superior to that
any other Hotel In the city
With all these advantages the living In the IN
AroNA is much below that of any other first class
Hotel A. FREEMAN, Proprietor.
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