Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-02-26

ROfkcoOn rhnhDht. U'ceSOI ~"
day sough. to reach the mind Of every hear
er through more senses than one. He nev.
er told his listeners Of an experiment ; he
always showed it to them, however simple
and well known it might be. "If" said
Farady, once to young lecturer, Il said
To my audience, This stone will fall to the
ground If I open my hand should moi
be content with saying the words I should
pen my hand and let it fail. Take moth
ing for granted as know. Inform the eye
ut the same time you address the ear. Thi'
was the great secret Of Faraday's success. =
Every one left the theatre Of the institution
in Albemarle street satisfied that he had re.
ally acquired some useful knowledge, and
hat he had gained it pleasantly, aud with
out toll or labor. ,.., ...
TRorrlNa HORSE SOLD BY THE Pound.
The cell brated trOtting stallion Bashaw,
jr., who ha, record throughout the Wes;
as ''footer aud stayer," was purchased by
Mr.. A. +. Fawcett, the former owner o;
Dexter, in Chicago few days since. lii
.tated by q Chicago paper that Mr.. Fawcet'
requested Mr.. David Kelly, the owner OF
'ho horse. to name his price, wheI the lat
;er replied jocularly that he would sell him
.or fourteen dollars and fifty cents per pound
,fter tho manner Of selling cattle. Mr., Faw.
crtt Immediately accepted the proposition.
!'he horse was accordingly W upon the
Gales, and weighed one thousand and forty
pounds, making the amount to be. paid ii
teen thousand and eighty dollars
QUEEN VIcToRA has ordered The
Governor Of Jamaica 20 ill all the resp"n
,ible Offices hereafter only with white men
from England. The negro has effectuall!
played him elf out with the British Govern
ment by his fantastic tricks Of murderous
ylois and mas>acres. That Government
ook The lead in the attempt to emancipate
AMI elevate the black race. It is now the
ir,t 10 perceive that the negro is unfit for
Ell government or to live harmoniously on
~ quality with white people upon the same
al This country, following in England
wake. will pass through the same expert
ence. %. t.-,C .,
An enterprising and ingenious Illinoisian
Of the romantic name Of Virgins had seven
young women under promise Of marriage to
him in the village at the same time, two Of
them being sisters, and 10 each case had an
,icipated his marital privileges. He depar-
ted between two days, and at present there
arc seven young Japhet Wigginses in search
Of fugativc father. .,.. 80. l
IT is stated that two Of the Bennig.
hoff robbers have been put under arrest at
Memphis Tennessee, by Cleveland dctec'
tive, who followed them there that $780,
900 of the stolen property has been secured
in Memphis hank, and that the detective
has secured Bennighoffs promise Of re.
ward Of SOS, 900 for his services. an#
A man in Boston has got nearly one
thousand photographs Of ladies who re-
sponded to on advertisement, "Wife wanted
by man Of mean" which in this case zig
ni6ed very mean man. In this case the
man wanted no wifs-only lot Of pictures
Of simpletons- he got bushels Of them.
QUITE A FAMrLY.-The Downingtown
Journalsays the wife Of Jacob Spots, Of
Springfield, Chester County, Pa, on Sunday
night lust gave birth to four children, each
weighig eight pounds The mother and
children are all doing we'll. aulH, ,
A NEW Masonic Han is to be erected
on Broad street, corner Of Filbert, Phila.
delphia, which will take five years to build
and will cost wher finished nearly million
Of dollars. ,. ~. .br.
"WEIL, wife, don'tsfee how they can
send letter on them wires without tearing
on 'em al to bits" LA, me they
don't send the papsr, but they send the wi.
A;np In Auid stake.m