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Tennessee staatszeitung. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-187?, 1869-01-30

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Tennessee staatszeitung. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-187?, 1869-01-30
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12

was dangerous region. when the ice
ran and the drift wood camo down the
narrow passage below would gorge, and
the river would stand back o? the former
bed of the lake.
To remedy this, race of people far
superior to the present Indians probably
the ancestors of the Aztcos built the
mounds as places Of refuge for themselves
and their focks aud herds, when the water
rose. They were evidently built for prae-
teal purposes, aud are clearly artificial
formations. They were not intended for
tHpiWi (burisl places) ss no skeleton or
weapon has been found in any of them
except ono skeleton, and that was wrapped
in Mackinaw blanket If we take into
account the "wear down" Of all these
mounds for a thousand wears, and count
their numbers on both sides of the river,
1t Is easy to see they were once capacious
enough 10 furnish places of refuge for all
the Inhabitants of the valley and their
hncks and herds and provisions. Who.
ever looked from the dome of the court.
house CONTINUES the Judge) and saw the
ferry. boat take the Inhabitants of the
American Bottom from the mound on that
side Of the river, at the last great over
flow, will at once see the plain, practical
purpose Of these mounds.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12
LIGHT FINGERS.

In the midst of the honest portion of
the community an erroneous notion pre-
walls that the taking of money or valua-
bles from a mans pocket approaches art ;
in short, that picking pockets is a skilled
department of thievery. Newspaper and
magazine writers foster this idea. Now
this notion is not exactly correct, and it is
to set the matter right that indite this
article. have had peculiar facilities for
an honest man, (and / hope | am such
anyhow, have never been detected in
any crime,)
Not long ago was brought into certain
relations with one of the most noted aud
expert pickpockets of the day, aud for
more than year had daily opportunities
of communicating with him. During this
time he explained TO me the whole bust.
ness of stealing from the person, and gave
me practical Illustrations Of the nl0ius
operdndt in a number of cases. To set
the gist Of the matter of the numerous
interviews had between myself and the
pickp0cket In clear light, suppose that
the following conversation occurs:
Ihe lfrltsr. Now, George, what is your
simplest mode OF taking mans money ?
George That's hard 10 tell, CAPTAIN :
there are so many ways of doing il, one as
easy as the other, that there is no choice /;
besides, it depends upon circumstances
But the commonest way is this--there
amt much skill in it, only boldness
Three of us go together.
TO a question. Ne; we hardly ever
work alone unless circumstances are very
favorable or we are hard up. OF course
anybody can take q mans's wipe but
that game isn't played in the country. In
fact there he digTesEed with a sorrOWfll
air., picking pockets don't pay like
burglary man has TO make so many
more operations, and consequently runs
80 many more rlsks Of being caught.
hut Fever mind three og rs 70 n.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12
An Interesting Relic.


THE Chicago EUening Journal is in
debted to c. b. Nelson, ESQ, of that city,
for the privilege of publishing the follow
ing letter written by Benjamin Franklin,
and never before published:
PHILADELPHIA, February 10, 1856.
DEAR CHnD-I condole with you. We
have lost most dear and valuable rela-
tion, but it is the will of God and Nature
that these mortal bodies re laid aside
when the soul is TO enter into real life Ex.
isting here on earth is scarcely to be called
life. 'Tisrsther an embryo state-a prepar-
alton 10 living, and man Is not completely
born until he is dead. Why, then, should
we grieYe that a new child is born among
the immortals-a new member added to
their society," We are spirits That
bodies should be lent to us while they can
afford US pleasure, assist us in acquiring
knowledge, or in doing good to our fellow
creatures, is kind and benevolent act of
God When they become UNIT for their
purposes, and afford us pain instead
Of pleasure, instead Of an aid be.
come an incumbrance, and answer none
Of the intentions for which they were
given, II is equally kind and benevolent
that a way is provided by which we may
get rid of them, That way is death. We
ourselves, prudently in some cases choose
partial death. A mangled, painful limb,
which cannot be restored, we willingly cut
off, He that plucks out tooth parts with
it freely, since the pain goes with il, and
he that quits the whole body parts with
all the pains and possibility of pains and
desoases 1t was liable 10 or capable of max,
ing him suffer, Our friend and we are
inYited abroad on a party OF pleasure thai
! IL 20 last forever HIS chairs was Ara
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12
Getting On In the World.

THERE are many different ways Of get.
ting on In the world; IL does not always
mean making great deal of money. or
being great man for the people 10 look
up TO with wonder. Leaving off a bad
habit for a good one Is getting on in
the world; to be careful and saving
instead of thoughtless and wasteful is
getting on; tn be active and industrious
instead Of idle and lazy Is getting
on; to be kind and forbearing in
stead of illnatured and quarrelsome Is
getting on; to work as diligently in the
masters absence as in his presence Is get
ting on; in short when we see any one
properly attending to his duties, persever.
ing through such difficulties to gain such
knowledge as shall be of use TO himself
and others, and offering good example
to his relatives and acquaintances, we may
be sure that he is getting on in the world
Money is very useful article In this
way, but it is possible TO get on with
small means for II is mistake to suppose
that We must wait for a good deal of
money before we can do anything Perse-
yerance is often better than full purse.
There are more helps toward getting on
than is commonly supposed; many peo.
pie lag behind or miss the way altogether,
because they do not see the abundant and
simple means which surround them at all
sides, and so it happens that there are
aids which cannot be bought with money
Those who wish to get on in the world
must have stock of patience, of hopeful
confidence, willingness to learn, and a
disposition not easily cast down by difIl.
culties and disappointmsnts, -Erchdngs
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12
Size OF the Stars.

How LARGE are the stars, and are they
alike, or do they differ in size? 1t used TO
be conjectured that they are of somewhat
similar magnitude, presumably about as
great as our sun, and that the differences
of apparent size are due to differences of
distance but " hen astronomers came to
discover that some of the smaller stars are
nearest to our system, this idea fell to the
ground. A German computor has now,
however, calculated the actual dimensions
of one particular star, and finds that its
mass is rather more than three times that
of the sun. The star in question is less
than the fourth magnitude-a compare
lively small one. What, then, must be
the size.of the Sirius and Aldebaran class ;
The reason Of its selection for this deter
mination' was, that 1t is one of the cOmpo-
nents of what is called a binary system-two
stars revolving about each other like the
sun and planet-and the motions Of the
members Of such system afford data for
the computation. The stars distance from
us is a million and q quarter times that of
the earth from the sun, so that light takes
twenty years to travel hither from it,
Once q Week
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12
Women and Marriage.

l HAVE speculated great deal on mat,
rimony. have seen young and beautiful
women, the pride of the gay circles, mar
ried as the world says, well. Some have
moved into their costly houses, and Their
friends have all come and looked at their
furniture and their splendid home for hap
piness, and have gone away and commlt-
ted them to their sunny homes, cheertully
and without fear. II is natural to be san
guine for them, as the young are some
times carried away with similar feelings.
love tc get unobserved into corner
and watch the bride in her white attire,
and with her smiling face and soft eyes
meeting me in the pride of life, weave q
waking dream of future happiness, and
persuade myself that it Will be true: 1
think how they will sit upon the luXuriant
sofa as the twilight falls, and build gay
hopes, and murmur in low tones the not
now forbidden tenderness, and how thrill
| inc the allowed kiss and beautiful endear-
ments OF welded life will make even part
| ing their 10Y, and how gladly they Will
come back from the crowded ard empty
mirth of the gay to each others quiet
company. .
picture to myself that young creature,
who bushes even now at his hesltatlng
caress listening eagerly for his footsteps
\ db tut ulRub blGaAo OAi "A9AAAA-ta ~ NNNN-NN
come, and when he enters at last, with an
affection as undying as his pulse, nest
ling upon his bosom. can feel the tide
that goes flowing through the heart and
gaze with him upon the graceful form as
She moves about in the kind offices of af.
Hection, soothing all his unquiet cares, and
making him even forget himself in her
young and unshadowed beauty,
20 forward for years, and see her lux
uriant hair put soberly away from her
brow, and her girlish graces resigned into
dignity and loveliness, chastened with the
gentle meekness of maternal affection.
Her husband looks on with a proud eye,
and shows the same fervent love and deli
cate attentions which first won her, and
her fair children are grown about them,
and they go on, full Of honor and nm
troubled years, and are remembered when
they die Washington IrViRg.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12
Western Mounds.

MGSY theories have bsen set mp 6s,to
the origin, object, and purposes of the
Western mounds. They seem to rise and
fall in accordance with the ingenuity of
the numerous writers on the subject "A
curious and novel idea has been made pub
oIyds mo Dd ON ON the % American Botto9 20 ias Hs
az g1es that the locality oflSt Louis and
It's enyirons was once the bed of a great
lake, supplied by the Missouri and Missis-
sIppi, with an outlet at Niagara Falls. In
the course Of centuries the barriers Of the
lake at the falls were worn away, as the
present fails 1.-THE outlet at Erie) win In
time be. The gTea. lake was thus drained,
end the region became oultivable, But II
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12
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sCHYETzEREs PHILOSOPHER
sr MASS bRErrnAxS.


BT uANs BRErTNANS.
.I
HERR SCHStTzsEL make philo opedc,
Won cf de newest kind:
II vent mitout Wheel In font,
And hadn't none pehind. .
Won Wheel vas in the mittel. dough,
Aud It vent as shurc ash ecks,
For he shtraddled on de axel dree
Nit der Wheel petwcen his lecSs.
Und ven he want to shtart ia on
He pAddlet nit his veot,
Und soon he cot to 90 so vast
Dat avery dings he peat
Horun her out on Broader shtrcCd,
He shlfeeted Ike der Wind,
He'll how he based de vaucy craps,
And lef dem all pehindl
Dc vIlets NIT dc trotttug nags
Pooled ooPto see him bass;
De Deutschers all srstaunished saidt:
Fbtztquseaii Vas ist dasf"
Boot vashtcr shtill der Schntt2orl newed
On--mit ghAstly smile;tE 4Y...
He tidn't toouch de dirt. ~ shings
Not yonce in half a rnilc. .r ...
Oh, vat ism all diseattly piss?
Oh, vot ish mans soocksessi -
Oh, vot ish various kinds OF dings'
= Upd yot ish hoppinessg
We hnd'a pank node in dc shtreedt,
Next dings der pank ish preak;
We folls and knocks our outsides In.
Ven We q ten -shtrike make.
Soyasit nit der Schnitzerlein
Ills feet both shipped outsidoward shoost
When at his extra shpoee.
,IIe felled upohn der wheel Of cOOrse;
Il, De wheel like blitzou lew
Und Schnitzerl he yos. schnilz in vsct,
Fer it shlished him grod in two.
.Und as For his philosdpode, irD d.
s. Id cot so shkared, men say,
1t pounded onward tn II vent ...
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12

600, and he has never been arrested. But
tell you, Captain -, that If could
make good living honestly, I would do
1t but everybody is down un me, and
cant get any work, and 30 am forced to
steal l can do it pretty well, to be sure {;
but don't like the continual tearHU6 sus5
pense The safety guards are humeugs,
and don't amount to anything" ..i
Then you are going att again when
you get out?'
''1"I don't SEQ what else cau,dS but one
thing is sure, shan't blab and get caught
again soon r,JI-. ...a.N N.
nj he has mo-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12

1t is, says the Sacramento Union, an
erroneous opinion that the Central Pacific
Railway Company has, during the year
lust closing, outstripped the Union Pacific
in the work of construction. At this date
last year the Central Road was in running
order for one hundred miles, or nearly to
the summit of the Sierra Nevada. The
Union Pacific was then accepted and in
running order five hundred and ten miles
west of Omaha. On the Sth inst. the Cen
trail was completed four Hundred and forty
five miles from Sacramento, as is stated in
the telegraphic report of the Special Ex-
amining Commissioners. At the same
time the Union Pacific was completed nine
hundred and forty miles west of Omaha.
These figures show that during the year,
up 10 December S.h, the Central built
three hundred and fortyfve miles of road,
while the Union built four hundred and
thirty, or eiehty-five miles the most In
difficulties Of construction the Union Com.
pany had more to contend against, this
year, than the Central, for while the latter
were running through nearly Level
desert region nine tenths Of the way, the
former were passing through the Black
Hills and Rocky Mountains
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12

ready, and he has gone before us. We
could not conveniently all start together,
and why should you and be grieved at
this, since we are soon to follow, and we
know where to find himg
Adieu, my dear, good child, and believe
that shall be, in every state, your sfTec.
uonatc papa. BENZ. FRANKLIN.
eAlluding TO sedan chairs, then in fashionable
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12

Philadelphia has one hundred and
flfty manufacturers aud five thousand
operatives engaged in making carpets,
OF every grade, price and figure. The
business Is more certain and has fewer fail
ures thAn any other
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12

A NAN in Greensboro, VT, nearly broke
his wife's neck, recently, by playfully shak-
ing her. Her neck cracked, she became
partially paralyzed, and was confined TO
her bed seven days.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12

A POLITE philosopher once thanked
.sdy who had been singing to party for
An hour, by saying, "Madam, you have
wasted our time charmingly,"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-12

California has originated very many
queer things, not the least of which was
the living headless rooster" which was
on exhibition in San Francisco for sew
eral days, giving rise to a popular sem
sation, and causing the experimental de-
capitation of all sorts of chickens
Though thousands of ROSTERS lost their
heads, none of them condescended to
|" live on" except the original very game
cock. We had almost forgotten the mat.
ter, until We saw the following paragraph
in New England paper
"a Brunswick (Maine) man chopped
of the head of q rooster, the other day,
and threw him on the ground for dead
but when he returned for his bird he
found his plumage in natural condition
and his tail erect. He was then placed
on his feet, stood naturally, and would
turn his head when touched, and show
every sign of life. The neck had been
severed very near the head, bat as it did
not seem to affect the health Of the
rooster, it was chopped of again lower
down, when the blood spurted, the bird
went through the usual futtering and
and was soon dead indeed"
This dull fellow cannot be Yankee.
he destroyed golden egg in that rooster,
ss the statement may seem.
= Cincinnati Commercial.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-12
NEW YORK.

New York, January ia CORE
spondent of the Herald recently had a
conversation with General Frank Blair
in Washington. The General still holds
to his expressed opinion that General
Grant will make Dictator or an EN-
peror of himself before he leaves the
White House. Els modest department
| is simply deep dissimulation, and one of
the measures always used by ambitious
men since the days Of Julius Caesar,
who refused the crown. The country is
already ruled by minority, who demand
aid of bayonets; and it will be easy for
Grant, with his military power, to make
himself supreme.
On Saturday evening DR.. Smart was
summoned to attend two dying women.
Mrs. Louisa Coake and Mrs. Jane V.
Reeland, who reside in South Second
street, Jersey City, having had domestic
troubles which they thought themselves
too weak to bear, they had bought NOR
phine and took heavy dose, resolving
to die together. After being restored to
consciousness they expressed their in
dignation that they had not been per-
mitted to die.
The congressional committee engaged
in the investigation of the alleged cleo
ton frauds still continues its session, be-
ing engaged altogether III examining
witnesses. The trouble between Mar
shal Murray and Sheriff O Brian, and
other United States officers, remains in
statu quo. The committee claims that
it has obtained overwhelming proof of
the charges of repeating and using false
certificates of naturalization in the late
election, which have been made by the
Union League against members of the |
Democratic party.
1t is now generally understood that
Moses h. Grinnell will be appointed Col
Iector of this port by Gen. Grant.
The case of the United States vs.. Yer
non K. Stevenson, in the great cotton
case, was resumed yesterday morn
ing before His Honor Judge Bachford.
Three witnesses were examined for the
but other witnesses, who
we're expected from Washington, not hav-
ing arrived. tho further hearing of the
case was adjourned till this morning.
The Herald says so.called Jewellers
Union in this city proposes to distribute
81, 900, 900 worth of prizes at drawing
n March next They publish in their
an extract of what purports
% be an editorial in the Herald lauda-
,ory of their scheme. No such editorial
ias ever appeared in the Herald, and
he whole scheme may be set down as a
,windle,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-12
Prom Nashville.

By special to the Ardldnche we learn
that the House bill to charter the city
schools of Memphis passed on third
reading in the Senate.
Senator Nelson introduced bill to
change the franchise law 10 as to allow
women to vote and hold Office.
The Legislature was thrown into hut-
ter over proposition to employ counsel
against Rutter, who, it was understood,
had employed all the talent of Nashville.
Some of the members probably think
"the least said the soonest mended."
Secretary Fletcher has a letter 10 the
Press and Times, which has created 8
good deal Of comment. He reflects very
severely on the proscripiive policy Of
Brownlow, to which be ascribes all dis
sensions which are daily weakening the
Republican party in Tennessee. He
comes out squarely in favor of removing
ell the disqush6cations imposed by the
franchise law.
A second special further says the re-
port to the House from Controller
Blackburn shows that only little over
1868, 600 Of the January Indebtedness
was paid by the railroads on bonds
loaned to them, and that the amount un-
paid was S465,500. The roads which
paid are those which have heretofore
done so.
The House bill to incorporate the
Southern Railroad Association passed its
third reading in the Senate with some
uniuportant amendments, which we're
concurred in BY the House.
Daring the afternoon session of the
House. Mr.. Ryder made a melton to re-
consider the vote transmitting the Rutter
resoIu;ion 10 the Senate. After . strug-
gle of over an hour the resolution was
transmitted. am convinced that ma
ioritv ofthe members in both houses are
anxious to have the school fund matter
probed to the bottom.