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The Ouachita telegraph., 1871-05-20
NOTICE.

FINllE t"partnCr~hip hrrctotnr" existing
4 between the undersigned, in n" town
of Monroe. Louisiana, under and hN the
firm name OF SurGhnOr n Mullin. i this
day dissolved by mutnal consent. All ihS
liabilities of the firm of Sur9h ~ Mullin
having boon assumed hN Lloyd W. Sur-h-
nor. he atone il Hut uthOriZcd to collect th.
debts due the old firm. This 18th day at
April. 1871. l.. W. Sl'RGII\DR.
II WN. H. II. MITIlI\.
The undersigned will continue the G;rorr-
rN business. ON a strictly cash basis nj the
old stand on Grand II rect.
l.. w. SURGIINDR,
LNISH BROS. WAGONS
H-tf tor sale by SnrChmnr.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1871-05-20

MnNEnI; l.N.. MAY |. ISL.
tnt and after "Wednesday, tn" :fi inst,
Passenger trains Will leave Monroe daily
lSunduvS excepted 1T / "a. M, making close
ronl,rt ions with the Nrl> ~bur.. and Mrria
ian Railroad for New Orleans and in" All
points mort II and r:t~i.
Through tickets nn sale /" New Orleans,
Memphis, st. Louis. Louisville. and to the
principal northern and eastern cities Via III"
Louisville route.
Local tickets ~:tf,. 1T all the :-.tfHit~
on line OF road at rates nearly 20 per cent.
less than before. the interruption of trains
bN the recent overflow.
Through bills of la.lil,. given for every
character of freight to and it''ut st. Louis,
NJ rates ~ low aS per amy competing route.
:S;-tf j. w. GREEN. En-. X Supt.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1871-05-20

TNI.I. and look ut Fish Bros. WAGONS for
~ sale Ivy Sur:rhuOr X Mulliu. 81
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-02
How A Dutehman Cot Even.

Once OH q time there lived iovial
Dutchman, whose name was Hannes
Won ShrimpetifIel. He had a wife.
He also had a little rocery, where
beer and such personal property was
sold. lie gave credit to parcel of
dry customers, and keep his book
with a piece of dry chalk on the
head board of the bedstead.
One day Mrs. Shrimpetifiel, in a
neat fit, took it upon herself to clean
the house and things. So she did,
and she cleaned the head-board, and
with soap and water settled the old
mans accounts by wiping away eve-
~ chalk mark.
Pretty soon, before long, the old
vender of things came into his house
and saw Whist ruin his frau had
wrought Then Ire said:
"Mein Gott, Frau Shrimpetiifel,
what for you make ruined man OF
me I guess not? You make wipe
away all dem name and figures what
/ owe dem fellers what's going to pay
me before they get ready, and | lose
more as swei hundred tollars~.
His frau left the room in fear and
disgust. When she returned, he had
recovered the head-board with chalk
marks. Then said she:
"Aanness, you have make them all
right again, don't it?"
"Well, mein tearer fran, / make
tie figures all right, but put down
some peter names az dem old fellers
vot you wiped out "
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-02
Condensed History Of Steam.

About go years Is. g., Hero of
Alexandria formed tov which cX-
hibited some of the powers of steam,
and was moved by its power
A. d. 40, Anthemius,an architect,
arranged several caldrons of water,
each covered with the wide bottom
of a leather tube, which rose to mar
row top, which pipes extended to
the rafters of the adjoining building.
A fire was kindled beneath the cal
drons, and the house was shaken by
the efforts of the steam ascending
the tubes. This is the first notice of
the power of steam recorded.
In 1913, June IL, Blasco d. Garoy
tried a steamboat of 200 tons with
tolerable success at Barcelona, Spain.
1t consisted of caldron of boiling
water, and a movable wheel on each
side of the ship. 1t was laid aside as
impracticable. A present, however,
was made to Garoy.
In 1850 the first railroad was con-
structed at Newcastle-on-Tyne.
The first idea of a steam-eDgine in
England was in the famous Marquis
of Worcester's "History of Inven-
tions,' A. ID. 1868. '..
In ITO, Newcomer made the first
steam-engine in England.
In Ills, patents were granted to
Savory for the first application of the
steam-engine.
In 1914, James Watt made the first
perfect steam engine in England.
In 1876, Jonathan Hulls set forth
the idea OF steam navigation.
In IT'S, Thomas Paine first pro-
posed this application in America.
In 17S1, Marquis Jouffroy con-
structed one in Saone. .. 3D..
In 1885, two Americans published
work ON it. a. a..e.r.-.
In 17S9, William Tymington made
voyage in one on the Forth and
Clyde Canal. .h
In 1902, this experiment was re-
peated. r..r m -..- .'iFf SD
In 1852, Ramsey propelled n boat
by steam to New York. .".. g.
In .17SS, John Fitch, of PhiladeI.
phia, navigated boat by steam
engine on the Delaware.
In 1913 Robert Fulton first began
to apply his attention to steam.
In 1893, Oliver Evans, a native of
Philadelphia, constructed a locomo-
tive steam-engine to travel OH turn
pike road. ...... ~rr
The first steam vessel that crossed
The Atlantic was the Savannah, in
the month ofJune, 1919, from Charles
ton to Liverpool.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-02
The Bottom of the Atlantic.

The sCundings which were made be-
tween Ireland and New Foundland be-
fore laying the Atlantic cable have made
the bottom of the Atlantic almost as
well known as the surface of Europe OF
America. 1t is covered with fine mud
the remains of microscopic insects
which will one day doubtless harden
into chalk. OF the inequalities of thi
ocean bottom, Prof. Huxley says:
"It is a prodigious plain, one Of the
widest and most even plains in the
world. If TIE sea were drained off, you
might drive wagon all the way from
Valentia, on the west coast of Ireland, to
Trinity Bay, in New Foundland. And
except one sharp incline, about two
hundred miles from Valentia, l am no
quite sure that it would ever be necessa-
ry to put the skin on, so gentle are the
ascents and descents upon that long
route.
From Valentia the road would lie
down hill for about 200 miles to the
point at which the bottom is now cover.
cred by seventeen hundred fathoms o.
sea water. Then would come the Gen.
trail plain, more than one hundred miles
wide, the inequalities of the surface ol
which would be scarcely preceptible,
though the depth of the water upon ii
varies from ten thousand to fifteen thou
sand feet; and there are places in which
Mount Blanc might be sunk without
showing its peak above water. Beyond
this, the ascent on the American side
commences and gradually leads, for
about three hundred miles, to the n ew
foundland shore.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-02
How Daniel Webster Prepared his
,f-t Speeches.

In one of the debates i'm Congress,
which suddenly called Daniel Webster
to his feet, he made brief but most
eloquent speech, apparently without
any opportunity for previous prepara-
ton. In the course of his remarks, he
threw. out the following sentence,
which has ever since been admired as
one of the most harmonious and eX-
pressive in the English language. He
was speaking of our military conflict
with Great Britain: sour fathers
raised their flag against power to
which, for purposes of foreign conquest
and subJugation, Rome, in the hight of
her glory, is not to be compared; a
power which has dotted over the whole
globe with her possessions and her mil
itary posts, whose morning drum-beat,
following the sun in its course and
keeping pace with the hours, circles
the earth with one continuous and un-
broken strain of martial airs of Eng
land" AS he sat down one of the SEN
ators congratulated him upon his
speech, and alluding to the above pas
sage, said that to him it was incon-
ceivable how Mr.. Webster in speech
SO manifestly unprecedented, could
have formed so perfect and so beauti-
full sentence, which with hours of
study, he could not improve. Mr..
Webster replied that the passage was
not extemporaneous; that in his sum-
mer vacation he had visited Quebec,
and while standing on the massive
and almost impregnable citadel there,
looking out upon the wondrous scene
of national grandeur and of natures
loveliness spread before him, the idea
occurred to his mind. He immediate
ly took his seat upon gun, and with
pencil and paper, sketched the thought
in the most appropriate language he
could at the moment command. Upon
arriving at his hotel he sat down at his
leisure, and wrote it and rewrote it,
with many interlinea:ions and era
sures, until he had moulded it into the
form of words which satisfied him. He
then laid it aside in his retentive men,
ory, to be used when the occasion
should offer. The opportunity arose
on that day.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-02
LADY. FAIR.

], Underneath the beech-tree sitting,
With that everlasting knitting,
. And the soft sun-shadows fitting
n Through your wavy hair;
All my thoughts and plans confusing,
All my resolution losing,
Say, what matters in your musing.
Lady fair? -
Oh, the charm that in your face is
All the loves and all the graces ,
To be clasped in your embraces l.
Monarchis guerdon wero:
Not q man, / ween, who sees you,
But would give his life to please you,
Yet you say-that lovers tease you
Lady fair - ri f.ps e
One By one, to their undoing,
Fools in plenty come a-wooing, ~
Bafled still, but still pursuing,
Tangled in the snare; .-4,
In your ever-changing smile hid,
Or beneath your sleepy eyelid,
Many heart it hath beguiled,
Lady fair. -f.-t.--I, ,.---r .
While the GUNNER breezes fan her ?
Gently with her leafy banner, ( z.
Venus form and dams manner,
Doth my goddess wear;
Lives the man who can discover.
Amy secret spell to move her II
To the wish of mortal lover,
Cold as fair? t -l.
But to see those dark eyes brighten,
And for me with kindness lighted,
While the cheeks rich colors heighten,
What would / not dare?
To inform their scornful splend9r
With the love-light soft and tender,
Bow the proud heart to surrender,
g.. Lady fair
By the lives that thou hast broken,
BY the words that have spoken.
By the passion they betoken,
I have loved, l swear, =. r.
Only thee since have seen thee;
And, if woman's heart be in thee,
Twill die, but will win thee,
Lady fair!
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-02
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.

An exchange says all the biogra-
phies of the great and good men
show that not one of them had a
fashionable mother .t
1t is estimated that thick shoes
have improved the health OF women
twenty-five per cent.
1t is said Of Andrew jackson that
he always had delicate, chivalrous,
absolute faith in the virtue of W oman.
EPIGRAN on A STUPID HUSBAND.
Itis maxim in the schools
That women always dote on fools;
If so, dear Jack, / IN sure your wife
Must love you as she does her life.
A lady in Dorchester, n. H., during
the illness of her husband this spring,
tapped their sugar orchard, cut her
wood, gathered the sap, and made
alone four hundred pounds of sugar.
"A richly dressed Spanish lady in
Virginia City, Nevada, beat the dri-
yer of wagon over the head with
big stick, the other day, for splashing
mud over her.
Ladies no longer wear Creped
hair, as it is not fashionable, and
completely ruins the hair, as do also
all kinds OF false hair, as they absorb
the life of the real hair, making it de-
cay and fall out.
A Kentucky vagrant was sold un-
der the vagrant act and bought in by
his wife for ten cents-and she is
supposed to have paid an advance of
nine hundred per cent. on his value.
There is great deal of theology in
the idea of the little girl who wished
she could be good without obeying
her grandmother. She said it was
easy enough to read books and pray,
but pretty hard to mind grandmother.
Did you ever think of the mingled
dignity and delicacy Of affection with
which Christ treated women, the
highest and the lowest? There is not
in literature recorded such an cxqui-
site treatment of woman as that
which she received at the hands of
Christ.
A newly married man complains of
the high price of "ducks." He says
his wife recently paid for three of
them duck of bonnet, duck of
a dress, and duck of parasol. He
says such dealings in poultry will
ruin him."
A Binghampton On. " woman
complains that during the first year
of her married life her husband called
her "my DEAR" the second year, "Mrs.
A." and the third year, "old sorrel
top" which was, too much for her to
bear,
A lady who was acting as gratui-
tous amanuens;s in writing letter
for a lady friend, last week, had the
impud.nce to throw the letter in the
fire, when nearly completed. because
the lady for whom she was writing
modestly requested her to close by
saving: "Please excuse bad spelling
and writing"
Buss, a kiss; rebus, kiss again
pluribus, to kiss irrespective of sex
suribus, to kiss the hand instead of
the lip; blunderbus, to kiss the
wrong person; omnibus, to kiss all
promiscuous!y erebus, TO kiss in the
dark.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-02
Success.

The most important element of
success Is cconomy-ecOnOmy of
money and economy of time. By
economy we do not mean penurious-
ness, but merely such Wholesome thrift
as win disinclinc to spend our time
or money without an adequate return
either in gain or enjoyment. An
economical app cation oftime brings
leisure and metht 4, and enables us to
drive our business, instead of our
business driving Us. There is moth
ing attended with results so di.as-
trOus as such miscalculatiion of our
time and means as will involve Us in
perpetual hurry and difficulty. The
brightest talents must. be effective
under such pressure, and life of ex-
pedients has no end but penury.
Worldly success, however, though
universally coveted, can be only de-
sirablc in SO far as il contributes to
happines, and it will contribute to
happiness very little, unless there be
cultivated lively benevolence to
every animated being. Happiness"
il has been finely observed, ''is in the
proportion of the number of things
we love, and the number of things
that love US" To this sentiment we
most cordially subscribe, and we
should wish to see il written on the
table of every heart, and producing
its fruits of charity. The man, what
ever be his fame, or D:tune, or i'll
telligence, who can t:c.-s highly an
others woe-whO is not bound To
his fellowmen by the magic tie of
sympathy, deserves, ay, and will OBJ
tain, the contempt ofhuman kind.
Upon him all the gifts of fortune are
thrown away. Happiness he has none.
His life is a dream, mere lethargy,
without throb of human emotion
and he will descend to the grave "un-
wept, unhonored, and msung." such
a fate is not to be envied and let those
who are intent upon success, remem-
ber that success is nothing without
happiness.
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dred and fifty feet wide, and is divid-

dred and fifty feet wide, and is divid-
ed into central street, forty feet wide,
| which is the drive and is to be used
| only for pleasure carriages; second, q
bridle-path, ten feet wide, enclosed
between two avenues of trees each OF
eight feet in width; then on the other
side is a walk, and outside of these are
roads, on each side, for heavy traffic,
each twenty-five feet wide. This il
thoroughly and deeply drained, built,
SO far as it is done, in the best man.
ner; and is to cost, according to pres
ent experience on the part completed
$45, 600 per mile. 1t will be eight
miles long, and its construction has
been undertaken by the city of Chica-
go, and the township thorough
which it passes.
A TOWN WITH A SPECIALITY.
| Now, pray remember all this road
building, draining, planting and con-
| struction of costly and admirable pub
lie buildings, was done in the faith
that people would appreciate the "mod-
ern conveniances," as they are called.
The town was made ready for the
people. III have given a somewhat
! detailed account of the work, it is be-
cause it struck me as in every way
thoroughly worth doing, and worth
initiating near New York. OF course
the company will make fortune, and
in my opinion, they will deserve all
they get; for they have done and are
doing, Dy private enterprise with pri-
vate means, almost as admirable a
piece of work as the city of New
York has done in its Central Park;
they have led the way in kind of
undertaking which every thoughtful
man must wish to see initiated and
repeated near every considerable city
in the country. This is no "job," no
"great public work.; there are no po-
litics in it. 1t is a commercial adven-
ture, conceived in broad spirit, and
admirably carried out.
THE SUCCESS OF THE ENTERPRISE.
Already its success is declared.
Ground was broken in June, 1869,
twenty-five months ago. There are
already fOrty-seven fine dwellings
on the place, besides the public build
ings / name above. A number Of
these belong to and are inhabited by
some of the wealthiest merchants and
most prominent citizens of Chicago.
One house cost $4,000, and several
from $20,0 to $4,000. Most, ii not
all, are of wood, which is cheap here,
while stone is not q favorite building
yet about Chicago, particularly for
country houses; but it will be- difficult,
should think, long to resist the love-
ly stone which is SO abundant near
here. .., ... s -.... I'D .... t..
Will no New Workers initiate, in
some out lying tract near the city,
this well-conceived plan for uniting in
one place the advantages of city and
country life? We have got so into the
habit of making our roads, parks and
other conveniences, not only in the
city, but in the suburbs, ~ govern
ment instead Of private enterprise,
that our capitalists are timid in this
direction. They wait for the public
treasury to be opened. Yet all this.
which / have described is cheaper,
better, and more completely done by
private men than it would have been
done by any public body in the world.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-02
Il ELOURING MILLS
FOR SALE.

TNHE UNDERSIGNED DESIRE TO DIS
Il pose Of their Steam FIGURING Mills at.Pleas,
ant Grove, Immediately on the Nashville and
Decatur Railroad. The surrounding country
is one of the finest wheat growing sections in
the State, and the best Southern markets are
in easy and speedy connection. The Mills will
be sold for money, on time, or for real estate.
Apply to DR.. j. I. AKIN. ja20-u
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-02

To GET RID OF FLIEs.-The smoke
of the dried leaves of pumpk IN
burnt OH a bright fire, will cause flies
to quit an apartment instantly or it
will kill them. Birds must be with
drawn before the operation, and per-
sens should abstain from going into
apartments Immediately after, as the
smoke causes headaches. The em-
pioyment of laurel oil is also pre-
servative against flies, as they cannot
bear the smell of it
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-02
IN EARLY SPRING.

Pale yellow sunlight crowns the wave,
And glowing skies are blue and clear
How languidly the waters lave
The sands that glimmer near.
The shady hooks along the hill
Are draped yet with wasting snow;
l hear the ear iiest bluebird' S thrill;
Soft winds are breathing low.
Beyond the shining harbor-bar
Lingers dim sail like a pearl;
And busy sea-birds, near and far,
Hover and swoop and whirl.
O heart and day in sweet accord!
0waves ye seem as fair to me
As if the feet of Christ the Lord
Had walked the morning sea.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-02
How Ramsey Paid His Rent.

Wit is sometimes worth mon
ey, but it is quite essential to have a
good-natured customer to deal with.
When Allan Ramsey, the great
Scotch poet, began life, he was so poor
that he could not meet his first half
years rent. tfter it became due he
met his landlord and explained the
circumstances and expressed his dis
tress at his failure to meet his obliga-
tions. The jolly landlord was quite
kind to him, and said that, as he was
a lad of some genius, he would give
him q chance to cancel his debt with
out shilling.
.iIf,u said the creditor, "you'.i give
me rhyming answer to four ques-
tions, in as many minutes, I'll quit
you the rent altogether. I"
Allan said he would try. The ques-
tions were: "What does God love %
q "What does the divil love?u "What
does the world love ?' "What do l
love? /.l1.. .....-. ..-..-....-
Ramsey wrote: .a.I ..r.....
" God loves m an when he refrains from sin
The devil loves man when he persists there
The world loves man when riches en- him
How:
And You'd love me, coul1 pay you what l
oweH.
"The rent is paid, said the farmer,
giving his ingenious tenant hearty
slap on the shoulder.
Two citizens OF Virginia met the 9th
er day on country road. Both hap
pt ned to be riding stations, and unsus-
pectins any danger halted to engage in
Conversation. Suddenly the stations
rushed ferociously at each other. throw
ing both riders from their seats and
fighting their PROSTATE bodies. One of
the men vas struck during the struggle
and knocked into the corner of fence
near by, while the other was so un-
fortunate as to have his thigh fractur-
ed, and, being otherwise badly injured,
was udable to escape from the vicinity
of the inftiriated animals.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-02

Coal has been discovered on the
farm Of Judge G. A. Wingtield, near
Liberty, Va. The mine is said to ex-
tend to a considerable depth, and
covers several hundred yards OF sur
face.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-02

Go HoME--A witness i'm case of
assault and battery when asked what
he said, replied: II said to him, with
the toe of my boot 60 hOme'"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-02

When Adam and Eve partook Of
the tree Of knowledge, did they study
the higher branches?
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-02

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
CONTROLLERS OFFICE,
NASHVILLE, Jan. j, 1871.
I, Ed. r. PsNNEBAkER, Comptroller of the
Treasury, do hereby certify that the Home In
surance Company, located at New York, in the
State of New York, has produced to me salts
factory evidence that said Company has CON-
piled with all the requirements of the laws OF
the State Of Tennessee, imposed on Insurance
Companies and / further certify that W. j.
DALI, Agent Of said Company, has also COM
piled with the requirements of the laws of the
State, made and provided in such cases.
Wherefore, said Insurance Company has au-
thority TO take risks and transact the business
Of Insurance in this State, at Columbia, Tenn.
ED. r. PENNEBAKER,
Comptroller of Tennessee.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-02
FARMING TOOLS.

Trcppard & Co, keep for sale all
kinds of Farming Tools, such as Hoes
Chains, Lines, Cradles, Cotton Scrap
ers, Rakes, SnOthes, &c. Sold whole
sale and retail at bottom prices. Don't
forget their numbers No. 19 and q
North College Street. Nashville,
Tenn. .4ft
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-02
a TIN WARE.

Messrs. Treppard u 20. sell all kinds
of Tin, Plate, Copper, Bucket Covers,
Sheet Iron, &C., &c. Country Shops
will. find it to their interest to pur-
chase from this house as they buy
from the importers and consequently
can sell at the lowest prices. They
warrant all goods of the best quality
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-02

Messrs. Trenpard 4 Co., deal in The
best brands only of Plated Ware, all
ofwbich they warrant to be best and
purest quality of Silver Plating.
Their prices for this line Of goods is
very low.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-02

DRFrANIA WARE.

They keep large assortment of all
kinds of Britannia Ware, consisting in
part of Tea Pots, Coffee Pots, Soup
Ladies', Spoons, Drinking Cups, Tea
Spoons, Table Spoons, Water Dip
ners. Molasses MUGS. etc. etc.