South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-04
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

WHEN conscience is awakened nova
days, it don't like to say, Is 1t II" half so
well as " II is you"
A. F. WILLMARTH, Vice President of
the Home, of New York, is g policy hold
er, stock holder and director of the Wash
iDgton Life.
A FOREIGNER hoped that if that was q
Fourth of July, Heaven would deliver
him fromthe other three-quarters.-Boston
Post
No man with dependent family is free
from reproach if he fails to insure.-LoRD
LINDHURsT. Insure in the Mutual Life,
of Chicago.
A PRIVATE IN the army recently sent
lette.. to his sweetheart, closing with ::
MAY heaven cherish you and keep you
from yours truly, John Smith"
A JOYOUS damsel rushed into a citizens
arms at Savannah, exclaiming. "Oh, you
are my long-lost brotherp She soon dis
covered her mistake, and rushed off in
confused manner, accompanied by her
long-lost brothers pocket book.
THIS is the way New York printer ad-
vertises himself: The poorest printer in
the world. No attention whatever paid
to orders; prices higher than any other
house in the city; II small business cards
for ST 600 in gold; other work in proper
ton. How this world is given to lying
THERE is story told of the officers of a
British ship dining with Mandarin at
Canton. One of the guests wished Sec
ond helping of savory stew, which he
thought was some sort of duck. Not
knowing a word of Chinese, he held his
plate to the host, saying, with smiling ap-
proval, "Quack, quack, quack." Imagine
how his countenance fell when the host,
pointing to the dish, responded, "Bow,
Ow, ow."
SIR WALTER SCOTT, who was lawyer,
once defended a house-breaker ct Jed
burgh. After the ial the prisoner sent
for him, thanked him for his exertions,
and said he was sorry he could not give
him fee, but he would give him two bits
of advice: First, that yelping terrier in
side of a house was q better protection
than a big dog outside; and, secondly,
that no lock so bothered a housebreaker
as an old rusty one.
IT has been ascertained from the statis-
tics of the General Life Insurance Compa-
nv of London, that if 100000 intemperate
persons be taken, from 10 to 20 years of
age, and an equal number of correspond
ing ages who are not intemperate, thirty
two of the former will die as often as ten
of the latter. Out of 100, 900 of each, 49,
9O7 of the intemperate will be dead before
so wears of age, but of those who are not
temperate 4.206 only will be dead.
OK Sunday morning last, says the New
ton (Mass.) Journal, the Steam fire-engine
at Newton Corner started off at the full
speed of the horses to the fire at Newton
Vile, operated at the fire, and was about to
return when the engineer heard sort OF
subdued cluck, and, upon investigation,
hen was found perched upon the spring of
the tender attached to the machine, having
rode the whole distance to the fire, and re-
mained clinging to her frail foothold dur
ing the entire time that the machine was
working at the fire Her cluck appeared
to be one of triumph at the feat she had
performed, and she seemed to be none the
worse for her rather hastY journey. Tins
hen had lust before Matched out brood
of chickens, which, in the hurry OF de-
psrture, she left behind at the engine
house.
GEORGE WHITEFIELD was once preach
ING 10 a seafaring audience in New York,
when, suddenly assuming nautical air and
manner that were irresistible, he broke IN
with, We'll, my boys, we have a clear
sky. and are making fine headway over
smooth sea before light breeze, and we
shall soon lose sight of land. But what
means this sudden lowering of the heavens,
and that dark cloud arising from beneath
the western horison? Harkl don't you
hear distant thunder? Don't you see those
flashes of lightning? There is storm
gatheringI Every man to his duty! How
the waves rise and dash against the ship
The air is darkl-the tempest RACES Our
masts are gone the ship is on her beam
endsi What next?" This appeal instantly
brought the sailors to their feet with
shout, /" The longboat take to the long
boatp
WE read, in German publication, an
extraordinary account OF the explosion OF
only ten drops of nitro-glycerine, which a
pupil in laboratory had put into a small
| iron saucepan, and heated with Bunsen
gas flame. The effect Of the explosion
was that the foriy-six panes OF glass OF the
windows of the laboratory were smasheo
to atoms, the saucepan was hurled through
brick wall, the stout iron stand on Wnlcn
the vessel had been placed was partly
split, partly spirally twisted, and the tuoe
of the Bunsen burner was split and tiatten'
ed outward. Fortunately, none Of the
three persons in the laboratory were
hurt. When nitro-glycerine is caused Z
fall, drop by drop, upon thoroughly req
hot iron plate, it burns off as gunpowdel
would do under the same conditions; bu
if the iron be not red hot, but yet no
enough to cause the nitro-glycerln'
to boil suddenly, an explosion take
place.
AT a school election III Tynemouth
vote on what sort of liquors they pre-