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South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06
Chinese visiting Cards.

VISITING is made most serious busi-
ness In China, and every individual of
respectability must have servant 10 carry
and present his cards. A Chinese card is
not white, glazed little bit of pasteboard,
but huge sheet of scarlet paper, with the
name inscribed In large characters; the
more mammoth-like the character the
more grand and respectable it is. Cards
are of several kinds. There is the plain
card-a single sheet of scarlet paper-with
the name written or stamped nearest the
night hand and topmost sides This is
employed on common occasions. Then
there is the official card, mostly used by
mandarins on visits of ceremony. This is
also single sheet, and il contains the
name preceded by the entire title, written
down the center, fom top to bot ON.
Then, again, there is the full card, which
Is only produced on very grand occasions,
such as New Year visits, visits of copgra-
tulation or coincidence. The full card is
folded, and NUS contain ten folds It
does not give titles, but simply contains
the name of the individual written in the
right hand and bottom corner of the first
fold, prefIed by the words, "Your stupid
younger brother" and followed by the
words, bows his head and pays his re-
spects." Where the person visited be-
longs to generation senior to the visitor,
the latter styles himself, Your stupid
nephew" If to two generations, the
visitor takes to himself the name of
uncle instead of nephew" retaining,
however, the deprecietory eppellstive of
stupid" There is still further varieties
of s-lfdesignation, according to the par
ticular gradations of relationship; but
these we have quoted viii suffice TO give
an idea of the punctilious rules peculiar
to Chinese visiting. We may add that
the card last described is, as matter of
etiquette, always understood to be return
ed to the visitor, it being, presumably, ex-
pensive to Lave such voluminons proofs
of regard with such number of friends.
--EoeTy Saturday.
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lznlErvrNI GHT

bright younger ones. Joa found himself,
ano everybody else found him. solitary
an; sao alone, taking very little notice Of the
mnen ne grew to be man. the bustlin9
drlVe-aheads laughed at his piodding: but
oy some means he seldom made a mis-
take, and, though he did not seem to &C.
eomplish as much in a week AZ manv
others did In day, yet at the end of a
year there was always something tangible
In his results, while the work of those
who seemed to utterly outstrip him at first
ended In demolished air-castles.
He has passed the meridian of life.
Men eminent in the professions respect
his judgment Business men coming upon
the stage of action long to learn the secret
oil his success. The bank leans upon him
to carry it through the trying crisis, mer-
chants and manufacturers lean upon him
to save them from bankruptcy. Steady,
constant, and hard study made him
scholar; persevering industry, accom-
panied with economy, raised him to opul-
ence; close observation and deliberate re-
lection cultivated a sound Judgment, and
honesty and integrity secured for him the
confidence of all who knew him.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06
Miscellany.
Work Daring Sleep.

THOSE cases in which the brain is hard
at work during sleep, instead of being to-
tally oblivious of everything, may be call
ed dreaming or somnambulism, according
20 the mode IN which the activity displays
ITSELF Many of them are full of interest
some men have done really hard mental
WORK while at sleep. Condorcet fnisL ed
train OF calculations in his sleep which
mad puzzled him during the day. In 1866
q coleglan noticed the peeuliarities of a
Fellow student, who was rather stutlid than
otherwise during his waking hours. but
who got through some excellent work in
geometry and algebra during sleep. Cor
dlllac and Franklin bothEorked correctly
during Come of their sleeping hours.
Jae work done partakes, In many cases.
more Of the nature of imaginative compo-
sition than of scientific calculations. Thus
q stanza of excellent verse is in print.
which Sir John Herschel is said to have
composed when asleep, and to have recol-
lected when he aToke. Goethe often set
down on paper, Curing the dsy, thoughts
and ideas which had presented themselves
70 MN during sleep on the preceding night.
a gentleman one night dreamed that he
was playing an entirely new game of cards
with three friends; when he aWoke, the
structures and rules of the new game, as
created in the dream, came one by one into
memory, aud he found them SO ingenious
that ne afterward frequently PLAYED
the game. Coleridge is said to
have composed his fragment of
Kubla Khan" during sleep. He had
one evening bsen rea1ing Purchas' "PiI-
GRIM" some of the romantic incidents
struck his fancy; he went to sleep, and
ms busy brain composed "Kubla Khan ~
When he awoke in the morning he wrote /
out what his mind had invented in sIeep. |
until interrupted by a visitor. with |
whom he conversed for an hour on bust |
ness matters; but, alas he could never
again recall the thread of the story. and
thus Krbla Khan remains q fragment.
Dr. Good mentions the case of a gentle
man who In his sleep composed an ode in
SIX stanzas, and set it to music. Tartini.
the celebrated Italian vocalist, one night
dreamed that the devil appeared to him.
challenged him to q trial of skill on the
nddle, and played piece wonderful for
It's beauty and difficulty; when Tartina
awoke he could not remember the exact
notes, but he could produce the general
character OF the music, which he did in a
ever since known as the
DeVlls Sonats." Lord Thurlow, when
a youth at college, found himself one
evening unable to finish q piece of Latin
composition which he had undertaken:
ne went to bed full of the subject. fell
asleep, finished his Latin in his sleep. re-
memoered 1t next morning, and was com
plmented on the felicitous form which it
pIesenEed.-AH the Year Bound.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06
The Boy that had no Remarkable
Quality

Most boys who "get into the newspa-
pers" are very remarkable boys.
Joa" had nothing about his looks, or
actions, or color, that attracted the partic-
ular attention of any body.
When he first bresthed the vital air, he
was simply boy-baby, with two hands,
two feet, two eyes, two ears, one mouth,
and one nose. He did not laugh and crow
and sit upright as young geniuses do in
their young bsbyhood, but he slept and
walked, and ate (baby food, of course) and
cried like any common baby.
When he grew older there were no un-
common Developments, except that he
was fat and healthy and heavy.
Nobody congratulated his mother on
raising future President, nor spplsuded
the bright genius that sparkled in the
derinely at each other as the tender
vided for his comforts, and pressed him to
her warm bosom.
He grew to boyhood, but he was only a
common boy. He learned his A Cwith
difficulty, and was slow in learning to
read. His teacher thought he never would
"get through the multiplication table"
But he never forgot il.
When the boys went s-fshing, Joa went,
too; but he was slow in getting his hook
and line ready. The other boys we're on
and in and around the lake before his hook
was fairly settled in the water. "Too slow
to move,' the boys would say. "He'n sit
there expecting the fish to come to him"
It was even so; he remained stationary and
fixed but when night came, somehow his
basket was always full, while many of the
bright, talking geniuses went home with
the sad intelligence that the fish wouldn'
bite"
Joa's home was full Of life and noise
and hustle Of intelligent older children and
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06
A New Rendering OF an Old Text.

SPENDING winter as invalids at Aiken,
South Carolina, the Hon. Thurlow Weed
and Mr. Thomas G. Acton whied away
one Sabbath afternoon by attending ne
gro church, and were cJmpsnied by
Mr.. John A. Kennedy, who was on visit
of few days 10 Mr.. Acton. When they
entered The primitive temple the preacher,
who was poor African, was graphing
with all the fervor of his race with the
old, old subject of the fall of man. Sketch
ing that day in the garden with its terrible
results, he excoriated Mr.. Adam in this
fashion:
Now, brederen, when the Lord calls
Adam to count did he stan up like man,
confess his sin and ask forgiveness? He
didn't do muffin of de sort, brederen, but he
say:
lord, de woman dat Dou gubest me
CUB me for to eat
Pausing q moment he repeated:
"De woman dat DOu gubest me CUB me
for to eat
Then again:
"'De woman dat DoU gubest me CUB me
for to eat
"Dsr, brederen, you see dat mean,
skulkin' Adam was tryin' to sneak out
of 1t by frowin' all de blame on de Lord
hisselfl"
This new idea of an old question was
too much for the distinguished "white
trash," who had fortunately taken seats
near the door, and they retired into the
fields to indulge in irreverent laughter
The Club Room Of the GALAXY for October.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06
Beyond Per Cent.

GENERAL CRAFT, one of our prominent
lawyers, was hailed while passing Free
mans jewelry store, by the proprietor
with, General, come in here moment; !;
we have something for you to solve. Ifa
man brings watch to be fixed, and u
costs me ten cents to do it, and keep it
q week, and charge him SO, Whist per cent.
do make? We have been figuring, and
make it 900 per cent, and have only get
up to 81. How much do you say 1t VIII
"WeIl," replied the General, 81 do not
wonder at your perplexity, for i is well
known, and the celebrated Babbit calcu-
lating machine has demonstrated, that at
law governing them chances. In this case
the law would change, and long before it
would reach the $6 it would ruE out Of
per cent. and into what Is known as lar.
esng F'-Ha7per's Magazine,
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06
Married for a Dime.

A CORRESPONDENT at Rocky Hill
Station sends US the following.
A good joke is told on Judge Houchin,
of Brownsville. The Judge was seated
near the bar door at the hotel Of York q
Houchin, when a rather pale, slender
youth approached the hotel and inquired
for Judge Houchin. A gentleman seated
near by pointed to the judge, and observ-
ed, "There is the gentleman" The young
man said to him, Step this way, judge"
The judge stepped to the edge OF the
porch, when the young man said. have
come over here to get married"
"Well," said the judge, 81 have no
objections"
"Well, / want you TO go over to the
court hou;e with me; want the license"
/" You must go to the CLERK"
The lad started off in great haste, and
in few minutes returned.
They say you will marry me"
"Yes, do marry people sometimes, but
it Is customary to get minister"
"What do You charge for marryingP
"I never make any charge; marry the
boys, and they pay me whatever they
think it is worth"
"You will marry me for dollar, won't
your
"Yes; 1 always marry the boys, and
they pay me whatever they think it IS
worth"
"Well, then, won't you marry me fora
quarter in silver"
"Oh, yes; the law allows me two dol
lars; but always marry the boys, and
they pay me Just as said, just what they
think it is worth"
So the Judge started for the clerks
Office with the pallid youth, and admins
tered the marriage ceremony in these few
words: "By the authority which hold
in my hands, 1 pronounce you man and
wife"
Somebody called out, " You are mar
ried man now" - 49,
"Well, Judge, you ought to have done
that for nothing it isn't worth more than
a dime no howr
A tremendous burst of laughter follow
ed, and the judge stood treat.-LOuisrIlls
Commercial.
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Poetry.
THE TRAVELLER AND HIS
FRIENDS.
4. Gallic legend.

BY JOHN G. SAKE.
a GENTLEMAN, about to make
A trip at ses, was begged to take
Commissions for q dozen friends:
One wants watch; another sends
For wine" A very special cask;
And-if it's not to much to ask
Some choice cigars; a boxwill do;
Or, while you're at it, purchase twoi"
another friend would like pair
VI boots-" They're so mufh cheaper there" !"
A lady friend would have him buy
Some laces :" If they're not too high;"
Another wants 9 box of gloves;
=" French kids, you krow, are real loyes!"
Thus one wants this; another, that;
A book, s bonnet, or a hat;
Enough to make the moody man
$50 high their {" small commissions ran,
In tale and bulk) repent that he
Had ever thought to cross the seal
MOrsover,-be it here remarked
Before the gentle man embarked,
His friends, for fear be might forget
Their little errandS, plainly set
Their wishes down in black and white;
& sensible proceeding-quite;
B-t-as it happeDed-not friend
with one exception) thought to send
The ready money, and 10 say.
~oeel here's the cash you'll have TO pavT'
The man embarks; sees Paris, Rome,
And other cities; then comes home
Wen Leased with much that met his eye;
A single thing for any friend
EScept the one.who thought to send
ThS Ehere Sithal. Well, need say
Tha. soon his neighbors came to pay
Their greetings al his safe return,
And charming health; and ,also) learr
About their little errands-what
For each the traveller haS gotl
ET Joveln ne said ait qkes me sad
TO think what wretched 'ck hadl
e1nr as at sea sat one day
AzrsngiDg in proper way
Tne papers You so kindly rent,
A gle arose, and of they went
Into me oceani nor could
RememIS- aught you bade me buyI"
Butt grumbled one, If that were so,
How comes it. cir, you CHANGED TO know
Wnst tbs mans errand vast Cor ne
Has got what he desired. we seeln
= Faithi so he has-beyond a doubt
And this is how 1t came about:
His memorandum chsnced to hold
A certain sum of solid gold;
And thus the paper by It's weight
Escaped the Others windy faIel''
-LsdgeT.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06

THE Columbus (Wis.) Democrat says;
One of the two children of family here
died the night before the circus. It be-
came an angel iaOpportuneiy. But the
parents did not allow its sudden accession
to happiness to sadden them inordinately.
When the morning looked into the vacan-
cy of the little face, they had already
strsightened the limbs for the grave. 1t
did not hear the uproar of the approach
ing procession, but the bereaved parents
did, and they lefs it alone with the con-
uueror that spares not in 'ancy, and went
out to. enjoy the grand eatrae Of the lions
and monkeys. DuIing their protracted
absence the undertaken came with his
casket. He found the doors locked; bus
death had entered unpermitted, and his
business is to follow. TIE coffin was de-
posted through the window on the floor
Some time that day, the sorrow laden
parents found leisure to place the stilled
prattler in its permanent cradle. That
night they hied them forth again TO as
suage their grief in the delights Of the
amphithestre, leaving silence aud deser-
ton two careful watchers of their baber
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06

A FISH store in Somerville, Mass, has a
sign on which is painted, Leviticus, xi,
9th and 10Th verses" These verses are !:
" These shall ye ate of all that are in the
waters whatsoever hath fins and scales in
the waters, in the seas and in the rivers,
them shall ye eat And all that have not
fms and scsles in the seas and In the rivers,
of all that move in the waters, and of any
living thing which is in the waters, they
shall be an abomination unto you"
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06

"A Domestic Revelatisn.-Nice Boy
I'm jolly glad you're going to stop with
u.s." Visitor--"Are you, darling? Why
SOP Nice Boy" Ceuse We shall have
nice dinners now"
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06

How TO overcome your sorroEs-
rike one Of your own sighs.
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LIsT oF UNcALLFD 90 I.rrrrps

me following is the list OF letters remain.
cred by carriers yesterday,
Al letters directed to street and numbers
VIII Be delivered promptly by carriers.
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BAR MEETING.
Death Gf HspvlsOa 3. Winchester RsssIu.
tiohs, Etc.

At called meeting Of the member O.
the Bar of Memphis, by reason Of ths
death Of one of their brothers, Napoleon
B. Winchester, Esq, held in the First
Chancsry Court room, on Wednesday
morning, S5h lnsC, The Hon. George
Dixon was called TO the chair, ana Ed
ward L. Be.chsr, appointed Secretary.
J. B. Woodward, Esq, announced to the
meeting the death OF Mr.. Napoleon B
Winchester, on the 6Jh of February, at
4 o'clock ON at the residence Of his
father, MljOr George B. Winchester,
and that Zhe funeral Obsequies would
take place from Wesley Chapel at II
O'Clock an, and thersupOn moved that
the chairman appoint eight mem bers of
the bar to act as pail bearers. When the
resolution was adopted, and the following
named gentlemen were appointed: T. B.
EdgingJOn, NJ. d. Welch, U. W. Miller,
d B. Martin, W, L. Duff. J. B. Wood
ward, q. A. ChOate and George T.
Dashiell, Esqrs.
Upon the motion of D. II. POston, the
chairman was requested to appoint q
committee to prepare suitable resolutions
to b5 reported at an Adjourned meeting.
The following committee upon resOlu-
tions was then appointed: Milton P. Jar
nagln, Luke W. Finlsy, L. B. Mcfarland,
and D. II. PostOn, Esqrs.
It was resolved that the members Of the
Bar attend the funeral services Of the de-
ceased In a body, as the courts had al
adjourned in respect to his memory.
On motion of Judge II, s. Lee, the
meeting then adjourned TO meet at the
same place on Monday, 18th inst, at three
O'Clock pm. GEORGE DIXON,
Chairman,
EDWARD L. BELCHER, Sec'y,
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a EnsIIsh canrIol PlnyIna Sian.

SAN Francisco, February 8.-The
Australian papers have discovered
that the party going under the name
Of Wilson, who recently visited New
Zealand and effected an agreement for
subsidizing the Australian line OF
steamers, Is VIM. n. McCOOm, an
Australian convict; and republish a
second time his trial, conviction and
sentence for forgery, chuckling hugely
over the imposition prscticed on the
New Lealanders. He recently visited
Chicago in the interest Of the line, and
is now at Washington.
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MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE RAILROAD
Newton Ford & co, % bales OF cOston; stew,
Bros & Fizsr, AZ do; Clark, Ey & co, 10 do; "
= GalbreaJh, 50 DO; A q TreBdWeu & Bros, q
do; Black, Estes & CO. do; NJ, L & CO, do;
N L 81, 2 doi T & co, 8 do; Jones, Brown
q co, do; HOWes 4 Woodbridge, do; P & 8
do; H Torrance, do; Fargsson a Clay,
do: Day & PToudfit. Y do; =, N CO, DO,
Bill, Fontaige CO, 10 do; B, " 4 CO, 3 do
q & H, do; BuAby, Johnson 4 co, IL do; &
X 100 rawlings, do; Lans' Moore q
drtdge, Mitchell & CO. 10 do; Partse, Burlason
& CO IL dOi aylOr RadfOTd, 7 do; Dulard,
Plnson & co, q doi Estis q ", 4 do; 7 q 8, /
Do g & +, do; J + Frank a co, 8 do; Ames,
BeatLis & co, do; Rootes, Vance a co, 4 do :
GuY, Mcclellan co, II do; BIud City OIL co,
I car seed Cuobins, Gum & COOver, / car
nar
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Saturday, Ilth Day of March, 1871,

between the hours OF 10 an. and 2 D m. at
the northwest corner OF Court SQUARE. in
Memphis Tennessee, sell the IOb hereinafter
described to the highest bidder, at public out
clys for cash. Al right and equity OF re-
demptiQn Is raised. said lot ls bounded and
Deserted as follows, tO-Wtt:
LOs--.o- = OF the L. P. Stewart subdivision
made Dy J. Il. Humphreys, civil engineer
said lot % beginning at the southeast nter-
secEOn or Stewart and Lauderdala streets I:
running thence sOuthWardly .Orty-one and
three-tWslTEhs feet, 70 g. stake; thence run
ming eastWardly two hundred and thirty feet
70 an alley thence t8rty-One and thres-
tWeliChs 1eet, to the south line Of stewart
strseti thence WestW ardly two hundred and
thirty test, 70 The place OF beginning; the
same being q loo purchased by TnOs. Leonard
Et public sale made By the Chancery Court
Of Memphis on the 20t1 day OF June. 1876 IN
the case OF ]. NJ PrOvtns and j. J Amonet,
adm a HistTRtOrs Of 4. P. Stewards estate vs.
W. B Stewart ct al; the said lot mum Der q
being one OF the LOJs laid down in the plan 7
plat Of said Z p. steTart's estate, situated on
the east side OF L8ut erdals street and near
tne Intersection OF LauderdaIs street with
the fernando road.
GEORGE G. MAHAN, Trustee.
Mem phis, Tenn, Feb. s, I87L fg
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MOBILE, February s.-CottOn quiet; mid.
elinGss A3z8l4tzci receipts, s559 balss; exc
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Attachment Notice.

No. so, A. DIN the Escond Circuit Court o.
Shelby county, Tsnn.-Galbreath, stewart
a Co., vs.. J. II. Smith.
TN this eauss an attachment having been
j sued out under section $3.50 oflhe Code ana
retained into eourt, levied upon tns person ~
PROPERTY. viz. I box saddlerFt bat9 OF cot-
lars, trun Is OF merchandise Dds uourr .
bbis meal, I cssk meat Of defendant ana
afndavtt having been made that the defend
ant u F. B1aith, Ia indebted 70 plaintiff in
the sam OF G30l Sc BY account and that the
defendant, J. q. BEal1hs Is q non-rsAlosnb OF
the state OF Tennessee;
Tt "a Therefore ordered that he make hlg
personal appearance herein before the Judge
a the Second Circuit Court OF Shelby county
on the third Monday in Nay neXt and defend
said attachment suib " 1ntn the time pre-
aoribed By law, er the same viii be proceeded
With sEparte, and that g copy Of this order
be publisned once week Tor four oonsecu-
tive weeks in the Memphis Appeal
Done ct ONCE, this 8Jn day of January. 1871.
2. D. BOYLE, Clerk.
BY ". Lewis Wharton, Deputy ClsrK.
WRIGHT, AoKissiok q Wright, Attorneys for
Riainth lanle
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New solo BIsosvsrlss ia Sydney.

SYDNEY, December 81, ls7O.-A
new gold mine was discovered al
GulgOng, yielding very richly. Lead
extends for three miles.
All the ground occupied by harbor
defenses are being pushed rapidly in
view Of European complications.
Victoria parliament has been pro.
rOgued
The great railway strike has ended
the ringleadeFs being sentenced to si1
months IMPRISONMENT. The Central
system commences Monday.
A seventy pound nugget was found
at InglewoOd.
4 great food along the Murray. fn.
mense destruction Of property.
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TERRIBLE.
Loss Of the saH Domingo Cemmlssl0H-
FOuhdsIed at Sea.

CHICAGO, February 8.-A Washing
ton special to the Journal says a dis
patch has been received there an
nouncing that the United States
steamer Tennessee fOundered at sea
and all on board lost. This steamer
had on board the San Domingo Com
mission-Hon. B. F. Wade; DR..
Howe, Of Boston; Professor White, OF
Cornell University; General II. V.
BOyntOn, Of the Cincinnati Gazette
and the Associated Press; general
Sigel, Fred. Douglass, and other dis
tinguished persons.
LATER.
WASHINGTON, d. c., February g.
A startling rumor was in circulation
here to-day that the United States
steamer Tennessee had been lost, but
inquiries at the Navy Department
dissipated the fears originated by the
report.
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MARDI GRAs.

9 PECIAL tickets at SO for the round trip TO
- New orleans and rsturn-FoOd from Feb
ruaTy 18th 70 18th, Doth days iucluEiVs-WiII
De sold By the Mississippi and Tennessee
Railroad.
Mardt Grss occurs on the 21st Of February,
and the tickets VIII be good till the following
Sunday. For further Information and Tor
tickets, apply 70 JANIS SPEED, Ticket Agent.
BIN Main street, or to
c. P. OAKLEY, GenT Tiki Ag't,
fec Miss. and Tenn Depot.
Ta1yar runv I uaaE