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Middletown transcript., 1872-07-27
End There Is None.

Light traycrscs space at the rate II mill
lions Of miles minute, yet the light from
the ncares. star requires ten years to rcacm
the earth. aud Hcrschers telescope reveal
cd stars two thousand three hundred times
further distant. The great telescope OF
Lord Gosse pursued these creations OF God
still deeper into space, and having reso'v-
cd the n.balae OF the milky way into stars.
discovered other systems of stars, bcaut,-
ful diamond points, glii,criug through,
the black darkness beyond. Wheh y"
beheld this amazing abyss; when he saw
these systems scattered throughout space
when he reflected upon their immense
magnitude, and the countless milton. o;
worlds TINT belong TO them, !, sccinca y,
him as il the Wild dream OF the def'maL
poct was more than realized. God called
inan in dreams u,c the ye-tibulc OF heaven
saving " Come up higher. aad | w'ii
show thee the glory Of My house Ana
to Ills angels. who stood about lis throne.
he said = Take him. strip him OF his
robes Of flesh. cleanse his affections Put
new breath into his uus,rils but touch
no, his human hcart--thc heart that iears
aud hopes and tremblcs.'
A moment, aud it was done, and tue
man stood ready for his unknown voyage.
Under the guidance Of mighty angel.
with sound Of flying pinions, they sped
away from the ba,tcments of heavcn'--
Sometimes on the mighty angels wings
they fed through Saharas Of darkness, wit
dcrncsscs Of death. At leneth, from
! distance not counted. save in tie arithmc-
tic Of heaven, light bcamcd upon them. a
sleepy flame. as seen through hazy cloud
They sped on in their terrible speed to
mcc, the li.h, the ligh, with lesser speed
to meet them. In ,noncnt. the wheel
ing of planets then came long eterh'ies
Of twilight; then again, on the right hana
and on the left, appeared more cons'c'ia-
lions At last the man sunk down cry
ing: Angel. can 60 no further: let me
down into the grave and bile ire FROM the
infini,ulc Of the universe, FIR cnl here .
none - End there i, none: deminied
the angel And from the elitierlng star,
that shouc around. there came choral
shout End there is none F." End
h,re Il uauct" l.manlrl iae an.e a.
gain aal /. Il this il,n; awts thy soul
| answer. -tul there is u ne t. IT, uni'
verse If God. 80 nl,". 4 t,.m wh.
made it there is 10 beginning -P~'
Hf.iH.
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Aim High.

II is the aim that makes the man.
Without an sim a man is nothing, as far
NJ the utter dcs,itution Of force. weight,
and even individuality among men eau
reduce men to noncnity The strong
gusts aud currents of the world sweep him
This way and that. without steam or snils
10 i,urcl. or helm 10 guide him II he i
no, speedily wrecked or run aground it
is " more hy good luck than good manage
uicnt We have never heard more
touching confession of utter weakness aud
misery than these words from one sincu.
larly blest with the endowment Of nature
and providence - Ny life i aimcss
Take heed young man, Of IN aimless life
Take heed Ton. oi low and sogbil aim
\ well nscerilinei and seucsau. rurpas.
gives yigor, dirrctncs. ard perseverance
10 all mans efforts \ we'll disciplined
intellect, character. influence. tranquility
and chcerfulucss within, success and hon
or without. are it, sure euncomi,aut>
Whatever mans talents aud advantage
may be, with 10 aim, cr low enc ho !,
weak arl issrieahc he cannot be othrr
wise thaa re ree,ablc aud influential viii
n high one
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Something about Yourself.

Supposing your age to be about hlteen
yenrs you can be figured up to dot.
You have 100 bone. and 500 muscles ;
your blood weighs % pounds your heart
is nearly FIVE inches in length ard three
in diameter i, beats 10 times per minute,
1. 900 times per hour, 100, 500 times per
day. aud 30. I22 100 times per year. AT
each beat little over two ounces Of blood
Is thrown out Of it; and each day it re-
crives and discharges about seven tons Of
that wonderful fluid. Your lungs will
contain a gallon Of air, and you inhalc
a. 900 gallons per day. The aggregate
surface Of the air cell Of your lungs, sup
posing them to be spread out. exceeds 20
600 square inches. The weight Of your
brain is three pounds when you are a
man it will weigh about eight ounces
more. Your nerves exceed 10 900 900.
Your skin is composed Of three layers.
and varies from one eighth to one fourth
Of an inch in thickness The area Of your
skin is about LOO square inches, and
you are subjected TO an atmospheric pres
sure Of fifteen pounds to the square inch.
Each square inch Of your skin contains 3.
500 sweating tubes, or pcrspiratory pores
each Of which may be likcncd to little
drain the one fourth Of an inch long. ma.
king an aggregate length in the entire
surface of your body Of POI, 1866 feet. oil
tile ditch for draining the body almos
forty miles long,
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Never Tempt a Man.

The late celebrated John Trumbul,l
when boy resided with his father, Gov
enor Trumbull. at bis residence in Leban-
on, Connecticut. in the neishborhood of
the Mohegans. The governmcat Of this
tribe was hereditary in the family OF the
celebrated uncas. Among the heirs to
the chicftainstip was an Indian named
Zachary who. though brave man aud an
excellent hunter, was us drunken aud
worthless nm Indian as could well be
found. by the death of intervening heirs,
Zachary found himself ehiiiled to the roy
al power In this moinen, the better gc-
MUS Of Zachary assumed sway, and he re-
Aectcd seriously: ''How can such a
drunken wretch as am aspire to be chief
Of this noble tribe? What will my people
say +? How shall the shades Of my glorious
ancestors look down indignant upon such
a successor? Can succeed to the great
Uneas. Aye-I will drink no more -
And he solemnly resolved he would drink
nothing stronger than water; and he kept
his resolution.
Zachary succeeded 10 the rule Of his
tribe. Ii was usual for the Governor 10
attend at the annual election in Hartford,
and it was customary for the Mohegan
| chief also to attend, and on his way 10
stop and dine with the Governor. John,
the Governors S son. was but boy, and on
! one of these occasions at the festive board
occurred scene which we give in hi.
words;
i cone day tn, nischicvous though
struck me to try the sincerity Of the old
mans temperance The family we're scatet
at dinner, and there was excellent home
bre xcd beer on the table. thus ad
dressed the old chief "Xachlry. thi
beer is very fuc; will yor taste it; Th'
old man dropped his knife and leaned for
ward with u stern intensity Of expression
and his frryd eyes sparkling with nngr.
indignation, were fixed upon mo. John,
said he, you don't know what you ar
doing You are serving the devil, boy
Do you know tha, am an Indian :! II
should taste your beer, ! should nese
stop I'LL got to rum, should Lecom
again the same drunken, contcmptibl
wretch your father remembers me 70 hay
been. John. never again while you Iv
iemp, man 10 break good resolution
Socrates never uttered Il more salna
tlc rrrccp, prmo-thcnes could not hav
given i, with more eloqucucc | was thun
icr,,ruck NJ parents were deeply al
, fccted They booked a, me, and the
turned their saze upon the yenerahl
: ehiet,ain with awe and respect Tiny a
forward frequently reminded me Of th
scene. aul charged me- never 10 forgot i
lie lie, buried IN the royal burial place {
;, Iii. tribe. near ihs beautiful falls IF I'll
F, Yan;ic, in Norwich, on lands now own
l,y my friend, Calvin Goddard, Esq.
visited the grave Of the OIL chief latcl,
aud above his moullering remains repca
!, ed TO myself the incs,imable lesson
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A Story with a Moral,

\ young man paying special attention
IL young Lady, met with the following
iucilcut dnrin. one of his visits
Being invited in the parlor 10 await the
lady. appearance, he entertained himself
as bcs, he might for some time. and was
becoming very weary when a little girl
about fyc years old slipped in aud began
to converse with him
! can always tell, said She. when
you are coming to our house
Yon eau be replied, and how do
you tell.
Why. When you are going to be here,
sister tegins 70 sing aud get good, she
gives me cake and pie, and anything |
want. and she sings 80 swcetly when you
are here, ani when speak to her She
smiles so pleasantly ! wish You would
STAY here al the while. then would have
a good time But when yon 20 of, sister
is not good She gets mad, aud i: | ask
anything, she 5lars and bangs me about.
This was poser for the young man.
Fools and children tell the truth.
quoted he. aud taking his hat, he left and
returned 10 more
.Wnrai Parents wishing their :ll-na
,ured daughters married, should keep thci
small children out of tie parlor whe'
strangers are there.
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Violin Strings.

The largest violin strings factory IN the
world is in Paris employing steam ma,
rhincry and about one hundred persons,
mostly females Those accustomed to eX.
aminiug strings from diilcrcu, countries
can usually tell the French string from all
others. Il is nn, wound ~ tightly. which
enables one to zee the different thread.
composing ii, The Gcrmans make very
good strings They u-e German aud
English stock, hn, their best and strongest
strings are made Of l,n,siin stock The
,aking Of the stock from the butchers.
cleaning and winding il on reels. aud dry
ing or curing it, is u business by itself,
aud is managed by persoss who aiierward
sell to agents NJ the string manufacturers
The process oi string manufacture Is As
follows: first, the stock is soi,cned in wa
ter; next, i, is. while submerged in water
tchanecd occasionally repeatedly scrapei
tby giil>l by passing IT between the thumb
aud casc.kniir. until perfectly freed from
ia, aud flesh, aud then whitencl By chem.
zeal process After this, in the German
process. the intestine is split into seyera
plrtS tusu rlEIH9> iTt slIttcHtu oH iFi.hfi
proyidcd with hooks at one cnl and peg
al the other; aud then the hooks reyolv
ing, the strands are twisted together
making perhaps one hundred strings a,
time. each string having several strands
then the strings are put into an air-tigh
room, aud subjected to the fumes of sui
phur until properly bleached then the.
are dried in the sun they are next pol
ishei with pumicestonc, when they ar,
called finished" They are then remove,
/ from the frame aud assorted, geAcrally in
TO three grades, according to color Il
each grade the color may vary. For in
stance, take one hundred bundles of III
frs, grade; perhaps ten bundles will b
beautiful the next ten not so beautiful
but still handsome and so on 10 the nine
,y-uin,h bundle. which is only shad
! lighter than tho iirs, bundle Of the secon
grade and so on to the third, and last
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A Fowl Obstruction.

A late number Of the Dcs Moincs
{ Iowa Register says: A singular case
Of railroad obstruction. and one for which
no remedy is provided by the statutes. oc.
cured few evenings since on the Valley
road in Green county. Conductor Liv-
inys,on's train, when about three miles
this side Of Grand junction, in passing
through some low country and near u
pond. ran into an immense hock Of swan.
brandt. geese, and other wild fowl. The
birds were Just about 10 alight on the
track as the train drew near. Their num-
Der was SO grea, ,ha, the sky was filed
with them. aud those above pressing down
on the lower strata forced them to alight
on the car tops. Che engine, tender and
ears were covered with the fowls, and
some even clung to the bars Of the COW.
catcher. One stately syan had wing
injured in the crush. aud then found u
resting place on the engine head light,
whence he was taken By the engineer
The bird, however, managed to escape
from custody near Perry, and jumping
from the tender where he had been tied
disappeared in the grass The raid con-
,nued several minutes, quite number OF
the aerial army being run over By the
train, and some haif dozen being captured
By passengers and train men. AS soon
as the birds on top Of the flock began to
understand the sitnation, they scared
away. followed by the entire coyey. Liv.
ings,on says it was the biggest crowd o'
dead. heads that ever tried to board hi.
trnin
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lopular atlistrllann.
The Key of Death,


The following singular tradition is re-
lated Of key in Il collection Of curios,ics
preserved in the arsenal ut Venice.
About the year 1000, one Of those dan
cerous men in whom extraordinary talent
is only the fearful source OF crime aud
aickcdncss beyond that of ordinary mcn.
came 10 establish himself as a merchant or
trader in Venice. The stranger, whose
name was Trbalbo, became cnumorcd of
the daughter of an ancient house already
aiiiianccl to another lie demanded her
hand in marriage, aud was Of course re-
jcctrd Enraeel Mt this he studied how
to hc rcycngcd Profoundly skilled in
mechanical arts, be allowed himself no
rest until he had invented the most for
milablc weapon that could b. imagincd
This was key Of large size, the lnlle
Of which was - constructed that II could
be turned round with little difficulty
When turned i, disclosed spring. which.
on pressure, launched from the other end
a needle or lance, Of such subtle iiurnc,s
that it entered the flesh aud buried itself
there wiihou; leaving N external trace.
rebalbo waited in disgust At the door II
of the church in which the mriicn whom
be loved was about 10 receive the nupiill
bcncdiciion. The assassin seat the sieu.
der steel, unpcrceiyci. into the breast ei
the bridegroom The wounded man had
no suspicion Of injury, but, seized with
sharp aud sudden pain in III. midst Of tho
] ceremony, he tainted AMI was carried tr
his own house amid the lamentations ol
f the bridal party Vain was all the skil
OF the physician. who could not divine tn
cause OF this strange illness, and in few
days he died.
Tchalbo again demanded the hand o
the young maiden from her parents ane
received second refusal they, too, per
ishri m,crnbly IN few days.
The alarm thar these deaths. which ap
pearei almo,, miraculous. occa,ioncd cx
cited the utmost vigilance Of the ma:is
tratcs aud when, on close examination
Of the bodies, the small instrument WI
ioani in the gaugrened ncsh terror W.
universal every one feared for his Owl
life. The maiden thus cruelty orphlne,
had passed the first mouth Of her mourning
in ccnvcn,, when Tcbalbo, hoping t
bend her TO bis will. cntreatcI to speak t
her ut the gate ller reply was mos, de
ciacily in the negative.
Ttbalbo. beside himself with rage al
tempted to wound her through the sat,
aud succeeded: the nbscuri,y Of the pac
prevented his action, from being observes
On her return to Ler -oom. the maiie
felt pain in her breast, aud uncoycrin
it, She found il spotted with a single dro
+, of blood The pain increased the su
geons who fastened to her assistance
inught by the past, wasted no time in cor
Q lecture. but. cutting deep into the woun,
], cd part, extracted the needle before an
mortal mischief had commenced, aud say,
: the life Of the lady The state in questit
used every means to discover the hai
which dealt these insidious aud irresis,
BILE blows. The visit of Tcbalbo to II
y eonven, caused suspicion to fall heavi
: upon him. His house was careful
searched, the infamous invention disco
cred aud he perished on the gibbet.
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Tie finest specimen Of Brussel lace re-
quires the labor of seven persons on one
piece. and each operative is employed a,
distinct features Of the work. The thread
used is Of exquisite iineness, which is spun
in dark. underground rooms, where it is
sufficiently moist TO prevent the thread
from separating. 1t is so delicate as
scarcely to be seen. and the room is SO
arranged that all the light admitted shall
fall upon the work II is such material
,ha, renders the genuine Brussels ground
so costly. On piece Of Valeucienncs
not two inches wide from two hundred to
three hundred bobbins are sometimes used
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Curious if True.

The vieksbure' Mis-, Hcraii youchcs
for this
In the blooming, beautiful. balmy
May Of s63. one Of those dreadful battle
stained ytafs never 10 be forgotten, Gene
raj rlghnan fell. ,ho, dead At the battle
Of Champion Hill CALAMITY struggling in
defense # cherished principles lli- no.
blc life -bbsl away on the spot where he
ivl and the sad earth draak his t"oi
With greed, thir.'incss liu; upon that
immediate spa, grew peach tire that hal
reached maturity while It's roots stopped
themselves in the martyr, blood S.ncu-
lar TO relate. thr leaves AMI ffai of this
tree are Of blood red color Tae tree
was ,raa.flanie.! aud is nov IN the or
charl of pr ! + Hebron. u ihis com.
II The rrapaer,ions from tue tree are
81 tie same peculiar color There i
something very strange about thi. We
have seen the leaves, anl must confess
,ha, they do leak and even o. u smell
like blood Tie fact can be witnessed by
those taking the igonb.e
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Fossil Bones.

Every portion Of all the continents are
strewn over with the remains of extinct
races Of animals 10 an extent that shows
the temperature of the earth must have
been nearly uniform At the time they were
living Thus the bones of those anon
aluus aquatic creatures, with neck Ion
ger than THAI Of the ostrich serpent,
heui. the body Of crockadi'c, aud the
,iippcr3 Of = vhale-tLc ichthynsaurus
and tclccsaurus- haze recently been dis
covered among the boullers on the banks
Of the Wnipara river in New Zealand
These monsters gerc almost evcrywhere ;
certainly they abouuled in Europe When
th, United States are a. densely populOus
- England the hunt for wincJ, t!llage,
explnra,ious of caves destruction Of ledg-
cs in the construction of railroads. etc. +,
together with a more extended scientific
zeal IN antiquarian pursuits, may YET show
wrc numerous - America
Fossil whales and fossil elephants aud
various fragments Of animals which had
no resemblance 10 living types Of our dIs
were once exceedingly nuncrou, On each
side of the Rocky mountains " hen the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans were separated
by the elevation Of mountains, whale.
were left high upon the drained land
Then the mammoth appeared, aud after
having multiplied aud roamed in grea'
herds for thousands Of years, they wer,
superseded by 4uadrupeds Of smaller ii
men~ous aud new reptile forms and feath
cred bipels
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A college student, in discussion with
a professor rs to whether the sense OF sec-
ing or that Of touch was the most delicate
to the senses. maintained that the sense Of
touch was. What proof eau yon give
Of this 2" asked the professor. Why,
responded the student, there's my chum's $
mustachc, he's all the time feeling Of it,,
and nobody has ever been able to see it,"
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Sslttt pottru.
Little by Little.

Little by Little.
When the new years cone, and the old years go,
How little by little, all things grow
All things grow--and all decay
Little by little passing away.
Little bv little, on fertile plain,
Gipen the harvcsts of golden grain,
Waving and flashing in the sun,
When the summer AZ last Is done
Little by little they ripen so,
As the new years come, and the old .cars go.
Low on the ground an acorn lies
Little by little !, mounts To the skies,
shadow and shelter for wandering herds,
Home for hundred singing birds.
Little by little the great rocks grew,
Long. long ago, when the world was new
slowly aud silently, stately and free,
Cities Of coral under the sra,
Little hy little ARE hudcd-while 80
The new years coinc, and the old years 60.
Little by little all tasks are done;
So are the crowns ~ the faithful won,
30 j. heaven in our hearts begun.
With work and with weeping, with laughter aud
play,
Little ly little the longest har,
Aud the longcs, life are passing away,
Passing without rcturn--whilc so
The new years come aud the OLD years go
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The bright side is the right side to look
upon at al times. The times may be
hard, but it will make them no easier to
wear a gloopy and sad countenance.
II Is the sunshine and not the cloud that
makes the flower. The sky is blue ten
times where il is black once
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A closc-fsted old fellow, in treating n
friend to some liquor, poured out very
small drink. The latter taking the glass
and holding it above his head remarked
very skcptically: Z" You say this is forty
years old :" :. Yes" replied the host
= Then" replied our friend, = All have
to say is. il Is very small for its age y
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Diabolical Duality.

4 good story Is tol il Washington Of
a genial yauu. gentleman unwilling TO
on.i, recognition uf an acquaintance. who
u iliug.recrl'inu. caught sight OF
sr4y.w,liskerei aul u'her stately persCn,
aud, being ,s'i,i;el ly inquiry Of hi. ilcu-
.ity. imme.l.i, ~ edged ,.5us to bis side.
:, tinnd evening sid he. extending
his hand with e5rliali'y I'm delighted
to see YOU We haven, met since We
parted in Mexico -
- rather far. said the rraywhisk
cred man. that YOU have me at au ad-
vantage
" Why. DON'T you rctqllee;E Bu, then
was very much younger. sall the other,
with my father il Mexico
.inl. 10 tell tho truth. said the
Other gentleman, ms remembrances OF
ever having been in Mexico are very in
distinct
Excuse the question. .ail the young
man. rather desperately are you not
Sir Edward Thornton =
Is no means AN july Poland.
Of Vermont
i thousand pardon, . And the dis
comfica youth moved away
But few night, aiterwarl, at another
reception his eye va, similarly caught.
aud. tie edge OF his m'rtjaeation having
been worn of, he could ,mlc At his mis-
take aal be accordingly once more made
h. way 10 the side of . gentleman with
srav maitan.chor wAi.kers. and, after q
word Or Two IN tie weather aud the scene.
he suddenly sail
That wa> an awkward thing Of me
to take YOU fgr old Thornton, the other
nigh,
= Aul who do you take me for now.
NAV ak = said his companion.
Why Why" said the embarrassed
Young man Of society, you told me you
were Judge Poland Of Vermont.
/ ION the contrary, my nnme Is Thorn
ton, was the rather angihila;ing re-
sponsc. And the young man at this day
calls i, ease of diabolieal duality.
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Tmg pARrRlnar enr FAHagR's fA4lsp
At a meeting Of horiculturists in Hi
nois, ground was taken against the de-
.truc;ion of tht.e birds. To show how
useful ,hi, bird i. it was said that flock
Of parlrilses wers seen running along The
rows of corn just spruuting, and seeing
them cugaged in something which was
believed to be pulling up the young plants.
one Of them wa killed aud lis crop
examined, which was found 10 contain =
eut-worm, twenty-oue striped bugs, and
over Que hundred chiuch-bug3 Another
member relatea tha, h. lad adopted inca
,urcs to protect the birds, and that they
had become 20 numerous aud 80 tame that
hundreds Of them. after snow falls. could
be seen in hi, barn.yard with his fowls.
where they were fed As the result q
their presence upon bis premises. wheat
crops we're usually abundant while in
many other places. no; far oil the ehnch
bug aud other insects had destroyed hrl
the crop
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ScoLplNd MOVES What if such
law as this were in force now Once it
was in the New England States and Iir-
giuia
Whereas often times many brabling
women often seanializc their neighbors
for which their poorc husbands are ottcn
brought into chargeable aud se@atious
suites, and east in CRATE damages. Bee
il therefore enacted by TIE authority afore.
said. ,ha, in actions Of SANDER, oecasioncd
by the wife aforesaid, after judgement,
passed for damages, the woman shall be
punished by dleking; and if the slander
be soc enormous as to be adjudeed ut .
greater damage than five hundred pounds
Of tobacco, then the woman to suffer a
ducking for each ivc hundred pounds OF
tobacco adjudged against the husband, il
lie refuse to pay the tobacco"
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Il want Young Mans Companion" !"
said a spruce customer to a bookseller
Very we'll, "said the bookseller,
picking up volume, (" here's My Only
Daughter,
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The pcws Of Methodist church on the
boundary line between Pennsylvania and
Ohio stand in the former State and the pull
pit in the latter. Pennsylvania couples, in
consequence. have to be married in the
vcssibulc