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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-02-09
CHILDREN.

like children-he said to me one
day at table. / like 'em, and l
respect 'em. Pretty much all the
honest truth-tclling there is in the
world is done by them. Do you
know they play the part in the
household which the kings Jester,
who very often had = mighty long
head under his cap and bells, used
to play for monarchp There's no
Radical Club like . nest of little
folks in nursery. Did you ever
watch a baby's fingers? l have,
often enough, though l never knew
what it was to own one. The mas
ter paused half a minute or so,
sighed-perhaps at thinking what
he had missed in life-looked up at
me little vacantly. saw what
was the matter; he had lost the
thread Of his talk.
Baby's fingers-I intercalated.
Yes, yes; did you ever see how
they will poke those wonderful little
fingers Of theirs into every fold and
crack and crevice they can get at?
That is their first education. feeling
their way into the solid facts Of the
material world. When they begin
to talk, it is the same thing over
again in another shape. If there is
crack or flaw in your answer to
their confounded shoulder hitting
questions, they will poke and poke
until they have got it gaping, just
as the baby's fingers have made
rent out of that atom Of hole in
his pinafore that your old eyes
never took notice of. Then they
make such fools of US by copying
Oh a small scale what we do in a
grand manner.-O. ". Holmes,
atlantic Monthly.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-02-09

4 A few facts about tho elephants
now going to Cbittagong in the
Scotia, under the command of w.
3. Matthews, may be interesting to
our readers. The hoisting up into
the air and lowering down into the
hold of ship such huge animals is
not only an unusual sight to most
men, but also strange experience
to most elephants; indeed notwith-
standing the great age ofthe beasts,
it seldom occurs to them once in =
lifetime. We are sorry to see it
stated by contemporary that the
animals were goaded and i'll used
into submission. So far as we saw,
no ill-usage was. practiced, they
were simply secured, lashed with
strong ropes, slung as far as prac-
ticable in sings, hoisted up with
cranes with threefold tackles, and
lowered into the hold like bale of
cotton. When in the hold they
were placed in pens of strong teak
timber bulks, bolted to the ships
side to prevent them breaking loose.
The fear the animals suffered was
the only pain they underwent, and
by watching the eyes Of the poor
beasts, their terror was very mani
fest; tears trickled down their mild
countenances; and they roared with
dread, more especially when being
lowered into the hold, the bottom
Of which was sanded for them to
stand upon. We are told that one
timid female elephant actually faint
ed, and was drought to" with a
fan and many gallons Of water.
At sea it appears that the ele-
plants got into curious habit of
occasionally = evidently with a
preconcerted signal - setting to
work rocking the ship from side to
side by giving themselves simultan-
eously a swaying motion as they
stood athwart the ship, the waves
rolling heavily, as if in a sea way.
This they would do for an hour or
more, and then desist for several
hours until this strange freak took
them again. At Chittagong we
hear that they were hoisted out of
the hold, and swan on shore, thirty
five being thus safely landed with
out any accident whatever. Our
informant says that when they were
released from the sings, it was
supreme moment for the mahout,
who was always on the elephants
neck from the time of its touching
the water to letting 60. AS the
word was given to ''let CO." each of
the elephants, either from the light
ness of his heart from being freed
from his floating prison, or from his
own weight, we are not sure which
-lightness Of heart, like lightness
Of head, causes elephants and men
to play pranks plunged down deep
into the water, the mahout on his
neck. The anxiety on the face of
the mahout, just one second before
the plunge, was a study; so, too,
was it when elephant and man rose
to the surface again, the former
blowing water from his trunk, and
the latter from his nose. Forty
four more elephants go down by the
same steamer to Chittagong.-Cd Cal
catta Paper.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-02-09
Keeping the Sabbath.

A rigid Sabbatarian, who occa-
sionally exhorts in church and fills
the Office of justice Of the peace in a
western village, not long since wen,
ON a deer hunt with a party com.
posed Of five or six young hunters.
BY some unaccountable mistake he
lost his reckoning and, much to his
modification, he found, on reference
to his papers on the third day ofthe
hunt, that it was Sunday, when he
Md supposed it was Saturday. He
opened the morning with a prayer,
and told bis companions that, as a
Christian and a magistrate, he could
not hunt that day; and accordingly
drew forth his pocket-Bible, and
commenced reading. d l2it
His worldly minded companions
thought with the Baltimore bank
man, "there were no Sabbaths in
revolutionary times" and took the
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-02-09

WOODEN NAlLs.-A little matter
curiously illustrates the influence
Of the opening up Of the Far East
upon the nations Of the Vest
Wooden nails, as everybody knows
who has ever knocked tea chest
to pieces, or carefully observed any
piece of Oriental joiner's work,
are in common use in China, Japan
and Hindostan; and now, with the
increasing intercourse Of the United
States with the two former coun-
tries, the wooden nail is actually, to
= certain extent, driving the COM
mon iron nail out of use. 1t seems
remarkable, now that machinery
hos been so perfected as to pour
out the metal fastening in limitless
profusion, that this should be the
case, but the manufacturers in the
Eastern States are said to be strik-
ing up quite a trade in wooden
nails with tho Far West.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-02-09

The process Of lion-taming is
elaborately described by writer
in the London Daily NesOs, part of
whose story we copy:
Whatever is the reason, the forest
lions are more intelligent and teach
able than those bred in confinement.
The lion-tamer begins by taking
the feeding of them into his own
hands, and so gets them to know
him. He commences feeding them
from the outside of the den, then
ventures inside Of one at a time,
always carefully keeping his face to
the animal and avoiding any vio-
lence, which is mistake whenever
it can be avoided, as it rouses the
dormant devil in the beast. Getting
to handle the lion, the tanner begins
by stroking him down the back,
gradually working up to the head,
which he begins to scratch, and the
lion, which, like the cat, likes fric-
tion. begins to rub his head against
the hand. When this familiarity is
we'll established, board is handed
in to the trainer, which he- places
across the den and teaches the lion
to jump over it, using whip with
thong, but not for the purpose of
punishment.
Gradually this board is heightened
the lion jumping over it ut every
stage; and then come the hoops,
etc, held ON top of the board to
quicken the beasts understanding.
TO teach the animal to jump over
the trainer, the latter stoops along
side the board, so that when the
lion clears one, he clears the other,
and half a dozen lessons are ordi-
narily about sufficient to teach this.
TO get lion to lie down and the
tanner to stand on him is more
difficult. 1t is done by flicking the
beast over the back with a small
"tickling" whip, and at the. same
time pressing him down with one
hand. BY raising his head and
taking hold of the nostril with the
right hand, and the under lip and
lower jaw with the left, the lion, by
this great pressure on the nostril
and lip, loses greatly the power of
his jaws, so that man can pull
them open and put his head inside
tho beasts mouth, the feat with
which Van Amburg's name was SO
much associated. The only danger
is lest the animal should raise one
Of his fore paws and stick his talons
in, and II he does, the tanner must
stand fast for his life till he has
shifted the paw. E L
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-02-09
Elegant Wsddings.

There are elegant weddings tran
spring every night in New York.
The other evening the most brill
liant affair of the season was con-
snmmated. Ten thousand dollars
was expended for flowers alone.
A very large room in the house
was set with tank the size of the
apartment, which was filed with
water to represent lake. Shrubs
and choice exotics bordered it
lilies floated upon it, and tiny boats
fashioned of flowers we're adrift up
on the tide. Every door was re-
moved from the interior of the
house, and garlands of roses with
trailing vines supplied their places.
Even sets of chairs, and sofas, fuse
less, Of course) were fashioned Of
camelias, and the floor was deeply
strewn with choice floral carpeting.
Within an arbor constructed Of
orange blossoms, figure in white
velvet gave her heart, or its coun-
terfeit, to another figure in full
dress. Perhaps the two will find
sufficient bliss in the thought of the
splendor of their wedding to last
them couple Of years. But, am
thinking, people in these times who
will throw away SO much for an
hours triumph of mere display,
will find their boat wreck before
life together is half done. There
are not enough of the dear old
fashioned weddings nowadays
The necessary aim for the young
men is, first rich, then marry
Is the word help-meet obsolete
l wonder? The age would not
be SO fast, nor so free in license
and practice if we would slip back
into our grandparents ideas about
counting and matrimoay. Don't
you think so, good peoples Good
night.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-02-09
Dangerous Literature.

From the New York Commercial advertiser.
1t is a pity that the law against
indecent publications includes only
those Of the utterly undisguised
filthy class. There are others,
though not illustrated with disgust.
ing pictures, that are but little less
destructive to the morals of the
young. The reading matter in
these journals appeals forcibly to
the lowest passions of human ma
ture, and is more dangerous in one
view, as it makes its approaches
under the guise Of q pretended
moral sentiment. These publica-
tons are particularly dangerous to
the half educated young girl. The
trashy nonsense is devoured by
hundreds ofwork girls, and creates
an unhealthy yearning for the
heroic, and a dislike for their work
day existence. Such reading fam.
iliarises them with the details of
viciousness, and their better nature
is overslaughed by the fictitious ex-
istences depicted, and the ability to
resist temptation is slowly but
surely weakened. There is no
doubt that many a weak-minded
girl can trace the beginning Of her
downfall back to the insidious les
sons Of that class Of literature. AS
the law is helpless in killing all the
noxious weeds that crowd tho liter
ary field, \ close supervision by
parents and guardians over the
publications that find their way into
the family circle, and the exclusion
Of all of an immoral or sickly 70.
mantle character should be strictly
observed. Such publications arc
prolific fountains Of vice. They
bring disgrace and destruction upon
all weak enough to be influenced by
their baleful teachings. ' As
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-02-09
What to Do IN Emergencies.

fla person falls in a fit, and
begins to snore loudly, with very
red face, it is apoplexy. Let him
be seated so as to favor the blood
going downwards, away from the
head; apply cold cloths to the head,
or cushions Of equal quantities OF
snow or pounded ice and common
salt. If the person is perfectly still,
face pale, and there is no percepti-
BILE breathing, it is 3 fit of fainting.
Do not touch him, except to loosen
the clothing: then keep off five or
ten feet distant, SO as to allow the
air to come in; make no noise, and
there will very soon be calm, quiet
return to consciousness and life, for
it is only momentary cessation Of
the circulation Of the blood to the
head. But suppose there is a very
violent motion Of the hands and
feet, and all SORTS Of bodily contor-
tions, it is epilepsy. Let the man
comfort until he is tired; you can't
hold him still; all your efforts only
tend to aggravate the trouble and to
exhaust the strength; all that ought
to be done is to keep the unfortun-
ate from hurting himself. There is
no suffering felt, for AS soon as he
comes to he will tell you that he
remembers nothing whatever of
what has passed, appears to be the
only calm and self-possessed person
in the whole crowd, and is appar-
emily as perfectly well as before the
occurrence. Dizziness often comes
instantaneously, and we begin to
reel before we know it. Shut the
eyes, whether you are walking along
the street, looking over . preoipioe,
ascending a ladder, or climbing to
q ships masthead; the fear or dixzi-
ness disappears instantly if you
look upward.-HaU's Journal OF
Health. : F. t''3 '- 'I y i'''' '''''
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-02-09

hounds and started in pursuit of
game" It was not long before the
whole pack were in full cry, and the
worthy magistrate, on looking up
from the sacred volume, discovered
fine buck making for the camp.
Without moments deliberation,
he seized loaded rifle, and plugged
the deer between the antlers.
"Gentlemen," said he, when his
friends came to the spot, "it is con-
trary to the laws of Moses aud the
revised statutes of Pennsylvania to
travel on Sunday, and for that rea-
son I shot that fellow"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-02-09

THE following sentenoe--"John
quickly extemporixed FIVE tow bags"
contains all the letters Of the a.
phabet, and only four of them are
used more than once. Tho follow.
ing sentence contains all the letters
of the alphabet, and repeats mono Of
them: "Ab cdc fghijk Inn no pqr
stuv wxy E." s4pleI s..l
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-02-09

2. They all want just exactly
what we most desire, and without
wich triumph il yooseless for US,
viz: the ofiises.
They are alluz men ofthat pekool-
yer caracter who hev to be carried,
when what we want is men capable
NV carryin us. l am fearful that
the experiment won't win, and that
after all we will hev to settle back
into our old party lines and be
whaled again ez usual. yea
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY.
(Wich wuz POstmaster.)
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-02-09
From the Atlantic Monthly.
ARE THE CHILDREN AT HOME?

Each day whom the glow Of sunset
Fades In the western sky,
And the wee ones, tired Of playing,
Go tripping lightly by. y.
Asleep In his easy y-chair,
And;watch from the open doorway
Their faces fresh and fair.
Alone In the dear old homestead
That once WAS full Of life.
Ringing with girlish laughter,
Echofng boyish strife,
We two are waiting together;
And oft, - the shadows come,
With treMulous voice he calls me,
ut 10 night are the children homer
"Yer, Lowell" I answer him gently,
They're al home long ago;"
And I sing, In my quivering treble.
A song 80 soft and low,
Till the old man drops to slumber,
With his head upon his hand,
And I tell to myself the number
Home In better land.
Home, where never q sorrow
Shall dim their eyes with tearsi
Where the smile OF God is ON them
Through all the summer yearsl
IknowiEYet my arms are empty
That fondly folded seven,
And the mother heart within me
II almost starved for heaven.
Sometimes In the dusk Of evening,
Ionly shut my eyes, -.
And the children are all about me,
A vision ftom the skies:
The babes whose dimpled fingers
Lost the way to my breast,
And the beautiful ones, the angels,
Passed to the world Of the blessed.
With never cloud upon them,
see their radiant brows;
Ny boys that gave to freedom
The red sword sealed their v0wsi
In . tangled Southern forest,
Twin brothers, bold and brave,
They fell (; and the nag they died for,
Thank God! floats over their grave.
A breath, and the vision 10 lifted
Away on wings Of light,
Aud again we two are together,
All alone In the night,
They tell me his mind is failing,
But I smile at idle fearS;
He is only back with the children,
In the dear aud peaceful years.
And still as the summer sunset
Fades away In the west,
And the wee ones, tired of playing,
Go tro0ping home to rest,
Ny husband calls from his corner,
''Say, love! have the children c0mev'
And answer, with eyes nplifted,
''Yes dear! thev are all at home"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-02-09

CALoxxL at discount. Defiance
to Southern Fevers. Good diges.
gestion is to be secured BY, using
Simmons Liver Regulator. par
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-02-09
SIMMONS

sickness, bowels IN ge
alternating with a lax.
pain. and dull, heavy g,
of memory. accountant
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-02-09
CHILDREN OF THE sAw.DUsT

How Circus Apprentices are Treated,
and How They are Taught Their
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-14
TIE COTTON

The London Economist OF September 2lst
contains q very careful editorial on THE Amerl,
can Cotton Crop OF ls7l-'72, which, It win be re.
membered, was 1877, sse bales short OF the crop
OF the previous year. After comparing the yield
OF cotton in recent years with that Of the same
staple before tue war, and remarking that though
America does not hold the same relative place that
1t then did In supplying the markets Of the world
With cotton, lta place is still by far the most i'm
portant, and affects the market most, the writer
In the Economist proceeds:
But the effect on the market Is no. manifested
exactly IN The old way. This effect now appears
to be iracesble to the VI. usual magnitude OF the
fluctuations w. Oh are observable IN the crop.
The difference between 1901 and 187l-72, as we
have seen, was l. 1878. 600 bales, and there was a
difference OF !, 198, 900 bales between 1901 and
the previous year. To all appearance such large
fluctuations were unknown before the civil war.
The highest we notice was IN ls80-61. when the
crop was 1,0l3,0 0O bales short or The highest re-.
and previous 10 that the Maximum variation was
about TOO, 600 baIes. The consequence 10 that
though the average crop may now be relatively
rather smaller than before In relation TO the total
supply, yet the limit OF variation is wider, and
permits OF changes which are quite as great 10
relation to the total supply as were The smaller
changes In the crop when there was practically
no otner supply but American. II this ex RENE
variability should he permanent, in consequence
It will have a most disturbing eject on the cotton
trade, aud q good deal OF anxiety must be felt by
all interested until q longer experience has been
obtai. ed.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-14
I COMMERCIAL OPINION OF MR..
BOUTHELL'S POLICY.

The New York Bulletin, which Ia on lnfuen'
tial commercial journal, comments on the great
and dangerous power OF the Treasury department
through the present unwlse and most injurious
connection batween the finances OF the Govern.
ment and those Of the Industrial, commercial and
banking classes, as evidenced in the Wall street
operations Of Monday. The Bulletin says:
It Is the false position OF the United States
treasury that forces the secretary 10 Interfere
with the money nnd geld markets; and his inter.
ference, even when Judiciously done. can only
repair q mere fraction OF the injury done to The
best interests OF the country by the legal tender
act, BY the unnt Of ssary amount Of taxes levied
on the people, and by the inexcusable accumuis-
ton OF the gold and legal tender notes In the
treasury OF the United States. Such large and
useless Withdrawals OF the life blood Of Industry
and commerce would not be permitted In an,
other civilized community In the world.
But while our present Ease system OF govern.
ment finances exists, the Bulletin goes on to show
the country nee ia that the United Sta.es treasury
SHOULD be administered by SOM ono better &C.
aualnted with the p:l ;ciples Of finance and bank.
ing, and with The wants OF the community, than
Mr.. Boutwell,. TIE Bulletin secs no remedy for
tho evils exis Ing save In prompt resumption OF
specie payments by the government, and by ceas-
Ing all needless accumulation Of gold and legal
tenders in the United States treasury.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-14
THE "CATu IN NEWGATE.
From the London 20


On Tuesday fortnight. two prisoners, who
Central Criminal Court and ordered to be logged,
underwent that part Of their punishment within
the fail OF Newgare. The convlcts we're Daniel
Duty, @ lad OF eighteen. and 1hn Talbot twenty
wears OF age, and the former received twenty. five
and the latter thirty lashes with the ''cat," at the
hands or the two warders. Both prisoners were
tried before MIR Commissioner Kerr and sentenced
to seven years penal servitude. and I'VE years sub
seuuent police supervision, for highway rob.
berIps with violence. Duffy, 1t was proved. in
yeigled q sailor named Lsngton into q low street
In London. and succeeded, after much violence.
in robbIng him. Talbot went behind q mechanic
named PrItchard. In front OF st Savior's Church,
Southwark, put his arm round his THROAT, ami
held him until o companion had ri1ed his pockets,
when he threw him upon the ground and ran
away. Neither OF the prisoners knew the m
when the flogelng would be administered until
thew were called from thelr cells on Tuesday
morning. The punishment was aomlnlstefea
by TWO warders frLm Holloway Prison, IN
Gnder.Sherifr Beard, Mr.. Jones. tthe GoVernor,l
Mr.. Gibson, (the surgeon.l and Mr. sidney
Smith. Du1ey had thirteen lashei lald on
by one warder and twelve by the other. Dur
ing the whole time he screamed and Wrltneo 10 q
fearful manner. and appeared to su1er most
acuteIy. The effect Of his struggling was to cause
q much larger portion or the back to be discol0red
than is usually the case. The Other man, who
was evidently OF q more determined character
etly, but at the ffth Or SIKH stroke he began to
APPEAL for mercy. and continued to do 80 to the
end. When he was released from tile stocks bis
shirt was thrown In his back. In 8 spirit OF bra
vado. and with q defiant look, he at once re.
moved 1t, and walked out, carrying 1t on bis arm,
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-14
IN AWFUL SMASH.


The suadsnFall OF q Building in Louis
vuIo -Four Persons Crushed to
Dossh-The Architect and Contractor
Charged with Murder.
LOUISVILLE, october IS.
The public excitement concerning the iatai
conseouences Of the fall of q building In course OF
erection In Market street, last night, continuea
today, There Is q strong determination TO hold
cha parties 70 strict account Tor the deatn OF nYe
nersons. Arnle was issued In the City Court, 70
dsy, on the owners OF the property, requesting
than TO show cause why the building snoald not
be- torn down. John Andrews. the architect, and
the contractor, were arrested on Warrants
chsrrfnp them with the murder OF Henry Motto,
his vife and TWO children, WHIT were crushed BY
che walls. The accused we're held IN
bali of i've thousand dollars. The NOR.
tar In the, buildlag was inferior IN char
scter. beisg q little hetter than wet sand.
the rsar portion Of four houses was crushed BY
fhe falInp walls. In the second house, west OF
tina new building, the whole family narrowly es.
caped. The eoronet's inquest IL adjourned untl
to.morrow until ten O'Clock, In order to obtain
further reliable testimony as to the cause OF me
disaster. the victims will be buried TOMORROW.
the appearance Of the remains was slcKen1pg'
The heads Of all werp: crushed In q learlnl man.
ner, andthe faces were badly cut and masned cut
OF all semblance to human features. the catas.
trophe has caused 9 deep impression throughout
the community, and the result will no doubt be
the organization ola system Of building inspec.
tion. the LOGS In the building will reach nifty
thousand dollars.