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4 Negro Girls Remarkable Memory

There is a negro girl in Brucetown,
Ky, about nine years Of age, whose
memory is truly marvellous. Her won
dertul powers were first brought 10 the
notice of white man, who keeps a
grocery in that part of the city, about
two weeks ago. He had been reading
aloud in her presence the day before,
and accidentally heardher repeat, word
for word, what he had read from the
paper though twenty-four hours had
interviewed. After this he tested her
memory frequently, and has found her
capable Of repeating twenty or thirty
lines from q book after hearing il read
over once. Her intellect, in other re.
spects, does not seem nc all above. il
equal to the average Such instances
of memory are not very unusual. Mary
Summegille tells of an idiot, in Edin-
burgh, who never failed to repeat the
sermon, word far word, after attending
the kirk each Sunday, saying. Here
The minister coughed - Here he
stopped 10 blow his nose. She also
tells Of another whom she met in the
Highlands. who knew the Bible SO per-
fectly that ii he were asked whore such
q verse was to be found. he could tell
without hesitation, aud repeat the chap
ter.
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Origin of n Familiar Line.

A correspondent writes that the oft
quoted line, "Though lost TO sight, t
memory DEAR originated with Ruth
ven Jenkyns, and was first publishe
in the Greenwich Magazine for Marines
in 1901 or 1902. AS a literary curiosity
we quote the whole poem:
Sweetheart good bye the futtring SAIL
II spread 10 watt me far from thee,
Ana soon before the fayrmg gale
Ny ship shall bound upon the sea
Perchance, al desolate aud forlorn,
Those eyes shan miss thee many year;
But unforgo.ten every charm
Though lost TO sight, to memry dear.
Sweetheart, good bye one last embrace!
o cruel fate two souls to sever,
Yet ia this hearts most sacred place
Thou, thou alone shall dwell forever.
And still shall recollection trace
In fancys mirror, ever near,
Each snile each tear, that form that face
Though lost 20 sight, 10 mym'ry dear
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Why All Nevada Rivers Run Into the
trOund,

The Virginia City New Enterprise
says cit is well-kuoWn peculiarly
Of our Wushoe rivers that they al sink
into the earth Each river emptits into
what is called It's sink, orlake. Non,
Of them get out Of the state or empty
into the sea. This curious fact was once
curiously accounted fur byu queer Old
fellow who made his home in the ,had-
ow of Mount Davidson Saidhc. 4" The
way IL came about was in this wise
The Almighty NJ the time He was
creatin' and flshionin' this ere ycarth.
got along to this section late un Saur-
day evcuin. He had got through with
all the great lakes, hkcSuperior. Mich
igan, Huron. Erie. and thrm had
made the Ohio. Missouri. and AIissis-
x3pi Rivers, and, as Z sort III Wind.up.
concluded tn make d river tiat would
beat aryting Hc hud dome in that line.
Ito started an traced ont Humholdt
River, an hveso River, M an the other
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Accidents and Crimes

}. IL. PoNIER, residing at 331 Wabash Avenue,
Chicago, shot himself through the head with a
pistol at the Breyoort House, in that city. re-
Gently
JOHN Il. BRECKENRIDGE, youngest son of the
late Dr. Robt. j. Breckenridge, was fatally shot.
at law school, at Lebanon, Ky, on the 9th.
ONE Avdazolan, an Italian, near Orange.
Texas, entered the house Of Mr.. Jett, during
his absence and murdered his wife and two
children, after which he endeavored to burn
the bodies. After his arrest he was taken from
the Jail and shot BY mob
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Washington.

lnt Senate has confirmed the nomination of
Henry G. johnson ~ Commissioner Of Customs
wee William q. Haines, removed.
InE report that Commissioner eff Patents
L7gge't has resigned ir denied ly that pontlc.
nan.
tHr House Committee uu Patents has do.
ciaed % report adversely ou the hil proposing
TO APPROPRIATE sloOo,0Oo 10 be d,.hur-od IL 4
scientific commission % inventor. Of new And
useful articles machines etc. during the next
ten years.
A MEMORIAL has been introduced Ia tbe
House asking for the appointment If delora.
ton. composed in part Of women. to visit mo
Indian tribes and devise means TO improve
their condition
"MoUTN SANuoEN stated before tha Con.
cressional Committee that bee had received
s2l3,jiS, aud had expended slot 1875. Thi.
latter sum was itomilcd, the chief items being
SO, SIS paid to w. q Morrison aud two ~.
ristants Ia Europe $4,000 10 Prescott for
services legal exrcr.c- and disbursements
s2s 900 for Presbery and Orccu $4,000 for
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The GLITTER of ROYALTY.

The state dinner at Windsor Castle
in honor of the Duke and Duchess of
Edinburgh has probably never been
equalled for a display Of gold plate.
The bullets and tables were heaped and
laden with salvers, shields, cups and
vases Of every description. One hun
dred and thirty-six persons dined, and
every piece Of plate displayed or used
was Of silver richly gilt. A service OF
pure gold plate is unknown, and there
are only one or two pieces even al
Windsor Castle entirely of the precious
metal. The most conspicuous piece on
the buffet at the west end of the hall
was the Eau-de-Cologne fountain, de
Cologne fountain, designed by the
Prince Consort. Silver steeds, models
of horses given to the Queen by the
Sultan of Museat and the late King OF
Prussia, drank from golden fountain
of Moorish design. On this buffet
stood jeweled George Nv. coronation
and, two beautiful cups in gold and
ivory, one of them an exquisitely carved
Rape of the Sabines, a salver bearing
the arms of Elizabeth of Bohemia, and
many other salyers, plates, vases and
cups. On the centre of the lowest
shelf of the buffet at the east end of the
hall was placed the tiger head taken
from Tippoo Sahib's throne at the
storming of Seringapatam. Above il
stood the jewelled peacock, once an or.
nament in Tippoo's state umbrella, and
above the priceless bird was Flaxman's
Shield of Achilles, and many other pre-
cious and beautiful pieces Of plate.
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rivers, an He was a leadin' of EN- along,
calkelatin' to bring 'em all together
into one big boss river, an then lead
that off an let it empty into the Gulf OF
Mexico or the Gulf of California, as
might be most convenient; but as He
was bringin' down mi leadin' along His
branches-Truckee, Humboldt, Carson,
Walker, an them-all at once it came on
dark, an not bein' able to carry out His
plan, He just tucked the lower ends OF
the several streams inter the ground
whar they war, an they've stayed thar
ever since.
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lrisrropo.ed to detail All unicrr ~ thoarp,
y command Che seeoud expedition 30 thr ral.
es'ine Exploring Society, soon rs taho tbct.e.d
GA thccas side u tile Jordan.
HEcENr large sale. Of New York Central ana
hudson stock, IN New York gave r-c Co a ma.
NOR that ana English 90. cooperating with tho
express companies interest n This country.
are manipulating 10 taky Tie road away from
Vanderbilt
lnr burning Of the Forrest city yaush and
Naphtha vorhs. the r5lI,ac barrel factory W.
y hcIIys paint factory and Iucu- q Syhlhs
coal yard 81 Cleveland recently caused rs.
Of $4,000
IhE Democratic members ~ inc rruu.,l,a.
mia Legislature oppose the Centennial l,ll ANA
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-04-21

writer ia the Overland Monthly,
discussing the forces Of culture,
says "lf we should divide culture
into dozen cras instead Of only into
stone, bronze, and iron ages, we should
have to designate nearly all of them
from industrial events. The sailing
vessel, the mould board, which turns
over the furrow Of the plough, the
water wheel. the magnetic needle, gun.
powder. the paper mill, movable type,
the spinning wheel, the telescope, the
microscope. the quadrant, the chrome.
meter. the steam engine, the steam
boat. the steam railroad, the steam
blast III smelling furnaces, the pud.
ding furnace, the rolling mill, and
labor.saviug machinery of q thousand
kinds-thCsc are triumphs of industry,
and the main causes of the superiority
of modern over ancient civilization. II
rs the worhingman, not the soldier, the
priest. the statesman. the philosopher,
the scientist, the artist, aud the author
who has given rs not only the fouuda-
ton. but also most Of the supcrstruc.
turc. of our culture
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-04-21
Babl Goethe.

That it was the loveliest baby ever
seen, exciting admiration wherever
nurse or mother carried him, and ex-
hibiting. in swaddling clothes, the most
wonderful intelligence, we need no bio
grapher to tell us Is it not said of
every baby? But that he was in truth
a wonderful child we have undeniable
evidence. and of kind less questiona-
bic than the statement of mothers
and relatives At three years old he
could seldom be brought to play with
little children, and only ON the condi-
ton that they were pretty. One day,
in neighbours house, he suddenly
began to cry and exclaim, "That black
child must go away l can't bear him y
And he howled till he was carried home,
where he was slowly pacified the whole
cause of his grief being the ugliness of
the child. STORY OF GOethc'S Life.
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the bill for an increase Of the debt of Phiadel.
phia, until the Republican majority in the
House agree to pass fair apportionment bill
for the city.
JoHN r. MCLEAN, proprietor of the Cincin.
natl Enquirer, has been sent to Jail for refus-
ing to answer a question as TO who gave him
information on which to. ground an article re.
Gently published in his paper
The Woman's Presbyterian Board of Missions
for the Northwest commenced its annual ses-
sion at Detroit on the 9th inst, Mrs. A Hoage
Of Evanston, presiding Mrs f. Moore. Of
Detroit, and Miss Carrie Weed, of Ypsilanti.
were chosen secretaries. About 2OOladies were
IN attendance
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salary of secretary $500 to District Attorney
Bliss IS, $50 to waddel $4,000 personal ex-
pensee, etc.
The Postmaster-General has asked that
rovision be made in the deficiency bill for
furnishing his department with $4,000 TO ena-
BILE him to offer reward for the apprehension OF
sundry mail robbers, in Texas and elsewhere.
THE President has cent the following nomina-
tions to the Senate BENZ. p. Avery Of Cali
fornia, Envoy Extraordinary, and Minister
Penipotentiary to China, vice f. f. Love, re-
signed 7. l.. Davis, Receiver Of Public Monies
at Ironton Missouri.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-04-21

\ MELANCHOLY accident is reported
from Juhal. in India where LAZY Ma.
pier and party have been encampt Il. 1t
appears that seven of her servants. be-
i"i' fgtirlug for the night. had mace
q iaIgt charcoal fire The night being
r'ld, every opening in the canvas was
closed. The men afterwards fen asleep /.
81 them were found dead IN the
morning, and the seventh has died
since.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-04-21

WHuE manipulating the windlass of
q well the other night, party who had
been laying in stock of whisky before
It was all seized by the police, let the
handle slip when the bucket was halt
way mp, and naturally enough received
2 chuck under the chin that knocked
nun OYER a neighhoring fence. "Sold
agin, he muttcred as he climbed "a
his teet. might anode-hic-be better
thm to hicg go foolcn' rouu so much
water. Bcteher boots Ill stick & Whisky
after this.
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Congressional Summary.
SATURDAY, April 1.-THE Senate was
not IN session.

SATURDAY, April 1.-THE report of
the committee on elections in the Kentucky elec
ZION case, declaring Young entitled to a seat was
agreed to.--Bills were passed: Permitting aliens
% act as pilots providing they have resided in the
Onited states two mouths relating 10 inland nayi-
CATION; also many bills Of a private nature
resoauon was offered to inquire into the expedier-
cy Of ght-ship at the mouth Of the Detroit river
-- ne House then resumed consideration Of the
currency blu. After some discussion and the offer
ans rejection OF several amendments the previous
question was moved, pending which motion to adj
loUrn prevailed. The status Of the bill being that
the previous question is pending and the various
amendments, including the Senate bill as a substi-
tnte, comes up on Tuesday
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Massaohusotts Senatorship.

The following If a recapitulation Of the yari-
ous ballots in the Massachusetts, Legislature,
for successor to Chas Sumner in the United
States senate
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senate.
MONDAY. Anril ia memorial

printers Of New York in relation to the public print
ing was presented. -Bayard offered an amend
ment 70 Carpenters Louisiana bilI--it declares Nc
Eyoy and Penn duly elected. The territorial rail-
road bil then came mp and was considered for a
Time. Mr.. Carpenter asked 10 have his Louisiana
hiil taken up The Senate refused to consider il al
mat time, and resumed consideration Of the rail-
road biii. After the adoption Of several amend
Il. sls the bAl was passed.-After some unim-
rortant business. an executive session was held
ADJOURNED.
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THERE is q prejudice in human kind
against large ears a, the poet saws
Man wants hut little car below, nor
wants that little long
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House.

hih ahellshing the mileage system aud pro-
yidug that members Of Congress shall he raid
their actual travelling expenses 70 and from wash.
h8tun once each session, VIE reported from COM
miitee. Motions made 10 re-commit aud % table
were lost aud the bin rasscd-yeas lGs, nays a. -
MI toX offered resolution rrciting the existence
~ architectural detcctt in the new state dtpart-
m,ut building. ana providing for o board OF three
architects 90 examine So. Referred The hill re-
huug 90 salaries o. employees 81 the House then
ytms mp. pending IT, consideration the House adj
iuurutd.
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House.
| frnrn 90
WEDNESDAY. April15. me

WEDNESDAY, April15. -Amessage was
received from the House announcing the passage
by That hoiy Of the currency bills The bill pro-
NldlnQ for The payment Of salaries of teachers Of
il" District passed After some unimportant
business consideration Of the Louisiana hill was re-
sumed Mr.. Hamilton, Of Maryland. began an
address on Louisiana affairs generally. but before
concluding his argument the senate went INTO eX-
rtutltr sesslou aud soon after adjourned.
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Senate.
senate.
TUESDAY, April 1.-THE Portland

TUESDAY, April 1.-THE Portland
and Louisville canal bond bill was reported from
committee, and after amendment the House substi-
tutc eoneIrTed summers civil rights bill was
placed on the calendar-Some discussion took
laf" on the hill IA relation To the Mennonites of
Russia When the Louisiana bill was taken np-
Mr. frrhnahuy-sn adore iscd the senate, which
soon after held an executive session and adjourned
House.
LUIS we're reported from committees: TO reor-
gaui1e the customs service Tor the reorganization
q the treasury department and abolshing the
ONCE Of appraiser Of imported merchandise at GER
tam ports The latter bill after some efforts AZ
anne ndment Was passed. resolution WAS IN
trodueed submitting 90 state legislatures an amend
mont 20 the constitution for the election OF United
Ni't'. senator by the people. - The currency h.f
vas thtn taken up. After the offer and rejection
OF rAtfsl amendments the bill passed by a vote 81
yeas l@S, nays ll6.-- The House then considered
Nhrinefs on the Speakers table. which being dis
posed ", thr Senate bill 10 amend the national
currency acts, and 90 establish free banking vas
/ reached. considerable discussion occurred after
/ Nm'h the h,li passed 10y vote Of liO yeas 20 lul
| nays. Adjourned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-01-08
HOUSE.

The House is composed Of l5l members. There
are l03 republicans, fl democrats, G independent,
and liberal. We have succeeded in obtaining
returns from all but fifteen members (and the
names of these are put in their proper places. OF
those from whom we have complete returns, the
following facts are given: 81 of the republicans
were formerly wings, l3 We're democrats, 3 were
abolitionists, and II were always republicans; 3
democrats were form crly wings, liberal repub-
lcan, and ten were always democrats; one indie
pendent changed from republican, and one from
democrat.
The Oldest members are Daniel Libby of Lime
stone, and Barnahas Burslcy of Sangcrvillc, who
arc 6S each. Daniel Lewis of Ripley is the young
est member, being % years Of age. Three Of the
members are between 20 and 80 years Of age, thir
ty between 80 and 40 tfty-two between 10 and
80, thirty-fve between 80 and 90, and sixteen be-
tween 60 and 20. Fifty-seven were born in the
cities or towns they now represent, and sixty-four
in the State. Fifteen have received collegiate
education, thrty-eight an acadcmical education
and the remainder were educated in the common
or district schools Al have had legislative expert
ence; III of the members are married.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-01-08


We present, for the third year, the Biographical
Sketches of the members OF the Maine Legislature.
The compilation will be found quite complete and
accurate, and the facts and statistics presented,
in previous years. will be convenient for reference,
not only to the members, but to all interested in
the Legislature. Our thanks are due TO the mem
bers who have kindly and promptly furnished the
material for the work, which has greatly aided MS
in the somewhat laborious task Of preparation.
Some have more space given them than others,
not because all do not deserve to have equal space,
but for the reason that we found it difficult in some
cases to obtain the bare statistics, without word
Of "incidens" principal events to fill up the
gaps We have arranged the Biographies alpha
betically, and given recapitulation Of ages, pro-
ession, religion, politics, &C., preceding the Biog
raphes of each branch
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-01-08
SENATE.

The Senate is composed of 81 meulDel, ana we
have complete returns from this branch All the
members are republicans with the exception of
one, who is classed "Jetiersonian republican;
II were formerly wings, 3 were democrats, free
soilers, and have always been republicans. The
Oldest member is Senator Loth.op Of Somerset,
who is Il years Of age, and the youngest Sena-
tors Foster Of Oxford, and Emcry Of Hancock,
who 80 each. Seven Of the members are be-
tween 30 and 40 years of age, eight between 40
and 80 ten between 80 and 60, five between 60 and
20. and one between 20 and so. Twenty-six were
born in the State, five out of the State and seven
in the towns where they reside; seven re-
ceivcd collegiate education, four academical,
and twenty were educated in the peoples col
lcges"-the common schools; twenty-five have
had legislative experience; twenfy-nine are mar
ried and two are single.
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BioSraphlCal. .
Biographical Sketches
OF TIE
Men11ocr1 OF the
SENATE AND House OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
OF Maine, for 1874,

o1 Maine, Tor lSI1,
Giving Name, Residence, Politics, Relig-
ION, Occupation Profession. Age.
birthplace. Where Educated, Official pO-
xitions Held, and Principal Events in
the Life of Each.
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ltompiled expressly for the kennebcc Journal
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I in 1870 and 1871 member Of the Senate in 1873.
Formerly whig; republican since the organiza-
ton of the party
MORRISON, JONI, East Corinth, (Penobscot
county,. Republican, Methodist, lumberman and
farmer, married age 56. Born in Livermorc, OK
ford county attended school in Sebec. Has held
the various town offices; member Of the legi-la-
| ture in 1862. Formerly whig.
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ABBOT, lIo~ARp c.. Nassalboro. Republican,
Baptist, farmer, married; age j6. Born IN China,
and educated in the common schools Has been
one of the Selectnen of Nassaboro but has gen
orally declined office when it has been offered him.
Has always been interested in all reformatory
measures tending to elevate and benefit mankind.
Formerly a whg, but has been republican since
the organization Of the party.
ALDRIcH, GEORGE, Freeport. Republican, | nj
vcrsalist, farmer, single; age 4j. Born in Free
port educated in the district schools. Member of
the board of Selc2tmcn. \ whiy until the forma-
ton Of the republican party
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-11-26
scHENcx's PuLMoS1c SYRUP, FOR THE CURE

SCHENCK's PULMoNIC SYRUP, FOR THE CURB
OF CONSUMPTION, CoUGHs, AND COLDS
The great virtue OF this medicine is that it
ripens the matter and throws it out of the
system. purifies the blood, and thus effects a
cure.
SCHENCK's SEA WEED Tonic, FOR THE CURF
OF DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, &c.
The Tonic produces healthy action of the
stomach, creating appetite, forming
chyle, and curing the most obstinate cases
of Indigestion.
SCHENCK's MANDRAKE PILLS, FOR PIE CURE
OF LIVER COMPLAINT, sc.
These Pills are Alternative, and produce a
healthy action of the liver, without the least
danger, as they are free from calomel, and
vet more efficatious in restoring a healthy
action of the liver.
THESE remedies area certain cure for Con-
sumption, as the Pulmonc Syrnps ripens
the matter and purifies the blood. The
Mandrake Pills act upon the liver, create
healthy bile, and remove all diseases of the
liver. and often cause of Consumption.
The Sea Weed Tonic gives tone and strength
to the stomach, makes a good digestion II.
and enables the organs to form good biood
and thus creates a healthy circulation Oh
healthy blood. The combined action OF
these medicines, as thus explained, will cure
every case of Consumption, if taken in time
and the use of the medicines persevered in.
DR.. Schenck is professionally at his prin-
cipal office. corner Sixth and ARCH STs.
Philadelphia every Monday where all let
tiers for advice must be addressed
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-11-26
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