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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-08-21
Musical Kites.

In Central Asia the amusement OF
flying kites is as popular as in Europe
or America, but 1t is made to yield q
double qualification. 1t delights the
ear by an emission of soft melodious
murmurings at the same time that it
pleeses the eye with its graceful, bird
like motions. Each kite is SO construc-
tel as to produce the effect of floating
A1lian harp, and thus the flight and
the sound of winged warblers are both
initiated in the winged plaything. Maj.
Abbott gives a description of these
musical kites in his Narrative of n
Journey from Herat to Khiva :" each
kite is square formed upon two dag
onals of light wood, whose eXtremities
are connected with tight string, form
ing the sides of the square. Over the
whole paper is pasted. A loose string
upon the upright diagonal receives the
string by which the kite is to be held,
and the tail is fastened to it's lower ex-
tremity. The transverse diagonal or
cross-stick is then bent back like n
strong bow, and fastened by thread of
cafgut. OF course every breeze that
passes the kite vibrates this tight cord,
and the vibrations are communicated to
the highly sonorous frame of the kite.
And, as numbers of these kites are left
floating. in the air all night, the effect is
that OF aerial music, monotonous, but
full of melancholy interest,""
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-08-21

A FOE to God was never true friend
to man.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-08-21
Southern Waters ana Southern Levees

The booming floods in the lower Mis-
sissippi, threatening general devastation
at any moment, suggents IN occasion for
O word or two about n matter in which
the whole country is interested-south-
ern levees, and particularly the levees of
the Mississippi. The New York Graphic,
referring to this subject, has some
timely remarks which we reproduce
The Mississippi and its tributaries,
forming the finest river system in the
world, have been neglected till their
value has become impaired and their
future worth is imperilled for want Of
proper care and protection. While their
banks were covered with forests they
were controlled by natural laws, whose
protection was ample, but the settle
ment of the country and the clearing up
of the vast wilderness of the north and
west have put the whole river system of
the valley under human control and left
it to the mercy of the government, which
has done next to nothing for it, and
what it has done has in many cases been
worse than nothing at all. The time
has now c. me for tho nation to see and
say what ought to be done to save and
utilize these great rivers, on which the
prosperity of the nation depends. 1t is
a matter that no single state can man.
age. The welfare of fifteen great states
is bound up i'll the preservation and de-
velopment of that system of rivers. The
Mississippi belongs to Illinois and Mis-
souri, and Ohio as really as to Louisiana,
and belongs to the nation far more than
to either, and it should be protected
and utilized rs great national property
and trust. The damage inflicted by
these recent storms would have more
than paid for all the improvements re-
quired on that river for the next fifty
wears"
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-08-21
DIR. WHITTIER,
MARRIAGE GUIDE,
| GEO. P. ROwELL & Co.

VXVHES writing Advertisers please mention
w the name OF this paper, No 80 y. N. u.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-08-21

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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-08-21

tered in amount by the action of light.
They conclude that the action of light
is such as to alter the amount of the
electromotive force to the extent of from
three to seven per cent. of the total
amount, SO that strong flash of light,
lasting the fraction of second, produces
marked effect. A lamp held at dis
lance of four or five feet, and, equally,
the light of small gas flame, after
passing through depth of twelve inches
of solution of salts of copper and
potash, also produced sensible effects.
When diffuse light is allowed to fall
Oh the eye of frog, after the latter has
arrived at a tolerable stable condition,
the natural electro motive power is in
the first place increased, then dimin
ished. The effects in question are
caused by those rays of light that ap-
pear to be the least luminous; namely,
the yellow and the green.
THE POWER OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
The most powerful artificial light at
present in existence is that employed
for tho great lighthouse on Souter
Point, On the coast of England, near tho
mouth of the Tyne.
On both banks of this river there is an
immense number of manufac. cries of
all kinds, the smoke from which, under
Ine lnHuence OF the west wind, seriously
obstruc,s the approaches from the sea.
Fogs at this part of the coast arc also
frequent. and the problem of light house
illumination required that such light
should be secured as would penetrate
through any slight fog or haze, it having
been generally acknowledged that not
even the sunlight itself cannot penetrate
an ordinary dense fog. The electric
light established at Souter Point is con
sidered to be equal in power 10 800, 900
standard candles, being eight times a.
powerful as the best American fixed
lights. The electric spark passes be-
tween pencils of carbon, which arc
themselves consumed at tho rate of
about one inch per hour. rho electric |
current is generated by two of Prof. |
Holmes patent rotary magnetic electric |
driven by steam engines of |
six horse power. The number of revo.
Intions made Ivy each machine is 400 per
minute, aud j., 800 sparks pass per min
nto when both machines arc at work.
These sparks are, of course, formed so
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-04-23

The present rage for spelling schools
revives an anecdote of General Scott
He had drawn up the rough draft of an
order, in which the word "wagon" oc-
Cured. The General inserted one "g''
too many, and his clerk, on discovering
it, timidly asked on what authority he
spelled "wagon" with two "g's." "On
the authority Of Lieutenant General
Scott, commanding the armies Of the
United States, sirl" thundered the pom
pous old General. The clerk, at least,
thought the authority sufficient.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-04-23
Severe Fall.

One day last week, as Mr.. H. Barber,
living one mile east of Milan, was haul
ing manure, his wagon struck a post
when driving into the field, throwing
him with great force from the front of
the wagon where he was standing onto
the horse. The latter taking it as al
encroachment, end obiecting to this
mode Of horsemanship, threw him on the
ground, breaking couple of his ribs
and injuring him otherwise severely.
Mr.. B. win be confined to his room for
a couple of weeks. DR.. Storke, who was
called, reports him doing well.-Milan
Advertiser.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-04-23

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The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-04-23

Daisy, daisy, tell me true,
Ishe-ia he-coming7"
Thus she sang, and on the ground
Daisy leaves lay strown around,
As she the song was humming.
daisy, daisy, tell me now,
Cometh some one hither9
Daisy, daisy, tell me true
II you were !, and were you,
Would you send him-thither
"He will ask newell, I know
He will ask a question,
Il love, love not; lovel oh we'll.
Daisy, dear, your leaves must tell,
III act on your suggestion.
'Daisy, if you tell me fair,
I'll yield the credit due you
Il love, love not; oh, that's not right
Daisy, you're not honor bright,
I'll listen no more to youi
'Some ones almost here, / know,
For fast my heart is beating
Daisy, OIL Ilove him 80
How could you try to tell me no,
.,- And nearly spoil our meeting7"
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-04-23
HER HUSBANDS LETTER.

A middleaged woman had a letter
handed her at the general delivery il
the post Office yesterday, and she sal
down on the window sill and read it.
Her interest was intense from the start
She spoke up and said
"He calls me his little darling. That's
goodl"
After reading few lines more she
said:
"And he misses my society so muchl''
Half way down the page she spoke
again:
"And he calls me his sunbeam-his
guardian angel.
She climbed up on the sill a little
further, turned the letter over and
mused:
Sand he's lost three pounds of flesh
worrying over my health. He's just a
dear, loving old darling, that's what he
isl"
She reached the top of thefourth page
and exclaimed:
What going to Flint, ehl"
Further down she growled:
"And he met that red-headed widow
Kershaw on the cars, eh III see
about that. He probably didn't tell her
he was married."
She got down to the "P. S." glanced
over couple of lines, and then yelled
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-04-23
AdminiatratorIs Sale Of Land.

PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF
- the Probate Court IN and Cor Sanduely coun-
y, State OF Ohio, will aell Al public vtndue, on
the 29th day Of MAY, AID. 1878, between the
hours Of and o'clock PM, at the door OF the
Court-house IN the city Of Fremont, IN said conn.
W the following described parcel OF land, to-wit;
Ten acres Of land of OF the south end Of the
east half Of the northeast quarter, snd also four
teen acres of OF the south end Of the east side Of
the south half OF the west bali OF the northeast
quarter of Section three (9), Township four az,
Range fourteen (i4) containing in all twenty-three
tR'2 acres Of land IN sandusly county, o.
Appraised at St,t5O.
Terms Of fae-One-third cash down at sale, one
third In one year, and one-third in two years with
interest on deferred payments, secured by mort
DAVID HARLEY,
Admir- Of the Estate of Christian Fisher.
AFRiL IL, 1875. 16-ai
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-04-23
HAVING MORAL COURAGE.


good papers advise everybody to have
moral courage. All the almanacs wind
up with word about moral courage.
"Haye the moral courage to discharge
debt while you have the money in
your pocket" is one of the moral para
graphs.
Mr.. Mower read this once, and deter
mined to act upon it. One day his wife
handed him five dollars, which she had
been two years saving, and asked him to
bring her up parasol and pair of gait
ers. On the way down he met credi-
tor and had the courage to pay him.
Returning home his wife called him
1000 pet names, as ''fool," "idiot, +"
ETC., and then struck him four times in
the pit of the stomach with fat-iron.
After that he didn't have as much moral
courage as would make leaning post
for a sick grasshopper, and his wife
didn't forgive him for thirteen years.
"Have the courage to speak the truth"
is paragraph always in use. once
knew boy named Peter. One day
when he was loafng around he heard
some man talking about old Mr.. Hang
money. Their talk made a deep i'm
preston on Peter, and he spoke the
truth. He said:
'Mr. Hangmoney, when ] was up
town to-day I heard Baker say you were
regular old hedgehog with tin ear. +"
"What" roared the old gent
"And Clevis said that you were mean
er than dead hog rolled in tanbark, ="
continued the truthful lad.
"You imp-you little william" roared
the old man.
"And Kingston said that you were a
bald-headed, cross-eyed, cheating, ly-
ing, stealing old skunk under the hen
coopl" added the boy.
Then old Mr.. Hangmoney fell upon
the youthful Peter, and he mopped the
floor with him, knocked his heels against
the wall, tore his collar off, and put his
shoulder out off joint, all because the
boy had the moral courage to tell the
truth.
And there was young Towboy-it was
the same way with him. He had the
moral courage to go over to an old maid
and say:
''Niss Falseair, father says he never
saw such a withered up old Hubbard
squash as you are, around trying to trap
amanl"
"He did, ehl" mused the old maid,
rising up from her chair.
eyes, and mother says it's a burning
shame that you call yourself twenty four
when you are forty-seven, and she says
your hair-dye costs more than our
woodl"
.'she said that, did shel" murmured
the female. !
eyes, and sister Jane says that if she
had such a big mouth, such freckles,
such big feet, and such silly ways, she'd
want the lightning to strike herl''
And then the old maid picked up the
rolling pin and sought the house in
which Towboy resided, and knocked
down and dragged out until it was hos
pital. Then Towboy's father mauled
him, his mother pounded him, and his
sister denuded him of hair--all be-
cause he had moral courage in his dai-
ly life.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-04-23

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The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-04-23

right out;
''Not coming home until next week.
Trains showed inf Great press Of bust
nossl m see whether he isn't cOmingl
Bub, where's the telegraph oficel"
Aud she ran across the street and sent
him dispatch which made the opera
tors hair stand up as he received and
cad it.-[Detroit Free Press.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-04-23
Ayers
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For Diseases of the Threat and Lungs,
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Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma,
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The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-10
Death of Daniel P. Rhodes.

We regret to learn of the death OF DAN
iel p. Rhodes. esq.,, of Cleveland, Ohio,
which took place at his home in that city,
on Thursday night last. Mr.. Rhodes was
a native of Sudbury, in this county, from
whence he went to the west many years
ago to seek wider field of operations and
a fortune. He settled at Cleveland where
he entered upon busy life of industry, and
after Il few years entered upon coal and
iron mining, from which he amassed a
large fortune. He occupied a high bust
ness and social position in the west, and
his relation to all its material industries
were intimate and wide. lie was politi-
clan of the democratic school having ma
tional reputation in his party. He was
the intimate, political, ana personal friend
of the late Stephen A. Douglass, and per-
haps Mr.. Rhodes did more to promote
that statcsman's political and business sue
cess than any other one individual. These
two gentlemen were as brothers, and he
made Mr.. Rhodes the executor Of his will,
and he has had the charge Of Mr.. Doug
lass's complicated estate. Mr.. Rhodes had
extensive acquaintances throughout the
whole country. A noble hearted, gener-
Gus, liberal and public spirited gentleman,
his warm-attached personal friends can be
by thousands in all sections who
will sorrow at his death.
His funeral was attended on Sunday.
We have no particulars of his death, and
hope at future time to pay more fitting
tribute to his memory.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-10
LUDLOW.
An Interesting Occasion.

On Saturday evening last the Alert
engine company of this place held very
interesting and special meeting at the resi-
dence of Foreman j. II. Spoirord. The
occasion was the presenting to the COM
pany of a superb photograph of large d.
mansions, very beautifully gotten up, of
the entire company in full uniform, and in
GLIDING the engine and other apparatus
pertaining to the department.
In a few well chosen words Foreman
Spofford presented to the company this
magnificent picture, remarklng that it was
not presented on account of any intrinsic
value it mad, but solely as embodying and
as expressive Of his good will to the men,
bers of the organization, an organization
with which he had been connected in some
way for the last thirty years. He desired
that when the iiremen's new hall should be
completed this picture might find con-
spicuous place upon its walls. Many very
pertinent and suggestive words were ut
tered by Mr.. s. in the course of his ad-
dress, which space forbds the attempt to
reproduce.
VIM. ID. Ball, first assistant of the CON-
pany, responded IN appropriate and well
timed remarks in behalf of the company.
Charles s. Mason being present, was called
upon and briefly responded in few con-
gratulatory words.
A sumptuous collation. was then in.
dulged in by all present, gotten up in Mrs.
Spofford's most approved style, which to
those who "know whereof they affirm,
means all that can be desired, and never
to be excelled. The company were enter
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-10
Dead Beat.

Now Lewis f. Schofeld who keeps the
otter Creek house in Plttsford, wants to
lay hands on young man calling himself
Billings. He came to the Otter Creek
house early last week, bringing no baggage,
registered and said he was to stay some
time. Two days he hired team from the
livery of the house. Friday morning
Schofeld begun to be Suspicious of his
boarder, and determined to have a settle
ment with him. He, however, went to
the barn n moment, and his boarder took
that opportunity to slip off the piazza and
make the best of his way toward Suther-
land Falls. Here he bought ticket for
Rutland and a lunch of crackers and cheese
which he ate. He displayed considerable
roll of money while paying for his pur-
chases, and came to Rutland on the 1910
train from Ticonderoga. A little while
after he took the cars Mr.. Scho6eld ap-
peared in pursuit of him. He is nearly six
feet high, black hair and side whiskers,
dark diagonal coat and vest, watch and
chain. Altogether well dressed but hard
looking customer. Look out for him.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-10
Fire in Benson.

Just as the people were coming out of
church on Sunday, the cry OF fire was
heard, aud from the direction of the alarm
It was found that the barn of Mr.. Perry
Carter was on fire. The time was oppor-
tune and large number was soon collected
and begun to clear the house which was
closely connected by an l.. None sup
posed the house could be saved, as large
pile of some ten cords of wood was the
connecting link and the fire had made fear
full Roadway. All was removed to the
street when it was thought that possibly
the house might be saved. and vigorous
efforts were begun, and for two hours we
rarely ever saw more systematic and effec-
tive battling. The fire fiend was driven
back inch by inch. The roof of the l. was
completely consumed and most of the
lower part, and the back side of the main
house was burned through in several places
and there it was stopped.
Every man of hundred was ready to
go anywhere or do anything, and not only
men but several women, worked until the
very last. We dare not mention specific
cases, yet in justice we should mention
that with all other efforts, had it not been
for Mr.. L. Howard Kellogg and his small
hand engine, which was used in common
pail, the main house must have been con-
sumed. Mr.. Carter moved his goods into
house which is fortunately empty just
now. The report that the fire originated
with the little boy playing with matches is
still questioned. Mr.. Carter tells us that
he has no idea how it happened. There
was an insurance on the premises of about
| 800, probably in one of our Vermont
companies. II.