The Russellville Democrat., 1877-05-24
FACTS AND FANCIES.

A fortune laid by in fraud somehow
 never stays put away.
 MUCH of the charity that begins at
 home is too feeble to get out of doors. As you cannot avoid your own con-
 pany, make it as good as possible. PHILADELPHIA is the greatest Ameri ] can city in its line. It's line is borning
 marrying and dying.
 ALL other signs may fail; but when you see woman with straw hat on her ] head, drop of whitewash on her nose, and an expression of great executive ability on her features, you may bet that
 the season of ethereal mildness is at hand.
 LET me see" says the nurse of q sick man, "the doctor said one teaspoon full every ten minutes; that makes six every hour, say twenty-two during the night. l shall give seventy-two spoon little slesp myself. '"
 LITTLE four-year-old Lulu was very much afraid in the dark, and for that 1 reason had great dread of bed time. Complaining of this to friend one day, she was told that if she would remember always that "darkness and light are alike to God" she would no longer be afraid. The next morning, upon enter ing the breakfast room, the little one ex- claimed: We'll, Mrs. -, was 'fraid agin last nightl" Why, how was that?" asked the lady, "did you not remember what I told you ?" ooh, yes," replied Lulu "I 'membered 1t, but the 'fraid is in me, and can't be got out of me"
 "SUPposE, says Dr. Siemens, "water- power to be employed to give motion to dynamo. electrical machine, a very powerful current is the result. This may be carried to great distance through large metallic conductor, and there be made to impart motion to electro magnetic engines, to ignite the carbon points of electric lamps, or to effect the separation of metals from their ores. A copper rod of three inches diameter would be capable of transmitting 1000 horse power a distance of say thirty miles, an amount sufficient to supply 250.00O candle-power, which would be sufficient 10 illuminate moderate sized town" Some of these days it will not be surprising to find the above sugges- tions carried into practical effect by in- ventors in places where the necessary conditions are favorable.
 To BE perfectly natural is to be we'll bred; and, contradictory as it may seem, I quite believe that natural manner may be cultivated just as we'll as an artificial one. Affection and self.consciousness are always displeasing, and, unfortunately, they often prevent most estimable per sons being appreciated, as from their many good qualities they deserve to be. If we look around us, and note who are the most popular of our acquaintances, we shall find that it is rarely the hand. somest, the cleverest, CT most accomp- lished, but invariably those who have the happy talent of being able to forget themselves. These might be endowed with fairy wands, 50 manifold are their powers of charming. They make the silent talk, the grave merry, and those weighed down with sorrow put away their grief. Such are ever welcome. for by their ready sympathy they can adapt themselves to any society; and in the art of entertaining others they are simply perfection, for they make their friends feel that they have really come out to enjoy themselves, and not merely fer the sake of fulfilling an irksOme social duty.