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The Newtown bee., 1879-08-20
Why Deacon s. Went Behind.

It had got to be the common talk of the neighbors that Deacon S., who sev- eral years since lived in Hamilton one knew exactly the reason why. The fences were down on his farm; the place was not only covered with weeds, but, worst of all, with a mortgage to a con- siderable amount. One day the hoe was missing, and after hunting all around for it for long time, Deacon s. called out to his son John:
 "Where's the hoe, John?"
 Don't know, father"
 Thought tod you to always keep it in its place?" ~ zzss
 "Didn't know you had place for it, fathern ...-....
 Next day the shovel was missing then the ax. An hour was consumed in finding it-just at a time, too, when Mrs. s. was impatiently waiting for wood to get dinner with. After the ax was found the handle was discovered to have been broken another hour was consumed in fixing it.
 One evening Farmer A. came in about dark to sit awhile After a little conver- sation, says Deacon S.: ..-.
 Twill you have something to drink ?'' "Well, I don't mind," replied Farmer A., eff it's handy"
 t' Certainly it's handy" says the dea- con; and although it was dark, he went to the cupboard and without any trouble put his hand on the bottle. A light was struck, and if some of the inquisitive persons had looked in an hour thereafter they could have found solution very readily to the question of why Deacon S. was going behind.
 Although he had taken several draughts from the bottle, he was care. ful to put it back in it's accustomed place. He could get up in the darkest night and put his hand on the bottle but he could never find the hoe. This was the secret of Deacon s. going behind Any man who attends to his bottle and forgets his hoe will be likely to go be bind -Erchaaege.
The Newtown bee., 1879-08-20
An Old Mans Suicide.

The'poor old man who killed himself in Central Park had 8 poetic vein that seems to have inspired the proceedings ot his last moments. He met woman of his own race near Fifth avenue and Fifty-ninth street, and asked her calmly Ii she knew a quiet spot where a man could commit suicide in comfortable way. The woman thought this at the time ghastly joke only, but she told it afterward to an officer. The old man made his way past.the monkey-house to the rear of the building where the song cile. He wished to die. it seems, on the green grass, looking at the bright skies and listening to the songs of birds. He made a pillow for himself of the soft herbage, and then lay quietly down and blew out his brains. A letter in his pocket made clear his motive. He was poor, he said, very sick and very old, and too proud to beg. So he thought it best that he should pass away. There fore he chose the most secluded spot he could find, and, surrounded by the love- Hest sights and sounds, he quilted the earth. The act, like so many acts lately committed, seems somehow to touch the general conscience. Some one be- sides this poor old man, it would ap- pear, is responsible for his act; but who is thus responsible, and why p-Nesv Fork EUeniasg Post.
The Newtown bee., 1879-08-20
One Mans Luck.

ADenver correspondent writes: The present Lieutenant Governor of the State of Colorado, MT. Taber, is one of the best illustrations of what people do here with their money when they get hold of a solid amount of it. A little over eighteen months ago MT. Taber kept a small grocery store at Leadville. Two miners, customers of his, prospecting in the neighborhood, induced him to go into partnership with them on the basis of a grub stake. They were to do the work and he was to supply them with grub. The legend is that all he gave them was about $50 worth of provisions after having wiped out an old debt of some Sl00, most of which was for whisky. TLey struck the Little Pitts burghn mine, and to-day MT. Taber is worth several millions and has bought out his partners for s 100000. The whole of this wealth is now reinvested in new mines, in bank operations, and in the erection of new buildings in Denver. Nothing could entice him into dissipa- tion or even mere luxury.
The Newtown bee., 1879-08-20

rester; be an uncle and please pardon Geraldn'
 "Get.up, you blockhead! you'll burst the knees of those ridiculously tight pantaloonsn' cried the old gentleman. ''Julia, don't be making a fool of your self !"
 Julia!" cried Gerald; how did you learn her namep"
 ooh, she's an old friend of mine, said the old gentleman, winking mischiev- ously. "Eh, Julep"
 The bride burst into fit of hearty laughter.
 Nephew" said the old gentleman, "allow me to present you to Mrs. Rash ton, that was"
 Mrs. Rashtonr' exclaimed Gerald, in amazement.
 "Yes-the widow you tried to run away from-but whom you ran away with, after all, my boy!"
 "What! have I been dupe ?" cried Gerald.
 Don't be angry, my lad. Your old uncle only borrowed little of your TO- nance to cure you of your visionary mo- tions. I engaged those strolling actors to come into my grounds, because I knew very well you'd go with them. 1 induced Julia to make her first appear ance-and saw it, too, through pair of green spectacles, with a red wig on my head and an old plaid cloak around me. Yet I paid my quarter to see the show. Ha! hap
 Fairly trapped!'' cried Gerald.
 "Yes, and if you go tramping around the world like gipsy, trying to realize your day-dreams, you'll be everybody s dupe. Yet 1 suppose you are deter mined to make the stage profession" |"
 Not so, uncle" said the young man, rather sheepishly; I tried to geta clerk ship in New York"
 And they wouldn't have you. Ha. hal Well, don't let old Trapball know that, or he mayn't allow you to come in with a capital of $50,0Oo."
 My dear, generous uncle!" cried Gerald
 "Tut, tut, boy. I'm only too glad that you'll let me be generous, master Romeo. Oh. Romeo! Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Egad! think I could play ii myself as we'll as Bivvins."
 We need hardly add that Gerald be- came a steady, thriving merchant, and never reverted, without feeling his cheeks jingle, to the episode of his connection with the strolling players.
The Newtown bee., 1879-08-20
is piece of carved quartz, prepared by negro hands with certain mystical cere- monies.

A queer trade war has broken out in New York. The retail tea trade through the city began a while ago, in order to stimulate trade, to give away some arti- cle of glassware or crockery by system of ticket distribution to whoever bought at least one pound of tea. Rivalry forced the adoption of the scheme upon nearly all the tea retailers For while it was looked upon as purely a tea dealers war; but now that they come to figuring up their own business, the retail crockery people find that they have suf- fered severely by the free distribution of what they had for sale. They have formed protective association and have protested in vain against this in- cursion into their field As they cannot persuade, they have determined to re- taliate; so now the retail crockery busi- ness is to include system of tea and coffee distribution, and whoever buys a teapot will get tea, just as whoever bought tea has been getting teapot
The Newtown bee., 1879-08-20
Roses and Orange Blossoms.

Fitting, tipping, on dainty toes, A maiden climbs for bright wild rose; Breaking away from the nets control, Over her shoulders the ripe curls roll. An indolent stranger, sauntering by, Stands still to gaze with a startled eye; And, oh! the blush on her cheek that glows Hath shamed the hue of that poor wild rose,
 The bud that June discloses
 July's hot breath will sere;
 Then hey tor hardy roses
 That bloom the livelong year. The last lone rose in the garden grieves, Dropping to earth its scentless leave And far and wide OCT the russet land The yellow stacks of harvest stand. But the blush on the maiden's cheek to-day Is bright as the rose oi the ripened May, Though orange blossoms, faint and fair, Entwine the sheen oi her npply hair.
 The bud that June discloses
 July's hot breath will scre;
 Then hey for hardy roses
 That bloom the ivelong year.
 -Hdrper's Bazdr.
The Newtown bee., 1879-08-20
Under the Nuns.

Under the guns of the fort on the hill Daisies are blossoming, buttercuEs fill; Up the gray ramparts the scaling vine filings High its green ladders, and falters and clings
 Under the guns,
 Under the guns, Under the guns of the ort on the hill Under the guns of the tort on the hill Once shook the earth with the cannonade' s thrill, Once trod these buttercups feet that, now still, Lie all at rest in their trench by the mill.
 Under the guns,
 Under the guns, Under the guns of the fort on the hill. Under the guns of the fort on the hill Equal the rain falls on good and on ill, Soft lies the sunshine, still the brook runs, Still tolls the husbandman-under the guns,
 Under the guns,
 Under the guns, Under the guns of the fort on the hill Under the guns of Thy fort on the hill, Lord! in Thy mercy we wait on Thy will; Lord, is it war, that Thy wisdom best knows, Lord, is it peace, that Thy goodness still shows
 Under the guns, Under the guns, Under the guns of Thy fort on the hill!
 -Brete Harte.
The Newtown bee., 1879-08-20

The want has long been felt of an eff cient signal for mercantile vessels in dis tress-that is to say, signal giving both sound and light, and capable of being pro- duced without using a match and without delay. At an exhibition of signals on Woolwich Common, England, a distress signal seven inches long and two inches in diameter was shown. It is fired from a socket fixed to the bulwarks of the yes sel, rises to the height of 600 feet, bursts like rocket and is visible for seven miles the sound being heard thirteen miles off. ''It is not unlikely" says the Lon don 1Enes, that before long these sig nals will quite supersede the gun and the use of rockets as signals of distress. the former of which is very difficult to load and fire when the ship is rolling about or stranded, and the latter is still more difficult to let off under similar circumstances and send straight up, or nearly so. The Chinese government has, we understand, ordered quantity of these signals for use on board theiI gunboats."
The Newtown bee., 1879-08-20

Russian incendiarism appears to have reached the height of its audacity, in as sailing the most sacred of native histori- cal citadels. The recent fires in Mini Novgorod, Petropaulovski, and Uralsk touch only those who inhabit them; but the conflagration which has just de- stroyed part of the Moscow Kremlin will be felt by every Russian from the White Sea to the Black. All the grandest per iods of Russian history are here repre- sented. In the center stand the belfry
 Ivan the Great, the monster cannon of Feodor Ivanovitch, the colossal bell cast by the Empress Anne, and the votive church of Ivan the Terrible. Fronting the Red Square is the famous Gate
 Salvation-through which the Polish gar rison marched out as prisoners in 16l2- so venerated that no one $ allowed to pass it with his hat on. Along ,the pass age leading to the Iverski Gate are ranged the one hundred and one guns taken from Napoleon in 1912, and every turret on the red wall surrounding the fortress re- presents the execution of rebel by Peter the Great. In word, this famous spot is the 'kremlin , (citadeD of Russia, and its attempted destruction shows the des- peration of the Nihilists in striking at the palladium of national veneration.
The Newtown bee., 1879-08-20

Writing about Paris gas and other monopolies, a correspondent at the gay French capital writes: Paris houses rarely have gas in them, excepting to light the stairways, all the rooms being lighted usually by candles. A measure is under consideration by the municipal authorities which will be a great boon to the people. It is a diminution in the price of gas, to facilitate its use in all houses, both for heating and lighting. The municipality will make a sacrifice in this initiative, as it shares the profits with the company and receives about 9,50O,0O0 francs yearly from it. The whole city of Paris is lighted by but a single companv-the 'Compagnie Paris ienne du Gaz'-one of the great monopo- lies of this great capital. You know the omnibus business is monopoly; the en- tire funeral or undertaking business is one vast monopoly, with its various classes of funerals, according to the pockets and desires of the friends of the deceased; the hack business is a mo- nopoly, as are various other industries. The price of gas is thirty centimes (six cents) per meter in houses, stores, etc., and fifteen centimes (three cents) for street or exterior illumination. As there are about 32O meters in 1000 feet of your gas measurement, it makes the price Cat thirty centimes per meter) equal to about two dollars per l,000."
The Newtown bee., 1879-08-20

The Binghamton (N. Y.) Repub1icaaa gives the following account of 8 very strange effect of lightning on the body of a boy who was recently killed in a thun- l der storm: After Jimmy Stevens, the boy killed by lightning on Tuesday, was taken home, and while the corpse was being prepared by the undertaken for burial, a picture resembling a photo graph of butternut limb came out on his back very distinctly and stayed there. 1 It is certain that this print was upon his back before he was taken home. Photo graphing in this manner is often per
 formed by lightning. Jimmy's back was bare when he was killed, and the bush which was photographed upon his skin 1 was just over his bare back
 The London correspondent of an Eastern paper in a recent interesting letter says that the locket which the Prince I'm perial wore when killed, and which the Zulus left upon his body, contained the famous $ 'Voudoo stone given by a West Indian woman to Josephine when the widow of Beauharnais. This was scru- pulously treasured by her until she gave itto her husband, the First Consul, who wore it in every one of his campaigns. On account of his superstitious regard for it, it came to beconsidered the amulet of the Bonaparte family Napoleon III. wore it constantly during his captivity at Ham, and while the Second Empire existed it was to be seen at Compiegne in little red shrine. The Prince inher- ited it, and wore it in locket covered with miniature paintings. This amulet
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-28
VIII Of sIrs. s. A. Dorsey.

BEAUvorR, HARRISON COUNTY, Miss,
January 4, 1873 !
|, Sarah Anne Dorsey, of Tensas
parish, La, being aware of the uncer-
tainty Of life, and being now in sound
health in mind and body, do make this
my last will and testament, which
write, sign and seal with my own hand
in the presence of three competent
witnesses, as | possess property in the
State Of Louisiana, Mississippi and
Arkansas.
owe no obligation of any sort tc
any relative Of my own. | have done
all | could for them during my life.
| therefore give and bequeath all my
property, real, personal, and mixed,
wherever located and situated, wholly
and entirely, without hindrance OF
qualification. to my most hOnored and
esteemed friend, Jefferson Davis, ex-
president of the Confederate States
for his own sole use and benefit, in fec
simple forever; and / hereby consti-
tute him my sole heir, executor and
administrator. If Jefferson Davis
should not survive me, / give all
have bequeathed him to his youngest
daughter, Vavina. do not intend to
share in the ingratitude of my coun.
try toward a man who is, in my eyes
the highest and noblest in existence.
In testimony whereof l sign this
will, written by my own hand, in the
presence of w. T. Walthall, Tai.
Hewes and John G. Craig, subscribing
witnesses, resident in Harrison county
Miss. SARAH ANN DORSEY.
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BADLY SCARED.

A call to arms is thus vented at
Union City, Tenn, where the people
are awfully scared upon the yellow fe-
yer question. Let every citizen,
black and white, strive to aid the
authorities in preserving strict and
effectual quarantine against all infect
ed or suspected localities, II is the
duty and the urgent interest of eyeryy
one to strengthen the arms Of the
officers, and give them a moral and
physical backing and leave no source
for complaint. We are forewaTned
let us be forearmed, SO that we may
be in some state of preparation, and
disciplined to meet the attack if il
should come. Without preparation,
confusion, disorder, terror and panic
will destroy all chance of resistance
With it, the danger can be met calm
ly, efficiently and to advantage.
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fabrics of various grades, which can
be supplied cheaper and in better
quality than the English mills can
send out. The English manufac-
turers, having already felt this com
petition, have counterfeited the labels
on American goods, and, to give as
heavy body to their goods as that
sent out from this country, have
weighted their fabrics with clay in
stead of cotton, and thus, having them
labeled as American goods, have
brought the latter in disrepute. But
the Americans will meet this trick by
sending to Brazil superior lot of cot
ton fabrics, sent directly from New
York and delivered through branch
houses at Rio Janeiro, and, in
preparation for it, the American labels
have been copyrighted and registered
both in England and Brazil. 1t is
proposed to send out these cotton fab
RIGS and other merchandise and get
coffees and other South American pro
ductiops in exchange.
Mr.. Z. T. Christensen, who was
cashier of the Nevada Bank, at S25.-
600 annual salary, and was subse.
quently the manager of that bank in
this city, has opened a private bank
ing-hOuse to catch the Brazilian trade,
and a company has been organized
with $5,0O0,0OO capital for the estab-
liShment of an American Brazilian
bank here, with a branch at Rio
Janeiro. There is some doubt about
its success in getting a charter in
Brazil owing to the strong foreign
influence. but even if it should fail in
this, the bank will begin to do busi-
ness under the general laws of this
country. The present trade with
Brazil shows an annual balance OF
$40, 100000 in favor of that country,
and it is urged that this can be readi-
y transferred to the other side Of the
ledger.
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the Post Iseiiun, Bonds.

Nashville Americana
Senator Bailey alluded in his speech
Wednesday evening to fact that has
not been before mentioned, and which
is yet true. While declaring that he
was a most earnest and determined
opponent Of the Brownlow government
and we happen to know that no man
in the State fought it more ably or
more earnestly at every point in poll
tics and in the courts, having himself
instituted and carried on one of the
franchise suits which was the entering
wedge to the final break-he was ready
to do the justice to say that a large
part Of these, bonds were issued in
obedience to demands of disfranchised
citizens of the State. He then sketch
ed the causes which led to their issue
The railroads were bankrupt, cross
ties rotted, bridges burned or broken
down, rails worn out, rolling stock
gone, and the produce, the commerce
of the State clamorOus for carriage.
Under these circumstances bonds were
issued to provide transportation. He
granted that there had been corrup-
tion and misuse of funds, especially.
perhaps, as to some new roads, but the
great bulk Of the bonds we're issued for
these purposes, and the proceeds so
used.
These are facts, and established and
well known facts As to all these,
except, perhaps, in the case of the
Mineral Home road and as to few
others, the State has derived some
benefit from them in repairing old
roads and building new ones. 1t will
hardly be pretended that as to any
considerable portion of these bonds,
less than 80 per cent. of the face
value was used in repair and con-
struction As to the old roads, aid
was absolutely essential to save. rail
way property from complete destruc-
tion and to give produce a way to
market, If they had been left as
they were, the people would have
been helpless in their struggle to get
on their feet after the war, There
are now not more than two and half
millions of these bonds outstanding.
That there was some corruption and
that undue influences were used in
some cases is true, but there is moth
ing in the testimony, taken by the
two investigating committees, to in
validate any considerable number or
to vitiate the whole of these bonds
If the simple principle that he who
seeks to avoid 4 note for fraud must
pay back what he actually received
for it, were applied it would compel
the State to pay far larger amount
than it will have to pay.
These are simple facts, boldly de-
olared by man who will not papder
TO any prejudice no matter how strong
OF popular it is, and will do justice as
he sees it to friend or foe,
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TIGHT on REFUGEES.

A dispatch from Nashville, sent
last Friday, says; Refuees from
Memphis are having rough time of
it in the interior towns, They are
looked upon as carrying seeds Of pes
thence, and the moment one complains
Of any sort Of illness, be is put down
as a yellow fever subject. A council
Of physicians is held, the general re-
suit of which is, 'Ifit is yellow fever,
il has not yet developed, and a streak
Of CONSERVATION runs through the
entire community. The house Occu-
piod BY the unfortunate is Shunned
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Personal and Political.

Harry Palmer, of che firm of Jarrett
y Palmer, dramatic managers, died in
London on the 10Th inst.
Representative Alexander H. Ste,
phens is now talked of as the Demo
cratic candidate for governor of Geo
gia.
! Mr.. Clarkson N. Potter, it is assert
ed, will have the management of Mr.
Tilden' 5 interests in New York politics
this fall.
A circus tent and gospel tent were
pitched side by side at Holyoke, Mass.
and the voices of clown and preacher
we're mingled.
The law of Ohio does not allow can.
didates to " treat !" voters, but the law
can be lodged by the candidate draw
ing the cork and asking voters to
treat themselves.
On the return of a couple to Sims
bury, Conn, from wedding tour. a
party of girls met them at the train,
put them into the carriage, took hold
Of the shafts and drew them to their
new home.
Water delinquents are quite nu-
merous in Philadelphia, apparently.
The roll of water renters who are in
default is reported at nearly fifteen
thousand, some of them of four years
delinquency.
Texas may not pay as much atten-
ton to higher education as some of
her sister States, but when it comes to
teaching young ideas how to shoot
with neatness and dispatch, she is
concededly without rival,
General Joe Johnston thinks, from
present appearances, that the Demo
cratic party will win next year. Allen
G. Thurman is the choice of Vir-
ginia, but Hendricks, Bayard and
Tilden also have friends there.
At a recent French ball the women
were given books of checks on which
were printed, GOOD for the -th
dance" These we're filed Out, signed,
ana given to intended partners, who
presented them at the proper time for
redemptioIS
The friends Of Mr.. Thompson, SEQ
retary of the navy, announce that he
will be a candidate for the Republican
nopipation for governor in Indiana,
with the intention of succeeding, If
possible, Mr.. McpaReld in the United
States senate,
An interesting reunion was that of
five sisters at Stratham; New Hamp-
shire, few days ago, whose ages
ranged from Sc to Y, aggregating S9l
years. They are all in good health
and promise 10 furnish some centena-
Fians from among their number.
Baron Lionel De RothschiId. dur
ing the struggle which ended with his
acceptance as member for the city of
London, on one occasion when he had
been returned, but was not permitted
to take his seat, was addressing A
crowd of electors and non-electors, to
whom he said, Il stand here the
chosen Of the people, and a voice
iFqm the crowd shoted out, 80 stood
Barabbas,