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Year: 1879

How it came about that 5000 Confed-
crate soldiers cheered Justify for " Fight
ing Joe Hooker" is explained by the
editor of the Rural SIN NASHVILLE,
Tenn, who was a prisoner at Rock
Island, H., during the severe winter of
1s63-64. The general visited the mill
tary prison one day, and all the inmates
were drawn up in line for inspection.
His keen eye seemed to scan every man
from head to heel, as he slowly passed
before them, and at the upper end of
the lines the party halted. The general,
half-wheeling his horse, lifted his
plumed hat with as much knightly grace
as if they had all been courtiers, and a
soft expression passed over his face
as he said, Young gentlemen, l am
sorry, very sorry for you, and hope soon
our differences will be settled, so that
you all can return safely home again"
Simple as the expression was, it was so
different from those they had been ac-
customed to hearing from the COM
mander of the prison that it touched the
hearts of the ragged Rebs " like cur
rent of electricity, and Instantly 5000
throate gave msty cheer for Joe
Hooker,
Year: 1879

Mr.. Raymond Knowles, the superin-
tendent of the Thistle cotton mills, in
Leicester, Md, met his death in sim
gular and shocking manner. Some of
the hands in the sixth story of the mill
had been lowering cotton by the eleva-
tor to the lower floor. Mr.. Knowles,
wishing to go to the upper floor, placed
his foot in the hook of the rope by
which the cotton had been lowered, ana
shouted, "Here goes; hoist aw y"
Those above, thinking that he was jok-
ing, and did not intend to go up in that
way, started the steam windlass, and
Mr.. Knowles was jerked up to the roof
of the building. The impetus was so
great that it was impossible TO arrest
his ascent, and the top OF his head struck
the roof with such force that his skull
was crushed. The first intimation those
on the ground floor had of the terrible
accident was when the body OF the un-
fortunate man fell headlong from the
roof to the basement, distance of 200
feet. A physician was summoned, and
then it was ascertained that in addition
to the fracture of the skull his hip bone
had been badly fractured by the fall
and had penetrated the temoral artery,
from which his life blood poured, caus-
ing his death in about two minutes
The body was so shockingly mutilated
rs to be almost unrecogniSable, even by
| his family,
Year: 1879

At recent concert 1t was the subject OF re-
mark that in what fine "voice" the singers
were; in commencing his good Judgment the
leader will pardon US for whispering that he
always srecommends DIR. Bull 8 Cough Syrup for
clearing and strengthening the voice,
Year: 1879

BLACK SILKS WE'RE NEVER CHEAPER THAN
NOW AND THE PROBABILITIES ARE NEVER WILL
BE so CHEAP AGAIN. OUR ADVICE, THEREFORE,
TO LADIES WISHING A GOOD, sERVICEABLE SILK
DRESS Is BUY NOW, SAVE MONEY. AND sECUH ne
AN ARTICLE LARGELY EXCEEDING IN VALUE
WHAT YOU PAY FOR 1T.


ON MONDAY WE SHALL OFFER SEVERAL elsADhS
OF SUPERIOR BLACK DRESS SILKS AT IHE BUD
Year: 1879

You've heard Of machines flying in the
air of course. But now comes word of ma
chimes worked by air. These new engines
are usel to drag heavy trains, empty when
going into, but filled with broken stone
when coming out of, the great tunnel now
being cut between Switzerland and Italy,
under Mount ST. Goth ard.


1t would be almost impossible to keep the
air fresh in the tunnel, so far underground,
if steam engines were used for cutting the
rock for the would make so much heat
gas and smoke that men could not work in
there at all


But these new machines do better, for
they are worked by air instead of steam and
the air that escapes after being used in
them is good to breathe. 1t is common air
but it was first first forced by water power
into huge iron reservoirs, until there was
great deal more in them than there was in
the same space outside. The reservoirs
have to be tight and strong, or the air would
burst them and escape.


The squeezed or compressed air is drawn
off int part of the new machine which
loDks like a big steam boiler, and it is then
let into the working parts as wanted, rush
ing out with great force and making the
machinery move, and drag the car, much in
the way that steam would. - slack in the
Pulpit" St. Nicholas for March.
Year: 1879

On the morning of the Sth, just before the
commencement of the fighting as Gen.
Jackson was surveying the line of battle,
wealthy French merchant of New Orleans
drove up to the lines and requested an inter
view with the General On reaching his
presence Jackson demanded of the French.
man the object of his visit.


Il come said he, 'to demand of you the
return to the city of my cotton which you
have taken to make your breastworks'


'Ah,' said Old Hickory, 'can you point
out the particular bales that are your prop
erty?


'Oui, Monsieur, certainment- zat is my
cotton and zat is my cotton pointing to
many balls in the near vicinity,


WELL" said Old Hickory, if that is your
property you have just come in time to pro-
tect and defend it, and calling to the cor
poral he ordered him to bring him a spare
musket, and giving it to the Frenchman, he
told him to stand and defend his property
At the same time he gave the corporal an
| order to shoot the fellow down if he at.
| tempted to run. There is no doubt but that
the Frenchman was glad that his cotton wa,
there to screen him from the British bul.
lets.
Year: 1879

The earnestness with which Darwin ad-
vanced his theory that man is descent of
the monkey, has caused many able thinkers
to look into the matter. This theory, as
matter of course, will never become a com.
mon belief, but investigation upon this
point, as upon all others, reveals many curl.
Gus things.


Not long ago Chimpanzee died at the
Philadelphia Geological Garden, and DIR.
Henry G. Chaplin, its owner, is making an
examination of its remains. The doctor is
giving the result of his investigation to the
Academy of Natural Science, and on We'd
nesday evening last he said that what struck
him especially, in dissecting the neck was
the remarkable similarity between it and
the neck OF the human being, the general
distribution of the muscles being the same,
as was also the same with the muscles of the
forearm, arm and hand. The nervous sys-
TEN is the same in the chimpanzee as in
man to very great extent. The upper ex-
tremities of the chimpanzee are more like
those of man, but the lower extremities are
more like those of a gorilla The lower ex.
tremities of the gorilla are more like those
of man than are those of the chimpanzee
The digestive organs of the chimpanzee are
also about the same as in man, as we'll as the
arrangement OF ''e peritoneum. The doctor
stated that the examination of the brain o
the chimpanzee interested him more thar
anything else, and he proved that the Ger
ebrum did not cover the cerebellum, as il
the brains of the lower order of monkeys
In man it does, and the doctor said tina
man was more like the lower monkeys thai
he is like the chimpanzee, as far as the brail
is concerned.
Year: 1879

A touching story of childs heart is told
by the Pittsburg Telegraph. A young man
who had been on three-day' debauch wan
dered into the reading room of hotel,
where h, was well known, sat down, and
stared moodily into the street. Presently
little girl of about ten years came in and
looked timidly about the room. She was
dressed in rags, but she had sweet, intelli-
gent face that could scarcely fail to excite
sympathy. There were five persons in the
room, and she went to each begging. One
gentleman gave her a five cent piece, and
then she went to the gentleman spoken of
and asked him for penny, adding, i
haven't had anything to eat for whole
day The gentleman was out of humor and
he said Grossly: Don't bother me 90 away!
| haven't had anything to eat for three
days The child opened her eyes in shy
wonder and stared at him for moment,
and then walked slowly toward the door,
She turned the knob, and then, after hesitat.
ing few seconds, walked up to him, and
gently laying the five cents she had received
on his knee, said with tone of true girlish
pity in her voice, IF you haven't had any
thing to eat for three days you take this and
buy some bread. Perhaps l eau get some
more somewhere The young fellow
blushed to the roots of his hair, and lifting
the Sister of Charity in his arms kissed hel
two or three times in delight. Then he
took her to persons in the room, and tc
those in the corridors and the office, and tolG
the. story and asked contributions, giving
himself all the money he had with him. II,
succeeded in raising over $40, and sent the
little one on her way rejoicing.
Year: 1879

London has been thrilled by burglars
exploit. Pease, burglar, was in a third
class compartment ofa railway train with
two warders. The train was running from
London to Sheffield. At Peterborough he
got off the train, and was with difficulty
forced to reenter. He then,remained quiet
for some time, but when about twelve miles
from Sheffield he asked that the windows Of
the carriage might be opened. This was no
sooner done than the burglar took a dive out
through the aperture. One of the wardens
succeeded in catching him by one foot, For
two miles he hung downward suspended by
one foot and making downward terrific
struggles to free himself. In vain he wrig-
gled for although his captors we're unable to
catch the other foot, both held him as in Q
vice. But one contingency they had not
provided against Pease wore spring boots,
and the one on which his fate seemingly de-
pended on came off. The burglar fell heavi-
ly on the foot board of the carriage and roll
ed off on the railway. Three miles further
on the train stopped and the wardens went
back to the scene of escape. Here they
found Pease unconscious in the snow, bleed
ing from wound in his head. He was at
once placed on slow train which was pass
ing at the time and conveyed to Sheffield.
During the time he was struggling with the
warders the warder who had one hand free
and the passengers of the other compart.
ment who were witnessing the scene from
the windows of the train were indefa tigu-
able in the efforts to attract the attention of
the guard by means of the communication
cord, but with no result. For two miles the
unfortunate man hung head downward, and
for three miles further the train ran until it
stopped at an ordinary resting place. The
incident illustrates the worthlessness Of
check strings on the the English railways.
Saunders Irish Daily News says: For
twenty years the public have cried aloud
against the absence of a means of commun-
ication between passengers, drivers and
guards of trains, and yet to this hour the
evil is staring us full in the face. Some
companies have cords that will not act 9TH
ers have no cords at all ; few have elabor-
ate, costly and scientific apparatus, electric
or otherwise which the ordinary passenger
does not understand and fears to touch; and
yet there are hundreds, perhaps thousands,


of passengers in this country who have trav-
eed in America and seen in operation there
the inexpensive, simple and efiicacious plan


which our railway directors will not adopt
Year: 1879

Behold this ruin Here's skull
Once of ETHEREAL spirit full;


This narrow cell was life's retreat,
This space was Thoughts mysterious seat
What beauteous pictures filed this spot
What dreams of pleasure, long forgot
Nor hope, nor joy, nor love- nor fear,
Have left one trace of record here.
Beneath this mould ring canopy,
Once shone the bright and busy eye;
But start not at the dismal void
If social love that eye employed.
lfwith no lawless fire it cleaned,
But through the dews of kindness beamed
That eye shall be for ever bright.
When stars and suns have lost their light
Here in this silent cavern, hung
The ever ready, tuneful tongue;
If falsehood's = honey it disdained
And where it could not praise was chained
If bold in virtues cause it spoke,
And gentle concord never broke,
This silent tongue shall plead for thee,
When time unveils eternity
Perhaps the heart pulsated here,
That always bled to think the tear
Ofwidow's grief and orphan woe
So oft in this cold world should flow,
And oft alone in thoughtful mood
Hath raised a fervent prayer to God
That he would soothe the troubled breast
With grief and penury oppressed
Say, did these fingers delve the mined,
Or with the envied rubies shine?
To hew the rock or wear the gem,
Can nothing now avail to them;
But if the page of truth they sought,
Or comfort to the mourner brought,
These hands richer need shall claim
Than all that wait on wealth or fame
Avails it whether bare or shod
These fee the paths of duty trod?
If from the bowers of ease they fed
To seek affections humble shed,
If lfgrandeur's guilty bribe they spurned,
And home to virtues lap returned,
These feet with angel wings shall vie,
And tread the palace Of the sky
Year: 1879

Poor Herbert How | wish you did not
have to slave so at that horrible store from
morning till night! said his wife, as, with a
fond caress, she seated herself on her hus-
bands knee, and gently stroked the auburn
locks from his sloping brow. And the
grave, stern man of business understood her
at once, and answered; well, Susie what
is it-a bonnet or what? Go light on me
for money is scaroer than ever
Year: 1879

Thomas Kirlin, an employee of West
Chester rolling mill, hung his vest up near
the fire the other day, The corner of the
vest that contained pocket into which he
had stuffed $50 greenback was, of course
the one to catch fire first. 1t did, and burn
ed the money to a crisp the other paris OF
the garment escaping,
Year: 1879

A correspondent tells story about Judge
Kent that is interesting. A case of burg
larry was being tried before him. The pris-
oner's name was Cowdry, and the evidence
showed that he had cut hole through q
rubber tent in which several persons were
sleeping, large enough to admit his
arm and head, and distracted several
articles of value. HIS counsel took the
ground that the prisoner, having only reached
into the tent had not entered" it, and that
on this technicality the defendant should be
discharged.


In his charge to the jury, Judge Kent,
with grim smile, alluded to the plea of the
prisoners counsel, and instructed them that
if they were in doubt as to the guilt of the
whole man, they might bring him in guilty
as far as they judged the evidence would
warrant, and the jury, after brief period of
consultation, brought in verdict against
Thomas Cowdry, the prisoner at the bar, of
guilty to the full letter of the indictment as
to his right arm, his right shoulder, and his
head. The judge sentenced the arm, the
shoulder, and the head of said Thomas
COwdry to imprisonment at hard labor in
state prison for the term of two years. The
prisoner might do with the remainder of his
body what he pleased.-Bdngor NE. Whig.
Year: 1879

thrust under my nose mt all hours Of the day,
and generally Gfnned into my ears f0r the
better or worse part OF the night, Ny house
is one OF two that take up the space on the
street and Vermont Avenue. The other side
Of q, forming d frontage OF about 140 feet
with depth OF about 100, is occupied by
collection OF seventeen negro shantles ten
anted by about ninety negroes OF all ages,
sexes and conditions, huddled together In
every imaginable absurdity Of groteslle
sauaior and reeking with every abomination
OF thriftless filth and noisome vagabondaRe
These shaEties average about twelve feet
square, should say, and their tenantry
averages at least six to the shanty. There
Is mot the slightest pretense OF sewage or
of sanitary regulation whatever, whereby
the locality stands


RIPE FOR THE FIRST Epidemic


of yellow fever. smallpox or cholera that
may come along; ready upon the first breath
of cOntagion to DO turned into q breeding hole
Of pestIience to desolate the neghborhood; !;
which, by the way, for many squares around
is filled with fine residences and inhabited by
Industrious and welI-to-do white people. There
Is not another city In the civilized world that
would tolerate such fetid nest Of stenches
and denominations In the midst OF a populous
section of cIeanly houses and respectable
families. The negroes themselves who bur-
roY In this filth are, not to blame
miserable deceptions Of Radical philan-
thropy, and they can find neither re-
sources for decent livelihood nor means
of getting away. The property they encum-
Der ia owned by man who will neither sell
at fair price nor build, but seems to be keep
Ing up this lazzaretto In the midst OF q decent
neighborhood In the hope that ultimately the
insufferablity Of the nuisance will compel
the neighborhood to club together and buy
be libelous to term this sort Of thing black
mailing; but In default Of that word | am at
o loss for another wherewith to characterize
II fitly.


Take this sample, multiply indefinitely and
spread it to every quarter OF the corporation
OF Washington, In forms more or less aggra-
vated and you have some idea Of what four
teen years of Radical philanthropy have
made OF the Washington negro; In the very
shadow Of the Capitol where the fifteenth
amendment was incubated, and In sight Of
the White House where the proclamation OF
freedom was signed. A. y. b.
Year: 1879

The Weccacoe Active Association
grand ball in Webster's Dancing Aca-
deny, this evening will, no doubt be
one of the leading events of the season.
First-class music will be in attend
ance, and each lady participating in
the grand march will be presented
with very handsome and costly pro.
gram. Do not fail to attend as ample
opportunities will be offered all for
passing a pleasant evening.
Year: 1879

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
I<the undersigned petitioners will make
application to the County Commissioners
at their next session to have Examiners
appointed to ascertain and report whether
the public convenience requires that q
County Road should be constructed from
a point near the wire fence on the Nation
al road convenient to the lane leading to
Curtin NJ Graham's, leaving the aforesaid
lane at the most accessible place in the
Piney Woods, and running thence through
the lands of the Consolidation coal compa-
ny to a point near John Kirby's weigh
scales, close to Hoffman Hollow and from
said weigh scales to intersect at the he ad
OF Hoffman Hollow hill the road leading to
Pompey Smash. THOMAS BROWN,


MICHAEL CLARK,


May 17--3t JOSEPH FATKIN.
Year: 1879

DE. HALLS HEALTH MAxIMs.-
The failure to wear wooden flannel
next to the skin is most frequent
cause of rheumatism.


A six-penny sandwich, eaten leis-
urely in the cars, is better for you
than dollar dinner, bolted at eia-
ton.


Every intelligent and humane par
ent will arrange that the family room
and the sleeping chambers shall be
the most commodious, highest and
brightest apartments in his dwelling.


Eat your meals with an unanxious,
unannoyed and cheerful heart, and
consider him, her or it your worst
enemy that interferes in this direc-
ton for passion anxiety, alarm, NOR
ti6cation, instantly arrest digestion.


When the stomach is about to be
distressed by an improper meal, ma
ture sometimes excites the most earn
est longings for an acid of some kind,
and such persons should always have
some good vinegar on hand, although
tart fruit or grapes are a great deal
better.


Persons in health do not need any
pepper in the food, but to those of
weak and languid stomachs, it is man
fold more beneficial to use cayenne
pepper at meals than any form Of
of wine brandy, or beer that can be
name,l, because it stimulates without
the reaction of sleepiness or debility.


Do not enter sick chamber on an
empty stomach, nor remain as a
watcher or nurse until you feel al
most exhausted, nor sit between the
patient and the fire, nor in the direc-
ton of current of air from the pa
tient and the fire, nor in the direction
Of a current of air from the patient
towards yourself, nor eat or drink any
thing after being in sick room until
you have rinsed your mouth thor
oughly.


WHAT's the difference between q
Year: 1879

A FACT WORTH KNowING.-Set a
pitcher of ice water in q room inhab-
tied, and in few hours it will have
absorbed nearly all the perspiration
gases of the room, the air of which
will have come purer but the water
utterly filthy. This depend upon
the fact that the water has the faculty
of condensing, and thereby absorbing
nearly all the gases. At ordinary
temperature, pint of water will con-
tain pint of carbonic acid gas and
several pints of ammonia. This ca
pacity is nearly doubled by reducing
the temperature to that CT ice. Hence
water kept in q room while ID al
ways unfit for use, and should be Of
ten removed, whether 1t has become
warm or not. And for the same
reasons the water in q pump shou!d
be pumped out in the morning before
any is uaed. That which has stood
in pitcher over night is not fit for
coffee water in the morning. Impure
water is as injurioust> health as in
pure air, and every person should
provide the means Of obtaining fresh,
pure water for all domestic uses.
Year: 1879

The following details Of recent at
tempt to feed a python now at the Raf-
fles Museum, Singapore, may be of
interest as upsetting previous ideas as
to the certainty of that reptiles attack ;
The python in question is fine speci-
men, caught Oh the island for the sake
of the reward given by the police in
such cases, and measures about % feet
in length. 1t has been in my charge
for about two and half months, dur
ing which time it has not been fed.
About 10 days since it commenced cast
ing its skin, and, as is usual after that
proceeding, was unusually lively,
swapping at a stick put into the cage,
and in one or two instances narrowly
missing the attendants hand. The
reptile, | should mention, escaped from
its cage just before casting, but having
takeh refuge beneath some odds and
ends of timber near the museum, was
recaptured without difficulty, and was
then placed in cage about five feet
square every way. A pariah dog hav-
ing been obtained, it was introduced,
muzzled, into the cage, the muzzle be-
ing then slipped. While entering the
snake struck twice at the dogs hind
quarters, but without seizing 1t. The
dog crept into a corner and sat down.
Two or three more blows were then
made by the snake, but, as before with
out gripping, and the dog was then seen
to have been struck by the teeth on the
fore-quarters, the punctures slightly
bleeding. For nine successive times
the snake struck at the dog with the
same ill-success, and as 1t was then
growing dark, the shutter of the cage
was closed, Early next morning the
snake was found coiled round the dog,
which it had killed and commenced to
swallow; but Malay attendant having
touched the python with a rod, it un-
twined itself and retreated to corner
of the cage, refusing to again touch Its
prey.
Year: 1879

Professor A.. Allen, of Cambridge,
states that he saw large number of
toads taken from the mud of well
which had been closed for twenty years
The animals were apparently liieless,
being quite motionless but after being
drawn up and exposed TO the air their
legs began to twitch after few mo-
ments and their eyes slowly to open
and close. In two or three minutes
they so far recovered as to hop about,
and shortly after became as bright If
they had not been sound asleep for the
last score of years. The tempera-
ture of the mud in which they were
found was about 40 degrees which was
no doubt maintained throughout the
year, and as this is very nearly to that
Of ponds corresponds where hibernate
in winter, Professor Allen thinks that
this prolonged torpidity was caused by
a continued uniformity of temperature
and that he sees no reason why 1t
should not have been protracted indeh-
nltely.