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Year: 1872

A Des Moines paper says; Mr.. Strong,
who is now playing with the Irwin troup in
this city, was last season the eroant of DE
Haven's circus and made several hundred
ascensions, some of which were fraught
with narrow escapes. In the ascension that
Mr.. Strong made from Shellbar, Mo-, he
met with peculiar accident.


All was ready for the aerial trip, and Just
as he was about to step into the basket,
some of the men at the ropes let 90, trip
ing him up and he hung by his legs, tang
led in the cords. For as.moment the bal
loon swayed to and fro, and Mr. Strong
caught at the first object he could grasp,
and that was lady, catching her around
the waist just as the balloon leaped into
the air


Up they went in this strange position,
with the crowd looking on in breathless
horror, The lady thus unwillingly taken
aloft, tainted and hung dead weight in
his arms, but Mr.. Strong kept his presence
of mind, and being an accomplished @ro-
naut, at last made the descent, landing the
lady safely amid the cheers of the assem-
bled thrOng.
Year: 1872

A natural curiosity exists in Decatur, in
the shape of dog that never barked in his
life, but instead of indulging in the vocal
exercise common to the canine family, each
morning initiates the growing of rooster.
His owner accounts for this strange pecu-
liarity by stating that the dog was born and
bred in the country, and from his earliest
puphood was separated from all other ours,
enjoying only the companionship of barn
yard fowls. Hearing no other sounds so
frequently as the growing Of the cocks, and
doubtless never knowing that his species
enjoyed the sole ownership Of another and
different sort of music, he began to initiate
the matutinal exercises of his feathered
companions, in which he has at last acquir-
ed proficiency which surprises and
charms every one who has had the felicity
Of listening to his performances.
Year: 1872

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10 ne Editor Of the State Journal


To-day, being quite arctic in its aspect,
with flying, falling srlow-fakes, and drifted
banks OF solid water to keep one within
doors, 1t occurred to us that little gossip
might eof partial interest to your readers !;
SO we have seated ourself to the task, not
sure but that the bleak and weary waste of
sepulchered nature may tinge with dissatis-
faction the few lines we propose to write.
The weather in these parts is not all that
one could wish, but, as the Irishman said
at the death OF his wife, sit might be
worrus." What the noble Celt meant we
have not been able to discover, but there is
as much dlmness in our own mind about
the weather as there is about his express
ION.


Inc county court has changed the time
OF It's session from the fourth Tuesday to
the third Wednesday. Our five townships
nave been consolidated into three, and, OF
course, there will be another registration;
indeed SO much accustomed are we to
these kinds OF changes that we begin to
have serious fears for the safety Of the
country, unless we are ordered to turn
out and register once in every three or four
weeks. AT the last court there were seve-
rai cases OF MINOR importance being en-
tireiy OF evil, or more properly, UNI
civil character. The great point Of differ
Year: 1872

ANEcDoTE OF GREELEY.-Among the
good stories told at the expense of Mr.
Gresley's chirography is this: Years ago.
when a young man, he received a poem
from a young lady in Vermont. He strong
ly suspected that all poetry was nonsense,
especially if the lines did not square at
both ends, and as this particular poem did
not come up to his peculiar mechanical
standard for such literature, he threw it in
the waste basket, and wrote to the author
that he thought she would do better to
marry the first honest man that offered her
his hand, and mind his hose and tend his
babies, than to rack her brain in trying
to write rhymes that nobody would read.
The poor girl received the cruel letter, but
could not decipher only the writer's name.
She showed it to her mother, and she too
was non-plussed. a council of inquiry was
held over the strange document, which was
finally interpreted as proposal to marry
the author of the rejected rhymes. After
some inquiry into the character of MIR.
Greeley, the proposal was accepted, great
ly to the surprise Of the young editor, who
was so much pleased with the prize he had
won that he bought the white hat and
overcoat he has worn ever since, and wa:
married forthwith.
Year: 1872

die. Hers was probably one of the
cases " too far gone to be arrested by any
human agencies or by the most favorable
climate. The most careful, intelligent ad-
vice Of the physician skilled in the knowl-
edge and treatment of pulmonary diseases
is of vital Importance before setting out
on such journey. 1t is difficult to pre-
scribe any special locality for those suffer
ing from such diseases except by physi-
clans well acquainted with the constitution
of the patient. To some Florida, to others
Minnesota, if taken in time, would be
more beneficial to all fresh air and
moderate exercise are the chief alleviators
Year: 1872

AtNew Sweden, Aroostcok county, Me.
little girl, fourteen years Old went for a
pail of water for her father, who was at
work in the woods After She had
filed her pail and was returning, she met
a bear aud three cubs in the path. The
cubs approached her as il they were in
play. She was afraid, and swinging her
pail to keep them of, backed and ran into
the woods, they following. She tried to
get away from them, but they liked her
company so well that they followed her for
several hours. She called to her father,
and he heard her and went for her, but
soon her voice could not be heard. aud he
was unable to find her. The darkness Of
the night came on without discovering his
child 1t was > o'clock, P. N, when She
went for the water. The next morn
ing a large company turned out, and after
a long search they found her several miles
from home She had carried her pail OF
water all this time, and her hand was
bleeding from the effects Of holding TO her
pail.
Year: 1872

\ young man in New York was the
victim of misplaced confidence d short
time ago. He was particularly sweet on
a very young girl, and called one evening
having previously paid her several visits.
The girls parents, thinking both too young
to keep company with each other, gave a
gentle hint to that etfect-frst. by calling
the girl out of the room, and sending her
to bed and secondly, by the lady Of the
house bringing in a huge slice of bread
tnd-bItter, spread with jam, and saying to
abe youth, in her kindest manner, There,
take this, and q home it IS a long way
and your mother Will be anxious
Year: 1872

TEACH LOVINGLY The man who never
smiles has no divine call to the Sunday
school ministry. The halfhour on the
Lords day is not the only time we teach.
\ kind word, loving look, a shake of the
hand teaches. Never pass your scholar
without Don't call Jim, Peter, when
every boly calls him Tim. Ask names and
use them. Seek out homes, and visit them.
Learn ages, companions names, as well as
those of the parents. If you are interest
ed in your scholars, they will be in you.
If you treat them well, they will you. Your
manifest love will make them study at
home bring them early to school, and keep
them IN order while there. A look from
you will often be better than dismissal.
If you are not well, they will be attentive
out Of sympathy. Ii the questions are
hard they will listen to the explanation out
of respect. If you are absent, little hands
will pull the door-bell on Monday. Thus
before you commence the lesson, their
hearts are in your hands. They have
given you what the Master wants, and
you as his servant can easily direct them
to him. BE in earnest; love always IS;
Aim at their hearts love always does.
BE personal, because you love each one
personally. Speak in tender tones. You
may find a tear on your hand. Good
That mirrors your love, and is more con-
vincing than language. The child who
sees that will say in her heart, My teacher
loves ne Teach lovingly and when the
bell rings more hearts than yours will be
sorry to hear it.-Cbristiap at Work
Year: 1872

4 STREET CAR GossIP.-A reporter Of
the Plttsburg pa Chronicle has been
listening when he ought to have been bet
ter employed. What he heard Is as
follows-We found ourselves next to two
ladies evidently on their way to attend
funeral, who, in the half hours ride, con
versed Of moth NJ but death and burial. 1t
appeared that one of them only short
time previously had been nigh unto death 5
door, and indeed she showed signs of It
yet. Her companion spoke OF the practice
Of attending funerals, and commented
severely upon persons who would put
themselves into carriages 10 the exclusion
Of nearer relatives to possibly poor fam
lily that could not afford a large turnout of
vehicles. For herself, she kept back.
unless a family that had plenty, and
consequently sufficient carriages for ALL


She spoke OF her fathers goodness in
attending funerals, and averred that he
never failed to be present at the burial OF
friend or acquaintance. Indeed said
she, papa would always 20 if il took the
last cent in the house. Aud now that you
are well, she continued. for if you were
not well [ shouldn't think Of telling you
we had it all fixed to 20 to your funeral,
for we were sure you were going TO die. -
Tne lady to whom this rather dismal news
was communicated quietly expressed
surprise but we doubt if she felt the
qualification expected by the exhibition OF
such Kindness on the part of her friend.
Year: 1872

" Shoo fly, don't bodder Us, Is now the
cry of the land. Never before have we
been 50 pestered with flies as during this
season. There certainly must be many
millions more than there were last season.
Even as we write they hit US right and
left. Just ct this moment one sits upon
the end of our nose. We have driven him
away FIVE times. He crawls from one side
to the other aud peers right into our eyes
as much as to say, I'VE are making it live
ly for you, amt we Aud, too, there
appear to be so many small ones; tiny
little fellows, but oh how active. They
don't alight gently but come against your
face and hands like hail stones, and dig
ging into the flesh with the fore feet and
kick away like " Sam Hill with their
hind feet.-Troy Times.
Year: 1872

FROM THE KNOWN TO THE UNKNowN.-
To make the unknown known, to place it
as living power in the mind of the learn
er; to plant it as growing germ in his
heart; to kindle it as a light in his under
standing; to mingle it as a new and d.
vine element with his practical purposes
and principles, and thus by its aid to nour-
ish, ilumine, and discipline the soul-this
is the very core of the teachers task.


The practical applications of this law
gsve us the following useful rules -


l. Ascertain carefully what the pupil al
ready knows Of the subject you propose to
teach.


,. Ripen, as much as possible, this
knowledge by securing from him a clear
statement of it and labor to increase the
clearness and vividness of his conceptions


3. Begin with the facts which lie near.
est to him, and the truths most clearly con
nected with those which he already knows
Thus, we begin geography with the door
yard history, with our own experience
Year: 1872

The cholera, according to a Berlin CORES
pondent, is rapidly advancing from the
interior of Russia to the Prussian border
In Berlin itself everything is now ready for
it. The sewerage is all turned into the Yater
courses, and the pestilential vapors which
arise in consequence are almost intolerable.
The arIstocratic quarters are said to be pecu-
liarIy afflicted Mortality, of course, rapidly
and steadily increases, having from 1907 to
1871 risen from q TO per cent. The pro-
gress of the cholera and the manner in which
it appears to be working its way from Russia
into Western Europe goes far to strengthen
the hypothesis alluded to in these columns q
few days ago, viz; That the cholera is
adapting itself to railway communication
and finds ready ingress over the new routes
from Persia.-ErchaEgs.
Year: 1872

Practical DIvoRCE.-Nine or ten months
ago a man named David McCune left his
family to shift for themselves and went to
Buffalo The wife heard four or FIVE months
ago that he was dead, and two months ago
she was married to man named Clark, and
they went to keeping house on the river
road. Sunday morning in walked McCune,
hearty as duke, finding the family at
breakfast. lie was going for" Clark,
when Mrs. Clark raised her voice in expla-
nation. She gave him bit of her mind
because of his leaving, and then went on to
tell him that she was no longer Mrs. Nc
Cune, but Mrs. Clark. McCune didn't faint
away, nor did he rush off and die. He said
it was all right; in fact, he was glad of it,
as he had his eye on a woman in Buffalo
who would be Mrs. McCune in ten minutes
after he got back with the news. a quart
Of beer was sent for, everybody took drink,
and the present situation will not be broken
up unless some meddler interferes.-DetrOit
Press.
Year: 1872

ROQMS STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Republican Party: State of Louis
lana, New Orleans, March 18, 1872.
TO the Republican State Of Louis


lana


The Republican State Central


Committee having, in the discharge
of the duties imposed upon it by
the last State Convention, arrived
at the regular period which has
been set apart by the usages Of the
party for it's State Conventions, and


having authorized its President to


issue the usual CALL. therefore deem


the occasion suitable to address


these brief remarks upon the politi-


cal situation to their fellow Repub-
licans. The quadrenpial election
for a President OF the United States
occurs this year. The election OF
this high officer of the Republic,
whose character and political views
are SO important, especially to the
Republicans OF the South, and whose
selection almost decides our politi-
cal fate for the next four years, and
perhaps the whole future, makes
this election one Of the deepest and
most vital interest to all our people.
We feel that we speak their unanim-
ous sentiment when we invite them
to respond to the call of the National
Republican Committee, and advise
them to send o,lr best representa-
tive men to the Philadelphia Con-
vention, to help in selecting tried,
true and unfinching Republican to
be our next President. Our State
election is also of the greatest i'm
portance. We have to elect a Gov
ernor, Lieutenant Governor, Secre-
tary Of State, Auditor Of Public Ac-
counts, Superintendent Of Public
Education, Attorney General, a new
General Assembly, and Representa-
tives in Congress. In fact, this
election is to determine q question
still more important to us than
who shall be the next President. Il
is to determine for the next four
years whether the State government
shall be Republican or Democratic !;
in favor Of equal rights, or against
them !; in favor Of progress, educa-
ton and improvement for all peo-
pie, black as well as white, or in
favor only of white progress educa-
ton and improvement, and opposed
to equal advantages for the black
people ; whether we shall retain all
that We have won and 60 forward,
or whether we shall lose all and 60
back to where we were at the close
of the war.


We wish plainly and distinctly to
understand the fact that all parties
opposed to the Republican party,
whether under the name Of Demo
Gratis, Reformers, Peoples party, or
any other title whatever, are simply
the old Democratic party under q
new name, and have for their OBJ
ject but one thing, that is to throw
the State government out of the
control of the Republican party and
into the hands of their enemies.
Our people will also see that to de-
feat the strong and determined eff
forts Of the enemy to again get
control of the State, one thing ia
the great essential, that all Repub-
licans shall be UNITED AND
WORK TOGETHER. IF we do
this, victory is certain.


To this end We cordially invite all
true and earnest Republicans, With
Year: 1872

xI0SlUo0Gs


WILLIAM V1oERs, Recording Secretas.
State Central Committee. =.
How the Blind have Fallen.


After the war of the rebellion
closed certain high strong Southern
people concluded that they could nc
longer live in = country that was
subjected to the despotism Of gov
erning itself. Their self-respect re-
fused to maintain itself. in q com
munity that allowed negroes all the
rights of citizenship. Some Of these
people went to- Brazil, where they
proposed to regain their favorite
institution of slavery in bloom as it
had Aourished in the South. They
had to be brought home at the ex-
pense of the government they de-
serted and despised. Others went
to Belize. Honduras, only to dis
cover that there the negro was a
greater favorite than they could
ever hope to be. Others went to
Mexico, and we're confounded by
being subjected to negro officers.
A large colony sought comfort and
absence in Peru. The latest news
from this latter colony represents
the Southern fugitives in Peru as
being in the most forlon condition.
They never realized a single bless
ing that they hoped for in their
fight. The climate was against
them, the. language was against
them, their lack of enterprise was
against them, they had no capacity
to work, the wages were merely
nominal, the people were strangers
to them and to their ways of life, and.
now they constitute a little colony
in that far off country that is really
pitiable to look upon. Most of these
Southerners have become intem-
perate, dissolute, debauched. They
live in the most squalid quarter of
the city Of Lima, hangers-on about
a whisky-shop that flaunts the sign
Of 'Dixie's Land over it's deathly
portals. =.


The New York World furnishes
us with this news from our Peruvian
refugees, and strange to say no ac-
cusing conscience agitates the Or
gans of the Democracy. to attempt
to rescue the desolate men whose
minds they poisoned with their per-
nicious teachings until they fled
from land they were made to be-
lieve was accursed. Half the South
was ready at one time to seek in
self-banishmentth the safety and peace
that they were told no longer be
found in the United States. And
now the same terrible stories are
repeated to distract and unsettle
other weak and unredecting citizens.
Night and morning the dismal song
is sung that the country is being
ruined, liberty is being trampled un-
der foot, ignorance is being put
above intelligence, vice raised above
virture. All of which is false, or else
the men who say do are false to
their own honor and self-respect
that they SO not take themselves
and their families beyond the reach
of the desolation and wickedness
which they preach about. Verify it
isa heavy load they have upon"their
souls who have thus driven some to
despair and others to the grave
lbervtl2e Neaus.


!
Year: 1872

The scene of the following little romance is
near Powder Spring Gap, Granger county, at
the foot of Clinch Mountain. The principleac ac-
tors in the drama were Parson Shavers, his two
daughters, and young man formerly from this
county by the name of Robert Foster. 1t ap-
pears that young Foster had been paying his at
tentions TO one of the Parsons girls, and repeat


edly urged her to share his fortunes, which she
was not loath to do but for the positive dinial of
her fond parent. The old gentlemen even went
so far as to keep her confined and in secret from
her lover, forbidding him admission to his house.
Things went on in this way for some time, the
two lovers, however, meeting for few moments
on different occasions, and renewing their vows
of fidelity to each other, she promising to say
yes to any interrogations a preacher or esquire
might make to her at any chance opportunity:
For the good fortunes Of the young man, 1t
seems that the neighbors were all deeply. inter-
ested in his success, thinking, no doubt that
such constant devotion as his should meet
with the reward of possessing her hand,
the heart being his already Now it seemed
that the old gentleman who is hard working
man as we'll as preacher, had some shingles to
split some distance from the house, and accord
ingly started out thatday for that purpose. This
becoming known to some of his neighbors, they
Immediately informed the lover, the license
were procured in haste and Esquire Thurley,
who is always ready for such occasions, was
notified of the situation of things and the whole
party, accompanied by some friends proceeded
to the house of the parson. The intended bride,
of course was ready to fulfill her promise, and
was willingly led before the Esquire, who in the
quickest possible manner, pronounced them
man and wife, The ceremony had not been
concluded too soon, for the old gentleman made
his appearance abouttha time. We leave the rea,
der to conjecture his surprise at finding himself
out-generaled. He now had but the one daugh-
ter left, but Lere was trouble again. She, too,
was being visited by young man, to which he
was opposed, and fearing q like result he at
once ordered her to get ready for trip, and ac-
pelling her to do likewise, for jamestown, Fen
tress county, distance of 128 miles. He has
Just returned, and we learn that certain young
man in that neighborhood emplates a jour
ney before long We hardly think that the old
man will be present at the second wedding.
Year: 1872

The court house was well filed last night to
hear workingman's speech from David Rich
ards We sincerely regret that the extreme
it impossible to give the notice his speech de-
serves: In his own peculiar but often eloquent
and affecting style he demonstrated that the
Republican party was the workingman's party,
for it had done more to advance their interests
than any other; lie spoke Of the great advan
how wages had increased under RenubIican
policy. 1t was a capital speech bristiinr with
good hints, good sense and stubborn facts
Year: 1872

Yesterday Administrator Cockrem and
Surveyor Bell subjected the levees on tie
right bank of the river to critical inspec-
ton. They were found to be firm, and OF
sufficient strength to resist any pressure
likely to be made upon them.


The Department of Improvement has
given great attention to these levees, and
by incessant watchtulness and care has
brought them to degree Of perfection they
have not exhibited before in years.


The work on the canals is still proceeding
as rapidly as the circumstances will permit.
In the course of few months the Galvez
draining canal will receive all the surface
water from the central portion Of the city.
It's enlarged capacity will render it an III
valuable auxiliary for sewerage purposes.


There was little business of importance
going Oh at the Hall yesterday. Nearly all
of the Administrators were absent.
Year: 1872

When they came before the Committee on
Appropriations last year they told us that
if we would give them $500, 600 they would
take the old site and put up the necessary
public buildings without any further cost.


/ have given these figures and made
these statements in order to arouse the
attention of the House to this tendency,
into which fall just as much as any other
member of the House, to add constantly
and continually to these expenditures OF
the government