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Year: 1871

OUR RalLRoAD.-We have been assured
from parties who should know, that the diff
ferenees in the company building the Little
Rock and Fort Smith Railroad, and which has
Tor the past two months retarded the progress
OF the work, has been amicable adjusted, and
that work will actively resume, and the road
TO TINS place Will be finished by September.
we have never yet felt that operations on the
road could long be suspended--and we are
now glad to be reassurcd that active work
VIII be soon commenced. The company have
already iron sufficient at Little Rock TO COM
plete the road to ten miles this side of Clarks-
vile, which will be Immediately done.
Year: 1871

eF We understand, that there is an attempt
to make political capital against the Rev. HA-
GAN GREEN, tor publishing his communication
in our paper. As there was no other paper
here and as we were solicited, we gave Mr..
GREEN and RUrHERFoRD space, to appeal to
their colored friends through the Press. The
attempt of few white Radicals to cry
their colorcd friends down as "rebel SYM
pathizers won't win. The colorcd people
are beginning to open their eyes and to see
and act for themselves
Year: 1871

icy The friends of the colored school gave
the scholars Pic Mic on Thursday last. The
day was cold and wet, nevertheless q good
turn out was had. They all met at the school
house and formed procession and drove
through Main and other streets with music,
to the grounds some three OF four miles from
town. Everything passed pleasantly
Year: 1871

The number of suicides and attempts at
suicide of late have become perfectly star
tling. Hardly week has passed for months
that we have not had to record an unfortu-
nate case of death from this cause. The SUBJ
jcct Of this notice WA. German by the name
of Henry Bartling. SO years OF age. about five
feet eight inches in height. light hair, and
rather heavily built. He resided in the
western part OF the city, and followed the
trade of a scissors grinder. -


As the story goes, Bartling was married
to q woman reported to be we'll off in this
worlds goods, but the two never lived hap
PLY together, although he is said to have
been greatly attached to his wife.


Some time. in July, 1870, Bartling was
sent to the chain-gang to serve twelve
months for some offence of which he had
been adjndged guilty. While there be be-
haved himself well. and won the good will
of the officers who had him in charge and
under whom he worked. Several times,
however, he expressed the intention of
taking his own life, and on more than one
occasion asked for razor with which to
cut his throat. During his idle time he
amused himself in the manufacture OF va
rious articles; among the number was an
ordinary plated whip-thong made Of leath-
er. 1t was with this that he took his life.
He was discharged from Jail on Monday
last, and went Immediately to his former
homo, hoping to find his wife, but she in
the meantime had left for parts unknown,
and it is stated sold all of the household
furniture. This, it is thought, had such
an effect upon him that he commenced
drinking again, and it was while intoXi-
Gated that he was arrested and locked up,
as detailed in the DISPATCH of Saturday.


Shortly before II O'Clock on Friday night,
Sergeant Smoot had occasion to remove
him from cell No. in which he had first
been placed, in order to make room for
other prisoners who had been brought in.
Opening the door, the officer called to
Bartling, who made no response, and on
going i'll, found him standing with his back
TO the door, his face resting on his arm,
which was laid on the window sill. One
end Of the leather was fast to the iron graf
ing over the window, and the other tight
around his ncck-the man stiff and dead.
1t was evident from his position that his
neck had not been broken, but that he had
really met his death by strangulation.


On Saturday, morning, between g and I
O'Clock, an inquest was held by the Deputy
Coroner, the jury bringing in 2 verdict that
the deceased had come to his death in ac-
cordancc with the facts above recited, and
that no blame could be attached to the Of
ticers at the station-house, several o! whom
testified before the jury.
Year: 1871

HORNED BY Vicious C0w.-On Satur-
day morning two COWS, belonging to Ber-
nard Tracy, were being driven up Main
street. When near the Dispatch office, one
of them ran over to the sidewalk and
thrllsting her horns underneath lady who
was passing ut the time, completely raised
her from the ground. She fell heavily upon
the pavement, her right arm being under
her, and was considerably bruised.
Year: 1871

THE WEATHER. mentioned in the
Dispatch Of Saturday, the atmosphere was
much cooler, and on that morning the mer-
curry in the thermometer stood Mt 500 in
the open air the day, however, was clear,
and before the evening the weather was
quite pleasant. Elsewhere will be found
the range of the thermometer in our office.
Year: 1871

IMPORTANT LECTURES TO GENTLEMEN ONLY, ON


interesting invaluable and scientific subjects showing
how TO live md what to live for delivered daily the
New York Museum of Anatomy Those unable to attend
receive by forwarding rs cents to the Secretary
6l8 broadway.
Year: 1871

DR.. Dio Lewis, in his book entitled
"Our Girls" says:


II am astonished that young vo-
man who is ambitious Of . clear fine
skin, should drink tea. It is = great
enemy to fair complexion. Wine, eoaee1
and cocoa, may be used without tius'pG
the skin, but as soon as tea drink.
ing becomes regular habit, tho eys
of discriminating observer detects il
in the skin. Tea compromises the
complexion probably, by deranging the
liver. Weak tea or coffee may be uEed
occasionally without harm; and those
who live much 10 the open air, and arc
occupied with hard work, may drink
either in considerable quantities With
out noticeable harm but I advise al
young women who would preserve soft,
clear skin and quiet nerves, to avoid
all drink but cold water It is IN excel
lent practice to drink one or two glas-
es of cold water on lying down u
night, and on rising in the morning.
If you have good teeth and can help
the food into your stomach without uss.
ing any fluid, except the saliva il will
in the long run contribute to you,
health,
Year: 1871

No thou art not my first love,
1had lsved before We met,
And tho nsm'ry Of that early dream
Il pleasant to me yet.
But thou, thou art my last lovo,
My dearest and my best.
My heart but shed its outer leaves
To give thee all tho rest.
Year: 1871

There was son belonging to the
Trevelyan family, Andrew, nominally
a lawyer in London a married man of
respectable standing and profession, but
practically gambler and -a-sharper.
Perhaps, if he had been more wisely
educated, he would have turned out
more satisfactorily, but he had been
Year: 1871

The following items pertaining to
Montana are from the Pick and PtoW:


Aspecies of sugar maple is found IN
the canons Of Montana, and 1t has been
ascertained that its sap is as strongly
saccharine as the sap of the Eastern
sugar maple.
Many have seen and admired the rock
globes found on the Cannon Ball river,
which empties into the Missouri. They
are perfect spheres, varying in size from
marbles to many pounds weight. Broken
open, the center is found to closely re-
semble iron ore, and they give forth an
unmistakable metallic ring when struck
with hammer. Another stream has
been found in Casters Montana in which
these wonders abound The popular
notion of their formation is that they
are the result of descending lava, which
has been thrown up to an immense hight
by volcanic cOnvulsions-the same physi-
cal law acting that is applied in the
mannfacture of shot. FI4Iti


The county about the Great Geysers
Of the Upper Yellowstone is filed with
cougars, or mountain lions-next to the
grizzly the most dangerous and ferocious
animals of North America. They bur
row in the earth but will climb trees
with the agility of timber squirrel, and
run fast enough to capture the mountain
hare in a fair race.
Year: 1871

A correspondent relates the following
story about NJ. Gambetta: He has lost
an eye; they say so, at least, and Ger
tainly there is something queer about
one of his eyes; but, however, this is
the story: When a boy, Gambetta was
sent by his father to a Jesuit's college,
where he was to be educated. 1t would
seem little Gambetta had even then a
strong dislike for Jesuits, so he requested
his father to withdraw him from that
school. His father, however, not harken-


ing to his request, the boy declared that
if he were not taken away by a certain
day he would put out one of his eyes.
The father did not for an instant be-
lieve the lad capable of perform
ing the threat, and did not give the
matter a second thought. However, a
few DAYS afterwards he received letter
from the principal of the school inform
ing him that the boy had put out one of
his eyes. The father went to see his
son, but still refused to take him home,
upon which young Gambetta declared
that unless he did take him home he
would put out the other eye. Upon this
the father thought it advisable to give in.
Gambetta's admirers cite this as an in
stance of the mans preeoeious deter
mination and frmness of character;
others, however, cannot see in it anything
but an evidence Of an undisciplined and
unruly spirit, which has not improved
since.
Year: 1871

Minnesota papers tell sad story of a
little pirl and boy who wandered away
from the house OF their father in Morri-
son county, in that State, and subse-
ouently we're found dead by the Indians
The boy lay on his back, having aPpa-
rentlv died without much suffering The
girl had taken her rings from her ears,
and wrapping them With a lock Of her
hair in a small piece Of cloth, had put
the little parcel in her pocket, and then
lain down and died from cold, hunger
and exposure.
Year: 1871

1t is a pity every one does not
treat animals kindly, for much more
can be done with them in all ways ;
they will do as you wish them read
ily, and you become completely
master Of chem, without knowledge
on their part that they are subser-
Went to your desires. There is not
q moro Interesting sight than to see
a first,rate herdsman, ora thorough
" good shepherd, move a numerous
lot of animals and draw them out
into different yards and then per
haps into peps-one here, two there,
&C., but in every instance the right
one going into the right place, and
all this done without any hustle and
in the most regularly quiet manner
imaginable. Man, too, is an animal
and how very much better it would
be if any one having that sort of
animals around him would treat
them kindly he might, as stated
with the lower animals, become
complete master and have entire
control of them, without their feel
ing how really subordinate they
were. Overbearlng manners bcget
dislike. Bolittle a man by a foolish
arrogance, ardh he is totally discour-
AGED and becomes careless. Intact,
there is generally a greai want OF
sense in any one who tries to make
others feel inieriority; and. depend
upcn it, there is nothing better than
kind Y treatment towards, all an
imals.-Country Gentlemen.
Year: 1871

WHO .ND WHAT THEY ARE-MoRAL AND SOCIAL


CHARACTERISTICS CIVIL SERVICE REFORM


COMMIssIoN-THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF EA-


AMINATIONS-ITS RESULTS.


IRROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT


WASHINGTON, d. c., June H.-" Our standard,
tbough not very high beyond the reach Of great ma
orty Of the applicants and we have raised 1t considera
bly during the past year." said the head OF
Bureau in one OF the Departments, yesterday
in reply 10 question had put touchins
the general character and ability Of his clerks and
then he added THE work in my Bureau Is well done
but threeourh Of our present clerical force could do
unite as well were at liberty TO select only such persons
as you or would employ in our private business Ana
vet Notwithstanding this remark the civil Service sys
tenn as far II applies to this city not SO BAD ater
ALL popular prejudice, founded on sensational reports
would make it out to be- The good woman who contem
plating the noble work which the womens Christian AS
socaton Of this city doing among the downfaen re-
marked last week. with sOrrowful shake OF the head
"There are two classes which II is Impossible for US 10
reach the shop girls and the Treasury grls was not
only greatly deceived 10 the general moral socla ana
intellectual character Of one Of these classes at eas
but unintentionay, of course, did the members OF IL
very great Injustice That there have been and perhaps
now are EMPLOYED In the Departments here some men OF
bad character some women Of doubtful reputation no
one will undertake to deny, but that there are many
such that their number Is greater than VIII De iohu
among an equal number Of persons holding similar posi-
tions In private life, is not true.


The stranger visiting Washington for the first tme
he is at all Observing cannot fail TO be impressed with
the general appearance Of the mass Of people whom nc
meets on the street. Let him walk up Pennsylvania
ave. Fst or any other principal thoroughfare leading
from the Departments at 81 O'Clock in the morning or
n the afternoon and carefully notice the hundreds OF
clerks whom he will meet They are, almost without ex
cepton, an intelligent welldressed, polite set OF men
and women battle sears, empty sleeves and erutehes
are far more plentiful than the marks OF dsspaton ana
the modest ways and comparatively simple habit OF the
dead soldiers widow daughter show that, While she
earns an honest living she has not forgotten that she Is
LADY, and but for the lack OF few dollars is every way
the equal frequently the SUPERIOR OF her more or
tunate sister, 1t was often remarked during the last
Winter, when the Capitol and the Departments poured
forth their inmates at about the hour in the after
noon that the crowd coming down the Avenue need not
shrink from comparison with that going up. CLERK
must have some fitness for the position he holds-we
know to our men como TO congress
whose first qualification for the Office is yet to be dis
Year: 1871

NEW ORLEANS, July 23.-The first
through train over the New Orleans,
Jackson and Great Northern railroad,
after and interruption of over three
months, will be started from the
depot at the foot of Calliope street TO.
morrow morning. The damage to the
road by the Bonnet Care erevasse ex-
tended over a distance Of thirteen
miles. This portion OF the road is now
said to be In a better condition than
at any time previous to the food.


The weather here is warm, but the
health of thee city continues good, So
far there has not been a single case of
yellow fever heard Of in this vicinity.
Year: 1871

A single collection district of New
York, the Eighth, reports the follow
ing among its incomes for 1870
These are the poor fellows in whose
behalf the journals OF that city have
pleaded so tearfully for the repeal OF
tho income law:
Year: 1871

BADLY BURHED.-On Saturday night be-
tween and O'Clock, while a colorod girl
about seven years of age was sitting by a
wood fire In the kitchen of the residence of
Mrs. Green, in Sidney, her clothes caught
fire. She ran out into the yard, when an
old colored woman eXtingulshed the flames
with q bucket of water. 1t was afterwards
found that the girl was very badly burned,
but she will probably recover.
Year: 1871

FAIR AT P1NE-eTREET BAPTIST CHURCH.
The ladies Of Pfue-Street Baptist church
will open Fair and Feast this evening,
the church. We hope that our friends in
that portion of the city will favor the ladies
with their presence tonight.
Year: 1871

How the Arab ladies perfume them
selves is thus described by Sir Samuel
Bas q in his work on the Nile: h3's'


In the floor of the hut or tent, as it
may chance to be, small hole is exca-
waited, sufficiently large to contain a
champaign bottle. A fire of charcoal
or simply glowing embers, is made
within the hole, into which the woman
about TO be scented throws a handful
of drugs. She then takes off the
clothes or robe which forms her dress
and crouches naked over the fumes,
while she arranges her robe to fall as
mantle from her neck to the ground
like tent. She now, begins to, per-
spire freely in the hot air bath, and
the pores of the skin being open and
moist, the volatile oil from the smoke
of the burning perfumes is Immediate
ly absorbed. By the time the fire has
expired the scenting process is COM
pleted and both her person and her
robe are redolent Of incense, with
which they are SO thoroughly impfeg-
mated that have frequently ,smelt a
party of women strongly at hum
dred yards distance, when the wind
has been blowing from their direction.
This scent, which is supposed. to be
very attractive to gentlemen, is COM
posed of ginger, cloves, cinnamon,
ifrankincense and myrrh, species of
sea weed brought from the Red Sea,
and lastly the horny disc which covers


the aperture when the shellfish. with


draws itself from the shell. The pro-


portions of the ingredients in the


mixture are according to taste. gHifn0s
Year: 1871




The captain of one of the largest
steamboats, running on the Potomac
was astonished one day lately, as his
boat touched the landing at one of the
riverside watering places not a great
distance from Washington, to see all
the guests assembled with their bag,
gage, ready to take passage 0 for the
city. In making inquiries as to the
cause of this general exodus he soon
discovered that thereby hung a. tale.
A cats. q 1t appears the fare at Che ho-s
tel had disagreed with the boarders,-
and not satisfied with complaining,
they took French leave. A batch of
dough had been prepared for the oven
and placed on a table. "A playful kit
ten thought it would be nice to run
over it, it looked SO snowy, warm and
tempting Kitty tried it and soon
found her delicate little feet sinking
in the dough-. She struggled to escape
to sink deeper, until this youthful cat
disappeared entirely, and SO, like
young Lochinvar, went into the yeast.
She never rose again, but the bread
did. 1t closed over this unfortunate
specimen, not leaving hair apparent.
Cookey of course was not aware that
instead of a. loaf of bread she chad a.
kitten dumping, and put the mass
into the oven and baked it, When
the bread was open at breakfast next
morning the birds did not begin to
sing, but the boarders did. They fairly
howled with wrath. They knew that
there had been a family of kittens, 4
and as hash had been served for break
fast before the extraordinary loaf was
opened, the conclusion was natural
that the other part of the family had
gone into the hash and down their
Threats. They were first taken with
sea-sickness, next with hone-sickness,
and then ensued a general packing up.
left with no inhabitants but the cook
and the barkeeper, and what remained
of the family of kittens. -99ij9 ou
Year: 1871

Last week wealthy farmer in Madison
township, named Jacob Pittston, became
deranged from fighting the fire in the
woods in his vicinity, and, as his insani-
ty took a dapgerg.,s turn, it was thought
best to bring him to the city and confinc
him in Jail. Heis large, powerfully bull.
man, forty years old and weighing nearly
two hundred pounds, and it took the
combined strength of dozen men to Sc
cure him, he fighting them as only mad
man can fight. When overpowered
he was lashed to a twelve foot plank and
brought to the Jail, that being the onlv
way they could handle him. He W.T.
fastened to the plank some twelts hour,
As soon as ne wds turned loose in a cell
he broke the iron bedstead in pieces as if
it had been made of wood, tore up the bcd
clothing and his own, and it was not only
useless but impossible to make any effort,
to subdue him. On Saturday night
however, the stencil in the cell became
unbearable and Sheriff Glover decide,'
that it must be cleaned. Speaking to two
OF the prisoners to aid him, he
unlocked the cell door. Pittston
perfectly nude, and armed with an iron
bar-a portion of the bedstead-was wall
ing in circle about the CELL Waiting
until his back was turned the Sheriff
quickly opened the door and springing
for the crazy mans neck closed his arm.
around it. The prisoners as quickly iol
lowed, and after terrible struggle Pitts
ton was conquered and bound until hi.
cell was cleaned, when he was again
loosened- Yesterday Sheriff Glover
started with him for the Insane Asylum
at lndianapolis.-s. B. Register.
Year: 1871

COVER THE RIVER Death is at no
time welcome visitor in the family oirclr,
and when his relentless hand is laid upon
the young and beautiful, to whom tie
earth is but Just unfolding its bright Wis
ions of the future, his coming seems doubly
sad. All that was earthly of Evalire, eld-
est daughter of H nry Habich, was borne
to its last resting place on Wednesday
afternoon, Her pilgrimage upon this earth
was but brief, yet it Was long en- ugh for
her to win the love and est ,em of all with
whom she was brouebt in contact. All
who have stood in he dread presence of
the destroyer when the spirit of son loved
one was passing to the better land, can,
from the sotonRd remembrance If their
own reat sorrow, deeply sympathize with
the afflicted parents and iriends
Year: 1871

THE Trinity Press is very much exer-
cised over the fact that the Republican
Central Committee Of that county appoint
ed delegates to the Senatorial Convention,
and drops few briby tears in behalf of
Mr.. Fader. We would suggest to the
Press, that as trIe charity begins at home.
it had as we'll devote its attention towards
reconciing the great regenerated' to
the mess Of speckled trout set out for
their fare. By all accounts there is con-
siderable washing and airing of Democratic
dirty linen going on up that way. Strange
as it may seem, there are some Democrats
who think thrt if the thanking house
clique" do own Trinity county, it had bet
ter fence it iu at once.
Year: 1871

PEARcE said the Republicans "want the
island of San Domingo for coalirg station,
while there never was bushel of coal dug
on the Island" We suppose he does not
believe there are large cotton factories in
Lowell because there is no cotton grown
In Massachusetts. And that man wants
to 60 to Congress Oh. LORI.
Year: 1871

CLOSING ON THIS SABBATH-The
agreement between our bus ness meo to
close their places of business on the Sab
bath, is now in operation. The movement
is good one aud their customers should
be prepared for the change.
Year: 1871

1t is a blessed thing for a poor
man to have a contented wife: one
who will not wish to live in style
beyond her husbands income: just
because her next door neighbor
does: one who can be happy in the
love of her husband, her home and
its domestic duties, without asking
the world for favors or smiles
Exchange


Yes, and it is just as blessed
thing for wife to have a good kind
and Industrious husband; one who
will not, through lazy, triaing, un-
thriftiness. fail to provide for his
wife, and her house hold wants, ard
then abuse her for wanting to live
as comfortable and appear as well
as her neighbors; one who can be
contented without grumbling and
growing, with the heart full oflove
which his wife freely gives, and the
life long task of administering to
his wants; one who can be content
ed to stay at home with bis wife,
and enjoy her pleasant, profitable
and virtuOus company. instead Of
carOusing around with roWdies in
all kinds Of foolishness, wickedness
aud drunken braWls.