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Year: 1871

DISCOVERING a LOST HUSBAND: For sew
eral days lady from Glasgow, Mo, nam
ed Stiusley, has been in this city in search
of her husband, who has been at work as Il
laborer on the bridge during the winter, put
who. for some unexplained cause, had lett
there and was working in the city. The lady
made diligcnt inquiries all around town for her
cigc lord, but all her searching and the help
of others failed to elicit the desired intorma,,
ton until she happened to think of a small
''blonde dog. with Stumpy tail and his cars
cut off. which she said was the constant COM
pauion of her husband. One of the boys who
lives at the Valley House, where she is stop
ping, happened to sec dog Of this description
last Saturday. on Church street and forthwith
he captured the canine and bore HIM IN trl-
umph to the delighted lady, who immediately
recognized him as her husbands pet. The
dog, however, was not exactly the member OF
the family she was the most anxious about
strange to say and she was almost dcspond-
ing. Then the han,sy thought of tying u note
to his neck suggested itself to her, and she
forthwith acted upon the suggestion, and the
dor was turned out to seek his master. The
result was Just what was hoped for, and In two
hours the husband was in the arms of his over
loved wift.-.M yo~7'h (-No.( H'"M
Year: 1871




The contest between these Clubs yesterday
disappointed he friends of the Fort Wayne men, for their
play was far below that of their game with the Mutuas
The Ecords on the other hand supported their pitcher
well HoldswOrth bearing off the palm in the neld, ana
Hicks at the bat The Kekiongas found Martins pitch
ing troublesome and only secured single unearned run
Year: 1871

Reflect that sound mind and body are me
most necessary requisites to promote connubiui
happiness, Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly darkcns to the view, the mind
becomes shadowcd with despair, and filled with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
another is blghted with our own.
Year: 1871

We learn from the Little Rock
Gazette of the 10Th inst, that Capt.
Henry c. West, of the engineer corps
on the southern end of the Cairo and
Fulton railroad, arrived in that city on
the previous evening, and that the
balance of the party would arrive thai
day. The location of the line haC
been completed to Fulton, and thu
party had commenced to run line BY
way of Arkadclphia, some seven mile
above the one located, but before the,
had completed this second line the.
were ordered to Little Rock for tn
purpose of being sent on the norther
end, to lay of the work between LIttI
Red river and Jacksonport. In th
meantime, we predict that Arkadelph'
will make bid for the permanent K
cation of the line by that place
Year: 1871

We have been warned to appear on
the FIRST section of the Fulton road to-
morrow morning with an axe, to work
on said road for three days. What!
The thermometer at 960 in the shade,
and us out in the sunshine with an axe
and Bill Block to oversee us! Not
any for Joe! But we have hired one
of the most able-bodied and willing
minded axists we know of to take our
placc on those three days. 1t will cost
us a little more than years subscrlp
ton to the Telegraph, but we will get
perhaps, twenty or thirty subscriber
during the three days. But we have
no right to complain. Our master
allow us to work roads, pay taxes
publish the Telegraph at our own ex
pensc, get great numbers of subscriber
and lots of maney, and only deprlv
-us of the -phiful privilege of voting


What a magnanimous government


Let us-have peace.
Year: 1871

The Monarchists, with U. s. Grant
at their head, are and have been for
years trying to crush the spirit of the
Southern people by oppression. They
pretend that their object is to make us
patriotic; but who ever heard OF a
people being made patriotic by oppres-
sion? What sane man ever dreamed
of such a thing. We are reminded by
the Courier Journal of the remark of
Lord Bacon, that "liberty is spark,
and ever flies in the face of him who
attempts to tramplc it." That paper
adds: "When the history Of this age
shall have been written it will be seen
that the effort of base men to crush
the spirit of our fathers in us failed,
and another illustration will be afford
ed the world that peace and happiness
can only be secured by wise laws and
a beneficent government. Let us see
to it that we stand at the bar of pos>
terity as a patient, conservative but
brave and resolute people. Let us
not contradict the record of our honored
and indomitable race. Reckless and
ambitious men may live to test the ex
tent Of our endurance, but let us hope
they will not survive it."
Year: 1871

pea- We really believe that what has
for some time seemed like a very wide
split in the democratic party will turn
out to be nothing more than a mutual
m apprehension les ll;iig from the
different modes Of expression, employ
ed by the different writers and speak
ers. We do not believe there is any
material or permanent arrangement
existing in our ranks
Year: 1871

From the narrow gauge railroads
and TIE Penncr system of construction,
we think we may very reasonably ex-
pect material reduction in the cost
of construction, equipping and rum
ming. BY the narrow gauge, it is
claimed that the cost not only Of con-
structon but ofrolling stock and repairs
will be reduced one,half The Pennier
system consists in single row of piles
with a continuous girder, on which the
train runs, the carriages hanging down
on each side to within short distance
of the ground. Between the two sys-
tens we look for Improvements that
will secure the building of many roads
that otherwise are among the improba
bilities, to say the least of it.
Year: 1871

The Lynchburg News gives utter
ancc to the following: 'Let every
Southern man bear in mind that the
object of the Kuklux bill is, by pro-
voking Southern violence to keep out
the Presidential vote of the South in
1872. If Grant can find pretext, he
will do it, and the whole aim of the
South should be not to give him a pre-
text. Let everybody study self con-
troll"
Year: 1871

The following aphorism gives the
true secret of success injournalism "A
newspaper gains by daring to lose. 1t
never does so well for itself as when 1t
gives wide spread offence by being right
a month before its readers.
Year: 1871

A well known Kentucky minister, subject to
severe spells of nervous headache, was in our
office the other day, says an exchange, during
one of those attacks. Majer Brown, of Mexico,
was present, and proposed to relieve him in
five minutes, which he did most effectually.
The following is the prescription Take
dessert spoonful of common soda, such as is
used in making bread, aud dissolve it thorough
ly in cold water. With this thoroughly sham
poon the head for about five minutes, scratch
ing the skin of the head and the back Of the
neck we'll with the finger nails. Then rinse
the head with clean cold water. Major Brown
says that he used this remedy in perhaps
thousand cases since 1853, and never once fail
ed to give relief in five or ten minutes. s.-Rurat
Houte
Year: 1871

How NITRO GLYCERINE Is MADE-This
wonderful explosive was discovered in lS47 by
an Italisn named Sobero, but it's practical ap-
plicatiOn was made by Alfred Noble, Swed-
lsh engineer. The process by which it is made
is thus described: Every one knows what
giycerlne is--a clear, syrupy liquid, sweet to
the taste and somewhat greasy to the touch


Its scope OF employment ranges from the sur
geon 5 dispensaly to the lady boudolr Chem
lists term it triatomic alcohol, and it may be
derived from fat of tallow by the action Of
lime ID sulphuric acid. It's properties are
many and various, but, as they have no bear
ing upon the present subject, we shall abstain
from noticing them. If quantity Of nitric
acid be added to twice its weight of lp!uic
acid, glycerine be poured into this and care
fully Stirred--the whole being surrounded by a
freezing mixture-we obtain that wonderful
substance known as nitroglycerine, which has
more than ten times the explosive force of
gunpowder 1t forms on the surface as an oily
liquid OF a pale yellow color, is perfectly odor
Gus, and has a sweet aromatic taste. 1t is
poisonous, whether taken internally or absorb
cd through the skin, and small doses of it pro
duce distressing headaches. 1t does not ex-
plode when brought in contact with fire, and
remains unchanged even when raised to the
temperature Of boiling water; but at about
forty degrees Fahrenheit it becomes converted
into an icy mass which merely requires friction
to develop all its explosive qualities.
Year: 1871

Joe King was i'll in boarding house, and
made up his mind for some chicken broth.
The order went down into the kitchen, and the
broth came up-wcak, fiat, and inspid The
sick man was subsequently relating his disap-
pointment to friend who said:


They just let chicken wade through it."
on,''


He recovered
Year: 1871

Girls don't know much in Florida. A girl
at Fernandina, who can repeat the multiplied
ton table with one hand tied behind her, had
a kerosene lamp that smoked, so she laid q
book across the top of the chimney, and went
on reading in her geography about an eruption
of Nesuvius. Soon she had little Vesuvius
Of her own, and landed in an adjoining sheep
DaStJre
Year: 1871

One of the finest retorts on record is that
made by an English ambassador to French
king, Of whom be asked the release of certain
HuguenOts who had been thrown into the Bas-
tile for their religion. "What would your
master, the King Of England say if sued for
the release of the prisoners in Ncwgate?" said
the king. The answer was ready: Your
majesty may have every one Of them, if you
will claim them as your brethren"
Year: 1871

A Philadelphia sausage manufacturer gives
the following recipe for making bologna sau-
sage; Take an eel skin and stuff it with
ground cat or dog; season it with Scotch snuff
and perslmmon oil lay it on hog pen to dry,
and then hang it In grocery store for three
m )nths for the flies to give it the trade mark"
Year: 1871

An exchange says: We are in recent of
two poems, one on the Throbbing Brain, and
the other on Beating Heart' We Will
wait until we receive one on the Stomach
Ache, and publish all three together"
Year: 1871

Learn from the earliest days to insure your
principles from the perils Of ridicule You
can no more exercise your reason if you live in
the constant dread of laughter, than you can
enjoy your life if you live in the constant ter
roI of death
Year: 1871

TsEE PLANTING.-Our people are showing
good taste and sound sense in planting shade
fruit and ornamental trees around their resden-
ces business houses and in their Enclosures The
practice is so general with all our property hold
ers that we have not space to enumerate each
one or describe the variety Of trees being plant
ed. We take the liberty here of giving hint
two to those who have limited space for
planting trees. Select the best varieties as it
takes as much labor or expense to raise mean
tree as good one; choose early varieties of fruit
trees if your ground is high and dry and water
il scarce. Mix the varieties that is don't plant
all of one variety adjoining each othsr bat alter
nately with other kinds this for the reason
that each variety of tree, fruit or nuts draws sus-
tenance from different characteristics of the soil
This law of nature must not be violated if you
wish to have healthy, thrifty trees and the clos
er together the trees planted thu more strict
must this law be obeyed. The black walnut,
English walnut, chestnut, Almond, Plum, Prune
Peach, Apple, Pear, Ounce Fig, Cherry and
Olive ara all adapted to these foothills, and
few of each kind growing and bearing in any
gentlenans lot would be handsome, attractive,
comfortable and profitable.
Year: 1871

TREES, PLANTS AND VINEs.--A rem arkablo and
most highly praiseworthy disposition on the
part of orr people to plant and cultivate choice
fruit and ornamental trees is manifesting itself
in all the town and surrounding country, and
just at this opportune time comes the agent of
one of the best nurseries in the State, that can
supply all the wants in this line Among our
new advertisements will be found the card of
the great nurseryman, Robert Williamson, to
which we call the special attention Of the reader
From this nursery almost every variety of fruit
nut or ornamental tree, vine, shrub or plant wor-
thy of cultivation can be supplied at the short
est notice and lowest cash prices, and all war
ranted to be true to the label Orders left with
Robert Gordon. at his store in Auburn, whero
catalogues and price lists may be examined, will
be promptly filled.
Year: 1871

REWARD oFFERED-By our advertising col
umns it vii pe seen that Governor Haght has
offered a reward for the arrest and conviction of
the murderer or murderers of Booker Chambers,
who was so horribly butchored at Stewards Flat
last December, full account of which we gave
in the HERALD at the time. Here is a chance to
serve the public, in the arrest Of these human
fends, and also be rewarded for the act There
is no sort of doubt but that the murderers were
Chinese, and there are witnesses that can iden-
tifv at least one of them
Year: 1871

ACCIDENTALLY PoIsoSED. D.-Mr Stockton, liv-
ing near Newcastle. was accidentally poisoned
by strychnine on Monday last. He had broken
bottle on the mantel-piece sometime previous
but had forgotten it. On last Monday morning
he was frying some eggs for breakfast, and
wanting to smoke he scraped some loose tobac


60 from the mantel into his pipe, holding it un-
der the edge and over the eggs. After smoking
he sat down to breakfast, but he could eat only
one egg because Of its extreme bitterness. Soon
after he became sick at his stomach and went
from his'garden into the house where he fell in
commissions. Some one happening to call and
learning his condition went Immediately to New
castle and telegraphed to DR.. Dubois, at Auburn,
who, on his arrival administered the proper rem
edies, and there was no one to give him the
requisite care, had him sent to the County Hos
ptal The next day he was SO far recovered a,
to be able to return to his home. The remain
ing egg was thrown out to dog, which was soon
after attacked by convulsious followed by death
Year: 1871

PosrPoSED.-A telegram was received here
from Rev. W. II. Hill, to Judge d. ". Spear
which read, postpone Church service til next
Sabbath weel. All badly poisoned" The dis
patch leaves the impression that the poison will
not prove fatal and that all will be well in
week. We have accordingly changed the notice
as will be seen at the head of these columns
Year: 1871

Tit quite as easy, to accustom ones
self to saving as it is to spending.G Just Z,
try, young people, and see!how good and
Independent a little saving viii make
you feel, and how much you, will save
also in health and character.
Year: 1871

The following reasons are given why
the nine of diamonds is called the curse
of Scotland"


In the distracted state of the country
during the reign of Mary, man, George
Campbell by name attempted to steal
the crown out of Edinburgh castle. In
this case he was unsuccessful, but man
aged to abstract nine valuable jewels,
and escaped safely to foreign shore,
TO replace these heavy tax was laid
upon the country, which the poor, op-
pressed people thought SO great griev-
ance that they termed it the curse Of
Scotland, and, until very recently, the
card itself bore the name OF George
Campbell in the Highland. Another ex-
PLANTATION relates to the well-known mas
sacre of Glencoe. The mandate of this
cruel deed was signed by the eldest son
Of the Earl of Stair, who was at the time
Secretary Of State of Scotland. The
coat of arms belonging to this family
bears nine diamonds on its shield, and
the people, not daring to stigmatize the
master of Stair as the curse OF Scotland,
applied it to his armorial bearings. And
still another explanation relates to the
battle of Culloden, which extinguished
the hopes of the Stuart party, and was
at the time considered a national curse.
The Duke of Cumberland who was known
to have been a gambler, is said to have
carried a pack of cards in his pocket,
and when he had won the famous field
he took out the nine of diamonds and
wrote his account Of the victory on it.
Year: 1871

/ have a secret. a secret


A secret dare not tell,
Not even TO you, my dear little pet,


Though / know you would keep II well
IT'S tale with an ancient meaning,


A song with an old refrain,
A rhyme which the marvellous soul Of man
Sings oBce-and never again.
The manifold voices Of evening


Are echoing round the fire =
The sigh Of the waves and the laugh of the


leaves.


And the moan of the autumn airs
But the laugh, and the sigh, and the moaning
Have a meaning you cannot know
And catch a solemn undertone


In their rythmic ebb AMI flow.
Two tides Of the infinite ocean


That chafeth the shores of Time
Two waves Of the passionate sea Of Life
Have mingled their wondrous rhyme,
And the holy strain goes echoing up
To the peaceful courts above;
And the song is a song with an old refrain,
And the rhyme is the rhyme Of love.
And loving him ever and always.


And holding him close TO my heart
The world may so on in the ceaseless march
Times billows may heave and dart
We two shall walk life's twilight fields
Ia paths by the angels trod,
Till all wars cease in the infinite peace


That crowns the sons Of Ged.
Year: 1871

: GULLBILTTY.-Somew weeks since a gentle
man of Norfolk, Virginia, lost a valuable ring,
which he priced very highly, and which he sup
posed to be stolen. After having exhausted
every effort to find it, he consulted fortune
teller, who told him that the ring had not been
stolen, but had been dropped into the food of
fine calf which he owned and had been swal-
lowed by the animal. Thinking the tale a
and its stomach searched, when 10 there was
no ring to be found The family of the gem
tleman have since luxuriated on veal which,
taking the price at which the calf "a highly i'm
proved breed could have been sold for as
standard, must have been worth at least $l.5O
per pound.
Year: 1871

The captain of one Of the largest steam boats
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 baggage ready to
take passage for the city. In making inquiries
as to the cause Of this general exodus he soon
discovered that thereby hung tale. A cats.
1t appears the fare at the hotel had disagreed
with the boarders, and not satisfied with COM
planning they took French leave. A batch of
dough had been prepared for the oven and
placed on a table. A playful kitten 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, and
like Governor Morton in the stolen treaty bus
mess only struggled to sink deep 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 a
hair apparent. Cooky of course was not aware
that instead of loaf of bread she had kitten
dumping and put the mass into the oven and
baked it. When the bread was opened 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 family of kittens, and as hash had
been served for breakfast before this extraor-
dlnary loaf was opened the conclusion was nat
ural that the other part of the family had gone
into the hash and down their throats. They
were first taken with sea-sickness, next with
inconsistencies, and then ensued a general pack
ing up. The fashionable summer resort was
left with no inhabitants but the cook and the
bar-keeper and what remained of the family
| of kittens
Year: 1871

Thompson is not going to do any more in
conundrums He recently asked his wife the
difference between his head and hogs-head,
and she aald there was none. He said that was
not the right answer, and left.
Year: 1871

The philosophic Mark Tapley, after under
going a tedious voyage across the ocean, du-
ring which, the ship he was in was sorely buff
feted by wind and wave, and at times in dan
ger of being lost, thus expressed his feelings ::
"Any land wilIsio for me after so much wa
ter This is the feeling of the great mass of
people who have been compelled for a decade
to submit to Radical rule. They do not expect
at once too, get all they want. They know that
is impossible and that by attempting to attain
lmpossibilities they will lose ALL They there
fore wisely moderate their desires and limit
their efforts to objects within their reach. Af-
ter being so long tossed about in the. waste of
waters they are content to get aasd8. foothold
upon dry land where they ca9xad their en-
eeTllgles' ell gather strength and obtain lsssu :
This accomplished they can prepare Ngthe
future. To defeat Radicalism, rather than to
battle for party creeds and party ends, should
be the great aim of the opposition First the
country, after that, party.-Rtch Whig.
Year: 1871

spectability depended much on his taking a
newspaper, certain shrewd old fellow was
one morning enjoying the luxury of peru
sing his paper (aithough he labored under
the disadvantage of not knowing a single
ing neighbor of his happening in-perhaps
to borrow his paper-oj served to him that
he had his paper wrong end up. The old
gentleman drawing himself up in all the
pomposity of affronted dignity, exclaimed
Il would have you to know, sir, that if |
take paper and pay for it, [ have righ:
to read it which end up [ please.
Year: 1871

FALsEHooD-The first sin coumitted In
this world was lie, and the liar was the
devil. The Greeks, who allowed their del
ties almost every weakness aud every vice,
held that they forfeited heaven by falSehoo1,
and that an oath was as sacred to Jupiter,
the cloud compeller, as the meancst denizen
of earth. a regard to truths is the last of
all the virtues and supposed high cultiva-
ton The savage is full of falsehood, both
in word and deed the ignorant man will
deceive when he can, but learns to keep his
word when he has given it; an important
part of truth but not the whole
Year: 1871

Down THE HILL.-The evening of every
mans life is coming on apace The day of
life will be spent. The sun, although it may
be up in mid heaven, will pass swiftly down
the western sky, and disappear. What
shall light up man path when the sun of
life has gone down? He must travel on to
the next world what shall illumine his foot
steps after the nightfal of death, amid the
darkness of his journey? What question
more Important, more practical, more sol
einn for each reader of our journal to ask
himself? That is a long journey to travel
without light, without guide. and without
a friend Yet every man must perform it.
The time is far distuut wheu all men
will begin the journey There is an even
ing star in the natural world. Its radiance
is bright and beautiful, and cheering to the
benighted traveller But lifes evening star
is in good hope of Heaven Its beauty
and brilliancy are reflected from the sun
of righteousness, whose bright rays light
up the evening of life, and throw their ra-
dance quite across the darkness of TIE grave
into lmmanuers land 1t has illuminated
the footsteps of many traveller into eter-
nifty. 1t is of priceless value. A thousand
worlds cannot purchase it; yet it is offered
without price to him who will pcnitently
aud thankfully receive it.
Year: 1871

The following notice is posted conspicu-
Shut this door-and as soon as you have
done talking business, serve your mouth in
the same way" Bores wouldn't do slow
thing to cut this out and paste it in their
hats