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Year: 1871

No candid person in the South will deny
that the general experience of the negro
since emancipation has been progress /;
that in nearly every respect of his life he
exhibits some improvement from that
date. Southern men are not very ready to
advertise this to the world they would
probably confess it with reluctance to a
Northern commission of inquiry; but in
private conversations among themselves,
where no pride of controversy interposes,
they freely admit it and wonder at it. The
negro moves. He is showing the greatest
knowledge and education; attested by the
fact, for which examination is challenged


that in the free schools of the South,


where ne has equal sdmission, there are
more black children than white ones in


proportion to the population of each race
in the given community. So far from be-
coming the idle vagabond that the pessi-
mist theorizers would have him after
emancipation, he is exemplarily industri-
Gus; attested by the fact that to day the
negro represents nearly all the labor of
the South and admitting this test, that of
persons in equal condition of poverty and
necessity Of work, there are far more poor
whites than negroes who are Idle in the
South. OF the vices that were to assail
and destroy the negro in his new estate
of freedom, there are no proofs
quite the contrary. The terrible vice
Of intemperance, which has been
the usual scourge of weak races, and
the almost unfailing incident of a pre-
cocious civilization, is comparatively un-
known among the Southern freedmen. so
far from being improvident, the wonder is
how the negro economies, gets so many
good clothes and real comforts out of his
very scanty wages. AS voter he has
shown discretion and independence that
have nonplussed the wisest of our politi.
Clans There were white wiseacres who,
some time ago, supposed the negros vote
might be procured by the merest solicita-
tion, mere wink from his employer; and
common joke in the South on the
Fifteenth Amendment was that the dis


franchised white man might buy some
cheap old negro to do his voting for him.
Never was such disappointment. The
spectacle has not been uncommon in the
South of negro who paid a Difference to
the white man scarcely less than he had
shown in the days of slavery, who posi-
bly, yet said i" Mas'r," who did his work
| in all humility and with all subjection, yet
going openly TO the pOLls anu casting his
vote there against the party OF his em'
ployer. Suca an instance Of selfrespect
| and moral courage is to be admired even
by those against whom it acts -" The RO


nance Of tie Negro" in October GGIGGy
Year: 1871

1t is not necessary in all cases to send
letters to John Peterson, or even to Chi.
cago; the only imperative rule being to
set the town, whatever it is, first; the
State next; and the name or box last.
Reader, this is to be henceforth the fashion
OF letter superscripion; let us see that we
all conform to it.-ChScGgO POSt.


THE many deaths from drowning re-
corded this season naturally direct atten-
ton to the dangers to which bathers are
liable. A resident of one of the most fire.
quented of English watering places, who
has had great experience in such matters,
is of opinion that the principal cause of
accidents while bathing is loss of nerve
from excited apprehension. A swimmer
on his return toward the shore is apt to
be startled by the slow progress which he
seems to make. He sees the waves rolling
past him, and is often led to fear that he is
making no advance at all, or that he is
gradually being carried seaward. He be.
gins to make his strokes too quickly, gets
tired and out of breath, and, 10 his excited
apprehension, the shore appears TO recede.
Bathers should know, however, that there
is an easy way for bather TO assure him
self of the progress he is making. An OBJ.
ject close TO the shore toward the right of
the point he is aiming at will seem TO shift
to the right, as compared with more dis
tant object seen in the same direction, and
an object seen to the left will appear TO
shift to the left. Half dozen steady
strokes will thus satisfy the swimmer that
he is approaching the shore, and effectual-
ly quiet his apprehensions. He can then
nTge his course shoreward without haste
or excitement.
Year: 1871

IMPROVE THE Never
whine over what you may suppose to bo
the loss Of opportunities. a great many
men have good early opportunities who
never improve them, and many have
lost their early opportunities without
losing much. Every man way educate
himselfwho wishes to. 1t is the will
that makes tho way. Many servant
that wanted knowledge has listened
while his masters children were saving
their letters, and putting them together
to form easy words, has thus caught the
first elements Of spelling. Ifa man has
a strong thirst for knowledge, we do not
care where he is put, he will become an
educated man. The first step towards
self Improvement is, to tedpe on whiniag
over thepdst. Let the past go, and bend
every energy to the Improvement of the
present. This is the only way.
Year: 1871

Ihopc YOU will go on to build your
road on this plan, and demonstrate to
our people by practical example
how cheaply railroads may be built,
and how profitable they may be made
by the exercise of a little common
sense, aided by the experience of
those who have gone before US.
Year: 1871

ton Of political power between those
who have property and those who
have none, however industrious and
respectable the latter may be? Ad-
mitting that all men have certain per-
sOnal rights which are natural and in
alienable, and that therefore all are
entitled 70 a voice in the government
by which those rights are to be secur-
ed, is it not equally true that those
who own property acquired by years
Of patient industry are entitled to
some additional weight in the gov
eminent by which the rights they
have acquired TO such property are
likewise 10 be seCured2 II taxation
without any representation be unjust,
as was asserted by the American col
Onies, is not taxation with inadequate
repTesen sentation-Or, in other words, the
taxation imposed on the few who
have property by the many who have
nOne-alsO, in a certain degree, unjust
and oppressive? For, in the total alb
sence Of a property qualification for
voters, the practical effect, if not the
real object, of many legislative meas
ures Is, undoubtedly, to vote the
money of the rich, without th aiT con-
sent, out of their pockets into those Of
their poor neighbOrs.


DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RIGHT AND


A PRIVILEGE.


The mistake has been made partly
through the effort OF demagogues, who
desire to control the. votes Of the ignO-
rant, and partly in consequence Of
the plausible error of considering the
suffrage as a right appertaining by ma
ture to every individual, instead of as
a priUHege 10 be conferred by society
upon those who are capable Of eXer-
eisiDg it for the general good"


We publish the forgoing, though We
do not agree with all that is said. The
ReUisU we take It nom is one of the
most liberal British Quarterles, and
the perusal Of the article cannot fail
to assist US in doing what Burns
wishes, VIZ: "To see ourselves AS
Others see u.s."
Year: 1871

Reflect that q sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connublat
happiness Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filled WITH
tho melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
another is blighted with our own.
Year: 1871

. The symptoms OF Liver


Complaint are uneaslness


and pain in the side. Some


times the pain is in the


shoulder, and is mistaken


for rheumatism. The stom-
ach is effected with loss of
appetite and sickness, bowels


in general costive, some
stimes alternating with lax
d with pain, and dull, heavy s:'
sensation, considerable loss


of memory, accompanied


with painful sensation Of hav-


ing left undone something


which ought to have been


done. Often complaining OF


weakness, debility and low
espirits. Sometimes many OF
Year: 1871

From the Council Bluffs Times.


Last evening we got an Invitation
to q cheap ride on Spoon Lake, on
the confines Of the city limits, and
went. Spoon Lake is appropriately
named from its resemblance to 8
spoon. The bowl is nearly circular
and about seventy-five yards in diam.
eter. The handle is nearly half 9
mile long, and crossed by the Chicago
and Rock Island railroad bridge neal
the neck. The water along the han.
die is very deep, and below the sur
face-water as cold as ice. The bowl
seems to be unfathomable, for a five
thousand foot line with a plummet
failed to touch bottom.


A remarkable fact in regard to thu
lake now is that it is literally packed
with fish, while heretofore there was
not more than enough TO crafty the
sporting practice of our anglers. The
fish come toward the shore in shoals,
gasping for air, and dying in myriads,
are cast on the banks to decay. The
water of the lake, heretofore so limpid
has assumed a dark brown walnut
color.


An eddy in the middle Of the bowl
ebbing and flowing with tidal regu'
larity, indicates that Spoon Lake is in
direct subterranean communication


with some vast body Of water, and i
subject the its influence. The water
sometimes bulges up in the middle o
| the bowl to twelve or eighteen inehe:
above the height of the rim or margin
and again is seen to form miniature
cup or whirlpool, as il the water wa
| all leaking out through hole in the
| center. The circumstance leaves lit
| tie or no doubt of O subterraneaI
channel.


Another strange fact is that, lik'
the Caspian Sea, it Is fed by severa
small streams; and, as there is NJ
visible outlet, and the water retains
its freshness, there must be an under
| ground communication.


It was ebbing when we visited th'
lake: and we were filled with curiosity
| to see the little maelstrom at work
so procuring bottle, we fnclosed
| scrap of paper inscribed with the date
| location and circumstance, cOrked
| tied and sealed the bottle, and cast i
into the eddy, when 1t instantaneous
ly disappeared-was swallowed up b.
the whirlpool.


There is no getting over the fact tina


In the flow of the lake large quantitie


of fish have been introduced to 1t


waters by this underground passag


until the lake has become overstocked


The native fish, no doubt Jealous o


their piscatorial visitors, made wa


on them with the evident intention O
repelling the inyasion. But the in


vading armies seem to have beel


more powerful, to judge FROM tn


dead and dying strewn along tn


margin, for the great bulk of thos


fonnd are buffalo fish, catfish, percl


and pike, but with a difference ofcGlo
showing, at least, different specie:
!. | We picked UP some Of the dying fis
aud examined them. Some were bit


ten on the lower part of the body be


low the gills, and others battere


along the sides as ifreceiving chastiss


ment from an opponents tail.
Year: 1871

After a sleep of - days, a young
lady in Pittsburg arose and was very
indignant with her friends for what
she considered their unsecmly won
der at the length other nap. Her pecu
liar appearance during the sleep hao
for time occasioned the belief tha'
she was dead, but fortunately hel
mother insisted on retaining the body
until the fact was beyond question
On awaking, the young lady imag
ined that she had slept but few
hours, and she relates a fancifu
dream.
Year: 1871

The Low Church party arc diligcn-
tly preparing for separation, from the
Episcopal Church. This is the only
course now left them. The clergy
would move more bodily if they felt
assured of the support of the laity,
and some of the laity arc saying that
they are more than ready for action
ifthe clergy would only lead the
way.
Year: 1871

AS the moons axis is nearly per-
pendicular to the plane of the ecliptic,
she can scarcely have any change of
seasons. But, what Is still more re-
markabie, one half of the moon has
no darkness at all, while the other
half has two weeks Of light and two
of darkness, alterDatively: the in.
habitants, il any, of the first half,
bask constantly in earthshine, with
out seeing the sun, whilst those of
the second never sec the earth at all.
For the earth reflects the light of the
sun to the moon in the same manner
as the moon docs to The earth there
fore at the time of conjunction, or
new moon, her further side must be
enlightened by the sun and the near.
er half by the earth and at the oppo-
sition or full moon, one half Of her
will be enlightened by the sun, but
the other half will be in total dark
nesA To the lunarians the earth
seems the largest orb in the universe !;
for it appears 10 them more than
three times the size of the sun, and
thirteen times greater than the moon
does TO us-exhibiting similar phases
to herself, but i'm reverse order; for
when the moon is full, the Garth is
invisible to them, and when the moon
is new, they will see the earth full.
The face of the moon appears to us
permanent, but to them the earth
presents very different appearances,
the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, in
the course of every twenty -four
hours, successivcly rivet their atten-
ton. The moon being the fiftieth
part of the bulk of our globe, and
within 23S,0OO miles of us,fmay be
brought with a proper telescope
which magnifies l.0W times. TO aP-
pear as she would to the naked eye
were she only go miles off.


"a message from the sea" was pick
cd up at New Bedford, Mass, recent
ly, written from the City of Boston,
and preserved in bottle. The paper
was without name or date, and writ
ten by German, the translation run
ming as follows:


DEAR PERSONS: lie who finds this
bottle, if it possibly makes its way to
the land, will please send it to the
admiralty in an English harbor. /
have thrown similar ones which con-
tain the tidings i'm different languages.
They come from the sinking ship
City of Boston. Wegot unfortunately,
in or among the Cce, probably from
which no one can be extricated.


The monotony of army life at our
Western posts drives many men to
desertion, and numbers of them join
the Indians. Sixty went off from
Fort Hays in one lot recently, and
only eight haye been recaptured.
Every Indian tribe, it is said, has
some of these deserters domiciled,
and they are, strange to say, fore
most in the savage cruelties commit
ted in the raids of their respected
bands. -.
Year: 1871

VIIE ELLIPTIC SEWING MACHINES ARE


| manufactured and warranted by the Wheeler
Wilson Sewing Machine Company The late
and important Improvements enable us to guar
antee to every purchaser thai the Elliptic Ma
chine Will do more work, better work, aud
greater variety OF work than any other Sewing
Machine now in use. The economy Of the El-
llptc Machine in "A family is almost incredible :;
with one, II good operator can do the work Of
twelve hands. BY it the making of garments is
reduced from question of hours TO one of min
uies MS the following table will show:


ct is not to he understood that the following table s the


me " make The gArments hM TO do the sIilcllnn nlN
Year: 1871

re-" A BEAUTIFUL TnoUGnr--l was
reading, the other day, that on the shores
of the Adriatic Sea the wives of the fish
ermen, whose husbands have gone far of
upon the deep. arc in the habit, at even
tide, of going down to the sea shore, aud
singing, as female voices only can, the
first stanza Of beautiful hymn; after
they have sung it they viii listen till they
hear, r,borne by the wind across the desert
sea. the second stanza, sung by their
gallant husbands, as they tossed by the
gale upon the waves, and both arc hap
py Perhaps, if we listen, we, too,
might hear OH this desert world of ours
some whisper borne from afar to remind
US that there. is Il heaven and home F;
and when we sing the hymn upon the
shores of earth, perhaps we shall hear its
echo breaking in the music upon the
sands of time, and cheering the hearts
Of those that are pilgrims and strangers,
and look for city that hath hath foun
dation Dr.. John Cammin9s,
Year: 1871

MorHEns, READ l-Accident.-B the accidental
overtuIning OF baby carriage yesterday after
noon, on Sycamore street, Ia little child (whose
name we did not learn), was violently thrown
out on the pavement At first it appeared to
have suffered serious injury, but fortunately
escaped any damage more painful than few
slight bruises.


We urge parents not to trust their infants in
carriages on Sycamore street, where such crowds
are always passing, and whore there is always
liability of accidental injury being sustained.
There is plenty of room for the children on other
streets, and they should be made to stay there.
We cut the above from the Petersburg
Inder of this morning, and would advise the
mothers Of Richmond to beware of the
habit of sending their children upon the
crowded streets of the city, with nurses
who are more. interested in other things than
they are of the little ones under their
charge.


We hope we may be wrong, yet expect
to see verified our prediction, that some
body's baby would yet get hurt.
Year: 1871

An old man, sixty:one years Of age named George
Michels who lives at LIS Third avenue, while dis
charging pistol in the neighborhood OF his dwell
ling, was seriously injured by the rebOuDdng OF the
weapon which struck him IN the face.
Year: 1871

Gentlemen We have been informed that
you have threatened to prosecute us to the full
extent of the law for making and selling, or
any person for buying or using our stave peach
baskets, on which you claim Letters Patent
Your advertisement in the SMYRNA TINES,
May 3lst, is also intended to prevent the sale
of our stave baskets by threatening any person
who may buy them with legal prosecution.


The peach growers Of this Peninsula have
too long used the stave peach baskets, and
during the last two years been forced to pay
entirely too high prices for them to be easily
frightened by such expedients as you seem to
think will prevent the further use of them un-
less bought of you, at such prices as you may
charge them, now that we are making much
better basket, and selling them at lower prices
| than they have been sold heretofore.


| We desire, however, to inform you that We
are now making our stave peach baskets and
selling them in large numbers to peach grow
ers, who express themselves well pleased with
them. Our orders are daily increasing


LII you desire to test the legality of your
Letters Patent, as claimed on our stave bas ct
you now have the opportunity. We will alsC
furnish you with the names of one or more re
sponslble persons who have bought our baskets
against whom, we are authorized to state, yoI
can also institute suit.


Very truly, your ob't servants


WORDEN & EVANS,
| SMYRNA, Del.
Year: 1871

"A writer in the Danville (Va) Times re-
lates this of Johu Randolph "An old man
told me that he lived near the residence of
Miss, TO whom it was said that Mr. Ran
dolph was engaged to be married, and could
see when he visited her. On one occasion he
had been at her residence short time, and
had left; and as it was SAID the marriage
would take place shortly, he thought he
would go and inquire of the Old lady. She
said Mr Randolph had left in great haste, and
told him TO so and see where, in hs hurry, he
had cut the reins OF his bride, instead Ct un-
tying them. 1t appears that it was proposed
That he should make marriage settlement;
whereupon he said; 1T is not ny purpose TO
purchase. When l desire to purchase l shall
90 TO the cheapest market-I shall 90 to At
rica.' With this remark he left the house,
went to where his horse was tied, cut the
reins and Immediately departed"
Year: 1871

LINEN can be converted into sugar; sugar
into alcohol and carbonic acid; alcohol into
ether and water. Sugar can be converted
into oxalic acid, and likewise into pure char.
coal and water. Alcohol will readily change
into acctc acid, or vinegar. Coal.tar is trans
formed into dyes that surpass the Tyrian pur.
pie OF DID, Starch may be transmitted into
gum, alcohol, sugar, vinegar, or oxalic acid
and these are but a few of the magical chang
es which modern chemical science has made
familiar as household words.
Year: 1871

Ten days after that day, the father and son
were rowing in calm weather, over the water
to Storiden, to speak about the wedding-feast.


"This seat is not firm under me-" said the
son; he rose to make it right. But the board
he stood upon slipped. He threw up his arms,
shrieked, and fell into the water.


"Take hold of this oar" said the father; he
stood up and held it out. But when the son
had made few strokes he grew stiff.


"Wait minute" cried the father; he rowed
toward him. But the son fell back, looked
longingly at the father, and sank.


Ihord could not believe it. He kept the
boat stiff and stared at the spot where the son
had gone down, as if he must come up once
more. Some bubbles arose, some few more,
then one big one that burst, and smooth lay
the water like glass.


For three days and three nights the people
saw the father rowing about this one spot,
taking neither food nor sleep; he sought for
his son. On the third day, toward morning,
he found him and bore him home up over the
hills.
Year: 1871




Parties who have this winter trsveled
the road between here and Fort Crook state
that it is il good condition for the pas
sage of wagons except on that portion be-
tween Montgomery Greek and W,oodman' s
Rauch on Little Cow Greek, where there
are several rough places which render team
ing somewhat difficult. We are assured
that an expenditure Of two pr three huh
dred dollars on the route between Mont
gomery Creek and Woodman's would put
the road IN splendid condition, and that il
once put in good order it would remain SO
for lond time to come. The people of
Pit River and. Fall River Valleys are will,
ing to keep hatportion Of the road between
Fort Crook and Montgomery Creek in good
repair for teams and vehicles, provided
other parties will put this end of the route
10 % condition, and when the enterprise
can be accomplished oy SO small an outlay
we think the expenditure should be made.
Next Spring, Summer. and Fad, "a large
number Of the residents of the Pit River
country will visit this place for the purpose
of attending to land matters and county
affairs, and if they know they can come
here over first class wagon road, they will
also come prepared to purchase goods and
supplies which our business men can, and
do, sell at the very lowest prices, as all out
siders who come here to trade, freely testify.
A word to the wise is sufficient