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nAvixa r.FTrnxRD to rock Bi.rrra ti
practice Hiysip. otlVis hjs prorpi-innal fervu-ei
to hi old patrons ar.d j.ublic eencral.y. I'mtruUr
ttntiou paid to diik!.s of tb fcYE. A care suar
an:d iD all curable cues. t'hrs moderate
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THE
I 131 I V XV All.
On July Gib. tbo Ber.ata reiumcd
the cooiicieration of th reiolutian of-
fcred by llr Anthony, tb pending
. . , ,
que.tion being on the amendment pro-
poed by iMr. Eurnaer
ilr. Tiptcn laid: Ido not nish to
be at all discourteous to my colleague;
but as we are on I hi a subject, and aa
his side of the Senate has Lad fn-o
speeches oa it aliready from the
neighboring State of KansAS, as a
matter of course I feel a little tenac
ious that we on t!J side, representing
Nebraska should have an oppnrlunity
of sayirg cua word. I do not wiah the
couu' ry to understand that Kansas has
all tho Indians that are West. I with
it had.
While I desiro at all times to be
able to concur, especially with that
part of the Senate with which I am
politically idantifieJ, in the pissage of
any resolution that seems to receive
such univeral favor as this dees, yet I
must admit thai I am somewhat em
barrassed in regard to voting for the
original resolution; and it is, as the
llepresen'aMves from Kannns have al
ready indicated, on account of the
condition of the frontier. I have all
f.ii:hin the Secretary of War and all
faith in the chairman of the Military
Committee of the betata as to uieir
go,.d and kind intentions toward us up
on the frontier; and yet I da not be
lieve that our present eystem of warfare
is worth anything: and I mean more
ii.fvi couched in that word "anything"
rvlidii I utior it. It Las dona noihn.g
for us on tha fionti-r. For tli3 lat
three yeirs our people havo been
slaughtered ercry day, and this day as
it is now about the hur of cne
o'clock, m. doubted!' has Lad its victims
al?o. Evtrry day on the frontier our
people art massacred.
Undir thoie circumstance w want
some kind of relief. You ssk me
what. I tell you frankly I do not
know; tut I want any experiment, any
thing for a change. If I cjuIJ wield
the Legislative power of this tatio.-.
to day I would f-o iemodt-1 thti whole
yete n tint I would mke it a high
crime for any regular Army cilice to
cross the Misr-ouri river for the r,At
twelve irunths; I would otTr a premi
rv.i ftr svngo Indian tcalp; 1 would
CT.l'it the ir:en cf the frontt-r, wliose
live3 arj id ntirkd with the frontier,
nnd I wc'ill fill vchmteer army by the
frontu raiet; themselves; I would up
point as commanders of that army the
men who under ftood Indian warfare,
if it is to b-j un leretcod at nil. Our
present fyttni is iflefiicient. We,
never have 8ucce?ffu!ly combatted witk
savages. We may worry th-im out by
the pjwrr cf this nation; but wa want
an experiiiunt at relief of 33ine3 kind
Under thtsa circumstances, there
forn, I say r mphaticaliy that I am em
tarraistd in regard to voting for the
original res uliiuoti. I do net desire to
bhow myself captious on this subject,
and will n it sit silent; I will vole on
on"? side of the fjuetionor the other. I
never was tuncomn.iual in anything,
and I will not consent to ait silent in my
seat und not vote when an opportunity
is given to vote. - I propose therefore,
to vote; that is my business here; and
as 1 cennot vote for the resolution, I
shall vote against the resolution. And
now, leaving the btlance that I ought
not to fay for probably I aliould not
have said what I have in this latitude;
it is tru?, however I yield to my col
league. Senator Whson aroe and intimated
that the cause of the difficulties was as
much with the whites as with the In
dians, and also reproved Senator Tip
ton for ofiering rewards for sca'ps, to
which Mr. Tipton replied:
The Senator, undoubtedly under
stands me in this: that no far ns tribes
will be bound by treaty stipulation, we
will act in the utmost fairness with
them. Tha murdirons tribes now
plundering and desolating our frontier
will be bound by no treaty, i hey
Lave no faith to keep with us. They
cannot be intimidated but by an exhi
bition of power. You C3nnot speak to
them in rsgard to any uf the inhumani
ties of life. You cannot utter u them
one single word of Christina eiviiiza
tion. . All is powerless but exhib.tion
of power on the par; cf this Govern
ment. Until you can cause them to
fear and tremble in your presence, un
til you can make them feil your power,
until they understand that you will
deal with them just as they ar daU
ing with you, you cannot save the lives
of your wemtn and your children on.
the frontier; and when it comes to that
I would authorize war upon these sav
ages that cannot b8 approached; I
would save tha lives of our Chrisian
women. God Le the ccuutry
and the reparation f ihe
country when any Senator is t-j ttaLJ
in Lis place here and dare not be per
mited to talk of the m tssacres, cf the
women of his constituency, and not
talk about premiums on savage Indian
scalps.
This subject is one of vast moment
to the prople of the frontier. I trust I
understand tlw amenities of Christian
society. I trust I understand something
cf Christian civilization. Why, cer-
SEXATOir tii'tox o;
tainly the light of Massachusetts has
risiied u lontj since'upon thst subject,
aud vid are tryinfT to practice Puritan-
i n as bsst we may be alia to apply it
. 1? practice even in tha rery far West.
I IiJt come ye down to U and fumub the
f ' fireside. I boa.t
not of it; but my son has spent sum
mers on that very frontier, and farther
on than where the war waees to-day,
and he informed me of the safety of
his condition when he boasted that he
had ttvo companions with himself, and
by l urrowing in the earth it was thought
probable that they could hold at bay a
large number of savages until aid could
approach them. Our people are in
their cabins to day; they are in their
dirt-covered hovels to day, and they are
looking from their loopholes for some
relief; and therefore I stand here
proudly to vindicate the doctrine with
regard to thosa Indians who can ho'd
no fa iih with you premiums, anything,
.paid in go'o. for those savages scaips.
Tlie Ctflenwood .Heeling:.
According to previous announce
ment, about SUU citizens of Mill
County assembled in the Court Hou?e
at Glenwood, on Friday July llMi, to
express their views on the recent
murdor cf the Lawn boys, by a so called
v igilance Committee, in that county
li;s meeting was trie largest ever
held in that city, and th greatest una
nimity and decorum prevailed The
meeting whi cu'lad to ord?r by the
Rev. L. S. Williams and D. II. Solo
inon, Lq , addressed tho meeting in
an impressive minnsr. A committee
on resolutions was appointed, who re
ported the following; which was
uiiiinim oufly adopts J;
"Whereas, there is every reasen
to believe that the persons of William
and Patrick F Lawn were, on the 1-lth
day cf June 167, kidnapped from
Counci' P!ufls, and Lung by a to-called
"Vigilance Cnmnii:te" composed of
citizens of Mills County.
Tterefjre, It tl IlaclveJ, by the Citi
zols of Mills County ia mass meeting
aeiiilL d.
1st. TiiAt it.? regard tha said trans
action aa an unj isiifiab!o cu:rage on a
sis:?r County; a:;d the killing of lha
men atorepamed as ;t ct
and unwarrsritablo act.
up, cowardly
2'jd TiiHt the ofTicer who permit
ted the said
Committee l
ui;a irem
Hill, Witnout roitiouc tratico, trio qlovo
named person', afttr iht y had quietly
submitted ti arrest, and had leendiv
armed, has brought discredit upon the
executors cf the law, aud deserves cd
equate punishment fur his criminal
conduct.
3d. That wo ire unalterably op
posed to mob or lynch law, under
whatever pretext administered, and
that we will use ouc best efforts to
bring to justice all parties cancorned
in this transaction.
4th. That we pledge ourselves to
a faithful and unqualified support of
the ofIicrs of the law in ferretting out
and bringing to justice all criminals,
and declare that the law of the land
must be maintained and unforced from
this time forth, and that mob law in
our midst must forever cease.
5th. That we request the Board cf
Supervisors to take immediate steps for
the erection of a jail within our county
and urge upon our citizens the impor
tance of su-taining sjo'i a raeajure by
their vol?, if necessary.
Gih. That the procedings of this
meeting be published in the papers cf
this and the adjoining coun'iesof this
State and Nebraska, nnd also in the
Des Moines Slate Register, Chicago
Times, nnd all other papers that have
published accounts cf this transaction.
Note. The last resolution, relative
to publication, was amended to include
the Chicago Titnes, for the reason
that, in the copy of that paper of July
S;h, an article appeared in which the
name of Jno. Senvers was published
as being one cf the Vigilance commit
tee. This publication does great and
unmerited injustice to an old and high
ly respected citizen of this county, as
he is and always was clearly above
even a suspicion of being connected
with that committee.
WILLIAM II. TAFT,
J. SOLOMON.
WILLIAM U HEELER,
S, CHRISTY,
Committee.
Tha meeting then adjourned.
J. J. JACKSON, Chm.
L. A. villiams,
W. Kz.mptox,
Secretaries.
"I went to the Legislatui e last year,"
said a Georgian. "Well, I went to
Augusta, and took dinner at a tavern,
right beside me at the table sat a men
ber from one ef the back town?, that
had never taken dinner before al a
tavern 'n his life. Before bis plat
was a dish -f pepper, and he kept
looking at them finally, as th waiter
was mighty slow bringing on things, he
up with his fork, and ia loss than no
time soused one iu his mcuth. As he
brought his grinder down on it, the
tears caine ia his eyes. At last, spit
ting the pepper in'o his hands, he laid
it down by the side of his plate, anl
with a voice that set tha whole table in
a roar, exclaimed, "Just lie there and
cool."
The lauily of liie C'apiiol.
Mr.. Ames, in a recent letter de-
scribea some of the female lobbyists
and their ways. The following is
thril'ingly interesting:
'Leaning back in a deep ehair, no
one near her, you see a fair woman,
whose beautiful presence seems at va
riance with tho many anxious
an gu ar anl thi f iv ccars wo
men around her. Th calmress of as
sured position, the serene satisfaction
of concious beauty, tmvib-re her arid
float from her like aa atm;-phere. We
feel it even here pale plumes droop
above her lovely forehead, velvet dra-,
paries fall about tfer graceful form.
We catch a git am of uiluring
laces,
the gleam cf jewels glitter. ng on dim
pled, ungloved hands. Look long into
this face; its s-plendor of tint and per
fection of outline can bear the cloicst
scrutiny. Look long and laen say if a
soul saintly as well as sere o. looks out
from under thoe penciled archns,
through the dilating: irises of those be
guiling eyes. Look! and the unveiled
gaze which meets yours will tell you.
asplainlyns gaze can tell you, that
adulation is the life of its life, and ed
ucation the secret of iia snell. This
beauty would not tlauch before the
profanest sight, it is the beauty of one
who tunes her tongue to hoaej'od ac
cen'.s, ard lifts up her eyd.'ija ta lead
men estray. She comes and goes in a
showy carriage. Sh plides through
corridor?, haunts the galleries and ante-rooms
of the capit'j! everywhere
conspicuous in her beauty. All who
behold here inquire, "Who is that!
beau.iful woman? Nobody seems nui'e !
jre. Uoubtana mystery irvei pe ht
W-V .1 1 1
like a cloud. ' She is a rich and hotti-
ful widow;" "he is unmarried;'' "She
is is visiting the city with h-r htuband."
Lvery gazer has a duierant answer.
"There are a few dcp ia th secret
of diplomacy, of leiiilUiv.; .-enality, of
government prostitution, who can tt-il j
you tht.t she is one of the niot subtle
and dangerous of the lobbyists. Slit
is but one of a class always beautiful
anu always suoce.-tiui. iis iiav icr
l:rgo stakes, but sho alvays vir:8
Ths rnun says to hT, fccure my ap
pointment, make sure- my promotion,
and I will pay you io manv thousand.
Does the wait like c supplicant?
Not at all. She sits like an eirtpr"-.
watinc to give audinc. WiUvhn ro-
ceivo Iter smcj-cis i:i prounscuo.it; ns
semblajje? T.o. If you wait brg
enough; you see her ciido over thosr
tasselatad fiiors, not alma. Far from
the crotvd, in some an-room, sump
tuous enough for tha Sybrites, iLts
woman, as beautiful as natore and art
can make her, will dazzle the sight of
a half demented and wholly bewil
dered magnate and then tell what ihe
wants. With alluring eyes and be
guiling voice, bhe will besiege his will
through tho outworks of his senses,
and so charm him on t her pleasure.
He promises his influence he promises
us power, her favorite chall have tne
boon he demands. Thus some cf the
highest prizes in the government aie
won. Unscrupulous mpn pay wily
women to touch the subtlest and surest
springs of influence, and thus open the
secret way to their public success. No
longer tha quet-tioo is, hall women
participate in poli'ic ; shall they per
form a controlling element in the gov
ernment? B it a there are womn who
will and do exert this power, shall it
remain covert, equivocal, demoralizing,
base? or shall it be brave and pure.and
open as tne sun ;
IXDIAX IT All.
In lha Senate of the United States,
Mr.; Tipton asked, and by unamimous
consent obtained, leave to toring in the
following bill; which was read the first
time and ordered to lie cn the table
and be printed.
Be it tnaded by the Senate aud
Iloue of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assem
bled, that for the purpose of suppress
ing Indian hostilities and preserving
tho peace in the organized Territories
of the United Slates, ihe Secretary of
War may call for volunteers iu- said
Territories and ths States adjacent to
the scenes of disturbances, not exceed
ing ten thousand, who hall be mus
tered into tho service, subsisted, equip
ped, and paid as troops cf the of the
United States: Provided, That said vol
unteers, when so mustered into ihe mil
itary service of the United States, i-ball
be officered by the governors of tho
said State and Ttrrirories re.-peitive-ly
in which said volunteers reside.
Sac. 5. .7i'2 be it farther enacLd.
That a commission consisting of tare
members shall be appointed by the
Scretary of War for the purpose of
confsrins with the Indians now engaged
in hoililities, in order, if passible, to
secure their removal to localities so fat
north and south of the great lines of
travel westward as snail be necessary
for the security of the inhabitants, and
employees on the Facific railroid and j
tranches now in course of construction. ,
Sec 3. Jlnd be it further e nacied,
That anv jch arranemonts for the !
removal of said Indians, when ap
proved by the Secretary of War, shall
be enforced by the proper military au- J
thority.
A Little ISomaiice.
The Cleveland Herald has the fol
lowing liul bit of romance:
; A', one of the hotels in this city,
Friday,' was a young nd beautiful
girl, scarcely eighteen, who was on
her way io Idaho to meet her affianced.
S.ie had ome all ihe way from tunny
Inly aloise. Ilet lover left Italy three
y-'ars agip to seek his fortune in this
lo-n ', promising that when he had pre
ptred n It'ome to come for her. He
hjd guimld the home, but was stricken
down with paralysu when ready to co
bjcjf to hs native land for his bride.
A brief 1-iiior informed her of his sit
uation. With a silent prayer for his
a'ety, she picked her little trunk, left
j r diar old home and all its clustering
Associations, and alone, with none to
protect her tut God, sho started upon
'.he long journey to meet him he loved.
Sue had f-ecoma to wearied that she
a -is obliged to rest her a day. She
reumes her journey this morning.
May she : find her lover ready to re
ceive her , with open arms, and a love
equal to hers.
Scalps ad Commerce. Judging
from the following which we chp from
'.hs Colorado Transcript, a lively time
is anticipated hunting Indians in that
section of Icountry, and qui to a ravolu
ti;n ex;.etj!til in commercial circlesand j
sna nature ot ihe.r commerce:
"'Amonjr all our innumerabl sour
ees of wealth, the merchantable com
modity, "(calps' bids fair to rival some
otnars of an old grade, as a means of
woalth to ur hardyr pionees. As an
rriticle of pommerc, an Indian's scalp,
"freh wish the ears on," would hardly
be regarded as an ornameut in an
tTubterr! tonsorial establishment ; but
familiarity with tha deviltries of tha
presout unfortunate owners would soon
learn our jsft-hearted U. S. readers to
I j-k on a scalp "fresh, with ihe ears
u;,'' as pail of great pri ce. Soma of
car renrbus and patriotic citizens are
c:J;.rirg LS-J eactl to me Indian Mgl;l
s r v who tre about to start tH tho war
pfiih for t!j hyperborean locks of each
fid fvery' ik'Mh red man of the f treats
vl ese ha-;r they may be so fortunate
as, to raisij. We think a like specimen
'njiiog up n cacli poit of our downy
ccich, w 3-L Id calm our slumbers, and
Strike m uream cf peace, plenty, and
h-Opy ho-nes.
Tiioi.aUjt it a. ci$ Iv-il:a;:j
GeneraJ Tuunms Francis Meagher,
Secretary and Acting Governor of
Mcntana Territory, feil from lha deck
.If .he steamer Thomson, at Fort Ben
to.S, on thj evening of the first inst. aud
iviis drowned. He was born at Wa
ie;-ford, Iijeland, cn the 3d of August.
IS'23. At tha early age of t A'nty
ihree he was regarded as one of the
leaders off ih "Young Ireland" party
A.ich f seeded from ihe followers cf
O'Connell. In 181S he was one of
the delegates sent to congratulate the
French Ri public. He look an active
pArt in lht movements of the Young
Ireland prty in 1843, wa, arrested,
a;.d aeuteiiced to dath. The sentence
Aas cutn'ttuted to banishment for life
tt Van D.eman's Land, from which he
n-capi'd. find landed in New York, in
May, lS-!2. He was received by his
countryman with great enthusiasm.
Ia 18G1. he raised a company and
,ined thr) Sixty-ninth Regiment, New
"York Stale Militu, under General Cor
coran. He acted as Major at Bull
Kun, and; after the return of lha regi
nient, l.e iraised a brigade and was
commissioned a Brigadier General of
Volunteers .February 3, 1S62. In
15G-5. he; was apo.nted Secretary of the
7'erritory of Montana, and for some
t me had br en its acting Governor.
r. John Hannah, who has for
thirty-on years been keeper of the
Rock Lighthouse, at the entrance to
ttie Mersey, and must, therefore, have
had maiiy opportunities for judging,
Kays that the body of a drowned woman
JiKvays r;ses with the face upward, and
Jloats on 'the back. The body of a man
lises with the back upward, and floats
with the face downward. It is suppos
ed to be owing either to the superior
modesty ef men, or the consciousness
they are not so good-looking.
Feniaw. Those who believe in tha
honesty ,of Roberts and his Senate
iia.ve be-.-n greatly scandalized duriag
'she past; week by the announcement
that the ;arms entrusted to them for the
use of Irish Republican volunteers
were scfd at Buffalo for "filthy lucre"
' absolutely for money. We knew
ihat ii should cemw to that al last. The
f'orgauuers" the Archdeacons, Mor
risons. Fincertys, Joyces and Bren
flans hnve eaten up the million and a
:ha!f cf debars which, we have learned
!froin n rie'ialle source, Roberts col
lected during the past eighteen
months. He was, therefore, unpre
pared fcr tha fresh attack upon his
ireasuryimaue a few weeks ago by lha
delegates from Ireland," who
would
' have their pound of flesh the price of
their "endorsement" to pay which
poor Roberts was obliged to sell the
arms at Jufifalo. A similar fate will,
it is stated, befall the arm now stored
1 tr. .1. i -i i i
in in e w . i urn bdu eisewnere, in vruer
i to eniibfe the Senators to meet the rent
of their superb headquarters cn 1th
itreet ilrish Peoj'Ie.
Washimgtojt, July 13.
House A reolutioa was adorteJ
instructing ihe judiciary committee to
enquire whether the States of Iventuc
ky, Maryland and Delaware have
republican form of government.
The Senate amendment reducing the
appropriation to carry out the recon
atruetion bill to one million dollars, was
concurred in.
Windom introduced a bill to repen
the law of last session providing ftfr
making treaties with the Indians, which
passed.
WAsmifGTox, July 15.
House Kelly introduced a bill de
daring valid and bindir.fr the decisions
of military courts and commissions
nude in civl cases when tried in States
lately in rebellion, where no civil courts
are in operation,
Noel introduced a bill to make legal
tender notes receivable for duties on
imports.
juiaa introduced a resolution in
structing the committee on public lands
to inquire into the expediency of re
porting a bill providing for the forfeit
ure of swamp lands heretofore granted
the States lately in rebellion and not
lawfully disposed cf.
Farnswonh introduced a resolution
that the Judiciary committee be dis
charged from further consideration of
impeachment, by ordering the testimo
ny printed.
Utilise refused to second tho previ
ou? question.
Galveston, July 12. Additional
particulars of the execution of Maxi
millian have been received. The offi
cer of the firing party begged Maxi-millia-i's
forgiveness, saying ho disap
proved of the execution, but must oboy
orders. Maximili an thanked Lim fcr
his sympathy, and said soldiers must
always otey orders.
Juarez says the remains must be
subject to a treaty.
The Princess Salm devised means
for th e.cape of the Emperor, but was
betrayed by mi efficor to whom she
confided tha secret, who took a bribe
of twenty-five thou&aad doflVrs'in dia
monds. v -
A fight is probable between Cortina
and Bdrriozabal. Both are recfditiDg.
Cortina has been ordered to occupy
the Rio Grande with fifteen thousand
men.
Woahitigton, July 1G.
Senate Sumner introduced a bill
amending ihe charter of Washington
to allo -v colored persons to hold office.
Buckalew objected tothe bill, and it
goes over.
Wilson reported a substitute for the
House bill relative to the relief of cer
tain foldiers and sailors charged with
desertion. The substitute declares
that no soldier or sailor hall be held to
be a deserter who faithfully served un
till after April 19th, and then went
home without leave from the proper
authority.
The Chair presented a communication
from the President transmitting a copy
of the Russian treaty, and calling the
attention of Congress to the necessity
of impropriating seven million two hun
dred thousand dollars to carry it into ef
fect, which refered to the committee en
appropriations. Also, the procedings
of the late convention between the
United States and the Republic of
Venezuela. Refered to committee on
foreign relations.
Henderson called up the bill to es
tablish peare within certain Indian
tribes. It provides that a commission,
consisting of Gens Sherman, Hancock,
Smith. Augur and others, be appeinted
to treat with them, with a view to their
removal on reservations to be selected
one North of Nebraska and one
South of Kansas and appropriates
four hundred thousand dollars far this
purpose. The bill was amended that
the commissioners examine the territo
ry instead of selecting it.
Wa6hiioton, July IS.
Senate. Wilson Oi-ered the fol
lowing amendment to the Censtitution:
No distinction shall bo made by the
United States nor any State, among
citizens of civil or political rights on
account of rice cr color. Ordered
printed.
Sumner called up his till providing
that no person be disqualified from
holding office on account of race or
color. Fussed ayes 25, nays 5.
On motion of Pomeioy, the bill pro
viding for the appointment of commis
sioners to ."elect Indian reservations
was taken up.
Sherman thought the only true solu
tion of the Indian difficulties was to
absorb them in genera! population.
Pomercy conceded to Sherman's
views, but did not believe it possible to
locate the Indians on one reservation,
or two. th tribes would be continually,
at war together. He believed there
should be several reservations.
Howard favored temporary action to
settle existing difficulties, and said it
was time enough next winter to settle
the great question of the disposition of
the Indians.
Morrill coademed tbe Indian policy
of the government as unjust and op
pressive, and said it was imposille to
absorb the Indians into the white popu
lation; that meant extermination.
Thayer did not advocate extermina
tion; said it was the duty of Congress
to secure peace if possible; and, speak
ing for the people of the border, noth
ing was so abhorrent as Indian war.
J?3One of our exchange chroni
cles the marriage of Mr. Thomas N.
Lyon to Miss Mary Lamb. Undoubt
edly in their casa will the Scriptures
be fulfilled: "The lien and the lamb
shall lie down tagbthtr, and a little
child shall lead them.
EQA great many Americans are
in Paris ju-t now, but net so many as
werecnlc ulitcd upon, and is a source of
great regret to the Parisians penemlly
for it is with them a proverb that where
the English spend a franc the Amen
cans, spend a Napoleon.
J53FUnder the decision ef the re
cent monetary conference it is under
stood the United States will reduce the
value of a gold dollar to five francs.
France will coin pieces of the value of
twenty-five francs, and England, by
slight reGuction of the value of sov
ereigns, will bring them to the earns
standard, thus virtually making tho
American dollar a unit for geld.
Zy2?"A man named Seliveria, claim
ing: to be a citizen or the L nited states,
was recently arrested in Paris at tho
request cf the Portuguese government
and sent to Lisbon. The American
Minister nude u demand cn the gov
ernment of Pcriugal fcr tho release of
the prisoner, and he was ient back ta
France on a Portuguese man of-war,
rjfA girl recently went to a doctor
for advice, declaring her ailment to ba
pain iu the bowels. The Dr. gave her
a cathartic, nnd requested her to call
again iu a few days, which she did.
Ie ticked hr if she bad laken th
medicine, to which she replied in the
affirmative. lie then atked, "Did
anything rass you after taking it?"
les, sir," s ho aid, "o hers e and rvac-
i r at T
on, ai a a drove ot pies. XJjctor eoi
ipred, remarking, '! think you must
be tetter.
t-'A Pennsylvania editor thus
pit Les into tho fair sex of his immedi
ate r;p .cLhc-rr.oori:
'The lady who yosteiday called t"ie
attention of another to eur patched
breeches. whrpt they both laughed
toheertily, is informed that a new
pair trill be purchased whsn htr hus
band's little bill is settled. Note 1.
When you speak disparaging'y cf a
passer-by, and do not wish to be over
heard, talk low. 2 Do not criticisa
the pi inter's drtss too closely while
you are wearing si ks purchased witn
monoydue him. 3. Tell yourhuiband
to tend us 23.70 at once, and sava the
cost of an entire new suit.'
CtT'A Richmond (Va.) paper re
ports n singular explosion of a latch key
with which a gentleman wai opening
us door a few dayf since The report
was as loud as that made by an ordina
ry pistol, and the force ef the explosion
shattered the key ring and scattered
he keys, blowing a button oft Lis glove
and injuring his hand. The cause as
signed for the explosion is ihis: The
ock was of brass and had been heated
by tbe sun, and the key being of steel
and also heated, hefd, by coming in con
tact, caused a thermo-electric current.
This current often causes an explosion,
the shock of which is not, unlike - that
of an electric battery.
CATcnixo Fun iw Sitka. -The re
doubtable Baron Munchausen describes
the following mode of catching and
skining the sable, in the neighborhood
of the North Pole. We oppose the
new officials to the arctic circle will pro
vide themselves with pitchers:
Providing himself with a pitcher of
water, the hunter stations Limstlt in a
tree over the hole of the animal, and
when the latter comes out and stands
eunging about.the hunter pours water
on the creature's tail, which almost in
stantly becomes frozen to the ground.
The hunter then descends, and, with,
his knife slashes the sable's face. The
frightened animal struggles to get
away, and finally escapes through the
opening made in its countenance by
the hunter's knife, leaving its ekin in
possesion cf the hunter, while it returns
to its hole, where it awaits the growth
of a new skin.
&TThe transmission of soual
through solid metslic tubes is so per
fect that eenvertation has been raain-
tained at a low tone between the ends
of one of tha Pans water pipes 3,120
fe6t long; The veloeity of the trans
mission of sound is greater, ly four to
sixteen timss, in moral than in air, and
in wood, as computed by Cbaldni,
from ten to sixteen limes greater;
which is notso commonly known. Rock
conveys sound so much faster than air
that the ear applied to a stratum of
rock in which blasting is being done
at a distance will perceive two distinct
reports: that conveyed through rock first,
and afterward the ordinary report
through the atmosphere. It has been
found that the velocity is ale propor
tioned to the loudness of ihe rrport,
other things being equal. With 2 000
pounds of powder a report trave'ed D67
feet in a second; with 15,000 r ounde
1,210.