The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-14
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physician says that since the Introduction Of
short dresses there has been . noticeable decline
IN diseases among women originating in cold or
damp feet. When long garments prevailed
women were very careless in this respect, often
with the dampness always clinging to their long
skirte, brought on Illness, which not unfrequenty
terminated fatally.
The Murfreesboro (renn.) Monitor says: The
stones River Utility Works offer premium Of q
gold spoon and Q silver hoped red cedar bath
tub to the best baby, to be shown ct the next an
nusl fair OF this society, and the baby must be
less than three months old at the date Of the ex-
hibi'ion." The paper adds TO this announcement
The charitable proposition is made by q New
York newspaper to gather together all the Tags
canvas, bunting, timber. scsntlinR and whatever
else OF the paraphernalis of the late campaign
that remains, and dispose OF them for the benefit
OF the poor in the different wards the coming
winter. r .r - 80 :
1t lie curious and instructive fact that out of
every l00,0 600 married persons (includiug widow
ers) at the age of 20, 626 die before attaining the
age OF 70 while out OF similar number of per.
sons unmarried at the same age. no less than 1881
die before attaining the age of Is. I
John M. Kills plead guilty to the charge of forg-
ing 10000 Ia government vouchers, in the United
States Court at Nashville the other day. Kills was
originally from Springfield. Ohio. During the
~csptam Of company.
The Academy Of Sciences, in France. has pub.
lished The result Of observations of the atmos-
phere. made by Camille Flemmerton in an ex.
tended series Of balloon ascensions. The first
chapter Of the report establishes law of varia-
ton OF the watery vapor in the air, and asserts
tbat the invisible moisture accumulates to the
maximum zone of humidity. and then decreases
until IT finally disappears. The second chapter
shows that the solar radiation increas es in the
upper regions in proportion to the diminution Of
the moisture and OF the temperature of the air.
The third chapter treats of the circulation of the
atmosphericsl currents. The fourth establishes
the dminution of the temperature according to
the latitude. The fifth gives very curious o6ser-
vations on the altitude Of clouds of different
forms, their variations and physical construction.
The sixth gives several problems on optics, acous
tics and general physics, of which the defnit
solution is not completed.
The Macon, Ca, Journal of the 2sth ultimo gives
an account of . yield of cotton on i've acres of
land in Bullock county, near Union Springs, that
deserves mention. The land was prepared by
thorough blowing to the depth of fifteen inches
enriched by the application of $500 pounds-50O
POUNDS to the acre-of mixture of Peruvian guano
and phosphates, and worked at least once week.
The hill system Of planting was adopted, and the
yield was fifteen bales of clean, beautiful cotton
Of hpe quality, each bale weighing 500 pounds
The Journal has heard of a similar yield in the
neiehborhood of Athens, and land much poorer.
The New England States have entered into
combination for opening all their rivers by sIuces
or fish-ladders over dams for the passage of fish,
and prohibiting the fishing of their streams by nets
or weirs for five years. They have appointed
commissioners TO see to these duties and to pro.
cure impregnated eggs for replenishng the
streams. A good deal has already been done.
sluces and ladders are being rapidly constructed
aud the Merrimsc is said to be already open to its
source for the passage of fish.
Secretary McCulloch has Instructed Hon. Noah
L. Jefres, register of the treasury to furnish an
additional list of fifty female clerks, whose ser.
vices can be dispensed with by the LIST of Decem.
Der next, it being necessary to further reduce the
force Of that buresu on account of the decrease of
work. About the LIST of January next another re-
duction will be made In the second auditors
office on account of no work, and 1t is thought it
will be necessary to discharge at least two hun.
dred clerks. The pressure upon the secretary by
the friends of those lately dismissed for their re-
inststenent is very great but the applications
have to be refused in every case, as the force
must be reduced.-INstionai InteIligencer.
The Vicksburg Herald suggests that city as
most favorable location for manufacturing pur-
poses. Speaking of q cotton factory, il says
II Il is profitable to- purchase cotton here. shfpft
to Europe and the looms of the East, to be con-
verted into its varied fabrics how much more pro-
ffable IL will be to avoid this immense expense of
transportation, and manufacture it in our midst.
Another profitable enterprise
would be the erection of cotton seed oil factory
Countless tons of cotton seed are shipped away 20
st. Louis and other points for conversion into OIL
remunerstive return for capital and labor invested
than at any other point. ei.ala.
Mayence, on the Rhine, is the most cosmopoIi-
tan of cities; the fortress is GreatPrussian, the
government is Darmstadtisn, the postofice Is
North-German, the religion is Roman, the garri-
son is Prussian-P Polish, the national colors are
Hessian, the laws are French, and the language
Is German. -
inch, the average IN actual circulation have from
nineteen TO twenty. When they come down to
twenty.one to the inch, the mint sends them to
the melting pot.
The Philadelphia Inquirer advises Northern CAPT.
talsts and manufacturers not to delude themselves
with the belief that the South of 1865 is the South
of $780, that that section will consent to longer
be depend ent upon the North for supplies Of GER
taia goocs. Affairs have been reversed. The
popular errors concerning the ability of the South
TO become her own manufacturer are daily being
exploded by actual results. And we must not
forget that large amount of Northern skill and
enterprise has been transplanted to the Southern
held In the natural course of events. The time
10 not far distant when the hum of q new industry
will be heard below Mason and Dixon's line
when that section viii make It's own boots. shoes,
cotton fairies. machinery and other articles long
purchased in Northern factories
Samuel A. Townsend, of Kent, Connecticut
raised On his farm the past season a mammoth
pumpkin, which measured in circumference seven
feet, and weighed one hundred and thirty-two
and half pounds From the time IL budded till it
ripeDed AID was picked. by actual calculation Il
must have grown two and half pounds per day,
or one ounce and three quarters per hour. II is
estimated that 1t will require ten Of milk to
make it into'pies. fltn $50 D
Jacob WiDans, of Milton. Mahoning county,
Ohio. was born in 1863, and married at twenty.
one. His wife bore him seventeen children four
teen of whom are now living, the youngest hav-
ing turned 80. He has frequently walked his IS
miles day. carrying pack. Attic age OF IS he
walked from Waterford, Erie CO.. Pa, to his pres
ent home, in days. In July last at the age of 80
years. he walked from his dau ghter's residence in
Garrettsyie, TO Milton. distance of 81 miles, in
lees than six consecutive hours, with only one
rest, the mercury being SO degrees. He has not
tasted intoz eating liquors for over 60 years,
never paid dollar to doctor or a lawyer, has
voted at every presidential election since the
sdoption OF our constitution. and has served his
country in two wars.
While 10 conversation few DAYS ago with an
old " apostate," who was disfellowshiDped few
years ago for not paying 1.-THE, asked him what
he thought of that system, TO which, elevatng the
eyebrow, and leaning his head thoughtfully to one
side, he thus replied in brief: You see, was
always very particular about payin' up, for along
time after I hers E:naiiv N coruo fau uhoo