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titled him. and for three years he had
not been hundred yards from his own
house.
An overhanging rock, 81 feet long,
81 fee: high and g. ieet tn elk, on tie
line of the Delaware and Hudso Canal
near Barryville, Pa, was recently dis
lodged by a single blast of powder
placed in deep fissure. The weight of
the mass was over 20, 600 tons, and it il
believed to be the largest ever moved by
one blast.
A locality out West has been reported
to be one containing men of ample
hearts, just-minded men who recognize
the righ.s of all, as proved by their al
lowing women to vote in local affairs.
There are only six adult women in
the district, and some 700 men, who are
very safe reformers under this state of
things.
A coffin contractor has been censured
by the authorities of Pritchard, Eng
and, for allowing dead pauper to
have trimmings on his coffin" He eX-
planned that the relations of the dead
man had borrowed money for the trim
mings. He was instructed never to al
low such thing again, for "if people
could obta n collins at the public ex-
pense, and still have their friends bu-
ried in good style by simply adding the
trimmings, there would be no I'd of APP
plicants who would get collins out of the
| Taxpayers"
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PRESERVING MEAT.-A Washington
correspondent says that Commissioner
Of Agriculture Capron, Patent Commits
sioner Foote. and other distingu
scientific men there, have carefully ex-
amined Prof. Gramgee's process of pre-
serving meat. lhey are all satisfied that
it will prove successful. 1t is immedi-
ately to be tried in Texas, for thepurpose
Of sending cheap beef and mutton to
New York and other cities. The gov
eminent is experimenting with the
process, to ascertain if it can be used
for tn, army.
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Miss Judith Russell, of New Bedford
writes have been afflicted with severe
prostrating cramps in my limbs, cold
,eet and hands, and a general disordered
system. While visiting some friends
in New York, who were using Planta-
ton Bitters, they prevailed upon me to
try them. l commenced with small
wiue-glass full after each meal. Feel
ing better by degrees, in few days l
wa astonished to find the coldness and
cramps had entirely left me, ID could
sleep the night through, which | had
not done for years. l feel like anot.er
peing. My appetite and strength have
also greatly improved by the use Of .he
Plantation Bitters.
MAGNOLIA WATER.-Superior to the
hest imported German Cologne, and
sold at half the price. d&w.
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The NcW Suspension Bridge.

The new suspension bridge, to con-
meet Niagara Falls with Clifton, Cana
da, which was formally opened to the
public on the I'd of January, has the
longest single span in the world. The
Suns correspondent furnishes the fol-
lowing description: The width of the
chasm, from cliff to cliff, over the Ma
CARA River, is 100 feet. The length Of
the suspended portion of the roadway is
] ,240 feet. The span between centres OF
to xers is 1,26S f. ct. The height of the
centre of the roadway above the water
varies from s. feet at high water to 81 or
80 feet at low water. The height of the
water is much affected by the direction
and force of the wind. The floor is sus-
pended from two cables, formed OF
twisted WIRE ropes, seven to each cable,
laid, one in the centre and the Others
around it. Diamet er ofcables, 7inches.
Number of wires to each, 931. Number
of the wire, Birmi" CHAM gauge, 8.
Weight of cable per lineal foot, 63 lbs.
DETECTION of cables in the centre--in
summer, 81 foet, in winter IS feet. Full
length of cables betweerH centres of sad
dies on the towers, 1856 feet; between
anchorages, 1,S2S feet. The cables are
anchored on the Canadian side in the
solid limestone rock on the New York
side in mass of solid masonry. Both
anchorages are IS feet below the surface
of the ground, and 80 feet diagonally in
the rock and masonry.
The two caLle piers, or towers, are
made of white pine timber They
measure at the base SO % feet, and at
the top as feet. The entrance is
through an opening at the base of each
tower, l3x29 feet. The weight of the
cables and superstructure on each tower
fall perpendicularly on 80 square tim
bers, 12x12 in, hes. These timbers sup
port the cast-iron bed plates. Wrought
iron rollers are laid on these plates, and
on these rollers the saddles holding the
cables rest. BY this arrangement all
lateral strain is taken from the towers.
Seven wire rope stays, Il inches in dia-
meter, run from each main anchorage
over the towers, where they are divided
into IL, which extend to the floor, n ak.
ing "a stays on each end of the bridge.
These stays assist to sustain the weight
resting OH the cables, and check undu-
lating motion. The sustaining power
of these stays is 1920 tons ; of the cables,
1850 tons making n total of 5000 tons
net.
The suspenders are Of wire rope, Gin.
In diameter, except some of the short
est ones in the centre, which are of Gin.
round iron. The floor beams or joists.
240 in number, are of white pine, sus-
pended five feet from centres. A truss
on the Howe plan extends the whole
length Of the roadway on each.
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Mt DAILY. TRANSCRIPT, JANUARY 12 1869

many of whom were in the Gel calls
command during the war.
President Johnson has appointed
Chauncy N. Snow, the son of we'll
known New Hampshire and Boston
landlord in form II years, a commission
or to examine the Union Pacific Rail-
road, in place of Cornelius Wendell, re-
signed. Mr.. Snow is Civil Ell gineer
by profession, having been employed on
The Hoosac Tunnel and the Philadelphia
and Baltimore Railroad.
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Grace's Celebrated Salve,

From Mr.. JAMES CuRLIN, of Amesbury, Mass.
II was afflicted with severe telop on one of
fingers, and tried many remedies without relief
My friends induced me to try your Salve. In
two days it extracted the inflammation from my
finger SO as to en- BILE me H. enable me to resume
my work. | can almost say that the Salve work
cd like magic for it effc ;ted cure without leav-
ing a scar. nnhesitatngly pronounce Grdce's
Sdire an excellent remedy and do not doubt it
will be appreciated throughout the land"
ONLY 25 CENTS A BOX.
SETH W. FOwLE & SON, Boston, Proprietors
Sold by Apothecaries and Grocers generally,
4-2l0
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When the Gruss snaU COrey Me,

When the grass shall cover me,
Head to foot where [ am l,ing;
When not amy wind that blows,
Summer blooms nor winter SHOWS,
Shall awake me to your signing;
Close above me MS you pass,
You will say: How kind she was"
You will say How true she was"
When the grass grows overme.
When the grass shall cover me.
Holden close to earth's warm bosom,
While I laugh, or weep, Or sing,
Nevermore, for anything,
You will find in blade and blossom,
Sweet small voices, odorous,
Tender pleaders in my cause,
That shall speak to me as | was
When the grass grows over me.
When the grass shall cover me!
All, beloved III my sorrow,
Very patient can wait
Knowing that or soon or late,
There will dawn n clearer morrow:
When your heart will moan: "Alas
Now know how true she was;
Now | know how dear she was, y
When the grass grows over me.
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sent moment there is real very little
difference between bonnets and hats.
The shapes ofthese bonnets were all diff
ferent, although all were more or les in
the fanchou style. There was a mauve
velvet bonnet with wide plaits at the top
of the head. 1t was bordered al round
with band OF mauve feathers, very
stiffly curled, and ut the left side there
was an dtnrette and al ogr0fe of roses
at the side.-Pdris Letter.
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DECLINES THE CHALLENGE. - Nc
Dewitt declines Dion's challenge to
play three push shot American game,
of 800 or 1000 points, the first in Chi
cago, the second in Montreal, and the
third in New York, for $1,000 or $4,000
side, for each game. He will only play
q push shotgame of 800 or 1000 points,
for $4,000 in Chicago.
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will be affiliated, as it were, to the pub
lie offices which are not otherwise rep
resented in the House of Lords, and
VIII have to answer whatever questions
may be asked with reference to the
business of their respective depart
ments. Such position, by whatever
name it may be called, will be obvious
ly no longer the sinecure it once was.
The nobleman who holds it will be as
much before the public as an average
Under-Secretary of State, and if he
wishes 10 make a reputation, will have
to work as hard as if he were actually
responsible for the department of which
h is made the parliamentary mouth
piece.
For these purposes, the new Premier
Is fortunate enough to have rea Y to his
hand two young Peers of much promise
and ability-Lord Morley and Lord
Camperdoul. Nor is it only Lords-in-
waiting who are to be thus utilized. The
Marquis Of Lansdowne, whose large
fortune would prevent his accepting any
smell official berth, with a salary at
tached to it, is to be made an extra Lord
of t Treasury, without salary. He is,
in fact, to serve an unpaid apprentice
ship to public business.
Such appre itices alps are sorely
wanted to those who, like the nobleman
we have mentioned, bid fair some day
to occupy a prominent political position.
Men of this ass now rarely get oppor-
tunities for any sort of official training.
They distinguish emselves in debate,
and when their party comes into power,
their rank at once secures them some
responsible position. They are, how
ever, naturally ignorant of the simplest
details of office life, and they are thus
for time either at the mercy of the
subordinate wire-pullers, of whom the
public know nothing, or, if they are
men of originality and strong will, they
learn the art ofgoverning at the expense
of the community, much as Fox learned
debating at the expense of isaudence
The system of putting young Peers of
promise into official posts of strictly
subordinate character will help to guar
antee us a class of stat esmen who have
actual experience of administrative
work before they begin themselves to
administer.
We think, therefore, that credit is
due both to those who have devised
this new career for youthful ambition,
and to those who, instead of yielding to
the temptations which their rank Gre
ates, are eager to adopt it. Even tho c
who think that the best use you can
make of a Peer is to abolish him must
admit that, until he can be abolished, it
is as we'll to use him. 1t is true, the
more useful he becomes, the less likely
is he to be abolished, but then this
would be very fair reason of retaining
him.
In the present condition of society,
such men as those we have named have
over the great mass of their fellow citi-
zen- special advantages tor political life
as it exists in England which it is the
merest folly to ignore or endeavor to ig-
more.
This may be right or wrong, but still
while it remains a fact we shall well
come every attempt to enlist these adj
vantages in the public service instead OF
allowing them to lie waste. p
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ItCenty-tIUe Years Practice

In the Treatment of Diseases incident to Fe-
males, has placed DR.. Dow at the head of all the
physicians making such practice specially and
enables him to guarantee u speedy and perman-
ent cure in the worst cases of Suppression and
all other Menstrual DerdngementS. from ,ohdt-
euer cause All letters for advice must contain
81. Office, No. 8 Endicott Street Boston.
N. B. Board furnished to those desiring to re.
main under treatment
boston. july. 1868. 226 lvrd&w
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THE Montreal Witness says that hay
and straw have reached such a price
that those gentlemen keeping horses
are purch6Sing sawdust for stable bed
ding and carrots for portion of their
horses fodder.
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"How modest worth neglected lies,'
does not apply to the popularity
barr ett's Vegetable Hair Res. orative."
Its worth, though modest, is full, APP
precaited by the millions who use no
other preparation.-N.. Y. Times. d&w.
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BoNNETs FOR THE PRINCESS OF
WALEs.-l saw last week some very
pretty bonnets just being packed, to be
forwarded to the Princess of Wales.
They were all what we call chapeaux
farmes in bonnets, although at the pre-
Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-01-12

LUCKY COUPLE. "A contemporary
says that Barnsy Williams and his
wife are worth $4,000; and another
thinks if it is so, they are a very lucky
couple.
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FULTON MARKET.-Justr received, a
nice lot Dried Beef, Sugar Cured Hams,
Bologna Sausage, Sweet Potatoes, To-
matoes, Pears, Peaches, Water Melons
and Musk Melons. dtf-94.
Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-01-12

INFORMATION guaranteed to produce luxu-
/ RANT growth of hair upon a bald head or a
beardless face, also recipe for the removal of
.imples, blotches, eruptions, etc, on the skin,
leaving tho same saft, clear, and beautiful, can
be obtained without charge by addressing
THOS. f. CHAPMAN, Chemist.
66-1y 1913 Broadway. New York.
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ERRORS OF YOUTH

A GENTLEMEN who suffered for years from
N Nervous Debility. Premature Decay, and
all the effects of youthful indscretion will, for
the sake of suffering humanity send free to all
who need it, the recipe and direction for making
the simple remedy by which he was cured. Sutf-
erers wishing to profit by the advertisers expe-
renee can do so by addressing, in perfect conf
dence,
JOHN b. OGDEN,
1yw-247 No. AZ Cedar street, New York.
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(tANCER, SCROFULA, DYSPEPSIA, LIVER
~ Comp laint, rheumatism, Neuralgia, &C.,
cured. A Book of 100 pages, sent free to inva-
Place, Boston,
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TO CON SUMPTIVES.

VNHE Advertiser, having been restored to
i health in few weeks by very simple
with severe lung affection, and that dread
disease, Consmmpton-is anxious to make
known to his fellow sufferers the means of cure.
TO all who drsire it, he will send copy OF
directions Tor pre- airing and using the same,
which they will find a SURE CURE FOR C.,SsUMP-
TON, ASTHMA. BRoNcHIrIs &C. The only object
of the advertiser in sending the Prescription is
which he conceives to be invaluable and he
hopes every sufferer will tIy his remedy, as il
win cost them nothing, and may prove blessing.
Parties wishing the prescription will please
address Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON,
l65 South Second St., Williamsburgh, Kings
County. New York. 247-1y
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-12-19
PRACTICAL USE THE TEST I
TUE UNIvtESsL VERDI

TIE UNiVEESsL VERDICT.
''Tl.e W eeler & " son Sewing Machine the
Champion
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1'I,ESE U II cUALLED MACHINES DO All
L the therrHt kIsIts # work required to b.
done in ftmly aHd make al The different kiras
OF Stitche-, without he 1,m cations Of the OtheI
MachinrS.
All pers ms vi lea 9 examine the WHEELER
& WILSIN Swing MACHINES btfhe pur-
ciasip- any -.tlIer-
The Wheeler K wills H. as is well known hqs
won at nearly every tr,al in which il la, mp. ted
the hi-hUst award merit. The r. presrntifives
OF 9th m 'chinr~, eVrr confilrnt, have .nterc,l
the lists, liue ~, Yin ,uiy to b.. d. feated; ard
finding it impossible t. c.,mprt- fairly have en-
deavortd 10 cry the value Of Premiums Tb-y
are NOT slow. however, t. boast nf the few they
have u ceived. itut in The grand trih d lily use
throu Il ut the w1ri'!. where only :. it finds
favor and >uFerinfity wins the race the " hee!er
W i~nn Sewing NIchine sand, triump hautly the
champion Icy he dit If the cope.
These Naehine> are Adspted to
livery Variety nf sewing.
From he Lhtes mu>lin> t. he heaviest cloths
They w"rl eq al y ell upon StIk, LIner, WepI-n
or Cotton -.o,iS with ilS, linn cotton thread
Scanning, QaiiiiHs, gathering, HemnGinE FEELING.
Cordins. IaoHf's, B.ading Enrbro'derIig. and
making ButtoH Holes with the great, It ftciiiiy.
If ii he inc"uyr III, mt /, the purchaser visit
the sa e ooln the order Ii ay be forwarded to the
otice, and II ill b5 fsiiIfully hIrd il the
selection ii q heeI ma ie PEI -onaIly.
Full Inst uctt'ts recently complied and giving
fun i"'otna't"n mp "a every pom i'll detail.
company each cnrnr. aud enable the most luck
perienc-,. to operate with ut 'linculty.
Our inJ"test IN tie successful working OF M
chimes i nj s~conI t. that o: the purchaser, AMI
We e, eem II - p Tvilc.e TO aId by corr espJudeEC1
OF ofIer"i =, any rciS III requiring it.
New haci.i e, 'ttti '.ac iues repaired hers, war
rantcd f II ,n,e yetr
All the Modern Improvements, including the
Best @ Itlity { q It auk, f r sale at San
Francisco 'ate' Cali aud see tet ms
". M. >TODD ARD.
General gent f racfr asst.
Montgomery street. Cu'uer of Sac amrhto,
San Fianuis O.
r.. J. : We e =.
Agent for Carson and vicinity.
Crrsai De cHii er II, Is g.
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Lo . T !.

A MEMOIR iNDUM BOOK AND A TIME
n Book Lust. by the undersigned,
Sunday or Monday. December 18th "r 18th, either
in Empire C,,son. The finder or finders of the
books will confer "A favor upon and receive the
thanks of the owner by leaving them at Mr.,
S,adtmullerss in Empire, or at Walkers Ho,el
in Carson. GEO. W. WHITE.
Carson December nth. IS60. iw&
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As A HOLIDAY PRESENT. NOTHING WOULD
BE MORE sFpRECIATED THAN
UN L. OF THESE MACHINES.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-07-09

TgLGRArn SrATIuss.-The following IL =
correct statement OF the IRE alarm telegraph
stations In the city
2. Third street east and l. street SOUTH.
.. Eighth street east and Virginia avenue.
I. Eleventh street cast and Pennsylvania
avenue.
s. Seventh street east aud Pcnnsylvnnia
avenue,
0, Filth street east and A street south.
I, Police Station, Eighth precinct, Fifth
street east and south Carolina avenue.
5. Fourth street east and q street north.
Q. sixth street east and II street north.
u. Second street east and K street north.
10. SecOni street east and East Capitol
street.
II No. Engine House Capitol Hill.
IS. Second street west and street south.
ID. Police station, Four-ani-nhalf street
west, and II street south.
II. Four.nnd .n-h' if street west And NJ street
south.
Is. Eleventh stree, west and Maryland
avenue.
10 -Four. and.s.half street west and Mary
a. u street north and New Jersey avenue
railroad depot.
% CITY Hall.
a. No Hook aud Ladder House, Massa-
chusetts avenue and Fourth street.
Is. Fourth street west and New York ave-
nue..
% Police station, seventh aud Boundary
| streets,
q, seventh street west and NJ street north.
Is. Tenth street west aud II street north.
20. Seventh street west aud r. street north.
vsnia avenue.
81 seventh street west aud u street south
81. Bank of Washington, Louisiana avenue.
IS. Central Guard. house,
81. Twelfth street west AMI n street north.
81. Twelfth street west and street north.
IS. No. Engine House, u street nnrth and
/ Twelfth street west.
80, state Department, Fourteenth street.
Al. Willsrd's Hotel.
a. Riggs hank, Fifteenth street west and
New York avenue,
| -. Fifteenth street west and X street north,
Is. HibeInia Engine.housc, Nineteenth st.
/ west and II street north
/ ". No, / Engiuc.hou.e, sixteenth street
/ west and X street north.
/ II. Sixtcen-and.a.hnIf street west and II
Is, twentieth street wcst and NJ street
north.
20. Police station, Twentieth street west
and street north.
81. Twenty-siNth street we"t aud q street
50, Twenty-thlrd street ives, aud l. street
. north.
50, Smithsonian.
90. Arsenal Gate.
81. Navy Yard Gate.
IS. Corner Eleventh street west and Fs'reet
50. Sixth stree, ives, and N street south.
q. Adams Express once, Pennsylvania
%, II street north and North Capitol street.
O3. Seventh street west and street north.
", Ninth street west and q street south.
Us, Fourteenth street west aud street
south,
81. United States Observatory,
Os, SuPt. OF Police, tresidence,l Eighth street
/ west and X street north.
II. Poiice-station, First street west and +
! street north.
/ 70. Georgetown,
DIRECTIONS TO KEY HuLDERs.
7 Turn the crank slowly aud steadily about
twenty-five timcsi then wait u few moments,
and II you hear no ticking In the box, or alarm
on the large bells, turn as before until you
! hear the alarm.
Alarms OF fire will be given on tho bells Of
/ Thirteenth street Baptist church, 81. MaTy's
/ tieTmAn( Catholic church, tFifth street west
aud the Columbia cnglne-hOuse bell, Capitol
Hill,) by striking the number Of the box CIV
Ing the Bignal.
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The GOVERNMENT BASIN AT Nav YORK
Yesterdny afternoon the first stone of the
great wall which Is TO inclosc the Govern
ment basin at the Battery was laid in 25 feet
of water, at a distance of 200 feet from the
old shore line. The work was done without
display, under the direction of Mr.. A. b.
Mullctt, the supervising architect, assisted
by Mr.. Easterbrook and Capt. Pratt. The
basin Is to cover an area of about 10000
feet-n3arly an acre-and will be inclOsed
by a well-built wall OF Connecticut granite.
The wall will be 10 feet thickness and about
90 feet from the bed of the basin to the cop
ing. Each block measures 10 feet In length,
4 In width, and 2 In thickness, and weighs
10000 pounds. The coping will be ~ feet
thick and wide. Two kinds OF granite are
TO be used-that for the foundation from the
Syantlc Quarries; that for the upper part
from Dix Island, on the coast of Maine. Yho
latter Is from tho same quarry that fur
nished the stone for the Treasury extension,
aud Is supplied under contract by G. 2,
DiXon-the same who has recently fulfilled
his agreement with the Government to quarry
and prepare for laying those immense blocks
which cap the pillars Of the new Treasury
building at Washington. The Dix Island
granite, as well as the Connecticut granite,
are used by the Lighthouse Board TO the
exclusion Of all other building stones. Il Is
thought the basin will be completed within
year, and that as soon as II Is finished
preparations will be made for the erection of
a new barge office, to take the place Of the
time-houored but dllapldated "WhIte Hail."
which has for SO many years been used by
the custom house authoritles.-N Y. Tribune,
yuly6 8.