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From the moon it takes five quar-

From the moon it takes five quar-.
ters of a second-that is, one second
and quarter-for light to come to
US. According to Mr.. Davis. the earth
must be 266,250 piles from the moon,
and as light is admitted by the same
author to come from the sun to the
earth in eight minutes, the earth must
be believed by him to be 1O2,240,00O
miles from the sun. At this rate light
will take three years to come to Us
from the nearest fixed star, and from
a star of the seventh magnitude 1S0
years, and from one of the Twelfth
magnitude 1000 years, and yet this
incomprehensible distance is compar
atively but Sabbath days journey
| into infinite space.
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ened, falling hair checked, and bald
ness often, though not always, cured
by its use. Nothing can restore the
hair where the follicles are destroyed,
or the glands atrophied and decayed.
But such as remain can be saved for
usefulness by this application. Instead
of fouling the hair with a pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off. and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances which
make some preparations dangerous and
injurious to the hair, the Vigor can
only benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-01-04

OLE BULL-A ROMANTIC HISTORY.
In one way or another his whole life
seems to have been a round of adven-
ture and excitement. Driven by his
passion for music to quit the Univer-
sity Of Christiana, where he was study
ing for the church, he began his career
as an artist at the age of nineteen.-
One of his first exploits was a duel, in
which his antagonist,a fellow musician,
was mortally wounded. To escape
the consequences Of this affair, he fed
to Paris. There he fell into poverty,
was robbed of everything he had, even
of his violin, and in his despair threw
himself into the Seine. This attempt
at suicide was the making of him.
Being 6shed out of the water, his for
lorn condition attracted the notice of
a rich lady who had recently lost her
son, and who fancied that she traced
in the young viollnist's features re-
semblance of her dead child. She
took him home, provided for his wants,
enabled him to make a professional
tour, which placed him at once on the
high road to fortune. The applause
of the concert halls, however, could
not satisfy his adventurous spirit.
He managed, we believe, to have a
share in nearly all the European rev.
olutions. He was badly wounded in
the Paris insurrection of 1882, figured
conspicuously in the movements Of
February, 184S, then hurried to Hol.
land, where he had some more revolu.
tionary experience, and went back to
Paris to enjoy more still. He fought
under the French in Algerie. He
built theatre at Bergen and brought
out political dramas, which led to his
arrest and financial ruin. Then, fol
lowing an illustrious example. he laid
down the fiddle and the bow, took up
the implements of husbandry, and
bought great tract of land in Penn
, sylvania, for the purpose of founding
Norwegian agricultural colony
This was in 1862. Hundreds of his
countrymen followed him into the
promised land, and little town called
Oleana was soon built by their indus
try, but the experiment proved dis
astrous failure, and the protector wal
ruined for a second time. Then M
came to New York, took lease o
the just finished Academy of Music
and in two months was ruined again
His career since then has been quieter
and we trust happier.
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! THE VALLEY OF THE YOSEMITE
One of the grandest sights on the Pa
|citic side of this Continent is the val
ley of the Yosemite, in the Sierra
range, about $50 miles east of San
Francisco. The first time a white
man ever entered it was in 1848, and
even now the journey is somewhat
hard The route from San Francis
co is by way of Stockton, a town 1l0
miles due east, and this part Of the
Journey is done by a river steamer,
the next hundred miles by stages, and
the last fcrty-thrce by saddle-horses,
which, in two days, the riders camp
ing in the woods for the night, bring
| the travellers to Inspiration Point,
where the whole magnifcence of the
Yosemite bursts upon the view. The
valley is ten miles long and three wide.
It's sides are granite walls from 1000
feet to $500 feet high. Great domes
and pyramids rise above the deep hol-
low, at the bottom Of which is a little
lake and stream. A small river. 70
feet wide, tumbles over on one side of
the immense height coming down in
three falls, the first of them 1900
feet. In the valley are hooks and
bits of scenery of rare beauty, con
trasting almost strangely with the sol
emn grandeur of the surrounding
walls and peaks. The spot is more
than a place for summer resort-it is
one Of the wonders of creation. 1t is
boasted that no one ever made the
trip and returned disappointed. AT
Stockton the tourists may turn aside,
and q ride of Seventy-two miles will
bring him to the Calaveras grove OF
big trees. There are 80 trees rang
ing in height from $50 to 327 feet,
and from 10 to 80 feet in diameter.
Their age is supposed to be from l.,
200 to $500 years. There is anoth-
er grove only six miles from Maripo-
sa, on the Yosemite route, containing
40 trees, the largest 81 feet in diam
eter. The Geysers are another won
der of California. They are about
sixty miles north of San Francisco
Hundreds of springs, of all kinds, col
ors, and temperatures are to be seen,
with immense deposits of sulphur, al
um, magnesia, epsom-Salts, and other
minerals. The putting and roaring
of the steam which issues from every
crevice in the rocks, and rushes with
great violence from Steamboat
Springs the dashing and surging of
black boiling water in the unfathom-
able depths Of the Witches Cauld-
ron,' and the sulphurous fumes which
fill the air, produce an indescribable
effect on the beholder.
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The Japanese Hari- Kari.

Slowly, and with great dignity, the
condemned mounted to tn e raised
floor, prCstrated himself before the
high altar twice, and seated himself
in the Japanese fashion, bis knees and
toes touching the ground. and his
body resting on his heels. One of
the three attendant officers then came
forward, bearing stand of the kind
used In temples for offerings, on which,
wrapped In paper, lay the short sword
or dirk of the japanese, nine inches
and half in length, with a point and
edge as sharp as a razor's. This he
handed, prostrating himself, to the
condemned man, who received it rev.
erently, raising it to his head with
both hands, and placing it in front of
himself. After another profound ODE
isance, Taki'Zenzaburo, in voice that
betrayed just so much emotion and
hesitation as might be expected from
man who is making painful con-
fession, but with no sign of fear in
face or manner, spoke as follows: Il,
and | alone, unwarrantably gave the
order to fire on the foreigners at Kobe,
and again as they tried to escape
For this crime | disembowel myself,
and beg you who are present to do
me the honor of witnessing the act"
Bowing once more the speaker allow
ed his upper garment to slip down to
his girdle, and remained naked to the
waist. Carefully, according to Gus
tom, he tucked his sleeves under his
knees to prevent himself from falling
backward, for noble japanese gen
tleman should die falling forward
Deliberately. with a steady hand, he
took the dirk that lay before him; he
looked at it wistfully, almost affec-
tionately; for moment he seemed to
collect his thoughts for the last time,
and then, stabbing himself deeply be-
low the waist, on the left hand side,
he drew it slowly across the right side,
and turning the dirk in the wounds,
he gave slight cut upward. During
this sickeningly painful operation be
never moved a musle of his face
When he drew out the dirk be leaned
forward and stretched out his neck;
an expression Of pain for the first
time crossed his face, but he uttered
no sound. At that moment the Kal-
shaku, who, still crouching by his side,
had been watching his every move
ment, sprang to his feet, poised his
sword for a moment in the air; there
was a fash, heavy, ugly thud,
crashing fall; with one blow the head
had been severed from the body. A
dead silence followed, broken only by
the hideous noise of the blood gurg-
ling out of the iuert heap before US.
which but moment before had been
a brave and chivalrOus man. It was
horrible CornhW Maga-ine.
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A dressing which
Is at once agreeable,
healthy, and effectual
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
hair as soon restored
to its original color
aoih the gloss and
freshness Of youth.
Thin hair is thick
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THE CHILDEEN's CRUsADE.-One
Of the most startling effects of this
monkish delusion was the Crusade of
the little children. A band of fifty
thousand children from Germany and
France set out in 2Sl2 to redeem the
Holy Sepulchre. A peasant child of
Vendome first assumed the cross of
France, and soon an increasing throng
of boys and girls gathered around him
as he passed from Paris to the south,
with a touching simplicity declaring
that they meant to 90 to Jerusalem to
deliver the sepulchre of the Saviour.
Their parents and relations in vain
endeavored to dissuade them; they
escaped from their homes; they wan
dered away without money or means
of subsistence; and they believed that
a miracle would enable them to pass
safely to the shores of Syria. At
length a body of seven thousand of
the French children reached Mar
seilles, and here they met with a
strange and unlocked for doom. At
Marseilles were slave traders who
were accustomed to purchase or steal
children in order to sell them to the
Saracens. Two of these monsters,
Ferrers and Porous, engaged to take
the young crusaders to the Holy Land
without charge, and they set sail in
seven ships for the East. Two of
the vessels were sunk on the passage
with all their passengers; the others
arrived safely, and the unhappy chill
dren were sold by their betrayers in
the slave markets of Alexandria and
Cairo. Other large bodies of children
came from Germany across the Alps.
Many perished from hunger, heat, dis
ease: few were enabled to die on
the sacred soil of Syria; and it is es-
timated that $4,000 of the flower of
European youth were lost in this most
remarkable of the Crusades.-Harp-
er's Magazine.
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There are different kinds of laughs

There are different kinds of laughs
-dimplers, smiles, grinners, horse
laughers and sneerers. And what a
vast difference there is in the childish
smile of innocence, the smile of a
young mother, the smile of a lover,
the smile of the rewarded poor, the
smile of friend, the smile of a poll
tician who has gained the day, the
smile of coquette or sharp rascal,
the smile of an orthodox believer, and
the smile of fool or idiot. Robes
pierre would acknowledge only one
talent of Lafayette-his eternal smile.
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There are probably in America to-
day 100000 Baptists.
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Gen. Smith, in congress, while de-
livering one of the long, prosy speech
es for which he was noted, said to
Henry Clay, " You speak, sir, for the
present generation, but speak for
posterity."
Yes" replied the great Kentuck-
ian, "and it seems you are resolved
to speak till your audience arrives"
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-01-04

A Chinese proverb says lie has
no legs and cannot stand, but it has
wings and can fly far and wide.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-05-17

ringing of steel, groan, a fall, and
all was silent as the tomb! The due
was ended; but how? They were
appalled, at the horrible question.
Waiting some minutes and hearing
nothing more. Col Morton and the
stranger prepared light, unlocked
the door, and entered. The spectacle
was most affecting. There lay the
bloody corpse of the duellist. johnson,
mangled dreadfully,and above it stood
the erect and imposing form of the
lawyer, ThomaS-unhurt, not cut on
his skin or a rent in his clothing, but
weeping as if his heart were broken.
He started back as the flashing
light dazzIed his eyes, and, growing
pale as the dead at his feet, exclaimed
accents of immeaSurable anguish
"Oh! God !! how shall | endure to
meet my dear wife, with this murder
Gus gore on my hands! Such stains
would defile the very gates of heaven
and blacken the floor of hell itselfw
He did, however, afterwards meet
Emma and her babe; but we shall not
attempt to paint the scene. A week
subsequently, he was shot to pieces
in his own office, while employed
writing after night. The assassin was
not known. but supposed to be a
younger brother of the duellist, John
son.
The stranger who acted in the com
bat as the second of Thomas, was
indeed, as he said, from Texas, and
then travelling through Mississippi
and was the brayest man, perhaps
that ever drew the breath of life
James Bowie, who fell only with the
fall of the Alamo, when bis red knife
was drunk with the blood of Mezi
cans,
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Romance.

Oh! she was a maid ofa laughing eye,
And she lived in garret cold and high;
And he was threadbare whiskered beau
And he lived in cellar damp and low.
But the rosy boy OF the cherub wing
Has many a shaft in his slender string,
And the youth below and the maid above
Were touched with the flashing darts of love.
And she would wake from her troubled sleep,
Der his tender billet-doux to weep;
Or stand like statue bright and fair,
And gaze on a lock of bright, red hair.
And he who was so tall and proud,
With his step so firm and his laugh so loud,
His beard grew long and his face grew thin,
And he piued in solitude over his sin.
But one soft night in the month of June,
AS she lay in the light of cloudless moon,
A voice came floating soft and clear
To the startled maden's listening ear.
Oh, then, from her creaking couch she sprung,
And her tangled tresses back she flung,
She looked from the window Jar below,
And he stood beneath, her whiskered beau.
She did not start with foolish frown,
But packed her trInk and scampered down,
And there was her lover tall and true,
In his threadbare coat of the brightest hue.
The star that rose in the evening shade
Looked sadly down on a weeping maid;
The sun that came in his morning pride
Shed golden light DER a laughing bride.
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Anecdotes of the Pope.

Apropos of the Rev. DR.. Cumming,
who had a little correspondence with
the Pope about coming to the Council,
much to the general Roman Catholic
merriment. The modesty of the DR.. s
proposition is very neatly hit off by
Cornelius ODowd, who says that the
Dr.. meekly supposed that his little
bagpipe might add a little to the effect
of the grand oratorio at Rome.
You acknowledged l was your
son a few days ago, cries Dir. Cum.
ming, reproachtully.
Il don't know that | did" replies
the Pope; but as have a very large
illegitimate family, it's not impossible
You may belong to them. At all events
l don't desire your company when !
am entertaining my respectable rela-
tions."
We rather hold to the opinion that
Plus IN. is partially indebted for his
longevity to the love of the humorous
that is one Of his prominent character.
istics. He is now seventy eight, and
even the weighty matters that press
upon him during the session Of the
Ecumenical Council do not prevent bis
thorough enjoyment Of the passing
good things. 1t has been said that the
most superb looking members of the
Council, are the Oriental prelates
but they are not much given to ablu
tion-in fact, they are dirty. One Of
these unclean fuuctiOnaries was invited
to an interview with his Holiness
The Oriental bishop could not speak
word of Italian, French, or English
nothing but a curious Latin Arabic
and Chaldee. The Interpreter car
ried on the conversation. Before 90
ing he asked, as usual, the Papal ben
cdiction. Now be it remembered that
his holiness is one Of the cleanest
neatest old men in the world. He
takes a cold sponge bath every NOR
ming; and when you see him in hi.
nice white clothes. notice his fresh
healthy face, handsome hands, and
thoroughly well kept appearance, YOU
cannot help thinking of a hearty fat
baby Just out Of the morning nursery
toilet; for the white skull cap anC
silvery hair add TO this illusion. I'm
agine then what a clean old man mus
have felt while breathing the odor of
this Oriental specimen Of prelatica
sauctity.
When asked for his benediction, tht
Pope turned to those who surrounded
him. and said, with au expression pc
culiarly Roman-tor these Romans
are the most witty, sarcastic people il
the world:
Are you very sure this bishop doe.
not understand Italian q
Very sure, Holy Father
Well, then, said his Holiness, il
Italian, drawing himself up before tn
kneeliDg, unclean man, " Dirty and ug
ly as thou art, bless thee" &c.
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DROLL SCENE AT A NEGRO CAMP
MEETING.-One of the droll scenes of
the war, and one, on the whole, which
tcas rather jolly IN the monotonies of
camp life, was the meetings-half
dance, half prayer meeting-of the
negroes. One of these little gather
ings has been deftly sketched by Col.
Higginson, down at Beaufort, in De.
cember, 1862:
This evening, after working them
selves up to the highest pitch, party
suddenly rushed of, got a barrel, and
mounted some man upon it, who said,
" Glib anoder song, boys, and Use glib
you a speech" After some hesita-
tion, and sundry shouts of Rise de
song, somebody r and "Stan' up for
Jesus, brudder!' irreverently put in
by the juveniles, they soon got upon
the John Brown song, always a favor
ite, adding a jubilant verse which |
had never before heard: Well beat
Beauregard on de clare battlefield" "
Then came the promised speech; and
then seven other speeches, by as many
men, on a variety of barrels. The
most eloquent, perhaps, was by Cor
poral Lambkin, just arrived from Fer
nandini, who evidently had previous
reputation among them. His histor-
ical references were very interesting.
He reminded them that he had pre-
dicted this war ever since FremOnt's 8
time, to which some of the crowd as
sented he then gave a very intelli-
gent account of that presidential cam.
paign; and then described most i'm.
pressiyely the secret anxiety of the
slaves in Florida to know all about
president Lincoln's election, and told
how they all refused to work on the
4th OF March, expecting their freedom
to date from that day. He finally
brought out one Of the very few real
ly Impressive appeals for the Ameri
can flag that | have ever heard "Oul
mas'rs dey hab lib under de flag, dey
got dere wealth under it, and ebery
ting beautiful for dere chin. Under
it dey hab grind us up, and put us ii
dere pocket for money. But de fus
minute dey tink dat ole flag NEAR
freedom for we colored people dey
pull it right down, and run up de rag
oh dere own Immense applause.
q But we'll neber desert de ole flag
boys-neber we hab lib under it fol
eighteen hundred and sixty two years
and we'll die for it nowr,, Will
which overpowering discharge of chro
nology.a .at-long-range this most efiectiv'
of stump speeches closed.
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ROMANTIC MEETING.-There was a
romantic meeting on a railway train
in Iowa few days since. At a stop
ping place, middle-aged woman en-
tered the cars. A gentleman arose
and offered her a seat beside him.
She had just seated herself, when she
exclaimed: "Oh. my GodF' Both of
the parties sprang to their feet, and
while facing each other, the gentle
man said: as it possible? how
strangely we have met! hut let US
part friends: l am going to my wife
and family you, presume, to NEE,
your husband" The lady replied
ave may part friends, and wiser than
we once were. My experience has
been bitter, and doubtless yours has
been the same. You will oblige me
by stepping into the next carl" The
parties shook hands and separated
Ten years ago, petty quarrel result
ed in divorcing the parties. Boil
had since married, and lived to learI
that the old love had not died out.
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NANCY J4HESONS ESTATE.
! r A Il Z OF VERM ONT
ORLEANS DISTRICT, IS

~ ORLEANS DISTRICT, ss.
At a Probate Court, held at Irasburgh, in
said District. on the 4th day of May, A. D.,
1870.
Z. P. Cotton, administrator, de bOniS non, with
the will annexed, of the estate of NANCY
JAMESON, late of Irasburgh, in said district,
deceased presents his administration account
tor examination and allowance, and makes
application for a decree Of distribution and par
tition Of the estate of Said deceased
WhercupOn, it is ordered by said court, that
said account and said application De referred to
a session thereof, to be held at the Probate Office,
in said lrasburgh, on the 25th day of May, A. D.,
1870, for heari 9 and decision thereon.
And it is further ordered, that notice hereof be
given to all persons interested, by publication OF
the same three weeks successfully in the Orleans
Independent Standard, newspaper published at
Barton, in said district, previous to said time ap-
pointed for hearing that they may appear at
said time and place. and show cause, if any they
may have, why said account should not be al
lowed. and such decree made.
BY the Court. Attest,
1878 4. A. STEWART, Judge.
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CYRUS BEMIS' ESTATE.
- z A TE OF VE R VI o " II

y UTTtdUs DTSITTCJ, s..
At a Probate Court, held at Irasburgh, in said
district, on the 9th day of April. A. D. 1870:
IsSac X Drew. Executor of the last will and
testament Of CYRUS BEMIS, late of Barton, in
said districl, deceased. presents his admnistra
ton account for examination and allowance.
Whereupon it is ordered by said Court that
said account be ref rred to session of said Court
to he held at the Probate Office in said Irasburgh
on the 18th day of May, A. D., 1870, for hearing
and decision thereon.
And it is further ordered, that notice hereof be
given to all persons interested, by publication Of
the same three weeks successfully in the Orleans
Independent Standard a newspaper published
at barton aforesaid, previous TO said time sppOint-
ed for hearing, that they may appear at said time
and place, and show cause, if any they may
have, why said account should not be allowed.
BY the Court
Attest, f. A. STEWART, Judge.