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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-12-01

81 was wretched all the afternoon
John had acted worse than usual at dinner
time; and what you told me about poo
Helen set my fears in motion and worried
me half to death. Long before the tim,
he usually came home, ! dressed mysel
with care, selecting the things | had heard
him admire. As looked at myself in the
glass, ! saw that ! was attractive; felt
as had never felt before, that there was a
power in dress that no woman can disre-
gard without loss OF influence, no matter
what her position or sphere of life.
"Supper-time ,ame, ! had made some
thing that ] knew John liked, and was
waiting for him with nervous eagerness
It was impossible to repress. But the hour
passed, and his Sel-known tread along the
little garden walk did not reach my anx-
lous ears. Five, ten, twenty minutes
beyond his hour for returning, and still
was alone. Oh! / shver as recall the
wild fears that began to crowd upon me-
! was standing at the window, behind the
curtain, waiting and watching. All at
once saw him little distance from the
house, but not in the direction from which
he usually came. He was walking slowly,
and with his eyes upon the ground. His
whole manner was that of one depressed
or Suffering. dropped the curtain, and
went back into our little breakfast room
to see that supper was put quickly on the
table. John came in, and went up stars,
as he usually did, to change hls coat before
tea. In a few minutes rang the tea bell
and then seated myself at the table to
wait for him. He was longer than usual
in making himself ready, and then heard
him coming down slowly and heavily, as if
there were no spirit in him.
My heart beat strongly. But | tried
to look bright and smiling. There was,
oh SO dreary look on Johns face, as !
first saw it in the door. He stood still
just moment with his eyes fixed on me
then the dreary look faded ont flash OF
light passed over it, as he stepped forward |
quickly, and coming to where | sat, stopped |
down and kissed me. Never before was
his kiss so sweet to my lips.
g" have found my little wife snce
more he said, softly and tenderly, and
with quiver in his voice. | laid nv
head upon his bosom, and looking up into
MS face answered. And you shall never
ose her again.
And think he will not, The sweetness
If that hour, and the lesson it taught can
never be forgotten by my friend Maggie.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-12-01

The deleterious effects of ovorwork ar
stnkingly evinced in n public documen
which has lately been published in Eng
land 1t appears that in the factory dis
tricts there has been falling-oil to tn,
extent Of 10 per cent. in the various dis
eases tc which the opei atiyes are suhjec
since the hours of labor were reduced {,
ten day, instead of twelve on fourteen
which Mr.. Bright and other mill-owner,
insisted they should be, Measles, how
ever, small-po fever, crysipelas, ol
rose, influenza, dysentry, cholera Eng,
lish), and rhematism still prevail there to
an alarming degree, and they are at
tributed to a not less fatal cause of dis.
ease-orer-roudinq it being found that
the deaths in factories exceed those in
the mining and ironworking districts,
Notwithstanding the heavier particles of
inju rious matter which operatives there
inhale, and even of seamen, in spite of
all the external dangers which the latter
are exposed to. A vitiated atmosphere
has more to do with ill-health than ex-
posure, and hence bakers and furnace
men are found to suffer most severely.
Contrary to what might be supposed,
the country is found to be more un-
healthy than the towns. London is now
one of the healthiest places within the
British dominions, and this is attributed
to its containing few or no factories.
Even Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle,
and similar seats of labor are more salu-
brious than the rural districts, but this
is, perhaps, to be attributed to their
superior drainage and the higher wages
which operatives there enjoy. 1t has
been found that, III these, the working
classes die chiefly of tubercular diseases
such as bronchitis, pneumonia, blood
splitting, and other affections of the
chest The laborers in the country, on
the other hand, are more subject to ma
laria, and fevers, ,and-singularly enough.
considering the scanty food they enjoy
of the stomach and diges-
tive organs. Engine-drivers and their
attendants fall most easily prey to dis
orders of the nervous system-a result
clearly traceable to their inordinate
hours of labor; and in this respect they
are followed by pubhcans, bakers,
tailors, painters, glaziers, porters, mes
sengers, and heavy outdoor, unslilled
laborers, with all of whom labor is un-
certain and protracted. Accidents are
found to be far less numerous, in pro-
portion to population, in London and
the large towns than in the rural dis
tricts, the mining, however, being in
Guided in the latter-the proportion hav-
ing been ascertained to be l5 per cent. |
IN the one instance and % in the other. |
But on the whole it has been found that
accidents have been diminished and
health increased in proportion as the
loars of labor We're reduced, and the
bodily powers as well as mental energies
10 longer overstrained by the excessive
lours of labor it was hitherto been Gus
omary to exact from them, the report
with the words "That if
he people in towns worked ~, prter
'rne, md lived under more faV Fable
anltary conditions, al.l ,ho people in
he country had more to eat, good deal
# disease would be averted and many
ives would be saved till old age. ".
Z. Pa0er.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-12-01

SOUND ASLEEP. Sanborn, the indus
trious mechanic, lately caught at Law.
renee, Mass, who followed his trade for
a living, and indulged in burglarious
nocturnal excursions for recreation.
never using the proceeds of his robber-
les, but concealing them in out-of-the-
way hiding place., tells a story on this
point in relation TO one of his victims
in Lawrence, who fully believed that he
had been chlorofomed as well as robbed.
The burglar says he entered this man. s
house, and quickly discovering no one
was sleeping in the lower rooms, began
ascending the stairs, when he heard the
gentleman snoring so loudly that he did
not dare to proceed further, for fear the
man would wake himself with the vio-
lence of his nasal performance. He
stopped, and almost Immediately the
gentleman woke and got mp, but in
moment went to bed, and directly was
snoring again. Three minutes after
wards Sanborn had his trousers and
watch. There had not been the slight
est need for an anRsthetic.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-12-01
Growing Gray.

A little more toward the light
Ne misormi," Here's one that's white
And one that's turning
Alden TO song and "saad days"
NV Muse, lets go at once to jays
And order mourning.
We must reform our rhymes, my dear
Renounce the gay for the severe
BE grave, not witty;
We have, no more, the right TO find
That Pyrrha's hair is neatly twined--
That Chloe's pretty.
young Loves for us farce that's played
lIght canzonet and serenade
No more may tempt us;
Gray hairs but i'll accord with dreams,
From aught but sour ddactic themes
Our years exempt us.
"a. Ia botne heue ," You fancy so7
You think for one white streak we grow
At once satiric'
fiddlestick Each hairs string
To which our graybeard Muse shall sing
younger lyric.
Our hearts still sound. shall ''cakes and ale"
Grow rare to youth because we rail
At schoolboy dshesy
Perish the thought 'Iis ours to sing
Though neither Time nor Tide can bring
Belief with wishes.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-12-01
The Spirits OF Eve.

Ye unseen spirits whose wild melodies
Al evening rising slow, yet sweetly clear
Steal on the musng poets peusive ear,
Az by the wood-sprng stretched supine no lies
When he who now invokes YOU law is laid,
His tired frame resting on tho earth's cold bod
Hold ye your nightly yigils DER his head,
And chant dirge to hls rcposing shade
For he was wont to love your madrigals;
And often by the haunted stream shat laves
The dark, sequested woodlands inmost caves,
Would sit and listen to the dying falls
Till the big tear would quiyer in his eye
And his big heart would hoavo with mournfll
ecstacy
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-12-01

A SALT MOUNTAIN. The famous sal
mountain of Palestine-called by the
natives Jebel JSdum-is n singular for
nation, being a solid mass of rock salt
of greenish white transparency, very
much the color of a shallow sea covered
at the top with loose crust of gravel,
fints, plaster of Paris and chalky mari
The mountain runs northeast and south
west 1t is about seven miles long and
one and half miles wide. In its highest
points it is nearly five hundred feet high.
Around the base of the mountain the
ground is full of dangerous hollows, into
which animals often, and sometimes
men, fall and sink out of sight Little
streams of water are constantly trickling,
even in the dry season, from underneath
the Salt Mountain and running into the
sea- A correspondent writing from
there says he never tasted anything SO
salty in all his life salt itself, in the
lump, is not SO salty. This same cores
pondent also mentions the strange fact
that the Bible, nor Josephus, nor any
ancient writer, directly mentions the
Salt Mountain. Although only sixty
miles from Jerusalem, the best described
city in the world, the first really good
description we have of the Salt Noun
tain, so far as his party could say, is
Prof II. B. Tristam's, written in 1864,
and he only spent one day here. Only
little ways east-abeut ten miles-are
rich fields of sugar cane, indigo, wheat.
barley, and other things.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-12-01

EVENINGS AT HOME. The Golden Agt
has an article on Evenings at Home. y
1t says "As the evenings lengthen
the question naturally arises, what shall
be done with them? The question is
felt oftener than it is asked. Perhaps it
would be better were it asked oftener
and answered in a more intelligent way
Why not have succession of
evening entertainments, giving one to
reading, another to music, third to
conversation, a fourth to drama and a
fifth to miscellaneous plays? Why not
import into the home circle some of the
talent to amuse and entertain and edify
which lies all about waiting for the invi-
tation? And what one family cannot do
alone, two or three together can easily
effect" This is very good suggestion.
BY making the home circle cheerful and
happy it might prevent many of the
young people from attending a certain
class of smusements not calculated to do
their T inciples much good nor elevate
the tom of social morality.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-12-01

Charles Mathews, going into an eat
ing-house for lunch, heard, as he entered
and sat down, seven orders given in
quick succession by throng of as many
customers One called for a basin of
ox-tail soup, two for mock-turtle soup
three for pea soup, and one for bouilli.
And the waiter dashing to the speaking
tube which communicated with the cook,
brawled out with immense rapidity, Zone
OK, two mocks, three peas and a bully"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-12-01

The Ninth CENsUs.-From advance
sheets we learn that the total population
of the thirty-seven Stateswhich compose
the present Union is s,1l3, ,253. The
population of the nine Territories and
the District of Columbia is 442, $50.
Grand total for the United States, 80,
555, 1888.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-12-01
The Eclipse Of the Sun.

The total eclipse of the sun which takes
place on the 18th of December, visible
in India and the islands south of Asia, is
already attracting the attention of science,
and instruments are being placed in pc.
sition to seize upon all phases of the
phenomenon during the two or three
minutes OF its duration, that it may be
afterwards subjected to study and specu-
lation from which important results in
astronomical science are anticipated.
Much is expected especially of the Eng
lish expedition to Ceylon, which, with
the recent experiences in Sicily less than
year ago to guide it, has made elabor-
ate preparations and been furnished with
all needed appliances. The vexed ques-
ton as to the nature of the bright corona
which surrounds the disc of the moon
during observation is in a fair way to be
settled if no :" act of God intervenes to
thwart the efforts of the observers. Con
nected with this question is that of the
existence and nature of the atmosphere
of the sun and the substance and condi-
ton of the luminary itself. Accurate data
regarding these will furnish basis for
study and conjecture concerning the fix
ed stars. Hence the Importance attach
ed to the phenomenon. 1t is tc be hoped
that the observers will meet with all sue
cess.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-12-01
How TO Make Il Transparency.

An exquisite Transparency may be
made by arranging pressed ferns, grass
es and autumn leaves on pane of win
dow glass, tapping another pane of the
same size over it, and binding the edge
with ribbon-having the group impris-
oned between. Use gum arabic in put
ting on the binding. 1t is well to secure
narrow strip of paper under the rib
bon. The binding should be gummed
all around the edge of the first pane,
and dried before the leaves, ferns, &c,
are arranged ; then it can be neatly
folded over the second pane without
difficulty. To form the loop for hang
ing the transparency, paste binding of
Grape along the edge, leaving two inch
loop free in the centre-afterward to be
pulled through little slit in the final
binding. These transparencies may
either be hung before windows, or, if
preferred, secured against pane in the
sash, In halls beautiful effect is pro-
duced in placing them against the side
lights of the hall door Where the side
lights are each on p single pane, it is
worth while to place single Transparent
cy against each, filling up the centre
space, thus affording ample scope for n
free arrangement of ferns, grasses and
leaves, while the effect of the light pass
ing through the rich autumn colors is
very fine. Leaves so arranged will pre-
serve their beauty all winter
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-12-01

A lover consulted n lawyer about
carrying off an heiress. "You must
not'carry her of. =" said the lawyer, " but
she can carry you off. Let her mount a
horse and hold the bride and whip, and
then you get up behind her, and let her
run away with you, and you'll be safe. y
The next morning the lawyer found that
his daughter had run away with the
said young man in the aforesaid manner
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-12-01

FOUND IT.-As laborers were at work
cutting new road through hill, in a
hollow known as Hang Hollow, near
Council Bluffs, they excavated sack
containing Sl2, 900 gold and silver money.
hidden there eighteen years ago by one
Muir, who murdered comrade, a Cali
fornian, in that city. Muir was hing by
a moo of Californians, and slid he had
hidden the money under a stump in this
hollow, but refused to tell where. Many
persons have hunted for this secreted
treasure in vain. The laborers shared
the booty equally
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-12-01
JOB PRINTING

ofall kinds neatly executed at tho lowest living
prices, our once ~ wen furnished with mater
ial and stock for this department. and we now
hayeexporienoed aud competent workmen to use
them. IL you want anyprinting done YOU need
not go to the city, or out of the county, for Won
can get as good work and as low prices atthis
ofiico as at any other.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-12-01

IMMIGRATION. Returns received by
the Bureaux of Statistics show that dur.
ing the quarter ending September 30
o,214 passengers, of whom 40S7 were
females, arrived at the port of Boston
and Charlestown 1915 of these came
principally from England, Ireland,
Scotland, Germany, Sweden, Norway,
Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and
the Azores OF the males, II were
blacksmiths, 81 carpenters, ID clergy
men, "a clerks, $50 farmers, 3 gas filters,
26 joiners, 1916 laborers, II masons,
Ala mechanics, not specified, Al painters,
IA plumbers, 10 printers, 100 seamen,
80 shoemakers, Z spinners, 8 tailors, 4
teachers, tinsmiths, 16 weavers. A
mong the useful occupations of the fe-
males, there were 4S9 servants, II seain-
stresses, Is weavers, tailor&ses, nurs-
es, II dressmakers, ] bookbinder, a..
Without occupation or not stated, main
ly women and children, 7S5 males, 5000
females.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-12-01
The Corn ErOD.

The corn crop of the West, the pres
ent season, has proved the best harvest
ed for years. In many portions of In
diana, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, and
Minnesota, corn is offered in the cribs
at from ten to fifteen cents bushel In
Illinois and Kentucky the yield has been
beyond all precedent. The wheat crop
has also been very large. In Europe, Oh
the contrary, there appears to have been
a heavy deficit in the grain harvests in
nearly all countries. In England the
general falling off has been variously es-
timated at from fifteen to twenty per
cent while in Hungary, the Danubian
Principalities, portions of Austria, and
in Southern Russia--all countries that
have usually exported large quantities
of grain-there has been great de-
crease from the average production. The
ravages of the potato rot and the cattle
disease in Great Britain will increase
the demand for grain and animal food ;
and the United States will be able to
supply both in any quantity at reason
able prices, as cheap bacon and pork,
articles extensively consumed anywhere,
are the natural consequence of cheap
corn.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-12-01

The NEW SEDATIvE AND ITS DANGERS.
The London Lancet calls attention to
the enormous manufacture of the new
sedative drug, chloral. 1t states that it
is sold by tons week, and quotes "A let
ter from Baron Liebig, affirming that
one German chemist manufactures and
sells half ton every week. OF course,
no such quantity is used in medicine, and
the Lancet seems half afraid that it gets
into beer; but, the London Spectator
says, there is simpler explanation.
Taking chloral is the new and popular
vice, particularly among women, and is
doing at least as much harm as alcohol.
The drug is kept in thousands of dress
ing cases, and those who begin its use
often grow so addicted to it that they
pass their lives in a sort of contented
stupefaction. Chloral drunkards Will
soon be an admitted variety of the spe-
cies.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-12-01
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.

one copy, one year in advance, ,,,,.,.,..ei 80
" not paid within three months. ,..,,,,... 90
NoVarlation whatever from these rates.
NJ raper discontinued until all arroarages
are pAid, except at the option Of the publisher
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-11
TIE CAMDEN AND AMBOY RAILROAD.

PHILADELPHIA, May 1O.-The stockholders of
the Camden and Ainboy Railroad and Delaware and
Raritan Canal in Trenton to-day, in annual session.
The present Directors in both Companies were reelected
by very large majorites. The majority vote ranged
from 1900 to 5000, and the minority vote from 1000
downward. a..
The only question at issue in the election was that Of
leasing or leasing the works OF the united cOiupa-
MES OF the Old and new reelected directors Of
Tie Camden and AmbOy Road five are ayowcdly against
leasing and two in favor or nine Delaware and RaFi-
tan Canal directors two are against leasing, and seven
in favor thus making the relative strength oi parties in
the Joint Board seven against leasing, and nine in FAVOR.
The following the Camden and AnIbOy Directors ::
william III. GitZmeT, Benz AMIN Fish. Cambridge living
soB Ashbue Welsh, Charles NCAlister aud William G..
Cook. The following ara the Directors of the DtaDar
and Raitan Canal Company: Robert +. stockton, John
NJ Read Moses Taylor John c. Stevens, Richards. Con
over, William W. Shlppen Albert W. 4nik.y, john
Jacob Aston and g. MUIIs DOTrance The Directors OF
the New-Jerscy Railroad are largely III favor OF the
lease, Nhien h MOI Yet COmpIctod.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-11
LECTURES. MEETINGS. ETC

A concert in aid of the pIynoutb Hont;st
Church in West Fifty rstst, will be given at the CHURCH
this evening.
Ex-GoV. Solomon presided at a meeting for
German organization in Liederkrauz Hall last evenf,g
at which permanent ORGANIZATION effected 7'
The policy-hOlders OF the Knickerbocker
Life Insurance Company appointed committee last
evening to take the names Of all whose policies had
lapscd and to select test cases TO bring before the
courts.
An amateur theatrical performance was given
last evening at the League Hail. for the benefit OF
the Industrial School of st. AIMS Episcopal Church,
Eighteenth-st.
The third of Mrs. Macready's Dramatic Re
citals will be given tonight, at steinway Hall, and-as
the rain Is kind enough to desist for few hOurst
probable that the artist viii get the attentive
hearing that she deserves.
The New-York City Council of Political Re-
form held its monthly meeting yesterday Judge George
c. Barrett in the Chair The Executive Committee re-
ported that letter to Controller Connolly, requesting
opportunity to inspect his books, had not yet been
answered.
The Universal Peace Union held its fifth an
niversary yesterday at the Cooper Union. Speeches
made by A. II. Love, Aaron +. Powell, Lucretia
Mott and Julia Ward Howe, and resolutions were passed
cOndemniDg and standing armies, anu declaring
that West Point Military Academy costly danger
Gus, aud war-making evil and with all similar institu-
t0ns ought 10 be abolished"