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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-03

Mr.. James Parton will lecture at Assoc alton Han
on the 9th instant for the first time before q New
York audience. His subject il "Onl Hundred
Years Ago. Mr.. Parton is we'll known al one OF the
most entertaining Of American writers sad he Is TO
ported to be quite interesting the yeeum-stage
AZ he is in his books. Though he has only recently
entered the lecture field, his success has been DO
cided. Public interest will be keenly aroused TO hear
him in his own city.
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Mr.. G. s. McWatters left this city yesterday
for Washington to lay before Congress memorial nom
the Ladies' Union Relief Association asking Congress ~
of the country that hoIiOrably discharged UNION
soldiers who served IN the Rebellion may have burial IN
Tho service can have burial IN the National CcneacieS
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Brsillcss Noiltcs.

HAVE YOU SEEN those elegant new style
IApp Paint WArCu Casks M Of American Manufacture
Gi Coy sale by crs jewellers throughout the country fu DO
rpuyo circulars sut on spIlcauon by the manufactures
). A. BKOwN Co., II Mailcnlan' Nev-l ori
Cash Income of the TEAVESERS' LIFE AND
AccpEN NuKANcs Of Hartford, last oce or Nj
don Doli1rs
Arctic & India Rubbcrs. White Satin, Kid Il
1rea Boots shoes as end prices 81 MtER Co Union SQUARE
ARTIFICIALITIES-PA PALMER LINES.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
From The World.


WILL 1T ASswRRi-THE TRIBUNE has much 10 say, in o
general sort of way in vindcaton OF tho fOrcibe
nexaton by Germany Of Alsace and Lorraine. VIII The
TRIBUNE tell If it ustifes the annexation II the people
OF those territories unwillingl Next. will that jour
nal say IT. in general vlndcaes, as matter OF inter
eign territory and under foreign rule OF people whose
consent thereto hss not been oOtanedi
response by The Tribune.
AS an original proposition, we should be
glad to have it established, recognized and
universally obeyed, as canon of public or
international law, that no territory could be
acquired by any nation or power without the
uncOnstrained consent Of its people. But, as O
matter of fact, we are obliged to add that
such is not the dictate of public law and it
is by no means out of place to consider that
the very territory in dispute-almost OF quite
every foot of twas originally German, and
was severed from Germany by the sword,
without any pretense or show of consulting or
respecting the wishes of the transferred peo-
pie. Nor was this by any means solitary
case. France has repeatedly acquired terri
tory by conquest, and never thought of re-
storing it so long as she was able to keep
it. We presume no one doubts that,
had tho French just closed an I'M
broken series of victories and conquests
by the capture of Berlin, they would,
in prescribing terms of peace to Germany,
have exacted large slice of territory, without
regard TO the wishes of its people. And in
deed, seeing that we took from Mexico by
conquest the left bank of the Rio Grando del
Norte. with the whole Of New Mexico and
upper California, without consulting or con-
siderng the wishes of their people, we do not
feel that it becomes Americans to prescribe to
victorious Germany rule which they never
respected themselves.
And now for our turn:
The World lately stated the feet that the
present Legislature of Virginia had Just, by a
party vote, purchased for the Capitol Of that
State portrait of the late zen. Robert f. Lee,
while by n like vote it refused to purchase or
order portrait of the late Gen. George IL.
Thomas-the former having won renown as q
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-06-24
HOLLOW HORN

IF the horns of the animals are cold in
tho morning, you may expect TO havo
the horn all. If the eyes look dull and
heavy, and matter gathers in tho eye.
and the nose is dry and docs not sweat,
it is another evidence of horn all. If tho
hair is dry ana stands out straight, and
the droppings are dry and hard, it is a
third indication.
Take common teacup half fun OF
good strong vinegar, put in table,
spoonful each of fine salt and black pop.
per, ground fine, and let it soak. In tho
morning put tablespoonful in each ear
of the animal affected; tho next morn
ing repeat thedose. II the case is not
bad one, two applications will generally
effect cure. As soon as the natural
warmth returns to the horns, then the
cure is effected.
/ would recommend not to boro the
horns nor cut them Off till the above re-
medy has been tried.
In applying the medicine, it will be
necessary for one person to hold tho
head and another to apply tho medicine.
BE sure to hold the ear up, so that the liz
quid will run into the hoad. / have not
known a creature 10 die with the horn
all that has been treated with this, for
thirty years.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-06-24
FISH FOR JACKETS.

We copy tho following from Signor
Blilz's new book, "Fitty Years i'll the
Magic Circles"
A few miles distant from Salem was
the small and interesting town of Mar
blehead.
Tho inhabitants of this place are, to n
great extent, dependent on tho fisheries,
generous in nature, and a hardy race,
we'll adapted TO the.locality.
1 gave my exhibitions at the academy
and L must here rela,e anecdoto that
will, in measure, illustrate the pcculi-
arities of the people,,
During the day of my performance,
numbers inquired if intended TO re-
ceive fish-the merchandise of the place
in payment for tho ticket, or The ad-
mission fee. 70 this L replied l could
not.
When the hour arrived for ccmmenc-
ing, thore was scarcely dozen persons
present, while hundreds were coll. cted
outside. On observing 10 the door keep
er my surprise and disappointment, he
remarked that if l would take fish in
payment, lie could fill the room in few
minutes; to which 1 consented. This
fact being communicated to the assem-
bled crowd, caused u general dispersion,
but they soon returned, laden with one
or two fish, of the value of the ticket. To
my astonishmont the house was soon
crowded to Overlooking. The following
evening the attendance was equally
large, all parties bringing the necessary
amount of fish TO procure admission.
Previous TO my leaving, l disposed OF
more than two carloads of fish 10 "a mer-
chant of the town. A similar circum-
stance has probably never taken place in
the history of amusenents, and notwith-
standing my Marblehead friends have
experienced considerable chagrin that
their mercantile traffic ut the ticket Of
licc had become known abroad, it does
10 dishonor to their integrity and
worth. -
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-06-24
agricultural.
DRENCIIING HORSES.

In the Country Gentleman, William
Strong, of Michigan, commenting OH
tho practice of drenching horses, re-
marks:
Pouring medicine down tho neck of
horse was discontinued years ago by the
best veterinary surgeons in tho world,
because always dangerous, ard very Of
ten fatal. But the question is often ask
ed, "IIow is it that giving drench is SO
dangerous?"
Tie throat of the horse is so construct
ed that it is almost impossible to give
him drench without getting it into his
windpipe, and from thence into his
lungs, when it may kill him on the spoti
he may live for days, or even years, and
then die from disease of the lungs, caus-
ed by tho drench.
From the foregoing, it will be seen
that great caution is not only necessary
to get the right kind of medicine, but
also in administering it. Better, far let
ter, to do nothing ut all than to go blind-
ly at work and ruin the poor horse when
iii"'iy tiihoS ho "N"i" 6So 0A'iiNiJ "SAA
ii let alone.
For many of the above facts I am i'm
debted to an article by Dr. Wagenfield,
of Danzig, found on page 100 of the Uhi-
ted Siatos Agricultural Report for the
year 1859. If any reader will refer to
tho article, he will fiud facts enough
there given to convince the most skep-
tical that giving dronch to horse is
not only dangerous, but quite often fa-
tai.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-06-24
miscellaneous.
ND
[From Demorests Monthly.l
Mrs. Browns Experiment.

Mrs. Brown loved the beautiful in
whatever form it appeared, whether in
pictures, low ers, or landscapes. What
ever was beautiful III nature or in art,
sho cherished IA liking for il in hes heart;
during the eighteen years of her mar
ricd life thero had not been much to
strengthcn this characteristic of her ma
ture. Year in and year out, she had
been Obliged 10 toll and labor With her
hands for the comfort of her household.
but this she would not have minded in
the least, had her labors been rewarded
with that which her heart loved. AL
most the only thing that had seemed to
cheer her life was the gift OF four lovely,
dutiful children, and these she almost
idolized.
Her husbands taste differed material
~ from hers. To add to the extent of
his landed property, to increase his
stock, and TO lay uptrcasures of shining
gold, he labored and toiled incessantly,
and ifhe succeeded in this, the utmost
extent Of his ambition was gained.
No books, pictures, or unnecessary
gimcraclls,' ~ as he was wont to call them,
found their way into his house.. He did
not believe in outside show. The
monthly allowance which he gave his
wife for family expenses was barely
sufficient for the necessaries of life.-
Nothing was left for home adornment,
and without the most rigid economy and
csntriving on the part of his wife, there
would haye been little homo comfort.
Mrs. Brown had not submitted her
predictions to those of her husband
without IA struggles; but hers was one of
those gentle natures which will suffer
before ii will contend.
She was thinking of the past one bright
April morning, and how she had failed
10 make her home the paradise of love
and beauty, which she had pictured to
herself in her early dreams. 1t wasjust
such morning as she had always low
ed. Entrarced with its beauty, she had
forgotten her work, and was sitting mu-
singly by the window, her elbow rest
ing on the sill, and her hand supporting
her head, as she gazed out upon the glo-
rious landscape, over which was spread
the freshness of springtime beauty. The
birds were singing merrly in an old ap-
pie tree just outside the window, and a
soft carpet of the greenest, tenderest
grass covered the little. yard in 'front.'
On either side of the well-trodden path,
little mound Of viole:s, Mary's special
pride and care, was blooming, the mod
est flowers lifting their dewy heads 10
greet the morning sun.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-06-24
CURIOsITIEs OF EATING.

An old beau, formerly well known in
Washington City, was accustomed to
cat but ono meal in twenty-four hours;
if, after this, he had to go TO party and
take second dinner, he ate nothing at
all next day. lie died at the age Of Sow
enty years.
A lady of culture, refinement, and un-
usual powers Of observation and com.
parison, became widow Reduced
from allluence to poverty, with large
family of small children dependent OH
her manual labor for daily TODD, she
made a variety Of experiments to ascer-
tain what articles could DO purchased
for the least money, and would, at the
same time, ''go the farthost," by keep.
ing her children longest from CRYING for
something to eat. She soom discovered
that when they ate bnclSwhoat cakes and
molasses, they were quiet for longer
time than after eating any other kind of
food.
A distinguished Judge of the United
States District Court observed that,
when he took buclswheat cakes for
breakfast, lie could sit on the bench tire
whole day without being uncomforta-
bly, hungry; if the cakes were omitted,
he felt obliged to take lunch about
noon. Buck wheat cakes arc q univer-
sal favorilo Mt the winter break fast ia
bic, and scientific Investigation and
analysis have shown that they abound
in the hoat-forming principle, hence ma
ture takes away our appetite for them in
summer.
During the Irish famine, when many
died OF hunger, the poor were often found
spending the last shilling for tea and to-
bacco and spirits. 1t has also been of
ten observed i'll New York, by those
connected with charitable institutions,
that when money was paid on the poor,
they often laid out every cent in tea or
coffee, instead of procuring the more
substantial food, such as meal, flour and
potatoes. On being reproved for this
apparent extravaganza and improvi
dence, the reply in both cases, was iden-
tical; their own observation had shown
them that penny's worth of tea, or to-
bacco, or liquor, would keep of the
sense of hunger longer than a penny's
worth of anything else. Scientific men
express the idea by saying, "Tea, like
alcohol, rotards the metamorphosis OF
the tissues" in other words, it gives fuel
to the flame oflife, and thus prevents il
from consuming the fat and flesh of the
body.
1fa person gels into tho habit of talk
ing lunch between breakfast and din
ner, he will very soon find himself get
ting faint about the regular luncheon
time; but let him be so pressed with
important engagements for several days
in succession as to take nothing between
meals, it will not be long before ho can
dispense with his lupch altogether
These things seem TO show that, to a
certain extent, eating is nero matter
of habit. Whole tribes of Indian hun
tors and trappers have been known to
eat bat once in twenty-four hours, and
that at night.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-06-24
MODES OF sALUTATION.

The ustial salutation at Cairo is, "How
do you sweht9"-a dry, hot skin being Il
sure indication of destructive epheme-
raj fever.
Greenlahders have mono, and laugh a.
the idea of ono person being superior to
another.
Islanders near the PHILIPPINES take a
PERSONS hand or loot, and rub it over
their face.
Laplanders apply their nose against
the person whom they salute, very
strongly.
In the Straits of the Sound, they raise
the left foot of The person addressed pass
it gently over the right leg, and thence
to the faco.
The inhabitants of the PHILIPPINES
bend very low, placing their hands on
their cheeks, and raise one foot in the air
with the knee bont.
The Dutch, who are considered as
great, have morning salutation, COM
mon among all -"Smaakelykee-
ten" C"May you eat a hearty dinner.")
Another is, "Hoe waart uweH C'IIow
do you ?"j-adopted, no doubt, i'll
tho early periods of tho tiepublic,
when they were all navis GATORS and fish.
ermen.
Some author has observed, in con
trasting the naughty Spaniard with tho
frivolous Frenchmhn, that tho proud
steady gait and inflcxiblo solemnity oi
the former were expressed i'll his mode
of salutation-'Comic esta ?" ("How
do you stand ?'D-while the "Coinmant
vous porter vous?' (How do you carry
yourself?' was equally expressive o
the gay motion and incessant action o.
the latter.
In some parts of Africa, young wo
man, an intended bride, brings little
water in IL calabash, and, kneeling dowr
before her lover, desires him to wnsl
his hands. When he has done this
the girl, with a tear of joy sparkling il
her eyes, DRINKS the water. This i.
considered the greatest proof she car
give him of her fidelity and attach
lueht.
An Ethiopian takes tho robe of anoth
er and ties it about him, so as 10 leay,
him almost naked.
The Japanese take Off n slipper, ant
the people of Arracum their sandals il
the street, and their stocking i'll tn
house, when they salute.
Two negro kings on the coast of Afri
ca salute by swapping the middleiingei
three times.
The inhabitants of Carmine, when they
show particular attachment, open veil
aud present their blood to the friend as
| beverage.
If the Chinese meet after long sepa
rs ton, they fall on their knees, benz
their faces to the earth two or thre,
tines, and use many other affected
modes. They have also kind of ritual
or academy of bows, by which they reg
ulate the number of bows, genutlexions
and words TO be spoken on certain occa
sions. Ambassadors practice these cero
monies forty days before they appear a
court. The common salutatiOn in til,
southern provinces of China, among th,
lower orders, is, "Yafen? ?" C"Have yol
eaten your rice?'')
In Otaheito they rub their noses to
gether.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-06-24

shape of some needed article of comfort,
among which was rice easy chair for
mother, and beautiful set of white CHI
ma, then there were books, pictures,
and toys for tho children, thing un-
heard of before in all their historyj but
nothing gave greater pleasure than a
package which was left by the post one
pleasant June evening.
"There mast be some mistake" said
Mary, who had gone down to the cato to
roceiveit.
"There can bo no mistake" said the
post boy, sit is directed to Miss Mary
Brown, d -, Pa, as plainly us can be-"
and on opening the packageit was found
to contain Il copy of a popular magazine,
fresh from the press,
"Who could have sent ?" exclaimed
Mary in astonishment.
IL KNOW" said sweet little Minnie;
"papa is tho good Santa Claus, and such
dear good papa as he is."
There was soft light in Mrs. Browns
eyes, and something liko tear glisten-
ed in them as she turn them toward her
husband. He saw and appreciated, and
was happier man than he had been for
years.
Mrs. BROWNS EXPERIMENT had been
eminently successful, and productive OF
muc happiness, not only to herself and
children, but TO her husband as we'll.
viii not some caro-worn over burden
ed mother, out of whose life all the poe
try seems to have departed long ago, be
persuaded to initiate her example, and
be led to make an effort to brighten up
her home, however humble that home
may be, and thus tighten her own bur.
dens, gladden. the little ones, and win
the heart of her husband to herself.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-06-24
Market Gardening in the United
States.

The census returns show, in the East
ern and Middle States, decrease in the
production of live stock and of staple
grains, and am increase in vegetables and
garden crops. Grain farming and stock
raising are rapidly shifting to the West.
Texas has shown an infinite capacity to
crowd the markets of the country with
low-priced boef-a competition which
Eastern farmers cannot resist. The vir-
gin lands of tho frontier, with their un-
broken fertility, are ms yet too much for
the worn soils of the older Statos, even
with the advantage of scientific culture.
Instead of bewailing these new condi-S
tions of production, the fal mers of tho
East are turning attention to vegetable
crops, to supply the necessities of tho
largo village and city population that the
last decade has amassVd. Potatoes, tur-
nips, cabbages. onions, carrots. beans,
eggs, milk, bultar, poultry, all find II
profitable home market. The farmer
must no longer lie ashamed of his truck
patch, for here he finds one OF the great
est sources OF profit there Is IN his call-
ing.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-06-24
what Bccomes of Carbonic Acid 2

Animal liro and fire diminish the
amount of oxygen in tho atmosphere,
while increasing the amount OF carbonic
acid. Hence, in the lapse of time, the
present conditions for life would greatly
change.
This is the more apparent since air
containing more than one per cent. of
carbonic acid acts aifgedY deleterious
on the human system. Bdtas animal
life has existed for ages on the globe,
without producing amy dangerous accu-
mutation of caTbonic acid in the air,
there must exist n cause continually di-
minishing the amount of this gas in the
air.
Vegetable life is this cause. Plants
absorb carbonic acid from the air, build
their substance mainly from the carbon
contained therein, and give up great
part Of the oxygen to the atmosphere
This is proved by the following facts:
l. Plants cannot grow in air COM
pletely deprived of carbonic acid, for,
brought into such an artiilcially prepar-
ed atmosphere they die.
Q. When small, living branch with
leaves is brought into glass vessel con
tanning atmospheric air, the amount Of
carbonic acid in the latter dimiuishes,
while the amount Of oxygen increases,
provided the plant be exposed to tho
sunlight.
Besides the carbonic acid, plants take
also water from the air, and part of the
latter is found to combine with the car
bon resulting from tho former. The
principal parts of plants, such as wood,
fire, etc., is, indeed, composed of carbon
hydrogen, and oxygen, the latter two in
such proportions as to be equivalent to
carbon and water. Hence they are term
ed carbohydrates.
Docaying animal matter eXerts fa-
vorable influence on the growth of plants
constituting a ready source OF nitrogen
TO the same.
Finally, from the soil wherein tho
plant has It's root, the plant obtains those
mineral matters which constitute the
ashes of the plant when burnt.
The chemical life of plants thus ap-
pears to consist mainly in the decompo-
sition OF the carbonic acid taken from
the atmosphere. The carbon is accumu-
lated in thu body of the plant, while the
oxygen is returned to the air. But since
carbonic acid results Fl ON cal bon and
oxygen, under production of great
amount of heat, heat must be applied 10
| it to separate the carbon from the oXy-
gen.
The life of plants, therefore, requires
the expenditure of great amount of
heat or power to reduce the compound
to carbon and free oxygen. The expen-
diture of heat is mot by the SUMS rays.
Hence it is that plants grow only in the
sunshine.
Since animals cannot live without
plants, and since the plants require the
power of the sunbeam in order to sepa-
rate the oxygen from the carbon, we see
that the sunbeam is the true source OF
all physical life upon the Garth.
Since, llhailyi tue ihuscuidr power anu
the heat of animals are due to tho COM
bustion of carbon and oxygen, both fur
nished them by the SUMS action on the
plant, the life of animals, both in regard
to heat and power, is direct effect of
the sunbeam, being neither more nor
less in amount, only changed in form.-
Scientific Monthly.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-06-24

A RENssALAER county IN. " young
man bas come TO grief. Unfortunately,
while visiting one day last week the
young lady who had won his young
hearts affection, and settling tho pro-
liminaries Of their expected marriage, he
rashly remarked that the union would
be peculiarly advantageous to her, bo-
cause he moved in much better society
than she. And then upsprang that in
suited female. Selling huge carving
knife from tho table, she went for that
young man, ana tho youth went for the
door. lie had her arrested for assault,
and the engagement has been broken
OIL.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-06-24
"What he hit is history;
What he missed is mystery"

A BOOK about kingfishors has just
been completed by MIR. Sharpe, the Ii
brarian of the geological Society Of Lon
don. 1t gives an account of every known
species of these cHrious birds, which are
remarkable for beirg exceedingly iso-
lated. having no near allies whatever
Although found in every country, it is
somewhat singular that they are lcast
plentiful in South America, that region
of the earth which most abounds in riv
ers and fish.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-06-24

ANEcDoTE Oh Tom IIooD.-The genius
of Tom Hood has been so generally ac-
knowledged, his humor and his pathos
SO highly appreciated, and so many an
cedotes recorded of him, that shall
only cite one of his sallies, which be-
lieve has never been chronicled. At a
large dinner party at Jertlan's one of the
guests indulged in somo wonderful ac-
count of his shooting. Tho number of
birds he had killed, and tho distances at
which he had brought them down, were
extraordinary. Hood very quietly re-
marked: