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In the very face and ewes OF our Admonitions
To correspondents t. write concissly for Tag
STAR or not At oil, We hare "PubAcolsT send
ng us ala article the first sentence Of which
Contains enc hundred are fcrty-nlne words, am
read Is follows:
H. this righteous and holy age when IL is
tehrvtd by not q few, that the civilized world
= 10" worthy az the compsnionshp OF the Gods
i nav DC possible, after being refused BIZ A re-
publican Journal of this city, the on blicati0n Of
sItT on the District bill, save only in a m uti-
lated state, because, presume, the conclusions
N-fs ADVERSE to the power Of Congress TO Iegis-
it'e f.T tbs Territorial District without the CO.
tlsIStioH ot the people. establishing this ded lc-
no" upon The doctrine OF compact and popul IT
rcV'roigTty, which. if correct, is of the utm ,St
importance % be understood both by Congress
aid by the people; it NAV he possible, ] say, 20
q ess through NoIr columns, this apathatic
community, consolidated by the Congress
tafOH gh dread of their underlined and uDdetiua
he teid OF power, upon their rights and to in
RS nion 'he PREPARATION Of their wrongs"
w FnoW and care nothing about the mutrs-
ton at " PHbhcois's' screed By the republican
Journal III question. but We feel amazingly like
moulding - PubliCols." In this dav OF steam
"irc'TicIiy. compressed force and short cuts
fa- nan Who all from choice select a four
- ''hl. signature. and tnflict upon a busy daily
FFlt- t's winds documents OF one hundred and
MY words q the nfence, IL not to be tolera-
-sa lie is jnst m man to oppose a change in
o.. mole Of government here, and stand by the
god Old pig pastuTage, Queen-Anne' s-iaw, fos-
g.! iTi,r az things
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TCLEAR AND HARMLESS as wArKk
The following letters speak TOR themselves:


NAsHIN1ION, November 4th IsTU
nv. A-tAUy NdttdHS :-I'eaI Sir After a verS
VI fsoPh and impartial trial ~ Your Crystal Dls
eoyeTy Tor month. feel con psl led 10 acknOWiedg.
lts NeTy great superiority over sry other articl.
low II Use Tor the purpose signed-the speedy res
tofstion OF the color ard growth of the nsir aud
one using II according 10 di ections can fail, an
convinced "a sttan this much desired result 70 per
lection. Il he simplicity of the prepsrati u and il.
entire Cleanliness Affords d bew opportunity to thu
vast numbers utterly disguised with the poisonou.
rosfruuls N Use Having u large number OF m,
personal sc9usintaUcts who use your preparation
With s9usl success, j cordially recommend Cry 81.
to all persons desiring to u,A ANYTHING q,
this Kind. Very respaS fully
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p. DOYLE, street, N. W


WASHINGTON. q. o., July 25th, Is7D
NJ. srttr- Naiinas-peer sir: II affords me pleas
ure 10 soy that have used your Cry stat Discover
with perfect success. Having tried many Others,
ana yours superi'r to any have heretefore n sed
and cannot too highly recon nd II As a amid nro
moter Of the grow ID Of the hair, and b. few spp
cations restoring 70 its original color Ii is Der
tectly ces and free from any Objectionable matter
VeTy respectfully, yours, X w SILyOY
street, bet weep sth and sth W
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trATH UF DISTINGUISHED DRAxATrsT-
r.b-e ciSpstch from London announces tue
s.. IA az the distinguished dIsm ttist, Thomas
" ..l AIS Rob, tsJD- He will he remembered "a
~ art'or Of those charming plays, d" Caste. 7"
Home School" PLAY" Birth" and
C"s-.' He ~as in the height OF his fama
ana stu Young man. He had originated a
school OF BIS own, AID his loss to the true drama
= great. His comedies are remarkable for their
natural plots and -pIightlY dialogues.
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NAfrANs' CRYSTAL p1sOOyrRY

Tor sale In yarious by the following Drus.
and lJth and z streets: [. Calvert Ford, ll0s Pa
avenue Chrstisni Bros. 7th AID n streets N. w ;
r. a. Bacon 50 and streets, Island; }. ID ODon
nell: sth street. Navy Yard: @ w Oropley, ITO
Bridge street 0eorsetown, and at the Depot, "a ana
trial noSo.tr
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DEAD AND DE CONVINCED.

WHAT ONE DOLLAR WILL BUY
II WILLBU
Three pairs Iron frame full regular Hose
1T WILLBUf
five fine Hemstitched Lsdies Linen Il andksrehiass
1T WILL BUY
One sett ~ Ladies' Linen Cuffs and Collar sr,-o;.
cred and trimmed with Lace, in four diereat st "a
IT WILL BUY
sour pairs Of Gents Brown super stout English
1T WILL BUY
-Four large size fne Linen Hemmed Gents, Hand
keIchieis.
IT WILL Buy
One twenty six Whal.bon French Corset
1T WILL BUY
Three pairs Of good Scissors. in q morocco case,
1T WILL BUY
one large size Hand Mirror, with Fancy Rubber
1T WILL BUY
One dozen excellent Toilet soap.
IT WILL BUY
One band made Tidy, made Of Qeary's Crotohs,
Cotton.
1T WILL BUY
One SPLIT Z.phyr hand made Infants eacous.
1T WILL BUY
One complete Bohemian Gias Toilet Set,
1T WILL BUY
One pair OF hne Bohemian Vases or Scent Bottles.
What else 10 will buy, or whether il will buy the
above goods, will be proved to the doubling at
LVERBRRG'S,
slS sBvIHTH STREET.
fe2tr Near PsBusylvania svenus
yE0. n. CYSTER,
~ DEALER IN
FINEST CRADES BUTTER.
szALLs-}sss osa1' A'a'''
jssllmn Residsnce-alp Ess, Capitol street.
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q NICHOLAS HorsI NEW YoHx Ans. 80. Isy.

Mr.. A,thsr settdsS-ny Dear Sir: I ke botI 10 Of
your Crystal Discovery for the HAIR" which /
bought IN your city some time has given entire
sasisfsetion Ii has given to my hair its orig mai
color to psrfee tioI was dark brown In about
the crown Of my head. where am partially bald /
predict its entire success Enclosed ind five dslIarr
Please send Immediately BY express. and obiiae
VERY truly yours. A.w FULLKR
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SERIOUS FIRK AT WEsr PoISr-The cadet
bdrTscks at West Point were partially burned
Ee.terdav mOIDing. at O'CLOCK. Loss 81 900.
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~ ASrtIN aTON UITV:
HoNDAy............F February 6, 1871.
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G@NDTi -TnE regular meeting Of The As
prS soClATiON FOR TUE PREVENTION
tF thUbLTN TO an MAILS will b. held in tn =
Lecture Room oi fhe ". q A. Building TUES
~ kNEHlA1 ~ hrusTy 7th 1871, AT IA O'Clock
feb-h EtGsK I. BOOB I'm, Secretary
1@GFhAkNIA L"DGs No rs X of p
~ eoTkIrR "a dr. tb- Supreme lodge Of the
NOrd sad the Grand lodge o, thu District OF c.
ifs IA ar esIUestiy requested ia att the raguIr
mec'iuE L, L3otkO~ sNEhISG. Feb 7, ISL as
1usiT ess OF mp rtaaee will be transacted.
~ order Ut the Lodge
II EDwARD BROWN, r. ard c. Scribe.
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COAL WOOD"
WOOD. COAL
We sell none bat the best quality
LINENS VALLEY, RED and WHITE AsB
GOALS,
all sizes. Fill Gil orders promptly, CHEAP.
Also, OAK, PINE, and HICKORY WOOD,
sawed and split any length or size.
Orders sent By n all promptly attended 20.
ONCE and yard, south side canal corner 9TH st
jaltd WALTER II. NARROW
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NJ. A,.hH, Naifass-sir 1 have Srssf .iss.nr.
In festifyfns TO the excellence Of your CTv.ts NJ
covery for the Hair. Nv beck bsirts remart shiy
long and thick, and become prsmaturey grsx a,pyi
being heredItAry In eight dAysit ressned n. ras
ursl color, chestnut brown, eoloripg ev nv hsir
Ike your renaTation for Its purity, pleasant oor
and freedom from Gil mineral md poisonous sub
stances, as Well % Its other excellsncise. 1 viii
recommend IL 60 my acauAlntApces
Very resDcctfully, Mss u.
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WASHINGTON, August Eth. Ian

nv. ArfAsy Nattass-Desr Sir: do not hesitate
70 say that yonr Crystal Discovery deserves TO en-
perceoe All other Preparations claiming 20 restore
the growth and color Of the hair n have useS n
week nox snc hair hs. already resumed its nat
] chserfully recommend t. Respectfuiiy
MRS ANNIE MOIJRAlN
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BOARDING..

EfIRST CLASS BOARD, WITH PLEASANT
4 FRONT Rooms, to be had on reasenabi.
rerms at 1901, cor. Pennsyivapi avenue and 18th
street. Good loo alton and accessible mhT "
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Reading Matter on Every Page.
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WOOD AND COAL.

WOOD AND COAL
w AT COST To CLOSE BUSINESS
No; being able 20 give my attention % sEe busines
l am compelled 70 otter nv en- ire stock Of wFBi
ADD COAL, at a SACRIFICE, unti rle whole
cisposed Of Also, for sale. the Office, DE GOT Good
viii. &C. eff the finest W oDi and Coal kstablts tnet
IN the District. will deliver coal at the f1lo 10
price,, for CASH ONLY: Per Tod
LfhENS VALLEY prime srticlel .......... : y o.
Phiadepha BID Ash, or LoBBkRhF..... a..
NbiIE A. h.....-............. ?.
Z l $780,. .-...-. .--....-
Apply at the ofioe. No. 90. south siae Of Penn
-NlyaBla avenue, between lith aud l.tl Streets. IT
be depot, cor Maryland avenue d Sth - Island
ia II ". BBDxS
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sTOF that COUGH
Use DOUT. TINDhLL's TAB ELIyIg.
"TH he CAkNIV Al

CHAS STOTr & co,
80 Ptncsy Nali2 ayenle. Wholesale Agents
fel- IN or Iiss,irt . f,1.s,,,-I
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THE CARNIVAL TOURNAMENT.

~ .,
4 n"se experienced IN Tournament Riding and de-
slTeu. 81 particiratIUg in the ''GkAAD TUURNA
htk1' during the CarnSs on the goth aud 81 at
% tRbRUAHY sIe regCs stod to Call upon or com
mUnicste with JUAN BOYLE. Chairman, s f3 9TH
street., or JAMES WALSH, Marsh a, room NO q
sht hero Build'ng, 9Osls Penn-ylVana avenue
the io5n' between the h uTs of l and . m. and
'he ist'eF H"il n m 70 ) ~ JL5tf
ICbIoD., Rep & Patriot
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BANKERS

IAY COOKE O. CO,
BANKERS.
Buy snt sell, At current ra-.s-
GOV EhNMhNI ECIEIItE<. GOLD -
slLhER. LAND u AkEaNlc ~ KIP. Al.
EAtCl Tb ORDERS - NV \ Ga e. . .- u AZ.
SILL EAGhAhGE on New York. S.n f'r,I.-,-5.
Great Britain sud the q lr.nf
Furnish REVENUE SIAM - 1f al 3-gaui.l.
uoEs. Issue JERTIFlCATS~ OF DEFssIF
bearing interest "A n
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"A VOID QUAcKs.-A victim - esriy tu' i-rre
"A tsos, causing oersoas d-eiiifs. prtmafl -e c.
,Ay &C. having tri~d vain crers atfertsari ZEN
-cy, has simple means 81 -rlI-cnr- sltra 10
send free ~ hts fellow snferrr- A. =
UfTLk.Ts Nass~u O. sew 1ort csStcs'-
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6@THE ANNUAL MEETING of TIE
5 S1Uthii tLDsR- OF TdE POTOMaU
EEkhN COMPANY viii ks held on WEDNEs
Day, the o,h inst at tn Banking House OF jay
Coo g & Co. IN the CITY Df WashiB gton, Director,
Eil be elected 10 serve the en- suing year
: y HOW ISON,
IL IL President Potomac Ferry Company.
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~ .. q. F--GKAEO ENCANPNENT A
~ speCIal meeting Will l,e held on TT k>DAY
fNFSlNS. 7'h inst, III O'Clock precisely, TO take
ec1lT Il TsIegrIC L. the Anniversary CeiebT alton
~ ~ .s't O'Clock the frst.-ual visit 81 subo-i.
mate EuCaupmerts to tLe Grand Body will TAX
pSre wii-D Interesting servi e. will be held. Mem
Ier- Of Lodges fIaierually Invited 10 be pres nj
Sf7u1ssrCH fyes. THu5. W. FOWLER,
frt - Grand Scribe
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DAZAAR-Bsrgxins IN Lsil-s ts-str' ga en-
ID drens CNDEbCLOrHiNG may ~ f5a.f :
Ncmen's Christian Association. Jaacis-E Sgnsr.
ah2rdcrs prom puy anc seatly execrtss fuirtg
6 street, between 9Th and ST. n.II.IF
TaosB sILs UhBRuLLAs
y reduo~c - rsB
rceloss tsel cut, q PRINCES Losa Vaos \
oatoD-ecoms- soes pecusvivs-ta susr-ss
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Notice u hereby given, that the tina for paying
the ssShsS MINT FOR TIT PAVING OF
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, between Ninth and
T~ef n streets has been eXtsnded until TUES
IAY, February fth, at IL O'Clock ~.
The tine allowed y law AyPir. d on Saturday last.
bu IT payments are Iaass BY tie time ST ated above
one most Interest, at the rate Of te1 per cent per
W., will be saved 10 Pr perty holders
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STATEMENT
' OF THE
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
OF The
NATIONAL CAPITOL LIFE INSURANCE
n A NJ

RkOLE BALM
Prepared only by l., &. LIE VERT q co. sold
u ashlDgton by CLARK q Co az street and Penn
-yi' anna avenue; Ridgey, Pennsy snis syenue he
ween 1871 aud 18th eets; Thompson, 18Th strset
a.. WtHn street and New York avenue: Kojh
> e; Cropley, 7. a. Bitchie, and " Mcleod
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-03-16
How to Make a Brick Oven.

MANY a house-keeper, especially a
farmers wife, longs for good old
fashioned brick oven, especially when
there are several loaves of bread and a
dozen pumpkin pies to bake at once.
A brick oven built in the old style, out
of doors, entirely separated from the
dwelling house, is more safe, so far as
danger from fire is concerned, than if
built by the side of the fireplace in the
house. A good brick oven for baking
bread, pies and cakes, is worth all the
ranges and cook stoves that one could
store in his kitchen. In such an oven
everything will be baked just right, above
and below, through and through.
After a foundation has been prepared,
let two courses of hard bricks be laid for
the bottom of the oven. Then build the
mouth and part of the sides, until it is de-
sirable to begin to draw the sides inward,
when sand or mellow earth may be
placed on the foundation and the surface
smoothed off and pressed down to the de-
sired form of the oven. Now let the
brick-work be built over this form of
sand. Let two courses of hard brick be
laid over the form with the best of mortar
After the last brick is laid, the sand may
be removed.
The bricks should be soaked for several
hours in water previous to being laid, so
they will not absorb the moisture of the
mortar until it has set. Such an oven
will cost but a few dollars. Many people
can collect sufficient number of loose
bricks and pieces around their dwellings
to build an oven. Besides this, any intelli-
gent man, though only half a mechanic,
can build such an oven about as well as d
mason.-AanJdcturer and Builder.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-03-16
Diseases Spread by Milk.

A NEW paper has just been started in
London entitled the MIk Journal The
first number contains lengthy article on
the spread of disease by means of milk,
and presents number of surprising and
startling facts. In 1857 fever of typhoid
type broke out in Penrith, England, con-
fined almost entirely to families supplied
by certain milkman. Dr. NJ. Taylor in
vestigated the matter, and found the milk
mans family was the first in which the
fever occurred that the mother, who was
the nurse, milked the cows; that the milk
was taken into the room where the sick
children lay, to be measured out for dis
tribution among the customers. Fourteen
families were supplied, and of these, seven,
living at considerable distance from each
other, were taken down with the fever.
Other cases are narrated where scarlatina
and smallpox were communicated in
similar way. In the case of scarlatina
showing itself where the patients were
certain there had been no exposure the
physician, DR.. Bell, made out list of the
cases, then went to the dairy woman who
supplied them with milk, and asked for
list of her customers; and the two lists
corresponded exactly, except in one in
stance. There were twenty six cases of
scarlatina, twenty-five of whom were SUD-
piled with milk from one dairy, whose
proprietor had had scarlatina in his family.
In July, 1870, Islington was visited by a
strange outbreak of typhoid fever-not a
case having occurred in the village before
for fifteen years. Now, in a radius of
quarter of mile, two hundred and sixty.
eight cases occurred. On examination it
turned out that two hundred and forty-two
of these were supplied from the same
dairy. The dairy had an underground
tank on the premises, and the supposition
is, that enough of foul water therefrom re-
manned in the utensils in which milk was
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-03-16
A Corpse Driving Itself Home.

THE Nashville Banner tells the follow
ing terrible story concerning the circum-
stances of the death of DIR. William
Burdett, of that city, who, about half an
hour before his death, had driven to the
residence of patient, prescribed for him,
got into his buggy and started homeward
1t seems that sudden death, like a stroke
of lightning, overlook him probably be-
fore he had driven more than few hun
dred yards, and the late living, speaking,
human being, who few moments before
had talked calmly and quietly, after his
usual manner, to a patient and that pa
TENTS family, and had even joked with a
little boy whom he met by the street side
as he entered his buggy, still sat stark and
stiff upright upon his seat, the reins
clutched tight in his hands, the staring
eyes looking out upon the street, driving
homeward--a corpse. Father of us all,
what was it that those who met the horse
and vehicle saw in the face of the driver
that made them shudder and hurry on a
little faster? Death looked out from those
lifeless eyes, and it was he who guided the
unknOwing horse plodding on toward his
late masters door, and those looked into
that vehicle saw something awful and
indefnable which made them shudder,
perhaps, and hasten Involuntary forward
The horse drew up at the familiar hitch
ing post, but no master descended, and he
stood gently paving the ground, anon
jerking the lines, but he got no answer to
these signals; hewever oft repeated. No
familiar voice which had so often chided
or cheered him in long jaunts. Then he
pricked back his ears and jerked the refhs
a little harder, and listened, but there was
no response, save the grating of the leather
over the dashboard. What could it all
mean?
And now Mrs. Burdett looks out of the
window, and says, We'll, l declare, the
doctors come, but why don't he get out ?"
She looks moment, but he doesn't, and
she says, perhaps he wants something, and
then she trips out to the street, looks up
into the buggy says, "Well, William,
what is 2" No answer. And then she
bends forward little, and the light shines
fuller on the figure there. 1t is her bus
bands, but the face is livid, and the eyes
blindly staring. William, oh, William !"
and she grasps him by the hands, still
clutching the reins; they are cold and
stiff He is dead.
Through the assistance of several gen.
tlemen, DR.. Burdett's body was taken into
the house, where an inquest was held, and
verdict of death by heart disease found
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-03-16
An InsalubriOus Season.

Spring is welcome, but not its diseases. We
should be glad to have its bloom without its fogs,
its vapors its sudden changes Of temperature, and
the agues, fits of indigestion, bilious attacks, and
other harrassing disorders which they engender.
As this cannot be, 1t behooves all sensible people
to do the best they can to escape such serious
drawbacks on the poetry of the season. Ask any
physician what the weak and delicate ought to do
when masma infects the air. The answer will be
"tone and regulate the system" Buthow! That
is the important question. A dozen medical men
would probably recommend as many different
medicines. On the other hand, the thousands who
have tested the virtues of Hostetters Stomach Bit
tiers invigorant and Alternative, will recon-
mend but one the wholesome preventive and re-
storativc in which their experience has taught
them to trust. A course of this rare vegetable
stimulant, commenced now, would save many
pang to the feeble and debitated. 1t would be
wise economy too, for it would probably preclude
the necessity for medical advice. Without dis
paragement to profession which all intelligent
men and women respect and honor, it is just as
WELL if possible, to keep out of the doctors hands
and they would have comparatively few cases of
fever and ague, dyspepsia, biliousness, nervous
ness, and general debility to attend to, if this
agreeable and healthful specific were in universal
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-03-16

symmetry of body and limbs they were
greatly superior to the orang-outang, so
much SO that but for their long wings,
they would look as well on parade
ground as the old cockney militia. The
hair on the head was of darker color
than that of the body, closely curled, but
apparently not woolly, and arranged in
two curious semi-circles over the temples
Their feet could only be seen as they were
alternately lifted in walking; but from
what we could see of them in so transient
view, they appeared thin and very pro-
tuberant at the heel. They were engaged
in earnest conversation, evidently, to Judge
from their gesticulation, and the emphatic
action of their hands, from which "they
were presumed to be rational beings"
Some of them had crossed the water and
were lying like spread eagles on the edge
of the wood. In this attitude their wings
spread out like those of a bat, and were
composed of semi-transparent mem
brane, expanded in curvilinear divisions by
means of straight radii united at the back
by the dorsal integuments. The narrative
discreetly adds: ."Our further observation
of the habits of these creatures, who were
of both sexes, led to results so very re-
markable that they should be first laid
before the public in DR.. HerscheIs own
X,
So the narrative continues at great
length, describing mountains, meadows,
rivers, lakes, and animals of all kinds, and
birds of all forms and feathers on the sur
face of the moon, and the monsters of the
deep in it's waters. Scientific terms and
the generally accepted configuration of
the moons surface were followed just
closely enough to impress and delight the
ignorant, and confound and amaze the ed
ucated and incredulous. The various por
tions of the moon were subdivided into
physical sections, with appropriate names
for rivers, lakes, islands, oceans, conti-
nents and general geographical divisions.
Even geographical and atmospheric phe-
nomena were described in the minutest
detail and enthusiasm. Temples of vast
proportions and wonderful architecture
were described, with partial pictures of the
of the rites and devotions OF the curious
people inhabiting the valley of the moon
Here the people were of larger statue than
those before encountered. Their chief oc-
cupation seemed to be banqueting, and
their customs were, to speak mildly,
unique. The story appeared at time
when the scientific world was kSenly
alive to astronomic Investigations; when
the grert Herschel had announced various
novel discoveries, and when people in this
country had been led to expect destruc-
tive current, which was to shatter our
earth in fragments. Intelligence from the
Cape of Good Hope could not be obtained
for year, and, incredible as it appears,
half the American people believed the
preposterous story true.-N. Y. Tribune,
Eeb 90