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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25
Locusts In Tropical Countries.

Some idea OF the damage done to veg
citation by locusti in tropical countries
may DO gathered from IN account OF a
raid made by them in an East India cot
ton plantation. The means adopted to
repel them was by recourse to the dis
cordant sounds OF native music-horns,
tomtoms and pipes-aidcd by the way
ing Of flags and branches Of trees.
These measures, undoubtedly, saved the
produce, for, judging by the perform
ancc of the small number that succeeded
in gaining admission to one Of the finest
fields unobserved, hfd full compile
ment effected lodgment, one hour
would have suficed to strip every tree
OF its leaves, though the foliage was
abundant and the plants in one field
from five to six feet high. The immu-
nifty which the native Indian cotton en-
joyed from the attacks was considerable,
considering the avidity with which they
devoured the exotic desert ptions, and
true to their early traditions, the Egyp-
tian was evidently an especial favorite.
Some Of the swarms that passed over
the country ut the time were exceeding
" numerous. The arrival and settle
ment Of one mighty mass was remark
able sight. What was first observed
was n sort OF haze on the verge of the
horizon, in long line, as If a steamer
had passed, and its smoke was rising
into vapor; this was some hours before
the insects arrived The cloud gradu-
ally thickened and rose higher rs they
When they were fairly
overhead the air became darkened, as If
night was setting in, it being yet midday,
and the peculiar sound that accompa-
MED their flight, resembled that of the
leaves of the peepul tree when agitated
by light winds but it is not until they
have settled down that any idea can be
formed of the immensely of their num-
bers, and the earl y dawn, before the
sunlight has warmed them into life and
motion, is the time to witness this
most extraordinary sight. In the in
stance now referred to, the appearance
the face of the country wore would be
best described by supposing that toll
erably heavy fall of snow had taken
place, only that the colon of it was light
brown, and this extended for miles, as
far, indeed, as the eye could reach. Trees
were fayorite perching ground for the
night, and the manner in which they
to crowd upon them, piles over
piles, concealing every vestige Of root
and branch, gave the trees singular
At one spot q stout and
wide-spreading branch Of banyan
tree snapped Mt its stem from the incum-
bent weight of the insects.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

CAUSE OF STEAM BOILER EXPLOSIONS.
"A report on steam boiler legislation
made to the British Association for the
Advancement of Science, at its meeting
last year, by some of the oldest practi
cal men of science in England, such rs
Sir William Fairbairn and Sir Joseph
Witworth States that for every explosion
due to the boiler-minder in neglecting
the water-supply, &c, six are due to the
boiler maker or boiler-owner from max
ing or using bad boilers. The committed
expressed their conviction that explo-
sions are not accidental, that they are
not mysterious, but that they arise from
the simplest causes, and may be prevent
ed by the exercise of common knowl-
edge and common care. Boilers, MS n
general thing, burst simply from weak
ness. Competent inspection is adequate
to detect the weakness of the boiler in
time to prevent explosion, whether that
weakness arise from malconstruction or
defective condition.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25
FINANCIAL.


JAY COOKE Co.. are now selling, and recommend as
profitable and safe investment for all classes the First
Mortgage 7-3O Gold Bonds of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, bearing Seven and Three Tenths
per cent gold interest than per cent currency,
and secured by first and only mortgage the entire
of Land every mile OF track 500 Acres of Land to
each $1,000 Bond. The highest current price will be
paid for u s. IvoTwenties and all other marketable
Securities received in exchange Pamphlets maps and
full information, well as the bonds themselves will be
furnished on application by JAY COOKE 4 Co, Phila-
delpha, New York and Washington, and by most Banks
and Bankers throughout the country
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

The HoosAC TUNNEL.-A correspon-
dent says: The western end of the
Hoosac Tunnel is down the valley a mile
or two south of the town The total
length when completed vii be 25,031
feet, or A miles The distance penetrat-
ed July I, 1871, was, on the east side, s.
$50 feet, of which 6,2S2 feet is full size,
"a feet wide and 90 feet high; on the
west side $3.50 of which over f. 400 feet
is full size. About midway of the tun-
mel, in valley between the east and
west summit of the mountain, the CEN
trail shaft is sunk to the depth of 1,02S
feet. Headings have been opened abouG
200 feet each way from the shaft, and
will be carried forward until they meet
the headings from the east and west
ends. Between $50 and 800 men are at
work night and day, and the work is
rapidly advancing, and will be complet-
ed according to contract, May l, 1874.
The first l, $50 feet eastward from the
western portal is supported by a brick
arch 2'feet to feet 8 inches in thick
ness, which will be constructed 800 or
400 feet further eastward, or until the
rock is found hard enough to support
itself. The blasting is done by electri-
city, and the explosive, o-glycerinc,
is manufactured at the factory of Prof
George NJ. Mowbray, about rs rods
from the west shaft.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

INGENIoUs.-The ant-eating wood
pecker (1NeIane,pes .formicirorus), a COM
mon Californian species, has a curious
and peculiar method of laying up pro-
visions against the inclement season.
S mall round holes are dug in the bark
of the pine and oak, into each one of
which is inserted an acorn, and so tight
ly is it fitted or driven in that it is with
difficulty extracted. The bark of the
pine trees, when thus filed, presents at
a short distance the appearance of being
studded with brass-headed nails. Stow
ed away in large quantities in this man
ner, the acorns not ouly supply the
wants of the woodpecker, but the SOUR
rels, mice and jays avail themselves like
wise of the fruits of provident labor.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25
News Summary.

MEXICO is getting up another revolu
ton.
Hon. Tom HUGHEs is seriously i'll il
England
The Germans took. 10, 900 railway cars
from France.
THERE is ss7, 900, 900 in gold in the U
S. Treasury.
The schooner Aline won the Wales
challenge cup.
The Cuban fullibuster business il
Canada is declared farce.
The total circulation of the nationa
banks is stated at S3lS, 6S6, 800.
FROM 100000 to $3.50, 600 in gold
leave New York each week for Europe.
CINCINNATI hhs had mass meeting to
protest against the repeal of the Sunday
laws.
A VERY short crop of wheat in Eng
land this year. All grains injured by
blight.
THERE being no choice by the people
election of President for Mexico goes
TO Congress.
HE VI hlStCt NV Int
Germans is n nominal loss to Protestant
tism in France.
THE shad Matched at Holvoke in
Massachusetts,, this year, are Z MATED
Mt sixty millions.
SERIOUS complications have arised be-
tween Hayti and Santo Domingo which
may result in war
THE census of Chicago, just completed
show the population to be 1884 30, o.
whom ITO, 276 are males.
For the first year to date, the interna
revenue receipts amounted to triht
over three million dollars.
THE American ship southampton
ready to sail for New York with cargo
of coal, was burned at Liverpool.
Forty SEVEN stll-births, 1897 births,
112 marriages, and 62S deaths in New
York last week, increase of AZ deaths
over the previous week.
DURING the month of July the German
immigration has numbered Al ,665 per-
sons, decrease of IL, 427 from that of
the same month last year.
MORE passengers have been killed or
manned during the past year on street
cars in New York city than on steam
railways throughout the State.
The Southern Baptist Convention re-
ceived last year $3l, 223 16 for domestic
missions, 500, 1890 for foreign mis-
sions, and SO, 1875. II for Sunday schools.
THE sheriff of Chancery at Edinburgh
considers the identity of George H. Os-
borne, drowned on the Hero in 1870,
with the late Earl Of Aberdeen, to be
established.
THE first written constitution in the
new world was that agreed upon ut
Hartford, on January IA, 1888, by "the
inhabitants and residents of Win dsor,
Hartford and Weathersfeld
ALL the Christian sects together in
the world comprise membership of
about $50, 600, 600, whilst heather wor-
shippers count over 1000, 900, 600, the
Buddhists alone having 340,OOO,OOO.
The Roman Catholic Church embraces
1855, 900, 600 follows, all the Protestant
folds combined 150,000,000
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

A PRoBLEM.-Any number of figures
you may wish to multiply by 5 will give
the same result if divided by "a much
quicker operation; but you must remem-
Der to annex cipher to the answer when
there is no remainder, and when there is
a remainder, what ever it may be, annex
5 to the answer. Multiply AGA by 5, and
the answer will be 1920; divide the same
by 2, and you have go, and as there is
no remainder you add a cipher. Now
take multiply by 5, the answer is
1,795 on dividing this by 2 there is
179 and remainder you therefore
place at the end of the line, and the
result is again, 1,795.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

SLEEP. Sleep will do much to cure
irritabihty of temper, peevishness, I'M
easiness. 1t will build up and make
strong a weary body. 1t will do much to
cure dyspepsia, particularly that variety
known as nervous dyspepsia. 1t will
relieve the languor and prostration felt
by consumptives. 1t will cure hypocon-
dria. 1t will cure the headache. 1t
will cure neuralgia. 1t will cure n
broken spirit 1t will cure sorrow. In
deed, we might make long list of ner-
vous maladies that sleep will cure.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

NOTED CHARACTER Rocky Noun.
tain Jim, n noted character of the fan
West, who has had all sorts of adventures
and fights with bears and Indians, was
attacked few days since near Hot
Springs, Middle Park, by fierce CHINA
mon bear. Jim had nothing but a navy
revolver, and with this fought the savage
beast for half an hour, but was so terribly
mangled and "chewed up" that it is
doubtful if he can survive. He had been
Rocky Mountain ranger for thirty
years.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

New PAPER SToCK.-The farmers Of
Vermont and New Hampshire have thi.
year what some of their fellows have no,
"a nice crop of potatoes. The demand
for these to be employed in the manufac
ture of starch, has brought a good deal
of money into the pockets of the hus.
bandman and now the pulp remaining
after the extraction of starch, it is said
can be used in the manufacture of paper,
and is used for that purpose. This pulp
is quite as likely to prove good stock as
the birch bark with which we were
threatened few years ago.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

CUBIC FEET IN ToN OF HAY.-If the
hay consists of ordinary timothy and
clover, in about the usual proportions,
and has been settled by its own weight
only for few months, 800 cubic feet
will make ton. We have hay barn.
each bent of which is 16 by l6 feet and
Is foot posts. 1t has been our custom to
fill each bent to the top before going on
to the next /; thus, when the hay is taken
out, each bent is enptied by itself. We
have often sold one of these bents full,
and had it weighed, and very regularly
the weight has been five tons, varying
a few pounds only in different years
The cubic contents of the bent Is
4,096 feet, equaling something over 800
foor per ton.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

Subtitle petroleum projectiles
used during the concluding struggle be-
tween the Versailles government and the
Commune, before Paris, were made from
the ordinary spherical bomb-shells. A
perforated tube, nearly an inch in diane
ter. was filed with powder, connected
with fuse and introduced into a shell.
which was then filed with petroleum.
The quantity of powder in the tube suf-
Heed TO explode the shell and set fire TO
the oil, which the explosion scattered
abroad in a fiery rain
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

THE WHY.-The following brief poem,
a contribution to Wisconsin Journal, is
equally well calculated for other lati.
tudes.
know woman. pale and slight,
With heart in hopeless mood,
Who often tolls throughout the night
To earn her husbands food.
While he, in strength Of manhood's power.
Some gay saloon will seek,
And spend more money in an hour
Than she earns in a week.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

The Press of the Pacific coast, a San
Francisco dispatch says, condemns the
order countermanding Gen. Stoneman's
campaign against the Apaches, on the
ground that it virtually turns the Arizona
settlers over to the tender mercies of the
savages.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

VOTERS OF New YORK CrTY.-A state
ment of the voting population of New
York City according to the late census
has been prepared at the Census Of
fee Washington. The totals are as fol-
lows: Native voters, 1882; voters of
foreign birth, 1l3, 266. OF the latter 3d.
447 are Irish, Al, 752 German, and &c.
06S of other nationalities. Total voting
population of the city, 1890 The
largest vote ever cast in this city was in
1865, when il was l56,054.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

FEELING AND AcTIoS.-It is not
enough that we wish well to others. Our
feelings should clothe themselves with
corresponding actions. The spring
which has no outlet becomes stagnant
pool; while that which pours itself off
in the running stream il pure and living,
and is the cause of life and beauty where
ever il flows
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

"Why, Uncle johnny" said his
friend, lean you afford to eat shad at
twenty-five cents a pound ?" Zach.
wohl r said Uncle Johnny triumphantlv.
q can put him in mine ice-chest and
keep him until he gets sheaper"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25
Az On1oIxA1 MrnIc1xR.-The ingre.

An ORIGINAL MEDICINE. ingre-
dients of Dr.. Walkers Vinegar BiHers
differ from those Of every other tonic
and corrective in use. Unlike the tine
lures of the pharmacopi@a this remedy
contains no alchohol. Botanical re-
search has brought TO light in our Pacific
Territory, herbs, roots and plants OF sur
passing potency as alternatives, neryines,
and inyigorants, and Of these the Bitters
are mainly composed. A long series OF
cures, embracing dyspepsia In all It's
forms, and bilious and nervous disorders
Of every phase, are the vouchers OF this
inestimable medicine.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

A GENTLEMAN in the eastern part of
the state, who was about having his leg
amputated on account of its being bent
at right angles and stiff at the knee,
heard of JoHNsoN's ANoDYNE LINIMENT.
After using it short time, his leg be-
came straight, and is now as serviceable
as the others.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

CHAPpED HANDS, face, rough skin, PIN
pies, ringworm. salt-rheum, and othel
cutaneous affections, cured, and the skin
made soft and smooth, by using the Ju-
NpER TAR Soar, made by CAswELI.,
HAZARD 4 Co., New York. 1t is more
convenient and easily apr ,ied than other
remedies, avoiding the trouble of the
greasycompoundsnnow in use.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

EASTWARD Ho.-There is little two
line paragraph in the South Bend ind. J
Register of last week, which reads "A
great many emigrant wagons are point
ed eastward. All do not find things
lovely in the West"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

A GREAT many people have asked us of
late, q" How do you keep your horse
looking so sleek and glossy ?" We tell
them, its the easiest thing in the world ;
give SHERIDAN's CAVALRY CONDITION
POWDERS two or three times a week.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

ANOTHER LOTTERY. is to have
Free City Library. 800, 900 in Cash
Prizes will be distributed legally by
chance, Sept. Goth, by the Mutual Aid
Association, at Omaha. Nebraska. They
charge 81 each for tickets. Here is m
instance where it seems tho profits bene.
fit the public instead of going into the
pockets of sharpers
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

In order to sell their coats at enor.
nous prices dealers in Washington place
25c. pocket-book in the pockets, filled
with scraps Of paper, to make il fee
stuffed. Their ok works well.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

People who are wishing to build COM
plain of the high price of board.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

GENERAL Powell, of Ohio, has sued
the little Mama Railroad for refusing to
pass him on the LIST of August on ticket
entitling him to passage during the
month of July. The question to be de-
cided is one of Importance to railroads
and trayallara
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

RUPTURE

Relieved aud cured by Dr. shermsn's Patent Appliance
and Compound Once eqT Broadway. y. Y. Send To-
for book with Photographic kencsscs of bri and
after with Henry Ward Beechor case letter. ana
portrait Beware NJ travelling mp1stor who pretend
have been assistants Of DR. SHERMAN
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25
Terrible Mining Disaster.

Another fearful mining disaster oc
CURED at the Eagle shaft, about u mill
south Of Pittston, Penn, occasioned b.
an explosion Of fire damp. Eighteen
men were ut work in the chamber II
which the explosion occurred, and there
is NO hope but that all in the mine have
met with death.
In going to and from their work the
miners used an air shaft, which they as
cended and descended by means OF lad
der, the main opening not being pro
vided with safety ear, and therefore
considered unsafe. 1t is supposed that
the explosion blew away the props, and
consequent fall OF the roof followed,
completely blocking up the passages,
and cutting of the means Of escape,
should the men escape death from the
explosion, which is not probable.
On hearing the xplosion, volunteers
at once proceeded in the direction OF the
noise, without lamps, and IN about three
quarters OF m hour, brought up the
body of miner named Benjamin Davis.
At about 3 o'clock the body OF Evan f..
Jones was found and brought up. Dur
ing the afternoon the dead bodies of
Thos. Lcyshon, Jas. Morgan, and David
Harris were found and brought up.
On entering the chamber in which the
explosion occurred, fall Of rock was
first found, which lay partly upon car,
completely blocking up one side, and
leaving space on the ether just sufli-
cicnt for n man to force i.imself through
Some distance further in there was
another fall, which completely filled the
passage, and behind this the men are
walled SO completely that it will take
hours of the most persistent labor to
reach them. All that mortals can do
was done to rescue the unfortunates, but
only blackened and disfgured remnants
of mortality rewarded the toilers.
Outside the scene was heartrending i'll
the extreme Thousands of sympathiz-
ing citizens, miners, and others rendered
all the assistance that was possible under
the circumstances. Women and chill
dren were weeping, wringing their hands,
and mourning aloud for the loved and
lost, and waiting, in anxious, hopeless
expectation, for each new report from
the poisonous pit.
This mine has been nearly exhausted,
and was known to be filed with the
ack-damp, and yet it was considered
safe, and has been constantly worked
since the conclusion of the strike, al
though not to its full capacity. Twelve
feet of gas was found in heading just
off the gangway, which had been trav
ersed all day by explorers with naked
light, and the merest accident would have
caused another and worse explosion,
involving loss of at least 80 lives.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

U. s. NAvY.-The Nary Register to
July l, 1871, just issued, shows that
there are II first class vessels, carrying
from q to As guns; Is second class
vessels, carrying from Is to % guns Il
third class, carrying from s to II guns
II fourth class, carrying from 5 to 7
guns, and 10 fifth-rate vessels, carrying
from l to 10 guns or howitzers. The
total number Of vessels is 179, of which
81 are iron-clad, laid up at League
Island, New Orleans, Washington and
other places, the Terror, of the North
Atlantic fleet, being the only one in
active service 80 are tugs, doing duty
at the various navy yards and stations !;
80 vessels are abroad on the several for
eign stations, and large number are
laid up at the navy yards throughout the
country, being of no use as the law does
not permit the enlistment of a sufficient
number of men to send them to sea.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25
ASIATIC CHOLERA
in China.
ALMOST EVERY CASE CURED WITH
PAIN KILLER.

Read the following letter from Rev. r Telford Mi.
slonary in China, visiting his home in Pennsyl
vania: ' 'e"'7si-
WAsHISGTOS, PA, June g. 1895
fe''r, Perfy Darts d. Son, Providence r. T. Dea,
ors purne residence OF some ten years as Mission
the Cholera. '' 'oouree-
In administering the medicine found il most esac,
na TO give teaspoonful of Pain Killer in gili of no,
water s"setened with sugar then after about fifteen
nhnes pegin TO give tablespoonful Of the same mix
.nIe every minute until relief Was obtained. Apply hot
with Pain Killer clear and rub the limbs hr;slIr ~
hose who had the cholera and took he medicine iatb
iuy the way stated above eight out Of recovered
rs NY ysu ", X. TELFORD.
II an attack with Diarrh9a Dysentery,or Cramp Cole
don delay the of the Pain Killer Sold nv IL NJ
cine Dealers Price Is cts, so cts and 81 per botte
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-25

MANHATTHS. KANSAS, April Il, Isss
Gentleman want to say a little more about
the Pain Killer. consider it a very vALuBIE MppI'
CINE. and always keep it hand. A have Travelled
good deal since have been in Kansas and neye, v;th
ont taking II with me- In practice used it freely far
the Asatc Cholera in lS3a and with better success n
any other medicine also used here for cholera in
VS., with the same good result Truly YOURS ~
A. HUNTING NJ d.