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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-16
Yellow Fever In BuenOs Ayres.

We still hear frightful reports OF raw
ages of the yellow fever in Buenos Ayres
Up to this date there have been over H.
900 deaths, and the daily average NOR
tality for the past week has been over
450 Seven hundred and forty-nne
bodies were counted ut the cemetery
gates as the mortality bill OF one Sunday
and this, ny in many other cases, was
doubtless short of the actual number, as
it comprised interments only. Families
are broken up and scattered husbands
abandon THEN dying wives I; mothers
leave their children to die alone, and in
some cases entire families are swept away
As many as five or six corpses have been
discovered in single house, and there rs
a lack of laborers to perform the duties
of removal and sepulture of the dead
There is also, Ms might naturally b. sup
posed, a scarcity OF physicians and nursc."
to attend tho sici In tiie various hospl-
tails, and where almost every inhabited
house is miniature hospital in it elf,
the extent of the suffering must be indeed
dreadful Several of the most eminent
physicians of Montevideo volunteered to
the succor of the stricken Buenos Ay-
reans. and have labored with a zeal in
the face of an imminent and terrible
death that stamps them as heroes and
phianthropists second to none in the
worlds history.
The origin of this fever like many
other things, is a question upon which
there is much division of opinion, but all
are agreed upon the assertion that to the
Buenos Ayreans themselves is attributa-
BILE the blame for its wide-reaching de-
struction. BY some persons it is said
that the fever owes its existence to the
sataderos, at the Barrancas. 1Lesn sola-
deros, are collection of gigantic aDattoirs
or slaughter houses, on the borders of
the river Riachuela, a few miles south by
east of the city. In these establishments
are slaughtered the gigantic herds OF
cattle which supply large part of the
world with dried and "ierked" " beef,
bones, hides, horns and tallow. In some
of these salnderos thousand head of
cattle per day have been slaughtered,
and there must OF course be much un-
wholesome refuse matter at all times in
the neighborhood, no matter how good
the sanitary rules may be, A very prob
able reason, however, why the fever did
not originate there is to be found in .he
fact that the first cases of fever broke
out in the northern quarter of the city
in the section bounded by the Gale
Garantlas, the Rivadavia and the North
ern Railroad. This is seven miles from
the Barrancas, and the fever was confined
to this district for some weeks, afterwards
gradually spreading throughout the city.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-16
Brief Facts about Bees.

There are three classes of bees in
hive-the worker, queen and drone,
Queens are raised by peculiar food anG
treatment from eggs that would other
wise produce workers.
The worker is an undeveloped female
Workers, in the absence of queen
sometimes lay eggs These invariably
produce drones.
The queen lives from two to five years.
The worker from two to three months in
the working season, and from six u
eight during the season of rest.
The queen is perfected in fifteen OF
sixteen days from the egg, the worker
in twenty to twenty-one, and the drone
in twenty-four.
The queen usually commences laying
from seven to twelve days after leaving
the cell, and is capable of laying from
2000 to 5000 eggs in II day.
The impregnation of the queen always
takes place outside the hive, on the
wing, and generally the fourth or fifth
day after leaving the cell. Excepting in
rare cases, one impregnation answers iol
life The drone she has mated with dies
Immediately.
The eggs of an unimpregnated queen
produce nothing but drones and it is
generally conceded that impregnation
does not affect the drone progeny I; con-
sequently the male progeny of pure
Italian queen is pure without regard to
the drone she has mated with.
The queen and worker are provided
with stines but while the latter will
use il upon any provocation, the for
mer will only use it Mt her own rank.
The drones have no stings.
One queen, rs a rule, is all that is tol'
Grated in hive but previous to throw
ing off " after-swarn.s, two or more
queens are permitted in the same hive
for short time, but the extra ones are
soon disposed Of In case of suppressed
ing queen, the old one is preserved
until the new one Is fitted to take her
place. Queens have ii deadly hatred for
each other, and will destroy, if permit
ted. all queen Larvae or cells in the hive,
m. will fight each other until there is
but one left alive
Wax. like fat. is an animal product,
and is secreted by the bees in thin scales
on IIlt lllIutl Sl'lt VI tiIt b'''' " ih'
doing this they consume large quantities
of honev-from fifteen to twenty pounds
for every pound of wax secreted.
A frightened bee, or one filed with
honey. is not disposed to sting.
A good swarm contains about twenty
thousand bees
A strong or medium hive, with good
laying queen, is never seriously troubled
with the moth worm but Il hive with
out queen or the means of raising one
is sure to be taken by them.
Bees recognize each other by their
scent.
The first one or two weeks of the
Young bees life is spent inside the hive,
rs nurse or wax worker.
The range of bees flight for food is
generally within two or three miles
much greater range is of but little bene-
fit to them.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-16
who Killed Marshal Prim.

The search for the assassins of the late
Marshal Prim has been diligently pur-
sued by the authorities of Spain for
several weeks past. All the inquiries
were, however, conducted with the ut
most secrecy, in order to lull the crimi-
nails into fancied security. 1t was not
thought improbable that the murder had
been planned by some formidable mem
bers of the Montpensier party, who
ever since the Hohenzollern candidature
hated Prim most bitterly Sufficient
evidence having been collected to bring
the crime home to its real authors, the
Cortes held at the request of the Govern
ment secret session. long report,
going over the history of the assassin
alton, was then submitted by the Minis
try. The document described the cir
cumstances that surrounded the dark
deed, the probable motives that led to 1t,
aualyzed the evidence collected, and
gave other particulars nominating
several men of political SANDING
" all rennblicans-who are now charged
with having planned, executed or CON
nived at the murder of Marshal Prim.
The report specially eliminates Senor
Rogue Barcia, one of the most advanced
republicans, who has since the assassi-
nation been elected Deputy to the
Cortes. More revelations of startling
nature will shortly be made. The names
of the other accused parties have not yet
been disclosed
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-16
The Removal of Hallett's Reef.

Maior-General John Newton, who is
conducting the operations at Hell Gate.
New York harbor, calculates that the
troublesome enemy to navigation from
the Eastward ria Long Island Sound.
will no longer exist after July 1872, when
the grand explosion is expected to take
place. With this will disappear Hallett' s
Point. and the most important changes
will follow in the troublesome currents
that now make He'll Gate terror to
navigators The point stretches from
the Long Island shore nearly 400 feet
into the river, and, when removed. will
enable ships of the largest class to ap-
proach the city in safety. Vessels from
Europe, by taking the Sound route, will
save over "A hundred miles of hazardous
coast navigation, and avoid the terrors
of Sauan Beach and Barnegat. The
work was commenced in November, 1869,
and. if completed at the period antici-
pated. will have been accomplished Ill
less than three years. " hen 1t is CON
sideied that the amount of rock, to be
blasted and removed comprises 100000
cubic yards of the hardest gneiss known
on the continent, and that all the opera
tions are carried on under water, some
idea of the vastness of the undertaking
can be obtained. From a shaft sunk at
distance from the shore of about a
quarter the length of the reef, and from
105 to 95 feet deep, ten tunnels from ~
to 90 feet high, and from l3 to 10 wide,
have been drilled radiating from the
shaft under the river, and varying from
SO to l05 feet III length. These are to
be intersected by seven concentric gal
leries, Is feet high and 10 wide. OF
these one has already been pierced and
another is under way When the tun-
nels have been cut the intended length,
and the galleries completed the rock
will be left upon pillars. Into chambers
cut in these pillars, 5000 pounds of
powder will be placed .and the whole
fired simultaneously by an electric bat
terry. This will shatter each column and
the roof into fragments, and the broken
rock will be dredged up and removed.
Two hundred people are now employed
on the work, the larger number being
Cornish men, some direct from Cornwall,
and others from the Lake Superior cop
per mines and the silver mines of Colo
RADIO and Nevada.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-16
The Daricn Canal.

1t is evident, from the latest reports
of the progress of the Darien Canal Sur
veying Party, that Ship Canal across
the Isthmus will not be soon construct
ed Suitable passages into the bowels of
the land are found in bays on the shores
of either ocean, but between, the rocky
barrier rises and interposes an obstacle
that must be insuperable. 1t was hoped
that the height of the divide would not
exceed 300 feet, but it proves to be 716,
and this is altogether too deep for cut
ting. A tunnel might obviate the diff
Guilty, but who will undertake to dig out
such a work as this, through the dark in
terror of we know not how many miles
of rock The tunnel required must have
an average height of more than a hun
dred feet, and breadth of at least two
hundred. Engineering science would be
equal to the task, but time and men and
money would fail or despair. The Mt.
Gems tunnel the work of so many years,
is but child's diversion in comparison
with this great work. We fear the en-
terprise must be abandoned, and even
the hope of accomplishing it be surren-
dered. It has been the project of three
centuries, from the days of Balboa down
to our own time The old Spaniards
thought to make passage through the
Isthmus, and their dream has been
broken up by every explorer sin 'e, and
it has found place in all great CONNER
cial schemes. 1t has a quietus now, and
the Panama Railroad will hold the mon
opoly of the Isthmus trade. 1t may
improvise ship transit of its own by
LAYING track and constructing trucks
on which ships and their cargoes togeth-
er may be lifted bodily out of the water
and transported from Aspinwall to Pan
anna. Perhaps the problem may finally
he solved in this WAY - E,rch1uue
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-16
An Etching,

sberrv-red lips and great blue oyes
We've ever fairer under the skies
sm,5th white forehead and small white teeth
,r,''rarer pearls in the seas beneath 2
r,urhing chin and delicate ears
,r. there finer in any of our sphereS1
g.ir ou crown Of perfect mold
~ We ever such gossamer gold?
n4Ieate. warm, white, dimpled hands
In, All, such IN all the worlds landsp
Classical bust and a waist of grace
Il lat Vtchery more could aid a face
Bonding ankle aud arching feet
VA. there ever step no sweetf
ds .l perfection, she il the pink
night to love her, no doubt you think
Sin. f.. fond of me, this mistress fair,
lt.i kisses poor me with charming air
.,t her dear my Christian name
n-a hear her with giee exclaim
night to love her, as you should see,
All aurht she not to be fond of me?
mr. nv duty to love her so
>st-ts she my sister, or nor
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-16
The NpndOme Column.

The magnificent column in the Place
Vendome. destroyed by the Reds of
Paris. was one of the principal ornaments
of the city. 1t was erected by the first
Napoleon, ON the site previously occupied
by statue of Louis XIV, and was in
tended to commemorate the French
campaigns of 1905. 1t was begun i'll
1906 and finished in 1910, i'll imitation
of the columns of Trojan and Marcus
AurelIus, in Rome. The shaft was of
stone, cased on the outside with bronze
from the metal of captured cannon, and
series of bas-reliefs represented the
victories of the French arms. The fig
ures were eight feet hi h, and the length
of the spiral was $50 feet. Rising to an
elevation of l45 feet, and surmounted by
an Imperial figure, the column was for
sixty years "A prominent object III Paris,
and its artistic beauties were the subject
of general admiration. The ratings
around its base have long been covered
with immorteHe, i'll honor of Napoleon,
usually the offerings of old soldiers. The
act of those who bave levelled this work
to the ground, and shattered it into
pieces, is an incxcusable outrage, serving
no possible purpose, and covering them
with disgrace.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-16
ny EMILY II. MOORE.

,.,.,t. journeyng Gro vast desert, YEARLY "a
N4 no nray that before d. this, my DESIRE may
samedli thSf al iyrr, dashing its waves against
= t1ss. / may III my sathern sack with ws'er'-
NApL
o,,b .ilen lip aud unappealing eye,
t..ifrehead barred to the unkindly sky,
1',alk lifc's way, and find It's burdens sweet,
\. mning sands like moss beneath my feet;
A.. from my l. art no sob Of grief sha ] rise,
I'm when the fair mirage before me flies,
i.i awake from weak, fond dreams, wherein
lHsre behcld, dear love, what might have been;
,sa,-hartcd, | vii spring to meet each day
-, .i,,st aud mol that bears Inc on the way,
~ ,,in and thirst shall be unfelt, unknown
,f al'I nm, call thee, at the last my own
II after pauent wears, may but come
r. =. hyelI with thee in some sweet sylvan home,
tad underneath llfe's soft autumnal sky,
f. i've one littlc day before die
-ippicfOn's Journal
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-16
Arab skill In Rife Shooting.

Boocassem, said the skeikh, "there
is one shot yet 10 he fired, and that too,
by the finest marksman amongst " so
get ready your gun. And here, con
tmued the shcikh, holding out ar egg,
"who is there that will put this egg be-
tween his ankles, and stand by yonder
aloe for Seedy Tayeb Boocassem to break
il ?" There was dead silence-no one
moved from his place but young Alec.
The boy ran forward, kissed the hand of
Sheikh Mohamed Biteewy, and soon
placed himself at the aloe with the egg
between his ankles "In the name of
God, said Boocassem, MS he poured IN
the powder and ,ammed down the wad-
ding of palmetto rind 3" and God be
propitious," said he, as the ball rolled
down. The cock Of the gun was pulled
back, the priming poured into the pan,
and ,Boocassem, squatting on the ground
levelled ms gnn. Ann properly
placed ?" said Alec. Bring up the left
leg more" said Boocassem "that will
do" The long gun seemed as steady as
if it had rested on rock every man
held his breath Bang went the gun,
and Alee's ankles were besmeared with
the yolk of the egg. Thank God, "
said Boocassem, and we shouted one and
ALL Young Alec came forward, and
Seedy Tayeb Boocassem laid his hand on
him and blessed him, prophecying that
at some future time he also would be
able to perform the feat of breaking the
egg But beware boy" said he, "at
tempting it until you arrive at such per-
fection as never to miss your mark for
| remember, some years ago, when l was
at the holy city of Wazan, during the
feast of the lamb, Bengeloon and other
marksmen of fame from distant parts had
assembled to shoot at the target. Ben
geloon and | were the only two had fired
at the egg. Then Kaid Absalem, he who
had been Governor of Alcassar, whose
heart was black with envy, swore by the
beard of our Prophet that he could do
what others done before him so he
called one of his slaves, and told him to
take his place with the egg, about thirty
PAGES from where he was sitting-it was
about the same distance mt which he had
fired The gun was ieveled, and Benge-
loon-may God profit us through him
looking over the kaid's shoulder, ex
claimed. Allah unless you keep your
gun steadier, o Kaid you will hit his left
leg Bang went the gun, and the slave
fell with groan, for the ball had passed
through his left ankle. There go II
hundred dollars. said Kaid Absalem /;
but the next shot shall hit the egg.
Abel ell l-Habeeb, said he calling another
of his slaves, take another egg, and
stand where Embareck stood. Coward !!
what do you tremble for Stand steady,
or will put "A ball through your heart
Again the gun was levelled. All
wrong" said Bengeloon, who remained
at his shoulder. Bang it went, and the
ball passed through the. tieshy part of
the leg, but the slave kept his position.
That is fine fellow, said Bengeloon to
the kaid, who was again loading his gun;
be merciful, as you expect mercy in the
world to come. True, said the Kaid,
but l must have another shot, for all
that. He fired for The third time and
broke the egg. "-Hoys Western Borb~y.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-16

The PARIS WAY.-One little incident
of the destruction of the Column in the
Place Vendome may be mentioned as
charmingly illustrative of the reasonable
patience Of the Partisan mob. The col
umn at first stood firm ; the windlass
broke NJ. Abadie, who superintended
the work, demanded two hours in which
to repair the tackle, whereupon there
was great popular disapprobation M.
Abadie was charged with treacherous
completely with the Versailles Govern
ment, and there was loud demand that
he should be guillotined Fortunately,
for the poor mans head, at the next
stretch of the cable, the column came
down. But could there be anything
more Frenchy than the sagacious sus-
picion that, because NJ. Abadie's wind
lass was too weak for the work, he must
of necessity have been plotting with M.
Thiers.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-16

CANADA-A circular is issued by the
Canadian annexation Society, recapitu-
lating the benefits to accrue to Canad.
from a union with the United States, and
calling an Annexation Convention, TO
meet at Niagara Falls on the Fourth of
July next The circular concludes as
follows: Two delegates from each
Congressional district of the United
States, and two delegates from each Par
liamentary district in all the British
Provinces. will compose the Convention.
As a striking illustration of the purpose
of the Convention, the old Ship Mon
archv.' rotten. dismasted, with Bulwarks
stove in. and dispoiled of its ornam ents
and gliding, will be sent over the Falls,
70 be dashed to pieces on the everlasting
rocks of liberty beneath"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-16

A MICHIGAN MAN told his boy clerk
that he would give him fifty cents If he
would drive away the boot-blacks from
in front of his store. The clerk there.
upon poured kerosene oil over the head
Of one of them and set it ON fire. lie
succeeded in his object at any rate, but
finds the fifty cents not sufficient to bail
him out of Jail.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-16

Now GERMAN.-A Strasbourg paper
states that an order was issued on the
18th nit. that German is to supersede
the French as the language in which
instruction is to be given in all the
schools of those parts of Alsace and
Lorraine now ceded to Germany, French
only being taught as foreign language.
An exception, however, is made with re-
spect to the districts in which French il
really the language spoken by the peo-
ple
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JOB PRINTING

utind. neatly executed ut the lowest living
u ,n- al 0ur Office il well furnished with mater
pi',,d and stock for this department, and we now
~ ,aa1exnerienced aud competent workmen TO use
ha' It''r If Won want any printing done you need
la, a, go tne city, or ont of the county, for you
W., eel as good work and as low prices at this
ace as at Any other,
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Consolation.

There are once-beloved faces
We gaze on no more,
A We stand in the places
That knew them Of yore
Death came not upon them
Their smiles still are bright
But strangers have won them,
And live in their light.
Yet age has its wrinkles,
And life has its cares
And each passing year sprinkles
A few silver hairs;
They must watch the cheek shrivel,
And greet the gray hair;
But To us It's unchanging-
For III ever fair
There are ties that must bind us,
Though severed for aye,
There are scar leaves that mind ur
OF loves summer-day;
There are hopes that still fiatter
When hope long has fled,
Like flowers that we scatter
With tears DER the dead.
But dearor, though broken,
Saeh .iaa may become,
More sveot than II spoken
Our dead hopes and dumb,
Than the triumph and gloom
OF fatal success
Which turns into curses
The things that should bless.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-16

A WEALTHY Englishman, brother of the
American Consul at Maracaibo, has been
arrested there, placed in irons and
threatened with execution, a proceeding
which the American and British consuls
regarded as unwar nted by any act of
the prisoner. They have both been
refused an inteYvi with the captive.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-16

A LARGE mastiff dog became mad in
Irvington, New Jersey, and, in running
through the town killed two small dogs
and bit several Others, which were inn
mediately dispatched. The rabid mastiff
was pursued and shot, but not killed. At
length he found refuge in n forge, where
one of the blacksmiths gave him his
quietus with n sledge hammer.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-16

THE INDIAN MASSACRE. THE official
reports of the military authorities of
Arizona on the late massacre of the
Apaches at Camp Grant are published
by order of the Department commander.
They charge that the Indians were
peacefully engaged on their reservation,
and were entitled TO the protection of
the United States rs prisoners of war,
and that of the whole number killed only
eight were men, the others being women
and children. The butchery is de-
nounced as simply an unprovoked muir
der
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-16

IMpoKrs. The imports If foreign
goods at the port Of Boston, 'nce the
1st of January, have been aboit four
millions of dollars larger than lrr II
corresponding period last year. The IN
crease is more than 20 per cent. over the
imports Of last year.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-16

The HEAD OF A MURDERER.-The
has been lively competition for the
possession of Rulofi's head Three diff
ferent parties opened the grave t Bing
hamton at night, with "A view to disinter
the part of the body which had never
been buried. The prize was III the
hands of Il committee of doctors, who
found it almost rs difficult to reach his
brain as other people had to get at his
moral consciousness. The skull was from
three-eighths to half an inch thick-the
average thickness of ordinary skulls being
less than a quarter of an inch. The scalp
was of toughness to match, and the
cords of his neck are said, with IA slight
tendency to exaggeration, to have been
as heavy and strong as those of an OK.
Altogether, Rulof seems to have had
exceptional natural advantages to fit him
for the dangers incident to the life of a
criminal and as his unusually large
brain was chiefly developed around the
base, the strong animal vigor and general
absence of moral perception in the man
are, doubtless, satisfactorily explained
to all students of the philosophy OF the
cranIum
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-16

Ia Michigan, attendance at school for
at least twelve weeks in the year, is made
compulsory upon all children between
the ages OF eight and fourteen.
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