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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-30
How They Suffered.

1t is estimated that The diminution Of
the working classes of Paris amounts to
one hundred thousand, chiefly killed,
prisoners and fugitives, during and since
the Commune. In 1869 there were
thirty thousand tailors in Paris, to-day
only about twenty thousand then TWEEN
ty thousand cabinctmakers, now but
fourteen thousand while Of shoerakers
and other artisans there is a like de-
crease in numbers. The consequence is
that the city is in danger Of losing its
supremacy in elegant artisonship, as for
want of worEmen many orders cannot be
filed for export; and Of course trade
will seek other sources of supply, where
conditions are moro favorable. 1t is
daily becoming more apparent that TIE
Theirs Government made stnpendous
blunder in its frantic and indiscriminate
arrests after the fall Of the Commune.
Not only were great numbers Of the
most valuable workers withdrawn from
industrial pursuits which would have
benefited the whole community, but the
Government now has tens Of thousands
of prisoners on its hands whom it must
support, has promised to bring to trial,
dares not release, and yet great pro-
portion of whom it will be unable to
convict Of any offence. When the Yer
sailles troops entered Paris, reckless
slaughter of the Communist--and all
the inhabitants Of that ill-fated city who
were poorly dressed we've deemed com
munists-was followed by wholesale ar
rests, the killed and prisoners amount
ing, it is thought, to not less than fifty
thousand. Many of those imprisoned
were the victims of dcnuncations i'll
spircd by personal malice; others were
seized in the blind rage OF the moment,
without any reason whatever. Now
languishing trade, changed public
opinion, and a continual development
OF facts favorable to the prisoners and
injurious to the Government, combine
to render any further postponement Of .
general amnesty an invitation for fresh
conspiracies ; and yet Theirs is power
less to move in the matter, as law ha'
made the act of amnesty privilege o.
the Assembly, which is in vacation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-30

The following will be regarded one of
the most eccentric freaks of nature, if it
be freak at all A gentleman about
% years of age, ruddy complexion and
curly red hair, who had an intractable
and painful ulcer on the left arm, resist
ing all previous modes of treatment,
yielded to the request of trying the effect
of transplanting piece of skin to the
ulcer from another person. The ulcer
was prepared in the usual manner by his
physician, and bit of skin about an
inch square was taken from the arm Of
fine healthy negro man and immediate
ly spread over tile ugly ulcer and then
carefully dressed and bandaged. The
skin transportation had the desired
effect. Healthy granulation sprang up,
and the unsightly ulcer soon healed. A
few months afterwards he went to his
physician and told him that ever since
the sore healed the black skin com
menced to spread, and it was increasing.
About one-third of his arm was conf
pletely negroed. The high probability
is that the whole skin Of this white man
will become negro. This is new thing
under the sun. 1t wuold be rather diff
cult to explain the physiological process
which takes place to bring about such a
skin change as this. The problem is,
how can the coloring matter of the skin
be so radically changed ? and how is the
pigment change propagated? 1t is GER
tain that the law of capillary attraction
plays no insignificant part in the spread
ing process. Grating pears on an apple
tree has communicated to the apples n
pear taste.-Sdn Francisco paper.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-30

A SCIENTIFIC DIsoovERY.--1t is re-
ported that physician in Australia has
discovered n way of distinguishing hui
man blood from the blood of other ami
mails It is wonderfully simple, and is
thus described: "a small drop, not a
mere speck of the blood is to be placed
upon microscopic slide, and carefully
watched, at temperature of fifty-four
to fifty-nine degrees Fahrenheit, until
the picture of network formed by its
coagulation is developed. Human blood
speedily breaks up into small pattern
network; the blood of other animals
takes longer time and makes larger
pattern but the blood of every animal
seems to form characteristic picture. "
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-30
WEAKNESS.

0 little feet that such long years
Must wander on through doubts and fears,
Must ache and bleed beneath your load
J., nearer to the wayslde inn,
Where toll shall cease aud rest begin,
Am weary, thinking Of your road,
Q little hands, that, weak or strong,
II &c still to serve or rule SO long,
j. re still SO long to give or ask
/. VINO so much with book and pen
Have toiled among my fclIow-mon,
Am weary, thinking of your task.
Olttlo hearts that throb and beat
With such inpatient, fovcrsh heat
Such limitloss and strong desires
Mine, that 30 long has glowcd and burned,
With passions into ashes turned,
Now covers and conCeals its fires,
H. W. Longfe,lou
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-30

THE SMALL-Pox.-There are grounds
for alarm in the report from Washington
as to the cause Of the terrible spread OF
smallpox in our Eastern cities. 1t is
semi-oficialIy affirmed that the infected
buffalo skins bought and captured from
the Indians two years ago, having dis
appeared from quarantine, have been
sold to the public, and that the pre-
valenco of the virulent diseases is attri-
butable thereto.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-30

INDUCING CAprrA1.-In order to in
duce capitalists from other States to in
vest, it is now proposed that the Common
Council of Portland, Me-, shall pass a
resolution exempting from taxation for
a period of five or ten years all factories
started within the city limits during
1872. This plan has been tried with
considerable success in quite number
of Western towns. 1t will no doubt
work satisfactorily in Portland, as in
deed in every town.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-30

NEWSPAPER MEN.-Therei is no class of
people who DO half so much good, or
work so hard, as newspaper men. They
publish good papers, and they strain
every nerve to do this, but the populace
do not consider this, or the fact that news
papers are fair index Of their own in
telligence aud enterprise. Some papers
put up with all sorts of eXpedients to get
along, when there are scores of inhuen-
tial men who are greatly benefited by
the papers who do nothing to sustain
them. They might speak good word
for them, get their friends to subscribe
for them, sustain them with their adver-
Using patronage, and thus remunerate
the Woodworking newspaper men.
Every citizen ought to be animated by
sufficient pride, if by no other motive, to
sustain good papers, and thus see them
worthy representatives. of the people.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-30

Granny, don't you think Mr. Bond
is a handsome man ?" "Oh, no, I can't
endure him. He is homely enough
"Well, he's fortunate, at all events an
old aunt has just died, and left him ESQ.,.
OOO." Indeed, is it true ? Well, now
I come to recollect, there is certain
noble air about him, and he has fle
ye-that can't be denied"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-30

CoNsoL1DAnoN.--The worliingmen Of
Berlin are earnest in their preparations
for carrying out their recently announced
programme Of intimate union OF all the
workingmen's associations in general
society for cooperative action in regard
to pay, hours OF work, and other ques-
tions of common interest,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-30

How TO HANDLE Guns. The following
rules should be observed when you take
a gun into your hand Whenever you
take u gun into your hands, inquire if it
is loaded. Should there be no person to
answer you, if the gun is q muzzle load
cr, place the butt on the ground outside
the left foot, having previously fixed the
hammer at half cock, and holding the
muzzle in a forward direction, clear of
your person, draw the ramrod and insert
it gently in the barrel. If there is q
charge in it, you will feel the thud OF the
ramrod upon it, while the rods upper
end will project about three fingers
breadth above the muzzle. Should the
piece not be loaded, the ramrod will sink
right down, and the broad metal end will
soon announce the empty barrel by the
tap against the breech plug Never han
die a loaded gun except for the purpose
of discharging it; and never, at any
time, either in jest or earnest, point q
gun, loaded or unloaded, at any living
thing you don't deliberately intend to
kill.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-30

Hoe cholera is inficting heavy dam
ages on Washington County illinois,
farmers. One farmer has lost fifty
shoats and twenty-five fat hogs, and
Others have lost equally large lots.
Along the river many farmers have been
totally cleaned out.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-30

MATCHING THEM.-Forty thousand
dollars was collected on passengers bag
gage at New York during the last year,
being q larger sum than has ever been
collected before on such goods in one
year. This is the result of the examine
ton which is considered so obnoxious.
1t is estimated that in nine cases out of
ten the owners of such baggage would
smuggle through tho goods thus dis
covered and taxed, and cheat the govern
ment if it was not for the inspectors.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-30

The NEWSPAPER A NEcEssTY.-The
Cincinnati Commercial, describing re-
cent visit to Chicago, dwells upon the
wonderful display of newspaper vitality
as one Of the notable signs of the time.
Political and personal antagonisms have
been sunk in efforts for the common
good rival sheets are printed amicably
in the same office and on the same press;
the old spitefulness and abuse have been
put aside; the business men are pouring
in their advertisements by the hundred,
and the improvised accommodations are
inadequate to supply the demand. In
short, tho Chicago dailies are revived
with the best promise, and their profits
IRE so large that great part of their
heavy losses will be made up in ayear
or two. The newspaper has become a
necessity in every civilized community,
and neither fire nor tempest can repress
the energy which it represents
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-30
aNAT1oN.-Sheridan' S solicitor cal

INDIGNATION. Sheridan S solicitor call
ing one day found his wife alone,
and walking about in state Of violent
excitement. He asked what was the
matter. Her only reply was "that her
husband ives villain" After some
time she added, with some hesitation,
"Why I have discovered that oil the
love-letters he sent me were the very
same as those he sent to his first wife. 3"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-30

A Flower MIssfoN.-The work of
the ladies in carrying on the Boston
Flower Mission is to distribute fruit and
flowers among the sick in the poorer
homes and in hospitals. Never was 4
more fragrant annual report The
ladies during the year have carried to
the i'll and suffering l1,G7l nosegays,
and G73 parcels OF fruit. There was Il
particular distribution Of 2,075 pond
lilies. Outside the city 81 towns sent
contributions. There is branch Of the
Mission in Chelsea, and another in Cam
bridge. And why should not alms.9iv-
ing have its poetical side? As in every
thing else, it is true that the prose of
charity is of the first importance-it
is of small use Gf we may use Gold
smiths illustration) to send rufles to
those who have no shirts. The blankets,
the hnnnels, the bread, the beeftea, the
Goals. must have precedence but when
we find ladies bearing flowers to the
stricken objects OF their compassion, we
may be sure that the weightier mat
ters of relief will not be neglected.
Delicate attentions and graceful minis
trations show that those who promote
them have fully comprehended the wants
both Of the body and the soul.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-30
The Petroleum Trade.

The remarkable growth OF the petro-
leum trade is illustrated in the fact that
while in 1860 q market could not be
found for ten million gallons, i'll 1871
the demand for export alone is made
quatcly supplied by hundred and forty
one million gallons. In the Pennsylya-
mia oil regions, q territory extending
some seventy miles in length by about
thirty in breath, more than five thousand
wells are in operation, yielding pro-
duct OF about seventeen thousand barrels
p day. Many fortunes have been won
and lost during The fluctuations which
have attended the development of the
oil trade and some OF those who were
the most energetic in Their efforts to
build up the business have been hope
lessly swampcd by the reverses inciden-
tai to the establishment Of new indus
try. Others have been rewarded with
almost uninterrupted success, due in Il
great measure, without doubt, to careful
calculation, prudent management, and
nerve which no Encouragement was
sufficient to impair. Mr.. T. Prentice Of
this city individually owns and controls
between thirty thousand and forty
thousand acres Of oil lands in PenSyl-
yania and West Virginia and his in
come from his oil interest alone is
estimated at two or three thousand dol
lars a day He is constantly buying new
territory. A Mr.. J. S. McCray, who III.
hcritcd q farm Of two bundled acres
situated in the centre of the oil produc-
ing section, in the exciting times Of 1864
and 1865 resisted all the tempting offers
made him for his homestead, and still
holds his place intact. 1t is but little
more than a year ago that, after having
by honest industry succeeded in accu-
mulating the necessary means, he began
developing the hidden resources Of his
farm, from thirty acres OF which he had
already realized not less than a million
dollars. The present daily production
of oil from this property is nearly three
hundred barrels. ~ Y. PaDer
The New York herald., 1871-03-29
LOVE, LUST AND MURDER.

Mysterious Affair Near Chillicothe, Ohio.
Murder or Suicidc-Sad Ending Of a Dis.
graceful LiasOn.
CINCINNATI March 2S, 1871. r
special reporter from Chllllcothe, Ohio. tonight
brings intelligence OF the preliminary examination
Of John g. Blackburn, charged with the murder OF
Mary Jane Lowell In Ross county, last week. The
Is one of the most mysterious and dramatic on
record. Blackburn took the young woman riding
along lonely country road terminating at ford
where two streams merge and then go brawng
among wild, forbiddlng Cliffs Here, in lonely glen,
so unirequented even by domestic animals that the
ground was covered thick with dense under
growth OF hardy shrubs Blackburn stated that the
girl swallowed poison and flung away the bottle,
and seek her dead body. 1t was found an ing test
held and pOst-mortem made, but the actual cause
OF death remains undetected, as the stomach ana
s G'e1s SEM 40 s CITY %
sIckenin9 correspondence, In which Black.
burn gave unbrlded expression TO the most
consuming lust He makes appointments with the
girl and stimulates her to prOmptness with glowing
descriptions OF their mutual pleasure and hints at
rich presents as her reward These promises are
not made good, for she asks for money and nowhere
acknowledges receiving any.
The popular construction Of the case was that the
pair went to the glen, eight miles away from nome.
to take poison together through sheer despair; but
least unhappiness; on the contrary she In high
spirits when last seen alive, and was IN excellent
to jail tomorrow for the murder OF the girl. In
court ne wears q d0wncast, stod look, and is evil
IDENTIFY suffering intensely, mentally and physically.
What gives the case intense interest here is the fact
that Blackburn Is brother to Major @. Ii. Black.
burn, ex-Prosecuting Attorney OF Hamilton county,
ana at one time very popular IN this city.
The New York herald., 1871-03-29
THB FRENCH ANARCHY.
Eloquent Speech Of M. Theirs
in the National Assembly.
A Solemn Oath Taken Not to Be-
tray the Republic.
Marseil,es and st. Etierne
Tranquillized.
The Germans Anxious to Oc-
cupy Paris.
Blanqru to be President of the
Rouge Republic.
FlOurens, Pyat and DeIescluze to
be Head Centres.
More Barricades Erected by the In
SurgentS.
More Barricades Erected by the In
SurgentS.
a Dissolution Of the "Rotten" AS
sembly proposed.
The Due d'AuKMaae's Assassina-
tiOn Advocated.
Meeting Of the Peace Plenipoten7
tiaries at Brussels.
TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.


LONDON, March %, 1871.
Advioes from Versailles, dated yesterday and
to-day, contain the following news. which trans.
init for publication in the HERALD-
M. THEIRS AND TIE REPUBLIC.
M. Theirs made an eloquent though brief address
in the National Assembly yesterday (Monday), In
which he defended the Wisdom OF his policy and
took solemn oath that he would not betray the
republic. x..ss
MARsEILLES AND ST. ETIENNE TRANQUILLIzED.
Marseilles continues tranquil. At Lyons the regu-
lar authorities have resumed the administration OF
affairs, and at st. Etenne, where the reds obtained
control for while, the government officers have
been restored, and orde now prevails.
WANT TO OCCUPY PARIS.
The Times special also states that the Prussians
daily ask the Versailles government e agree TO the
German occupation OF Paris, and are as frequently
refused.
ARMY REORGANIZATION.
Four generals are occupied at Versailles with the
question OF the military reorganization OF the coun-
try.
MORE TROOPS NEEDED.
1t is said in Paris that the Versailles government
is negotiating with the Prusslans to allow an IN
crease of the number OF French troops on this side
OF the Loire.
The New York herald., 1871-03-29
WEATHER REPORT.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
WASHINGTON, u. c., March 2S-7:3O p, Nj.
WAR DEPARTMENT.

WAR DEPARTMENT, !
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 2S-7:30 p. NJ.
Synopsis for the Past T,centv.four Hours.
The low barometer over Massachusetts, Monday
evening has passed to the northeast beyond our
coast. The area Of nigh pressure Monday night in
Tennessee now covers Ohio and Lake Michigan. The
pressure appears to have decidedly fallen, with a
large increase Of temperature in the extreme north
west. The barometer Is stationary in the Rocky
Mountains and on the Pacific coast. Clear weather,
with occasional cloudiness, has prevailed today
east OF the Rocky Mountains and north Of the Gulf
states. On the immediate Gulf coast the barometer
has fallen slightly, with threatening weather.
Probabilities.
Fresh southeast and northeast winds, with falling
barometer are probable for Wednesday on the
upper lakes, and the same with cloudy or rainy
weather In the Gulf States.
Partially cloudy and clear weather will probably
prevail on the Atlantic coast and lower lakes.
The New York herald., 1871-03-29
LsTEaiRT CE.T.CHiT.

George Eliot Miss Evans is no present engaged on
Q new novel for Bdck,oOods Magazfne
A volume on .Trhe Physical Geography and Geol.
ogy OF the Valley Of the Thames VIII shortlybe pub
Iished by Professor Phillips, OF oxford Univcrsity.N
Mr.. Mtfords "Tales OF Old Japan Is receiving
general praise. 10 furnishes mucn curioWs and IN
teresng Information concerning the old civilization
OF the Japanese now, the author says, fast disap.
pearng.
Mr. William Hepworth Dlxons last voluraes or
"Her Maesy's Towern is savagely criticised IN the
Saturday Revteto OF March IL. The critic says thas
the authors sins against good taste and good Eng.
lish are not few.
1t is worthy OF remark that the theological works
OF the late Albert Barnes are among the most popu-
lar and best known religious books In Great Britain.
Quite recently new editions OF MS "Notes on the
Book OF Palms" and "The Apostle Paulu were pub
llshcd In London.
new edition OF the poetlcal works OF Thomas
Hood has been published In London 1t is edited By
William Michael Rossetti and illustrated by Gustave
Dore the illustrations are said to be not especially
striking, but conceived with skill and senslblty.
''The Earth: a Descriptive History OF the Phe-
n0mena OF the Life OF the Globe" translated from
the French OF Ellsee Reclus Is having deservedlY
largo circulation In England. 1t OF the most
charming Of scientific works In print
John Cady Jeaffersons "Annals OF Oxford - 10
says while admitting that the book is readable
enough, that 1t is anything but history OF oxferd
II appears that Mr.. JcaGerson Is strong radical,
and does not attempt 20 conceal his political SYM
pathies In what should be an lmpartially written
work. M
Roberts Brothers, OF Boston, announce the thfd
edition OF the fourth volume OF william Morris'
Earthly Paradise" The great success which this
series Of magnificent poems has obtained Is the
most signal refutation OF the assertion 80 often
made by the supporters Of the Tennysonlan school
Of poetry thai the DAY OF tue classical school has
passed forever SO. -
Messrs Gonll & Lincoln, Boston, have just ready
the "Annual Ql scientif; Discovery for ls7l This
volume, edited by Professor John Trewbridge, Of
Harvard University, contalnsa record 9f the most
n.:nla no:::hnla dlscoyers5 hid improvements in science
ana art during the last year, This work, whicB
now numbers twenty one volumes. haviAg been
started ID $780, Is almost Indispensable to all stu-
dents professional or amateur, OF science, aud o1
great practical value to all classes OF society. i.
The New York herald., 1871-03-29
Personal Intelligence.


Ueneral Burnside has arrived at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel
r. B. Van valkenburgh, formerly United States
Minister to Japan, Is sojourning at the Holman
House.
Mr.. D W. Gooch, ex-member OF Congress from
Massachusetts, is among the arrivals at the Bre-
WORT House.
party Of Japanese noblemen who have been on
visit to washington to inspect the working Of the
machinery Of government are now staying at the
Westminster Hotel
Ex-Governor Sanford E. Church, Of Albany, is at
the St. Nicholas Hotel.
Judge Farnsworth, ex-Chancellor Of the Michigan
University, is stopping at the Everett House.
Colonel Gebhard, Of the United States Coast Sur.
vey, is temporarily at the st. James Hotel.
Mr.. Ross Campbell Of Baltimore, has arrived at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel
General J. fitzpatrick, OF New Jersey, has taken
quarters at the sc. Nicholas.