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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-29
Railway Disasters in England.

There can be no doubt that railroad
management in England is more uniform
ly, thorough than in this country. We
have, it is true, some roads which are
managed with skill and care and fore
sight and liberal expenditure hardly sur
passed by the English roads, but we have
too many other lines so bunglingly man.
aged as to be hardly fl for transportation
of cattle, to say nothing of human beings.
But admitting that the English railroad
management is, as we said, more uniform
ly thorough than ours, it may be ques-
toned if it is not too highly rated here.
1t is easy to account for this over esti-
mate. We hear of our own accidents, or
at least the most of them, while we hear,
as a general thing, only of the most terri
BILE of the disasters happening on the En-
glsh roads.
But that there is at times almost as
gross mismanagemento on some of the En-
glsh roads as disgraces certain of our
own is evident from the complaints put
up by the people there, as well as from
the official reports. Captain Tyler's Gen
eral report shows that the number of &C
cidents on English roads had increased
from one hundred and thirty one, in 1870
to one hundred and seventy-one, in 1871,
although fortunately the number of pas
sengers killed by causes beyond their own
control had decreased from sixty-six to
twelve, while there was also decrease in
the number of passengers injured.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-29

dreaded horse disease had so weakene
the horses attached to the Fire Depart
ment that they had to be taken off, and
the engines have for several days been
dragged by hand. This was fatal blunder
on the part of tho authorities, Better
that the lives Of q hundred horses should
be sacrificed than the city be left to TIE
mercy OF an element which is no respeoter
of time or circumstances. This brings me
to tie origin in the two cities, and here
there was n great want of similarity. In
Chicago the fire originated in the meanest
and least valuable portion Of the city
from thence extending to the wealthiest
portion. OF Boston, it broke out in the
richest, and was strictly confined within
the business cen,ers. The exact cause
of the Chicago conflagration has always
been a mystry. Popular fiction attributed
il TO be the action Of Mrs. O'Leary's COW,
which kicked over n kerosene lamp whilo
being MIXED by its mistress, setting fire
to the barn, from which the flames com
municated to the surrounding buildings
and so spread. This fancifu story has
undoubtedly been looked upon as a good
joke by those who were present in the
doomed city on the fatal night. My own
opinion, strongly fortified by corrobora-
tive proof, is that incendarism was at
the bottom Of the whole thing, aided Of
course by the favorte state of the wealth
er and the pee uliar dryness of the atmo-
sDlpre
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-29
AbbOttslord In 1872.

Taking all conditions and circum
stances into account, / hardly know o
any place that is iraught with such thrill
ing and pathetic associations. Byron
Newstead is not half so mournful an il
lustration of the futility Of smaller am
billions, and il is not half so profoundly
stepped IN the personal associations Of
genius. There's the study in which the
great romancist wrought (; there's The
faded old armchair of leather in which
he used TO sit there's his library he
! filed with the books he so loved here
are the historic spears, and swords, and
corsects, which he delighted to collect
around him. Yopder is the full-lengtli
painting Of the nuch-lovcd son who
| kept the great name Of Sir Walter Scott
for so short Il time before tue living
world, All the race are gone now but q
great grand dauehtcr-- girl of nineteen
and she is Roman Catholic-lthinli
what Walter Scott would have said to
such family prospect } aud perhaps
when she marries the name will wholly
pass away. Sir Walters grand daughter,
the last survivor of the family, married
Mr.. Hope, great Parliamentary lawyer
and Roman Catholic; and he, inherit
ing Abbottsford through her, took the
name OF Scott in addition to his own
Mrs. Hope Scott died many years ago,
leaving the one daughter | have men
toned. Mr.. Hope Scott married n
second wife, who also died. Thus there
are two of Sir Walters dearest hopes M
filed. Iehoped to found great, broad
spreading family, and name identified
with vigorous Professionalism, and the
line has run down to one girl, and she is
devout Roman Catholic. Well, all
these thoughts and many others render
a visit to Abbottsford rather n melan-
choly pilgrimage, with all the glory of
the memories that cling forever round
the house. But it is hard indeed to
keep up any feeling of reverence or sad
ness, or even interests, when you are
marshalled through Abbottsford exactly
MS if it were Mrs. Jarlcy's wax works.
You are shown into waiting room,
whore you'have to remain until the at
tendant has got through with the pre-.
yious party or gang Of sight-seers for
they will only take one gang ut time.
Then, when your turn comes, you pay
sixpence each the guiding woman takes
wand in her hand and leads the way
She points out everything, and names
each relic in a measured, monotonous
ice-cold tone, like that old woariod
school.mistress going over some duh
task IN her dreams. "Chair of Sir Wal
ter Scott; desk Of Sir Waiter Scott !;
portrait Of Sir Walter Scott, painted
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-29
OuInIne Culture,

II has often been asserted that there is
evidence of benevolent design in the
distribution OF natural productions, and
that the maladics incidental to any given
region are most ciIectually dealt with 10y
the use Of those remedies which the
country itself affords. The trees of the
chinona family furnish n notable excep'
ton. They are Indigenous only In Ger
tain parts of South America, while tho
malarious feyers which their alkaloidS
alone can conquer are not by any means
confined to those districts, or even to
that continent. The terrible scourge
known in this country rs fever and ague
is not only general throughout the South
and West, but prevails in many localities
in the Eastern and Middle States and in
Europe and India. Tho only known
specific is quinine; and our readers will
be interested in the story OF its discovery
and the measures adopted to cultivate
in other lands the tree from the bark
Of which it is made.
The trees sometimes attain great
magnitude in South America; but as an
after growth springs from their roots
when they have been fellcd, they often
appear only as large shrubs. They are
all evergreens, and the flowers which in
some kinds are white and in Others pur-
plish, are very fragrant. and resemble
those of lilac or privet. The bark is
known by various ames.-Peruvian bark,
Jesait's bark. China, quina, quipquina,
cinchona bark, etc. With regard to the
discovery OF its medical virtues, tradition
ailirms that the natives of Peru had for
ages peen in the habit, when sick, of
drinking the water Of bitter stream.
until Mt last some curious person discov-
cred that this water derived its qualities
from the bark % certain tree the trunks
of which were washed by the current
This being known to make decocion
of the bark was of course n simple me-
thod, ana in most cases more convenient
than going to the river to drink. The
name Cinchona was given to the genus
by LinnHus m compliment to the Count
ess del Cinchon, the wife of Spanish
viceroy of Peru, who, in 1899, first car
ried it to Europe. The Jesuit mission
aries afterward carried it to Rome, and
thus ii acquired the name Jesuits' bark.
1t was also called De Lugo's powder,
after cardinal Of that name, who was
particularly active in recommending and
distributing it. Itattained great celebrity
in Spain and Italy. but, curiously enough,
the Protostants would have nothing to
do with it, Falling, however, into dis
use in Europe, it was again brought into
notice by Sir Robert Tabor or Talbot
who introduced it into England in 1852,
and soon became famous for the cures
he affected by its means. The new rem
edy was adopted by the most celebrated
physicians of the age and its use soon
after became general
Quinine is very insoluble in water, and
is therefore generally used in the form
of sulphate or disulphate, which dis.
solves readily IN alcohol and water, and
is prescribed in almost all the cases to
which the bark was supposed to be APP
plicable, the use of the bark itself being
almost entirely discontinued.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-29
Town and Country.

The New York 1fi5uUe has genial IT.
ticle on the moral Influences of country
life, compared with the influences of an
other kind which beset those in the city.
In November, society in the city draws
its breath, looks over its accoutrements
and provisions for a new campaign. The
season has opened, it says, solemnly,
through its organs Of the fashionable
press. Which does not mean as one
might suppose, that the world had been
made afresh; but only that the opera
houses are open; that there is q certain
vim in the drama that was lacking from
June until October, that two or three
noted women are ready to receive the
bean mondc, and define its business and
limits for the next three months.
Outside of the cities, however, the sea-
son has different and broader meaning
What are one or two opera houses or
blazing ball rooms to the legions of quiet
homes which warm and make human the
country from sea to sea ? The stubble
changing from bronze to yellow, the burn
ing sumac lighting its torch in the hedges
the cold blue mist lining out the water
courses in the landscape, are the signs
just now Of the beginning of the universal
season." the closing IN of domestic life
about the home centre. =
We who live in cities, in the midst of the
chatter of tree.loye and. daily foul tamper-
ing with foul things, are apt to underrate
the integrity of domestic life in the silent
back ground of the nation. We forget
that every Messalina who becomes a pub
lie nuisance, every single case of adultry
or divorce, signifies unnumbered happy,
modest homes of which We never hear.
We urge the importance to day, in every
one of these homes to which we have &C
cess, of keeping straight and clean through
this season and every other heir fealty to
the old notions of marriage and Chris
tain family government. There lies their
strength now and that of the whole peo-
pie hereafter.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-29

MINERALS IN MISSOURI Professor
WaterhoUSe, in a recent paper on the
value of the resources of Missouri,
gives the following description of the
iron mountains for which the state
is famous: shepherd Mountain is 600
feet high. The ore contains large per-
ccntage of iron. The height of Pilot
Knob above the Mississippi river is
Lila feet. Its base, 5Sl feet from the
summit. is 300 acres. The section of al
feet is judged to contain $4,000, 600 tons
of ore. The elevation of Iron Mountain
is Dos feet, and the area OF ITS base 500
acres. The solid contents of the cone
are 230,000,000 tons. 1t is thought that
every foot beneath the surface will yield
3,000,0 900 tons. At the depth of $50 feet
the artesian aueer was still penetrating
solid ore. These mountains contain
enough ore above the surface to afford.
for two hundred years, an annual supply
of one million tons. The iron is strong,
tough and fbrous."
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-29

MORTALITY OF CHIDREN.-A very dis
tinguished Paris physician says: Il be
lieve that, during the twenty years |
practised my profession, twenty thou
sand children have been carried to the
cemeteries a sacrifice to the absurd Gus
tom Of exposing their arms. Put the
bulb of thermometer into n baby S
mouth and the mercury rises to ninety
degrees. Now carry the same to its
little hand; if the arm be bare and even
cool, the mercury will sink to fifty de-
grees. OF course, all the blood that
flows through these arms must fall from
ten to forty degrees below the tempera-
allure Of the heart, Need / say, when
these currents of the blood flow back to
the chest, the child's vitality must be
more or less compromised? And need I
add that we ought not to be surprised at
the frequently recurring affections of
the tongue, throat, or stomach"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-29

PACING HoRsEs.-In Barbary, pacing
horses are held in such high estimation
that tae method of making a spirited
trotter shackle like boat in a chop sea
is reduced to science. To make them
rack easily. ring of lead covered with
leather is put round each hoof, a cord
from each weight ascends and is fastened
to the saddle, front and rear; next, a
strap runs horizontally from the fore to
the hind foot on both sides. Being rather
short, It is impossible to make long
step. Restr,int compels the animal to
practice a n,w gait 10 progress at all. As
soon as a habit is established of going
ahead thus tethered, the desirable object
is fully and permanently accomplished.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-29

RAISING TAXES BY MONOPOLY. - I'll,
old-fashioned process Of raising taxes 10y
means Of putting up to contract The
monopoly OF the manufacture Of particu
lar article of daily use is in force in France
For the lucifer match monopoly, it is said
five tenders have been made, one Offering
100000 lraucS a year for the cXolu,iy,
privilege OF making matches for France.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-29

CABLE SCREw WIRE Doors AND SHoEs.-A
word of explanation may not be out Of place.
The cable wire acts as a screw, Is strong and
firm, and at the same time is elastic and com
Portable. 1t is much preferable to the old
method of pegging, and quite as soft and elias
tic as sewcd work, but much stronger and less
liable to rip. and much less expensive. We have
tried the cable screw shoe, which has proved
all that is claimed for it. The increase in this
new method of manufacturing boots and shoes
is very rapid and promises to supersede the
wood peg and waxed thread.-trhe Standard,
4 'hiea0O
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-29
Millions u nairs Of sho.s tipped with natal.

Millions Of pairs of shoes tipped with metal,
are sold every year. For children's shoes they
are absolutely indispensable, unless one can
afford the waste of buNing two pairs when only
one would be needed; and few can safely sub
NIT to such a constant leak. With most people
it ID the little economies Of the household that
supply its members with comfort, and at the
same time make the load of the father ofmoder-
ate means lighter one to bear Cents invested
in the purchase of metal-tipped shoes, save
many hard-t armed doillr.-[ Amer. Workman.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-29

CHAPrED HANDS, face, rough skin,
pimples, ring worm, salt-rheum, and
other cutaneous affections cured, and the
skin made soft and smooth by using the
JUMPER TAR SOAP, made by CAswELL,
HAZARD & Co, New York. 1t is more
convenient and easily applied than
other remedies, avoiding the trouble of
the greasy compounds now in use
|,o3i1
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-29

WIDE AWAKE YoUTH's PApER-For
judicious editing, select and popular con-
tributors, and sprightly entertaining read
ing, the Yoah's COMPANION of Boston
has no superior among the youths pub
locations. - Conn.,
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-29

burning aud throhbing flesh by single applicat on
OF that uneqaaled halstm for human or brute suffer
ing, MEXIcAS MUSTANG LISiMtNr, The torIrcntnp
and sleop.destroying pains Of rheumatism, gort and
neuralgia are completely hanshed by It's use siiu-
moss Of the Joints and painful swcllmgs. quic a y
yield to is omocnt influence II heals bruises, cuts
scads, etc. with astonishing rapidity. For strains,
spring halt, scratches, saddle, collar and harness
gals, well us the more serious external maatlioH
of the horse, II is q swift snd thorough remedy
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-29

Rufus Chapman, of Liberty, Maine, hNda stn
leg bent at the knee, limbored and strongthcn-
ed by the use Of JouSsoN's ANoDyNE LiNlMrNr,
-C Conn
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A Favorable Notoricty Tho good reputation
Of BRowN's BHoScmAL Troours for tho relief
of Cough Colds, and Throat Diseases, has
glyen thum iayorAblo notorIoty. Com.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-29

<A$0@ssn"s@eA <>Ac1xxz7 &a2f1a<zxSSssstaf
vinegar Bitfers arc NOT o vie Fancy Drlnl
maze OF Poor Rum, Whisky, Proof Spirts "u
Nelse Liquors dOctOrea, aplepd and stg,,.t " "l,
~ please the taste. called "10nica - Annstt,''
"Reslorcrs &C., mat lead the tippler on 10 drjr
cunCss and ruin. hut are a true 'Nedirr 'tWlN
from the native roots and herbs Of CntG,,,5i,' llt
from all Alcoholic Stimulants They are ts !, y
Blood Purifier and Lfc,giyiug Prnclplc a p,,e -
hennNalof ana lnNlgoralor OF the system, earrgine
or all poisonous matter and restoring IN. -
10 healthy condition, cnrichlug H. rpfrrsbfe, ,t
iuylcorlting both mind and body Ihey M, 1 "''t
Of Authorization, prompt IN their action. c.r,'.
IA lhelr results, sue ana reliable IN an forms a
No Person can take these Rittcrs oecor,
Inc 10 directions, ANA remain long uuW,I tr,,..I n
their bones are not destroyed hy miprrII NV, =
the point Olrcpair. '""
Dyspepsia or Indigestion. Hoadocbn poiu
Il the shoulders Coughs, Iiphtno-s of The ebGst
Dizziness Sour Eructations of mo ,tnt,It ~ 10Y
Taste m the Mouth, Bilious Attacks palptt,fi,t ~
the Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs TnIn ir M,
region OF the Kidneys, and hundred other ngi,f,i
symptoms are thc ohsprlngs Of Dyspepsia. In thp.e
complaints II has no equal, ana one BOTTLE Nil
prove better guarantee q It's merits n.a,, -
lengthy advertisement.
For Female Complaints In Young or ,i-
married or SINGLE NJ the dawn Of WoW1bhaol ,
the turn OF me- these Tonic Blttcrs dI,pay sn in
ctded an influence that marked lmproqamtrt n,
soon pCrccpiihle. ~
For InhHmmatory aud Chronic nheu-
mRtisn ANA Govt, dyspepsia or ludigpsfISf' IL
lous. Eemlttcui and Intermittent Powers ul-r,.r.
OF the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder. tbfse
Bltters have been most successful Such u.pH.o4
are caused by NNaicd Blood, which is p0ftr1I.v
produced hY arrangement of the nIypstIg. organ.
They are Gentle Purgntlvc n wen az
n Tonic, possessing also tNc peculiar uprIt oil .f.
ing as powerful agent i0 ipIcNug Cong, #i.ou lr
Inflammation OF che Liver and N.sc,r organ and
In Bilious Diseases.
For skin DIscnscs. Tmpuous, letter s'.
EAcu'n' Eloitht', spots lmWc. itsHts lDi7,
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-29

At a recent Lima exhibition a clock
made by Peruvian was exhibited, quite
wonderful in its way. II was fifty feet
seven inches wide. 1t marks the weeks,
the seasons, years and centuries; ii shows
the courses of the sun and moon, HOSTS
up and lowers daily the flag of Peru, and
presents pictures commemorative of the
great events in the history of Peru. 1t
strikes the hours and quarters of hours,
and plays certain tunes at stated periods.
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The proprotors Of JoUSsoN's AHopYYl LINI-
Mryr, fAnsoN's PuRdArlyr PILLS and SuEnI-
DAMS CAvALnY CONDITION PowpERs, have pub
which may DO had free at the stores, Com,
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The remove the pain Of mosquito bites, mako
but single application of . The Queens Toi-
let" for the Complexion. - Com,
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To Cure n Cough, 10 relieve all irttAtions OF the
throat 10 restore ptfe' soundnes> and health 10 The
most delicate organizations of the human trfmc-thr
Lungs-use mr. Igistdrs BG'sdm Of llid cherry which
sstll prepared with the 'ame care 10 the selection nui
compromising n IT. various ingrodionts Us When il wa,
introduced 10 tho public by DR. Wi-nr over forty years
u
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The BROWNS and BLACKS produced by that stcr-
ling preparation trstadOros Excelsior Hair Dye, cam
not be escepd by Mature its tints challenge COMPARE
with Natures most favored productions, and def
detection Com,
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hcye all Rheumatic fotiuns. SprdIns, NCuragin etc
The beet. the rures and the quickest remedy Tor al
Bowel Complaints. Relief guaranteed or the money
refunded - cam
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INVEST your spare cash in first-class
Rail. Dad BoadS. Write to CHARLES W.
HAssLER, No. 7 Wall st. n. Y.
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Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam. DOUBTLESS
the Best Cough Medicine in the World.
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TIE advertiser having been permanently cured IF tha'
dread disease Consumption, by simple remedy, g
ou4 make known to his fellow Juerars the o.
cure. To all who desire If. he VIII send copy OF thr
prescription used tree Of cherge with the direction
for preparing and Using to same. winch they Eil find 70
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Parties wishing toe prest rirt, ID F't r"t-a address
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No Person can take these RIttors accord.

Inc 10 directions, and remain long uuWoI Ir,,'u
their bones are not destroyed by IMMORAL po,.,n
or other means. and the vital organs wasted l",,,i
the point olrcpair. 'N""
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-24
SUDDEN DEATH OF ALDERMAN HARTT.

About halfpast four O'Clock yesterday morning
Assistant Alderman Charles p. Hartt was taken
suddenly i'll at his residence, No. 10 Fifth avenue
whereupon several physicians were Immediately
summoned but death ensued two hours subse-
quently, before any OF them arrived. Mr.. Hartt
was apparently I'm good health on Saturday
afternoon, and during the evening took a long
walk in Central Park. After retiring for the night
he rested well up to the time he was attacked
Last fall the deceased was elected Assist
ant Alderman on the reform ticket
time of his death Alderman Hartt was Treasurer
OF the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, anu
formerly had been Cashier Of the Second National
Bank Of this city. 1t is believed that his death was
the result OF heart disease but that will be deter
mined by Coroner Keenan,, who was notified to
Hartt, who has left widow, without children, was
ffy-four years OF age and native Of Troy, this
State.