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Scientific and Mechanical Possibilities.

Ono hundred and fifty years ago, if any
one had dared to announce the possibili-
ty of crossing the ocean in vessel driven
by steam, or of carriages being driven-at
the rate of thirty miles an hour by this
same agent, or of daguerreotyping the
human face on metallic plate by the
light of the sun, and then chemically fix
ing it there, or of conveying news by cleo
lric agency for hundreds of miles, and
specially under the ocean, such predic-
tions would have been considered simply
ridiculous. And now when science an
nounces that it is possible to control the
elements, to causeit it to rain or shine at
pleasure, and that it is possible to draw
from the earth's hidden treasure new re-
sources of untold wealth, imparting the
greatest happiness and benefits to the
human race, it is still viewed with incre-
dulily by the masses But a few years
since, petroleum was first utilized to our
benefit. There doubtless was time
when man never. dreamed of warming
himself by artificial heat. For ages the
savage did not know that the possibility
of heat existed in the trees under whose
shelter he lay. He pulled up wild roots,
picked wild fruits, swallowed the raw
oysters and mussels as he wandered ma
ked along the beach. A cave by the riv-
er or seaside, or ahollow tree, served him
LOT u SnelCer. MANY generations passed
before he learned to make a fire; by slow
steps he passed from rude tents, huts and
cabins, to comfortable houses and stately
mansions, with heating apparatus, by
which winter is shorn Of its vigor.
Heat increases about one degree to ev-
cry fifty feet that we penetrate the EARTH
shafts are now sometimes sunk to depth
of2,000 feet. 1t is not within the posi-
bility of mechanism to bore 1000 feet
more; at that depth we should find a
heat of at least one hundred and fifty de-
grees, and in many places even greater
than this. Mechanical power could be
obtained from the steam and water fore
ed up from this depth. Heated water
and steam from these wells could be car
ried into our houses and warm our dwell
ings to q summer temperature. Conduc-
ted in pipes under the soil protected by
glass, we could cheaply grow, in New
England, all of the southern and tropical
plants and vegetables. The snow could
be kept melted from the streets of New
York, and all of the buildings warmed
from this spontaneous flow, useful also
for cooking and other purposes.
The Garden of Plants in Paris is heat
ed by water from an artesian we'll eigh-
teen hundred feet deep, which has
temperature of 800 Fab. and is carried
in pipes under the soil A salad garden
at Erfurt i|lsSaxony, is heated in the
same manner, and is said to have yielded
o,00o year to the proprietor.
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AChristian Smoker.
To the Editor Of the Tribune:

To the Editor Of the Tribune:
SIR: 1 have been q traveller nigh 10
years; have met tobaccosmokers in both
hemispheres, and have suffered so much
from their doings that my daily prayer
is, "Oh Lord, please never to send mo
gain to any planet where tobacco growsI'
With such an experience, you can iruag-
inc my amazement at finding, for the first
time in all this long period one tobacco
smoker whose moral nature led him to
respect the feelings of q man unable to
endure the favor of his loved cigar. 1t
was last Saturday night that this event
took place, and l desire to record the
fact. l was q night traveller from Wash
ington; had secured a state-room in q
sleeping-car leaving Washington at $50
p. m; was comfortably seated in my room
when suddenly, and to my horror, per-
.ceive cigar-smokel Stepping hurriediy
to the little waiting-room a. the rear end
of the car, / found gentleman costly
seated and quietly smoking. But, |
exclaimed, my friend, this is not smo-
king-car" Pointing to the colored indi-
vidual having control, he observed: II
was told by that person that can smoke
here. do you really allow smoking in
this car p asked of this man. Yes,
.sir;" he replied, I'VE allow gentlemen
to smoke at this end of the car" was
horrifed; and in my CONSERVATION ex-
claimed: "1s it possibleI and to think
that have paid FIVE dollars to be caught
in car with the nuisance of my lifeF'
Seeing my distress, the Christian smoker,
for he was q Christian by his acts. said to
me at once. and in the most gentlemanly
manner. give yourself no uneasiness.
SIR; | will relieve you of all apprehen-
SION won't smoke here if it 10 disagree
able to you" This unexpected act quite
overcame me. ] was ready to fall at his
feet. to embrace him. would almost
have agreed to be smoked to death in his
behalf l regret. to-day. that in my be-
wilderment quite forgot to ask the gen.
tleman for his card The name of such
a man is worthy of being held in perpet-
ual regard. The only and the first Chris
tisn tobacco-smoker / have met in 40
years, in any place. under any circum-
stances, and under any sky; / shall die
now relieved of the dreadful conviction
resting on my mind-that TO
become a tobaocosmoker was necessarily
to become brute
A Grateful NoN-SNoKRR
Newly orlx, Dec %, 1872
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u UFATEF [ Z 4NON-NNUkEK.
New Yorl1, Dec. %, 1872.

Below we give some interesting facts
and statistics concerning the Belfont
Iron Works: During the year ending
January lst they have made $4,000 tons
of pig metal, or an average of /, 1864 tons
per month; at their nail mill thoy have
manufactured during the same time lA6.-
600 kegs of nails. 10000 of which they
have now on hand. The amount of coal
mined and used in their rolling-mill was
100000 bushels. They have in their en-
ploy, at their mills, furnaces, keg and nail
factories. and mines. altogether some 500
men; and during the year paid out in
wages $500 000 The nail mill has heen in
operation entirely through the year, with
the exception of short stoppages for re-
pairs, etc.
The Belfont Furnace, under the efficient
management of Mr.. Houghton, during
the year has much increased its produc-
tion, and is now turning out regularly
from SO to 4S tons of metal evory day. 4
new battery of boilers has been added,
and another blast engine Of about 40
horsepower will be put in in a short time
which will increase the producing eapac-
ity Of the furnace some zen tons daily.
Other important improvements are in
contemplation; among which is plan
for reducing the amount of coal necessary
for the smelling. which il is estimated
viii make . saving of about 90 per cent.
of the amount now required When IL IS
considered that at the present capacity
of the furnace. $50, 900 bushels of Ashland
coal is used per year, at q costof 81 IL, 200
If saving OF 20 Per cent can be effected
il will be an itoua of no small Importance.
SomethinS over halfof thsPig iron made
at thsr fdrnace.Ss lnarufantnrea into nails
the rest is sold - Erc>-ss JsNynsl.
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Methodist Episcopal Church, Portsmouth st
-Rev. J. L. SowEIss, Pastor. Public preaching
every Sabbath at l0H o'clock A. NJ, and G1;
p. M. Prayer meeting every Thursday night
sabbath school and Bible Glass every Sabbath
nj o nlclOelS. A NJ.
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VOL. ,28--NO. >.
JACKSON COUNTY DIRECTORY FOR 1873.

SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
George w. Fry, James w. Longbon,
J. M. YarRelI.
MASTER COMMISSIONERS.
]. w. Longbon, J. Z. Ferree.
NOTARIES PUBLIC.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.

w French, G F Bertscl
Peters, S Dickason, James Dyer,
DnnQan
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WAGON SHOP.
r oUIs BERDEL,
Wagon & Carriage Maker.

Shop in the brick house formerly occupied nv
w A, Gilliland as a gunsmith shop, on Ports
mouth street. near the Gibson House.
He carries on the Wagon and Buggy making
business in all its branches.
REPATRKNG done on short notice.
PLOWS on hand and for sale. Iapg o5 '7o-v
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-03-21

PROSPECTUS FOR 1878.-sIxTm YEAR
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| PRACTICAL TYNDALLITE.
PRAYING FOR A HUSBAND-THE
WAYS OF A VERY DEVO-
TIONAL WIDOW.

The Troy IN. " Press prints letter
from widow formerly employed IN an
establishment in that city and was mar
ried TO one of the male clerks in the same
shop. The following is an evidence OF the
gushing confidence that charactorizes inc
epistle. II firmly believe that the good
Lord sent me into that place to find my
future husband, l don't know which one
Of you il is, but it is one Of you. j make
1t subject of daily prayer that l may DO
directed in this matter, and that the one
tho Lord has chosen for me may have his
heart armed toward me, and that his
vision may be so cleared that he can settle
the matter for life in his own heart, and
be satisfied with what am able TO do for
him, and that the union here begun may
extend through a never-ending eternity.
You may be inclined TO laugh at this and
think me either fool or crazy, but tell
you am neither Of those. 1t is serious
business in the light of eternity, and on 1t
hangs our happiness and best aud most
substantial comfort in this life. l have
no wish or desire to act in this matter
only az the Lord directs. j would not in
the least influence any one, but with
prayer ilial trust in God shall except the
one God sends to mo as my husband AS the
greatest blessing He has to give me in this
life. / will make it the business Of my
life to cherish my husband and his inter-
ests as faras know them, Just es l did
the loved one that is gone. do not
trihe with men; have no desire for any
one but the one God gives me az my hus-
band: can wait and live alone ten years
longer if it is His will, believing He will
give me ny hearts desire at last. If you
r.. Il, o1;ooJ 20 al tl;a m anv nna Won
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ouested the sheriff 10 conduct the matter
ia the quietest manner, and begged thai a.
few people a. possible should be admitted
"a witnesses. Foster also said that be did
not desire to see any strangers IN the
mean time. Sheriff Brennan promised
that his requests should be complied with
in every particular.
The Rev. DR.. Tying visited the prisoner
later in the forenoon, and Mrs. Foster re-
msined with her wretched husband nearly
all day. No one was allowed 70 go into
his presence yesterday except hi. brother
and wife. On Saturday hundreds OF
people, most of them women, called on
he sheriff with applications for passes TO
SEQ Poster, but they were refused sdmi >,
sion, Under Sheriff Joel Stevens VIII
conduct the execution, and tickets OF ad'
mission will be distributed tomorrow.
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FOSTERS DOOM.
HIS LAST SUNDAY-A SLIGHT
CHANGE IN HIS DEMEANOR
ALL HOPE ABAN-
DONED.
New York Tribune. 18th. |


As usual on Sunday, an air of painful
quietude reigned almost supreme within
the gloomy walls of the Toni BIS yesterday.
The gates were closed against tho throng
of visitors, who on other days OF the week
pour in and out. The wardens and keep
ers, relieved Of their onerous duties, sat
modify at their stations or paced the cor
rldors in silence. From the gratings Of
each iron door, particularly OF those in
the vicinity Of the condemned cells, only
the most subdued sounds issued, and the
only strangers Ia the prison were the be-
reavcd relatives ofan unfortunate criminal.
Without the Tom os the usual rumble OF
vehicles was bushed and the streets round
about were silent save when the stiffness
was broken by the cries Of number OF
children who were playing on the steps OF
the prison, spinning their tops anc
thougbtlessly shouting before the very
doors, little needing that just beyond then
lay wretched man, who, before the,
would have another Sunday holiday
would lose his right TO live and be carrieC
out dead and disgraccd 10 his family
leaving behind him family Of children
like themselves.
Though Foster has for months been pre-
phIlUe ~ ""S h'F WV
Saturday morning that the very shsdoy
Of hope was crushed within him and ever
now II is alleged that he entertsins
thought that influential friends at Aiban.
viii save his life. But Shoritf Brennan
has told him not 70 indulge Ia vain hopes
but rather prepare MS best he can 10 ~meo
his fate Foster, since his first arrest, hs
been careless and reserved, apparently be
lieving that 20 manifest signs OF cmotio
or fear would be unmanly! but now no
more nervous though less communicative
except 10 relatives. A. S ala. on Satui
dsy, the sheriff called upon fo,
ter and officially informed him that Coy
Dig had refused 10 commute his ser
tence. The prisoner had read the Al
counts Ia the newspapers on the preyio'
afternoon, but could not believe then
He now fully realized their truihfnlne'
but was ss usual very oompo'ed. lie =
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THE spporiionment BILL dividing the
state into judicial circuits, was passed By
tho house on Wednesday By vote of one
hundred and four yeas to twenty-three
nays,
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0s the authority of the Golden Age
We have il that President Grant is op-
posed TO woman suffrage. When asked to
put something encouraging to tho Shrek
ing sisterhood in the inaugural, President
Grant told the person who intorceded for
the favor, that be was opposed to giving
women the ballot. How long must the
down-,rodden sex wal. for their rights
We fear Susan b. Anthony will he in her
second childhood, and the blessed privilege
will do her no good at all, at all.
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President GRANT complains that he Is
moro annoyed by ofiicc-seeking men than
no was four years ago, and to save him
self from continuance of the disagrees-
bic infection, he will fill the appointments
at once.
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The most damaging blow Senator Cald-
we'll has yet received is the declaration by
Senators Thurman and Norwood, both
Democrats, that the senate has the right
10 declare the seat vacant by a majority
vote, both maintaining, says the Chicago
Times special, "that that body have a
perfect and absolute right to declare
void any election procured by bribery
and fraud" This expression of opinion
by Senator Thurman will bc apt to carry
with it the voice Of the Democratic sena-
tors in favor Of the expulsion Of Caldwell !;
fit does, his fate is not doubtful, there
bsing enough Radical senators who will
vote with the Democrats TO expel him.
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TIE DOLLAR WEEKLY BULLETIN
John II. Oberly has reduced the subscrip-
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to One Dollar per annum, making 1t the
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A NEW York justice advised his hear
ers the other day, in a criminal court, TO
discontinue the dangerous practice of
carrying razors. Carrying raz rs is mis-
chieyous habit, bat the murderers-ths,
perseyeriag and fearless class whose
ranks are growing larger every dsy--sp-
pear to have the faculty Of utilizing any
thing that may lay in their way as
weapon for the Accomplishment. OF .heir
purposes. Carrying knives Is as danger
on: TO the community as carry
ing raz6r5 Tho ruiIian who cut the
throat Of ALDER, Gootz in Chicago on
Monday night, found Lis.kniie as effective
as razor would have bcen. And even a
common water pitcher may be made to do
duty when husband wishe. to satisfy his
rage agains. his wife by killing her. A
Chicago man, whose wife refused
to so for liquor for him,
seized q pitcher and beat her on the
head so brutally that morta. injuries were
the result. These outrages have occurred
less than week after the hanging o.
Osborne and Driver. If their perpetra
tors should be promtly rewarded by NEE,
ing the fate of Osborne and Driver, th
audacity of the crime would be rebuke
in . manner which could not fail TO hay
its effect
Wilmington journal., 1873-07-11
ELECTRICISMS.

The Deak party at Perth has coa-
lesced with the Left Centre and formed
a liberal party of overwhelming par
hamentary power.
Six cases of cholera in Memphis.
A tornado struck the town of Gales
burg on the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Railroad Several houses were
prostrated and three children killed.
Storms are reported from Cincinnati
to st. Lonis with several fatal acci-
dents. Many houses were prostrated
and serious Injury to wheat is appre-
hended.
It is announced that the celebrated
trotters Goldsmith Maid, American
Girl Lucy, Judge Fullerton and Rosa
ing of the Cleaveland, Ohio, Club,
which commences on the 29th inst.
A special dispatch received at Gin
cinnah from Bloomington, Indiana.
says that George A. Buskirk, Presi-
dent of the First National Bank, shot
and mortally wounded Aaron Rose, a
barkeeper in that town, last evening,
for refusing to sell him whiskey.
The American residents of London
will celebrate the Anniversary of the
Declaration of Independence of the
United States by a dinner at the Lang
ham Hotel to-day.
New YORK, July 3-Night. 3
key, who murdered Dunn, is sentenced
to be executed on the 18th of August
next.
The steamship Hammonia, sailing
for Europe to-day, takes out $95, 900 in
silver bars.
Wilmington journal., 1873-07-11
HEADQUARTERS.
HOW THEY SPENT THE FOURTH
IN WASHINGTON CITY.
WHAT THE GOVERNOR OF LOU
ISIANA SAID TO THE GOV
ERNOR OF MISSISSIPPI
A NEW COMET DISCOVERED AT
VIENNA.
AMERICA AHEAD OF EUROPE AS
AN ASTRONONIIST.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 5-Noon.-
All the members of the Cabinet were
out of town to-day and no public cele-
bration was held. The oldest inhabi-
tants association, in accordance with
their usual custom, met and had ap-
propriate ceremonies. Numerous pic
mic parties passed the day in neighbor-
ing groves. The. knights of ST. Pat
rick paraded in full regalia and
marched to the Scheutzen Park where
they held a picnic which was attended
by large number. The colored Sun
day School Union held their annual
celebration at Lincoln Hall. The
Catholic colored Sunday School cele-
brated the day in the white lot south
breeze was blowing all day and the
weather was much more comfortable
than yesterday.
WAsH1NGToN C1rY, July 5.-Night.-
The Attorney Gen. received the follow
ing dispatch from New Orleans: Gov.
Kellogg has called upon Governor Pow
parties who left the State of Louisiana
suited in Judge Cooley's death.
lue Ou1CuSOulau lustlbuIe HAS JuSI
received telegram through cable, an
nouncing the discovery of a comet at
Vienna, the position of which is no
hours and seven minutes of right as
cension, and four degrees and three
minutes south declination, appearance
faint, motion as yet unknown. This
is the first announcement through ca
BILE of an astronomical discovery from
Europe since the completion Of the
arrangement for the transmission of
such intelligence in February, 1878.
The discovery of three new planets
has been teiegraphed from this coun-
try since that time,
Wilmington journal., 1873-07-11
DRAFT OF A NEW CONSTITU-
TION FOR SPAIN.
TIE COUNTRY TO BE DIVIDED
INTO CANTONS.
A DUEL AT PARIS TOMORROW.
THE DAY IN MADRID.
NO BANQUET IN LONDON.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., July 3-Noon.
The Worlds special from Rome says
that Minghitti has failed to form
Cabinet. The King has summoned
the Count De Cambray to form Min
istry. The situation is repo: ted as
gravely critical.
ROME, July -Night.-The crisis
in the Ministry continues. Minghitta'
has failed to form a Cabinet and the
King has summoned the Count De
Cambray Digny to undertake the task.
MADRID, July 3-Night-In conse
quence of the passage of the bill abol-
ishing constitutional deputies, the ir-
recouciliable deputies have withdrawn
from the Cortes, which action has
| served to restore quiet in Madrid
Detachments of troops are, however, yet
posted at various posts throughout the
city, and the utmost precautions have
| been taken by the authorities for the
suppression of disturbances.
FLORENCE, July 3-Night.-A dis
patch from Belluno, 81 miles north of
Venice, says that shocks of an earth
| quake We're felt in that country this
morning.
| A volcano near Farra, a town 10
miles from Belluno, which had been
quiet for some time, commenced an
eruption and the water of the lake in
the vicinity boiled.
MADR1D, July 4-Noon.-The draft
of the new Constitution was submitted
to the Cortes to-day by the committee
appointed to draw up the measure. II
provides that the President of the Re.
public must have been born in Span
ish territory, and be twenty years OF
age. The country is to be divided into
Cantons like the Swiss Republic, the
Assembly of each Canton is to elec
fou1 Senators and Deputies to be cho
sen by universal suffrage. Cuba ani
Porto Rico to be assimilated with tht
Cantons of Spain as a central power
authorized to suspend the constitu
tional guarantees and order ]svies fo
troops without first consulting the au
thorities of the Cantons.
LONDON. July 4-Noon-A specia
dispatch from Paris to the Londol
Telegraph, says that the duel between
NJ. M. Ranc and Decassagnac is t.
take place on Monday next.
LONDON, July 5-Night 1.-THE Pari
correspondent of the Times telegraph
to that paper that the trial of Marsha
Bazaine will probably take place a
Compiegne in the latter part of Ser
, tember.
, There was no banquet here yestel
day in celebration of the Fourth c
July. Representatives of the Unite
, States were absent from the city an
there was no American vessel in tn
} Tigus.
MADRID, July ) Night Th
J anniversary of the Independen
\ of the United States was celebrated &
e the American Legation yesterday b
f a grand banquet. Among the distil
l guished guests of Minister Sickle
were Senor Costellor, members of til
s Cabinet of Foreign Representetivt
s in Madrid and the President of til
| COrtes