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safety in ocean Travel.

ts8 d baS3s9Hs Eta s-s- ftl5nf tfy4H t5 ~ 4 3saA
. The loss of the steamship AtlaILe,, OF :.
the White Star Line, and the City or " sitll-e
illgton. ofIthe Innan Lines both OF Whlch tiudn
ran into shallow water and f9lllaeTee eH s49t
the rocks. has set inventive minds TO think
inc whetheris6nle device could not be maoeisa q
to prevent such accidents IN the Iq5lfe q5lfe -baliH3
cl,se NEY9 has ii ye1yi simple plan whicfilf5tfst
has already attracted the attention of some n,,ur
of the steamship owners. This plan Is
based on the law Of specific gragity which
makes the pressure exeEted by q, IeolHnfl5gsYiI
of water twenty fathoms deep. much
greater. Of course than that exefted by a 80"
column only four or FIVE fathonas IN depths A9ad
The apparatus consists of q hollow line OF ,,,,1
flexible tube, at the lower eiitf of which ~
a weight and an lair-chaInbe 0With . fpis41e9at
TOM upon the outer surface of which, the fsssd
pressure is received The upper end OF
this talbe9is attached to tesship in the e4staTdf
gilie-room, and q pressUre-garlge ge resftlTT
blipg3 an ss saileroid,' barometer. indicates
Constantly the6epth at which the weight hHh
is depending with as much accuracy, itlsasIa34u
claimed. as the steanl-gauge indicates the ,t.
nress,lrepofi the boiler AS the lVesselEeais NJ"
land the ir-chambers comes towards the IN
surface the pressure becomes less and the
result fsfitold by the gauge, which is con- w -
stantly before the eyes of the engineer. .9gG0h
An 'alarm-bell is also attached to the gauge,
so that in case the vessel enters very shal-
low water the signal of danger is atA
sounded. The inventor says that a gauge m.
can also be- placed IN the captains Toenn 91
and cEaimss filrthermDre, that the saplelap7guu
paratus can be made to indicate the speed
| of the vessel New Fork World. -,.,..,, -,4
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An Aneedote Of Napoleon III.

q
A gossiipy book; just published in Lon -.
don, entitled ss Court and Social Life IN
France under Napoleon III .si1 has an at-9sLt ri
eedote of the late emperor, which, if true, 4,.,a
is very much to his credit While NaIo
leon was in London, 4 siwaitingS his desth henniA
n.y.. he was watched by French 5diplp- a,af
matte detectives. Three of these elevated
gentlemen SO far imposed uponsthe exile1loiaH
that he invited them to dinner, asking some ,,.,t
of his English friends to meet them. After
dinner the suhjectof horses came up, and, ,saiHH
the conversation resulted in the purchaselu 3d,
of a horse by one of the Frenchmen from
an English officer. The horse was sent t0} VI
the place designated, but the English gen+tI III
tleman did not get his money. Prince Na-
poieon heard of the transaction d few days fl'a
after and Immediately sent to The English ,Gpli
gentleman a check for the price, saying Ia.
that no English gentleman Should sell 3 's''s
horse at his table and not be paid foriit-a3IHan
9 There were swindlers,' he said = in ALL. -
countries but, if they made their way
into goodsoeiety, the hosts which they yde-sl Ats
ceired must see that their other guests did astey
not suffer-
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The War Department has issued orders
pronat1lgating the findings and sentence in
the case of the Modoc captives, Capt. Jack,
Schonehin, Black Jim, Boston Charley,
Bannche, alias One-eyed Jim, and Slotuek,
alias Cox, who were tried by Military
Commission for the murder of General
Candy and Commissioner Thomas, and
for the assault with intent to kill other
Peace Commissioners. They are found
guilty of the specifications Of the charges
and sentenced TO be hanged. The pro-
ceedings have been approved by the Pres
ident and Secretary Of War, and an order
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-09-20
Daring Stage Robbery-Fotir' t
~ 10 sad Fourteen. a5ftsf ~

Our readers will remember the tele-
graphic accounts, three or four weeks ago,
Of the halting of a stage in Nevada by
brigands, who robbed Wells, Fargo d Co.'S
safe OF large sum OF money. Al citizen
OF Davenport was passenger on the said
occasion-E. Baldwin, Chief Engineer OF
account of the affair to friend. He says
he left Colfilx at. 4 D. M. with thirteen
other passengers destination Downieville,
Sierra county. LAt the start they sascend-
ed 900 feet,' then descended 1000 feet,
and then repeated the ascension, and st
as the coach reached the last summit an
episode occurred. Four men sprang from
behind rocks, seized the leaders by the
bit and babe the driver tsget down from
there 1t was some time, Mr.. Baldwin
says, before the passengers could under
stand the interruptions, but at last they
were made to comprehend it without much
ceremony. The driver was ordered to
take the horses from the coach and lead
them to one side. He obeyed. Next the
passengers were told to 'sdismount' and
Seat themselves on redwood log. As
each of the robbers held double-bar-
relied shotgun, and swore that somebody's
brains would be spilled unless 'syou step
right lively now, 2 the erder was obeyed
with alaerity. Il tell you, my friend.n =
writes Mr.. B., 81 felt terribly put out -
The passengers sat stillas mice under cover
Of the shOt-guns, and silently watched
the operations of the robbers in. get
ting at the contents of the safe. The
scoundrels drilled holes about the lock.
and elsewhere in the door, poured powder
into the openings, tamped them, and then
lAI,-. T.
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Force of Imagination,

At large dinner party once, the poet 9
Rogers was speaking of the Inconvenience !
Of having windows formed of one
sheet Of glass They look as If there was ~
mo glass he said.,I. "A; short time ago. as Isao
sat at the table with my back to one of :.
those panes,s it appeared to me that the -
window was open,s and such was the forces3ns
of imagination that I actually took cold. H.,
Dear me, said Babbage, who sat opposite,
how odd il Is. Mr.. Rogers. that Won and Isag1
should make such a different use Of the IA l,,,
Guilty of imagination When sleep uli-
expectedly away from home. and eOnse1
guently have no nightcap, should natu-
rally take cold. But by tying a piece OF
pack-thread tightly around my head go
to sleep imagining have nightcap on,
and catch no cold at all.
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MIR. Birch's Cholera.

{. Have we really the cholera among
sg' is the Aquery now passing from rom
Mr.. III. II. Birth, Assistant State Attorney,
has had it, alld the disease is thus made
official. Uplto Thursday evening Mr.
Birch was apparently as well as ever. his
landlady reports that she had been watch
ing him apprehensively for week OF two
previously, bJt,she could see no percept-
BILE falling in his appetite. On the evening
in question, after tea, Mr.. Birch lighted
his cigar and went out on the porch to
smoke and firt with the young ladies' OF
the establishment, as usual. While IN the
midst of the Spost sprightlE conversation,
he was suddexl lily observed to make q iran, an, !,
tic grab With {both hands at his lower vest
button. HeI next arose to. his feet with a
grieyed expression upon his handsome
cconnfenance. His next movement was to
omen and shut few times like pair OF
shears. all THE time, acting as though he
had not intended to do it. After that he
tIartcd away as though he had suddenly
recollected something he had previously
forgotten.
But that wasn't what was the matter.
A series of shrieks and groans shortly
emanated from his chamber WINDOW. A
flock of children engaged in the dry nur-
turel of babies gathered on the street unl-
derneath. and wondered what was the
matter. Some experienced old ladies pass
ing along paused and listened for mo-
merit. then went ON saying significantly
they guessed they knew What was going
on inside the house. But it wasn't that.
Mr.. Birch was having the cholera. For
tunately he had a strong constitution.
good nursing and skillful physician, and m
| BEFORE morning he was out of danger. On
Yesterday NJ. Birch, having been f1mlga-
| ted and dis Effected, was walking about
town looking white, interesting and intel,
lectnaI, and ladvised the boys what to ea'
and drink. .--6 hicago Times. Q.
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NEWS SUMMARY.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

President Grant and party returned to
Long Branch from their Eastern trip,
August %.
The fall campaign in Ohio was opened
by Republican meeting at Athens, Atl-
gust %. Senator Morton and Governor
Noyes were among the speakers.
The Secretary of the Senate has received
a letter from Senator Morton directing him
to return his (Morton's) back pay to the
United States Treasury. s2t -
q The Washington Daily Republican, OF
August 26, publishes a four-column edl-
torial advocating the reelection of General
Grant for third term.
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pITH AND POINT.


THE LARGEST room IN the world Is the fa3s 4.
room for improvement. 'e''.. = -
.dgA E,,rI : .xv,Ses CooK-The one that
q ho;ls Nth y, ;nl;mat;on.p .
po'.e Z ~ 80 ri make one taps
,hes gs - ,,1rsie will make
uay, pu1 a soou aose " pay -sas*uPsI
one, weak. sa S "a a,.,,t h th,psa the
- CLosED in consequence ~ 7 os,,,o,,nce
family is the coinmunicaslse:. aher,.,,.
ment On the door OF a s. s.gaatIss s
dasner. e 90 - 6 op,i;ss--tafs
COUNTRY boy having eoie alIsad - What =,
vile Tor an eueatlon, DeS M re- re- ls s.
IS a" strait .' horf1led his m s -.
plying, 1T beats Two par. :,
A WORTHY old lady offers the i9llo i VIE ~ aa5I
advice to girls !" Whenever ielloM PopsIti M t<1d
the question, don't blush and stare Y w. ~ -
foot. just throw your arms aro.liiu sl oo,,a ,ns
neck look him ftifi III the laee ~,
mence talking about the 1uf1litilfe- IL ~ ;,
The response in full of Mr.. kieiliha l9''
Grant White to the Graphtc's inyltauoh 70
their balloon excursion is as foli6wss n13fdaa
ls' If could read my title clear
Io mansions n NJ sae srv srlss, a4asfIa2
tDd OT With sIits = yonr ON 20 oas arise
aa. II o,,ta,.,,r;s;,,r oentleman from Port S,
l.nI NJ n.h;ie ;1a traysl;no recently in the
Interior of Missouri being uncertain as to'i tae
aa,'a4 .bonse hon T t INQUIRE The iad 'aaae'
of fhe house i stout biixOm white W0- ii9AI
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-09-20
The Machine. that has Injured q Coop
ers' Union.

4 Since the strike Havelneyer Il EltlerhaVe
maintained twenty-fi hands inside Of Pal
Iner's co0per;lge, and by the aid OF ma
chinery that force of Inexperienced men
and boys are turning out one thousand
barrels a day. The machine-made barrels
are equal in every respect to those made
by the Cooper's Union men, and are turned
out with immeasurably greater speed.
First, the machine sets up the slaves on a
cast-iron. foot and drives their lower ends
closely together. A heavy iron hoop then
grasIs the lower ends. while a rope drawn
by, machinery bFingsthe top ends together,
when another heavy iron hoop slips on.
Two iron bilge hoops then supervene, and
the barrel falls into the embrace of a
clamping which raises the two
lower hoops and draws down the two up
per ones. There is; no driving of hoops
by hammers. The barrel then rolls down
an inclined plane, and is caught by a man
who places it over a furnace. There are
twenty-three furnaces in q line at these
works. The heat fixes the curvature given
to the stslyes, and the next operation is to
make the barrel trIe BY placing it between
two circular iron heads, which approach
each other and force the ends of the slaves
back or forward until they are true. The
'sjustified'' barrel Ito use printers term
then rolls down am inclined plane and is
caught in another machine which bevels
| the ends of the slaves, and cuts grooves
for the reception of the head and bottom.
Away goes the barrel over another inclined
plane, is caught BY the arEls7 of another
endless elevator, and thrown on another
plane one floor, above. There the iron
hoops are knocked off one by one, and the
strap hoops put on; the heads are fitted,
and thenIth barrel rolls away ON another
plane to the store-rooms One boy in the
| hooping-room, whom the Union coopers
would not allow in the old shop except as
| laborer, is now trimming forty barrels
per day and making four dollars. The
sirap barrels require heavier machinery
which isInow in position; but not used, be-
cause the firm have surplus OF barrels il
/ is of the same general description.
| Inside the eooperage are kitchen, dor
mitory and wash-room for the. wprkmen
who choose TO remain inside. Outside 81
the, works are pickets of stalwart Irishmen
keeping guard for the Trade Union, tC
prevent new men from applying for work
and to entice away those who are working
Guarding the picket is an able bodied po
| licenan, who never hesitates to use his
! baton If he sees the picket guard interfer
ing with. the workmen. The business o
the firm is progressing as rapidly as usual
and no fears are expressed for the result o
| their endleavor to maintain their rights
/ Nes0 Fork Journal of Commerce.
4 42ftft{ z--z.-1 - Il----4-s ti4sE =
! Mrs. CAMPBELL and, Mrs, Chambers, Q
Madison, Ca, have fallen heirs to twelv
million dollars in France The propert.
is inherited from the estate of Rennaleau
The ladies are in receipt of letter from
/ Judah p. Benjamin to the effect that ther
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All SING, the Chinese overseer at North
Adams, Mass, has been charging his fol-
lowers 800 for rice which cost him $50,
and fifty cents for mailing letters which
don't cost him anything. All Sing is
ciyilizing remarkably fast.
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JACOB WrLLrs, of Fond du Lac, Wis.,,
led his SON to believe that he had buried
$4,000 in gold, and the son gave him In the
best kind of treatment for fourteen years.
The old man died the other day, and on
bis ieafh-bed he broke the news that he
hadn't a cent. His son would like to see
himself take care of another old man,
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MISCELLANEOUS

9 Gold closed in New York, August 26,
at n5s. z Io1 alf baof
The National Bureau of, Education has
received official adYices respecting the
awards at the Vienna Exposition to the
American Exhibitors in the group of edu-
cation, teaching and instruction, of grand
diplomas of honor. The highest prizes
were awarded to the State of Massachu-
setts, City of Boston, Smithsonian Insti-
tute and United States Board of Educa-
tion. The grand medal of progress to the
City of Washington and Cooper Institute,
New York City; medals of merit to the
cities of New York, Chicago and Cincin-
natl, and diplomas Of merit to Worcester,
Cleveland and Jacksonville, Ill. 5''t'
The following is the comparative cotton
statement for the week ending August %:
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MISCELLANY.
THE WOLFF DISASTER.

An Interview with Two OF. the Siisvi-
y0rs-A Plucky Young Lady-Shss IL
Blown Up Seventy Feet, hlfd COInes
Down URinfured,
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Mrs. CAMPBELL and. Mrs, Chambers, of
Madison, Ca, have fallen heirs to twelve
million dollars in France The property
is inherited from the estate of Rennaleau.
The ladies are in receipt of letter from
Judah F. Benjamin to the effect that there
will be no obstacle in the way Of obtaining
possession of the property.
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CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

LII appears Dy laGeF reports, tiIsaO 'iio VIZ w
tins of the wholesale murder at Twin
Springs, Kansas, the perpetratOr OF which,
Kellar, was hung by a mob at La Cygne,
were Kellar's wife and Mrs. Boyd and
her two children. The Boyds Were neigh
bors of the Kellrs, and Mrs. .Kellar, hav-
ing had some difficulty with her husband,
had gone to pass the night with Mrs.
Boyd. 1t is supposed that kellar killed
Mrs. Boyd and her children and then
burned the house in order to cover up all
evidence of the murder of his Wife Boyd,
the husband and father of the murdered
family, adjusted the rope around heliar's
neck when he was swung of.
By collision on the Marietta q Cmeln-
natl Railroad, August 2l, three tram men
were killed and several injured. Only one
passenger was hurt.
Edward Bean, the conductor of the coal
train which caused the recent terrible ac-
eident on the Chicago g. Alton Railroad,
had not been arrested, as, reported, up to
August %. The Railroad Company offer
a reward of 81 600 for his apprehension.
q. Two negroes were executed in Mary
land. August 22--one for murder and the
other for rape. .siglQxhlI lis z. g
The published confession OF Kate Stod-
dard. the woman held for trial on the
charge of numbering Goodrich, in Brook
lyn, turns out to be fraud, invented by
the detectives for the purpose OF effecting-
the capture of Roscoe, who is believed to,
have been implicated. sts. lsll as.10 j
A confiagration at Belfast, Me-, August
"a. DESTROYED over one hundred and twen-
ty-five buildings and other property, the
total valuesof which is estimated at $780,
GOO .5sa ad1 3e ta2M s. u
The steamer George g. Wolff exploded
her boilers at St. Francis Island, on the
Mississippi, about ten miles above Helena,
on the evening Of August %, causing the
death of fifteen persons seven whites and
eight negroes. Il Nearly every person on
board the boat was morelor less injured. 81
Sheriff Law, who was1shot by the CAL
laway county, Mo-, rioters, has since
died. it9e .t
An accident occurred on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, near Cameron, West
Va, August "a, BY which three or -four
German emigrants We're fatally injured
and fifteen or twenty wounded.
Miss Rebeeca Pentess, a lady eighty
years old, perished in the burning of the
rockingham House at the recent large
fire at Belfast, Me. ial'qtni 1iie
The large brewery of v. Blatz, at Mil
waukee, was partially burned on the
night of August %. The loss is placed al
$3O0, 900, and insurance at $225,000.
| An accident occurred on the South Side
Railroad, Long Island, August %, by
which some fifty passengers We're more ,eol
less injured, one child fatally. sf-; =.
By the falling of the walls of a partially
demolished building in New York city
Ereoently, eight men were killed and seven
wounded. s.s at.4 tol f1iiielsia3g Is
go siit LMISGELLANEOUS.) ~
/ Gold closed. in New York, August 26
at 1151. n8i 8o1 aaf bua
l TT,l.u D,,~oa,1 ~ fot
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lators and congress that appear upon their
faces to have not the slightest connec-
ton with the moneycd interests of either rail.
roads or manufacturing monopoicS, and yet
their action is 10 extract money IRON the
pockets Of the laboring man and put il into
the pockets of the capitalist, Our innocent ~
legislator or representative is led to believe
that by voting for the passage Of these laws
he is doing his constituency no harm at least
and possibly that it will be decided benefit
all around.
As a sample of this class Of legislation, we
may take the national law prohibiting all for
eign vessels from carrying treights between
L. S. ports. This law was introduced about
the close of the rebellion, and its passage
urged upon purely patriotic q grounds.
The result has been that no Canadian YES
sells can carry between Chicago and Buffalo,
and as all ship building material is so high
all vessels built in the |. ). are so costly that
it makes transportation by water nearly or
quite as costly as the present rates Of railroad
freighis Before the passage of this law, lake
frcights were about 1 or 3 cts. per hundeed,
but now they are increased to 20 cts. and up
ward. The cause Of the costlincss ships
built in this country is directly attributable
70 the protective tariff There is duty on
lumber of 81 per thousand feet; the duty on
common iron is about 30 per cent, and all the
materials of which ship is constructed
(hemp for ropes, etc. are more or less pro.
tected, and 50 the articles command high
price and render the cost Of water transpor-
tati0n enormous at best; but with the law
above referred to, the whole business is plac.
ed in the hands Of monopolists and we are at
their mercy.
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RAILROAD MON0POLIES AND PROTECTIVE
TARIFF v. HOME MANUFACTURERS

EditOrS Free Trddcr: | have already allud-
ed to the fact that the capital furnished for
manufacturing purposes is mainly owned by
few men who also own a controlling inter
est in all the principle K. r, in the Us We
often hear people advocate the necessity of
home manufactures in the west in order that
we may consume more Of our home produce
and save the cost of transportation. These
same persons will at times bring forward this
subject as an argument in favor of protec-
are to be built up by protection. This is II
fallacy The men who own stock in both
manufactures and railroads know very well
that if they can contine the production of
raw material to the west and the manufacture
of it in the east, they will reap the benefit
from increased ircightage. They SO invest
their capital that the manufacturing of the
country may be done mainly in the east, and
the farmers producers Of the west are com
PEELED to abide the consequences. | have
already pointed out that these moncycd men
often form rings for the purpose of producing
hard times and bankrupting the little man
ufaCtOries of the west SO that their connect
ton may be done away with. We all know
that il is II law of nature that the more money
there is invested in business (all things he.
ing cluaD the lower in price can given
amount of work be done for There are very
few, if any, of the moneycd men of the east
that have large amounts of money invested
in western manufactures consequently, our
home manufactures having so small an
amount of capital cannot successfully com
pete and pay rs large dividends on stock a,
the eastern do.
! 1t has been accepted by all classes as the
| true basis of all business that demand pro
duces Il supply. This in ordinary course OF
human nature is true, but the present state %
our national politics and society is an unnat
ural one; it has been warped and twisted by
wire pullers until not the good of many bu
the advancement of few is the result; tn,
demand for home manufactures has long eN
listed in the west, but up TO the present thu
supply is limited and inadequate, owing Il
the baneiul influence of the protective tariff
The growing demand for a reform in this res
pcct will in time produce the proper result OF
supply in the shape of a new party, freed from
the iniquities of the old ones, and resting up
on the basis of Free Trade and equ0I protsc
ton If all classes
There are many transactions in this monop
oily business not commonly understood by per
sons outside the monopoly rings. For IN
stance: These capitalists will procure The in
PRODUCTION and passage Of laws by our legis
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complishcd by Ottawa capital in a great
measure, for there are too many towns in the
west that are straining every nerve and offer.
ing money almost without limit to secure
just such offers as the people Of this city have
now under consideration without one dollar
asked rs u bonus except Il donation Of forty
acres of land which two or three individuals
am informed propose to donate.
In view of these facts, can it be possible
that this opportunity will be lost for want Of
public spirit and enterprise on the part of the
people of Ottawa? c.