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sensatIons IN the PapprsI.

We have Just taken up at random one
Of the New York dailypHpets. or course
1t contains the usual standard captions
such rs Horrible Murder" lawful
Casually" Unknown Suicide" etc.
Let us run the eye along, mud see what
this small single sheetoifsrs to the pub.
lie to-day; A Man Boiled Alive;''
"Cholera aud Rinderpest;" COURAGE
on IN English Actor" "send your
Children ont OF this Furnace" "South
Oyster Bay Tragedy" Pound In n
Well;" "No Clew to the Mysterious
Mnrder;"s. Unwholesome Meat" "The
Outrage Of the Day;" "a INDUSTRIOUS
Attempt;' "Pest Ship in tho Lower
Bay;" "Bdrglars' latest Dodge;" elm
ternational Cock Fight" /" Arrested for
Murder" Killing of Nforrison;''
"Sheriir Street Tragedy;" "Suicide OF
m Unknown Woman Bnt we pause,
though not because We have come to the
end Of the list These headings are
actually taken from . city daily which
lies before us. Nor is the reading mat
ter presented specially unlike whit
many other papers contain. II is the
fashion to gather llp,as many sensation-
al items as possible. 1t would seem
that newspaper Of tile periol to meet
the popular taste, must contain u large
variety OF horrible dishes. served up
with all mnnner Of condiments. We
turn away from tho dreadful record i'm
pressed with the conviction that the
world is constantly growing worse-that
crime is rapidly increasing. Good old
people shake their heads, and say itwas
not SO in their day. But before we de-
spairingly yield to the belief that the
moral tone OF tile community has hope
lessly degenerated, let us consider The
great increase in population within the
last half century-that much more Is
done nowadays than in the days OF oul
fathers, not OF evil only, but also oil
good, and that the natural tendency ol
the rapil increase OF journalism is to
bring before the public whatever hap
pens. Remembering these things, We
may feel that the whole world is moi
quite hopelessly bad. Yet it is most
unfortunate that so much publicity Is
given by the press to details Of shame.
less and atrocious crimes. Our news.
papers are thus rendered both unpleas'
mt and unsuitable for family reading,
Tie finer sonsibilites Of the community
are blunted, the constant reader be.
comes disgusted or demoralized. Car
not n higher standard be raised, and
public sentiment be gradually educated
TO give hearty approval and support tc
purer journalistic literatureP
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-11
Dead.heading.

The time has come, says IN exchange,
when the press Of the country should
have done with dead.headism. The
Western editors should have paid for
their tickets, md II the Jubilee was bad
and most jubilees are-they should
have said so II II was good, their pa.
pcrs should have informed tile public Of
tile fact. But they should not have
praised 1t, II poor, because they entered
without paying neither should they
hive condemned II, II good, because
they had to pay for their tickets like
Jones, tho dry goods merchant, mud
Fieriiacias, the,attorney. Let newspa.
per men pay for what they eat, drink,
wear, and sec, foot their hotel bills and
railway expenses, and let their views
be uninauenced by courtesies or "a.
vors.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-11
LUCK VS.. prsApronrMnxr.-Undonb

LUCK vs.. DISAPPOINTMENT -Unloubt.
edly The man who drew the $780, 900
prize in the Louisville lottery thinks he
Is a lucky man. In order that he might
get Ills 10000, 10000 people gave a
dollar for which they received nothing:
II is onlyl less honest and straightforward
than TO have n subscription taken up
for him among strangers. What u
more, 175,00O people were disappointed
10 make up his exultahon.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-11

THE CASE or LIEUT.. GAInAaHEn.-
Second Lieut.. NJ. Frank Gallagher, OF
the Second Infantry, who was recently
tried before general court.martial a
Columbia, s. O., for killing John Nc.
Aneely, discharged soldier, in Spar.
tanburg, s. G., on the 2l Of May last,
has been dismissed the service, and the
sentence has been approved by the
President. The civil authorities will
take cognizance Of the murder, the
army trial being on the charge Of con.
duct unbecoming an officer and q gen.
tleman.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-11

TEST FOR PURE WATER. Exchange
recommends the following test for ascer-
tanning the purity or impurity Of drink
ing water, viz; III half q pint OF the
water be placed in a perfectly clean,
colorless, glaSs.stoppered bottle, few
grains Of tho best white sugar added,
and the bottle freely exposed to the
light In the Window OF n warm room, the
solution should remain clear even after
ten days exposure, II the water Is pure.
II the water become turbid, IL Is open
to grave suspicion Of contamination
with sewage matter"
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Gbe aemotrat.

RATES OF Advertising:
One Square. tenlinos or ess, one inaertlon sly
IN. r., Un,s1S ssSu 20 SuUS' ,soI,Ss 1000
One-fjnrth Of column, IL months. w
OAe-half column, II months..., "..''''5529'o11 w
One column, 70 months, ......;,.;.,.
Local notices 90 cents per line, which mnss
DO paid In advance. Five dollars VII 20
charged for announcing candidates tns
county, aud ten dollars for State and y,
must 10 pald Tor. s5-All legal nttices
arc charged to the attorney presenting
Special rate, TO par,ie, derfring moro than OHs
To1 PREN II INC
Neatly and Promptly Executed at this Olace'
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Though 6unsOts ravlsh With their bluo and rOll
And amber moons enchaat the trOpic some,
Love grows a-weary, and my heart s.oold,
Alonei
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AS the former, after while, seemed 70
sleep. .sop1dly, the knight began:
You seem to love music, iair lady
But surely you do not often hear It in
this lonely castle"
"NO only myself and ono poor
prisoner sing"
"a prisoner r. F
"Yes, and he must be OF gentle birth!
But dare not say more, less my uncle
wake. BE will be angry il I talk OF
him."
"Tell mo ono thing, dear maiden,
eau hear the song Of this one, who
sings for freedom p"
eyes. IL Won listen tonight : his
melancholy brings the tears to nv eyes
often enough |"
Justnow, the old keeper awoke, and,
giving orders 10 lead the stranger tO his
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In Absence.

Though spices lure me, and tho roae.trOe
throws
It's heart Of fragrance to bOgullc tho sense,
Though warm sIrs WOO me, and the beauty
grows u,t
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Then come, my darling como again to ne,
Nor linger longer on TIE tar.ofi shore;
Beswcon Us there shsrI roll the cruel sea
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-31

Over eighty Americans are reported tO
b. -iudyingior the lyric stage ID Milan.
Females arr now largely employed q
clerks IN drug stores throughout England.
and are said o. prove very competent Ia
the compromising IT medicines.
The onni n. Paris. the future hing oi
France. il TIE Inonar-lii-i> Wis. Wa ON
Gen. Mo- ieiAn-- ialfdurimg thu war. and
was great fnoritc With the ladie-.
The italian Government ha~ conferred
the grand cro-s al the orier ~ Italy on
thu Italian ,onsiIl-Gcncrsil 81 New York.
IN consideration 81 BIZ efforts ~ suppress
the traffic in Italian children.
OF the thirty thousand Americans per
mancntly residing IN Paris nearly twenty
thousand an from Louisiana. live thou
sand from Virginia. ihr-r thousand from
other southern states. aIId only Two thou
sand from the North and West.
1t i not generally known that John
Milfon'- tomb l. ~fill intact IN London. AMI
that in the parish Of -. Gilcs'. Cripple
gate. the remains II the gnaf poet. jar
tcrrcdin lD1i. liz with ihn~rof has ihthrr.
buricdin 1916 The church itself j. 81
grand proportions. and the oldest bur oil.
in London. having been built IN lis0.
Il potentate 81 south Ameri,-i.abouf
"a visit England. Ihi- Personals ], the
Hing Of Ariucania- Ills dominion com
iain- population ~ about 2.tssl.tH. and
he j. nomimally subject to hili The king.
Who was originally French inrrisier. VI.
d. Ionrcns BY maine. visited -ArauclHlia
some fifteen years AGO. and soon after srIc-
orslcd ia having himself chO.n hing. A.
snming the imposing till. ~ oreln .Nn-
toine the First. He j. described a. amia-
bic IN disposition and modest in hi> habits.
lie goes a. England ~ solicit manui.ic-
iurcrs to -eid thing. 'hither for sale.
In Baron StockMAr'S memoirs. BY hi~
son. DESCRIPTION j. dyen Of the curious
rcd-tapcry ~ royal housekeeping hy Queen
Victoria. " \ something wonderful. IL
a pane Of glass or the door Of a cupboard
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-31
Hap~ mud Mishans.

Henry Heller. agc'l thirty-cight. Of
Bolton. Mo. was recently killed hy the ac-
cidenth discharge Of a pistol which Cha>.
Ifulz was handling.
In Washington. Ca. few days ago,
Miss susan Gulmche was burned "a death
iier drc~~ taking fire from stowe near
which She was preparing some cough sirup
for au invalid.
a Young man named IIawlcy. while
working ai shing-machne In John
son county. Iowa. fell oil a grain stack.
and run "A fprk-,iilc into his heart. killing
him Ia few moments.
AT Niroqua. Wis. few days ago.
while building Was being moved. the
chain used 10 draw Il suddenly snapped.
and a broken link entered the house and
struck Henry Bausman ia the head break
ia the skull.
-Adelbert Dawes. Maine boy eleven
years old. who killela little girl by point
ing al her gun he : thought was not
loaded. and Swapping the lock has been
adjudge,l guilty oi man~laughtcr and sent
- the state Reform school.
-Anemployc Of a Detroit banking house
was shut in vault one day recently. and
remained there several hours. He shouted
ami made AL tlIc noise lac could. but the
clerks did not hear him. Finally. being
missed and search being made. he was
found nearly suilocaiel from foul air.
"A young son Of =. w. Alexander. Of
Marshall. ,owley county. Kansas, aged
about -iN wears. was bitten hya ratilcsn:ikc
"A short time ago. from the effects Of
which lac died the evening Of the same
day.
At Republic. Mich. Albert Andrew
exploded "A quantityof giant powder while
c.rrplcssly handling il. lie was terribly
mutilaicd anG died shortly aftcrward The
shop in which the explosion occurred was
completely demolished. Two other men
" no were inside escaped with slight iniu-
ri,s-.
%. ;. Long. editor Of the Wheeling
Wa Register. wa. recently attacked by
Jas. VI. sweeney. candidate for the House
~ Delegates. and badly punished. The
cause Of the attack was an editorial IN the
Register severely rejecting Oh Swcency's
character.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-31

The gohaese. business III Tennessee
ha- increased an pr ccnt. within two
years.
Then J. in Virgins City an Old col.
Wrt'i mtsim whu las matle about SlN.WN In
thr hopt-bl.ckiug business.
The watch factory at Elgiu expects 10
-fye employment % tive hundred more
tlmi- next spring. and there arr already
eight hundred applications rtsrivssl
~ large mill j. erecting 10 Nancrbo-
rpn-h- Mr.. for CDR manufacture 81 lemon
boxes The material T. Supplied from the
irint-Wpod Forests om ~. 1rpiN Lake from
which q pricii'-illy unlimited quantity can
u "Nflimetl. The boxes arr shipped o.
the Mediterranean. fillsrl with lemons and
returned 90 e.. or shipped to other parts Of
The world.
Some i,lti can ~ formed concerning
tiir immense or. bodits In the Bclchcr and
ruwu Point mines. from the fact thar
curing the YEAR l>13. orr. ID the amount Of
St-tlJ-iSfl wa> extracted from the Crown
Point mile. and ~i.1J4. $50 from the Bslch-
II. During eight months OF the present
ear the Belch.r or, product amounted To
= -9ai.S1S. During half that time on, Ia
Fhe amount II -17iN. 2ftl was taken out Of
Che Crown Point mime.
-Ihr >an Francisco CHrwicfs Say- there
VIII. if j. estimated. b. produced this year
ih california over l3.wn.Onn gallons 0f
vine. - tlW value If Sl.-np.UuO: two mill
nnn, ~ pounds 81 grapes for table u~e
WIN -.fiRV pounds ut r.tisinS. The acre
az unsier cultivation of the vine j. csti-
tiated AZ le~S than 1900 acres. and 1t j.
further e-tintts.,l that >-UOO.OOO of acres arr
'si~ritlly adapted 60 the cultivation vt the
VINE 40 that could we estimate the value
This crop a. il might b. developed. and
"a ~ -oule NOT distant fitur, Il probably
ny ~. fhe value 81 the wine production
would narh fabulous figurc.
y company has been formed in Que
"'t t'r thr purpose ~ working 4 region
n some thirteen thousand acres ~ land Ia
'rlImm"iid county. Canalla. and hich j.
','Iurife'l 70 contain five hundred tons
t'Alr- ~ between three AMI four hundred
'Dis washed ircn ore. per acre-this oc-
tirring ~ = lr-i averaging about two feet
w thickness. and only from one 10 three
h"iuw The ~urflcp. The orr j. what l.
''il'l + boz ore. containing about fifty
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-31

You had better throw a stone az ran
dom than an idle wonl.
-~ Why should we celebrate Washing
tons birthday more than mine = asked a
teacher. Because he never told liz -
shouted little boy.
--'' salts Of dem0niac : was recently
called for a country store in Western Mas
,achuselfs- The apotheczary filled the bill
with pint of New England rum.
Little Alice WAS CRYING bitterly. and.
on bs.ing questioned. confessed a. having
received a slap from one Of herplayfelows.
4" uu should have returned IL" said the
mother. --Oh. | returned il before" re-
plisssl the little girl proudly.
OF all the blessings enjoyed by human
brings, there j. nothing better or more de-
sirable than q cheerful. happy home. II
j.. therefore. the first duty Of every one to
cmdis-Nor 10 promote the most amic.lhlc
relations in the home circle.
What isyour name = asked the clerk
Of witness about 20 b.. sworn before a
justice of the Peace. '-ottiw,lI Wood. :"
wa- the reply. How do you spell your
naInc." then asked the somewhat puz-
zlei Judge. Mr.. Wood replied. 90
double Il double l. + double /. Double
L double - D. The aStonishesi Judge
thought that was one ~ the most extraor-
binary nsme, b. ever knew. ami after two
or THREE attempts to recnnl il. both h. and
the clerk gave It up amid r0ar> oi laughter.
Wiring of Manitoba a- Il was In the
oltlen time. before communication was
oI~ncd through IT. Plul. and when the
mail reached the settlement lust once In
-iN months. IN WAY ii Tnl~on Bay. Ed
warl Eggic~ion tells 81 One enthusiastic
n'~i'ieui. Who took the London Tta,ss. ~
ceivingitin hali-ye.irly iu-tallmeut-. which
h. ~triigltway ,prs-idout Ia heap. oldest
paper upI- rlnOst- Every morning hotOok
OF one papsr. AMI thus kept M the -en-a-
ton ~ having ir''-h news every day. lie
would ay down hi- paper IN the midst 81
"a bath AMI save tllc r,si until next morn
ing. IT, WAS nearly wear behind the
world. hui that did not matter. The news
Wa fresh 60 him.
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Mr. Norton say~ that public rectitudc j.
now greaisr than ever. b.1au-s. gaining
ami imiemperance amongst Congressman
are les the rule. This j. the kind ~ argII-
memt which sooiiles millions: bat II j.
melancholy % admit that. II true. there l.
nothing ia il. lIaZanl and The bottle are
the designations which rr,lUcr. the man and
-parp the arr. The crimes which reduce
the AZ, are. amongst nihcr~. the ran-ack-
im- ~ thc worst 81 biography "a Justify
Us comparison present tli~hpu0r. and the
hiuuting 81 thc moral sense ~ thu multi
iuis ~ raising an impularinn on the past
% make " forget our duties Ia THE prs
cut- Va that day. when public men drank
unciiallrmgcii. there were no public men
in partnership with di~tiiier. Ia enrich
themselves 80 the eNpcn-e II the revenue.
Presidents lad no hrOther-in-law gaming
on Black Friday with Jay Gould. ami COM
r~iiing the Treasury itself a. buck against
Tn CORNER. Power WIS les fashionable
ami temperance less 4 yOtC-gpttiug gualifi-
cation. Liquors were pur-r. markctI-back
clri~ were mot exposed by respectable
siafiuners. But men were sensitive Ia dis
honor. anil respected tie Sanctiiy OF each
other homes amd the purity oi the fumilv
relation. Great war-gOvrrIrOrs like George
Clinton kept the flame ~ civil liberty
alive And no orator IN that day excused
n cNcc.ses ~ saving that il was better
than the reign II Domitian or Caiigula
Gath N Chicago Tribune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-31

/ requires mending. il cannot be- done with
out the Following process: A r,rluisitiOl
J. prepared and signed by the Chi,f Cook
( IL i. then cOuntersimcd by the Clerk q
the Kitchen. then il i taken 10 De- signe,
by the Master Of the Household. thence !
j. taken To the Lord Chamberlain, oliics.
whep il l. authorized. and then laid befor,
Tire Clerk ~ the Works under the Oitic
~ Woods and Forests. and consequent,
many window and cupboard have ~
manned broken for months.
What's in a name =" A good deal Al
times. The daughter Of Don Carlos. III,
I preisnc..r 10 the throne OF Spain. for i'm
stance. has plenty in hers. which. accord
lng % contemporary. j.. in French.
iilanche-le-C astils'-M aris--,ls-li-C onception-
! Illrr'se Frincoi~s- IA ~-ise- Margucrits-
Je.inne-IB,atrice-C harlottc-Loui~e- Ferlan-
dc-Adelgonde-Elvip-IllefOns -Regnne-.Io-
~ephe-M Observation-Disclosures aphaelle. These
constitute the Young lady's Christian
name only. and when her titles are added
then, j. probably a dozen lines or 20 more.
II j. a. b,- hOpesi that the don i not going
10 have large family. for two or three
children christened in this fashion would
exhaust the vocabulary
-Chna-according To Mr.. Murray's recent
ia IT,. the Sizc of the United States. and in
cludes within its borders jOO.OU1.O00 in
habitant>-half the population Of the
glohe. A. a nation il has Outliyed history.
oiller nations have passed away. II still
exists the same. No ART has been lost. no
science forgotten. IT, oral language has
been preserved without the change of a
tense; it, great wall still stands; it,
largest canal j. larger than the Erie. II
understood the circulation Of the blood
800 years ago: inOculatssl all it, children
in the ninth-posSibly the fifth-century.
rld splendid libraries Of printed books be-
tore the art 81 printing was discovered i'm
Germany And this i the country we
hold in contempt and propose 10 teach.
DR.. Neiaton. the eminent French sur
g,-un. lately decreased. came prominently
before the public in connection with his at
Tendance oil Garibaldi after the latter had
been wounded in the foot by rifle bullet
al the battle vi ASpramonre- In the con-
>ultati0n held on the case. At which the
most eminent surgeons If England and
France attended. DR. NelaiOn stood al
most alone in the opinion that the bullet
was still eHnbeiled in the loot: the Other
surgrvaS maintaining that il had passed
ont. a. their most CAREFUL probing> had
taiisrl 10 discover it. whereabouts To a.
CERTAIN IL location Dr. Nelaton construct
tcll delicate prOlle. consisting OF small
roll. working By screw in an outer tube.
To the END of the rod piece NJ @Oit p0rcs.-
lain Wa attached. on which a l,aden
substance. like bullet would make
black mark. With this instrument. Or
NrIaton discovered the place where the
hall had lodged in his patients foot. and
then eNirictcdi it. The probe i now used
exclusively in ci~cs OF glIn--hor wounds.
and j, known a. the Nelat0n probe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-31

~ proud parson and his man were
riding over common and saw a shepb,rd
tending his flock; having new coat on.
the parson asked him. IN naughty. AFRO
giant tone. who gave him that coat. The
~ane. said the shepherd. that clothed
you-the parish" The parson. nctilcd nc
ms reply. rode on. murmuring. q little
way. and then he balc the man 20 back
and ash the shepherd If he would like to
come aud live with him. for Dc wanted
1901. The man accordingly going 10 the
shepherd. delivered his masters message.
and concluded a. he was ordered. that his
master wanted fool. "Nhy. are YOU
going away. then = said the shepherd
" No answered the other. Then yot
may tell your master. returned the -lcp
herd. that his living cannot maintain
three III Us"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-31

four per cent. Of iron; and IL j. proposed
% erect furnaces capable of producing If
teen thousand tons p-rymnum. The en-
tire cost Of manufacture. including the
digging up. washing, carriage. preparation
81 the charcoal. and smelling Of the ore.
/, estimated al fifteen dollars per
ton. The iron produced j. described "a.
being equal. il not superior, to the best
swedish.
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Some look At the black clouds. others
at IN blue Ky. Some look through the
clouds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-09-23
EVENING STAR.

NHiNrsE THEATGfCAIs-T ~ Oriental Tiedf.~-
30 N1H frrnrisry The Chinese theatgr on Jack
son street has lost none OF its prestige by tbs
q mig 81 numerous rival establishments OF =
SIN Of character. and among the Celestsis.
Sslfclaily with reference 20 the aristOcracy, II
more Popular than ever. The properties OF the
theater have attained great value, the stock
eohi any MS become one OF TIE hest OF its kinI
IN me world, and the orchestra hiss reached that
HsSe OF perfection, according 10 an eminent
thlrCSe Grille, which harmonizes acrecahlv
WIN TIE motto OF the theHtor. siguif,tug that
inn -Cvemeuf l. impossible ant aefircclatIon
improbable. The business manager cf TIE the
alter. an urhsue fellow Of 90 summers Las fase
displayed rare tact and enterprise bv Bringing
ont nom China a star OF the first mn gnitsde
Who assumes female characters with startling
fidelity, ami has withal fine social qualities This
engagement Is one OF the greatest successes the
theater has ever known. During the last three
nights the performances have nettel In the az
gregate S2.ooo. The play smacks strongly OF
sensation, and i utterly devoid OF the moral
lessons which should be inculcated on the
hea,hen, hut j. free from the faint OF fniecency.
he musical selections embrace gems culled
from the Chinese national airs. The drama
abounds IN domestic scenes among the Chinese.
winch are rendered more striking bY the must
cal accomplishments, and posses e many novel
ana ingenious features. The practice OF allow
ing dealers IN refreshments 60 m0nopOlize seats
With their stock Is reprehensDle in the extreme
taking prompt action in this regard the retail
dealers Ia fruits. rice, swee:mcats, rlial nar-
ridge suuar-csne, etc, are sorely disple g~cI
and endoaVcr 20 tnture the business Of she
house hy slaRderous statcmcuts.-S1l FrIa ascs
Bg'ftfn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-09-23

RAESrI OK BALLooNgNa.-P. T. Barnum
the great shoW man, writes a card 90 the Bridge
port N1EHrri. in which he SAYS "If balloon
dots not cross the Atlantic the present autumn.
] viii eNpend fifty thousand dollars nj neces-
sAry, IN having that feat ATTEMPTED, aud, "a
possible, accomplished as carly neat wear A.
may Eei provided one OF more a.rOuauts can be
found, IN America or Europe. who have faith
n us success, and Nil heartily attempt its &C
compartment. I am already 4. cor
respondence with several popular a.rouauts IA
France and England. and although shall pre-
Ter 10 have the honor given 20 an American, 4
have 40 doubt that the great feat viii be accom-
iiishec within a twelyemouth. As at present
advised, shall have the silk material manu.
factured in China, put together and prepared
under the direction OF scientific men in London,
an experimental ascension made from the Svd-
enham Crystal Palace grounds, then bring the
balloon TO America, and make the tran atlantic
TRIP from New York"