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WANTED "A TEACHER FOR NnAsS BAND
Lasallcsst., or 10 A,iains.st,, chicago, III,
, 1873-10-03

declared that tho wntol, Bho wna then wearing
belonged to Mrs. powol. An investigation
ahowod this to bo tho fact, md tho lonB-lost
property WAS restored to Its ownor. j..
-bonlo Connecticut women nro credited with
invonting tho mort novel substitute for tar md
feathers. 1'hor palio,lco becoming exhausted,
recently, ut t],o continued inpblicty Of o,,o nf
tho n,alo members Of tho household, tIoy took
him IN hand while lying drunk on tla, grolt'hl,
ND il,en nri,'.;lctl it ai ny"" wiz, tlur. Tile
tii,n', o a.. III. 7nlu. the ,ng nltn n!isL
Ihy h' NJ p,eui:a".
-H.sN llst' mol rJrl Of ti,+u,,ri. wha MI NC
ropo twu hundred Lines without stopping lIer
gymnas!ics brought OH asnfu! t1lBpaso which,
ntter soma eight ycarr, ended IN l,or t1o It'll.
, 1873-10-03

loo SOUTH DEARI:ORN-Sr. tBuKNsIDE}, noar
HDD Twenty -nla,h-A ntco cheerful! family ho;oi !;
exccllunt hhiu nid yory Inv pcos. Sinso roon1s Rt
PSF weok transient, 81. &c por day.
nE FOREST IIOUsE-IUST OPENED. SPLENDID
~ Accommodation fow boardcrs; nrnft,ro
md carpets nov; hnt anu cold water bath roon nbsc
cornpr Efis.
JVHEEiER iIOUSE-CORNEN JACKs0N AND
W Doarhuri.sls.-Hoard. $5 per week, st per day.
Lodging, FL csnts. ----
, 1873-10-03

ID DE1tSuNAI.--WILL THE pERSon WHO WnnTH
olior datud kopt. ~, an4 5igund irle1Id " u cur
alisaIar7 w tAe !rsy potanAy i. nostY9t eo9:.
A,Iro isad. Uur. W. / il.
i1EHSONAI.-aa CENTS ArIEUE WILL In PAID
L for uupps Ut Tho ri.nos, Bot u, at tho lMus of.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-19
liked.

The Su Ff1&c.scu CtroRjce sup
ular Republican nominees in the Bay
City. Booth l. against thar Ii ,ket, ami
that ticket i agaiu,t Iooih. lii Ne
yatta county Sargent SaS rcbuAed and
Booth Endorsed. Fhe Sacramento
latar SAWS this - : ri~ht.a G0eS for
the tickot. TheNSvada T-aRScff t>,N>!i
itses Booth AMI Sargent equally Well
and also goes the straight ticket, Eut
il is TERRIBLY down on the Sacramento
jutos call>thar Journal an old har-
Nv" and other bad names, and al
ViSeS the Republicans eli Nevada
county To believe nothing the tHtoH
saws. There NAV lie consistency III
all this. but We can't exactly see II
The truth is, Booth has totally demon
alix.d the Republican party OF Cali
fornia. ruined himself forever po!tt!-
.allv, and lief the track clear to Gas
seriy for the succession. Sot!&ng i
more certain than that Booth will not
have IA ~curpaYalS guari % followers
i'm the next legislature q. the Golden
STATE. This Will lie enIinenIlv proper.
He is not deserving OF anything bet-
ter. Had he remained in the RepuD-
lica party he would have been in-
vi ciUle. As matters are Solng, now
ever, he is sur To discover, "heh too
late. that h is a dead cock III the po-
lii al DIT. IN r. viii he few mourn
ers. VIII the excitement and smoke
incident t. the conflict shall! have
cleared away, Booth will he univer-
sally condemned, ii Not DIES is Il, by
those who now profess TO he his
warme>t friends. Such has ever
been, and always will be, the fate of
boilers. Booth richly raeTiEs the
curses tina. are in store for him.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-19
Tie Yellowstone Expedition.

The troo; : of the Yellowstone EN-
pediliou, SAYS the Salt Lake Hsra3!,
have been snioNing Il breeze OF eN-
element, c3tgstd 10y Tie arrest OF Gen-
eral Cl>tar br General Stanley, and
his marching in the rear OF his culn-
nland a Whole day before being re-
irasea. NJ Information as To- toe
reason for this action has been made
public. Another little movement.
cvn.ing very unexpectedly, WAS the
destruction. shortly after, ly order 81
General Stanley, OF all liquors II
camp. \ correspondent recoCntiiE
the ,n4tter to the SioaX City Joasnrl,
saws, this was an awtullv hard blow
to.old eiaseFs, ~ no Mere compelled "a
resort 70 pain Killer, Jamaica ginger,
Worcestershire sauce and vinegar
litrrs. Thirteen barrels of liquor
were DESTROYED ant the fragrant per
fame Was snutlrd up ionGin-lN hy
MANY a sprfoWtul veteran. No Ia
di4n d,tIl :ul.ie> had occurred mp to
July y.
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pAsLEIj COAST IIspAGcE2s.
FROM
SNN ERAvrIscn. Au-nst IS.

SAN FRANCISCO. August IS.
Iae Phil tdtlvhia munlcIl al party
@rnvet last niGht from W Stintic-
iuSv Will remain ~ the CITY >tNeTal
days a. the GdV>t~ of tiIyUr Nlyoid.
IHe California pioneers VIII To for
m@iiN received by tHe Mayo: this a.
ternOun.
me Martinez Jail. where Mr. Nash
aud Mrs. G.oe>bIca arV ~cuuIjed, !
strongly -utrded, IT, there ! yea >eiiie
lear III IVnchiug.
Miss Mnnie W lion. the actress,
Lett this morning for New YORK,
10 Join ID lyS CunI,auv in that city.
NJ Her senrdt. !asl week. WAS veal
ICED mor money thau ~ that "a any
T. r, FINANCE tGath has brenflay,u ileyt.
Il l.Ct prudt NtS $!.IgJ.
JIt"ts CusSick. &-vd l. years. has
It's tceu arrested tur ~Gtrfot.N- an
other - al! tktV on tAr c!iS tro"t.
\ irc at The corner ut Mission and
Sow ~ streets, TN, evening, ueS-
troyGd pro. cry 10 the e2.;cnt Of So
JUt.
tfre C4mlaiSSianer 9p.Cncei3's ~
~>I.natiun Was committed TO tue ti,N
Attorney for advice Dy the board OF
Suat'rNlS rs to-il-dt.
iheie was = loud explosion, doubt
less SUM distance from the city, At
nali pas I tuis evening. AIumor j.
prevalent on IHe street. and gaming
>trtn-ta, ttlat the works e! tue Giant
Io"u.r g.. situate . iui,e beyond
tie city limits, We're tie scene OF tie
disaster. No particulars as vet.
SACRAMENTo, .iug. Is.
In the Sixth District Court Al We
ami All rat aic icing tIird tor the
int.rUrr oi All Quon>.. Tie COURT
Won IS crowded With Chinese show
lng great interest iii tue cl>e.
MAJOR G.cen received Il romntuui-
cation Irou the po>.oiI"e Depart
meat tnquiIinG as IL tue population
ana bu>lHV>s ct Sacramento. win thc
ct sire l. a>eertU n attncr II il adj
NI>.itIc to establish .rco GciiVrrN II
connection with ths, l",s,uilce.
MopE~.A, August IS.
Oscar Bouckou, while working &
th.t~hIu- mac!iue ON Rwhtrds0n
rHrch, hour miles south o. D.h4aIe.
was kli.ed to-day. he Was NurNiug
on tlte table alot zeal i..o the cviHicr.
Ills les Were crashed AND une piled
cat al lae isly JOINT, p..Ilin- his bowels
uut WIth il. i;pIvkpu was Il resident
Of knights .erty,su nj leaves vie
anu u,c call,trvH,
SA:; DtHo, An gust Is.
The steamship Aai2 3nd arrived from
9,lft9nt h. ipgiln... On August -,
MyfN M~el>1Ettt, a soraLr a>>eH-cg.
uitG Vt H'h.,ia,. &c Atn4e dts j.
s,eH>,ltt ~te.}eNet. u.taNV catuEitsa
suicide, t.v lea ia 10y tghoN.d mast
OF Ia>.tti.tE, ;> ire has not .incc Uyen
seen.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-19

CoRNyCuGIA DiSrR-r.-Wc find the
annexed fem III the Gold ilil -SctS
ot The 18th inst:
Muse Haynes is Just in from L.
ko. lie brings very |iIalterIux k
ports irrm tlc mines in the new dis
irict. the rrinci rti ot which are the
Chloride aud the Leopard. Ne
ERE >h wn Il piece ot rock G,uia thn
hr>t-nansd mIut which was Iv&r.y
all silver. Another piece ul ore IrynI
the same mime, Whjclr Was a>~&vea iN
Nie1aH6. went Glt.Uyo 10 tar ton.
Tae Chloride Ledge has been traced
about half Il mile. \ sam Die OI ore
taken from the ien,lIG,. a>>lye,t
SiOu ~ silver auu Sl1J IN gold. .iUott
- different claims nave been located
already. Tie miuera. region is a'uut
20 miles i'll eNtent. People are Il OK
ing To the HeN district 1T the tate ui
loo per Gay. five STAGE Inns are rum
nin@ from EikO; fare, - E.e first
building Sulu- up III tae district i U>-
ing erected ny Me>>r>. Haynes x Iio-
sic. Fac his;-uantrd gentleman Ie-
turns to htNu tals evening.
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HccAa Items.


''
y LEDGE, IN" prospect, Of whin!.
give uIUcE hupc to - owners. has
lAtcig ina'i discovered in this di-triu..
in tir n|t;aorsi iy}t west OF P!ocir.
fac lorlier~ aH ,Nners Of the mine
are Me>>r~ = -. >Mau.dinZ Jnlu Ne =
,oi. AMI il. -. IuuLlar. !ne ore. -,
a>SlYr,I Yesterday. -aV" ihe follow
iag r->l!,,: SG..ar' 80. 10: aycga-,,
"z5t.2l: selected, S~GJ.Is The iet-e
.,as h"cu tail ZEN f1r distance OF
over i1J t'vt, ana 4 hoie TIA. been
SIaE u tn ue;tn of - Icut. In me
richest fortI1It~ rttlc ledge il j. unly
from four Inches 10 Il foot in width;
huJ IN ot3er paris. where here j. gond
lriVlnG ore, Il i from three Ia five
teet Wi,e. l!li> i certainly a good
i'roS!," Get.
II the case of q. ". Mckinney,
charged w3'n iuc murder ri Moran
Courtney alias Rick Mlriartv. the
~da,end,9t pleaded NOT "a lty, through
his 4. urueY~, Hl-4np x Saba. His
case wa. SGT ior iriai September 10.
). =. Pltzer a. added - attorney tor
the prosecution.
SAT- y, \. j. i;amloF,, charged
with enlightenment. The defendant
was ordered 10 plead on Monday.
Ia the cssoS Df the = nfe w.. Ru~a
Stein aud tiie state ". David ..ethv,
dcmuuers were submitted lay the de.
PENDANTS. The drmurrrrs were over
ruled, and thu defendants exreuted,
iipth were ordered 10 plead ON Mon
day.
T.oMA~ jIvnT, who WAS severely
injured ~ y mime ono day iast week.
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EASTERN D~iSpAi0nG5 p,
By Overland Telegraph.
SPECIAL 10 THIS pAILr >ESriSEL.I
NEN NORM.

NEW YORK. August IS.
The gol operations in Wall stIeVt
Satult!AE have given rise To- IA tee.lHE
tllat TIE S'ta Clique proposes trying
again the t.cti,> Whlcl led IL t,t;oh
eriuaN, AND tle bS0r, are lreiar ns
all appeal to the Prtsldeat to lntc..tIu=
Oh ttIi> Uc,t4slun III tltnetO prevent the
bulls truu suCceedlIg.
Inc National Revenue Reform
Association has addressed a culnIllu-
nlcatloIi to the Secretary VI The rta>-
urN, ASKING tlin 10 VNuh It TIE oraer
recently l>>t!eu uT Collector ArtIUg,
~ me Custom House, requiring nttl-
cllaHtS III Itf>uu to llaAr ,iltiu Nit~ Of
ciltfls>. iae letter atttS: Inc rttI
motive OF the issuance oi the order -
siitiptS a S~ltttlcstiIpa OF ~>elt-rotI>g-
Iuence. alnt To coulyel the Personal
Attendance OF merchants. III uruCr to
uuAib.e them, ana SILL further TO
hamper them With unnecessary ana
ARBITRARY requirements dlI,tGr toe
taH.
:. letter from home says: the syn
die has po>,eta Il }lotIc- ptuuIbIiu- AL
persons, uuUtr tt.e ~ tcttct ui I.It<-
iuI a ll~lGrlnhaSe, "ht,Aer ~ItI-.e er III
.ou - tOut la~>.,!- t.tiult-h lHt
city. 1t i rr"atrt.VG - itsl,;lt. &i.u
nat t. ae tuc0uld@e, aliyi IL a i.te.ts~
ls>eu Io. hevl 4"- Up p"u.t'ti VNrt.r-
uIvi!t, Is wei - .Gtlt.uru.., l. tuc
uOIlc neult.i, ia ustU@.l.~ Il 9rrt.
crowd 10 come te-c,tltr IL IS i. CF
N'ar- Attii,r lace~ Ml,h very IN tI-
ct means al t"cOtltifJtCltGn. din.
NIGH. av attend. 4 Ma - tx u.;t>>t l.
lAan fl!-rHtt-,v> t. Nt4Tt Wcr.. N5.r!.
have >rlNcyi - tut>,, AZ rHJl i. ""..
,,tl,ar HlaII!j.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-19

PIsMi>sEp.-The clse recently on
trial IN Truckee wherein a Mr.. Phil
lips and Miss Anna Holmes were ar
ralghed On n charge Of adultery
Uasclvious cohabi,ationl, was dis
missed: two juries having failed to
reis!er a verdict. The defendants
e. ainned that none but msrried people
could Ike guilty OF adul,ury within
the strict meaning os the law, and rs
they were not mirried, tncy were
guilty OF no crime.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-19

N the State of Nevada the railroad
charges are eNorbltant, so much So
thai = freight line has been started by
rne priyAard, and it has ueen ilnera!-
iy supported by the citizens ana mer-
cha MIS- OF Eureka, Phoebe ana other
pnints. Nuw, to try and break a"wh
,his peoples line the oe',.rni .,ittc
go freight at IA little below regular
.,tes the same having gone into effect
an tbs lith lust. When the teams
have been starved oil then the rates
I,il ~ nm again. Such Is monHrn'"
nherslisy.- raReyo I~"9sa~afc"s'
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-19

An accident occurred at 1o:3J last
ui-ht, arar @i!elHoui. HIS, - III les
s~ouun"e>t rom t:sI,%-u, uH tur tA!-
ct.u < .l.,uu R.!.Eo,tt /, 10y an nc M
in. lrei-nt TRAM. stin - demonstrating
a soUta-Jourd passenger tai'r ki!Lln.
i outright &ad leaT,u,lF WotH4t.tI-
Over B., many tat .tN. T..e cars
caught me aitd badly uurnei >o4Ar OF
the iujuaei, Mai.e oJn - "err >etN-
ettN not ~@tr.. lac laS>eif-. y ttalu
i,.it tlIrc1N 1T -. %.. a,uG "a>tNsI-
~ iulrtulrs =. Wien l"n .ntp .r tuo
Goa! tram, N.,srA ru.iei on tgu:u l..
anon. uu Is Glnr, N.thrlt ORDERS.
'l,trV met us,. .nW ifait.e. "a % r-.N
t..3.k ip1. ia Ett}e., al" Jaan Me-
e.er, }. .. MvlsaeH, \. lNola. ~,
,.pi. VIM, Lst.v. Thomas Aiur,ul,
Il. t.. iFus> as.J Three ntots-, ne ,iri.-
tity ol WAu'n - hot established.
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and went ~ his fathers house, five
mules from here, where he me his
vie and cdild. They started SiIur-
day morning tor Mrs. St1.tS fLthrrs
PLACE. This morning Il nan passing
tue woods heard enid ccyinG. and
on searching found The fthpr ana
uIotIvT dead, with their Threats eat.
IL l. surpassed that Scott cut his wiic's
tnUrS, auI tHyu his uWu. No motive
can TX ">>l-urI oT the deed. Tue in-
Ques. VIII tx held tv-m srruS.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-19

.NU>IIE, August IS.

fne h t~le t!n> evening publishes
extracts iri'It >,ve al 4ctlt = rec wed
Hs aItic> mere .Ft;it il rlitl> a. Loru-
1'r'i,t al. -iNI4s, '.u h,,'>t unitNDri-
ute accounts ol "a, lrN uIo i.c.. uuI
Ia mo- Ca>4> A~ullOnuriI- Tie IAlclt-
ton % the writer's i.aNitG Il.
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:.
VIENNA, August IS,

IN tnA machlnery department Of tae
exhibition, diplomas III honor have
been aWar,ted 10 New York and tul-
a.ielphia. T@tnty->iX {, :, eXilui-
tors received medals for progress, 10
medals o. merit, aud Is certificates OF
eNce.le.lee.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-19
Nevada Annual Conference.

We are ind hted to the Iru2Aee
ffepntl.can tur tile following account
81 the business transacted ~ The Ne
va y Annual Conference, OF the II.
Z. Cnu.cn, lately III session il Truck
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-19
SIZING
MA.itINnrnN- Anon. u.

TIE Bo%rdoi Indian tutuHij~~iou~i>
has Hiaue al~raI1euheItS tpr a l.tin-
Il conference Mia line Tie indians
sometime 0ur.n- tae present m9I.l.t.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-19

SEAroRrII, Ont, Aug. =,
A man named Scott, a school teach
er. arrived here nom retrol.. FrtdaN,
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SPAIN.
MADRID, A1gU.

MADRID, NOIl>' +.
The Carll>ts IN the vicinity III hi
boa have .ircd "n the >,anlsiI, treE'"n
ami E.iIgli>n vessels, several men
aboard being killed and wounded ~
In. ufflrh
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-19

gle PUiNc'Nf' oF a.. yryos
VI pfatiN cNett-ef u ~. Ag.i>e ., re
EE saSriskL. "
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-19

sG,oNp DAY.
~; f,veucc = called f. order
PIX and amer PRAYER and
osDi1 80 ,r3rr O., BUSINESS MAS
80 = - gt,, IN sion Vas asked.
t'NIt:sIo ~ d. ~. v,.tr1r M
- 7 EiIstnytr NJ. R.uht.
80. 49, Stationed at cod lilii. lie
~ i.~r. lut >4o,L tu.e ia me Con-
80. "a go md I'M Vile und several
MINI.
- = l-,aa was admitted on
-
kav = II Orne WIS discontinued.
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BORN.
CARRIED.

In Co.G Hin. 18th, Lucy infant daugl
ter ul joan iruyu, aIiI ! months.
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.GvksuA1, AyGUsI 70. is7s.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-31
The Influence of Holy Men.

Though a man may be essentially re-
ligiOus who never heard of st. Peter, OF
Savonarola, or FenelOn, or Wesley, we
still think that the good men whom God
every now and then gives to mankind
are amongst the most precious of his
gifts If we would know God he must
manifest himself to us !; and the extent
to which he manifests himself to us de-
pends upon the extent to which we sub
NIT ourselves to mis- guidance. On this
hypothesis, then, the holiest men are
those who will see most of God, who
will penetrate most deeply into the
secret of his relations to us. Like the
peaks of the highest mountains, they
are the first to catch the light of the
Sun of Righteousness, and to transmit
it to the valleys below. If it were not
for them the deep things of God might
be forever concealed.
When, nineteen hundred years ago,
the words Love your enemies" fell
upon the ears of a Jewish congregation,
there was perhaps not a man among
them who had not considered himself
at liberty to follow the Mosaic COM
mand, ''Thou shalt hate thy enemy !"
But though their unassisted spiritual
VlSlon nau Deen 700 IeeDle 10 u1ScoNer
the moral obligation of the new COM
mandment, there were doubtless some
amongst them who, when they heard it
for the first time, felt that it was divine,
and that the proof of its divine origin
came not from logic, nor reflection, nor
learning, nor the authority of any great
teacher, but from the attesting response
of the spirit within them. Such per-
sons would welcome with Joy the new
spiritual perception, and in proportion
to the fidelity with which they might
ever afterward follow its guidance,
would be the closeness of their future
ralntiOns to God
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-31
MIR. Greeley's Daughters.

Mr.. Greeley was man of the lntens-
est feelings. After the strain of hard
worked life, in his declining years, he
watched almost necessarily by the side
of q dying wife. The anguish of final
separation after a union with one long
loved, together with the almost con-
slant strain upon his nervous system
for months, necessarily by his position
and events, proved more than humanity
could. Horace Greeley is a spirit now,
and has ere now met and been united
in the spirit world to her he loved
so we'll in this. But while he is gone
where he needs no human censure, and
where he needs no moral praise, his
orphan daughters vet remain. Think
of them. First, they stood by mothers
death-bed and then by mothers grave.
While yet the sod was sounding on the
coffin's lid the fiance of the elder was
perishing amid the flames of the i'll
starred steamer Missouri. The sad
news had scarcely reached her when,
with her younger sister, she was called
to the bed side of their rapidly-sinklng
father. In few days he, too, was not
of earth. Might not the strongest
MUD succumb to such a pressure?
The orphans are not friendless. The
world is full of friends to them, but no
words of friendly sympathy can at this
time do ought to mitigate the poignancy
of their anguish that time and chang
ing scenes alone can alleviate. They
have our hopes--they have our prayers.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-31
Voyages of Discovery to the North
Pole

England withdraws from Arctic cxplo-
ration, in which she took the lead from
the year 1853 until very recent period
Last spring the Royal Geographical So
ciety considered and endorsed various
reasons for a new voyage of discovery to
! the North Pole. Other scientific societies
sanctioned the proposal. On Monday,
by special appointment, n deputatiOn
from these societies was received by Mr..
Gladstone, submitted to him sundry
arguments and reasons why this voyage
! should be begun during the present
year, asked that the expenses .be de-
| frayed out of the public purse, and re-
| ceived the reply that "Her Majesty's
government leave public affairs of this
description to private enterprise. The
reply is decisive, and will probably set
tie the question as far as England is con-
| cerned. The United States, France,
Denmark, Sweden, and even Austria,
have taken more interest in Arctic dis
covery than England, which is in a fair
way of losing the glory of discovery,
after having sacrificed to the North Pole
more lives and treasure than even to the
source of the Nile. The matter is now
left to the Geographical Society, which,
besides being " slow" is not regarded
with popular respect in England. Be
tween this institution and Her
Maiesty's Government" Arctic explora-
ton, as far as England is concerned, is
apt to be crushed out of existence.
This is the more to be regretted, seeing
that DR.. Kane, who reached a northern
point beyond which an open sea was
visible, left future navigators very little
more to discover.
The British government, however.
does not entirely abandon science, hav-
ing just despatched the ship Challenger
to make a voyage around the world, to
have a scieutific investigation of the
little-known regions below the depths of
the ocean. The voyagers are to go as
far south as the great ice-barrior on the
edge of the Antarctic Continent, and, in
a contrary direction, as near the North
Pole as practicable. This voyage is To
extend over a period OF three years.
The British Parliament has voted S50,-
600 for the cost of an expedition TO
watch the transit of the planet Venus
over the suns disc, on the 9Th of De-
csmber, 1874. This event the Nautical
Almanac states, will be seen throughout |
at Madras and Melbourne, while at |
Alexandria and the Cape of Good Hope |
the sun will rise towards it's close, and !
at Tahiti will set before it is much more |
than half over. The observations to be |
made at different places will go towards !
solving the great scientific problem of |
the true distance of the sun from the |
earth. Congress granted three times
the sum voted by the British parliament |
for the expense of an expedition far
south. 1t might be asked whether the |
felt in science among intelli- |
gent people in the countries might he |
to the disadvantage of Eng |
land in like nrnnnrtinn of three TO ono 2 |
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-31
Fire-Proof Cities.

Hiram Powers, the sculptor, has
written from Florence a letter on the
subject of fire-proof buildings. BE
says:
We have a few things to learn, and
among them how to make, not a house,
but whole city fre-proof, for no fire.
proof house can be made in the midst
of highly combustible buildings. There
fore, to be fire-proof in our own build
ings, our neighbors' houses must also
be tire-proof, and this calls for mum
cipal laws:
LIST. The abandonment of all wood
floors.
End. The floors to be made of bricks,
thus sealing down all ventilation in case
of fire.
3D. The stairs to be metallic or of
stone.
4th. The rafters of the roof, like
the joists of the floors, to be all bricked
over before putting on the states or
tiles.
Joists and rafters take fire, and often
do here in Floronce. But with q floor
of bricks laid with mortar upon them
the Fire Department need not hurry 10
such fire; hours, indeed, might elapse
before they reached il. 1 have known
an instance of two days burning of the
end of a joist,. just under a Fireplace,
and yet the beam was not burnt of,
only deeply charred. The fire cannot
get through the bricks but it will soon
find its way through a wood floor, and
then, with ventilation, it would soon
reach the garret. In short, the whole
building would be in flames within half
an hour. Brick floors do not prevent
fires, but the prevent conhagrations.
No city can be burnt with bricks floors,
nor has house been burnt within the
city of Florence during my residence
here of thirty-five years.
+You may lay a floor Of wood ON
l,,solye