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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-07-16
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'E'liE undersigned gives notice that he vii,
npplyto tho Probate Judge of Fair
hetd CotInty onthc first Monday in August
next, fur letters Of Dismissal on tho estate
OF Samuel Sterling, deceased.
JOHN a. MARION,
=; Ex'r. Of Sam'l. Sterling, decd.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-07-16

A Boston paper says man drunk on
bay tum will steal his own carpet.ba8.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-07-16
=; "Coming il strong.
Yet I ststc but the facts"

Besides these official acts, tho Chi
nose are subjected to every oonoeiva.
bio species Of individual PERSECUTION. ppsoi
Yet they still remain, q stonqh in the
nostrila of white laborors. They have
their pagan temple within a stones
throw of Protestant hopssb of worship,
and their merchants do IN i'm m ense
trade in the heart of the city. They
stick like leeohes and nothing short
Of crusade will drive them away.
The true northerner., 1873-01-10
Siberia.

Siberia contains an area of 400, 900
square miles, and has a population Of
5000, 900. This vast country, writes a
correspondent of the 44laSkd Uerdld, is,
without doubt, one of the richest min
eral regions i'll the world. The gold
yield for a single year of the mines of
Tomsk is stated at eleven millions. I'm
mense quantities of iron and copper
abound, and there are valuable coal. tin,
lead, and zinc mines. Beautiful speci-
mems of jasper and porphyry are found
in several of the districts. The fur pro-
ducts Of Siberia are not surpassed by
any country in the world. In 1871 there
were exported TO San Francisco, among
other valuable furs, nearly 1000 sable
skins and over 43, 600 dried and salted
fur-seal skins. Large quantities of sea-
otter skins were also sent here. There
is almost an endless variety of fur-bear-
ing animals-bear, deer, beaver, marten,
mink, gray, red, cross, white, and blue
fox, etc. Most Of the products of a
temperate cline are attempted, and III
the more southern districts corn has
been harvested. The inhabitants, as is
well known, are principally Russian, and
in great part consist of persons who have
been banished from Russia proper for
political or other offenses.
The true northerner., 1873-01-10
The Flatheads.

An especial source of pride in the Mu-
scum is the large and valuable cranio-
logical cabinet. 1t contains nearly 200
specimens, including a large number of
crania of existing tribes of Indians,
series of skulls from tumuli, and many
rare specimens of artificial reformation
of the Uranium. 1t is the most complete
cabinet of the kind in the country.
Among the specimens of artificial de-
formation of the skull are those of Flat
head Indians These skulls are great
blow to phrenology. They are perfectly
fiat on top, forming almost right angle
with the forehead. This singular de-
formity is esteemed beauty among the
Indians of this tribe, and the children of
the chiefs must, because of their rank,
have the hattest heads of all. Boards
are tightly bound to infants heads from
the time they are born until their heads
cease to grow, and thus the desired effect
is produced. 1t would naturally be sup
posed that the brain would be injured
and probably reduced in size, but such
is not the case, hence the contradiction
to chronological dogmas. BY measure
ment the brain capacity is found to be
very great-greater than that of certain
other tribes of Indians, neighbors to the
Flatheads, who use no such devices to
alter the skulls given them by nature.
Phrenologists used to maintain that by
using artificial means for developing GER
tain bumps on the skull and depressing
others certain desirable characteristics
would be developed and undesirable
ones suppressed; but it appears that the
inner surface of the Uranium by no means
corresponds in elevations and depressions
TO the outer surface. The method used
for measuring the brain capacity of Il
skull is singular to those outside the
medical profession. Small shot are
poured in through n hole III the top of
the skull, and these run into all the
little hooks and corners until the cavities
are all filed. Then the shot are poured
out and measured Cor. NcW York
IDrl,I
The true northerner., 1873-01-10
Do Climates Change ?

Old people complain that the seasons
are warmer, colder, or more rainy than
when they were young. Their COM
ments are ridiculed because most per-
sons believe that no very marked changes
have or ever will take place in a section
of country where stability in nature is a
settled fact-that is, SHOWS in winter,
showers in April, and trees have leaves
III spring.
Atmospheric alteration is certainly GO
ing on from age to age, more strongly
evident i'll some parts of the country
than in others.
Here are illustrations. Two thousand
years ago the climate of Italy was far
colder than now. The Loire and Rhone,
in ancient Gaul, used TO freeze over an
nually. Juvenal says the Tiber froze SO
firmly in his day that the ice had 10 be
cut to get at the water. Horace indi-
Gates the presence of ice and snow in
the streets of Rome, and Ovid asserts
that the Black Sea freezes over every
year.
So extreme was the cold at that far-off
period in history, that it stands chroni-
cled by the ancients that in Garl, Ger
many, Pannonia and Thrace, snow posi-
lively covered the ground SO long as to
prevent the cultivation of olives, grapes
and other fruits, which are raised there
at the present time in abundance. Ice
or snow, 10 any considerable amount,
would now be n phenomenon in Italy.
The true northerner., 1873-01-10
Burning of the New York Newspaper
Union Office.

The disastrous fire that occurred in
New York city on Christmas eve in
volved, among other heavy losses, the
destruction of the New York branch of
the American Newspaper Union
Cramer, Aikens e Cramer, of Milwau-
kee, proprietors-whose pecuniary loss
is set down at $50, 600. Fortunately,
however, they were heavily insured in
sound and reliable companies, SO that
their actual loss will probably not reach
more than third of that figure.
notwithstanding the heavy blow to
their business at a season of the year
when such disasters fall with unusual
severity, the patrons of the New York
branch are assured that no serious in
terruption of their business will ensue.
The establishment was fully prepared
Tor any, emergency of this nature. They
have always kept a duplicate stock in
store, including presses, type, and other
material, SO that the delay will be only
temporary. 1t is stated that they will
he prepared, III less than week from
the disaster, to supply their patrons with
ready-prlntcd sheets as usual.
The true northerner., 1873-01-10
Automatic Telepraphv.

Under new system of telegraphing,
known as the automatic, now in opera
ton between Washington and New York,
it is claimed that the circuit can be
opened and closed n thousand-fold faster
10y machinery than 10y hand. The prac-
teal daily operation between New York
and Washington shows that a thousand
words minute can be sent with the
same facility as three or five hundred.
The rapid transmission shows that,
where twenty wires were required to
meet the demands of the Morse system,
one will answer by the automatic. II is
asserted that this economy will extend
itself in various ways, to the benefit of
the public.
The true northerner., 1873-01-10
Terrible Effects of the Cold Snap.

The mischief which few degrees of
temperature, more or less, can produce,
is fearfully exemplitied by the intelli-
gence which the telegraph brings daily,
A fall of 10 degrees in the thermometer
within a few hours has caused terribly
destructive fires all over the country,
produced by overheating, and involving
n loss of millions of dollars; has broken
rails and wheels and wrecked numerous
trains, with fearful loss of life; has ef-
fectually stopped the business of two
large cities, New York and Boston: has
summarily suppressed the transmission
of mails and merchandise all over the
Eastern States; has destroyed thousands
of dollars worth of steamboat and barge
property at Memphis, and will probably
do the same thing at st. Louis before
long, as the ice is gorged both above
and below that city; has caused great ex-
pense, and, in some instances, loss of
life, by the explosion of boilers and
kitchen ranges; has cut off, it is report
ed, the Michigan fruit prospects; and
has resulted III multitude of minor
casualties and accidents all over the
country, not to mention the extreme suf-
fering incident TO poverty and exposure.
During the spring, summer, and fall, all
the disastrous elements of those seasons
seem to have been let loose, and now
winter adds it's dismal catalogue of hor-
rors, caused by the ice, the snow, the
frost, and the cold.-ChicagO Tribune.
The true northerner., 1873-01-10
The Words We Use.

1t has been calculated that our Ian
guage, including the nomenclature of
the arts and sciences, contains OO,OOO
words; vet, of this immense number, it
is surprising how few are in common
use. To the great majority, even OF
educated men, three-fourths of these
words are almost rs unfamiliar as the
Greek or Choctaw. Strike from the
lexicon all the words nearly obsolete
I'll the words of special arts or profess
sions-all the words confined III their
usage to particular localities-all the
words which even the educated speaker
uses only in homeopathic doses-and it
is astonishing into what Lilliputian
volume your Brobdignagian Webster
or Worcester will have shrunk. 1t has
been calculated that a child uses only
about one hundred words; and unless he
belong to the educated classes he will
never employ more than three or -four
hundred. A distinguished American
scholar estimates that few speakers or
writer's use as many as ten thousand
words; ordinary persons of fair intelli-
gence, not over three or four thousand.
Even the great orator, who is able To
bring into the field in the war of words,
half the vast array of light and heavy
troops which the vocabulary affords, vet
contents himself with far less imposing
display of verbal force. Even the all
knowing Milton, whose wealth of words
seems amazing, and whom DIR. Johnson
charges with using ga Babylonish dia-
lect," uses only eight thousand; and
Shakespeare himself, the myriad-mind-
eel, only fifteen thousand. These facts
show that the difficulty of mastering the
vocabulary of new tongue is greatly
overrated.
The true northerner., 1873-01-10
WINTER.


The sonirrel has made up his winter bed,
And i'm il In snugy lying;
The chestnuts have ceased to drop overhead.
THE ducks have sailed by with wings outspiead,
The clouds are painted in purple and red,
And the Autumn in glory n dying.
Uurrah for the Winter down from the sky
Comes the snow, in a noiseess hurry;
a the snow does 80 much, 80 quietly
And the bells they jingle, the sleighs ihey ny;
The skaters shout when the moon is high;
And the stars look surprised at the furry.
Who saws the Winter is grim aud old !?
He's u royal, merry good fellow
What games are like this, so gay and boidT
What stories like his were ever told?
His nuts-they are worth their weight IA gold;
His apples are choice and mellow.
Have YOU the mittens ! put up The ball
See that the muffiers are ready
Get down the sled from its nail ON the wall
sharpen the skates for fear Of :Gll
The river is frozen, will soon be the can
And thea, who Will think 20 be steady2
Then give him welcome bid him draw near;
Enwreathed with plne and with holly,
He brings you presents, he brings Sou goou cheef
'Tis in fun that he slyly nips yeur ear
He freezes your nose 10 make " look queer
For Winter is good and is Jolly.
The true northerner., 1873-01-10
A Family of Giants.

Benjamin and Catharine Troutman, of
Londonderry township, Bedford coun-
ty, had sons and daughters eighteen.
The father and eight of the children
have gone to that bourne whence. no
traveller returns. The mother, who is
about 70 years of age, and weighs up
wards of 200 pounds avoirdupois, still
lives with her son George in London
derry township. The ten children now
living tip the beam of Fairbanks" to
the tune of 2,215 pounds. The respect
i've force of gravity of each, according to
their last census, is as follows:
George, who lives III Londonderry
township, 245 pounds; Joseph, who
holds forth at Fair Hope, Somerset
county, 300 pounds; John, who resides
in the State of Indiana, 265 pounds i'll
his shirt sleeves; Daniel, who lives in
Kansas, 225 pounds; Adam, who is a
resident of the Smoky City," Pitts
burgh, 240 pounds; Sarah. and Polly,
who reside in this county, $40 and 200
pounds respectively; Nancy, who lives
in Maryland, 200 pounds; Betsey, who
has followed the advice of the lamented
Greeley and "gone West" 200 pounds.
The father weighed $50 pounds, and the
deceased children ranged in weight from
$50 to 225 pounds each. If anybody can
beat this, let him rise and speak.
Peter Troutman, son OF Joseph, weighs
about 200 pounds Some time since, he
and his father were out hunting anL.
shot large buck. At the crack of t,ne
rifle the buck fell to the ground, and
Peter ran up to it, supposing it dead
got astride of it and was i'll the act of
cutting its throat when it spra ig up and
attacked him; he grabbed it by the
horns and held on to then4. Then en-
sued desperate struggle. The father,
who was not at this time near enough to
assist his son, could lot shoot the buck
for fear of shooting his son too. He
hurried to the scene, leveled his gun
across his sons breast and fired, killing
the buck instantly. He then found that
the buck had gored Peter through the
thigh, causing very severe and ugly
wound, which has caused him TO keep
his bed ever nce.-Bcdf0rd (fa.) In
| 1JJjygJ.
The true northerner., 1873-01-10

To support the Teton Sioux and keep
them in good humor, cost us $500. 600
last year. This year 5000, 600 is appro-
priated 10y the Indian bill passed by the
House. Now come affidavits and evil
dence TO show that there are not and
never have been any such people as the
Teton Sioux, and that the money spent
on them was drawn by t.e Indian Agents
on fraudulent vouchers.
The true northerner., 1873-01-10
Cause of Power in the Right Hand.

In paper read before the Chirurgical
Society of Lnndon, DIR. Ogle states it as
his belief that the superiority of the
right hand in works requiring strength
and skill is not due merely to custom and
usage His reasons for this opinion are
that the superior power of the right side
is not confined to the arm, but extends
to the leg, and that it commences in the
arm before use or education begins. and
continues in spite of all efforts To resist
or divert it. This superiority has re-
semblance to some malformations. mas
much as it is hereditary and is met with
more frequently in the male sex, not only
in men, but in apes and parrots. The
author further asserts that the left side
of right-handed man is greater than
the right, and rice Ucrsa, and he sug-
gests that this greater development of
the left side is due to the greater guam
tity Of blood which it receives.
The true northerner., 1873-01-10

TIE blossom cannot tell what becomes
of its odor. and no man can tell what be-
comes of his influence and example, that
roll away from him and go beyond his
ken on their mission.
The true northerner., 1873-01-10

A MADISON, n. J., poultry fancier has
one-legged gander which whips all the
dogs and other ganders in the place.
The true northerner., 1873-01-10

Or the workers in the first issue of the
Tribune but two remain. These are the
present foreman of the paper, Thomas
l.. Rocker, and McElrath, the publisher.
Rocker was at the time referred to n
poor printer just arrived from Albany,
where he had learned the trade.
The true northerner., 1873-01-10
Washington.

1t is said that scheme is on foot at the
capital to establish a National Bureau Of
Naturalization
The President has signed the hill to reduce
the Offices and expenses of the Internal
Revenue Bureau, and the work of putting tic
The true northerner., 1873-01-10
The West.

Mr. William f. Cramer, the veteran editor of
the Milwaukee Wisconsin. made the hearts
and stomachs of the newsboys of that city ex-
ceeding glad on Christmas day, by rendering
them sump uous dinner at the Newhall
House.
The Chicago Millngton and Western Rail
way Company, for the purpose of constructing
railroad from Chicago to Muscatine, Iowa,
has been organized.
The Louisville, New Albany and Chicago
railroad was recently sold at auction to George
l.. Schuyler, of New York, for $4,000.
Twelve persons were recently buried by a
snow-slide at Little Cottonwood, Utah.
The heirs of John Bostwick Of Madison
county, H., have brought suit in the Superior
Court, at Chicago, for the recovery of the
ownership to p, ,O0O,0 900 worth of real estate in
the southern suburbs of that city
The st. Louis Democrat publishes a list of
disasters on the Western rivers during the year
just closed. The pecuniary loss is set down
at $3225, 200. Fifty-eight lives were lost bs
explosions, and 3G5 by falling overload
Mack Milligan, of Colorado, is the latest
lunatic who claims to have discovered perpetual
motion.
Large deposits Of coal have been discovered
in the vicinity of Puget Sound, Oregon. near
the western terminus of the Northern Pacific
railroad.
Az an aid to the efforts Of those who are
working to get Colorado Territory admitted
into the Union, it has been proposed to increase
its population to an approximate standard by
anneXng TO it the most thickly settled portion of
Wyoming Territory. The Wyoming people
have taken great alarm at this. and are send
ing to Washington indignant protests against
such dismemberment.
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad
has been completed to the west line of,Kansas.
This company has built 362 miles of road since
March last. In August 80 miles of track were
laid-the largest months work ever done on
any railroad in this country. The entire length
of the road, including branches, is 40 miles,
all graded, ironed and equipped since 1869.
The Ohio and Mississippi railroad is nego-
tating for the purchase of the Louisville New
Albany and Chicago railroad.
The true northerner., 1873-01-10
Tho South.

The Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad has
been completed to Dennison Texas the
southern terminus Of the line.
Five colored women we're shot in Memphis
ON Christmas day-two Cfatally) by their hus-
bands and the other two by colored admirers.
Ned Buntline was recently arrested in st.
Louis for alleged completely in a riot which oc-
Cured IN that city twenty years ago.
by the breaking Of an ice gorge at Memphis,
last week, number Of steamers and coal
barges were sunk, involving loss Of over a
quarter OF a million dollars
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-23
Crime in Missouri.

ST. Louis, Aug. 22--An attempt was made
"Wednesday evening to asSa>sinate General Joe
Shelby, somewhat celebrated during the war,
and cousin Of General Frank p. Blair. The
General with two little boys, was driving from
his residence to AulIvillc, when an unk known
party fired into the carriage from the bushes,
wounding him in the hip.
An attempt was made on the night of the
10Th instant, to capture the paymaster t car on
the Hamilton and St Joseph Railroad, between
Cameron and Kansas city, by Il gang of men
who are thought to be the same vino robbed the
Rock Island train sumc time since. The clgl
necr saw the men obstrucing the track, and
reversing the engine, ran back to Cameron.
Another attempt was made Wednesday lght
to run train OF the At lantlc and Paclhc Hall
road off the track near L"avcnworth, but with :
out SUCCESS Several shots were fired at the
engineer and all the windows in the cab were
broken, but he escaped unframed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-23
HUCTIOF Stiles.
By Francis A. Kerbys
TGeneral Auctioneer and Real Estate Agent
TOM ISSIONE KS' 5 l. + .

On WEDNESDAY, the 81 dayof Septem-
Der, 1873, al II O lock m, in front OF the Mar
ket House, on Royal street, Alexandria: Va,
the undels igned, rs Commissioners of the Cor
pornton Court Of Alexandria, Va, by authority
of decree passed at the February term 1872
Of said Court. in the suit Of Dyer and wife vs.
auction, in two lots, the WHARF PROPERTY
of the late Josiah II. Davis, situated on the
Strand, between Prince and Duke streets, in the
city Of Alexandria, Va.
LOT No. includes all the property lying
south of the alley which through from
Union street to the Strand, consisting of the
larger WAREHOUSE and the LOT in rear
WHARF ard DOCK, a. feet wide on the north
side of the wharf The deck on the south dc
of the wharf is the property of 4. Il. Miller,
esq, with the right in him to use the southern
side of said wharf for the purpose of collecting
tolls, Wharfage and dockage; the wharfto be
kept il repair ut the joint expense OF the pur-
chaser and K. H. Miller.
LOT No. 2 includes all the property lying
north OF the alley which runs through from
Union street to the Strand, and consists of TIE
smaller WAREHOUSE and the LOT in the
rear thereof on Union street.
A plat and survey of the whole property can
be seen at the office Of John S. Chapman.
Terms Of Sale: One-sixth Of the purchase
money to be paid in cash upon confirmation of
sale; the residue in four equal annual install
mcnts, with interest thereon from the day of sale;
the title to be retained until all the purchase
money is paid. The purchaser Will be required
to keep the buildings insured for such an
amount ns will be satisfactory 10 the Commits
:oncrs JNO. 5. CHAPMAN,
5. FERG USON BEACH,
Comm'r rs. of Sale.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-23
HECTYOF SALES.
Ry r. A. KerbY.

Real Estate Agent and Auctloneer.l
TOMMISSIONERS SALE OF A VALU-
" ABLE FARM IN FAIRFAX COUNTY,
VIRGINIA-By virtue of decree of the Cir
cult Court for the city of Alexandria, Va, rem
dered at the May teru, 1871, thereof, in the suit
of VIM f. Church, plaintiff. VS.. J. 81. Watkins
ct ais, defendants, the undersigned, commission
ers therein named, will expose to sale at public
auction, on SATURDAY, the 10th day OF Sep
TENDER, 1873, at IL o'clock m, in front of tie
New Market House Building. on Royal street
in the city of Alexandra. Va, the following de-
scribed REAL ESTATE, to wit ....
A TRACT OF LAND, in the county of Fair
fax, Va, containing l3S acres, roods and II
poles, more or less OF which William B. Scarce
died selzed and is bounded by Little Hunting
Creek and the lands of Willis Henderson and
others, about five miles from Alexandria. HsssA
Has comfortable u W ELL LING and other .GEas.
improvements; apple and peach orchard. good
water, and is in a healthy situation, and is now
occupied by Christian Muller. .
Terms: One half of the purchase money to be
paid in six and the residue in twelve months
from the day Of sale, with interest. the payments
to be secured by the bonds of the purchaser, with
good personal security, and the title to the prop
crLy to be retained until the purchase money is
fully paid. FRANCIS l.. SMITH,
CHARLES 4. STUART,
aug 20-2iwts Comm'rs. of Sale
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-23
Affairs in Ireland.

LONDON, Aug. 23.-The Dublin lrlshman
publishes the new programme of the Home
Rule party 1t includes the establishment OF
new paper in Dublin to be called the Faugh
BAllagh TO be the off 'lal journal OF the
party, aud agitation for the abolition OF the
name and office of Lord Lieut.. and the substl-,
tuition of Suzerain, TO be elected by universal
suffrage and to have the nominal title OF king
for triennial parliamcn,S, and for law authoriz-
ing the contiscation of the estates guarantees.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-23
The Markets..

NEW YORK, August 23.-Money easier at 4a5.
Gold Isl Flour stcaiy. Wheat quiet and firm.
Corn firm.
BALTIMORE, August 23.-Virgnia skies, con-
solidsted, 52I West Virgniss II bid to- day.
Cotton que. and heavy; low middlngs l73a IL.
Flour quiet and steady; prices unchanged, Corn
scarce 1or Southern; white Southern 70a12;
yellow Southern nominal; mixed Western firm
and in good demand AT 5S4a59. Oats firm;
Southern l7a4s; Western m1 ed 44a45; do. white
nominal Rye quiet at 85a95.