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Artificial Gems.

No other gem, says writer in lip
pincoH for June, has been counter
feited with such perfection as the
emerald; and in fact it is utterly i'm
possible to distinguish the artificial
from the real gems by the aid Of the
eye alone; even the little flaws which
lull the suspicious Of the inexper-
fenced are easily produced by a dex-
ferrous blow from the mallet of the
skilled artisan. Not only emeralds,
but most of the gems and precious
stones, are now initiated with such
consumate skill as to deceive the
eye, and none but experts are aware
of the extent to which these fictitious
gems are worn in fashionable society,
for often-times the wearers themselves
imagine that they possess the real
stones. There is not one in Il hun
dred jewellers who is acquainted with
the physical properties Of the gems,
and very few can distinguish the dia
mond from the white zircon or the
white topaz, the emerald from the
iolite, or the topaz from the Bohemian
yellow quartz. Jewellers are governed
generally by sight, which they believe
to be infallible, whilst hardness and
specific gravity are the only sure tests.
Artificial gems rivaling in beauty Of
color the most brilliant and delicately
tinted Of the productions Of Nature
are now made at Paris and in other
European cities. The establishments
at Septmoncel ip the Jura alone employ
a thousand persons, and fabulous quan-
titles of the glittering pastes are made
there and sent to all parts of the
world.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-07-05

an insurmOuntable. obstacle to un-
scrupulous spectators in State de-
curities and arrested various schemes
of pillage. We regard it as being
especially fortunate for the common
wealth that q man, whom threats can
not dismay nor bribes discODcert, is
SO largely in charge Of our great mon
etary interests. /
Carondelet street, the Wall street
of New Orleans, knew him for four
years as scrupulous and exemplary
merchant, and the same intelligence,
integrity and vigilance still signalize
in the trust he holds from the State.
Such, however, is the social intol-
erance of the old element in New Or
leans, that some who were in cordial
daily business relations with him prior
to his election as Auditor are now en-
bittered against him because Of his
conspicuous Identification with the
Republican party. He mig ght, rs a
Democrat, dissipate the monies Of
the State as wantonly, as did War
moth and Graham-this would be
venial, but the objectionable sin of
protesting Republicanism is in no wise
mitigated by the brilliant results he
has already achieved in behalf of the
public credit.
So far has this miserable spirit Of
intolerance been carried, that recently
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton of New Orleans, whereof Mr..
Clinton was member and Vice Pres
ident, called for his resignation; this
because Of no dereliction upon his part
other than that Of being . Republi-
can.
Very naturally, he has no desire to
adhere to an association whose chris
tianity was a political caprice, and
submitted his resignation with a
promptitude that surprised even those
who asked it. If the Young Men ex-
pect to do good in this life by pro-
noting damnable heresies, or to Sc
cure q chance for the next life, it is
time they discovered that asininity
and vicious bigotry are not essential
conditions to make good christian.
Mr.. Clinton is about five and half
feet in height and so stout in frame
Us to invite a suspicion that he may
soon reach aldermanic dimensions.
Clear in eye and candid both in man.
nerand speech, he favorably impresses
all with whom he is brought iii con-
tact. Modest in his pretensions and
rarely seen among politicians, he is
quietly but effectually doing material
service in the rescue Of the State from
her financial embarrassment.
Louisiana holds within her limits
to-day no truer citizen and more in
defatigable servant than Charles Clin-
ton.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-07-05

Always carry revolver when ToQ
80 out horseback riding With a young
lady. Mr.. Bragg, Of Nisalina, Cai.'
carried one when he took Miss Kemp
to ride, the other day, and as they
we're both on the same horse, when
the weapon went off, the bullet en-
tered the young la4y's knee and came
out at the ankle. Her dress was set
on fire, apa she was seriously injured
by the falling from the horse, but
such incidents are trivial in compari-
son with the sense Of security an
able bodied man derives from the
possession Of q pistol.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-07-05

A superstition prevails among cer-
tain brutal and ignorant people that
certain birds may be made to sing
more sweetly by putting ont their
eyes. A professor of this cruel art,
who boasted that he had sometimes
"done forty in a day" was recently
punished by fine and imprisonment,
in London, for thus treating chaffinch
which, instead Of singing better. did
not sing at all. but was put to death
by IL humane le.son, to .esui its ago
nies. &@"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-07-05

10 the uninitiated, the manufacture
of color by chemical process is one OF
those astounding mysteries which are
most enhancing to witness. Take YER
million, for instance. By subjecting
a mixture of quicksilver and sulpher,
placed in strong retorts, to heat, a
combination is formed, which produces
a sulphuret in mercury or bright YER
million, in powder, the shades vary
ang in depth according to the heat.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-07-05

A political orator, speaking Of Ger
tain general whom he alwars admired,
said he was always, on the field Of
battle. where the bullets were thickest.
Where was that9" asked one Of the
auditors. ssIu the ammunition wagon y
responded another.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-07-05

To prevent illegal voting, the Con-
stitutional Convention of Pennsyl-
;yania has adopted q provision which
requires that each ballot cast shall be
numbered in the order Of it's recep-
tion, and each voter, may as an addi-
tional safe guard write his name on
the back Of the ballot.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-07-05

An Irish heuaesaid, l,oasting Of her
industrial habits, said, quite inno-
Gently, that shs rOse at four in the
merning, made fire, put esn the ket-
tile, prepared the break fast, and made
all the beds ''before a single soul was
up in the house.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-07-05

A Yankee grocer, being solicited to
contribute to the building Of new
church, promptly Subscribed his name
to the paper in the following manner:
:" John Jones (the only place in town
where you can got eleven pounds Of
good sugar for q dellar,) twenty-five
cents.n
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-07-05

Michael Reese, a wealthy German
citizen Of San Francisco, has given
President Gilman Of the University
of California $4,000 to buy tor the
University the library Of the late Dr.
Francis Lieber, which was offered for
sale ut that moment.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-07-05

An Oregon editor publishes an arti-
Gle headed :'How to catch mules" to
which the editor Of the Albany'Demo-
crat says: "We don't want any in-
formation on that subject. We caught
a mule once, and that's the reason
our spinal column is so short, and one
shoulder higher than the other, and
our nose turned eross-wise on our
face. No, thank you, We have no
mules 1T large
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-07-05

A very deNout-lqolng RiMe71ped,
.dler called upon . petrait widow and
proposed to sell her one Of bis works
of holy writ, She refused to buy,
whereupoa he proposed marriage.
The vigorous widow has all her chairs
at the factory being repaired, and
Bible-peddling in Detroit is at a dis
count.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-07-05

The Luck OF Renl 6toFns.
Int letter from Rome We find the
following: f-..s.....z.msa=
Paul Starns, the late clerk Of the
Alabama Reconstruction Convention,
has been seiourning in Europe. At
Rome he made the acquaintance Of
1scippi Geza, one of the wealthiest
and most influential Hungarian neble-
men, who was about to depart for
Naples, where his family was passing
the summer. The'handsame American
had made most favorable impression
upon the royalist, and was Invited tn
accompany him to Naples. Gexa, the
Count of Temesvar, found bin lady in
very feeble health, and the physieisns
had given up all hope. A few weeks
afterwards the Countess died. and
Paul Starns had meanwhile no en-
deared himself to his aYistocratic
friend that an other invitation was
tepdered, and accepted, 10 accompany
the Count to Hungary. Only . short
Dive from the city Of Temesvar lies
the beautiful castle Radowitz, the an
cestral seat Of the Gezas. It was pre-
sided over by the young Coantess
Paula, lady Of the pure Hungarian
type, the only child and heir Of Iscip-
pi Geza.
The young American was quite
stricken by the intense beauty Of tho
lady, and before three weeks elapsed
the two were as friendly as if they
had grown up together. During the
hunting season distinguished guests
arrived at the castle, ame0g whom
Prince Esterhaxy, Of Moravia, was
the most prominent. The Prince was
about thirty years Of age, and had
lately been promoted to . captaincy
Of the guards. Major GeResal Psince
Esterhazy, the captain's father, aud
Count Geza, had been the most in
innate friends for almost lifetime,
and both desired to still stronger tie
the bonds of friendship by uniting
their two children.
This was the main object Of the
Princes visit, for the necessary pre-
liminary arrangements had long ago
beer agreed upon by the twe pafenta.
Paul Starns had meanwhile cared
nothing at all for the Distinguished
guests. Count Gezs insisted upon his
joining the dinner party one certain
day, and the cid Rentlennau Wa1 quite
enthusiastic when he continued: I'VE
have a great surprise for our guests
to-day, and you must witness the
proadest event Of my li1e." But the
surprise was quite different from that
expected. Captain Estcr)sazy pro-
posed, and was fatty refused. A
bursting bombshell could not have
created u more profound sesssation
than Countess Paula's declaration Tint
she would never marry the captain.
Some angry words followed, and
Captain Estl,erhazy alluded to Ameri-
can intrulers aud bcggars. Some
buster about duel followed. Finally
Paul Starns left for Italy. Over . year
had since elapsed, and the Countess
was in SO feeble health that a journey
to Italy had been strongly advised.
She had persistently refused to sec
any Of the Esterhazy family again,
and Count Geza was inconsOlable
when he witnessed the sufferings Of
his only child. At R0ne sweden
change oyercame the Countess she
regained her health, and Count Geza
was not little surprised when he
was one day informed that she had
seen Paul Starns in the theatre, and
that she would marry him or not mar
ry ut all. On the twelfth of May the
wedding took place.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-07-05

An Iowa young man, arraigned for
,assaulting and hattering his sweet
l,eayt with q kiss, was discharged be-
.cailse the girl WAS SO wonderonsly
lovely that the judge said he had to
cling to the arms Of bis chair to keep
from kissing her himself.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-07-05

A disastrops rice famine prevails in
the island of Java, and the poorer
classes are dying in great numbers
from starvation. Some cases have oc-
CURED in which women have offered
their children for sale to Europeans,
SO that, if they died, their little ones
might be nreserved from starvation.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-07-05

A Partisan musical dictionary de-
fines shout to be ian unpleasant
noise produced by overstraining the
throat, for which great s;ageSs are
we'll paid and small children well
punished
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The hest schoiar in the Princeton,
ILL.,, high school, is . colored girl.

Nitro. glycerine is said to be better
than Kerosene to kindle q Gro, because
you never know what ails you.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-07-05
A Rift in the Clouds.

The most troublesome and yexa-
tious tax ever imposed upon our
people, is the one from which we are
being largely relieved, and the dura-
ton of which can now be measured
by a few short years to come, at the
farthest. The internal revenue law
has weighed heavily upon all produc-
ing industries, and all its machinery
has been looked upon with suspicion
and aversion by all classes. 1t was a
necessity, and has been borne with
credible courage and patriotism, and
it's provisions have been as Justly OBJ
served on the one part, aud enforced
on the other, as well as could have
been expected. And yet, no tax of
this nation can ever be free from
peculiar annoyances, and hence it is
that all the people will rejoice at the
clearing of the desks SO lately made.
On the Goth ult. not less than 1900
assessors and assistant assessors of in
ternal revenue ceased to be officers of
the government, and their work is to
henceforth be done, SO long as there
shall he need Of the system, by the
collectors.
The credit of this movement be-
longs chiefly to the Commissioner,
who marked out the plan and has
urged it with SO much fidelity. In
times when all is not too Pheasant in
the way Of true economy and thrift,
the people can hardly fail to value
the beginning Of a reform like this. 1t
is one Of the bright and encouraging
lights that illumines the way of the
future one of the refreshing cases in
Il wide and weary waste made by the
tread of armies and the greed Of camp
followers.-La. Sugar Bowl.
The guina hen is a speckled kritter,
smaller than the goose, and bigger
than the wild pigeon. They hav a
keen eye, and a red kokade on their
heds, and alwas walk on the run.
They lay eggs in CRATE profushun,
but they lay them so much ON the sly
that they often kant find them them
sells. They are az freckled az a coach
dog, and just about az tuff tew eat az
a half billed krow. They hav a voice
like piccallo flute, and for racket,
two ov them kan make saw that il
being filed ashamed ov itself. They
are a very sly bird, and the nearer yu
git tew them the further they git oph.
They are more ornamental than use
full, but are chiefly good tew frighten
away hawks. They will see a hawk
up in the sky three miles and a half
off, aud begin at once tew holler and
make fuss about it.-Josh. Billings.
An Oregon editor publishes an arti-
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From the st. Charles Echo Of two

From the st. Charles Echo Of two
weeks since. we clip this item:
The following is an extract from Il
private letter received yesterday, froE'
wllicl, it will be seen that the OIL
the New Orleans, Mobile md Texas
railroad will soon be resumed New
Orleans, thro' Chamber of Commerce,
accepted the following proposition
New Orleans names four Directors and
Vice President; New York names
four Directors and President. Nm.
Sprague to be President, and Latham,
Sprague's brother in law, to be Vice
President. Sprague agrees to put in
81 ,OOO, 900 as u guarantee to the con-
tractors, and further guarantees to
finish the road to Houston by the
first Of March, 1874. Work will be
commenced abont the 18th Of July or
first Of August" = sz
In answer to bumptious cores
pondent the Scientific 4mericaw ex-
plains its views Of perpetual motion,
in the following ironical terms:
Many forms Of perpetual motion
machines have been invented. The
simplest form is the tub. When man
places himself in a tub and by steady
pull at the handles lifts himself from
the ground, he has produced success
full perpetual motion. All such ma
chimes necessarily operate on the same
principle and, until an individual is
enabled to operate the simple form
above described with success, it will
be useless for him to expect that he
can work more complicated per-
petual motion machine. The addition
of cog wheels and levers will not help
the matter" ......
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inanftiOn.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-12-03

MANNERS IN A TELEGRAPH OFFIcE.---In
illustration Of the Importance of good man.
ncrs, contemporary recalls an incident which
occurred ut Scotch telegraph Office some
years ago. Lord Russell was the minister in
attendance upon her majesty, at Balmoral,
and one evening there came a messenger to
Aboyne--a little old man buried in great
coat--with telegram from his lordship to
one of his Ministerial colleagues at London.
The message was handed to the clerk in
charge, a peremptory person, who seeing that
it did not bear a signature--it was in the days
of the old companies when signature was
necessary--threw itcontemptuously back with
the authoritative command : " Put your name
to it it's a pity your master doesn't know
how to send telegram" The name was
added and the message handed back. "Why,
you can't write either" cried the enragetl
clerk, after vainly endeavoring to make ont
the signature. "Here let me do it. WHAT'S
your namc?" "My name," said tho little
old messenger, very deliberately, sis John
RUSSELL 1t was the venerable old John him
self, and the unhappy clerk was relieved from
Aboync forthwith.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-12-03
That palatablc bivalvular mollusk, know

That palatablc bivalyular mollusk, known
as the oyster, whose qualities are so UNIVERSAL
ly popular, is the cause of considerable uneasi-
ness in the Baltimore market The trade is one
of the most important In that city, and any
failure in the crop or in the demand proves
serious loss to business generally. Tho trou-
BILE just now is in the demand. 1t has been
generally supposed that financial irrcgulari-
ties could not effect the business seriously,
but the opposite proves the truth The pack
ers being unable TO realize money ON their
sales, win not go largely into business and
are now only Filing special orders. Orslinari-
~, this trade amounts to several millions Of
dollars per year, and gives employment to
thousands Of persons, men and women; but
now those engaged in the packing houses have
work only a part Of the time, and many are
entirely out of work.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-12-03
an EVICTION nv IRELAND.

| Did you ever see an eviction have In
my checkcrcd life have been q private SOL
dier, and between 1S49 and 1850, was 10 the
county Cork. stationed at Ballancholy. -.
Those Of Won who are Irishmcn VIII want no
description OF that beautiful valley Of the
Lee which winfs batween tho hills from, Cork
and IL hummer scenos like 4 very parndise-
green sy,nss rro,yipo 4, The waters sifle. and
l,rnisl,efl with cnl,i n Ia moyninv. mi ~
DIV "a very crimson n tl.. EVENING sunset
,yaa tlerc on n Novemler day. Was one ~
4 troon n nrotect the law off;ceys. vho had
come with the ace,,t fron Dubl;n 70 maize an
eviction !. sa,v p,;Io. from Inn;scarra v,aro
Tho river Bride Joins the Lee. II was 4 mis-
arahle ,,av-ra,,, fr,ev;,s, IN .,eet "a q can
and tba mon heat down ,vretchofl lwellipy az
tar v,et,be,, dwo,,;ns--sc,,,s th;rtv 4, fortv
nerbans Thov dd NOT tate n,ucb b,ot;,,
down there ,vas ~, t,oor;,,o =, +.po ~. a..
,va,,s ,,or. mora MA .han .,aht o,sa al
tho,o ,,.s h,,t mel .r,,o =, t,,a ,o,,,,,;.
them 81 Tho crn,,nd wa hal oot onr ,ra,,,
aho,t .,,,,o ,,arts d,,,a ,.,,,. 80 oe 49,,
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COLORADO RoMANCE.-Sevcn years ago
last June, great broad-tired wagon, loaded
with heavy iron boiler, rolled into Central
City, Colorado, and halted in vacant lot
fronting on Gregory street That wagon, and
its ponderous rusty load, stands in the vacant
lot to-day, commemorative it is almost need
less to add, a woman's fickleness and mans
despair. When the wagon was loaded in
Atchison, Kansas, in the early summer of
1866, the owner and drvcr-who was pros
porous miner with sort of passion for haul
ing useless machinery across the plains-was
thinking of bright-eyed, blushing GIRL be-
yond the desert, who had promised to share
with him his rough life and his rough for
tunes. We can all of us understand how the
image of this border beauty was like cloud
by day and pillar Of fire by night to this
sturdy teamster during his two months
journey across the plains, making dusty days
short and lonely nights sweet with such fam
cies as never fail to solace the absent lover.
But none of MS can understand the despair
which took possession of the weather-beaten
miner as he pulled up in Central City, only to
find a letter from the girl he loved telling him
that rival had won her hand. lie straight
way embarrassed his mules and sold them OH
the spot; he left the wagon and boiler where
they stand crumbling to-day and after swear-
ing little and disspating good deal, he
finally driftcd out of the mines and out OF
life. 1t is the old, old story.
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THE BLow-FLY.-Mr. q. A. Rowell has re-
Gently mAde an astounding calculation re-
specting the blow-ny. On the authority of
Reaumus, he states that one fly will produce
10000 eggs, which are Matched almost as soon
as deposited. Maggots issue forth and almost
Immediately begin to feed, and twcnty-four
hours increase their weight zoo times. In
eight or nine days they are full grown. They
then assume the pupa state, and after another
period of about the same duration come forth
perfect flies. A month"; therefore, is rather
more than enough for generation. Suppose
that of the 10000 eggs half produce females,
then in the first family there will lie 10000
flies, each capable of producing 10000 eggs.
A very simple calculation viii show that at
this rate, in less than six months, the sixth
generation will number 1000, 0O0, 600 900, 900,
00O, 100000. If every fly is half an inch long,
quarter Of an inch wide and the same in
depth--that is to say, if thirty-two of them
occupy cubic inch--there will be enough to
cover all England and Wales to the depth Of
., 300 miles, or the entire world, both land
and water, to the depth of mile and quar-
ter. Fortunately for afternoon nappers the
juvenile blow-Hy has a terrible number of en-
emies, and very rarely lives to attain parental
dignity.