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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-09-05
Want of Vitality.

If deficiency of vital energy Is not disease in
itsehtt is condition which lays the system open
70 the attacks Of all conceivable maladies Night
and gay VIC are surrounded more or less by delete
rlOus inhuences. NOatmosphere is entirely pute,
no water utterly free from Injurious PARTICLES
while in many localities both are posi- lively I'M
wholesome W at d, fence has the weak auguid
system, in which the vital principl is deficient or
dormant against any Of thc~morbd influences
which produce epidemic and other diseases None
whatever. There is safety save in artificial re-
enforcement. Hostetters stomach Bitters have,
beyond all question, vitalzing effect. 1fths ner,-
Gus forces q the body have been recklessly ox-
pended In exhausting physical or mental labor or
dissipatcd In the indulgeEces = fast' life this
powerful veg table tonic and corrective Will re-
store them. If the defective vitality is cons titu
tonal eviltt can be rcmecie1 to a great extent nv
TINS wondelfIliLvig1rant. At a season Of the wear
"hen the AR is more or less imp~egnated with the
seeds e periodic fcvess IL Is especially Desirable
th't the digestion should be perfect. the habit q
BODY regular, the liver active, the blood pure and
the nerves firm. These conditions arc the bcs,
protection against all disorders and they are con
Hl'l'hs WIN the Bltters are better adapted than
any other medicinal agent TO promote and secure
See to it, however that imitation or counterfeit
is subsu uted for the genuine article and let all
Whn ', lue health and have an anhpsthy to poison
beware ot the local btters made from condemned
rugs ana Wiley adultersted a cohol, v hIch have
sprung up Ike unwholeseme fungi over the conn
try.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-09-05
Educational.

The report of the West Point Board
of Visitors directs attention to fact
which ought not be lost sight OF. 1t Is
that ont of 1874 appointees for the posi-
ton of cadet examined during the year,
forty.nine, or rather more than one
third, were rejected on the Literary ex-
animation. The Board attributes tins
rather surprising result to want OF
thoroughncss in the primary education
of the United States, and very properly
urges 1t upon the attention OF the sehoo'
boards, suporintendents, and teachers
The preliminary examination Of eandi'
dates for admission to the Military
Academy is of the most elementary
kind, and il shows the existence OF
very serious defects in the educational
system, ON which the country spends
so much, that thirty.iive per cent, OF
the young men selected for cadets
should be so glaringly deficient in the
simple rudimeuts of knowledge.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-09-05
The Sultan nj Prayers.

Friday is the Turkish Sabbath, says
one who was with Gen. Sherman's party
in the Old World some years ago, and
upon that day the Sultan goes 10 some
one of his numerous mosques to say his
prayers. This is ceremony attended
with much pomp. The mosque select
ed during one OF the Fridays Of Gen.
Shorman's visit was on the Bosphorus,
on the Peraside. Hearing that Gen.
Sherman and party were DESTROYS Of
witnessing the ceremony, his Majesty
caused TO be placed at their disposal
his kiosk, which was near the mosque
he proposed visiting, n small house,
beautifully furnished, from which he
usually witnessed manmuvrcs Of the
troops on the battle-ground near by.
When the party reached the kiosk they
found drawn up in two lines, facing in
ward, about 1000 infantry and the
officers of the imperial household, all in
full uniform, awaiting the Sultan's mr.
rival, who was to come from his palace
in one of his caiques. The steps of the
mosque was covered with carpet, as
was also the landing by the water At
noon gun gave the signal of the Sui
tan's departure from the palace, and as
the procession approached the ships Of
war in the harbor they fired salutes, so
that the noise of the artillery became
deafening, and echoed and re-echoed
along the hills of the Bosphorus. First
appeared around the turn caique
rowed by about twenty oars men, in
which sat an official, who jumped quick
ly from the caique on the landing, and
the boat then passed on.
This was followed by another in like
order, and then came the Sultan, who
sat under n handsomely embroidered
velvet canopy surmounted by the cres-
cent. His caique was rowcd by about
thirty oarsmen, who were dressed in |
white clothing, made ont of verypret- |
ty material seen ut Constantinople. |
Their arms were bare from the elbows,
as were their legs from the knees. In
rowing they rose from their seats in
reaching to the stroke, took one step
forward, and at the moment of pulling
bowed very low, settling into their seats
ms the stroke became exhausted. The |
caiques We're white, with gilt ornamen-
tation. As soon as the Sultan's caIque
the troops presented arms,
and remained III that position. AS he
landed the officers of the ,usehold all
stopped, placing the right hand to the
ground, then on their hips, then on the
top of their heads-thus indicating that
they picked up the dirt. The Sultan
was in uniform, and on his breast wore
his orders. AS he passed by the troops
they cheered, and while holding the
muskets Mt present in the left hand,
saluted with the right. As the Sultan
came hearth kiosk he looked mp at the
windows where were the General and
party, and after he had entered the
mosque, sent his Lord Chancellor to
inquire if they were comfortable. Pass
ing into the mosque, the troops and the
awaited him outside. Some
of the attendants wore green gold en-
broidered liveries, others purple.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-09-05
A Novel Strike.

The visitors at Builth, q Welsh water
ing place, finding that the trades people
of the town were advancing the prices
of some of the luxurics and necessaries
of life, determined to make Il stand
against it. Accordingly, several gen
tlemen with large families, number of
maiden ladies, and few indignant
bachelors, put their heads together to
remedy what they thought crying sin.
They were determined that although
they did not deny the shopkeepers of
Builth n fair profit on what they bought
from them, they would not allow them
to get rich at their expense. Accord
ingly an open-air meeting of the visit
ors Mas agreed upon, and on August 8
upwards of 400 assembled on the Groe
(the public recreation ground of Builth).
A gentleman was voted to the chair,
and logan the business of the meeting
by inviting those present to state their
grievances. Numbers of excited visit
ors Immediately began to tell how ex-
orbitant were the prices they had to
pay to this shop-keeper and to that
hotel keeper. The chairman, however
willing he was to listen to the grievan-
ces, could not do SO for some little
time. Order being at length obtained,
one visitor after another was heard, and
it was finally ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that
unless the shop-keepers lowered the
price of butter nearly fifty per cent,
and brought ham down to what the
public paid for it in Cardiff, they dhe
VISITORS would totally abstain from
their use. A committee was formed to
wait upon the tradesmeu and the meet
ing was adjourned.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-09-05
High Farming.

A noted farmer of New England,
after visiting England and examining
with the critical eye of practical and
experienced agriculturist the system
produced there, he says
81 am thoroughly confirmed in my
old faith that the only good farmer of
our future is to be the high farmer
There is widely prevailing antipathy
among the common farmers of our State
against not only the practice of high
farming, but against the use of the
phrase by agricultural writer's. This is
all wrong, and should at once be cor
rected. Through some misconception
of the meaning Of the phrase, and also
of its application, they have come to
believe it synonymous with theoretical
book farming, new-fangled notions,
boosted strides of progress, followed
by disappointments and final failure.
This is all an error. High farming
simply means thorough cultivation,
liberal manuring, bountiful crops, good
stock, good feed, and paying profits
therefrOm. 1t is not strange that mis-
conceptions have arisen in the minds of
doubling farmers who have been eye
witnesses to some of the spread-eagle
experiments of enthusiastic farmers,
better supplied with money obtained in
business they know how to manage
than with practical experience on the
farm. Bountiful crops and paying
profits of course are what all farmers
who are dependent upon the farm for
an income are striving to obtain /; and
every year as it passes is reconfrming
the opinion that the profits are small,
and will grow beautifully less where
high farming is not practiced.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-09-05
She WAS HOLLOW.

Mr.. Meredith, Secretary of the U. S.
Treasury under Taylor, was an able
lawyer, gentleman of varied accom-
plishments, great decision of character,
and of perfect integrity; but he lacked
himself to the situation. Mr.. Preston,
of Western Virginia, was made Secre-
tary of the Navy. He was fluent de-
batter, a lawyer of fair capacity, and an
upright, honorable gentleman. But he
had no aptitude for the duties of his
Office. Iudicrous stories were rife in
Washington, illustrating his dense ig-
norance of nautical affairs. One of
them was to this effect: His first official
visit was made to the Gosport Navy
yard, Norfolk. Commodore Skinner
was in command. He was n diminu-
tive, Notwithstanding man, who
had no great regard for forms or ETH
quette, and was never particular about
his dress, even on the most important
occasions. He received the Secretary
on board the Pennsylvania, The largest
ship in the service. The boatswain of
the Pennsylvania was large, fine look
ing man, handsomely dressed in the
uniform of his grade, and Mr.. Preston,
supposing him to be the officer in com
mand, rushed up to him, and embraced
him with great effusion. This blunder
produced much merriment; and when
the Secretary, looking down the main
hatch, and seeing the popularity of the
ships construction, exclaimed, "My
thunder, she's hollow !'' there was an
explosion of laughter from the fore
castle to the quarterback.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-09-05
Time Devoted to Meals.

DR.. Derry states that the average time
occupied in the process of taking food
by the people of Massachusetts does not
exceed from twelve to fifteen minutes
for each meal. Such haste is injurious
to health for many reasons. The pro-
cess of digestion begins in the mouth
with the action of the teeth, and
through the excitement of the salivary
glands by the presence of food. Unless
saliva is abundantly mingled with the
latter, the first act of digestion is OBJ
structed, and natures plan is changed.
This fluid not only lubricates but acts
chemically in the mouth, if reasonable
time be given it, upon all the starch
elements which make up the great bulk
of what we eat. When eating in haste,
a great deal of air is swallowed. Airs,
to a certain extent, always entangled in
the saliva and assists digestion, but
when "wads of food succeed each
other very rapidly, they seem to act
like pistons in the tube leading from
the back of the throat, and drive before
and between them into the stomach
such amounts of air as to distend that
organ and impede its functions. An
other effect of eating in this way is
that the masses of food imperfectly
mixed with saliva, become impacted in
the @sophagns, checking its muscular
action, which is obviously intended to
propel only one piece at time. This
embarrassment is overcome by taking
at one gulp as much fluid as the mouth
will hold, thus distending the elastic
tube and washing the INSTRUCTED food
into the stomach. All this is unnatural,
and can hardly fail to work mischief.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-09-05
STEALING Heavens LIVERY. - Tn

STEALING Heavens LIVERY. - The
great Aic0iOiicss Rcmcdg, VINEGAR
BIrTEns, is everywhere driving pestifer'
our rum potions ont of the market
That famous combination of the finest
medical herbs on the continent Of
America, is accomplishing such cures
of diseases which affect the stomach,
the liver, the bowels, the kidneys and
the nervous system, that the grateful
masses have adopted it as their Stand
ard Specific. The various rum bitters
have gone down before this pure vege-
table antidote like tenpins before n we'll
aimed ball. The people have at length
discovered that all the spirituous excit-
ants are worse than shams-that both
morally and incidentally they are inim-
ical to tie well-being and safety of the
community II 'front.' do! The hand
writing is on the WALL They are weighed
and found wanting. Rum remedies are
defunct, and VINEGAR BrrrERs, THE UNI
vERsAL ANrIDorE, reigns in their stead.
Com.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-09-05
Rebuilding the Column VendOme.

The London Builaer gives the first
definite information as to the progress
and difficulties of the work of recon
structing the column Vendome at Paris.
1t appears that the masonry work is
only just begun. There are more diff
cultles in the way of this part of the
undertaking than most uninitiuted out
siders imagine. 1t is imagined that the
foundation and pedestal base can be
built like an ordinary wall. That is
impossible. From motives of economy
1t is intended to utilize the stonework
OF the old column-at least all those
portions of it which have not been ex-
cessively attenuated or defsrmed by
the demolition. Two-thirds of the ma
terials can be so used the remainder
of the work will have to be executed as
at the first erection of the column. But
even among the two-thirds judged SER
viceable there are only two steps abso-
lutely intact. The others require to be
repaired, and will be replaced or re-
Jointed by means of cement in the
Place Nendome itself. But this repara-
ton is not the most difficult operation.
The interior of the column is formed
by huge square blocks of stone, pierced
at intervals with large holes. into which
are soldered cramp-irons that hook the
outer bronze plates by species of
horseshoe eyelet attached to the inmost
surface of the plates in the foundry.
The problem to be solved now is one
fact that requires the incest precision.
The completed column will be sur
mounted not by the little bare-legged
Caesar, placed there in 1876, but the
old statute, RELOCATED to Courbevoie, of
the Emperor in gray redingote and jack
boots, with the arm crossed in the
legendary attitude. The statue is con-
ssiderably injured, but not irreparably.
The new column is not likely to be COM
pleted before the end of the year.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-09-05

WAGEs.-A good mechanic in New
York earns 50 80 or 81 day. The lead
miners of Missouri receive from 50 to
81 a day; while the daily pay of miners
in the Territories seldom exceeds S. in
gold or silver and the differences in
prices and the amount of comfort which
can be obtained for the money rather
leaves the advantage with the New York
mechanic. Agricultural laborers are
as well paid East as Wsst. A useful
laborer in the East can earn his 500 or
$50 a month and board in winter. and
50 or 81 80 day with board in harvest
time.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-09-05
The MOdoc Captlyes.
They are 10 he Executed ON the Sd day
OF October.

or October.
The Court Martial of which Lieut..
Col. W. l.. Elliott, First Cavalry, was
President, arraigned and tried Captain
jack, Schonchin, Black jim, Boston
Charley, Barncho, alias One-eyed Jim,
and Sloluck, alias COX, Modoc Indian
captives, on the general charge of muir
der in violation of the laws of war. The
specifications of the charge set forth n
number of counts, the principal of
which was the Candy tragedy, familiar to
all. 70 the specifications and charge
the accused pleaded "not guilty" but
the Court, after mature deliberation,
find the accused guilty, and say
The Commission does, therefore, sem
tence them, Capt. Jack, Schonchin,
Black Jim, Boston Charley, Barncho,
alias One-eyed jim, and Sloluck, alias
COX, Modoc Indian captives, to he hang
ed by the neck until they are dead, at
such time and place as the proper au
thority shall direct, two-thirds OF the
members Of the Commission concurring
therein.
The sentence was approved by the
Commanding officer of the Department
of Columbia, and forwarded to the Sec
rotary of War for action of the Presi-
dent of the United States.
THE DEATH WARRANT.
The following are the orders of the
President and of the. Secretary of War
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, Aug. %, 1873.
The foregoing sentences in the cases
of Captain Jack, Schonchin, Black jim,
Boston Charley, Barncho, alias One
Eyed jim, and Sloluck, alias COX, No
doc Indian prisoners, are hereby APP
proved, and it is ordered that the SEN
fences in said cases be carried into exc
cution by the proper military authority,
under the orders of the Secretary of
War, on the 3D. day of October, 1873.
U. S. GRANT. President.
WAR DEPARTMENT, August 80, 1873.
The foregoing record of proceedings
in the trial by military commission of
Captain Jack, Schonchin, Black jim,
Boston Charley, Barncho, alias one-eyed
Jim, and Sloluck, alias Cox, Modoc In
dian prisoners, having been transmitted
to the President and laid before him for
his orders thereon, and the President
having in the foregoing orders approved
of the sentences and directed that they
be executed under the orders of the
Secretary of War, the sentences will be
duly executed under the direction of
the general commanding the Depart
ment of the Columbia at Fort Klamath,
Oregon, on Friday October 3, 1878.
WILLIAM w. BELKNAP,
Secretary of War.
By order of the Secretary of War. Z.
d. TOWNSEND, Adjutant General.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-09-05

Hon. Joseph Farewell, Mayor of
RockIand Me, Isaac VI. Bragg, Esq, Bangor,
and Messls. Pope Bros. Machlas. Ne, lumber
merchants fully endorsed the Sheridan Cardl-
ry Condition Po'cders, and have given the pro
pretors liberty to use their names in recon-
meHding them Com.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-09-05

The most astonishing cure of chronic
diarrhua we ever heard Of is that Of VIM. Clark
Frankfort Mills. Waldo Co.. Maine the facts
are attested by Ezra Treat. Upton Treat. and
VI. \. Merrill. either of whom might be adj
dressed for particulars. Mr.. Clark was cured
by Jo'1SOHs AHodyi.e Linime1t-C Com.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-09-05
The PHILADELPHIA NJ 'gue.

Disclosures made by the Police De.
partment of Philadelphia reveal sad
state OF affairs at the City Morgue. The
body of Thomas Munce, wealthy
farmer of Washington county, who left
his home in the early part Of July last,
has been found picked in the dissect-
ing-room of the University. 1t had been
sold to the College by some one con-
nected with the Morgue. The family of
the dead man were in Philadelphia and
identified it. The discovery was made
by finding the watch OF the deceased in
pawn Office, where it had been pledged
by one William McEwen, who was the
driver of the coroner's wagon. Munce
was found drowned on the morning of
July 3, and McEwen removed the body
to the morgue the same day. On the
9th it found its way into the college
McEwen has been arrested and the IN
vestigation is being further pushed.
The Deputy Coroner states that he holds
a receipt of the Superintendent of the
city burial ground for the body. 1t ap::
pears that at the time of the inquest
the deceased's name was not known.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-09-05

CHAPPED HANDS, face, roLgh skin, PIN
pies, ringworm, salt-rheum. and other cutaneous
affections cured. aud the skin made soft and
smooth 10y using the JUNIrER TAR SOAP, made
by CAsWELL, HAZARD Il Co., New York. Be
certain to get the jutiper Tar Soap. made by
us, as there are many limitations made with
common tar which are worthless Com.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-09-05
A Story of Dean Richmond.

Dean Richmond, the politician, rail
way magnate and stock operator, had a
son whose habits and character were
not entirely in accord with his father
wishes. He would not hold pen be-
hind his ear, nor perch himself upon n
stool in the office, nor did he exhibit
any of the qualifications for success
full bull or bear upon the stock market.
The father lost confidence in his son,
and so strong became his dissatisfac-
ton that he eventually ostracised him.
He was allowed to labor and shift for
his own support. He became con-
ductor on his fathers railway, the New
York Central. Mr.. Richmond told him
that the least infraction of the rules of
the company would insure his immedi-
ate removal, and especially was he
warned against allowing any person,
whether friend or not, to ride without
showing pass or Il ticket, or paying
the necessary fare. He had been en-
ployed in this capacity for some time,
and there had been no complaints,
when one day Dean Richmond himself
became a passenger himself on his sons
train. The conductor came to the old
railway magnate, when the following
dialogue occurred
"Ticket, sir?'
"Ticket Get out am president
of this road. don't buy tickets.
"That makes no difference. 1t is
against orders for me to allow anybody
to ride unless he pays his fare, presents
a ticket, or shows pass. Come, hurry
up p
well, sir, you know who I am, and
know that L am entitled to ride on this
road free. l could make ont pass,
but l haven't any blanks. You go on
it's all right"
"See here, old gentleman, it makes
no difference who you are; give me
ticket, show pass, pay your fare, or
get off the train
" Humph young man, You are get
ting mighty arbitrary. If you don't go
about your business I'll lave you dis
charged"
The young conductor made no reply,
but gave vigorous pull upon the bell
rope. As the train checked its speed,
and the father saw that he was about to
be treated like any other passenger,
and was really liable to be set down
alongside the track, midway between
the stations, he pulled out his wallet
and paid his fare. This little episode
gave him new insight into his sons
character, and he forthwith commenced
casting about for some business occu-
patton for him.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-09-05

The frog needs no ether or chloro-
form to keep him quiet strange to say,
dip in lukewarm water for half a
minute will so completely deprive a
frog of sensation that he may be cut to
pieces and feel no pain.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-09-05

The Clinton (Mo.) Adrocatc says
there are more farmers around just now
than was ever known before. Some
gentlemen who never handled any
spades but the "Jack," or raised any
corn except in glass, are now claim
ing to baye been lifelong agricultu-
rists.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-09-05

Many of the cows about Cairo and
vicinity are going blind, Temporarily.
however. The cause is thought to be a
wild weed that resembles the common
thistle, which comes in contact with the
face of the cattle, while hunting the
grass on the commons.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-09-05

CEIsTADoRo's EXCELSIOR HAIR DYE is
the most sure and complete preparation Of it,
kind in the world; its effects are magical. it,
character harmless, its tints natural, its quail
tioa euduriuu - Com,
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-09-05

A boy in Danbury after being bitten
by horse was asked by a gentleman if
he was much hurt, replied that 1.-THE
horse was only fooling."
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-09-05

FLAGG's INSTANT RELIEF has stood
twenty years test. l. warranted to give iutme-
djote rticf to all Rheumatic Neuralgia, Head
Ear and Back aches. or money refunded Com