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thought their world twenty times nearer to tho
sun than it is There was not them andthere ia not
now, direct method Of obtaining the pszala1,
and the indirect methods, Of which there arc
several, we're not then discovered. The transit
OF Venus had not been observed till 1859, aud
Haley was tile first to point out the scientific
valua OF the observation. The first attempt by
meaus OF it 10 fl the SUMS parallaz,
and thus discover tbs 1adius Of the
earth's orbit, wns mado in 17e1. The
stations, however, we're not properly selected,
and no result was reached In 17G9, second
attempt was made, With the result We have
given above. The expedition contemplated tor
the close of this year is the third effort in this
direction and science has made 80 much
progreas ainco 1859 that We may hope for =
prosperous issue.
Three methods Of observation have been pro-
posed First, direct observation OF the con-
tacts second, micrometric measurements OF tho
several positions Of Venus on the sun during it's
passage; third, photographing the SUMS face at
near intervals.
The spectroscope will be used to determine
whether the agtation OF the luminous envelope
OF tho sun does not produce disturbances cal
culated to hasten or retard. the apparent begin
ming or end OF the transit over the SUMS disc
, 1874-02-22
AWAgTEFUL REEQRMER.

The Cincinnati Enquirer has published Dr..
Dio Lowis' official programme for neok's eat
ing, which he made public few yoars ago. The
substance Of It'll there can be said to be any
substance in such eatlng-is as follows: Mon
day, hulled corn and milk, cost, three cents
Tuesday, oat meal md milk and boiled wheat,
SIX cents Wednesday, beans, vinegar, bean por-
ridge, and bread, five and 3 half cents !; Thnra-
day, horniny and sirup, two cents worth Of beef
in stew, and LeicesterHhire sauce, eight cents
and half !; Friday, oat porridge, milk, beans,
and cracked wheat, six and half cents; and
Saturday, hulled corn, milk, beef stew, Leices-
tershire sauce, and hominy, seven cents. Sun
day is Dio's expensive day, and, that our retdora
may know how sumptuously the hfty-dol1ar re-
former fares On the Lord's day, We give his
cou1sea entire:
Ono cents worth Of oatmeal ror1idge aud quarter
Of cent In sugar, together With cent in cracked
wheat and half cent In milk. To this was added
cents' worth Of milk and cant in rye Indian bread.
Dinner consisted Of small 3-eent lobster, centa
worth OF loaf bread, and l cents worth Of hotniny
salad, to which added cents' worth OF CRACKED
vLea. aud milk. No supper.
Now, it must be remembered that Dio don't
ALLOW any drinking, except Of water, which don't
cost anything, so that his expenses for living
Per week are only 5414 cents This being the
case, why should he charge $50 per diem for his
services in behalf Of humanity? He is receiving
$3.50 per week, which would get an ordinary per-
son, with reasonable stomach, three good
square meals day and then leave him
+ handsome profit What does Dio do with
the =34o.451}5 which be has left o7er7 And
Why can't he provide his lectures for about
s1.5D apiece. This would leave him $9.95113 per
week after paying for his eating. His drinking
don't cost him anything. A man Of his simple
tastes might live like an Emperor on $9.9515.
In point Of fact. it would puzzle him to get rid
Of such an extraordinary sum. In the course Of
q few years be might lay up colossal fortune Of
at least 500, which would provide him With
bran and beans for several years.
, 1874-02-22

The recent trial OF George 0. Evans, the de-
fau1ting War-C Claim Agent OF Pennsylvania, Incl
dentally added new and very important chapter
to the history Of the War Of the Rebellion.
During his trial it became necessary to summon
Gov. Curtin to explain the manner OF recruiting
the PennsylvaniA Reserves, which were at first
intended for the defense Of the southern borders
Of the State, and why and how they were ulH-
mately Transferred to the General Government
for activo duty in the field. Gov Curtin ten.
dered these troops to the Government early in
1861 for operations in Virginia; but they were
declined. The counsel for tho defense inquired
What be meant By the General Government, and
asked il Mr.. Lincoln refused them. mo-"
wns the reply. s'Did Mr. Chase refuse them?"
NO." was the reply again. "Ihen who did2 !"
GOV. Curtin promptly anawered: Gen. Cam
eron, between whom and myself not tho best Of
feeling existed at the time, and who suffered his
hostility to me- to interfere With the public good"
To appreciate the full force of Gov. Curtin's
comment upon Gen. cameron'a extraordinary
action, it must be remembered that, at the time
Gen. Curtin made this offer, it Was daily expect
ed that the Confodo1ates would move on wash
ington, as the Federal forces had Just
met with the overwhelming reverse Of Bull
Run. As goon as this defeat became
known then Cameron sent word to Gov. Curtin
to stSend On the Reserves.". In twonty-four
hours the troops, eight regiments in all, Eere in
Washington, and there WIS no further danger Of
the Confederate movement on the city. This
was the first development Of that petty parti-
sanship Of Cameron, which ultimately brought
upon his head the censure Of Congress- and his
dismissal from the Var Department BY Mr.
Lincoln in q very peremptorY and indignant
manner. Had Gen. Cameron been q pntriot in
stead Of politician and accepted the troops which
were offered him, it ia by no means impossible
that the Bull Run disaster might have been
ayerted along With the train of miafortunes
which followed it. It would have been blow ut
the Confedoracy which might have shattered the
Rebellion ct the very outset, instead Of firing the
Southern heart and encouraging Northern sym
ratl1izers. It ii the darkest page in tho record
Of thus corrupt politician, and one which will
play very important part when the future his
torisn comes to make up the story Of the War Of
the Rebellion.
, 1874-02-22
KING GAElBRINUa or TIE WAR-PATH.

KING GAElBRIKUs On THE WAR-PATH.
The war between the brewers and the saloon
keepers-the middlemen Of King Gambrinus-
place. the followers Of the lusty old monarch
hare donned their armor Just st time when
people want good beer, and good deal Of it.
In the second place, they are quarreling among
themselves on the edge Of q precipice. 4 great
Temperance wave ia rolling over the country,
and there is no telling at what moment both
breweries and beer-saloonB may be besieged by
6n army OF women, and the familiar ''ein, zwei,
drei" OF the Thirsty eouls change to the one,
two, three which marks the rhythm Of some
temperance psalm. This division OF forces in
the face Of an enemy 80 persistent and jealous
that It will not allow the grocer to sell cider, or
the druggist to sell alcohol, is unfortunata Now,
II ever, King 9ambrinuB should unite his cohorts
to meet the cold~water army, which il coming
like an avalanche against him
The situAtion at this critical moment Is SUBJ
stantially as follows The brewers have raised
tho price Of beer from $40 to SD per barrel, be-
Cause they cannot manufacture it for an5 legs
and make profit, The price OF hops has risen
from so to 40 cents, and malt from 81 to 22.25.
at these figures, fhe manufacture Of beer at so
per barrel must inTolvo q loss to the brewers,--
at least, they say 30. There arc two ways in
which the brewer might save himself: first, By
making poor beer,-that is. By using moro water
and less malt; and. second, by making tho
quantity in barrel d few gallons less. Un-
fortunately, however, the vassals Of Garnbrnus
won't drink poor beer, and the saloon-keopers
won't buy twonty-eight gallons for thirty~one, it
they can help it.
In view OF these facts, what are We to do?
Unless the temperance wa1o washes the brewer
les away, we must hare our beer. We not only
want our beer, but wp want good beer and cheap
beer. But the saloon-kcepers say We will not
pay s12 per barrel for beer. Why not7 Why
cant the ea1oon-keeper pay St2 Per barrel and
still sell beer at five cents per glass2 The brew
er makes about dollar on q barrel, and the sa-
about 910. How that profit is made
the yictimized beer-dripker knows too we'll
There was q time in the good old days when
beer glass was thing OF beauty and joy for
quarter OF an hour. It held good honest pint
after the foam waa OF. It VAS thin-bottomed
and Of uniform circumference all the way up.
You could sit down to it with perfect confidence
IN it's integrity. The glass Was honest, the beer
Bas honest, and. after the refreshing draught,
t wAs so satisfying that there Was no
, 1874-02-22

appetite for more. One glass, or Two At the
most, were enough. 4 whole days sustenance
and whole evenings entertainment we're con-
tained in them With the lapse OF time and de-
cline in virtue, however. the beer glasa mas
grown into tho shape OF truncateo cone, anu
the base Of the glass has becomo 80 extraordlns~
1ilv thick that it forms very effective weapon
in ecrimma1e. Into this narrow-mouthed de-
for1nity the saloon-keeper draws bis beer, and
the result is half-g glass OF boer. which is half
foam.
In one respect, the increase made by the
brewers is an advantage to- the community
There is no certainty that they will DO able 10
sustain it, but, il they do, it may have the ten
dency to e1punge about 500 auperduous saloons.
The profits are 20 great TINT every one is rush
inr into the business. Given, = beer-rack and
counter, three or four tables aud chairs, =
wooden likeness Of Gambrinus, which the brewer
furnishes gratis, q plate of pretze1s, another Of
cheese, and hnothe< OF hertings, and any one
can start = beer-saloon and make money. There
are too mnny beer-saloona and too many dead
beats engaged IN the BUSINESS and, II the Drew
era maintain their advance aud thereby diminish
tho number, it will be general advantage to the
community. Meanwhile, between now and the
LIST OF March, it behooves tho brewers and
sa]oon-keepers to come to some kind OF an
understanding; for with tho ides Of March may
come the march Of the female crusadors, laying
siege to the stroDgholds Of Gambrinus, and cut
ting Us or from beer altogether. The warnings
aro coming thick aud faRt. It is no time for
dissenslons when the enemy is close at hand.
, 1874-02-22
- HI'DVING THE QUEER

Counterfeit f1e-cent nickels are becoming
very common in Chicago. The profits Of the
manufacture arc go contemptibly small that, as
somebody has said, nobody in his fire centses
would dream Of going into it. Its extent how
ever, can be inferred from the fact that single
ho1serallway in this city gets from IS to "a .
dav in this stuff. This is tax On the Company
Of from 1000 to 81, 800 a year. It is claimed
that all the aham nickels received are melted
down, but few habitua1 patrons Of the horse
cars have failed to notice atray pevters in the
change contained in the little enyelopes fur
nehod by the drivers, OF have failed to promptly
drop them, when noticed into the fare-box.
Since the business Of Increasing the currency
is 30 happily under way, why should not the in
hationists simply help it On hy repeating the
laws against counterfeit1ng? Their object, they
sag, ia to '' make money plenty" This would
make it wonderfully plenty. Tie only quality
they consider as essential to what they arc
pleased to term money ia the powe: Of circula-
ton, and counterfeit currency circulates with
greater rapidity even than it's genuine prototype,
1uF Nueu pcoP1o 6tk II 1uoJ tAAt aPtG4a4
pains to get rid OF it as soon ae possible.
Leaving tho statute law out Of sight, is the
counterfeiter any creator foo to society than the
in1ationist7 The first does his best to prevent
financial stringency, by supplying the country
with neatly-e1ecuted coins and neat1y-en-
craven bits Of green paper. True, the bits Of
paper carry On their faces promise to pay that
will never be fulfilled, but the inastionist would
have the country itseH 30 into the business Of
showing tho queer, by issuing greenbacks ad
intirixu7,, until the fulil1ment Of their promsea
to pay would be IN impossibiEty. If the idea
that currency reeds to bo based on gold, and
redeemable in god is untrue,-it it is 3 fact that
merely stamping an ob1ong piece of paper
is enough to make it "money," and If tho peo-
pie are longing for more Of this sort Of stuff, -
why notB spare the Government the cost Of printing
it aud just authorize anybody to manufacture it
And as it involves some expense to prepare tho
green paper and tho elaborate plates needed to
duplicate the present 1egal-tendars, why not
issue new lot on brown wrapping paper with
'tdvo dollars written On each bit in order to
put it in eretybody'e power to relieve tight
money-market2 The nickel counterfeitc1s aro
simply inaationists under another name.
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poison around him No matter what he eats and
drinke, whether he be temperate or intemper-
ate,-the **horrora OF death encompass him
about literally. DR.. Corner, therefore, earnest
" recommends the burning OF table and kitchen
refuse. against which - s'crcm4tion there is no
sentimental objection.
, 1874-02-22

It is sufficiently frlghttul to know that dan-
ger turks in nnince-pies and sherry wine; that
bskers' bread and grocors' tea contain matter
which would destroy us but for the kindly
poiaons in eirupa and pickles; that land and
water conspito to decrease the population,
Of the Destroyer, without suffering The last
terror announced by science. Dr.. Corner, Of
London, has discovered that thu tab1o-refuso OF
housekeepers is thrown into the dustbin just
As it is thrown into the ash-barrel in Chicsgo;
that it subsequently enters into the manufacture
Of bricks, and that the process OF baking does
not eliminate the deletenous PARTICLES Of putrid
matter. Thus the wallis Of mans house arc
perpetuAlly breathing ma1aria and perspiring
, 1874-02-22

It ia said that Jan Darts goes to Europe 70
escape Jo Johnsson's impending military histo!,
which, it is stated, il terribly severe on t1e
Confederate e1-President, SHOWING both his ul'
itary incapacity and the petty malice and fa7!r-
itlBm which controlled him. Davis friends la
duced Johuaton 10 take one chapter out.
, 1874-02-22

Are We lacking in reverence for the father OF
his country To-day ia Washington's birthday
and the great and good Washington will only 10
remembered at the North Side Turner Ball bJ 4
tableau Of "Vashington Crossing the Dcla~
ware" and social hop. which arc to be comph-
mentary to the managerof that ball. Have no
come to this, that the memory OF the good little
boy who couldn't tell lie, and Of the man who
cared his country, il only kept alive BY the
Turner Hall frequenters, and made to swell the
exchequer OF ita manager?
, 1874-02-22

The latest development in the Episcopal con-
test IN Wisconsin is that DR.. Hoffman has With
drawn bis name, which leaves tho field clear tof
DR.. DeKoven- Inasmuch ns there is probs~
bility that the northern part Of the State Will 30
set Of from the Diocese Of Wisconsin. winch
will necessitate the choosing OF new BISHOP
the June meeting Of the Council will lose much
OF It's interest. Among the candidates. akead71n
training for the new Diahopdc are the Rev. T.
N. Parke, Of Oshkosh, and the Rev. F. B. Han
OF Green Bay.
In the 1878 Grsnges Of Iowa it Is cla1nea
there ara no 1ees than 5000 women, each Of
whom a1e intrusted with vose. 1ha Homen
are thus being raridly prepared for the bsllot b9
instruction in parliamentary practice, deba:e,
and general buginess. There sre come 7,ooo
Oranges in the country, to which belong nesri5
100, 900 women. The advocates OF woman~snt"
frage do not sppear to have availed themae1Tes
OF this information.
, 1874-02-22

MYERS OPERA-HOUSE~ Monroe stroet, between
Hinstrrls bnbreley and co1uic.!itcs. CosmozaElicA
ilu,ior "Our Great City"
, 1874-02-22

EKEGsEURY MUSIC HALL-Clark street. bet@ceu
Randolph and Lske Lecture by Thomas Mast Subject:
. q ~
, 1874-02-22

GLOBE THEATRE-pesplalnes street, between Mad
txca and Wxshnston. Engagement OF Joseph n. 6nes-
Eritz 0ur Cousin Gtt1uAu-'
, 1874-02-22

ACADE1IY OF MUS1C-Halsted stfeet betreeq, ,: 2laa-
4too and Monrpe. Engagement ot OnveF DOUG
Afternoon: Benefit to O. L. GrAses' EsentnE' oooaAa
, 1874-02-22

MVICKER,S THEATRE-Madson strees. between
D=ayhorn and State. Engagement ot Ed"au 1aooe1'
-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-03-19
Performing Fleas.

The latest excitement in Berlin is an
exhibition of drilled heas. The exhibit
ton takes place on large sheet of
white paper fastened upon an ordinary
table, to which all the spectators APP
proach in turn, so as to be able to wit
ness in all details The extraordinary
maneuvers of the little but marvelousy
powerful and gifted rascals. Here you
see one Of the muscular feas rolling
small barrel along with its feet, as the
men do in the circus; there you see
slim, voluptuously built madam of the
species walking along in crinoline and
carrying her parasol with all the affecta-
ton of city miss; at another place
well.trained fellow preforms on the fly
ing trapeze-without any danger to his
neck, however, since the biggest fall
would not break that; while below the
trapeze on the paper, host of little
ones are turning somersaults at a
fearful rate. The largest specimens
of the collection have been trained
to draw wagons, draye, carriages,
etc. To fix the harness on them, the
flea tanner places his pupils on a piece
of paper covered with mucilage, where
they have to stick. He then, by the aid
of watchmakers loop, arranges
strong gold thread around their bodies
and attaches it to the wagon or carriage.
The ladies of Berlin attend the exhibit
ton in large numbers and seem to take
an extraordinary delight in the perform
ance Of the little creatures, who are reg
ularly fed every morning from the arm
of the great hea-tamer, he being quite
ready to shed his last drop Of blood for
his darling little pets. There has been
no similar exhibition in Europe since
the days of the great Italian flea
tanner Bartolotti; of whom a number
of more or less bloody stories are
still current, amongst others the
following: 1t was on a hot day in
July that he presented himself at the
court of a French Count, who called in
his decollette dressed Countess to wit
ness the performance along with him.
The little black fellows did very well
until. when they were about to execute
military maneuver, the general Of the
troupe got tired OF the performance,
and. with bold resolution, took a leap
straight in the bosom of the Countess.
or course there was a grand scene.
The Countess shrieked with horror; the
Count was laughing fit to kill himself,
and Bartolotti was ready to die from anx-
iety for the life of his chief performer.
Atlast the Countess hurried off into an
other room, calling loudly for her cham
bermaid To BartOlotti the few minutes
that intervened seemed hours Of agony,
and when the chambermaid smilingly
reappeared, with the criminal between
her fingers, his heart beat triumphantly.
! he stretched out his hand, calling his
darling pet by name, bat no sooner had
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-03-19

The following is a veritable petition
signed by sixteen maids Of the town of
Charleston, South Carolina, and pre-
sented to his exceleney Governor John
sou, of that province, in the year 1888.
"The humble petition Of all the maids
whose names are underwritten: Where
as, we, the humble petitioners, are at
present in very melancholy disposition
of mind considering how all the bache-
lors are blindly captivated by widows
and our more youthful charms thereby
neglected; the consequence Of this, our
request is that your excellency will, for
the future, order that no widow pre-
sumo to marry any young man till the
maids are provided for; or else to pay
each of them a fine for satisfaction for
invading our liberties, aud likewise a
fine to be laid on all such bachelors as
shall be married to widows. The great
disadvantage it is to us maids is that the
widows, by their forward carriages, do
snap up the young men, and have the
vanity to think their merits beyond ours,
which is a great imposition on us, who
ought to- have the preference
This is humbly recommended to
your excellency's consideration, and
hope you will permit no further insults:
And we, poor maids, in duty bound, will
ever pray,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-03-19

Louis Napoleon in his will emphasizes
the solemn declaration: With regard
to my son, let him keep as a talisman
the seal | used TO wear attached to my
watch. This piece OF fetichsm would
appear to have formed yet another link
between the imperial exile that has
passed from our midst, and those Latin
races whose cause he affected to repre-
sent, whose superstition he certainly
shared. Indeed the ancient Romans
degraded priest because his mitre fell,
and unmade dictator because a rat
squeaked. Cesar crossed the Rubicon,
because on the opposite bank he saw
man with a fine figure. His nephew
felt confident of winning the battle
OF Actlum, because he met a peas
ant by the name of Nicolaus mount
ed on an ass. Wolsey was warned of
his doom by crozierhead; Sejanus by
a fight of crows. DR.. johnson objected
to going under ladder. Montaigne
avoided giving his left foot priority in
putting on his stockings. Alexander
was believed to have united the Gordian
knot with a slice of his sword. For
good luck's sake Augustus wore some
portion of sea calf; Charlemagne,
some trinket of unknown value. Mo-
hammed was all fate; Bonaparte, all
star and destiny. Cromwell believed in
September 3, and Louis Napoleon in
December 2. Sulla called himself Felix,
the favored child of fortune, and limo.
leon turned his house into temple of
chance. Alexander, if we may credit
the account given by Quintus Curtius,
was terrified by blood flowing from in
side his soldiers bread during the siege
of Tyre in 1872 B. c. His seer, Aristan-
der, foresaw in this crimson efflux of
the vital stream out of the commissariat
a happy issue for the Macedonian; and
the warriors thus never took Tyre. From
the year 1904, the spectacle of the bleed.
ing host and bread as well as the be-
witching bloody milk several times in
each century, gave simple folk scare
Thus it was noticed in 1864, under
Urban ~, at Polsena, not far from
Civita Vecchia; and Raphael has taken
this for the subject of his picture called
the "Miraculo de Bolsena," which is,
at all events. a miracle of the pencil.
In 1888, when Heinrich Won Bulow de-
stroyed the village and church at Wills
mach, drops of blood were found eight
days afterward on the host placed on
the altar. But the victims Of supersti-
tion have the bump of casualty largely
developed, and in 1910 thirty-eight Jews
were burnt because they had tortured
the consecrated host till it bled Again,
the sight was seen on the Moselle in
1924, and in l848 the famous Ehrenberg
analyzed the terrible potent. After
STOPPING with his microscope over the
red stains on bread, cheese and potatoes,
this savant declared that they are caused
by small monads or vibrois, which have
red color, and are so minute that from
46, ,656 600, 900 to S54, ,634, ,000 900 distinct
beings adorn the space of one cubic inch.
Unfortunately, when, in 1910, thirty
eight Israelites, as we have seen, were
burnt to ashes, no scientific Ehrenberg
existed to point out to their superstitious
butchers what they called proof Of the
consecrated host being tortured until it
bled, was merely due to an aggregation
of hungry red insects.