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NEW YORK.
A Forgotten Worthy Of the Radical
Persuasion Brought 10 Grief.

AIEBtae1CAO1A II OnS ~ NAACAs
New YORK, Nov. 21.-Judge Blatchford
in the United States Court, yesterday, di-
rected verdict for the Government for
$4,000 against ex-GOv. Caleb Lyon, Of
Idaho. in u suit on his official bond. Ly-
on's accounts were S46.5S5 short, Of which
amount be claimed to have been robbed.
A SHindIer Sent Back TO Louisiana in
CHarge OF the Woman He SWindIed.
Edward Kidney was arrested on a tele-
gram from New Orleans, charging him with
defrauding Mrs. Van Ostern of bonds and
cash amounting TO $4,000. Mrs. Van os-
tern arrived yesterday with a requisition
from Gov. kellogg demanding Kidney to
be delivered to the lady, and he departed
in her custody,
Another Accession for Bishop Cum.
minis.
Rev. DIR. Nicholson, rector of Trinity,
the oldest and wealthiest of the Episcopal
churches in Newark, announces his adhe-
sion TO the Reformed Episcopal Church.
He has long been regarded as a leader in
Low Church views, for his opposition
to ritualistie practices. The field of bis
new lsbors will be in Philadelphia.
Pile IL On.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company has
increased the passenger rate to San Fran
cisco twenty dollars.
Awar Between MOnOpOIies.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
has begun an action against the Union Pa
cific Railroad Company for 100000 dam
ages for alleged breach of contract. An
order has been issued for the defendants to
show cause why they should not furnish
bill of particulars. The companies, it is
alleged, agreed on the same freight charges,
that the Union Pacific should guaran-
tee the Pacific Mail a certain amount of
freight monthly, and that the Union Pacif 4
failed to fulfil its part OF the contract; henoc
the suit
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OoTToN steady in New York, closing
at 14EEc for middling upland.

A FEW Of our exchanges seem to be
uuder the impression that ex-GOv. Jos.
Z. Brown, of Georgia, was a candidate
for Congress from that State, at the
recent election. He was not in the
field himself, but materially aided to
elect, by over six thousand majority,
the Democratic nominee in his district.
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EXPLOSIONS.

A Woman Killed and Several Others
MANNED.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-Wilt & Woods
soap-wOrks on Newark avenue, jersey City,
were demolished this forenoon by the ex-
plosion of a boiler. One woman was killed
and several persons were injured.
Two Miners Killed,
CINCINNATI, Nov. 21.-Jas. Moore and
Joseph Norman, miners of Lawrence, o.,
were yesterday instantly killed by boiler
explosion at the Maple Grove mines.
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DYPTHERIA has prevailed to an alarm
ing extent for scme time in the upper pOr-
ton Of the county. In the country lying
between Wartrace and Normandy, we are
informed that the fatality among the chill
dren has been fearful, while above War
trace there have been numerous cases
!SbelbVrHle Gazette.
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LOUISIANA.
A Roster of Radical Rascals.
Half a Dozen EmbezzIing officials
Indicted bg a Mixed Jury.


Half a Dozen EmbezzIing Officials
Indicted By a Mixed Jury.
New ORLEANS, Nov. 21.-The grand
Jury of Plaquemine parish have indicted
the following: Harry MahODey, cOlored, ex-
member Of the House of Representatives,
for embezzling s., 800 as Treasurer of the
Board OF Education; Edward Butler, col
Ored, ex-State Senator, for receiving bribe
Of Sl,5G0; VIM. NJ. Prescott, Parish Judge
since 1865, for bribery and corruption la
office and subonatiOn of perjury; Nicholas
r. Ivan, cOlored, for shooting with intent
to Kill, Olackmailing and obtaining mOrey
under false pretenses by intimidation and
threats; Frank White, colOred. JailOr and
Deputy Sheriff, for conniving at the escape
OF prisoners, including the defaulting State
Collector. The grand jury consisted of
four white and twelve colored men.
victims of the Em1Ire.
The following bodies have been recov-
cred from the wreck: Johnnie, aged u,
and Ida, aged Z, children of Capt. Jean
freau; Minnie, aged Il, daughter of Paul
Williams, of Plaquemine parish; a colored
deck sweep and a white laboring man,
making ten bodies, so far, recovered.
Rochester Closes Her Public schools.
ROCHESTER, Nov 2l.-The Board of
! Education has voted to close the public
schools Oh the 30th inst, owing TO the
want Of funds. The Common Council
claim that the board has exhausted all the
funds that can legally be voted the present
1 wear,
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AnnenIornnneIIisf-

CINCINSATI, Nov. pit. l.. Jones who
was elected clerk of the Court of Appeals Of
Kentucky recently, and has been declared
disqualified For the ofice by reason OF par
ticip4tion in duel, will appeal the matter
to,the Court of Appeals.
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$4,000 Gone-wi,h a Man.

PORTLAND, Me-, Nov. 21.-C L. Knight,
a wool dealer of Bethel, has disappeared.
1t is alleged he is defaulter to the amount
OF $40 00D
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MONTREAL.

The Cemetery Rights of ExcOmmu-
nIcates.
MONTREAL, Nov. 2l.-A cable dispatch
was received to-day from London as fol-
lows: In the Gibard case, the appeal is al
lowed and burial is ordered inhOly grounds
with all costs except of recusatiOn, of Judge
Gibard entitled to Ecclesiastical rights.
This action was brought because the church
authorities refused the interment of Gibard
IN Catholic cemetery, on the ground that
he belonged TO a society whose members
were eX communicated.
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EPAT n.

MADRID, Nov. 21.-The editors Of ia
PreIisd have been arrested and sent to
prison for violating the press law estab-
lished under the state of siege
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AMoIIie fIaguIre.

WILKEsBAREE, PA, Nov. 2l. One
Mcclure was arrested to-day, having at
tempted to Kill w. G.. Ward, recorder Of
the MAYORS court at Scranton.
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SOME Of the students at Eastern colleges
can board themselves for thirty-fiye cents
per week, but they don't feel like tearing
around much.
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CHINA.

BERLIN, Nov. 2I.-Tbe Chinese Gov
ernment has ordered large quantity Of
breech-loading rifles.
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HOW ProhIbItion Works.

Boston, Nov. 21.-Seyenty-tive TO one
hundred seizures of small stocks of liquor
have been made here.
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sudden Denth ola CIerxyman.

ALBANY, Nov. 21.-Rev. j. T. Byrne.
agent Of the French Canadian Mission, fell
dead this morning while on the way to the
railroad depot. BE lectured here last even
inc
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The Curiosity OF Freight Charges.

On barrel Of oil from Louisville to
Nashville, lS5 miles, zoe. From Nashville
to Chattanooga, Isl miles, 9Oc. From
Chattanooga to RogersEille Junction, 166
miles. s.. 40.
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Gallatin Examiner.

We recently had box (weight, 40 lbs.)
shipped from New York, via steamship, to
Charleston, S. c., from thence to Nashville
by rail, and from Nashville to Gallatin
(the latter distance Of only twenty-six
miles). The total charges from New York
TO Nashville were twenty cents. The
charge from Nashville TO Gallatin was twen-
tY-fiTa cents
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BOLIVAR Ii. COOKE & 60.

Hare inst received an ELEGANT LINE
of MEMS CASHMERE SUITS for
the HOLIDAYS, IN all Shades q
Colors, ranging IN price from $3.50 a
SHIT 10 $500 pes. SUit Hare also lh
STOCK aR IMMENSE number ot
BEAVER OYER. COATS, GLENGA-
RVS, KING WILLIAMS, and 1el
mas, tUhieh ieiH be sold TO the TRADE
at PRICES TO suit the times. Orders
collected. b. II. COOKE e CO-
n0vI5 dtillianl, ,T5Sw1t
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Congress Must Attend 90 IL.

Representative Wiltshire, Of Arkansas,
had an interview to day with Attorney
General Williams in reference 10 affairs in
that State, and says if was of a satisfactory
character He is satisfied that if any ac-
tion be taken in the matter it will be by
Congress.
The general feeling here is against in
reference.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-04-18
The Missing Link.

On the Island of Borneo, says
the Siam Weekly AdUertiSer, has
been found certain race of wild
creatures, Of which kindred vari-
cites have been discovered in the
philippine Island, in Terre del
Fuego, and in South America
They walk unusually, almost erect
on two legs, and in that attitude
measure about four feet in height.
They construct no habitations,
form no families, scarcely associ
ate together, sleep in caves and
trees, feed on snakes and vermin,
on ants eggs and ON each other.
They cannot be tanned or forced
to any labor, and are hunted and
shot among the trees like the
great gorilla, of which they are o
stunted copy. When captured
alive one finds with surprise that
their uncouth jabbering sounds
are like articulate language. They
turn up human face to gaze at
their captors, and the females
show instincts of modesty; in fine
these wretched beings are men
and women.
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A bill has been introduced into
the New Jersey legislature which
provides for the appointment Of
an inspector Of liquors in every
county of the state, whose dutyit
shall be to examine all alcoholic
liquors offered for sale in his dis
trict, and visiting with severe
penalties any attempt to vend inn
pure or adulterated beverages.
This measure is said to be endors-
ed by public meeting of promi-
nent ministers and educators of
Princeton. A more general law,
embracing within its provisions
the adulteration of all alimentary
substances, wether of food or
drink, would seem to be needed
though the distinction recognized
in this law between suppressing
the liquor traffic and protecting
the public from fraudulent prac
tees will be approved by many.
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The strength of Materials.

Gold may be hammered 80 that
tits only 300, 900 Of an inch thick.
A grain Of iron may be divided
into 4 100000 parts. Still chemis-
try tells us that there are ultimate
parts called atoms or molecules,
which are absolutely invisible.
These atoms are attracted to each
other by the attraction OF cohesion
and repealed by the force of repul-
sion. BY the action Of both these
forces the atoms are kept in state
ofrest. The solidity of a solid de-
ponds upon the fact that each pair
of atoms are in this state of equili
ribum. These atoms are supposed
to be of an oblate, spleroidal form.
An iron bar would support its own
weight if stretched out 10 a length
of 81 miles A bar of steal was
once made which would sustain its
own weight if extended to a length
of 131 miles.
Our ideas of great and small are
no guide to be used in judging of
what is truly great and small in
nature. The Bunker Hill monu-
ment might be built to over mile
in height without crushing the
stones at its base. When bars of
iron are stretched until they break,
those which are the longest in
crease in length less than the
weaker ones. A piece of wood
having breadth and thickness of
three inches and length of four
feet, if supported at its ends, would
be bent one-mllionth Of an inch
by weight of three pounds
placed at its centre, and d weight
of one-tentil of an ounce would
bend it one seven millionth of an
inch. Prof. Norton described q
machine for testing the variation
of sticks Of wood. The machine
consists of levers and screws so
contrived that the amount OF
weight brought to bear upon the
stick can be accurately measured,
and the variation of the stick from
a straight line can be measured
even though it does not exceed one
seven millionth of an inch.
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PERSONAL.

Hon. Alexander Mitchell, NJ c..
from Milwaukee, Wis, is put down in
mercantile agency books as worth $16,-
100000
The bronze statue of Edward Bates,
cast at Chicopee for citizens OF ST. LoWis
has reached that city. and will soon be
set up in Lafayette Park, near Benton's.
Gov. Davis of Minnesota has appoint
ed commissioners under the railroad
law, to hold office for two years, at an
annual salary of $4,000 They are to
make schedule of reasonable maximum
charges for freight a1d passengers for
each ofthe railroad corp orations in the
State.
The following patent has been
recently granted for hardening
steel. The object is heated to a
red heat by any of the ordinary
methods for uniform heating. 1t
is then chilled by the action of a
strong blast of air or gas. BY
suitable variations in the strength
of the blast and the temperature
of the air any required degree of
hardness may be attained. After
this the substance is tempered.
Mr.. John Galletely finds that
cotton soaked in boiled linseed
oil, and the temperature raised to
ITO degrees fahrenheit, will then
commence to generate heat, and
in the course of an hour will ac-
quire a temperature of $50 de-
grees Fahrenheit, land shortly after
that take fire. Raw linseed oil re-
quired about five hours, rape oil
ten hours, olive oil six hours, lard
oil four hours, seal oil about two
hours. castor oil slight charring in
two days, and sperm oil negative
results.
In Salt Lake City recently
Mormon named James Wilson
publicly announced that he would
kill any man Brigham Young
didn't like if ordered by the Pro-
phe is TO do so.
Major ID. II. Toilet, who
brought suit against the Commit
tee of the Worlds Peace Jubilee
for artillery service furnished for
that noisy celebration, has receiv-
ed judgement in his favor for the
entire amount of his bill, $685.
50.
Rev. DR.. Cheney, of the Bap-
fist Church, East Boston, out of a
salary of $4,000 per year has Civ
en- on on an average 81 900 a year
for six years, toward defraying
the church debt, besides what he
has given to the poor, and for
foreign missions.
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HOW Is THIS

The Cleveland Plaindealer ex-
plains the difference between gen.
uine and imitation whiskey, and
other spirits, thus 1t is a fluid
made up variousIy of high wines,
aqua FORTS, nux vomica, aloes,
harnie sugar'and other ingredients
and hauled about the city in dem
Johns and thus peddled out to the
low doggeries which buy their sup
plies daily and only few decan-
tiers or jugs full at a time. By GER
tain combinations of the ingredi-
ents, "imitation" brandy, rum
and gin are made, and peddled
and drank by the same persons.
The object of the aqua fortis is to
give the liquid "lifo" and so
thoroughly cauterize the mouth
and throat of the drinker that he
will be unable to tell what he
has been drinking. The super
iority of imitation whiskey to
genuine, consists in the fact that
whereas a good, healthy man
can stand a wrestle of several
years with orthodox Bourbon,
about sixty days of the article if
it has a fair chance-w breed q
menagarie in his boots.
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KBFlp THE BIRTHDAYS

hEF.p tho birthdays. They be-
iong,. exclusively toand are treasur-
ahlong the sweetest memories Of
nome. DO not let anything pre-
vent some token, be it ever so
slight, to show that it rs remem-
bered. Birthdays are great events
10 children. For one day they
feel they are heroes. The special
puddings are made expressly for
them new jacket, trousers with
pockets, or the the first pair Of
boots is donned, and big brothers
and sisters sink into insignifiance
beside little Charliev who il six
to. day," and is soon "going to be
man" Fathers who have half
a dozen little ones to care for are
apt to forget birthdays-they
come so often. Some times they
are 100 busy, and some time they
are bothered; but If they only
knew how much such souvenirs
are cherished by their children
years afterward, when, away
from the hearthstone, they have
none to remind them that they
have added one more year to the
perhaps weary round of life. or to
wish them, in the good, old-fash-
Toned phrase, many ghappy re-
turns of their birthday" they
would never permit ady cause to
step in between them and par
ent's privilege.
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TRUE TO THE LAST.

A doctor always treated his in
venile patients for worms
whatever might happen TO be the
symptoms. One day, being called
to a boy who was suffering severe
ly. he felt the pulse, and LOGGING
at the mother, with q solemn
shake Of the head said: "Worms.
madame ! worms!
Now DOCTOR" .said the mother.
ut isn't WORDS at all, / tell we.
That boy sell down on the wood
piie ana broke his leg, and / want
you 60 stop crying worms" and
Get il Immediately" "Ah !" said
the doctor, determined not to be
put down, Worms in the wood,
madame! worms in the wood ~
Mr. Spencer placed a South AT
RIGA diamond, about the size of a
pea, In the interior Of a mass ofre-
fractQry clay, which was mixed
with soda and iyrate of lime. This
was then kept at a cherry-red heat
for three days and nights; at the
close of this time the diamond had
disappeared, whereupon he con-
cludes that carbon in this form is
combustible at much lower tenn
perature than is generally sup
posed.
Microscopic examinations of
thin sections Of various rock is at
tracing considerable attention in
Germany, and every mineralo-
gist now supplies himself with a
microscope and a cutting or rub
bling machine for the manufacture
Of sections. A recent work, by III.
Rosenbusch, on this subject, shows
the varieties and peculiarities of
the internal structure of rocks as
revealed by the microscope and
polariscope.
A Richmond paper thinks that
the moving of the mountains in
North Carolina must be owing to
the increase Of faith in that re-
gion.
The Anchor Works in Camden,
Maine, are forging the largest an
Choir ever attempted. 1t will be of
the most expensive iron, and will
weigh $500 tons.
The Annual Convention of the
National Women's Suffrage AS
ISOLATION will be held in Irving
Hall in this city on the 14th and
10Th of May next.
There is said to be 1873 Masons
in the British Parliament-56 in
the House OF Lords, and n in the
Commons. Neither Disraeli nor
Gladstone are Masons.
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AGR [OULTURAL ITEMS.

a strong decoction of white-oak
bark is good for hardening the
shoulders of a horse when COM
mencing work in the spring.
Mares in foal demand generous
keeping and kind attention.
Linseed or lard oil, applied to
the bark of fruit.trees, kill the
the bark-louse.
Cuttings of willows and poplars
should be half an inch and over in
diameter. and not less than eight
inches i'll length, and put in deep
ly, with the earth crowded we'll
around them. Put them in the
ground during the month of
April.
Tie influence of forests in draw
ing moisture from the heavens
may be judged from the exper-
fence ofSan Diego, Cal. Previous
to 1868 there was yearly rainy
season, which made the soil nour-
ishing and productive. In 1868
destructive fire swept over the
greater part of the country, cut
tidg down the luxuriant chappar-
ell and blackening the hills. Since
then there has been no rainy sea-
son at San Diego.
Bulbs that have been Towering
through the winter or spriug
should be allowed to mature the
full growth of their leaves. When
they begin to turn yellow cut off
the tops, remove the bulbs, and
store in some dry place until fall.
Plants that have been forced
and blooming all winter cannot be
expected to continue all summer
with full developed flowers. They
must have rest. In plants as in
flesh, ''all work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy.'
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A popular clergyman of Buffa-
10 returned from an extended
journey few days since, and just
as he alighted from the cars, and
was receiving the congratulations
of a crowd of delighted parishon-
ers, who had assembled to greet
him, an ineDriated individual fol
lowing in his wake seized him by
the hand and exclaimed:
"Well, good-by old pard, Tam
going further, and shall keep up
the same old drunk for a while
yet; but you're pretty we'll sober
ed up, and you better keep so!
'spect as drinkin's h-when fell
ler's round home. But you know
how to go on gallus spree and
have rum time just as good as any
pard / ever had, and you has my
respect. Day-day, old BUSTER"
Before the astonished clergy
man could gather his wandering
wits the hail fellow was off leav-
ing terrible scandal for the de-
location Of the gossips Of Buffalo,
and a prospective candidate for
the lunatic asylum.
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AaaE HKGxasE
How asse Explosion 0ccur-
red.


NEW YORK, April IA Her
aid special dispatch from st.
Johns, New Foundland, gives the
statement Of Captain Isaac Bart
lett Of the steamer Tigress. re-
garding the explosion on that yes
sci on Thursday, April 2, at 3
O'Clock p. m. / was standing on
the bridge; the vessel at that time
was slowly steaming through the
ice, and all at once | saw smoke
| and steam issuing from the engine
room hatch in great volume, per-
sonally | had felt no shock, and
was not aware of an explosion
having occurred until / Fsaw the
men rushing up through the
matches, some of them exclaiming,
1.-The boilers have burst.v 1t was
scene of great excitement; The
men ran hither and thither, and
partly from terror, three men
jumped overheard, but they were
subsequently rescued and taken on
board the vessel; ten men were
killed instantly, and eleven 9TH
ers died in great agony the follow
ing day, among these the first and
second engineers; the first engi-
neer was native of Dundee, and
the second, named Booth belonged
to Philadelphia; all the evidence
that could be gathered from the
stoker, coal HEAVIER, and assistant.
tends to show that the fiame-shot
and tube-plate gave way, and the
shock felt below deck was not
much, as the explosion tended
doWnwards. | am unable to give
the specific cause of the explosion:
at the time the gauge indicated a
sufficiency of water, but it is now
supposed the guage was out of or
der; the boiler was built in Phila-
adelphia by Nefiel & Levy, and
in January last it was tested for
one hundred pounds pressure to
the square inch, tho test being
made in the presence of the first
engineer and myself; on the day
of the explosion the steam gauge
indicated sixty pounds pressure,
and on the day previous
there was pressure of
eighty pounds; all the
men killed were on top of he boil
er at the time; they were mostly
men in poor circumstances and
leave surviving families, for whom
it is proposed to get up subscrip-
tions. The Tigress was built in
Quebec in 1871, and her register is
three hundred and sixty tons. She
IS owned in St. Johns, New
Foundland.