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The Portland daily press., 1875-08-09

A CARD
To the public or those wanting Refrigerator.
have not time myself and do not employ agents to
run round and dunn up Customers, but sells my
Goods at Manufacturers prices, and will simply say
if they will call at Howell q Morse's, 20 Market
Square, and see my Refrigerator in full operation
before buying, it will be to their advantage, as the
proof of the merits claim for it are all there and
speak for themselves
my17sndH j. r. MERRILL
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-09
$13,36l,347.OO.

The great md special feature of the New
England Mutual Life Insurance Co. is
its NON-FORFEITAB POLICIES,
This feature In the right of the Policy
holders made SO by the law Of the State Of
Massachusetts. Rremiums already paid
earned by the cost of insurance. Fifteen
policies i'm the New England 90. were paid
$50 900 90; which would have been n
total loss to the policy had they
been insured in any company, other than
~ assachusetts company.
The advantages offered 10 insurers by
this company in
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POEITcAL. !.
THE IIPTLR HAND.

i,I,i,s fo,,o,,,5,.,, st;T-,
t4o,o HTSs, -; !, y
5f az l..,t .i =. -
s.ss 4e'' wilost aAts mas
That hand of thine. my precious child,
How oftits soft caTess woo, s5s
Aud ask. with many a hope aud fear,
aygbat is that slitt le hand to do, = 8. .l5s6
How 5iuotiie. soft u,,yyo1nt tI,ystoi.
The ready, ;nstr1,r3eIt Of NAV
1t executes the tancies i5aiht. p q .aiN
That make Inv life ono SoiIdasSia es7qsers
ItrOlIs the l5aIls il e,idsssti,e men. Is Ss5ss
And ciphers strange eaii,, ,tleftl stracs.f.ft s.
Andnft. viii, warm afffection,s ,lisli.
It foudly strokes ,n,, "a ar.Szoros far..
,T,,s i; ss,,,,,s g .s,S - ! ass0. 5a
T,s1 X, - -
A,,sI ,I,e, ~, ~ ,s ID -
Point 4,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-06-22

ontline bf the ffaatmett hitherto pursuad
IS .sT rms, s. ts vi,5,F ,ffnr6bstis, = II s,s
dad irieb,, curl ,ofs Tho linz s. -
II onIv wonder the man .,.i;s,,,t dad p,
e;acnlstea Rob.
l.fNhSs Al vo,; man Mr. tvitlsss ~
tsTJb;,la,, J, SS,rsst,gl FSbb Il fafES q 3.
.syv;,1S,v II,ss.a ola f,;,, y
IN. ~ as,0sSJ an ez,Is..Snn oe e,.
;nso,s,:n,y pa = :
~ g -, essssS,ssa9 ss:, u e 80.
s1 So. q ''.e
:. I:,S', ~ :, s1e
20 ainse Al.le1 2 morse. ~.
o,s 'o''eaa pFescriOe pesseli saeeree
o'a az S1e...l I = ~ ssS2 -
satE Z seusaat ! Yoeieait trys ssla BOD.
liyss ys1 60 ,retof'ea va sn'n-'s
y =, W :, u
ttttss.s my pIescIa ptlons answered BOD
hasing written ,.i II ton on hastii iyss
~ l ma. ietiieas tae sei ilier Win aeep sur
Prise .st stinulants tor 2 man N rs copditions's
~ shoald thlsk s.. sI'a 7 ~ f'sitsr the
prostratsng treatment ne mas gone throughs
l.gil sFyt he new prescription, whispered
the = e siss man WIN an eilef
Don %, pFeIaE,1 - y, a. eno .ne patent ssai'oNeo
ne etiscs was sape"s. ne s.ran-
ger 1eela1ea nii,ises, y anps on' iof
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-06-22

DEATH oF-A. Brave SoLDItR.-Michsel
Foster, who was accounted by Gen. Jackson
the bravest man in the StoncwaH Brigade,
diedTn Monroe county, West Virginia, on the
22d nit, from the effects of wound received
IN front of Petersburg. IN April, 65. He
was supposed to have been killed and left on
the field. General Terry sent a flag of truce
for his body The party with the flag of
truce found him alive, but so severely wounded
that. on the retreat, he was left in the city of
Petersburg and there received the kind at
tentiou of Federal as well US Confederate
Surgeons. until he was removed to his home
in Monroe. The ladies of Rockbridge sent.
to Gen, Jackson Eve suits of clothes. one to
be,giEen to the bravest man of each regiment,
aud a wreath of laurels TO the brayesf man in
the .stoneEalls Brigade. He gave the wreath
to Foster. saFsl l7zsts.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-06-22

BSThe Piedmont T'rginiaa, apologiziog
for publishing bpt half sheet, recently, says:
'sOwing to the meanness of our patrons in not
paying Hs money enough to buy paper. we are
compelled to issue half sheet this week
We regret this on account of our prompt pay.
ing. friends. As to.ouT delineuents, they can
90 to the - SO far as We care
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-06-22
PATENF MEDICINES,

SCHOOL BOOKS AND STA lIDNERY,
embracing eIl of the most poYulsr aud reablere-
Easdies aad also the latcsi ovels and finest kinds
otSIaIiOncrY.
Go- "A the quality of McGic;ucs is always OF the
reatest ports bath to the Physician and his
Patisats, We make it Uur constant cgre to secure
but ;he pureat 3!c,icincs, and by his long
psrience ia tns retail business, he il prepared to
i'll PHI yseiAns Prescriptions and Compound Medi-
Sines co=dns tile latest and strictcst ruIeG OF
Pharmacy The public eau confidently relyzon-
prepared ns all hours of the day and night
N-R--I iEke this occasion tn return my si5cere
thanks for the very large patronage bestowed upon
me by the community, aud to express my grateful
knoStsdsmsnt of the high appreciation of my
fellow citizens Of oF efL.rts them tsustia
that rnsJ be able in she future to render entire
satisfset0n to all ho may favor With their sup
port and cons lence. GEO. T. LIG at.
: Fehruar7 2n. ISI2.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-06-22
Druss,
Drugs.
DRUGS, EaEDIcIaEs Aaa eNEMICALs,

at their old nd we'll known stand on Rain street.
where also be obtaiped coInpete Of
DYE sTUEFS, WINDOW GLASS, -
PAINTS, PUTTY,
superior Coal, Lubricating, Sperm. Lard and LA
seed Oils, all Of which vii! be sold low tie
Eastern markets tIl affo, d; aIso CosI Oil Lamps
hiEs EAses, Toilet Sets, Fancy Articles. Fine Per-
fumsFies of the lnost poPriar kinda. Poriadcs.
Rin's nl5rosia SuEne:t'S :Icoaine s touebraker's
Halle sad Ciievalier's Hair Restorers and REVIEWERS,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-06-22

sDooKs in tho Library-B -BuIver's, TroIlope's D
DSEdwards', w hitets, and all popular writers.s
october IS, 1879. GEO. T, LIGHT.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-06-22
eG04L AND WOOD YARD.

WARRINGTON & LIPPITT ag
WILL keep on han a constant supply ofCoAL
NJ of all kinds, and Sawed and Split WOOD,
,sEies they will furDish and delverin quantitie to
ss.::. fnr CAsh Gers left al nrd cor
-nsr samuel stree: and 3. s ORR,
CO. Cash paid for Bores, -l' e.
June ~, IS731iy.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-06-22
ADKER TIsING RATES.
a@TRANsIRNT BILLs4cAsH.

one SQUARE q inch or lsss,l . reeiss,.-. 80
Zach snbseqesnt snsertiet ....... 60
0ne square, three ....i.s..s.s-. 400
One qulres six mon the ...ss1- 500
One square, cne 1000
cASmDATEss ASscpSc ckii EETs.-EDr County OF
6eersy 5s00J State or ongressionais SO 90.
Z. Legal entertainments At the published raiea.
Obituary Notices exceeding i've lines. ten cenfs
ny- -AntrAnBient advertisements due and collect
able affoS The frat insertion 8 IL ~ ~
Liberal deductions made for Quarter, HALL and
whole Columns Tor Annual senii- annual and
Quartarly AirertiseFs, S-,sss - S.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-06-22

SfMTH,s whooping Cough Cordial-a certain
- eErs; Cherry PICTORIAL Troches-ior coughs,
eolis, sore throat, Bronchitis. sc. Also Wells *
EDDY Carbolic Troches, for sale by - ll..ss
tSharIestoWn. tC.E. BELLER.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-06-22

HAND Made Boots and Shoes at ,Goldsmith's
% Twin Fronts. Every pair warranted. Scotch
Bottomed Boots always on hand, and very low in
pE1lSss; p1E1lSs,e;;5ssrz 1873.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-06-22
"A CARD.
Summit Point. Depot
CARD.

IT AvING heretofore done business at Summit
( i Point. would respectful v call the attcu-
fact that t ann at the % DNpoT again and viii i, be be
glad 10 serve them, and viii be rleaseI to have
call fIoin them; w. n C. WILSON,
= OF the firm IF Wilson 81 Others.
Summit POiat, Sept. Is. isI4-3m.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-06-22

fpRY HAINEs' Five Cent Eavana. Cigars. if you
u wish good smoke. = l. =st--sz-z III
June % ,sI674. GE.' ,+flSrCE
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-06-22

Hovenlher II, 1914.
A lADDiN Security Oil. best in use. will not ex.
IN plode, l5Uo Fire test; stquality Goal oii.for
'saIe by N. N.sF.HENDERSONs & co..
GROUND Oil Cake. for Cattle and other 7stnc
" for sale by TN. F.5HENDERS0N 3 COX.
NEATSFoOT. Fish, Lard. Gator and Black
-tN Strap Oils, for Harness. MaehfnefyS &c. at
Nov.=I7, 1874 ~ ss,t=s5=st - HENDERSoN's.s
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RESUMED BUSINESS !!

EAvING purchased the STOCK OF GOODS OF
4 the late ". q. SaecEer. (fIrrncrly KrarEeJ &
SAserer,l towhi;h nave lrads additions If ! 81
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-06-22
10 TIE PUBLIC.

DREsERvE your Furs and wooleh GsodS, use
q Anti Moth Cedar Soap, effective and economi-
cal, for sals:b C.E BELLER.
TIsE carboiate OF Lime, for disiufesting Sinks,
~ Severs. Foul Alley's, aprinkle in Poultry
Yards, Roosts End Nests, and in dog Kennels, &c.
u VII be found = certain remedy for the yermin
Sntesting such places, to be had at t,r
Juue 2, 1874. C E.BELLER'S.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-06-22

y Lamp Goods Consisting in part. ofsall kinda
and sizes of Hand and Stand Lamps, beautiful Par
-lor. Studeet, Hall nd Bracket Lamps, Refectors,
Holders, &c.'Weshaye also, received the colebra.
ted Drummund Burners and Chimueys which give
almost twice ths amount of light of ordinary Bur
ners. N F. HENDERSON s CO.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-06-22

- 50. Grsy-Pacl with my box ise dozen
quiJIs.2 There is nothing remarkable about
this sentence, only that il Is pesrly as short
as one can be constructed, snd yet contains
the whole slphsbsss
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-06-22
JEW JEWELRY! NEW JEWELRY!

T HAVE received from Baltimore :. snppIyN of
i New Goods in my limo, consisting in part of
e WATCHES, GLGCES AND .JEWELRY, : .
Ladies' Sets, Ear noors. Sleeve buttons. Gold
aud Plated Studs, Silver Thimbles, Gold
Emblem Pins. Cents Pirs. Gold. Silver
and Plated Rings, Neck Chains,
Watch Chains of all kinds,
SPECTACLES AND EYE GLASSES
to suit all Rgrs, Violin Strings. German, French.
and italian Guitar and Banjo Strings, &c. &c.
German AcGorCleons, Viulins, Guitars aud Bsnjos
for sale. Fine Watches, Clocks aud all kinds of
Repairing done i'll my line with neatness and
dispatch, at moderate terms. by
-.-If IA H.A. BURTON, b, ,}
-. Main street, Charlestown, w. Va. s
April l3 lS75-ly. -
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-06-22

GROCERIES, QUEENSW4RE,

and such articles as are generally needed by the
people, resp6 6c:fuIIy ask SaIl from former Gus
toners and The public generally. the old stand
where they judge for themselves to quality
and prices of mT goods. t.r,
GEO. W. Tx EARSLEY
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-06-22

5faHALAGoGUE FOR Chile, sold by = -
II August 2. 1873. GEO. T. LIGHT.
- 7z5TdE57-5 ~ ' - = 2
a sTRAL 0iI--noa- explosiye-for sale by
a nec-2. GEO. W. 7, KEARsLEf.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-06-22

"a, e will give the Market Price for Wheat.
w = WASHINGTON & LlPPITT.
Aug. IL, 1874. y, 80
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outline 81 The ffeatmeht hitherto pursued.
= II trust ID ineets y6Jif appreciation, 2 be ads
ded, Rithsa curlsofi the ilip-
II only wonder the man isn't dead u.
eiacplated Bob. 81.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-06
An African Forest.

Chimney Corner.
Major Butler, c. B., whose name and
deeds we all remember so we'll in
connection with the Ashantee expe-
dition, has written one of the most inter-
esting books Of the year. It is an account
of his own failure to do all that he aimed
at doing in the war, and is deeply inter-
esting on that account only; but many
Of its passages OF incidental description
are Of the most powerful kind. A fine
example is to be fond in a sketc. OF an
African forest Nothing could well be
more vivid than this:
Morning. dense white stream
fills the forest; the eye cannot follow the
great gray tree,trunks more tnan half
way to their SUBMITS There is the
ceaseless drop of raindrops on the
broad-leaved underground, and a clam
my cold elings to the air; there is, the
natives say, a bad smoke out to-day
and yet, long before mid.forenoon, this
smoke has vanished, and the fiery sun
has come out--the clammy chill has
changed to sutfocating, damp heat.
Md dGy.-The great sun blazes in sui
len fury down upon the silent forest, but
the fierce rays fall only in nets Of gold
ON the great gray stems which raise their
5uttressed trunks one hundred feet with
out branch, and then fork in massive
limbs, whose every length would make a
forest.tree. One hundred feet higher
still, the waving surface OF this ocean
foliage lies outspread before the glare Of
dsy--a vast sea Of tree-tops, whose waves
ripple in middle region seemingly set
between earth and heaven.
" EUening.-There is the splash oi
water upon the topmost trees; the rain
Kisses down in ceaseless dreariness, and
the roll of the thunder crashes loud and
long over the reverberating forest.
But though the hours may pass as
they will and sunlight, fog and light
ming ring their changes over this sea,
still all unchanged, set in an eternity of
sombre gloom, rests this huge equatorial
forest. The day and the night are the
same to it; noiseless rivers steal along
under dense layers of tangled foliage;
huge poisonous fruits fall down from
lofty close-Get trees, and lie beneath the
underground, emitting noisome odors;
great orchids hang over the pathway;
spiral ereepers, hundreds of feet in
length, twisted like huge serpents, cling
from tree to tree; and far down below
the mass of foliage, amidst these tan.
gled and twisted evergreens, beneath the
shadow Of the great tree.trunks, man
moves as though he slowly picked his
way at the bottom of some mighty
ocean
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-06
MEMPHIS, TENN. MONDAY EVENING DECEMBER 6 1875

and then l christened it; so now the
child is ready for either world.
One day some visitors discovered on
the summit of beautiful wood two dom
keys with deers antlers fastened on their
heads. which ever and anon they shook,
much wondering at their horned honors.
There, Lady -" said Mr.. Smith,
you said the only thing this place
needed to make it perfect was deer; what
do you now say2' Excuse their long
ears-a little peculiarity belonging TO
parsonic deer. Their voices, too, are
singular; but we do our best for you, and
you are too true friend of the church
to mention our defects.
On some of his friends lamenting that
they had left something behind: "Ahl"
he said, THAT would not have happened
If you had screaming gate. We all
arrived once at friends house just be-
fore dinner, hot, tired and dusty, and
found all the keys of our trunks had
been left behind. Since then i have es-
tablished screaming gate. We stop at
gate about ten minutes distance from
the house to consider what we have left
behind; the result has been excellent" F"
Mr.. s. did not like dogs. A lady once
asked him for motto for her dog Spot
He proposed ".0ut, damned Spotl" but
she did not think it sentimental enough.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-06


Bret Harte's first novel begins as a
serial and opens with the following
description of the Sierras in winter:
Snow Everywhere. AS far as the
eye could reach-ffty miles, looking
southwark from the highest white peak.
Filling ravines and gulches, and drop
ping from the walls of eauons in white
shroud like drifts. Fasbioning the diyid-
ing ridge into likeness Of monstrous
grave, hiding the bases of giant pines
and completely covering young trees and
larches, trimming with porcelain and bowl
like edges Of still, cold lakes, and uu-
dulating in motionless white billows to
the edge of the distant horizon. Snow
lying everywhere over the California
Sierras on the 18th day Of March, l848,
and still falling.
1t had been showing for ten days;
showing in finely granulated powder, in
damp, spongy fakes, in thin, feathery
plumes; showing from leaden sky stead
lily, showing 6ercely, shaken out oil purple
black clouds in white focculept masses,
or dropping in long level lines like white
laces from the tumbled and broken heav-
ems, but always silently. The woods
we're so choked with it, the branches we're
so laden with it; it had so permeated,
filled and possessed earth and sky; it had
so cushioned aud muffled the ringing
rocks and echoing hills, that all sound
was deadened. The strongest gust, the
fiercest blast swoke no sigh or complaint
from the snow-packed, rigid files of
forest There was no cracking of bough
nor crackle of underbrush; the over.
laden branches Of pine and fir yielded
and gave way without sound. The
silence was vast, measureless, complete.
Nor could it be said that any outward
sign of life or molten changed the fixed
outlines of this stricken landscape.
Above there was no play of light and
shadow, only the occasional deepening
of storm and night. Below, no bird
winged its fight across the white ex.
pance, no beast haunted the confines Of
the black woods; whatever OF the brute
nature might have once inhabited these
solitudes had long since flown to the low
lands. There was no track or imprint;
whatever foot might have left its mark
upon this waste, each succeeding snow.
fall obliterated all traces or record.
Every morning the solitude was virgin
and unbroker; a million tiny feet had
stepped into the track and filled it no.
And yet, in the center of this desolation,
in the very stronghold of this grim for
tress, there was the mark OF human toll.
A few trees had been felled at the ZEN
trance Of the canon, and the freshly cut
chips were but lightly covered with snow.
They served perhaps to indicate another
tree "blazed" with an ak, and bearing a
rudely shaped effigy of human hand,
pointing to the canon. Below the hand
was a equare strip of canvas, securely
nailed against the bark and bearing the
following inscription:
NoTICE.-- Capt. Conroy's party of
emigrants are lost in the snow and
camped up this canon. Out Of provis.
ions and starving
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-06
The Tomb Of Rachel.

The Hon. James Brooks, senior editor
Of the old New York Express, wrote to
that journal from the Holy Land, as fol-
lows:
Upon my return from Bethlehem |
rode By the tomb of Rachel-a small
building within a whitened dome and
having within high oblong monument
built of brick, and succeed over. The
spot is wild and solitary, and not a tree
spread its shade where rests the beauti-
full mother OF Israel. Christian, Jew
and Moslem all agree that this is the
spot where Rachel was buried, and all
unite in honoring it, The Turks are
anxious that their ashes may rest near
hers, and hence their bodies have been
strewn under tombs all around the sim
Pile tomb Of Rachel. The sweet domestic
virtues of the wife have won their love
and admiration, as the tomb Of Ahsalom,
near the brook Of Kedron, their destina-
ton; upon the latter they throw a stone,
TO mark their horTorof the disobedient son
while around the former, they wish when
they die, their bodies may be Inferred.
Nor is this wonderful. The wife, worth
fourteen years Of service as shepherd,
must have been a wife worth having.
The life Of Rachel is, indeed, one of
the most touching in biblical history,
The sweet shepherdess has left her mark
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-06
A snicIds in Chnrnntar

At Villierss 0ise the other day an
English actress, known as Nine. Reene
at one time popular in London-com-
mitted suicide in the role OF 0phelia.
She was sixty.Gve years of age, and had
lived in the above-named little village
for the past ten years. She was very sad,
but always very kind and good to every.
body. Nobody thought of ridiculing her
odd appearance and ways, for it was
well known that she had carried dead
love in her heart tor nearly half cen
tury. She had left London years before
because her aiianced married another
woman. The last part she had played
on the London stage with him was
Ophelia to his Hamlet, and what news
had come to her of him no one knew;
but she was found floating under the sur.
face of the river, her gray head decked
out with hswers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-06
SPECIAL NOTIOR.

The Evil Fruits of Weak Digestion.
There is no pathological fact more clearly
ascertained than that tho most formidable
phases Of nervous disease are directly trace
able to imperfect digestion. Insomnia, with
its train Of direful consequences, proceeds
more frequently from weakness of the stom-
ach than from any other cause. Nero seda-
1iYos are powerloss tc cure nervousness, and
soon cease to palliate its symptoms. The true
way 10 strengthen the nervous system Is 10
invigorato the digestive and assimilatiyo or.
gans, upon whose unobslructed action its
equilibrium Is absolutely dependent. The
daily use OF hestetter's stomach Bitters will
do more 70 brace and sootho the weakened
and irritated nerves, and induce sound, re-
ireshlng sleep natures grand cathoicon-
than All the Fo-called notvinee 10 be found In
tho pharmacopmia OF out Of it, A wineelass-
tul Of tho Bitters should bo taken before each
meal, :,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-06

upon the memory Of man, as well as her
tomb. The tribute to her is the tribute
to a very good wife. and infdel, jew and
Christian all combine to pay il. TIE
great women Of the earth--the Zenobias
and the Cleopatras--have died, been
buried, and their very place of burial
been forgotten; but to this day stands
over the grave of Rachel, not the pillar
Jacob' set up, but modern monument
in its place, around which pilgrims from
every land under the sun gather. in re-
speet and reverence for the faithful wife
and good mother Of Israel.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-06
Deep Sea sounding BY PhotoEraphy

peep sea sounding by Photography
DR.. Neumayer has presented to the
Geographical Society OF Berlin a re
markable Photographic apparatus for
determining the temperature and current
direction at any particular depth in the
ocean. 1t consists of brass box, her.
metically closed, and having attached to
it an apparatus resembling vane or
rudder. Within this box thermometer
and magnetic needle are contained,
behind each Of which is placed sensitive
Photographic paper, and in front of
each OF which is a small nitrogen vacuum
tube. The box contains also a small in
duction coil When the apparatus is
lowered to the required depth, the
rudder causes il to take a drec-
ton parallel to the current there
existing, and hence definite drec-
ton with reference to the needle with.
in. The thermometer soon acquires the
temperature of the water outside, and
becomes stationary. At this instant an
electric current is sent to the box, which
by means of the induction coil inside,
lights up the little nitrogen tube, the
violet light Of which, geographically
very intense, prints in about three min
utes, the position of the needle and the
hight of the mercury column upon the
prepared paper. The current is then in
termitted, the apparatus raised, the pho.
tograpbic tracing fixed, examined and
placed upon record.