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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-09

1T GIVES daily, sepsi-,0eskIy and
'0eskly the current market price N the
city Of RashviILe, Of erery article Of Pro-
d'les and Trade IN Tennessee.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-09

1T GIVES al local, State and uisesl.
LGHsO''S He'cs Of the dag.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-09

IT is The Friend Of the People IN all
things.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-09

MEMPHIS, July S-FlOur dull
unchanged. Corn firm at SOaS3c. Oats
lower at Gla63c. Lard Rominally 14al4sc.
Bacon firm; shoulders 9lc; clear rib l3jc;
clear sides 135c.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-09

NEW ORLEANS, July S.-GOld INA
1lFi; sight & prem; sterling J.T2. Flour
market quiet; Y Slj7; XX 500; Xxx
S5.25a5.75; choice family S6.C0a7.ZJ. Sugar
very dull and nothing doing. Molasses is
quiet and unchanged. Corn firm at STagO,..
Oats lower at 6Ja6Sc. Bran dulI and lower
at 92ka95c. Rye dull and lower; prime
S33, choice S25.OOa26.OO. Mess pork firm
with an upward tendency at 81. 75a22 90.
Dry salt meats-nOne in first hands; Shout
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-25
The Newest Thing for Farmers.

The Journal of Commerce calls at
tention to fresh piece of American in
genuity suggested to the Wilmington
IN. o. Star. It is the long-sought SOW
ereign remedy for the winged pests that
devour our crops. Experiments leave
no doubt that this is the function of the
"sundew," "Venus' fy-trap," and
others of the family. We quote: The
sundew is an innocent-looking little
weed, with round-shaped leaves sym
metrically arranged about the stem.
These are covered with bright drops of
sticky fluid which sparkle in the sun
light and make thing of beauty to the
beholder. But that which delights the
eye of man is death to the vagrant fly,
spider, beetle or butterfly. He lights
on the leaf to sip the seeming nectar; he
might aswen have stepped into prepared
glue, for when he tries to rise his feet
are firmly held by the viscous sub
stance, his wings become also entangled,
and to make sure of him, quantity of
hair-like, filaments, with which the leaf
is covered, automatically close about
him, rendering his prison complete.
This is also his grave. The best insect
powder might kill a trifie sooner, but
not more surely. In fifteen minutes he
is dead, and the diabolical little sundew
is absorbing his juices into itself with a
relish. DR.. Darwin clearly shows that
it lives on animal food chiefly, and has
the Unsuitable appetite OF bear. Thus
gifted, it is gloriously Independent of a
nourishing soil, and will flourish where
only the humblest mosses can exist. The
sundew is well distributed in England.
Its analogue in this country is the Di-
on@a, popularly known as Venus fly
trap, found principally or only in the
region lying between Wilmington and
Newbern, N. c., and along the Santee
river in South Carolina. Its destructive
apparatus surpasses that of the sundew.
1t has double leaves capable of shutting
against each other, like the common
sensitive plant, and penning its victim
beyond hope of escape. Whimsical as
this may seem at first, it is not to be dis
missed with laugh. A few trials would
show whether the Dionea would live in
ground suitable for ordinary crops, and
in any latitudes other than those where
it is now found.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-25

Sylvanus Cobb, Jr., tells in the New
York Ledger an amusing story of bud
ding genius whose aspirations led him
to go upon the theatrical stage:
A youthful hero named Michael s.
once worked for me at the type case.
He was a good compositor, and capi-
tai good fellow; but he got the idea into
his head that he wanted to be an actor,
and from that time he was not easy until
he had tried his best. II was in the
palmy days of the old National, under
Pelby. Charley Saunders had gone
upon the stage at the same theater, and
was playing minor characters very ac-
ceptably. Now Charley and Mike had
been playmates, though Charley was a
few years the oldest, and, "if Charley
Saunders can play, why can't II" asked
Mike. He worked, and bothered and
fretted, and intrigued, until finally the
stage manager, Hamilton, told him he
might come and try. For a time he
made himself generally useful about the
theater and on the stage, but at length
he was given the part of page, in an old
English comedy, wherein he was to be
finely dressed, and to open his mouth
and speak before an audience.
Mike was in ecstacies. He came up
to the office and told us of his coming
"first appearance. Of course, we went
down to see.
forget the name of the play, but I
shall never forget that Hamilton enacted
the part of Lord Randolph, and that
Mixes first entrance as page was for the
purpose of delivering to Randolph the
simple message: "My lord, the banquet
waits"
Mike came on, and as he stepped in
sight of the glaring lights, and the
greater glare of the thousand faces of
the audience, his knees shook beneath
him, and he clutched his plumed hat in
agony. 1t was plain to be seen he had
forgotten the words. 1 had heard him
spout whole pages from Shakespeare
with real unction; but it had not been
on the boards. All, how differentl
"Well" Kissed Hamilton, with an i'm
patient tap of the toe.
Thus urged, poor Mike made one ex
piring effort. He could not remember
the text, but he did the best he could.
"Mr. Randolph" he gasped, " the
folks are waiting for. you. Supper's
ready!"
The stage lost star, but we gained
back good compositor.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-25
Some Fashion Notes.

A simple way to make an opera cloak
is as follows The material may be
white, sky blue, pale cream, or black
cachemire. The garment may be cut as
an ordinary circular cloak, or as
pelisse, with large square sleeves, very
much like the dolman. The trimming
may be either black, gold, or white and
gold galloon. Some of these gold gal
looms come in four different widths, and
they serve admirably for this purpose
when tastefully arranged around the
garment. Sometimes there is only one
broad band of galloon employed. The
use of galloon for opera cloaks dispenses
with all the labor formerly bestowed
upon embroidery.
A beautiful mantle for evening may be
made of Spanish lace. The old-fashion-
ed wells are most useful for this purpose.
This mantle falls over the right, and is
raised over the left arm. Black lace is
sometimes little trying in the evening,
DuV WlUu hOWClS3 "llOLi WOiI ONSA
o low necked dress, this objection to its
use is removed. Such mantle as we
refer to is very beautiful when made of
white lace.
An elegant ball dless may be made OF
fesh-colored faille. The front of the
skirt is trimmed with gauze plaitings
surmounted by putting and two head
ings above is q similar trimming. The
apron is formed of large gauze putting
with sprays of flowers on either side
The long silk gauze tunic falls over the
train, and is trimmed with two deer
blonde founces, surmounted by puff.
ing with small heading. The basque
waist is cut low in the neck in point
A gauze fchu is fastened over the breast
with long ends falling gracefully dowt
the sides and fastened toward the back
under punches of flowers. Down the
back of the tunic fall sprays of flowers,
and on the front of the waist and left
shoulder are small punches of the same
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-25
Running About Loose.

Joaquin Miller has revealed some in
cidents in his ante-famous life to a cor
respondent of the Louisville Courier
Journal. The poet does not knowwhere
he was born, but believes that it was in
Cincinnati, in 1S41. His father was i'm
pecunious and wandering, and in a fit
condition to take the gold fever in 1849.
The family went together to California,
and thence to Oregon, where the father
was killed by Modocs, who at the same
time took Joaquin prisoner. "They
were then a grand people," Miller
says. "They really loved me, and
somehow loved the redskins in return.
Well, was with them nearly five years,
reckon, and learned their language
better than knoE the English to-day.
Then came the Modoc war-the first one
there wasn't any speech-making about
that war. 1t was scalps and an incessant
fight I could have left them, if I had
liked; but they were grand rascals, and
I fought with them They we're going
to make me chief or something. They
we're whipped in '5S, I think, and
would have been hung, if caught" He
escaped in canoe, reached San Fran
cisco, and soon afterward joined Walk
er's exploring expedition to Nicaragua.
After that exploit, he studied law in
Oregon, and was admitted to practice.
In 1861 he went gold hunting in Idaho
81 named the territory" he says; I" i
is an Indian word-from the language O.
the North Soshones-and it means the
'Gem of the Mountains. When the
government ordered the organization ot
the Territory in '62, the name clung tc
it. Idaho it was, is, and will stand.
He made $40, 900, and lost it in a news
paper enterprise, was elected district
judge, and got married. After this las
occurrence, he "didn't have a pleasant
moment for years"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-25
d" Welt"

You have never really seen picture
of despair and utter misery, and sore
distress and amazement, unless you
have seen q man, standing in the pres
ence of the wife of his bosom and of the
other members of his family, and reach
ing into his pocket to hand her letter
that he had got out of the post-ofico for
her, bring out Of the recesses of that in
side pocket a crumpled, creased enve-
lope, once white but now looking as
though it had associated with cigars for
many long day, the very identical let
ter which she had written to her mother
or dear, dear friend six weeks ago and
given her perfdious husband to mail;
the very letter he had sworn thousand
times he had mailed, and even told a
little joke that the postmaster got off
about it, in order to prove that he had
handed it to the government in person.
And there it is in the unhappy hus-
bands guilty hand, and his wife's eyes
start from their spheres as she gazes
upon the well-romembered although
cigar-stained address. She does not gel
up and kick over the piano stool, and
drown the trembling catiff in a torrent
of talk. She only looks at the letters and
then st the man, and says: "Well p
And that man would rather be scolded al
for a straight month than have that
"well " dropped on him. 1t crushes
him like pile-driver.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-25
HH7rr4r rr
VOL. III.
The Paradise OF Tears.

Beside the river Of tears with branches low,
And bitter leaves, the weeping willows grow
The branches stream like the disheveled hair
or women in the sadness OF despair.
On rolls the stream with perpetual sigh;
The rocks moan wildly as 1t passes by;
Hyssop and wormwood border all the strand
And not flower sdorns the dresry land.
Then comes a child, whose face is like the
sun, e.'.af.
And dips the gloomy waters as they run,
And waters all the region, and behold,
The ground is bright with blossoms manifold.
Where fall the tears Of love the rose appears,
And where the ground is bright with friend
ships tears
Forget-me-nots and violets heavenly blue,
Spring, glittering with the cheerful drops like
dew.
The souls of mourners, all whose tears are
dried,
Like swans, come gently floating down the
tide,
Walk up the golden sands, by which it flows
And in that paradise of tears repose.
There every heart rejoins its kindred heart
There, in long embrace that none may part,
Fulfllment meets desire and that fair shore
Beholds its dwellers happy evermore.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-25
NO. 50.
Another Rival for KeeIY.

Sill another competitor has made his
appearance, and disputes the laurels of
the far-famed Keely. The new discov-
erer does not avow his machine to be
trick or clever mechanical problem, but
declares it bona ti0e motor, capable of
generating gigantic and colossal power
from ten foot water pressure, and to
be operated by mechanism which con-
sists simply of-but that is a secret.
The inventor, Mr.. Thomas, of Chicago,
wants to bet Keely $5, 900 that his motor
will do all. Keely's does and that con-
tinuously, and in few weeks he is going
to run large factory with it, and make
an improved machine, and get patent,
etc.
Inter- Oc can describes the new won
der as follows: Two cylinders, of cast
iron, about twelve inches in diameter
and twelve inches deep, with appropriate
internal pipes, compose the generator,
into which stream of water is admitted
at a pressure of about ten pounds to the
square inch, and at velo city equal to
that pressure; in other words, the con-
tents of the generator, which consist of
pure water and air, only receive the mo-
mentum or energy due to the motion of
water under ten foot head. From the
cap on one of the cylinders, pipe ap-
pears to run to the other cylinder; and
from the chamber on top of the second
cylinder, tube connects with the reser-
voir where the power is stored.
The reservoir is of heavy iron, and
from the top of it rises a hollow pillar
of cast iron, like the cylinder of a steam
engine, only of much greater strength.
Within the cylinder, which has oore
of about one and one-half inches, plays
a rod of iron half an inch in diameter.
This rod terminates in solid cap of iron
beveled at top to knife edge, which is
crossed by an iron bar about five feet
long. This bar acts on the same prin-
ciple as the lever of a safety valve, the
top of the iron rod being the fulcrum,
and the weight on the further end of the
lever bearing down on the rod with a
force equal to 5000 on the square inch,
AS soon as the stream of water is per-
mitted to flow into the cylinders of the
generators, the motive power begins to
collect in the reservoir, and, passing up
through a check valve in the bottom of
the cylinder, which is above the reser-
voir, forces the iron rod and the lever
up to the ceiling; here its upward pro-
gress is stayed by the heavy frame work
of the building.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-25
A Mans Chinese NeighbOrs.

The Raleigh IN. o. NesOS reports
that Rev. DIR. Pritchard, of that city,
referred in sermon to a conversation
held some years ago between DR.. Thomas
E. Skinner, formerly of Raleigh, now
of Georgia, and an anti-missionaryist.
DR.. Skinner, he said, was soliciting aid
for the foreign missions, and applied to
this gentleman, who promptly repulsed
him with the reply: 81 don't believe
in foreign missions, and I won't give
anything except to home missions. l
want what I give to benefit my neigh
bors."
"Well, replied DR.. Skinner, "whom
do you regard as your neighbors2"
why, those around me, " replied the
brother
"Do you mean those whose land joins
yours" inquired DR.. Skinner.
Yes"
"Well," said DR.. Skinner, chow
much land to you own2"
"About five hundred acres.
" How far down do you own 2" in
quired DIR. s.
"Why, I never thought of it be-
fore, but I suppose I own half way
through"
Exactly" said DIR. Skinner. "I
suppose you do, and want this money
for the Chinese-the men whose land
joins yours on the bottom"
The hardened brother had never
thought of that, and gave a good sum
for foreign missions.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-25
A Novel Suit.

The Sandy Greek IN. " NesOS <re-
ports the following interesting case: A
novel suit between two farmers came off
not thousand miles from here o short
time since. 1t appears that one of the
farmers sold forty turkeys to the other
at certain price per pound alive. 1t
was stipulated that the seller should
keep the turkeys until the buyer called
for them the next day, and in the morn
ing they were not to be fed. According
to contract the latter called for the tnr-
keys, weighed, took them home, and
dressed them, when 10! twenty-five
pounds of corn were taken from the
crops. Buyer was wrathy, and deducted
the above number of pounds from the
weight of the turkeys, and refused to
pay more. Seller, in turn, became mad
and sued for the corn. The case was
tried and decided in favor of the latter,
each paying his own costs, which
amounted to $12 for the plaintiff and $e
for the defendant.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-25
A Man Boiled to Death.

At an early hour in the morning the
fireman in brewery in Jersey City, N.
j., built large fire under one of the
large tanks which is used for boiling
water. A short time afterward he re.
turned to the tank-having been attend
ing to some other duty in the meantime
and was surprised at hearing splash
of water as if some heavy body had fallen
into it. Then he heard groan as of a
human being in agony. He immediate
ly turned the faucet to draw off the
water and hastily raked out the fire.
Some of the men of the brewery then
mounted the ladder by which access to
the tank is gained, and looking over
the edge saw man lying at the bottom.
Ropes were promptly procured and the
man was hoisted out, but it was found
that life was extinct. His features were
so much disfgured that it-wa next to
impossible to recognize him, but
from his clothing he is supposed to be
man named Muell, a painter, who re-
sided in Washington village, and who
was in the habit of visiting the brewery
occasionally. How he got into the tank
is a mystery, unless, as some of the
workmen suppose, he climbed to the top
to look in for the purpose of gratifying
his curiosity. That he made desperate
attempts to get out is evident from the
fact of the fireman hearing the splash in
the water. The tank is nearly ten feet
high, and perfectly smooth On the in
side. The county physician examined
the body and expressed the opinion that
the man was steamed to death.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-25
A WONDERFUL CURIOSITY.
A Man I'm Tennessee who has Never Stopped
Growing.

A Man I'm Tennessee who has Never stopped
Growing.
James Horner is q citizen of Perry
county, Tenn, one of family of eight
children, none of whom had exhibited
any unusual traits. At eighteen years
he was a well-grown man, six feet high,
and weighed one hundred and eighty
pounds. At twenty-one he was six
inches taller, and weighed two hundred
and ten pounds. He ceased to notice
any growth after that, until he was
twenty-four years old, and then only by
the smallness of his clothes, and he
then measured in his stockings six feet
nine inches. Since then-he is now
thirty-one years of age he has attained
the height of seven feet nine inches,
and is still growing, this being an in
crease of about two inches annually.
Some years ago he grew more and some
less, but this is his average.
A correspondent who visited this
giant says: After greeting, the object
of our visit was stated, and the giant
seemed rather fattered that we had
come to visit him. He was evidently
good-natured, and was, I afterward
learned, quite favorite in the neigh
borhood. He showed us place on the
wall where his various measurements
had been marked with chalk, and the
date of each measure was opposite, rude
ly but plainly marked. The first and
lowest was when at eighteen years of
age it was six feet, and then at twenty
one it was as before stated. The marks
were from half inch to an inch apart,
the last having been taken about two
months previous. At my request he
stood up, and I accurately measured
him, and found within the two months
past he had increased his height Just one
half inch, which noted on the wall in
pencil, with the date July "a, 1876. He
rolled up his pantaloons, and his shanks
were simply immense, and his knee
joints were extremely large and bulg-
ing. [ took careful measurement OF
his various lengths. His head to top of
shoulders, was eight inches; from shoul-
ders to the hip joint, two feet three
inches; thence to center of knees, two
feet two and one-half inches; thence to
the floor, two feet and eight inches,
making the enormous aggregate o
seven feet nine and one-half inches.
From the shoulders to the tip of his fin.
gers. was four feet six inches! What q
magnificent specimen of humanity he
would have been had he been proper
tionally large. But truth compels me tC
a different version. In fact he was as i
made of India rubber, stretched out to @
huge length. He ought to have weigh
ed at least 800 pounds, but he weighed
only 233 pounds. In consequence Of
this want of conformity he was excess
lively awkward, lank and gawky. Only
one quality did he possess in large de-
gree, and that was his ability to walk
He could stoop forward at heavy angle
and start off in his awkward, shutting
gait, that rivaled any horse. He thought
nothing of walking to Linden. twelve
miles, and back to dinner.
He is, as before stated, thirty-on
, years and few months old, and is still
growing. He has never been out d
!, Perry county. 1 suggested the idea o.
, an exhibition to him, but he seemed
averse to publicity.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-12-25
Canadian Postal Statistics.

The report by the postmaster-general
for Canada of the post-office transactions
for the year 1874 has just been issued.
The number of post-offices on the first
of January, 1875, was 4,706, of which
2,943 were in Ontario and Quebec, 633
in New Brunswick, 1868 in Nova Scotia,
thirty-six in Manitoba, forty-seven in
British Columbia, and 179 in Prince Ed
ward island. The number of miles of
postal route for the year was 38, ,087, and
number OF miles travelled over 13, $685.
180. The number of letters and postal
cards carried was 39,358, 500; newspa-
pers, 29,000,000; registered letters,
1862, 900; free letters, 1882, 200; and
parcels, 102,800. The revenue was
81, 476, DOT, and the expenditure 81, ,695, :
480. The number of money order offices
was 705, and the orders issued covered
an amount of $6,915, ,329. Post-office
saving banks are established in Ontario
and Quebec. The number of such on
the thirtieth of June, 1874, was 266; the
number of depositors, "a, 1853, and the
amount at the credit of depositors,
So, ,204,9 965. Since 1870 the number of
post-ofices has increased twenty-five
and one-half per cent. During the
same period the letters and postal cards
transmitted have increased sixty pei
cent. The revenue has increased during
these five years forty-six per cent. The
correspondence with the United States
shows marked increase, the amount Of
postage collected on it during the yeal
having been $478,516.