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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-22

,a., . ecu,nv ,rue fbe order being reversed, OF tbs
second contact and IL being evident tom n1 me eve
not fatieued, the effect Of irradaiion "a nearly -"
quite insensbe we are to LOOK lor some "a how FAR
the effect the atmosphere OF Venus has been consd
cred in DISCUSSING the Previous ~. accs.s 70 anv
paDers or books from which may ma out. ING
Effect Of the atmosphere wS0a ve. ' n 20 those
ravs OF solar light winch eDter .no
lower portions Of the atmosphere would oe Dug e
the sze OF the occutng disk They would ALSO
give faint illumination TO tne dsk OF ven sacn FAR
the sun The rays which would come 70 !o,rs 80.
be hind the would give slchl cOreun W
and this sure | could see on S,ria % me ann
After the planet had entered upon the dsA OF 's sun
an "a 10 be near second contact the refraciion OF .pe
atmosphere above the oeeuang part Womb - he
sun would visible before the ac'uai eoh'aSso'
the occultnR disk. =. ..,.o. 90 r,.~
would be broken by shadows and gradnaly Dece ,h
brighter until at actual contact wneh me Ji ,,s
sim had actually risen the horizon OF venus mess
disturbances would cease Before the liDp was hrst
refracted into view the illumination OF e stnospnsae
of Venus would produce a twilight TO DE seen oe.ween
the cusDs Tne same phenomena would be prodnceao
In reversed order at third contact AT sctua' wv
setting behind tine horizon OF Venus, the reiFscuon
would raise Inlo view narrow oauu OI tkss, -
coming deeper ana deeper until final apparent sunset
over the planets limb, when distinct cusps would pe
formed; then would follow the TWILIGHT "hien "o"''
be seen as a faint illumination between the eusps
When at Chefoo asked DR.. Adolph whether he nad
seen similar phen0ulena he sti IHae 80 ~ 80 49,.
halo Venus and tGat ne saw II when venus
first touched sun, the ky being very clear anu ne
informed me also their photographs exhibited IL,
He that the phenomena at the iltrrbal cOntscs
were LQngsdm aud quite Ike the artificial transit.
said 10 hi.u that convinced tnat the atmosphere o.
Venus was the real cause and asked lin whether he
kne Of ts having considered He saId he dld not
and upon my calling his attenJn TO tne lact thas an
expanatiou OF the phenomena did not REQUIRE any un.
assun ptlOus to the extent ana density .!
the atmosphere OF she planet, he seemed 10 tBink 10
quito possible that must DC cOlsldoreu ia eApau'HS
the phenomena Of th transit. -.
From my own observations have computed WHAT
may probable extent OF the atmosphere OF Tue
planet, ana It's effect upon the tunes OF eohtac.;
feet ADDITION to what has already been staleu VIII
be 10 retard the OF first contact ana TO acceerate
the time Of fourth II We call d. do q Dt ,.
and DIT the corrections TO be applied TO the conpus
times on CHR to he II the elements are correct:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-22
p1,pnENs or TILE NEw po-rAL LAW.

TO the EdttOr Of me Tribune.
SIR Is there to be no relief from the op-
preston Of the new Postal law applied 10 transient
papers am In the category Of thousands who mail
yours and other papers 10 friends almost every day
Most OF us means OF testing weights so as to
guard anst loss OF paper and stamps We shall over
pay frequently by ahXing larger amount OF stamps
than is demanded by the actual weight This viii be
most grievous burden. Can no sensible plan. some
coIomOnsense decree. be issued autnorltauvely re-
yls,ng The absurd regulation DOUGLAS.
Neo- 0rk. March Is. JK&
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-22
A BAcKpAY coyGeEssMAvs GOOD LUCK.

ABACK PAY Cong EEssMANs GOOD LUCK.
To the Editor OF Fhe Trt6"Rs.
SIR: We elected Congressman last Fall
whose pockets full OF Back Pay This ws be-
eau,e the circulation of TUE TRIBUNE was compare
lively ANAL IN this section Forty aty copies of The
WEEKLY TRIpuSE now 20 office. and we shall
know what TO do with Back Pay" candidates here
after B. u. q
Inou foua March Ia, 1874
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-28
Five Hundred Thousand Years Ago.

The Nation condenses from an Eng
llsh scientific periodical some interest
ing speculations from DR.. Alfred Rus
sell Wallace of the probable ant guilty
OF the human species. They may well
startle, it says, even those who have long
since come to the conclusion that 5000
years carry us but small way back to
the original home. In fact, DR.. Wal
lace's 5000 years are but as day. He
reviews the curious attempt to de-
termine the antiquity of human remains
Or works of art, and finds the bronze
age in Europe to have been accurately
fixed at 5000 or 1000 years ago, the
stone age of the Swiss lake dwellings,
at 5000 to 1000 years, "and an
indefinite anterior period" The
burnt brick found sixty feet deep in the
fine alluvium indicates an antiquity Of
20, 600 years; another fragment at seven
ty-two feet gives 80, 900 years. A human
skeleton found at the depth of sixteen
feet below 400 buried forests superposed
upon each other has been calculated by
DIR. Dawel to have an antiquity of Co.
900 years. But all these estimates are
pale before those which Kent's Cavern
ab IOIdudJ lCSlCluihoCo. IoIo Iuc uIlp
of the stalagmite is the chief factor of
our combinations. giving us an upper
floor which divides the relics of the last
1000 or 5000 years from deposit of
the bone of an extinct mammalia and
glutton, indicating an arctic climate.
Names cut in the stalagnite more than
1000 years ago are legible-in
other words, where the stalag-
mite is twelve inches thick and
the drip very copious, not more than
hundredth of a foot has been deposited
in two centuries-a rate of five feet in
10000 years. Below this, however, we
have thick, much older and crystalline
Ii. e. more slowly formed) stalagmite,
beneath which again, Sin a solid orecia
very different from tie cave earth, IN
doubted works Of art have been found"
Mr.. Wallace assumes only 1OO,0O years
for the upper floor, $50, 900 for the i'm
mediate cave earth; by which he arriv-
ed at the "sum Of 100000 years that
have probably elapsed since human
workmanship was buried in the depth
of Kent's Cavern"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-28
The Centennial Buildings BIunder.

The projectors of the Centennial
buildings at Philadelphia have, appar-
entity, committed serious blunder in
their plans by putting the different
structures at such long distances from
each other that nobody but professional
pedestrians could make the tour with
out exhaustion. AS most of the visitors
will be there but for one day, it is de-
sirable that doing up the exhibition in
that time should be made feasible:
moreover that the cost of visit should
not be indefinitely increased by car
rage hire and car fare. These
are vital considerations, and as no
possible purposes is subserved by the
magnificent distance placed between
the buildings by the Commission. this
mistake should, by all means, be rene
died before it is too late. According
to the present arrangement the ma
chinery hall is half q mile from the
agricultural building and the latter is
nearly mile from the main exhibition
building. The items of shoe leather
alone, which the millions of visitors
wouldsexpend in needless travel, would
feed the poor of city for generation.
The transfer of visitors by steam or
horse cars from building to building
would be an improvement on walking.
but it would be work attended with
prodlglous inconvenience and numerous
accidents, and would represent an ex-
pense OF at least half a million dollars,
that might be avoided by putting the
buildings nearer together.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-28
CaricaturpS i'm Luther's Day.

When Luther began the immortal
part of his public career in 1917 bynail-
ing to the church door his ninety five
theses against the sale of indulgences,
wood-engraving was an art which had
been practiced nearly a century. He
found also, as we have seen, a public
accustomed to satirical writings illus
trated by wood-cuts. The great Hol-
bien illustrated Erasmus's Praise of
| Folly Brandit's Ship of Fools, as we'll
as the litter of works which it called
forth, was even profusely illustrated.
Caricatures as distinct works, though
usually accompanied with abundant
objects. Among the curiosities which
Luther himself brought from Rome in
1910, some years before he began his
special work. was caricature suggest
ed by the Ship of Fools, showing how
the Pope had 'fooled the whole world
with his superstitions and idlatories, !"
He showed it to the Prince Elector of
Sa1ony at the time. The picture ex-
hibited little ship filled with monks,
friars, and priests casting lines to peo-
pie swimming in the sea, while in the
stern sat comfortably the Pope with
his cardinals and bishops, overshadow-
ed and covered by the Holy Ghost, who
was looking up to heaven, and through
whose help alone the drowning wretches
were saved.
In talking about the picture many
years after, Luther said: "These and
like fooleries we then believed as
articles of faith" He had not reached
tho 1,nynt xuhnr ho non1I fol Of bic
own table of the cardinals as ''peevish
milk-sops, efeminate, unlearned block
heads, whom the Pope places in all
kingdoms, where they lie lolling in
kings courts among the ladies and
women"
Finding this weapon at caricature
ready made to his hands, he used it
freely as did also Lis friends and his
foes. He was himself a caricaturist.
When Pope Clement VII. seemed dis
posed to meet the reformers halfway,
and proposed council to that end,
Luther wrote pamphlet ridiculing the
scheme, and to give more force to his
satire he ''crushed a picture to be
drawn and placed in the title page. 1t
was not work describable to the fast
1dlous ears Of our century, unless we
leave part of the description in Latin.
The Pope was seated On lofty throne
surrounded by cardinals having foxes
tails, and seeming ''sursune ct deoruna
repurgare. In the Table-Talk we
read also Of a picture being brought to
Luther in which the Pope and Judas
were represented hanging to the purse
and keys. ''T'will vex the Pope hor-
ribly," said Luther, "that he whom
emperors and kings have worshiped
should now be figured hanging up his
own picklocks. FLAMES Parton; IN
-Harper's Magazine for April.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-28
The Precious Cloud of April.
BY SHELLEY.

From nay wings are shaken the dews that
wakeD
The sweet buds every one,
When rocked to rest on their mothers breast
AS she dances about the sun.
/ WELD the fail of the flashing hail
And whiten the green plains under,
And then again dissolve it in rain
And laugh as pass in thunder.
/ bind the suns throne with burning zoue
And the moons with glrdle of pearl:
The volcanoes ace dim; and stars reel and
swim
When the whiTlwinds my banner unfurl,
From cape to cape with bridge-like shape
Over torrent Of sea.
Sunbeam proof, hang like roof
The mountains it's columns be.
The tgiumpLal arch through which | march
With hurricane fire and SNOW
When the powers of the air are chained to my
chair
In the million-colored bow,
The sphere-tire above, its soft colors wove
While the moist earth was laughing below.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-28
Early Spring.

A hopeful blUe WAS in the sky,
SO dull and blue before,
The wind that whistle 81 rlly by
Passed softly with MUM aring sigh,
Its revelry was DER.
More steadfast now the, sun $ warm eaze.
And all the myriad charms
That waited for his wooing rays,
And lay through all the wiuter DAYS
Nesting 10 the earth's brown arms.
Peeped smiling forth, so sweet and shy
From out their hiding place;
Each had turned upward to the sky
When he in kingly pride rode by,
It's tiny, emerald face.
The brooklets locked, with icy keys
Now joyous dashed along,
And fleecy clouds in azure seas
Went sailing by, while from the trees
We heard the robins song.
The last pale, wasted snow-drifts Ia
fearful upon the ground.
And while they wept themselves away,
With springing green the earth was gay
And glad with tuneful sound
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-28

and fatigue. Flushed by wines and
rich food, CASTOR breathed heavily, but,
Notwithstanding, finished a large ON
elette au rhum, which was pronounced
so palatable that another larger one
was ordered.
"Here's to your good wishes, Duke, :"
said Marguerite, attempting smile,
and slipping lingeringly at a. glass of
Lunel.
"You compromise yourself, Ma
demoiselle. %
CASTOR grinned.
"You are witty, Duke"
"Not at all. Everything witty
in the world has been said or written a
thousand times, but always appears
new, the majority of people only re-
Numbering what is stupid My feeble
attempts have but the charm of being
apropos."
81 think before our Mocha. CASTOR,
we could do Justice to q pate de gibier
or de toae gras. What do you say?"
Volontiers," muttered the young
Count, who, crimson and purple In the
face, tottered to the window and remain
ed q second breathing the cool morning
air.
The Wand was brought, and the
Count, apparently relieved, began to
partake of it. Scarcely minute had
elapsed, after having put the first NOR
sci to his mouth, when he gave a faint,
half-stified cry and fell backwards upon
the carpet, dragging with him half
finished glass of Spanish wine. .
What passed subsequently was not
narrated by the actress, but two hours
later, when the door of the private
apartment was broken III by the alarmed
restaurateur, the bodies of Duke Albert
de Ia Rive and Count CASTOR q Array,
were found, choked to death, al i Mile.
M. D. stretched upon the sol !, inca
pable of uttering syllable, her welea
hand driven into the wall by q .irk-
two inches below the bell tassel
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-28
The Newest Thing in Telegraphing.
From the N. Y. Sun.


The Law Telegraph Company began
operations yesterday morning, and the
all-day-long activity at the central Office,
l45 Fulton street, indicated a brisk
business In prospective. The company
puts its subscribers, numbering already
about seventy, in communication with
all the principal courts and public OH
ces In New York, and with each other.
Through the Western Union Telegraph
it also connects with courts in distant
cities, and it is proposed soon to estab-
lish direct communication with the
Brooklyn courts. The office OF each
lawyer is fitted with an instrument
easily manipulated, and connecting
with the Fulton street office, through
which direct communication IS estab-
lished. Thus, il Mr.. VIM. NJ. Evarts
should desire to send afriendly message
to Mr.. Beach, it would be necessary
only for him to strike on his instrument
the number opposite Mr.. Beach's name,
and the central Office would at once con-
meet the wires, enabling the two law
yers to converse uninteruptedly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-28

DURING their forty years wandering
in the desert, the clothes of the Israel
ties did not wear oHt; and more than
one tailor hearabouts thinks that some
similar phenomenon can alone account
for the dullness of trade in their line
Boston transcript.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-28
An Extraordinary Crir1e in Washington

An Extraordinary Crime in Washington.
A very extraordinary attempt at muir
der was made in Washington, Tuesday
April 18th. The parties are Gen. Sutton
and Gen. Ross, old citizens of Wash
ington, and companions in arms in the
Mexican war. Sutton and Ross were
about to open large billiard room.
According to Sutton's ante-mortem
statement, Ross came to him Tuesday
afternoon and took him to the fourth
story of the building they were to oc-
cupy to consult with him about some
improvements. While there, Ross at
tackled him with heavy hammer and a
sharp instrument. After that everything
was blank to Sutton for two hours
He revived, crawled down two pairs
of stairs to where there were work
men, whs saw that he was COW
covered with blood and nearly dead.
The police, surgeons, and the District
Attorney were summoned. The physi-
clans said Sutton must die. In his
ante morton statement he said Ross
was his murderer. Ross was found in
his room at the Metropolitan Hotel, ad-
joining the scene Of the murder. He
was changing his clothes. A bloody
handkerchief was found in his room,
and his hand was cut. Ross was brought
to the dying man, and declared that the
ante mortem statement was lie; that
he had not seen Sutton that day Ross
begged Sutton not to go to eternity with
a lie on his lips. The affair is very mys-
ferrous. Both Sutton and Ross axe
widely known,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-28

that no attic mpt should be made to seek
out or molest his adversary"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-28
The WO0ing of Harold and the Fair.
Haired.

The beginning of his great adventure
was OF romantic character-yOuthfu
love for the beautiful Gyda, then glo-
rious and famous young lady of those
regions, whom the young Harold as
PRED to marry. Gyda answered his
embassy and prayer In a distant, lofty
manner: "Her it would not beseem to
we'd any jarl Or any poor creature Of
that kind; let him do as Corn of Den
mark, Eric of Sweden, Egbert of Eng
land, and others had done-snbdue into
peace and regulation the confused, con-
tentious bits of jarls around him, and
become king; then, perhaps, she might
think of his proposal, till then not. %
Harold was stru with this proud an
swer, which rendered Gyda tenfold more
desirable to him. He vowed to let his
hair grow, never to cut or even to com b
it till this feat were done, and the peer
less Gyda his own. He proceeded &C
cordingly to conquer, in fierce battle, a
jarl or two every year, and, at the end
Of twelve years, had his unkempt land
almost unlmaginable) head of hair clipt
of-Jarl Sognwald Originally Of More,
the most valued and valuable of all his
subject jarls, being promoted to this
sublime barber function-after which
King Harold, with head thoroughly
cleansed, and hair grown or growing
again to the luxuriant beauty that had
no equal in his day, brought home his
Gyda, and made her the brightest queen
in I'LL the north. He lad after her, in
succession, or perhaps even simultan-
eousl y in some cases, at least six other
wives; and by Gyda herself one daugh-
ter and four sons.-Thonans CARLYLE.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-07-31
The Strength Of the Churches.

We find the following statistics floating
around in some Of our exchanges, and copy
them as valuable information concerning the
strength Of many of the different Christian
sorry that II does not show the strength of
the Presbyterian Church, which is a very i'm
portant religious organization in this country /:
The Protestant Episcopal Church has 1910
clergymen, 2750 parishes and 273,554 COM
municants The Roman Catholic Church has
4S73 priests, ABB churches, 1902 chapels and
stations, and 5,76l,2i2 Catholis population.
1t has now one Cardinal. The Baptist Church
has 934 associations, q, $40 churches, 1854
ordained ministers and 1,76l,l7 members
The Church of the United Brethren has 1858
churches. 1886 ministers and 13l, 1875 mem
bers. The Unive rsalist Church has 62i
churches, GA mini,te and 30,905 members.
The Congregational Church has 3i0i churches
327S ministers and 330,39l members. The
returns of the annual Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in the United
States show that there are now in that church
1854 travelling preachers. an increase Of
283 over last year; 1851 local preachers, m
increase of 800; 49, % Sunday-schoos, will
200,484 teachers and 1,363,878 scholars
The NUMBER OF members is ,563,522, al
increase over last year Of 99,494. The
church property is valued at S69,2 SS,Sl5. al
increase of nearly Sl3,000,000 over the value
of property last year. The contributions Il
the Missionary Society were 6ll954, de
crease Of S60,996.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-07-31
The Fruits Of Civil Rights.

The Niagara Falls Registers Chppawa
correspondent tells the following story, in tina,
paper of the 18th inst, of an occurrence
which is the natural outgrowth of the teach
ings of the equality of all races:
The Presiding Cupid of this village is jnsr
now unusually active and has, within about a
month, "fixed" two or thtee couples; but to-
day has brought to light one Of his most Tt
markable feats. An elopement-and under
such extraordinary circumstances as | am
about to relate--I can assure yo1 that il ocr a.
stoned great deal of surprise and gossip in
Our unusually quiet town.
A mula,to, named Speed Smith Logan,
living in the vicinity of Chippawa, having been
smitten with the charms of a young girl
imported from England by Miss Rye. Of "Our
Western Home" Niagara, Ont, and taken by
Mrs. George B. Usher to be reared in the
path of righteousness, proposed an elopemeni
and, having Obtained her consent, on Friday
evening, 18th inst, they "vamoosed the
rancho" and crossed the broad Niagara like a
streak Of creased lightning for that too con
vcnient land Of @Stars and StIeaks," with the
avowed intention of becoming One.
The great difference in the r ages make.
swain being fifty.fve, while the yonng lady
is only fourteen; this may appear incredible
but it is nevertheless fact.
The enamored couple have not since beer
heard Of but il is generally supposed the.
will return to tee bridegroom home in few
days
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-07-31
Treatment Of lSalky Horses.

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals publishes the following rules for
the treatment Of balky horses. In case one
of those plans does not succeed, try another:
l. Pat the horse upon the neck; examine
the harness carefully, first on one side, then
o. the other speaking encouragingly while
doing so then jamp mo the wagon and give
the word go generally he will obeyit
2. A teamster in MafDe says he can start
the worst balky horse by taking him on, ofthe
shafts end making him 60 around in circle
till he is giddy II the first dane of this sort
does not cure him a second will
8. To cure balky horse, simply place yo r
hand over the horses nose and shut off his
wind until he wants to 60.
4. The brain Of a horse seems to entertain
but one idea at time, therefore whipping
only confirms his stubborn resolve. If you
can by any means give him new subject to
think Of 20, will generally have no trouble in
starting him. A simple remedy is to take a
couple of turns Of stout Irvine around the fore
leg, just below the knee, tight enough for the
horse to feel, and tie In bow knot. AT tho
first check he will probably 90 dancing of
and after going short distance You can sc
down and remove the string TO prevent injury
to the tendon in your further drive.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-07-31
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