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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1875-12-28

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eingetrpiieu, ouB nan nod auf Npaen
binaus auslan9en gu tonnsn slaubt.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1875-12-28
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1875-12-28
Nu6IanO.

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bic @infibuns neuer Jeisrtase, umter weL
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nebmissn.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1875-12-28
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The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-12
Private Fish Culture.

Mr.. Seth Green, the well-known pis-
ciculturist, states that he has invented
a new method for transporting and
Matching nearly all kinds of fish eggs,
by which spawn can be carried for 130
days Journey and can be Matched III any
room in the house. One million eggs,
it is also said, can be Matched by using
a pail of water daily. It is believed
that fish culture by private parties can
be rendered a lucrative source of in
come, provided it is followed with the
same care as is exercised in the raising
of poultry or any other live stock.
Hundreds of farmers have streams and
ponds on their lands now of no value
save perhaps as watering places for cat
tie in pasture, and yielding few worth
less perch and catfish, perhaps an Occa-
sional trout or pickerel. If Mr.. Green
has solved the most difficult part of the
problem, namely, the successful trans
portation of the eggs, the mode of
stocking the waters and the rearing of
the fish, are not difficult subjects of
which to acquire an adequate knowl-
edge. One species of fish in particular,
which is little known, would probably
prove especially remunerative, The
land locked salmon is distinct species
of the fish, though so closely resemb-
ling the ocean salmon as to suggest the
idea that, at some remote period, a
quantity of the latter fish, being by a
convulsion of nature barred from re-
turning to the sea, had prOpagated in
their land locked quarters and eventu.
ally developed into a separate variety.
The habits of the land-lOcked and ocean
salmon are closely similar.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-12
Encke's COmet-ItS TweDty-tbird Visit
Near at Hand.

Eucke's comet IS soon to make its
twenty-first recorded visit. DIR. Van
Asten has published his ephemeris of
the comet for the forthcoming return,
and it will reach its perihelion on the
18th OF April. it will be nearest
the earth about the 4rh of May, APP
80, 1000, 600 miles. The larger telescopes
will be able pre- tty soon to detect the
presence of the celestial visitor.
Eucke's comet is not a remarkable one.
1t is telescope comet, and consists of
circular patch of nebulus light some
what condensed toward the center.
Though usually only visible through
the telescope, it is sometimes seen with
the naked eye. as, for instance, on its
appearance in 1923, when it shone like
a star of the fifth magnitude. 1t is one
of the tailless comets, although on rare
occasions tail has been dlscerned ex.
tending like faint brush toward the
SUD, and also similar appendage
branching out in an opposite direction.
This little comet is invested with a
special interest for terrestrial observers,
from the fact that its period is the
shortest among those whose time of
revolution have been ascertained, for j
is only three years and a quarter in
completing it's course. 1t performs it's
revolution within the boundaries of the
solar system, its perIhelion being be-
tween the sun and Mercury, and its
perihelion between Jupiter and the
Asteroids.
Encke's comet, insignificant as it is,
has been of use to astronomers. When
at its nearest app oach to Jupiter the
mass of the huge planet was more ac-
curately deter mined by means Of IFS
"exce ssive perturbation" In the same
way en- it was nearest Mercury, IL
was the means of detecting an error in
the computation of the mass of that
fiery little CRIB. Therefore, there will
be a warm welcome for this erratic
member of the system on its next ap-
proach to the earth. IL we cannot fol-
low its course among the stars with the
unaided eye, we shall 5e glad to trace
its steps under the guidance of those
practical observers who are ever on the
watch to imprison these flying visitsnts
within telescopic range, and always
ready to enlighten the world with the
result of their scientific skill.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-12
The Brain and Blood.

No sound working brain without
enough good blood to build it, repair
it, and furnish the materials for those
molecular changes which are the condi-
tions essential TO all nervous actions,
intellectual and volitional, as well At
those of lower grade. No good blood
without proper amount Of proper food
and air to furnish mat erials, and healthy
organs TO reduce a sufficient quantity
of these materials to state fit to enter
the circulation. No healthy organs,
strictly speaking, except from healthy
parents, and developed and maintained
by proper stimuli, Iourishment and
use. No healthy parents-no help for
it. We are, of course, applying the
term healthy to the brain, as signify ing
much more than freedom from disease.
A healthy brain should show, by the
outward signs of clear, easily working
intelligence, we'll balanced faculties,
and commanding will, that its several
organs, if such there be, or its several
modes of action, if it works as a whole,
a1e properly developed and adjusted by
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-12
The Mennonite Immigrants.
Over Six Thousand Members of the Con
nluniiX Arrived In this Country.

| Over Six Thousand Members of the Com
| muBity Arrived in this Country.
The New York Tribune describes
this interesting sect, which is now fast
making it's home in this country, as
| follows:
Nearly 900 families of Mennonitgs,
| 1t is expected, will soon arrive in Can
ada from Russia. They have chosen
Manitoba for their future residence, and
have commissioned an agent to buy for
them several thousand head of cattle il
the west.
There has been large immigration
of this people to the United States
during the past two years, the number
being timated at 900 persons, or
1 200 families. OF these 230 families
have settled in Manitoba, 200 in Dakota
Territory. Is in Minnesota so in Ne
braska, 315 in Kansas, and go in other
states. The remaining 300 families
have arrived recently, and their desti-
nation is unknown. The Kansas Men
nonites have bought 10000 acres of
land upon which they viii settle in the
spring.
The Mennonite church was founded
in Germany by Mobno SImoD, who be-
came fugitive on account of his re-
ligious belief, Charles Y. setting price
On his head. His doctrines soon gained
followers, and about a century ago a
large community of Mennonites was
formed in Russia of families from Hol-
land and Germany. They settled near
the Black Sec, and entered into an
agreement with the Russian government,
by which The latter exempted them
STIfu fan
ago the compact was apnulIed, and the
Mennonites were given the choice of
hearin arms or leaving the country.
They chose to emigrate, and resolved
to come to America, where they could
have complete religious freedom, end
would not be called upon, probably,
Russia is said to have been about 40, 600.
They are very industrious and frugal
people, and owned much landed prop
erty. The immigrants sold their prop
erty in Russia for whatever they could
get to those who remained. The Men
nonites strive to live an everyday,
practical Christian life; they are strict
in discipline, oppose infant baptism and
the taking of oathe, and, like the
Friends, are strongly opposed to war.
The brotherhood in America have or
ganized board of guardians, which is
charged with arranging for trausporta
tion across the Atlantic and from New
York to the points of destination in the
west. These guardians are custodians
OF a fund contributed by the brethren
who have already settled to provide for
the ocean passage of those who are
without means. Last summer passages
were paid for seventy families.
A meeting Of delegates is to be held
in March, at Elkhart, Ind, to make
arrangements for the immigrations of
the present year.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-12
Partisan Balls.

In Paris, when the sun goes dowr
and honest people get to bed, quees
things take place. When the gas is
lighted, and the places OF amusementn
open in full blast, curious sights are to
be seen. A correspondent, who has
evidently been doing his duty conscien-
tiously, skirmishing around the dark
corners of the city, has found some re-
markable dancing halls, where Terpsl-
chore evidently delegates some of her
distant relations to preside over the
festivities. "wne of the most extraor-
dinary of these balls" he writes, sis
that held in blind alley, and opposite
the shed where the gUillotine is
housed the hG6itues are mostly the
grave-diggers belonging to Pere st.
RegnOul, Pere La Chaise cemetery, the
tombstone men, and the undertakers'
assistants. The proprietor of the place
is Spaniard, and his ability consists
in initiating tie weeping of mourners,
and the orations delivered ut civil inter
ments. There is ball that charges no
admission fee, but all who participate
in 'cONtre ddlSG' have to pay two
sous each the proprietor, on the con-
clusiOn of the dance, encircles the
dancers with a cord, and who pay the
fee to be liberated, and which also
serves as a moose to drag out recalci-
trants. POlkas, waltzes and mazurkas
are gratis, and short. The Monsters
also have their balls in the Rue des
Flandres it is here where infant prod
igies and all human phenomena meet !;
dancing is as general as quarreing, and
jealousy of each others in1perfection
is the badge of all the tribe. The
Skeleton Man iudulges in a can-can );
man with 'cupalo head waltzes with
q woman bearded like the pard; in q
quadrilIe a dwarf has for vis-a-v!s the
woman with fish scales instead of skin;
kind of MilIy- Christine united mula-
treSses drowps or drown care in polka,
the 'Caoutohouc Man. has the power of
developing a dromedary hump, as he
enjoys a mazurka with a Newfoundland
dog. 4 Cyclop, with his diamond eye,
acts as master of the ceremonies.
The SPANISH CoNQUERoRs OF THE In
DIANs These old Spanish conqueroTs
had a monstrous greed for gold, and a
wonderful lust for saving souls. Treas
ure they must have, if not on eaIth,
why, then in heaven; and when they
failed TO find heather temples bedeokGd
with silver they propitiated heaven by
seizing the heathens themselves. There
is yet extant a copy of a record made
by heather artist to express his cen.
ception OF the demands of the conquer
ors. Ia one part of the picture we
have lake, and near by stands priesS
pouring water on the head of a native.
On the other side a poor Indian has a
cord about his throat. Lines run from
these two groups t. Il central figure, a
maa with a beard and full Spanish pan
oply. The interpretation of the picture
writing is this /: "Be baptized as this
saved beatben, or be hanged as that
damned heathen. - -Scribner.
THE Roman Catholics Of Germany
have resolved to demonstrate their un-
faltering allegiance 30 the Holy Sec by
pilgrimage to Rome, III which depu-
tations from every diocese in the EN-
pire are to take part.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-12

invading the country and laying it un-
der tribute. The enormous wealth ac-
cumulated in London is bait to aver
ice which must not be ignored in con-
sideration of the possibilities of hostile
invasion. Suppose the coast should be
defenseless, what kind of an army
could England oppos to the magniG-
cent troops of the continent2 The
militia and volunteers would be useless.
The regular army would be effective as
far as IL goes, bpt at most it would be
60. 900 strong. What could this hand
full do against the tremendous hosts of
Germany, Russia or France. II Eng
land will save herself she must be
willing to spend her money freely to
to maintain l,rge and efficient regular
army. II Eoglishmen will not serve
their country in person they must be
prepared to pay the price for that i'm
munity as for any other luxury. That
price is not so great as that which
might be assessed by a committee of
continental bankers, in session in cap
tured London.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-12

WEIGHT AND HEIGHT OF AMERICANS
According to a receUt work Of Mr.. B.
A. Gould, actuary to the United States
sanitary commission, in which some
very interesting figures relative to sol
diers In the last war are given, it ap
pears that the American nation, instead
of being degenerate and inferior to the
European race in point of physical per
fection, is far the reverse. The figures
adduced show thai "the tallest meD
were from Michigan, Illinois, and WIS
consin; the next tallest, New England,
New York, New Jersey; aud the short.
est from Scotland, England, Germany"
In weight, the men of Kentucky ard
Tennessee were the heaviest, averaging
$50 pounds; England, Scotland, France,
Belgium, all between 13S and 139
pounds. The r;.ko of weight to stature
gave in pounds to the inch Ohio ans
Western states, 2.I85: New England,
2l2l England and Scotland, 2.1lS !;
Germany, 2lGS.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-12
Modern StatuaFy.

The modern sculptor has hard time
of it with his portrait statues, it must
be confessed. Wat is he to do? Shall
he dress a gentleman as he finds him
go back to the toga; or go farther back
still to the altogether natural man? Or
shall ne compromise with a cloak or
water-proOf-as in the case of the savior
of his country, expiating his virtues in
Union square? They have the same
trouble in England as here: Vide VIM.
B. Scott. For centuries, he says, the
portrait statues of their kings appeared
in the Roman cuIrass with bare arms
and knees, and their statesmen in the
chlamys and toga. "One last step only
was wanting to adopt the ideal antique
and abandon clothing altogether, and
this was very neary accomplished toward
the close of the last century. Canova' s
statue of Napoleon, now in Apsley
House, is absolutely naked; and the
statue to Samuel Johnson, in st. Paul's,
is almost undraped, the single loose
covering being thrown so as to be only
useful for the sculptOr's supposed artis-
tic purposes-a ludicrous spectacle in a
simply rational point of view the stout
old gentleman, as he leans his head in
his hand in his nakedness, seeming to
be saying to himself: What a sad
case things have come to with me at
last, standing before the public in a
state of nature"
1t is a matter of tradition that the
statue of Washington, by Greenough,
in the grounds of the capitol at Wosh-
ing'on. is saying, as plain as gesture
and coUntenance can say: "My sword
is by my side, and my clothes are il
the patent office"-towsrd which he
points with majestic modesty.-Scri6
nPT
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-12
FINETTE AND HER PET.

Giddy Finette, Grave Finette,
saw Finette one morning,
And pretty Finette she was nursing hef pet'
With airs of rebuke and warningi
She carried her pet in her gathered gown
And scolded at puss with hnger ana IfoWn- .
HAh, would you. pussy? Lie down. lie Down y
- How pretty she looked that morning!
How pretty she looked, the young Finette,
Her well-set limbs how lssome
The arm and hand that nursed the pet
What would one give to kiss 'em
But Finette looked cross, and this was the cause
Puss, the pet. airing her claws
And then thought of some old mems SAWS
How lucky did not miss 'em!
looked st Finette, soft, smooth Finetse
As soft as down OF elder
And saw that Finette had claws like her net
And yet, could ever chide her?
10 creature as soft as the elder down,
never could bear. with finger and frown,
10 say " An would yOu ? Lie down, lie doTn,"
Ut watch her about like spider.
But if I married the plump Finette
Ihat soon would be my duty;
TOT pretty FlDette can sulk and fret,
AND then what comes OF beauty?
An beauty is only skin Deep You know,
ana does not last long (uever mind LEnclOs)-
Remember Dei ah, &antippe, and, oh,
CODA.
These saws are wise. these saws are pat,
But he went and married the girl for ali that
Aud she very soon aired her claws, the Ccti
And he grew thin Finette grew fat
Don't marry girl for her beauty.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-12
Charlie Ross and PinkeTtOn's Photo.
graphs.

The Charlie Ross case has now been
a prime topic of public interest so long
es to rise to the level of one of the most
celebrated police cases on record. One
of Pinkerton's detectives states that at
the office in Third street they have a
collection of several hundred photo
graphs of different children of unknown
parents, not only from all ports of the
United States and Canada, but evsn
from Europe. These were either chill
dren who had got lost, orwho had been
stolen, or followed strollirg bands, or
been taken in charge as beng without
homes. Many cases exist OF children
ueiug abandoned by cIuel or smftiess
parents or guardians. In reply to q
dut stion as to whether he thought the
child dead, the detective said he thought
it might be so without his being MUIR
dered, as he had been subject TO a
pai uful complaint OF the bladder, and
had several times been operated on snr-
gically before he was stolen. Had this
attack come on again after he was
stolen, the wretches would have been
| afraid to call in a physician, and the
child might have died. There is ne
| doubt thai the two men killed on Long
leland were reall, the abductoTs. From
all that can be learned, there is no pros
pf ct OF any further developments ol
| discoveries in the case. But lost chIl
dren supposed to be Charlie Ross vii
probably continue to turn mp for a yea
| to come.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-12
A Hero OF BaIakIaVa.

Scarcely the next thing in order, but
one of curious interest, is the hero of
Balaklava, one of the immortal Six
Hundred who was in that fatal charge
of the Light Brigade, of which Tenny-
son sings in such strains as to. keep it
forever in our memories. This hero
who ms lived to tell the tale was a
mere lad, a private in the regiment,
and, resident now for some time in this
country, yields to the desire of those
who had heard him in private CONVEX
sation, to give a public lecture, or,
properly speaking, an account of his
experience. A simple, uncultivated
fellow, though by no means rude IN
language or manner, his description of
the battlefield, and the illustrations by
diagram upon the black board, were both
spirited and impres sive. It didn't
need much OratOry to tell that story
when the speaker had had such per-
sonal experience and subsequent con-
tact with all that was left of the noble
Six Hundred. A cavalry saber, used to
further the illustration, gave fierce
suggestion and dramatic effec5 to the
whole. In the course of the account,
MIR. Edgar-for this is the hero's
name-read correct copy, which he
had obtained from England, of the or
der from Lord Raglan to the Earl of
Lucan which was so strangely misun-
derstood. He says that the Light
Brigade numbered 673 men "when it
went down into the Valley of Death. "
OF this number 195 answered at the
next roll call, though, including those
taken by the Russians, 235 escaped the
fearful carnage-443 being lost in the
brief fight over the Russian field
pieces,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-12

ALL the statisticians of the French
department of the interior were worried
to death for a month over return in a
report on eggs, by which it appeared
that there were so many millions OF
eggs aud half laid in certain district.
How that half got in no one could tell.
aud it had to be hunted down. Finally,
it was traced TO a conscientious farmer,
one Of whose hens had laid nn egg on
the division between his department
and another,
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-12

"HI! Samuel, has you moved yit ?"
inquired one colored man of another
whom he met at the market yesterday.
No, I'se still in de old place." was
the answer. "But I war told dat you
war gwine to get out OBJ de neighbor-
hood" continued the first. "Wau, I
did mako up my mind to, but you see
de family next door, and de family or
de corner, and de family cross de street,
have left dere wood piles out doors,
and l doesn't desire to change"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-12

THE Roman Catholics Of Germany
have resolved to demonstrate their un-
taltering allegiance 30 the Holy Sec by
a pilgrimage to Rome, III which depH-
tations from every diocese in the em-
pire are TO take part.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-12

What role would England take in
case of a great European contest? The
general answer will doubtless be-that
of neutrality. But is it possible that
neutrality can always be maintained e?
II the British realm were confined to
the two small islands which constitute
its heart, it might be true that
it could keep out of war, bnt with
wide spreading colonies and foreign
entanglements it would be almost i'm
possible for England to avoid taking
part, sooner or later in the struggle.
How, then. is she prepared for the
emergency that is almost sure to arise !?
TIE navy is apparently in good order.
The numerical strength of the British
feet is larger than that of any other
power, and English sailors have not
deteriorated. But large part of the
navy is composed of vessels built since
England was engaged in great naval
war, Their construction, to a great
extent, has been experin Sup
pose on going to war it should be dis
covered that the navy had been bnilf
on family principles? The result might
bs to nullify that arm Of the national
defense, and uncover the coast of Eng-
land to any powerful nation intent upon
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-12
NOW I IdN INC UOWH 90 eIteN,
l pray the Lord my soul to keep /:
II / -hould die before / wake,
,,5-sx- .ba / .oyI my soYI IN taEa

"There God heard that, easy for
we are close to Him up here, said in
nocent Little Johnny.
. Doul tless Divine Lows stopped to
tie little ones and folded them in per
feet peace forsoon the younger, seated
on the bottom of ihe car, with his head
leanif ,RaiUst has sisters ku=e, slept
AS s1undiy as though he were lying in
his own little bed az home, while tho