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Spontaneous Combustion III Hay.

The question of spontaneous com
bustion is undoubtedly to be credit
ed with many of the burning Of
barns, stacks, etc. Many fires in
cities are clearly traceable to this
cause, for any substance liable to
decay, especially vegetable fiber in
state OF compression, and IN con-
nection with moisture, will heat,
and sometimes break out into flame.
In our dry climate where hay may
be thoroughly cured before stacking,
or moving, this combustion is rare,
but in England it is not uncommon,
Able Moigno, in Les Wondes,
gives the following as the theory OF
the phenomenon: Nay, when piled
damp and in too large masses, fer
ments and turns dark In decorn-
posing, sufficient heat is developed
to be insupportable when the hand
is thrust into the mass, and vapors
begin to be emitted When the wa
ter Is almost entirely evaporatel,
the decomposition continues, and
the hay becomes carbouized, little
by little; and then the charred por-
ton, like peat, peat cinders mixed
with charcoal. sulphueus pyrites
and Ignite, etc, becomes Il kind of
pyrophorus, by virtue of its great
porosity and of the large quantity
of matter exposed to high oXlla-
ton. Under the influence of air
in large amount, this charcoal be-
comes concentrated on the surface
to such degree that the mass
reaches a temperature which re-
suits in its bursting into flames
Western RlpdL
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Men Of great genius have shOSvn ssg"a
Of u white very young.

Lord Bacon while school boy
perceived a defect in, and formed
plan for overturning the Aristotel-
ian system of PHILOSOPHY, that had
stood undoubted for eighteen CEN
turtles.
Shakespear began his brilliant
career as a writer at the age OF
twenty-five.
John Milton had completed the
Masque of Comus, Lycidas, L'Alleg-
70 and II. Penseroso at the age of
twenty-four.
Pope had scarcely emerged from
the nursery before he wrote poems
of marked merit, and before he had.
reached the age of twenty-five, the
Essay on Criticism had placed him
far above the writer's of his time.
Thomas Chatterton, at eleven,
wrote poems that will compare with
the early writings of any author
while at nineteen, he had deceived
all the learned men of Europe and
created it may almost be said a
literature of the past.
Robert Burns, while a plowboy,
became the idol of the fashionable
and literary world, and at twenty
two his strains had shook to its
center the sentiment of Europe.
Byron, at the age ofa twenty, 81
fenced all the literary genius Of his
time, and Mt twenty-five, the first
two cantos of Childe Harold had
taken the world with a tempest Of
feeling.
Great military genius has dis
played itself in middle aged men.
Leondas was in his prime at the
battle of Thermopylae. Xerxes was
a middle aged man at the battle Of
Salamis. Alexander had conquered
the world at thirty-two. Caesar at
fifty conquered Gaul and ruled the
first tl-iumvrate of Rome. Hanni-
bal was in the prime of his life dur
ing the Punic wars. Napoleon was
forty-three at the battle of Auster-
litz. George Washington was be-
tween forty and fifty during the
Revolution.
1t is also worthy of notice, that
those who have gained high repu.
tution for wisdom, by diligent toll,
have not received their highest re-
ward until in the decline of life.
No man could become u Spartan
senator until he had reached the
mature age of sixty. Demosthenes
was fifty years old when he deliv
cred the Grafton on the Crown.
Milton wrote Paradise Lost in his
old age. Walpole met William
Pitt at the age of eighty-four. The
members Of the English Parliament
are old men, and the age of our SEN
ators has always averaged between
fifty and sixty.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-01-07

SENIOR CASTELAR, has resigned
the Presidency of the Spanish Com
mission to the Centennial Exajpi-
ton at PHILADELPHIA, the Chancellor
ship of Public instruction, and his
University Protessorship. He does
not seem disposed to affiliate with
the new Government of Spain in
any way. He is a man OF genius,
learning AID philan thropy. and such
man can have nothing in common
with King Alphonso.
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mExlC6 LIBERATED.

| MCAlCO 10 u SShA " -
wonders. Her curious relics have
baffled modern ingenuity. Arch
biologists have sought in vain the
secret of her ancient cities and al
though world renowned writer's
have pondered over the mystery OF
her extinct races, a nation sprang
up as little known to general readers
as the one which peopled the now
silent streets, and at the European
conquest were swept (by scarce
superior race) from country which
they loved and honored.
No country ever presented
more beautiful appearance than
Mexico did to the Spanish invaders.
1t consisted of one broad empire,
containing many subdivisions which
fell under the sway of Montezuma.
Some of these, however, becoming
weary of the kings oppression, had
risen to arms and thrown OFT the
yoke, thus becoming an indepen-
dent people, who formed themselves
into kind of a republic. They di-
vided themselves into districts; each
had its separate ruler, who was
elected by the people and who rep
resented them in the general senate.
Many of these people had secured
for themselves beautiful homes,
which were protected by the laws
of the senate, and these in turn
were enforced by the same discl-
pine that had enabled them to gain
their independence. So nearly did
their civilization resemble that OF
Europe, that when the Spaniards
beheld the beautiful cities, with
I
houses plastered and whitewashed,
and lofty temples rising before them,
for moment they thought of their
homes in the Old World. And
again on reaching the valley OF
Mexico they were filled with great
delight. AS far as the eye could
reach, rich meadows, cultivated
fields, and beautiful forests covered
the plain. In the midst of this like
sheet of silver ray the lake ley
cuco skirted round with pretty viii
lagos. They looked upon the coun-
try which they had long painted to
ste and telt that it was as beautiful
a. they expected. But these beau
tiiul cities were destroyed by merci-
less invaders who came with arms
to tear down but no power 70 recon-
struct. a kind of a wallike spirit
and religious superstition seemed
to reign among them, that kept back
the progress of civilization, and for
more than two centuries the nation
remained with scarcely an improve
ment, even from the race which they
displaced by conquest.
On the LIST morning of 1873 the
booming of cannon, and the ringing
of bells aroused the Mexicans from
their slumber. Day dawned upon a
happy people who spent the day in
rejoicing over the ratification Of an
amendment to their constitution,
that dissolved forever the connect
ing link between Church and State.
The bar to her civilization is now
removed and we will doubtless see
her, not like Spain and Italy, but
like other free nations arise and
take her place among the great
nations of the earth.
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Have You seen those new revorsi
BILE Palsy shawls at the City Stora ,
They are the latest style out and ara
very handsome.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-01-07

TIE election OF Mr.. Dawes 10 the
United States Scuator,hlp by the
Legislature of Massachusetts. is
deemed probable. lie lost ground
by advocating the reelection IF
General Butler, but he has made So
good record in Congress that the
people are disposed 10 lor1lve han.
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THE TRI-WEEXLY SENTINEL

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TIE COMMERCIAL COLUMNS

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and The Sentinel will maintain its position rs
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of the state and the great wheat market OIL
the word.
There will be issued from this office three
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re,owvillagers with ones face and the grea'
comfort of apprcciative sympathy In ones heart

Ono of the most readable articles in the
always readable contents OF LippneoH Is sketch OF
Lematre, the celebrated French actor reaioe many
piouant anecdotes the extraordinary septuagehara'
who stiIl retains his position In the 'front.' rank vi ~
Partisan stage Another Lively paper Is "North~ard 10
ugh Asia in which Mr.. Frank Vincent gives fresh
chaper OF Eastern travel Society In Paris presents
an edifyng contrast between the proiuslon VI
terrapn and Roederer at Philadelphia entertainments
and tho quiet simplicity OF Partisan evening party
In far different style do people entertain on INC oi
side of the water In Paris that very paradise OF COOK
ery the substantial clement Of balls and parties Is eher
wholly wanting or il but very secondary confederation
Parisenne will bid you to her house, and leave you 10
refresh exhausted Nature with OF tea and sponge
cake. In Summer she mfy vary the entertainments w
offering YOU "A glass OF currant strip and water sho
would consider herself utterly ruined In fnahcai
pont of view did she conceive that an assemDaee OF
some twenty or thirty people would require anything
more substantial At entertainments on a larger scaie'
such as sO. ees npsicales, evening RECEPTIONS eec
ices coffee sandwiches, aud variety Oh si""il
cakes are usually handed round during the course OF
the evening" and that is ALL At the grandest oil grahd
balls the supper Ia almost invariably composed ehuiey
Of cold dshes-chekon, dict OF beef, fish with mayon-
naise sauce, etc. with cakes and delicious pohDos
If extra maguifcenco in the matter OF ViahdS Is 'n
a IL il sought INA the matter of unreasonable ana eonse
quently costly decacies. Thus. at q oah winch wac
given during month OF February last the feature oi so
supper was strawberries served IN unlimited prOiuaoh
The substantially, the ABUNDANCE the variety OF one VI
our Philadelphia suppors with s terrp its croqe'oe
its oysters dressed half dozen styles its game ana
syeetbrcads and chicken salad, s ices and Chariote
Russo and nernues traits and flowers, its oceans Oh
ehampa gne, rivers hook and lakes OF caret punch
would make n Partisan open his eyes-ay ond Dis mouth
a. well For be il known foreigners who scorn sup
ners in their native land lay aside all such preudce with
marvellous celebrity when hidden to Philadelphia pan
auct."
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Twelfth Thonsand now sailing.

A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE.
ByJ Il. Green, NJ A. Examiner in the school Of h@Iein
History oxford Crown syO with Coored Maps GeneaOg
zeal Tables, and Chronological Annals 81
"Numbr, histories OF England and yet until nov
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We viii net go pronounce SIT Green's book fault
loss hut NO Vii sy without hesitation that IL il almost a
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BRET and complete history England that there no room
for conn par son THE Nation.
"We know Of no whole drama 81 English his
tory 10 bo compared It, We know Of none That II 40 dis
tinctly a work OF genus."-l Pail Mall Gazette.
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A paper without signature in Scribner dis
cusses the merits of Some Women Poets assign
ing the palm 10 ii. II. tsrs HUNT, with the possible
cepton OF Mrs. Howe. III. II. is described as "a figure
unique among women poets, and the strongest woman
poet yet arisen In America" Mira Howe IL is said is
person whose interests large and varied student o
philosophy, who stands above the level Ut fancy but not
purely poet H. H. The writer of tho article apollo
iZes for its npcrfections the score OF haste and
brevy which Is quite supcrfuous. but II 1t were not
the wan; OF time and space poor for incon
plccncss OF execution IL IL better wait before going
into print than that the reader should put of with an
inferior production The following personal sketch by
the editor will interest large number OF our readers:
How many years ago II that ~ r. Willis
clroniccd the fact that young man had passed
through New-York on his way 10 Europe, for a for
egn tour FOOT This young name was then James
Bayard Taylor. The name has been spoken 30 many
times since that early day that the James has been
worn away. and has disappeared Since then
the young man has transacted the ages, spoiled the
clmes and done hard work enough for ten men Asleo
tuIernewsaIr correspondent novelist OF travels
poet translator OF Goethe he has poured his literary life
out upon the world IN contDuous stream that grown
deeper and broader with the advancing years America
mas hardly produced moro prolific life than this or
one more versatile Ina Its productions Yet
fancy that s posessor fanced that he was NOT held AZ
bis true value IN country devoted money and pot
cal AMBITION and social rivalry. How sveetly then
must the recent ovation paid him by his old
and friends have come to him We do not wonder tb.,
ms mouth was sealed by the swelling OF his heart For
after ALL Is love that after We learn 10 despa
the applause Of the multitude The difference between
being honzcd and being loved and honored s WIDE And
10 Dc loved and honorcd by ones early naghbors and
friends s the sweetest thing of ALL II was worth all tina
cost OF travel over Arabian sands and ebcr1an sno
and years Of toll and struggle to nnd ones se, A. tho
ehd among congratuatng friends and proud aud hearty
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MAGAZINES.

The biographical, perhaps rather, the personal
element prevails in the May number of the Gaiury which
devotes three papers respectively 10 Louis H. of Bavaria
Salvador Rosa, and Angelica Kaufman. Several char
aceristio anecdotes related OF the romantic king
who is represented paragon Of the virtues
Salvador Rosa the other hand illustrates the manners
of the unlicensed age in which he lived. Mr.. Grant
White has an instructive chapter the proper
several familiar English expressions
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EGYPTIAN sEPuLCHRES AND SYRIAN
SURINES

Including visit 10 Palmyra. by Emily = Beaufort, Wis
strangod author OF "he Eastern Shores OF the
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his delightful book Of travels nclrdes visit to Palmyra
which described with singuarly picturesque power The
fund information the and the pleas
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real fayote with all who take interest travel"
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81 ASTOR-PLACE,

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The historical paper on the Concord Fight

The historical paper on the Concord Fight, ~
by f. Hudson, Harper, is seaonsble contribution
describing the incidents of April 10 with sufficient exact
ness though with excessive vvacty. Castears sew
enteenth chapter on the Republican Movement Of
Europe is Of cOurse the intellectual feature Of
the number marked by bis usual acute dscrmna ton and
eloquence Of expression. 1t il devoted mny to the
position and influence OF Strauss IN tho Development OF
German thought.
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