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The Republican journal., 1876-05-04

THE VOWEL FLAME. DR.. Tyndall's sen
sitive or roWel flame is most curious. Out
of a particular kind Of gas, with a burner
of peculiar construction, the learned pro
fessor produces lighted jet of flame
nearly two feet in height, extremely mar
row, aad so exquisitely sensitive to sounds
that it sings, and dances up and down, in
response to everything that is sung or said,
with different degrees of senslbility for
different vowel sounds. The slightest
tap on distant anvil reduces its height
to seven inches. When bunch of keys
are shaken, the flame is violently agitated
and emits loud roar. The dropping of
a sixpence into hand already containing
coin, at distance of twenty yards, knocks
the flame down. 1t is not possible to walk
across the floor without agitating the
flame. The creaking of boots sets it in
violent commotion. The crumpling or
tearing of paper, or the rustic of a silk
dress, does the same. It's startled by the
patter Of raindrop. | hold a watch near
the flame nobody hears its ticks; but you
all see the effect upon the flame; at every
tick it falls and roars The winding up of
the watch also produces tumult. The
twittering of Il distant sparrow shrieks i'll
the flame the note of Il cricket would do
the same A chirrup from distance of
thirty yards causes it to fall and roar" In
reference to the power of the flame to re-
spond to poetry, the lecturer said: 1.-The
flame selects from the sounds those to
which it can respond it notices some by
the slightest nod, to others it bows more
distinctly, to some its obeisance is very
profound, while to many sounds it turns
an entirely deaf ear"
The Republican journal., 1876-05-04
How John Prince johnson Took Re.
venge.

John Prince johnson had an object in
getting drunk John Prince ,Johnson's
wife is not more than nine-tenths angel,
according to his story, and he wanted re-
yenge on her The other day she said to
him
''(,et up and dust and 20 out and earn
some cash and help me pay the rent and
buy wood and keep something in tic cup
board -
That was a nice way for loving wife
to talk to Il fat husband with bald post
on his crown. He wanted to sit around
and get his breath for the Spring cam
paign, but she didn't seem to care if he
worked himself to death lie looked at
her across the stove and replied:
"Fiorinda Jane, I'll make you feel bad
for those words. and he put on his boots
and went out into the cold world. When
his Honor asked the prisoner il he had any
excuse for getting drunk, John Prince
johnson looked pleased and repli Ell
"None at all, Fine me five dollars, and
she'll have to pay it out OF he own mon
ey."
That WAS his plan 10 secure revenge.
His Homer also seemed tickled when he
heard it, and he made the sentence for
six months or fifty dollars tine. When
John Prince Johnson heard the words, his
legs gave out and his teeth chattered lie
said lie had 4 lame log, the asthma a
touch OF consumption, and q taste of dys-
pepaia; but, nevertheless he would go
right out and tear up bricks around and
strike 4 job, if the Court would let him
80. The Court wouldn't do it, and Mrs.
johnson, whp was i'll the audience went
outdoors, saying
"He may howl, and rave, and expire,
bnt right up there is where he'll roost till
his time is out ~
The Republican journal., 1876-05-04

lie took the locket with trembling hands
and hurrying from the room, shut himself
up for hours. What passed within those
locked doors no human eyes saw. When
he reappeared he was as calm as usual,
but the old coachman who alone had seen
his emotion, fanced that there were trac-
es on his countenance of mighty strug
gle gone through, and his suspicious grew
to ce1tainties when an undertaken was
sent for, handsome coffin ordered, and
this cast-away child, shipwrecked at the
door Of the rich man, was Inferred in the
family burial lot
The world wondered and praised the
act. No one had thought that Mr. Morri
son would ever for mere compassion, do
so humane deed Many regretted they
had misjudged him. Others, when they
next met him, pressed his hand more
warmly than had been their custom. Alas !!
Alas.
There are some men so naturally callous
OF heart, or SO self-righteous in convention
al morality, that "they will not believe,
though one rose from the dead"
He is still the rich and respectable Mr.
Morrison, scruouIously paying "tithe of
mint"
But there is a God in heaven, There
will De n Judgment Day
The Republican journal., 1876-05-04

-MANNERED SCOTCHMEN. a French
man whose limited travels had not taught
him that every large city (outside of
Franco has its rough class of inhabitants,
writes the following complaint to the Glas-
cow Herald "A person angry says to-day
that he was from the the theatre gallary
spit upon. Very fine. | also was spit
upon. Not on the dress but into the eye
strait it came with strong force while |
look up angry to the gallary Be:or l
come to your country worship the Scot
land of my books. my Waverly Novel,
you know, but know | dwell here since
six months. in all parts, the picture chang
es. Inow know of the bad smell, the oath
and curse of Gods name, the whisky
drink and the rudeness. You have much
money here, but you want what money
cannot buye-heart cutivatng that makes
respect for gentle things. o. to be spit
in the eye in one half million of peoples
town. Let me no longer be in this cold
country, where people push in the street.
blow the noze with naked finger, empty
the dish at the house door, chooze the
clergy from the lower classes and then 60
with them to death for an ecclesiastical
theory which none of them can understand
| 90 home three days time
The Republican journal., 1876-05-04
VOLUME 4G.

meal, and were attended by the same man.
They We're put in the pens on the Sd day
OF November, 1869, and kept there until
the 4th day Of March, 1870. when they
were weighed again. BY some misconcep-
ton of my orders the separate weight OF
each pig was not had. The aggregate
weight OF the three sows under the violet
light on the Sd of November was 122 lbs. ;
on the 4th of March. 1870. it was 52O lbs ;
increase, 39S lbs. The aggregate weight
OF the three sOws in the old pen on the
Sd of November. 1863, was l44 lbs. and
on the 4th of March. 1870, it was $50 !;
increase, $50, or Il lbs. less than those
under the violet glass had gained. The
comparatively small increase in weight Of
the pigs under the violet glass over their
porcine friends under the white glass, is
accounted ior by the teebleness OF the
actinic or chemical rays of the blue sky at
that time; but the time Of the experiment
was selected for that very reason. Ihe
animals were not fed to produce tat or
increase OF size, but simply to ascertain,
ii practicable. whether by the ordinary
mode Of feeding on farms usual in this
country the development Of stock could
be FASTENED by exposing them in pens to
the combined influence OF sunlight and the
transmitted rays of the blue sky
The Republican journal., 1876-05-04
Why Trees Die.

\ practical tree-planter says. II once
called at the store of merchant who had
a couple Of days previous obtained some
trees from the nursery. There stood the
trees with bare roots exposed to a dry
wind. When "sked why his trees We're
net i'll the ground he replied that it had
not been convenient to plant them, 50 he
had put them in nice cool place where
the fresh wind could have a chance at
them, and ended with the compacent in
quiry As to whether it was not the best
that he could have done with them He
hsd no idea how the wind was evaporat-
ing the moisture from the exposed roots,
and how soon they would become utterly
worthless. JUST in this same thoughtless
manner many a customer from the nurse
ry exposes his trees to a dry wind or the
sun, and then if they fail to grow he
blames the nurseryman for it. Let the
purchasers of trees remember that the
roots belong in the ground, and mast be
kept fresh until they are planted"
The Republican journal., 1876-05-04
The Way the Chinese do it.

A. an illustration of the manner in which
this people are rapidly usurping the trades, it
may be mentioned that a member of the firm of
Tong Wo, an intelligent Chinese merchant and
prominent member of the Yung Wo Company
informed our reporter but a few days ago that
the company had twelve thousand coolies under
its charge. five thousand of which number were
engaged in cigar-making, three thousand are
boot, shoe and slipper makers, two thousand
shirt and clothing makers, and the remainin g
two thousand are composed of laundrymen,
domestics, fishermen, vegetable peddlers, &C.
A good story is told of man who resided here
4 few years ago, and who had never studied
political economy. lie opened an establish
ment for the manufacture of bird cages, and af-
ter while did thriving business. Soon af-
ter Il smart-looking Chnaman came along and
solicited employment, offering his services for
fifty cents per day less money than that paid to
the white man then in his employ The cage
maker and political economist jumped at the
offer, and discharged the white man, satisfying
whatever scrupes of conscience he might have
bv making the Chnaman dance around and
make things fly. When the meek-eyed Celes-
tial had mastered the mysteries of the trade he
astonished his employer by demanding Il salary
equal to that received by his predecessor, the
white man. The demand was denied with
some show of Indignation, and the cage-maker
showed his contempt for Chinese labor by kick
ing him out of the shop. Within week after
ward an establishment similar to his own was
opened ON the opposite side of the street by his
discharged coolie, and bird-cages were sold
very cheap. The cage-maker became bank
rupt, as did several cigar-makers who tried the
same experiment and met the same fate. San
Francisco Call.
The Republican journal., 1876-05-04

PRESENCE OF MIND ON TIE STAGE.
When Charles Reade's dramatlzatIOn Of
Iennyson's Dora" was being enacted in
Prairie City, where the choice OF actors
was not great, MARY Morrison, i" on max
ing her exit to bring on her little Willie
OF four years, was shocked TO find a lub-
belly boy of at least fourteen who must
90 on. as no other was to be had The
Farmer Allan" Of the play was no doubt
equally shocked to see Mary coming upon
the stage with a boy nearly as big as her
self. What was worse the audience be-
can to litter But Farmer Allan was
equal to the emergency; and instead OF
asking, GLOW old are you, my little boy ?''
said, 'iIow old are YOU, my strapping
fellow?" probably hoping that the boy
would have the good sense 70 give an age
more suitable to his size. The boy how
ever, with painful fidelity to the book, and
in Il sepulchral voice that made the an
swer all the more preposterous, said,
-Four to five, grandpapa.' "Eorty-hve "
exclaimed the other cheetullv 'you look
it. my boy, you look it," There was a
laugh at the moment, but the play was
saved from shipwreck 1t is told of :; ta-
nous tragedian that at the close Of an act
in which he had been the prominent char
acter, Il gooSe'S head was thrown upon
the stage by some one who had a spite
against him The tragedian picked it up
handed it to one of the others to take
away, and said, with perfect nonchalance,
"Ihe gentleman who has thrown his head
upon the stage can get it back at the close
OF the performances
The Republican journal., 1876-05-04
Digestion in the Horse.

The horses stomach has a capacity OF
only about sixteen quarts, while that Of
the OK has 2jO; in the intestines this pro-
portion is reversed, the horse having a
capacity of 100 quarts, against 100 of the
OK. The OK and most other animals have
a gall-bladder for the retention OF part
of the bile secreted in the intervals Of di
gestion; the horse has none and the bile
flows directly into the intestine as fast as
secreted This construction Of the diges
tive apparatus indicates that the horse was
formed to eat slowly and digest continu-
ally bulky and innutritious food. When
fed on hay it passes Very rapidly through
the stomach into the intestine The horse
can eat but about five pounds OF hay in an
hour, which is charged during mastication
with four times its weight Of saliva. Now.
the stomach. to digest well, will contain
but about ten quarts, and when the animal
eats one-third of his daily ration. OF seven
pounds in one and one-lalf hours, he has
swallowed. at least two stomachs full of
hay and saliva-one Of these having passed
into the intestine. Observation has shown
that the food is passed to the intestine by
the stomach in the order in which it is re-
ceiyed. II we feed a horse six quarts of
oats it Will Just about fill his stomath,
and if, Is soon rs he finishes this, we feed
him the above ration of seven pounds Of
hay, hc will eat sufficient in three quarters
of an hour to have forced the oats entirely
out OF his stomach into the intestine. AS
it is the Office Of the stomach to digest the
nitrogenous parts of the food. and as n
stomachful of oats contains four or five
times as much of these as the same amount
Of hay, it is certain that either the stomach
must secrete the gastric juice five times as
fast. which is hardly possible, or it must
retain this food five times as long. BY
feeding the oats first it can only be retained
long enough ior the proper digestion OF
hay, consequently it seems logical, when
feeding concentrated food like oats with
a bulky one like hay, TO feed the latter
first Country Gentleman.
The Republican journal., 1876-05-04

was perfectly subdued, and was victor
| looked. 1t lay wrong side up i'll my
hand. | turned it over
steadily, unwaverngly triumphant it
gave back my cowardly gaze. it did not
seem to leer or grin-l suppose glass eyes
never do-but it met me firmly on my
own ground and what it might do next
had no means of knowing. shrank and
shivered, but-'Ir would never do to give
it up So With one last, spasmodic effort
| dashed the crystal abornination down
upon the marble hearth, and placed my
heel upon it. Then | whirled around.
darted out of the house with a mad, cxul-
tant horror in my heart, and at the door |
met a boy with a telegram.
''He asked if that was Mr.. brisbane 5
house, ard said he wanted to see Mrs.
brisbane | saw him ring the bell that
would summon servant, and knew Mrs.
F. would not be long in making her APP
pearance. With the calmness of despair
returned to the library, drank off that cup
of coffee Git was cold by this tme) at a
single draught jammed the cork back in
to that empty wine-bottle, and hid it away
in corner behind bookcase. hen
ground those shattered fragments Of glass
to an impalpable powder, gathered them
carefully by aid of a thin paper-cutter,
wrapped them in paper, aud put the whole
in my yest-poeket
IL had just completed these arrange
ments when Mrs. + entered the room,
She was 4 large woman, with much de-
cision about her lii one hand she carried
a small silver box. She appeared anx-
ious and somewhat eNcited, She was eyi-
IDENTITY searching for something but was so
busy with my writing that | could not
give her much attention. Whichever way
turned | saw the ghost of that glass eye
gazing ut me, but cont think she saw
it.
"When brisbane came home there was
a merry row in that house. No man ever
had fuller catalogue Of cuss-words than
he, and he used them al on that occasion.
All boys you do not know the true depths
of trauscendental sorrow if you have new
er been haunted by glass eye"
And here the quizzical rogue sighed
deeply, drained the last drops from his
beryl-tinted glass, and set it down as care
fully as though somewhere under its shin
ing rim that shadowy eye was lurking.
Then lie took pull at his pipe, and grew
cynical and paragraphical, as was his
wont
The Republican journal., 1876-05-04

Now set out Centennial tree. Set
one out. Don't fail. Ifyou have no tree
buy one. If you have no money, borrow
it. 1t makes no difference what sort OF a
tree If you have no land, set it out in
the street. Show your grit. 1t the police
tell them it is a centennial tree
and if they haul it down shoot 'em on the
spot. Think of James Hillhouse and his
elms Think Of G. Washington and his
choke cherry tree. Think of Locke and his
moon oaks. Think of Newton and his
apple tree. Think OF the phoenix and its
ash. Think of Milton and his birch. Set
out tree, and future generations coming
home late at night, and leaning against
that tree to "git their bearin's' will rise
up and call you blessed. New York
Graphic,
The Republican journal., 1876-05-04

Wife-''Ah, husband, do you see this
beautiful carving? How delicately cut in
the pure white stonen'
Ilusband-"Yes very pretty"
Wife-'.But, William, you have no taste
for art-you don't enjoy these things as
do. Just notice this slender column of
immaculate marble. with the touching
question, so beautifully carved, DO they
miss me at home p"
Husband-"Yes l see; and here is her
name on the foot stone-'G. A. b. Yes,
they miss her, if that was her name"
And there came silence
The Republican journal., 1876-05-04
Root Pruning,

Dr. Hull, the well-knOWn pomOlOgist of
Alton, H.. spoke as follows at the annual
meeting Of the American Pomological So
ciety:
II have seen great revolutions in fruit
growing, having been Il resident OF Hi
nois twenty-niMe years. At first it was
declared that no cultivated fruits could be
grown in the middle and northern parts Of
the State But was determined to grow
the finest fruit or none, and have sue
ceeded. ! commenced root-pruning rs an
experiment TO produce fruits on rapid
growing trees that did not bear, not ex-
pecting it would do to continue it any
length OF time but 10 my surprise the
trees that We're severely root-pruned not
only bore the most and best fruits, but
they continued the most healthy, and stood
the severe winter the best. From this fact
| studied out the needs of the tree, and
have found ont that all trees and plants
store up each year certain amount OF
food for specific purpose alone. Now
we can direct the forces of any tree that
it viii store up food fer fruit production,
instead of wood production, il we wish,
and not iniure the tree thereby Some
trees on favorable soil will do this, while
other varieties and other soils tend TO
wood growth production; in such cases
they are so taxed to force the sap to the
ends OF the long roots that they have not
time after making root growth to return
the sap to the buds and form fruit buds
In such cases if the root prlner be used
in July, the roots are Shortened the sap
finds Its way to the en.ls of the roots,
completes the root growth the tree then
forms fruit buds and ripens up all growth
before winter sets in, AMI is thus enabled
to stand the winter uninjured, and you get
Il crop OF fruit from every tree that you
wish. | have never known this to fail
when tried in July. and trees Of any age
may be forced TO bear fruit if desired; but
a ludicious system Of thinning out all
sprouts and diseased branches is equally
necessary. By this system, blight in a
great measure is prevented, and trees are
kept healthy.
The Republican journal., 1876-05-04
Fate.

The sky is clouded, the rocks are bare,
The spray of the tempest is white in air.
The winds are out with the waves at play
And l shall not tempt the sea to-day.
The trail is narrow, the wood is dim.
The panther clings to the arching limb;
And the lions whelps are abroad at play
And l shall not join i'll the chase to-day
But the ship sailed safely over the sea,
And the hunters came from the chase In glec
And the town that was built upon rock
Was swallowed up in the earthquake shock.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-03-02
OBITUAH Y.

solyman Brown, A. NJ, M. D., ID. D.,
was born in Litchfeld, Conn, Nov. IL,
l7S0, and died at the residence of his SON
iu-law, Judge Tuthill, on the 18th day OF
February, 1876, at Dodge Center, MINI.
At the age of eighteen he entered Yale
College, aud graduated in the year 1919
from that institution, About the year
1928 be embraced the doctrines of the
New Jerusalem Church, and became
minister of that denomination, and for
more than fifty years, was faithful
Waterman upon the walls OF "Zion -
At the Lime Of his death he was the oldest
living minister of the New Church In the
United States. Dr. Brown possessed
superior mind; he was polished gen
teman, finished scholar, writer. of
ability, both IN prose and poetry, and the
antbOr of several published works. He
was ever the kind neighbor, the devoted
husband and indulgent father--One of the
iruest, noblest Of men. HE last days
were quiet and peaceful. His funer4 !.
was one Of the largest ever attended ID
Dodge Center, and the discourse hg hi,
friend and brother, Ree. r. Forbes, wa,
an eloquent and Touching eulogy OIL biz
virtues aud biz worth His rem2as were
pofne 70 .ae grave by five kpihRais TEN,
p'af and long procession OF y.aspns
and buried with the honors of tn at order
of which tie had been an sesep'.ed mem.
Ter Tor sixty years. Tbe dec eased wal
brother of DR.. A. w. Brow1 Of New
York.
ever HE fac wAs tet towards Jer usAem,
Ever be lived a. though be saw ita golden beam
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-03-02
MAScnEsrra, w., Feb. %, 1916

MANCHESTER, w., Feb. rs, 1876.
Mr.. Editor;
Rev, Dr. Coleman, first principal Of
Burr Seminary, is now almost so years
old, bat he still holds his Office as a
professor ia La Fayette College, Eas-
ton, Penn.
lie was here in July, 1874. aud gave
a discourse on the TRANSPORTATION"
on the first Sabbath Of that month. The
fact that he had visited, in person, the
place where this remarkable event is
supposed to have taken place, gave an
additional interest tothe subject,
The doctor has not yet reached the
dead line" In a letter 10 a friend in
this village, he says; Il am in better
health than when we last met. ] still
continue my duties in college, but ac.
count myself on my last year. of full
employ, Before the next commence.
ment, if living, l shah have passed my
fourscore years, aud shall thenplead
for some abatement though not for a
full discharge.
Then with reference 10 the evening
Of lie. which iavoring circumstances
served To render pleasant, he addsy
"the night cometh 10 close these sun
set hours, To us, the dream Of life
will soon be over, but work While the
day lasts, is my maxim
please present me p friends whom
| remember kindly though / NV
never meet them again, "A thoa
grand old mountains ~ ,bam i lone
aaisu u as settled tranquility aud
Soi' unconcern,"
! To this the friends respond IN the
same tone of kindness and grateful
recollection. But the tranquility q
the grand old mountains has sbeeI
| greatly disturbed Of late by the mighty
and strong winds that have swepi
over them in tempest and storm caus
ing LLeir roAfidg 70 be heard lise tht
roaring Of The sea. Bot the sounding
/ az the mountains" has DOW ceased, ans
wrapped ip their wlntory robes, they
repose in quietuess again utterly 40
mindful Of the affairs Of men, their Jars
their conflicts and al their aorta
striies
r
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-03-02
,r,rE 4rEms

TIE new Pavilion hote. al Montpelier
was opened y grand haIl Tuesday
evening, The house was ai.ed with
guests from AZ parts o. New Ensiana.
Tbls house j. sAid 10 have few superior
ones q New England.
The woodsiocs SsaHdaHd announces
thai Hon. ] scph barseu a.. hereafter
make hls bone :, Chester, No. Bargeil
was formerly editor gf the Aida.ebn3
Register. And, dafina ,As Aifaipis eation
Of Pres den, Llnc3.a, commissioner y
pensions. Ga ihe iestninsli2u Il - ~
acsal alo IN WAsbiugtoa be @as rendered
The position Of editor 10 ehsesei tbe e.n-
cinnaa Gasette, and hat ae'4 ih4i posi-
ton untn recently.
TIE Gfxngers ~ wssi.iHzs5a ea4aiy
propose 20 essbHsa eoasty grAhgc
store and market