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TIE WEDDINGS or RIVERS. = Prof.
James Thompson, at the meeting of the
British Association, exhibited a model
to illustrate the action of rivers in mod
flying the forms of their windings. He
said that most treaties on hydraulics
speak of this action as if water consist
ed of particles inpinging against the
outer side of the bend, and so wearing
it away. This is Objectionable, as wa
ter does not impinge but presses against
the outer bank. The action is more
properly as follows: The stream lines
of water flow less rapidly from the CEN
ter to the outer, and more rapidly from
the center to the inner side. In conse-
quence Of this and fluid friction, there
is flow of water at thessurface from
the inner to the outer side, and below
from the outer to the inner. This causes
the earth at the outer side to be trans
ferred along the bottom to the inner
bank. He illustrated these remarks-by
the behavior of threads attached to pins
stuck in at different parts of the bend of
the model river. The bottom threads
inclined towards the inner side, while
the upper threads inclined slightly to-
wards the outer. The actual state of
matters could also be seen from the mud
raised by the flow of the stream in the
model.
, 1876-12-29
The First Hold Heard of it.

\ blacksmith having failed in busi-
ness, friend. to enable him to start
once more, loaned him some iron. which
a creditor attached at the forge. The
friendly owner sued in trover for his
iron. Rufus Choatc appeared for him,
and pictured the cruelty of the sheriff S
proceedings as follows He ar
rested the arm of industry as it fell to-
wards the anvil; he put out the breath
Of his bellows; he eXtinguished the fire
upon his hearthstone. Like pirates in
a gale at sea, his enemies swept every
thing by the board, leaving him, gen
tlemen of the jury, not so much-not so
much as a horseshoe to nail upon his
dOorpost to keep the witches off" The
tears came into the blacksmith eyes at
this affecting description. One of his
friends, noticing them, said to him,
"Why, Tom. what's the matter with
you What are you blubbering about?"
II lad no idea, was the reply, in
whimpering tone-"I had no idea 1 had
been so much a-a-bused" Nor had he,
till Choate told him.
, 1876-12-29

THERE is an Office in Paris where arti-
cles found are taken to be restored to
their owners. They are daily registered
by clerks, one of whom was lately
heard to call off three umbrellas, one
watch, two rings, one pair of boots and
two babies.
, 1876-12-29
A FOrGetful Dean.

When DR.. Buckland was dean of
/ Westminster, the lately deceased DIR.
/ Rlmhault applied to him for permission
| to make extracts from the registers of
| the abbey, in order to ascertain the dates
/ of admission and of the decease of some
| of the eminent men who hal been on
/ the establishment at Westminster.
| The difficulty which presented itself to
| the deans mind was that it would be too
great a tax upon his own time to wait
while the extracts were made, and that
/ he could not give up the keys of the
imminent room to any person. Still
| he desired to oblige in all cases of lit
erary research, and therefore offered to
take DR.. Rimbault into the room, and
to leave him there, to be let out at any
appointed time. The proposal was par.
ticularly agreeable to DIR. Rimbault, as
he could then work without interrupt
ton. Thinking that about three hours
would suffice, and as he dined at an
early hour, he appointed one o'clock.
The dean was not punctual. and the
doctor worked on. At three o'clock the
latter felt the want of his dinner, his
extracts were finished, and he wished
only to be gone. "What could have de-
tanned the dean?" But no step was to be
heard. The evening service soon began,
aud at length the last peal of the organ
had faded away, and all was quiet. 1t
| then became evident that DR.. Rimbault
was forgotten; and how long was this to
last? Before daylight had quite passed
away he had surveyed his position and
found that he was in trap from which
1T was impossible to extricate himself.
He could neither scale the window nor
make himself heard. He was quite at
themercy of the deans memory, for he
had not told any one where he was going,
because he expected to return home
within few hours. "Would his disar-
pearance be advertised, and would the
dean see it, and when?" DIR. Rimbault
had none of the bodily fat which is said
to support life under long periods of
fasting, and the lasS was, therefore, an
important question with him. "When
would the imminent room be next
visited?" That was indeed a remote
contingency; so that, like Ginevra in
the chest which had closed over her
with spring lock, nothing but his skele-
ton might then be found. From these
uncomfortable reflections DR.. Rimbault
was released late at night. He had
drawn together some parchments to re-
cline upon, but not to sleep, when at
last key was heard in the door. The
good dean had gone home to dinner and
had taken his siesta, after which he
commenced ruminating on the events of
the day, and then at last thought of his
prisoner. He returned to the abbey at
some inconvenience, and set him free
with many apologies. DIR. Rimbault's
ardour to be shut up in a imminent
room had then quite cooled.-Atheneun.
, 1876-12-29
A VICTIMS WARNING /

Cure and Advice to Yonng Men and others who
suffer from Nervous Debility, Loss Of Man
hood, etc. A copy mailed for two stamps, Address
DA- J: M. DAGNALL, 50 Fulton street. NewYork
p. o. BOx. 38fA
, 1876-12-29

Says COLGATE & CO.'S NEW
STERLING SOAP is PERFEC-
TION, for its not only economical
and labor-saving, convenient in form,
and superior in quality, but excep-
tionally MODERATE IN PRICE.
, 1876-12-29

ANRCDoTE OF THE EDDYsroNE LIGHT
HoUsE.-Before the erection of q light
house on the spot, many were the good
ly versels that struck and foundered on
the dangerous Eddystone rocks in the
English channel. The present light
house, in all its strength, was not the
work of few months, and previous to
its construction two other buildings had
risen on the reef, in vain attempt to
defy the waves of the ocean. One of
these towers was laid low by wind and
tide; the other was destroyed by fire.
1t was during the erection of this last
that an incident occurred which one of
our greatest engineers has deemed
worthy of remembrance Says Smeaton
in his 'Narrative:"
''There being war at the time between
England and France, a French privateer
took the opportunity of one day seizing
the men employed upon the rocks. and
carrying them off prisoners to France.
But the capture coming to the ears of
the King (Louis XIV he Immediately
ordered that the prisoners should be re-
leased, and sent back to their work with
presents, declaring that though he was
at war with England that he was not at
war with mankind; and, moreover. that
the Eddystone lighthouse was so situa-
ted as to be of equal service to all ma
tions whose ships had occasion to pass
through the Channel that divided
France from England
, 1876-12-29


been so much a-a-bused" Nor had he,
till Choate told him.
CURIosITIEs OF THE DEAD-LETTER Or
FIcE.-One can hardly realize that there
is a daily average of $4,000 or $1,000
dead letters, or about 10000 month.
Allowing one person to a letter, there
are 1901 persons every month who
undertake to send letters either without
stamps, without addresses, or with can
celed stamps, insufficient postage or
! illegible or incorrect addresses. MANY
of them are without either stamp or ad-
dress, and often with no signature which
gives the slightest clue to persons send
ing them. There are 400,000 O month
received that either lack postage or ad-
dress, or else have insufficient or can
celed stamps, and strange as it may
seem, these are sometimes the most val
liable letters, often containing currency
or drafts for large amounts of money.
1t is'estimated that there is about S4,-
900, 600 in drafts and $4,000 in cash
received yearly through dead letters.
This is all returned, if possible, to per-
sons sending it; but if any portion of
it fails to find claimant, it is turned
over to the post-office fund.
Very little difficulty is experienced in
restoring the checks and drafts to the
rightful owners, but the money gener-
ally&comes in small sums, and is usually
sent in the most careless, hap-hazard
fashion, and the loss of these small
sums, by the ignorance or carelessness
Il rrrskl, rr-k1ah kha~r
journey, represents deal of suffering
and disappointment. Some hard work
ing man may send $40, the savings of a
months labor, to his wife and little
ones, who he has had to leave behind
but, alas he is one of forty thousand
who trust to Providence, without stamp
and address, or else his writing or or
biography are beyond mortal ken, and
so the poor wife gets the pittance which
is her all.
tits very amusing to see letters open
ed, and guess at their contents, before
they are brought to light. Three out
Of five from bundle of unaddressed
letters contained money, one OF them a
$5 note. Then there are such duanti.
ties Of dress samples in letters. One
would imagine that all womankind had
discovered a language in the inter
change of these scraps Of dress fabrics.
One half show their prosperity in bits
of silks and satins, and the other half in
bits of six-penny calico, and it is only
in the dead-letter Office that they meet
on common grounds. Certainly every
fifth letter contains photograph, and
don't imagine that any great care is
taken to return lost photographs but
any one so bereaved has the privilege Of
rumaging among the forty bushels Of
human counterfeit" which have &C.
cumulated here.-CIereIand Leader.
, 1876-12-29

YOUNG MEN

n WONW MNV
WHO MAY BE SUFFERING FROM THE
w effect Of youthful iollIes or indiscretlon, vi
do well to avail themselves OF this the greatest
DR sPINNEY will guarantee TO forfeit 900 for evefy
case Of weakness or disease Of any kind or charActei
therefore, say to the unfortunate sufferer who may
read this notice, that you treading upon DANGER
proper remedy for your complaint You may DeIn
the hrst stage; remember you are Approaching tns
sunering some or sl Of It's III elects remember mai
you persist In procrastinaU Q, the time must come
assistance; when the door OF hope VIII be CLOSED
against you; when no angel Of mercy can bring you
Then let not despair w0rk upoA your imagnanola, ~
but aval yourself OF the beneficial results OF ~
treatment before your case Is beyond the reacn :.
medical skill, or before grim death hurres you ~
premature grave. Gail or address DR.. a. =. ~
NEY q CO.. No. II Kearny street, san Franclsc.e
once hours from =. n. 70 P. NJ and from ? NJ
Pm. Branch ONCE. 1855 South est, virginia NJ
, 1876-12-29

HIS MULE.-"Speaking about mules, -
remarked six-footer from Harnett
County, as he cracked his whip at the
market yesterday morning, "I've got a
mule at home which knows as much as
l do, and 1 want to hear somebody say
that I'm half fool
No one said so and he went on.
I've stood around here and heard
men blow about kicking mules until
I've got disgusted. When you come
down to kicking, I want to bet on my
mule. A preacher came along and took
dinner with me the other day, and as he
seemed little disheartened took him
out to. see Thomas Jefferson, my cham
pion mule. I was telling the good man
how that mule would flop his hind feet
around, and he said he'd like to see q
little fun. He'd passed his whole life
in the South, but had never seen o mule
lay his soul into big time at kicking.
"WeH, y he continued, after borrow
ing some tobacco, 81 took Thomas out
of the stable, backed him up agin hill,
gin him a cuff on the ear, and we stood
back to see the amusement. It was a
good place to kick his darndest, and
what dye spose he did? In ten min
utes he was out of sight. In five more
we couldn't feel him with twelve-foot
pole, and-and-"
The crowd began to yell and sneer,
and the old man looked around and
added:
"Does anybody think I'm lying
Would l lie for one mule ?"-Raleigh
Sentinel
, 1876-12-29

LOsr at sea-Thssight of land.
, 1876-12-29

There is man in New York SO close
that when he attends church he occu-
pies the pew farthest from the pulpit,
to save the interest on his money while
collectors are passing the plates for con-
tribution.
AS gentleman was nearly run over
in q narrow street by a dray, he shouted
to the driver, ''Do you want to kill me?"
whereupon the intelligent, driver replied,
"f I had knowed you was coming this
way | would have sent you a postal
cardr
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-29

P1z.S. Then woodticks is jist
pizen," We heard lady remark in the
church last evening. a. she made wild
grab Ut the back Of her neck. The lady
spoke the truth; the ticks are just poi.
son, and moro plentiful in this vicinity
than they were ever known to be before.
Everybody is complaining Of having been
bitten by the varnints" and they are
everywhere. It is not necessary to go
into the country to find the ticks; they
viii find you in town. and the effect
of an interview depends upon which
part of the body their little matiness il
held. When You see . man carrying
his head sideways. the tick has been
prospecting on the cords Of his neck ;
whom he limps, il has been running q
tunnel through the calf of his leg;
when he tries to get hold Of the back
part Of his waist band by reaching over
his shoulder, it has been performing the
..moxa" operation on his spinal column.
When you see . young lady sitting on
the edge Of . chair, il you were t.
AK her If she had been riding horse
back-which would be the natural ques-
tion-shs would say: mo. Woodhckr'
and no further explanations would be
necessary. "-[R. r. Rsveille.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-29
jolly Joker is

A NOVEL CoNcEIr.-The jolly Joker is
responsible for the following: "Onr
literary friends should be very careful
how they talk or write about their plots.
There is an old French story which tells
of two men being arrested for plotting
to poison the king-they were overheard
in cafe-when in reality they were
only disposing Of the king in their play.
Here is a modern instance, which ex-
plains itself: Robert Brown. Sen, Esq.
opened by mistake letter addressed to
Robert Brown, Jr. Esq, the author OF an
unpublished sensational novel. and this
il what the poor old parent read: Dear
Bob-You really must show more eau
ton in constructing your plots, or the
governor will be sure to discover the
dead body OF Geraldine in the cellar,
and then your secret will be out. You
consulted me abou. the strychnine. l
certainly think you are giving it to him
in rather large doses. and If l were you
| would not have two illigitimate child
rcn. One is quite sufficient. Let Emily
nut her mother in the madhouse. 1t will
answer your purpose well to have the
old girl out of the way. / think your
forgery is for too small a sum. Make
it three thousand. Leave the rest OF
your particular nice family circle to me.
I will finish them off, aud send yon back
the fatal dagger afterward by book-post.
IL
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-29

FRANT1c.-A clever old German friend
stepped into our Office the other day and
requested us to give him lone Of dot
cuments." We pied . galley of type,
upset an inkstand and knocked the
Devil over, in our frantic efforts to get to
tho dictionary to find out what 'cuments'
meant, and hide our ignorance. We
him We were just out. but expeeted .
supply BY the next gunboat. He pointed
to . box Of Public Documents for distri-
button, We wilted and offered him the
entire box and proposed to pay express
charges to whatever point he desired
them shipped. He said no: took an arm
load and departed. and We blushingly
invited him to call again Humboldt
Register.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-29

ABOUT SAGE CHICKENS. While in Itnl-
ian Canyon yesterday we saw flock of
half grown sage chickens. They looked
very tempting and could easily have been
killed. but the party of which we were
one were averse to violating the game
law; and, besides, We had no guns with
us.-IR. Il. Reveille.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-29

THREE HoL1DAYs.-M Many places on
the Pacific Coast, as we'll rs IN tho At
lautic States, have decided to suapend
operations in the principal places OF
business from the LIST Of July until the
5th, in order to give their employees an
opportunity to celebrate the Censen'
NAL 4th.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-29

A Herald special from Huntington,
West Virginia, says that a desperate
named Allen, who had stolen fine
horse and buggy from Reid County. who
passed through there accompanied by q
woman, was pursued by Marshal
Mitchell and J. C. Turner, livery stable
keeper, and ovsr:aEen near Hurricane
Station. Allen refused 10 surrender and
fred five shots, instantly killing Mitchell
aud MORALLY wounding Turner. A party
Of citizens are in pursuit, and if Allen is
captured they will lynch him.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-29

If the sentiments Of such 4 leading
Democratic journal as tie New York
World may be regarded as representing
the views of the Democratic party, It is
possible that the st. Louis Convention
NAV take some astonishing action in re-
gard TO the Chinese question. For the
World strongly condemns the Ana Chi
nese plank in the Cincinnati platform
and intimates that it is an ignoble con-
cession to narrow race prejudice.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-05-25

Nesc York Herald: The contest
for the democratic nomination will
be active and vigorous, because, in
democratic estimation, success at st.
Louis will be equivalent to an cleo.
ton. The chances seem so favora-
BILE that Judge Davis, of the Su-
preme Court, though never q demo
crat, is more than willing to accept
the democratic nomination. We
should suppose that the experience
of the democrats in going outside Of
their party for a candidate in 1872
ought to operate as u warning; but
there are democrats weak enough to
make q similar laundering appeal for
republican support. We do not be-
lieve that political party ever gain
ed anything by snch miserable trim-
ming. 1t is always dishonorable to
the candidate, as implying that he
is willing to relax his principles for
the sake of high Office, and it is
equally dishonorable to the political
party which takes up such q candi-
date, as showing that it is composed
of political buccaneers who are as
ready to sail under any other flag
az under their own for the sake OF
plumber. With so good a prospect
OF success as is now opened to the
democratic party it would be absurd
for it to take q republican judge as
it's Presidential candidate. Judge
Davis is brought forward as q rival
of Governor Tilden; but no demo
crat Of sense and principle can hest
tate q moment between Q steady,
consistent democrat and q renegade
republican. If the choice lay be-
tween these two candidates no earn.
est democrat should countenance OF
tolerate the pretensions of the re
publican judge.
Louisville Courier Journal { Dem: j
Senator Anthony reflected severely,
but not intentionally, of course, on
his own party when he said, whils
e0ndeming Investigations, that "wit
nesses were discharged employees
broken down contractors, Illicit dis
filters and disappointed ofRceaeek
ers. The penitentiary and mad
house had given up their dead ID
this general resurrection Of fals(
swearing and perjury" That b thu
kind of temper Radicalism ia
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-05-25

An exchange says e'the Re-
publican masses are everywhere
coming to the 'front.'" Itstrikes
us that quite a number Of Repub-
lican rascals are being thrust to
the front by the investigating
committees at Washington.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-05-25

THE D1FFERENcE.-No impair
tial observer can have failed to
notice the difference in the bear
ing and department of the names
prominetly mentioned in connec-
ton with the Cincinnati and st.
Louis conventions. Morton has
been busy for the past year in
running the "outrage mill' and
Haunting the "bloody shirt. y
Early in the session of the pres
ent Congress, Blaine, jealous of
his Indiana prototype, sent out
his Andersonville horrors and
has not missed an opportunity
since to seek notoriety. Conk-
ling keeps his weather eye on
Grant, and defends and excuses
his corrupt officials; while the
smaller fry make such a splutter
as best they may.
The Democrats, on the CONTRA
ry, pursue the even tenor oftheir
ways. They expose the corrup-
ton that is daily unfolding itself
in the public service, lop off the
extravaganza that permeates all
the departments, and seek to
bring back the Government to
the honest and economic ways
that prevailed before the reigr
of the present dynasty began
These men are not self-seeking
While it may not be said of then
that they each prefer the other
they are satisfied to allow thu
people to select their standard
bearers untramelled by persona
influence, and will cheerfully
abide the result. With them i
is country first and self after
wards.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-05-25
BELLEVUE, La,
Thursday, :::::1Gay IS, 1915.

W Bring out your band,
with drum and trumpet and all
sorts of footing instruments
Bring on your Champagne, your
Hook, Moselle and Claret-
common whisky don't suit the
occasion. "We'll take a fight
toward heaven tonight, and
leave dull earth behind u.s.
It's a boy-net ten pounds OF
him-and belongs to the Banner.
It's name is-well, we will wait
until a ''family meeting is con.
voked. In the meantime, it is
the Great Unknoscn.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-05-25

We believe now that success
is impossible without New York,
and we are going to get New
York by nominating Tilden.
We don't like him as well as a
Western man, but that is not the
thing. We fear q Western man
cannot carry New York or any
other Eastern State, so we drop
the West and go for Tilden.-
fSee Cincinnati Commercial.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-05-25

What the st. Louis Convention
must do is thus cot forth BY the
Utica Observer: ssThe day for com.
promises with corruption Or politi-
cal heresies has gone by. On the
finances, on the tariff, and most Of
all, on the question Of administra-
tive reform, the st. Louis Conven-
ton must give forth no uncertain
sound. The candidate must be taken
from the thick Of the fight-not
from the fence.S
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-05-25

CONNECTICUT SENAToRsHIp.-
The Democratic caucus has
nominated and the Connecticut
Legislature elected w. 81. Bur
mum to fill the vacancy in the
U. s. Senate caused by the death
Of Senator Ferry. We confess
we can't admire the temper of a
people who give their highest
Offices to . man conspicuous only
for his money and his absentee.
ism.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-05-25

The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle
insists that when women will
treast ministers exactly as they
treat other men there will be
fewer scandals than there are
now.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-05-25

The New Orleans Democrat
says it cost Billings just $40, 900,
placed where it "would do the
most good" to get that Judge
ship.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-05-25

The Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer
says that Columbus is prosper
GUS because its women wear
common clothes manufactured
in it's own mills.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-05-25

A grandson of Uncas, the great
Mohican Chief, was recently in
Jail in Norwich for indulging in
"fire-water' to an unlimited ex-
tent.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-05-25

The Republican party has a
nice way of taking care Of the
veterans of the late war. There
was Miss Sweet, for instance
How tenderly she was protected.
General Babcock's father-in-law
had her appointed pension
agent, and then blackmailed her
out of nearly her entire salary