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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
slodres and REINDEER in Iapland.

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The only means of conveyance afforded
by the country was the reindeer sledges,
and the author gives a graphic picture Of
the name in which the reindeer is pre-
pared for duty.
First, two symmetrical bits Of wood
are laid above and below the neck Of the
deer and fastened together. From the
middle of these a band runs down on
each side to a wooden block under the
stomach Immediately behind the fore legs.
To this block the single trace is attached,
generally made of reindeer skin. From
the end of the wooden block again a
broad belt runs over the back of the ami
NAL, while around the neck a rope is
placed to which the rein is fastened. This
is the whole harness. 1t is loose and
primative, but doubtless best adopted to
reindeer drivers.
The sleigh seems from its construc.
tion to be better adapted to water than to
land travelling. Cut a low boat in halves,
take the stem part and close it behind
with a perpendicular piece of wood, and
you have a pulk. 1t is about the length
of a man; without any covering what
ever, and completely empty, the driver
sitting down on the bottom. AS it is
provided with a keel, it will be pretty
clear hat it is about as easily managed as
a boat on terra frma. The pulk IS built
of brentwood, but the keel is of fir.
What is most annoying to the uninitiated
is that the pulk does not, as the sleigh,
travel on runners, but on a little keel, and
capsizes in consequence at the slightest
bump or want of balance on the part of
the driver, and that it is drawn by a sim
gle trace and not by shafts, from which
it follows that the reindeer can not hold
it back down hill, which often causes the
traveller to come down rather more pre-
cipitately than he might wish, and finally
that two reins are not used
"There is, however, good reason why
the Lapps prefer the single to the double
system, and each one has advantages of
its particular kind in reference to the ma
ture of the road. A sleigh would, for
instance, sink far deeper into the loose
snow, and be knocked to pieces over
rough ground, where the road is INSTRUCTED
with logs and stones, and the pulk has
often to shoot down a declivity of a
couple of yards. The sleigh would cap
size quicker than the pulk, strange as it
may seem. as the latter capsizes only in
the hands of an inexperienced driver.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28

THE nomination of our eminent
townsman, T. Marshall Miller, for the
high and responsible Office Of Attor.
ney General Of Mississippi. is a high
compliment to the generous spirit Of
fair dealing, which was the ruling
quality Of the late Democratic State
convention. He was nominated on
merit, pure and simple. and we feel
satisfied had he come from Marshall,
or Kinds, or jackson county instead
Of Warren, be would have been nomi-
mated all the same.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
Such Is Science.
Popular Science Monthly.1


In science nothing can be permanently
accepted but that which is true, and what
ever is accepted as true is challenged
again and again. 1t is an axiom in sci
ence that no truth can be so sacred that it
may not be questioned. When that
which has been accepted as true has the
least doubt thrown upon it, scientific men
at once re- examine the subject. No
opinion is sacred. at ought to be" is
never heard in scientific circles 1T
seems to be, and "we think it is, " is the
modest language of scientific literature.
In science all apparently conflicting
facts are marshaled, all doubts are
weighed, all sources of error are examined,
and the most refined determination is
given with the probable error. A
guard is set upon the bias of enthusiasm,
the bias of previous statement, and the
has of hoped-for discovery, that they
may not lead astray. So while scientific
research is a training in observation and
reasoning, it is also a training in integ-
ritz.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
An Artists Pride.
Brooklyn Eagle

1t was not altogether c%onceit, but it
was a fine satisfaction with his work that
Inspired that often quoted remark of
William Harris, As the gentleman lives
in Brooklyn, and as perhaps the narrative
has never appeared in print-but mo-; he
Is q good natured soul, and beside, every,
body has heard it who has been among
the studios, Mr.. Hart was painting a
landscape one day, when a lady entered
his studio, and after looking at his pic.
ture she CHANGED to look up through the
skylight. why, Mr.. Hart, she ex.
claimed, "just look up there! How very
similar the sky is to the sky in your pic.
turel have you noticed it?" The painter
looked up, gave one or two glances of
comparison and said complacently, ayes,
but my sky is the finest. That sounds
funny enough, but when you consider
that he was probably referring to com.
position and arrangement of clouds and
not to light and color, the remark is seen
to be excusable.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
Lamp Shades and the Ewes.


Professor H.. L COIN describes a long
series of determinations of the relative
values Of various forms of lamp shades.
The method pursued was to measure the
brightness of white paper lying on a table
over which the source of artificial light
was suspended at q given distance by
means Of a Weber photometer. AS one
would anticipate, the general effect of a
shade is to increase very greatly the illu-
mination Immediately under the light.
and not modify it notably a an angular
distance greater than forty. five de,
grees from this region. The last
section of the pamphlet, which
deals with the illumination requisite for
easiest use of the eyes, is of the most
general interest. Taking as a measure of
the value of the illumination in this sense
the number of lines which can be read
from a newspaper in a minute, and as the
unit OF illumination that of a normal can.
die at a perpendicular distance of a meter
from the paper, he finds that the best illu-
mination is not less than fifty such units.
Since even a fifth Of this illumination Is
very rarely secured, except Immediately
under a lamp provided with q good shade.
the author emphasizes the conclusion that
few school children work I'M satisfactory
light
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
Grants Tact In Dealing with Men.
Inter Ocean.F

If the pledge of secrecy was removed
from those who were familiar with Grant
during his army life or during his public
life hundreds Of stories could be told to
Illustrate his tact in dealing with men.
But this much may be said in a general
way, nom Of his officers ever quarreled or
ever showed any heat of discussion In his
presence. None of them ever questioned
a decision or an order of his. Mcpherson
might protest against what Sherman did
or SAID, Logan might be impatient over
what Mcpherson said or did, Sherman
might be a little testy over what McPher.
son or Logan or McClernand said, but in
the presence of Grant or in the face of an
order issued by him all of them were sub.
miSsive, u%nresentful, and quiet, They
never attempted to explain this, but those
Of them who are alive to-day will bear
testimony to the truth of the observation
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
The Body of the Lady Found in the
Ohio Identified.


LOUISVILLE, Aug. 22-The body of
the beautiful young woman found in
the river just above here, and thought
to be Mrs. Annie Johnson, of Madison,
Ind, has been identified certainly as
Miss Laura W. Nourse, who came
here a short time ago from
Cincinnati, where she had beeh en-
gagged in missionary work. Facts
were developed this afternoon show.
ing that she deliberately tied a towel
over her mouth and walked into the
river, leaving her clothes on the bank.
Miss Nourse has been staying at
the Ladies Home and was
here searching for employment. She
was highly educated and refined and
has a brother in New Orleans. She
left a letter in her trunk, saying, "she
was tired of life's struggle and
denounced God as a fraud in
whom she had trusted all her life, but
would not help her in trouble and dis
tress." Miss Nourse was born in
Washington, and is the daughter of an
army officer.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
VIII Publish Than.

washington Telegram.
A leading department official is
quoted as saying: 1--WE have been so
embarrassed by insincere Endorsements
that the administration is going to
adopt a new policy. If the error is
discovered before the applicant gets
his place we shall simply notify the in
dorsers and urge greater care in the
future. But if the appointment is
made and leads to public scandal we
shall publish the names of indorsers
as our vouchers, so to speak.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
The Yantic Detained at Quarantine

n Tantic Detained at Quarantine
New ORLEANS, August 22-Tne
Uuited States man of war Yantic,
which arrived at quarantine on the
14th from Colon, for the purpose of
proceeding to New Orleans to take
silver from the mint to Washington
is still under detention by or
der Of the board Of health. The
captain refused to submit his vessel to
disinfection and fumigation, and in
consequence DR.. Holt has given orders
not to let her proceed to the city, Colon
being at present infected with yellow
fever. 1t is probable arrangements will
be made to have the silver conveyed to
the Yantic, where she lies, as her cap
tain has informed the officers of the
board of health thrt he prefers putting
out to sea to being disinfected and fu-
migated.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
Points h Ignore.

DVVEVEV . ITNU01
The ''irreconcilables" keep a close
count of the alleged rascals appointed
by President Cleveland, and comment
freely on the so.called "blunders." But
they are strangely silent about the
proven rascals who have been turned
out. There is not a word from their
lips about ex-C ommissioner Loring OF
Prof. Hilgard.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28


In the plains of India at the rom.
mencement of the monsoon, storms occur
in which the lightning runs like snakes
all over the sky at the rate of three or fonp
flashes in q second, and the thunder roars
without a break for, frequently, one or
two hours at q time During twelve
years residence In India | heard of onlv
two human beings and, l think. three
buildings being struck, although in parts
Of lower Bengal the population amounts
to more than 800 to the square mile.
always attributed the scarcity Of ac.
cidents to the great depth of the stratum
OF heated air next to the ground keenino
the clouds at such q height that most of
the flashes pass from cloud to Cloud and
very few reach the earth. The idea IL
supported by the fact that in the Hima-
layas, at 5000 feet objects are f%reonentIv
struck. have seen more than a dozen
pine trees which had been injured nv the
lightning on the top Of one mountain
between 5000 and 5000 feet high In
the British islands thunderstorm are
said to be more dangerous in winter than
In summer, and such a fact, if true. can
DC explained by the very thin stratum Of
and earth. u'
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
The Deepest Bore Hole in the World.
Scientific Americana

The deepest boring yet made is at the
village of Schladebach, near the line
between Leipzig and Corbetha. Il has
been made by the Prussian government to
test for the presence of coal, and was
bored with diamond drills Its depth is
1880 meters a. $50 feet, its breadth # the
bottom 2 inches, and at the TOP ii inches,
1t has occupied three and 4 half
years to bore, aud cost a little
over 5000 pounds sterling. The
temperature at the bottom Is i1S degrees
FAhrenheim
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28

The Republican managers are clear
ly determined to make Miss Cleve-
lands book an issue in the coming
campaign. With twelve editions al
ready out, it is a very large issue in
n sense, but a very small one politi-
cally.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28
oato,s Occupation Coma.
Gibson Reyeille.

FOfJ GIDSOn htYtIIIb.
The nominations having been COM
pleted, "Cato" of the Vicksburg Post
will lose. his occupation. He feels as
much bitterness against the Demo-
cratic party, though protesting to be
a Democrat, as Cato of old felt towards
Carthage.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28

GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS is still a
believer in civil service reform, and
since his brother was removed from an
office in the Custom-house, we don't
doubt that he is earnest in it.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28

PRIVATE JOHN ALLEN gravely as
sured the convention Friday night that
he could break the deadlock in the
contest for Attorneys General, and then
proceeded to cast four-thirteenths Of
n vote of Lee county for Fred Beall,
Of Clay.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28

The Republicans denounce free
trade as too English, you know, but
laud the civil service system because
it is English, you know.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28

The movement to raise 100000,
to erect q monument to Gen. Grant, at
Riverside Park, is not meeting with
much success.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28

Hon. JOHN Il. REAGAN, of Texas,
has written a letter declining to be-
come a candidate for Governor Of that
State.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28

There are some Mississippi editors
just now who prefer Old Bourbon to
Old Crow.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28

Prepare your swallows, brethren; the
ancient foul must go down.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28

SENATOR GEORGES eyesight is i'm.
proving.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28

IT really seems impossible in Penn
sylyania to get a Democrat to run for
state treasurer. But it's really a very
small Office, anyhow, and Democrats
just now have their pick of good ones.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28

Philadelphia Record; Honesty paws
II Is not every good thing that has such a
soroid reason for practicing it; but Il Is 4
HAeas gain to keep sharp people virtuous
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-22
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS SUNDAY, MARCH q, 1885.

federste authorities, and thus have their
affections to the cause of our indepen-
dence been weakened. The people rarely
have the intelligence, or, if they possess
the Intelligence, they stop not to consider
the difference between the cause and the
agents who administer that cause. The
odium attaching to the insolent, Oppres-
sive, or dishonest agent is but too easily,
sometimes insensibly, visited on the cause
in whose behalf the agent acts.
From the very pleasant conferences
have had with ex-Gov. Manning in
reference to your views of public men
and measures, am happy In the belief
that your views and nine do not
materially differ. And l can now see no
obstacle to a thorough and cordial CO.
operation in all measures subscribing the
great interests of the States and the cause
OF independence.
1t will afford me pleasure to correspond
freely with you, and to unite in any re-
concentrations to the President looking
TO the public defense.
l will only say that have profound
conviction that the government of the
Confederate States should be so conduct
ed as to develop the whole strength OF
the country in this crisis of our public
affairs. The strength which the support
of a united people would give must be
cOuIttu, ny HedAInS uufOEIuHale OlHeren-
ces among our public men, and by ac-
ceding to the wishes Of the armies and
to the calm judgment of the people,
on the part of the Confederate admins
tratjon.
We have no surplus strength to spare.
Gen. j. r.. Johnston should again be
called to the command of an army. His
restoration to command would greatly
augment and strengthen the armies, and
Increase our power, by renewing the
confidence of the people and the armies
in the President. / have so written the
President.
If you agree to this sentiment, perhaps
a joint letter of the Governors would
effect the purpose.
With very great regard, l have the
honor to be your Excellency's obedient
servant.
j. Il. WATTS, Governor OF Alabama.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-22
GOV. Magrath Satisfied with the Replies
Of Cows. Brown and Vance.
4 n n OF k9OO II Y HEtVAsAANAf Z
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Cnr TfErpTA Ion Or 1914

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
COLUMBIA, Jan. 26, 1865.
GOVERNOR received, at the hands of
Col. Prescott, your reply 10 the cOmmuni-
cation which instructed him to pres ut
to you. Your concurrence and cO-Opera-
ton, so cordially signified, with that also
of Gov. Vance, confirms me in the opinion
that the good we propose to accomplish
can and must be assured to Us as the con-
sequence OF our united action. That it
may be made more efectual / am pre-
pairing communications TO the Gov
ernOrs of Alabama, Mississippi and
Florida. The Endorsement by you and
Gov. Vance Of the proposition i have
submitted will, l think, beyond a Ques-
ton secure the concurrence and cO-opera-
ton of the executives of the States.
And with the executives OF these States
concurring in opinion and united in
action, have no doubt we will obtain for
our States the securities to which they
are entitled, and at the same time give 10
the common cause an impetus and VIgor
which for some time past it has lacked.
Without waiting the response which l
anticipate from the Governors 10 whom l
have referred, / will prepare and send
for examination by you and Gov. Vance
such paper as will, in my opinion, pro-
perly present all that we desire to have
done.
am well satisfied that without radical
reforms in the administration of the war
power of the government not only will
great and serious disadvantages continue
to be developed and increased. but with
these must arse additional obstacles to
the deIiVerance we seek from the public
enemy.
The ground upon which these States
rested their right TO secede from the gov
eminent of the United States was so clear
that the prosecution Of war for their
subsection has always appeared to me as
proposition too moDstrous for long
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-22
BEYOND THE HAZE.

Tho road was straight, the afternoon was gray.
The frost hung glistening IN the silent air.
On either baud the rimY fields were bare;
beneath nv feet unrOlled the long, white way,
Drear as nv heart. and bri ghtened by no ray
Prem the wide winter sun, whose disc re-
siined
In distant copper sullenness behind
The bresen network OF the western hedge
a erlzsOn blot upon the fading day.
Three travellers went before me-One alone
Then two together. who their hzgers thrust
Deep in their pockets, and l Wstohed the
hrrt
LapsR in the curtain the slow haze had thrown
Across the vista which had been my own.
Next vanished the chill comrades, blosteo
out
Like him they folowed, but did not doubt
That to re beyond the haze the travellers
Walked in the fashion that my sight had
kneUn.
Only Hbevond the haze" on, sweet belief!
That this is also death; that those we've
kissed
Betweeo car sobs, are lust beyond the
nist;"
An essy thought to juggle with; to grief
The gulf seems measuTeless, and death thief.
Can we. who were so nigh, and are 50 low,
SO clothed in love, who now in tattere 90,
Echo serenely, just beyond the haze"
q nd Of q sudden ind a trite relief2
-EzcAaR0e.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-22
william POroher Miles on the situation.

The condition of public matters is ex-
tremely critical. 1t has been anXiOusly
discussed here Richmond, Va. J, have
reason to know, whether it is possible for
Gen. Lee to send South Carolina the re-
endorsements asked for by Gov. Magrath.
He urges that IL, 600 men be sent.) Gen.
Lee says that to withdraw such force
from his extended and very weak lines
weak both in character ard from the pau
city of men behind them-wOuld be to
give up Richmond to Grant whenever he
might make a serious effort to take it.
On the other hand, the Governor con-
tends with great force that the loss of
Charleston and with it the loss OF the
railroad communications South necessa-
rily involves the starving Of Lees army
or its withdrawal from Virginia. 1t is a
very perplexing problem. The fall Of
Richmond IS the loss Of Virginia, and a
moral loss, and loss of prestige abso-
lutely incalculable. But TO cling around
Richmond until the army has consumed
the supplies which it may draw from
North Carolina, and which cannot last
very long, say two months, and then to
retire further south, after Charleston and
Wilmington have both been occupied by
the enemy, and our ports closed upon
which we are dependent for various
things 0Itdlly esSentidb-lead and saltpe-
AOA CAahBAN9 AO9 W pBCGh Va cStACS9
cloth and meal-seems TO me q fatally
feeble policy, nerveless and purposeless.
/ contend, and will urge upon the Presi-
dent, whom the delegation wait upon in a
body tomorrow, that our only hope is to
take advantage of the season and the con-
dition of the roads around Richmond,
over which artillery and trains cannot
move at present, and suddenly send down
from the army force large enough to
meet and defeat Sherman. Let Rich
mond run the risk OF an attack from
Grant.
When Sherman is crushed, concentrate
again about Richmond in time to oppose
the united forces of Grant and Thomas
(for the latter Is probably on his way
here). But to remain here suplnely in
winter quarters until the army has eaten
it's last pound of bread and then TO fall
back, with Grant pursuing and Sherman,
flushed with easy success, advancing to
meet us, appears to me the most fatal
error it Is possible TO commit. God grant
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-22

For, with the disasters which have been
everywhere experienced, confidence has
been shaken and hope greatly staggered.
1t cannot be disguised. | think that,
without the belief OF some resource not
yet brought into activity, by which the
seddened fortunes of this Confederation
can be relieved, a general and fatal des-
pOndency would psralyze the people and
deaden the means of resistance, At such
time, let 1t be felt and known that the
State Governments, which are the real
sources of the power administered by the
general government, have Tor good pur-
poses resumed the accustomed exercise
OF their power, and are exercising their
authority to bring forth the resources of
their respective States.
l have no doubt of the result. no doubt
ofthe great good whichwould be produced.
And in the prosecution OF this view of the
power and duty OF the State Governments
l have proposed to the Governors, whose
names L have already referred to, kindly,
properly, and truly to present to the
President, contidentially even, if that 10
desired, such conclusions as they have
formed or may form, of the pOlity or i'm
p0llty vi certain measures of legislation
or administration, and such suggestions
as to the practical exercise of the powers
of that government in it's su bsOrdinate de-
partmenCS as nave been experienced In
their actual operate n.
am we'll satisfied that great good must
result from this free interchange of opin-
ion, and in all cases, when practicable,
united action on the part of the Execu-
tiVes OF these States, either for the pur-
pose of suggesting such action in tie
common governments as to them may seem
proper, or of correcting such evils in the
administration as are so frequently eX-
hibited.
In this matter feel great interest, nor
do desire to be considered as unaffected
by great anxieties. We are in the midst
of great dangers, and it much behOoves us
all to watch closely and do what we can
to contribute to the common good. In the
suggestions now made l believe we Will
find material security for the people Of
these States, and l shall be rejoiced to
know thatyOu will concur and cooperate.
" 18th great respect, your obedient SER
want, A. G. MAGRATH
HIS ExeeIleney Coz. Watts, AontgOn,e-
m, ala.