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Year: 1869

FALSE CALvk.-A New York paper SAYS
that false calves are manufactured and sold
in extensive demand; the said false calves
being composed Of lamb q and other wool wo.
ven into the material or merino leggins, Just
like pair Of masculine drawers; sometimes
bran Is used, and in all cases the imitation Is
very artistic and perfect. In merrie England
gsod false calves can be procured for about
in New York a good article can be procured
for from seven to eight dollars, warranted to
look In all respects like the natural limb,
IN that city twenty.three pair OF false caIv yes
are used; in another, about I wenty. sc ven; and
IN another eighteen
Year: 1869

THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CABINET
was held to- day, and the session continued for
some time. This morning there were humber
OF visitors at the Executive Mansion, but very
few were admitted to see the President.
Year: 1869

A SMALL IRON STKAMRR is now being fitted
up at Wilmington, N. q by lumber of south.
ern capitalists, and will shortly sail from that
port with number of scientific men on board
to explore the head waters Of the Amazon, with
aview Of attracting attention to the commercial
resources OF that country
Year: 1869

EVERY person who has q knowledge
Of chemistry is aware that water con-
tains all the clements necessary to pro
duce heat or make burning gas, and
chemists have for years been trying to
devise some method of making heat and
gas from water which should be so cheap
as to make it practicable. Such an
achievement has been accomplished by
Mr. \. J. Griffin, and by q process so
simple and economical as to excite the
wonder Of all. His invention is at pres
ent on exhibition at No. 12l Bank street
and every one who has any use for gas
or heat-and that means every individ-
uaI-should not lose the opportunity of
seeing the working of this machine.
The AerivapOr, HydrO-Carbon Burner,
as it is called, consists of only two re-
ceivers, and few feet ofirOn pipe. One
Of these receivers is filed with water,
the other with any kind of oil, and by
allowing the water and oil to pass
through the tubes to a common meeting
place, where they are ignited, the most
intense heat possible can be obtained.
The tubes are cOiIed around the bottom
Of the machine, and being heated, de-
compose the oil and water while they
pass through and act on precisely the
same principal as the compound blow
pipe. To start q fire it is only necessary
to heat the tubes by q wick saturated
with alcohol for q few seconds, and then
opening the valves, allow the waterand
oil to flow down by its own weight to
the meeting point, where they are light
ed, and the machine afterward regulates
itself. 1t is impossible to write des-
criptiOn it Of which viii convey to the
reader an adequate idea Of the cheap
ness and simplicity Of the invention.
Professor Kendall, the chemist, calls it
the greatest invention, and says that
the telegraph is not to be compared with
it. No one should fail to see its opera
Cleveland PlaadedIer.
Year: 1869

CHRISTIAN MANNERS The highest
style OfmanneTs shown in society grows
out Of q special state of the affections,
rather than of the intellect. Who has
not met with individuals whose faces
would be passport to any society, and
whose manners, the mstudied and
spontaneous expressions of their inner
selves, make them visibly welcome
wherever they go, and attract unbound
ed confidence toward them in whatever
they undertake? They are frank be-
cause they have nothing to conceal; af-
fable, because their natues OverfOws
with beneFOlence; unflurried, because
they dread nothing; always at home,
because they carry within themselves
that which can trust to itself anywhere
and everywhCres-puri Of soul with
fullness Of heart. Such are our best
guarantees for feeling at home in all So
ciety to which duty takes us, and in ev-
cry occupation upon which it Obliges us
to enter.
Year: 1869




4 cheerful habit of mind, cheerful


temper, q cheerful view of the trials and
and troubles Of life, are eminently wOr-


thy of being cultivated, if they are not
already ours by actual possession. Moth


ing il 80 inspiring as cheerfuIness. The
man who IS habitually cheerful has al
ready won half the battle, for TO him
there is no cloud 50 dark but he sees a


bright sky beyond, no trouble so calam-
itOUs but he finds some blessing left him


to thank Providence for, no poverty so
trying but has some precious gold in it.


Among parents, especially, calmness,
patience, cheerful good nature, are vi
tai Importance. To the child at home
cheerfulness is nearly as valuable as
prayer and virtue. The little ones
around the family hearth need smiles
as the flowers need sunbeams. They
look little beyond the present. Make
the present bright to them, and they
will be happy and good but let home
be the place where sour faces are to be
seen and harsh words heard, and the
children will seek sunshine elsewhere.
They will spend their hours away from
home as much rs possible Home is
what it is by those who compose it.
Make home happy, and it will be the
dearest spot on earth"
Year: 1869

The King of Prussia recently visited a
needle mandatory in his kingdom, in
order to see what machinery, combined
with the human hand, could produce.
He was shown a number of superiine
needles, thousands Of which together did
not weigh haitian ounce, and marveled
how such minute objects could be pierre
ed with an eve. But he was to see that
in this respect even something still finer
and more perfect could be created. The
horeT-that is, the worlmen whose busi-
Year: 1869

\ story Is going the round OF thc


French papers which shows that dCtcc-
tives sometimes know how to look after
their own interests. 4 legacy of five
hundred thousand francs was recently
left to q lady who had long lived with
her daughter in extreme poverty. Tn
fortunately This suddenly enriched coup
lc were nowhere 10 he found, and the af-
fair was rum into the hands Of a young
and active detective. He asked for four
teen days 20 prosecute the search. At
the end of that time he had been unsuc-
cessful, and ne begged for fourteen days
more. Still he was apparently no nearer
his object and he requested that the time
might be extended TO month. When
this period had elapsed, and he present
ed himself, uuaCcOmPauied by any one,
before his superior, the latter uppraidcd
him with his inefliciency. 1t was OBJ.
viOUs, the indignant official remarked,
that he did not sufficiently know his bus
mess. Very well, my dear sir" was
the calm reply: "but have now to in
form you that I have been eight days
married TO the daughter of the lady I
have been searching for, and I shall
thank you to hand over the 10000 francs
which are the property ofmy nother-in-
law.
Year: 1869

JIMMY n was one of the bright


boys, and although but seven or eight
years old, had evinced love for wealth,
and looked forward to the time when
he should be n rich man. One morning
at breakfast, his aunt ntiniormedhim that
during the night pair of twins had
been added to the family, which already
consisted of three besides Jimmy. The
boy dropped his knife and fork exclaim-
ed: ''GraciOus Alnt Mary, if father
and mother keep ON at this rate, there
won't be fifty dollars to divide amongst
lis ~
Year: 1869

Several newspapers, and number of men
in this State, who always make it point to
express dissatisfaction with all existing
things, and clamor vociferously for the adop-
tion of every new scheme and humbug origi-
mated, are now bowling in favor of the Grow
ford County plan" of making party nomina
tions. This plan, originated in Crawford
county, Pennsylvania, is as follows


Polls are to be opened, and ofhcered as
usual, in the various precints OF the county,
and the voters, instead of voting for delegates
to represent them in County Convention,
vote direct for the men Of their preference ior
the various Offices to be filled. The names
of such voters are to be duly recorded, the
ballot taken account of, and copy is to be
Immediately sent to the Chairman OF the
County Committee, who, in turn, is to cali
the members of the committee together ana
In their presence open and estimate the re-
turns, and those persons having plurality OF
votes cast for them are to be declared the
nominees of the party for the impending can
vass.


Now this plan looks fair enough on its face,
but it will not bear investigation. Any one
familiar with the workings of political rings
and combinations can readily perceive that
this plan affords ample opportunities for the
practice of political legerdemain and chican
cry. By this system several of the larger
precincts could combine and effectually con-
troll all county nominations, and the small
precincts would be utterly powerless to pre-
vent such consummation. Wire. .pullers,
by inducing number of candidates to run
and divide the vote of the small precincts,
could easily obtain a plurality vote for their
favorites by securing for them the undivided
vote of several of the large precincts. The
fact is, this plan throws the selection of all
candidates for official position into the hands
of any clique of managers sharp enough to
combine and control the vote of certain pre-
cincts in county like this. That such
combination would be formed wherever the
plan is adopted there can be no doubt. Even
in Pennsylvania, where the system origi-
ted, very few counties have adopted it, and
those which tried it have generally returned
to the old convention system the following
year after making the experiment Let US
avoid this new tangled plan and retain the
system sanctioned by experience and COM
mon sense.
Year: 1869

THIS NEW AND POPULAR SALOON IS


L now open for the accommodation OF The pub
lie, who have already occupied the premises in
iorce and proceeded to make themselves at home
The people know good liquors when they taste
'em and good cigars when they smoke 'cm; and
therefore when they nave once been to the
UNION they are bound to call again and repeat
The proprieors will keep none but the best arti
clcs, and they fltter themselves that they know
how to mix and serve them. Call. o2.-tf
Year: 1869

These Machines are specially adapted for the
use oi farmers. beil z able to grain sacks
and heavy clothing with the same facility as the
usual family work N making a more durable seam
not liable to ravel, as is the case OF the loop or
oh, ;,ob
Year: 1869

A mechanic in Memphis has pro-
duced plan 70: low pressure steam
boat, which he claims will have double
the speed Of any now in use, while it
will cost little more than boats on the
old plan. 1t can also be run at half
the expense for labor and fuel. 1t is
divided into compartments, water
and air tight, and cannot be snagged
80 as to sink. Fire in the hold can
be confined to single compartment
and will be readily extinguishod by
steam, for which suitable apparatus Is;
provided. ~ =
Year: 1869

SENATOR TRUNBULL made a fine speech to-
day uTon his bill to prevent COngressmen from
exercising undue pressure for appointments to
Office. We are afraid he will have uphill work
in passing his bill, but if he will take hold OF the
civil service measure and put that through he
may effect his purpose in another way.
Year: 1869

As An IEDiCATrON of activity in the spirit
interests it is stated that seventeen hundred and
four Teetiiiers reported to the Internal Re venue
office yesterday, and that the number is increas-
ing daily.
Year: 1869

Mr.. TRUMBULL's BILL TO PREVENT Con-
GREssIoNAL PRESSURE FOR OFFICE.-Mr
Trumbull introduced in the Senate to-day bill
that provides that any member Of Congress who
shall, directly or indirectly, solicit or recommend
the appointment to Office, by the President or
Heads of Departments, Of any person, or who
shall solicit or recommend the employment OF
any person in any OF the Executive Depart
ments, except such recommendation be in
writing in response to a written request from the
and consent i'll the manner provided in the
Constitution, shall be guilty of a misdeneanOr,
and on conviction thereof shall be fined not eN 4
ceeding one thousand dollars. for each Offense
And il shall not be lawful for the President or
the head of any Department 10 appoint 10 office
or employ i'll his Department any person who
shall be hereafter directly or indirectly recon-
mended therefor by amy member of Congress or
delegate from Territory, except in the manner
hereinbefOre excepted.
Year: 1869

Cash gold is becoming scarcer and the demand
to-day was quite active. Loans were made from
hat for borrowing to per cent for carrying. These
were the extreme rates both ways the bulk OF
cent for carrying. The transactions a: the Gold
Exchange Bank were as foll0ws:-
Year: 1869

1t was hot day in hospital, one OF
those days when the sun in Alabama
seemed to have drunk up all the moisture
of the atmosphere, and heated the air till
II was like the air Of furnace. The
stewards made sleepy. lazy jokes, just
such as they had made a hundred times
beiore--over eggs cooked by dropping
them on the tagged sidewalks of the stress.
The boys' wounds we're beginning to show
aapercne, and the catin and saw were Of
ten seen passing from one sad ward to
another. The flies OF the day time we're
even worse TO bear than were the mosqui-
Goes of the night.


Pete Fu,ness'lay on cot not far from
the middle window on the north side OF
ward G, where he could look out and see
the north star at night


.sAh, SIR" be said, '.mother said tc me
that the north star never moved---it was
fixed as God is, and 80 when J looked up
at Il [ would be looking where she looked
She said that wc could make window
to send prayers up to, and they would
meet there, to go side by side up through


God Mother told me If | ever got
hur, | would remember what she said
but / did rot siiuk much about il them.


lie lay and thought awhile and then
he said, eIr | could only get sniii ol
the air that comes down through the or
ohard up back Of our house, How large
,ha trees are in thst orchard, aud the sp'
Year: 1869

All the Shaker communities of tho
country have united in an effort to obtain
revocation of the decision of the Rev
enue Bureau to collect income taxes from
thcni al individuals instead Of communities
dp corporations.
Year: 1869

The New York San thinks there is dan.
ger that before many years have passed the
United States viii become country without
trees. And this probability is a danger in
the full sense of the word, for treeless coun
try Is the equivalent of an arid desert land
IN which agriculture is an impossibility. The
Sun says =


Throughout the Union timber is being
cut In order to supply the enormous demand,
without any regard to the effect of thus de-
nudlng the country. This is particularly true
OF the Atlantic States. As trees disappear,
especially from the heads of the great water
courses. whence much Of our lumber comes,
the rivers lessen in volume, the annual fall of
rain throughout the cleared district dimin.
ishes, and as consequence the agricultural
product is reduced. Perfectly accurate sta.
tistics show such results as these in European
countries, from large portions of which the
standing wood has been swept away.


"Should the destruction of timber in this
country continue with its present rapidity.
and no provisions be made for the planting
of forests to replace the loss, all the States
will probably become rainless region like
Arizona, where crons can be grown only by the
aid of expensive artificial irrigation OF the
soil. The present consumption of wood in
the United States is enormous One hun
dred and fifty thousand acres of the best tim>
ber is cut every year to supply the demand
for railway sleepers alone. For railroad build
ings, repairs and cars, the annual ex expenditure
in wood is thirty eight millions of dollars
In a single year the locomotives in the Uui-
ted States consume fifty six millions of dol
lars worth of wood. There are in the whole
country more than four hundred thousand ar
tisans in wood and if the value of their Ia
Dor is one thousand dollars year, the wood
industry of the country represents an amount
of nearly 500, 100000 dollars per anpum.-
1t will be seen, therefore, how extensive are
the interests dependent upon the production
Of lumber. Probably laws will have even
tually to be enacted by State Legislatures to
prevent such destruction of the forests rs will
be likely TO result in natural injury to the
country, and it may be necessary to encour-
age the planting OF forests to meet the de-
mands of the future"
Year: 1869

#a


She has married a woman. Such l. the
position of plaintiff before law court of
Santiago. Chill. The wife has sued for
divorce, funding her applications on the
sImple fact that her husband is of the same
sex as herself This was enough to procure a
divorce. but not enough to create an em>
barrassing law case; and yet the bench of
Santiago is sOrely puzzled over the natter
Il was easy to separate husband and wife but
how about the property. The one Of the two
ladies :.ao uh15T;001 TIE part of husband had
married the other for her money aud her
prospects. She was in the habit Of frequent
ing the baths of Golina for the purpose of
selling fresh eggs and other such commodities
to the world OF fashion who seek health aud
rePo>e in that watering place. The police
had watched the egg-seller, and noticed that
he or she always wors cloak, and on no nc.
count was it ever put aside. Otherwise, the
egg~seller's dress and gait were that of man.
On the other hand the wife of this singular
mate is of a simplicity and innocence so great
that for time afier the marriage she had no
su'picion as to the nullity of her husbaud's'
pretensions. In the meantime, madame the
husband in all the pride of manhood, employed
herself buSily in making purchases and con-
tracts in her wife's hume, and with her wife'1
marriage portion. Now the question arises
whether the wife should be responsible for the
debts incurred by her husband while managing
her affairs. There is another question also
what punishment should be inflicted on the
husband for contempt of law and for forgery
committed in signing the marriage contract
aud other documents under the assumed sex
The legal aspects of the case may be left to
the learned magistrates of Santiago
Year: 1869

If the spell of Asmodeus is ever invoked
with success in Washington it will disclose
an appalling amount of crime and corruption
in many sound rooted and well secured houses
More recently it would have unveiled a dark
mystery in the First Ward, which is yet hid
den from the public eye. At the time that
the remains of Secretary Rawlins were being
borne in state to Congressional Cemetery, the
body of young and beautiful girl was found
dead in her chamber, with her throat cut lit
orally from ear to car. 1t was the last of
Year: 1869

The scene last night at the Cooper Institute was
but another demonstration Of the popularity In
which the noble institution, known as the School OF
Design for Women is universally held by the citizens
OF New York. one cannot wander through the
splendid galleries without being impressed with the
importance of the place. The very best feelings of
human nature are awakened, and while gazing on the
infant works OF art that honorably adorn the walls
the thought comes stealing unconsciousy that the
generous hand OF bcnevocnce IL indeed powerful and
efficacous But one predominant feeling prevailed
last nght-an earnest desire for the continuance
aud prosperity OF the institution, for even already 1t
has worked wonders. IL is unnecessary 20 refer in
detail TO the numerous specimens which the assldu-
application, talent and energy OF the gifted
pupils have succeeded In producing. Sufce 1t to
say that the exhibition, whether IN painting draw
ing, compares most favoraoy with the brilliant one
of last year. The crayons are especially good while
the portrait painting evoked generally the warmest
commendaton. IL may not he Inappropriate
TO mention that the drawing IN the male
department is also deserving Of very favorable men
ton. The reception last night was exceedingly
well attended, and the promenade, enhanced by the
charming music OF Grafula's Band was reshed In
an extreme In fine the display by the pupils Of the
Female School OF Design was most creditabe 10 ali
concerned and 1t ~ 10 be hoped that the which
shall succeed WILL n possible surpass t In all that
has recommended the display Of the present year TO
public favor.
Year: 1869

An Insane Lady Disregnrdcd BY Her Own
Daughter and Turned Adrift the
World.


Probably the most heartless that the police
authorities of this city have had to deal with in
some time was revealed at Police Headquarters yes
terday. 1t appears that elderly lady about seven
o'clock on Thursday evening hired a coach at the
Astor House and requested the driver to take her
to the Twenty-seventh street depot. On arriving
there she gave orders for the driver TO 60 back
to the Astor House, and after he had driven
the coach at her own request to and from
several places in the city he discovered that
she had no money to pay him for his
trouble and tnat she acted rather strangely for
sane person. Officer Dunn, of the Twenty-sixth
precinct. who happened to pass by the Astor House
Just as the driver and the lady were debating the
latter was somewhat out OF her mind and had her
conveyed to the Central Police ONCE. Inspector
IN waS naS her Mrs 0n provided for
OF the rooms OF the building, and soon afterwards
learned that her name WAS mrs o. A. - aarv yaoS
circumstances In the Thrty-second precinct. The
Inspector thercupon seat the following despatch TO
the police OF tnat precinct;- vm ..rpx
the friends of Mrs. Seaman iss, she
The following reply was recevcd:-


MAY $3.50 A. NJ.
From ssdMrs seaman's daughter says send her mother
the Island.


This despatch 80 disconnected the Inspector that
he laid the matter before superintendent Ken
nedy on his arriving at the Central ONCE, and the
latter forwarded the following characteristic de-
spatch:-


MAY 2s-9abA.M
To sdIf the relatives attend the OF Mrs.
Seaman have taken in charge respectfully do
nothing than have her disposed OF vsgrant They
had better down at once and attend 70 her case
And the following was the reply that came to
hand 1ve minutes afterwards


MAY cS-g 80 A. NJ
From 3sd.-They say they don't want anything do with
her Send her anywhere she won't trouble them. This
from her only daughter


The idea that an "only daughter could SO treat q
mother was rather startling even to Mr.. Kennedy,
who as Chief OF Police, has doubtless seen as much
OF the dark side OF human nature as most men. Mrs
seaman Is still at the Central ONCE, where she Is
being tenderly cared for but II her relatives do not
wish to attend 10 her case the police authorities
have only alternative, and that will be 10 have
her 'disposed Of as a vagrant." Inspector Dilks
ascertained late yesterday afternoon that certain
relatives OF Mrs. Seaman reside the east side OF
town. and he at elegraphed TO them the fact Of
the ladys being at headquarters.
Year: 1869

THE wBATHER.-The following record will show
the changes in the temperature for the past twenty
four hours in comparison with the corresponding
day last year. as indicated by the thermometer ar
Hudnut's pharmacy HERALD building, Broadway,
n