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Year: 1869

HE BEST AND CHEAPEST ORGANS. An, illustration of the advantages of large production of any article, enabling the manufacturer to avail himself of the aid of machinery and most complete division of labor, and so produce the best work at lowest cost. is afforded by what the MA SON & HAMLIN ORGAN co. are now doing. It is we'll known that the Cabinet. Organs of their manufacture have for some. time enjoyed the reputation of being the. best in the world; and the demand for them from all countries has SO increased that the Company have now occasion to produce one Hundred and ,1ly oranns per aceek.

 Time has enabled them to introduce s. variety of ingenious machinery for the, production of the various parts of the in . struments by which they get increased perfection in their work, and make c con. siderable saving in the cost. It is part of their system to sell always at least re- munerative profit, depending on increased amount or business for satisfactory re- sult to themselves. Accordingly, they have recently reduced prices, and it is said, are now selling their famous organs at even less than it costs small maker to pro duce inferior instruments. The public are thus the gathers by getting the best article at less than, without such advantages, they would have to pay for inferior work This Company will not make the so-called cheap organs at any price. All their work is of the very best.
Year: 1869

THE SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL. The State Press are calling loudly for contribu-

 tions to the Scientific Department of Yale College. We believe the Sheffield Scien- tific School to be a most worthy object of benefaction, and yet there is an objection

 which in the pending conflict between sectarian and public schools suggests it. self. Yale is, after all, denominational institution; not in the least offensively so,

 now, but does anyone know what it may become? Theology and certain branches of science do not seem to mix we'll, and ia there no danger that the dependence oi the School on the College may be produc. tive of injury to both? s- IA att ...a
Year: 1869



 Desirous of giving every encouragement to persons favoring us with local news. we make the following propositions to regula, and occasional correspondents: . -zx7s.0n publication of any communication we will forward sic eztra copies of the EN- Qu1RER containing the same to the address of the person sending it to us, or to any persons residing within the county such person may designate. Correspondents must advise us, at the time of sending communications, of the number of copies desired, and to whom they are to be sent. 2.Local items from reliable sources in any part of the county will be received with pleasure, but we are particularly de- sirous of increasing our list of regular cor respondents. To each of these, or to such person as he or she may designate, we will send copy of our paper regularly in ad- dition to the extra copies mentioned above.
Year: 1869

Mr.. LUCAS, the lion tanner of the Hip
podrome in Paris, recently had narrow
escape. He went into the cage where
there were two lions and two lionesses
with only whip in his hand, instead Of
the heavy cudgel which he generally car
ries. A lioness, presuming upon his be-
ing unarmed, sprung upon him. and seized
him by the nape of the neck. A cry of
horror arose from the spectators. Many
women tainted, and others rushed out of
the theatre. The other lions attracted by
blood, rushed upon Lucas, and bit
and scratched him severely. In few
moments he would certainly have been
killed had not one of the assistants,
who was not in the habit of entering the
cage, come forward and knocked the lion
about the head with an iron bar. 1t is re
ported that Lucas said to him, Go away,
leave me to die alone" The man dragged
him away from the lions The doctors
discovered no less than thirty one wounds.
1t is feared that if he RECEIVERS he will be a
cripple for life. The heroism of the man
by whom he was rescued, is the theme of
enthusiastic praises NJ. Arnaud, the man
ager of the Hippodrome, had the presence
of mind to close the door of the cage after
the faithful servant got Lucas out of it,
otherwise the lions might have made a
raid upon the audience.
Year: 1869

LORD RossE has been measuring the heat
that comes to us from the moon. Using
one of his great rejecting telescopes as q,
burning mirror, he has condensed the
moons rays upon one of the most delicate
of heat-gaugers-a thermo pile. Without
being able to determine by what fraction
of Fahrenheit's degree the luner warmth
increases the temperature of the terrestrial
atmosphere, he has found, as an ap-
Proclamation, that the radiation from the
moon is about the 90000th part of
that from the sun. He conceiVes that the
variation of heat from one satellite follows
the same law as that of its light; i. e.,
that we have the most warmth from the
full moon, and least from the nearly new.
BY comparison with terrestrial source of
heat, Lord Rose estimates the actual
temperature of the moons surface at lunar
midday to be about 500 degrees Fahren-
helt. The scorching results from the slow
rotation OF the moon, which makes its dav
equal to our month, and from the absence
of any atmosphere to screen the lunar
world Years ago, Sir John Herschel
who has more than once proved himself a
prophet by his sagacious inferences, re.
marked that " The surface of the full moon
exposed to us must necessarily be very
much heated, possibly to degree much
exceeding that of boiling water" Fon


tenelle and his followers TO the con


trary notwithstanding. the moon can bt
no place for living beings, unless they are
salanlaaaers
Year: 1869

In clearingupJ a United States postal car
that is run over the Springfield route to
New York, a few days ago, two of the en-
ployees of the Postoffiee Department,
who have exclusive charge of it, found a
large number of letters beneath and at the
sides of a drawer that had probably not
been entirely removed from its chest since
the Car was built The envelopes were
postmarked with various dates, covering
several months. Instead of turning the
letters into the mail, as they should have
done, fearing a charge of carelessness that
might be made against them, they con-
suited together, and concluded to hush the
matter by destroying them, which they
did by Burning. Unfortunately for the
agents, one of the pair proved to be a
"leaky vessel" and let the secret out to a
friend, who in a confidential way told an
otherperson, ant.the affair finally reached
the ear of a detective, at whose instance
the guilty parties were suspended from
officeuntil an investigation snail take place.
Doubtless many valuable letters that are
missed from the mails from time to time
could be accounted for in similar ways
The matter has been kept very quiet, but
one or two firms who have lost letters of
consequence are determined to probe it to
the bottom.-B0stoB Herald.
Year: 1869

They have walking stones in Australia,
and as we are informed they have travel
ing stones in Nevada. Here is descrip-
tion:


"They are almost perfectly round, the
majority of them as large as a walnut, and
of an irony nature. When distributed
about upon the floor, table, or any other
level surface, within two or three feet of
each other, they Immediately begin travel
ing towarda a common center, and there
huddle up in bunch like lot of eggs in
u nest. A single stone, removed to the
distance of three and a half feet, upon be-
ing released, at once started off with won
derful and somewhat comical 5celerity to
join its fellows. Taken away four or five
feet it remained motionless. They are
found in a region that, although compara-
lively level, is nothing but barren rock.
Scattered over this barren region are little
basins from a few feet to rod in diameter,
aud it is in the bottom of these that the
rolling stones are found. They are from
the size'o aspea to five orsix inches in di-
amcter. The cause of these stones rolling
together is doubtless to be found in the
material of which they are composed,
which appears to be loadstone or magnet
ic iron ore"
Year: 1869

ACCORDING to the Esquimaux, the seal
constructs it's habitation beneath the sur
face of the ice in such manner that it
can enter it from the water below here
the young seal passes its infancy, and
when the returning heat of summer has
destroyed it's igloo or dwelling, the young
seal is old enough to take care of itself;
but this mode of lodging it's young be-
meath the ice is well known to the bear,
who with its keen sense soon detects the
whereabouts of the seals nursery, and in
order to gain an entrance, the bear, re-
tiring short distance, makes a spring,
and comes down with all his weight on
the roof of the igloo, crushes it in, and
Immediately seizes the young seal with its
paw. Here it might be supposed the hun
CRY bear at once devours his prey; but
no, it is far too wary to do SO; it knows
full well that W here babe is there must
be mother, and that she will be in search
of her darling, therefore the bear scrapes
holding the young seal by the fiipper, al
mother, approaches, the bear slyly draws
the young seal towards it until the old one
is within reach, when he seiZes her with
the other paw, and thus captures both
The mode in which the bear captures the
seal on the ice is very similar to that fol


lowed by the Esquimaux. When at dis


tance from the seal, the bear throws itself
down and stealthily crawls or bitches
along towards the seal, and if the seal
looks up it lies perfectly still and makes al
the same time a noise which lulls the
seal; the bear repeats the operation until
it approaches its victim so near that es
cape is impossible, when it falls prey to
Bruins appetite. Another mode of OBJ
tanning iood by the bear is to watch from
cliff the movements of the walrus, who
are fond of summing themselves on the
rocks, and when one of these has taken
up a convenient position for the bears
purpose, the latter lifts large piece of
rock, and, with astonishing accuracy
throws it down on the animals head. If
the walrus is only stunned, the bear runs
down, and with the rock hammers it.
victim on the head until it is dead. Wher
attempting to capture seal in water, th'
bear sinks his body beneath the surface OF
the sea, leaving only the head above wa
ter, which resembles a piece of floating
ice; when the seal raises its head above
the surface, Bruin quietly sinks, ant
swimming under the seal seiZes it.
Year: 1869

A MOST notable and wonderful instance
Of devotion to duty was shown by the
bridgeman Of the Newark and New Jer,
sey Railroad yesterday-indeed devotion
that SCENE unnatural, for the man in ques-
ton sacrificed his child's life to save the
lives of others.


James Decker, the man in question, is
employed to open and close the drawbridge
ON the Passaic river Yesterday morning
Decker as usual was employed upon the
bridge, accompanied by his son, a lad OF
ten years. Some vessels requiring to 60 up
hestream the bridge was opened by Decker
and the boats permitted to pass through.
There was not much time to spare in clos
ing the bridge, train being due there in
few minutes. Slowly the bridge turned
on its table, and when within few yards
of it's proper position Decker heard the
shrill whistle Of the locomotive on it's way
to the Jeasey depot. AT almost the same
moment he heard cry for help coming
from beneath the bridge, and look.
ing down into the water he observed
with horror, that his son had fall
en- into the river and was struggling for
life. He could easily have jumped down
into the water and saved his boy, but the
train was coming on at a rapid pace, and
the bridge was still open, and to save his
son was to insure the destruction of the
train. -


Parental love is strong, and it was strong
in Decker; the first impulse of the father
was to leave the train to its fate and save
the boy, but the devotion to duty over.
came parental affection, and he instantly
determined to save the train by closing
the bridge. The draw was arranged with
all the speed possible, and then Decker
rushed to the assistance of his child, but
| it was too late, for the boy had sunk, to be
| seen no more alive. He obtained assist
ance, and in few minutes recovered the
| body of the poor little one. Great indeed
was the fathers grief although he did no,
regret the decision that ended his som.
| life. This is an event almost without &
parallel, and seems quite as improbable as
| are many of the scenes described in the
yellow-covered literature of the day
| There are few Deckers in the world Hi
action was so thorougly unselish, Sc
noble, as to appear not only improbable
but unnatural.-Neao York Star, 11M.
Year: 1869

s A conceited student Of Andover once
presented sermon to Prof. Park, which
was so grossly defective that it received NO
criticism at all This fact led the writer
to suppose the sermon to be one of great
merit, and, some days after, walking with
the professor, expressed his delight
that he had been able to produce dis
course so faultless, and asked Prof Park
to suggest suitable hymn to accompany
its public delivery. The professor replied
he thought of none SO appropriate as that
well-known lyric, Now lay me down to
Sleep" The student disappeared.
Year: 1869

TRUANT CAUGHT - From the Council Bluffs
NonparcIl. About two years ago the wife OF
a wealthy gentleman residing on and owning q
fine estate in the Mohawk valley died, leaving
behind two boys and sprightly daughter,
fourteen years OF age. la some respects she
was a spirited child, and her father thinking it
not good to Be alone in the world, took into his
family a stCpUother, between whom and this
daughter there arose many occasions OF dispute
out Of the cccentricities OF the latter and the
remon3trances Of the former.


The girl was placed in one OF the most fash
ionab!c boarding schools in the State, and her
parents, alter getting the boys oil to college,
began to do the watering places unincum.
bercd with any domestic responsibilities. The
new wife was brilliant, handsome and witty,
aud bent on making sensation. Among the
other legacies inherited from her deceased
mother, the girl received number Of very
rich pieces ~ lcwelry, and which she had taken
and kept in her immediate possession. Her
lndulgcnt and IOt altogether prudent father
gave her an abundant supply OF cash Tor pOck
ct money. The departure for school was sig
nal2ed by IN open rupture between her and
the brcyct parent, aud the sukS followed Tor
somc time. The matron OF the school was one
morning about four weeks ago surprised at
finding her dOrmltory vacant, and her habii
ments OF Juvenile female conquest scattered
around the room in disorder. No t'mo was
lost IN informing the parent as soon rs 1t was
discovered that her absence was prolonged, but
one OF those recent storms lnterered with tele
graphing, and the girl had got slightly ahead
OF the lightning on that trip. She lett the
building iu gray sRit of boys clothes and as
she INDUCED IN the common habit OF girls in
having her hair "shiugled," there was no dit
fcuty in her case Of assuming the disguise OF
a very handsome aud tendcrly cared for boy OF
sixteen. The ears carried her to New York.
some OF her less valuable and less priced Jew
cIry was sold in the BOwcry, where no ques-
tons are asked of customers. With the pro-
cccds she saw most of the sights OF the great
city. and then set out on Western tour, stop
ping lcisurcly at all the leading points and bat
fling with remarkable ingenuity all attempts at
discovery on the part OF the police OF the prin'
eipal cities. la her case II was difficult TO give
a description, because none had seen her in her
disguise who could identity her. At last her
pursuers got on her trail-nOt OF her garments
and no great way from this city the tru-
ant was captured and carried back. The fact
Is she had about concluded that the romance
of the Ccapade was OOzng out under the dread
of capture that seemed to hang around her,
The further she got from home among total
strangers and ln being compelled to AVOID any
thing ike too much familiarity to throw her
Of her cuarl She made no resistance, but al
Ter certain StipulatiOns and changing her dis
pnlSc, she gently went back East in the charge
nt her lorgiyiug father, aud with the promise
that an aunt OF her 5 should in thciuture stand
a. a maternal ancestor instead OF her faith
x VIE.
Year: 1869

rs STABLE MANURE, best plan we
ever tried for managing stable manure,
says the Southern Cultiyator. is to have
stables on elevated ground. Excavate the
stalls few inches below surface of ground,
and allow the manure to accumulate for q
year-never handling until you are ready. to
apply it to the land. If the stalls are not
too small, land a good supply CT litter is
used), they will remain sufficiently dry for
the comfort of animais-the manure will be
kept just moist enough, and be tramped
down sufficiently to allow slo,o regular de.
composition to 90 on. Very little of the
valuable gases will escape-to insure against
this, it is only necessary to sprinkle the
stalls occasionally with plaster. as!s.
Year: 1869

Hon. PIERRE SoULE INsANE.-Legal pro-
ceedings have been instituted in New Or
leans for the custody of the property and
person of ex-senator Soule, on the repre-
sentation that he is insane 1t is stated that
he has been for several months past laborlng
under a habitual state of insanity, noto-
riOus and apparent to all who see him, or
converse with him, and that he is utterly in
competent to take care of his person or to
administer his estate-all of his acts show
ing that he is evidently out of his right
mind A temporary administrator was ap-
pointed by the court.
Year: 1869

A WORD TO FARMERS. The first thing
for farmer to find out is, what crops grow
best on his SOIL Then let him not be dis
'couraged by low prices for a year or two.
If he has a grass farm, let him make butter
right along, even if some weeks it does not
bring him but twenty cents Let him per-;
severe and continue to send a fine article to
town, and before the year he is out he will
get the highest market price. So with po-
tatoes or hogs, or cheese. bs Farmers differ
more in skill as marketers, than in industry
as producers.-Hearh and Home.
Year: 1869

This is disease of more malignant type than ordinary
'cnis and fever but it springs from the cause,
mataria and may be furestard by the means
precautionary course of HOSrETTER'S STOMACH BIT
ItkS In order TO render the system malaria proof it
must be endowed with vigo put in AL
in perfect order To effect these objects the Bters
be resorted to.


Remittent fever it is firmly believed may be certainly
prevented by the daily this unapproachabe
tive pref aaon If the disorder is already in progress
should be taken between the ho: stages As the pulse
is to l20 l30 during hot fits it would not of course
be prudent TO administer the tonic then; but wien
saton and the pulse thin and feeble it nav
be given with real advantage and also when the patient
is recovering of recruiting the strength In.
deed in all convalcscence this powerful but harm
less tonic should be administered. 1t is the safest we'll
the best of frestoratives.
Year: 1869




There are people that have preternatural
of evil, IN every ones character. They have
a fatal scent for carrion, their memory is like
a museum at a medical college, and illustrates
all the hideous distortion and monstrous
growths and revolving diseases by which hu-
mapity can be troubled or afflicted. They
think they have wonderful knowledge OF
human nature. But it is blunder to mistake
the Newgate Calendar for biographical
dictionary. A less offensive type of the same
tendency leads some people to find apparent
satisfaction in the discovery and proclama-
ton OF the slightest defects IN the habits oil
good men and the conduct of public lnstltu-
tions. They cannot talk about the benefits
conferred by great hospital without lament,
ing some insignificant blot in its laws, and
some trihing want of prudence in its manage
ment. Speak to them Of man whose good
works everybody is admiring and they cool
your ardor by regreting that he IS 80 rough
In his manner, or so smooth-that his temper
| is so hasty. or that he is so fond OF applause
They seem to hold brief, requiring them tc
proye the impossiblity Of human perfection
Tbey detect the slightest alloy in the pure
gold of human goodness That there are
spots in the sun is with them something more
! than an observed fact--it takes rank with
prior and necessary truths. There are peo
pie who, if they hear an organ, lind out a
once which are the poorest stops. III they
listen to a great speaker, they remember
nothing but some slip in the construction o
a sentence, the consistency of metaphor
or the eyolutions of an argument Whl'
the friends are admiring the wealth an'
beauty of a tree whose branches are weighe'
down with fruit, they have discovered soil
tary bough, lost in the golden afiluence, OF
which nothing is hanging.
Year: 1869

No man is gentleman, who, without PROV
ocation, would treat with incivility the hamb-
lest Of his species. 1t is vulgarity for which
no accomplishment of dress or address can
ever atone Show me the man who desires
to make every one round him happy, and
whose greatest solicitude is never to give
cause Of offence to any one, and l will show
you gentleman by nature and practice,
though he may never have worn a suit of
broadcloth, nor ever heard of lexicon. L
am proud to say, for the honor of our species,
there are men in every throb of whose heart
there is solicitude for the welfare of mankind,
and whose every breath is perfumed with
kindness.
Year: 1869

l should have declined your offer, as con-
sidsr myself obliged to do since the receipt
of yUr letter.


/ an perfectly aware that your desire Of
employment is quite distinct from the other
subject on which you have written to me.
If did not think SO, should probably treat
Il in different manner. But you must be
sensible that public men In this country cannot
be too cautious or too free from suspicion !;
and upon consideration you will not be sur
prised that l should inform you, that il by
Monday, the 18th, shall not receive from
you an intimation to what place you wish
the three cases Of your pictures, now at my
house in Piccadilly, should be sent, will
send them to you to No. 9, St. Vincent's
Parade, HOtwells, Bristol. 1 have &C.,


WELLINGTON.
Year: 1869

A FACT WORTH KNowING.-It may not
be generally known that when person is
drowning, if he is taken by the arms from
behind, between the elbows and shoulders,
be cannot touch the person attempting to
save him, and whatever struggles be may
make will only assist the person holding him
10 keeping his head above water. A good
swimmer can thus keep a man above water
for an hour. If seized anywhere else, the
probability is that be will clutch the swim
mer, and as is often the case, both will be
drowned.
Year: 1869

CONFEDERATE ARCHIVES. We under.
stand that the archives of the Confederate
Government are abont to be thrown open to
the public under certain restrictions. They
have heretofore been under control of the
War Department, and all applications to ex @.
amiue them have been refused. This deter
mination on the part of President Grant will
contribute something to the public curiosity,
aud will add, we trust, more interest, if not
more truth, to works being issued from day
TO day connected with the late war.
Year: 1869

SAvE.-Save something, no matter how
little it may be, always save something,
Never turn away your head from small saw
ings; they are the foundation of all great
snes A penny is not much. Many man
would rather throw away penny than pick
it up, if it lay before him. Yet penny a
DAY is nearly eight dollars year, eight dol
hrs is the interest of between one and two
hundred dollars capital. Waste not, want
lot,' is an old saying and he who is extrav>
sgant enough to cast away what can be made
Useful, though it be but Irife, may ex-
Dect to see the day when even that triHe
would be acceptable.