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Year: 1874

TPE GLORY OF THE SOUTHERN SKIES.
From Dr. BENZ. A. Gould's Address in Boston,


his return from South America.


The glory of the Southern sky IN the
region near the cross is indescribabIe.
There, where the thick stream of
bright stars which skirts the milky
way crosses this river of light, it's
briiliancy is wonderfully increased,
and it exhibits magnificence UNEQUAL
ed in any other portion of the heavens.
There glitter q multitude of bright
stars, more thickly scattered than in
any region within our Northern view,
while the background is gorgeous in
its splendor. Often on SEINE clear
night when it has suddenly been
brought to my view in passing some
edifice or turning some street corner,
| have stood amazed at the food of
light which it diffused and often, too,
after leaving the observatory in the
early morning hours, after night of
wearying labor, 1 have felt reluctant
10 abandon the magnificent spectacle,
to seek the much needed repose. In
close proximity are the rich constel-
lations of the Centaur, the keel and
sails of ship Argo, and the Wolf, and
the glory reaches through the Altar
even to the southern portion of the
Scorpion. There are large tracts
which rival the Pleiades in the profu-
sion of their stars cleaning upon a
background of nebula. Elsewhere the
Southern heavens are not so brilliant
as the Northern, nor do they contain
so many stars as bright as the fsintest
We can discern but there is nothing
between the two poles to compare in
beauty with the tract 10 which | refer.
Year: 1874

Tue boy who, when asked to what
trade he would wish TO be brought up,
replied "I win be a trustee, because
ever since papa has been trustee we
have had puddings for dinner" was q
wise child In bis generation.
Year: 1874

PEARLY PRoyERBs.-Many a mans
vices have at first..been nothing worse
than good qualities run wild.


When the tree Is fallen every man
goeth to it with his hatehet.


To gentleman every woman is
lady, in right of her sex.
Diligence is fair fortune and industry
a good estate.


A laugh is worth a hundred groans
In any market.


Whenever the speech is corrupted, so
IS the mind.
Year: 1874

I don't believe it rained forty days
and forty nights, said an unbeleying
boy to his mother, and that story about
Noah and his ark, how could Noah
bring all the animalsand birds from the
four quarters of the earth, and not a
railroad or a steamboat in the whole
World?"
Year: 1874

ElECTRorLArlSG Win CoDAlr.-The fol-
lowing process OF George W. Beardslee, Of
Brooklyn, n ", is stated to form a thick
and useful covering. which will very perfect
ly protect the plated surface from the action
of the elements, and form most beautiful
plating, very white. exceedingly hard anil
durable, tenaciouSly adhcrcnt, and not liable
to tarnish:


Dissolve the pure metal cobalt in boiling
muriatic acid, and e,aporate this solution to
dryncss Then dissolve from four to six
ounces Of the salt thus obtained in gallon
Of distilled water, to which add ammonia
sufficient to show on test paper the solution
just slightly alkaline. Then prepare m,
anode of the metal cohtlt, in granular form
or broken into small pieces, free from impur-
tiles, as follows Take plate of carbon, or
Of some other material that is conductor
of electricity, hut not susceptible of being
attacked by the plating solution, and place
it within Il sack or envelope made of some
material that is neither conductor Of cleo
trcty. nor at,ackable by the solution, formed
with open me>hcS or inter>tices through
which the solution may freely circulate.
This cnyelop. should be made to conform in
shape to the carbon plate, and large enough
to leave a space between it and the plate of,
say, onc-half IN inch to one inch then fill
this space with the granulc> of cobalt. which
will, as is evident, surround the plate and
be in contact with it,


Ey an anodc thus constructed, a large sur
face Of the cobalt is readily and conveniently
exposed to the action of the solvent, and the
steady flow of the entire battery current
through the cobalt is secured, thereby rem
dcring the dissolution and deposition Of tho
metal steady, uniform, and very perfect.


This anodc is to BE- connected with the
copper pole Of the battery by connecting tho
wire to the carbon plate aud suspending in
the plating solution before described, and
the article to be plated is connected in tho
solution with the zinc pole in the usual way
y battery power of from two to five cells
(Smce'S l@ttcry) will b. sufficient to do
good work Care should be taken not to-
rcriniI the solution to lose its slightly al.
kaline character. a., if this is not maintained,
the plating operation will be rendered i'm.
perfect, the tenacily, adherence and uni
formity Of the deposit becoming thereby
impaired
Year: 1874

The Black Hills do not cover an area much
longer than one-halr of Massachusetts. A
line drawn directly through from North to
South would not measure more than one
hundred miles another line from East to
West would he less than eighty. The sides
of that triangle alluded to do not measure
more than forty miles and the majority Of
the intervening territory is wooded hills.
The best way OF entering the Hills, if you
ever want to 90 to the gold fields, my reader,
is to come here, to Bear Butte, and follow
Cu>tsr's trail 1t took him long time to
find II way out. and it will take you longer
to find way in, if you attempt it in this
region. Another entrance can be made at
Inyan Kara, at the Southwest, if you start
from the Union Pacific Railroad, and you
will find gold almost from the very start.
Gypsum will come first, then mica, then
the velvet valleys with their golden lining.
These two courses are the mot feasible, but,
of course, trails may possibly be made else
where. The extreme Southern ranges, the
ranges of the East and Northwc-t. are al
most impossible becau,c Of the steep de-
ciivities and the abruptncss Of the foot
hills
Year: 1874

SEVERAL tubs of butter shipped from CO.
pcnhagcn to New York have been returned.
The honest Levi, County farmer who manu-.
lacturcd the butter is too enterprising for
those simple Workers. In the centre Of each
tub were packed oyster cans filled with salt
and other materials Of about the same
weight as butter. The local buyer did not
discover the cheat until, testing a lot from
the same diary few days ago, his trier
struck the foreign substance. Communic, .
ing with the New York house, other tubs
were found in similar condition, and were
returned.
Year: 1874

We offer the following timely diree-
tions for the dressing and handling of
poultry: Live poultry during the fall
Is generally a drug on the market, and
dressed lots, when in good order, are
taken In preference. Dealers propose
to sell dressed chickens hereafter by
the pound only, believing that this
manner of selling will insure the ship
ping of better stock to our market.
Poultry should never be killed by the
wringing of the neck, but should be
killed by bleeding, by means of open
ing the wins, or by cutting off the
head, so as to let them bleed freely.
If the latter be DONE, care should be
taken and draw the skin over the neck
and tie secure before shipping, Deface
the neck as little as possible, as the
looks Will materially aid in bringing
outside prices. Poultry should be
picked dry, which can easily be done
by plucking before the bodies are cold,
and always give poultry nice appear
ance. However, when scalded, the
water should be as near boiling as pos
sible, and yet not really boil. The
poultry should be dipped, so that the
water will have proper effect on the
skin, and penetrate the feathers. The
feathers shOuIo De plcAea InlmodlaSelyJ
hut care should be taken and not break
the skin. Do not remove the entrails.
Poultry, before being killed, should be
kept tWenby-four hours without food
full crops iDiure the appearance, and
are liable to sour, by which the sale
would be greatly injured. Before pack
ing. it should get thoroughly dry and
cold. but not frozen. Moderate sized
boxes should be used, but avoid very
large packages as much as possible, as
there Is considerable trouble in hand
ling, besides being more difficult TO sell.
II, packing, use clean boxes, and line
the ends and sides with paper. Always
pack as closely as possible, and fill the
boxes well, so there viii be no chance
for the T1orItrv To move about
Year: 1874

THE Spectator says that " young love
and young levers are at q discount IN
the novels of the period and married
people, in whom the reader was form
erly supposed to take no interest after
the Wedding day, are candidates for
public favor.
Year: 1874

Rnther an extraordinary letter has been added
" the Associate Jw,tices OF tho United States
supreme Court to- tho literature OF tho Chief
Justiceshlp middle. They join In assuring
President Grant, by q formal note, that, should
he promote QUO Of their number to fill the va
cant seat, nome Of them will feel any jealousy
OF tho fortunate individual This may be taken
as well-meant hint to the President to get out
Of hIa embarrassment BY choosing one OF tho
magnanimous subscribers, but most people will
regret that the Judges Of the Supreme Court
should have thought it necessary to give such an
assurance about themselves
Year: 1874

The BEGINNING OF HBREsY.-Blanco
White tells story of relic they had once,
I think, in Spain. 1t was a single hair,
plucked from the head of Christ by Ro-
man soldier. They kept it in a golden
box, and you had to look at it through a
glass set in the lid. One day, a man came
TO look at the relic,-I think he must have
come from about Boston, for he weuld not
be satisfied with the devout and re7creut
gaze into the semi-darkncss which had sat
isfied hosts of people before him,-but
went staring into the box and then said to
the monk who took the money, 81 cannot
see that hair anywhere" ~ don't Won
der at that" the old man replied, Il have
not seen it myself these twenty years, but
il you have faith it is there, it will be all
the same" That man from that moment
was hereto; he would not believe the
thing which to him could not be proved
Everybody else in Spain might, but he
would not. Was he not right? Where is
the use in protesting faith in what to you
Is nonentity? That is the way heretics
are made. To-day, there must be truth
and reality to every one of us at the bot
tom of the box.-Ro6ert Collyer.
Year: 1874


WILKINSON Drowned at sea on tare night
of Thursday, November 9TH, Captain Fred.
Wilkinson.


Truly we know not when the Son of Man
cometh. Again death, the inevitable visitor,
has stiIled forever the heart-throbs of one
whom we had learned to love; but we must
not murmur: God hath given, and shall he
not take 10 himself his own: other sorrows
time can efiaco, but when dear friends are
takon from our midst our hearts refuse to bc
comfortcd Did not Jesus weep at the grave
of Lazarus? Like tho lightning's flash, which
gives to tho beholdera u feeling OF awe, SO came
to us the sad intelligence that our friend had
crossed the river to the unknown shore from
whence there is no returning. The magic fin
gers of time had traced upon his brow only Il
few faint lines and scattered among his dark
locks n few white hairs. Though cut of in
the prime of life, his work on earth was nm
ishod ut the moment when he was hurled from
the deck of the vessel into the lap of ocean.
The waves parted to clasp him i'm their cold
embrace, and they will faithfully keep their
trust till the sea shall give up hor dead. We
who wore his friends are not permitted to drop
Il tear upon the grave where our loved one
lies sleeping. He fell darl1ly, at the midnight
hour; not prayer or funeral anthem was
chanted over his grave and not one flower is
blooming above ii. But God knoweth best.
The evcr-changing waves shall roll unceas-
ingly above him till time shall be no moro
Captain Wilkinson was loved and respected
by those who knew him. He was noble,
generous-heartcd man, a faithful friend and
kind, loving husband and father. He leaves
4 sorrowng widow and three children. May
Christ the comforter be with them In this
their great afiliction and teach them TO say,
"Thy will, not mine, be done" Sleep on,
noble heart! Undisturbed shall be thy slum-
ber Thou wilt not I've forgotten the place
which thou vert wont to fill can be occupied
by no other Thou wilt never more be with
us on earth; so farewell dear friend, and God
grant that ere long we may meet in that house
not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens.
Year: 1874

From the Placer Herald we learn
that an old resident of Auburn having
heard and read a great deal about the
soil and climate of Los Angeles valley,
visited this part of the State; but after
remaining in this valleya short time,
he returned to Auburn, where, ac-
cording to the Herald, he told the fol-
lowing story:


The land down there, he says, only In GER
tain tracts is desirable, and that is held at
such exorbitant prices that it requires a for
tune to get n foothold. The country is
largely owned by land speculators,
who are spending thousands of dollars annu-
ally in advertising the county, in order to at
tract purchasers for their land. OF course,
they must get their money back, and the
man In search of a home must pay the price
OF advertising and two prices for his land, as
country has been advertised SO extensively
that most of the immigrants daily arriving in
California go directly there.


Strange that the gentleman should
find the good land only in certain
tracts, and still more strange that it
should require fortune to get q foot
hold. He is sadly, perhaps wilfully,
mistaken as to our land being held by
spectators, and all the newspapers
published in Los Angeles will testify
as to the mistake about thousands of
dollars being spent for advertising the
country. We don't get the money, but
we do tell the truth about our valley,
and Auburn man is the only visitor
not willing to testify to the fact.
Year: 1874

dinary proceeding as he was n member
of the committee and had never seen
the petition, nor did he know any
thing about the report granting the
deed to SANCHEZ. Two other mem
bers of the Council also said it was eX-
traordinary and when it came to II
vote MORRIS, WEAR, WoRTENBERG
and MARTINEZ voted in the aflirma-
tive. ToBERMAN, KING, CAswELL
and RoEDER did not vote. Those are
the names of the Councilmen and J.
III. TURNER was Mayor. From this it
will be seen that Mr.. BEAUDRY was
not member of the Council nor does
his name appear among those to
whom Mr.. SANCHEZ decided the land
given him by the city, or rather 10y
the four Councilmen named above in
place of the 81 lots sold out of his land.
If there was "Another Big Crab in
this transaction, some of the Express
hackers and not Mr.. BEAUDRY were
the individuals who did the grabbing.
Just who they Were and how the grab
bing was done we will state if the
organ is not satisfied with what we
have already given.
Year: 1874

The property-owners on the slope
and along the base of Fort Hill are
alive to The danger to WHICH they will
be exposed and the damage they will
sustain from the building of n reser-
voir on the apex of that elevation, and
they are already beginning to express
their determination to hold the city
responsible for whatever loss they may
incur through the carrying out Of the
scheme the Water Company now have
before the Council. If the proposed
reservoir is built it will certainly
prove very damaging to u large
amount of property, and as the de-
cisions of the Supreme Court have al
ready rendered null and void the ex-
elusive franchise granted tho Water
Company by the city some time ago,
all damage that may result to private
property through an attempt to carry
out the now illegal condi-
tions of that contract or to carry out
like conditions of the contract or priv
ilege now sought to be obtained from
the Council, will be recoverable from
the city, thus imposing n heavy eX-
pense on the taxpayers besides deteri-
Grating the value of broad extent of
now valuable city property. From
the Pico Housealmost to the summit
of Fort Hill people will retire to rest
with the fear that the vast body of
water above them will break away
and carry them into eternity without
a moments warning as were the vic
Tins of the reservoir tragedy in Mass
achusetts short time ago. A strong
effort will be made at the session of
the Council on Friday next to secure
a majority in favor of the Water Com
pany, and to prevent the consumma-
| ton of an act which will inevitably


involve much trouble, litigation and
such heavy expense, the people
should take immediate and decisive
b.
Year: 1874

Since the exposure of the BERNARD
slander against Mr.. BEAUDRY and the
presentation of the most conclusive
proof that it's authors and dissemina-
tors not only knew of the unfounded
character Of the malicious charges
they We're circulating, but positively
refused to publish the evidence estab-
fishing the complete innocence of Mr..
BEAUDRY of all unlawful or dishonor-
able completely in the matter, the
ring appears to be utterly confounded.
worthy citizen with the commission
of criminal act for the purpose of
injuring him in the estimation of his
fellowmen, and thereby enabling the
ring to place the control of our munic-
ipal affair In the hands of their crea-
lures, has met that rebukc which ex-
posed villainy should ever receive at
the hands of an Intelligent and hon
est community. The sword of justice
has reached even farther. 1t has
struck down the base slanderers and
placed them i'll such condition that,
though they may still cherish and
maintain the disposition to continue
their nefarious practice of ejecting the
slanderous poison, it will fall far short
of its destined mark and hurt no one
except those from whom it emanates.
The convicted slanderer is q fangless
serpent. Mr.. BEAUDRY stands to-day
as well in the estimation of those
with whom he has lived for nearly
quarter of century as he did erst-
while, when those who are now de-
nouncing him as criminal were wont
to sing p@ans to his praise and laud
him as one of our most liberal and
public spirited citizens, and his major
ity for Mayor will be increased by the
votes of the many who, while he may
not have been their first choice, will
now support him through convic-
tion that the man against whom the
ring will go to such extremes must be
the truest and best man to stand be-
tween the people and the ring.
Year: 1874

THE Express prints the Stars inter-
view of BERNARD, in which that in
dividual admits that he did not own u
lot though he afterward sold it twice.
This ought to make BERNARD almost
the equal for honesty and veracity of
the Express, which turned traitor to
the party that made it and sold itself
to the opponents of that party; and
which, after admitting man to be a
good aud useful citizen, for pay, agreed
to and actually tried to blacken that
mans character. BERNARD and the
Express; the ErpresS and BERNARD.
Like and like. Such paper with
such witness can prove anything eN-
cept that he is q truthful man and it
an honest journal.
Year: 1874

" A French chemist is nourishing
the hope of turning his lapratory into a
diamond mine. The chief material with
which he works is sugar. By exposing
the perfectly burned article to a temper
ature of 1S00e Fahr., in a closed vessel
without access Of air, he has already
obtained carbon cylinder hard enough
to cut glass. By this measure of sue
cess he is encouraged to continue his
experiments in full faith that he will yet
be able 10 transform the products of the
beet and cane into black diamonds, if
not colorless ones. The idea that liquid
gems course in the veins of these sac
charine vegetables is marvellous one,
and certainly dazzling to those engaged
in raising sugar yielding crops.
Year: 1874

I We are told by celebrated naval
officer the following anecdote:


On one of his cruises the sailors saw
a comet, and were somewhat surprised
and alarmed at its appearance. The
hands met and appointed committee
to wait upon the commander and ask
his opinion of it. They approached him
and said:


"We want to ask your opinion, your
honor"


"Well, my boys, what is it about ?"


Weswant to inquire about that thing
up there -


"Now, before I answer you, let me
know what you think of it ?''


Well, your homer, we have talked it
all over and we think it is star that
has sprung leak"
Year: 1874

The most PERFECT FITTING
CORSET ever offered to the public.
The peculiar style Of cutting
gives sufficient fuilness at the
bosom. without folding at the top,
gradually and closely fitting to,
and over the hips. is longer front
and back than ordiAary COrsets,
and in fact, is the only Corset, cut
in this form.


We are also SOLE AGENTS for
the
Year: 1874

have thus relieved themselves of a response
bilty which they have no right to shirk'
they have added an enormous load OF per-
plexity aud expense to the business OF the
City. and done grievOus wrong to many prl-
vate citizens. An Over-scrupulOus conscience
raises doubts upon the plalnest dictates OF
duty, and is always a distressing and danger
GUS monitor. Common sense ought to teach
officials charged with the settlement OF claims
against the City to take competent advice as
to the chances of lawsuit before they refuse
to pay. 1t is not caution, but brute obstinacy,
to contest a demand to which there Is no
legal defense. And when we speak OF compe-
tent advice we do not meau the opinion OF
any chance counselor who may be retained
or may volunteer to argue one side OF the
question, but the deliberate Judgment OF some
leader in the profession whose learning and
integrity carry weight
Year: 1874

We have no doubt that Mayor Havemeyer
believed he merely did his duty when he re-
fused to cOuntersign the warrant for the pay
ment of part of the share of the City in the
cost of the Fourtha ave. improvement. There
was show of plausibility in the argument
that the act of the Legislature under which
payment was demanded was unconstitutional,
and there was certainly strong reason for
holding that the bargain with the Harlem
Railroad Company was grossly unequal one.
Believing as he did, the Mayor was bound of
course to take every proper precaution for the
protection of the taxpayers. The Supreme
Court has decided in favor of the Railroad ;
and it is perhaps superfluOus to add that the
Mayor in whose constitutional obstinacy there
is something deliciously grotesque, purposes
taking the case to the Court of Appeals,
where we suppose it will remain as long as
he continues to be Mayor.


We say nothing as to the merits of this par
t;cuar dispute, but it seems to us that the
municipal departments of late have rushed
into reckless prodigality of litigation which
threatens to be much more costly than reck-
less expenditure. The dOckets of the courts
are crowded with cases IN which the City is
defendant, and it has become an understood
thing that hardly any species of claim against
the corporation can be collected without te-
dious and sometimes expensive lawsuit If the
result of this method of doing business were
to save the taxpayers from fraudulent and
unjust claimants, no honest citizen would COM
plain But almost every case ends in judg-
ment against the City.


The fact is the stupendous populations of
the old Tammany Ring have made some OF
our administrative refOrmers extraordinarily
cautious, and their caution-an excellent
thing in itself-has taken wrong direction
They have thrown upon the courts the busi-
ness of auditing claims, which is function Of
tue executive deDartWeuts, and while they