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Year: 1872

beautiful and commodious house of Mr..
Turner, i'll the center of the town.


The facilities of the people of McMinn
county for expectation and importation are
good. In addition to the railroad, we have
on our southern border outlets by the river,
conducting to the great Mississippi by
raft and steamer. Like other portions of
our naturally favored land, we need capi-
tai and enterprise to evolve our latent
wealth: We, too, look to the East for
help. We point TO our undeveloped re-
sources" and our sparkling springs and
ask those not contented with the sterile
lands they now occupy to come and make
home among us. Land can be bought i'll
this county at prices ranging from two to
twenty dollars per acre, according to loca-
tion and character of soil. The above fig
ures include both mountain and valley
land We need mechanics of all kinds.
There are some few Northern men located
in our midst, who are pleased with their
homes. There is here Il tolerance of all
creeds-political and religious.


BOURGEOIS.
Year: 1872

We are informed by the police and others
who have ample means of being correctly in
formed, that the number of persons in destitute
circumstances in the city limits is larger than
ever before known. We think steps should be
at once taken to ameliorate the condition of the
suffering and that a meeting Of citizens should
be called to take steps to that end.
Year: 1872

We understand that an accident occurred on
the Northwestern railroad last Friday, in which
several persons were injured.


But one transfer of real estate was registered
last week.


Busy times now with all the courts in session
The snow melting yesterday caused a super
abundance of mud.


Cabbage sell at thirty cents per head.
Year: 1872

Urinary and Womb Diseases. Gravel. Diabetes Drop
sy(lncQntnence of Urine, Brights disease, Albumin
the water is thick, cloudy mixed with substances like
the white Of egg. threads like white silk or there
IS morbid, dark bilious appearance, and white Bone
dust deposits and where there is pricking burning
sensation, and pain in the small Of the back and along
Ian Resoyent, aided by the application of Railways
Ready Relief to the spine and small of the back. and
the bowels regulated with one or two of Railways
cure. In few days the patient w be enabled to hold
and discharge water naturally without pain, and the
Urine will be restored 10 its natyGl clear and amber
sherry color.
Year: 1872

A preparation of roots and herbs warranted to
strictly vegetable, and can do no injury TO any one


1t has been used by hundreds. an known for the
last 40 of the most reliable ecacious and
harmless preparations offered to tho suffering If
taken regularly and permanently it is
Year: 1872

teaching did not go on so lightly as -lt used, when had vague little sweet ro~ mantle dreams of love that might come any day. All that was past and lost now and was sick of dreams. had letter from Robbie, telling me of the redemption of that curious old locket, and what splendid gentleman came for it, and how wonderful it was that 1t should have got back to it's owners. As l put away the letter. i thought to myself, That's the last shall ever hear of Mr. VerehanaF But one evening when came home, tired and spiritTess, there he was awaiting l me! The moment entered the room ms

 hands clasped mine, and his eyes ques- ! toned mine eagerly.

 ''Little Madge, little Madge," he said, ''what fool I have been l thought It l was the locket that won all my thoughts last winter found it out when you had

 gone. Life has been blank to me ever

 since. Have lost my chance? Am l too late?" An, the dreams, the dreams of love ] l How they came dropping back into my ! heart, in their most perfect sweet fulfill ! mentl And how ten times beautiful IS the happiness that comes out unharmed and

 immortal from the fires that we thought had consumed 1t

 And now have my love and my lock

 ct. Hark {! There is Dudley's step in

 the hall, and always go to meet my hus-

 band. I leave you to examine the rich

 and dainty fancifulness of the graving, the

 cherubs, and the imps. But this is simply

 a magnificent antique. If you wish to see

 the triumphs of modern skill in gold and

 gems, you must wait till tomorrow, when

 Rebecca Schermerhorn, nee Schwarz, is

 coming to make me visit.--Horper' l BdzaT
Year: 1872

ANIMAL ORIGIN OF PsTRoLEUM.-As
q counterpoise to the suggestion Of soms
geologits that petroleum and asphaltum
are Of vegetable origin, is now maintained,
says Harper's Magazine, that these sub
stances are derived from animal remains.
This latter view is thought TO be sustained
by the fact Of the absence Of iodine, which
would have been present if derived from
seaweeas; aud also, on the other hand, BY
the presence Of ammonia, which does not
belong to the vegetable kingdom. Fur
thermore, asphaltum and bitumen fra
auently occur 10 strata which are rich ip
animal remains. from which they may hare
been derived by the action Of intsnse hsat
with great pressure.
Year: 1872

Interesting SpeculafiOns Regarding


Their Origin.


Prof. James D. Dana, the distinguished
geologist of Yale, has just published in the
american Journal Of Science an interesting
and valuable paper "on the position and
height of the elevated plateau in which the
glacier of New ENGLAND and the glacial era,
had its origin" The Professor introduces
his research with the remark that ''the ex-
istenee of region of high elevation in
Northern America as the source of a COL
tinued glacier in the glacial era has often
been assumed, but rather because the glacial
theory was lame without it than as result
of special research with respect to the ex-
tent and location ofsuch a region" Prof.
Dana then concisely gives the direction of
the glacial furrows or scratches crossing the
Green and White mountains, and shows
that they could not have been made with
the land of North America at its present
level, and that these scratches on { rocky
summit of New England point toward some
great region of elevated lands, o. the slopes
of which the stupendous glacier began its
southerly motion. He gives it as his opin-
ion that the icy plateau whence the great
glacier took its departure must have existed
somewhere on the western border OF Hud-
som bay, and that the glacier moved south
eastwardly down the valley Of the Ottawa
and on the slopes to the east OF it, having,
to this distant day, the track Of its course
engraved deeply, in the Rocky Mountain
lianks. With from 5000 to 5000 feet
thickness of ice, the glacier kept on its
course, guided only by the general slope Of
the land, but at the same time moulded it
self into the larger valley, and into many
even of the local slopes. The immense cold
that is known to have existed in the Amer
ican siacial era is also naturally accounted
for # the land of Northern Canada was a
great plateau, being an elevation higher than
the summit of Mount Washington.


The upward movement of the glacial era,
which carried the north at least 5000 feet
above its present level, was followed by the
slow subsidence of the champion period, /"
when the same lands sunk to greater ex-
tent than they had previously been raised,
letting down the valley of the st. Lawrence
about Montreal, five hundred feet below its
present level, and probably one thousand
feet below its glacial era level. With the
sinking of the land began the melting OF the
glacier. Owing to the sinking of the sur
face in the north, northern and southern
rivers had their slopes greatly lessened, and
in some cases made quite level for long
distances, and by vast deposits of drift the
Niagara and other rivers had their channels
so obstructed that they were forced to cut
new passages, while other water courses OF
the glacial era were wholly cut of, as that
from the Champlain lake down the Hudson
| valley. Then came the 'terrace era during
which the land reached its present level
while the river channels were deepened, and
the lake and terraces, which now cover the
| continent, were formed.
Year: 1872

A STORY comes from Fitehburg, Mass,
that a cat lag down in hy-wheel early N
the morning, and was not discovered TIL
the engine had been running three hours, a
dog then detected her and gave the alarm
When the engine was stopped, the cat was
uninjured, after making 60 revolutions a
minute for three hours.
Year: 1872

ONE of the most touching Instances
of gratitude with which We are famil-
lar occurred at Clyde the other day.
A little boy. the child Of a wealthy
mother, tumbled into the river. He
was rescued BY workingman and re-
stored to his parent. The woman gave
the rescuer three cent postage stamp,
and said she would be glad to have
him come up to her house and sit in
the entry and hear her play the piano.
He went away with tears in his eyes.
He said he wasn't used to such over
whelming Kindness.
Year: 1872

BLAsTING.-Mr. ii. G. Wilt of Canon
City, one of the most energetic miners in
the county, put large blast in his claim
on Canon Creek last week, which sue
ceeded in loosening a great quantity of
earth. He has ordered large amount
of powder and intends to blast extensively
during the coming Winter.
Year: 1872

THE VISITORS WE WANT.-Mr. II.


A. Ashburn and Captain George II. Ad-


kins, of Nevada county, came to Wea-
verville Friday of last week, intending to
prospect the mines of Trinity county for
two or three weeks. The unexpected fall
of snow this week prevented them from
so doing and they returned last Thursday.
These gentlemen have been for long
time, and are now, mining upon a large
scale, and from conversing with them we
were satisfied that but few miners in this
county understand working deep banks
of gravel to advantage. Captain Adkins
said that if he could find gravel deposits
in this county that would yield five
cents per ton with plenty of dump he
should move his traps to this county.
Five cents per ton is but light color, or
about one cent to twelve pans of earth.
That it can be made to pay, Adkins knew
from experience, for during five weeks
run in his claim this Summer, he worked
OH ul dNtIuBt VI ten lnOuSduu lOHS Vi
heavy gravel daily, and this at one cent
per ton paid handsome profit. Nessrs.
Ashburn and Adkins took hasty look at
some of our mines and are sanguine that
Trinity will shortly be one of the most
prosperous counties in the State. They
intend to return early in the Spring and
prospect for deep gravel deposits. Their
coming means that an influx of miners
possessed of experience and capital is
about to set into this county. All the
gravel deposits that can be worked are
gobbled up in Nevada county. Those
OF Trinity county are unworked and un-
occupied. This fact is becoming known
abroad and will result in heavy invest
ments of capital here.
Year: 1872

New YORK. Oct. IL 1872.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


Reading Mr.. Froude's lecture in the HERALD this
morning was somewhat surprised at reading the
following sentence :-"At the time or the American
Revolution the Protestants OF the North Of Ireland
had sympathized with the cause Of American Free
dom; the Catholics OF the South had given their
moral support to the cause of the tories.n While l
admire truth, let 1t be ever obnoxious to
me, cannot for moment think
that any one knowing anything OF
the history OF the American Revolution or Irish
history would make this new and bold assertion,
unless, indeed, 1t was said for some object. The
English government at the time OF the American
Revolution found that nearly all OF her Catholic
Irish regiments which she sent to this country de-
serted to the Americans She then sent her Irish
Protestant regiments aud some Dutch soldiers, but
not till after losing many OF her best regiments. 1t
was at the battle OF Bunker Hill that the irish
Protestant regiment made their last successful
charge on the Americans, and when they had
for the .lOyal Irisn.n CD TRUTH.
Year: 1872

NEW YORK. oct. is, 1872.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


In your issue OF this morning notice, upon look
ing over your editorial headed sour Cab and Hack
SYSTEM" you say 'ior overcharge there Is no
redress" In that you are mistaken. There Is
redress and it has been tried. AT present the law
is that in OF overcharge the cabman shall for
ieit his fare and license and be subject to fine,
which any person can have enforced by applying at
the Mayors ONCE and stating his case. year ago
last Summer hired cab by the hour, at about
halfpast twelve P. NJ. and kept It employed until
twenty minutes to six, when / discharged
him at the Erie ferry, foot Of Chambers
street. asked the fare; he demanded $40.
refused to pay IL and rendered So so Isl an hour
for five and half hours), his legal fare, which he
refused; thereup0n l informed him should not
pay him, but would settle with him at the Mayors
ONCE the following morning. The next morning
made APPLICATION ut the Mayors once to revoke
liIs license, whereupon the gentleman In the once
took my address and told me not TO pay the cab.
man cent until heard from there the Mayors
ONCE, since which time have not heard word
from them and did not pay anything for my cab.


II every one would take the trouble to do like.
wise the extOrt0nate charges OF cabmen would
soon be put stop to. Yours truly, y. D. A.
Year: 1872

ECLIPSE MINE.-This mine is located east of
the st. Patrick and south OF the Greene, about
two miles west of here, and is generally known
as the Patterson. james Patterson superintends
1t for himself and an association of men at Dutch
Flat. The main shaft is down rs feet and GO
feet from the surface level is being run, from
which over so tons of rock have been taken
showing finely in free god This rock will mill
from $50 to $40 per ton. The ledge is of good
size well Defined and promises to be a rich pay
ing mine
Year: 1872

New DIsCovERY.-We have been shown some
talcose and quartz rock taken from new and
hitherto unexplored vein not far from here,
which shows sulphurets and free gold in plenty.
The ledge is about Is inches wide. If what we
have seen is fair sample of the ledge, then,
when the locality is know, look out for rush
for extensions. As yet are not at liberty to
designate the exact locality of the discovery.
Year: 1872

SPLENDID BUTrED.-Major Gwynn, next door
to this Office, has just received from Russian
River one hundred and twenty-five two pound
rolls of splendid dairy butter; rich fresh, solid
yellow and sweet Call if you want superior
article put up in a style and of character that
would be credit to any market in the world
No family in town should fail to get at least one
roll of this butter before it is all gone.
Year: 1872

THE WEATHER For the past week the weather
has been splendid. Early in the week we had
some warm fogs, but for the past three or four
days the sun has shone bright and warm and but
very light frosts have occurred at night. Vege-
tation is making rapid growth and some vari-
cites of shrubbery and rose-bushcs are ont i'll
leaf and fruit buds are swelling and showing
dangerous advancement for the time of year.
Year: 1872

Mr.. EDrroR:-I beg to enquire If the Direc-
tors of the Water Co. of this city, if they are
aware that in Philadelphia where the works are
of more expensive character than in Portland
the charge for water to frst-class house is
from ten to twelve dollars, and about the SAM
rates prevail in other cities, whereas the charge
here for similar supply is forty to SIXTY dol
lar ? q
Year: 1872




New YoRK, December l6,-The in
vestigatiOn in regard to the fire in the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, was re-Opened this
morning, by the Fire Marshal


John Thompson, fireman Of the ho-
tel, testified that he was in bed at the
time the alarm Of fire was given, and
hearing the screams Of the girls in their
rooms, he kicked the wire-screen from
the window Of bis room, and went TO
their assistance. Tearing of the screen
from their windows, he helped them to
the roof The smoke was very dense at
the time. The witness said he was near
the room in which the bodies Of the
girls were subsequently found, but IS he
heard no alarm from that particular
nioms he did not think any one was in
H. and did not attempt to break the
window. No Ere was near the room at
the time. There was a great qpantity Of
smoke.


T, The testimony Of the witness goes 10
Ieonhrm the opinion Of the Fire Mar
I slal, that the girls were suffOcated, not
/ boTned te death.
Year: 1872

Reflect that sound mind and body are tho
most necessary requisites to promote connubial
happncss. Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filed with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
another is blighted with our own.
Year: 1872

TINE SEGARS AND CHOICE CHE w
Z ING TOBACCO-At the request of many
of our customers who desire really hrst-cass
article in the above line we have just supplied
ourselves with very superior stock OF pone3-
Of Chewing Tobacco. We earnestly invite an
inspection of our stock by all lovers of the
weed - nov y > AN N T. l q w.
Year: 1872

1t has been tru:hfully said that even
iu these enlightened days, and in the
lands most blessed by ths Influence OF
civilization, there are thousands upon
thousands of persons born into the world
who live long lives and then 60 down
into their graves without ever having
tasted good cup Of coffee. There are
many reasons for this, and the principal
one, Of course, must be that 30 few per
sons know how to make good coffee.
And yet there have been thousands OF
receipts and directions published which
teach us how to make good coffee by
boiling it; by not boiling it; by con.
timing the essence and aroma; by
making it in an open vessel; BY steep
ing it; by not sleeping it; by clearing
it; by not clearing it; by grinding it
fine; by grirding it coarse, and many
other methods opposed to each other
and to all these. Now, we do not iu-
tend 10 try to tel! anybody how to make
good coffee, but We wish to ssy a word
about the treatment Of the coffee after
it is made. And on this treatment de
pends it's excellence. brew it as you NAV.
The rule is simple-never decant it.
Whatever else you do about it, bring it
to the table in the vessel in which it
was made. A handsome urn or gor.
geous coffee is the grave Of good coffee.
Or course, if it is considered more de-
sirable to have the pot look well than
to have the coffee taste we'll. We have
nothing more to cay. But when hot
coffee is emptied rom one vessel to an
other the kitchen ceiling generally re.
ceives that sesence-laden vapor which
should have found its way into the cups
on the breakfast table. And one word
about these cups When the coffee
enters them it should fiud the milk or
the cream already there. By observing
these rules ordinary coffee, made 10
almost any way. is very often pslatable
indeed.-Homs and Society, St-ibner's
for Octob1.
Year: 1872

orally thought by astronomers that the
rings are made up of an immense
number of little bodies; each of which
is satellite, and moves in an orbit OF
its own. This gives rise to q constant
change in position and form; and
the numerous collisions that occur must
cause a loss of force which will ulti'
mately precipitate them all upon the
planet. The interior portions now sp-
pear to be nearer than few years ago
and the inner dark ring has changed so
much that the eminent Struve thinks
it must have fallen to the surface, and
become q portion Of the mass of Saturn.


The planet is now q very interesting
object in the evening sky. he is on
the meridian this evening at fifty-one
minutes past 6 o'clock. and is then
about PSI degrees above the southern
horizon. He will be South nearly four
minutes earlier on each succeeding day.
His place amongst the fixed stars is
now the northwestern part Of the con-
stellation Ssgittarins.-Prot. Colbert, IN
the Chicago Tribune.
Year: 1872

Ingenious Device or . Sportsman


Alexander Hammil, of Silver City,


Lyon county, says the Virginia City


Enterprise, a short time since performed


a most ingenious experiment with q


United States breech.losding rifle, with


which he had previously been practiciDg


by firing at target. 1t appears that
he in some manner got two sets Of cart.
ridges into the gun, and discovering this
to be the situation he did not care to fire
off the gun. Having duly studied over
the matter, he took the gun to black
smith shop, screwed the barrel in wise,
and then, opening the breech, he picked
out all the powder till he came to the
lower ball. Then he heated an iron
red hot, and with it commenced to melt
the ball out. By frequently heating
the rod he succeeded admirably, till he
melted hole clear through the ball
and touched the powder OF the cart
ridge beyond, when there was sharp
and unexpected explosion. 1t shot
both ways, one ball going out at the
muzzle aud the other at the rear. The
ball which came out in the rear took
but small piece out Of Alexis cheek,
and DR.. Kirby has every confidence
that the poul,ice in which Mr.. Alexis
head is now bound up will draw out
the ource or two OF powder blown into
his face. Aleck is as yet undecided as
to whether his experiment in melting
out the bullets was a grand success or
4 disastrous failure-but he swears his
plan was most ingenious.
Year: 1872

Az old bachelor. who bad become
melancholy and poetical, wrote some
verses for the village paper, in which he
expressed the hope that the time would
come when he should


"Rest calmly in shroud,


With weeping willow by his side"
but, to his inexpressible horror, it came
on, in print


"When shall rest calmly in shawl.


With wuoppiug widow by my side"
Year: 1872

The article in THE TRIBUNE of the 18th ns respecting


the assessments the Riverside Park has attracted
dealers while is conceded that the Commissioners
have undoubtedly committed some errors OF Judgment
in the and awards in tins matter II is SUI
believed that the fault has been more IN the unWaran
pleng tins Improvement through the influence or those
until lately controlling our munclpa analrs than
i'm any Intentional done by the present Commits
sOpers II is further believed that these delays were
made for the benefit of the Old Ring" who OccasiOned
them for the purpose OF aOrdng themselves and friends
opportunities for bearing the market and making pur-
chases Of LAM included in the Park, and OF adjoining
property at low figure, which TO very con
siderable extent they succeeded In doing.
1t must be understood that the conception,
both OF the Riverside and Mornngstde Parks,
afterwards sought make Of them for purposes OF
personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT; but in the minds OF those
persons who were employed 10 lay out and establish
grades for the upper portions OF the island The
high bluff, which at these points form a
characteristics feature OF that portion Of the
island which plan, however, was found to be
both unnecessary and impractcable, as II would
lay in grading 10 render the property practically
worthless beside destroying the natural beauties OF that
region the plan therefore devised of leaving the
side hills the west facing the river ana on the cast
NOT only ornamental but usefil thus avoiding the heavy
cutting lin 100 feet and grades w1ich
the old plan would Decesstste. and by building
most desirable for residences a large amount
land which would otherwise be almost useless These
parks are established fact by act OF legislature aud
the bill creating them not passed until most careful
and practical engineering skill bad fully approved
without such protection the side hills lying on the river
front between SeYenty-second and One-hundred-and-
teptvseVenth sts would become the resort OF all sorts
of nusnces entirely useless for commerce. except per-
haps in connection with tie railroad which runs along
fta has
Year: 1872

Through tickets and baggage checked 10 O, by sonh Side Railroad
from Poosevetst New York and 800 The only place
where with hay fever obtain relief The sEA
BATHING is the best In the United States


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