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Year: 1871

Winans, member oftbe New York
Legislature from Dunsirk, New York,
is the best abused man in the United
States just at present Winans voted
with the Democrats to defeat meas
ure of piunder put forward by the
lobby at Albany. Radicals say he was
paid for il and would zee him hanged
with good grace. Some Of them
sent to him, from Dunkirk, lately, a
Bible, piece Of rope and note warn
ing him that if he shall ever return
TO that city he shall feel hemp
around his neck. Ia view of this
circumstance duty of Pres
ident Grant is plain. The new
ku. .Kux law says II any threats be
made against any citizen Of the United
States to injure him in his person or
property on account of his lawful dis
charge Of the duties of his Office, the
person or persons making such threats
shall, upon conviction Of the same, be
punished by a fine not less than FIVE
hundred nor more than five thousand
dollars, or by imprisonment, with or
without hard labor, a, the court may
dstermine, for period of not less than
six months nor more than six years, as
the r"nrt may determine, or by both
such 6ue and imprisonment as the court
shall determine


Now whether Winaus sold his vote
or not, here is clear case of Ku-Klux
which the Government can make an
example Of Grant should not neglect
the opportunity.
Year: 1871

deadness that had overtaken the heart Ike
palsy, was felt from the fountain Of feel
ings, to the minute endings of the nerves;
and the external senses, which are the min


isters of the soul, had renounced their or
binary ministration Of the spirit that needed
them not. Only once had bis sister OBJ
served a slight moisture rise for a moment
in his eye, as she touched some tender
traits OF the character Of the departed; but
it passed away rather as an evidence Of the
utter powerless Of nature, in faint heave
Of the reactive energy, telling at once how
little she could perform,yet how much was
necessary to overcome the weight by which
she was oppressed. ! sat for some moments
silent by the side Of the bed, and meditated
recourse to some more strenuous effori
directed to his sense Of duty as a parent /;
though / was aware, that until the heart is
in some degree relieved, all such appeals
are too often vain, if not rather attended
with unfavorable effects, but, in extreme
cases, we are not entitled to rest upon the
generality of theories where so various and,
mutabe an essence as the human mind is
the object to which they are to be applied


was on the point Of making a trial, by
recurring to the position of bis son and
daughter, when | heard the sound Of
horse's feet approaching, with great rapid
ity, the door. The sister started; and |
could hear Martha open the window above,
to ascertain wLo might be the visitor. In
another moment the outer door opened with
a loud clang. Some one approached along
the passage, in breathless haste. He enter
ed. 1t was George B, under the ex.
citement Of some strong internal emotion
his eyes cleaning with fearful light, and
bis limbs shaking violently. He stood for
a moment as if be we're gathering bis ener-
gies to speak but the words stuck in bis
throat, tue sounds died away amidst the
noise Of an indistinct jabbering. | noticed
the eye of his father fixed upon hin, be-
trayIng only very slight increase of ami
nation but even this extraordinary de
meanor of his son did not draw from him
question SO utterly dead to all external
impulses had bis grief made him, that the
narrowing cause Of 50 much excitement 10
his son, remained unquestioned by the
feelings Of the parent. In another moment
the youth was stretched across the bed,
locking the father in bis embrace, and sob
bing out inartcuIate words, non Of which
could understand. The aunt was as
much at loss to solve the mystery Of the
violent paroxysm as myself; for some time
mother Of US could put a question the
sObbings Of the youth seemed to chain up
our tongues by the charm Of the eloquence
Of natures impassioned language Mean
while, Martha entered, ran forward to the
bedside, lifted her brother from the posi-
ton which be occupied, and seated him, by
the application Of some force, on the empty
chair that stood 10y the side of the bed.


(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Year: 1871




The famous old Novely Works in New
Y York city, says the Scientific American
OF this week, once scene OF constant ae-
hvlty, now present an aspect Of desolation.
The machinery is all removed, and the en-
tire floor Of the principal building is empty,
save that in the centre stands flying ma
chine


We know not who is the inventor Of
his machine. The watcbman of the prem
ises told US it had been left to its own de
WEES for SIX weeks or more, and strange TO
say, that it bad proved failure a
watchman's judgment, however, is not gen
orally very reliable on such matters, and
as our questioning failed to elicit any
knowledge of the principles Of the device,
we examined it minutely ourselves. AS
many of our readers are interested in the
subject Of aerial navigation, we place be-
fore them a description of the mechanism


1t is designed to be driven by steam. A
two horse power vertical boiler is supported
in a light frame at the bottom Of the ma
chine. AT one side Of the toD Of this frame
is placed one of Roots rotary engines. On
the shaft Of this engine is a inter gear,
which meshes into two others, one at the
top and another at the bottom Of the gear
on the engine shaft. The two given gears
are respectively keyed to a solid shaft and
a hollow shaft, the former rising vertically
through the latter. Thus equal but reverse
motion is secured in the two shafts.


Each shaft carries propeller screw
made Of light metallic frame work, with
blades Of canvas stretched over skeleton
frames Of iron. The arms of the wings
or blades are OF hollow brass tubing, taper
ing from their junction with tue shafts to
the extremities of the wings. They are
braced lateraIly and vertically by small
IRON rods. We Judge the diameter of the
counter propellers thus formed to be about
twenty feet.


The object Of giving them reverse mo-
ticn is evidently TO preven the machine
from spinning around on its vertical axis,
as would be the case if only one propeller
we're employed.


These propellers must, if revolved rap
idly, exert considerable elevatlng power,
but the weight Of the machine il evidently
greater than their capacity, unless they are
revolved at a velocity that would break
some part Of the machinery.


We long ago said that the solution OF tie
problem Of flying machines would be found
in the discovery Of materials Of combined
strength and liSLtness, yet unknown 20
science, and also in the invention oil a mo
tor having a power,in proportion to weight,
comparable to that Of the pectoral muscles
Of birds. Those who seek success in aerial
navigation mus first solve these prelmi-
nary problems, which, at every experiment
in artificial flight demonstrates. are yet
without solution.
Year: 1871

From the London Daily Telegraph.


At the beginning of the century the
Prince Regent was the guest of the
great Duke of Bedford at Newmarket.
One night, in company with many gay
and dissolute comrades, the Prince re-
paired after dinner to the public gamb-
ling rooms, then not less accessible to
all corners than the Kursaal of Homburg
or the Conversazionhau of Baden Ba-
den is to-day. The Prince played long
and deep at the fascinating game OF
French hazard and not until the pure
rays Of morning had for hours been
streaming through the skylight above
his head did he rise from his seat, with
flushed cheek an6 an angry brow.


Accustomed to heavy losses, the
Prince had on this particular night beer
so numerically "plucked" that some
suspicion of foul play flashed across his
clouded and excited brain. SeiEing tho
dice with which he had been playing
and turning to the proprietor, the roya
gam0ler said: "You shall have checl
tomorrow morning for what have los
if on examination l find that you hav,
won it fairly" Deep Was the dismas
with which the fashionable "hell-keeper'
heard the threat Of his formidable vic
tim The dice, which had long been biz
fraudulent instruments Of robbery, were
he well knew, heavily plugged with lead


Disgrace and punishment stared hin
in the face But with quick -witted read
mess he noticed that poor kinsman o
the Duke of Bedford, guest under th'
same roof which sheltered the Prince
still fingered in the gambling room
Calling this gentleman" aside, the gam
bling house keeper offered to give hin
a large sum if he would enter tn
Princes bedroom and substitute an hon
est pair of dice for the "loaded'' o
''cogged' cubes of ivory which th'
Prince had carried off


The bribe was accepted; and, as tn
Royal roae slept the heavy sleep OF ex
haustiop, the exchange was effected. Ol
the following day, after having cause'
the dice to be sawn in two, the Primo
gave instructions that the debt shoul'
be discharged; and this very sum wa
included in the balance-sheet of his liza
bilities which the Prince subsequent.
laid before the House of Commons.
Year: 1871

YOU till Uncle Greycoat' was beginning to
get the best of it. Well, when we'd settled
him with our hatchets, we carried you back
here and Sergei Antonovitch ran all the
way to Sakoiniki for the German doctor,
end he's been and tied up your arm, and
soys you are sure to recover if you only
keep quiet"


And recover he did, sure enough; at
least, when l met him at Bogorodsko last
GUNNER he was well enough to run mile
shoulder TO shoulder with me, and break a
thick sapling like stick of sealing-wax.
And after the race 1 went home to tea with
him, and saw the VOLTS head Gts skin he
had sold TO a Russian officer) nailed up
above the door of his hut. And the old
man who lent him the knife told me the
who.c story, just as I've given ii you; and
he told me too, that from that day forward
The whole village called Vladimir nothing
but "NIuieek Bogatler," or the Peasant
Hero.
Year: 1871

and Consumption.


Probably never before in the whole history of
medicine, has anything won so widely and so deeply
upon the confidence of mankind, this excellent
remedy for pulmonary complaints. Through long
series of years, and among most of the races Of
men it has risen higher and higher in their estima.
ton, as it has become better known. Its uniform
character and power to cure the various affections
of the lungs and throat, have made it known
liable protector against them. While adapted to
midcr forms of disease and to young children it is
at the same time the most efrectua remedy that
be given for incipicnt consumption, and the dam
gerous affections of the throat and lungs. As pro-
vision against sudden attacks Of Group. it should
be kept on hand in every family, and indeed as all
sometimes subject to colds and coughs, all
should be provided with this antdote for them.


Although settled Consumption is thought in
curable still great numbers of cases where the dis
ease seemed settled, have been completely cured,
and the patient restored to sound health by the
Cherry Pectoral. So complete is its mastery
over the disorders of the Lungs and Throat, that
the most obstinate of them yield to it. When moth
ing else could reach them, under the Cherry Pee
toral they subsde and disappear.


Singers aud Public Speakers find great pro.
lection from it.


asthma is always relieved and often wholly
cured by it.


Bronchitis is generally cured by taking the
Cherry Pcctordl in small and frequent doses.


For Cough and Cold, no better remedy can
be had. Take small doses three times a day and
put the feet in warm water at night, until the
disease is broken up.


For Influenza, when it affects the throat or
lungs, take the same course.


For WhOOping Cough, give small doses three
or four times a day.


For Group, give large and frequent doses until
the disease is overcome.


No family should be without the Cherry Pccto-
raj on hand to protect them, in case of attack
from the above complaints. Its timely use often
spares the patient great amount of suffering and
risk, which he would incur by waiting until he
could get other aid. Parents keep it in your houses
for the exigencies that arise. Lives dear to you
may be saved byit.


So generally are its virtues known, that we need
not publish certificates of them here, or do more
than the public that the best qualities
possessed are strictly maintained.


Prepared by DIR. j. C. AVER & Co., Practical
and Analytical Chemists, Lowell, Mass and sold
all round the world.


Sold by II. II. MITCHELL, Elkton, and all Druggists
and dealers everywhere. Nov ~ lS70-ly
Year: 1871

Protests against the fragrant misuse OF their
charters by the railways In compelling people TO take
palace cars, whether they wish or not are numerous
Here Ia from person who specifies pretty clearly
where the abuse les AT Albany train was made up
OF five drawingroom cars and but one ordinary hrst-
class One hundred and forty ladies' ana gentlemen
holding tickets emitting TO rstcass passage. were
crowded into and around this only prepared for
which could not seat OF Upon our appeals to
the officers OF the train ndierentiy told that
there were plenty OF seats in the drawngroom ahead
which we could occupy by paying for extra, u to syra
cuse 81 25 TO Rochester 81 so to Buffalo, ana IS To oh-
caeo and 40 on Some 20 or had TO submit TO these
conditions or not get standing place upon the train
and those who would not submit to the imposition were
told they might or could wator the next train Finally
when the officers found that tho passengers were not
likely 20 submit 10 this ndigny and fraud attempted to
bo upon them AT the very last moment an
other ear added 70 the train which stll wss aot al
eluate Tor uearU all"
Year: 1871

wind as shown those recorded By tho observers by
a careful examination OF tho vane. A selfregstering
vane is used here.


The rain gauge consists Of cylinder with funnel
shaped top the OF the end OF the funnel being ten
times as great as that OF one end Of the cylinder A
measungrod accompanies each ten inches on the rod
denotng one inch Of rainfall The sefregistering rain
gauge one the ingenious Instruments 10 be seen
in the office OF the Chief Signal Officer Tho cylinder
in which the falls placed the roof end connects
with the instrument by means OF tube winch conducts
the water into glass receiver This is suspended within


larger receiver and Is connected by means OF complex
mechanism with pencil. the point OF which Is placed
against card which is at the same time drawn along
bv being attached TO clock that the whole card is
drawn past the pencil day The hours are marked
on the card by lines drawn across from top TO bottom
A the receiver fills with water it slowly falls bringing
the pencil down at the time. When half an inch Of
rain has fallen pencil has reached the bottom Of tho
paper and the receiver empties itself by means Of
syphon at the time rising TO the top and taking
the pencil with IT. This instrument is delicate that it
registers the thousandth OF an inch OF rain.


THE OBSERVER sERGEANTs-THER REPORTS


Having been supplied with these instruments the ordi
nary not sefregiserngJ and having been instructed in
the and OF them at the school established for
that purpose at Fort whpple opposte Washington. on
Virginia side OF Potomac having passed his
examination satisfactorily tho observer sergeant Or
dered TO his station He Immediately procures room IN
the upper story of building with windows facing north
and near the telegraph office which Is to receive ana
transmit his reports He Immediately sets up his instru
ments and furnishes his Office and then reports to the
office at Washington that he is ready to begin oDserVa
TONS Six obsery at0ns made each day at each sta


on three telegraphed and three to be sent to the
Washington Office by mail. Those TO be tele-
graphed are taken simultaneously by all OF the
observers at O'Clock o.. M, s:30 p. M, ana MD
night, Washington time. Those TO be transmitted
by mail made at o'clock o. m, and and p in'
local time The msrnng report which Is the most COM
pete Is taken In the following manners First the hSht
of the barometer taken and after correction for eeya


ton temperature noted in hundredths OF inches then
the reading the exposed thermometer the relative m
midty and the direction of the wind; after this tho We
ocy of the wind recorded. and then the state OF the
weather. clear" "fair." "light rain," "heayy ran"
"snOw" or hail" &C. In this report the amount ana
kind of upper and oer clouds also gyen and the
amount of rainfall during the past "a hours This entire
report by of figures is transmitted with only 20
words teegrapng and from the elaborate reports
furnished the press made out The following ia
specimen of the morning report as made out at each
station and telegraphed to every other one OF the co.
Year: 1871

/. The symptoms Of Liver
Complaint are uneasineas
and pain in the side. Some
times the pain is in the
shoulder, and is mistaken


for rheumatism. The stom-
ach is effected with loss OF
appetite and sickness, bowels
in general costive, some
stimes alternating with lax
/ with pain, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable loss


Of memory, accompanied


with painful sensation of hav-


ing left undone something


which ought to have been


done. Often complaining or
weakness, debility and low
.snirits Sometimes many or
Year: 1871

Register your orders early in
the Custom Department, which
consists of Suits in effective and
stylish combination, while our
Coatings, Trousering3 and Vest
ings arc Of that elegance of taste
and chasteness Of colors, from
the silent to the loud, calculated
to please the most fastidious low
cr of fine trimmings, artistic cut
and stylish make.
Year: 1871

That portion of Cad Perkins battery
found by Detective Officer VIM. Watson a
the headquarters of the pestiferous Cad,
has been left for the present at the hard.
ware store of Fall, Spain & Fall, and may
be seen in one of the shOw-windows Of that
establishment. 1t consists of q cavalry
pistol, belt and holster, all somewhat d.
lapidated, as if having been long time in
use. Cad said if he had always carried
these trusty instruments with him, and
had done 80 especially on his last rounds,
he would not now be wounded and in jail.
He insists that when he gets out, it will be
long time before he is again caught nap
ping. He will, however, be much older
then and perhaps easier caught.
Year: 1871

The celebration of st. Georges Day by
our English inhabitants yesterday, and the
picnic at Priestly's Spring, was altogether
a grand and most successful affair. 1t Is
estimated that fully eight hundred persons
took passage on the good steamer Tyrone,
and participated in the festivities of the
dav. One especial feature of this picnic,
was the large number of families present,
and it Is gratifying also to note that with
the large attendance upon the ground not
a single thing occurred to mar the pleas
ures Of the day.


There were two bands of music on the
boat. the Post Band and Bushs String
Band, and on going to and returning from
the grounds dancing was INDUCED In by the
Young folks. Arriving at the grounds, sets
were formed, and the terpsichorean art was
kept up steadily. There were also other
games provided for the enjoyment of those
who did not dance, such as quoits, GRO
auet, Aunt Sally, swinging, ETC., etc, and
the sociality and harmony displayed was
commendable in the highest degree, and
the whole affair reflected great credit upon
the members of the Society, and especially
to the committee who had everything so
perfectly managed. The grounds where
the picnic took place are well worthy OF
visit. They are beautifully situated In 9
sheltered dell close to the river, and the
weather was what our English friends cal
Queens weather." just as fine as could
be- We congratulate the Society upon
the enjoyment experienced on this then
] first anniversary picnic here.
Year: 1871

SPRINGFIELD, Tenn, April %, 1S71.-
The closing week has been too dull to
talk about. 1t really makes fellow duh
to think about ii, and the wind and the
dust and the cool weather have been any
thing but agreeable. The corn crop is
well nigh planted, but farmers complain
that there is not enough moisture in the
ground to sprout it. There is probably
more dust than truth in the complaint.
The chilly weather for the last few days
has kept us in constant dread of Jack
Frost and but for the clouds of last night,
death TO tender plants and buds and fruit
would have been abroad in the land to-
day A.
Year: 1871

On the strength of a capias issued the
day before, Dick Baker was on Sunday
last committed to Jail to stand his trial at
the next term Of the Criminal Court, for
the alleged crime of carving a pistol.
Year: 1871




OsdELErrE SoUFFLE. Beat the whites
yolks, three tablespoonfuls OF powdered
sugar, the rind and Juice of one lemon.
Beat well together, and bake IN a mod
crate hot oven for five minutes.


GRAHAM FLOUR MUFTNs. pint
of sour milk; a teaspoonful of soda;
one tablespoonful of sugar; Graham
flour enough to make n thick battel.
Bake IN rings, or drop the batter II
spoonfuls on a square tin. A little sal
should be added to the batter before
baking.


To CLEAN Tn WABE Common So
da can not he beat for cleaning tin
ware To use, dampen a cloth and dip
in soda, and rub thew ware rriskiy, after
which wipe dry. Any rlackene1 or
dirty ware can be made to look rs well
as new.


1 A NICE WAY or SrEwING Ca1CKEys.-
Parboil two fine chickens, take them
up in pewter dish, cut them up and
separate all the Joint bones one from
another, then take ous tie breast bone,
add little of the water thew were
stewed in, blade of mace and pinch
of salt, cover cleselY with another dish,
and put it to stew until the fowls ere
/ tender-serve hot IN the same -
Rabbits, partridges and other ss.he
may be served IN the same way.


FELoNs. following simple pre-
scription is recommended as a enre for
this distressing ailment: Take common
rock salt, such as is used for sailing
pork or beef, dry In an oven, then
pound fine, and mix spirits of turpen-
tine equal parts. Put it on a cloth and
wrap round the parts affected. and as
it gets dry put on more, and in twenty
four hours you are cured-the felon
will be dead. 1t viii 10 No harm to
try it.


To BRolL FIsH.-When fsh are
broiled, the bars of the grid-iron
should be rubbed over with little but
ter. Then place ycur fish, skin side
down, aud do not turn it until nearly
done through. Save all your butter
till the fish is dished. In this way YOU
save the juices Of the ii n too Fish
should be broiled slowly When served,
fish should not he laid over each other.
if it can be avoided, The top ones
will be made tender and moist by the
steam aud will break to pieces.


TREATMENT OF MAD-DoG BTrEs.-Dr.
Nathan r. Smith, of Baltimore, says
that he has in the course of dfty years
practice, treated many cases of bites 10y
rabid dogs, aud always with success, If
called upon within three days after the
bite. His method of treatment is to
instantly wash again aud again with soap
and water, AID then apply TO it a cylin-
drical piece OF caustic potash cut in the
shape of peacil point. This shoald
be held in the wound firmly for fifteen
minutes. After the application of the
caustic, the wound should be poulticed
with bread and milk for two days, and
then dressed with a simple salye. A
mere scratch is more dangerous than a
deep wound, as In the latter case the
flow of blood is apt to carry out the
poison with it.