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Year: 1873

SALE OF THE BEAUMONT COLLECTION


The sale Of the Beaumont Art Collection
was begun at the Clinton Hall saerools last evening
The attendance was very large and the pictures sold
quickly at fair prices list OF the paintings with she
Year: 1873

SWITZERLAND ECLIPSED BY COLORADO
The mountain ranges of Colorado cover n
area of from Sky thousand to seventy
thousand square miles This excludes
bodily the entire territory east of thus
point.


All Switzerland covers sixteen thousand
square miles, or, to be accurate, fifteen
thousand nine hundred and ninety. The
fact is, Switzerland, compared to Colorado,
is as one of the little wooden toy cows to
living buffalo. You can take the whole
little country, and set it down in either
the North, or Middle, or South Park, with
out touching the rim of the mountain with
in these grand and singular Enclosures
These parks are each Of them from twenty.
four thousand to twenty eight thousand
square miles in extent. and San Luis is.
nearly as large as all three, as to the
magnitude, which is certainly an element
of mountain scenery. As to the pure
scenic beauty, of course the evidence car
not be reduced to figures but it is rea.
sonable to suppose that this vast cxpanse
of gigantic ranges, endless canons, bottom
| less gulches with lakeets swung twelve
thousand feet in the air, and its cascades
and icy waterfalls still higher-with its
eternal snow and preAdamite stone for
est Of tropical effiorescence-offers all of
picturesque and wild effect that any other
land or region can claim. Call Switzer-
land the " miniature Colorado of Europe" ="
if you will, but let US be done forever
with the other phrase, which has no mean
ing in itself, and is detraction of our
land.-Lum5erman's Magazine.
Year: 1873

AN ExpLANATIoN.-It has puzzled many
people to decide why the dark wood so
highly valued for furniture should be
called rosewood. Its color certainly does
not look much like that of the rose, so we
must look for some other reason. Upon
asking we are told that when the tree is
first cut, the fresh wood possesses a very
strong rose-like fragrance hence the name
There are half dozen or more kinds of
rosewood trees The varieties are found in
South America and in the East Indies and
neighboring islands. Sometimes the trees
grow so large that planks four feet broad
and ten in length can be cut from one Of
them. These broad planks are principally
used to make the tops of pianofortes. When
growing in the forest, the rosewood tree is
remarkable for its beauty, but such is its
value in manufactures as an ornamental
wood that some Of the forests where it
once grew abundantly now have scarcely
single specimen. In Madras, the gov
ernment has prudently had great planta-
tions of this tree set out, in order to keep
up the supply.
Year: 1873

AMATEUR CooPERAGE.-Putting hoop
on the family -four barrel is an operation
that will hardly bear an encore. The
woman generally attempts it before the
man comes home to dinner. She sets the
hoop on the end of the slaves, takes de-
liberate aim with the rolling pin, and then
shutting both eyes, brings the pin down


with all the force of one arm, while the
other instinctively shields her face. Then
she makes a dive for the camphor and
unbleached muslin, and when the man
comes home she is sitting back of the
stove, thinking of St. Stehpen and other
martyrs, while burnt dinner and the cam
phor are struggling heroically for the mas
terry. He says if she had kept her tenn
per she wouldn't have got hurt. And be
visits the barrel himself, and puts the hoop
on very carefully, and adjusts it so nicely
to the top of every stave that only few
smart knocks apparently are needed to
bring it down right then he laughs to


himself to think what a fuss his wife kicked
up over simple matter that only needed
a little patience to adjust itself, and then
he gets one hammer and fetches the hoop
a sharp rap on the side, and the other side
flies up and catches him on the bridge of
the nose, filling his soul with wrath and
his eyes with tears, and the next instant
that barrel is flying across the room accom-
panied 10y the hammer, and another candi-
date for camphor and rag is enrolled in
the great army that is increasingly march
ing toward the grave.-Danbury Neps.
Year: 1873

SPIDERS TRAVELLING BY BALLooN.-A
correspondent of the Scientific american
relates singular incident. In company
with other persons, he was crossing Seneca
Lake on the 10th of October. when a
small wave was seen near the centre of
the lake, caused by the moving of some
insects. Upon investigating the matter,
it was found that three spiders we're Gid
ing over the surface of the water and at
tached to them was a single thread, the
size of knitting needle. extending into
the air to the height of thirty feet at an
angle of sixty7, and terminating with an
enormous balloon-shaped web. This latter
was Judged to be eight feet long and five
feet wide, with stays fastened to the main
thread, something similar to those of a
balloon, and it was managed, apparently
by an innumerable number of the insects
stationed at proper intervals. The party
attempted to take closer view, but when
within few feet of the web it began to
rise, though the last spider, which proved
to be about the size of house fly, Was
brought back by the stroke of an oar
Toe balloon went onward and upward until
lost to sight.
Year: 1873

There is many a rest onlthe road of life,
five only would step to take it,;
And many a tone from the bett r land,
If the querulous heart would wake it.
To the sunny soul that is full of hope,
And whose beautiful trust ne'er faileth,
Though the wintry storm prevalent.
Better to hope, though the clouds hang low,
And to keep the eyes still lifted;
For the sweet blue sky will soon peep tn rough,
When the ominous clouds are lifted.
There was never night without day.
Nor evening without morning;
And the darkest hour, the proverb goes,
Is the hour before the dawning.
There is many gem in the path of life,
Which we pass in our idle pleasure,
That Is richer far than the jewelled crown
the misers boarded tr reasure;
1t may be the love of little child,


Or mothers prayer to heaven,
Or only beggar's grateful thanks


For cup of water given.
Better to weave in the web of life


A bright and golden Fl len,
And to do Gods will with a ready heart


And hands that are swift and willing,
Than to snap the delicate silver threads


OF our curious lives asunder;
And then heaven blame f'r the tangled ends,
And sit to grieve aud wonder.
Year: 1873

Though here the base concomitants


OF slavery. pride, and Incidence.


Have tainted and depraved their morals
And Cpd the sluices to all evils:


Yet men of worth are sometimes found
And men of genius here aboun1:


To wit. the patriot Washington,


With Jefferson and Madison,


Our worthy President Monroe,


And others but Il grade below"


The writer in the National Teacher
knew the author of this work, and gives a
pleasant description of him. He was a stage
driver and an expressman of the day,
between small town in Litchfeld County
and hartford:


"He was full of life, and everybody
liked to ride with him, and hear him talk
for he was not only delightful story-teller
but had rare fund Of wisdom on almost
all topics. He was deacon in the church
of the village where he lived, was super.
intendent of the Sabbath school land a
most instructive and entertaining superin
tendent he wasj, and he often represented
his town in the General Assembly or Leg
islature of Connecticut"
Year: 1873

KEEPING COUNTRY PosT OFFICE
The free and easy manner in which some
rural post offices are kept is illustrated by
a case stated in the Belfast Me- Age.
The post Office in the town of Liberty has
been kept by proxy: Mr.. Kuowlton, ira
der, being postmaster, while the duties of
the office were done by woman, st her
house. Frequent complaints having been
made of the loose manner in which it was
kept, Mr.. Carr the agent Of the Post Office
Department, proceeded to make an inves-
tigation. Stopping incognito in the vii
lage, he visited the post Office and found no
difficulty in abstracting quite number Of
letters. During the same evening, after
arrival of the mail, he called again and
took away. the mail bag, which was care
lessly left exposed. The next morning he
called upon the postmaster, who stated to
him that the mail bag had been stolen. He
thereupon informed him that he was the
supposed thief, and advised him to resign
which he did. A new postmaster will be
appointed Journal.
Year: 1873

ing several thousand years ago. and only
ending the past century. 1t began in the
necessity which men were under Of speak
ing about particular stars by which they
regulated the affairs of every day life, and
was continued by modern astronomers for
the convenience of scientific observation


Young Folks.
Year: 1873

That was brave and good little boy


who sat on the fence for two hours in the


freezing winter cold. and watched broken


railroad track, 60 a. to carry the first news
Of the impending accident to bis father,
who was local editor,
Year: 1873

A rural lady in getting on train at
the Danbury station, Saturday. was polite
enough to knock at the car door. The
brakeman managed to comfort bis visage
into a semblance of gravity until he got
the door open, and then he precipitately
adjourned. He said he thought he would
laugh his head off before he got through
with it.
Year: 1873

HEMoRRHAGE FROM EXTRACTING TEETH.
The remedies are few and simple, and
can be had in every family. The first
remedy is cold water, held in the mouth
and copiously used on the outside. This,
in many cases. will be sufficient; yet there
are instances when this will not answer.
In such a case take cotton or lint. we'll
soaked in a strong solution of alum water,
rolled up in small. hard wad, and press
it firmly up the cavity of the tooth so as
to reach the mouth of the bleeding vessel,
and at the same time close your teeth up
on and compress it so as to retaiu it IN
that position, where it should be kept from
two to twelve hours without being re-
moved. This remedy we have never
known to fail. 1t is simple, easily applied
and within the reach Of every person.
Year: 1873




At the recent international Exhibition
in London series of machinery were
exhibited manufacturing envelopes from
the roll of papers to the finished article,
gummed and counted into packets, per-
feet in all respects for immediate use.


In this series the web, as the roll of
paper is called, is drawn along by suit
able rollers and cut into sheets, one of the
chief features of the machine being the
method of varying the rate of advance Of
the web, that is, the size of the sheets.
On the roll shaft and that of the knife
are deeply hanged pulleys, the rings OF
which are in segments; the radial
arms carrying these segments are ope-
rated ON by wedges attached to collar
which can be slid along the shaft, so
that, when the wedges are brought into
play, and to just the extent to which
they are advanced or withdrawn, the
pulley is increased or decreased in
diameter. The proportions of these
pulleys, in respect to circumference, are
preserved by an ingenious piece of
mechanism, so that the driving belt in
connection with them is always at the
same tension.


When the sheets are cut to size they
are passed through milling rolls, where
they are glazed, are then piled to about
an inch in thickness under shaping
press, consisting of a series of punches,
which cut the heaps into the shape OF
an open envelope. The operations OF
cumming and folding, most ingeniously
effected, are then in order. The lip OF
the envelope is sometimes embossed by
the cutters at the same operation as the
cutting, but special embossing is per-
formed by separate machine, as are
also black bordering and the folding.
Year: 1873

The Council of the'London Society of
Arts have recently taken steps to obtain
analysis of the mud produced by the
concussion of vehicles on the different
sorts of pavements, which may be said
to be analysis of the different sorts of
dust generated by vehicular traffic, and
inhaled by the population, as we'll as
spread over their skins. An analysis of
the mud from the old granite pavement
in the city gave more than so per cent.
of horse dung, II per cent. of abraded
iron, and the rest mixture likely to be
conducive to the tuberculous disease OF
the lungs, so widely prevalent among
the population. Corresponding expert
ments are about to be made in Paris.
Year: 1873

A TRAVELLER in Texas was invited to
drink at small town where he had
stopped He says: ~ woke up next
morning and found myself on top of a
hay-stack-my horse eating from said
stack-with my coat on, and myself with
both arms inserted through the stirrups
of my saddle, and the surcingle around
nv neck, acting as a necktie. r,
Year: 1873

c., would now saw that be wished what
be had said TO stand, and il he had
snticp pated what the Senator from
Missouri had just stated. be would not
have made the qualification be did; be
did not agree with that Senator when he
asserted that he had done nothing to
cause uniriendly feelings, be, (Mr. c.
knew as well as any one how man
could throw out insinuations and then
shrink from them.


He well remembered how atlast session
he and others were covered all over
with insinustions and accusations false
in conception, and false in tact. There
fore that Senator must pardon him il be
dissented from his statement that be
had so conducted himself on this floor
as to provoke the resentment of no one.
The Senator might now have the last
word tor no matter what he might say,
he-Mr. C.-should not reply further.


Mr. Schurz SAID the Senator himself
wanted the last word. He had no
cause to retract anything he had sail,
aud would nerely repeat his opinion
that it the long time which had eIsps-
ed and the bitter campaign which had
been passed through, that he should
have been protected from these person.
al and unfair assaults.


Mr.. Cameron then obtained the floor
and without proceeding, gave way when
the Senate went into executive session
and then adjourned.
Year: 1873

On Moud'y, the engine Of a section
Of freight train ran of the track on
the B Il Q. R R, at Am6ersburg.
While the train was standing upon the
track a second section came sloog and
ran into the rear end, causing q smash
up. The engineer Of the ir-t section,
- Williams, was badly injurei when
bis engine Jumped the track. No 9TH
er person on the train Wa hurt Some
time vas spent 10 clearing away the
wreck, as the Wheeling Accommoda-
ton due here at To- 10 \, did not ar
rive until FIVE on the following morn
ing.-CVmEzLuA Tp1a.
Year: 1873

As might be expected, the testimony
taken by the special committee Of tine
House and their report on the condition
of affairs in Louisisns over year age
is quoted from largely by those who
oppose Casey. THERE'S no question but
that the report OF the committee is
against Casey, and the wonder is that
10 view OF facts therein set forth be
was again nominated


1t is the i'm OPPRESSION that the vote on
Casey's confirmation will be very close.
He is strongly opposed by Senator
West, who is a Republican, an 4 the on
ly Representative now from Louisiana
in the Senate.


The Louisiana Troubles.


The circular letter addressed by Nc
Emery, of Louisiana, 10 the Governors
OF the several States, asking them to
call the attention OF their Senators and
members of Congress to the condition
Of affairs in Louisiana, has created con-
siderable comment here. The illusions
made in the letter to the depressing
effect of the situation in Louisiana, on
bus ness especially at New Orleans, are
confirmed by advices from that city -
McEuery's friends have been ursing
upon the President the nece s'ty OF call
ing an extra session of Congress TO set
tie the matter The main reasons urged
is the condition OF business, which is
not likely to revive as long as there is
doubt as to which government will be
recognized.


Kellos's friends have also been at the
White House, and they have learned
from the President that be does not
intend to do anything but preserve the
peace. He will leave with Congress at
it's next session the responsibility OF
settling the difficulty.
Year: 1873

Congress, after hard struggle, made
at the lat session. provision TOR the
census takers OF 1860, who had been de
MED their paw TOR taking the Southern
side in the war In order TO save this
cIass Of claiments the expense OF sttor-
news lees, the Interior Department has,
upon the suggestion OF Hon. James B
Beck prepared the following circular
for their information
Year: 1873

THE impolicy of depositing boxes contain
ing valuable securities and papers in the
vaults Of national banks has met with an
other substantial illustration in the case of
the Atlantic National Bank in New York.
The regular depOsitOrs will, in measure, be
protected from loss by the law which makes
the stockholders Of national banks liable for
double the amount of their but those
Who lost their valuables by ng them in
a place where there was no leg - responsible
ity for their safe keeping, will, in all prObabil-
ity. get nothing for their indlScretion beyond
that wisdom which is gained by sad expert
ence. Such deposits are net only liable to be
stolen by burglars from outside, but, as the
result shows, can easily be appropriated and
quietly spirited away BY a dishonest official
inside the bank. One hundred and sixty thou
sand dollars Of valuables were thus disposed
of by TAINToR, and those who placed them


In the vaults OF the bank have no other rem
edy than will be accorded to them In the per


sOnal punishment, whatever that may be, o.
the defaulting cashier.
Year: 1873

WILMINGToN, April Both, 1873.
Mr.. EDITOR
At this day of investigation and reform it is
rather humiliating to observe members of the
city Council engaged in employing lobbyists to
prostitute legislation But such is the fact as the
proceedings of a late meeting Of City Council
plainly divulged.


At the previous meeting of Council bill was
presented by Mr.. Pickels, sud passed, II favor of
MIR. Geo. V. Massey, lobbyist, for seven hundred
aud seventy-hve dollars (S775). At the succeeding
meeting Of Council a communication from Mr..
Massey was received disclaiming that the amount
was due him, aud stating that only portion Of it
belonged to him, and the remainder some six hun
dred and seventy-five dollars he asked to distri-
butte between four other gentlemen whose names
were not given, as these would be honorable gen.
tlemen declined to allow their names to appear in
| such a disgraceful transaction. Could any mem
Der of Council have been one of these four men?
What reflection it is on the members of the
Legislature, when it stated in Council that it
was the only way in which bills could be passed.
Even the president Of the. City Council, who
was also member of the Legislature admitted
/ he advised person to engage in this business
As lawyer he must have known it was contrary
TO all law to employ lobbyists to prostitute legis-
laton and therefore it was a violation of the
pledges no had given to both bodies of which 10
was q member.


visited the Legislature on one occasion and
| returned home dlsgusted. l found Dover full oil
members of what We are enclined to believe an
honorable profession and yet many of these same
men were lowering around the halls of legislation
seeing what they could gather up, reminding u
of ghoUls lowering over the graves OF the dead OF
of vultures over a corrupt carcus, q disgrace tC
their profession and STAIN on the Legislature
While such men are harbored and members o.
the Legislature will listen 70 them, what can vi
expect but corrupt and venal legislation.
Therefore let the tax payers who are the suf
fsreTs mark all such men and when they come be
tore them for their suffrages, let them know tina
only honorable and upright men can receive thsi
support for public position.


The resolutions offered in Council by the mem
ber from the Sd ward were to the point and Ger
tainly fair as they left the matter to the decis
sion OF the City Solicitor and although defeated b
the Republican majority, do hope the minorit
in Council will not let the matter end here, bul
carry it to the courts. In which they will ez
pose all connected with this nefarious scheme an


put stop to such illegal aud corrupt pratices, an


hundreds of Tax payers are ready and willing
: aid them with their means to accomplish to dssi
able an end. ONE OF MANY.
Year: 1873

at Fsirmout, in which he states that
he keeps himself informed of the num-
Der of graduates from that school who
are teaching. He says that seventy
Eve ofthese graduates are now teaching
in the common schools OF the State. l
have no report from the other schools,
on that subject, but suppose there are
two hundred in all now teaching, who
are graduates OF these schools. Al
lowing thirty children to the teacher,
this would place under their tuition six
thousand children Of the State


In conclusion, l beg leave to say that
in my opinion the Legislature could
not strike more serious blow at the
prosperity OF the free school system OF
the State, than to abolish the present
system of normal training ei the
teachers of the State. The number OF
Normal.schools might possibly be de
miuished, without serious detriment to
the service, il in doing so, such as were
retained could be made more efficient,
But in doing this it would be difficult
to discriminate between them, without
sectional injustice. To abolish sll Of
them would in my judgment be very
disastrous to our already well regulated
and excellet system OF free schools.


Very respectfully,


B. W. BYRNE,


State Sup't Free Schools.
Year: 1873

cian and a nurse, and she returns no
more to her post because her spirit has
at last flown away to the better land, TO
hear the heavenly sslutatiou, "Well
done, good and faithful servant, enter
thou into the JOY OF thy Lordr Does
there yet linger within the marrow,
pent up and unheavenly bounds of Sec
tsrianism a spirit so mean SIS to sneer
at or ridicule the splendid heroism OF
this woman? II such there be, let
them not dare assail the glorious rec
ord OF a Christian saint; in doing go
they mock the Christ that msde charity
for mankind, sealed with ones life
blood, the highest testimony sn1 type
OF Christian perfection.
Year: 1873

WISH TO PURCHASE A PAIR OF CARRIAGE
/ Horses-Must be Stylish young, sound and well
broken must be cheap for cash no anc prices consd,
given with cash price, and where to be
Address LEGITIMATE, Herald Office Owners OF horses
in the country and city please answer.
Year: 1873

An old maid living out in I'LL
nois, whom every man had gone
back on or neglected, on aocount
Of the near approach ofthe scar
and yellow Leaf and numerous
anatomical ang'lsri6es, has lstc-
ly fallen heir to seven thousand
acres of land f; and now Ill the
marrying men for miles around,
think she is just too cunning for
anything, and wonder why they
never thought Of marrying her
before. The old gal says she has
stood it so long. and she guesses
she can play the game out on q
lone hand. E,la. ......
Year: 1873

T..


FOR reasons too plain to argue, it is believed that
thousands OF honest voters this State far from
being satisfied with the purposes of the candidates
o the Two political parties now in the field are hope
less Oh any reform through them and to whom furth
or partizan alliance is felt to be useless and slavsh
saerhce' Salvation can alone come of better class
Oh pupnc men, men to whom the people instructive
y turn as the types of personal honor, and whom
caueuses well nigh seem to despse.


To refrain from voting because discouraged and
disgusted with partzan recklessness is what no pood
citizen must longer do; and yet to get pure and un
selfish men before the people by conventional means
seems impossible. To call them by the popular voice
is all that is left to do Realizing this most deeplv
and that not even the hamper of personal desires
and obligations shall attach to the movement it is
determined to present in this informal way to the
people of Maine the name of the


HON. JOS, H. WILLIAMS,


OF AUGUSTA,