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Year: 1871

From the journal of Telegraph.


Mr.. Green, the famous diver, gives the
following sketch of what he saw at the


''Silver Banks, near Hayti:


"The banks of coral on which my
divings were made are about forty miles
in length, and from ten to twenty miles
in breadth. On this bank of coral is
presented to the diver one of the most
beautiful and sublime scenes the eye
ever beheld. The water varies from ten
toione hundred feet in depth, and is so
clear that the diver can see from two to
three hundred feet when submerged
with but little obstruction to the sight
The bottom of the ocean, in many
places is as smooth as a marble floor;
in others it is studded with coral col
umns from ten to one hundred feet in
diameter The tops of those more lofty
support myriad of pyramidal pendants,
each forming a myriad more, giving
reality to the imaginary abode Of some
water nymph. In other places the pen
dants form arch over arch; and, as the
diver stands on the bottom Of the ocean,
aud gazes through the deep winding
avenues, he finds that they fl him with
as sacred an awe as if he were in some
old cathedral which had long been buried
beneath old oceans wave Here and
there the coral extends to the surface OF
the water, as if the loftier columns were
towers belonging to those stately temples
that are now in ruins. There were
countless varieties of diminutive trees,
shrubs and plants in every creyice of
the corals where water had deposited
the earth. They were all of faint hue
owing TO the pale light they received,
although of every shade, and entirely
different from plants that | am familiar
with that Vegetate upon dry land. One
in particular attracted my attention; it
resembled q sea fan of immense size,
variegated colors, and most brilliant hue.
The fish which inhabit these Silver
Banks" found as different in kind as
the scenery was varied. They were Of
alt forms, eolors, sizes--from the sym
metrical goby to the globe-like sunish,
from the dullest hue to the changeable
lolrb;n - tinN.-
Year: 1871

Newspapers in Maine complain that
women, even in the small towns Of that
Stats, have adopted to an alarming ex-
tent the practice of eating arsenic. The
object. as most people know, is to give
whiteness and clearness TO the complex
ion, and in some parts Of Continental
Europe the habit is very common. By
gradual increase of the dose, one may
take with impunity, so far as Immediate
risk is concerned, enough arsenic to kill
several strong men not accustomed to its
use. The secret, however, is soon be
trayed in the oountenanoes Of the vic
tins to the practice. A deadly pallor
settles upon the face and lips, and an
unnatural brightness steals into the eye


It's said, too, that q person once firmly
attached 10 its use finds Il almost impos-
sible TO give up the fatal practice. No
doubt the custom now so prevalent Of
dyeing the hair 10 the various blonde T"
shades is responsible for the intrOdue-
ton Of this new and perilous device.
Year: 1871

GOOd Ola fashioned Ghost story


G. Abbey, in Cheshire, is the ancestra


seat of the C. family, says a writer in


late number of ALT the Year Round. Th


old part of this fine old mansion has beel


made into bedrooms and offices, no
being in keeping with the splendor o
modern requirements. Thus, what uset
to be called the coved saloon was frs
degraded into a nursery, and is nov
used as bedroom. When the late Lore
G. grew old, this room, in which he haC
played as a child, was occupied by hi
niece, Miss p, who, before her marriage
resided in this house. Lady c. dress
ing-room was only divided from this
coved saloon - by short corridor.


One evening Miss P. was alone dress
ing for very late dinner, and as she
rose from her toilet glassto get some ar.
ticle Of dress, she saw standing near her
bed-a little iron one, placed out in the
room away from the wall-the figure of a
child dressed in very quaint frock, with
an odd little ruff around its neck. For
some moments Miss p. stood and stared,
wondering how this strange little crea-
ture could have entered her room. The
full glare of the candles was upon its
face and figure. As she stood looking at
it the child began to run round and round
the bed in wild, distressed way, with a
look of suffering on its little face. lst


Miss p, still more and more surprised,
walked up to the bed and stretched out
her hand, when the child suddenly van
ished, how or where she did not see, but
apparently into the floor She went at
once to Lady C1s room and inquired OF
her to whom the little girl could belong
she had just seenin her room, expressing
her belief that it was supernatural, and
describing her odd dress and troubled
face. 1uo,.vna a....


The ladies went down to dinner for
many guests were staying in the house.
Lady c. thought and thought over this
strange appearance AT last she re-
membered that Lord G.. had told her
that one of his earliest recollections was
the grief he felt at the sudden death of
n little sister of whom he was very fond,
fourteen years old The two children
had been playing together in the nursery
the same "coved saloon running
round and round the bed-over night.
In the morning when he woke he was
told she had died in the night, and he
was taken by one of the nursery maids
to see her laid out on her little bed in
the coved saloon" 3


The sheet placed over her was re-
moved to show him her face. The hor-
ror he had felt at the first sight of death
made so vivid an impression, on him,
that in extreme old age he still recalled
it. The dress and face of the child, as
described by Miss p, agreed precisely
with his remembrance of his sister.
Both Lady C. and Miss 2. related this
TO the writer.
Year: 1871

1t possesses the very great advantage
OF carving the work in the natural way
from left to right--which enables the
operator to handle the work more readily
and to sit upright; while machines which
carry the work from the operatorrequlreI
an inclination of the body forward I detri-'
mental to health and are hard and tire
some'touse. ~ E ~ issa
Year: 1871




Since writing and enclosing my letter OF to-day
conductor Edgar Underwood, who was In charge OF
of the Oil tram, was examined at great length. His
evidence showed that some time before arriving ut
Coxsackie he discovered that ne had hot journal
stopped at Coxsackie twenty-five minutes and
starten south. He also admitted that the train had
no be-cord; that when the fagman at New Ham,
burg informed him OF the broken axle he and
two OF the three braKemen were i'm the
caboose at the rear OF tho train they gave signals to
the engineer by lamps TO stop, but he had not time
TO signal tie express train. He also made the
startling statement that during three years he
has been running freight cars not more than
twO-thlrds Of the trains we're supplied with
bedcords by which to signal the engineer from the
rear of the train. The evidence Of Underwood ls
considered very conclusive tnat ne was cr,minaly
negligent, and the wonder among the audience was
that the Coroner did not put nm under arrest until
the close OF the inquest
Year: 1871

There is not remedial agent in this world that will
cure Fever and Ague and all other Naarous Bilious
Scarlet Typhoid, Yellow and other Fevers (aided bI
Railways Pillsl so quick as Railways Ready Relief
Year: 1871

The late Hugh Miller was once
very i'll with inflammation of the
lungs, and related the following ex-
perience to his namesake, Professor
Miller. He found, as he was lying
on his bed, and no doubt just emerg-
ing from semi-delirium, that he
lost his identity. What his name
was he could not tell; but he settled
that he was travelling merchant,
selling crockery through the coun-
try to the sound of two bowls rub
bed together, and he went through
many elaborate calculations regard
ing his affairs. In the midst OF
his eye lighted on a cornice in his
bedroom, which he slowly reeogniz-
ed as something he had seen some
where before then. He followed 4
line from the cornice to the bed,
which grew familiar to him, and
finally his glance settled on his body.
He exclaimed: "Oh! I'm Hugh Mil
ler." And there was an end of the
crockery business.
Year: 1871

Some persons cut asparagus into
small pieces before cooking it; this
seems to us an unwarranted mutila-
ton. The stalk should have grown
in two days; it will then be exquis-
itely tender, of a deep green, with
head purple, glistening in the sun,
with the color of the robe of an an
cient Roman Consul; it will break
as squarely as diamond-seratched
glass, and far more easily than a
maiden's heart at the loss of her
first lover; its perfume is pungent
and agreeable; its emerald tint live
ly, and, as it is one of the earliest,so
it is one of the most grateful pro
ductions of the garden. 1t is to be
treated gently. Cut in the early
morning, while the dew yet lies up
on it refreshingly,it is to be washed
in cold water, kept in a shady place
until near the dinner hour, then put
into small quantity of water,
and boiled until it is about half
done; then the water should be
poured off and milk put in, and al
lowed to cook until a fork can be
thrust through it easily; take it up
so as not to break q stalk, and dish
it on toasted bread season, and you
have dish often asked for but sell
dom seen.
Year: 1871

The Boston Journal Of Chemistry
gives the following: We are inform
ed by DIR. Z. Worcester, of Walt
ham. that the currant worm, so de
structive to favorite fruit, may be
fully and almost immediately de
stroyed by the use of earbolate of
lime. The doctor tried the powder
in many instances during the past
summers and found that while it was
fully as effective as hellebore, it was
less disagreeable, less costly and per
fectly safe. The method of using
it is to sprinkle it over the vines As
soon as the worm makes his appear
ance, bringing it well in contact with
the leaves, and soon the insect is de
stroved. 1t will need but two or
three applications, and the work is
done. In this way, for a few cents,
large quantities of currant bushes
NAV be saved and the fruit allowed
to mature, and no danger whatever


incurred. Neither the foliage nor
the fruit is in any way injured by
the carbolate of lime 1t will be well
for our readers to remember this
when the fruit season returns.
Year: 1871

A traveller had lost himself in
one of those hot, sandy deserts, where
it is possible to journey for weeks
without seeing n human dwelling.
Almost famished by hunger and
thirst, he at length reached a shady
palm tree and spring of fresh wa
ter. Near the spring lay small
bag. "God be praised" said the
man, when he felt the bag, 'perhaps
these are peas, which may save me
from dying of hunger" He opened
the bag eagerly, and was much dis
appointed when he found that it con-
tanned pearls, which, though valuable
in themselves, are of no use to 4
man at the point of death from star
walton. However, he took courage
and prayed fervently to God, and
presently he saw q Moor riding
quickly toward him on camel, who
took pity on him and gave him
bread and fruit. This Moor was
seeking his bag of pearls which he
had lost, and upon receiving them
from the traveller he said,-


"How wonderful are the ways ol
Providence! l thought it a great
misfortune to lose the pearls, and
this same loss has afforded me the
pleasure of saving your life.'-,S
s. Tisaor.
Year: 1871

Lord -, q nobleman of great
wealth, was a man of the world
His pleasures were drawn from his
riches, his honors, and his friends
His daughter was the idol of his
heart. Much had been expended in
her education, and well did she re
pay, in her intellectual endowments
the solicitude of her parents. She
was highly accomplished, amiable
in her disposition, and winning in
her manners. They were all strangers
to God. At length Miss = at.
tended Methodist meeting in Lon
don, was deeply awakened, and soon
happily converted. Now she de
lighted in the service of the sanctu-
airy and social religious meetings.
The change was marked by her fond
father with painful solicitude. To
see his lovely daughter thus infatu-
ated was to him occasion of deep
grief, and he resolved to correct her
erroneous notions on the subject of
the real pleasures and business of
life. He placed at her disposal
large sums of money, hoping she
would be induced to go into the
fashions and eXtravagances of others
of her rank, and leave the religious
meetings, but she faithfully main
tanned her integrity. He took her
on long and frequent journeys, and
treated her in the most engaging
manner in order to divert her mind
from religion, but she still delighted
in the Saviour. After failing in
many projects, which he fondly an
ticipated would be effectual in SUBJ
DUNG the religious feelings of his
daughter, he introduced her into
company in such a manner that she
must either join in the recreations
of the party or give high offence.
Hope filled the heart of the mis-
guided father as he saw his snare
about to entangle her in its meshes.
1t had been arranged among his
friends that several young ladies
should, on the approaching festive
occasion, give a song, accompanied
by the piano-forte. The hour ar
party assembled. Sew
eral. had performed their parts to the
great delight of the party, who were
in high spirits. Miss = was called
on for song, and many hearts beat
high in hope of victory. Should
she decline, she was disgraced.
Should she comply, their triumph
was complete. This was the mo-
ment to seal her fate. With per-
feet self-possession she took her
seat at the instrument, ran her fin
gers over its keys, and commenced
playing and singing, in sweet air,
the following words:


No room for mirth or trifling here,


For worldly hope, or worldly fear,


If life so soon is gone;


If now the Judge is at the door,


And az mankind must stand before


The ineNorable throne.


No matter which my thoughts employ,


A moments misery or joy.


But oh! when both shall end,


Where shall fink my destined place:


Shall my everlasting days


With 1iends or angels spend?


She arose ffom her seat. The
whole company was subdued. Not
a word was spoken. Her father
wept aloud. One by one they 81
lently withdrew. Lord - never
rested till he became a christian.
He lived an example of christian
MISUNDERSTANDING given to the
various charitable enterprises at the
time of his death nearly half mill
ion of dollars.
Year: 1871

Take l lb. of the finest ground
Oatmeal, wet it well with warm wa
ter, knead it like wheat bread till
stiff. Roll out with rolling-pin as
thin as pie crust; cut into square
pieces, and bake in a hot oven 15
minutes. This is delicious hot, with
butter or sweet milk, and will keep
for long time in a dry place.
Year: 1871

Take one quart of sweet milk, and
thicken with fine ground Oatmeal to
a batter as you would for any other
griddle cake, add . eggs well beaten
and little salt, bake on a well
creased hot griddle. These take
longer to bake than any other grid
die cakes, and should be well butter
ed when taken off. BY keeping them
hot you can make as many of these
cakes as will do a family before you
sit down to breakfast.
Year: 1871

!. The symptoms Of Liver


Complaint are uncasiness
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 eostive,, some
*times alternating with lax
d with pain, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable loss
of memory, accompanied


with painful sensation of hay


ing left undone something
which ought to have been


done. Often complaining or
weakness, debility and low
*spirits. Sometimes many OF
Year: 1871

Reflect that a sound mind and body arc the
bappiness, Indeed, without these the journey
through through life becomes weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly darltens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowcd with despair, and filled with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
anoth;. is blighted with our own.
Year: 1871

Gilmore,s old Coliseum, at
Boston, was absurdly small
compared with the one he is
about to erect at Boston for his
jubilee, next June. The plan
contemplates a building eight
hundred and twenty-five feet
long, by four hundred and
twenty-five feet broad, with q
tower two hundred and forty
feet high rising from the cen


tre. The side towers of which
there will be four, are each one
hundred and sixty seven feet
high. The building, which
will cover eight acres, will
have seating accommodation
for one hundred and twenty
FIVE thousand people, and will
be located on the Back Bay
Year: 1871

A society for the prevention
Of cruelty to babies should be
organized at XeIia. No less
than one dozen wretcbed moth.
ers IN that village have named
their poor little innocent babies
Ulysses Grant.
Year: 1871

A GAINESVILLE man, eighty.
seven years old, was born when
his father was seventy eight,
and he wants to know If there
is another man living whose
father was born one hundred
and sixty five years ago.
Year: 1871

committed the crime Of voting not to
keep the recorded promise Of the State.
A future vote may do justice to the
holders Of the bonds but no repent


ance can wash away the stain Of repu-
diation from the history of Minnesota.
Year: 1871

4 large stock of Groceries-BUTTER HONEY, CHEESE and DRIED FRUIT which we offer for sale; wholesale and retail We adhere to cash system and sell our good remarkably low for cash. nl2
Year: 1871

THE japanese, as rude and unpoetical
as they seem to be, have fairies, genii, Peris
and imps, answering to these of which
European Juveniles tell such wonderful
tales Some of these stories are very in
genious, and would bear copying into the
fairy lore of America, while others would
be far from acceptable, owing 10 the great
difference in customs and religion. / do
not know that the subjoined tales which
were told by japanese nurse to the Eu-
ropean children in Hioho, some of whom
were under her charge, are really part OF
japanese folk lore, or made up for the
present amusement of the children But
in either case the children were pleased,
and when they repeated some of the
stories to me they were very enthusiastic
in the praise of the old japanese grand
mother who had thus entertained them.


THE LITTLE BOY WHO PULLED TURNIP.


Once there was a little Japanese boy
dressed in a nice suit of black linen, and
he said to himself one day: 81 will be a
great Daimio, will have big swords and
fine dress, and my father and mother shall
be happy, with plenty of rice and jewel
rings. But the little boy was poor, and
all he had was this one suit of clothes


He was walking on the side of Fusiyaga
one day, thinking how he should be great,
when the mountain shook and greatsmoke
devils came out of the top. The boy
was afraid until little fairy, awakened
by the noise, rose up at his feet, and taking
him by the hand led him from the noun
tain. When the little spirit was about to
leave, the boy said: "You know how to
save me from smoke devils, and you must
know how to make me a great Daimio.
Will you tell mes" go pull q turnip,"
said the little fairy spirit as she took her
way back to the sacred mountain So the
the little boy looked about him for a tur-
Year: 1871

INFORMATION WANTED BY MR..
COULDoCK.-If Mr.. Couldock was really
sincere in his statement that he could find
nothing vulgar III the play of the 4" Willow
Copse," as given last Tuesday night if he
will find any gentleman who was in COM
pany with a lady on the occasion referred
to, We have no doubt he will be enlightened.
The seven ladies present last night, were
doubtless absent the Tuesday night refer
red to, and will be likely to be absent the
next time " the little boy couldn't tell
which eend' it was in.u
Year: 1871

No PAPER ON MoNDAY.-In order
that the employees of the STATE JOURNAL
may enjoy the festivities and recreations
incident to the beginning of the new year,
no paper will be issued from this office on
Monday evening next.
Year: 1871

We return thanks to Mr.. Burgess and
his accommodating assistants for the willing
aid they have given us in the past, in pre-
pairing our internal revenue information for
the public.
Year: 1871

IuxrriOus FlOwinG HRr.-Chemcaf Analy.
sis has satisfied the anxious world that CHEvALIER'S
LIFE FOR THE HAIR contains the only vegetable sub
stance known to hair stop is falling and n
crease Its growth
Year: 1871

In the department of Administrator Shaw
no business but the ordinary routine of pay
ment, cancellation and recording is going
on. 1t is reported that payment under
ordinance No. 1867 transpires every day


The daily grind of the same wheels in the
other departments is very monotonous to
be every day repeated.


Administrator Cockrem having made an
elaborate report, which expressed all the
details of his office, as well as expenditures
and receipts, this in itself is considered a
sufficient answer to many inquiries and
manifestations regarding bis administration.


The lcvee building from the river to
Fourteenth street, beyond Carrollton, is
already old in the eyes of the public. Work
goes on every day three-quarters of mile
OF the mile and half having been already
completed. At present this construction
engages the attention of the Administrator
of Improvements and City Surveyor Bell


private meeting of all the AdminStra-
tors was yesterday held in the Mayors
parlor. The result has not transpirct 1t
is reported the session was held to ratify
the grants of the General Assembly to the
use of the levee for railroads. 1t appears
that this use of the river side of our city, in
regard to the late compromise between
Charles Morgan and the Mobile and Texas
Railroad Company. is looked upon with
favor, as leading to direct communication
with Texas"