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Year: 1873

The Christian Union, (H W. Beecher,) J
speaking of the speech of Professor Agassiz.
at the opening of the Anderson School of
Natural History, says:


After few opening words, felicitousIy
suited to put all their minds into fellowship.
Agassiz said, tenderly, and with touching
trankness, Il think we have need of help.g
do not feel that can call on any one here
to ask blessing for US. know / would mo-.
have anybody pray for us at this moment. I
ask you for moment to pray for yourselves" !"
Upon this, the great scientist-in an age in
which SO many other great scientists have
concluded that praying is quite an unscientifc
and very useless proceeding-bowed his head
reverently; his pupils and friends did the
same and there, in silence that was yery
solemn and very beautiful. each spirit was
free to crave of the Great Spirit the blessing
that was needed. For our own part, it seems
to us that this scene of Agassiz and his pupils
with heads bowed in silent prayer for the
blessing of the God of Nature to be given to
that school then opened for the study of Ma
ture, is spectacle for some great artist to
spread out worthily upon canvass, and to be
kent alive in the memories of mapkind.-
what are coronations, royal pageauts, the
parade OF armies. to scene like this? It
heralds the coming of the new heavens and
the new earth-the golden age when Nature
and Man shall be reconciled. and the con-
quests of truth shall supersede the conquests
of brute force
Year: 1873

From Tk Springfield thdss,l iiphDfin


The gun adopted is No. 90 on the list, and
IA operated all respects like No. 49, the arm Issued for
experimental trial In the field, differing from II only In
having the ockplae Of uniform thickness about one
half that OF No. the bostersprlng being
replaced by screw, aud in changing the shape OF the
hammer and surrounding parts OF the STOCK 80 az 10 pro-
mote economy OF manufacture and ease OF manipula-
ton The gun has five motOns-locked opened, loaded,
closed and fired It ia opened by bali or uleocking the
hammer and then pressing the thumbpleSP Qt the CAM
ratoh until the breechbock Is free to swing upward and
forward the barrel closed by shutting the block
latch spring locked By the horizontal elongaton OF the
hinge pnhOle In the beech block allowing tho block to
slide bodily backward under the influence or the dis
charge, until by the enlargement OF the oamshaft hole


bearing in the line Of the barrel s obtained by means
the nterposton of the which. abuttng against
the bottom OF It's In the block transfers tho
recO 10 the face OF the breech screw without subject
ing the shaft itself 10 any strain nred by front
action side lock OF the usual pattern, the firing pin
guard the thumb piece preventng In any position OF
the breech block an discharge Of the piece
before the breech securely closed The cartridge shell
Ia extracted by extractor swinging ON the hngepin
and struck above Its center OF motion by the forward
end OF the breechblock the completion OF It's
ment III opening. The ejectment OF the cartridge Is
made by acceerating the movement OF the extractor
by OF the spiral ejector spring. which surrounds
stem Of the eector spindle and bears against the
bottom OF tho whole In the receiver at end against
the head OF the spindle NJ the other when the extractor
is revolved by the opening OF the block the eeot0r
spring compressed by the ejector spindle, the point
Ol WHICH rests In cavity IN the baeR Of the extractor
above its axis OF motion Tho continued revolution Of
the finally brings the direction Of the eJeotor
spindle sbelOw the axis OF moton the dead
center Is passed ths sudden release Of the ejeotor
aprng the extractor " RAPIDLY rotate about s
axis carrying tho empty cartridge shell against the
beveed surface Of the eieotor stud by which II Is do
dected upward and thrown clear Of the gun
Year: 1873

Radi.tAg tubes mbuscrll tubes sucker, Body


walls consisting alternately Of large and small plates and a.. O.


si complication Of the rldang tubes around the mouth


could show you, II time would allow, that under
greater external complication have IN the Echino
derms the same systems OF organs and the samedsrbu-
ton OF parts IN Acaephs and Polyps. For further
evidence would refer TO my Contributions the Pas
tora History OF the United 6tates The difference is Ia
the proportion Of parts and In variety OF external
features; the structural conception the same in ALL


do propose TO into anatomical details which
better be appreciated In the laboratory than tho
leGturer00m but II you pursue tho subject further,
you will find that whether you examine the systems OF
circulation OF breathing, OF reproduction In these
animals you will find the relation OF parts essentially
the some In all For these reasons c0nsider these
three classes Of the animal kingdom "a forming ono
primary division based on the structural plan and
from each other by the way In which that
plan Is carried out; by difference In short, the
mode Of execution.


THE RELATIoe OF THESE PAcTs To RMBRroLoGr.


You may now ask, What has ali this TO do with en-
bryologyi While studying the modes Of growth
Of animal why trouble ourselves with all these differ
ences In the detail OF the structure OF the aduts In
tho frat place. because intimate knowledge OF the
structure OF the inferior animals OF any type helps us to
understand the transformation Of the young OF the
higher classes OF the type. The very young
Eohnoderm (star-fsh or sea-nrchin) recalls not only
features OF the adult Acaeph Uey fish, but OF tho
poyp (OOrAl soa-anemOnel also. IL Is only IN tho
light Of the complication Of adult structure that we
fully understand tba most oomDrehsnsyo study Of
Year: 1873

o.
The dark band their thickness orals G. C.
Circular tube j. j. Radatng tubes.


IL that the digestive cavity hangs down In the
iellysh and turned up in the But turn
it, and in the sea-anemOne indeed sometimes hap
when the animal takes in It's food and that
Its relation the Of the body is the same In bot
them in transverse section and yon perceive
at the radating arrangement Of parts IN Doth.
LeuekarJ unites these two classes primary division
OF the animal kingdom under the name OF Coeeuteraa.
10 h fact the plan carried out in different ways
in distinct groups OF animals OF late the young OF
Ehinoderms that Is the starhshes, sea urchins and
cOlOthurans, have in the same manner been eepa-
rated from tho POlyps aud Acaephs, with which
Cuvier placed them, and considered also as primary
division among animals. I maintain, however, that
Cuver took the right view OF the case, and showed
that be understood their structural affiuiiies
when he placed them all together. IL true that the
structure of the Echinodems is more complex but the
plan is the and their parts can be bomologized
THAT is compared in detaiD with those of the Jelly sh
and sea-urchin, as the two latter can be with each
other Take the FIVE OF the simpler kind OF star
fish, or the five OF sea-urchin they radiae from
the central cavity, just as the partitions OF a
pOlyp or tho tubes Of the jelly hsh do.
Year: 1873

THE ANNALS OF a QUIET WOMAN
"If any man says a woman can't keepa
secret, strangle him on the spot" pro-
claims the Prairie City Herald, and to
back up its remarks it says that Mary
Hittle of that place went on little
pleasure excursion to Quincy with
Arthur Lockhart, three years ago, and
there the two were married. They told
no one, the groom went off to Kansas on
the following day, and having got
everything to suit him he now wants
his wife. Mary told her folks all about
it the other day, picked up her band
box and went out to commence house
! keeping.
Year: 1873

WHEREAS, 1t has pleased our Heavenly
Father to take from us our beloved friend and
associate, JAMES II. MURRAY, assistant door
keeper OF the Senate, who departed this life
on the third day of May, 1873; and,


Whereas, Our departed friend has endeared
himself to the people of our State by his many
noble and manly traits of character, by his
integrity and faithful performance of public
services in times past, and by his benevolence
and christian charity toward his fellow men
during long and eventful life; therefore, be it
Res0lUed bV the Senate, That in the sudden
death of our friend we are stricken with the
deepest sorrow, ana that our State mourns his
departure one of those who came up from
a former generation as memorial witness OF
our past glOries and traditions, who are tremb-
ling on the verge Of that futurity which shall
soon throne them only in the memory of their
good deeds.


ReSolUed, That we tender to the family of
the deceased our sincere sympathy and con-
dOlence in this the hour of their deep and
heartrendtng bereavement.


ReSOiued, That these resolutions be spread
upon the journals of the Senate, and that the
President of this Senate be requested to trans
nit to the family Of the deceased a copy Of
same.


Adopted unanimously, May 5, A. D. 1873.


LEIGH CHALMERS,


Secretary of the Senate.
Year: 1873

NV-EF =


at the corner Ut Fourth and Marshall streets,
where Mr. Baker said he designed to keep
thcu until he could procure suitable cloth
ing aud make some necessary arrangements
for their comfort. While al The asylum, the
Sisters. fearing thIt il number Of children
who had gathered in front of the house
might create some disturbance. sent to the
station house aud policeman Was at uncc
directed to go to the asylum and keep away
any crowd that might be there.
Year: 1873

out in the southern States, they viii per-
hans awake TO realize that in the future,
AN ambitious and INSCRIPTIONS exec
utiye might find in a people, thus ac-
customed to submission, a bulwark and
a power on which he could rely to bring
the work of subjngation and absolutism
to bear upon the northern States them
selves.


Second-That we believe our case, as
presented before the country, and before
the senate committee of the last con-
gress, is legal, just and incOntrovertible;
and while we heartily indorse and ap-
prove of the report and action Of our
late committee of two hundred, and re-
turn to them and the eminent author OF
their report our unqualified thanks ana
congratulations, we assert our firm de-
termination to persist in every way TO
maintain our true allegiance to the Nc
Enery government, and to discounte-
nance and resist by any and all legal
and peaceable means tie fraudulent
usuIpation of w. P. Kellogg, and place
our firm reliance for relief in the next
congress, under the influence and direc-
ton of public opinion throughout the
country.


Third That we recommend that every
citizen of this State, proposing TO travel
north during the coming summer, re-
port his name, address, and proposed
route of travel to the head center of the
legislative caucus, No. So Carondelet
street, and obtaining all published facts
in our case TO constitute q canVassing
committee before the people of the north
to the end that the iniquities of this vile
usurpation may be spread abroad, and
a 10, rr-l,l ,lNvi in
formed and stimulated to act upon the
next congress in our behalf.


Fourth-That we depreeate any
scheme of compromise looking to the
perpetuation of the power OF those po-
iiticaI adventures, who have by every
means of fraud and crime trampled
upon and thrust aside the popular YER
dict, and installed through the prostitu-
ton of federal power am usurping and
fraudulent government in this State.


Fifth-Thst we call upon the men,
bers Of the legal (McEnery) general as
sembly to stand firmly together, and to
reject any and all contact, consolidation
or union with the bogus assembly or
ganized under federal bayonets, and
whose record as Lawmakers would be
disgrace to barbarism itself.


SiXth-That we cordially approve OF
the act of the general assembly calling for
a constitutional convention in NOvem-
ber next, and urge all friends of reform
and constitutional government to re-
spond heartily thereto.


! Seventh-1hat we recommend the
adoption of the plan of organization
known as the "People's League of Lou
isiana," and pledge ourselves TO its sup
! mort and maintenance
Year: 1873

A RUMoR comes by telegraph that Sir
Samuel Baker, the great African eX-
plorer. and his brave wife were muir
dered recently in central Africa by some
one of the warlike tribes Of that part OF
the comparatively unknown continent.
We trust this is not true. The world
can i'll spare such man and so true a
woman. Sir Samuel will be remem-
bered by the readers OF the Appeal as
the discoverer of the Victoria Nyanza
lake, supposed at the time to be, with
ihe Albert Nyanza, discovered by Speke
and Grant, the source OF the Nile. On
the expedition signalized by this impOr-
tant discovery he was accompanied by
his wife, who bore the heats and fevers
of that death-desling region for four
years, and shared in her husbands tri-
umphs and honoTs as modestly as she
had bTsvely surmounted all the difficult
ties Of travel. Every lover Of disinter-
ested devotion to the cause Of science
viii join us in the expression of the hope
that this news is not true, and of sincere
regret that there should even be any
foundation, however slight, for so grave
a rumor
Year: 1873

WHEN man hns nothing In the
world TO lose he i then In tile best
condition to sacrifice tor the public
good everything that is his. This
seem, To be the case with scores OF
men just now, who are willing To
throw themselves, II need be. away In
the effort TO arrest the progress ot the
gigantic monopolies" " which we hear
so much about.
Year: 1873

AN Eastern editor WHO has tried to
evolve IL out al MS own conSciou-aess
tel : what the Fourth of July Is: "rhe
day for our youth OF cooling bever-
ages that fire the blood white they re-
fresh the lips, and Tor the essential
pistol practice. without which he
would hardly be able To bring down
his father at short range"
Year: 1873

AN UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT AT THE TUN-
HET..-The completion of the Church Hill
tunnel has again been retarded, but for1ntF
short time it is hoped. 1t appears that III
order TO allow the passage Of the material
train which was taken through the tunnel on
Wednesday afternoon about O'Clock some
of the tmbcrs which supported the casing
Of Shaft No. had to be removed. About +
O'Clock that afternoon the lower portion OF
this casing gave way, aud was followed at
intervals during the night by other por..
tions of it and the surrounding earth until
about ha!fpast O'Clock yesterday morning,
when the shed and all the surface tlmbers
gave way and fell in with great crash,
leaving hole on the surface OF the ground
about forty feet square and probably thirty
feet deep. The remaining portion OF the
shed and all the machinery, including the
engine, have been removed.


The work Of removing the fallen earth
and dtjris from the bottom of the tunnel
will be pushed forward as rapidly as the ma
turc of the case will admit Of
Year: 1873

THE DOLLAR BANK TO RESUME BUSINESS
The Dollar Savings Bank has resolved TO
resume business on Monday the 9th instant.
New deposits will be received in trust to
new accounts, and the bank will pledge
itself not to use the funds thus entrusted to
it except in payment of checks against the
new accounts. .--- sL##


The bank will pay pro rata instalments
on its present Indebtedness as fast as it Gun
realize from its loans and securities until the
whole debt shall be liquidated. In the mean
time all deposits with it will continue to
drlxy interest in the usual way. = -
Year: 1873

Thrown OUT Or BUGGY AND INJURED
Yesterday evening about hall-past O'Clock
Mr. G.. GIlvcrnator was thrown out OF his
buggy at the corner Of Twelfth and Broad
streets while making a quick turn into
Twelfth, and had his head badly cut. Two
physicians were summoned to his assist
ance, and he was finally put in a carriage
and taken to his home.
Year: 1873

CONSERVATIVE CLuD-HoUsE.-Work was
commenced yesterday on the building to be
erected OH the corner Of Franklin and
Twentv-scventh streets for the use Of Mar
shall Ward Conservative Club. 1t is eX-
pectcd that it will be ready for occupation
on the 9th instant, at which time delegates
to the Nominating Convention will be
nhnSnn
Year: 1873

DEATH OF A PILoT.-We learn by tele-
gram from New York that Mr.. Harry Han
sen, Il pilot Of the Old Dominion Steamship
Line, died in that city yesterday morning.
He has been connected with the company
since It's organization, was one OF its most
experienced pilots, and was held in high
esteem by them for his many high moral
and professional qualifications. His remains
will be taken to Norfolk for intcrment,
where he leaves a family of small children.
Year: 1873

TIE NEW POSTAL CARus-very tiselhl lOr pnss
ness purposes. Cards or announcements OF any
kind printed on them will pass through the mall for
one cent Printing for these cards neatly and
cheaply done at THE office
Year: 1873

FALL FLOwERs.-JoliS MORTON, corner Of
Main and Reservoir streets, has the most beautiful
assortment Of fall flowers we have ever seen. For
variety and brilliancY of color they are uncpallcd
Year: 1873

DR.. Trail, of Philadelphia, has made
a very unpleasant discovery. In about
seven years Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
and Neptune will approach nearer the
earth than they have been in eighteen
hundred years, and the result will be a
pestilence. When Congress has the
manliness to make astronomy an indict-
able offense, then we shall have relief
from these things, but not before. 1t
was not long while since that some one
predicted that the earth would be
swamped with deluge, and you couldn't
borrow an umbrella or pair of rubbers
from any one. The next idiot said a
comet would strike and demolish the
earth in twinkling. Whereupon many
excellent people tied their beds and car
pets about their premises, and put cot
ton in their ears, and sat down on the
cellar bottom in dreadful expectation of
the shock. Hardly had his alarm passed
off when another astronomer came round
telling people that the Niagara Falls
would be dry in less than nineteen thou
sand years, and nothing would do but
that people should hurry right out there
for farewell look, and in less than
twenty-four hours there wasn't people
enough in Danbury to entertain Japan
ese hermit And now here is Trail with
four planets and no vaccine matter. All
the tobacco-chewers are to be killed by
these planets, and young ladies who
wear stays, and men who bet on the
wrong horse. If we understand the old
scoundrel correctly, the only people
saved are those who drink lemonade
out of dipper and play copenhagen
with their aunts.-Ddnbu1y Ne1Os.
Year: 1873

An old coffee-drinker tells an exchange
something about his beverage. Shall /
give you long-tried recipe-say for
two persons? We will buy our coffee of
grocer we can rely upon to give us
pure Java, and fresh-browned. Wewill
only buy small quantity-not over two
pounds-so as to keep it fresh, have it
ground, sent home, and Immediately put
into our tightly-closed canister. Now
we are ready for some boiling water,
which we first use to scald out the cof-
fee-pot we are to use in making it, and
see that it is perfectly clean then dip
into bowl two tablespoons full of your
coffee from your canister break an egg,
take one-fourth of both yolk and white
carefully with a teaspoon for, if the
egg is put i'll a cool place it will serve
several times add the egg to the coffee,
stir it, pour in little cold water, until
you can beat it thoroughly then have
three or four cups of water boiling in
the coffee-pot, and stir your mixture
of egg and coffee into it, setting on
where it is hot but only let it boil up
two minutes. Then set it where it will
keep hot, but not boil, and pour out
half cup Of coffee to clear the nozzle
of the pot, and throw it in again, which
will settle it ; and when your breakfast
is dished up you will have beverage fit
to set before a king !-Neao York Times.
Year: 1873




A correspondent of the ohio Farmer
writes:


A few pounds of bones are worth as
much as wagon load of barn-yard ma
nure. The farmer may ask, "How shall
I get the richness out of these bones ?"
In the first place, when you prepare
your leach to get lye for making soap,
put the bones in the bottom of the leach
after you get all the lye out of the ashes,
take the bones OUT all of the softer
bones will now mash up very easily, but
those that remain hard must be boiled
in lye until they become soft; after
which they may be ground in corn and
cob mill, if you have one-if not, you
can mash them with hammer the
finer they are ground the better they
are. You now take this bone-dust and
sprinkle a very little of it about any
thing you want to have grow fast be
sure and put but little to a plant, as this
is q very powerful fertilizer.
Year: 1873




The following ten rules, applicable to
setting hens and young chickens, were
contributed to the Mobile Registe, by a
lady:


/. Never set a hen in a close box !;
give her plenty of room to turn about +;
she will not do well if cramped or
crowded.


2. Always set her on the ground, if
possible. The eggs will hatch best with
the nest directly on the ground.


3. Don't give any hen more than thir-
teen eggs for a setting. 1 know fifteen
is the rule, but experience has taught
me to consider fifteen just two too
many.


4. Be careful to mark the eggs, for
other hens are apt to lay in the nest
with your setter, and unless the eggs
are properly marked you might not be
able to identify the new eggs. You un-
derstand that eggs laid to setting hen
must be promptly removed.


8. Make record of the time when
you set your hen, in order that you may
be looking out for the Matching.


6. Some eggs will invariably hatch a
little sooner than others. Remove the
young chicks ut once, and keep them
from the hen until all are hatched If
you do not, the hen will be likely to
quit the nest with the first comers,
leaving the unmatched chicks to chill
and die.


7. Don't pick at the bills of the little
chicks in an effort to remove what some
people call the pip" 1t is all right,
and will disappear so soon as nature re-
quires.


s. Never undertake to feed your set
ting hens on the nest-it is poor way.
Let them come off for their food.
They will not stay off too long, Nature
knows what she is about. am not sure
but the eggs require about the amount
of airing they receive while the hen is
off for food.


8. See that the hens do not run about
too much while the chicks are yet
young-it will cause them to droop, and
will sometimes give them disease called
"spraddles.


10. Feed your young chicks on corn
meal mixed with pure water, and don't
mix it too wet. You want it so it will
crumble.
Year: 1873

In fruit-growing, remember that fruits
are like grain and vegetable crops, in
this, that they must have manure to
keep up fertility. Unlike vegetables
and grain, however, their feeding roots
are mostly at the surface 1t is best,
therefore, annually to top-dress fruit
trees. If manure cannot be had, any
fresh earth from bitches or road sides.
spread half an inch or so under the
trees, will have wonderful effect. In
deed, we do not know but that for the
pear tree thin layer of road sand is
one of the best of manures We have
seen apples thrive amazingly with a
coating of coal ashes. In vegetable
garden culture it must be remembered
that we have to operate the reverse of
what we do in fruit culture. A woody
growth is what we require for fruit
trees but we need for vegetables soft,
spongy, succulent character, the very
reverse of this. For this end the ground
cannot be too deep, too rich, or too
much cultivated. The hoe and the rake
should be kept continually going, loosen
ing the surface, and admitting "air and
light" as the old books used to say.
There is not only an advantage in this
for the direct benefit of the plant, but an
early use of those tools keeps down the
weeds, and thus we save labor. 1t is a
great thing to be forehanded" in the
weed wal. ar.-Gardener's Monthly.