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Year: 1873

The visitors at Builth, a Welsh water ing place, finding that the trades people of the town were advancing the prices of some of the luxuries and necessaries of life, determined to make a stand against it. Accordingly, several gen. tlemen with large families, number of maiden ladies, and few indignant bachelors, put their heads together to remedy what they thought a crying sin. They were determined that although they did not deny the shopkeepers of Builth fair profit on what they bought from them, they would not allow them to get rich at their expense. Accord ors Alas agreed upon, and on August (the public recreation ground of Builth). A gentleman was voted to the chair, and began the business of the meeting by inviting those present to state their grievances. Numbers of excited visit ors immediately began to tell how ex- orbitant were the prices they had to pay to this shop-keeper and to that hotel keeper. The chairman, however willing he was to listen to the grievan- ces, could not do so for some little time. Order being at length obtained, one visitor after another was heard, and it was finally unanimouslyresolved that unless the shop-keepers lowered the price of butter nearly fifty per cent, and brought ham down to what the public paid for it in Cardiff, they (the visitors) would totally abstain from their use. A committee was formed tC wait upon the tradesmen, and the meet ing was adjourned.
Year: 1873

We never accepted nomination to friend of ours named Fetters said the community demanded that we should run, and we consented. Fetters man. aged the whole thing. Upon the even- ing of the day on which the convention adjourned, Fetters came around to tell us that an enthusiastic constituency was about to serenade, and in few moments brass band arrived, accom- panied by fifty or sixty politicians. The music lasted for an hour. Then Fctters said we must ask the band and the company in to have some refresh ments and we did. Fetters had pro- vided wagon-load of things, including the most expensive kinds of wines by the gross.

 We could not sufficiently admire the large-hearted iberality of Fetters. The company sat down to the banquet until four o'clock in the morning, the poli- ticians making speeches and the band every now and then playing in the dining room, and waking the baby and the neighbors, and rattling the very shingles on the roof loose with it's vociferousness. At half-past four the company was in such riotous condition that we went out to hunt for police man. When we returned the leader of the band was sitting upon the stairs with the handle of an umbrella in his mouth, vainly endeavoring to play "Hail to the Chief with his fingers fumbling among the ribs.

 Fetters was in the corner supporting himself by the wall, while he endeavor- ed to discuss the tariff question with our bust of Daniel Webster, and to cor rect Daniels views of the local option law. The man who played the cymbals was crying on the mat at the parlor door because, as be informed us, his wife's maiden name was MrCarthy, while the leader of the delegation in the convention was lying in the piano, the top of which was raised, beating time with his heels on the sounding board and strings, and whooping to " the boys that there was " only one more county to hear from p

 We let the lid down with slam, and that settled him and the policeman came just moment too late to prevent a fight between the bass drummer and the trombone man, during which the bald head of the drummer was bolted through our only pier glass, and was then dragged out to bleed over the carpet. The company left finally at six o'clock. We begin to have doubts about the advisability of running fo1 the legislature, and these were increase l, when Fetters called around at noon with 0 bill of twelve hundred dollars for expenses of the band and for re, treatments. That settled it. We had thought the serenade a compliment, and hesupper''a a little treat from Fetters. We did not run for legislature then, and it is probable we never shall certainly not while serenading by brass bands must be endured by candidates for the office.
Year: 1873

The London Builder gives the first definite information as to the progress and difficulties of the work of recon structing the column Vendome at Paris. It appears that the masonry work is only just begun. There are more diff culties in the way of this part of the undertaking than most uninitiated out siders imagine. It is imagined that the foundation and pedestal base can be built like an ordinary wall. That is impossible. From motives of economy it is intended to utilize the stonework of the old column-at least all those portions of it which have not been ex- cessively attenuated or defermed by the demolition. Two thirds of the ma terials can be so used the remainder of the work will have to be executed as at the first erection of the column. But even among the two-thirds judged ser viceable there are only two steps abso- lutely intact. The others require to be repaired, and will be replaced or re- jointed by means of cement in the Place Vendome itself. But this repara- tion is not the most difficult operation. The interior of the column Is formed by huge square blocks of stone, pierced at intervals with large holes, into which are soldered cramp-irons that hook the outer bronze plates by species of horseshoe eyelet attached to the inmost surface of the plates in the foundry. The problem to be solved now is one fact that requires the incest precision. The completed column will be sur mounted not by the little legged Caesar, placed there in 1s64-65, but the old statute, relegated to Courbevoie, of the Emperor in gray redingote and jack boots, with the arm crossed in the legendary attitude. The statue is con- siderably injured, but not irreparably. The new column is not likely to be com pleted before the end of the year.
Year: 1873

The New York Herald published
what purportsd to be an interview
with Prince Bismarck. The World in
giving this interview represented Bis
marck as having said that he was op-
posed to all religion, and would blot
out christianity from the world. This
has been republished considerably by
the press especially of the democratic
persuasion. We think very little cred
it has been given to it throughout the
country. We suppose we understand
why this SANDER was put forth indeed
the animus Of this thing is easily di-
vined. Finally by letter Prince Bis
marck was notified that this slander
was being circulated in this country
and by letter makes the following re.
ply:


"DR. BENpEN-I received Your com.
munication with thanks. So many
falsehoods are told on my account tha,
l am not astonished at this barefaced
invention. l do not know If there are
people stupid enough to believe such
things; but one thing is certain--l
never had soith any one a conversation
Of an import similar to that to which
you refer. There can consequently
not even be- q misunderstanding alleged
as a pretext for that falsehood (Luge-
hey. But it strikes me that the phras,


"to crush Rome in order to crush


Christianity" very plainly shows tn.


source and purpose Of that calumny
That my CONNECTIONS and my belie


are the opposite Of tchat that fable put


in my mouth no man in German,


doubts, and also in America peopl,


will say that If one were so God .forsa


ken (Gottverlassen) as to think SO u,


would hardly be fool enough thus Il


talk. v. BISMARCK"
Year: 1873

A correspondent of the inter- Ocean
in speaking of Governor Carpenters
speech at McGregor, says:


mo candid man can listen to the
Governors honest history of the Ran
kin affair without being convinced that
he acted In straig and hon.
est manner. Many of the Democratic
and Liberal grangers have declared
their intention of voting for Governor
Carpenter, and his majority will be as
large as any candidate for Governor
has ever received in this State. All
parties agree that his speech was sue.
cess. and the plan OF the Chairman of
the State Central Committee in placing
him upon the stump this fall meets
with universal appreciation. The
meeting closed with three rousing
cheers for z. G. Carpenter and the
State ticket"
Year: 1873

The financial outlook still brightens.
Our banks here are going on nearly as
usual. They keep little bigger mar
gin Of currency and do less discounts
Ing Is abont all the difference.
Year: 1873

In some of the commercial marts of
the United States our greenbacks and
national currency are worth five per
cent premium.


Gold is not the only representative
Of money which demands premium.
It was down to lOk yesterday, and
currency worth about half as much as
that precious metal. This is the effect
of the stability and reliability of our
paper money, connected with the fact
that many people are boarding it,some
because they desire to bring about a
stringency in order to speculate upon
II, and others because of their want OF
confidence in the banks.


This want of confidence is griev.
ons wrong the people are inflicting up.
on themselves.


1t hurts the people most themselves,
and is simply senseless panicky feel
Ing without single reason to support
It.


The people owe the banks, and when
pay day comes, as II will in the mex,
twenty to ninety days, the real tussle
will come, unless the currency can be
unlocked.


We trust, however, that all will ye1
be wei but our readers will mari
this, that unless this boarding of cur
rency can be prevented soon, it is no
the banks that will feel the weight o
It, but the people who owe them, ant
those who have produce to sell, aud IL
fact every one In business.


The latest official statement OF III,
greenbacks of all kinds now outstand
ing places the amount at $302, 1928, ,039
The amount of national bank notes i
about $S3s, ,OOO,O 600, so that the tota
currency of the country now is not ia
from 100000 600. In ordinary time
this would be abundant for the need
Of trade. In q time Of distrust an,
anxiety there must be stringency
however large the volume of currency
The present financial situation coul,
not be materially changed by mer
increase Of currency. What we wan
10 the unlocking OF the money nov
boarded. The banks which are hold
ing on In the even tenor Of their wa
are thus allaying approximations
ChicagO Journal.
Year: 1873

"Know, then, that your most graci-
Gus Empress has given absolute orders
to take off your entire skim"


s'To take off my entire skim" ex-
claimed Saderland, seized with horror
ITO fay me alive!" But regaining
his self command, he added, 'sNo, no,
it cannot be; either you have lost your
senses, Mr.. Commissary, or your most
benign mistress has lost hers. Is it
possible you made no answer when you
received such cruel order"


81 did more than others would have
dared to do. / did not conceal my
grief and surprise. I fingered in the
Imperial presence, and had actually
begun a feeble remonstrance to her
Majesty, when our gracious sovereign,
turning to look on me, with look and
voice Of anger, bade me begone and
perform her will. | still seem to hear
her threatening and appalling words /:


"Go, and never forget that it is your
indispensable duty to execute without
questioning the commands | think you
worthy to receive from me"


Is it possible to describe the agita-
ton, the anguish, or the despair of
poor Saderland?


After he had for time given vent
to the violence of his distress, the Com
missary told him that he was allowed
a quarter of an hour to settle his af-
fairs. In. vain the banker prayed for
a longer interval, at least for an oppor-
tunity to write to the Empress and i'm
plore her clemency.


At length, although trembling for
the consequences to his own life, he
consented, and he Immediately follow
ed the letter himself; but not having
courage to present himself at Court,
he went to seek his friend and protec-
tor, Col. Bruce.


The Count thought that the Com
missary must have made amistake, and
took him directly to the Imperial Pal
ace. There, leaving him in an ante
chamber, he obtained admission to the
presence of the Empress, to whom he
related the whole affair.


What was his astonishment to hear
the Empress exclaim:


"Just heavens! what atrocity! There
can be no doubt that Niekof (the Com
missary) is mad! Quick! Count, take
horse before it is too late, and deliver
my poor banker from his alarm, and
assure him of my favor and good wish
es."


The Count hastened to communicate
this order to the Commissary; and was
yet more astonished when, returning
to the presence Of the Empress, he
heard her excIaim, mid bursts of loud
laughter:


sNow understand the cause of this
strange and incomprehensible scene.
I have for several years had fine dog,
which I valued high, and [ had given
him the name of Saderland, both for
the sake Of joke on my good banker,
and also in compliment to the English
gentleman of that name from whom |
obtained the dog. Early this morning
I gave orders to Niekoff to take off his
skin entire, in order to have it stuffed,
as the poor thing was dead. He SEEM
ed to hesitate whether to obey, and I
was very angry, because thought it
was silly pride on his part. ="
Year: 1873

THE POWER OF A LOCOMOTIVE
When the first locomotive was patened,
driving only one car, if lightly loaded, ,
it did very we'll; but when the load it
drew was heavier than its own weight,
it's wheels would not bite, that is, they
would not turn around withoutadvanc-
ing. Hence cowcatcher was needed
behind to guard against cattle running
into it in the rear. It seemed at first
impossible to make less weight move
greater on an up grade and for some
years no one invented an engine able
to draw three times its own weight
At the present day, however, locomo-
tives sweep along with trains more pom
derous by fifteen or twenty times than
they are themselves. One means of gain
ing this vast increase of power for the
locomotive was by dividing the load.
It was found that an engine powerless
to stir five times it's weight of freight
when concentrated in one car, could
readily draw it when distributed in a
dozen cars loosely Stacked together
It was heavier than each single car :;
and it had to overcome the inertia of
each one moment before it encoun-
tered the inertia of another. It was
thus more than a match for each car
taken singly; and pulling them sue
cessively it drew after it a train as long
as comet, and the farther it ran the
more strength it had to run further.
Here was the story of little David over
again. Singly, the stripling''s weight,
as he told Goliah, was one hundred
and twenty, but whenever he got mad
he weighed ton. Moreover, the en-
/ gine forced the momentum acquired by
every car it had started to swell it's
own potency in overcoming the resist
ance of all that remain still motionless.
Year: 1873

pg~A reader in New Britain very
truthfully and Indignantly asserts that
no woman, however nervous she may
be, has right to wake her husband
from sound sleep only to tell him OH
his enquiring what is the matter,
"Nothing, only I wanted to know if
you were awake"
Year: 1873

1t is the worst possible policy to kill
all the best and handsomest fowls, and
save only the mean and scraggy ones
to breed from. This precisely the
way to run out your stock for like
tends to breed like, and the result is,
that by continually taking away the
best birds, and using the eggs of the
poorest, your flock will grow poorer
and poorer every succeeding year.


1t would seem as though this was
too plain to be insisted upon, but, in
fact, slime upon line" is needed. 1t is
the cry ing want OF the poultry upon
the farms the country through-this
careful and intelligent selection of the
best for breeding.


Nothing is lost by little self denial
TO start with. The extra pound or
two Of poultry flesh that you leave on
its legs instead OF sending it to the
market, is as good seed, and will
bring forth ten-fold and twenty fold in
your future broods Save your best
stock for breeding.-Re Poultry
World.
Year: 1873

The grave mystery of the "Milk
Sickness" so many years the subject
of earnest and patient investigation,
yet remains to be solved. Probably
no other question of the kind has elic-
tied equal careful inquiry with as small
results. In former years this disease
was far more prevalent in Ohio than
it is now. This is specially true of the
region inclsding Wyandotte and Ma
rion counties, where, at one time, the
trouble seriously threatened the utter
prohibition of the dairy business, the
use of milk and butter being at times
highly dangerous to life. The most
determined examination was made for
the cause, and all sorts of theories
advanced, but nothing satisfactory
was ever arrived at. Beyond the be-
lief that the poison was from some
grass or shrub eaten by the animal,
all was left in the dark. In time, will
the Improvement of the country, The
disease gradually decreased, and fol
many years has not attracted mucl
attention. We notice that the Indi.
ana Legislature, In view of the preva
lence Of this disease in that State, hal
adopted a resolution instructing ont
of its committees TO examine into tht
subject, and the possibility of eradica


ting the same, and to report a bill
providing for the payment by III,
State of suitable reward to the per
son who shall discover the cause, ant
a remedy for it. 1t is to be hopet
this proceeding will result in som


definite cause.-ZoLed0 Commercial
Year: 1873

There is a good deal said in censure
OF the custom Of Jumping on and off
cars when in motion. 1t is a righteous
condemnation, but is not consistent
when coming from railroad companies
If they truly desire a reform they
must begin at home, for as long as
their employees will jump on train
when in motion, and persist in doing
it 30 gracefully as they do, an initiative
public will be the sufferers. People
don't jump on a train before it stops
because they are in hurry, but be
cause they have seen a brakesman or
conductor do it, and have a terrible
dread of being surpassed. Now, at
the station the other day, Conductor
Philips, OF the Eastern train, after CIV
ing the word to start, waited until the
last car reached him, and then, raising
one hand TO the rail, and one foot
gently from the earth, he swung ma
jestically around and was at once
firmly on tSe car.


Mr.. Philips weighs 200 pounds, but
there was much grace and poetry in his
motion that he seemed to blend with
the car. First there was yellow paint,
and then gold leaf and maroon and
Philips. There was an elderly person
who saw Philips do this, and his eyes
glistened with anticipation He was
going on the Western train, and when
it came along he waited until q fine
rate OF speed was gained, and then,
raising his hand and legjust as he had
seen Philips do, and looking as care
Iessly away just as Philips did, be
reached out for the rail, and the next
instant was trying to push his head
through the platform planks, and
fighting the air with his hands, and
swearing and praying at an awful
rate. They stood him upon his feet,
and rubbed his head with some snow,
but it was long while before they
could convince him that the locomotive
had not exploded.-DanJEry Ns1cs.
Year: 1873

This important post of duty requires
no mean capacity aud talent. Some
suppose if person be genial, good
natured, a good scholar, and have
force and pride enough to control the
rough boys, he is qualified for teacher
Though these qualities are requisite,
they are by no means the only ones
Q llled for in the teacher, when it is
remembered that the young require to
be moulded in all that belongs to
noble humanity, and that in proportion
as they are weak aad wanting in these
qualities, is there the greater need
that the teacher should have suplus,
an overflow, to supply the deficiencies
of the pupil, and lead him to look to
his teacher as an embodiment OF wis
dom, goodness and power. 1t is not
enough that the teacher has education,
nor that he ctn communicate his knoRl
edge, nor that he has governing power
He must have these, aud in addition
he should have both the moral and so
cial affections strongly marked.
Year: 1873

A terrible crime has just been commit
ted ir Savoy. The local journals give the
following partial details Of Tie affair
/" The cure of La Rochette was informed
after vespers that a woman had been as
sassinated and was dying, he Immediately
Went to see her. She proved to be a sister
OF the female servant of NJ. Revel, Tax
Collector of. La Rochette, and was found
lying in the court. yard Of the house of the
latter, with some trightful wounds On her
head from blows by u hatchet, and her
face covered with congulated blood. The
cure administered extreme JUNCTION, and
directed that she should be carried into
the house, the door of which had to be
opened by a locksmitb, Then was discov-
cred the bleeding and djsfigured body oil
theSdomestic Of NJ. Revel. The gendarmes
sent for5 by the cure, arrived in haste;
they entered the chamber of Nj. Revel and
found the unfortunate man stretched upon
his bed with three deep wounds on his
head from the same instrument. The
crime was committed in the evening be-
tween and 9 O'Clock. 1t is known that
the woman found in the courtyard entered
about that time, and was doubtless met by
The assassins as they retired. The amount
stolen was probably ten Or twelve thou
sand francs.
Year: 1873

A REVELATION of Wall street Smith
and Gould logged along pleasantly and
managed their affair smartly, to the
Consideration and terror of the street.
One day Smith went out of town to
witness the trotting of his favorite
horse. While he was gone Gould saw a
good chance and sold him out. The
little trick, it is said cost Smith half a
million OF money. Smith had his re-
venge. He took the private books of
his banking house over to the Erie
Company and placed i'll the hands of
his old enemies the proofs of Gould's
speculations that led to the arrest and
the restoration Of the $9,000,00O re-
ferred 30.
Year: 1873

SEVENTEEN TnoUSATD.-Thc Religious Herald
announces that next week it will send ont u large
supplement containing thrre-colnmn letter from
JOHN SMITH, and that the remainder of the sup
plemcnt will he given to advertisers. Ihose WHO
wish an admirable opportunity to reach the eye OF
ut least 100000 persons can now do so, and ut very
moderate cost, by giving prompt attention to the
m,a ~
Year: 1873

FUNCTION OF ORGANIC SUBSTANCES IN THE Son--
A number of experiments by Grandeau upon the
part which organic substances in the soil play IN the
nutrition of plants led to the following cOnClusOns
l. In fertile soils the mineral ingredients necessary
10 thopant are present in the form in which stable
manure furnishes them . The fertility Of soil de-
pends essentially upon the amount of mineral mat
ter in the organic substances that are soluble in
ammonia the organic matter acting as a vehicle of
the mineral IN