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Year: 1871




cured by the first half 5t tue productive
property, aud the interest upon the mortga.
ges will be secured by portion of the yearly
products or income of the property. The
Safety fund will issue its money, bearing no
interest, for the mortgages bearing interest
We have shown that money to maintain its
value must not only represent property, but
must always be capable of being loaned for
uniform income. II is therefore necessary to
provide not only for the issue, bat also for the
funding of the money. No government can
regulate the value of money unless it provide
means for funding it; this being the only way
in which the interest upon it can be. kept
uniform.


The first of the following obligations will
be the money of this institution; the second
will be note bearing interest fOr the funding


No.. StOSrr. DATED.
$500 $500


The United States will pay to the bearer
five hundred dollars in a safety fund note, on
demand, at the safety Fund Office in the city


No.-- Safety fund note Dated.
$500 $500


One year from the lst day Of May next,
OF at any time thereafter, the United States
will pay to a. b. or order, in the city of


- Eve hundred dollars and, until such
payment is made, will pay interest thereon
on the frst of May in each year, at the rate Of
one per cent. per annum.


The money will bear no interest, but may
always be exchanged for the safety fund notes,
Year: 1871

A leading physician in New York, who has
been interviewed by correspondent of the
New York Commercial AdueTIiSGr, Gays that
the crime OF infanticide is absolutely rampant
in that city, and that the main increase of
population is being left TO foreigners. especial
ly German aud Irish, who seldom interfere
with natural laws He added that he did not
believe that Hebrew was ever guilty Of it.
In this connection he remarked:


Il once asked an old nurse why this was the
case, and she gave two reasons. The first was
that they were fearful Of destroying the Mes.
siah, who is expected to appear, aud the second
was that they considered it crime on a par
with murder. may also add, from my own
observation. that the Jews believe they cannot
prosper in the accumulation Of worldly goods
unless they obey the divine Injunction TO in
crease and multiply. There may be something
in this, for many Of our wealrhiest aud most
prosperous citizens are Jews. Then, again, the
crime prevails chiefly among Protestants. and
seldom among Catholics, comparatively speak.
ing. The religion ofthe latter classes teaches
that the offense is among the most enormous
that can be committed short of actual mur-
der"
Year: 1871

\ Cool PRocEEDING.-The people OF Pitts
burg recently built by subscription an expensive
and elegant monument in honor Of the Pitts
burg soldiers who fell during the late civil war.
When on decoration day, they turned ont to
dedicate the monument they were amazed to
find that not a solitary soldiers name was in
scribed upon it, but, instead, all the names Of
the corporators twenty in number and all
ladies) of the Building Committee and of the
builder The people are very indignant, and
demand that the names shall be effaced
Year: 1871

An INExTINGUIsuABLE SIGNAL LIGHT. A
new signal light, possessing most remarka
bic properties, has now been brought out
n England Its peculiarities are thatit is self
gniting when placed in water or thrown on the
sea- Contact with water being the only means
of igniting the lamp,it is inextinguishable when
once ignited Neither wind nor storm has any
effect upon the fame. The light is Of intense
brilliancy and of great duration, and can be
seen for great distance in the open air Pho
tographs may be taken by it.
Year: 1871

STIKEs. Mr.. Peter Cooper, who had been
mechanic for many years before becoming Il
merchant, took occasion, few days ago: in
reply to an address from class of the noble
institute which bears his honored name, to
relate some of the experiences of his past life.
Many of his plain words were very impressive,
and cannot be too often repeated


Let me record (said hc) that during u
long life passed in active business, have never
known any but evil consequences to all classes,
and especially to the innocent, to result from
strikes k-outs, or other forcible measures
designed to interfere with the steady and re
gular march of productive industry.
Year: 1871

Reflect that sound mind and body are the
most NECESSARY requisites to promote connubiul
happiness, Indeed without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly darkcns to the view the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filled with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
another is bighted with our own.
Year: 1871

The captain of an English vessel
from the wharf at Darien, Ga, re-
Gently had occasion to punish four In
subordinate sailors by cOnfining them
In the hold Of his vessel. The impris-
Oned men, through q lawyer, obtained
writ OF hG6eos corpus from negro
magistrate, who caused them to be
brought before him, and who, after a
hearing, released them. The matter
has been made the subject of a diplo-
matte correspondence between the
British Minister and the State Depart
ment, the captain having complained
to his government Of this interference
Of the local magistrate as breach of
international law. The matter Is now
being considered by the proper OFF,
cials.
Year: 1871

A boy worked hard all day for a
quarter; be bought apples and took
them to town and sold them on the
street for a dollar. With the dollar
he bought a sheep. The sheep
brought him lamb, and the fleece
brought him another dollar. He
bought another sheep. The next
Spring he had two sheep, two lambs
and a yearli1g sheep. The three
feeces he sold for three dollars and
bought three more sheep. lie now
had six, with a fair prospect He
worked where he found an opportu-
nifty, for hay. corn and oats, and
pasturing for his sheep. He took
the choicest care Of them and soon
had u flock. Their wool enabled
him to buy a pasture for them, and
by the time he was twenty-one he
had a fair start in life, and all from
the quarter earned in one day.
Year: 1871

The spectroscope IS q marvellous
instrument. It is constantly re
vealing new facts of the greatest i'm
portance. In this respect it is su-
perior to the telescope or micro
scope. It has already proven to us
that the same elements are in the
sun and in the stars as in the bod
les round about rs on the earth,
and it shows that if the planets are
not inhabited they could be, con-
tanning everything necessary to
sustain life like ours.
Year: 1871

Many Christians who bear the
loss of a dear child, or Of all their
property, with the most heroic
Christian fortitude, are entirely
vanquished by the breaking of a
dish, or the blunder of a servant
.NeptoR.
Year: 1871

A novel affair recently took place in
Marion county, Ohio, being no less
than snake hunt on large scale. The
reptiles had become so numerous and
so fearless of people, that small children
were afraid to go to school; and they
even attacked some adults, several hav-
ing been bitten on their boots and 1t
had been q common thing for fifty or
hundred snakes to chase men, women
and children across the prairie. A
party was, therefore, organized for
their destruction, and the snakes were
surrounded and driven into a twenty
acre patch of prairie, and the outer
edges of the tail grass set fire to. The
grass burned well, the flames rolling up
ten feet high and as the line advanced


the snakes retreated into the centre
sometimes making desperate efforts to
spring through the flames; but the blaze
being too heavy, they were killed in the
attempt. One blue-racer was nine feet
four inches long, and seven inches in
circumference. This is the first snake
story of the season, and it is good one.
Year: 1871




From where built the nest for my first young
In the high chimney of this ancient house
saw the household fires burn and go down,
And know what vas and is forever gone.
NY dusky. swift-winged fedgehngs, flying far
TO seek their mates in clustered caves aud towers,
Would iinger not to learn what have learned;
Soaring through air or steering over scar.
These single, solitary walls must fade
But return, jnhabiting my nest.
little simple bifd which still survives
The noble souls now banshed from this hearth;
And none are here besides but she who shares
NV life and pensive vigil holds with me.
No longer does she mourn she lives serene:
I see her mothers beauty in her face,
see her fathers quiet pride and power
The linked traits and traces of her race;
Her brothers dying, like strong sapljng trees
Covered with aged boUghs, decaying slow.
She muses. thus: Beauty once more abtdes
The rude alarm of death, its Wild amaze
is over now. The chance OF change has passed
No doubtful hopes are mine no restless dread.
No last word to be spoken kiss to give
And take in passions agony and end
They not come to me but in good time
/ shall reioin my silent company
And melt among them, as the sunset clouds
Melt IN gray spaces of the coming nigbf.n
So she holds dear as this tranquil spot
And all the flowers that blow. and maze of green
The meadows daisy-full, or brown and scar;
The shore which bounds the waves love to skim,
~ dash my purple wings against the breeze
" hen breaks the day twitter loud and long
To make her rise and watch the vigorous sun
Come from his sea-bed in the weitering deem.
And smell the dewy grass, still rank with sleep
j hover through the twilight round her caves
And dart above. before her, in her path,
I'll, with q smile. she gives me all her mind:
And in the deep of night lest she be sad
In sleepiess thought, stir me in my nest,
ana niilrnlur as murmur to my young;
She makes no answer, but [ know she hears,
And all the cherished pictures in her thoughts
Grow bright because of me, her swallow friend


Hdgpef's Magazine
Year: 1871

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.


A Lost Life By Emily Fl; Moore Carlton
& Co., New York.


"Mignonette," the author of this interesting
novel. has been a resident of this city for some
wears. and is well known to the reading public
as the writer of many excellent poems. Indeed,
she is SO well and favorably recognized as a
poet of fine taste and high order OF merit
that the public would be much better prepared
to hear Of her success in that department OF
literature than in the more crowded held OF
fiction But in our Judgment the work before
us is her best and greatest effort, and must
give her rank among the most accomplished
female writer's of the day. The leading char
acter her book is the wife of village doc
tor in quiet New England vlllage-where
everybody knows all about everybody's busl-
ness-where poverty is almost unknown and
industry and thrift common to all-where the
doctor, the parson, the lawyer, the school
teacher and their small circle of select friends
constitute the only representatives OF the So
called "higher classes s" From this uninviting
field. Mrs. Moore has CLEANED the material Tor
a most fascinating story, and she has told 1t In
that easy, graceful manner which Is character
istic of her best productions. Sho has drawn
a. picture of contented home life and affection
ate devotion to lifes duties which cannot be
read without profit by any, and 1t Will not fall
to prove most entertaining to all. The book Is
handsomely printed by Carlton q Co., and for
sale by the Wisconsin News Company. 10
those who are familiar with Mrs. Moores writ
ings, no recommendation is necessary. we
predict large sale for it In Wisconsin.
Year: 1871

1t was indeed the Czar, the great
Peter of Russia, and yet the same who
had passed SO much time in the little
Finland village to be near the woman
he loved, His frank and brave confes-
sion of his identity in the face of the
conspirators had the effect of turning
Year: 1871

CHAPTER 92-GENEnAL.


AN ACT to provide for the furnishing by hotel and


III nai-heepers OF means OF escaping of fire
The people of the state OF Wisconsin represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
| Section j. 1t shall be and is hereby made tbe
duty OF all hotel or 1n-keepers within this state to
| provide for and furnish every sleeping room or
apartment on and above the third floor OF such no
| tel or inn, with good and substantial rope or
chain ladder, and to keep the in some conven-
lent place within sllch room or apartment easy of
in of fire, in order to facilitate the means
of egress fro1a such room or apartment by the
pants thereof


Sec. . Any hotel or inu-k9epcr within This state
who shall neglect or efuse to comply with tho
qurements of the foregoing section. within three
months from and after the passage of this act shall
not be allowed to receive or recover any charge
whatever from any traveller, boarder any other
guest, occupying rooms ON above the third floor
of such hotel or nn so long the provisions of this
act are so uncomplied with.


Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be IN force
from and after its passage and publication


Approved March 16, 1871.


Published April 1, 1911


CHAPTER 70 GENERAL.
AN ACT to enable foreign guardian of the estate
OF an insane person to sue in the state or Wiscon-
sin


senate and assembly, do enact follows


Section l. When guardian shall be appointed in
any inssne or lnnstie not resident of this
state and no guardian thereon shall be appointed in
this state, such foreign guardian sha upon filing
,uthenlio copy OF his appointment in the probate
court OF any county TINS state, be authorized
bring and prosecute in tho proper courts
civil actions TO recover any property situate in this
state, and demands, debts claims belonging to
The estate of such unatic insane person, from any
person or persons IN possession of claiming such
property or owning sueh demands, debts claims:
ofortfed, that court In which such actions be
commenced may require such guardian to give securi
" for the costs therein.


Sec 2; Such FOREIGN guardian shall allege in the
complaint in such action that he has fled autber ii
,ated of his appointment in county in MS
tatc, specifying such county by and such lie
,ation shall be taken to be true and proof of lch
litigation shall be required unless the defer dant
hall BY ahdavit OF by allegation contained the
answer to such complaint verified in the manner now
equircd by law, deny such alteration.
Sec g. This act shall take effect and be in force
rom and after its passage.


Approved March II. 1861.
Year: 1871

EF In looking over our ex changes ol
the past two months, we fiod that some
Of them have been pitching furiously into
our substitute" in the editorial chair
1t so happened That every article over
which they worked themselves up. was
written by 0urself.
Year: 1871

The gold used for pens is Of various degrees Of
fineness, from three to fourteen carats. The best
manufacturers use the latter quality, il possessing
more elasticity, tenaeity and drmness than infs-
rior qualities. The gold is received from the re-
finer in oblong pieces called ingots, which are
rolled down TO certain thickness generally about
four times that Of the finished pen. Il Is
then passed through power press containing a
die, which puts out what ars called blanks, o.
pieces Of an oblong shape, one end bluntly sharp
ened, and perfectly fat. These blanks are about
one-half the length of the finished pen.


The blank is next Transferred to the saving
machine, by which the point is cut down to re-
ceive the iridium necessary to give the required
hardness. The iridium, with a small piece Of geld,
is then placed on the point, and kept in place BY
a strong solution Of borax. II is subecred 20
the action of the fame directly upon the point.
The heat Of the fire soon melts the piece Of gold.
and the iridium is sodered to the pen. The blank
has now bat little the appearance Of gold being Of
a decidedly coppery hue. This is soon set right
by dropping it into ehlorehydre or muriatie acid.
the color being thus restored The blank Is now
passed through steel rollers, so constructed as not
to touch the point but to condense and lengtheu
the rest Of the pen. Il is surther hardened by
hamilering, thus producing the spring 50 much
like that Of quill. sE


The next process cutting the blank to the
shape of a pen, is done BY a die in F7ess simi-
lar to the first mentioned. 1t is then stamped
with the makers name, this being the last per
formed on it while fat. 1t is now bent in pecu-
liarly constructed die, AID the iridium is cut
through by means Of emery on a very thin cop
per wheel running with great velocity this starts
the slit, which is then extended BY means sf an
other machine. The sides Of the slit are now
polished by thin iron wheel with emery, thus
making the sides smooth, preventing them iron
catching on each other.


The outsides Of the points are now ground to
the desired shape with emery upon a soft copper
wheel with fat surface, and the pen Is ready
for what is technically called "stoning This
operation is performed by rubbing the metal with
what is called Scotch stone, which gives smeS.h
surface and renders the work FOX the polishsg
much less.


II then goes to the polisheT, who with wheel
and rotten stone gives it the bright and smooth
appearance so noticeable in all new peas. The
inside Of the nibs are made slightly rough in OF
der to cause them to hold more ink than they
otherwise would; the points Of the pens are
ground perfectly smooth and even by HaSans Of
emery on copper. and the pen Is finished aud
ready for use.-Erchange.
Year: 1871

Says correspondent observed thai


their artillery practice was much better


than formerly. The alignment hcs beer


usually good enough, but at hrst the


fuses-all concussion-were disgracefully


bad On one occasion saw fired seven


shells in succession without bursting, but
now for shell not to burst is the ex-
ception, not the rule. From time to


time have collected great many frng-
ments selected with reference to the fus-
ing ! observe two sorts of conclusion
fuses-one brass, the other iron-and of
these unquestionably the latter nre the
best. No single time fuses have seen
except for shrapnels, which have time
of necessity. as need not be explained to
military readers French fllsing. cannot
be very delicate, us the following frag-
ments will prove First, having on two
occasions been near-on one very near
French shells launched into n forest, it
was quite surprising to note how very
few shells exploded on striking mere
branches of trees. If hitting a large
trunk they would then explode but n
mere branches came in their way, they
then would crush through them like SO
many solid shot not exploding until they
touched the ground. The general result
is that q shell comes to earth, ricochets,
and explodes in the air. If explosion
do not take place, then the effect is curi-
ous. More frequently than otherwise,
the proectile stands on its base, just like
sugar-loaf in any grocer's window one
might think it had been laid there by
hand. Nosingle instance have l seen of
shell burying itself, while circumstan-
ces seem to favor the opinion of those
who hold that an elongated rifle projec-
tile in fight always retains the angle
of inclination to the horizon with which
it left the gun. Do you know that the
Prussians use no shrapnel whatever i'll
the war, and the French shrapnel are
laughed at ? Such, indeed, is the fact.
Having seen good deal Of shell practice
in this war, l confidently aver that if
mere solid round shot could have been
pitched in among us, ricocheting along
with all the well known terrible effects
of round shot ricochet, they would have
done ten times more execution than the
same number of 16-inch long shells,
costing, l am told, some f42 sterling
apiece.
Year: 1871

Among the inmates of the Lunatic
Asylum on Blackwelfs S Island, is one Max
sey, whose elratic performances have for
years formed topic for town gossip.
His best known achievement was the
erection of fort on the north end of
the island, by which he proposed to pro
tect the city from the approach of hos
tile fleet. To the erection of this work,
designed at first MS a trading-post, he has
applied himself with patient indus
try for eighteen years. The structure
was composed wholly Of pieces of drift
wood and stolen brick, put together by
pieces. II was about twenty feet long
by twelve wide, and mounted four wooden
guns. Within were rude table made
of driftwood, some chairs, n bunk, a
stove, and few other articles. The
value of the work, the lunatic estimated
at several millions of dollars. But now
all his millions have shrivelled into ashes.
One day the fort unaccountably took
fire and in short time was entirely con-
sumed. The effect of this disaster upon
Maxsev was of course prodigious He
attributed it all to the emissaries of an
unknown enemy, and says he will not
rest until he has discovered the offender.
Seriously, the whole story of the con-
strlctlon, design and extinction OF this
work is one of the most remarkable in
connection with tho records of modern
lunacy, and affords proof that even in
it's ruins the human mind hiss wonder
full majesty and power.
Year: 1871

LOCKING Up FOR DEBT. 1t may not be
generally known that, if n mans debts be
only small enough, he may be kept in
prison for them in New York, all his life
There is nowa in Ludlow street Jail a
German peddler, living somewhere up
the river, who is imprisoned for debt
of about $500, which he incurred
honestly, is willing to pay, but cannot
because he has no money and cannot get
ont of jail to earn it-and the lawyers
have not yet found that there is any way
TO get him ont. The petty District
Courts of the cities OF New York State
have power to arrest man for debt on
the simple affidavit that he intends to
leave the country. If judgment is OBJ
tanned, the same affidavit serves to keep
him in jail till the debt is paid or the man
dies. Strangely enough there seems to
he no writ OF hobsds corpus to apply IN
this case. This man merely came to the
city on business, and was seized after
this fashion.
Year: 1871

A HUGE jon. One of the Nevada stage
robbers confesses to the following story.
He says that o scheme was once on fooi
some time ago for robbing the bank OF
California, S ,cramento. The plan was
to rent drinking saloon on Taylor street
below the bank, and tunnel under the
vault or floor, secreting the earth re-
moved in a cellar adjoining the saloon.
party was found who was willing to
advance the money required to do the
work, and lock-picking expert was to
he brought from San Francisco and paid
$4,000 for opening the doors of the
vault. The plan was to run tunnel
under the bank to remove portion of
the floor, murder or in some other man.
ner dispose of the watchman, and then
with the aid of an expert make clean
sweep of the contents of the vault. Had
the project been successfully carried
through, the rascals would have have
been handsomely rewarded for their
villainous labols; but for some reason
it was abandoned.
Year: 1871

An ANCIENT STORY runs, that the birds
once met to choose a monarch whoever
scared the highest was to reign over
them. "Up sprang all the birds into
the air, but highest of all rose the eagle,
who, after mounting until his wearied
wings could beat no more, proclaimed
himself the sovereign of the birds. But,
all unperceived, the little wren had been
quietly perching between his shoulders,
and rs soon as the eagle ceased to mount,
he rose on tiny pinion far above the
wearied eagle, and twittered forth The
victory of wit and intellect over bulk and
physical strength"
Year: 1871

The Brooklyn ferry encroachment, which was 70
have been investigated yesterday by the Committee
on Ferry and Water Rights OF the Common Council,
was adjourned until next Tuesday forenoon In conse-
quence OF the unavoidable absence OF Mayor Kab-
1eiscn and the failure OF superintendent Cyrus p.
Smith to appear. Mr.. Smith saw the committee
after the adjournment and apologZed for his alb
sence, summons from the Supreme Court he
said, causing his failure to reach the committee at
the proper time. President Morse, OF the Union
Ferry Company, met the committee and brought
with him Counsellor Sllliman.