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Year: 1872

The National Car Builder thus de- scribes paper car wheels, the material of which is straw-board, in all respects the same as that used in the manufac- ture of paper boxes, and made of wheat, rye, or oat straw: The tire is of steel, and, when turned up ready for the filling, is made taper inside, so that the inside diameter on the fiange is one-eight of an inch smaller than on the other. The body of the wheel is paper block made of straw board, cut into circles thirty in ches in diameter, pasted together with ordinary paste, and consolidated under a hydraulic pressure of about three hun dred tons. This block after being slowly dried for nearly two weeks in dry house, is turned and fitted in common pattern lathe. The turning tool is like that used for iron, but the speed is about the same as is used for brass. This block, thus turned to fit the tire, is of course somewhat larger, in order to in- sure a perfect fit. A hydraulic pressure of about four hundred tons is then used to force the block into it's place. The tire is heated nearly to the boiling point of water, thus insuring perfect bearing when cool. When the paper block is in the lathe, a suitable hole for cast iron hub is bored through the centre. This hub has Q wide tlange upon one end Covering the whole of each side of the wheel are two side plates of Norway iron boiler plate, which fit againsta shoulder turned in the tire. The hub is forced ir after these plates are in place, the fange, on its outer end, of course, holding the outside plate firmly in its place. Sixteen bolss in the outer edge of the plates TUT directly through the paper, and holc everything fast eight bolts go through the fange of this hub, securing the whole, and making the wheel, so far as it's interior is concerned, waterproof The paper itself is painted before it goes into the wheel, and is perfectly secure against dampness, even if the wheel were not water-tight.
Year: 1872

"Fat Contributor professes to know how it is, and tells it in this way I know when l have made @ success without be. ing told The committee bring their wives mp to the platform and introduce them to me. Some of the influential citizens come up and introduce them selves. The editor takes me warmly by the hand, and wants to know where the next number of his paper will reach me.

 If stay over night with my friend, the Association President, he invites in some of the neighbors, and there is 8 so- cial time in the parlor. Or, If am at the hotel the |" boys " call around and in vite me out to eat oysters, and it is diff cult to get away from them sometimes to go to bed. There are people to see me over and above board that if I should come to that town again the hall would not be large enough to hold the peo- pie. Little boys on the street are re. spectful.

 But when I fail nobody is to be intro duced. The editor who in the afternoon said he must be sure to see me after the lecture, slips off home. His paper doesn't reach me either (unless it reaches me under the fifth rib). The secretary hands me the stipulated amount with frigid politcness, and departs. As pass along the sidewalk, on my way to the hotel, I hear some little boy shout

 'humbug" in voice of startling shrill- ness.

 The landlord surveys me with a look of pity as I enter-he has heard all about it-and I sneak off to bed as soon as pos sible. No one attends me to the depot in the morning to see me of, and hear rude fellow tell another on the platform, as I am about to get into the cars, elf that fraud comes to town again he'll get head put on him."
Year: 1872

Located in New York is an unscrupu- lous gang of men who carry on the counterfeit money, or sawdust game, l" realizing from stupid men all through the country large sums of money. In connection with the sawdust game they have gift concerts, Tea Company, bo gus watches, cheap jewelry, and num- berless other affairs, all designed to get money without returning an equivalant. It has been wondered why the concern has not been broken up. The District Attorney of New York tells us why in the following words: 1T have repeat edly searched the statutes of the State to see whether I could not find some point on which I could 1ndict them. Hitherto I have searched in vain but I still hope that, sooner or later, we may be able to bring the fellows to justice. They commit no statutable offence. In the sawdust swindle they are absolutely and entirely safe. We cannot indict them for fraudulently obtaining money without rendering an equivalent, for their circular only promises to supply the dupe with counterfeit currency, which is worthless, except as Q mode to cheat somebody else. The buyer there fore Intentionally pays good money for bad, and he IS in no way wrongeo if he receive sawdust, which is fully as valu- able as the stuff he wanted to buy. Ten years ago, when I was in Albany, the country was flooded with circulars is- | sued by these same men, promising to supply imitation gold dollars of such exquisite workmanship as to be wholly undistlnguishable from the genuine coin. It was determined to lay trap for the swindlers. An expert detective was engaged, and in few days the Dis trict Attorneys office was in possession of six of the counterfeit gold dollars sold by this firm. It was thought that c good case had been made out against the rascals, but when the dollars were tested it was discovered that they were genuine. The idea, of course, was tc send real dollar to the dupe, in the hope that he, believing it to be only a good imitation, would immediately order u large supply. I have no doubt tha very best lawyers in this city, who re. ceive enormous fees for their services. ] cannot in any other way account for the extraordinary skill with which they car. ry on an entirely fraudulent business without leaving any loophole open to at tack. The fact is, that the law, as at present constituted, is altogether made. quate to the suppression of this kind oi vice, and 1t is only by constant and re peated exposure that the trade of these men, who fatten upon the stupidity oI the lesser rogues, can be destroyed. The mere existence of such a gang of con. spirators is a crying evil, and I should be most happy to use every means at my disposal to uproot the whole system if could only discover sufficient proot to warrant an indictment against all o1 any of them."
Year: 1872

wooD LANDs.-There is, certainly, a great lack of proper discrimination among farmers in regard to the preser- vation of valuable timber trees. When ever certain tract is set aside as per- manant woodland, the greatest care should thenceforth be given, not only in removing trees that have arrived at ma turity; but in preserving the more valu- able of the young growth. It may also be we'll to introduce valuable species not native of the locality ; but this, as a general rule, will be found quite difficult in old forests.

 NUMBER OF Eaas IN A HEN-It has been ascertained that the ovarium of a fowl is composed of ovaules or eggs therefore hen during the the whole of her life cannot possibly lay more than 600 eggs, which, in the natural course, are distributed over nine years in the following proportion:
Year: 1872

THE YOUNGER DUMAS. - Alexander Dumas. pere, describing the curious and contradictory elements that make up the character of his son, says: "He is lazy, he is industrious he is gourmand, he is abstemious he is lavish, he is economi- cal he is suspicious, he is credulous he is blase, and he is innocent; he is slow in speech and rapid in action; he ridicules me with all the brilliant wit of which he is master, and yet he loves me with all his heart :; he is always ready to fleece me out of all my money like Va lere, or to fight for mo like the Cid. His imagination is the most vivid and the most sustained that have ever known in 0 young man of twenty-one years. It bears me away like a torrent; it shines like half-hidden flame it reveals itself in revcrie as in excitement, in quiet as ill danger, in smiles as in tears. From time to time we quarrel with each other, and, like the prodigal son. he takes his portion and quits the paternal mansion. On that day buy calfaan begin to fatten it, sure that before a month he will return to get his part of it. It is true that evil-minded people say that it is for the sake of the calf that he comes back, and not for mine but am moi inclined to believe half that"
Year: 1872

Every living creature is the product of an egg. Some are matched within the maternal body, and develope into their predestined proportions after birth which is the beginning of existence with the mammalia generally. Eggs of fishes are ordinarily incubated by solar warmth. Birds furnish heat necessary to quicken the germ into life from their own bodies, with few exceptions. Whether rhiuoceros, hippopotamus, a giraffe, an elephant or flea, their be- ginning is an egg. The germ of the future being is fed on the fluids by which it is surrounded. Out of the al- bumen or the white of common pull let's egg, for example, are built up a skeleton nervous system, a heart, lungs, brain, blood vessels, every muscle, and the elements of each individual feather, while the yolk is magazine oi food on which the chick is to be nour- ished short time after it leaves the shell. To do that, it is taken into the body of the bird in the course of incu- bation. Its enveloping membrane is elongated into tube communicating with the stomach, through which the nutriment is conducted to where it can be used. When that supply is exhaus- ted, then the mother commences Q reg. uar system of nourishing and feeding till grown and matured for providing fol itself.
Year: 1872

A father and mother in Detroit went away for an evening and left their little foury y-ear-old boy alone, although he begged piteously to be taken because he was afraid of the wolves and bears. They came back and found the child had become insane from fright, and is likely to be mopipg i5iot for the rest ef his days. 5"
Year: 1872

In olden times June was held to be the most propitious month of the twelve for marriages, happy result being rem dered doubly certain if the ceremony was timed so as to take place at the full of the moon.
Year: 1872

A Dead De1usion.

 The theory that human beings whose strength has exhausted by pain and sickness can be restored by depicting medicines and water Gruel if absolutely dead deuson is in the last agones of dissolution At length is understood that strength be into debtated frame, though life may easily be purged of it. and that about as wise to withhold healthful stmulant from the weak the expectation that they will rally without it would be deprive lamp of oil and expect it to burn the brighter it.

 The immense and uniform success which has attended the of that wonderful combination of pure stimu. lant with the finest medicinal herbs known as Hostel ters Stomach Btters has largely assisted in dspelne the absurd chmera Frantic attempts made to re- vive it, but in yain When the sick feel that their strength departing and that unless nvgorated they utterly break down. it is in vain tender them fecuent slops in the place of genuine restoraves They may be imposed upon in this way once but the mposi- ton cannot be repeated They desire to be refreshed comforted braced up and decline to be Grped second time.

 Under the operation of the Btters the other hand all the to physical restoration simultaneously. The system is stimulated and toned, the bowels regulated the appetite cultivated the composed and the condition of the blood improved at one and the same time by . single medicine. Common tells that such preparation must be invaluable For one of the Best Book Ca, alogues published send three-ctnt stamp to ALFRED WARREN, No. 2ls
Year: 1872

the st. Domingo annexation scheme. an inter-


oceanic ship canal and new treaties Of amity
and commercial reciprocity with Mexico and


the Central and South American States,


with an eye to . few more subsidized steam
ship lines. This programme. in addition TO
the budget of internal improvements sug-
gested. may well cause the Secretary Of the
Treasury to shudder at the prospect before
him. Of course all these grand projects win
require q prodigious supply of bonds and
greenbacks. increased instead of reduced taxes,
and suspension, first. of the payment Of the
principal. and next. suspension Of the interest
Of the national debt, in order to make both
ends meet. The President tells US in his Mes
sage that in view of needful expenditures any
further reduction of our national taxes are, for
the present, impracticable. We presume that,
for the present. he intends TO indulge Mr..
Boutwell, in his pretty conceit Of redemption
of the debt at the rate of hundred millions
surplus funds. The whole outlook is anything
but that of relief to tho toiling masses Of the
people.


From the material facilities Of The age. such
as railways and telographs, every country
concerned in these agents Of modern progress
is inevitably tending to strong or stronger
centralized government. This tendency is the
modern law Of eravitaion. If there had been
no Southern rebellion the railway and the
telegraph would have banished by this time
the State rights doctrines of Calhoun even
from South Carolina. But these interventions
in Southern local entanglements. and these in
ternal improvements and steamship subsidy
projects suggested by General Grant, indicate
a tendency to o Capitalization as patriarchal
as that Of Pekin and as complete as that of St.
Petersburg But there is still this encourag-
ing compensation before us, that when, like
Red Cloud and Spotted Tail, we shall all come
under the care of our Great Father, we shall
all be relieved Of the trouble of taking care of
ourselves. How this idea will affect the Presi-
Dental contest of 1876 is question which we
submit to the scheming politicians of Con-
prasS
Year: 1872

his efforts have been saving Of over six


hundred thousand dollars in the years ex-
penditure Of the department, material Inn
provement in Its efficiency. and an increase Of
over fifty thousand dollars in three months
receipts for rents and penalties The other
reforms made in the department are numerous
and valuable, and with friendly cooperation
on the part of the Comptroller they could be
still further increased. AS the Department of
Public Works includes the control of the Gro
ton Board, its proper management is of the
utmost Importance to the city.
Year: 1872

The DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WoRKs.
annual report of the Commissioner of Public
Works contains many interesting facts, some
of the most important Of which will be found
in to-day's HERALD. 1t will be seen that the
work of reformation in this department--the
most corrupt and the worst abused in the
whole city government under the rule of the
old "Ring'-has been pushed vigorously and
effectively. The department was the asylum
of oil the political ragamufins of the city, and
was filed with sinecurists and foul with corrup-
ton. Commissioner Van Mort has succeeded
in less than year in making it one
Of the best, il not the best conducted under
the city government The practical results Of
Year: 1872

deposit banks under ChamberIains sweeny
and Bradley. They would like TO be informed
also how it is that this important item Of city
receipts seems to have escaped the notice Of
the lynI-eyed Comptroller 1t is very pleas-
ant to have full city treasury but if the
taxpayers are TO receive only injury from il.
we might as well cut of the Croton water from
the distributing mains and then invite the ueo-
pie to visit the aqueduct and admire its ample
supply.
Year: 1872

We announced to our readers yesterday that
the Mutual Life Insurance Company had,
after stormy and spicy Eve hours discussion
on Saturday, abandoned the proposed policy
of q sweeping reduction Of rates. No doubt
this will be good news to the policy holders
and quiet some we'll grounded apprehensions.
The proposal to deviate from the long estab-
ished rates, the safety of which had been
fully demonstrated by experience in this coun-
try as well as in Great Britain, has encountered
almost universal opposition. Lawyers have
not hesitated to say that such deviation,
about which actuaries differ, might in the case
Of a purely mutual company imperil sacred
trust funds, the heritage Of widows and
orphans, and be therefore actionable ct law
The signatures affixed by thousands to the pro-
tests against it which have poured in, and are
still pouring in, from oil parts Of the country
represent an aggregate of interests amounting
to millions Of dollars; and among the sigma
lures to the protests daily received are the
names Of eminent citizens and several distin-
guished judges Of our courts


The noted Californian who drove his four
horses furiously yet safely down mountain
road for many years was at last suddenly upset
and run away with. A vessel which sails
smoothly enough off soundings may tack and
head towards some rocky promontory, shaving
it closely, and yet escape the breakers but
the chances arc ten to one that by sudden
squall it may be shipwrecked So it is gen.
rclk 1oA
company is rich and strong enough to
bear for time the strain of revolutionary
experiment it cannot always be secure against
liability to fatal accidents. The public recog-
nizes marked distinctions between fire policy
which is made for single year and the con-
ditions Of which may be changed on the part
Of the holder or that Of tho company, as ex-
igencies may require, and life-policy which
is o contract ''for better or for worse" for
long term Of years or until death. In the
latter case yearly dividends may be On equiva-
lent for the conveniences Of the former, and
the faculty of Withholding dividends on oc-
casion is, as it were, safety valve for life
insurance company.


The public must feel reassured by what is
virtually ON abandonment Of q mistaken pro-
ject and return to the safe rates to which it
has hitherto been accustomed. Such rates
promise to be henceforth a bulwark of
American life insurance This benefcent
institution will, perhaps, be stronger in itself
and in its hold upon popular favor, now that
it has weathered the recent storm. 1t remains
to be seen whether the concession of the
Mutual Life Insurance Company to en-
lightened public opinion will avert search
ing investigation of the serious charges which,
rightly or wrongly, have been brought against
its management At all events, the prevailing
sentiment demands that the officers of every
insurance company should be, like Cesar s
wife above suSpiciOn.
Year: 1872

is it credited to the cityp Has it been paid at
all, or has Comptroller Green suffered the city
to lose it2


These questions are the more important
from the fact that the amounts in the city and
county treasury have wonderfully and repre-
hensibly increased until they have reached the
enormous dimensions Of from seven to nine
millions. We say ''reprehensibly, for on
this sum the taxpayers are paying at least
seven per cent interest. Three and half per
cent on the amount of nine millions for three
months only would realize three hundred and
fifteen thousand dollars. Will Comptroller
Green let the people know whether any inter-
est OF oil has been paid to the city's
credit by Chamberlain Palmer on the
large sums he has held in the treasury, or
whether the streform" government has re-
turned TO the corrupt system prevailing be-
fore Chamberlain Sweeny's accession to the
Officer The money borrowed on city bonds
bears seven per cent interest. The city is
bound to pay seven per cent interest on all
claims not paid at maturity or when due to
the city creditor, and under policy of never
paying any claims until further delay is i'm
possible this interest is likely to prove ON i'm
portant item in the city expenditures If we
edd to this legal expenses for litigation, which
have recently been large, we shall find the
taxpayers are losers by the large balances kept
on hand under any circumstances. They
would like to know whether, in addition TO
all this singular ''rcform" economy, they have
lost the three and half per cent paid by tue
Year: 1872

CLOVER FOR lIoGS.-An Ohio hog-rasei
advocates the system of pasturing on clover
during the summer. He presents, Il, the ad-
vantage of his plan, the statement that IN
acre OF ground in clover will pasture five hogs
f0ar months, and that it will take the corn
from half an acre to feed them the same time
The cultivation of the corn he counts equal t.
the rest of the other half acre. He further
claims that hogs pastured on clover are in faI
better condition than if fed on corn, as they
are better framed healthier, and eat better
and also states that the land is enriched by the
clover paSturng.
Year: 1872

A Western man thinks smart girls may be
thus described They can paddle their own
canoe if there is any necessity for it,or be just
- dainty and frightened at ripple in the
water. as though they did not know boat
TO circumstances. You meet them on Broad
way in the morning, or on the avenue in the
afternoon, and look at their elegant clothes
and stylish ways with envy, wishing you had
o0en born rich rather than handsome.
Year: 1872

We suppose that marble busts cannot feel. il
they could, what agonies would the image of Ben.
Franklin endure-the image, we mean, of that
solid old sage which has just been placed over
the door of the Government Printing Office i'm
Washington! In the first place, Franklin was
the last man in the world to care for that sort of
distinction at all. In the next place, this fine
old philosopher was nothing if not economical,
and the greatest pleasure he had in discovering
the laws of lightning was i'm the satisfaction he
experienced from thinking of the property which
his lghtning-rods would save. He knew well
how to manage printing Office, and he liked the
typographical busness; but the enormous amount
of money which we spent for "publc printing y
of no sort of good to anybody but the printer and
paper-maker would have greatly disturbed mn
equanimity which was not easy disturbed His
bust is all very well; but we wish they could
learn, in the Government Printing Office, a little
of his economy.-N. T. Tribune.
Year: 1872

Our view of this matter is, that although we
should regret to part company with the Upper
Peninsula. it is, after all, "only question Of
time,' and whenever the people are fully and
generally in favor of separation, let them have
their own way about it. There may 10 some
things in which their interests are different from
ours and the territory of each peninsula already
is, and the population doubtless will be- equal to
the average Of other States. 1t will be some
time yet before the population will be sufficient
to Justify the formation of State government,
and the expense Of carrying it on; and the terri
torial condition will he likely to last for sOme
time. We should naturally suppose tho "Supe-
rior" people would rather remain an integral por-
tion of State, with the political rights pertain
ing thereto than to come under the territorial
condition and disabilities; but that is more q
question for them than for us.-Sdgisar (Aick.)
Enterprise
Year: 1872

VNOULD respectfully to the Ladies of wbir
w Cloud and vicinity that they will during the
season. carry the business OBJECTIONABLE of MfLLIS
ERY and DRESS MAKING. in an their Department. :
Goods the Millinery line will be kept constantly on hand
and al work done promptly and in the latest and syle


he fvors Of the ladies respectfully solicited


Store room, corner of Main and Second Street Viii.
Cioud, haansas- - Feb. g. 1872
Year: 1872

Reflect that u sound mind and body are the
happiness, Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage, th:
prospect hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filled with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
annthe is biighted with our own.