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Year: 1871

There is a great deal Of silly cackliny among that
class of journals which look to THE TRIBUNE every
morning to see what they shall say the day after,
because we do not agree with Mr. Phillips in his high
estimate of Gen. Butler. and do not much value Mr.
Phiips's opinion on any practical matter Some
Southern papers, which may be presumed to be ignO-
rant enough to believe what they print speak of the
eloquent Bostonian as if he were Republican The
chief Tammany organ of this city, which knows bet
ter if it knows anything affects the some tone, and
when Mr. Phillips states that the Republican party


moribund party of spoils, it prints the dictum gee
fully and begins TO cast lots for the inheritance
Now the word of Mr. Phillips in such matter IL
worth no more than the word of any other partisan
opponent of the Republican party He was never
a Republican. He has attacked and opposed
the Republican party to the full extent o
his powers in nearly every campaign since
its formation. He was himself the candidate
of the opposition for Governor last year III Massachu
setts and ran for the purpose of defeating Gov
Claflin and giving the election to the Democrats
Our friends on the other side are too generous in
assigning him to us. and show great ingrattude in
rewarding Mr.. Phillipss service to them by giving
him name he repudiates. They well need all theiI
names and all their votes at the polls and 1t difficult
to see why they make so desperate grab at Gen
sherman. who does not belong TO them, and deny all
connection with Mr.. Phillips, who does.
Year: 1871

Paris reports say that the Legitimists, in
and out of the French Assembly, have dis
solved, and that most of the members of that
party will adhere to the Republicans. The
Legitimsts have never been very strong, and
the accessions to their number from the last
election were so ludicrously small as to excite
only derision. Chambord retired in a pet, de-
claring that be left France to remove cause
of agitation but the impression which one
gains from the election returns is that Cham
bord's chances had become so desperate that
the only possible excuse for any agitation by
his party was found in the bombastic address
which he issued on his departure.
Year: 1871

During the late war in Europe it vas demon
strated that the German Navy was suffering
from many Disadvantages, Neither the har-
b0rs nor the works of fortifCation about them
were complete there was q want of guns of
a heavy caliber most of che vessels were in
an imperfect condition. and the number OF
vessels was exceedingly small. To remedy
these imperfections tho German Government
have promptly avsiled themselves of che con
clusion of peace TO commence the improve
ment of their navy by energetic work
in all their haIbors. The letter III another
column, giving description of the harbor of
Wilhelms haven. and the condition Of the ves-
sells finished and in course of construction, af-
fords highly interesting information upon this
subject. Among other things, it is stated that.
within four years. Germany will be furnished
with ak iron -clads exclusive of those acquired
from other countries, We shall probably soon
hear of projects to connect the North and
Baltic Seas by ship canal, without which
the German system of coast defense "a in
complete.
Year: 1871

We have received letter marked private, tax
ing exceptions to the Of The TRIBUNE IN the
case of the murderer Foster and stating these novel
views of criminal law: /. That Foster was To n
certain extent justified in killing Mr.. Putnam, be-
cause Mr. Putnam, being a married man. should not
have been out of his house after dark and 2 That
every criminal, by virtue of being criminal is
entitled TO as many trials as he likes. Otherwise,
cries our critic, of what avail would the right OF
appeal be - All of which will be pleasant reading
10 those of our fellow-citizens who may be con-
templating the murder of married man OF their
acquaintance.
Year: 1871

NJ. Theirs has written a very sensible and
manly letter to the Pope, referring to a report
that his Holiness is about TO seek an asylum
in France Remembering that NJ. Theirs is
not specially favorable to Italian unity,
one need not be surprised if he should
strongly favor the cause of the Pope,
but he contents himself with saying that if
the Pope were to quit Italy for France his
course would offend Italy and embaTass
France, and that it would be impossible to
entertain the Pontiff in the style to which he
is entitled. 1t will be observed, moreover that
N. Thiers promises nothing for the future
but an attempt to mediate with view to con-
ciIiatory relations between the Kingdom of
Italy and the head of the Catholic Church.
Year: 1871

BY the arrival of the Australian mail at San
Francisco we learn that the timid cOlOnists of
Australia have been badly hoaxed. A story
that flibustering expedition was fitting out at
San Francisco to make descent upon the island,
so terrified the people that the militia were
called ont and active preparations made TO repel
the invaders. This is not the first time that
the people of Australia have been similarly
alarmed. During the FrancO-GeTman war,
when there was dispute between the Prus-
sian ambassador at London and the British
Year: 1871

Noble County, Ohio, has tie happiness of
being entirely destitute of so much as one
dramshop, according to correspondent OF
THE TRIBUNE. We commend the history of
the struggle of the Temperance men in that
county, their plans, their success, and their
CONGRATULATIONS, to the attention of reformers
everywhere,
Year: 1871

a stranger in Belfast, Maine, spent much OF
his time, the other day, in looking for his lost
pocket book and in the twilight found it in
his coat tail pocket He had followed too lit
terally St. Paurs advice in forgetting those
things which are behind
Year: 1871

Pray bestow your charity, young gentleman
ON a poor blind man" said beggar to Il per
son passing by. you are blind, my good
fellow, how did you know that [ was young :?
"Oh sir made mistake, said the bcggar
pray give trife to Il poor dumb man
Year: 1871

TREEs Richmond City Council has
lately passed IN ordinance of which the follow
ing sketch is given


In furtherance of the health, comfort and
beauty Of the city, the Council have authorized
the payment by the city engineer of il premium
of one dollar per tree for all trees planted upon
the streets Of the city, subject to the following
regulations: The trees are tn be not less than
TWO inches in diameter, and of such character
rs the city engineer may approve; said trees to
be Inspected and received 10y him one year
after their planting, the trees to be then living
and protected by neat box This not to ap-
ply to the business or ungraded streets of the
rity. 1t is further directed that the planting Of
the Ailantus and Otaheitian or Paper Mul
berry be prohibited
Year: 1871

would dip. fill, and spin round, as did the
first skiff which was lost.


The poor fellow himself was getting
impatient-visibly SO. He united his
lashings, stood upright upor the raft
eagerly waing to seize the beat, and jump
into her. She had but one more fall to
pass, and that fall was situated just above
where he stood; she paused at the brink
OF it, swung down it like lightning, and,
as he leaned forward to seize her, she rose
on the returning wave, struck him in the
chest, and he strugglad helplessly in The
overwhelming torrent.


The exclamation of horror, for Il was
not cry, which burst from the thousands
who BY this time were assembled L shall
never forget, nor the brcatless silence
with which we watched him. fighting
with the waters as they hurried him along
upright, waving both arms above his
head. We lost sight of him at intervals,
yet again and again he rcappeared, and |
thought hours must have passed in lieu
of one brief half fminute But the end
came at last; once more | saw his arms
wildly waved above his head, and in in
slant, the crowd turned from the spot in
dead silence. The man was lost.
Year: 1871

ToHe Editor Of tie Scientific Aaa r.can
Under the above cited question, there ap
peared an article in Your issue of May
10Th. have waited till now for an ADLER
en- by the writer of that article. My dis
appointment may therefore stand god
father to the request to give the following
few words place in your valuable jour
nal:


The writer, while admitting the brain
to be the seat of thought and intellect.
considers them a. the sccretd of the "im-
material" mind The functions of the
brain cells consist" he says, "in secreting
thought from the immateriai mind" In
diseases of the brain. that ''immaterial
mind remains as perfect as ever" and is
''unharmed by disease of the material
substance"


The writer further SAYS: People also
generally regard the mind and soul as
identical If they were, then. OF course,
that would settle the question as to the
brain being the origin of the mind. II
could not be, for then it must be the orr
gin OF the soul But that is impossible,
as the brain is destroyed at death and the
soul lives on forever. That which is NOR
tai could not be the origin of that which
is immortal"


The word soul, if it signify anything.
can only be used as collective name, to
designate the sum of all psychial actions
taking place in an individual; and while
all physical processes have their seat in
the brain, so the brain must be the seat of
the soul. aEH


In an inseparable alliance with the
body, the soul of men has to go through
all the stages of slow development. The
comparative empirical psychology of the
animals shows to certainty that, be-
tween the souls of the highest developed
animals and the souls of men of low
scale of intellectual development, the diff
ference is only quantitativc, not a quail
tative one.


The doctrine of evolution of Lamarck
and Darwin is the death knell to the arti-
ficial heterogenei;y of power and matter,
of soul and body, of the old dualistic phi
losophy, The foggy pictures of mytho-
logical diction will disperse before The
sunshine of scientific scrutiny, and the
traditions of 1000 years of Ignorance and
stupidity will sink into the dust before
that mighty conqueror who has establish
ed his throne in the gray substance Of the
brain.


A new era dawns, which will bring us
liberty, and the moral perfection of the hu-
man race, the contradictions and lamenta-
tons of hard dying hierarchy to the
contrary Notwithstanding.


New Orleans. ' NJ s., NJ. d.
Year: 1871

So MUCH hss been printed touching
theimportance ofthe Mississippi River
railroad to Memphis thet We deem it
unnecessary now to say anything IN
that direction. But we think It a
on the 18th instant they will be called
upon to vote upon the question OF the
city taking stock in it to the extent
Of 5000 O0O-a sum that Is necessary to
proper time TO remind our readers that
the completion of what, when finished,
will prove the most important high
way leading into Memphis. If this
500, 900 Is voted by Memphis, there
will not be any difficulty in those
having the enterprise in charge put
ting it through at a rate of speed
equal to that which made the builders
OF the Central Pacific famous. This
500, 600 subscribed, there will not be
any trouble in procuring all that
may be necessary beyond that in the
shape Of material help. The people Of
the river counties of our State are i'm
patient to be in immediate cOnnec-
ti0n with US by railroad; they have a
constantly increasing trade, a country
OF unsurpassed resources and future
as bright as any other section of the
South. We hope that all the voters Of
Memphis will attend at the polls on
the 18th, and that an encouraging
majority will be given for this most
important and much needed railroad.
Year: 1871

NEW YORK, August 11.-Steamer
Seneca and the Government tug Bir-
beck, with large party of prominent
gentlemen on board, went down the
bay this evening to meet Judge Dow
ling, on his return from Europe. by
the steamer Queen. Judge DoWling
was taken on board the Seneca, and
upon his arrival at the Barge office,
met with cordial reception from a
large number of friends.
Year: 1871

LITTLE Rock, August 11.-David-
son, the pedestrian, continues his
walk at the City Hall. He has now
been walking three days and three
nights without intermission, and
seems to be getting along well. Time
will be out at midnight tomorrow
night.
Year: 1871

LITTLE Rock, August 1l.-Ander-
son Mills, clerk on the ferryboat, got
into difficulty with a colcred man
this evening and shot him, from the
effects of which he is not expected to
recover.
Year: 1871

The eympioms of Liver


CoInplaihtaredheasine


And palH In the side.-
StMMONS' Sometimes the pain Is in
the shoulder, and it mis-


/taken for rheumatism.


The stomach is affected
with loss Of appetite add sickness, bowels in gen
eral costive, sometimes alternating withlax The
head is troubled with pain, and dull heavy sensa:
ton, considerable loss Of memory, accompanied
with painful sensation of having left undone some
thing which ought to have been done: Often com
planning of weakness, debility, sha low spirits
Sometimes many Of the
above symptoms attend
the disease, and at other
LIVER times very few of them;
but the liver is generally
the organ most involved.


Cure the Liver with
Year: 1871

The following sensible paragraph is from
Turf Field and Faum:


cat discussion at the New York Farmers
Club in reference to the cash money profits of
farming, it seemed to be generally conceded
that the business failed to yield seven per cent
on the capital invested. We were somewhat
surprised that none Of the debators thought of
giving the farm credit for the three great nee
essares of lifc-house rent, table supplies
and fuel. Viewed in this light, farming
is the safest and estIinvestment that can be
made of capital. Take TO-: instance, $4,000;
let it be judiciously invested in moderate
amount of land and all the stock and imple-
ments necessary to its successful cultivation.
The proceeds of such will support family in
degree of comfort, and even luxury, that
would cost six or seven thousand in New
York; and where is the safe, honorable mer-
camille or mechanical pursuit that will yield
six thousand year on atwenty-thousand-do
lar investment? The profits of farming, ex-
cept in rare instances, will be found to dlmin.
ish as we extend our operations beyond what
is requisite for the comfortable support of a
family, and this may be done as well on three
hundred as on a thousand acres of land; and
this is strong argument for the subdivision
OF the great landed estatates OF the South.
Year: 1871

Something may yet be done to make
up for the expected deficiency in the
hay crop. The following suggestions in
this direction are urged upon the atten-


l. Fodder corn may be sown any time
during this month.


2. Turnips can be put in now, and
are are valuable auxiliary feeding
crop. If the present drought should
force farmers to SOW them to a larger
extent, great benefit would come of it.


8. On some land where very light
burden of grass is growing), it may be
advisable to pillow it under and SOW a
late crop of oats or rye to be cut as fod-
der. Should this be decided upon,
delay the sowing until rains take place.


4. Hungarian grass and millet are
good substitutes for hay. The same
course may be pursued with these crops
as with oats and rye, as mentioned
above. -Maine Farmer.
Year: 1871

Many permanent blemishes which
depreciate the value of horses might be
prevented by careful attention as soon
as the injury is inflicted. Broken skin
on the knee may sometimes, for want
of proper treatment, result in an ugly
scar which will reduce the selling value
of horse one fourth more. In farmers
stables horses are often permitted to get
loose, and the consequence is that some
morning the owner finds one of his ami
mails badly kicked. A wound made by
the sharpened calks of horseshoe in
winter-time is very ugly looking one,
and needs some little surgery to dress so
as to avert bad blemish and yet it
may be done by the use of such skill as
is at the command of any who can dress
cut on his own finger. In the first
place, whenever an injury is inflicted it
should be attended to at once, or with
as little delay as possible. If any dirt is
in the wound, it should be we'll cleansed
with a soft sponge and lukewarm wa
ter. Then with proper needle Ia
curved surgeons needle should be used
and stout silk twist, pass as many
stitches through the edges of the
wound as will draw them, and hold
them together. These stitches should
not be made as in sewing cloth,
but the thread is to be passed through
the skin at points directly opposite to
each other. The two ends of the thread
should be tied into secure knot after
drawing the edges of the wound closely
together. If the edges are ragged, some
care must be exercised to bring the
corresponding parts into their proper
place. If swelling takes place, apply
cold water until it is reduced, and
avoid all irritating or spirituous applica-
tions unless they become necessary.
Nature will generally perform the cure
if assisted to make a proper start If
the wound should not seem inclined to
heal, and a stimulating application be-
come necessary, the following ointment
has been found of great benefit To
one pound of hogslard take quarter Of
a pint of spirits of turpentine and an
ounce of blue vitriol (sulphate of cop
per), powder the blue vitriol very fine,
melt the lard, and stir in the other in
gradients, until cool; apply sufficient
quantity to the wound. A healthy &C
ton will soon ensue.
Year: 1871




Now that the harvest approaching,
and the crop of fruits, vegetables and
cereals is to be sent forward to market
and distributed TO consumers, we hope
to see some effective measures taken to
inaugurate the GENITAL system of meas
urement throughout the country. This
has already been established to certain
extent, and our National Board of Trade
has for several years past been laboring
to render the practice more general.
But for want of uniform laws upon the
subject, and cooperation on the part of
dealers in some sections, the old custom
of measuring agricultural products in
vessels of uncertain capacity still pre-
walls to a great extent. Even when
sealed measures are used, the buyer
often gets less for his money than he
ought to have, on account of the inte-
rior or impure quality of the article
dealt out to him, which consequently
falls short of the standard weight. This
is often the case with the different kinds
of grain, which vary in weight and
value according to the ripeness and
plumpness Of the kernel.


But there are various kinds of fruits
and vegetables to which sealed meas
ures are not generally applicable. These
are sold in packages, such as boxes, bas-
kets and barrels, which, though COM
manding uniform price, are by no
means uniform in capacity. A barrel of
apples or potatoes may contain from
| "a to 2 "a bushels; yet there is no
variation in the price, and the buyer of
the small package pays just as much as
the buyer of the large one. This is all
wrong, and leads to endless frauds both
on the score of quality and quantity.
1t places the consumer at the mercy of
unprincipled dealers, and pays the latter
premium on their dishonesty. 1t
chokes off all honorable competition in
trade, and renders success impossible
except by a resort to systematic cheat
ing.


The GENITAL method of buying and
selling such commodities by weight
would prevent all this humbug, which
is rapidly on the increase in nearly all
the markets of the country. 1t is high
time this method was enforced by law,
leaving sellers at liberty, of course, to
adjust their prices to it as they may see
fit. Until this is done there can be no
hope of fair and equitable dealing in
these branches of trade.
Year: 1871

BY FlTZ GREENE HALLECh.
Twas like the poets dreaming land.


Where fairies tread the moonlit lea
Where sea- a-nymphs deck the silver strand,
And spirits breathe in melody.
The vesper dews were on the void,


The western planet of the day
Had lit her twinkling lamp of gold
In twilight's dim departing ray.
Twas sweet to see the pale moon weep
Der her blue waves her tears of light
And list, across the swelling deep


The whisper of the winds of night.
Borne on that breeze of evening mild,
The soul of music floating came;
Notes that might soothe Despair's lone child,
Or light Devotion's hallowed flame.
Now swelling in full choral song.


1t seemed the seraph's hymn of praise;
Now in wild cadence swept along


The green haired mermaid s thrilling lays.
Now murmuring low it sunk remote,


Soft as the dying cygnet's wall.
Or songs of moonlight lays that float
On wings of air in some enchanted vale.
Such was that night. Dost thou like me
Recall that scene with fond regret?
Lives in thine ear that minstrelsy,


And on thine eye that moonbeam yet?
Year: 1871

THE ISLAND RAILwAY-We are in
formed by a gentleman who should be
posted, that the fears entertained by our
correspondent Islander" that the Street
Railway Company would be obliged to
to withdraw their line from the Island on
account of the exhorbitant demands Of
the Bridge Company, are not well found.
ed The Railway Company and Bridge
Company have agreed on the tolls to be
paid by the former, and the cars will con
tinue to be run to Bridgeport, This will
be good news to the Islanders and Bridge
porters.
Year: 1871

Franklin Dyre, highly respccm
BILE and intelligent farmer of Galena,
Kent county Maryland, gives the
following as O sure euro for the bite
of q mad dog. AS will be seen, he
has tested 1t with the most gratifying
results:


Eecampane is 4 plant well known
to most persons, and is TO be found
in many of our gardens. Immediate
ly after being bitten, take one and a
half ounces OF the root of the plant
tho green root is perhaps prefera-
bic, but the dried will answer, and
may be found in our drug stores, and
was used by me--slice or bruise, put
it into a pint Of fresh milk, boil
down to half pint, strain, and when
cold drink it, fasting at least six
hours afterward. The next morning,
repeat the dose prepared as the last,
and this will be sufficient 1t is rec
commended that after each dose moth
ing be eaten Tor at least six hours.


have o son that was bitten by q
mad dog eighteen years ago, and fouI
other children in tho neighborhood
were also bitten; they took the
above dose, and are alive and vel
to this day, And l have known 9
number Of others who were bitter
and applied the same remedy. 1t il
supposed the root contains a principl,
which, being taken up by the BLOOD
in its circulation, counteracts or neu
tralizes the deadly effects of the viru


Of hydrophobia.


l feel so much cofidence in thi


simple remedy that am willing yo


should give my name in connectio
! with this statement, a