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Year: 1870

BRAIN WoRK AND MANUAL La
BoR. There is a volume oftruth
and reason in the following from
the Herald Of Health:


z. 1.-The worker with his brains
wolld love brain work more If
ha bad y cnnnla hnnrs hard vnrk
to do every day. If such per-
SONS could have their gardens aud
shops to run to when their heads
were sired, they would soon re-
cuperate, ard the muscular toll
not being in excess would soon
be . delight II. on the other
hand, the ~toiler with the hand
could do daily some mental Ia
Dor. it would add greatly to his
happiness, The sharpening ol
the brain by culture would add
effectiveness to the hand. The
reason for this, is because man is
a composite being. His muscles
were not made for non-use more
than his brain; and the right use
of each IS a pleasure aid not q
pain. After . few generations
we shall have what is now thu
prayer Of thousands, more cul'
ture for the laboring man, aud
more physical labor for the cul


tured man. This will establish .
harmony between the two, which


will add greatly to the prosperi


ty. happiness and health Of both.
Year: 1870

Clever Capture or Swindler-Kuox Wide


Awake.


Yesterday afternoon boy went into the store OF
Knox the harter and produced an order purportng
TO be from Mr.. Ockersha usen. the Shipping agent.
asking MIR. Knox to send set OF sable or mink urs
aud let them be nce sec for he wanted them for
wedding present Tue Dill was TO be sent with the
iurs by the bearer and ne would send his check for
the amount. While young man named Bowen was
ookine out the furs Mr. Knox questioned the boy,
ana the answers not being quite satisfactory
he requested MIR. Bowen ana another Young man
from he store TO 80 with the boy VINO SAID the man
was waiting for him at the corner OF New Chambers
and Chatham streets The three walked about there
for half an hour but the messenger to receive the
furs was not there. The young men then dec ded TO
take the to the station but before they did that
went TO Mr.. Ockershausens OH e. and the boy was
unable to point cut any one there who had given
MIN tue order. on their way TO the station house
Bowen thought he saw u man who reseMbled
the description the boy had given. He asked
the boy II the man he pointed ont
not the man ind the boy said 1t was. he GOV was
Then instructed 10 give MIN the furs, ana he went
and did So Directly the man obtained possession
ne was seized by the young men. lie made a des-
perate resistance. 30 desperate thai he got out OF
his coat ana was only deta'ned IN cnstOdv by The
help of two officers from Capian Allares precinct.
At The station house Jne man SAID MS name w:s
Baldwin and upon him was found a large number
OF similar orders Tor different descriptions OF pro
perry nom stores. rue furs were valued at $l75.
Year: 1870

Proposed New Modes Of Transit.


meeting or the Society Of Practical Engineers
was held last night In the rooms OF the Geographical
Society, Cooper Institute paper was read by Mr.
G. Williams, civil engineer on THE Past ana Fu-
ture OF City Transit" The paper set forth at con-
siderable length the advantages OF an elevated
street railroad. One peculiar feature was me
suggestion that this proposed elevated roadway
should be made available for the ordinary vehicle
traffic OF the Streets The next aspect OF the ques
ion was the consideration or the mode OF pressure
The atmosphere system Of propulsion was con.
sldered at length. 1t was proposed to carry q
charged tank of air on board The and to change
the tank at different stations; but It
was admitted that TINS would be q great
waste OF time in rolling or and taxing
on spent and cn arqed tanks Of air Ca orc engines
petent as means OF PRESSURE The pneumatic tube
system FOR the conveyance OF parces s was pract,-
cable, out for the conveyance OF passengers would
involve so great waste OF power as to render
1t impractica0eaiOr the trinsL OF passengers. The
proposed system OF prOpelng cars by carOOn.c acid
gas has q very attractive appearance, but was also
impracticable Tie most feasible among the many
plans for air propulsion was that by means OF com-
pressed air. The car would be on board IN the
car and distributing tanks would be Iald
along the whos length of the road, and
require the stopping OF the car no longer t:,an
would be necessary Tor passenger TO get or or on
The whole propeliing apparatus, includog engine
wound not weigh Thousand pounds. 1hls plan was
applicable to ground lines as well as elevated ways
and would be great Improvement over the present
modes OF propulsion.


The elevated railroad In Greenwich street would,
In the opinion OF the writer, be mode Of convey.
ance that would soon be numbered with the things
Of the past


MIR. Cheesebrow showed Q model of an incline
be practicaDie by the fixing OF two sets o, columns
In the centre OF the road.
Year: 1870

THROUGH TO NEW YORK IN Two HoURs.-
4 view Of Billiards. celebrated panorama of
New York city is said to be equal to visit
to that great city. 1t takes the spectator
forty-one miles through the streets of the
metropolis, giving faithful representation
OF what every stranger would wish to see
were lie on visit to New York the whole
accompanied by an explanatory lecture con-
veying good deal of information not to be
obtained from guide-books. The panorama
will be exhibited at st. Adams Hall at 8
O'Clock this afternoon, and again at g o'clock
tonight.
Year: 1870

NEWS FROM THE SABINR.-A letter received
at the Navy Department this morning from
Commander j. G. Walker of the frigate Sabine
announces that he arrived at Gibraltar on the
evening Of March I'D, ten days from Naples
and would sail soon for Madeira. All well on
board,
Year: 1870

Since the beginning OF the year there has been .
considerable falling of in the subscriptions to tho
DorG Art Union, while the heavy expenses OF the
enterprise have had to be kept up In justice to the
energy and perseverance, of the proprietor OF the
splendid works offered as prizes and IN acknowi-
edgement OF his liperaty, since he is willing to
rince one-tnird Of the coupons, those who have
already subscribed and The public at large should
come forward and take up the remaining coupons
at once. There be no doubt now TO the
honest purpose OF the enterprise and public sup
port should prevent the useless sacrifices made la
unavoidable current expenses.
Year: 1870

Two young men from the country
called In at Detroit foundry, few
days ago to get piece of casting for
some farm machinery. The employ
ees were absent at their dinner with
the exception of the engineer, who
was oiling up his engine for the after
moons work 1T was running at low
speed, and pumping water into the
boiler. The country cousins looked
with interest at its motions and the
slow revolution of the large tiy-wheel,
and fell into discussion as to the rel
atiye power of steam and human mus
Gle. One of them finally offered to
bet dollar that he could "grab" the
huge wheel and hold'it. He stepped up
to the engineer and, asked permission
to try it, which was readily granted,
and taking off his coat and rolling up
his sleeves, braced himself for the ef-
fort. Watching carefully until the
right stroke came around, with rush
to encourage himself he clutehed it,
He didn't exactly stop the wheel--in
fact, he went over it without stopping
and was discharged in parabolic or
bit through space, coming down in a
sand heap, in the further part of the
foundry. Hewas picked up a thor
oughly. disgusted man, and so lame

that he was obliged to climb into his
wagon at the back end, quite satisfied.
however, that steam was too much for
him.
Year: 1870

The Kalamazoo Telegraph says -
con the north side of Rabbit River,
in Allegan county, near the station of
the Allegan and Holland Railroad,
called Rabbit River, is level piece of
table land, and, where the axe has not
done its work, covered with a thrifty
growth of beech and maple, tall and


straight, showing in its manner of
growth that the land has been a for
est comparatively q short time, that
is, as the lives of forests are reckoned.
This tract has a number of those Curl
GUS ancient rings of earth scattered
about. One, about five rods in diam
eter, is crossed by the stage road from
Allegan to Holland. About forty
rods from this one and nearly north,
is another, of the same dimensions,
with small mound near its southern
side. This might have been made by
an upturned tree, but no signs of the
tree were visible in the slight exami-
nation we were able to give it, for the
ground was covered by newly fallen
timber, forming that chepeaur de
Jrise known to wood butchers as
slashing.' About half mile north
west, in field, is yet another of these
rings. larger in diameter than the 9TH
er two. About thirty rods east of the
last named circle is mound of Garth
rather more than half the height of
the one In the park, and covering
about half of its area. We found that
very rough attempt at an examina-
ton had been made by the summary
process of digging large hole down
to the bottom, which was the old sur
face level. The result was the discov-
cry of an absurd mixture, of broken
human bones and sandy loan, for The
remains were so fragile that the spade
passed through them, meeting no
moro resistance than the earth would
give, although, where they were un-
disturbed, they were very compact, as
though they had been beaten or
rammed down. Clearing away the
rubbish of former. explorers, we made
trench on each. side of the hole al
ready made. Proceeding very care
fully, we found that The earth was
about eighteen inches above the re-
mains. Then came the stratum of
bones and loan. This loan had a
grayish tint, as though ashes were
mixed with it, and it was full of small
pieces of charcoal, not bigger than
kernels of wheat. The bones were
packed and pressed closely together,
anyhow, without any attempt at or
der; many of them were blackened
as if scorched by fire. The remains
seemed to be those of all ages and
sexes, the skulls with very retreating
brows and narrow; the back head was
large and the skull very thick. Near
ly on top of the mound. were two
trees, one about twenty inches
through. The ideas forced upon us
by this hasty examination were these:
that when this plain was clear of tim
ber, it was peopled by these circle
builders that some of them, to the
number of fifty or seventy-fve, were
massacred; that an attempt was made
to burn the pile of dead bodies with
some light fuel, such as a great guam
tity of dry grass and weeds; then
they were covered with the soil
scraped in every direction to the pile,
as the existing hollow shows yet" '1
Year: 1870

TAKE 81 lb Of talIow and two quarts Of olive oil


ut lhlS Ill your boiler and SET it over the fire unit IL
ne taIlQW i melted, then add 10 pounds of caus-


NC SOFA ley, strength 80 per cent. stir with wood
en- spalua the heat must now be increased and the
mixture kept constantly stirred to prevent it ad-
herIhg TO the bottom and sides of the boiler; at the
ena OF three or four hours the mixture assumes a
Nlitlsh appearance, as by continuing the heat the
aq9eons part is entirely evaporated and the mass
reduced to perfectly dry state. The heat is now
increased, and in short time the mass becomes
AGAIN OF liquid form and changes TO brownish
reioi' which indicates that the combination of the
M im with the alka is effected. The boiler is then
lNed OIL the fire, but the stirring is continued so
il long as any danger of scorching is apprchended


i ne second part ofthc operation consists in break
ms up the product which is now i'll solid form


10 this add one gollon ofpurc water, and thor
onghly agltatc the mixture for half an hour. The
pouer IS then set on the fire and the contents ras
ed 10 the boiling point and kept for about three
holrS, during which time the stirring and agitation
must be continued. So soon rs the evaporation has
been carried to the desired extent and the soap a
pears OF proper consistency. it is allowed to cool
gradually. The whole contents Of the boiler, while
YET IN liquid state. are now pnt into the ordinary
frames and left to cool The day following the
contents of the frame viii be found hard enough
for cutting. New York Tribune.
Year: 1870

held in readiness last night to convey them to town
in the morning should the street be submerged. The
last messenger from that part OF the town last night
reported the water to be about four feet over the
wharf, or about twelve feet above high-water
mark


Visiting the hotels last evening, our reporter
found about hundred persons who had been de-
tiined here on their way South. Many of them, as
might be expected, were In no enviabe frame of
lind, but the majority took their misfortunes very
coolly, only exhibiting very lively interest in cry
bit OF news respecting the progress of the Ise and
the probabilities ar "fall.n The situation OF
young man was truly ptiable. He was on his way
to be married, when the noble Jeems arose and ar
rested the course OF true love. The day fixed for
the wedding is Thursday next. 1t is said, and the
prospective bridegroom cannot by any possibility
get within fifty miles OF the place appointed for the
nuptials by the appointed time


Should the present freshet equal that OF May
177O, it is likely that all the bridges would be
swept away, and many millions Of property be de-
stroyed in and out of the CITY, There is monument
at Turkey Island, said to be one OF the oldest in Vlr
ginia, which records the devastatons Of the great
Hood. Turkey Island Is now part OF the mainland
but before ITO 1t was island. The river, in its
rage lifted it beyond its bed, and pastered it on
the adjacent shore. In the Virginia Gaztte of that
date there is an interesting account from the pen OF
witness who lived in Richmond. Then, indeed,
the rains had unnterruptedly descended for twelve
days and twelve nights.
Year: 1870




From the Richmond Dispatch, Oct. l.


Many people went down to the river bank during
the morning to see II there were any indications OF
a rise in the current as it swept by Richmond But
up to IL O'Clock the water was as placid as usual
and as clear as crystal little later the Rivanna
mud began to show ITSELF and at noon there came
a strongly-tinctured nood sufficient 10 swell the
body OF the stream considerably and moving at the
rate Of about five miles an hour From that time
onward until the hour OF this writing (midnght the
torrent has been rapidly increasing in strength and
volume, rising not less than foot and half an
hour and there is no reason to believe that it yet
at its height.


when the first swell came three men, who evil
denty had not read the warning in the morning
papers, were fishing in the river at point just oppO-
site HaXall's mills. One was on a trap fixing It,
the others in boat. The boat was carried away by
the sudden rush OF waters and the fisherman on the
trap was left high and dry, but with prospect of
soon being set afloat in very dangerous current
His comrades in the boat srove to 20 his assist
ance, but their efforts were inenectua and pre-
senty deemng delay perllous, he doned his clothes
pert swimmer he managed to dodge the rocks and
got into smoother water, when he was drawn out
alive, but almost exhausted. He dragged himself
home In state little short OF nudity.


At twilight last evening large crowds were
gathered on Mayo's and the Danville Railroad
bridges, watching the rise OF the river The drift
wood brought down was mostly dead, but late in
the evening some good framing timber was noticed
stun could be discerned there were no traces Of the
destruction OF valuable property reported TO have
ken "a piace up % ana tas taken
OF the rate at which the current travelling led
TO the belief that the water which wrought such
serious damage had not yet reached Richmond.


During the whole afternoon might be seen parties
on either bank CT the river preparing for the Hood
by removing everything liable to be set anoat Many
teams were engaged until a late hour in getting out
the tobacco from Mayo's warehouse and placing it
at points deemed safer. 1t seemed hardly probable
however that the water would rise high enough TO
move the tobacco there stored, To DO so il would
have to be several feet higher than Il has been raised
by any freshet within the memory of persons now
living.


The CONSERVATION in Rockets as the water began
TO lap over the wharyes there afforded an exciting
spectacle. People removed their Faluables from
exposed places and generally made their beds as
high up stairs as they could well get. Boats were
Year: 1870




Provisional GOvernmenI.


NJ Jules Favre has issued circular dated Sept
H. order to explain the decree which hastens the
elections to the Constituent Assembly and the
luton to convoke that body as soon as possible NJ
Jules Favre says:-


/ viii sum up our entire policy In accepting the
perilous task which was imposed upon us by the Ia
OF the Imperial Government we had but one idea
namely, 20 defend our territory TO save our honor
and TO give back to the nation the power emanating
from itself, and which 1t alone could exercise.


We should have wished that this great act might
have been completed without transition, but the
first necessity was to face the enemy We have not
the pretension to ask dsintereste 1ness OF Prussia
We take account OF the feelings TO which the great
ness of her losses and the natural eXaltation of
victory have given rise IN her. These feelings eX-
plain the violence OF the press, which we are far
from confoundiDg with the inspirations OF states
men, These latter will hesitate 90 continue an i'm
pious war, In which more than 100000 men have
already fallen. To force conditions upon France
which she could not accept would only be to COM
pei a continuance OF the war.


1t is objected that the Government is without
regular power TO be represented 1t is for this
son that we Immediately summon freely
Assembly. We do not attribute To ourselves any
other privilege than that OF giving soul and our
blood TO country, and we abide by its sovereign
us for day. 1t is immortal France uprising before
Prussia-France divested of the shroud OF the En-
pire, free generous, and ready to immolate herself
for right and liberty dsaYowing all political con-
quest and all violent propaganda having no other
ambition than TO remain mistress OF herself and 70
develop her moral and material forces and to work
fraternally with her neighbors for the progress OF
civilization.


IL is this France which, left to her free action, i'm
medately asks the cessation OF the war; but prefers
its disasters a thousand times 10 dshonOr Vainly
those who ser loose terrible scourge Try now TO
Year: 1870

THEY LOVE TuER COUSINS. st is
amusing to observe the sudden af-
fection that has sprung up for us in
the breasts Of the good people OF
Boise City since the introduction OF
the bill to segregate this county
from the parent stem and add It to
Nevada. We have no thought that
any such bill will ever become a
law. nor indeed do we desire it, yet
IT is curious to note the importance
attached to Owyhee by those hither-
to apparently Indifferent az to It's agrl-
cultural, mineral and other resourc-
o.. We never realize the value Of a
friend until we have lost or are
abont to lose one. Our Boise friends
begin to appreciate and like us.
Year: 1870

Irritating to the feelings. After rolling
all night in your berth at sea till you are
miserably sick, to have steward ask You IN
the morning if you will have fresh roll for
breakfast
Year: 1870

AN INTERESTING SITUATION. The Galena Ga
zette says that young lady in the north part of
10 Daviess county, Illinois, engaged herself to
three different lovers. The young men, on
learning the situation of affairs, had fierce
quarrel about it, which was kept up for several
months. Finally concluding that no good could
result from continuing the warfare, all three
agreed 10 meet the girl and request her to take
her choice. AT the appointed time the meeting
was held, when the girl quietly informed them
that it was quarrel of their own, in which she
was not particularly interested, and that they
must settle it among themselves. Whereupon
they retired and agreed to settle the difficulty
by drawing lots, which was done, and the win
ner married the girl recently. The parties are
respectfully connected, and by request of one of
them, we suppress the names 1t was rather
novel affair. The bride declares that shes got
the one that was her choice from the first.
Year: 1870

ened, falling hair checked, and bald
ness often, though not always, cured
by its use. Nothing can restore the
hair where the follicles are destroyed,
or the glands atrophied and decayed.
Bat such as remain can he saved for
usefulness by this application. Instead
of fouling the hair with a pasty sedi-
ment, it will keepit clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances which
make some preparations dangerous and
injurious to the hair, the Vigor can
only benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for
Year: 1870

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and effectual
for preserving the
hair. FADED or gray
hair as soon restored
to dts original color
aciM the gloss and
freshness Of youth.
Thin hair is thick
Year: 1870

Probable Beginning OF nm Extensive Move.


The cigar makers in the employ OF Strait0n,
Schmtt Storm 191 Pearl street, having struck for
higher wages, upon the resolution Of the Cigar
Makers Union, this frm Immediately secured tho
services Of competent men who did not belong to
the society, and gave them the wages formerly paid
TO the society men. This arrangement seemed en-
ttrely satisfactory. The new hands went to work
and were paid from one dollar and half to two
dollars less per thousand for manufacturing than
was the scale or prices In war times. Until day before
yesterday there was no appearance OF but
it seems that the union passed resolution 0nerinG
to make the new hands members OF the society with
out demanding any initiation fee. Yesterday men,
bers of the union who had lost their POSITIONS Crcu


lated lists for the new hands to sign, and OF course
upon afiixing their signatures the new hands I'M
medtatey stopped work. upon the promise OF tho
union to supply them with the necessary funds and
indemnify them for their loss OF time. There s ap-
prehensOn that violence may be used. Yesterday
the gathered in large force about the corner OF
Pearl street and Maiden Lane and Influenced many
the society Is to deceive the hands, get them to
leave their employment and then put the society
In their places. The firm states that no society men
will ever again be employed In its house, though they
cease to manufacture entirely. The proceedings
already taken viii cause heavy loss IN the prepared
tobacco, which If not worked will rot and prove
mere waste. The movement will afrect over $50 men,
because ir one department stops all must STOP. the
factory OF StraitOn, Schmltt Storm b the expert
mental house the strikers but the movement has
also extended to the firm or Gerschel Brother.
Year: 1870

PARLRYINa WITH THE ENEMY. The Tam
many leaders, by their mastery policy in
overcoming the schemes of the rough demo-
cracy and giving to the city plan of govern
ment which promises much good, have won
the confidence and respect Of the taxpayers
and citizens generally, who viewed with alarm
the bold demonstrations Of the rough and
tumble faction. Now, it appears, there is an
inclination on the part Of some of the leaders
to conciiate Sheriff O'Brien and his adherents
and receive them once more into the Tammany
fold. IF the sachems wish to improve the
opportunity that now presents itself, and place
their party before the country as the represen-
tatives of the honest and honorable portion of
the metropolitan community, they must keep
of the political vermin that are now endeavor-
ing to fasten themselves again upon the
organization. They have utterly routed the
disorganizing element and have the aspiring
young brood under their feet. Keep them
there.