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Year: 1870

PROF. HENRY ON LIGHTNING RoDs.-We
consider most lightning rods on houses as no
protection at all against lightning, and the ma
jority Of lightning rod pedlers that are so plen-
ty in summer as little better than swinders.
We believe the value of lightning rods any
way is greatly exaggerated in the public minds.
But if one is going to the expense of protecting
his house with one, he ought to have as good
a thing as possible, and for the instruction of
the ignorant we give below the directions for
putting up lightning rods that Prof. Henry of
the Smithsonian Institute at Washington, has
lately given to frriend:-


1. The rod should consist of round iron of
about one inch in diameter; its parts, through
out the whole length, should be in perfect me-
talic continuity, by being secured together by
coupling ferules.


2. To secure it from rust the rod should be
coated with black paint, itself a good conduct
8. 1t should terminate in single platinum
point.


A. The shorter and more direct the course
of the rod to the earth the better; bendings
should be rounded and not formed in acute
angles.


5. 1t should be fastened to the building by
iron eyes, and may be insulated from these by
cylinders of glass II don't however consider
the latter of much importance.)


6. The rod should be connected with the
earth in the most perfect manner possible, and
nothing is better for this purpose than to place
it in metallic contact with the gas pipes or bet
ter with the water pipes of the city. The con-
nection may be made by ribbon ofcopper or
iron soldered to the end of the rod at one Of
its extremities and wrapped round the pipe at
the other. II a connection of this kind is i'm
practicable, the rod should be continued hori-
zontally to the nearest well, and then turned
vertically downward until the end enters the
water as deep as its lowest level. The horizon
tai part OF the rod may be buried in a stratum
of pounded charcoal and ashes. The rod


SHE OF the puMaSSr re" ns t, o1 hnS tnS aS


be put up by an ordinary blacksmith. The


rod in question is in accordance with our latest


knowledge of all the facts of electricity. At


tempted Improvements on it are worthless.


and as general thing are proposed by those


who are but slightly acquainted with the sub
/ iapt
Year: 1870

RUDENEss IN CHURCHES AT NFw Yopr,
1t is complaint that in New York fashion.
able churches it is difficult for stranger ;o
get seat. They are kept out in the vest-
bu!e until after the long prayer, and many get
disgusted and 60 away. Out of the two hun
dred churches i'm New York, there are not q
dozen that offer any hindranee 10 strangers.
There is room in abundance, pews waiting for
occupants, and ushers only too glad to accom-
modate the casual worshipper. There are
few churches that have to keep out the crowd
TILL the regular congregation are in their
places Of course these are just the churches
that the driftwood Of the city like to attend.
Say that a house has the plague and all Lon
don will go to see it," is the English proyerb.
Let it be known that there is TO be crowd
in church, and the masses will be there.
Trinity Church, with its splendid cathedral
service, is packed every Sunday morning
Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, with its celebrated
choir, could be twice filled. In DIR. Adams's
church, person must own pew TO get
seat. Camp stools fill the aisles of DIR. Halls
church every Sunday morning. Yet even
in these houses there is room enough.
But devout men and women object to bav-
ing their pews filled and their devotion dis
turbad by a rude sat that drift round from
church TO church-who have no sense of nro
priety or decency-who talk, stare, flirt and
annoy every one jim their neighborhood. As
soon as the choral service is finished in Tim
ity, before the sermon begins, crowd start to
their feet and leave, showing that they came
for entertainment, and that the entertain
ment is over. Parties dressed in the height
of fashion come in late, and are shown prom
inent seat, reserved for the family who do not
happen to be in attendance. They gigele,
talk and stare, sit when others kneel. their
whole behavior marked with great indecorum.
while they put on all the airs of a petted belle
in a ball room, affecting fatigue and lassitude.
Honest church people do not feel honored
with such company. Not long since a man
who occupied free seat in church placed a
child two years old, without permission, in
the pew of a gentleman, and left the party to
watch it while il slept that it need not roll off
the seat
Year: 1870

A MASSACHUSETTS, man has invented a
type-setting machine which seems to combine
something practical in its construction, and as
it does not attempt to do the work of half q
dozen compositors, it may possibly prove
success. A single movable key is used, which
is also the stick" forreceiviDg the type. Each
letter is raised successfully, and picking up
the type and placing it in line is done by one
motion, thus saving the mechanism in ether
machines for dispcsng of the types sitter they
are lifted, whi:h has been principal cause OF
their failure. The line of type, as it is COM
posed, is always under the operators eye, the
same as in hand composition. The new ma
chine, it is claimed, will enable compositor
to double his ordinary work, and as it is calcu-
lated to benefit the journeyman printer, the
craft will probably not oppose its introduction.
The distribution is reformed in manner sim.
liar to the other machines.
Year: 1870

If We are oyERsTocKED in anything, it is in Grocer
les and Provisions of which We keep Good Stock,
consisting of CHOICE and FANCY GROCERIES,,
as well STAPLES In this line we would call
special attention to our TEAS which we think are
not excclled by anything in the market


When visiting our store if you do not see what
you want ASH FOR TT
Year: 1870

LATEST NEWS FROM ALL POINTS
INDEBTEDNESS OF SOUTHERN RAILROADS
UNIFORM SYSTEM OF NATURALIZATION
Fearful Fall from a Church Steeple
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE CONVENTION
GEARY ON RESTORING OUR LOST COMMERCE
Proposed Eviction of Land Purchasers
MAELsTROM DISCOVERED IN UTAH
Subterraneous Outlet to


Great salt Lake


THE AWFUL FIRE AT C0NSTANTINOPLE
RAvAGEs OF CHOLERA IN INDIA
Loss of Three Hundred Lives
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MARKETS
Year: 1870

That government is the tairest which
imposes the lightest burthens upon the
people. Measured by this test the masses
Of this nation are the veriest slaves that
ever groaned under the weight of despo,ic
power. Is this true or NOS Let admitted
facts answer, that taxation is tyranny that
has grown into an axiom, SO strong that no
rejecting man will venture to deny the
truth which lies at its foundation. Start
ing from this undeniable proposition, it
follows as legitimate conclusion, that the
people who endure the greatest amount Of
taxation are suffering the greatest tyranny.
Now, We assert that the people of the Unit
ed States are the worst taxed Of any nation
on the globe, civilized or uncivilized. Take
Washington for example. We complain
grievously of our own local taxes. We
complain bitterly and With justice, because
it costs million per annum to run the
state government. We are loud in our
protests against the extravaganza which
municipal governments.


But what are all these expenditures COM
pared to the enormous sums which are an
nualiy extorted from US by the national ad-
mlnlstration? They are but a single drop





Of the ocean. It-is estimated by those who
have the near, Of knowing, that not less
than twenty millions Of dollars are annually
paid by the people Of thi. state in the shape
OF taxes, as fruits of radical legislation. as
the price of radical ascendancy. The
largest share of this enormous sum is paid
as tariff VI on what We eat, drink and
wear. The largest part Of this heavy our.
den is imposed upon the shoulders of the
iatoring masses, they who are compelled
to work and toll from eight to ten hours a
day for six days in the week, in order to
earn their bread, and yet, after all, this
severe toll, day in and day out, week after
week and year after year, they have the
bite: reflection to endure that one>half the
fruits of their labor goes to support and
protect the capital of the mi.lionairs Of
New England; and to feed the greedy treas.
ury leeches who fat,en at the public crib.
Some of it, perhaps, finds its tedious way
| into the national Golfers, and there is dealt
| out for the support of idle and lazy negroes,
to sustain needless armies In the south 70,
the suppression Of liberty, OF is used te
Year: 1870

purchase government bouds at . large
premium. But q small portion Of it is
honestly and judiciusly expended.


Only think Of it, twenty millions year
taken from the peole of Wisconsin to sup
port the nation and.o keep q corrupt and
extravagant party power How much
money have the peoie Of this state been
compelled to lay, ilorder to have q mani
Test falsehood inconorated into the consti-
tuition? 1t is of eouse impossible to ascer-
tain just how much the toiling masses OF
our state have been compelled to pay, In
order that the ballo, night be forced into
the hands of the infeior, unlettered negro.
Many weary day hive these white meu
labored, 10 order that the fruits Of their
toll might be used to lift the negro up to
an equality with him And now. that he
is placed in that false position, the govern
men. must hold hin there by means OF
force, for if the negD is left to take care OF
himself, he will inevitable fall to his natural
level where the Gcdof nature placed him.


But We will not d,ell on this branch of
our subject. We alude 70 these things 70
show why and for wlat purpose the white
masses have been taed into condition OF
servitude. Taxes hve been piled upon
them, and they have been made the lass
between burdens" il order that reckless,
corrupt and perjuredfew might riot in the
spoils Of power. Bw long will il be ere
the people will get heir eyes open to the
real truth? How lorg before they will cast
off the disgraceful pke and once more
breathe the air OF rue freedom? How
long before they will learn that the only
road to liberty, unionand prosperity, is the
path of economy. .retrnchment and reform,
and that these enls tan only be secured by
driving the radicals from the national
temple which they ave SO long polluted.
= WauLesha Plainde,ler.
Year: 1870




The legend of the Cherokee rose is as
pretty as the flower itself. An Indian chief
of the Seminole tribe was taken prisoner
by MS enemies, the Cherokees, and doomed
to torture, but fell so seriously i'll that it
became necessary to wait for hi. restoration
to health before committing him to the FIRE.
And as he lay PROSTATE by disease in the
cabin of the Cherokee warrior, the daugh-
ter of the latter, young dark. faced maid,
was his nurse. She fell in love with the
young chic ftain, and wishing TO save his
life. urged him to escape; but he would
not do so unless she would fee with him.
She consented. Yet before they had gone
far, impel!ed by sofr regret at leaving home,
she asked permission OF her love to return,
for the purpose of bearing away some
memento of it. So.retracing her footsteps,
she broke sprig from the white rose which
climbed up the poles Of her fathers tent,
and preserving it during her fight through
the wilderness, planted it by the door of
her new home in the land of the Seminole..
And from that day this beautiful flower
has always been known between the capes
of Florida and throughout the Southern
States by the name Of the Cherokee rose.
Year: 1870

lNGRowING Toe NAILs-This painful
abonormal condition Of the tce-nail may be
cured by allowing the nail to continue to
grow without pairing it. The boot or shoe
will depress the nail at tho end as il grows
longer, which will gradually elevate it At
the point, where it presses the toe; thus
removing the irritation, she toe soon heals
This is far preferable to the rash and pain
ful operation of tearing of the toe nail with
+, forceps.
Year: 1870

A BOLD pITTsBURa TBLLER.-During the


last tWo or three weeks teller IN one OF our


city banks found at the close of the days
transactions that his cash was deficient to
the extent of five hundred dollars. After


much frllitless search the teller came to
the conclusion that he would have to
stand the loss. One morning he was
surprised by the receipt of letter.. pro-
posing to restore the amount If suitable
reward were paid. 1t Immediately oc-
CURED to the teller to compare the disguised
handwriting with that of each document
which had passed through his hands on the
day in question. In the process OF COM
parison more than once repeated, he Disco
vered draft in which he could trace some
indication of similarity. His next step was
to have the whole of the drafts Of this lndi-
yidual, written under every variety OF cir-


cumStances, sought out and carefully scrutl.


nized. His suspicious were confirmed. Be-
Ing resolute fellow, and feeling that delay.


might be dangerous, he supplied himself
with q pistol, and with two friends on
whom he could rely took the bold step OF
going to the house Of the suspected party,


in Allegheny, which was reached at late
hour in the evening. On obtaining prl-


yate interview, he stated blandly that he be-
lieyed some mistake had taken place be-
tween them on money matters, which ne


was desirous of having quietly arranged.


In reply, he received a flat denial OF any


such mistake having occurred. Finding


that mild treatment was Intellectual he al


tered his tactics; told him with deter


mined air that he was in no mood to be tri-
fled with, and that he had indubitable eYi-
dence of the money having been obtained by


him. Presenting his pistol he threatened
to shoot the swindler on the spot If the


money were not Immediately forthcoming:


Thrown off his guard by the sudden and


into tremulous tit, and admitted that he


had been overpaid five hundred dollars. He


gave the teller check for the amount, and


offered him bonus to keep the matter


from publicity. The teller Indignantly re-
fused the bribe, but consented to keep the


culprit's name from public notoriety.-
Plttsb,Lr0 MnlL ...
Year: 1870

FREE-TRADE CoNFERENcEs.-W WASHINGTON,
April 26.-Yesterday and to-day several of
the gentlemen who have been in attendance
on the private conference held in the inte-
rests of free trade have called on the Presi-
dent and had informal conversations. AS the
interviews have been somewhat Of a private
nature, it would not be proper to commit
either side to the details Of the same on the
various phases of the tariff question. There
is no doubt, however, that the result is the
failure Of the President to commit himself
to any specific branch of the question
either for protection or for tariff of reve-
nue. with incidental protection, or to free
trade. On the general question Of taxation
he was in favor of reducing the tariff and
the excise duties just so far as the revenues
of the Government would permit. IF Con-
gress found that the income tax could be
dispensed with after this year, he was in
favor of cutting it of, but he thought that
the Government could not afford, in that
event, to reduce any Of the other features
of internal taxation.
Year: 1870

CAN FIT ALL sIzEs.-The clothing sold by r.
S. BALDWIN & Co., Main and Tenth streets, Is
cut and made equal to custom work, and at one
third less price. They have their sizes made spe-
cially to order, and with as full stock az they
now have can ft all sizes without trouble. Buy
your clothing and furnishing goods there. Their
prices are the lowest as their goods are the best
in the CITY. .s-.a-
Year: 1870




CARs.-The Midland railroad has penetrated
q section Of country where the locomotive
is still novelty to the old settlers. A day
or two since an old inhabitant of one of the
secluded wales through which the Midland
winds its course, clad in homespun, with
his MONDAY lunch deposited in one Of the
capacious pockets, got aboard train at one
of the small stations. The air of innocent
Wondcrment with which he surveyed the
interior of the cars before yenturing to
arrange himself in seat indicated that an
excursion by rail was an event in his expe-
rience. Presently "toot," "toot," sounded
the signal to be of, and the train gradually
gathered it's way again. The venerable
countryman exhibited evident signs of un-
easiness as the speed increased, glancing
from one end of the car to the other, up to
the roof, and then out of the window, at
the same time drawing himself neryously to
the inside extremity of the seat. Finally
the door at the forward end of the car
opened to admit the conductor on his round
after the way-Care. The sudden clatter of
the wheels over the iron rails that reached
the ears of the astonished traveller com
pletely overcome his. lfpossession. Spring
ing from his seat, he grasped the
conductor by both arms, and with an
imploring expression and agoniZed tone
that sounded above the din, exclaimed
"For Heavens sake. Captain. whoa
up and stop the wagon; I guess Phi get
out and walk over to Squire Johnson's; its
shorter cross lots" The conductor pacitied
the terrified passenger with kindly assur-
ances, declining to receive double or treble
fare, which was generously rendered, until
the train reached the next station, when
the old gentleman went over one side of the
platform as soon as the cars had come to a
stand with an alacrity that was surprising
in one of his years. When safely landed
again on terra firma he took glance from
the rear Of the train to the, locomotive and
drew q long breath, and remarked that
riding didn't agree with him much, and
brought on the rheumatics.- Osncego Aduer-
tjspr anrIL 10
Year: 1870

In the Board of Common Council Monday
night resolution was adopted requesting
Congress to pass an act consolidating the
white and colored schools of this District.
Washington letter Baltimore Sun.
Year: 1870

rrO THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF
i RICHMOND.--I respectfully announce my,
CHANCERY COURT of the city of Richmond,
subject to nomination by the Conservative par
clerk OF said court until an election Is held the
duties OF my Office require my constant attention,
so that am unable to call on my fenowscitizens
in person.


an 2G-tl2My ROBERT HO"AhD.
Year: 1870

A dumb peal, to commemorate
death, ought always to be conducted
in round ringing order; and it is
thus managed: One side of the
bulb of the clapper is covered with
thick cloth or felt, and over this
firm piece Of leather is tightly strap
ped. When all the bells are thus
prepared, one round is struck with
the uncovered side of the clapper,
and the usual tone, somewhat dead
ened, perhaps, is produced. At the
next rotation, the padded side of the
clapper strikes the bell, and a dull
vibration, scarcely perceptible, fol
lows. These alterations produce a
very saddening effect. -.
But the ordinary way of noticing
a death or funeral is by tolling.
This is done by succession of sin
gle strokes ON one bell. 1t needs no
further explanation. Few who read
this will not be able to recall at least
one occasion in their past lives
when each toll of the bell went like
shock to their own hearts, and
they knew that nearer, every stroke,
was the moment coming when the
grave would evermore hold the be-
loved dead. ..
There are, generally, rules and
regulations for good order in the
bell-chamber; and it is very desira
BILE to make these conducive to the
decorous behavior of the ringers in.
the discharge of their important du-
ties about a church. In All Saints
Church, at Hastings, maudlin ex-
ertion in this direction seems to
have been made by the subjoined in
scription, which is painted on the
wall: j-t t


This is a belfry that is free -
For all those that civil be;


And if you please to chime or ring,
1t is a very pleasant thing.


There is no music played or sung
Like unto bells when they re wen rung:
Then ring your bells well if you can,
Silence is best for every man.
But if you ring in spur or hat,
SiNpence You pay-be sure of that:
And if your bell you overthrow,
Pray pay groat before you go.
Dated II5S.
For reformation of manners in
the belfiy we know of no efforts so
earnest and practical as that made
by the Rev. III. T. Ellacombe, in a
small pamphlet called Practical Re
marks on Be!fjfes and Ringers,
which is appropriately published by
Mr.. Bell. So much for the belfry.
Year: 1870

An occurrence, which happened


at young ladies' seminary in New


York, is mentioned in the Times of


that city, which presents another


proof of the folly of indulging in


the thoughtless practice of attempt


ing tofrighten others. Two of the
young ladies of the institution were
engaged in their own room, conyers-
ing upon the science of anatomy.
in the course of which one of them
proceeded to relate some experience
she had formerly acquired in dis
sectlng room. just as the CONVEX
sation reached this point, the door
OF the room opened, and another of
the inmates of the seminary entered
with slow and solemn tread, having
a white sheet wrapped about her
form and her face powdered to per-
feet whiteness, her jet -blsckhair,eyes,
and brows presenting contrast
which gave a startling lividness to
her ghost like countenance. The
lady who was relating her expert
ence, as already stated,is said to be
mentally superior to any other class
mates.and noted for her strength of
mind and freedom from nervousness
and absurd sensibility. So sudden,
however, was the approsch of the
figure, just at moment when her
mind was least prepared for any as
soeiated with the thoughts of the
dead, that, upon beholding the ap-
partition she fell senseless to the
floor, and awoke to the scenes around
her only to show her anxious attend
ants that reason had fled and left sad
tokens Of the mental wreck. At
last accounts no change was discov
cradle in the distressing symptoms
of the unfortunate girl, and there is
little encouragement to hope that
reason will ever resume its seat.
This occurrence, of course, has pro-
duced much distress. both in the
seminary and in families of the re-
spective parties.
Year: 1870




Young lady physicians are multi
plying rapidly throughout the coun-
try, and consequently the young
men are decidedly more sickly than
they used to be.


The slave of the ring-A new
made wife.


Green Cages Young lovers
VOWS.


How can you pull house down
if you raze it2


You can't marry a-miss if YOU
marry a widow.
Year: 1870

The influences which operated 80 directly upon
the stock market are also plainly traceable in the
movement in the Gold Room. The early announce
ment OF the shelving Of the Currency bill sent the
price of gold up to 113N. The revival OF the bill
occasioned decline to 1857, on which there
was final advance to 113H on the latest intelIi-
gence that the House was disposed to favor expan.
sion. The course Of the market is shown in the