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Year: 1872

Having heard Of the "great raft" in
/ the Red river, since our geography days,


we are all apt to suppose we know all
about it. We are we'll aware that it is n


mass of drift wood, completely obstruct-


ing navigation at the point where it COW


ers the water with its countless trunks of


forest trees. We know that the river


passes under this mass as if it we're a


bridge; and we may remember that in


1888, when the raft was one hundred and


twenty four miles long, the general gov


ernment began the work OF removing 1t,


but after working at it for twenty-five
years. abandoned the attempt as imprac
ticable, and confined its efforts to the
opening up of some Of the lateral chan


nels or bayous. We may know all this,
but still be ignorant Of one of the most
curious characteristics of the great raft,
which is that it, unlike RATS In general,
moves up the river against the current
instead of down. The movement is very
slow. being but mile or two In year.
The explanation Of this retrograde move
ment Of an apparently stationary mass is
simple enough. The logs of the lower
end of the raft are continually broken
away and carried off by the floods and
fresIets. Thus the raft, always falling
away at one end and growing at the 9th
er. gradually moves up the river, and 1t


IS calculated that it has moved since its
forming about four hundred miles. Sci
entifc writer's have suggested the idea
hat this vast mass of timber, alter lying {
4 the old bed of the river for quite a
number of ages, will become coal bed. '
But when the Red river becomes thlckly {
settled. this enormous collection OF drift :
GOOD NAV be utilized IN some way or
,tber. and thus intellectually distant gen.
,rations may be cheated out Of many
,ood fre.-Erchange.
Year: 1872

Americans should remember that
Vienna is to have a world Fair 10 1873
At the Paris Exhibition Of 1867, nearly
everything sent from this country took
a prize, and there is no reason why the
same thing should not be repeated at
Vienna in 1873. The exhibition will
be the largest that has ever
yet been given. The park set apart for
the exhibition contains four times as
many square yards as have been similarly
occupied, and the principal building
alone will have length of $3.50 feet.
Year: 1872

Newspapers.


Postmaster general Creswell has di
rected that the new regulations on news
papers sent by mail be strictly enforced.
No name or memorandum can be made
on newspaper inside of the wrapper on
which the address is written. 1t is Ore
ly permissible to mark an article with
pen or pencil More than this subjects
the paper to letter postage and the VIC.
lator of the law to fine. No printed
card, handbill or advertisement, no writ
ten notice, letter or slip of any kind
whatsoever must be folded in the paper
To do any of these things is to violate
the law. Printed slips pasted on the
outside, or folded in papers and Periodl-
Gals, soliciting notices, are also violations
of the law. Senders of transient papers
can send bundles of printed matter by
weight on transient postage charges, but
must not send any written matter in such
bundles.
Year: 1872

The first instance on record where
such possessions were any benefit to the
possessor. Reader don't try it; no assas-
sin is going to be ''whacking -way" at
your unpaid bills. Receipts in full
might have saved the cutting of the
pocket even.
Year: 1872

A REMEDY FOR CRouP.-We have been
interested in reading the following statement
made to us by an intelligent mother. We
give our readers the benefit of it, or at least
give them the opportunity to see whether ii
has any benefit.


A remedy for Group was given me by sis
ter who heard it from Professor Bronson, a
physiological lecturer, since deceased.


"Let healthy person fill his lungs with
pure air, then slowly breathe upon the patients
throat and chest, commencing at the point Of
the chin, and moving slowly down to the bot
tom of the windpipe. Repeat for few min:
utes and it will give relief in cases where all
other means fail.


My boy was always subject to Group; came
Year: 1872

A LEGISLATIVE REFoRM.-1owa proposes
that her representatives shall hereafter meet
but once in four years, and that the session
shall be limited to sixty days. The people
console themselves with the knowledge that
"in extraordinary emergencies the Governor
has the power to call an extra session." Eco
nomically considered, the plan might gener-
ally be adopted with advantage.
Year: 1872

are entertained that the whole concern will


have to be melted down in blast furnace be-
fore he is released, and it is proposed. to pass
in through the keyhole fre-proof jacket to
protect the inventor while the iron is melting.
Year: 1872

A VERY SAFE SAFE.-There is an account
in San Francisco paper of safe which an


ingenious mechanic constructed and declared
to be absolutely burglar proof To convince
the incredulous of this fact, he placed one
thousand dollar bill in his pocket, had himself
locked into the safe, with an ample supply Of
provisions, declaringhe would give the money
to the man who unfastened the door. All the
blacksmiths, and burglars, and carpenters in
the State have been busy for week boring
and blasting and beating at the safe, and the
man is there yet He has whispered through
the keyhole that he will make the reward $1O,-
600 if somebody will only let him out. Fears
Year: 1872

DVNu'1 anu NClIhlOus


Beauty is not accidental and law


less on the contrary, we believe it


does obey an inrallible law. Always,
in its present form, it is religious ;
and the varying estimates of differ
ent tastes are graduated according
to the purity of the religious concep-
tions involved. In the last analases
beauty is one truth, and both are
written in cipher which the religious
sense alone can interpret and resolve.
The significance of things is definite
but it is revealed to us according to
a sliding scale, of which religious
culture measures the degrees. 1t is
indeed our light thrown upon nature


which interrupts beauty but if that
light be religious, finer clements will
become apparent, and beauty be-
come more clear. 1t is sympathy
with the outward world that unlocks
its treasures that sympathy is born
of religion, and is strengthened and
deepened by every accession OF spir-
itual life. To the mind of God, un-.
doubtedly, every fact in the material
world has u fixed significance, II pre-
else and definite value. The uni
verse is his art, and struggles to eX-
press the crystalized and imprisoned
thoughts which he has written there.
A delicaae correspondence connects
every beast and bird and tree and
flower with some type of thought, or
passion, or emotion, present in the
Creators mind at their foundation,
and of which they are organized ex-
ponents. But we rise toward, and
appreciate so much of this infinite
art as the purity of our inner life can
gauge. Likeness to the divine ma
ture only will admit us to the secrets
of the divine mind. All the chang
ing degrees of significance, which
the objective word assumes, from
that feeling of health and buoyancy
and animal enjoyment which the
lowest minds experience in u clear
and bracing morning, to the untath-
omable inspiration of the poet and
the artist are determined by its pres
ence and its purity. The truth of
this position cannot be shaken by
any seeming contradiction of eXpe-
rience or history. Raphael may
paint finer pictures than Canning,
by assiduous culture, could even i'm
itate but the finer sympathy with
nature. the purer delight in her COM
panionship, and deeper suggestions
from her inexhaustiblo stores of
truths will visit the soul Of him who
has drunk deeper of the elements Of
moral life. There are few Of us who
cannot verify this by our experience.
Not while our souls remain stepped
in sensuality, or fettered by dull and
sordid cares, will come the revela-
tons that are hidden in tho uni
verse. The lilies Of the field have
no meaning to the cold eye of ava
rice, but to tho warm spirit of Jesus
they reflect the doctrine of universal
providence. And so, with us, it is
in moments of calmer meditations,
in seasons of quiet prayer, or after a
noble deed that the awakened ener'
gies of cur inner life spontaneously
lnterprets the oracles of nature.
And thus where we least expect it
we find that love exists. Beauty is
always relative to our state of mind,
but it has also an objective existence
that reveals itself according to our
pioty and yirtue-T. Starr King.
Year: 1872

|. A MAN hundred years old went to
have u pair of shoes made. The
shopkeeper suggested that he might
not live to wear them out, when the
old man retorted that lie COM
menced this one hundred years Il
great deal stronger than he did the
last one.
Year: 1872

A LITTLE boys grief upon being
refused permission to attend a
neighboring circus, was in part as
suaged by the assurance from his
mother that if he would dry his
tears he might go up the street IN
the evening and see his father have
O tooth extracted.
Year: 1872

The Philadelphia convention, as all
who have watched its manufacture,
have expected, has renorinated Grant.
The President just as much owned the
convention as though it had been an
other present, as indeed it was, from
office holders. There is not now, nor
was there ever, the least enth uiasa
for Grant among the people. The
Great office holder and Office seeker
has simply been nominated by a con-
vention Of cMce.holders and Office
seekers. We repudiato the nomina-
tion, and believe it will meet with o
defeat more thorough than has ever
been experienced by presidential
ticket.


Its success would be victory Of
all that is selfish, mean and degrading
IN politics. The influence Of Grant
upon public and private morality has
been great and pernicious, but we
trust not so spread as to thor
oughly yitiate tho conscience Of the
people.


The election of Grant would
strengthen every incompetent, reck-
less, dishonest adventurer and scala.
wag who has been lifted into place
and power by the social and political
Upheaval incident to construction in
the South. Such wretches woul6 feel
Themselves backed up by the success
of similar elements in the North, and
some who are now quaking in view Of
o speedy and deserved retribution
would be encouraged to sturdy effort
for retention of their aseendency.


1t may be that the developments Of
the next sixty days wiiE convince the
Republican party of the necessity Of
presenting another candidate. If we
are obliged to choose between Grant
and Greeley, will unhesitatingly sup
port the latter, as better man and q
better Republican. Should the
Democrats make a straight nomina
tion our course will probably be af
fected by it. Beouforf Rep"blican.
Year: 1872

The President has transmitted to the Senate the correspondence between the United States and Great Britain relative to the Treaty of Washington, accompa- nied with brief message. The envel- ope bore the word confidential. A short time after the reception of the document the Senate went into execu- tive session, when it was read. It ap- pears the design of the President was to ascertain the views of the Senate as to a new article to the treaty, withdrawing the claims for consequential damages from the American statement of the case, with the provision, which is in sub stance that whenever England or the United States shall be at war, and the other neutral, the beligerent will make no complaint for any indirect or remote or consequential damages or losses re- sulting from failure to observe neutral duties. There was brief debate after the reading of the documents involving the merits of the question. A motion was made to remove the injunction of secresy, but this failed, and the message and documents were then ordered to be printed in confidence and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

 MT. Gladstone made his promised ex- planation in the House of Commons of the negotiationsin regard to the indirect claims and the position taken by the government, concluding with the hope confidently expressed of Q settlement of the difficulty honorable alike to both nations. The House was crowded, and loud and continued cheering greeted MT. Gladstone's remarks. No opposi- tion was offered from the Tory side. In the House of Lords Earl Granville made similar statement, and in reply Earl Russell further postponed his motion for withdrawal, and said he hoped the question was no longer one between the honor of the crown and the reelection of President Grant. The Earl of Derby and the Duke of Richmond hoped the new proposition of the government was not ambiguous, as they had had enough of misunderstanding.
Year: 1872



 DANaERogs.-It is dangerous for a ,wooer who IS not exactly in earnest to brag of his property. The English news papers tell of farmer at Leeds, who, not long ago, was mulcted in the sum of 94O0 for not marrying young woman after he had promised to do so. His at- torney, seeking for a reduction of dama- ges in the Common Pleas, declared that 94OO was more than all the property the defendant had in the world. But, un- fortunately, it had appeared in evidence that the farmer, while paying his courts to the plaintiff, had told her that he was worth s2,000. This admission did not help his case at all and all lovers who are not sure of keeping their word are warned to be careful how they boast about their property,
Year: 1872

TEMBER.-Mr. Curtis in the Farmers Club said, I lately learned by accident @ thing I would have given $1OO to have known last Summer, namely, that when laying down floor timbers which are likely to gather dampness, as are those of stables, barns, and other outbuild ings, it is an excellect practice to cover them an inch on the upper side with fine salt. A gentleman in Brooklyn tells me that he always does this when construct ing piers, and that actual experiment proves that it increases their durability hundred per cent. Mir. Ely-It used to be customary, and is yet, suppose, to salt every ship while on the stocks, for the purpose of keeping away dry rot. MT. Colton-In some places they bore holes in sticks of timber, fill with salt, and plug close, but I am satisfied that it is just as we'll, if not better, to season thoroughly and soak in tar.
Year: 1872

A Philadelphia editor, who exclaims against people calling on him who have nothing to do and nothing to gay, and think that he has nothing to write, and are fond of nothingness in general, puts the following in the front page "We have rented an office in the top of the shot tower, and have planted torpedoes and spring-guns all the way up the stairs"
Year: 1872

A MARRYING FAMnY.-In New York, in case of assault, father testified that the woman first married his nephew, then himself, and lastly his son. There seems to have been continuous quar- rel, a series of suits for assault and bat tery before the final dissolution came. The father is a wealthy mar, owning some $500, ,000 worth of property in New York. He has been justice of the peace and marshal in the city and on Long Island. It is certainly singular case, and the family is certainly alone in their peculiar line
Year: 1872

Many persons who wear reading glasses are sorely annoyed at the difficulty of keeping them in their proper position on the nose. To all such it will be inteaest- ing to know that a rising young optician has devised very ingenious expedient by which that end can be accomplished. It consists in driving @ tack into the bridge of the nose, and hanging the glasses upon it,
Year: 1872

what the weak Need.

 Why do the debiitated and feeble dread the summer It is because heat is an exhaxstng clement and they not in condition to bear the drain upon their languid systems, which they think must necessarily commence with the warm weather. But cannot thi evil be obviated? Most indubtably itcan What thes weddings needin fact what of us need this seasonis accession of physical vgor and this desderatum be secured with absolute certainty by

 of the mightiest yet mildest of all vegetable tonics Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.

 Thousands of men of business mechanics and profess ional men, break down. partially wholly under their labors simply because they have neglected to reinforce the nature in this way persons who the celebrated nvigorant corrective larly in hot weather the exhaustion which excessive heat is apt to produce under other circumstances unknown. They not troubled with nausea. their appetites good their digestion excellent and their habit of body all that be desired This for twenty years has been the uniform testimony of all who have taken the Btters tonic and alternative. efficacy due to the and scrupulous fidelity the teachings of experimental science, with which it's kingdom, the admirable proportions in which they combined and the unequaled purity of its stimulative basis. ,ss
Year: 1872

An original poem thus immortalizes the original settlers in Derryfeld, N. H. It was often said that their only care,

 And their only wish and their only prayer

 For the, present world and the world to come Was string of cells and 8 jug of rum."
Year: 1872

range of mountains, and then the dawn stole on in such a succession of deepening tints that nothing but the hues of the preceding sunset could be compared to it. But there is this great difference between sunrise and sunset, that the hues of sunset are every moment deepening as you look upon them, until they fade into darkness, while those of the sunrise gradually fade into the light of day. It is difficult to say which is the most beautiful. Tbe object most cons picu- ous as the dawn broke, and indeed the most exquisitely beautiful, was the vast, enor- nous range ofsnowy mountains of the Ober- land, standing out sharp and clear upon the horizon, undimmed by cloud or mist, the Finsteraarhorn at the left and the Jung frau and Silberhorn at the right, peak after peak and mass after mass glittering with an arctic whitenegs in the gray dawn. One half of the circumference of the horizon. before and behind our view, was filled with these peaks and masses of snow and ice, then lower down the masses of bare rock, and lower still the earth with mounds of verdure. It is on this section of the hori- zon, which is filled with the vast range of the Oberland Alps, then almost due west from the sums first appearance, it is on their tops that the rising rayy first strike. As the sun rose higher and higher, the for ests, lakes, hills, towns and villages began to reveal themselves. At last the sun sud denly burst forth from behind the noun tains in all its majesty, flooding the whole of the superb landscape with light and warmth. We took another view of the lovely panorama before us and then re- turned to the hotel to breakfast.

 At o'clock we nOunted nur horsas oDd slowly and carefully made our way down the mountain to the railroad depot, which is situated nearly mile below the hotel. We purchased tickets to Vitznau, which is the terminus of the road, and after waiting until time was up, commenced the descent of the mountain. The engine which drew the car in which we were seated looked like huge iron bottle, standing on low platform, which carries cylinders, cranks and otheE locomotive gear, and is muoh
Year: 1872

THE Two ALIASES. The Republican can
didates for President and Vice President arc
both running under false names. Grants
name was Hiram Simpson Grant but when
lie was some fourteen years old he was
sent to West Point to be educated, and or
the road he forgot his name and the officers
entered him Ulysses S. Some of VIII
sons family had been imprisoned OF
hung for stealing sheep or something as mean
and he applied to the Legislature Of Massa-
chusetts and got it changed to Wilson.
Year: 1872

DoS'T UANKER AFTER rr.--The pampered
Federal officials met on the fifth inst, at
Philadelphia, and nominated Grant for Pres
ident. This is the feast that is spread be'ore
Republicans in this campaign. A few OF them
say by their actions, we can eat buzzard, but
we don't banker after it; but the better
class of them say we will not taste, touch OF
handle the putrid, carrion dish. In this
county they answer the invitation as once
Of olden times. One says, | have bought a
farm and must needs go and see to 1t; an
other, | have bought some oxen and must
bring them home, therefore pray thee ex-
cuse me; and yet another, have married
wife and cannot come no reference to our
Auburn z. Ny The coldness and apparent
discust with which the news was received In
this county incines US more to pity than to
low. The truth is the American people are
sick of Grant, and all the resolves and CON
ventions that his thief assistants can drum
M can't make them either vote or hollow
for him. Three weeks have now passed since
his nomination, and not pole or flag has
been raised, not a gun, anvil, or even a Chi
nese cracker has been heard or seen in re-
aponse to the news, in the whole county Of
Placer, that we have heard Of. His nomna-
ton fell sti-born on the public, and like a
wet blanket on his party. 1t was a foul
crime on his party for his official thi-Yes to
impose him on it again
Year: 1872

The gay season has not fully opened az
yet, but the modistes are busy enough in
preparing those graceful and airy toilettes
which are destined to awaken the admira-
fion and envy OF all fair beholders at the
grand balls and .oirses of the coming win
ter. At some of these charming dresses we
have already had peep, and can therefore
give some idea of what is to be worn for full
dress toilettes.


White tulle dresses will be more popular
than ever for young ladies. Some of these
are daintily embroidered in beautiful colors !;
with such costumes the shoes, gloves, and
flowers in the hair must correspond in color
with the dress. Tarleton, in all the new
light shades, ruffled and puffed to the last
extreme. that is from the tips of the low
waist to the very verge of the train, will also
be much worn. These are decorated with
beautiful parures of fowers-long garlands
and trailing vines, clusters of rosebuds and
full-blown blossoms-in fact, a profusion of
sweet, scentless flowers are scattered over
the dress.


We have seen very many beautiful pattern
robes for evening wear, III tarleton, most
elaborately embroidered with silks, as Law
ender with cerise, yellow with white and
with white almost all the bright shades.


A multiplicity of small ruffies seems to be
the mode for evening dresses.


In tarleton and other thin materials the
train is not made as long as for silk dresses !;
the waist is decollete, and the sleeves short.


Pretty fichus of white tulle or of Valen-
ciennes are made for those who do not affect
the low corsage, or still pIettier are the lace
polonaises made in either black or white lace,
which may be worn over almost any dress.


One of the most important accessions to
the evening toilette is the sash, and much
originality of taste may be displayed in its ar
rangement. In most cases, however, it is so
placed as to have the effect of LOOPING the over
skirt-sometimes not showing from the front
at all, being fastened at either side and Joined
in wide knot or bow beneath the puff of
the skirt at the back. Others pass the sash
gether in the back in the form Of point,
where it is fastened in long loops. A very
stylish way of wearing the sash is passing it
over the right shoulder and fastening it in q
loose knot upon the left side.