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Year: 1871

a physician says that placing
small roll Of paper or muslin anove the
front teeth. under the upper lip. and press
ing hard on the same. will arrest bleeding
from the nose. checking the passage of the
blood through the arteries leading to the
nose.
Year: 1871

- Fasten . nail or key to string and
suspend it to your thumb and hnger it will
oseilliate like pendulum. Let some one
place his open hand under the nail. and it
will change to circular motion. Then
shird person place his hand upon your
shoulder and the nail becomes in moment
stationary.
Year: 1871

The terrible accident ON the Staten
Island ferry-bOat, by which hundred
lives were lost. and hundred persons
crippled OF injured, still continues 10 alb
sorb the attention Of the whole commu-
nifty, who demand greater safety in Steam
boilers, or in the management OF them.


From the contradictory views express
ed by persons who are considered ex-
perts. il is apparent that comparatively |
little is In reality known about the causes |
of boiler explosions. The opinion pre-
walls generally that the most essential
thing in safety is, that the boile. should
be very strong.


A different and novel doctrine on this
subject was recently advanced in our


hearing by practical engineer. He ex-


pressed, with great confidence, that


there is only one cause ever, for the ex-


plosion of boiler, and that is, letting the


water get too low. He says you cannot


explode a boiler in a way to cause any


considerable loss of life by any other


means.


But the most curious point in his


theory is, that the stronger the boiler,
il the water is allowed to get low enough
TO explode il, the more disastrous will be


the consequences.


He contends that if celd water is let


suddenly into q heated boiler, an explo-


sion is inevitable, no matter how strong


the boiler may be; and the greater the


force employed to confne the steam, the


more terrible will be the explosion.


Familiar facts seem to sustain this
doctrine. If you fire powder in gun
without any wad over the powder, it ex-
plodes with very little force and scarcely
any noise whereas, if you put tight
wad over the powder, ram it down hard,
, then put shot and another wad over that,
the powder explodes with great force
, and q loud noise. Moreover, it often
causes the gun to recoil, and sometimes


bursts the gun-barrel. Sportsmen are
very careful about too tight wadding, ol
! too heavy charges of shot, which contine
the powder too strongly, as the powder,
E when ignited, must force whatever con
5 fines it assunder,


e And yet how in principle, are the
. tight wadding and heavy charges of shot
different from the strong steam boiler
| Another thing: men engaged in blast
{ ing rock know that the success of theil
n operations depends, in a great degree
b upon the thoroughness and strength o


the tamping.


f Drill q round hole in q rock, and fill
n it up with gunpowder; apply match t.
d the powder you produce a fash and
e little smoke, and that is all. The rocl
) remains unmoved and unbroken.
V But place few pounds of powder il
e the bottom of the hole, tamp it dow
v hard with broken stone and other sub
e stances very difficult to remove, the
e light the powder, and you have lou
,. explosion, sending the small stones hig
h up in the air, and frequently breaking i
d pieces tons of the rock into which til
d hole has been drilled.


q These views are thrown out as worth
a the consideration of men of science.
s. One conclusion we are obliged to com
,e to, and that is of great practical in
v portance Whether steam-boilers az
er strong or weak, they are very dangerou
le unless closely watched, and faithful
,e and wisely attended to.
Year: 1871

A terrible explosion occurred in coal
mine near the town of Wigan, in Lanca-
shire. Some fifty persons who were IN
seam of the mine at the time of the
catastrophe were cut off from communil,,
cation with the outer world, and were all
suffocated by foul air. A party sent
down to ascertain the condition OF the
men who had been buried alive suffered,
and many of them perished. The neigh
borhood of the disaster was thronged
with the relatives and acquaintance OF
the supposed victims, and the scenes
were of the most heart-rending descrlp'
ton. Over 70 persons were killed bJ
the explosion.
Year: 1871

UNnUcKY.-August Is said to be an
unlucky month to be born in, as we are
told that the man born in the month OF
August will be courageous and ambitious,
but too apt to cheat. He will have sew
eral maladies and two wives. The woman
born in this month will be amiable and
twice married, and her second husband
will give her good cause to regret heI
FIRST
Year: 1871

A gentleman travelling on a steam
er ore day, at dinner was making
away with large pudding close by,
when he was told by The servant that
it WIS dessert. Il, matters not TO me-"
said he. 81 would eat it if it were a
Wild ernesS"
Year: 1871

a HoRsE IN SINGULAR PREp1cAaEsT,-
On Saturday evening about 7 o'clock n
gentleman by the namc of Ballard left his
horse standing on Main street between
Eighth and Ninth, and went into a store to
make purchase. While he was away the
horse started across the street to the south
side and walked deliberately into one of the
new buildings which is being put up on
the SpotsWood lot, and fell through to the
foundation beloW-sOme twenty feet. AS
soon as it was discovered, efforts were made
to get him out, which was successful in
about an hour, after several of the joists
had been cut away.
Year: 1871

Relative to the New Orleans and


Northeastern Railroad Company,


to provide for the extension OF


the main line of their railroad to


the city of New Orleans, for the


building of one or more branches


to the main line of said railroad,


to regulate judicial proceedings


in certain cases, and to facilitate


and aid the construction and


secure the maintenance of said


railroad within the State of Lou


isiana.


Continued from last number.)


Sec. 10. Be it further enacted,
etc, That on such report being
made by said commissioners, the
court or Judge shall appoint time
and place for such hearing of said
company and all parties interested
in said lands in regard to the con-
formation of said report, and shall
by order direct the manner and
form of the service or any notice OF
the same upon any person that, in
the judgment of the said court or
Judge, should be notified; and on
the day of such hearing, if no per-
son shall appear to oppose the con-
formation of said report, the same
shall be confirmed by said court or
Judge, an order shall be made re-
citing the proceedings of the ap-
praisal, the confirmation of the
same and a description Of the real
estate, and directing to whom the
money or value of said real estate
is to be paid, or in what name,
the same shall be deposited by said
company for the use and benefit ol
said owners; and if any person shall
appear to oppose the conformation
OF said report, the said court OF
Judge shall hear the parties for and
Year: 1871

that You have leaned upon, the tue
faith that you knew could never fail
you, though all the world might for
sake YOU. 1t is to miss the dear voice
that uttered your name with tender
ness none other could give it. 1t is to
hear never mere the well known foot
steps that you few so gladly once to
meet. To see no more the face that
to your adoring eyes, seemed as the
face of the angels of God? To feel no
more the twining arms that folded you
so lovingly: the dear eyes that, looking
into your own, said SO plainly, what
ever it might seem to others, yours was
the fairest earth held for him. 1t is to
fight with a mighty sorrow as a man
fights with the waves that overwhelm
him, and 10 hold it at arms length for
while, only to haye-in hours of
lovliness and weakness - the torrent
roll over you, while-poor storm-driv
en- dove-you see no haven of peace
in the distance but heaven.
Year: 1871

A gentleman in Jefferson city who
was troubled with bed-bugs, soaked
the bed with kerosene, and turned in.
leaving the light burning. Just as he
was dreaming that regiment of bugs
were drawing up a set of resolutions,
condemuing him for using kerosene.
he was awakened by fireman point
ing the nozzle of hose through the
window. The house was insured, but
tire man was not.
Year: 1871

The following is the truthful utter
ance of the Springfield Mass Re-
publican about the carpet>baggers with
which the south is overrun:


they are doing more harm to the
country to-day than the locust or cat
erpillar, or any other kindred pest.
They are teaching the less intelligent
and discriminating Southerners to dee,
pise and hate the Northern people more
heartily than ever; they are debauch-
ing the freedmen; they are bringing
disgrace upon the great Republican
party and upon the National Govern
ment, That their rapacity is insatia-
bic, and they steal every penny they
can lay their hands on, are compara-
lively trivial counts in the indictment
against them. Yet this constant
plundering is very serious matter to
the communities which are plundered.
1t means indebtness and heavier taxa
ton. 1t is just such rascality that is
making the name of Republican n
stencil in the Southern States, and
bringing suspicion and enmity upon
honest emigrants. And matters will
not mend much so long as needy and
greedy adventures are appointed to
responsible Federal offices, and fellow
shipped by Northern Republicans on
the floor of Congress.
Year: 1871




a CASE OF FALSE PRETENsEs. "A
man in Wisconsin has applied for a
divorce upon the ground that his wife
married him under false prete1sos. He
says she told him, while he was address
sing her that she could hoe an acre of
potatoes and split two cords of wood
between breakfast and dinner: and she
had proven herself a fearful fraud
because she could only split halfa cord
and hoe three times across the field.
II secms hard that men are continually
to be made the victims Of these design
ing women. Why will wives trife in
this manner with the tenderest affec-
tions Of their husbands? Why will
they shatter their hcart-strings? How
much happier would have been the
home of this Wiconsin woman if she
had emulated the example of the Shos-
home squaws. One of them goes out
and digs turnips all day, and then
wheels them home at night in push
cart, while her self.sacriieing husband,
in the depth of his unspeakable loye,
sits on the front door steps smoking
Lone Jack tobacco and meditating
upon the number of drinks of fpyrotech
nicll rum he can put in his jug with
the money he gets when he sells that
squaw. True love is always hopeful
of the future.
Year: 1871

The loss Of mother is always severe
ly felt. Even though her health may
incapacitate her from taking any active
part in the care Of her family, still she
is sweet rallying point, around which
affections and obedience and a thousand
intended efforts to please, concentrate.
and dreary is the blank when such a
point is withdraw. 1t is like that
lohely star before us; neither its heat
or light are anything to us in them
selves, yet the shepherd would feel his
heart sad if he missed it when he lifts
his eyes to the brow of the mountain
over which it rises when the sun de-
scends .--LomGrtine.
Year: 1871

a hint to Bores and Borrowors.-A
Buffalo paper prints the following LETT
ter from one Of its old and prompt-pay-
ing patrons: PLEASE discontinue my
paper from the time l have paid up to.
| do not stop ii because do not want
it, but to get rid of an intolerable old
bore that intrudes himselfin my house
regardless of time or circumstances to
sit for an hour or two, three or four
times week, to read my papers, and
who is a thousand times more able to
take a dozen papers for himself than ]
am 70 take one If the nuisance is
stopped, shall send for a paper
again.
Year: 1871

There is nothing like liberality. 1t
is thing to be admired everywhere
and on all occasions. We therefore
feel sense of overdowing admiration
over the follwing conclusion off prayer
made by colored clergyman in Ober-
lin, Ohio 81 pray the Lord | may
live to see the day when the colored
man may forget his prejudice so far as
to be willing to receive all other races
sa his equal"
Year: 1871

The way Colorado deacon laid up
treasures in Heaven is thus touchingly
recorded on his tombstone: "When
circumstances rendered it impossible
for him to attend the stated preaching
of the gospel, he made it sacred rule
to kill an Indian every Sabbath.
Year: 1871

The Boise Statesman says: The
weather has been hot again for the last
few days. The only reliefwe could get
was to lie down on the Portland
Herald and cover ourselves with the
Portland Bulletin. There is a great
GOODNESS between them
Year: 1871

FoR THE BoYs.--A certain man
who is very rich now, was very poor
when a boy. When asked how he got
his riches, he said: "My father taught
me never to play till my work was
finished, and never to spend my money
till | bad earned it, III had but an
hours work in the day, must do that
the first thing, and in an hour. And
after that | was allowed to play; and
then l could play with much more
pleasure than if | had the thought Of
an unfinished task before my mind. ]
early formed the habit Of doing every
thing in time, and it soon became easy
to do so. 1t is 20 this ! owe my pros
ucrity."
Year: 1871

g a fair ii Massachusetts
consisted Of . calf j goose ana j
pumpkin. We are told that it rain-
ed % hard the first night that the
goose swan of The calf broke
loose and ate the pumpkin, ana 4
thief prowling around stole the
calf, an2 that ended tho fair.
Year: 1871

| from which the letter was sent telling Us
of the diamonds. lie managel to delay
the letter to my father for post or two ;
FASTENED away himself, and obtained my
pin,


We never found him; we never heard
OF him lie must have got of somewhere
over the sea with hs prizo. Ny poor,
toiling father, always gentle, did not re-
proacl me but ever TO this day the re,
gret lies heavily on my mind for what
might ] not have done for him and the
dear children with all chat money


And the lady who had given me the
pm did not know until she was diving the
value it wa, of and that caused the stir
All me- it was one of those chances in
lfe that perhaps We all miss on occasion !;
the tide IN the affairs OF men that. taken
at the iloDd, leads on to fortune" And
about NV crimson dress For long
while, shabby though was, could not
look at it or let it be made up. But tine
soothes troubles. And | must say tnat
it made n charming gown; and one who
was an artist saw me in it and made me
his wife. So perhaps it all happened for
the best.


But Pm sure | hope that wicked ped
der--who made believe to speak like a
foreigner the better to take me in-came
to be hanged Tile Arroy.
Year: 1871

A clergyman in Massachusetts, who
| has seen his three score and ten, was


compimented on his hale and youthful


locks the other day. Smiling, he touched
his handsome brown hair and replied,


You know they have "A way Of helping


old men II little these days" WHAT


said his friend, ''have you been coloring


your hair }" Ye~," replied he Il


have been doing what I once thought


nothing would induce M to do. / have


been turning my grey hair brown, and l


will tell you how | was brought to it.


After leaving my position ut -, pro-


posed to go back into the ministry. and


become parish minister. Accordingly
as had an opportunity, preached to
some few destitute churches, and was
gratitied to hear at the conclusion of the
services, that the people were well
my grey hair would be glad to have me
for their minister but they could not
think of so old man. Well, while I
was going through this experience, an
old friend suggestel that | should color
my nair, and thus remove from the eyes
of the people the reproach of being an
old man. And / consented, finally, to
make this experiment. And what do
you think ? The very first time that I
preached with brown hair upon my head
was greeted with a call to settle in the
and / have ever since been the
happy pastor of united and apparently
happy people. So much for the color
of ones hair-so much in proof that
there is something in looks after all. not
withstanding the old proverb that locks
are nothing and behavior is ALL
Year: 1871

The great difference between men-be-
tween the feeble and powerful, the great
and insignihcant-is energy, invincible
determination; Il purpose once fixed up
on, add then death or victory. That
quality will compass anything that is
possible in life; and no talent, no circum-
stances, no opportunities, will make Il
mGn without it,


Endedvor to take your work quietly.
Anxiety and over action are always the
cause OF sickness and restlcssness. We
must use our Judgment to control our
excitement, or our bodily strength will
break down. We must remember that
our battle is to be won bya strength not
of our own. 1t is battle that does not
depend upon the swift and strong.


l should rejoice to hear any one Of
my congregation saying Il forgot who
preached [ felt SO much the influence of
the truths he preached. Blessed be God,
[ WAS enabled to repent, and the silent
tears trickled down my checks. My
heart WAS affected, I began to relent, and
now it relcnts again when | consider by
whose mercy 1t was that was blessed
with these feeling. Rowland Hill.
Year: 1871

The full teXtof General B. +. Butlers's
last speech in advocacy Of his claims to
the governorship of Massachusetts,, as
reported in the New York Tribune con
tains the following significant passage,
which is as near to Candor as could tie
expected. General Butler says:


Il did not love slavery much better
than men who prated much louder
about it. l see that am told by every
Springfield paper that L voted thirty
seven times or tifty-seven times for jeff
Davis, [ did-to preserve the Union
They tell You that every time but they
don't tell you that the boat ON which
came away from Charleston had fugi-
tive slave.


1t is evident here that General Butler
wishes to make capital for himself in IL
quarter where he thinks the violation Of
law III connection with II then existing
dOmesticinstitution of some of the States
was regarded as IL tolerable if not no.
bic thing He takes care not to assert
fatty that he himself did run off slave;
and perhaps it is well that he does not
80 assert, for there are few that would
believe that he had either courage or
the feelings i'll opposition to slavery that
would have induced such an act at that
time'-Balt. Sun.
Year: 1871

PERHAPS PASSION
abroad I'm the community in reference TO this MUIR
der and that IL Is due not only to the common and
ordinary administration OF public justice that a
little time should eapse before this trial should be
moved ara It is due to the rights OF the prisoner
that the fever and the feeling II may use such an
expression, should subslde and in truth have what
the law guarantees to him--a fair and impartial
trial in o community where there Is


NO UNDUE EXCITEMENT
no extraordinary feeling or fever-as there Is at
present IN the city, with regard to this mater Let
the case stand over Tor the present am content to
try this prisoner before your Honor al the present
term 0f the court but let II 20 for the present
without liking day, for some considerable num-
ber OF days. until he can have time TO select or his
friends for him, such counsel as may in their udg-
ment best serve his interests until he prepare
his defence and canvass such Incidents, facts and
circumstances as may serve him


IN HIS HOUR OF PERIL
here, anu provide to the best OF his ability and IN
all fairness and truth and justice, such defence as
In the Judgment or his counsel shall seem wise and
proper. ask your Honor not to fix any day. Otner
counsel will be employed with myself. lie VIII con:
justice ana in good faith and. as wen for the In
terest OF the public at large AZ for this mans
Sas excee as asee poa ay shall be
present term OF this court and be before your Honor
This IS fair It is earnest 1t Is sincere y IS due to
In conformity with the practice Of this Court. IL
does seem to me to be proper Ia every sense, both
for the people and IN respect to the prisoner at the
bar.


Judge Cardozo-I shall always see that neither
pre1udice nor passion nor the influence OF public



court before me. Something Is nevertheless due to


PUBLIC OPINION,
80 far that the prisoner shall receive fair and
impartial but prompt trial in respect 10 the
charge with which he is accused. have no appre-
hensi0n that


PUBLIC EXCITEMENT
can In any way enter into or affect the actlon either
Of the Court or OF the jury. think 1t Is necessary
that time shall be fXcd-a reasonable
tinle-one which will enable the prisoners counsel,
80 far as they are able to make due preparation for
the trial, but which shall at the same time satisfy
everybody that II innocent he may be acquitted and
II guilty properly convicted think 1t my duty to
set the case down for q day, and 1t seems 10 me
under the circumstances week will be sufficient ia
enable him to prepare satisfactorily for the trial OF
the case. Will set the case down
FOR THIS DAY WEEK,
at which time we must proceed peremptorlly and
In order that there may be no delay about IL | de-
sire that an order he issued for 500 additional Jurors
for that day.


The District Attorney then moved that William
Foster be committed without bail.


Judge Card0z0 to the clerk-Take down that COM
initial


the prisoner was soon afterwards removed from
the court but no one else was allowed to stir. The
usual crowd OF rougns, however. met him on the
corridors and followed him, as on yesterday, to the
door OF the TOmbs,
Year: 1871

Ing pulled the be. The started at rapid and the
young gent eman dragged whole block the dirty
street before the rowdy conductor would the Gar Tho
result Is broken TO the yonng gentleman who neglected
take the number of the Rowdcs and loaers
should appointed important positions Yours
respectfully, AN EYE WITNESS


This correspondent sends his name, that he may
be used as q witness II required
Year: 1871


To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


Never before has striking instance OF coyardy
sau as that which s at the present moment cruelty
forced on the notice of Indignant and out
ragged public afforded good an opportunity
for giving vent to the universal feeling bitterness pre-
vaing against city railroads connection with
thcm correspondent Gtv remarked your to-day
ISSUE the omnbuA lines The should be pered whe
II s hot and now the time to put practical execuon
the various methods silently devised for the safety
fort of our wives and daughters but as yet openly
cussed Whv NOT through the columns OF
call together meeting OF citizens discuss
which IA not As many questions OF the day, merely secona
and OF interest only to comparatively few
has caused burst OF honest swell from the
depths OF respectable mans the -h
OF the insults our beloved liable to have heaped
upon them by the OF society by lowest and yfs
that thrt public without
being able TO resent them


II This matter is allowed to whero Il now stands g.,
merely talked and written about without devsug some
practical method to insure families against
now prsctised on them BY unprncpled villains II will gra-
ally subsic with the abang inercst and die entirely,
until another event will be necessary to the
back e Let therefore and at once for
all have to suffer under the grievances those
u. Respectfully, ENERGY.