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Year: 1873

turn shall appear that majority OF al the baos 50
shall contain the words AGAINST the anne xatlon Oh
he towns q Morrsana West Farms and kngbrdge M TO
duty OF the Secretary Of State TO make and file Ger
uhcate OF such result in his office within ten days after
snct return and ppon filing certificate this act
shall be imperative and void


SEC la-This act shall AXE effect the first day or
January eighteen hundred and eventyfour except as
10 such parts are otherwise provided for and as TO
such parts shall take effect AZ the time times In this
act snecined and except also to section seventeen
which shall take eject Immediately.


Yours respectfully,


G. HILTON SCkIBNER, Secretary of State.
SHERIvrs OFFICE NEW CoURr HOUSE, !


CITY AND COUNTY or NEW YORK, August J. 1873.
certify the foregoing TO be copy Of the election
notice received by me this day rom the Secretary Of
state. MATTHEW T. BRENNAN


Sheriff Of the city and county Of New York.
Publishers OF newspapers notified not TO insert this
advertisement unless specially authorized to do See
chapter 49, Laws of 1850.
Year: 1873

Mr.. CHARLES WILLIS authpr'zes us to say that
he will put in Eve or ten dollars, with each OF
those who ran for the Ave dollar prize in Au-
in foot race Of 100 yards by all who enter
The purse to be awarded as follows One, hall
to the first out, onethird to the second amt one
sixth to the third. Here is q chance for those
who delight in this kind of sport.
Year: 1873

THE Board Of Supervisors have been in ses-
sion this week as board of Equalization So
far they have done but little more than examine
the assessment roll. They will begin next week
to act upon petitions, and as they intend to get
through. with the work of equalizing taxes as
soon as possible, it would be well for those
having any business of this kind to be acted
upon, 70 hand in their petitions at once.
Year: 1873

GHAND JURY.--The Grand Jury for the July
term of the County Conrt has been. in session
this week. TIE cases growing out of the Strobe
murder at Michigan Bluff, lent additional inter
est to the session Of this jury. and very large
number Of witnesses from that section Of the
county have been in attendance" Should the
report be made out in time, we will publish it
in our columns in this issue.
Year: 1873

COMMERCE brings into the market al


most everything that has being in the
water, on the earth. and in the air. from
the whale that spOuts and fOams in the
great deep. to the smal lest insect that ex


ISIS in the land. The importance Of in
sects to commerce is scarcely treated of.
Great Britain does not pay less than "A
million Of dollars annually for the dried
carcass Of a tiny insect, the cOchinel.
Gum shellac, another insect product from
India. is of scarcely less pecuniary value.
A million and half of human beings de-
rive their sole support from the culture
and manufacture of silk, and the silk
worm alone creates an annual circulating
mclium between one hundred and fifty
and two hundred millions of dollars.
Half million of dollars is annually spent
in England alone for foreign honey import
ed into that country each year. Then there
are the gall-nuts of commerce, used for dye
ing, and in the manufacture of ink, ETC.,
Willie the cantharides, or Spanish fly, is
an important insect to the medical prac-
titiOner. In this way we see the impOr-
tance Of certain classes of the insect race,
while in another view the rest clear the
air of nOxiOus vapOrs, and are severally
designed by nature for useful purposes,
though we, in our blindness, may not un-
derstand them. ."-Er.
Year: 1873

For myself should be thankful to re-
turn to the habits of our grandmOthers;
buy bonnet which would do to wear ten
years; have three dresses. two for every
day, and one for ''nice." and wear them
year after year till they wear out, with
ont alterations; also twist up my hair in
plain wad at the back of the head.
,hOuld then have more time for reading
and study, and more money to spend in
books, pictures, and travelling, to say
nothing of the unlimited time and money
for doing good. And / know of very
many woman who would be only too hap
py to throw aside the wearisOme shackles
of fashion. But what would be the re-
suit: With the maiden no more beaux with
the wife a cessation of devotion on the
part of her husband, results too dire to be
contemplated for moment. | speak
whit know, and testify what have seen.
| have myself been to parties sensibly and
economically clad, and was despised and
rejected of man; again have been more
fashionably and extensively attired. and
had more beaux than knew what to do
with. By the way, why don't some OF
these wise and sensible bachelors court and
marry among the vast army Of working
girls: They are dressed very sin ply. and
are accustomed to habits of economy.
They would be glad enough of good
houses and would make excellent wives


They are personally attractive. and.
doubt not, are quite as refined and intel
innt rs the average of fashionable wO-


here not a greater demand


and why are not the


70 in the market;


emselves. Be


II.
Year: 1873

FRANKLIN, Count Rumford. and Sylves-
ter. are the most prominent names of
those who at an early period contributed
improvements to the warming of our
houses. The main principle of fireplace
construction advocated by Count Rum
ford, eighty years ago. was. that the heat
radiatcd from the fire directly into the
room should be developed to the utmost.
He brought the back of the fireplace as
prominently forward as possible: he
SlOped the sides so as to reflect heat into
the room; he advocated the use of fire
brick backs and sides instead of iron: he
reduced the size of the chimney opening.
so as to prevent the chimney carrying off
the large quantity of warmed air it used
TO remove in his time. Our manufac-
turers of tireplaces have continued i'm the
same groove. They have. undoubtedly.
in some cases. largely developed the use
OF radiant heat. There are fireplaces.
eminently successful as radiators of heat.
OF circular or cOncave form. with pol
lshed iron sides. the fire being placed
against fire brick back forming the apex
OF the concavity. So long as the cOncave
surfaces are bright, the heat thrown out
by them when clear flame is burning is
very great. but the gasses from the flame





they are still at very high temperature.
The heat of the flame at that part will
often be between l 200 deg. and ! 300 deg.
Fahr., and very large proportion of thiz
heat, to the extent of at least nine tenths
OF that generated by the combustion of
the fuel, is carried directly up the CHM
ney.


One pound of coal is capable, il all the
heat OF combustion is utilized. of raising
tue temperature Of a room, twenty feet
square and tweve feet high. to ten de-
grees above the temperature of the outer
AIR. III the room were not ventilated at
all, and the walls were composed of nom
conducting materials, the consumption of
fuel to maintain this temperature would
be very small, but, in proportion as the
alr OF the room was renewed, so would
the consumption of fuel necessary to MAIN
tain that temperature increase. If the
volume OF air contained in the room were
changed every hour, one pound of coal
additional would be required per hour to
heat the inflOwing air, so that, to main-
tain the temperature at ten degrees above
that OF the outer air during twelve hours,
would require twelve pounds of COAL


The principle of the ordinary open fire
place is that the coal shall be placed in a
CRATE, by which air is admitted from the
bottom and sides to aid in the combustion
of coal and an ordinary fireplace, for a
room OF twenty feet square and twelve
feet high, will contain from about fifteen
to twenty pounds at a time, and, if the
fire be kept up for twelve hours, probably
the consumption will be about one hun
dred pounds, or the consumption may be
assumed at about eight pounds of coal an
hOur.-Erchanqe
Year: 1873

GREAsING buggies and wagons is Of
more Importance than some imagine.
Many wheel is ruined by Oiling too
plentifully. A well-made wheel will en-
dure constant wear for ten to twenty
years if care is taken to use the right
kind and proper amount Of oil but if
this matter is not attended to, the. wheel
will be used up in five or six years, or
may be sooner. Lard should never be
used on wagon, for it will penetrate the
hub and work its way around the tendons
of the spokes and spoil the wheel. Cas-
tor oil is a good material for use on iron
axles; just oil enough should be applied
to "A spindle to give it light coating this
is better than more, for the surplus, put on
will work out at the ends and be r.
by the shoulders and nut into the
around outside the boxes. To oil
axle-tree, first wipe the spinQles


with cloth wet with turpa


won't wipe without it. On


carriage, wipe and clean q


front ends of't6er r9uho


very spp',us~~
Year: 1873




Several weeks ago while Sylvester
Bowman. of Claiborne county, was
cutting the sprouts oil his oats, he saw
what he took to be large black snake
and struck at it with his scythe, when
to his astoniShment, the snake struck
at him with his tail, lifting its tail
several feet from the earth. Bowman,
whereupOn, again struck at the snake,
but the vicious reptile. not at all IL
timated, returned the blow and pressed
Bowman so closely that it was with
difficulty he got away. Returning to
the attack, Bowman, by means OF
large rocks, at last succeeded in Grip
ping the snake and fastening it to the
earth. With the assistance of Jordan
+. LOngmire, it was now examined,
and to their aStOniShment was found
to be over six feet long and to have
horn at the end of its tail q little over
an inch and quarter long, shaped
like ROSTERS spur. But what was
still more astonishing, it had two eyes
in its tail, which, excepting the horn
was shaped exactly like the head, but
was not so large. Indeed, to see the
tail, one would have thought that it
NdS bD6 anu JlldI JuC lIOIA II w Us
its tongue. The horn was very sharp,
The snake seemed very fierce at Its
tail4end, and endeavored TO strike
everything that came near its tall
Various experiments were made TO as
certain whether it could see with the
eyes in his tail, and was demonstrated
beyond doubt that it could see with its
tail eyes. These eyes had lids, which
opened and shut and cleaned with
anger. Indeed, the tail head seemed
far more fierce than the other head.
Although the snake tapered somewhat
from its main head, still the tail-head
was as thick as large thumb and
just as blunt.


Mr.. Bowman carried the snake
home while disabled, but it continued
to strike at every intruder with its
horn, and, the family becoming
alarmed, Mr. Bowman shot it dead.


Messrs. Bowman and LOngmire
vouch for the truthfulness of these
statements, and so will many other
citizens of the neighbOIhOOd. The
writer of this knows Mr.. LongnIire to
be truthful man, a man OF wealth
and Intelligence and an old member
of the Methodist Church.


JonesbOro', Tenn, July q, 1872.
Year: 1873

party came up with him a few davs
ago. and shot at him wounding him
slightly in the leg. He escaped to


the mountains, and the party is in
hot pursuit of him. From what we
can learn there is little doubt but
that Combs in insane. He has
threatened to Kill Col. Henry Bowen,
and several other citizens OfTazewell
and says he has commission from
the almighty to destroy certain men.
He is a perfect desperate, aud is
represented as remarkably expert in
the use of fire. arms and as he swearS
he will never be taken alive, severe
fight may be expected when the officers
come up with him. When last seen
he had six or seven heavy revolvers
upon his person, and declared his in
tention to leave the State if he could
eyade the officers. 1t is to be hoped
that he may be capturned and brought
to justice Mu'jOn Herald.
Year: 1873

When the train from the West


came in last evening, a lady and


young man stood waiting a. the plat


form, as ii expecting to meet some


friend or relative: A few minutes


behind time, the train came thunder


ing into the yard, and the passengers,


with their bags and busters, hurried
from the cars, some to remain IN AL
bany, and others to take tea, as the
train stopped ''ten minutes for re-
freshments'' before proceeding to
New York. Among the gentlemen
who came out of the Palace cars was
a tall, bearded person, who looked
about him for moment, and then
observing the lady and young man
alluded to intentiy watching AIm, he
hasLened over to them, when the lady
rushed into his arms and atIectionate-
ly kissed him, while The young mar
was Introduced, and shaken most
hearth y and cordially by the hand.
For a Jew moments they stood on the
platform. the lady hanging lovingly
on the strangers arm, while his bag
gage was being attended to. In the
however, another tail but
not quite SO bearded gentleman
came behind the loving couple,
touched the lady On the arm, who
turned, let 60 her hold. looked for a
earnestly at the two men,
and at once began to cry and asl. her
self what she had done. There
were sonic words Of explanation,
Year: 1873

A DR.. Hanchendoff gives the follow
ing account of the extraordinary skill
of Indian trailers


The most extraordinary skill eXhibi-
ted in the West, either by the white
man or red native, is in the practice
of trailing. Here it may be accoun-
ted an art as much as music, painting,
or sculpture in the East. The Indian
or trapper that is a shrewd trailer is a
man of close observation, quick pre-
ceptiOn and prompt action. AS he
goes along nothing escapes his obser-
vatiOn, and what he sees or hears he
accounts for Immediately. Often not
another step is taken until MYSTERY
that may present itself in this line is
fairly solved. The Indian trailer will
stand still for hours in succession to
account for traces or effects in tracks,
and sometimes gives TO the matter un-
remitting attention for days and
weeks.


The trailer is not q graceful man.
He carries his head much inclined, his
eve is quick and restless. Always on
the watch, and he is practising his art
unconsciously, hardly ever crossing
the track of man or animal without
seeing it. When he enters house, he
brings the habits he contracted in the
practice of his art with him. | know
a trailer as soon as he enters my room.
He comes in through the door softly,
and with an air of exceeding caution
Before he is fairly in, or at least has
sat down, he has taken note of every
article and person, though there may
be q dozen vacant chairs in the room.
He is not used to chairs, and, like the
Indian, prefers more humble seat
When 1 employed by General
Harney, Las mmer, to take charge,
temporarily,of the Indians that were
gathered near Fort Randall, Dakota,
TO form a new reservation, one day
guide and trailer came to the Generals
Headquarters. l told him TO be seated.
He sat down on the floor, bracing his
back against the wall. The General
saw this. and in veXation cried. out.
my God, why don't you take a chair,
when there are plenty here unoccu--
pied ," The man arose, and seated
ted himself in chair, but in so awk-
ward and uncomfortable a manner
that he looked as if be might slip from
it any moment. But when this un-
couth person came to transact his bus
iness with the General he turned out
to be man of no ordinary abilities.
His description of a route he took as
guide and trailer for the Ogallalas IN
bringing them from the Platte to the
fort was minute and exceedingly in
teresting. Every war party that had
crossed his trail he described with mi
nuteness as to their number, the kind
of arms they had, and stated the tribes
they belonged to. In these strange
revelations that he made there was
neither importance nor supposition,
for he gave satisfactory reasons for ev-
cry assertion that he made.


] have ridden several hundred miles
Year: 1873

There are men who dispute what


they do not understand. Mr.. Coville


is such n man. When he heard ear


penter say that there were so many
SHINGLES on the roof of his house be-
cause the roof contained so many
square feet. COville doubted the fig
ures, and when the carpenter went
away he determined to test the matter


by going up on the roof and counting
them. And he went up there. He
squeezed through the scuttle-Covllle
weighs 23O-and then sat down on the


roof and worked his way carefully and
deliberately toward the gutter. when
he cot part of the way down he heard
n sound between him and the shingles
and became aware that there was an
interference some way in his further
locomotion. He tried to turn over and
crawl back, but the obstruction held
him. Then he tried to move along a
little, in hopes that the trouble would
prove but temporary but an increased
sound convinced him that either a
nail or silver had hold of his cloth,
and that if he would save any of IL he
must use caution. His folks were in
the house, but he could not make
them hear, and, besides, he didn't
want to attract the attention of the
neighbors. So he sat there until after
dark and thought. 1t would have
been an excellent opportunity to have
counted the shingles, but he neglected
to use it. His mind appeared to run
into other channels. He sat there an
hour after dark, seeing no one he could
notify of his position. Then he saw
two boys approach the gate from the
house, and reaching there stop. 1t
was light enough to see that one of
the two was his son, and although
he objected TO having the other boy
of his misfortune, yet he had
grown tired of bedding on TO the roof,
and concluded he could bribe the
Year: 1873

wholesome example of Judge
Kelly.


The success of the new system
depends entirely on the efficiency
of the Circuit Judges. They have
the power to compel Attorneys,
and lirigants to prepare their cases.
Attorneys have no power over
their clients, nor clients over At
tOrneys, to make them do their
duty, but the Judges have absolute
control Of both, and having ample
time to hear and determine all the
peoples business, if they do not
require promptness on the part Of
both Attorney and litigent, they
must bear the whole responsibilities
of the new system, not meeting the
business demands ofthe people.
Year: 1873

when the first man made proper
apologies. and departed to look
for the lady who was to have met
him. 1t appears that the lady went
to the depot to meet her brOther-in-
law, whom she had not seen for q
number of years, but managed to get
hold OF the wrong person in the first
place, and the stranger to whom size
was 50 ahectionate, also expecting to
meet some relative, thought that he
had done so until his mistake was SO.
perhaps, disagreeably made apparent.
-AljGnY Express.
Year: 1873

The Buenos Ayres correspondent
of the New York World, writes on
the ed of May, of the Eonderful gold
discoveries in the Argentine Repub-
lie:


/ am enabled by this mail to send
YOU the particulars, SO far as they
have yet been made public, of the
discovery of what if the accounts be
true, is the richestgoid mine. in the
world and a treasure house Of the
precious metal almost surprising in
value all the mines of California com
bined, The scene Of this great dis
cOvery is the Valley of Famatina. in
the province of Rioja, Argentine
Republic, and the tidings of the al
most fabulous riches Unearthed, have
produced the greatest excitement
here. Wonderful as are the accounts
given of the value of the mines. it is
the general opinion that the half is
not known even by the discoverer,
and that there is more gold there
than the finder thought at the time
of his negotiating for the sale of
portion OF the tract.


The single fact that a provisional
transfer title has already been drawn
up for the sale Of two leagues of this
immense auriferous deposit, by which
the vast sum of 800, 900, 900 in cur
rency is to be paid, is the best evil
dence of the confidence that is placed
in the results Of this discovery. TIE
great find has naturally attracted
the attention of capitalists and specu-
lators, and while the general public
of Buenos Ayres is engaged in won
dering speculations and comments as
to the probable advantage to La
Plata which may follow an event
which promises to bring among them
great tide of emigrants and gold
seekers [for the fact of the existence
of the immense undeveIoped mineral
riches of the Argentine Republic has
now been fully established, it is clam
ed), mOneyed men have been quick to
turn the discovery of the mines to
immediate account. Parties interest
ed have left here for England, whith-
er the eyes of all turn when great
financial speculations like this are
concerned. to form copartnerships
with capitalists to work the mines or
else to float the affair as a joint stock
company.
Year: 1873

When a cause is called, upon consent
given without comment and at once,
Dc may be passed 10 take its place at
the foot of the docket. And upon
motion and the showing of sufficient
cause, a change fplace on the dock
ct may be ordered.
Year: 1873

ABOUT Boors.-A man who draws the
prize of squeaking boots from shoe store
always gets them on Saturday, and by the
next day the full power of the squeak is de-
veloped. He arrives at church at the OPEN
ing OF long prayer, and is admitted by the
sexton with admonitory gestures of silence.
The first step inside the door is followed by
sound like that Of ripping clapboard
from the side of barn, while all the ladies'
on the right side of the aisle tip their top
knots to one side and squint from their left
eyes, those on the other side reversing the
order. Balancing painfully on his worst
corn, he makes more gradual effort and is
rewarded by hearing the same harmonic re-
verberance likelnked sweetness s-longIdrawn
out. Then he tries to navigate on the balls
of his feet, and waddles along on his heels.
He clutches convulsively at the sides OF the
pews to tighten his weight, knocks down
woman's parasol, and gets all the deacons
to raising their bald heads and the skin
across their foreheads, and scowling as they
do the rest of the week. So he determines
to mince the matter no more, and trots
along fast, jerking out spasmodic shrieks
of sole that's damned" with regularity
that he never could attain at anything else,
and reaches his pew with all his under gar
ments turned to porous plaster, and his face
of color to match the saint done in red
glass in the principal THusrille
Herald
Year: 1873




ECKEIs' COLD CHrsEL--Eckels, our car
penter, was attending to job up at Spring
Mill, the other day, when the Thermometer
marked ninety-fve in the shade, and he had
his extra tools lying on a stone wall some
distance from him. After a bit he told his
new apprentice boy to go and bring him
cold chisel. The boy went, and when Eek
els had waited for about an hour for the ap-
prentice, he began to get mad, and picking
up club. he started to hunt that wandering
child with the intent to raise some new
kinds OF bumps on him. He found the ap-
prentice sitting by the spring up on the hill
with his hands locked over his knees. ard
watching with intentness one Of Eckels'
best chises, which was lying in the water
When the club drill was over and the boy
came to parade rest" he explained to
Eckels that the chisel had become so heated
by lying in the sun that he thought he
would cool one off by putting it in the
spring. That was about the nearest ap-
proach he could make to a cold chisel
without buying bucketful of ice. The
boy has now given up carpentering, and his
parents are endeavoring to decide whether
to put him in the ministry or to make a
newspaper editor OF him.