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Year: 1872

fight and subdue before she gives thought to
foreign conquest or revenge. Her armies
have yet mission on her own soil before they
seek to wrest back from Germany the terri
tory they lost through the wickedness and self
ishness of the Empire. The smoke of the
Commune fires still hangs like threatening
cloud over the nation. 1t must be dispersed
by the sunshine of o strong and permanent
government before Frenchmen can find their
way to glory over the bodies of foreign foes.


1t appears singular that the German Min
lister at Washington should have been SO dis
tinct in his utterances in regard to the appre-
tensions Of his government, and we may be
pardoned for the thought that the anxiety to
excuse the arbitrary crusade against emipra-
ton may have exaggerated Prince Bismarck's
fears of q French invasion of German terri
tory and of q Franco-Austran alliance.


Diplomacy is seldom distinguished for such
extraordinary candor, and it is not impossible
that the military necessity which impels
Germany to keep her fighting population
within the reach of her military laws arises
from some other cause than the political
turmoil at Versailles. 1t must be remembered
that Prince Bismarck's opposition to emigra-
ton is not new sentiment. The great
statesman Of Germany has long been anxious
to retain within the nation the vigorous and
enterprising spirits who have been eager to
seek home and fortune in the New World.
II may be that he sees before him territory
Year: 1872

The most important picture in point OF size, that
ever left the easel OF Gerome is on exhibition
at the Goupn Gallery. The subject is one that
affords ample opportunity for the display OF dra-
matte power and that delicate apprehension which
suggests without stating fact. The story OF the
Egyptian Queens interview with Caesar is too well
known to need repetition. The moment chosen by
the artist is that in which Polydorus discovers the
lovely form of Cleopatra to the astonshed gaze of
Cesar and his four secretaries. An artist with less
sense of true dramatic power would have weakened
his composition by attempting to give prominence
and Importance to Caesar, while Gerome makes him


little more than accessory to the group In the FORE
ground The beautiful form OF Cleopatra COM
petely arrests attention Graceful In outline,
easy in pose, there are confidence and self
assertion in the expression OF the queenly face
that tell of one whose will is used to be law. The
light gauze drapery which covers but does not hide
the well shaped limbs scarcely be said to cl0tho
the form, though 1t tempers the nudity OF the
figure. The artist has shown his usual boldness in
making use Of striking contrasts. Beside the
lovely form of the Queen crouches the dark figure
OF the slave. While Cleopatra seems wholly uncon-
scious OF the presence Of any but the man upon
wnom she has turned her large, luscious eyes, this
slave seems to share the confidence OF his mstress
and to share, possibly in the triumph OF her beauty.
ness but with infinite subtety. The character of the
Egyptian form is suggested, but through the sweep
ing lines and graceful contours OF the Caucasian
type. Everything Is soft, luscious and sensuous;
but the delightful rmness Of the nesh in the well
rounded form Is we insisted upon. This has been
expressed through the medium Of exquisite
and careful modelling. Whether we look
at the work as composition or
as q piece OF execution IL must be admitted to be-
one OF this great masters best Efforts The finish
OF the painting is simply exquisite. 1t has already
been purchased by Californian gentleman for the
sum or $4,000.


The work which will attract the largest share
OF attention after Gerome's Is ''The vedette,u by
Meissonier 1t is larger in size than most OF that
masters pictures, and IS marked by breadth OF
treatment not often found in such small paintings.
soldier on gray horse, In q bleak landscape on
cold November day. furnishes the subject and 1t has
been treared with such vig0r and minuteness that
the visitor can wen imagine he sees the original
before him In the flesh. There Is no evidence OF
close, painful work. such as often strikes us In
Meissoners paintings On the contrary, there y .
sense OF space end atmosphere which entirely dis
sipates all idea OF limited space. This work has
been sold for $4,000


The ''Cabanal"is half,ength female figure ex
qutsitely painted. Il In full OF character end -
tenseIy reflective N expression.
Year: 1872

The Western Business Men and Mr.


boutwell, ON tho Currency.


The forty-four millions of legal tenders which
Secretary McCulloch withdrew from circula-
tion, and which Mr.. Boutwell, has kept under
the strong lock of the Treasury Department.,
are great temptation to the business men
OF the West. A delegation Of three Western
gentlemen called on the Secretary on Thurs
day to urge the reissue of these legal tenders.
The delegates represented that there is great
difficulty in obtaining sufficient currency in
the West for the purposes of legitimate trade.
We have no doubt that the three gentlemen
fairly represented the views and wishes of the
West generally. With an ample amount of
currency in circulation, and money easy and
at comparatively low rate of interest, and with
foreign exchange high, the Western farmers
can develop their resources and find market
for their abundant produce at the ports of
the Atlantic seaboard and abroad. Then,
when currency is scarce they have to pay very
high interest for money-much higher, in fact,
than is paid in the Eastern and Middle Allan
tic States. 1t is quite natural, therefore, that
the West should desire an expansion Of the
currency and the reissue Of the Treasury re-
serve OF forty-four millions of greenbacks
The people of that section are looking more
to the immediate. effect and the benefit they
would derive than to the ultimate conse-
quences or to the interests of other sections.
Mr.. Boutwell, did not hold out any hope Of
expanding the legal tender currency, though
he spoke Of holding this Treasury reserve
as check over the cornering operations of
Wall street. He thought the moral effect
upon the spectators of holding this reserve in
hand would answer the purpose at present.
He reiterated the old idea that the currency is
too abundant now to admit of specie pay
ments, and that the only way to bring paper
money to par with specie is by contraction.
Mr.. Boutwell, is perfect Bourbon in his fixed
notions. He will never learn by experience or
by facts that stand out as plain as the sun at
noon. We have about the same amount of
currency in circulation, now that the premium
on gold is thirteen, as when it was thirty or
forty. The progress of the country and the
exigencies Of o constantly increasing trade
operate the same as contraction. In other
words, we have been growing up to specie
basis and shall reach that in time through
natural causes if the volume Of currency re-
mains undisturbed. Mr.. Boutwell, should not
touch the currency and ought not to interfere
in any way with the money market or currents
of trade. Congress might, when it reassem-
bles, do something to facilitate specie pay
ments without contracting the currency by
compelling the national banks to prepare for
such a result. In the meantime, however,
contraction would be ruinous and expansion
would defer specie payments.
Year: 1872

Mrs. Horace Greeley remained yesterday In the
critical condition to which she had sunk the day
before, without improving or relapsing Her fam
ily friends and physicians still faithfully and hope
fully attend her.
Year: 1872

purpose. was to be used 10 accomplish such q
result. and the conduct of Commissioner Dav-
enport throughout gives color to the suspicion.
The most important essential Of q law of this
character is that its enforcement should be
free from every faint of craftsmanship. The
good men of all parties are interested in pre-
serving the purity of the ballot box, and
Ring democracy could be half
30 offensive and dangerous as frauds
perpetrated by one party against the
other under the cover of State or Federal
law. Hence it is desirable that every officer
charged with the execution of registry or
election law should be especially courteous,
fair and impartial in his action, and should
studiously avoid giving cause of offence to the
citizens We do not think that Commissioners
Davenport has filed these requirements, and
while it may be proper enough for him to en-
ploy bad characters as detectives on the prin-
ciple of setting thief to catch thief we re-
gard it as extremely injudicious that he
should assume doubtful powers or exercise
such authority as he legally possesses in an
overbearing and insoleut manner.


The interference of the Federal government
at all in elections is of very questionable ex-
pediency. Our present State registration laws
may be considered as perfect safeguard
against illegal voting as could we'll be devised.
Indeed, in some of their provisions they seem
to throw unnecessary and vexatious obstruc-
tions in the way of legal voters, and especially
OF naturalized citizens. II they are TO be sup
plemented by system of national espionage,
it should certainly be conducted in manner
as little offensive to citizens as possible. We
can conceive of nothing so well calculated to
incite riot in a large city rs illegal, arbi-
trary and partisan conduct on the part
OF an officer charged with the execution
Of Federal election law; for, as
we have said, federal interference in elections
is of itself repulsive to the citizens. We
should therefore advise those having charge Of
the matter to exercise great caution and pru-
dence. The ordeal Of the State registration
is by no means an easy one to pass through,
and the verifcation of the suspected names
that may get on the lists can be easily accom-
plished without contentious and arrests.
Where questions are not satisfactorily answered
suspicion may be justly entertained, and it is
then easy enough to mark down the names
for challenge. Every good citizen
will second the efforts of the proper
authorities to enforce the laws designed to
secure fair election, however Objectionable
may be the character of the statutes; but no
man worthy of exercising the franchise would
hesitate to resist an attempt to defraud the
honest voters of their rights under the pre-
tence Of legal authority. The ballot is the
constitutional right of every citizen, and no
law can deprive him of it. The very sus-
picion that distractions may be improperly
laid in his way should be an additional incen-
tive to every elector to register to-day while
there is yet time and TO cast his vote when the
day of election arrives.
Year: 1872

West.


There may be counted now in this city and
the territory Immediately surrounding it pro-
badly not less than thirty thousand horses
suffering from the laryngeal or bronchial
epihippic, which has been developing itself
for the past week. It has begun to exhibit
new symptoms here, which are looked on as
highly dangerous; the animal pants for
breath and becomes quite cold at the extremi-
ties. At least five hundred cars have been
withdrawn from the city railroad lines In
this branch alone, therefore, the disease
throws thousand men out Of work, it
is to be hoped only for few days In
city so crowded as New York the sus-
pension of even this large number of cars,
with the stoppage Of other vehicles, is not
easy to be noted at first but to-day we may
look for the thinning out being distinctly per-
ceptible and painfully felt during certain of
the busiest hours. The virtuous hackmen Of
the city, with that calm defiance Of law
which characterizes their class, took advan-
tage Of the disease to charge exorbtant fares.
These gentlemen should now be taught sharp
lesson. The avarice which exhibits itself in
times of public calamity should be treated
as it deserves. The favorite trotting mare
American Girl has slight attack, but is doing
well. Society always has an anxiety about its
elite, SO we refer to this appearance of the
malady among the equine haa ton. The
wretched car horse may have his feelings and
an infamed larynx, but society will always
have its distinctions. Lucca, with slight
hoarseness, would be an object of sympathy to
thousands; but chorus singer might 'cough
fit to break her back without wringing the
public heart to any great extent. Here is a
theme for young poets to moralize upon.


In this and the Eastern States the disease
has undergone no diminution, except, per-
haps, at Buffalo. From points South we are
happy to learn that it has not travelled in
that direction. 1t has appeared however, at
Cory, Pa; Indianapolis and ST. Louis,
which would indicate that it is taking a
Western sweep. It is to be hoped that wher-
ever henceforth it makes its appearance
measures will at once be taken for its eradi-
cation. The senseless plan of allowing the
disease to develop its worst features before
undertaking its cure should be guarded
against. 1t is stated on experience that where
taken at its inception and properly treated it
can be generally cured in forty-eight hours,
whereas neglect in this regard renders a
sickness of ten or twelve days certain, with
chance of death into the bargain
Year: 1872

gard to this provision OF that treaty he ''shall
decide thereupon, finally and without appeal,
which of those claims (the American or the
British) is most in accordance with the true
Interpretation of the treaty of June Is, 1S46. y


"Most in accordance" then, are the express
words of instruction of the Treaty of Washing
ton by which the Emperor William had to be
and has been guided in his settlement; and in
rendering his decision he properly sticks
to the text of his instructions. His judg-
ment according to his instructions, is per-
fectly clear and conclusive, and if he leaves
not peg to hang a doubt upon il is because
he departs not q hairs breadth from the line
of his instructions in pronouncing his award


The London Times, therefore, does well to
''accept it with loyal submissiveness, " because,
even in the last resort Of quibbling, there can
| be no appeal from this decision.


| With regard to the charge of British in
| trigues to procure modification of the judg-
ment of the Emperor, we are not disposed to
accept it as baseless or absurd upon the mere


assertion of our offended British contem-


porary. II is generally believed throughout
the Old World and the New that British


diplomacy, in extreme cases, does not stick at


triAes, and that the ancient maxim that s'all


things are fair in love and war; will equally
apply to the strategy and tactics Of England
in the settlement Of her international differ
Year: 1872




upon to execute. If penalties have been in
Cured under the law they must be enforced in
legal manner


Apart from the letter of the law, we regard
the course pursued by Commissioner Daven-
port as unwise and dangerous to the peace of
the city. A statute such as he is called upon
to enforce is necessarily of an Objectionable
character. II authorizes a sort Of espionage
to which the people are unaccustomed and
which is naturally offensive. A good registry
law is approved by all honest citizens and
scarcely reputable man would be found
unwilling to aid cheerfully in its enforcement.
But the clear object Of such law should be
to prevent illegal voting and to facilitate the
polling of every honest vote in the city. There
are two evils attendant upon fraudulent voting
at elections-frst, that it misrepresents the
! popular will, and next that it deprives quail
fed voters of the opportunity to deposit their
ballots. fair registration law provides
against both OF these evils it renders it diff
ficult, if not impossible, to commit frauds
upon the franchise, and it clears the way
to the polls for honest electors. Unfor-
tunately the registration laws in this
State have been tinkered by politicians
for their own purposes, and have been
framed as much for the purpose of obstructine
the honest, full vote of the city of New York
as for putting stop TO the shameful frauds
initiated by democratic ballot-box stufEess and
repeaters. It looks very much as il the Fed.
eral Election law. If not designed for the same
Year: 1872

A FeREIGN journal says that
French mason, in repairing the stone
steps leading into garden, used
Portland cement mixed with finely
divided filings and borIngs of cast and
wrought iron, instead of sand and
that the mass has become SO hard that
it cannot be broken either with ham
mer or pickaxe.
Year: 1872

IT is not generally known that the
leaves of geranium are an excellent
application for cuts, where the skin Is
rubbed of, and other wounds of that
kind. One or two leaves must be
bruised and applied to the part, and
the wound will be cicatrized in a short
time.
Year: 1872

BY an investigation of comparative cir
culations of those papers of a political
cast which circulate largely in this section,
we have reduced to tabular form sufficient
as an indication of the reading proclivities
of either political party, at the same time
enlightening our readers as to the actual
status of local and other papers. 1t would
be impossible to enumerate to single
copy those papers which circulate from
abroad through the postoffice to single
subscribers, though the number taken by
clubs is embodied in our estimate. The
figures show for the week ending August
5, the dailies, semi-weeklies and weeklies
of each being combined for the entire
week. These figures are for the village of
Glen's Falls, including all sales at the
newsrooms and postoffice clubs, and GER
tainly indicate the necessity of new
departure" or some other measure for the
education of the Democratic party. They
speak for themselves:
Year: 1872

tsrss-4aes
Ard, though she is often the sweetest OF girls,
Twas the eineanest mostimpoiite act she was sure,
And atfing, she declared, that she never would
To ooto ! church where one didn't belong.
Then walk down the aisle like the best in the
And seat One 5 self plump in another ones pew
Humph. Didn't her father own his out and out,
And didn't they fllit up full, just about.
When mamma and papa, and herself and the
Were seateds' And didn't their boots make a
In moving along to make room for strangerg
And wasn't it cool, with the brazenest face.
Ben s n Bob pa s 6ra ad M ps


dangef


With such feelings at heart, and their print her
Last Sunday our Bessie hitchcd out of her .splace y
To make room for girl, very shabby and thin
VINO mad stood In the aisle till mamma asked her
Thepoor little thing tried her best not to crowd
And Bessie, forgetting. soon had the mishap
To slip from her drowsness into nap,
From which she awakened by crying aloud.
Poor Bessie sat upright with cheeks all aflame
At sleeping in church, and we felt for her shame;
But twas strange at the close of the service to see
Our Bessie, now gentle as gentle could be-,
Take the hand of the shabby young girl in the
And walk with her out of the church with smile
That shone through the tears in her eyes all the


while,


And frightened her face with radiance new.
"Good-bye,'' whispered Bessie at parting, land


mind


Our pew's forty five, with pillar behind"
Then she stole to her mother: Oh mother,


dreamed


Such a curious dream. Twas no wonder l


screamed.


thought was sitting in church in this dress.
With girl like beggar- child right in our pew
Wewere sitting alone on the seat, just we two
And l felt more ashamed than you ever could


guess;


''When, all in a mement, the music grew loud
And on it came floating beautiful crowd
They were amge1s, rknew, for they joined in the


song.


And all of them seemed in the church to belong
Slowly and brightly they sailed through the air;
The rays from the window streamed crimson and


blue


And lit them in turn as their forms glded through;
could feel their soft robes passing over my hair
lone came to my side. Very sadly she said,
There's stranger in here. l lifted my head
And looked ut the poor, shabby girl with disdain.
''Tis not she;' said the angel; the naughty and


vain


Are the strangers at church. She is humble and


true,'


Then l cried out aloud, and the minister spoke,
And just they fosted away 1 awoke,
And there sat the dear little girl in our pew,''


-Hd31er's Monthly.
Year: 1872

the sun would become as unwieldy as an
or rathar would be crushed by
her own weight Her airy head alone
woDld weigh as much as a stout man. near
ly two hundred and fifty pounds.


The intensity of the suns temperature
may be deduced from the most elementary
principles of the science of heat. Many
attempts have been made to reduce it to
an exact measure but although the ex-
periments are simple and uniform in their
results, we can place little confidence in
the numerical conclusions. But while the
temperature Of the sun IS uncertain, the
quantity of heat emitted can be determin-
ed with considerable accuracy. The meth
DDS are various, but the principle Is the
same. They are all based upon the
measurement of the elevation of temper
ature produced in given quantity ofwate r
by the action of a sunbeam of known d.
ameter in a measured sime. By expert
ments of this kind at the Cape of Good
Hope, Sir ohm Herschel discovered that
the heat received by the surface of the
earth from the sut.-in the zenith would be
sufficient to melt layer of ice one inch
thick in about two hours and twelve min
utes. But as no more heat falls upon the
earth than upon any other surface of equal
size at the same distance, it follows that if
the sun were surrounded by a complete
shell of ice having the same diameter as
the earth's orbit, ard one inch thick. ii
would all be melted in the same time. The
same result in substance has been arrived
at bv several observers. Christian Tatelli-
qencer.
Year: 1872

MANAGEABLE BALLooN.-The advocates
of the possibility of utilizing the balloon
for the everyday purposes of life have been
greatly encouraged by the result of a
series of experiments lately made in Paris
by NJ. Dupuy de LONE, and recently com
municated to the Academy of Sciences.
This gentleman is an eminent French en-
gineer, and well acquainted with both the
theory and practice of his profession and
his attention was especially called, during
the seige of Paris, to the Importance Of
having a balloon which possessed some
power of steerage.


He has completed the first construction
according to his new plan, and made, as
he claims, entirely successful experiments
with it, The balloon is in the shape of an
enormous egg, the longer axis horizontal,
with an oblong car suspended from it.
The total length is lis feet, and its dame
ter at the point Of greatest circumference
40 feet. The rudder by which the balloon
is steered is a plain triangular surface,
made deofunvarnishedc calico, and so construct
ed az to turn easily on its forward extrem-
ity. The car is of wicker work, containing
windlass for the screw, eight men to
manage it, and is capable of carrying
fourteen persons.


The rudder Is fixed to the balloon itself,
and the screw is below it and Immediately
attached to the car, and having only two
blades, so that when the ground is touched
they can be placed horizontally to escape
injury. The windlass which turns the
screw is worked by four to eight men.
The envelope of the balloon is composed
Of white silk


The constructor does not pretend to be
able TO make a direct movement against
the wind, but only to deviate from its
direct set when running before it. He
expects to be able to tack to the right or
left, but does not hope to be able to beat
to the windward There is a second bal
loon attachment to the bottom of the main
balloon, forming kind OF compartment,
occupying about one-tenth Of the cubic
space Of the balloon, and serving to keep
it stiff and of the required shape.


In the experimental trip of NJ. De LONE
half gale was blowing, and the result
answered entirely to his expectations.
The screw drove the balloon about five
miles an hour quicker than the wind was
blowing, and by the use Of the rudder the
course Of the balloon could be altered
eleven degrees, either way, from the set Of
the wind.-EdHor's Scientific Record in
Harper Magazine for July.