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Year: 1871

The story comes from an authen-
/ tic source that Mr.. Watt, of Bristol, a
plumber by trade, was lead by dream
to an invention which made his for
tune. In his day gunpOwder had been
brought to the assistance of forester
and hunter, and there had been no
trouble in mOuldingleaden,bullets; but
the production of shot for the capture
of small game was tedious and costly.
Watt had given much attention to the
subject, and had spent many weary
hours in perplexing but fruitlesss ef-
forts at study and experiment. At
length a dream solved the problem


He had dreamed that he had seen a
man upon a high tower, with a ladle
of melted lead in one hand and a seive
in the Other-the lead was poured in
to the seive, to which the operator
gave vibratOry motion, and the met
al fell in small drops, like rain, to the
bottom of the tower, where it was re-
ceived in a tank of water Then the
man descended and took the leaden
drops from the tank. The dreamer
saw that they had been sOlidified by
the GOODNESS OF the air through which
they mad fallen, and the most of them
were of the proper shape, but not all.
Some had not quite cooled, and be-
come flattened by the contact with
the water, while Others had cooled
out of shape. But the man did not
go at the tedious operation of picking
out the good shot with his fingers.
He took the whole of them to the top
of an inclined plane and suffered
them to roll down. Those which
were perfectly spherical rolled direct
ly into a receptacle at the bottom,
while those which were misshapen
wriggled off at the sides and thus a
sure and speedy separation was effect
ed. Upon this hint, Watt went at
the work anew and the patent evolved
from his dream made him wealthy (;
as he had little else to do than follow
to the letter the manipulations of his
mystic teacher.
Year: 1871

An editor in Illinois having engag-
ed a new reporter, received the follow
ing as his first effort: "We are in
formed that the gentleman hoo stood
on his head under a pile driver for the
purpose of having tight pair of butes
druv on, shortly afterwards found
himself in Chiny, perfectly naked and
without a cent in MS pocket"
Year: 1871

a valued Western contemporary contains the same
opinions which the Review has always advocated re-
spectng the partition Of the public domain among
projected railways We quote few remarks which
we fully indor5e:


"The people of Minnesota know full we'll that the
land they donate to the railway builders would be val
ueless for centuries to come without the roads So
with public lands of the United States. They would
be absolutely useless for thousand years to come but
for the railways that make them accessible the po
Of civilization. Those who oppose the donating
Of the wild wastes of the West and Northwest
gung in favor of keeping an immense extent of the
continent in the condition of a wilderness. The time
may come when the uncuitiyated acres still belonging
to the Government will be freely given to persons
pledging themselves to construct railways through
hem."-Railway Review.


We Of Northern Wisconsin can appre-
ciate that kind of reasoning. 1t ought to
have prevailed last winter in Congress
when the Hudson and Superior Land Grant
was before the House. It ought to prevail
this winter if there is any justice in Con
rg;.ces
Year: 1871

the Suez route and is very important indicating
the future course Of the China trade with EVpQpe to
all valuable articles when time is Of Importance


The authority is cited in such vague way that We
can hardly judge whether, not to creditthe state
ment However we hope it IS true! -


We clip the foregoing from the Railway
Review. threads like fact as names. dates,
and figures are plainly given. There is NO
good reason for doubling it, -apparent.
And it speaks volumes in favor of>o9e Pa
cilic railway as the shortest route to the
Indies (using that phrase in the old sense
Of the rich ORIENT. The Suez canal has
been the only possible rival of the Ameri-
can Continental Thoroughfares, and this IS
set aside by such timing as made in the III
stance recorded.


Two weeks advance on the quickest time
Of the shortest and cheapest route of the
Old World! 1t is victory and odds in IA
vor of the New. And that by the Union
Pacific route. The Northern Pacific will
vastly increase the difference, and the Lake
Superior railway and water route will prove
to be the true Northwest pQssage, the acme
of discovery, the broad highway of the
worlds traffic for all time.
Year: 1871

When a fit OF public spirit seizes you,
reader, as it viii seize every sane and think
ing man occasionally, do not begin to de-
preciate the lack of interest in public i'm
provements manifested by others, because
that will not advance matters particle


Others wake up at intervals in the same
way, and berate you as being behind the
age, and it has no tendency whatever to
make you enterprising No, let others
alone, and go you to work yourself. Take
advantage Of the fitful fever while it is with
you, for public spirit will bear delay in
handling as little as soda water It's at
tractive part soon evaporatos. Then while
you feel like improving the appearance, and
conyeniences of the place, take care to I'M
prove your part OF it. Reconstruct that
sidewalk. Paint that fence. Plant few
shade trees. Start vine and t ellis work.
Clean up the front yard. Put down neat
hitching post. Make handsome addition
to your house. ReshingIe that old roof.
Have the chimney cleaned out to save your
neighbor's house, and spare the public an
alarm Of fire. And while in the public spir-
tied way, train your boys, dress up a trife,
set fair example, work harder than ever,
be civil and cheerful, mind your own af-
fairs, and look out for the locomotive.
Year: 1871

The Departure Of Prince Napoleon frOm


Corsica.


Prince Napoleon has resigned his seat in the
departure from the island and gone to Italy.
Disguised, probably, with the result of the cleo
tions in place which he considered the strong
hold of the Bonapartes. Plon Plon deserted
the islanders for the more congenial cline OF
Italy. But after all he may only have gone to
having chad his say out, he may be able to
render more effective service to the imperial
cause in other localities. Plon Plon's elo-
quence will find its way through the news
papers into France, and will be read there
with curiosity if not eagerness, and will be
also circulated industriously by agents
throughout the republic. The fallen empire
is not without sympathizers, and they are on
the increase No better evidence Of this fact
can be adduced than by consulting the
returns of the last elections. Immedi-
ately after the war there were few persons
in France 30 poor as to express any
degree of reverence for the ill-fated Bona
parties. Now we find the nucleus of a small
party of out and out imperialists, who take no
pains to disguise their sentiments or conceal
their convictions in favor OF the dethroned
dynasty. How this party will develop itself
it will be interesting to watch. Prince Napo-
Icons resignation in the Council General OF
Corsica and his departure from the island are
not, we think. done without an object, though
they have the appearance of haste, pettishness
and disappointment on its face.
Year: 1871

JUSTICE VINDIcATED. Many as have been
the criminals convicted in this city no verdict


was ever rendered which gives greater satis-


faction than that Of the jury in the case


Of Rosenzweig, which yesterday afternoon


returned a verdict Of guilty. The heinous


nature Of Rosenzweig's crime admitted OF


no palliation, and the measures he
adopted to conceal his offence evinced
such coolness and depravity that it
aroused public indignation and created


greater interest In the result of his trial. His


sentence, the heaviest penalty that can be
inflicted by law for such crimes, will strike
terror to villains of his class, and perhaps
drive many from the practice of their nefa-
rious profession. A remarkable feature of the
verdict however, is the recommendation by
the jury Of the prisoner to the mercy Of the
Court The facts of the case were too plain
10 be refnted, and the crime and the circum-
stances under which 1t was committed were 80
singularly atrocious that II seems remarkable
that an intelligent jury could couple its ver-
dict with such recommendation
Year: 1871

Plus the Ninth, as he grows older, is not
finding that the world is coming round. to his
way of thinking. He feels his end approach
ing and he is desirous to make all proper
arrangements for his successor. A meeting of
the Cardinals he deems desirable; but Rome
being as it is, and Italy being in the hands of
ruler who is hereto, the Holy Father wishes
to make his last will and testament some
where out of the Eternal City. He cannot
get over the loss Of his temporalities. Should
the Holy Father succeed in obtaining the con-
sent Of all the great Powers who are at all
interested in the affairs of the Papacy to
meeting of the Cardinals in France, and should
the Cardinals meet in France, as we are
told to-day that they will, it will not
be so much of novelty as some people
imagine. Popes have lived in France and
Popes have been elected outside of Italy.
The Holy Father, it seems, has
pronounced another allocution. The allocu-
tion does not show that he has in any essen
tial particular changed his mind. He recog-
nizes the bishops appointed by the Italian
government. This he could not help without
encouraging schism. But he will not accept
Italy's guarantees" and be protests against
the invasion Of the Holy See. He is hard
also on Dollinger and all his followers. In
spite Of all his troubles, which day after day
are multiplying, the good old Pope believes in
the Master, in himself, in infalIibility and in
the Vatican Council. The Holy Father may
well be anxious about the Conclave, for the
next Pope is bound TO have trouble.
Year: 1871

Secretary Boutwell, in the Lecture Room
His Wow of Questions Affecting Public
Prosperity.


Our Secretary Of the Treasury is ambitious,
evidently, to enlighten the public on questions
Of national finance and political economy, for
he has gone into the lecturing business with
that object in view. There is no reason why
q Cabinet officer should not lecture as well as
any other person, if he be capable and un-
derstands his subject though many may
think Mr.. Boutwell, might find enough to do
in managing the Treasury Department. How
ever, he is from New England, where lectur-
ing has become q mania and the measure of
ones intellectual status. Mr.. Boutwell, could
have made better party political speech than
o lecture on financial and economical ques-
tons. He has much to learn on these. How
ever, in the lecture he delivered at Boston on
Thursday and again in this city Friday even
ing on present Questions Affecting Public
Prosperity" he expressed some good ideas, as
well as some favoring policy which is neither
useful nor practicable.


Mr.. Boutwell, sticks to his notion of raising
a large revenue in order to pay of the national
debt. He is opposed to postponing the pay
ment, and attacks capitalists for endeavoring
to shrk, as he assumes, their share of this
burden. 1t is not the capitalist alone who
bears the burden of heavy taxation. Indeed,
he feels 1t less than others. 1t is the mass Of
the people-the industrious classes, upon
whom the burden presses most heavily. Nearly
all that they eat, drink, wear or use is taxed.
High prices for everything is the consequence.
The industry Of the nation is shackled, and the
development of our. resources retarded by
burdensome and unnecessary taxation. The
nation has borne crushing weight during the
war and in the adjustment since Of the finances
and the obligations growing out of the wa
which called for immediate settlement. There
Is no necessity to pay now the principal Of the
adjusted or consolidated debt, in order to
establish the credit of the government or to
facilitate specie payments The sinking fund
is sufficient for the present to keep liquidation
going on gradually, and to sustain the idea Of
q final payment of the debt, and that Is all that
should be required Of this generation, which
has borne the brunt and cost Of the war. Mr..
Boutwell's hit at the capitalists arose, proba-
bly,, from his disappointment that they have
not aided him in his funding and financial
schemes. As TO reaching specie payments,
the best policy to pursue is the very opposite
of that which Mr.. Boutwell, advocates. Re-
duction Of taxation to the lowest figure, and,
rs consequence, lower prices and greater in
dustrial development, will bring us to specie
payments sooner than an enormous revenue
raised by oppressive taxes for the pretended
purpose Of paying the debt and keeping the
Treasury full Of Improbable capital.


We gladly endorse all the Secretary says
about regulating the railroads SO as to cheaper
freight and passage, and to prevent this vast
monopoly from overtaxing industry and inter-
Year: 1871

nal commerce. His remarks, too, relative to
tne wretched condition of our shipping inter-
ests and the importance of remedying the evil
are good; but unfortunately, he cannot give
up tne taxes on materials which enter into
snipouilding, because this would lead to q
reduction OF other taxes and limit the enor-
nous revenue he wishes to cling to still. He
seems to have an idea of what is needed. but
will not accept the only means possible to
effect the object. The truth is. Mr.. boutwell,
is trammelled by his New England protective
policy He wants high duties and taxes. not
only for the purpose of paying the debt, but
to protect the manufacturers as well. Let
him recommend to Congress at the approach
ing session to take off a hundred millions of
taxes at least, to abolish all duties on shin


building materials and to allow our merchants
to buy ships in the cheapest market, and the
country will soon bound forward in prosperity.
the carrying trade would be restored, our
tonnage would increase, high prices would
come down and we should approximate specie
payments without a financial disturbance,
and more rapidly than by any other policy.
Year: 1871

As we predicted last week the Triennial
Convention has taken what is practically q
middle course on the crucial question Of
Ritualism. The pastoral letter Of the bishops,
read in open session on Thursday night, fairly
states this policy. While at the outset
it makes feint of valiantly graphing with
ritualistic practices and the doctrines they are
intended to express, it soon wanders into the
rhetoric Of compromise and conciliation. The
only thing it attacks with vigor is mariolatry
probably because the intercession Of the Vir-
gin and the saints is held only by the smallest
minority Of the followers of Pusey. ''The bare
suggestion" of such doctrine, say the bishops.
sis an indignity to the one only Mediator
and Intercessor," &c. The practice of auricu-
lar confession is also strongly condemned,
although private confession in cases of ex-
ceptional guilt is commended. But that part
of the letter which deals with ''high views"
about transubstantiation is far more uncertain
in tone. For instance, what can be more con-
ciliatory than this passage:-


To argue that the spiritual presence OF our dear
Lord In the holy communion for the nurture OF the
faithful is such presence allows worship to Him
thus and there present IS to say the very least 10 De
wise above that which Is written In Gods Holy Word.
For the objects OF this holy sacrament as therein re-
vealed first, the memorial before God OF the one
sacrifice for forever; and secondly, the strength
ening and refreshing OF the souls Of the faithful.
Moreover, can fail to see that II Is Impossible
for the common mind TO draw the line between the
worship OF such an undenned and mysterious pres
ence and the awful error OF adoring the elements
themselves.


This policy, however, though clearly open
to charges OF cowardice and trimming, has at
least the advantage of keeping the Church
united.
Year: 1871

LUDLOW STREET JAIL will soon lose its ter
rors as well as most Of its unfortunate occu-
pants. Acting upon the principle that q
debtor is not criminal our city Judges have
determined to investigate the cases of the
debtors confined in the Ludlow Street Jail,
and accordingly an order has been issued by
which they will have a hearing before Judge
Rarnard to-morrow
Year: 1871

You think you love the man who
is coming this Sunday night to visit
YOU. And he acts as if he loves you
Suppose he declares himself. and
asks you to become his wife. Are
YOU prepared to say to him, Il love
and will trust you through life with
nv happiness, and the lives and veal
of our children"


He is Jolly, gay and handsome, aud
all the darts of Cupid are twinkiing
and sparkling i'm his eyes, but do they
always find expression from the love
of true soul!


Tonight he says many pleasant
things, and draws pretty pictures for
the future.


Does he 60 tomorrow to a work
which gives promise of the fulfillmcn'
of our desires in life?


DO his ambitions and achievements
satisfy you?


Docs his everyday life shine with
thS noble cndeavors of Trustworthy
man?


Ifyou think, and desire a c0mpaai
ion in your thinking, one who can un
lock the deepestrecesses ofyour mind
to what strata of humanity docs h
belong in the scale of excellence ant
morality? Is he doing all he can I,
build up future usefulness and happi
ness i'm which you cal share and fee
blessed?


These are the questions which th
experience of after years make man
women weep in bitterness of soul the
were not thought of before they an
swered "YcsW
Year: 1871

It never pays to fret and growl,
When fortune seems our fOe:
The better bred will push ahead
And strike the heavier blow.


For luck Is work,


And those who shirk
Should not lament their doom,


But yield the play,


And clear the way
That better men have room.
1t never pays to wreck the health
In drudging after gain;
And he is sold who thinks that gold
Is cheapest bought with pain.


An humble lot,


A cosy cot.
Have tempted even kings:


For station high.


That wealth will buy,
Not oft eontentment brings.
1t never paysi blunt refrain
Well worthy of q song,-
For age and youth must learn the truth
That nothing pays that's wrong;


The good and pure


Alone are sure
To bring prolonged success.


While what is right


In Heavens sight
Is always sure TO bless.
Year: 1871

Few changes OF clothing for the


children ma Ike more work tor the
mother, who must wash, iron and
patch the oftener, if she is proud,
and wishes her little ones to ap-


pear clerD and tidy at school.
For tour or five years q farmers
wife may coax HIM to buy her u


sewing machine, using all her wo-
! mans wit to cIoqentIy point out
the advantages of having in the
house such an cconomizer Of time


and strength. But every year
the farmer spends his profits on


more land. or increasing and i'm
proving his stock.


Tie husband torscts all about
the sewing machine.


Each year his wife grows palcr,
thinner. and Il shade more frctful,
! a sud coEtrest to her robust hus-
band, who shows no hard lines of
time or fortune in his full face and
stout figure. Well-to-do beams
from his eyes, and be feels good


because he is getting along in the
world.


1t is very true that he works


hard and patiently year after year.


and tnrns every cent to 4 good
account on his place. Whenever


4 desirable lot was for sale border


ing on his farm. he worked and


saved money to buy it. if possible,


until he has more land than he


can well manage without making
; drudgcS OF himself and .amily.
Farm work is hard, and q poor


man who gets much ahead by the
profits OF his farm must work
! hard. But an honr or two after
sund"wn he may rest and gain
strength tor the morrow, with


nothing to disturb his slumbcr.
Not so his poor tired wife. In
the midst Of this struggle after
! money, she IS raising family Of
| little children.


Year after year she seldom
knows an undisturbcd nights rest.
In the morning she is tired
when she commences her days


labor. Yet she is the first one


stirring, so that breakfast shall


not dctain the men from treadinS


upon ;hc dew in the fields at their


work.


The last one to bed and the first
mp in the morning, mothers work


is never done until her hands are
folded forever, and her ears can


not hear the calls Of her family: or
her eyes see the work to be done


to make them comfortable and


happy.


But when she is dead and gone,


who can take her place Is it


not better to help her "favor her


sell" now rather than wear her


out as a household drudge ?-Elm
Oriou.
Year: 1871

In every known sense of word,
a woman owns the man who loves her,
more than he owns her. Her love is
perhaps as great, but it is not SO absorb.
ing. She sees the situation where he
see only her. She is as strong as all
bis strength, becaus, his strength is
hers. With whatever Of power or wis
dom or renown he is endowed, she also
becomes, possessed, aud no enlargement
Of his borders diminishes one iota of
his depe endence upon her for the abii-
ty to enjoy them. Ifthere is any DIFF
ference the supreme control, the court
of last resort, is hers. Civil codes may
reach state of absolute perfection, do
ing equal and entire justice to man and
woman, and husband will still be
able to hector his wife to death and the
wife her husband; and as between the
two, one is inclined to think she does
it best. A woman has rather more
power to make home steadily and un-
mitig 'tedly uncomfortable than has
man.-Gaiz Hamilton.
Year: 1871

a pretty houshold ornament
for the winter season can be
easily made by taking large
turnip and scrape out the inside,
leaving thick wall around; fill
the cavity with earth and plant
in it some vine or morning glory.
Suspend the turnip with cords,
and in a little time the vines will
twine around the strings. and the
turnip, sbrouting from below,
will put forth leaves and stems
that will turn upward and curl
gracefully around the base.
Year: 1871

The famous French tri-color is
still flying from the spire Of the
Cathedral at Metz. There is
said to be in all Metz only one
man who is both skillful and dar-
ing enough to climb the steeple
to it's entire height. He is q poor
workman, who during the war
attached the flag to the peak Of
the spire for five francs; but the
patriotic Frenchman has refused
the Prussian Governors offer of
five thousand francs to remove
If
Year: 1871

We have no proof. undoubtedly, that
insects possess central brain. The evi
dence of dissection tends TO show series
of brains rather, and yet must still assert
that there is directing power some
where; and can we localize i 10 any other
part save the head Take the instance
of caterpiller: If the parts of its body
did not move in unison when it is crawl
ing. We might see the head pointing for
ward. the claspers turning TO right. and
the legs TO the left This does not &C
cur Look at the same creature again
eating by smell or sight il is selecting
a choice mersel OF leaf To aid the jaws
in their manipulations. the body and
legs are instantly obedient to the ami
mails will.
Year: 1871

the sad affair was the subjectIof allusion in
all the sermons from the Protestant pulpits.


'The attachment of the people of this
city to this distinguished and good man was
almost universal, and no pastor who has
ever been amongst us was more beloved,
and deservedly SO, than DIR. 7. V. Moore.


''The deceased minister took deep in
terest in the prosperity and growth of the
city, and in his social relations was in deep
sympathy and constant intercourse with
the people. He was an ardent and devoted
member of the Masonic fraternity, and was
loved and respected by the entire fraternity.
As an active member of Richmond Lodge,
in which he was made, and charter menu
Der of Joppa, No. 10, which he aided in
instituting, and as chaplain of both, he
was ever found at the post of duty, labor
ing in the cause of brotherly love, relief,
and truth, and exemplifying the glorious
teachings of the noble Order. May he rest
in peace"


Since the above appeared, we learn the
body of the deceased will not be brought
to Richmond for interment, but will be
buried where he died.