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Year: 1873

one of the many ways that he takes to show
his power and to annoy me-


81 am glad you soere prevented from going,
Henrietta. 1 think 1 can understand why
Mr.. Howard did not wish you to visit Mrs
Travers. do not know that my authority is
very good, but Miss Nancy Turner mentioned
that your aunt had not spoken very friendly
of him. suppose he did not wish you to 60
where he knew that all you would hear would
only embitter your feelings toward him. l
do not wish to exonerate him from blame.
He must have acted unkindly, or you would
never think of taking this step"
"And you believe 1 should be doing wrong
in desiring it even?'


eyes, it must be terrible thing to be trea-
ted unkindly by ones husband; but | think
wife's duty is to try and bear it, even though
she suffers in doing so. l do not see why he
should wish for a separation. He could not
expect happiness under the circumstances.


"He has never said he wished for one; but
he is away from me almost all the time, so
that it makes but little difference to him.
The only reason why hesitate in taking this
step is, that I think, in short time, he will
be free. I am not going to live much longer.
1 can feel that I am growing weaker every
day"


II hope you exaggerate your symptoms,
Henrietta If your mind was at ease, think
your health would improve"


mo. All of our family have died of con-
sumption, and know I have it now; but l
do not care to live. I met with passage in
reading, the other day, which expresses my
feelings exactly. The writer says


"No one knows how to look upon the trou'
bles and vanishing dreams of this life, until the
light of another falls upon it. No one knows
how mean every thing that is transient and
perishable appears unto me; how insignih-
cant the joys, nay, even the sutferings that
are past, as l stand trembling on the verge of
that bright world of innocence and safety,
where hope to appear with the child God
has given me-"


II never regret the death ofmy baby, Mat
tie. I am only too thankful it was taken
away, before it had known sorrow and suffer-
ing. My only prayer now is, that we may
soon be together"


"Then you will give up this horrible idea
of being separated from your husband, will
YOU not Henrietta? should leave you with
a. much lighter heart, if knew I could think
of you, in the future, as doing your duty
faithfully as all obedient and loving wife"


II will promise you that I will take no fur
ther steps in the matter for the next six
months Perhaps the end will come before
then. I am sorry you are going to leave me,
Matte; but glad that you are to be so happy
in your new home. Your married life is far
different from mine"


"You must remember our love was different,
Henrietta. If there is true love on both sides,
there can be but little unhappincss. l will
try to see you again before I leave. l shall
think of you very often, and pray daily that
our good Lord may watch over and direct you
for the future"
Year: 1873

it seems to knell only the hours when you
watched the shadows of death gathering upon
her sweet face. But many a tale it telleth of
joys past, sorrows shared, and beautiful words
and deeds registered above. You feel that
the grave cannot keep her. You know that
she is in happier world, but feel that she is
often by your side, an angel presence. Cher
ish these emotions; they will make you hap
pier. Let her holy presence be as a charm


to keep you from evil. In all new and pleas
ant connections, give it place in your heart.
Never forget what she has been to you-that
she has loved you. Be tender to her memory.
Year: 1873

SENT on TO THE GRAND JURY.-The charges
against Thomas Duffy, accused of a feloni-
Gus assault upon his wife, were inquired
into at the Police Court Saturday, and he was
sent on to the grand jury; bail refused.
The evidence was very plain and direct that
he had most inhumanly kicked and beaten
his wife, who appeared in court with her
face bruised and contorted and her eyes
swollen and almost closed. 1t was with diff
ficulty she could be induced to testify at all
against her husband, and she begged hard
for his release.
Year: 1873

Especial telegram to the Dispatch.J


WASHINGTON, November 15.-There has
been slight ull here to-day in the excite
ment over the Virgnius massacre owing to
the absence from Washington Of the Presi'
dent and the Secretaries of War and Navy.
1t seems to be settled that the Administration
reached its final conclusion in the business
at the Cabinet session of yesterday. 1t is
still impossible to learn what the determine
ton was, but the impression in many places is
that if the proceedings Of that meeting were
made known it would be giving information
to the enemy. The decision will Of course
be diyulgcd sooner or later, but probably not
until communicated to Congress by the Pres
ident in his annual message. TIMOy.
Year: 1873

A writer in Nature calls attention to
one possible source OF skin diseases,
which he refers to the manufacture OF
what are called prime old brown
Windsor soaps" and states that this lie
obtained from old and putrid bones,
which are crushed and ground to pow
der, and exposed to the action of boil
ing water under pressure until the
grease and marrow are extracted. These
substances are subjected to various pro.
cesses, resulting in the preparation ot
bone glue, isipglsss, ETC., while the
grease itself, which at first is OF dark,
brown color with an abomipable
odor, is purified and deodorized, and
the more valuable portion con-
verted into a hard brown soap, the o.
fensive smell Of which is disguised by
a strong perfume. The brown collar oi
the grease gives it its acceptable tint
without coloring by caramel, the orig
inal mode OF manufacture. The pro-
cess causes the production Of large
number OF minute spicul9 OF bone
which cannot be entirely removed, aud
which tend to penetrate the skin OF
abrade its surface. The writer attrib-
utes TO this cause many forms OF eczema
The suggestion is worthy OF copsidera-
ton, and the safest plan is always &c
use white scentless soap, like the white
CASTLE.
Year: 1873

ton. The facts show that though be
was perhaps wanting in enthusiasm for
the grand objects Of the expedition, and
at times grossly lax in discipline. and
though he differed in judgment from
others as to the possible safety and
prospects Of taking the ship further
north, yet he is an experienced and
careful navigator, and when not affect
ed by liquor, of which there remained
none at the time of separation, COM
petent and safe commander.


concur fully in the statement In the
report as to the probable condition and
situation of the ship and the propriety
OF taking measures for her relief. Such
relief can only be afforded safely and
surely by means OF an expedition prop
erly constructed to encounter the dan,
gers OF theArcticCircle in shipsadapt-
ed To the purpose and built and fitted
out to contend with large bodies OF ice.
1t Is known that there Is no euch ship
ready at hand in either our naval or
merchant service. Indeed it is believed
that there are none such in existance,
except among the sealing fleets of New
Foundland. A vessel OF this feet, sail
ing as they do under foreign registery,
can only be made for the puspose OF an
expedition organized and sailing under
our flag by being purchased and put in
condition by the Navy Department, in
accordance with the feelings Of our
people, and whatever responsibility is
incurred by this act OF imperative public
duty and national humanity, l am
neither authorized to make or unwilling
to met.


Very respectfully your obedient
servant,


... GEO. NJ. robson,


Secretary OF the Navy.
Year: 1873

The city police magistrates complain Oh
the inadequate means which the State anords
for bringing now laws to their knowledge
Sometimes six months el.pso after the passage
of a statute, OF which they are bound to tako
judicial cogni1ance, before they know that u ~
a part Of the social compact. Even after the ses-
sion laws are printed and bound In volumes
they arp not furnished 90 a magistrate unless he
makes a special requisitlon for them. \ statute
enacted in or before the middle of a legislative
session is ordinarily elk months old before IL
gets into print. In February the Legislature
passed an act to punish the careless use Of nre-
arms IL says that "any person who shall in
ten,ionally, without malice, point or aim anv
firearms at or toward any other person shall be
guilty Of misdemeanor, and shall bo subject to
a fine OF not more than fifty dollars and not less
than nvc." Tho last section provided that the
act should take effect imm ediately. It'll magis-
trates duty TO commit any person accused OF
violating this law, but II commitment Ia
sought under n, uness the magistrate knows IL
to be In the statute book, he is compelled to
write to the Secretary OF State for certified
copy OF the law. A few days aRo the law above
quoted was pleaded, probably for the nrst time
since its passage, before a police Justice who
was ignorant Of its existence. As soon as law
under which a magistrate is obliged to commit
a person Il passed, the Secretary OF state ought
to transmit certified copy of IL To every magl5-
tr,te IN tho state. A simpler way would bo to
send a certified copy of the new law TO the clerk
OF every county, whose duty IL should be to no
tify Il TO every magistrate In his county. II ia
legal presumption that tho moment law Ia
passed everybody has constructive KNOWLEDGE
thereof but like many other prceumptions Of
law, while It may bo founded in reason It will
not work well in practices unless II is properly
published.
Year: 1873

A Baptist preacher, north of Alden,
got married the other night. About
the time he was Immersed in bliss,
the witching hour OF midnight,
band of men and boys got under his
window, aud commenced such toot-
ing, that Jericho would have fallen
under one half so great a din. The
minister and his bride gave no heed to
the summons, but kept on about their
own business. The serenaders kept
up the clamor till four A. NJ. No treat
ethat night. The second night the
performance was repeated with like
result. On the third night, open
sesame, the doors few open and the
parson and his wife stood there like
ministering angels, one supporting
bucket full Of lemonade, the other,
basket Of cake. The serenaders were
happy. They ate, and they drank.
but the bright dream did not last.
One after another was taken with q
deadly sick ness at the stomach, fol-
lowed with vomiting. The preacher
and his bride We're much concerned,
full of sorrow aud sympathy for the
sufferers who were vomiting with
groans, that cannot be uttered much
less pri nted, in every corner of the
farm yard. Ipecac took the music out
Of the FidOrn Ledger.
Year: 1873

One little machine interested me, as
it pertains to new art Of cloth max.
ing from glass. While in the glass
exhibition from view the day before,
I noticed glass case filled with silky
looking articles, such as feathers, chill
dren's hats. collars, cuffs, ETC.. Of not
very tasteful styles, attracting some
attention. Sure enough, here were
the articles made of glass of which we
have read during the last six months,
and also real piece of cloth of the
same material. According to promise
l endeavored to procure some Of the
latter for wedding vest for bache-
lor friend but it does not seem to be
tor sale, being only made for a sample.
The feathers were for sale, and not at
all dear Was given some specimens
of the silk aud of the wool, as it was
called, hanging outside the case. The
good fran told me the art was an old
one from Venice, but had been lost
was now first put to practical use by
her mann" whose spinning machine
was in the Machine Hall. So here,
to-day, to my surprise, ] found the
machine, primitive as the Turks turn
ing lathe. A small boy turned wheel
having broad rim Of iron, while
girl sat with few small glass rods
before all intense jet Of flame. Taking
up one of these rods with one hand
and melting the end in the flame,
with the other she thrust little point
into it and threw IA thread Of glass
over the wheel, much as the silk of
cocoon is started upon reel. This
was not always accomplished at one
trial, but when once started it would
spin of infinitely as long as the glass
rod was held in the flame. This silk
upon the iron reel had the same ap-
pearance as that Of one continuous
web Of cocoon, though not so strong.
The process after this then to that OF
cloth-making, is simple enough, and
with proper machinery it may at
length be made In quantity. IL ever
put to practical use it will be very
comfortable to wear in one respect,
since it can not be easily soiled. But
for a wedding vest, over burning
heart. my bachelor friend, 1t will new
er do, since 1t may surely melt.-Cor.
from Exposition.
Year: 1873

A life insurance agent doing busi-
ness in this city issued a policy on the
life of married woman in the Sixth
Ward a few months ago. She died
the other day, and the following letter
was written by the husband as a no.
tification:


"DEAR SIR take my pen in hand
to let you know that am well, but
that my dear wife, insured for $4,000
in your company, is no more; she
died to day. Her policy is No.
can truly say that she was q fond
wife and good mother. have the
DOCTORS certificate, SO that there will
be no trouble about the policy. She
was sick only short time, but suffer-
ed much. Do you give . check In ad-
vance, or must ! wait sixty days for
the money?"-D Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1873

DETROIT, July 6.-Mail reports give


some interesting details of the fatal


accident to the 9ronaut LaMontain,


at Ionia. last Friday. His balloon


was wha, is known "a a hot-air one,


and was simply filled with rarefied


air, and not gas. The canvas had


somewhat ofa worn appearance, as If


the worse for being filled with heated


air too often. At the summit where


the canvas was sewn together, a block


some ten or twelve inches in diameter


was fastened, and through hole in


this six guy-ropes were secured, hang


ing down over the sides of the balloon,


being al the bottom some seventeen


feet apart, and these were tied to the


basket by the Professor himself.
There were no ropes running around
the balloon horizontally to keep the


guy ropes from slipping. or to prevent


the whole thing from sliding out be-


tween the ropes with gust Of wind.


At $3.50 p. NJ. the Professor stepped
into the basket, and the balloon took
shoot up almost perpendicularly,


with the Professor swinging his hat to
the crowd, all apparently enjoying
the sight. In few moments more,
however, the mouth of the balloon
was observed to wave about two or
three times, then to pass between the
ropes, careening, over on the side,
when the ropes broke out from their
fastenings at the top, and the fall COM
menced. LaMontain was noticed to
be apparently making some effort to
get the basket above him, and if pos
sibe to break the fall, but after the
first struggle he fell SO rapidly that
nothing could be distinguished but the
falling body, his hat coming after
him, about 100 feet or more behind,
the old canvas, nearly collapsed, fall
ing down gradually. The body struck
the ground half a dozen feet from the |
northwest corner Of the Jail building. !
1t struck with such terrible thud |
that it Jared the ground for fifty rods
around, and made an indention In the
solid ground eight inches in depth.
There was scarcely bone in the whole
body not broken into fragments. 1t
was as limp as rag. There were
very few fractures of the skin, except
the right foot, the bone Of the right
leg being driven through the bottom
of the foot.


The body was laid out on couch, a
circle formed, aud a procession Of all |
who wished to view the remains |
passed around. The Professor is a
brother of the celebrated pronaut who |
died two or three years ago. This !
ones name was Edward LaMontain. |
He was q jeweler by trade, AMI lived
at Brooklyn in this State. He had
said just before he went up that he
wished to take the train for home as
soon as possible after coming down, as
his wife was very sick. He himself |
had not had his clothes off for ten !
days.


There were from 10000 to 1000
people who witnessed this horrible
He was seen by people four
miles from the city at an angle of
thirty five degrees. The best estimates
make the height from which he fell
from 1000 to 1900 feet. Those who
were on the hill back of the town said
the strangest sight was to witness the
people swaying back and forward like
. field of wheat moved by the wind.
Year: 1873

HORACE GREELY's BARN.-Some ten years
ago Mr.. Greeley built stone barn at his
country seat, near New York; two years ago
he wrote as follows: "My barn is fair sue
cess. placed it on the shelf of my hill, near
est to the upper (east) side Of my place, be-
cause barnyard is mandatory of fertili-
zers from materials of lesser weight; and it
is easier to draw these down hill than up. [
built its walls wholly of stone, gathered or
blasted from the adjacent slope, to the extent
of four or FIVE thousand tons, and laid in q
box with thin mortar of little lime and much
sand, filling all the interstices, and binding
the whole in solid mass, till my walls are
nearly one solid rock, while the roof is of Yer
mont slate. drive into three stories-a base
ment for manure, a stable for animals, and a
story above this for hay, while the grain is
pitched into the loft above, from whose floor
the roof rises steep to the height of 16 or 18
feet. There should have been more windows
for light and air but my barn is convenient,
impervious to frost, and I am confident that
cattle are wintered at fourth less cost than
when they shiver in board shanties, with
cracks between the boards that will admit
your hands. No part of our rural economy
is more wasteful than the habitual exposure
of our animals to pelting, chilling storms,
and to intense cold. Building with concrete
is still novelty, and was far more so ten
years ago, when I built my barn. 1 could
buildIbetter and cheaper, but I am glad that
did not. 1 calculate that this barn will be
abidingly useful long after I shall be forgot
ten, and that had chosen at first to have my
name lettered on its front, it would have re-
mained there to honor me as builder long
after it had ceased to have any other sgnifi-
cation"
Year: 1873

dible chuckle. "You didn't see me peep in
at that chink in the closed up window, did
you? You din't think was quite so near,
ha? Now I've found out the powerful at
traction that keeps you at Mossgrove the in
teresting occupation that engrosses so much
of your time. But shall soon inform you
that with all your circumspection, you have
not succeeded in excluding me from particl
patton in your little secret, and l may turn
the discovery to good account yet. | have
you and your excellent patron pretty thor
oughly in my power, no'0."


The same morning it was discovered thai
Medor, the ferocious watch dog, had been put
out of the way of doing any farther good Or
injury in his vocation. He was found lying
dead and swollen, in front of his kennel, with
a piece of poisoned meat on the ground at his
side.


fro BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
Year: 1873

How DRINKING CAUSES APoPLExY.-It
is the essential nature of all wines and spirits
to send an increased amount of blood to the
brain. The first effect of taking glass of
wine or stronger form of alcohol, is to send
the blood there faster than common, hence
the circulation that gives the red face. 1t in
creases the activity of the brain, and it works
faster and so does the tongue. But as the
blood goes to the brain faster than common,i it
returns faster, and no special harm results.
But suppose man keeps on drinking, the
blood is sent to the brain so fast, in suck large
quantities, that in order to make room for it
the arteries have to enlarge themselves; they
increase in size, and in doing so they press
against the more yielding hacid veins which
carry the blood out of the brain and thus di.
minish the size of their pores, the result being
that the blood is not only carried to the arte-
ries of the brain faster than is natural or
healthful, but it is prevented from leaving it
as fast as usual hence, double set Of causes
of death are in operation. Hence, a man
may drink enough Of brandy or other spirits
in few hours, or even minutes, to bring on
a fatal attack of apoplexy. This is literally
being dead drunk.-Dr. Hail.
Year: 1873

the same direction. He says the most impor-
tant part of aerial navigation has been discov-
cred, and that is to rise into the air and re-
main suspended without the aid of propelling
power. This is more than the bird can ac-
complish without the use of its wings to assist
it through space. If this were not the case
we would have had aerial ships long ago.


CROSSING THE ATLANTIC.


Mr.. D. expressed his determination to make
an attempt, at no distant day, to cross the
Atlantic Ocean by means of balloon. He
is now constructinga a set of balloons for that
purpose Being an excellent draughtsman
and ''sketchist," he has made design Of the
great air ship with which he intends to ac-
complish this wonderful feat. He proposes
to have three balloons, two large and one
small one. The two large balloons are to be
fastened together by means of cords, about
twelve feet apart, each having basket at,
tached, in which he will carry provisions,
scientific instruments, etc., for use on the
voyage. Between the two large balloons he
will suspend, in the same manner, another
balloon about half the size of the Others
The apparatus will be so arranged that if an
accident occurs to one balloon, he can use the
other. By an ingenious contrivance he has
also arranged, in case of necessity, to pass the
gas from one air-ship to the other, and thus
keep them all equally supplied at the same
time. Beneath the three balloons, suspended
at proper distance, he will have beautiful
sail-boat, ready to be rugged at a moments
notice, should occasion require him to light on
the surface of the water. He says that he
can travel east at all times, for at certain
height, there is always current of air blow
ing in that direction. He proposes to ascend
to that altitude where he has always found all
eastern current, and undertake the journey,
certain that he will safely reach the other side
of the Atlantic. He believes, that as there is
always an eastern current at the height men,
toned, there must certainly be a counter Cor
westerly current, atsome other elevation, and
hence the probability of safe journey either
way.


Mr.. D. intends to start from St. Louis, some.
time during next June, en- route Cor air) for
Boston, and soon after he will leave this city
on his air explorations across the Atlantic
The distance to England is about 26O0 miles,
and he expects to make the voyage in about
two days and half.


Knowing the man as l do; and knowing
too, that he is not visionary" I have not
the slightest doubt that he will attempt whathe
proposes forhe knows no such word as "fail. u


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