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Year: 1873

profepsor Steiner, who had c;arCo
Of tho imitation Of tho Graphic balloon
Gays he does not believe cotton bal
loon Of that sizo can be made that
will stand the strain Of innating With
the wind against it as it was for tho
last hour of the afternoon. Tho
blowing against it exposed snrGaco
of 1000 square feet, equal to tho


mainsail Of the biggest ship that ever
crossed tho Atlantic. Prof. Steiner
also Says thcro wcro $4,000 feet of
gas in The balloon when it collapsed,
which gave an upward tendency of
over 1900 pounds pressing against
The weight Of tho balloon, which is
1000 pounds. Even silk bal
loon could not stand it. IIo said ho
had never seen stronger balloon
and if The wind had been less high,
the balloon would Lavo been all right.
1t is probable now balloon will bo
Year: 1873

1t is now tho intention to test by
legal means the action Of tho BO ri
Of Regeuis in locating tho Normal
School Mt Cape Girardeau. Rich do
relopcmcnts may be expected. The
fact that Morrison is ineligible as u
mcmber of the Board renders its &c
ti"n in locating the school void, hut
this sill rot BE- the only ground for
aa I'M junction to restrain the cxecu
tive committee of the Boa,d from
carrying out the orders made. We
have Justice and law on our side and
We do not propose to be cheated cut
OF our rights.-lronton Enterprise.
Year: 1873

Thousands Of persons have been
thrown out Of employment in va
riOus par,s Of this country. Many
manufacturing establishments bav.
suspended operations for the time
being, owing to the stringency in
tho money market. AID consequently
n large number Of persons have been
thrown out of employment, and a
long, dreary winter is setting in up
on them There will necessarily be
much suffering thi, winter among
the poor classes on account of it,
Er.
Year: 1873

We are informed that the American
Plate Glass Co. Of Crystal City have
suspended work at that place tor the
winter. Their experience oflast win
tor convinced them, that they could
not d" justice to themselves by contln
ming work through the winter. They
calculate resnming again in the
srring, aud will propably complete
all buildings and machinery ready
for making glass before the summer
is Ovcr.-Jef. Democrat
Year: 1873

Among the events of the famous Nor.
mon war was the burning of the Nauvoo
temple. The structure was burned In
the night time, and so successful was
the party engaged in its firing that prob
ably he was never suspected. The re-
cent death of the incendiary, however,
has removed the necessity of further
secrecy, and a day or two ago we were
put in possession of his name and the
facts connected with the burning of the
temple, by the only living person cogni-
zant of them The temple was fred by
Joseph B. Agnew, who recently died in
Appanoose township, Hancock county,
in Illinois, at the age of 58 years. 1t
was always supposed that the party who
burned the building had entered
through the basement, but the facts are
Mr.. Agnew surreptitiously obtained a
key to one of the doors of the temple
sometime before the act. No one was
engaged with him, and only four knew
he was the party. Agnew prepared his
fire balls and other combustibles at his
residence. Placing them in his saddle
bags, he rode on horseback to Nauvoo,
and in the night entered the temple
with his key, passed up the cupola, ar
ranged his materials and fired them, and
then quietly escaped the way he came.


Our informant, who is responsible
and prominent citizen of the western
part of the State, says he can produce
the key of the temple which Agnew
secured in order to accomplish his work.
Year: 1873

MIR. Joaquin Miller, in his book enti-
tied Life Among the Modocs, has given
some picturesque sketches of Indian
life and traditions. Among much other
interesting matter, he tells us that the
idea of the creation of the world as it
was entertained by the Modocs, now
verglng on extinction In accordance
with the demands of modern civiliza-
tion, was this: The Great Spirit made
Mount Shasta first of all. He pushed
down snow and ice from the skies
through hole which he made in'the
blue heavens by turning stone round
and round, till he made this great noun
tain then he stepped out of the clouds
on to the mountain top, and descended
and planted the trees all around by put
ting his finger on the ground. The sun
melted the snow, and the water ran
down and nurtured the trees and made
the rivers. After this he made the fish
for the rivers out of the small end of
his staff. He made the birds by blow
ing some leaves which he took up from
the ground among the trees. After that
he made the beasts out of the remainder
of his stick, but he made the grizzly
bear out of the big end, and made him
master over all the others" Having
done that, the Great Spirit converted
Mount Shasta into a wigwam, and its
volcanic eruptions are the outcome of
the fire that he lights in the center of
the mountain. The development of man
was a later occurrence. The daughter
of the Great Spirit, venturing too far,
got astray and fell into the power of the
grizzly bears, and she was forced to
marry one of them, and the red men
were the fruit of the marriage. These
red men were taken under the protec-
tion of the Great Spirit; but the griz-
to walk on four feet, whereas before
they had walked on two. To this day
the grizzly bear is never slain by the
red men, who recognize in him a sort of
kinsman.
Year: 1873

ON of the late Lady Lawrence, wife of Sir Henr
.awrence, who was killed in the beginning of th
epoy rebellion, in India
That hand Of thine, my precious child,


How oft its soft caress 1 won,
And ask, with many hope and fear,


What is that little hand to do?
How ductile, soft, unworn by toll,


The ready instrument of play,
1t executes the fancies quaint


That make life thy one holiday.
1t rolls the ball, it guides the pen,


And ciphers strange can deftly trace;
And oft, with warm affections gush,


1t fondiy strokes my careworn face.
The mimic arms it well can WELD,


And rein thy small and steady steed;
And when we con the lettered page,


Points to the tiny words we read.
And in thy parents hands it's clasped,
When night and morn our prayer is prayd;
And pillows oft thy rosy cheek


When slumber's spell is on thee laid
Twill not be always thus, my boy,


For real life has other tasks
What is that little hand to dot


Once more thy yearning mother asks.
Is it to guide the seamen's helm,


Or point the gun mid flashing swords;
Or will it WELD the students pen,


And clothe thy thoughts in living words?
Will it be hard and worn with toil7


Or pale with sickness livid hue?
Oh could thy mothers heart divine


What is that little hand to dol
But might her fervent prayer prevail,
Unsullied should that hand remain
Clean from corruption's filthy touch,
And pure from every sinful stain.
Still ready for thy masters work,


The servant of willing mind,
More prompt to give than to receive,
And grasped IN many greeting kind.
And may another hand be found


To hold it in loves welded grasp;
And may the hands which God then joins
Be one till death shall loose their clasp.
Year: 1873

To STOP THE RAvAaEs OF MOTHS
Camphor will not stop the ravages of
moths in carpets after they have COM
menced eating. Then they pay no re-
gard to the presence of camphor, cedar
or tobacco. A good way to kill them
is to take a coarse crash towel and
wiring it out of clear water. Spread it
smoothly on the carpet, then iron it;
dry with good hot iron, repeating the
operation on all suspected places, and
those least used. It does not injure the
pile or color of the carpet in the least
it is not necessary to press hard, heat
and steam being the agents, and they
eggs. Then the camphor will doubt
less prevent future depredations Of the
miller,
Year: 1873

A BABE DIES FROM FRIGHT.-The
Boston Herald asserts that an infant
only five days old died from fright in
Newtonville, Mass, on Friday last,
under the following circumstances On
that evening a very heavy thunder storm
prevailed in this vicinity, and at each
report of the thunder the babe jumped
spasmodically, and gave every evidence
of thorough fright possible in so young
an infant. At last a terrific clap came,
and it died instantly. The lightning
struck house only a few rods distant,
but it is not thought that the electricity
had any effect upon the child, for it was
not felt by any others.
Year: 1873

A VERY adhesive cement, and one par
ticularly useful for fastening the brass
mountings on glass lamps, as it is un-
affected by petroleum, may be prepared
by boiling three parts cf rosin with one
part of caustic soda and five parts of
water, thus making a kind of soap,
which is mixed with one half it's weight
of plaster of paris.
Year: 1873

The house OF Joshua Wilson took ire on the
afternoon Of the 18th inst. Al the family OK
cept himself were absent. Having prepared
and eaten bis dinner he had lain down to sleep
What careless use OF lire may thereby have
been induced is not known. When the neigh
bors discovered the ire it was too late to cave
more than a small part OF the furniture. only
a favorable wind and efforts OF the hremen
prevented the burning of Mr. wilson's tan
nery.--Cass County Republican.
Year: 1873

Yesterday marked the opening OF the fall season
OF racing at Jerome Park The day was not cal
culated for brilliant attendance, wherein lowell
ness and fashion lend their aid to make picture
full OF color and animation. 1t looked like rain,
and therefore the fair sex did not show as numer-
ously as II the bright and benignant weather OF
the day previous had blessed the opening. But IT
was pleasant, nevertheless, and the main stand
and the CLUB house, and the delightful quarter
stretch promenade with its soft, vevety carpet OF
green, were alive with well dressed people.
The French pool, now thoroughly acclimated
institution OF Jerome Park, and the seductive
Underwood's pool reaped an abundant havest. The
track was not in the condition sportingmen deem
desirable 1t was tribe heavy with sand, yet not
too heavy to be an impediment. Such day for
racing was never before seen in the annals OF
Jerome Park. Seven really splendid races were
run, and the style in which they were brought out
shows that the American race course Is every
year approaching nearer and nearer the best Eng
tsh models.
Year: 1873

THE SUSPENSION OF DRY GOODS HOUSE
was publicly announced during the day, and the
report not without effect upon the street, but
1t lost full force when it appeared that the firm had
only been crippled from inability to make collec-
tions during the panic and that It's assets are fully
half million Of dollars above its liabilities. In
connection with this suspension the hrm or
Eldridge, Dunham Co. was also mentioned, but
we are assured that the statement is incorrect.
The irm is reported solvent by first class authori-
Year: 1873

entirely to railroad rings, which were
tile community. Second, The govern
mcnt of the United States having in
augurated, and fostered these mOnopO-
lies from their very beginning to the
present, could not afford to stand aside
and see all their favorite enterprises,
together with their pet bankers, and
operators engulphed in common ruin,
when they could prevent it. Hence
the prompt action of President Grant,
and Secretary Richardson, Boutwell,
and others. These great corporations
were created by the party, and now
the very existence of the party de-
pends to good extent upon the cOntin-
uance, and sOlvency of these mOnOp-
Giles. If the treasurer Of the govern
nlent had not came to the front
promptly, every business man in the
country would have felt the crisis
severely. Third, The mercantile COM
munity of any country is never in
danger while they conduct business as
they do in California. They seldom
extend any credit, and when they do,
it is only for Il short time-siXty or
ninety days, and this little favor is
generally repaid by Il half or two per
cent per month.


They buy the produce of the farmers
at great discount and sell it fora prof
it. No, the mercantile community
of California are in no danger, and
never will be SO as long as they and
the bankers can Keep out of cOmpe-
titiOn. But the farmers, the very life
of the country, will fail by the thou
sands. Better that we pass through a
crisis every ten years than to Starve in
the premises to death,


There will never be any capital to
invest in the products of the farm,
so long rs money can be loaned at 2
and 3 per cent per month, unless they
can invest ut rates that will insure Il
larger profit. Money will never be in
vested in produce or in brilding up the
manufacturing interest Of a country
where it can be loaned ut Is to 20 per
cent. per annum.


If money can be had at 10 per cent,
those who have 1t will invest in ma
chinery, or speculate in grain, or new
enterprises will be undertaken, which
will develop the country.


We assert it as fact, that while we
have one of the best farming countries
under the sun, also Il grazing and
stOck-raising country hardly equalled
by any on the continent; yet; If 1t were
not for the mining interests of CalifOr-
mia we would be bankrupt. About
one hundred men control the purse
strings of the State, and the lighter
they make financial matters the
greater their gains. There is nothing
they SO much dread as q surplus OF
money in the country. That which
would give great prosperity to every
body else, would diminish their divi-
dendA. = - pf - F6e


II currency was introduced into this
State by an Act of the Legislature,
millions would be brought here to in
vest in lands, in manufactures and in
mines, which would at once give q
profitable market for all the products
of the farm. ~ - 20 IS tSs "a -


STEET. PEN.
Year: 1873

Apparently the strength of the Episco- pal Church in Connecticut-one hundred and forty-four parishes with one hundred and seventy clergy-cOmes from social as well as religious canses; and whilst the great personal influence of Presidents Cutler. of Tale, and Johnson, of Colum- bia College. who seeded from the Puri- tan rule and took orders in the English Church early in the eighteenth century, gave Episcopacy an early and strong po- sit10n in Connecticut, the rapid progress of thin church is due, in great part, to the social reaction against the old austerity, and the desire for more genial life and artistic worship. Political causes come in also for their share of influence; and most persons are not, probably, aware that in the contest for the abolition of the Puritan union of church and state and for the annulling of the laws for taxing the people Co support religion, the leading democrats ware Episeopalians, and they vent for free religion with the help of the prayer book and the ritual The result appears in the great contrat between Mas sachnsstts and Connecticut In Massa- chuBetts Episoopacy was regarded as a foreign and alien power to be devoutly shunned; and there the liberal humanists were content with making the best of their Congregational independency and stretching it's liberty to the utmost. In Connecticut the class of people who formed the secular liberals in Massachu- setts appear to have gone into the Episco- pal Church. which had considerable strength before the new controversy about theological opinions sprung up. Hence the explanation of the obvious fact, that any person at all familiar with the aristo- cratic old-soh0ol Unitarians of Boston Ends himself, 50 far as social ways and characters are concerned, very much at home among the conservative ohurchmen of New Haven.
Year: 1873

Sciatica, or neuralgia in the sciatic
nerve, is generally felt in or near the hip
joint, and may be an intense pain without
much lameness, or it may be both pain
and lameness, and to cure, use Renne's
Pain Killing Magic Oil on the limb and in
the hollow of the foot freely. Its use
cures as surely as it is used thoroughly.
Sold by John Bengston.
Year: 1873

4 SEVERE TEsT.-The Commissary
General Of the United States, after trial
of all the principal starches in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch" was the best that could be procur-
ed, and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article. This
is fact worthy the attention of consum-
Year: 1873

Unless you wish premature death you
will let all the poisonous hair preparations
alone. NATURES HAIR RESTORATIVE is
perfectly harmless as any druggist will tell
YOU See advertisements
Year: 1873

NHIVVIIII-


There can be no doubt but the greater
portion Of the pain which the human body
has to undergo is caused by some derange
ment Of the great organs, the Liver, Blood
Kidneys and Bowels. Spring is upon Us,
when change of atmosphere and habit are
apt to affect these organs and the best
way to avert attacks of disease Of this
character is TO use Maguire's Cundurango
Bitters. the great Liver invigorstor and
blood purifier, which releases the bile and
purees it from the system, thereby pro-
noting perfect health. For sale by all
Druggists.
Year: 1873

CHEAP HoRsE FEED.-An astute agri-
cuiturist, as the story goes, fed his horse
successfully for number Of years. upon
clean pine-shavings-merely using the
precaution to furnish the brute with a
good serviceable pair Of green spectacles
This innocent delusion, operating upon
that aniable simplicity Of character which
distinguishes the inferior creation, induced
the horse to imagine that all this time he
had been living on the best of clover
Thus we all see only what we bring with
Us eyes to see. To the jaundieed eye, the
whole universe is sickly-yellow and, nat
urally enough, the effect of such vision
not exhilarating But let bottle Of Dr.
Gottlieb Fisch Bitters be administered
and, 10, what a change The blood, upon
which brain, nerve, everything, depends
for its we'll ll-bearing, is no longer vitiated
with worn-out dead matter which the ex-
cretories are impotent to throw off The
whole external world becomes radiant with
loveliness and within, all is peace!


This subject continued next week under
Not H0ppg ER0Bgh
Year: 1873

scholar and gentleman, S. M. Conant,
the earnest Nathan d. Parker, the per-
sistent Marsh, and the present Judge
June, and into this galaxy l intruded.
Where are they now !? All gone TO the
long rest in the silent grave except the
venerable Judge June, who stands like
the lone pine upon the mountain side, a
relic of the departed grandeur of the
forest, while l, the intruder, am like
feeble reed shaken in the wind.


Judge Wheeler, in behalf of the Court,
responded, and said that when he came
to the Bar, Mr.. Briggs was prominently
connected with the public affairs of the
State, and was well known to all the
Courts as lawyer that the Court con-
CURED in all that had been said in re-
ference to the attainments of Mr.. Briggs
as lawyer, and his standing and de-
pertinent as a man and citizen, and
that the Court took great pleasure in
granting the motion of the bar, and that
the order of the Court is that the resolu-
ton presented be entered upon the
records of the Court, and a copy of them
certified by the clerk be transmitted
under the seal of the Court to the family
of the deceased, and that as a further
mark of respect the Court will now ad-
journ


We regret our inability to give the re-
marks of the gentlemen of the Bar and
the Court in full. The occasion was one of
deep interest and feeling, and the Court,
Bar, and audience, were greatly moved
by the great aff1iction all felt in the loss
of an excellent lawyer, genial man,
and good citizen.
Year: 1873

Ah!w who can know mothers heartfelt
woe


AS on the silent form, she looks, of him
She loves. Her only son has passed away,
No more to greet her kindly glance on


earth,


No more to cheer her path, now dark and


drear,


But which, so short a time before, did
seem


So bright, so full of life, of hope, and JOY.
'Tis sad to view these scenes of grief, which


bleed


The heart; which rend the soul, and dim


the eye


of those with whom we meet so oft in life.
Yet death with steady step doth come to


all.


Ne shrinking can avail no faltering,
For he approaches every door, and claims
His own. The noble youth; the lovely


maid


The smiling infant on its mothers knee;
lie takes, as well as him whose form with
Is bowed, and like the rtpened shock OF


corn


Is now prepared to pass away, his life's
Work done. OH let us strive, at last, to


reach


The golden shore, and view with wonder


ing eyes


The glory of that king, who sits, amid
The Cheribum and Seraphim, upon
His throne, robed in His majesty divine.
An halo of eternal love enshnnes
His brow. and beauty, such as none of
earth


Has ever seen, will feast the eye mid fields
Ofliving green, in that unending realm
OF blessed peace, where Christ our king


shall reign.
A HOTEL BRAT.-A man registered his
1 name Yesterday at the Bates House as ID.
| Prescott, Boston. He came off from the
/ Eastern mail train. He had not been in
the house long before he was quite at
4 home-quite social with the clerk-and
finally after taking dinner, asked loan
of 81 so for the purpose of getting an
| express package, which was granted him,
and he left the house. After thinking
over the appearance of the man and put
! ting together some little circumstances
1 it was concluded that it was best tc
look after him. Upon enquiring at the
/ Berwick House, and the description Of
the man being given, it was found tha





he was there or had been there and haC
given his name as Hayward conductor
on some Pennsylvania railroad. He had
not made any attempt to borrow at the
Berwick. A visit was made to the ex
press office and it was found no package
had been received there for Prescott
These things showed concluslvely tina
the man was swindler, so Deput,
Sheriff Crawford was called upon, VIII
with the clerk of the Bates House, foun'
the gentleman at the depot, evidently in
tending to leave on the Montreal expires
when the train left. But a moment
conversation was necessary to cOnvinc
the scoundrel that he had better refun
the money, which he did, and after
ward paid his hotel bill. This felloy
is fine looking, of good address, about 2
or 25 years of age, smooth face, rathe
thick-set He wore black round to
hat and checkered pants. He probabl
went north last night. Look out to
him.
Year: 1873

THE MUSICAL FESTIVAL. atten-
dance at the rehearsal for the Rutland
Musical Festival, on Wednesday eve
ming, was equal to that any previous
evening in point of numbers. The
music, however, was rendered in su-
perior manner. the chorus, in this re-
spect, showing marked improvement at
each rehearsal Our singers are evidently
in earnest in the matter, and mean to
show the State what they can do. Ii
we mistake not, it is the largest chorus
ever organized in Rutland, and, by the
enthusiasm manifested and the manner
in which the music is rendered, they
mean to be, as they certainly should be,
the best trained chorus in Vermont.
The selections taken up at the last
rehearsal were as follows: Spring
Greeting; g Hear My Prayer" ; " Clip
sy Life; "Sweet and Low. Some
of these selections were taken up at this
rehearsal for the first time, but the
chorus found no difficulty in rendering
them all in manner that would do
credit to long practice. The most difficult
parts can be rendered by them, appar-
emily, as easily as the more simple.
They will, without doubt, become so
efficient before the time the festival
arrives, that all doubts as regards the
efficiency of the chorus performances
will he dispelled, as we doubt not al
the other societies are doing equally as
well. There remains now only few
weeks before the time for the festival,
and it behooves all singers to bestil
themselves, and make their practice as
efficient as psssible. The Rutland
chorus will shortly have two rehearsal:
each week, and it is advisable that al


other choruses should follow their ex


ample. Mr.. Zerrahn expects that al
choruses shall be well up in the practice
| of the music before the festival, in Ordel
that he may give his whole attention to
a general review of all the music to bt
performed. The ladies of the RUTLAND
society will select from among their
number, a committee of two for eacf
street, for the purpose of securing board


ing places for outside societies, and al


societies attending may feel assured tina
the Rutland chorus and citizens vii


make it as pleasant as possible for then
during their stay in Rutland.