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VOL. XXXI. CAMDKN, S.'C., THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1872. NQ.46
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The Jubilee Dead.
Bo.uvi.v, July fi.?The hi t day of tlx
weary, uoi.se producing Jubilee has conn
and gone, and there come? a sense of reliel
ovt r every one who has been compelled to
lb ten to the ceaseless drumming, chorusyip
and cannon firing that has marked the pro
gross of tJihnore's pet, which words can hardly
express. Tt is to he hoped that, in the
laugnage of the slums, the enterprising
Irishman ' will givous a rest" from musical
caresfor many years. To hear one J uhilec is joy
enough for one lifetime, unless nature has
endowed the liste ner with leathern care and
an intense admiration for gaping, hand-clap
ping and little comprehension. "7 ]
This class of persons have returned to their
homes full of the immensity of the Boston
- 1--.1 '!.? .../...A <UcAi.i?i!nnl!itnr
musical M1UW ; UUt UIU IIIUIC uiovm>umh>.?.6
will liavc only memory of grand compositions
rendered with great loud mar. but without
delicacy of thought or color. No matter
what interested people may say, the
whole affair has been a huge failure musically,
and has only been saved from financial
ruin hy the presence of the foreign bands.
It leaks out now that the financial position
is far from satisfactory. Even the attraction
of the white hat of the Chappaqua
Philosphcr failed to bring much grist to the s
mill. This wasthelasteffortofthe.se mu- t
sical minds to turn an honest pehny; hut. j
like many others of their grand strokes, it
missed its mark. The experiment as to the j
possibility of prolonging the days of the atom
stcr has resulted so unfortunately that no ]
further efforts will be made in this direction.
Great expectation had been formed that
THE BENEFIT TO STRAUSS c
would throw new life and enthusiasm into j
the dying Jubilee, but even this last hope
was dissipated by the small number of the ^
audience present to-day. The vast audi toriuui
present the same blank and wo-be-gone j
appearance as it did on yesterday, and it n
must have became evident to the most enthusiastic
Jubilee body-snatcher, that the t
Jubilee was dead beyond power of revival.
"All enthusiasm is at an end, and the people t]
are only too anxious to have the whole affair
buried out of sight. When Strauss uiade
his appearance to-day he was waruily received,
but he must have felt anything but '
pleased to notice the paucity of the attend- jj
mice. It is said that the committee made
him the generous offer of $2,000 if he would Q
forego the intended benefit. This he de- j,
clincd to do, as he hoped to make a much '
larger sum, in which he has been sadly dis- t(
appointed. If the warm appreciation of the
audience would take the place of a monetary
success the distinguished conductor j
would have had nothing to complain of; but a
unfortunately clapping of hands won't pay
tailors' bills.
::trauss criticising the coliseum. ,
Strauss is full of his visit to New York,
where he hopes to appear to greater ad van- .j
tage. In conversation with me to-day he j
...liiiittnrl flnf fif iiTAf>llh'nn WAS lnsfc o
"uu",;vi' " *" xi
liere in the vast slue of the orchestra. His t(
opinion is that concerts on this scale are a
mistake, as the acoustic properties of the halls j]
must almost of necessity be very unequal, as ^
well as unsuitable to the rendering of the
more delicate shades of expression. He
leaves here for New York this eveuing. n
IN SATING GOOD-BYE e
lie took occasion to express his gratitude for
the flattering way in which the press of the v
cmntry has spoken of"him since his arrival a
here. c
To-morrow the French band will go to New a
York by the Fall River route. It is said r
that they will play at the Rink on Monday, a
but up to this hour nothing is definitely
known. Several propositions have been a
made to them by rival managers, but the j,
Kink, with its great capacity to hold u large jj
crowd, seems to have a great attraction for y
them. The Academy of Music would he ^
certainly more convenient for the people, j,
but they think it cannot contain all the peo- t(
pic who would be glad to see them. Tho de- 8
vision trembles 111 the balance, but the weight rj
of inclination seems to be on the side of the v
Kink. High terms have offered as well as c
substantial guarantees, so that the "Band (
Kepublicaine" will return comparatively rich, y
If they are successful for the first week t
they will make other engagements, if not
they will return to France on the 13th inst. s
Nothing could be more unsatisfactory than c
the conduct of the committee towards these n
Mien. Not one of these officials even visited
the band during its residence here, and the ^
men say thoy are heartily digusted at the j,
way in which they have been treated. j
Arrangements have been made by the
Irish societies here to escort the French ^
baud to the depot as a mark of appreciation j
and sympathy. The Irish baud is in
conrc of reorganization, and in all probabili- ?
ty will appear in a short tunc before the
New York public. ,
. A complimentary dinner was given the j
French band this afternoon at the Clarendon.
IIow Chant Built His $1G,000 Fenf.ca [
Stone Presidential Stables.?The New s
York Sua makes this development:
A great deal of curiosity has been excited
to know where the money came from to pay t
for the new Seneca sandstone stables which {
Hrnnf V*nu knill r?n fVlA Whlli* 1
1 i criuvni* miuiiv ua.1 uuiu uu ?m? i
House grounds, without any authority tor c
making such an expenditure. It is reported j
that members of the Appropriation commit- ?
tee who have taken the pains to inquire into c
the subject have ascertained that the money (
used for the stables, amounting to $4C,0CK), l
has been taken from the appropriation for' a
the new State Department building. Such j
a misappropriation of the public funds would ,
bo entity characteristic of Grant, whose j
disregard of law where it interferes with the (
execution of hisdeibgs has often been shown- j.
And it is not at all surprising {.hat a Prcsi- .
tlent who cares more for his horses titan iw j
the dutbts of his office should be desirous of ]
giving them fine rjuartcr# so long as he is (
able to do so at the public cxpence. It is {
fortunate that Grant's time is drawing to a ,
plose, otherwise the country might be ex- ,
josod to the mortification of seeing tbousinds
of dollars diverted from some other
'nngressinnal appropriation to build a palatial
Lennel for his hull pups.
Opium versus Hum.
From the report of the Massachusetts
Board of Health, it would really seem that
the attempt to enforce the. prohibition of
one class of stimulants has caused an outbreak
in the use of another of equal, if not
greater, detriment to the community morally
tnd physically. While the terrors of jlhe i
unw hiw n<r..iinat tlifl sale of sDirits are hciner!
enforced with fanatical zeal, and while believers
in such enactment* are shakiug hand.-*
over the apparent saccess of the compulsory
doctrine, tneir pmans are turned into lamentations
at the unexpected development of
the disease in another shape. Returns from
twenty-four cities and towns of Massachusetts
show that the consumption of opium is
practiced to an alarming extent. Tu some
:>laces the habit has been acquired from
ising physicians' prescriptions curing sickicss;
but the drug is mostly taken as a stiuillant,
and as a substitute for intoxicating
iquoi'9. In one town, the reason given for
ts use is the drug is !'more genteel" than
ilcohol, and in another becauso the coolumers
are not willing to "risk their reputaion
for temperance by taking alcoholic
>everages." In Charlestown there are two
>cople who each consume thirty ounces of
audanum per month, and several others who
lse from one to eight ounces a month. In
loston, opium-eating is general, one conuqiing
an ounce every secular day and two
mooes on Sunday. A regular customer of
>ne druggist there is a noted temperance
ccturer. But the champion opium-eater
rould appear to be in Swauiscott, where that>
Irug is used by many people in place oi
am. One man there oonsumes "two ounces
laily as a stimulant, and attends to his busiess
regularly."
The report cvidcnee3 that in nearly all
lie places mentioned opium is in general
sc as a stimulant, either as a substitute for
lie prohibited alcohol, or because (he latter
ould be taken without publicity. A physiian
in Worcester positively affirms that the
burning use of the drug in that town is "in
onscquence of the restricted use of aicoholic
quors.
These disclosures indicate the existence
f a natural craving for some artificial stiuiumt,
among a large muss of the community,
nd the inferences must commend themselves
a the serious consideration of the prohibitoy
advocates. The indulgence in opium may
ot be so soon apparent as in liquor drinhag,
but its ultimate results are more deadly,
nd the general substitution of the former
rould make the gain to the temperance cause
tore nominal than real. The craving for
timulants cannot be eradicated by prohibitoy
laws. The disease must be attacked at
lie root by destroying the appetite itself.?
t is the province of science to find a remedy
jr the disease. To science the whole mat?r
ought to be remanded, and not left to
oliticians as a war cry in party'struggle for
lie loaves and fishes,?iV. 1". Commercial
hlveriisrr.
Death of an Kccentric Irishman.?
'he Court Journal records the death of an
ccentric character:
"An.Irishman died hist week in London,
hose career and attainments entitle him to
niche in the annals of literature. The deeased
was about fifty years of age, and was
s odd a figure as one could meet in a day's
idc. He was small but firmly kuit, generlly
wore a white hat and a coat, and always
ad an old volume under his arm. He was
confirmed hookworm. Mezzo-fanto. was
ardly a more accomplished linguist. Morirnor
was a graduate of the University of
)ublin, and deeply versed in classic lore,
ut he added a polish to his erudition by. his
itimacy ' with at least a dozen modern
augues. He spoke French, German, Rusian,
Polish, Spanish, Italian, modern Greek,
'urkish, Arabic, Irish, Welsh, aud Danish
,ith fluency. In his youth he had been
abin hoy in an American hark, arid subse
*i- i J:??I
juunuy uix;iuie a uicuitai hi iuis,
mt hud to leave it on account of his connexion
with the June insurrection of'48. He
ras a very strong uian, and utilized lib
trcngth by taking an engagement as a Heroics
in & circus in Australia. By turns lie
;ave lectures on Shakspearc through Gernany;
was a Greek professor at Hamburg;
iaJ a troop of Spanish bullet dancers in nol:uid;
and was the companion of Sir William
)on, the baronet actor, in his wildest conti*
icntal frolics. In his time he had been
utor to Chirlcs Lever's children at Florence.
1c came to the surfaco one day iu the cuiiloymcut
of Tom Thumb; another in the
ouipany of Murphy, the Irish giant, who
fas a distant cousin. He had been in Lon!on
since the Franco-Prussian war. which
tad ruined him in fortune. His learning
fas of little profit to him, for he died very
?oor in a ward of a hospital, and is buried in
he nameless grave of the pauper's corner of
otne overgrown cemetery.
* Out of the Heated Cycle.?The cxraordinary
heated term, whose oppressive
ieryness was quenched in the torrents of
ast night's thunder storm, has left a sad vc:ord
behind it. Although a kind Providence
ireserved us from the outbreak of any epilemic,
the destroyer counted an uuprccc
lented number of victims stricken down
firectly by the uioreile huat. The
Mortality from roup tic saln't has exceeded'
inything in the recollection of this gencrajon,
as the hot spell itself lasted over a
treuter nuuibor of days than any other withit
the past twenty years. Over 1100 deaths
)ccnrred within the past fortnight from sunit
rokc, while the cases of persons actually
iltaekcd lie between 8o0 and 1,000. -The
own? animals, particularly horses, died by
aundrods from tbo heat. It scem?d
in vain to attempt escape fVoin ttie oxe^;,
)f ambient caloric, aud the exodus to the seaside,
the valleys and the mountains was in:iea?ed
by JIlP baking influence of the tun's
rays apon brick walls. A light, hot breeze,
coming in disappointing puffs from Southerly
and Westerly directions, did not help matters
much. Yesterday, However, a cool breeze,
veering from the North easlto North-west,
brought an array of dark-looking clouds
laughing along with it, and a glance at the
heavens told there was some commotion aloft,
for heavy, black, lightining-laden cumuli
could bo seen sailing majestically from the
South-west. This could end but one way,
and after nighfall (lie storm broke forth, the
rain fell in tropical torrents and New York's
humanity and car horses took heart of grace
that the fiery death had turned its Sahara
! visage from them.?X. Y. ffrrahJ.
[. _ = Barnum
and Greeley.
The following is an extract from a private
letter written by P. T. Barnum to a ltepublican
friend : ( ;
* * * J ]iave known Horace Greeley- .
30 years, and known only to admire aiid love ,
him. In my opiuion he is as pure a man us ]
God ever made. He has done more to mould
the American character for good than any ,
dozen clergymen, editors or other men In j
America, lie has dono more to make the
Republican party than any other ten men,?
He is the most unselfish man I ever knew.
His faith is so grounded in justice t j all that
no man, men or clique can ever tempt him
to wiuk at wrong-doing?hence he will never .
bo cajoaled iuto appointing to office impure 1
men. He is sagacious, and, although almost 1
celestial iu his virtues, he is oufficiently
wordly-wi.se in the domain of politics, in s
which lie has so long and gloriously labored, |
that he will not be betrayed into any scheme
that will subvert or injure the pure principles
which he has always so forcibly and hon- 3
orably taught. I have had dealings with
hiui in business, while I was President and c
he a Director of the Crystal Palace Company. '
and in other instances, and I can testify that .
he exhibits a prudence and sagacity, as well 1
as a firmness, quite opposite from the repre- ja
sentations of his maligncrs. I thank God "
for beiDg permitted to do what I am able J
toward electing as President of the United 1
States this pure and noble American, whom r
everybody declares to be an honest mau and
a successful editor, while everybody ought 1
to know the fact that he has always been a v
successful business mau. To electa man of y
such character and habits as Horaco Gree- T
ley, on the noblest platform that was ever 1
penned, and which we know he will sacredly
sustain, is an honor of which every citizen 11
in America ought to be proud. To drop a v
ballot for him will be truly a great pleasure, ^
for the White Ifonse will be hallowed ky his
occupancy. God grant that ho may be elect- ''
ed, and that thus the wisdom and good prin- a
ciplcs of a majority of the American people
may he made manifest.
P. T. Baknum. '<
BriJyf-poi/, July (?.
Mr. Barnuui also writes that lie is about
to organize a Greeley and Prown club in ,
Bridgeport. He says that at least 500 lie
publicans and all the Democrats in Bridge- 1
port will support the Cincinnati ticket, and 0
about the same proportion throughout Con- 0
necticut. Mr. Bnrnuui's great menagerie .
and circus is now traveling through Ohio, 11
Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa. He
wishes public notice to be given that his
largest tent, which comfortably scats 10,000 f
persons will he at the free disposal of the 11
pcoplo on any afternoon desired, at 4 o'clock
for polical mass meetings of either party.?
Mr. Barnum would prefer to have joint discussions
and arguments from both support- n
ers and opponents of Gen. Grant.
Weather-wise Animals.
An indefatigable meteorologist has gath- c
ercd some curious observations on certain
animals who, by some peculiar sensibility to a
electrical or other atmospheric influence, often
indicate changes of the weather by their p
peculiar motions and habits. Thus: j;
Ants.?An universal bustle and activity ^
observed in ant hills, may be generally re- S(
garded as a sign of rain; the ants frequently a
appear all in motion together, and carry g]
their eggs about from place to place. This r
is remarked by Virgil, Pliny and others. j;
Bats flitting about late in the evening in j,
spring and autumn, foretel a tine day on Urn e
morrow; as do some insects. On the con- j
trary, when bats return soon to their hiding c
?\1.is.au oti.l annd fnrtli 1/\ml hnit U'.ifllll. '
I'""") ""** 1 a
cr may be expected. c.
Berths flying about late in the evening u
often foretell a fine day on the morrow. <}
Butterflies, when they appear early arc a
sometimes forerunners of fine weather. n
Moths and Sphinxes also furetel fine weath ft
er wh n thep are common in the evening.
Cats when they wash their faces, or when jj
thoy seem sleepy and dull, foretel rain.
Chickens, when they pick up small stones |(
and pebbles and are niore noisy than usual, ^
afford a sign of rain, so do fowcls rubbing in a
the dust, and clapping their wings, but this C(
applies to several kinds of fowcls, as well as ^
to the gallenaccous kinds. Cocks when ^
they crow at unwonted hours, often foretel
rain; when they crow all day, irt summer particularly,
a change to rain frequently occurs
S;
Dolphins as well as porpoises, when they 'J
come about a ship, and sport on the surface tl
of tho water, bctokon a storm. w
Dorpt, before rain, grow sleepy and dull, h
lie drowsily before the fire, and are not casi- n
ly aroused, j ney aiso oiten cat grass wuien a
indicates that their stomnchs, like ours arc ^
apt to be disturbed before changes of the
weather. It is also said to be a sign of a t'
change of weather when dogs howl and bark |j
much at night. Dogs also dig in the earth a
with their feet before rain, and often dig t;
deep holes in tho ground. i.
Ducks.?The loud and clamorous quacking
of ducks, geese, and other water fowls is
a sign of rain, as.it is, also, when they wash i
themselves, and flutter about in the water t
ttjO|V than usual. Virgil lias well discribod V
all these hajdts of acqiiatlc birds. j
Fishes when they bite more readily than y
usual, and gambol near the suilace of pools j
and streams, foreshow rain.
Fh'ft and various :toi'(sof insects become
more troublesome, and sting and bito. more
tliaji usual before, as well as in the intervals
oftainy weather. particularly during the.
Autumn.
FtfMjA by llmir clamorous croaking, indicate
rainy weather; as does also their coming
about in great numbers during the evening, 1
this last sign ajijdios more obviously to wart i
t*>ad\
Ofcesc washing, or taking wing with a i
clamOrou? noiso, and tlying to the wat r pro- !
tends rain. 1
<%?/< < afford several indications. When i
thexgfly in a vortex in the heanis of the settiiigisun,
they forbode fair wcatlier. Wchn I
they frisk about more widely in the open air
at evening, they betoken heat; and when
they assemble under trees, and bite more '
than usual, tliey indicate rain. <
JToijs, when tliey shake the stalks of corn
i ' 'i -? M'U? ;
UllU spoil Ilium, Oltun 1UUK.UIU liiui. .1 mui
they run squcakiiig about and jerk up their J
heads, windy weather is aboni to eolnmense. (
J for sex foretell the .coming of rain by t
itartiug more than ordinarily: and by rest- 1
Icssness on the road. 1
Kine (cattle) arc said to foreshadow rain ?
when they lick their forefeet; or lie on their (i
ight side. Some say that oxen licking (hem- (1
lelves against the hair is a sign of wot.
Mice when they squeak much and gambol
n the house, foretell a change of weather n
and often rain. ?
Oiols.?When an owl hoots or screeches, *
litting on the top of a house or by the side
if a window, a change of weather may be (
ooked for. *
Peacocks squalling by night often foretell p
i rainy day. S(
Pit/eons,?It is a sign of rain when pig- j,
(ons return slowly to the dove house before c
he usual time of day. ,y
llatcnxi, when observed early in the morn- a,
ng at a great bight in the air, soaring around AV
,nd around, and uttering a hoarse croaking c
ound, indicates that the day will be tine.? j(
fhc ravens frequenting the shores, and dip- p
ling himself in the water is also a sign of p
uin. ..
Jiofiia Ili'tul 13t rust, when they with more S|
han ordinary familiarity, lodged on our u
rindow frames, and peck against the glass (]
ritli their bills, indicates severe weather, of w
rhiclx they have a presentiment, which brings j
hcui nearer to the habitations of man. if
Spidcrt. when seen crawling on the wall f,
1101*0 than usual, indicate rain. In the sum- .,
tier, the quantity of webs of the garden spi- C(
lers denote fair weather. 0,
in fine and settled weather, fly ,t]
ligher in the air than they do just before d
showery or rainy times. Then also swal- f,
iws flying low, and skimming over the sur- ]|
ace of a meadow, where t hcro is tolerably |,
ang grass, frequently stop and hang about f,
ho blades, :i:i if they won? gathering insects d
jdged there.
Vwr/.s, when they come from their f|
ioles in unusual numbers in the evening, :il- ()
hough the ground be still dry. foreshow t he si
oming rain, which will generally fall more tl
r less during the night. T
II'voiIroc/.-x appear in autumn earlier, and a]
ti greater mini hers previous to severe W'int- pi
ers. its do snipe and other water-birds.
Worms come forth more abundantly before |
ain, as do .snails, slugs anil all liuiaccousuii- oJ
mals. , n
The Groat Race. ai
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ASSETT AND LONOFELLOW?WHY BAS8ETT jj
WAS EASILY ?EATEN. q
id
The New York papers contain lengthy ac- fi'
mints of the great race. From tlio Situ wc in
ike the fallowing description of the running, si
nd also an explanation of Jlassctt's defeat: ei
The two approached each ot h-r slowly, at
asscd, and JiOngfellow turned again and al
dlowcd Bassctt to the starting point. In at
ivo seconds they were in lino, and another et
<eond saw them oft', Hassett ahead "by half a.length.
The first hound sent an electric 3J
liock into the crowd. "They're oft!" ?c
angout from 20,000 voices, aud the vol- 1)
ng became dcaining. Me Dan iels blue fa
ickct and red sash showed to the front at c<
very jump at the upper turn. J?ut soon
larper's orange jacket and red cap came fii
* ' ' !? ' ? i.i
I08fcr anu Closer IIII ill as lllt:y wumi. mill ?III) ...
t the head of (lie home stretch, the)' appear p?
(1 to he abreast. With military precision. fn
p and down, up and down, they clattered
own the home .stretch. Longfellow's imso e>
t one moment in front of LasscU's, and (he ly
cxt moment Lasset's nunc in front of Long- v.\
;1 low's. I a i
Loth were under a hard pull, hut going la
ke steam engines. As they passed the a
idgon stand. Longfellow was let out until pi
e had forged half a length ahead of Jlasset. a
rhe cheers of the crowd swelled at this into IV
prolonged roar. This rheering was not oc
onfined to any particular numher (|f men, m
ut seemed to come from the whole h.?dy. the
ackers of Lassctt and Longfellow alike.
u
TIIE KINAT. STRTfUil.K. i?
Around they went, yokhd logellnjr, the C
line stride, the same speed, appufeitly.? N
'his delighted tho straining assemblage who la
gain and again yelled forth their joy. There fa
ras no break in the applause now. Lt arose hi
igh and fell lower now and again. a;-j some w
ew phase of tho race was presculc I Ar di.". A
ppenred, hut it never ceased. The crowd A
ras rapidly becoming frantic. 0
Hassctt held his own until they rea. lu d f?
he first quarter on the last mile. Then lie
ogan to fall behind. Ife wa = a length there
ml sis lengths at the half mile, ljoro his at
nil (V!!, hin laid back, and ho d.uibh d A
linihclf up ;i if kicking. Ih fore he rooovred.
Longfellow wa: twenty length:* ahead. 1'
The spectators were now mad. The yell- m
ng was indescribable. They jumped in!-he
quarter stretch at. tlie imminent risk of
iciim ri]n (jo^vu. Longfellow continued t??
mprovc his ad van I aire, coming in an oa-y w
viuuer, in a canter. Hassi-ll's jockey whip !
ied hiui under the string. h
At the end of two milc.-t, wliicli Longfellow
ran in 3:3(>J, Harry tfasselt was fifty yards
behind, and wa will endeavor to show how
inconsistent this running was yith li i real
form. At Saratoga, last ycar? ho run (wo j
miles under a pull in 3:35$, mid carrying
110 pounds. Veslordaj,' when a year older
and therefore by the rules of horse-racing,
entitled to carry eighteen pounds,moiv, he
carried twtwmuuds loss or in other words,
he had the advantage of twenty pounds in
the weights, and yet could not get' v? itliiu
hailing distance of his antagonist in nearly a
second longer time. "The time of the whole
race yesterday, was 4:34; or at the ra'e of
1:59 1-5 to the mile; certainly, not withiu I
iwentv-five uer cent, ofwliafrjUri-y lbvsett |
^ r B r
showed that he could accomplish last year,
i'licn, again, look at the average of the two
uilcs. Harry Bassctt ran the first uiil un ;
ler a pull, and to all appearances going with11
himself 1:44, and yet, altliougli the race
n the second mile fell olF to 1:52], he quit
ike a "steer," as turfmen say. and actually
onld not raise a decent gallop. Wlmt is
ho natural sequence deduced from ihesc
acts? It is one Qftwo things. Either that
Tarry Bassctt has entirely lost i|ic form lie
howed last year, and tins spring, and .was
(iiitc out of condition, or else meeting a horse
>f as great speed .as himself for the first! ime
ic ran cowardly. We are loth to believe
'owevor, that this is the true character, and*
re of the opinion that he will yet prove Iiimclf
a race horse of the highest class, and that
icforc the year is out.
Natural Gas?A Phenomenon in the
)il Rem ions.?The TitusviHe CoilruVj of
lie 27th, gives the following interesting
articulars of the Newton well, on the Nel>n
farm, six miles North of that city: "It
as been down about twenty days and has <
ontinunusly poured Torth such a volume of t
as that it was found impossible to pump it, j
3 the valves would not work. The tubing
'as pulled Wednesday, and the well was
ased in order to let the gas blow off, so i hat
; might be pumped." After the casing was 1
ut in, the sand-pump was lowered for the 1
urposo of agitating the well, and the gas
aiscd a column of prater, throwing a solid ,
Lrcum into the air 100 feet. rThe noise
as terrific, and could be heard fof>a
istanceof more than two miles. The noise
'as something like the loud roar of tli.uner,
and when the coluin burst at the top i
. threw the water each way for fifteen rods j
;oui the well. The water was exhausted in i
Lout twenty-five minutes, and then a i
rilinun ofgas followed, raising witlitremendus
force fifty lout above the derrick, 'flic <
itlpoiiring oi'the gas makes a roaring uo.se
lat can be distinctly heard lor two miles
miii the well. The noise around sounds
ke the rushing of a whirlwind. The coiiiiii
can bo seen a mile from the well. No
iols can be put into the well. As soon as i
10 al tempt is made, with such force does the I
is come out that the tools are carried into ?
in air. From descriptions of eyc-witnc-scs <
lis is probably the greatest gas well ever
ruck in the oil region. Up In Inst evening .
ic gas showed no signs of being exhausted,
ho people in that vicinity uYc very much
armed, and the cattle run about the fields
i-rlbctly wild with fright"'
NiTitiTi vk Yauje of Mi Lie..?A chemist <
f Providence, 11. I., states that milk is ftiore s
ulrilious than meat.' The nutritive value
finilk, as compa ed with other kinds of
limal food. is not generally appreciated. 1
here is less difference between theeoonoiiii- '
il value of milk and beefsteak (or eggs-or-.1
di) than is oonmionly supposed. 'The-1
uantity of water in a good quality^of milk t
eighty-six per cent,, in round steak seventyvepir
cent., in fatter beef sixty per cent., Y
i eggs about sixty-eight per cent. From
veral analysises made last winter, I cstimat1
sirloin steak (reckoning loss from boripj
thirty-five"cents a pound, as dear as uilfk
c twenty-four tents a quart; round steak, J
; twenty cents a pound, as milk at fourteen
:nts a quart; eggs at thirty^cenls a dozen, "
idcar as milk as twenty cents a quart,
[any laborers, who pay seventeen cints fot
li ned beef, would consider themselves Fiaid- f
' able to pay ten oenls for milk, when in l
ot, I hey could as well afford to pay fifteen s
?n(s.
:dilk is a most, wholesome and e??"noin:.'al
>0(1 for either the rich or poor. 1 trounht
> ho more largely used- Tf tlie uioiiny > xmdod
Ibr veal and pork were expended j
r milk, 1 doubt- not it would be an ad- 1
ullage both to the stomach and pod ot, *
j edally diiriiigfhc warm season. Uelulivespeaking,
then, milk at ten cents, or c
on twelve cents a quart; is the cheapest a
limal fund that can boused. "Whether h
riners can afford to produce it cheaper is f
matter for them to decide. It js wry r|
nlirihle that werelhev to ask twelve cents
*" r? i.
largo mnnlior ofpoor people would refrain
tin its use from lulslakcu notions ot *
truintny, notwithstanding they arcoxpcdsivc 1;
cat caters. J ?
One Ktlian A. Allen, of Now York wr ite t
letter to the Herald, a few dqyS since,
forming the public that Col. Ethan .Alien,
hairinan of the Orecley and |Hro>vn i|
ational Executive Committee, war. no re- t
lion of his. He Slated further t lat liis '
.titer w.ao a revflutiuii.ary soldier, ai d that s
j hiiii.'-"ell war a grant man, for \vljioh he b
as proud, and regretted that, any Ethan,
llo.i rhonhl support tirccloy. The t. reel y j
lien give-: the Hrant one a Holand- for an ^
liver in a m.te terse and to the pc int. ad
.llows:
' A.- ruit I lut'rK, N. \ ., Jnnjp 2.?
u'.. .ini- i;111X-.ii> OK 'iUK IIKKAJ.II: T
.ii-llo de.avij'l.tii.l ??J fcln: liiiv? .(VkiUsJ JfouilL. i
11on of revolutionary lame, nor am I si:<*]i ;
i Iv-nlislii-al A.-s a.; my namesake shows
iinsi ll" li. be Iiy his iii.'iiltii?*< letter of litis (
utniiii'/. lie j.im-Ii'ully,
KTIIAX ALLKN." .
?\ lady on lji'iu^' asked what she tlmi ^ht v
as the meaning of llm words 'thepsli|i ,ice c
liai Walk el It in darkness," a e wered thai, in
er ojiiiiioii. it was bed-bug.-?. u
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An arlesian well in Calilbrtiiaspoutsspeckled
trout.. ,
John Derringer, of Jfarion, Indiana, has
gone off at 107.
I ' Those who know, pronounce the IVineltn*
peaial, Napoleon's bov, a line billiard playni*
v
The pockctbook-makcrs threaten a strike, .
and then what are we going to do for pockclbooks
to keep our money in ?
Ile-never-weeps is tlic name of the papers
disrespectfully speakjof. him as Old Dryup.
'
"Electrograms" is a Western innovation.
Parcpa hams arc advertised jn Cincinnati.'
An enterprising Chicago! h is going to
Europe to sell photographs of the fire.
There are 50 farmers in the Ohio legiala
ture, nearly "half of the total number of legislators.
Abusing one's relations in the bosom of
one's family is said to be one of the sweeter.t
of domestic privileges.
The act of publishing- a communication
does not imply that the editor indorses the
opinions and .sentiments cxpresshd by it.
If you arc out in a driving storm, don't
attempt to hold the rains.
An Omaha sehool-boy lately defined a
lady to. bo a^'grown-upgirl, who doesn'tcuss
nor swear." *
/ A. %
The Empress of Germany has founded a
neminarv at Clarlnttenhnrrr for the education
of the orphan daughters of officers who fell
in the war of 1870?71.
Cardinal Antonelli and the grand vizierof
Turkey are said to be the only prime ministers
in Europe at the present time who are
not members of the Masonic fraternity.
Marco Bozzaris, according to the poet,
tvns in favor of strikes, for he bade his band to
"Strike till .the last armed foe expires,
Slrike for your altars and your fires."
A wife having lost her husband, was inconsolable
for his death. "Leave me to my
:?rief,', she said, sobbing, "yo know the cxircmc
sensibility ofijny nerves?a mere nothing
upsets them."
A precocious boy in a public school out
(Vest, who stands high in geography, was
econtly asked by his teacher where Africa
vas located. Be promptly answered: "All
ivcr the IJnJtcd States.
Dr. Doremu* used to say that if lie were
ballenged to fight a duel he would suggest
0 his opponent that both should take poison,
ind then sit^Jown and play poker lor the
sxclusive use of llicstomaeh puuip.
A barefooted, bareheaded little boy astonslied
a worshiping congregation a few days
igo by rushingsinto the church and exclaimng:
"Where's papaf The pigs are out."
The Boston Globe tells *of an apprentice
vho remarked to a fellow apprentice: "I
lon't like a boss, as he allfcrs around his qwn
hop interfering with his own business."
1 A gushing poet asks in the first line of a
eeent effusion "IIow many weary pilgrims
ie ?" Wc give it up, but experience had
aught us there arc a good many.
Theodore Tilton sayjn his paper, "Save
ue from a God who damns." An acquaintnco#cplics:
"We should like to do it. my
ioy, hut the thing is impossible."
Somebody at Albany selected another
nan's yard as a suitable place lor dead cat.
Llie man tnougnt that his next neiguuor
ras responsible, and the consequence is that
irinialkin travel across the fence about
even times a da)-.
Some public spirited citizens of Saratoga
re about to creel an elegant establishment
or the exclusive use and occupation of the
.'residentsof the United States whenever it
hall be their pleasure to use it.
A Jacksonville, (Florida,) paper says:
Duval county, with a population of less
hau twelve thousand persons, has, during
lie last forty-two months, had fifty-two
lomicides and suicidal deaths; and eighty- *
wo accidental deaths."
A lioaton paper says: "A hand-organist
ouie* round to our office every day for two
nd plaintively grinds out about 'Come
ionic, dear father, come home.' He is inarmed
that he need not come here again,
'he old man went home yesterday."
A lady, ji> writing about the behavior of
he clerks, says that "every young man who
s called to wait upon young ladies should
ear in mind that under a very modest garb
ml an unassuming manner my be bidden
he sword that can take his head ofi."
. "Prisoner," said 'Sqire Jones, in awardug
judgment, "it is a. maxim of the law
hat it i-: belter to on* on the side of mercy,
'he com t has made up her mind which *
ide she will err mi. ami nothing remainls
ut to err on that side."
A* local, describing a recent accident, fay.-!
hat the "hallentered the groin ?.1' the vieini
aii<l -passed thence into,his lumber
egiou." Y\ ciUppi'Sc the victim h:ul a wooden
Ml*.
An Trish paper concludes a biography of
toWpiw^- w4Ui- tdie dblh^w+ng- ^riitt'nee:
This extraordinary man lelt. no children ex. pt
his brother, who was hilled at the same
imo.
A sp irting gentleman, who hoards of hnvng
a very correct watch, said to u friend
,'ith whom he was riding a long way across
oun try to a mooting; pulling out his watch,
]f the sun isn't over th.ut hill in :i minute
ill'Iu hull', In: Will l> r t?Xi lain.".
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