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IOLA, ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS, JANUARY 3, 1879.
NUMBER 2.
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CURRENT EVENTS.
Additional names suggested to the
rxesiaent la connection with the vacant
Berlin Mission arerex-Senator John B.
Henderson, of Missouri.ex-Sen&tor Ram
say, of Minnesota, and ex-Senator Fre-
ungnuysen, of New Jersey.
The following are the highest prices
of gold for each of the years of suspen
sion. J8SS.
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.150
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1871.. 115V
1S72 115X
1873 119H
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187C... .......... ..115
1877.... ...... 107 Jt
1878.. 107
1883..
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Capt. John Cowdon's plan for solving
'the Mississippi River problem is at least
bold and original. Heretofore the only
plan proposed of keeping the river in its
channel and protecting the adjacent
' country has been to build levees along
me dsuks. (japtam Uowdon proposes,
in effect, to lower the bed of the river.
He claims that this can be done
for $10,000,000, while the esti
mate of the Government Engineer to
levee the river is for $16,000,000, and
that of Capt. Eads to carry out his plan
is $50,000,000. Capt. Cowdon was be
fore the House Committee on Com
merce a few days ago, and explained
bis plan at some length, with maps,
diagrams, etc. The Committee was fa
vorably impressed with his statement,
and will give him another hearing.
Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, it
is stated by authority, has written to
Borne requesting the Fope to relieve him
of his Episcopacy. The venerable pre
late is probably the oldest Archbishop
' in the United States, being 79 years of
age. He has been a Bishop for 45 years,
ana an Archbishop for Z3 years. A
desire to be relieved from the cares of
his important office is the reason of his
request.
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The New York Produce Exchange
has addressed a circular to the various
Boards of Trade throughout the coun
try, favoring the adoption, at an early
date, of the pound avoirdupois as the
unit of weight for grain and all other
' articles of produce. This will be in
conformity with the English law recent
ly passed, which took effect on Jan. 1,
-a&79.
On account of funds not being pro
vided to pay the expenses of the Blaine
Investigating Committee, no action will
be taken by the Committee until after
the holiday recess.
A London dispatch of the 28th nit.
eays: A number of very alarming and
sensational reports have been received
here during the last few days, respect
ing the industrial and financial condi
tion of England. The wages of miners
and operatives in all trades
have been reduced to what
the men consider the lowest living
point, but the masters say they can not
go on without a still further reduction
and scarcely see their way to going on
even with a reduction. Great uneasi
ness exists also among the tenant farm
ers, who are finding it almost impossible
to pay their rents, and to keep out of
debt. Thestoppageoftheexporttradeto
America and the great influx of Ameri
can produce into England increases the
difficulties of the situation. The people
in England thrown out of work are less
able to buy food, and the farmers" find
themselves confronted in their own mar
kets with cheaper American meat and
grain. The future is looked upon as
gloomy in the extreme.
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MINOR NOTE.
"Buck" Jenkins, an alleged hone-thief,
was taken from the custody of an officer,
about 10 miles west of Corning, Ark., on the
night of the 23d, by a gang of masked men,
and hanged to a tree. Jenkins formerly
lived In Jefferson County, III., where he was
arrested by the local officers, a reward of
$50 having been offered for his apprehen
sion. Very severe weather is reported through
out Great Britain and from the Continent,
as well as In this country. The heaviest
snowfall known for 30 years occurred in the
North of Scotland, the snow in some locali
ties, it Is- said, being 12 feet deep. Railroad
traffic was brought to a stand-still. In Swit
zerland and portions of Germany there has
not been so great a fall of snow in years.
The suffering among the poorer classes is
unprecedented.
At Menard ville, Texas, on the 20th, Green
Johnson, colored, was hanged for the mur
der of his wife In 1878.
A negro named Davidson, charged with
murder, was hanged by a mob near Wil
mington, N. C, on the 23d.
At Kansas City, on the morning of the
23d, the offices of the Evening Mail, the
Commercial Indicator, and Bboades &
Gough's book-Dlndery, were completely de
stroyed by fire, supposed to have been
caused by an Incendiary. Losses generally
covered by Insurance.
A party of stx highwaymen and robbers
were recently captured near Bock Creek,
Wy. T., with a number of stolen horses and
other valuable plunder in their poeseMion.
The fatal rinderpest having made Its way
from the Bussian frontier to the neighbor
hood of Berlin, the strongest measures have
- been adopted to prevent the Infection from
penetrating to the capital.
Capt Wetmore, formerly of the Navy, has
commenced suit In the Washington courts
against Admiral Porter, for the alienation
of the affections of complainant's wife. .A
number of affectionate letters from the Ad
miral to the lady have been made public and
the suit promises to develop a scandal of the
first water.
Admiral Hon, TJ. S. N., died In Washing
ton on the SSth, aged 69.
The Great Council of Geneva, Switzer
land, has accepted the principle os separa
tion of Church and State, and appointed a
committee to prepare a separation bill.
E. L. Pierce, of Beaton, has been appoint
ed Assistant Treasurer of the United States
At Boston, on Christmas Eve, Ezra Wil
son killed his wife, from whom he had been
separated, and then killed himself.
Abe Rothschild, on trial at Marshall, Tex
as, for the murder of his mistress, "Diamond
Bessie," has been convicted of murder in
the first degree.
David O. Gibson, his two sons, Wm. P.
and Thos. W. Gibson, and Samuel P. Moore,
all of Rockcastle County, Ky., are under ar
rest charged with having drawn from the
Government on fraudulent vouchers over
$10,000, while acting as United States Pen
sion Agents.
The Arkansas Conference Seminary of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, located at Har
rison, Ark., was entirely destroyed by fire
on the morning of the 20th. The building
was Just approaching completion, and it was
expected the school would take possession
about New Year's. Loss, $7,000; no insur
ance. Incendiarism Is suspected.
The wife, son and daughter of John O'
Brien, who lived near Dublin, Ont., were
burned to death in their house on Christmas
night. O'Brien and other members of his
family, who escaped from the flames, were
nearly frozen while going to the nearest
neighbor's for shelter, and it was thought
O'Brien himself would die.
A Convention of Sugar-Cane Growers of
the Northwest, will be held in St. Louis, be
ginning on Jan. 8.
The sub-committee of the Congressional
Yellow Fever Commission, detailed to meet
at Memphis, commenced its investigations
on the 26th. Surgeon-General Woodworth
and a number of medical and scient'fic ex
perts are acting with the Commission.
The small-pox Is raging with most deadly
virulence In Northern Brazil, 600 deaths a
day having occurred In BIo Janeiro alone.
The stories of suffering and distress from
the interior country are almost too horrible
for belief.
The Illinois State Teachers' Association
met at Springfield on the 26th.
The rebellious Chief Moses and 10 of his
principal men have been arrested and lodg
ed in Jail at Yakima, Wash. Ter.
Hon. Owen Jones, Representative in the
Thirty-fifth Congress from the Fifth Penn
sylvania District, was frozen to death by the
roadside, while on his way to visit a neigh
bor, on Cnristmas night.
A Mexican railway train was recently cap
tured by robbers near Pueblo. They killed
the baggage-master, wounded the con
ductor, and carried off $27,000 in silver,
which It is presumed they knew wag on the
train.
Rumors were current in Pesth of an at
tempt to assassinate the Emperor Francis
Joseph at the Palace of Goedelloe, in Hun
gary, where he was spending the Christmas
holidays In company with the Empress and
Crown Prince.
It was reported on the 27th that Yakoob
Khan, son and representative of the Ameer
of Afghanistan, had come into Jellalabad
and placed himself under British protection.
The Ameer was reported to have arrived at
Taskend.
One William H. M. S mailman appears in
the San Francisco Courts as plaintiff in a
suit against John W. Mackey, of the bonan
za firm, claiming $200,000 of the latter for
undue Intimacy with complainant's wife,
Amelia H.
A. Elmer Bader, Austrian Consul at New
Orleans, committed suicide on the 27th by
drowning in the river. He had been specu
lating heavily In cotton, and financial em
barrassments are the presumed cause.
Col. Fred. Grant has been granted by Sec
retary McCrary one year's leave of absence,
with pay, and will accompany his father on
his Eastern tour.
Jose Luis Osuma, a half-breed Indian,was
hanged at San Diego, Cal., on the 27th, for
the murder of a white man.
The Mexican General Trevino and staff
visited San Antonio on the 26th, where they
had a very cordial and brilliant reception.
They purposed extending their visit to
Houston, Galveston,and other cities in Tex
as before recrossing the Rio Grande.
A messenger of the Importers' and Trad
ers' Bank of New York City, while on his
way to the Clearing-house, on the 27th, lost
In the street a pocket-book containing $50,
000 In negotiable securities besides a large
amount of Clearing-house certificates, the
latter not transferable. The messenger did
not discover his loss until he had reached
the Clearing-house, and a search for the
missing pocket-book proved unavailing.
The steamship Emily B. Souder, which
left New York Dec. 8 for Santo Domingo, is
reported to have foundered at sea when on
ly two days out on her voyage. Two of her
crew were picked up and landed at Kings
ton, and they express their belief that all
others onboard were drowned. There were
nine passengers on the Souder and a crew
of 27 men.
St. Louis is taking steps towards raising a
fund of $350,009 In aid of the extension of
the St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern
Railway to Omaha, thus securing a direct
connection with the Union Pacific Railway.
Gen. D. C. McCallum, formerly General
Superintendent of the Erie Railway, and
subsequently at the head of the Govern
ment Railway Service during the War, is
dead.
One hundred thousand men are involved
in the pending colliery strike In York and
Derbyshire, England.
Sir William Hayter, formerly a Liberal
Member of Parliament, was recently found
drowned in a lake on his estate In Berk
shire, England.
Gen. Grant, accompanied by Ministers
Welch and Noyes, was announced to be in
Dublin on the 3d of January.
The formal acceptance by the City of
Cleveland of the viaduct, or high level bridge
connecting the east and west sides of the city
over the Cuyahoga River, was celebrated
with great ceremony on the 27th.
Rev. James A. Dixon recently left New
Albany, Ind-, on account of an unfortunate
scandal in which he figured in connection
with a young lady of his flock, and went to
Memphis, Tenn., with the Intention of re
suming the practice of medicine,
which he claims to have abandoned
upon entering the ministry. Finding that
the evil reports concerning him, greatly ex
aggerated, as he claims, had followed him to
his new home, thereby rendering hopeless
bis chances of success in his new avocation,
on the night of the 27th he attempted to end
his life by taking a dose of strychnine, which
however did not prove fatal.
By the explosion of a nltro-glycerine fac
tory 5 miles from Paterson,N. J., on the
28th, three men were blown to atoms and
several buildings were completely demolished.
Astronomical Phenomena for 1879.
The followmar are the nrindDal astronomical
phenomena of the year 1879. The timet
given are for the meridian of Chicago, which
Is (Dearborn Observatory) 43 minutes 14 sec
onds vest from Washington, and 5 hours GO
minutes as seconds irom ureenwicn.
ItrSDATS. r.
Jan. 6, 12. 19, 26. July 6, 13, 2a 27.
Feb. 2, , 16. 23. Aug. 8, 10, 17, 24. 81.
March 2. 9, lft, 23, 30. Sept. 7. 14, 21, 28.
April 6, 13, 20. 27. Oct. 5, 12, 19. 26.
May 4, 11, 18,25. Not. 2, 9.16, 23. 30.
June 1,8, 16, 22, 29. Dec 7, 14, 21, 28.
The first full moon after the vernal eaninox
will occur Sunday, April 6. By the rule gov
erning the movable feasts of the Papal and
Protestant Churches, the Sunday next suc
ceeding that Is Easter 8onday, which, there-
fnM fall. .... 11 IV " -
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THE SXASOXS.
San in perigee, Jan. 2,3p.nu
Vernal eqnlnox, March 20, 5:44 p. nu
Summer solstice. Jnne 21. 1:53 p. m.
San in apogee, July 2, 2 p. m.
Antnmnal equinox, Sept. 23, 4:27 a. m.
Winter solstice, Dec 21, 10:36 p. m.
Son in perigee, Dec 31, 8 p. nu
CX.IF3ES
There will be three eclipses daring 1S79
two of the sun, and one of the moon; but
they are of little, interest to dwellers In this
region.
Jan. 22, at six o'clock in the moraine, the
sun will be eclipsed. The phenomenon will be
annular along a narrow belt extending from
east longitude 8Jf deir. and south latitude 27X
drg., to 141K dec east of Washington and
1 deg.' north. It will be virtble as a partial
eclipse to a distance of about 35 deg. on each
side of that belt, the areaincluding about two
twlrds of South America and the southern half
of Africa.
July 19, at three o'clock In the mornlnj,
there will be another annular eclirse of the
sun, the central line running from longitude
57f east and latitude north, to 175 east
aua 23if south. It will be visible as a par
tial eclipse from a large part of the South
Atlintlc Ocean, nearly the whole of Africa
j; d Southern Europe and Asia.
Dec 28, at 10 o'clock in the morning, the
moon will be eclipsed, being at the time below
our horizon.
TUB PLANETS.
Vulcan It now is almost certain that with
in the orbit of Mercury there are two or more
(.lane's. A transit of one of these may be ex
pected to occur 8ept-18, but it may be too
early in the day to bo visible from Chicago.
Mercury Will attain his greatest elonga
tions from the sun as follows:
West, dsinc before the sun; Jan. 16 (24
deg.); May 14 (23 deg.); Sept. 9 (18 deg.);
Dfc2S(2adcg.)
East, setting after the sun; March 29 (19
Jee.) ; July 27 (27 deg.) ; Nov. 20 (22 deg.)
His conjunctions with the sun occur March
4, April 17, June 18, Aug. 13, Oct. 5, and
Dec 10.
The most favorable time for seeing him
till be in the early evening of March 23. At
that date Venus will be about 9 deg. fur
ther east than Mercury, and may serve as a di
rectrix. Venut Will be an evening 6tar duting
more than eight months. Her superior con
junction occurring Dec 5, 1878, she will be
nearly half an hour east of the sun at the
opening ot the year, a little to the west of
Capricornus, and under the head stars of that
constellation Jan. 11. On the 23d of the
month she is in conjunction with Jupiter,
passing 47 mln. southward of that planet!
near the tail of Capricorn. In the evening of
March 2 she will be about IJf deg. north
from Saturn, both being nearly it line with
the eastern side of the Square of Pegasus.
April 15 she will pass just below the Pleiades,
and ten days afterward be ( deg. north
from Aldebaran.- She passes through the
southern part (feet) of Gemini daring May,
skirts the northern edge of the Beehive clus
ter June 13, Is 1 deg. north from Kegulus
during the night of Julv4, and in the after
noon of July 8 passes only 15 minutes
north from Uranus. She attains her greatest
elongation east (45 deg. 33 mln.) the night
of July 15, and her greatest brilliancy Aug.
19, and Is very near the moon at noon of Aug.
20. She is In Inferior conjunction with the
sun Sept 23, and thence becomes a morning
star, rising before the sun during the remain
der of the year, and attaining her greatest
brilliancy Oct. 30.
JVars Will not attract much attention
from naked eye observers In 1879. From his
conjunction with the sun last September (20)
to his opposition Nov. 12, next, he is a morn
ing star, rising before the sun ; and, at the
last-named date, his nearest approach,he will
be come 46,000,000 miles from the earth. He
will, however, be watched by astronomers in
November with great Interest. His two
moons, discovered by Asaph Hall In 1877, will
probably be visible only through a very few
telescopes, including the one at Chicago: and
the observations then made will enable as
tronomers to fix precisely the periods of revo
lution of the satellites, and thence to correct
the present estimate of the planet Mars
about one part in 3,095,300, that ot the sun
being taken as the unit. In January, Mars
will pass through Scorpio, in February and
March through Sagittarius and Capricornus,
In April and May through Aquaries, in July
throueh Pisces, in August through Aries; and
he will be nearly stationary, not far from the
Pleiades, in September and October. He will
then retrozade into Aries till Dec 10, and then
turn direct. May 9 he will be less than one
degree south from Jupiter; and June 30, at
lh. 36m. p. m., only one minute of arc north
from Saturn. These two planets will be very
nearly in conjunction during the night pre
ceding and that following this date. In the
morning oi Ho v. 19 be win pass ouiy i
minutes of arc north of No. 53 in Aries; and
in the evening of Nov. 29 will be only 1 min
ute of arc south from Rho prime In the same
constlelatlon. Mars will be near the moon In
the evenings of Sept. 6, Oct. 4, Oct 30, Nov.
26 and Dec 23; from which date the casual
observer may learn to recognize him among
the stars.
Jupiter Will be In conjunction with the
sun Feb. 7, and in opposition Aug. 81. Hence
be will not be an object of interest to those
who only study the evening sky, till the latter
part of the J ear. During the autumn months
he will be conspicuous in the constellation
Aquaries, about 10 deg. south from the five
stars known as the Urn, or the K. This
Slanet Is now nearing his conjunction with
aturn, which will occur In the last half of
April, 18S1; both being In conjunction with
the sun, as seen from the earth.
Nov. 20 Japlter will pass 12 minutes of arc
south of Sigma In Aquaries; the apparent dis
tance between the two beinj only about two
diameters of Jup.ter.
Saturn At the beginning of the year will
be about 5 hours east from the sun, and below
the well-known Square of Pegasus, near which
he meets Venus, in the evening ot March 2.
His conjunction with the sun occurs March
26, and his opposition Oct. 5, when he will be
in the constellation Pisces. The last three
months of the year he will be visible evenings
to the naked eye a a star of the first magni
tude, and will be a very interesting object
through the telescope. His rings were com
pletely closed uplast March. They are now
widening out. The ratio of the apparent axes
Jan. 1 will be 1 to 25 nearly, and the 1st oi
August about as 2 to 11. We are now looking
at the southern side of the ring system ol
Saturn, when we see this phenomenon. As
tronomers will not again see the northern face
of the rings of Saturn till early 4n the year
ins. when they wUl have a good opportunity
to observe the change, as the planet will then
be about 90 degrees away from the sun.
ZTroRst Will be in opposition to the sun
Feb. 20, and may be seen about that date, and
for a couple of months afterward, with the
unaided eye, bv those who know where to
look for him. He shines as a star ot the sixth
magnitude only. He may easily be found as
follows: Take as a starting-point the well
known star Regulos, of the Usth magnitude.
In the handle of the sickle of Leo. From that
star. 6W deg. eastward, in line toward Splca,
is Rho Leonls. of the fourth magnitude easi
ly picked up, because there are no other stars
near it. At the beginning of March Uranus
wUl be 8 deg. nearly northwest from Rho ; and
at the end ot the month a little more than 4
deg. northwest by west from the -same star.
These two distances are respectively equal to
about 6W and eight times the apparent
breadth of the full moon.
SeptuneVrm be in opposition to the sun
Nov. 3, at which time his right ascension will
be 2 hours 3SJf mln and his declination 13
deg. Mjjf mln. north; not near any prominent
star, but very close to an interesting nebula.
He cannot be seen without the aid of a good
telescope.
Occuitatiom A few of these phenomena
win be of interest daring the coming year.
We give the following notes of prominent
stars, the arpuhcJ to which may be watched
with interest through an opera-glass:
April 10, in the early morning, the moon
being three days past the full, and a little east
ot the meridian, will pass just south of An
tares. June 3, about ten o'clock, when east ot the
meridian, and near the full, the moon will oc
cult Antares.
Aug. 24,-the moon In the west, and near her
first quarter, will occult Antares about half
past nine In the evening.
Sept. 7, at two o'clock in the morning, the
moon being near her last quarter, will pass
through the Pleiades, and occult Alcyone near
tin time ot her rising.
No7. 26, about midnight, the moon being
near the full, and one hour west of the me
ridian, will occult Epsilon Arietta.
Dec 1, at eleven o'clock in the evening, the
moon being east of the meridian, and a little
past the full, will occult Delta Gemlnorum.
Chicago Tribune.
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The Popular 4.per-eent Loan.
The Secretary ot the Treasury has issued
a circular calling renewed attention to the
Issue ot 4-percent. bonds. They are issued
in denominations of $50 and upward, both
coupon and registered, and bear 4-per-cent.
interest, payable quarterly. They are ex
empt from payment of taxes or duties to the
United States, as well as from taxation in
any form by or under State, municipal or
local authority. Upon receipt of full pay
ment the bonds will be transmitted free of
charge to subscribers. Applications should
specify the amount and denomination requir
ed, and, for registered bonds, the full name
and post-office address of the person to whom
the bonds shall be made payable. The
Interest on registered bonds will be paid by
a check issued by the Treasury of the Unit
ed States to the order of the holder, and
mailed to his address. The check is payable
on presentation, properly indorsed at the
office of the Assistant Treasurer of the
United States in New York In coin or Unit
ed States notes, as the holder may prefer,
or. If desired, in United States notes at the
office of the Treasurer or any Assistant
Treasurer of the United States. All Nation
al banks are invited to become financial
agents of the Government and depositories
of public moneys received on (he sale of
these bonds. Upon complying with
section 5,153, Revised Statutes of the United
States, all banks, bankers, paymasters and
other public officers and other persons are
invite d to aid m pi acing these bonds. Th ey
can make their arragements through Na
tional banks for the deposit ot the purchase
money of the bonds.
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Brick-making by Steam. Evident
ly there are in this country those who
do not share Mr. Barry's belief that
"iron is the building material of the
future," but have greater faith in the
qualities of burned clay and show their
faith by their works. There has been
established lately in Baltimore the sec
ond factory in the country for making
bricks by steam the other establish
ment being in Washington which is
said to be able to make 200,000 bricks
each day. The clay, after it has been
passed through iron rollers, which pul
verize the small stones and reject the
large ones, is carried to the top of the
building and thence falls into the disin
tegrator, which makes 450 revolutions
per minute. Here it is reduced to a fine
powder and passes off into a pipe where,
by the addition of steam, it is moisten
ed enough to give to its particles the
rtroDor cohesiveness. This nine feeds a
wheel furnished with moulds which, in
the two revolutions it makes each min
ute, turn out 232 bricks. As the wheel
revolves the bricks drop out on to an
endless belt which carries them to a
shed some 50 feet away, where they are
loaded by hand upon small cars, which
are rolled into drying ovens and allow
ed to dry there during five hours, the
dampness in those ovens being con
stantly withdrawn by an exhaust fan.
After this they are stacked in kilns and
fired.
Doing Up Men's Linen. Sometime
agro a certain gentleman's linen col
lars did not set nicely in front. There
was always a fullness, which, in the case
of standing collars, was particularly
trying to a man who felt a good deal of
pride in the dressing of his neck, as it
spoiled the enect of his cravat, ana often
left a gap for the display of either the
collar-band of the shirt or half-inch of
bare skin. While talking with a practi
cal shirt-maker one day he mentioned his
annoyance, and inquired if there was
any way of relieving it. "Yes," an
swered the man ; " the fault is with your
laundress. While doing up your collars
she stretches them the wrong way.
Damp linen is very pliable, and a good
pull will alter a fourteen-inch into a
fifteen-inch collar in the twinkle of an
eye. She ought to stretch them cross
wise, and not lengthwise. Then in
straightening out your shirt bosom she
makes another mistake of the same sort.
They, also, ought to be pulled cross
wise instead of lengthwise, particularly
in the neighborhood of the neck. A
lengthwise pull draws the front of the
neck-band somewhat directly under your
chin, where it was never meant to go,
and of course that spoils the set of your
collar. With the front of your neck
band an inch too high, and your collar
an inch too long, you have a most un
desirable combination."
An Insoluble Ckhknt. A very val
uable cement has been discovered by
Mr. A. C. Fox, of which details are
published in Dingler's Polytechnisches
Journal. .It consists of a chromium
preparation and isinglass, and forms a
solid cement, which is not only insolu
ble in hot and cold water, but even in
steam,-whQe neither acids nor alkalies
have any action upon it. The chromi
um preparation and the isinglass or gel
atin do not come into contact until the
moment the cement is desired, and when
applied to adhesive envelopes, for which
the author holds it to be especially
adapted, the one material is put on the
envelope covered by the flap (and there
fore not touched by the tongue), while
the isinglass, dissolved in acetic acid, is
applied under the flap. The chromium
preparation is made by dissolving crys
tallized chromic acid in water. Yon
take:
Crystallized chromic add. 2J grammes.
w aier. ... ....................... ..13
Ammonia............ ....... ...15 ia
To this solution about 10 drops of sul
phuric acid are added, and finally 30
grammes of sulphate of ammonia and
4 grammes of fine white paper. In the
case of envelopes, this is applied to that
portion lying under the flap, while a so
lution prepared hy dissolving isinglass
in "dilute acetic acid (1 part acid to 7
parts water) is applied to the flap of the
envelope. The latter is moistened, and
then is pressed down upon the chromic
preparation, when the two unite, form
ing, as we have said, a firm an insolu
ble cement.
LUCKY BILL.
BT B. H. DAGGETT.
Of all the individuals who figured in
California in early times as desperate
and successful gamblers, or rather as
"thimble-riggers" and French monte
dealers, none were better known than
the subject of this sketch, Lucky Bill.
Many who were in the State as early as
'ou or 'oi will doubtless remember mm
During the greater portion of these two
years he was a resident of .Sacramento
City, and almost any day might have
been seen squatted in front of some
gambling house, or near a comer, with
a pile of doubloons beside him, offering
to bet "two, four or six ounces," that
no one could find the "little joker,"
which he was artistically moving about
under the three "cups" placed in a row
upon his knee, or which was ingeni
ously hidden under his thumb-nail. In
the spring of '51, when "thimble-rigging"
and French monte were carried
on to their greatest extent, and with
such success, too, that the fraternity
practicing them were enabled to rent
tho largest gambling houses in Sacra
mento, (Lee's Exchange), for no other
puroose than that of securing to them
selves the right of exhibiting their
games in iront ox it. Lucsy
Bill occupied a stool at the extreme
west end of the porch of the building,
and in two months' time made 324,000.
This sum seems immense for a gambler
to make in the snort space ox sixty days,
yet it is hardly a tithe of the amount to
which Lucky Bill victimized the unwary
during the three years preceding-the
passage of a law by our Legislature, in
1852, prohibiting "French monte,"
" thimble game," " pick-i'-the loop,"
and similar thieving games then prac
ticed to an alarming extent throughout
almost every portion of the state, am
understood his business as well as any
one that undertook to mislead the eye
of the verdant miner; and although his
great success may doubtless be attrib
uted to the dexterous and well organ
ized gang of hired " cappers," who,
disguised as miners, laborers, traders,
etc., etc., went from table to table and
from game to game, making sham bets
(which they generally won) and inviting
the lookers-on to " invest," yet not a
small share was owing to his shrewd
management. Sometimes he would as
sume such an air of verdancy, and han
dle his " cups " so clumsily, that per
sons well acquainted with the nature of
this game (better, I need not say than
with the man dealing it),imaginingthat
they had found some one ignorant of
h;s business,' were induced to lay down
a few ounces, religiously believing that
an opportunity baa at last presented it
self for them to get even with
their previous losses; and others were
ensnared and relieved of many an ounce
by his counterfeiting intoxication, and
recklessly tossing his money around,
and exhibiting " dead-wood " (certain
ties of winning) to their temptation.
One bet generally operated as an eye
opener, however! and relieved the un
fortunate loser of any erroneous idea
that appearances may have warranted
him in entertaining respecting Bill's
verdancy or intoxication, for the bet al
ways lost.
Bill's usual method of attracting cus
tom was theory of "Here, gentlemen,
is a nice, quiet little game, conducted
on the square, and especially recom
mended by the clergy for its honesty
and wholesome moral tendencies. I
win only from blind men; all that have
two good eyes can win a fortune. You
see, gentlemen, here are three little
wooden cups, and here is a little ball,
which, for the sake of starting the game,
I shall place under this one, as you can
plainly see; and now I shall place it
under this, the middle one, merely to
show how much quicker the hand is
than the eye, and, removing it from the
middle, quickly cover it with the other,
thus and thus and thus; and now I
will bet two, four, or six ounces that no
gentleman can the first time trying raise
the cup that the ball is under; if he can,
he can win all the money that Bill, by
patient toil and industry, has scraped
together.
What Lucky Bill's name was, or what
State he was from, I do not know, for
as I scarcely expected to become his
biographer I never took the trouble to
ascertain either. The first time I ever
saw him was in the spring of 1851,
although I had often heard of him
before that time. I had been mining
some three or four miles north of Fla
cerville, and taking a notion into my
head to visit Sacramento, had arrived in
town just in time for the stage. We had
traveled probably six miles, when a
couple of men presented themselves by
the side of the road ana askea a passage
into the city. As there was but one
vacant seat, the driver told them that he
could not accommodate both of them
unless the passengers were willing,
which was found not to be the case
Noticing that the travelers looked
wearied, and recognizing one of them.
although he did not remember me, I
protested against the decision of the
passengers so strongly and appealed to
their humanity so earnestly, that I at
length secured them seats, although 1
couid plainly ee a at the expense of the
ill-will of the remainder of the passen
gers. However, I cared but little about
that, as the journey would last but
a few hours. The new comers
took their seats beside me, when,
after making myself known to one
of them " Sidney Uhariey," a irencn
monte dealer, who more than a year
previous had earned my gratitude, not
withstanding his profession, by paying
my stage (or rather wagon') fare into
the mountains I inquired who his com
panion was, and what brought them to
the road-side so early in the morning.
He informed me in a low whisper that
the person with him was " Lucky Bill,"
and that they had been taking a tramp
of a few weeks through the mines, that
two days before had commenced opera
tions in Placerville, and continued there
with great success until tho day follow
ing, when in consequence of relieving
a prominent citizen of $2,000, the pop
ular voice was raised against them, and
they were compelled to vamose instant
er, to keep from being swung up; that
they had slept in the open air that night,
not dating to appiy to any nnuso ior
lodging, and had commenced the jour
ney to Sacramento on foot, when they
were overtaken by the stage.
While he was informing me of this, I
noticed mat we began to attract con
sidcrable attention and occasion some
whispering among the passengers, which
Lucky Bill noticed with a deal of uneas
iness. This continued for some time,
until I began to suspect the reason of it,
and thought of making myself less fa
miliar witnuharieyana his uumoie-ng-ging
companion, when a little wiry-
looking, middle-aged man, who had
been intently eyeing Bill for some time,
rose partly up and asked him if he did
not go by the name of Lucky Bill.
Bill looked at the stranger a moment,
and then, in a civil tone, asked 'why he
inquired.
" For nothing in particular," replied
the stranger, taking his seat; "if yon
are not he, I beg your pardon if you
are why "
"Why what!" interrupted Bill.
" Why, I might have something more
to say to you," continued the stranger.
"Well, suppose that I was to say
that I am Lucky BUI what then?"
"Then I would tell you," exclaimed
the stranger, looking savage, "that yon
area thief; that you as good as
stole fifteen hundred dollars from a
brother of mine two days ago, and if
you didn't refund every dollar of it to
me, I'd cut your rascally heart out of
you right in this stage ;" and with these
words ne drew a long butcher-knife from
bis belt, and leaned over a seat towards
Bill for an answer.
" Then my reply would be, that two
can cut out hearts at the same time,"
and as quick as thought Bill had drawn
a large navy pistol, which he was just
in the act of cocking as I caught his
arm.
The passengers then interfered, but
the stranger was not to be pacified, and
continued to swing his knife around, to
the danger of every one near him, and
to make every attempt to get within
reach of Bill, who still held the pistol,
uncocked, in his hand. Finding it
would be impossible to keep them apart,
it was proposed by some of the passen
gers that they should get ont of the stage
and fight it out. The stage was accord
ingly stopped, and all the passengers
alighted, which was no sooner done
than the stranger made a dash at Bill
without further ceremony. Some one
stepped in front of him before he got
within reach of his victim, but could not
prevent him from throwing the knife.and
with such precision that the point of it
passed along Bill's right side,inflicting a
severe wound. Bill then cocked his pistol
and fired, just as the other had drawn
a revolver from his belt. The stranger
fell, with a ball in his right shoulder.
He was taken into the stage, followed
by Bill, who was not injured so much
as to prevent him from walking, and
after a careful drive of three miles, both
the wounded man and Charley were left
at a hotel some fifteen or twenty miles
below Flacerviile.
In three weeks after, I saw Bill " rope
in" a teamster for two voke of cattle, on
the corner of J and Fourth Street, Sac
ramento City, and then sell the loser
one yoke for sixty dollars, which was all
the money he had, and loan him the
other pair to get his wagon into the
mountains.
Bill had a heart, and a kind one, too,
if it was touched in the right place ; and
it was no uncommon occurrence for him
to contribute fifty or a hundred dollars
towards raising a fund for the relief of
a destitute family, or to enable some
unfortunate individual te return to the
Atlantic States; and scarcely a day
passed that he did not refund to some
one monev which he had won from him,
upon ascertaining that it left the loser
destitute, in one instance ixnowoi
his winning three hundred dollars from
an old man, on his way home. After he
had lost it, he turned away with such a
look of misery that Bill called him back
and asked him which way he was travel
ing, and if he was ont of funds. The
old man thought he was being ridi
culed, but answered that he had
no money left; that he had been six
months in laying up the three hundred
dollars which he had just foolishly lost,
and with which he expected to have
paid his passage home, but that he sup
posed that notnwg was teic mm now
but to return to the mines. Bill inquir
ed why he was so anxious to return to
his family, ana with scarcely money
enough to pay his passage. The other
answered that a short time before he
had learned that his wife was dead, and
that three of his children were without
a home. Bill did not ask another ques
tion, but handed the three hundred dol
lars back to the old man which he had
won from him. and two hundred do!
lars besides, saying, as he did so
" Here, old man, take back your money,
and here is a trifle besides, which may
come handy when you get home; i
don't play to win money from such as
yon. Take it, and never again bet at
any game, however strong the tempta
tion mav be: for the game that I play is
about as honest as any other, and the
devil couldn't win at it if he wasn't a
'caoner.'" The old man took the
money, and went away a wiser if not a
better man.
In the fall of 1862 Bill returned to the
Atlantic States, taking with him an im
mense sum of money, although, it is
said, he lost $90,000 at "faro" before
leaving the State. The next we heard
of him was at St. Joseph, Mo., in the
spring of 1853. He had run through all
he possessed, and was again hiding the
"little joker," and winning scores of
cattle from the emigrants. He crossed
the plains that season and settled in
Carson Valley, where he is at present
residing. Ban Francisco OoldenEra.
IS
The reaction in trade and commerce
at Paris after the close of the exhibition
is very marked indeed. The larger
shopkeepers and proprietors of maga
zines are complaining greatly of the
want of customers, but the worst suffer
ers are the small tradesmen. Every
householder seems to be retrenching to
make up for the extravagance of the last
few months; the hotels are empty, the
restaurants comparatively deserted, and
the receipts at the theater diminishing.
The prevailing distress has the effect of
increasing the number of street robber
ies to an alarming extent, and they take
place constantly in the most frequented
parts of Paris, the thieves in many cases
using revolvers to intimidate or disable
their victims. Murder oases, too, are
on the increase,
PCTQE5T PARAGRAPHS.
Anqxb always hurt as more than the
one we get ana at.
A papxk .that is always full ol good
points a paper of needles.
Benevolence and charity are univer
sal and unvarying duties.
The poet most have felt, or his verse
will be a mere echo.
A shabp tongue is the only edged
tool that grows keener with constant
use.
Just remember that one of the great
est wags in the country is only a dog's
tail.
"Be careful how yon punctuate the
stove," is the latest. It means not to
put too much colon.
The camel is' the paragrapher of the
animal kingdom; he has such a funny
column, yon know. Tonkers Gazette.
We trust the undermost man in the
fight will not forget that the proverb
says the anvil lasts longer than the ham
mer. Oil City Derrick.
"O tender maid! I offer thee
This hand and heart of mine,
My every thing of life and love
Are thine, forever thine t
Fm worth a hundred thousand now
Since low my uncle's laid
Then quick: she spake, "the tender maid
Accepts the tender made."
Tontert Gazette.
A young man from the country was in
to wnyesterday,and entered aphotograph
gallery to have his picture taken. Af
ter seating him the operator told him to
assume a pleased expression . ' 'Think
of something cheerful," he said ; "think
of your girl.1' A terrible scowl took
possession of the young man's face, and
jumping up he exclaimed: "Think of
the deuce! She went home with an
other fellow last night, and she can go
to thunder, for me!" He evidently
thought of her, but the pleased expres
sion was not forthcoming. Nbrristown
Herald.
An unsophisticated farmer who vis
ited Rochester, N. Y., the other day had
his attention called to a man on the
sidewalk turning on the water at a hy
drant. The water was rushing out
forcibly, in obedience to the simple
turning of a screw, and the farmer,
with an "I swan," hastened to the spot.
" I say, boss," said he, " what kind of
apumpisthat?" " A hydrant pump'
said the man. "A hydrant pump? Did
Mr. Hydrant patent that? Say, how
much does one of them cost? I swan,
if that doesn't beat all!" " Only $5,"
said the man, and he kept slowly mov
ing the screw, as if that little effort pro
duced the big stream. " Yon go right
down here till you come to a hardware
store, and they wQl sell you one." He
went with the fire of expectation in his
eye.
Ryan's New Year's Drink.
The near approach of New Year's,
says Hohokus, calls to mind an incident
that occurred a year ago next Tuesday.
A ring came at the bell, and in answer
to a personal response, we received the
"compliments of the sayson" from
Ryan, the grocer. Of course, we re
sponded, and, knowing his tastes, we
filled him a small pony of brandy. He
looked at the glass carefully, remarked
it was "foinly carved, but small," and,
as he cava the following toast. "Mav
yiz niver die until ivery hair o'yonr head,
with the help ol the Lord above, turns
into a mould candle to light yiz soul till
glory," he precipitated the small amount
of mud into his stomach so quickly that
it almost missed bis palate. His nat
ural good sense suggested to his mind
that, although the amount of fluid was
small, the performance was rather hur
ried, and he sat about mending matters :
'Sure, sir, I don't know how is a
glass like that made."
We explained that the material, after
being reduced to a fluid state, was
blown into shape by the aid of the
breath.
"And did a man bio w this small glass
wid bis breath?" he asked.
We responded in the affirmative.
The response came quickly:
"Will, bad luck to the day he was
born wid so short a breath."
Of course, we repeated the dose, and
Ryan departed with a shower of bless
ings. Exchange.
WilHelmJ's" Violin.
This little instrument cost the sum of
$3,500. To those unacquainted with
the value and character of violins this
S rice may appear absurd and fanciful,
ut there is much more reason why a
violin should have large intrinsic value
rather than a diamond, topaz or other
jewels, or even a picture by some noted
artist. A fine violin is one of the great
est works of art created by man to
look at as well as to play' upon. A
"Stradivarius" or "Amati" in the
hands of an ignorant person could not
speak, neither would the ignorant per
son know the Koh-i-nor from a piece of
glass, but a rare violin when touched
y the fingers of Wilhelmj, Jacobson or
Thomas discourses most eloquent
language. The violin which Wilhelmj
plays upon has actual value, and among
connoisseurs it is as well known as
Raphael's "Madonnas" or Marillo's
" Immaculate Conception." Wilhelmj
could probably make music ont of a.
machine-made violin: but he Is the
great artist; he is the world-renowned
Wilhemj only when he plays upon these
masterpieces ot tne loving handiwork
of the great craftsmen of the art.
A RemarkaMe Lemen.
Mr. H. M. Higgins, of Sweetwater
Valley (formerly of Chicago), has suc
ceeded in producing the finest lemon
that we have ever seen. It is a seed- -ling;
very large doable the size of a
large Sicilv kmon: very thin akin, not
thicker than average cardboard; sad
nearly if not wholly seedless. The
pulp is full of juice, not at all pithy,
and with very little fiber. The exact
variety whence it is derived is not
named, bat Mr. rliggings calls this the
Bonny Brae" lemon, naming it alter
his place. It is, really a new and dis
tinct variety, prodaced by steady cnlti
vatioa. with the aid of special features
of soil and cltMi Mr. Asher, vi
Fruit-Vale Narsery, sd other expe
rieaced norticaltansts, proaoance it a
remarkable leaww, and regard its pre
dactioa as a very important nutter for
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