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The courts have decided that refusing to take the newspapers or periodicals from the postoffice, or removing and leaving them un- called for, is prima facia evidence of intention- al fraud. PROFESSIONAL. G.F.COWAN, ittorney and Counselor at Law. Radersberg. Montana Territory. HENRY F. WILLIAMS, Atly & Counselor at Law, VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA. OFFICE over the Post Officer. I. E. CALLAWAY, A.ttorney and Coun- selor at Law.. VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA. OFF cE, adjoining the office of the Secre- tary of the Territory R. W. TOOLE J. K. TOOLE. TOOLE &TOOLE. Attorneys at law. HELENA, MONTANA. Will practice in all the Courts of Montana. JOHN T. snortEit. T. J. LOWERY. SHOSER & LOWERY, Attorneys eonn- seloi-s at L.,a - AN - . HELENA, M. T. Will practice in all the Courts of Montana. SAMUEL WORD, Attorney a t I_Aaw. VIRGINIA CITY. M. T. JAMESG. SPRATT, Attorney and Coun- selor. at Law - . VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA. Will practice in all the Courts of Montana. • VOL. 1. MODERN ORTHODOXY—A RATION- AL VIEW OF HELL. It is only a human religion such as that of Buddha, or Thor, or Jubiter, that may fear the growth of intelligence, and that may fade as the light of reason dawns; but of a religion from God, given by in- spiration, the first distinguishing princi- ple must be that it reveals its reasonable- ness as fast as man unfolds his own intel- ligence, and still becomes more glorious where there is the most culture. The Medileval Christianity having been dis- figured by ignorance and superstition, the subsequent growth of religion had to expressitself hi infidelity. When a Daned te describes hell to mankind, and his frightful pictures become the theology of the church, sweeping ileeeesh ism over into Protestantism. until Ed- wards says God will dash the sinner down on hell's floor and stamp upon him, then infidelity must follow, not simply to save a man m fro such horrors. but to rescue God's blessed name from such unspeakable infamy. In such a hell as Dante's it is not man that it is punished— it is God that is destroyed. From such ideas we must fly to a more reasonable religion, carrying the cross and our holy fidth away from such a deg- radation. We must, indeed, separate forever the righteous and the wicked; but, as the drunkard is punished in this world and as the murderer, accepts of his ar- rest without blaming God as the soul feels its own wickedness and does not reproach his Creator, so the lost world is a place, not where God is seen as a cruel monster, but where the human free-will stands forth in all its divine powers, and reveals a self -punishment over which we can almost imagine the Heavenly Father himself to shed tears. Such is the perdi- tion of reason—a place not where the Savior and God become an inquisition, but where the sinner's own will and own heart have woven themselves garments of perpetual sackcloth, and where the tears of sorrow fall not from a malicious decree of God, passed from eternity, but fall out of the sinner's own wretched soul and miserable life. Thus, over al- most every idea of the Christian religion there is lying a drapery of reason fresh from the God of infinite wisdom, and beautiful to man, the image of the ration- al God.—From a Sermon by Prof. Swing, of Chicago. A CONFEDERATE ESTATE. In Supreme Court Chambers, yester- day, before •Judge Donohue, application was made on behalf of William E. Church to restrain the transfer to Georgia of about $180,000, HOW lnhr q3 t hall 0 If Ltulean, hy does Willing rcazdor Sherman & CO. It appears from the pa- hard? pers, which show a somewhat complica- ted state of affairs, that Thomas S. Met- calf, who, during his life -time, was Pres- dent of the Mechanics' Bank, Augusta, Ga., was trustee of a fund of $40,000. Plaintiff claims that this $10,000, rith other funds of the bank. at the breaking out of the Confederate war, was transfer- red and used for the benefit of the Confed- _ crate Govermnent and lost. Metcalf, however, engaged in a cotton enterprise with a British subject; the cottoit was seized by the Federal authorities, and subsequently a elaim theretor to the ex- tent of $487,242 07 was allowed by the Government, of which sum the $180,000 in dispute now lies in the hands of Dun- can, Sherman et Co. Church, as an exe- cutor of Metcalf. who is now dead, claims the right to keep the tumid here, and un- I der the jurisdiction of the New York courts, as the proceed of the $40,000 trust -fund. The other side, which is rep- resented by Charles R. Stone, of Georgia, also an executor, claims that this fund is properly subject to disposition by the Courts of Georgia, and asks to have it transferred there. It is also denied, on his part, that the $40,000 trust fund= were turned over to the Confederate Govern- ment; but, on the contrary, it is claimed they were kept intact, and communica- tion being cut off during the war with the cestuis gae trust, the proceeds of the trust -fund were regularly put aside for them, and kept until the Federal author- ities took possession of the bank. Judge Attorney at L a w, Donohue took the papers, reserving his decision.—N. Y. Times, May 16th. VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1874. TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD. At the last session of the Paris Acade- my of Sciences an interesting paper was read on an operation of transfusion of blood successfully performed by Dr. Behier, on a female patient, who has since left the Hotel Dieu perfectly cured. At the time the operation was decided upon the woman appeared to be on the brink of the grave; the pulse was imper- ceptible, her weakness such that she was unable to move, her eyesight all but ex- tinguished; she was unable to speak, and nothing would stay on her stomach. Dr. Behier performed the operation in the presence of a number of students, to whom he afterward explained the prin- ciples by which he has been guided. He sam it was m e trill j be injected should be pure and in the na- tural state, without being deprived of its tibrine or allowed to cool. Such prelhn- inaries, had been considered necessary in order to prevent coagulation in the vein, but there was no need of them if the oper- ation was quickly effected. The blood should not be dead but living, having its globules unaltered by stirring and re- frigeration, and being still in possession of its albuminuous matter, the nutritive qualities of which were exceedingly great, while it at the same time contribu- ted to the prompt transmission of the fluid. One of the obstacles that had hith- erto caused transfusion to be looked upon with disfiwor was the difficulty of intro- ducing the nozzle of the syringe into the vein, it sometimes happening that the trocar would wound it without penetra- ting into the cavity of the vessel, or else would pass through the opposite side. The late Dr. Nelatou had proposed to obviate this by an incision of the skin an inch long, in order to bring the vein into view. Dr. Behier prefers opening the vessel with the lancet, as in blood-let- ting; he recommends the injecting to be performed slowly, to prevent the sudden repletion of the right vertricle of the heart which would cause asphyxia and death. The imminence of such a state is indica- ted by a premonotory cough, on the oc- currence of which the injection should be instantly stopped. The quantity of blood administered in this case was not more than eighty grammes. Baron Lerrey, after the reading of the paper, said that this was one of the most interesting eases of transfusion of blood that had ever come to his knowledge. The possibility of success was now proved beyond a doubt, after a controversy which had lasted for two centuries. THE REASON WHY. R. W. HILL. Attorney at Law, GALLATIN CITY, M. T. W. F. SANDERS, Attorney and Conn- seltyr at Law. HELENA, M. T. Will practice in all Courts of Record in MI/ntana. C. W. TURNER, T,A.. NV - X - It 5 'VIRGINIA CITY, M. T. OFFICE: Adjoining Colonel Call away's. _ W M. F. KIRKWOOD VIRGINIA CITY. Can be found at Judge Spratt's office or Pro- bate Court Room:. Will practice in all the Courts of the Territory. GEORGE CALLAWAY, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. VIRGINIA CITY, M NTANA. OFFICE, at the Law Office of J. E. Calla- way, Esq., until further notice. I. C. SMITH, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. VIRGINIA CITY, M. T. Office at the Old 1.e Beau Stand, Wallace Street, where he am be found night or day E. T. YAGER, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. VIRGINIA CITY, M. T. Will practice in all branches. Office one door above the City Drug Store. H. B. BARKLEY, M. D. Physician & Surgeon. RADERSBURG, M. T. H AS had twenty-one years' 'experienc in hi his profession—four years of that tune S surgeon in the Confederate army. Ile is pre- pared to perform all kinds of surgery. IN FEMALE COMPLAINTS, his expe- neuce is not surpassed by any physician in the Territory . TO THOSE WHO HAVE VENEREAL (. t. )3 IPLAINTS.—Gonorrhea, if called upon Within five days after the first appearance he will cure in seventv-two hours. In syphilis, he will curt in five - days. sIi treatment is different from any physi- . :au ui this Territory. He is prepared for Clean%ing, Extracting, and Filling Teeth. D. F. OGDEN L. D. S., Weileee Etrect VIrginia City -MT. as•—• -•••111 LIFE IN AN OASIS. In the oasis of Sinooris, in Egypt, there are 104 towns with 150,000 inhabitants. A missionary writing thence to the Christian Register says that most of the inhabitants are cultivators of the soil, though in this place are many weavers and dyers. The town of Sinooris stands high, as if built upon a huge mound. Nearly all the towns and villages of Egypt are thus located, and are safe from the floods that surround them in the overflowing of the great river. Most of the dwelling's are one story, made of sun-dried bricks, with earth roofs, sup- ported by beams cut from the palm -tree, and covered with branches and leaves of the same, upon which the earth is backed. I saw but two houses furnished with glass windows. The streets are narrow and filthy. The people are exceedingly poor. and this, although the district sur- passes all other parts of Egypt in tertili- ty and the varieties of its productions and richness ot its gardens. Oppression conies to them daily with its sternest demands. Taxation is suck- ing at the very vitals of all classes. Una- ble to pay their taxes, the people have giv- en up their lands, so that the Viceroy has now in his possession 160,000,000 of acres out of the 200,000,000 now under cultiva- tion, leaving only 40.000,000 now in pos- session of the peasants. The result is a most distressing state of things among the people. The most squalid destitu- tion is revealed at every turn. Men wo- men, and children sleep upon the bare earth, without bed or covering, and the majority without even a mat. A single dark -blue tunic ot thin cotton is the only garment of thousands by day . and their only covering at nights Multitudes have not a change of clothing, hut wear the same garment until it drops inrotten- ness from their bodies; of washing and cleansing they know almost nothing. These tellaheens may have treasures buried in the earth, or ornament their hair, ears, and noses with medals and gold rings, but they cannot be persuaded materially to change their • customs. ; \God do. not wear out,\ they sae: , , \beds sovericts, sheets and. the like do, Bccastuse ovonaativo ft,,f;r•• causes the albumen of the meat to set solid, crisps up the fleshy fibres and pre- vents heat having a gradual access to the interior. Why, when good soup or broth is re- quired, should the meat be put into cold water? Because, as the heat is developed very gradually, there occure an intermixture between the juices of the flesh and the external matter. The soluble and sa- vory parts of the meat escape and enrich the soup. Why are stews generally healthful and digestible? Because, being compounds of various substances, they contain all the elements of nutrition, and as the office of the stomach is to liquefy solid food before digesting it, the previous stewing assists the stomach in this particular. What causes the crackling noise when lard is put into a frying -pail ? Lard always contains some portion of water, and it is the expansion of this wa- ter into steam. forcing its way through the fat, which causes the crackling noise. The heat at which fat or oil boils is ninth greater than the water. When the crackling ceases, the water has been driven off from the fat, and when the fat begins to boil or bubble its heat will be very high. ‘Vhy in frying fish should the fat or oil be made very hot before the fish are put in? Because if the temperature is low when the fish is put into the frying -pan, it be- comes sodden in the steam formed by its water, but if the oil be very much heated the water will be at once driven off, and the fish nicely browned by the scorch- ing oil. Why should fish or meat that is being fried be frequently turned? Because the turning assists the evapor- ation of the water. When the fish or meat is allowed to lie too long, steam is generated under it, and the substance be- comes sodden; and the moment the Steam is driven off, the surface catches to the hot pan, and becomes burnt and broken. Why is boiled meat so juicy and sa- vory? Because the action of the fire, harden- ing its surface, seals up the pores through' which the juices might escape. It acts in the same way that the sudden clip into the boiling water does upon the joints of meat, but more effectually. To turn boil- ing meat never use a fork, but tongs? a fork opens an escape for the juice, and wastes the best part of the meat. Why is cabbage rendered more whole- some and nutritious by being boiled in two waters? Because (according to Dr. Paris) cab- bage contains an essential oil, which is apt to produce bad effects; and he re- commends that they should be boiled in two successive waters, till they are soft and digestible.—Arthur's Magazine. tit° A curious pilgrimage of several thous- and young Parisian girls, members of the Society of Enfants de Mane, we n t on a pilgrimage to the Cathedral 01 Notre Dame recently. The line of carriages bringing them stretched over a mile. i Each pilgrim was robed n white, and held a torch in her hand ; every rank of society was represented, from the grand dame to the poorest of the poor. At Bordeaux a similar demonstration took place, end 5,000 women i walked n the I procession. and at Orleans Mgr. Dunpan- loup presided over another like ceremony. THE SANDWICH ISLANDS The proposition to annex the Sand- wich islands to the United States does not meet with favor from the new ruler; and it is said that he represents the views of his subjects. The idea originated wit% a few speculative Americans who have settled in Honolulu. Perhaps the suc- cess of the carpet -baggers in the South has created a desire to imitate their ex- ample. But, however much King Kalakaua deprecates annexation, he is decidedly in favor of commercial inter- course. Nor have we anything to lose, by such an arrangement. The people of these islands are a remarkable instance of the force and power of religious edu- cation. Missionaries, have with them ...•_.. e et -2 I1ItO.LUiL VOL in btaarb,firi-•••• The capacity they have shown for in- structions and the progress made in all liberal arts Is simply astonishieg. The country is fertile and the natives industri- ous. Within the past ten years the agri- cultural interests have attained an unex- ampled growth—in the sugar production especially. . In 1860 the islands exported 1,444,271 lbs of sugar; in 1864, 10,414,441; in 1868 they increased it to 18,312,926 pounds and in 1872 to 21,760,773 pounds. The rice culture is also notably flourishing, and of late cotton has entered largely into the agricultural industry of the islands. Be- sides these they ship to the United States hides, wool, puha, bananas and cocoas. Of the 146 vessels which last year en- tered Hawaiian ports 90 were American, and of the imports out of a total value of $1,234,147, as much as three-fourths was paid to the United States. The revenues of the Sandwich islands is about $500,000 annually; the area of the country 6,000 square miles, and the population about 70,000. While their an- nexation would be of doubtfid their commerce is of considerable and augmenting importance. BLNEFITS OF IRRIGATION ILLUS- TRATED. As an illustration of the benefits of irri- gation, J. Hays brought to our office last Monday a bunch of wild oats over five feet in length, and wheat, not yet head- ed, four feet long, being grown on Mr. Fowler's farm in Merced County, below the San Joaquin ditch, in what is known as the Badger Flat settlement. He also examined on the same farm a tell -acre field of alfalfa, that had been sown only a year since, on which there had been grazed the present Spring 300 hogs, 40 head of sheep, 5 cows, and 6 horses, fur- nishing all ample food, anti yet not ex- hem:teem tee• ,eieelea _- • e se___ feature noticed by our observing friend tt\/Qho feet that. on a field that had been thoroughly irrigated last year, yet on which there had been no irrigation what- ever the present season, was a wheat crop estimated to produce 40 bushels to the acre, whilst the same class of lands adjoining, cultivated in a like manner, with the exception that it was not irriga- ted either season, is almost a total fail- ure ; thus showing that the thorough ir- rigation given the soil last year caused the moisture to remain sufficiently long the present season to insure a crop, and the process, in such seasons as the pres- ent, need not he repeated but one year in two to secure a crop.—Stanislous News, May 22d. The San Luis Obispo Tribune says of the Quien Sabe quicksilver mine: \This is the most remarkable deposit of china - bar ever found on top of ground. The chimney rises like acolumn front, and its cheeks are blood -red. Thousands of tons of rich metal are in sight, and the winds of ages have been fanning it as if it were nothing more than the neighboring rock. It is a vast mountain of cinnabar. Not much work has been done, nor is it nec- essary where so much metal is in sight. By a single blast hundreds of tons can be unsealed. In a rainy day it resembles a vast beet turned upside down. Mining experts, who are familiar with this class of ore, stand in silence before it, thinking of the enormous wealth beneath their feet. We can not exaggerate in this re- port.\ GEOLOGY OF THE WEST. Among the geological deductions of the Wheeler expedition are the followieg; All that portion of the United States west of the plains is characterized by cor- rugation, that is geological formation once horizontal have been bent and bro- ken and thrown into ridges very greatly as to hight and length, but agree in gen- eral northerly trend; so that in travaing north and south, it is generally easy to follow valleys, while in going east or west one is confronted by range after range that he must climb or go raound. In the lower parts of this great moun- tain system, the slow but indefatigable agenclee of rain and steam have accumu- lated so great an amount of detritus the relies' , ere ch,gged and the mountains nearly or gime Covered. over. In this way we have been produced the great destret plains of Utah, Arizona, and Southern California, vast seas of sand and saline clay, from the surfaces of which a row of half sunken peaks jet forth as islands. These intermissions of the mountainous character are mere conceal- ments, not interruptions, of the corrugat- ed structure, but that structure is inter- rupted in one place—perhaps in others, but in one notable— by a tract In which the strata are ahnost undisturbed. The general surface of this exceptional region lies from 6,000 to 8,000 feet above the ocean, and it is interested by the cele- brated canyons of the Colorado and its tributaries. By these gorges and by other modification., chiefly dependent on erosion, it is divided into a great number of plateaus which the surveys now in process are defining end naming. The geologists of the expeditions have found it convenient to designate the region, of the plateaus, or the Colorado plateau system. It is surrounded on all sides by areas of corrugation. the ranges at the east constituting the Rocky mountain system proper, and those at the, west having been designated:as the Cordilleras. At the north and south these tnountain areas coalesce.—Scientifie American. see -se -e• THE FASTEST S'FEAMER IN THE WORLD. • Such is the title claimed by Messrs. Thornycroft for a boat they have just built to the order of the Government of India, for service in the Orissa canals. The dimensions of this vessel are: Length, 87 leet; draft of' water, 3 feet 9 inches. The speed contracted for was 20 statute miles per hour. The hull, the working parts of the engines, and the propeller—Thornycrott's patent—are of Bessemer steel, and the woodwork is of ma e rn eut ultimo under the in- TheAlieial trip] of the 1 Ingt xvic: spectiou of Colonel Ilaig, R. E., chief en- gineer of the Beng•••1 free - ration works, and the results were with tide, 25 08 miles per hour; against tide, 24 15 miles per hour; giving a mean speed of 21 61 miles per hour. In another official trial it was shown that it could keep up a speed of 22 miles per hour without losing steam. These speeds are extraordinary enough in themselves, but when it is con- sidered that they are attained by a boat only 87 feet long they become absolutely wonderful. The value of swift steam launches as torpedo boats is acknowl- edged, and already various foreign gov- ernments have ordered boats from Mes- srs. Thornyeroft's yard, near London. If torpedo launches can be built to steam at the rate of 16 or 18 miles an hour in a moderately calm sea, the whole face of naval wart'are may find itself changed in a very unexpected way. The wheat harvest has already begun in the southern part of California. It will continue for three months. When the farmers are short-handed it is not uncom- mon to let some fields stand until the lat- ter part of August; there are no rains and no wind -storms to knock down the grain. If cut late with the headers, threshers can do the work on the same day. Thus far we have heard of no com- plaint about rust. Without guessing at the number of bushels in the next wheat crop l everybody predicts that it will be the largest ever grown in this State. We shall produce breadstuft enough this year to supply a population of 3,000,000; but we have only 700,000 at home to consume what we produce.—San Francisco Bulle- tin. The Dunkards, a peculiar people, are now holding their national festival at Girard, in Illinois. The session is enli- vened by a a discussion as to whether a brother should be allowed to wear a moustache. Some members regarded a hairy upper lip as a device of the devil, designed to foster vanity among the brethren and promote inattention to spiritual things on the part of the sisters. Sonic thought differently, and finally a compromise was agreed upon by which a brother shall be allowed to wear a full beard. The moustache soles, how- ever, is an abomination unto the Lord, and he who presumes to wear one except under the condition named shall be cast out of the tabernacle. All will be heart- ily glad that this question is settled, for if it had been left open there would be no end to controversies as to how much hair a man can wear upon his face and still be a good Dunkard. M. Pertuiset, a French scientists, is ex- ploring Men -a -del -Fuego. and expects to find mineral deposits there, having al- ready fouud trues of copper. The Ottowa, Canada, papers tells a story of a most disgraceful ceremony that lately took place in the quiet village of New Edinburgh. It was a marriage ceremony. A young man of respectabil- ty had been going to sea young woman of like stamp, and it appears she was more in earnest than he. Some of the girl's friends were resolved upon having a wedding, and they got the man ready. They prepared him by pouring into him a large quantity of bad whisky, and when he was perfectly insensible to all his sur- roundings they got a license, took their victim to the girl's house, got a preacher and had a marriage ceremony performed for them. They then put the young man to bed to conic to his senses at leisure. In the morning he made a discovery. The girl told him they were married and showed him the certificate. He got out of the room and out of the house as deli- cately as possible, and left without bid- ding his wife good morning - or good-bye. He has written to his friends to sell out his effects and send him the money. He received such an awful fright that he will never return to Nev Edinburgh again. HOW THE ANCIENT GIRLS MAR- RIED. The following admirable description of the marriage ceremony in ancient Greece is extracted from Small's translation of \The Ancient City,\ a study of the re- ligion,laws, and institutious of Greece and Rome: Among the Greeks the marriage cere- mony consisted, so to speak, of three acts. The first took plaee before the hearth of the father; the third before the hearth of the husband; the second was the passage from one to the other. 1. In the paternal dwelling, in the presence of the future bridegroom, the father surrounded ordinarily by the fam- ily, offers a sacrifice. The sacrifice eon - el Mod, lie Jleclares—pr(mouncing a sac- nimental formula—that he gives his daughter to the young man. This de- claration is abzolutely indispensabk- the marriage ; for the young girl would not be able to go at onee to 'worship at the hearth of the husband if her father had not already separated her front the paternal hearth. To enable herto adopt her new religion, she must be freed from every bond that attaches her to her first religion. 2. The young girl is carried to the house of the husband. Sometimes the husband himself conducts her. In cer- tain cities the duty of bringing her be- longs to one of those men who, among the Greeks, were clothed with a sacrado- tal character, and who were called her- alds. The bride was usually placed upon a car; her face was covered with a veil, and on her head was a crown. The crown, as we shall often have occasion to see, was used in all the ceremonies of this worship. She was dressed in white. White was the color of the vestments in all the religious acts. She was preceded by a torch—the nuptial torch. For the whole distance they sang around her re ligious hymns. This hymn they called the hymenial, and the importance of this sacred chant was so great that they gave its name to the whole ceremony. The bride dares not go of her own ac- cord into her new dwelling. Her hus- band must take her, mid simulate a seiz- ure by force. She must cry out, and the women that accompany her must pre - tend to defend her. Why this rite? Is it a symbol of the modesty of the bride? This is hardly probable—the moment for shame has not yet come—for what is now to take place is a religious ceremony. Was it not to mark more strongly that the wife, who was now to sacritiee to this fire had herself no right there, that she did not approach it of her own free will, age a s : tr r c : r a t? s tl \ i i r g s 1 :, 1:;1 a: 11) ;Ici t.i l ell i t ca:: :e r rM r g it il gi ee r ifil s i iss : I i i i: e uti9f r n ea atyi t t4 r b h e r:e r: 8114 1 a t e l i o ft g e l e :i . 11 e . 4 1 t o 1 : 11 ; ( 1 1' r i i :s t - ; her feet do not touch the sill. What precedes is only a preparation, a prelude to the ceremony. The sacred act now commences in the house. 3. They approach the hearth ; the wife is brought into the presence of the domestic divinity. She is sprinkled with lusted water. She touches the sacred fire. Prayers are repeated. Finally, the husband and wife share between them- selves a cake or a loaf. This sort. of light meal. which commen- ces and ends with a libation and a prayer, this sharing of nourishment in presence of the tire, puts the husband and wife in religious communion with each other, and in comumuion with the domestic (rods. The doctrines of infant damnation and Galvinistie fatalism are involved in the Swing heresy trial in Chicago, and the accused says he loves his accusers, but that nevertheless he is accused falsely. The whole business is adorned with mild and evangelical rhetoric, and the great world hangs in suspense for the verdict. To swing or not to swing—that is the question; and as for us, we unhesi- tatingly vote, \let her swing.\ It is a little old that the brethren do not remem- ber the affair of Bishop Coleus°, whose errors in Natal Africa, not only misled the heathen, but whose investigation in England shortened a limb of the estab- lished church. Swing evidently has the best of the controversy so far, and wheth- er convicted or acquitted, he has gained an opportunity to circulate his ideas be never would have had only for the trial. \So turns the world away.\ NO. 31, FAME AND REPUTATION. What light is 41 the natural world,. smell is finite in the intellectual, both re- quiring an atmosphere in order to be- come preceptible. Hence the fame of Michael Angelo is to some minds a non- eniiy, even as the sun itself would be invisible in vacuo. Fame does not de- pend on the will of any man; but reputa- tion may be given and taken away; for fame is the sympathy of kindred intel- lects, and sympathy is not a subject of willing; while reputation, being essential- ly contemporaneous, is always at the mercy of the envious and ignorant. But fame, who - se very birth is posthumous, and which is only known to exist by the echoes of its footsteps through congenial winds, be increased nor di- minished by any degree of willfulness.— Washington Allston. ••••••—•••--.....- THOMAk THUMB ECLIPSED. Most of tie straggle into the world save the Chicago Times, weighing any- where from six to twelve pounds, and straggle out again after a time, weighing from one hundred to twice that number of pounds. Having done nothing won- derful during the fattening period, we are permitted to glide into the oblivion of the tomb unnoticed, just as it' we were allow- ed to loaf into the activity of the world unheralded. If, however, Nature had ar- ranged with Mrs. 011iver of Dubuque to introduce some of us into this vale of tears, we would have achieved the notoriety of at least a newepaper par- agraph. The thrifty youngster which she did help into distinction weighs just one pound and a half, is seven 'itches long, and eats any number of meals a day. It is mentioned as evidence of the littleness of the young 011iver that an ordinary finger -ring will pass over the babe's hand, and might serve as a brace- let. We can understand' too, how such a marriage was indissoluble, and that di- vorce was ahnost impossible. The Ro- man law did, indeed, permit the dissolu- tion of the marriage by coemptio, or by uses. But the dissolution of the religious marriage was very difficult. For that a new sacred ceremony was necessary, as religion alone could separate what relig- ion had united. The effect of the con- farreatio could be destroyed only by dtffarretio. The husband and wife who wished to separate appeared for the last time hefore the common hearth ; a priest and witnesses were present. As on the day of marriage, a cake of wheaten flour was presented to the husband and wife. But, instead of sharing it between them, they rejected it. Thus, instead of pray ers, they pronouneed formulas of :C' strange, severe, spiteful, frightful charac- ter, a sort ot malediction, by which the wife renounced the worship and gods of the husband. Front that moment the religious bond was broken. The com- munity of worship having thus ceased, every other common interest ceased to exist, and the marriage was dissolved. They have got them in California—the whole family—Mt S. Victoria WToodh till. Miss Tennie C. Claffin, Mrs. Claffin, and Col. Blood. They arrived in San Fran- cisco a few days ago, Very hungry and dusty and worn, and were interviewed while they were brushing off the dust and washing their hands and faces for supper at the hotel table. They were weary from long travel, but promised to be gay as larks in a day or two, and upon a broker's office in California street, with a capital, cash and credit, of $100,0000. They might possibly lecture some, but that is neither here nor there; their er- rand to Calikirma was business, strictly business, in the gold whirl 01111444„yolchuk, they were going to make California their future home, and hoped the people would like them. They were sick and tired of New York. Califbrnia has then the whole family, and San Francisco rejoices in another firm of stock -brokers. Rutherford station, on the Mobile and Ohio railroad, is interrested in some bad business done there the other night. Mr. Caverhill, a respectable one-armed man, had been sitting up with his sick child while Mrs. Caverhill slumbered and slept in the next room. During the night Mrs. Caverhill alarmed the neighbors. and when they came she showed them the dead body of Caverhill lying along side of his sleeping child. His head was cut and his skull was broken. A little neice of Caverhill's who was sleeping in the same bed, said that a black man came there and hit her uncle on the head with a hatchet, and after that he made lio noise and did not stir. His watch was gone and his money also, and his papers were found strewed in the fields near by. Now Mrs. Gallagarle \Ow was living hil with Mrs. Caverl, comes forward and says she knows all about time murder. She was to have received $100 for keep- ing quiet, but she was conscience -smitten, having received only $55. She stays the murderer was a Mr. M. C. Collie, who was very intimate with Mrs. Caverhili e and had agreed to marry her after she got the $10,000 insurance on her husband's life. Mr. Collie and Mrs. Caverhill were both interested in hurrying up the insu- rance, and Mrs. C. was an accomplice in her husband's murder. It was a bloody business. The man and woman were arrested. HER BILL OF DIVORCE. A few days since, a well -dressed cone pie, in the prime of life, stopped at a tel in a country town, and sending for a justice of the peace, i nformed that func- tionary that they wished to be married. The justice said, \All right,\ and in- quired their names. - After being told, it struck him that he had performed the same service for the lady some years before. Upon inquiring if such was not the caee she said she had been married previottsly. \Have you a bill from your former hus- band ?\ asked Mr. Justice. \Yes she replied, \I have a bill.\ This being satisfactory, the ceremony was performed, and the couple were de- clared \man and wife.\ As they were about departing, the jus- tice, who had never seen \a bill of di- vorce,\ and having a strong desire to be- hold the document, thought this an ex- - cellent opportunity to satisfy his curios- ity.he therefore, said to the lady: \Have you the bill with you ?\ \Oh yes,\ she replied. \Have you any objection to allowiug me to see the bill?\ said our friend. \None whatever,\ s he replied. Stepping to the door and calling to a little boy some three or four years of age, Expedition which has left St. Petersburg to explore the valley of Ainoa-D Aria, she said : Bill, come here quick ; here's a \Here In Central Asia. gentleman that wiehee to see you.\ The gentleman:wilted. Thomes Carlyle has hired a house in Wales, and is going there, accompanied by Mr. Froude, to spend the Summer. He is very feeble, and has almost ceased from writing. The Grand Duke Nicholas Constantine is at the head of the Russian Scientitic MEMORIAL MG THE AGRICULTU- RAL CONGRESS. The Agricultural Congress recently as- sembled in Atlanta suggests the proprie- ty of donating halt' the proceeds derived from the sales of public lands to support \agricultural colleges, education and la_ bor.\ A memorial to this effect has been submitted to Congress by Mr. Morrill of Vermont. At a previous session the Sens ator tried to get a bill passed having this end in view, which failed to pass a sec- ond reading. The probabilities are that the present memorial will attract no further attention. It is not clear, howev- er, that such a disposition of it will be wise. The government owes some en- couragement to agriculture outside of the regular routine of Congressional legisla tion. In a country like ours, with our peculiar system of government, intelli- gent agriculture is the groundwork of prosperous communities. One of the chief causes of complaint in the East, and, indeed, throughout the country where soil has been in constant cultiva- tion for years, is the gradual exhaustion of the productive qualities of the land. Scientific cultivation can revive it; and anything tending to enlarged intelligence among the agricultural classes must of necessity be a national benefaction. An increase in taxable values benefits the State and through it:the National ge vent- ment. Scientific cultivation of the soil increases . the value of taxable property. The matter in any light is certainly en- titled to consideration. The locusts are to come this year, says a newspaper correspondent, as it is 17 ye , aez rtace they made their last appear- ance. THE MADISONIAN IftgLISHED SATTIRDAT4 Virginia City, —AT- - • - Montaea: THOMAS DEYARMON, Editor and Proprietor. Papers ordered to any address cart be changed to another address attlie option of the surserlber. Remittance by draft, check. money - order or registered letter may be men* at our risk. THE MAIHSONIAN is devoted to the advocacy of the principles of the Demor‘atio party and to general and local news. GRACE GREENWOOD ON MONta It is a decided relish to read the pretty sarcasm of a pretty woman—or one that has been pretty, which is all the same -e- especially when it is levelled at some body whom we don't admire over much. - And in this sense Grace Greenwood'a little discourse about the Washingent fever for monuments is really enjoyable: She thinks she sees them (in her mind's eye) piercing the air in every direction. Grant's is a vast pyramidal pile of cap- tured cannon; n Morto's is a light, airy - looking structure, without a very solid base, ornamented with graceful bas-re- liefs of Loves blowing bubbles of little “wanton boys that swim on bladders.\ By the way it is difficult to see the force of this on a moral man like the Roittan-; virtued Indianian. Mr. Jones, \the come ing man\ of Nevada. Is to intee a columu . built of silver . bricks and gold -bearing quartz. And Butler, that arch man, is to have an arch, for, says the graceful Grace, \he has an arch expression.\ A neat little thing in the way of a Grecian temple would suit Mr. Colliding; and Lo- gan n is to have a obelisk inscribed with Arabic characters or Egyptian hien): glyphics—anything but English; he has such an Oriental look, you know. And to end the curious list, Mr. Blaine must have a model ot the town of Shinar, iii commemoration of the Babel he has pre- sided over so long and well. We say again it is p:easant to read these spark- ling scintillations, as they drop diamond- like from a pretty woman's caustic • THE - MOIETIES. The House passed the bill abolishing the moieties, which are a disgrace to our c ustoms system; but the tug is yet to come. The bill is now before the Sera ate, where many a better bill has been testified to death in committee, and the chalices of its passage through that body are said to be not flattering. The New York collector and naval officer are time chief recipients of the moieties allowed for seizure under the present system, and it seems they are not willing for the bill' to pass without an effort to defeat it. Delegations from the New - York custom- house are at Washington to resist it in the Senate; and when the New York cus- tom -house puts forth its strength, either in a North Carolinia election or in an effort to retain the warehousing system that gave us the Leet and Stocking frauds, its influence is not to be deepleed. Be- sides this, it is hinted that there are party reasons for maintaining the moieties, and that these also will be brought to bear against the bill. There are many reasons why the corrupting system should be abollebed, but it is far from probable that the bill will be passed. SII•o•-•-.N41111 HOW TO START A FIRE ON A DAMP MORNINO. __Muir Demons hiae _atm AO lug the fire in a stove, especially on a still, damp morning. The stove at first won't draw ; even vigorous -blowing\ will not suffice ; and then, when it does start, it is with a sort of explosion or out- ward rush of air which fills the room with smoke and gas, oftentimes puffing. the unpleasant fumes in the face of the operator. The trouble is causod by time difficulty encountered in overcoming the inertia of the long column of air in Limo pipe or chimney, by the small column of air that can be forced up, through tho interstices ot the wood and coel. at the bottom of which the tire Is kindled. All this may be remedied by simply putting a few shavings or bits of dry paper air the top of tee wood or coal, and first lighting - that. It hninediately bursts in- to a blaze, because the air has perfectly free access to it front all sides, the heated air forces its way into the chimney, and establishes there an upward current. Tho match can then be applied to the kind - - ling under the fuel, which will readily light, and, if dry, buret into a brisk. flame. FEMININE COURTESY. The Chicago Tines editorially hun- frees and is a -thirst for the substitution of e - women for men at the railroad ticket of- fices. en the ground that mom attention and politeness would be shown to the traveler. We doubt it. The experience' of the last few 3 ears in regard to sales - - women in stores, a kindred employment, has not been unifortnly to such effect. They have generally less patience than men; and display such delicate imperti- nence, especially to customers of their own sex, as are considered by the general public less charming in saleswomen in the store than in soubrettes on the stage. Placed in railroad offices, it is to be feared that to the tyranny Of the pigeon -hole they would add the petty and intolerable refinements of feminine malice, and the traveler would be denied the consolation: he now enjoys of punching the gentle- manly ticket agent's head, or of consign- ing him by lighting express to that ter- minal station. eoupons for which are not' for sale at his office —St. Louis Globe*. And now they have a rumor that the Grand Nike Alexis is betrothed to the Princess Beatrice of England. The gos- sips seem to forget that Alexis has a morganatic wife already, and the daugh- ter of the Queen is not likely to take a - husband of divided duty and affections. Perhaps no court in Europe observes so - strictly the proprieties of life as that of England. Nor could the princess be per- mitted to contract an alliance that wouldf of necessity be the occasion of domestic* unhappiness. The princess imperial of Germany has already had an experience . ' in the royal gallantries - of her husband' s - which would certainly deter her sister• from incurring a like possible unhappi- ness. Alexis may be . the, only available son of the Czar, but he is not likely to wed the remaining available daughter of the Queen. Chantrau, the actor, is endeavoring to raise a tund for the prosecution of clergy - men who assail the private character of ladies on the stage. The notorious Dr. Mary Walker as- pires to journalism. Luckily she selects Cleveland, O. inetead of New York, Ea her locale.
