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I i Foresail W" ,-j".iy -v l. mi. uw-jiiA!'rgi rur.'TrVA;,-;"lAS...rai-ii.tsi.-:v- ADVERilSE'R. THE ADVERTISER Published ?very Thursday by - VFHEY & JlACKER, Proprietors. AIIVEUTISIM; KATES. ?S 2?'?? iS.fjf is f5 rdirg 55 El " SrACB. '? la m O lta)llch .'J Mt'l.OO JI.W . 3 J 5.8.M .: I.8D. l.W iWi M 3.S 7.M . . 2.ft) 2.TS 3..V I.Ott 7. ItW . .' 3.0 4 00 -,.0 . 1.M MJt . -r N . f J aiePnersou Block, miStalrs, r If WN VJ LLE, NEBRASKA. Onelnch Two inches Three Inches.. Six inches W . 5.0 T.WJ 8.0 MlfW .9 M.M M.M Twelvelnches. 9.t lOfin lte . 3M)C JJ . Onecoluran, jww is.ea 2 -js.w 3fitfn, Irn.ei - kesiilailrertfcernenu atlepalratw: Om iaar (leiineof onporeilHnnce.or lew.)rst Insertion $1,00: eschiiitefiientin-ierUou. se. ar-All traii'cicnt advertisements must be paid forin nil ranee. Terms inAdvaiico : r, , M-ar - ............ S 0(1 i rj'iiiths ........ 1 (I j-moiittn ......-..... 50 ' vs ESTABLISHED 1856. Oldost Papor in tho State. J jj r v a I ( tf ATTEll OX EYEUYlWfiEl BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1873. YOL. 17 -NO. OFFICIAL TAPER OF THE C0USTY. a I I I nwiiui , IJJ-l un, M.--I mum 11 lTr 11 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 mm 1 1 ii ii in im K KlSi S& . 33 PS! P53 3 K 7 53 3 1 SSS ' 1 W Npjf vw P m IE BUSINESS CAItES. ATTORNEYS. .1. II. ftroaily, j- NI-fOUNSnLOK AT UV. ! . r siHtw IiHt. llro vvn rill . Neb. l. W. Til 0111:1, - AT I.AW.-OISice. front room orcr - ' ,n Cross's Hardware Store, liruwn- 1 A SMiii-y Krmeli, TNf7 no .couxsaoi: AT uw. 1 i . .Wors st at Post Office, brown 's 1 Kbe careful and diligent attoji-.i-liK-i'iitrwtc! to him. layl Slull'& Scl.lcU, ' n - X1) C1rNSKLORS AT IW. . -i,ultil In KnKlWi ami Oer , : iliee.- No. 7tt Jtam stwet. U'P ' "..I If. Neb- 4al' W. IV ilogejr, M i- NI jrNi:un ATT.AW. .. .RiiL'-iit att.thn to any It??al ,,-. .it .iirt. ofiicelnCoori Hensc t - 1- AllMtle. !. . II-wet'&, Scwiimni , ., ..- i:o;i'TtUwnUAna.vK'". .N. - I.41 I Xllllt - pkysicAKS " " T,,.-1 iliAY M.D. l'lijirtau. Surpon 1 'r 'I1 lWk. VpeciHl attention : ' r. W ot Wonten ! , . 11 1 ul I'livsiciaii and Stirs'ii. r ' , 1. 'rt.' ihi-i-"i!urfr.nn7toMa.m. v- r , Miinn-s VhvsK-Un and urRPoii- Ollire I. ' Vi!r-.tJir.NwSMaiu street. Brown- T UURS '&. COM.ISCTIOX ACEXTS .1. W- Ur1i, t Mi-'lHI iM.rKANm-OIA.n(TION IT ' V .ii" pAii. cial Htt.nu..n J - , ', ,.,i,Ai of ntcs mid accunu. for vWreasu iCBrwwiivIUe.Neiiia- i i' :.. A. jJergiimnn, ,., ,M II III.IC ANI'NVKYANf;nt. y 0i '. n ' .!: Main ,trwt.lSronviIli-. N.b. 1.1 11 r Nouirt l'liblK-aiidConveyaiK-er. Y '. ' ,.-J V- s.r-l .nd lV.r. BrownUe ljl fc , I-,. IUall- and America;. Ion r u ' "ohiim- r IIIUISTS. Lett Aj Cri-lRl, ,!- hii-1 d.a!-rs 111 KainU. OUR. Wall x, -. Sb-lM-rson B.uOe. No. 6s Main TV Jt . r I 1 ' -ill'. Xt' rri , ,iSU AC33KTS. ." 1. . .1 -A I I.I.. K-'-al E.staK'anil Tax I'ajtng ,, ,, iu iell Block. nimerHrst l ,,, s jVillKieprouipt.tteiiUolito ' 1. ., K-aateandUiC l'ayuientof Tases y. , maha tiid lMstnct. " y , "tl i. V lirOIIl. Ileal Estate Agent and . , . , oRiee ia nortlieast corner Mc- r- 1 I. . upstairs', roi,nl?. Nfb. wr.' ' -I! IKMA'KR, IXal Estate alidlai ,'iil nHceiBlstnctt'oortllnom. mi.; aUi'.iuon to the sale of Uel I.-- . at of Taxes tliruashouttliu Nemaha . 1 .'1tI.V 1JEALEKS. te. G. Start, C1 " I TK !' t.KAIN AND AHltlCUL 1 .r ... .iifiits. and -Ntorae. yorwnrding 11 M.TcliMiit, As-i.nwa'.l. Neb. MADDI.EIIY. .. . ; -: . I Ihhms Undies, Collars, Kt. No. es.Itruwin-illc.Nfl,. Mending dune i -i M-t io'i "; unroll let J. BUIDUS' iSt'lLDINO. . I.JK. Bndi?eBiii!deriidContrrtr, ' . Neb. ole ttRent fur IU V. Smith s 1.. nl,e. TMestrougestandbi'sl wooden M I-.'. I o . ( I.' IIOTSLii. W Hol'Sli I-H. Kobisoit. Proprietor. , 1, t:uca Maui a' d 'tllej;e. Uimd 1 ,. r stable in Connection with this ftUS SStlTIl. vlK)rK.Miiu-niiili.t i-ock smith. No. .-1, Main :ret. Urounrille. ,-.- made tooider.undre;mlniiKdone .-.i,' rites. 3a-ly v 1 ' ' 11,. 1 ii m 1 - - kj,acics;x.tiis-. - 1 ' uIUMlN. Klj.1 sutiths and IIor.se t street. be! -..een Main and Atlunttc, ' . ', Work doiie ta orderand sati.fac- I BOS)T..AXM SHOES, . 1 .r.l-lN, Umit and Shoe Maker. No. -r BrowiiriUe.Xeh. ilascun-ljint- . . ! assortment ufi'ei.t's. I.i(l sv iii.il hwui's Itmifi and s,!i.. "Custom 1 11 atness and dispatch. Kepairiiig T' . . e aMMUiWiWMM9MaVn4UhaHiUBaMUaHm SA!iWt:."S. IM I 1 ' KT CO.. Peace and imet sa- u i stre.'t.'llrownville, Neh. The l.mnors hep' rtii li.iml. "C i? t "-re.T A. B-ergniaiiii & Co., K ,;ifacturars of Cigars, "' an Wholesale rea!ers in f . v ana Smoking Tobaco 1 1 irisKifs ai;i nt- ron 1 M'FSTOHACCOf --in 1 1--isumtry proniptlj tilled, i1 a.isrn'tloii ;u,'rant'',, " s, Watches, Jewelry - EPi-I SHUTZ, .T Wjiin Sti""t, Brotvnvillo. "istaiKly on liaud a lare and well 'i t-k of ceiiiiiiic .irtii Um in Iris line. if .:. .rChK'Ks. Wairlits and Jeuelrv4 'i liirt uotk-e. at rtjasonable rates. - WORK K'ARKAXrm fAKZ-HEMSR, -a V v:i-s &Rlackjmiti.hop .OR WEST OK COI'I'.T HOI K. '' MAKINU. Repairing, . 1 nil w.iru. .!..:!. 1:1 the IkM .11 51 J ri uoiice. .satitartiou Ku.irun- All. lv. S'S iA ""S? ra 1'rsj&3 as- SiH tii fkl irf m taik5;ii1,ssA ' " J.G.JiVSSELL, "It -t Pealer in -- KW " insu:,E A.vn kktaii.. i Main Street, VXVILIjB, asTDE:S. .- wx e v. tci?k. "S I 1 o tii. CS c a f4SJh m - k4 H T LZ .f .C" m. m. . - . K 8 I"! i h A Z.JZ c - 3-6ZtUKlZ&Zf Ug T. MOORS &s CO., vnission Merchants, SHIPPERS, i- Ji-;RS I.V GRA1S AND COAL, 1 .VeIu Slrcel, yy'i is to J. I.. Phiwks t Co .) "no TJT TT TTi O 9 - ii Fa iTbO I I " TlO SHOPS. st riRMii'IIoute.on llaln troet, the : t.. ii.ati.m'-."on Sixth street. m"et .lwayoii liand. nrisat- d V" cuton.ers it-2: iy 1 M1 5 r. 3 n z AlHl ii" "S3 - f.fti hn I KM - nisi: tJliUEt (Hi PERU ADVERTISEMENTS. Insurance not n Privilege lint a Duly. Continental Insurance Company OF HEW YORK, AmkcIk orcr $'4,000,000 I,o-,os imlil hi Clilrutco. . . . 1, .(((), 000 l.ohxcH jiriiil In Hotnn, .... .500,01)0 rnm inailcaspecialty.upon tliclnstal 1 dl 111 tnent or Annua l'rcmluin plan. Qlpl.p for Jlro years; Wst than lire rears, flibiVb block plan. Injure against loSs or ilamngp by Fire and LlKlUiiiii biiildingsaixl contents. liar. grain and stock. . (JKO. T. HOI'K, Pros. Cvkus Pkck. Sec. C. J. llAKitKK, General Agent, Omaha. P. M. MARTIN, AGENT FOIt NEMAHA COUNTY. 15R.IES & MOODEY, I1AVII UAXNIiJ. S. S. MOODEY. DEALERS IN GENERAL DRYGOODS! . GROCERIES BOOTS, j pT SHOE5, Quoensware, H23 t Glassware, 0 1. 0 T ' n i HING, t 1 HATS, UAl'S, LAMPS of the 1 '- I Latest Styles, r variety. rL... . . In great IS l E t i ! A FULL for Picture fcsj Frames, HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID FOIt p-s "ir- a. w cLJSr -fiT. -JL J. j For Present or Sjirlng Delivery. j I , i We are constantly tiliing up with new goods wliich we 32LILOW BOWxT to btiit purchasers. WE Ur.t'Eit TO oriC CUSTODIERS. DKHJS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, FINK TOILKT so VPS. F&:iej Hair A Tooth Hrzishcs, Perfumery, Toilot A2'ticlet. THl'Sl-S, siioi'Liira HKACKS, d'ln.". ar.'l it :rdtn Nnh, prilK WISES AXO I,iarORS FOR HSDIliaAIi PUItiOSES, Puin is, Oils, Ytirnifches ami Dye Stutrs, Letter Paper, Pen-j, I:ii;i, Envelopes, GLASS, PlrTTY, Cnrlion Oil Littnps and Chimneys. I'lijsirian'N i'rrscriptions Carefully Compounded TEOMP302TS 0. Si Mail and Transfer Hacks, IU'N DAILY FROM PERU, NEBRASKA, to the following points: Nobrr'siza making connection, with trains City, on the Midland Pacilic R. R, Bro"Krnvillo "' return daily. Watson Sta- making connections with all tion. Mo., trains on tlie K. C, St. Joe. & C. IS. R. U. PASSENGERS AT LOAV RATES. FREIGHT AND KXPRSS of 3 II Iiysc trjiisf, ired on tiuse routes 111 rvIIlUb at reasonable rates. e-All orders left with GEO. A BROWN, Agent, at the P. O. in Peru, Neb., will be promptly attended to. "Ivlose" T&ompson. SCHOOL prnp sun nArur&( iiuLtld iiiili SUibisLslO We invite your attention to the superiority of the PA.B,B ? DESK 6 SETTEE & atsh: COMBINED. IT HAS THE FOLIUNO DEsK AND SKAT. IT IS FItF.E FltOil NOISE. IT IS STItONO, BKAITJFCL, CONVENIENT, DUUABLIi. The eatliur are one-fourth heavier than those of hiiV olher dk. and so tlansed a to secure the greatest jWKsible strencth. The wood is selected cherrv. walnut or ash, thorouchly spa.soned and klln-dned. and handsomely llni.slusl in shellac. The seat, arm. and back, are beautifully carved and xlatted. We guarantee apalnst breakage in (air usace. It tits the school house for school or elnirch puriMise. We also-manufacture "THK GKl." as its n&cc indicates, an elegant stationarv Top Dfsk. Tlie KCONOHIC" aldu:ely deMes competi tion in prices tor furniture which is t.inui. tion in price. Weareals. somaKina mil line ot ueeit.iiion set- vruNrrrn er's Desks. Clrairs. ami all SCHOOL II E. Our lit of ain.ar.itus includes nocks, Bella, li lubes, Muii, Charts, slated Paper. I.'quid --Ihiiih. clunk. I'ir.N . j. liicn.1 and Chemical Apparatus. Iiictiunaries. and ever thing desirable 111 any grade of schools, all u! ul ch we will well (orcasP (ironsunieient time to en hie a district to lew and tsiliect u tix. It . if! v Ke:tiincr (Vi is riiniilW ciinorp1m thp ..1 . - r.. . . : v ' " . ..... it i i.i. n fi 1 ,(),,.. ho w ill ci.ll upon you without delay. National School Furniture Co., 113 and 115 Stint Stree. CHICAGO. P M.MA1TIX Exclusive Asent for Otoe. Xe m&'ia. Richardson and I'm nee inimti. mii.iv ccirre - iMiiidence. illvi 10:1 ,1 1 hMnn'i. Vive .... ... 1... .!.,!.. I. I ....'. ..7 """'"'' ," u- iie;aieu Wllliuut - arsi 10 patron Address Eox 101, Peru, NoTjrasLa. chari.es gaede PROPltlETOIt. Guests received at nil hours, I,.Y and NIGHT. Connects with LiA-ei- Sttille under same management. 3Carefui attention given to the wantK of siuests. We refer to the L3 traveling public c. w. culbertsoj:, IIBPEHTER and BOILDEB CONTP-ACTS TAKEN. ri 1-1-1 .1-11 -e . -1 Maienat j: urmsnea v?n,en uesirea, at terms and rates wblch defy competition. Address, or cull at Shop, corner Mith and Park streets, Peru. Nb. n,.rorj tn JA lr OII.LmT, tM. M. WILKs. F1BI ZlOi! Wa4 ! LINE OF clings. 1 8yl 1 - PERU ADVERTISEMENTS. G. W. PETERSON will make to order BOOTS AND SHOES. BSPAISIHG DONE P30MPTLY. Call and see Samples. 3STO ZFIT 3STO SVT-iaB. ALL WORK WAliRAXTKD. I JOclK RRrXS433T, 1 Fashionable Soot and Shoe jS ! CUST03I woi:k always ox haxil I z j Repairs executed witli neatness. pi W I CALL AND EXAMINE MY STOCK I J-- R. B. S.13ITH, Justice of the Peace & Collection AGENT. Special attention given to collection of notes and accounts for non-residents. Address Box ."id, PERU, Nemaha Co., Neb. MAX. BRYAICT, . Barber and Hair Dresser, PETERSON'S OLD STAND, Fifth Street, ... Peru, Neb. Particular attention given to Ladies' Hair Dressing. Switches and Ciuls made to order. I guarantee good work. Syl T T L .so.; j'jioi'iiiETon, 1 . is 1 he ex 1 liisire riglit B Jot putting in HORED i-.uus m r.i..i.Ji.. Bassncna COFNTY. Calls by Un (NilT b'tter receire prompt J'biiiii VJ attention. Parties may innko choice of PlTn'E, CAIVEX1ZKD IRON OR CEM EXTTUIIIXG. We make wells through ROCK, as we are provided witli a thousand pound horse-power drill Drill same si.e as Auger. Guarantee waler or no pay. Po.f office address, PERU, T.'elj liorttui done in Winter us trvll m .S'MJiu.ier. rrTrrmr-fKarz EA?JKS. Ik-- a-S" WE 2 2 m 5 2 2 A I " 0 1 1- r c: i- - is c x .; . O & its 0 zl 3 rA 0 0 CO H PI P H N H 0 H B P C 1 or -K- L-1 Pf S'"- c -;-- ?" "1 cr 22 6 a i 11 1 &4 g. r ; h cc:: s. h. cc 3 u 155 c t c e2 d 0 t 1 0 P c: o .3 2 Q H H c o c o is. H c - rt7" c M --.p..- Is K- fe lJ - - j - Q S , . IM Z -3 - OA;: r CSS 1 r1 H c " ?;? 1 r s M - z r G r-l 5 W n 5 E fs H jTrveM T-iiu.t r.'." t? FURNITTJR3 J". L. K,0"V"3 Dealer In "rniSJ1 rWt .1" 1 5 ry a 8 sj ! 11 ft n Li i&tYi Undertaking a Specialty. Keeps a full line of METALIC AND WOOD BURIAL GASES. ZG Jlain Street, BIIO 1VATILLE, XEB. J. BLVKE, rynoT -CV7 'C4i , . s VJ .-'v-'- liliil 2 s5 1 iffv2vi?A?Ti ifCWSias"! fegu.- All Operations Per formed iu tiibbest niauner. Offick: At residence on Main street. 1 1 v rz. -- ill ij.c- VVVW 1 i L v OW J SfTN-- QUKSCUinE fnf"io WeeklyAdrertiser." Old C est paper in the State. S. X vv8 5 T W trtStl2j 2 Sn SJ? & EVl O N W". Written for the Adrertlser. 1VAITIXU FOR SPRIXG. BY WITCH HAZEL. I bare waited and watched till I'm weary, With feelings of tearful unrest. For the dewy green grass and the&unshino, And flowers by solt winds caressed. Thro' the long, dreary daysof the winter, My aching eyes longingly turn To the .slender green rine in the window Where tlie earliest sunbeams burn. For iw. It holds promise of spring-time, And Unit falleth nerer to come; But who knows if the pale weary watcher, Will welcome the wanderer home? There is spring-time with flowers eternal, And daytime that never shall cea.se; Where sorrow and care eometh nerer, And God glretli all perfect peace. Ftrstesi and Sloiresi Time on Ilccord, with Other Curiosities of Alotioiu Uelngnn Inquiry Very Readable, A1-. bell It i Pollosopliienl, into Cciit- purativc Velocities. VelositA' meaiid rate of motion. But What is motion ? The question is easily naked, and at lirs.t thought would beem .eaqually tay to uiiswor, and yet it i& fraught with great difll eulties. Tlieae become apparent at once when we coiiaidt.r that not only life, as that term is always under stood, means motion, hut that abso lute existence itself of anything what ever, animate or inanimate, means motion. Absolute and aetual rest is a phase of existence in fact which it is never permitted mortal ideas to gaze upon, biuce it is a condition o. no sin gle particle of matter iu tins universe. Jf it were given to us to be at rest for one single moment, motion as is per ceived by us would asumu an entire!;, new form. At present motion and velocity are altogether relative, and our ideas of them are gained by com parison alone. A contributor to Ap lIeton's Journal, speaking of this aif liculty, says : Could there be found anywhere through space, a point of abatilute re&t, from which to dale as a slnrtiug-point, we mitnit uuicuiv tjive the old-time answer that motion is change of place. And were therr any degree of speed, liowcver great or however small, intusurpd from any such point, which might be ui-ed as a unit of velositj. we could as easily de nine what we mean by rate of motion. But when we come to realize that no such fixed point has been found, and no unit of velocity agreed upon ; that every known pai tide of matter is in absolute motion, and that their mo tions are in every conceivable direc tion, and with every conceivable de giee of veiosity. the case is materially altered. This is AN UNKNVIAULi: PREDICAMENT For one who would write intelligent ly, if he could, on a subject that cer tainly poosjeses some interesting points'. Our father had a much easi er time. With them there were many fixed points the broad earth, with itn lirm rocks and immvoable hills, from whioh they could mcat-iire motion at will. But tht.t time w3 long since before tlrse arch "her eticH," Copernicus and Galileo, played such wild "Work with the foundation!: of physical L.ith, proving to the Mitis facLio'n of everybody, except the pope mid a few other conservators of tlse old regimen, that "the earth doos move," thus striking away the only ilxed points from which to measure absolute motion. Tills was not ail the minchief done it was only the enter ing wedge. For a time, after the earth had been abandoned to the resistless whirl upon its own nxw. and' the stu pendous orbit round the sun assigned to it by Co,ernicu3, the minds of a few rallied around the sun itself as a fixed centre, and other., looked, as a last resort, to thosetwinklers on hi'h, which to this, day are called "ii.el starti." Alas! they are lixed only in fancy. Science has demonstrated that the nun is no better behaved than the earth, but is wizzing thiough space, like a red-hot counon-bali. shot in the direction of the constellation Hercules, and that the starry host are all engaged in a brilliant dance, moro grand and nimble-footed than imagination can conceive, in timne or der, and probab y aiound some cen tre, as yet beyond the reach of sci ence. THIS UPTURNING Of all the old settled notions about rest and motion would seem to have been pretty thorough, but it was scarcely the half. When anyone, wearied with the ceaseless motions of the sun, moon and stars sought relief by looking to the earth in hoped to find something here that was at least relatively at rest, they shared the fate of the dove sent out from Noah's ark. True, there were many things relatively at rest a to their external forms, but, when their interiors came to be oritically examined, it was dis covered that, not only is every living creature, whether animal or vegeta ble, a laboratory, with various depart ments, forever alive with pumping, pushing, heating, cooling, depositing, rejecting, but that even the atoms of hardened steel and other adamantine things, instead of being at perfect rest among themselves, locked each to each, as our fathers thought, appear to be in a state of endless activity, how great in proportion to their sev eral magnitudes we know not. but perhaps even to the extent of rotatio.i upon their several axis, and even 0 n volution round each other, like stars in the unwearied sky. So says theo ry ; and if it proves to be true, then is there no rest this side of heaven. Iu this state of abairs, what are we to do for a zero and a unit? W-1 must appoint them for ourselves, of course, and the simplest plan will bo to adopt the principle involved iu THAT QUEER GERMAN PHILOSOPHY Which distributes the whole uni verse into grand divisions. "The Me" on one side, and "The Not Me" on the other, and suppose each mar. to make his p-rson the zero, and hi rate of locomotion the unit of measure. Now. it is true that this plan involves an almost absurdity; for, if ea'-h man makes his person a zero, he is in fan cyhis own fancy, by-the-by, the cen tre of the universe th fixed point from which, aud to which, and tan gentially related to which all motion proceeds But, if he is a fixtd point he cannot move ; so that, a lie strolls upon the surface of the earth, it i not he that moves within and therefore over it, but the earth that moves hith er and thither under him; or. a he walks leisurely away from the foot of a mountain. It is not that the fipvors and extensors of his lees, nct- ing upon the appropriate hones, shove him away from the mountain, but I shove tlie mountain away from him. Ridiculous, however, as this may I seem. let every intelligent man, and especially every astronomer.think be- jfore he laughs; for it is identically the principle which is adopted in the gravest and. sublimest of sciences, when it describes the zenith, the high est point of the visible universe, as culminating directly above the observ er's head, and the nadir as the point directly herb ath his feet, and the ho rizon, the apparent boundary between earth and sky, as a circle of which his eye ia the centre. Having thus secured OUR STARTING POINT And our unit of measure, we give our attention first to the lesser veJosities. A man's rate or locomotion, as de duced from the march of an army is fairly stated at twenty miles a day, two per hour and three feet per .second. The slow pace of an ox, and the still slower of the tortoise and the snail, whatsoever lessons they may teach of tiio wonders to be accomplished by perseverance, have little aspect of ro mance. We let them pass. The slowest motion Is nature, of which the naked eye can take cogni zance, is that of a star, as it passes over a small moveless twig, while the watcher rests his head against a sup port. The star, we mean a fixed star, can never be magnified by the most powerful telescope to be more than a point of light, and we might reasona bly expect that in passing the twig it would be suddenly and wholly quenched on one side, and as suddenly appear iu full glory on the other. But this is not so ; its fading occu pies a number of seconds, probably because the pupil of the watcher's eye is broad enough to graduate its light into a kind of penumbra. But there are motions in nature too slow to be perceived except after a lapse of time, thouirh we are as cer tain of them as we are of tlie march of an army the growth of a plant, for instance ; that Is, the increase of distance between its root and the ter minal bud. True, farmers tell us that they can sometimes hear their corn grow ; for that, in a rich bottom, after a shower iu growing weather, th shueh will crack audibly of a still night, as its overlapping parts give way to the increasing ear. But who yet, unless it be Whilom Jack, of moon-climbing memory, ever profess ed to see the growth of anything, even of the most rampageous vines ? Slow as these motions are, however they are rapid in comparison with others, which are familiar enough to Us all, though few persons may have ever had the curiosity to calculate their rate. Wo CUT DOWN A GIANT OF THE FOREST, And measure Hs parts. We find it to be three feet in diameter, aud one hundred and fifty feet in length, from the earth to its topmost twig. On counting its concentric rings, each one of which required t year for its deposition, we learn that it is. three hundred and sixty years old. These figures enable us to determine that the growth of the tree upward has been at the average rate of five inches a j'ear a slow rateofveloc ty, truly! But what shall we say of that other velocity represented by theinciease of f ize from the centre of the trunk out waul? liiiileen inches in three hundred and sixty years is at the rate of one-twentieth of an inch in one ear 1-TbOO of an in a day, orl -i i'3iz00 i. fan inch an hour. Slow as those rates of motion are, they are as t-uly velocities however tli y may seem rather 'Jardilirsixs tlie flight of arrows, or as the flushing of sunbeams, for all velocities are as com pa alive. Let us now for the exchange the : in micro other scope words, telescope turn 1 mm the lower to the higher velocities. The ordinary rate of human travel on foot is estimate. 1 at twenty miles a day But men have not been content with this snail's pace. They first in civased tluir sk.ed by the uso of horse-power, which ga. y them an av erage rate of thirty or forty miU,.- a day. Th n the. devised steam-power, the average locomotive rate of w hich no one, as yet, is able to specify. Al ready the siuwspaj ars have announc ed, in large capitals, the astounding fact : "AROUND THE EARTH IN TWENTY FOUR DAYS," A feat which, onlj a few years sincei requited tenfold the time. Enor mous, how ever, as this rate of travel seems to be, when compared in its ag gregate with former rates, it will be shorn of much of its apparent glory when smali portions of the average are compared with other well-known ra t's; tor twenty-five thousand miles divided into sevutity-iour parts gives the average of not quite three hun dred ami lortv miles a day or four- teen nnies per n u . mis rate was 11. t only attained, nut even exceeded by many a ju eiiile savage of the Pa cific islands, who would learn to I al ance himself on the forward declivity of an ocean-billow, and ride his wild hor-e siiorewaid until lodged upon the sands. What is thespeed of these niilows has pr bably never been esti mated, but thoe in mid-ocean have been known to outrun the storms that raised them, and to have attained a velocity of forty or more miles por hour. "The rate of travel, indicated by the average of "Round the world in seventy-four days." is far from be ing the highest attained in traveling. Fortv miles per hour, equivalent to about one thousand miles nday, i not uncommon, although, if any ope will look out of the car-window at tlie rug jed sides of a rail-ro.ul cut, while traveling past them at this rate, he will be apt to feel his blood cnrdJe at the thought of a possible crash. Yet even forty miles an hour is by no means the maximum. Twenty years ago. express trains on some of tlie best constructed English railways were run at the fearful speed of a mile a minute, and,on a special occasion, when a sudden emergency demanded it, a locomotive and its tender were reported to have been forced up to neirly one hundred miles an hour. WE TURN FROM THIS FIERCE RATE, So p-itn fully suggestive of accident, to another which is far greater, yet gen tle and pleasant. An3' one who will watch the play of a wood-man's ax, at the distance of a quarter of a mile, will be amused no matter how often it has been witne-sed. to note the dif ference in time between the fall of the ax and the sound of the blow re ported to the ear. At that distance the stroke is heard while the ax is lifted in the air. relv for the succeed ing blow. A careful measurement of the velocity of sound shows that, al though it varies much w'rh varying circum tanee-i. it travels usually at the rate of about five miles a minute This 5pee is often-times made visi- ble in he flight of a cannon-ball : for. 1 although the initial velocity of the I hall is o much greater than'of sound jihat persons killed within the range 1 of a mile are usually struck before the report could he hpnrd. vet so greatly Is it flight retarded by atmos- ' jpheric resistance, that it soon slack-j eus to less than the velocity of round. The two rates are therefore so nearly alike that either may be taken as a pretty fair representative of the other. Should the time ever arrive and there is no telling what mayor may, not be expected when railway peed shall equal that of sound, then sever al rather queer-looking phenomena will be within the bonds ofpossiblity : e. g., were signal-connon to be plaut ed at each mile-post along the road, and fired at the instant of the cars passing at this rata no report would be heard by any of the passengers aboard, until the train had slackened speed at the next station, five, ten or twenty miles ahead, at which time all the reports would come thundering together ! Again, were a connon-ball fired after the train, form a point di rectly in the rear.it is doubtful wheth er it would overtake the train at all, unless swifter than some cannon-balls of our day; or, if it should succeed in entering the open back door, it would move with such seeming laziness that a passenger might easily capture it in his hat ! Tills firings us to consider TWO HIGHLY INTERESTING VELOITIES, In which all dwellers upon earth are vitally concerned, yet to which few people have designed more than a passing thought. The desoriptiou just now given of the maximum rate of travel attained, and possibly attain able, ou railways, was penned by the writer with bated breath, for ho had a vivid recollection, of the thunder and rush of forty miles an hour over a railroad not so smooth and safe as it is now. More than one readei, proba bly, will sympathize in the feeling. Now, were the highest rate already obtained, of sixty, eighty, or a hun drd miles the hour, increased tenfold, who would willingly trust himself aboard any train of cars, on any rail road built by human hands ? Of who, being aboard, would think of lying down to sleep, except under the full meaning of his childhood's prnj'er, "If I should die before I wake '?" Yet there is not a mother's son or daughter of us who has not been riding at this tenfold rate all ourlives, and been going to sleep, too, every night of our journey, as quietly and trustfully as little children do within reach of a parent's arm. It ia true our road is very smooth and very Bafe, never having experienced, during the last six thousand years, the first jolt or jar. much les the first "run off" or collision. But the fact that Cur so called car is the earth, and its great superintendent the Almighty Creator, does not in the least diminish the ve locisy with which we travel ; nor need it diminish our wonder, though we must admit that it adds vastly to our sense of security. The motion of the earth has been spoken of as if it were one only ; but, of course, no one can forget that it is twofold. In its daily whirl upon its axis those who live at the equator are swept along at the rate of twenty five thousand miles iu twenty-four hours. Those who live in lattitude OU3 move at exactly half the speed. The average rate at different points of the United States may therefore be et down at 700 to the hour, though it i-- real'y greater. But only to think of traveling at this leser rate- of sev en hundred miles the hour more than double the velocity of sound or of a cannon ball! And now what language shall wo lire in speaking of THAT OTHER MOTION Ot THE EA It'll I, In which wo all participate. We make a yearly circuit round the sun of about five hundred and fifty mil lion miles. The accomplish this re quires a velocity of one million five hundred thousand miles aday, or sixty-two thousand miles an hour, which is upward of one thousand miles ev ery minute! This is a speed which is actually inconceivably. Yet at thi.? rate, hs was just now said, we travel without collision, and even without fear of evil. We sit comfortably in our easj'-going car, look complacently at the stars, past which we so madly rush, then go to bed and sleep ami dream, and awake in the morning, and seldom think of the grand equip age in which we are traveling at the rate of sixteen miles a second. At this point of our survey it might seem the dictate of reason to stop, since wo are already beyond the boun dary of the conceivable. But, altho' past that boundary, we are far from having reached the limits of the cal culable. The electric fluid, shot along our telegraph wires, so far outstrips the daily motion of the sun that a ca ble dispatch dated London, five o'clock p. m. of any day. is delivered in W .shlngton City about 12 o'clock in. of the same day. The rapidity of its transmission, though seemingly infinite, or, as we ordinarily say. In stantaneous, is not actually so. There is an appreciable portion of time oc cupied iu its transit, and that time has been measured. The distance by wire between Cambridge, Massachu setts, and San Francisco. California, is about thirty-six hundred miles. In an experiment undertaken for the purpose of testing its practical veloci ty, the electric sparks were sent and returned over this distance in three fourths of a spcond ; a rate sufficient to carry it round the earth in two sec onds and a half, or to complete tne cironit of the earth's orbit in two hours and fortv minutes, instead of three hundred and sixty-five days. We have Rl'T ONE MORE VELOCITY To notice. It is that of light. Until the year 107o. the passage of light was supposed to be instantaneous, and the discovery of the truth was the result almost of 'accident. The cele brated Ron er had calculated with great precision tlie eolipse of Jupiter's satellites when that planner aud the earth were on the same side or the sun. To his surprise and perplexity, however, the eclipses took plase six teen minutes too late, when Jupiter was on the side opposite to the earth. ' Every ob-curation and reappearance I of these satellites took place exactly in the order predicted, and at nearly the calculated intervals, but they were regularly sixteen minutes be hind time. The only solution of the 1 henomenon was to be had in suppo sing that light requires sixteen min utes to pass through the diameter ot the earth's orbit i. e., one hundred and eighty-four mi lion miles. This astounding fact was soon corroborated bv other testimony, until now there i- scarcely anv iaci in pnysicaiseieuee more firmly established than that light travels with the enormous velocity of nim lmrwlrorl unci nllietV-tWO thou- I pand miles a second. 1 To form a conception, asnear as - tightly closed, and his lids swelled grocery in Catnpbridgeport, Muss. It possible, of this degree of speed. . and protruding. As he lies upon his is further stated he was marrlil Ovt let us put two things together. Were ' bed, surrounded by a number ofanx-o. 1S."0. hi Louisville, and declined the earth girgled with a speaking-' ious friends, he continually writhes1 the presidency of the Australian iie tube capable of conveying sound ' in . agony, and utters low moans. L public in 1S73I through all its length, at the rate of 'There is little hope of his recovery. .' ; a--s ' ' five miles a minute, a message around The f eling against the parties who a Wiseotiski inn vm, ffwed 3 fa) would occupy five thousand minutes, or eighty-three nnd two third hours, . or nearly three and a-half days for its passage; whereas light, If it could be sent around on the same track, would encircle the earth eight times between each beat of a aecond-measuriug clock ! Here, now, we are compelled to stop. There is no greater velocity iu nature known to man. The transmis sion of gravitative force is known to be greater, but it is given up that that must be instantaneous ; for, if not ab solutely so, it must be (ao Laplace calculated from reliablo data) at least fiftv million times greater than that of light. A SHOCKING CALAJIITr. Three Little Royu Literally Roantcd Alive Terrible llr.itll ofau Experi ment -vltU Oxy-HyUroKCU. Vlucie. From theSau Frauclsco Chronicle, April, 30. A frightful accident occurred on Monday afternoon in a lot ou the northeast corner of Sixth aud Brau nau streets, by which three little boys, bslobging to different families, were burned lu a shocking and prob ably fatal manner. The accident oc ourred while certain experiments were being made with the oxy-qydrojjeu name, in oruer to convey a proper idea or the manner in which tlie terri ble affair occurred, a somewhat lengthy explanation Is necessary some time ago u. it. waiu con ceived the Idea of applying the oxy hydrogeu flame to light-houses and other illuminating purposes. This flame is produced by the mingling of jets ot superheated steam aud petrole um, or other highly inflammable gases. For the purpose of making ex periments, Mr. Swaiu recently rented the building on Sixth street atljoiniug the lot where the accident occurred. He put a small boiler in the building and a tank containing about a gallou of naptha or crude petroleum. An ordinary gas pipe, one inch iu diame ter, was attaohed to the boiler and thence was run through the wall to the outside of the building and about forty feet out in the lot. From the building to its other extremity this pipo was covered with a few inches of sand. Inside of the inch pipe was a smaller one, less than a quarter of an Inch in diameter. Through this thenaptha gas was oar ried, while tlie larger pipe conveyed the superheated steam. Near the aperture at the extremity both jets mingled and combusiiou ensued, pro ducing a tlamo whose intense heat and dazzling brilliancy can scarcely be conceived by any one who has never witnessed such experiments. On Monday afternoon, about o o'clock, Mr. Swain was engaged iu some experiments with his apparatus. A perpendicular point, about twelve inches long, had been attached to the end of the pipe, so that the flame might be shot directly upward. A large number of children, attracted by curiosity, had gathered about, and, although cautioned repeatedly to go away, or, at least, not to come to close, it seems the warning was not heeded Still, as the direction of the flame whs straight upward, no danger was appre hended by Mr. Swain. Everything being at last arranged the jets of steam and gas were turned on,?.. id the fierce flame shot upward. Suddenly there was a remarkable diminution both in the volume and brilliancy of the flame. Mr. Swaiu surmised that there was some obstruction iu the vent of the smaller pipe, and fearful that the pipe might burst, as the gas was constantly generating, he at tempted with a wrench to take off the perpendicular section of pipe. In do ing this the horizontal section was raised so that the end rested above the I surface or tlie ground, me ciuiuren crowded closer to see what was going on. Swain and Adington, his assist ant, were both too busy or too much excited to think of anything but clear ing the pipe. Suddenly the disconnection was made aud instantaneously came a loud report, aud a sheet of blinding flame allot forth with the resistless fury of a thunderbolt, right in among the group of children. The effect was appalling. Three of the little boys were literally roasted nliv by the aw ful flame. The one who was standing most directly fu the line win William Shannon, a boy not quite ten years old. He was about eight feet from the pipe, and the tremendous force of the explosion hurled him twentv feet backwards. Blinded with tho lire and frantic with pain, he rose to his feet aud rushed back directly into the flame, where hi clothes were burned almost to cinders. Tho timely assist ance of a gentleman present, who wrapped a coat about him, saved him from being instantly burned to death. Two other children standing near him were prostrated by the explosion aud burned horribly about the face, hands and legs. The two men who were conducting the experiment were also severely burned about the hands and face, but not standing 90 directly in the line of the explosion their inju ries are not of a serious nature. Last night a Chronicle reporter was sent to the scene of the accident, and visited the sufferers at th? re-ddi'we of their parents. He first called at the house of Michael Doyle, at the Haight House, No fi.t2 Hraiinnu street. comer of Sixth. The reporter was at J once taken to the room in which Thomas- Dole, one of the victims of the accident, was lying under treat ment. The little sufferer, who is not quite eight years old. was stretched 1 .. 1 . .1 u:,. r. 1 1. 1. l.:- . 1 lli.un . uru, u-. ,n.K. emu .iKit-.s Wlllt covered with bandages. His entire 1 r 1 1 .t I":.. ..,.i ....i v. ..! .. ' .t." siiiuii UDif iiiiu urrn uul wti me had mouth to allow him to breathe. He was blind and speechit-ss, with his face terribly swollen, ami the nails of his hauds nearly burned off. He is considered to be iu tho h&t condition of tne tnree. and nis recovery is hjt fully expected. In a house imia;di- ftteiy adjoining. No. oVj Sixth street. the reporter found Thomas McKeown, son of William McKeowu, a tin-smith. This loy is about sev- n years old. L-iKe tne others, his head are completely covered aud hands with buml- ages. At the time or the explosion he wore breeches which came only to his knees, and the fire had burned oiiv leg quite -eveielv. William Shannon, aged ten years, a son of ! James Shannon, re-mling on the east 1 side of Brannan street, nea r Sixth. i the most terribly injured of all. His head, face and neck are swollen to nearly twice their natural size, and his hands are fearfully burned. Some 1 idea of the condition of his face nmy be given, when it Is stRted that the swelling has brought his cheeks up to ; a level with his nose. His eyes are are responsible for rh explosion is in tense, r.ad soaaa freely express thi opin.ou that the place should be de molished. The fathers of the lnjurod children all expressed their intention of suing for damages. All the parties sulfur7 ing from the accident are In prior cir cumstances, aud can ill afford to even pay for the medicines necessary in the treatmeutof the sufferers. Mr. Swain, however, has expressed his readiness to pay all expenses for medical atteud-auce. Free Potagc-Ita AfeolUftjK It is importaut for the public to know what is included in the law known as "the repeal of the franking privilege." All mail known as "free matter" under existing laws, on which postago must be paid after June 30, by reason of this repeal, is classed under twelve head, as follows : 1. All mnil to aud from tho presi dent aud vice-president. '1. Official communications to aud from cabiuet or bnreau otlicers, chief clerks or franking officers of each or tl e executive departments. 3. All letters or printed matter to or from members of congress, secretary of the Senate or clerk of the house of representatives. 4. Petitions to congrefB. 5. Copyright matter to librarian to congress, if so marked on the package. 6. Smithsoniau Institute mall. 7. Exchanges between publishers one copy of each publication not to exceedsixteen onnces iu weight. 8. Weekly newspapers to actual subscribers within tho county where published. f). Notices from postmaaters of re fusals to take publications. 10. Dead lettsrs returned to writers. ""II. Medals, certificates of thanks, or other testimonials awarded by leg islatures to their soldiers. 12 Under a special act of congre&Ojt passed some years since, all mail mat ter to and from Mary Lincoln, widow of Abraham Lincoln, during her nat ural life. Those persons not having the frank ing privilege are the president, and vice-president, senators, representa tives, delegates, secretary of senate, clerk of the house, cabinet and bureau officers, all their clerks, postmasters, for oPicial comultlnleation only, as al so collectors of internal revenue, anil Mrs. Lincolu. Under the present law free mattei is carried at a cost of about $1,250,000, while tho estimate made for th amounts required to pay actual neces sary otllcial postage for the ensuing fiscal year Is ft&mit $2,000,000. The changes in tho law will be es pecial 'y onerous on tho library of congress aud the Smith -onian insti tute, whose advantage in this respect have never been abused., and were al ways used in tho interests and diffu sion of knowledge. Another change which will be of great Inconvenience, is that relative to returning "dead letters" to their writers when known. The English postolllce follows tho rule we have, and collects when tho return letter Is delivered. Tho only matter that can be sent under tho amended law after the 30th of Juno next. without pre-payment, is nows papeiw sent regularly. Postage Is to be "'olected quarterly on them when delivered. Present regulations ro maiu in effect. A (luestlotf of Etiquette. Tho late Tom Wait, of the "Old Province House," Boston, was a pe culiar and testy old gentleman. Ha prided himself on his cuteness, and openly defied any one to "soil" him. One morning iu the Times office tho boys indulged as usual In a "jeff" for the drinks. After tho ceremony was completed, it was found that "nary a red" could be "acr.red up." Tho boys were "dead broke." In this dolom ma the quiet but sagacious Durlvage, after a moment's thought, was struck with an idea. "Come boys," said he, "let's go over aud see Tom Walt." Having" great faith in "Duri," tho crowd fol lowed him to t'-p "Old Providence House." In his usual suave manner he approached the grim landlord. "Mr. Wait," said he, "we have had a serious dispute at our ofTlce thid morning in relation to a simple ques tion of etiquette, and have unani mously consented to submit it to your decision." The old gentleman, completely ta ken oil his guard by this battering apppal, promptly replied: "Well, gentlemen, out with it." "Tlie question." says Durivage, "is this: 'W hich is the most proper for nt of Invitation if I ask a company lika this to partake with me: Gentle men, what will you have to take? or, gentlemen, what will you have to drink?'" Old Tom scratched his head a mo-' merit In thought, and answord : "Gentlemen, what Is't you'll havo to drink?" The boys did not wait for a secont! invitation, but rushed up In the liar and called for their favorite "tip ples," much to the astonishment and chagrin of Old Wait, who remarked 11s h passed out the fluids: "You scoundrels, the next time you catch Old Tom Wait with your Infer nni tricks, your heads will" he grayer than mine " We know nothing so susceptible of perversion as the efforts of a yountr man to kill a mosquito on a lady'a .soalr A .r. ,-:.. ., ...l,l r. ;, 1,;,., , , . .. ." give mm for trying to seize it with 3 teeth when any Ies 113 teeth when any Ies extraordina ry methodwould do jutaswell. And yet. it i3 said that in New Jersey no gallant of Incisors ever adopts any other method. There was a terrific thunder storm" last night, and in tho mail this noon there were le ters from nine different lightning-rod men Inquiring if there was any kind of opening here for them. We don t doubt but that an opening could be made for them if they were here, rs the froot is not dep. Danbwry Kewst. "a Krm The temperance ease in Kentucky has been somewhat set buck bv the "n.iincc-raent that one of the fuw watr r,,lkers in that State has just ""covered at the bottom ot his welf the body of a neighbor who dfeap-- jeared four years ago ; and the rtni jority of the people have resolved to" whiskey and 1ft wells. aions. An extract fiom Geo. FraneisTraia'V biography reads that his five years ot college life wer sneut in i-ioimes- Titian o!fi eut'j earn tfith A jafc- ku.tc." 11 3i p. u I