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BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1873.
YOL. 17 -NO.
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,'iil nHceiBlstnctt'oortllnom.
mi.; aUi'.iuon to the sale of Uel I.--
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1 .r ... .iifiits. and -Ntorae. yorwnrding
11 M.TcliMiit, As-i.nwa'.l. Neb.
MADDI.EIIY.
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es.Itruwin-illc.Nfl,. Mending dune
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BUIDUS' iSt'lLDINO.
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ftUS SStlTIl.
vlK)rK.Miiu-niiili.t i-ock smith.
No. .-1, Main :ret. Urounrille.
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BOS)T..AXM SHOES, .
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iii.il hwui's Itmifi and s,!i.. "Custom
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u i stre.'t.'llrownville, Neh. The
l.mnors hep' rtii li.iml.
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A. B-ergniaiiii & Co.,
K ,;ifacturars of Cigars,
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an Wholesale rea!ers in
f . v ana Smoking Tobaco
1 1 irisKifs ai;i nt- ron
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--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.
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.:. .rChK'Ks. Wairlits and Jeuelrv4
'i liirt uotk-e. at rtjasonable rates.
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T. MOORS &s CO.,
vnission Merchants,
SHIPPERS,
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st riRMii'IIoute.on llaln troet, the
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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,
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HATS,
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LAMPS of the 1
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Picture
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HIGHEST MARKET PRICE
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We are constantly tiliing up with new goods
wliich we
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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-
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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tM. M. WILKs.
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G. W. PETERSON
will make to order
BOOTS AND SHOES.
BSPAISIHG DONE P30MPTLY.
Call and see Samples.
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ALL WORK WAliRAXTKD.
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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
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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
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METALIC AND WOOD
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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.
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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."
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