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It is a discovery of a physician during a five years' sojourn in South An erica, and he nas imparted the secret of its composition to hundreds of intelligent physicians, who have all used it in their practice with the most won derful results. . In consideration of its many virtues, I have thought it my duty to engage in the manufacture of it on a large scale, and advertise it ex tensively throughout the world. The method for preparing it for use U somewhat complex requiring a numerous collection of chemical tools paraphernalia not usually possessed by druggists, and for this reason few drug stores could furnish it properly prepared, if they had the formula. Therefore, I have purchased the necessary articles, and with the assistance of a good practical chemist am engaged in its man ufacture and sale. The "Life Compound" is purely vegetable, its principal ingredient being obtained from the root of a plant which grows abundantly in some parts of South America. It is perfectly harmless in its effects even if taken in tripple the ordinary dose, whils its invigorating influence s wonderful indeed, often effecting a pebmajtkkt cure in a few weeks. Read the following TESTIMONIALS. . Ogdkssbubgh, N. Yn May 7, 67. Mr. McKklvet: Dear Sir -Your 'Life Compound' is working wonders in this section, and I have every reason to be thankful for what it has accomplished ia my own case and that of my wife. My complaint, as you may remember, was Liver Disease in its worst form. I had ' not tasen your medecine more than three weeks when I felt so much encouraged as to order a box f r tny wife also, who was suffering from what the physicians termed disease of the kidneys. This was in November last. We have now taken two packages each, and I am happy to inform you that we have good reason to concl ude we are both permantly restored to health and that, by your Life Compound. Encouraged by its good effects in our cases, several of our afflicted neighbors sent to you for the medicine and I am informed by three of them, with whom I am intimately acquainted, that they, too, be jievo thamselves entirely cored by it. You may make such use sf this statement as you may deem proper, ; With gratitude, lUv. B. It. GORMLY. Ciscissati, Aug, 25, 1867, Mr.McKci.TETr Sir A thing of beauty is a foy forever, and a good medicine is more than this. I take pleasure in commending your Life Compound not so much on account of what it has-done forme, as wa it may bo the means of doing for thousands of others. To the sick an 1 suffering, therefore, I wish, through your advertisement to say a few words of encouragement. One year ago I was an invalid: I am now hearty and well. My disease was dyspepsia of tbs years standing; I had tried all means I knew of for a cure, without avail, intU about the first of September last I bacams acqminted with a young man who told me oi Mr. McKelvey remedy, and the good work it hid done in the neighborhood of his former home (Erie, Pa.) I immediately appled to Mr, M. for a box of his Life Compound and c-Jinrmncad lading it. I commenced improving ia a dat's and continued to improve, and in leVith ii three iunths from that time was entiraly restored, and have remained well ever siiice. Mine was rather an inveterate case, and pronounced so by all the physicians of this city. The medicine was so successful in my case, that I cannot refrain from adding my testimony in its favor. D. R. GILFORD. Hundreds of Testimonials like the foregoing are in my possession, and cannot be given for want of space. The ' Life Compound" is the cheapest medicine in the world. 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BE VOL. XXXIX.1 PIjEA FOR CHARITY. BY A LIC ft C iRY. If one had never seen the fall completeness Of the round year, but tarriel half the way, ITow should he guess the fair and flowery sweetness That cometh with the May Guess of the bloom, and of the rainy sweetness That come in with the May ! Suppose he had but heard the wind a-blowinr , And seen the brooks in icy chains fast bomid, How should he guess that waters in their flowing Could make so glad a sound Guess how their silver tongues should be set going To such a tuneful sound ! Suppose he had not seen the blue-birds winging. Nor seen the day set, nor the morning rise, Nor seon the golden balancing and swinging Of the gay butterflies Who conld paint April pictures, worth tha bringing To notice of his eyes? Suppose he bad not seen the living daisies. Nor seen the rose, so glorious and bright, Were it not better thau your far ofTpraUes Of their lovely light, To give his hands the holding of the daisies, And of the roses bright T O Christian man, dsal gently with the sinner Think what an utter wiatry waste is his Whose heart of lore has never been the winner, To know how sweet it is Be pitiful, O Christian, to ths sinner, Think what a world is his ! He never heard the lisping ant tus trembling Of Eden's gracious leaves above his hsad IBs mirth is nothing but the poor dissembling Of a great soul n nf ed O, bring hiaa whara the E lea-leives are trembling, And give him heavenly bread. As Winter doth her shriveled branches cover With greenness, knowing sprin? time's soft desire, Even so the soul, knowing Jesu3 for a lover, Puts on a new attire A garment fair as snow, to meet the Lover, Who bids her come np higher. HUNTED BY WOLVES. A CIIASS FOR LIFB. One of the most muscular, powerful, full limbed settlers on the New York frontiers, a century since, was Heiuricli Kaupraan. His arms were like pistonrods, and he could drive his huge mallet fists with such tremendous momentum as to fell an ox as if 5 stricken by a thunderbolt. It is said that he was once caught by two iron muscled Mohawks, each of whom were armed with knives, while Henrich had neither, yet at the first onset he fractured the skull of the fore most Indian, and bore the second to the earth as if he were nothing but an infants That Indian never resumed the perpendicular again. All this by way of introduction to an adventure that Kaupman once had with a pack of wolves, and which came fear fully nigh having a fatal result for him. The winter of 17 was an unusually severe one throughout the northern States, and many deaths from exposure and starvation occurred before the open ing of the spring. The wolves?, bears and wild animals became nearly famished from hunger, and, as a consequence, were unusually fierce and courageous. Tbey came down from the mountains, and woe to the sheepfold that was un protected during the night. They w re sure to be invaded by the starving ani mals, and not u sheep would live to tell the tale. There were tracks around barns, where the wolves had trotted all night in Iheir search for some means of entrance ; their howls could be hard through the still, cold hours, aud more than one house-wife had been chased to her very door by imprudently venturing forth at night. Many ot the settlers sat in the tipper story of their houses, and amused themselves by shooting the wolves for r$sse scalps the Government had had a stand ing bounty of several shillings. Fleinrich Kanpman remained at home, only venturing forth to atten 1 to his dumb animals, and to see that they were properly protected during the night. But after a while, Ms stock of groceries became low, and finally g2ve out altogether. True, ho and his family could live on the poultry, sheep and animals the3' owned ; but it was rather unpleasant to be without tea, coffee, sugar, wall and many other articles that were more necessities than they were luxuries. With a want of foresight which he could never explain, he started upon hi3 journe3' without any weapon, except a keen edged hatchet, which he carried in. case the sled should give out In th3 house hung hi3 trusty lifia, but neither he nor his trusty wife seemed to iruag ino that there would be any call for it, and be drove cheerfully - awar, bidding his wi.'e a merry good bye, und his marc went toward the village. The latter place, which might moe properly be termed a settlement, w is reached in duo time, the groceries :t!l bought, and everything was in readiness to start home. Heinrich had been storm bound so long in his house that he found the companionship of his friends at the village tavern very agreeable. There waa so much to talk about so much news to list en to, such a quantity of gossip regard ing the affairs of the neighborhood, that the time slipped unconsciously by, untd, when he arose to go, he found it to be almost dark. Still, he had no fears, as his wife would understand that he had remained at the village, and there was no necessity for his immediate return. As he turned homeward and left the village behind him, and noticed that the dim light by which be was traveling belonged to the moon, it flashed upon him tuat perhaps he would encounter uanger before teaching home, and ho regretted for the twentieth time, that he Lad left his rifle behind The road, deep between the drifts of snow, was of just sufficient width for the little niare and sled, and the spirited little animal went forward at a swift gait; bile Heinreich, somewhat etupiliod and . weary, wn beguiled Into

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drowsiness by the easy gliding motion of the sled. He was half asleep and half conscious, when he became sensible of the increase of mo.ion of the sled. He felt it jerk several times beneath him, and all at once a fiercer jerk than usual, accompanied by a neigh of terror ; effectually aroused him, and he sat bSlt upright and looked around. He looked in front; all wore its wonted appeardnce, a wild straggling piece of wood, standing tw feet deep in the snow the narrow track twisting through it; the heavens cold and clear, the earth white : but close be hind the sled were three gaunt animals, cantering heavily, while a fourth was fast gaining ground. The jaws of the leading wolf, owing fo the lowness of the sled, were wi-hin reach of Heinrich' sshoulders. But the latter cared little for this. The brutes were aft?r the mare, and upon courage and fortitu le depended the escape of horse and master. If the alarmed creature could huve the nerve to keep onward in the track she had a good chance to elude her pursurers ; for the moment the wolves sprang outside to pass the sleigh, the snow so diminished their 3peed that they fell behind. But should the mare, in her terror, spring aside and plunge into the snow, Kaupiaan knew that all was up with them. Such a proceeding would disen tangle her from the sled, and before she could- flounder a dozen yards through the snow the wolves would be tearing her to shreds. Heinrich leaned forward and spoUc kindly to his animal, which raised her eirs, that were flat with terror, and fell into a more even pace. He then turned and brandished his keen-edged hatchet, and shouted to the brutes, but it did not discomfit them in the least. Reaching forward he patted his ma: c with the hand that held the reins, while he held the hatchet in the other, and kept his eyes upon the ferocious brutes. However he did not use the weapon, for the closer the wolves kept to the sled the Ies3 they were seen by the horse, and a3 a consequence, there was less probability of the terror becoming un controlable, and her breaking aside from the path. So long as matters retained their rel ative position, Heinrich felt that all was going well. It was not long before the wolves dis covered that there was little prospect of success so long as they remained in the track, and they no-v began spriuging aside and attempting to get abreast of the horse. In e-very instance they fell behind ; each effort revealed them to the terrified mare, that had no blinders, and the furious plunges she made filled Heinrich with the greatest anxiety. One of the wolves was very large, straight limbed, and showed a speed superior to the rest. More than once when be sprang out iuto the snow, he advanced nearer abreast of the horse than did the others. Upon this gaunt creature Heinrich fixed his eye, and caught the green light which played from his eyelids. By and by the snow became flatter, and the huge wolf sprang aside. The speed of these animals is extraordinary, and he gained rapidly. Henrich waited until he got iust abreast, when, rising to his seat, he circled the hatchet over hi head, and brought it down with the quickness of lightning. The head was cleft in twain, and with a dying J'flp. he doubled over ia the snow, and was quickly left behind. One of the dreaded animals was dis patched ; there was three left as furious for blood as him. and these never abated their speed in the least. Had they gat a taste of their companion they would have gorged themselves on him before seeking for the horse, but he whisked off life so suddenly that they scarcely noticed his absence. The distance from home was rapidly diminishing beneath the qui?k 9teps ol his in.ire, which continued to carry the si ad at full speed until the fear of overturning became agaid a eourea of anx iet.7. Heniich, too, had learned by this time, that these were no ordinary ani mals with which he had to deal, but sharp set, courageous and determined brutes, to which man or beast would be alike welcome, their preference, however, as manifested by their actions, beiug for horse flesh. These were not the animals to be frightened away by the sight of a iron's house, and there was a lare o;en space between the outskirts of the forest and Henrich's home, to which he looked with no little sppreheusion. They had now approach 1 the v-y edge of the wood, aud the wolvos began gaining on each side. The terror strick en horse became uncontrollable, and bounding terrifically forward caught the sled against the stump of a tree, over turned it, and galloped away at a full run, leaving Heiml ich alone in the snow. Before he could rise, he fell the brutes clawing at his throat, but his garments wre so thick that he was saved from in jury ; and rising to his feet threw them off. His hatchet had been jerked from his band"&s he fell, and he looked desperately around for it, but it was not be found. By this time the mare was almost out of sight, and two of the wolves were up on the defenseless man, and the other, deserting the animal, bounded back. Heinrich faced the foremost, and the next moment was surrounded. The powerful man now called into play , all the strength for which was so renowned. lie struck furiously at the leaping, snarling brutes, and flung them off when they attempted to cling to him. Had he a weapon, even a club, it is not impossible that be might have saved himself. A blow with a club in his hand would have cracked the skull of the largest brute, and with a knife he would have ripped them open. But there was no hope, fighting with hia naked hand. His blood had already '

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dyed the enow, and the smell and taste of it made the brutes ferocious. Their lithe, heavy bodies were hurled against him, as if impelled hy some power not their own, nnd finally pulled him down. The sweets of the earth, the mysteries of Ileavea, swept through poor Hen rich's mind in those brief, terrible mo ments, the particulars fovusd time to in trude. It is often, very oitea thus in the moments of death. He thought how his devoted Mary would watch throagh the vigil how his mangled remains would tcli his fate in the morning a life' despair for the helpless little ones. All these things rushed through his brain, and he knew that h9 himself was iu the jaws of the wolves. Then lhoe foul, lurid eyes, glared over him ; the lightening of the throat followed, and thinking was finished. S; ill lie struggled V) release his arms the grasp onhU throat was choking him; his senses reeled : and liko the whizzing of a meteor, another hard bieathing an irnal shot in among Ihe assailants and fastened itself on the chief. The wolves for an instant relaxed their fury ; Henrich reeled giddy to his feel, iud recognized his brave dog. He turned to help, and a bright object caught his eye ; it was his hatchet lying in the snow within an arm's length of the la9t terrible struggle Heinrich took it up, and he was himself again. His arms were bleeding, but the giant strength remained. The next instant he had split tho skull of one of the wolves, and he now turned, like a mad man that ho was, upon the fierce animal that had borne his faithful deg to the ground. The first blovv laid open the gaunt back-bone, the next his throat, a terrible gash: and the third loosened his fearful grip upon the dog. Still he struggled fiercely, when Henrich sprang upon the animal, an i cut and hacked and slashed until the wolf was mince meat. As he arose, a hand was on his shoulder, and turning, a head was on Iu3 bosom. "Heinrich !" 'Mary !' Long did the 3'oung people stand in speechless embrace, but the weaker sup ported the stronger, for Henrich's nerves were gone, and he leaned upon Mary like a helpless child. The arrival of the affrighted horse raoused the wife, the moment she opened the door, the dog rushed forth, led by his kindly instinct. Mary fled wild ly after him, not pausing to bring the rifle. But this, it ha3 been shown was not needed. Mr. Beechsr on Cannibalism Eating Mans Honor and Names. If I were to take you to my house, and s-ny that I had an exquisitely fat man, and wished you to join me in eating him, your indignation could be restrained by nothing. You would pronounce me to be crazy. There is not in New York" a man so mean that he would not put down a man wiio should propose to have a bai qnet off from a fellow-man, cutting steaks out of him, and eating them. And that is nothing but feasting on the human body; while they will all sit dawn and take a man's so'il, and look for the tender loins, and invite their neighbors in to partake of these little tit-bit. T: cy will take a man's honor a-id name :tr.d I roil them over tSse coals of their indignation, and till the whole mom with tins aroma thereof, and give their neighbor a piece, and watch l.im, and wink, as he tastes it. You all c it men i.p, jou are all cannibals, every one of you and worse. You will be giil tj get off, .at God s judgement-soa', with, the jjlea, 'I only ate the outside.' You cat the souls the finest element, of men. You are more than glad if you can whisper a word that is derogatory to a neighbor, or his wife, or his daughter. You have a secret, hut jou do not make yourself res ponsible for it. And j-et, by an oblique sentence, you leave an unfavorable impression on thu mind of trie person addressed, iu respect to the subject of 3-0 iv criticism. 'Ah! he says, 4I had not been informod; end he goes to the next neighbor, mi 1 says 'Mr So and so says this an I that about So-and-so. And that neighbor says, 'Indeed!' and run3 to this pmtnar, and they both run to their wive?; and the thing goes all over town. Kvo:ybody - becomes an unpaid devil's m:il-carrier, and goas here ond there bearing infernal mc3-sa gcs. And what is the result? It is damnation to some poor creature that is unconscious, or that is innocent, or that if Tu"iity, o't to be pitied and succored, raiuer than condemned. But, ah! the nior3ci is loo exquisite to be lost Here is the soul of a person, here is a person's iiope for this world and tha world that i3 to cotne, and 3011 have it on 3'oar fork, and you cannot refrain from tasting it, and giving it to some one else to tasta. You are cannibals, eating man's honors and names, and rejoicing in it and that too, when you do not alwat-s know that the things charged against them arc true; when in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the probabilities are that they are not true. Judge Brewster, of Philadelphia, in his recent charge to the Grand Jury said, that "owing to the efforts to thwart justice in capital cases, it has come to pass that it is more dangerous for a man to pick a pocket than to take a life. The thief is much more certain of being punished than the murderer. This will continue until public opiuion undergoes a change." I I Poultry keeping has become fashionable in Boston, and henneries arj erected oa the roofs of first-class houses. ... 1 Watkins, N. Y., rejoices in the discovery of white sulphur, black sulphur, aud chalybeate springs in its vicinity. . . . . . , Freight cars are bull iinsr in Illinois on which will be painted the legend 'Frcia Ocean to Ocean No transfer.' ,

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MAY 4, 1868. SPIRITUAL PHOTOGRAPS. A VERY CCRIOUS TRIAL IN XEW YORK. Witnesses Unable to Detect Tiicker. It will be remembered that -Mr. Mumler, photographer, was recently ar rested in New York on the charge of swindling, in obtaining money for pic tnres which in addition to the likeness of the sitters, had on each o them shadowy outlines which the artist claims to be those of some spirit in close affinity with the sitter. Tiie second hearing of the case, before Justice Dowling has just been had The &tar furnishes the following report : THE LOOKERS ON. Justice Dowling. before whom the examination is being made, took his scat on the bench promptly" at 0 o'clock The Court room was filled, many of the spectators being ladies. Tnere was present a raot' arrar of believers ia the spiritual docttine. Old men with long white beards, and gray hair pushed behind their cars, sickly sentimental eyes, and cadaverous, lantern jawed physiogomies ; young believers of cf l'tmmatc look, who had the appearance of having stretched their necks to the utmost tension by constant endeavors to peer into the shadowy world 'on the other side of Jordan;' women 3-oung and old, whose countenances betokened the fact of their affiliation with the 'strong minded' of their sex, and whose lives, seemingly, are spent in endeavors to ascertain precisely 'what's up' in the 'happy land of Canaan;' elderly Spiritualists, lauk and lean, of shuffling gait and golden spectacles, whoso intimacj' with ghosts, ghouls and goblins damned has apparent!' rendered them oblivious to ever't!iing that is transpiring around them in this material world, but who can discourse in equipedalian phrase of the minutest matters, affecting the economy of the spheres. Besides thse, there were present unbelievers ia the theory of spirit manifestations ; many who came to enjo' the fun of the thing, and to see how far the doctrine of 'etherial essences' is being carried, and a sprinkling of roughs, who.-c villainous co.m tenances gave evidence of the little faith they hid of a hereafter of any sort, but who would not scruple, if opportunity presented, to give the spirit of man or woman a sudden exit from its mortal shroud, 'for stamp?. The prosecution rested the case on t!io testimony of Marshal Tooker, who claimed that he had been cheated. Wm. P. S'ee, photographer, testified that Mumler had produced ihe pictures in his presence, and that he did not do tect any trickery. Wm. Guy, alias Silver, Mumler' s partner, gave the same tes-imony. A VETERAN SPIRITUALIST S EXPERIENCE. Ex Judge John W. Edmonds was the next witness, lie testified to having visited Mr. Mnmler's galle;y by invitation of-Dr.: John F. Geary ami a Mr. Hunt; each of the three had several pic tures taken, and on each picture there was the ghost like spiiitual pho'ograph, plaiu, and apparent; witness wan taken sitting iu several positions; or.ee lie sat faciu r the wall, the camera bei::g pointed towaid his side face; thi picture then tuken was a proTile vi?w of him: so far as he could see, nothing, ws s in front of him but a blank bron wall, and yet when the picture came from th-3 camera there .vas on it a form of a l-.ul3, appar cntl' having been between himself ami the wall when the picture was taken; he did not recognize wiins-i spirit it was, however. Witness continued: O 1 one of the pictures I think I recognised the face; about twelve ye rs ago I received from somewhere west of the Mississip pi, a dozen daguerreotypes, wbic'i purported to be spiritual pi.. -.tures; afterward I heard of Muraler's process, which was then in vogue in Boston; many of rny ftiends believed implicitly in the process; I doubted if a spirit picture could be taken of any one wli"s had not been photographed bfore death; I re mctnbered particularly the case of a Jewish merchant who died in Hong Kong twenty five j'ears ago, without ever having a picture taken; his spirit photograph was taken; I rrcat to Appteton, of this city, who told me that no photograph of a person so long dead could be taken the Jude hero showed a photograph which contained the spec tral picture of a lady, stand ia- behind the chair of the 9it!er, with his htud on his shoulder: I know a great many persons who have visited Mumler; Mr, Livermore had some very extraordinapictures taken; we spiritualists reasou that these pictures are spirit pictures, but we do not know it; I out myself not ' 3-et read' to pronounce a judgment on the matter; I believe that in time its i truth or falsitv be fully demonstrated, j as spiritual intercourse becomes more ! appareut. j I have seen spirits; many spiritualists cannot. I remember the other day I was in a court in Brooklyn, where the question at issue wa3 the payment of an accidental insurance policy. On looking toward the jury box, I saw standing behind the jury the spirit of the man who had been insured; that spirit told me the circumstances connected with the death; he had committed suicide; I drew a diagram of tae place at which his death occurred, and on showing it to the counsel, was told that it was exact, I had never seen the place or the man, and no one in the court room saw the spirit excepting myself, it dictated to me, also, certain questions to be pat by the counsel in the case to a gentleman who was then on the witness stand: this witness was the superiutendent of a lu natic asylum, being examined a3 an expert; the questions were these: 'Can a man bo insane and be conscious of his insanity', can he control it? Being conscious of his insanity and unable to con troi it?

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Whol.J-mb.r, T Being unable to control it, is he not driven to despair and led to prefer suicide to life uuder such circumstances? 'This latter,' said the spirit; 'was my case exactly, when in life.' Witness said he proposed these questions to the counsel in the case as requested; they put to the witness; answered afHrmalivol', and gave a new direction to the case; the appearance of the spirit was shadowjv transparent, I could tee material objects through it; the first spirit that I ever saw was that of Judge Talmage, who wa3 leaning against a window casement, which was plainly to be seen through his body; I have seen spirits clothed, apparently in their every day dress, in grave clothes and in the habiliments of the spiiit world, bat never saw one without clothing; I do not know much of the effect of light upon photograpby; I have studied the Jaw of insanity;' an; hallucination is too hard to define; about as fair a ca?c as I can give U that of Othello, who labored under a:i idea that his mistrrss was unfaithful; hallucination is a phase of insanity. In conclusion the Judge said that f ince t!je prosecution commenced he had received many letter) assuring him of the witness' sj'mpathy with the theory of spiritualism, 'in the truth of which,' said he, 'I beHevc' Jeremiah Gurney, the photographer, and James R. Gilmore, (alias Edniond Kirk,) testified that they had tried, but failed, to detect trickery in the production of the spirit photographs. WHAT A TEXAN THINKS OF IT; Paul Keinond, an elderly gentleman, formerly residing in Texas but nrw in New York, testified: I have had taken a photograph of mj' deceased daughter, who died in August 1863; she toid me when she v.aa 'passing on' that if it were permitted she would return to mo from the spirit laud; by this photograph I see she has returned; the photograph represents h:r as she appeared just before 'passing on;' nay family recognize il; 1 have never seen a spirit, but heard a voice; fifteen years ago a spirit told me I had a work to perform; I am not blessed with the gift of spirit-seeing; I wish I was; it is necessary to have a medium present when I hear spiritual voices; I have heard two distinct spirit voices speaking simultaneously ; the great desideratum to induce the presence of spirits, is harmony; on one oc casion, when live or six persons were present, a lady sang a song, when four spirit voices joined ia singing a beautiful second; I invested 8250,000 in a railroad in Texas; I am a director on that road; was not led to invest in railroad stock by aDj' advice from the spirits. At thi3 stage of the proceedings Mr. Townsend requested that the examination be adjourned, owing to the absence of mate: ill witnesses for the defense. HOW GH03TLT FICTCRE3 MAT BK ?.IADK. To the Editor cf The Tribune: Sir: The curious fact stated below will probably be new to most photographers, and ruty furnish a suggestion as to the method of taking the so called spiritual photographs: A friend in a 'Western citj- informed me that he went with another friend to a skillful photo-, grapher in that city to have a likeness taken of the latter. A metallic plate was used. The first picture taken was a good one and a good likeness, but it was partiai'y surrounded by what ap p"ared to be, and might be termed the ghost of a wreath of ilowers. On look at it the photographer remarked 'how unfortunate; I used that plate some time ao for taking a wreath of flowers on it; but I supposed I had thoroughly removed that impression, and .that the plate was in perfect order. If the ghost of 'a wreath ol flowers can be thus produced, of course the ghost of the hu-ma-.i face and form, could be also. If glass plates wore used, of course this could not be done.. Yours truly, Interrogation. Nev York, April '22. Many good, honest people have been very much exercised of late, by what was supposed to be a phase in the photographic art, under the assistance of spiritual mediums. When likenesses were taken, the faces of deceaed friends would appear halt hidd.n in a cloud in one corner. Ti:s strange recognition of the features of lost relatives, by the different parties seemed to be conclusive procd that there could not possibl' be any humbug about it; and the mystery was beci'.mng every day more 6rmly believed in. A new lesson, however, was in pickle for credulous people, and one that will be remembered, perhaps, longer than tbe' remembered the real features of their friends, who wouid hardly feel complimented if they could see how readily perfect strangers were mistaken for themselves. It took no profounder science than lodges in a policeman's head to resolve the in3-ster3' Into a very small trick of a mone3' making adventurer, and bring the t:iokster with his appliances iuto the vulgar hands of the law. We hope his former customers will keep their valuable pictures, the cherished memorials cf departed friends, and be thankful that it cost them no more to learn the lesson, that Spiritualism is & mongrel offspring of insanity and fraud, but chiefly fraud Church Union. A Frenchman has accomplished one hundred and twenty-three miles in twenty-four hoars on a velocipede. The German Pioneer Association of Cincinnati publishes a monthly devoted to German pioneer life in America. On the 1 Hh inst in Xew York, a boy of eight years was sent to the penitentiary lor stealing prunes and figs. Roston has had scarcely any snow the past winter, and the owners of fine turnouts have been grierously disappointed. The French Customs returns show that more than a million francs worth of velocipedes have been exported within twelre months. : The first infant bora in the White Plain mining region of Nevada, received several thousand dollars in silver bars as presents. " -

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"""" : This is the second public observance of the occasion, which it is trusted wills recur yearly while there remains a heart loyal to the cause in which cur comrades fell, and while th: moving principle ot thit struggle is worth preserving. IT our oiganization had no .other object,; that alone of keeping green the restingplaces of our nation's defenders, by this annual commemoration, would be motive enough to hold us together in a fraternal band. The Commander-in chief desires to thank those patriotic men and women' who gave their aid and sympathy on a former occasion to make successful this National Memorial day, and they are cordially invited to unite with the comrades of the Grand Army in the ap proaci-ing ceremonies; and he thanks the loyal Press everywhere, through whose aid a lasting record has been made of the observance one year ago. To the Congress of the United States the'eomrades are" specially indebted for authorizing the publication.in book form of the proceedings of last May, and for the promise held out that each year a compilation will be made and published as a national recognition of sympathy with these memorial observances. ' c- 1 II It has been determined not toprecribe any form of ceremony for universal observance, but each Post, or any number of Po3ts, may arrange together' such filing services as circumstances will permit. Department Commanders will use every effort to perfect arrangements for the occasion. The newspaper press are requested to give publication to this order. III. Department and Post Commander? are specially enjoined to preserve and forward to these Headquarters a cpy of the proceediugs(ia printed form so far as possible) which take place in carrying out this order. 4 IV. "As the 30th of May occurs on Sabbath, Posts are at libert3r to observe either that day or Saturday, the 29th. By order of . . - .: John A. Logan, Commander in Chief. IV ClflPMAN, Adjutant General. AThsery of the Aurora Borealis. - The New York Journal of Commerce, in a carefuli' considered article, as from some FcieatiGc peu, submits the following theory (original as far as It knows) to explain the phenomena of the aurora borealis, as displayed in the magnificent exhibition of la3t Thursday night week: The aurora borealis is the silent discharge of accumulated electricity in the atmosphere, furnishing the same relief to nature as flashes of lightning under other conditions. The phenomena of th northern lights ore in all respects electrical. But the electric nature of Thursday's aurora was demonstrated conclusively by its fleet on telegraph wires. When a thunder storm occurs the wires become charged with electricity which sometimes affects them so perversely thnt they cannot be worked, ami 1 1 other times furnishes an efficient subi stittite for tho galvanic battery. c; Pre 1 ciseiy these effects were observed on. Thursday night At New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, and some other places, the. auroral electricity charged the wire3 and enabled the operators to work them without recourse to batteries. At St.: John's New Foundland, the most northern point from which we have any report, the furora seriously interrupted the operation of the telegraph possibly because the current supplied from the air was too strong for the work to b3 done. No doubt rem-uas, after the testimony fjiven .by many, intelligent observers in va.ioas parts of the country, that the aurora is attended by the release of enormous quantities of electricity. 'The Theory which we propose is the ordy one which explains why the aurora borealis is seen only in the arctic (or antarctic) and temperate zones never, or rarely in the torrid zone and also why it is visible hero only (or chiefly) in the fall, winter, or spring months not in tae summer. In the tropic zone, and m the warm months, the accumulated electricity in the atmosphere is discharged under eutirely different conditions, as lightning with thunder during heavy showers x rain.' 1 LioiiTixa Strekts by Electricity. A Mr. Wheeler proposes a plan for lighting the streets of New York by electricity. His method is similar to that in operation in the dome of the Capitol and the Halls "of Congress in Washington, and Me. Stewart's new store and the picture gallery of his new house in New York. He claims that the whole expense of laying wires, erecting the batteries and lighting the city, will be saved and paid for in a few years, at the present cost of simply lighting the lamps. He estimated that, in 20 years, the saving to the city will be 81,000,000 By the proposed arrangement, if any" lamp should be extinguished accidentally, it will immediately relight itself. In addition to the proposed electrical lighting the wires can be used for telegraphic purposes, and a complete system of telegraphic communication with every part of the city can be arranged. . The 8ulject has been referred to a committee of Alderman. '. .. ,t " '"TTTT'v - The rreshet ot Tonawanda carried aom 8,00 worth oflumber into the Niagara rivwr, pari of which went over the fall 4." -