| Show THE DEAD AT ANDER andelt SONVILLE the report of captain J M moore who was sent to andersonville Ander sonville ga to mars mara mark mank the grayes graves of union prisoners for future fume iden location gives the following information onne morning of the of july theora the ork of identifying the graves painting and lettering of headboards head boards maying out walks and enclosing the cemetery was waa was commenced and on the evening of august was completed with the exceptions hereafter mentioned the dead were found buried in drenches trenches on a site selected by the rebels about three hundred yards from the stockade the trenches varied in length from fifty to one hundred and fifty yards the bodies in the trenches were from two to three feet below the surface an and d in several instances where the rains had washed away the earth but a few inches additional earth was however thrown on the graves making them of a still astill greater depth so close were vere they buried burled without coffins or the ordinary clothing to cover their nakedness that not more than twelve inches was allowed to each man indeed the little tablets marking their resting place measuring hardly ten inches in width almost touched each other united states soldiers while prisoners at andersonville Ander sonville had been detailed to inter their companions and by a simple stake at the head of each grave which bore bode a number corresponding with a similar numbered name upon the andersonville Ander sonville hospital record 1 I 1 waa enabled to identify and mark with a neat tablet similar to those in the cemeteries at washington the number name rank regiment etc and date of death of twelve thousand four hundred and sixty one graves there being but four hundred and fifty one which bore the inscription unknown U S soldiers nothing has been bean destroyed As our exhausted emaciated and enfeebled soldiers left it so it stands today to day as a monument to an inhumanity unparalleled in the annals of war how men ouid could ou survive as well as ns they did in ghisi pen exposed to the rays of an almost tropical sun by day and drenching dews by night without the slightest cover inis ingis wonderful fihe the ground is filled with holes hole where they burrowed in their efforts to shield themselves from the weather and many a poor family in endeavor ing to protect himself in this manner was smothered to death by the carts earth falling in upon him A very worthy man has been appointed superintendent of the grounds and cemetery with instruction sto allow no buildings a or structures of whatever nature to bo e destro destroyed particularly the destroyed Ted istock stockade ade surround surrounding I 1 ng the prison pen v nn flence of tho the new york tribune HOT WEATHER IN ALGE ALGERIA algerta RIA the c x eption actionably ably hot weather which e hav P had for the last week mal makes es us rea i with additional interest me ac no bounts of a scorching sirocco in algeria followed by devastating fires A letter from algeria says almost all the summer we have been congratulating ourselves on the coolness of season semon and when letters from france complained complain edof of heat we recommended our friends to come to algeria for fresh air but we reckoned without our host the sirocco and now that has come with a vengeance it was prefaced by a thunder thunderstorm storm which broke the windows and roused the population from their beds an hour later all was calm blat but the old colonists knew what was coming and sure the next dai dat day the sky assumed A that peculiar violet ca color or which so astonishes artists when they venture to passa summer on the other side of mount atias atlas A few burning gusts of air feeling and smelling like that issuing from an oven when the baker baher opens it luc to D take out the bread served as an advanced guard to the enemy chetem the temperature pera ture rose rapidly on friday the thermometer at C club with a northern exposure marked forty five centigrade in the shade at el blar biar at the same time thile another thermometer mo meter also in the shade but exposed to the full blast of the sirocco went up to 51 5 the most lhost robust mad mas man could not nave have crossed the sunny side of govern ment place without danger the Z ground burned the feet through the shoe leather ieather the hand that touched any object act whatever a can or a coat sleeve smarted smarted with pain the nostrils contracted tr and the eyes closed under the influence of the torrid breath of the in many houses furniture fell to pieces tapestry dropped suddenly from the bursting walls and ceilings crumbled to p pieces ae c es and descended upon the heads of the inmates like flakes of burning hurning snow never within the memory of man had such things been seen in algiers at night a frightful spectacle was seen from Guyott ville to cape matilou Mati fou along an extent of twelve lea iea leagues ues aes of coast a lurid glow suddenly appeared became rapidly more and aud more intense and it soon became apparent that the whole country was on fire entire mountains burst forth in flame like a volcano and burning 1 I forests lit up the waters of the harbor and made the stars look pale it was a sublime horror there are rumors of loss of life and the damage done to property ts necessarily enormous many blany farms barns and stacks have b been een entirely destroyed MAKE fabal FARM LIFE attractive 1 by less hard work farmers often undertake more than they can do veli veil well vell and consequents work too early and too late 2 by more system the farmer should have a time to begin and stop labor they should theorize as well as practice and let both go together farming is healthy moral and respectable aali and in the tho long run may be made profitable the farmer should keep good stock and out of debt the farm is the best place to begin and end life and hence so many in 14 the cities and in professional life covet a rural nural home 3 by taking care of health farmers have healthy variety of excer cise but too often neglect cleanliness omit bathing eat irregularly and hurriedly sleep in ln ceel zeel ill lil ventilated apartments and expose themselves to cold Nine tenths of the human diseases arise from cold or intemperance frequent bathing is profitable so is fresh deliberation atthe dinner table and a rest after a meal 4 by adorning the home nothing Noth ingis is lost by a pleasant home papers books pictures ic ures music and reading should all be e brought r 0 aught to bear upon the le indoor in door famil family entertainments and neatness and comfort order flowers shrubbery 1 fruits fruit 3 shola shoma shoua barou baron harmonize harou ize all without letonio me should be a sanctuary so happy ad I 1 r te a t dh I 1 I 1 i dove at women delight in it manhood crave it and old age enjoy it there would b be less desecration of jar old homesteads if pains were vere taken to make them agreeable C ease order health and b 1 beauty are compatible with farm life and were ordained to go with it album journal tim THE preston england art and industrial du exhibition exhibit on which ahil was opened on the uit has so far been very successful the returns published on saturday last show that upwards of 27 persons have visited it and the to ial tal receipts are between betwee ir 1 and 1400 the exhibition will be kept open six weeks longer MOUSE POWER A gentleman in scotland has trained a couple of mice and invented machinery for loc enabling them to spin cotton yarn yari the work is done on the tread treadmill mill principle it is so constructed that the common h house ouse mouse is enabled to make atonement for past of fences by twisting and reeling from to threads per day to complete this the little pedestrian has to run lok loy 10 miles this journey it performs with ease an ordinary mouse weighs only half an ounce A half pen nys worth of oatmeal at Is ad a peck serves one of these treadmill culprits for the long period of five weeks in that time it makes threads per day an average of threads of 25 in which is nearly 9 lengths of the reel A penny is paid to women for every cut in in this ordinary way at this rate a mouse earns ad every five weeks which is one farthing per day or as ad per annum take 63 gd off oft for board board and Is for ina lna machinery chinery there will arise Gs clear profit from every mouse yearly th the e mouse employer is going to make application for the lease afan of an old empty house the dimensions of which are by 50 feet and 50 feet in height he gilt which at a moderate calculation will hold 10 mouse mouise mills sufficient room being beihl left for keepers and some hundreds of spectators allowing 2001 for rent and taskmasters task masters to erect machine machinery ry and for the interest there will be left a balance of per annum CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD F P F low I 1 josiah johnson and P H sibly appointed by the government commissioners to examine the progress of construction st on the central pacific raili road have made a full and elaborate re port describing minutely the character of the work performed on the second section viz from newcastle to colfax a distance of twenty three miles and approving the same the report was forwarded to washl washington agton yesterday on its being approved by the pres president dept deft the company will be entitled to the insurance of government bonds bonda to the amount of being at the rate of per mile for the twenty three miles we understand that the company are mal mai making ing rapid progress in ill this enterprise inter prise se and that the bulk of the work to dutch flat will be accomplished by the of december indeed the grading will be greatly in advance of the receipt of rail it being difficult to get a seasonable supply af pf of the iron required d the company using a a much heavier article than is ordinarily manufactured sacramento union ELECTRIC electricity TY THE CAUSE OP ANIMAL COLORS 11 nicolas wagner has re bently brought before the academy of science experiments which seem to show that electric currents are the cause of the colors at least of s some animals these experiments were made on the nymph of a species of diurnal butterfly but vanessa fr anessa electric currents changed the reds into orange and the blacks into red and the most feeble current especially effrom if from a constant battery produced black spots the shape of which had a relation to the current he ascertained by means of an extremely sensitive apparatus that not only does electricity electric ty modify and even produce colors but that those found in the butterfly are due to currents in the wing of the animal the most energetic of which issues from the base of the wing and follows the middle nervure till it reaches the outer edge intellectual observer two thousand men and women get ge free instruction daily in music and painting at cooper institute new york V r |
