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HARPER'S WEEKLY AUGUST 28, 1869 SOLAR ECLIPSE
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Please visit our Ebay store, J&I ARTS, and view our inventory. This is the August 28, 1869 issue of HARPER'S WEEKLY newspaper. Harper's was one of the most successful newspapers of the time. Other publishers in the late 1800's included Frank Leslie, in New York, and Gleason's and Ballou's Pictorial, and Every Saturday in Boston. All of these publications were highly illustrated with wood engravings. This issue is in fairly good condition for it's age. The pages are yellow from age, with some minor stains at the bottom of the pages, but they do not affect the pictures or text. As you can see from the list below it gives a good insight into life in the 1800's, along with some very nice liturary articles. Additional pictures available upon request, please send your e-mail address. ARTICLES: SOLAR ECLIPSE, 1869. - Total eclipses of the sun are very rare. Mr. Halley computed in 1715 that up to that date not one had occured in London for a period of 575 years. The total eclipse of this year was visible along a track about 140 miles wide, and more than 6600 miles long. THE SOUTHERN POLITICAL SITUATION. - It is very important to estimate correctly the political condition of the Southern States; and the late election in Virginia and Tennessee show at least one fact upon which all will agree. THE ADMINISTRATION . - If the most forcible objection that could be made to the administration of Governor Hoffman were, that he goes to Saratoga and dances quadrilles, and if this appalling fact were repeated day after day in every form, it would be tolerably clear that nothing serious could be urged against his conduct of affairs. EUROPE IN AMERICA . - The situation of the country naturally excites great attention in Europe, and it is undoubtedly felt that the Spanish hold upon her American colonies must soon be relaxed. THE PRESIDENT AND MISSISSIPPI. - The president has declared himself very emphatically in favor of the Republican party in Mississippi. REMEDIES FOR DISABLED HONOR . - In Paris a gentlemen, conceiving himself insulted by another, challenged him to a duel, and one of them wounded, but will recover. A PUBLIC DISGRACE DANGER. - In the late proceedings at Albany and along the line of the Susquehanna Railroad the people of this State and of the country have had an opportunity of seeing the consequences of the growing power of enormous corporations. STEAMBOAT RIOT ON THE MISSISSIPPI. - The tragedy occurred on board the steamer Dubuque, just above Davenport, Iowa, on July 29. PEABODY STATUE, LONDON. - Mr. George Peabody, the American benefactor of the London poor, was performed by the Prince Wales on July 23. WHICH OF THE THREE? - An anonymous poem. EXPOSITION OF THE TEXTILE FABRICS, CINCINNATI. THE BAR OF GOLD. - Fictional story by Annie Thomas. REVELATIONS OF A CONVENT. - The Presse of Vienna published the following horrible details of the incarceration of a nun: "The Criminal Court at Cracow to the effect that in the Convent of the Carmelite barefooted nuns one of the order, named Barbara Ubryk, had been forcibly kept in close confinement in a dark cell for a long number of years. SO RUNS THE WORLD AWAY. - A NOVEL: LOVE TURNED TO TEARS TO FIRE. HOW THEY PARTED. THE END OF ALL THINGS. AN HEROIC BOY. - On board an English steamer, a little ragged boy, aged nine years, was discovered on the fourth day of the voyage out from Liverpool to New York, and carried before the first mate, whose duty it was to deal with such case. WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN? - A claim is made by one of the daily papers some ten years ago British birds were first imported into this country for public purpose. PAT'S INTRODUCTION TO KI-HI. - A poem by the Mulligan of Bally Mulligan. ILLUSTRATIONS: THE SOLAR ECLIPSE, AUGUST 7, 1869-HARVARD ASTRONOMICAL EXPEDITION MAKING OBSERVATIONS AT SHELBYVILLE, KENTUCKY. (See picture) SOLAR ECLIPSE,...
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