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2Iht enrg flaindtaUr. J. VAN BLYKE, PUBUHOB. JtfcHENBY, ILLINOIS. 3 THE SEWS CONDENSED. THE KAST. FOUB boys were drowned in the North river, opposite New York, a few days ago, the boats in which they were rowing being run down by steamboats Four colored persons who were attending camp meeting at lied Bank, N. J., were drowned by the overturning of their boat in the Shrewsbury rivor, last week. TBS WJEST. ADVICES from the seat of «ar in «,ue Indian country report that Terry and Cr x>k effected a janctioa on the 10th of August. They united their commands and started on an Indian trail in the direction of Powder river. Tne Fifth in­ fantry was detached from Terry's column and ordered back to fine stockade with instructions to take 40,000 rations and embark on the steamer Far West and patrol the Yel­ lowstone river aa far as the mouth of Powder jiver, and ascertain whether or not the Indians had succeeded in crossing the Yellowstone. If not, to ase hie force to prevent, while Terry and Crook would come down on them with their combined forces and force a general bat­ tle. It was not positively known whether they were on the Tongue or Powder rivers--Well- ' armed Indians recently ran olt & herd of • 400 beef cattle from the Black Hills, killing all but one. A large number of horses have also mm off. The boyn killed jw Indian, and h!« head, preserved in alcohol, will be sent to Washington when an opportunity presents. There are now about 7.000 white people in the Hill country. THE yacht Sylvia, with six young men aboard, while en route from Milwaukee to Chicago, last week, to take part in tbe regatta, was overtaken by a squall and capsized, and two of the crew perished. LIMA BOWMAN, register clerk in the San Francisco postoffice, and former member of the California Legislature, has been arrested for robbing the mails. His depredations ex­ tend over a period of several years....Ex- Mayor John A. Harris, of Cleveland, is dead. He was for many years proprietor and pub­ lisher of the Cleveland Herald A Cheyenne dispatch savs that "all but twenty-seven of the Utes who left Fort Fetterman.|after having }>een feasted and armed, and having indulged in numerous war-dances, deserted at Cheyenne river on Friday last, taking with them the arms which were furnished them to fight the Sioux with." A REPORTER for a Chicago journal called at Military Headquarters in that city, the other day, and made inquiries of Qen. Drum, Gen. Sheridan's Chief of Staff, as to the probable future movements of the troops now in the Indian country, in view of the fact that it has been pretty definitely settled that the hostile savages have broken up into email bands and do not intend to give the troops battle. Qen. Brum assured the reporter that it was the in­ tention of the commander of the department to continue the fight through the winter. There is to be no let up, and wherever a band of savages can be struck they will be hit--hard, too. None of the ground occupied is to be re­ linquished. Material for barracks is to be at once forwarded, and shelters will be erected on Tongue river and Goose creek. Here the army will remain during the winter, doing whatever they cao toward trouncing Sitting Boll and his followers, and will be on the ground in the spring, if nesessary, $o complete the job. THE following order has been sent to nearly all the Indian agencies by the Commissoner of Indian Affoira ; " YOU "dvlsed tfast *11 sales of arms or ammunition to either whites or Indians by parties holding licenses as Indian traders issued by this office must be stopped instantly. You will eo notify your traders, and will be vigilant in seeing that no violation of this order is allowed. If an instance of such violation occurs, you will revoke the license of the offending party, and report the case to this a&icd for further action." ADVICES from Bismarck to Aug. 24 famish the following items of frontier news: A white ecout named Burke has arrived from the mouth of the Rosebud with dispatches. Gens. Crook and Terry, after making a juncture and following up the main Indian trail, left their wagons, tents, etc., took thirty-seven compa­ nies cf cavalry and eight of infantry, and were making forced marches, expecting to overtake the Indians before the reached the Yellow­ stone river. Night before last a large war party of Sioux appeared on the opposite bank of the river from Ber- thold agency and demanded supplies. Up­ on being refused taey opened a fire, which lasted about fifteen minutes. Th6y then with­ drew and struck south toward Fort Lincoln. A large party of Black Hillers, which left Bis­ marck a few days ago for the Hills, and which has been unable to basak its camp, four miles from Lincoln, owing to heavy rains, was at­ tacked Sunday night, and lost seven horses The question of separating the city of St. Louis from the county of that name has been fififnaifrti i>y a vote of the people. SHE SOUTH. A BOU> robbery & reported from Dallas, TSXBB. Two highwaymen rode into the city, about BOOH, proceeded to the State Savings iRanfr dismount®*!, entered, the bank, jumped over the counter, and attacked E. H. Gruber, the President of the institution. Felling him to the floor by a blow on the head with a navy six-shooter, they helped themselves to what money they could find. When the alarm was raised they ran into a back alley, where their horses were hitched, and rode off south.... Willis Jones was killed near Holly Springs, Miss., last week, by Marsh Walker, colored. They, being leaders of base ball clubs, disputed about the right of their respective clubs to a certain field. Walker struck Jones over the head with a bat, killing iuitantly, and then ;hip- Sherman will at present issue no order relative to the location of troops in the Southern States, but will furnish officers in command of de­ tachments with copies of the President's order on that, subject for their information and guid­ ance. It is also stated that the Attorney Gen­ eral ia devising measures for the strict enforce­ ment of the National Election law in all parts of the country. DURING the session of Congress Just closed there were introduced in the House of Repre­ sentatives 4,105 bills and 164 joint resolutions, and in the Senate 1,045 bills and 25 joint reso­ lutions, making a total of 5,150 bills and 189 joint resolutions. Of this number about 140 public acts, 130 private acta, 18 public joint resolutions, and 5 private resolutions have be­ come laws... .The Commissioner of Indian Af­ fairs has given permission to Gen. Sheridan to raise 1.000 Pawnee scouts for the Sioux war.... The Secretary of the Interior has appointed the following gentlemen as a Commission to treat with the Sioux, as provided for in the In­ dian Appropriation bill passed by Congress at the last session: H. C. Bules. Iowa; George W. Manvpeunv, Ohio; A. G. Boone,^ Colorado; Newiou Euiuuiids, Dakota; Bmuuf B. pie, Minnesota; A. S. Gaylord, Michigan TBE President has made the following public announcement of the death of 8peaker Kerr: It is with extreme pain that the President an­ nounces to the people of the United States the death of the Speaker of the House of Representa- tives, the HOB. Michael C. Kerr, of Indiana. A man of great intellectual endowments, large cul­ ture, great probity and earnestness in his devotion to the public interests, has passed from the posi­ tion of power and usefulness to which he had been recently called. The body over which he had been selected to preside not being in session to render its tribute of affection and respect to the memory of the deceased, the President invites the people of the United States to a solium recognition of the public and private worth and the services of a pure and »minpnt character. (Signed) U.S. GEAR*. A Washington dispatch states that the in­ structions to the Sioux Commission appointed under the present act of Congress are nearly completed. One of the most important sub­ jects of the negotiation is that represented by the fifth clause of the instructions, and the President is strongly impressed with the belief that the agreement which shall be best calcu­ lated to enable the Indiana to become self-sup­ porting is One which shall provide for their re­ moval at as early a day as possible to tho In­ dian Territory. If, however, they decline to agree to such removal, they Bhould be in­ formed that thev will be obliged to go to the Missouri river to receive such supplies as shall be provided under any future act of Congress and treaties with them now in force. GENEBAL THE death of Rev. E. P. Smith, ex-United States Indian Commissioner, is announced from Accra, on the west coast of Africa, where he had gone under the auspices of the American Missiona# Association to survey the missions of that society. THE Fenian prisoners who escaped from New South Wales in the American bark Catalpa airived at New York a few days ago. They were met by a large number of their sympar flu'zing countrymen, and escorted to O'Doiio- van Rossa's Hotel. The prisoners have all the appearance of laboring men, and were dressed in overalls and jumpers, some wearing belts.... Hon. Michael O. Kerr, Speaker of the lower house of Congress, died at Rockbridge Alum Springs, Va., on Saturday, the 19th of August. Mr. Kerr was born in Titusrille, Pa., March 15, 1827, and he was something over 49 years of age. He had an ordinary school education, greatly amplified by subsequent study. Was ad­ mitted to the bar in Kentucky, and settled in New Albany, Ind. His first official life was a two- years* term in the Indiana Legislature, beginning in 1856. During the war he served as reporter of the Supreme Court of the State, being appointed to fill a vacancy. It was not until 1864 that he was heard of in national politics, when he was elected to Congress, his term beginning in 1865. H© was elected again in 1866, 1868, and 1870. In 1872 he was nomi- nated as candidate for Congressman-at-Large, and was beaten by less than 200 votes by the Hon. G. S. Orth, late Minister to the Court of Vienna. During the later years of his service he served on the Committee of Ways and Means. In 1874 he was again elected to Congress, and was chosen Speaker of the House. Hon. S. 8. Cox, in a telegram to a friend an­ nouncing the death of bpeaker Kerr, says: "His last hours were painless, as he so much desired. His composure was as remarkable as it was heroic. He was thoroughly content, and prepared for the unseen world. He was con­ scious and intelligent, gentle and brave to the end. His disease was consumption of the bowels, but toward the last his lungs were in­ volved. Ho has been for days past, in fact, a disembodied intellect--a mere skeleton. Every­ thing possible to be done at this remote spot to soften this blow to his family by throwing the tenderest care around his dying bed has oeen done." A SEBIOTTB accident occurred to a south-bound passenger train on the New Orleans and Jackson railroad, eight miles south of Jackson. Miss., few nights ago. A bridge gave way, making a complete wreck of the train. Four persons were killed and sixteen wounded--five or six seriously. POLITICAL. on Sunday, Aug. 20, between 40,000 Turks and the main Servian army. Both sides claim a victory The dory Centennial, which left Gloucester, Mass., in July, has arrived safely at Liverpool.... A fire last week destroyed <1- most the e itire business portion of the town of Brussels, Ontario, together with a number of dwelling houses. Loss, $100,000. A LONDON dispatch of Aug.23 says: "A special from the Bucharest correspondent of the JMVy News, who accom;«anled Schuyler in his tour of investigation, says Baring's report of the sixty villages burned and 12,000 persons killed by the Turks in Bulgaria uoe» not in­ clude the outrages committed in the district north of the Balkans, nor in the district of Sophia. Forty villages were burned north of the Balkans and seventy south. Schuyler has not completed his investigation, but ho esti­ mates the number of killed at 60,000 in the district of Philippopolis alone. The regular troops are more cruel than the Bashi Baionks. Schuyler thinks there i« immediate danger of additional massacres. He will suggest to his Government the following measures: Tlio hantring of the four lparforn in ihooB atrocities, the disarming of the Miissntmen, and the re­ building of the burnt villages at Government THE Kansas Republicans met in State Con­ fection at Topeka last'.week, and placed in nomination the following ticket: For Gover­ nor, George T. Anthony; Lieutenant Gover­ nor, M. J. Sutter ; Secretary of State, T. N. Oavanaugh; Auditor, It. J. Bonebrake ; Treas­ urer, John Francis •, Attorney General, Willard Davis •, State Superintendent, A. M. Lemar ; Associate Justice, A J. Brewer. A WASHINGTON dispatch states that the Pres­ ident, at the instance of the Republican Con­ gressmen of Mississippi, made an extensive change of Federal officers in that State, in­ cluding the Marshal for the Southern district imd the principal postmasters. THE Kansas Democrats have nominated John Martin, of Topeka, for Governor... .The Re­ publican State convention of New York met at Saratoga, last week, and nominated the follow­ ing ticket: Governor, E. D. Morgan ; Lieu­ tenant Governor, Sheiman M. Rodgers; Judge of the Court of Appeals, George A. D«n- forth : Canal Commissioner, Daniel C. Spencer; State Prison Inspector, Charles T. Trobridge ; Electors at Large, Abraham X. Parkei andWm. H. tiewwd. WASHINGTON. OBDEBS have been issued from the War De­ partment for tho recruiting of 2,500 additional men for the cavalry regiments. The principal recruiting stations are at St. Louis. Chicago, Indianapolis, Buffalo, Boston, and New York. Branch offices will be opened in several West­ ern cities, to secure the required *•-- bar as soon as possible. jjounced from Washington IT is state* from Washington that, under in­ structions from the Attorney General, all pend­ ing whisky prosecutions are to be taken up and disposed of at the next terms of the courts having them in charge. THE Canadian Government has decided to allow American vessels the free navigation of Canadian waters for the remainder of the sea­ son A dispatch from Ottawa, Canada, says that "the Sioux now on the war-path against the United Stp.te?. not long ago sent presents of tobaeco to the Biackieet, and requested the latter to join them. Tho Canadian Indians re­ plied 11; UI th&Y V»'U«ilci kC£>p pi>«*C£>, bUi. WOUld not join them in fighting. The Sioux sent a message in return that, when tl ey had finished with the Americans, they would cross over and capture the Blackfoot country." THE Cape May Conference, composed of del­ egates of the two great bodies of Methodists, the Churches North and South, have'eome to an understanding on the question of union. The Church will thus signalize the centennial year by the grand consummation which has for years been devoutly wished and labored for. FOREIGN. THB- city of Beyrouth, in Bavaria has Just been the scene of the greatest musical event of the century, namely, the production of the latest work of the composer Wagner, entitled '•The Ring of Nibelungen." A dispatch lrom Bevreuth says of the closing installment: "lbe representation of 'The Ring of Nibdun- lungen' was completed to night, yrith the performance of ' Gotterdamjaerung.' The conclusion was grandly tragic and majes­ tic. Anti-Wagne ites refuse to admit that they find much melody, but acknowledged that the* Nibelungen Triology is the greatest work of the composer. They consider that Herr Wagner has given the predominance to the dramatic over the lyric element. Some acts are wearisome, but it is admitted that Ni­ belungen will be the model to future genera­ tions as a work of the highest dramatic and musical character." There is a terrible fam­ ine in the northern provinces of China, and there ate thousands of deaths from starvation daily. AMSTAECHI REV, the Turkish minister at Washington, haa received an offic ai declaration of the Turkish government, dated at Constan­ tinople, Aug. 19, giving the history of the com mencement of the hostilities with bervia aud Montenegro. It sets forth the concessions made to Servia under the treaty of Parn, and speaks of the efforts of the Porte to aid m de­ veloping the prosperity of the principality. The Btrife was caused by a few ambitious and restless men who sacrificed to vain popularity the true interests of the country, and from the beginning of the insuirection in Herze­ govina have, by every means in their power, aided the insurgents. A SEBIOUS financial crisis prevails in Portu­ gal, and the Government, as a measure of re­ lief, Li, if > ed a decree for the suspension of all monti^rj' n-vagiiuuiit* .or two months. The embankment w due to the scarcity of silver coin R ^oits have been received at Alexandria. E~y t Abyssinia, that Waldo Mikae.! ; « u -u'gt-nt chief, has defeated the AbvHHiiiiat, ;• Za>.i-<.ga, amd 1,500 women and .It is an- j children have b<.»n massacred. that Gen. I A arrsag battle was fought near Alexinats, ILLINOIS ITEMS. . STEEII ADAIR, aged 19 years, was, while riding a scrub race at the Clinton fair, Saturday, thrown against a tree and almost instantly killed. He was the son of a widow living at Waynesville. A TEAM of horses, with a loaded wagon attached, ran off v?ith David Lewis, at Catlin. Lewis was thrown from the wagon, and a wheel of which ran oyer him, crushing his skull and producing death instantly. CLAYBORNE COKHK, Sr., aged 05 years, one of the pioneer settlers of Morgan county, dropped dead the other day while passing along the road from a neighbor's to his home in the country. The cause of his death is not known. A FREIGHT train was wrecked between Galesbnrg and Abingdon a few days ago. Fifteen cars and an engine were ditched. No one was injured seriously. The 5 o'clock passenger train from C hi- cago was delayed six hours iu conse­ quence. ARRANGEMENTS are being made for a grand review and encampment of the or­ ganized militia of this State, to be held here in October. There are now about 500 men uniformed and equipped, in the militia, regiments of Illinois, and much interest is manifested in keeping the organization in efficient shape. THE outbreak of civil war in Cauca, one of the States of the United States of Colombia, will probably interfere with the construction of a railroad which is being pushed along the valley of that name, under a charter granted by the General Assembly of Illinois several years ago, and afterward supplemented by a charter from the Legislature of New York. The enterprise originated in Peoria, but is now in the hands, we believe, of a couple of Wall street men. FRANK M. REED, who was sentenced from McLean county, in March last, to one year's imprisonment in the State penitentiary for shooting the City Mar­ shal of Bloomington, was pardoned, a few days ago ; and also Asa Parkinson, sentenced from Wabash county in No­ vember, 1874, to three years' imprison­ ment for an assault with intent to mur­ der. Tho number of convicts at the penitentiary is rapidly decreasing. There are now 1,518 males and twenty- two females incarcerated in tiieiaafcitu- tiOtt. " r , AT Morris, on Friday of last week, was buried Jacob Claypool, one of the oldest and most eccentric inhabitants of the State. He took an active part as a soldier in the war of 1812, was captured at Detroit, and paroled. At the time of his death he was 88 years of age, and well known throughout the northern portion of the State. He removed from Ohio to Illinois in 1833, and from that time, for many years thereafter, took an active part in the affairs of the State. Deceased was very eccentric. For the last thirty-five years he has owned a white horse, which, at the request of Hflr- Claypool, was dressed in mourning, having a black blanket, and crape tied around its neck. The horse was led ahead of the funeral procession, which consisted of 176 teams. Mr. Claypool's descendants are among our most wealthy and influential citizens. THE Auditor's report of the number of horses, cattle, sheep, mules and hogs in Ohio and Illinois has been published. We print a comparative table for 1876 : Ohio -Horses 737,487 Illinois--Horses 024,044 Ohio-Cattle 1,449,705 Illinois--Cattle 1,861,278 Ohio--Sheep .3,854,528 Illinois--Sheep 828,074 Ohio--Hogs 1,801,250 Illinois--Hogs 2,670,363 Ohio-Mules.. 96,985 Illinois-- Mules 123,213 From this table it is seen that Illinois leads Ohio on horses by nearly 200,000; on mules by five to one ; on cattle over 400,000 ; on hogs by nearly 1,000,000; but on sheep Ohio beats Illinois nearly five to one, or more than 3,000,000. The aggregate home value Oi the domestic animals of the two States is slightly with Illinois. The value per head is with Ohio, as her farmers are an average of 300 miles nearer the Eastern markets, which determine the price of live stock in a great measure in each State. The area of Illinois is nearly one-third greater than that of Ohio, while the population of the two States is just about the same, THE CEXTESKIAL. Grass and Leather. A citizen of the Cass farm has a vacant lot fenced in to preserve the grass, and, notwithstanding his many signs of "Don't touch the grass" posted upon the fence, he yesterday morning found a man mowing away for dear life, while a boy was loading the grass into a wagon. " Who gave you permission to cut that grass?" shouted the owner. "Nobody," replied the man, as ho rested from his work. " Grass is a nat­ ural product of the soil, nursed and carad for by nature, and it is as free to one animal as another." " Leather is a preparation made from the hides of grazing animals," said the citizen as he stiffened the muscles of his legs. "It is made by tenners, worked up by shoemakers, and I'll give you all you want for nothing." The old man kicked back, but right and justice must ever triumph,and when he went over the fence his eyes had a wild expression, and he yelled t) his boy: "Git that hoss on a gallop/ Bom, or we'll never see home again." France--China--dilks--Bronzes--Jewelry Philosophical Instruments, Xh% Tonometer. "V [Special Correspondence.} . < POTIADTXPHIA, Aug. 18,1S76. An afternoon in the French department, in the main building, with one of the always po­ lite and obliging French commissioners, ready to give information and answer questions re­ specting the exhibit of la belle France in this Exposition, resulted in more memoranda than I can put into readable shape in one letter. The superiority of the Frenoh in - CHINA. is noticeable by all observers. It is harder and denser than the English China, aDd less liable to breakage, and is as non-porous as glass. The glazing is thinner and does not obscure the figures. It is not liable to «raze (have fine cracks in the glazing) after much imng, as is the case with inferior ware. There is one exhibit peculiarly fine--one gold-enameled dinner set, worth 20,000 francs. Another set, in same oollection, is sold to Restaurant Ermitage, Moscow, for $26,000. Tea sets, with cups and plate?, all different, aad Sevres ware exquisitely painted, in cases, like the rarest and niost costly jewelry. There are perhaps a dozen of these exhibits of fine porcelain and china, and some exceedingly beautiful Faience ware, made at Limoges. It is a vory fine sort of terra eotta, highly ornamented, in'which the colors are put on with a brush. The bedy is of common clay, the enamel and colors giving brilliancy and beauty almost equal to oil painting. Here is a dinner set--'-Saxon"--on claws, decorated with ornaments and flowers. Another set-- "Vegetable "--the knobs models of vegetables, each co\er presenting a different sort. The "Water Lily," with dish and cover modeled from the leaves of the plant, the ornaments representing the flowers, with characteristic decorations, is quite attractive. Then tnere are plates representing "Morning," "Noon," " Night," " Moonlight, "a " Thunder-Storm," a "Snow-Storm," etc., painted in a style en­ tirely new. A dessert set, with lace edges, is new and difficult to make. Here are also cups, saucers and plates, fac similes of those pre-, sented to Lady Washington by the French offi­ cers, in 1790, and a few teacups made by the process of easting, showing extreme light­ ness. But the principal pieces in this oollection are two vases--the largest ever made in Europe-- commemorative, the one of American Inde­ pendence, and the other of the completion of our first century as a nation. The vase " 1776 The Struggle "--has for its base a barren rock washed by angry waves; on top a battery of Revolutionary cannon; on the body of the vase an eagle with outspread wings, with the United States colors on either side ; above the eagle the names of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The vase is surmounted by a bust of Washington, and has a statue of "Victory" on one side, and on the other, " Renommee." The vase "1976"--"Prosperity"--has em­ blems of peace, the fruits of the earth, and implements of industry at the base : on the body are tho eagle and the colors, above the names of the Presidents of the United States, with their terms of office. On top is a bust of America, and on each side are "Victory"and "Renommee." Very difficult to make. This house has also an exhibit of pate- tendre. or soft porcelain, the most difficult kind of ware to manipulate, because it can neither be thrown nor cast into molds. The shapes are obtained by casting it in thick plas­ ter molds, and then carefully turning and shaping it by hand. It is liable to collapse and lose its shape, but it has a great affinity for the vitreous mixture forming the glaze, and the result is that the glaze retains all its softness, and so thoroughly impregnates the colors of the painting that, after firing, it appears as if sunk into it. The paste in casting is so thin as to flow like water, a part of which is ab­ sorbed by the plaster molds, leaving only a thin covering adhering to the sides. But it takes the most brilliant coloring. There is a fine collection in blue, in imitation of Sevres wart. Another important staple in which the French excel, is SXIcfKSp of which there is a magnificent display*, espef daily from Lyons, renowned for its silk ana velvet manufactures. Here are silks in all varieties, colors and styles, plain and figured, as well as silk in skeins and spools. Also, the finest camel's hair shawls. Of laces there is a large and elegant display. Also.damasks and cur­ tain goods. Of tapestries there are several choice exhibits from the leading houses, especially of Duplan, some pieces of which cost fabulous prices. So also a case of Jouvin's gloves, the first house in France. Pictures, photographic and lithographic, frcm Goupil & Co. Millinery and flowers, suits, costumes and dresses in the best Pirisian style, which the ladies view with admiration and regrets. There are two remarkable exhibits of bronzes and marble, the latter holding the post of honor by the grand stand in the main aisle. JEWELRY. Of jewelry there are two magnificent dis­ plays, eclipsing all others by their richness and artistic excellence. In one exhibit is a neck­ lace worth £'10,000, a pin $20,000, a rose $3,000, • and a diadem f 42,000. In another, represent­ ing one of the very best houses in Paris, there is the most workmanship combined with the costliest goods. A single boribonnere, of trans­ parent ceramel, required the labor of a most si. ill fill vfoiliriiaii two ycci's,. A large case of piize silver pieces, given by the Gcvonuiient at agricultural fairs, attracts much attention. The most conspicuous objects are two mir­ rors, ten feet wide and twenty-two feet high. The glass is three-eighths of an inch thick. By Compaigne du St. Cobain. There is a large and superior exhibit of chemical and pharmaceutical preparations. PHILOSOPHICAL. INSTRUMENTS, ETC. In instruments of precision--balances for determining tho smallest appreciable weight-- the French excel. There is an automatic ma- cliino for weighing standard gold coin. The pieces are put into two feeders ; those of the etandard weight come out in the center, those of light weight como out on one side, and those of overweight on tho other. There is an oilometer for testing the purity of oil, There is a large dispiay of astronomical and philosophical instruments, telescopes, field- glasses, spy-glasses, spectroscopes, optical, opera and magnifying glasses of all kinds, physicians' glasses, eye-glasses, and glasses for camel as, etc. There is a fine display of traveling hfgs, valisea and trunks, with all the apparatus* for needle and toilet work, lunches, etc. Le lia *•' tar du Voyage, the French term it--a great convenience for travelers. A grand gymnasium, upright, occupying when folded a very small space, but when opened, displaying apparatus for complete gymnastic exercises, attracts much attention. I name in this letter one more remarkable ex­ hibit, brought to perfection through years of study and experiment by an ingenious and philosophic mind--tho tonometer, an instru­ ment for measuring sound, cr tune. A set of tuning forks are arranged so as to form eight octaves. Each octavo represents sixty-live sounds, and tho whole gives 59.000 vitrations. By means of a battery, two cylindrical instru­ ments can be made to give sounds, as regulated by keys, as low as a whisper or as loud as distant thunder. It is a most interesting application of science to acoustics, and I felt more interest in this exhibit than in anything I have seen in llie Exposition. But as I had not time then to fully examine it, so as to give a proper expla­ nation of it, aud did not even get the inventor's name, I shall defer further notice till another > S.M. B. progress. But in Japan Buddhism is rapidly declining. Within the last six years 600 temples have been closed and devoted to other purposes, and since 1873 seventy one have been converted into private dwellings or made secular institutions. At this rate, but a com­ paratively few years will elapse ere Buddhism will be but the religion of the minority in the populous Japanese islands. . WOSD-MAKIM letter. An Aueteiit Religion on the Decline* The vast population that compose the Buddhist Church present the most for­ midable sect known to the world. In Ceylon, the tooth of Buddha is shown as a sacred relic, and was reverently exhib­ ited by the priests to the Prince of Wales during his late visit to that island. Millions in Hindostan and China bend the knee in the temples, and so fixed in "tie popular mind is this religion that Christian missionaries kave made slow Additions to the English Language. The English language was, a day or two ago, enriched by a new adjective at the hands of a correspondent of the Times. The wish was expressed that a certain street in London might become " walkable." It might be dangerous to affirm that the word " walkable" was never used before; but ii certainly sounds strange even to ears whicn are quite used to "passable" and " laughable," and to which " reliable," if it has a grievous sound, has not a new one. To make a street " walkable " seems to mean to put it in such a state that people may walk along it with safety and comfort. And it certainly would not be easy to put ihat idea into so short a space in any other way. But the question further suggests it­ self whether, if the street is to be made " walkable," it also needs to be made "drivable" and "ridable." And then a number of questions would spring up. First, as to spelling; should it be "driv- able" and "ridable," or " driveable " and "rideable?" Theji comes the fur­ ther question about having such words at all. In all these words the Latin end­ ing stuck on to the English root is al­ ways offensive as long as the word is new; and that caprice which rules su many •things in matters of language sometimes accepts one word and rejects another which is formed in exactly the same way. Then, again, some draw a division be­ tween words which can be used in the passive voice as they stand, and those which cannot except with the help of a preposition. There are those .who would admit "readable," and reject "reli­ able," because a book is "read" while nobody is "relied," but only "relied on." The word then should not be "re­ liable," but "relionable." The friends of " reliable" answer that nobody quar­ rels with "laughable," which,'by the same analogy, should be "laughatable." To this it might again be answered that, though we cannot speak of " laughing a man," we can speak of "laughing iiim down," "laughing him to scorn," "laughing him out of a thing." A practically better answer would be that no other word exactly expresses the meaning of "laughable, "while "trust­ worthy" does perfectly well for " reli­ able." But the real difference, doubt­ less, is that "reliable" is still a word of yesterday; while "laughable," which is recognized by Johnson on the authority of Dryden, has long got over any dif­ ficulties which may have beset it when it was new. " Walkable" may assert itself that people do " walk the streets," while nebody "drives" or "rides" them. But " dnvable and ridable," if they ever spring up, will take refuge under the shadow of "reliable"--perhaps under that of "laughable."--Pall Mall Ga­ zette. A Perilous Predicament. Hon. jooeph Mosby, of Bolla, Mo., wished to make some slight repairs on the top of his residence, and for this purpose had occasion to tear up a few shingles. In doing so in a quiet and in­ offensive manner, he was astonished to find that he had disturbed a hornets' nest. The hornets swarmed out upon Mr. Mosby. They made it hot for him at the very first onset. He rushed to the ladder, attacked from behind, when, horror of horrors, a neighbor had bor­ rowed his ladder. Mr. Mosby cavorted, he tumbled, he rolled from one end of the roof to the other, screaming as he went, "Ladder!" "LadderI" The hor­ nets continually increased ; they flew at his nose, his ears, his cheeks; they danced on his forehead, they crawled down his back, they flew up his breeches leg, they met half way and fought each otlier. They stung, here and there and everywhere--before, behind, above, and below. Mr. Mosby's wild gesticulations and terrific shouts attracted the atten­ tion of the whole neighborhood. His friends mistook tho shouts o£ " Ladder V " Hornets!" for " Hayes and Wheeler," and thought he was raitfying, but so much seriousness was depicted on his face that a ladder was finally procured and a rescue effected. Mr. Mosby is laid up for repairs now. Oar Fresh Beef Export Trade. To-day the first shipment of fresh bee from New York to Europe is to be made by the Abyssinia, which will take out tho dressed carcasses of 120 head of cat­ tle. This beef is chiefly from prime Western and New York State stock, and the agents of the steamer say it can be placed on the English market in a per­ fectly sound condition. It is inclosed in a refrigerator, the outer portion of which is constructed of iron and the in­ side lined with wood, and contains pipes connected with an air-exhausting appa­ ratus for the purpose of keeping the meat free from all the impurities that might arise from the accumulation of air. As yet the shipment of fresh beef as a branch of our foreign commerce has not attained a position that admits of an es­ timate of the probable success of the business; but from what can be learned from shippers there does ne t seem to be other than a few minor obstacles in the way as regards operations on this side of the ocean. The market on the other side appears to be sufficiently large to take all the beef that can be shipped with the present allowance of freight room on the steamer.--Albany (N. Y.) Journal. Increase of Neuralgia. Neuralgia in the faces and heads of women is largely on the increase, as compared with the number of instances of the disease among men; and this is believed to be due to the inferior pro­ tection afforded by the mode in which women now cover their heads. It is not only one of the most common of feminine maladies, but one of the most painful and difficult of treatment. It is also a cause of much mental depression, and is re­ garded by physicians as leading more often to habits of intemperance among women than any other disease. GEN. PUTNAM DISC OUSTED. A California Bear Story. The party of Sacramentans who re­ cently left for Mendocino county on a hunting trip, and of whose fit out we gave a brief description, were yesterday heard from through a brief letter re­ ceived her?. They reached their hunt­ ing-ground without more than ordinary trouble, but had an adventure the first day they got into their permanent camp, which was immediately adjoining the farm-house of a gentleman who used to reside in Sacramento. Shortly after they arrived, the ranchman intimated to them that he had discovered that a bear, supposed to have been the cause of the disappearance from the ranch of sundry young pigs and goats, had secreted him­ self in a crevice in a ledge of rocks not more than 100 yards from the henm*. md they could kill him easily if they "meant hunting." We doubt whether a bear had ever been killed by these hunters, but what could they do ? Of course they declared, with more or less emphasis, that if there was anything they wanted it was a chance at a bear. The ranchman volunteered to show them Bruin's headquarters, and after thorough preparation, they started out to do bat­ tle. Arrived at the rocks, it was deter­ mined after careful survey that the bear had crawled through a narrow opening into a cave, which might be large or small, there was no way of judging. George G., the quietest man of the par­ ty, now showed the most pluck. Ev­ idently he had heard of Israel Patnam's exploit, for, after a careful reconnois- sance, he announced that he' Twould crawl in with his gun after the bear, previously affixing a rope to his tinkles, and when the parties outside heard him shoot, they were to pull on the rope and help him to crawl out, as the bear might institute a vigorous pursuit. Once out­ side, the other members of the party could cover his retreat with their guns. That was excellent. He carefully made his way through the hole until he caught sight of Bruin, then took good aim and fired. Meanwhile the remainder of the party had been standing outside, nervously clinging to the rope, and when the shot was fired, giving a loud and very pecu­ liar sound, to which the bear responded with a terrible roar, which, rushing to them through the narrow opening, seemed to indicate that the animal was making a terrific charge, they started on a rush for camp, and, though uncon­ scious of the fact, dropped their guns but clung to the rope. The result was that George found himself snaked out of the hole like greased lightning, and bumped along the ground at a famous pace. The more he yelled the faster his friends ran, believing that the ferocious beast had made short work of him and soon would operate upon them. They never stopped until they reached their wagon, and then, hearing a large amount of fragmentary catechism at the end of the rope, they investigated and found George barer than the bear had ever been, and with every bit of sun-burn skinned off his face, while his hands were lacerated and full of slivers. It took a long time to explain to his satis­ faction. Afterward some one thought about the other bear, and he was found to be dead in the hole.--Sacramento Record. ' An Unfortunate Question. They bad company to tea (says the Danburv News). The table was set out spledidly. The biscuit were as white and light and flaky as snow, and the cake was just lovely. The company were delighted with everything, and were enjoying themselves hugely, and getting the modus operandi of making the biscuit, which were too lovely for anything, when the infant of the house­ hold unfortunately whispered: " Ma, why don't you have such a tea when there ain't company ?" Simple as the query was, it "floored" ma. ^ A FIRE in Hamburg, Germany, de­ stroyed the large theater called the Cen­ tral Halle. It being Sunday, and the weather favorable, the theater and gar­ dens were crowded, and when the fire broke out a panic was created, women fainting, aud children crying piteously ; and about a dozen people were crushed and burned to death. Several of the ballet girls and soma of the actor? were severely burned. ICB CBEAM HAA bccome an article of peddle on the cars. It's nicer than the scream of the engine, and the peripatetic peanut prosecutor appears to be per­ fectly petrified with the perpetual suc­ cess of his summer rival.--Inter-Ocean* THE MARKETS. . NEW YORK. BBKVXS 6 80 #10 25 HOGS 6 00 @ 8 00 COTTON O 12# Fi/Oun--Superfine Western 3 50 <& 4 15 WHKAT--No. 2 Chicago 90 @ 1 05 COBN--Mixed Western....... " <9 OATS--No. 2 Chicago 86 <S J-} Rva--Western <9 PORK--New Mess IL LABB--Steam 10^9 10& CHICAGO. 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