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. *\ * - >«- - „ - --^rpp--.-P^ TPpsw rr^v^m.>rr^m '̂ • I* H.«H<HP IJPi«p l.«M i PPJHR mm . iL : . %'ht HRt||«ira flafndtala 3. VAN 8LIKE» l*rousiuuL & fcHENRY, TTXTvriTa •------* "f1 • • • - - . ' v '••• THE DEW EL DORADO. Ifeets and Figures About Ihl ' Siilo Suais^ magion. . [x'iViAM uic Hc^ Uuuv»a«] The story of the Black Hills has as it been written only piecemeal, and it can never attain to the significance Which made the gold-hunt of Califor­ nia's early years worthy of special, his­ toric treatment; it is an episode, not an epoch. The treaty, the rumors of gold, the military prospering tour, the irrup­ tion of adventurers, the Sioux war and the tragic retribution of Custer's death, with his brave men--are its incidents. The Black Hills have since copied the other El Dorados of these thirty years past, and furnished in abundance the delightful elements of Mr. Harte's atories for the benefit of his imitator^ • A writer in. the New York Sv.n gives •the first, really sober and probable ac­ count of the whole region that we have seen, and it is worth while to indicate briefly what he tells us, for there has been enough emigration thither from hereabouts to give local interest in the Matter. The Black Hills are a mountain ttass rising abruptly from the center of an immense prairie to from 3,000 to $,(X)0 feet from the sea-level, and pierced few canons and gulches at wide in­ tervals. They derive their name from the somber pines which clothe them; but within, as the fatal Custer expedi­ tion proved, exists a beautiful and fer- . - j A % U l.'l ! * J WIE CUTTUWTY. AUU lit WHO UA.VW19V3 1UUUU then and made certain by the subse­ quent scientific exploration of Prof. JTenny in 1875, that the tales of gold there were true. It is said that the Jesuit missionaries knew it many years ago. and, having regard to better things than gold--namely, the welfare of hu­ man souls--they persuaded the Indians to keep the secret of the Hills to them­ selves. However tjfrat may be, they •did keep the secret as long as they could. The Black Hills embrace some 6,000 square miles, but not all this region is ^Id-bearing, and much of what may be called so is not rich enough to pay for -working. The gold belt extend® twenty- $ve miles wide for a distance of eighty Jules along the Hills, from Bear range 4m the northwestern slope to French cireek on the southeast; of this, the only really profitable district is that known as Deadwood, comprising the northern fourth of the belt, about 500 square miles, as rich as it can be with gold and silver--the "richest diggings in the world," according to old miners. Two streams, Whitewood and Deadwood, rise ill the Hills fifteen miles southwest of Deadwood City, unite at that point, and flow northeast; the Deadwood is " the bonanza." On the gulch proper 200 claims are located, and on a half-dozen dry branch gulches {bearing such poetic names as Split-tail, Bob-tail, etc.) there are as many more, each claim being valued at from $15,000 to $80,000, and sometimes at still higher figures. For instance, the owners of a elaim which yielded $1,300 in one ten- hour run not irrationally refuse $10,000 for a fifth interest in it; and adjoining this is the Wheeler claim, the crack one df the Hills, which yielded $97,000 last year, and now yields from $300 to $500 per shift. From bank statistics and the miners' statements the production of the Whole mining region last year is estimated St $2,50O«,00O, four-fifths of which were • from Deadwood and its tributaries. This 2ear's yield is calculated at $25,000,000, l support of which apparently wild es­ timate it is asserted that in the tunnel "Of one quartz lead is now visible ore Worth $81)0,000 by mathematical demon­ stration. We may remark, for the benefit flf those who may feel tempted thither by the3e glittering figures, that every foot on these gulches is taken. In the Deadwood district, as extended by the Sun correspondent for his con­ venience, he includes Potato gulch, which is in Wyoming Territory, 20 miles west of Deadwood City, and covers some 25 square miles, fnil of streams, chief among which is the Redwater, 50 feet *?nride, 20 inches deep, arid falling 100 feet to the mile. Here was fonsl the biggest nugget of the Hills, weighing & ' little over seven minces, and worth about $150. It waa found by accident; by two penniless colored miners who were sadly wandering back to civilization. They took shelter from a storm under the roots of an overturned tree, and by mere accident saw this lump in the clay. Of course they " located," and netted $20,- 000 by their season's work. Such stories as these are frequent, but to one such fortune there are hundreds of oases of ruin. One of the most deceptive state­ ments made about mines is that ore is taken out which will assay at the rate of $20,000, $30,000 or $50,000 to the ton. Of course such ore is sometimes found, but the fact is that it is extraordinary ore that averages $35 or $40 to the ton. The gold in the Black Hills is found in auriferous ores in well-defined leads on all the southern sides of the hills, which will only be developed when cap­ ital brings in machinery. In the rich portion of the belt, however, the gold occurs also in a quite peculiar deposit of reddish sand-stone, sometimes conglom­ erate, which covers certain hills, and does not possess a single recognized feat­ ure of a mineral lode. The best authorities in the Hi11« agree that there is no chance there now for any poor men, though men with money can find there opportunity to invest it. All the territory that remains*' unexplored •has no water, and without water there can be no mining. Discourage emigra­ tion, they all say; there are hundreds in Deadwood streets and gulches that are actually starving. The False Balance. Alm>! what narrow creatures we are, aiter all! How distinctly we can see the *' mote " in other eyes, so imperceptible in our own. How easily we can settle the question of duty for a tired, tempted, discouraged fellow-creature, and what a large margin we allow for our own weak­ nesses and follies! How seldom do we reflect that, placed in the same circum­ stance, we might be even more repre­ hensible than they whom we so unchar­ itably condemn! God help us--what if lie |so unsparingly and unrelentingly measure our motives and lives! Wha if our nnworthjmeas were the measure o His daily favor and recognition ! MAT the thought stifle cm our lips the harsh judgment, sad prompt the extended hand of succor to the tempted and dis­ couraged! The Cut «ff Dr. Ajer--A Lesson to Advertisers. The insanity of Dr. J. C. Ayer, of XjOwcll, sSbids s tcmbls Tsnsisg to ad­ vertisers. Her? vrss r. isas cogged m\ the manufacture of a pill, not differing much from a hundred other pills which may be obtained at any drug store. In an unguarded moment he made up his mind that he would advertise, not in the picayune style of the ordinary dealer, but m a comprehensive sort of way, by which he could reach every possible pur­ chaser oi puis, iie started with the idea of devoting half of his profits each year to advertising. The result might have been foreseen. He accumulated money so rapidly tfrfrt he did not know what to do with it. When he had rolled together $15,000,000, and had vainly striven to find some out­ let for his ever-increasing profits, his mind gave way tinder the absorbing cares of his vast business, and he is now a patient at an asylum for the insane. How easily this calamity might have been averted ! If he haa stuck to the conservative methods of many of our merchants and refrained from advertis­ ing, he might have been passing quietly through bankruptcy now, instead of be­ ing loaded down with his uncounted millions. It is a dangerous experiment for a man who does not want to become rich to ad­ vertise; or, if he advertises at all, he must advertise grudgingly and at long u-A Jiil/Cl VUVO 0UVUUIU gAUfV uud of all proportion to his requirements, and he should find himself burdened with wealth. Advertising, conducted on the principle of devoting half the profits of a. business to it, is, we repeat, a dan­ gerous experiment. It precipitates a fortune upon the advertiser BO suddenly that the chances are even that he will not know what to do with his money. The multitudinous pleasures of bank­ ruptcy, insolvency, and "shinning OCEAN'S PERILS. around" for the wherewithal to meet a note are permanently denied to the man who advertises. There sever was in Europe or America a great advertiser who did not accumu­ late a great fortune. Let those who de­ sire to live unburdened by the cares of wealth take warning.-- Utica (N. K) Observer. Turkey Sinking to Extinction. Whatever Turkey does, whether she be steeped in her ancient poverty or rich with fresh loans, whether left to herself or strong in European alliances, she is still sinking, depth below depth, and falling to pieces. Some, indeed, hold out a. hope that, if left to herself, she might cany out reforms; but on one point all are silent, and that is, what all these reforms are to end in. and what is to be the reformed Turkish empire of the fu­ ture ? It is a castle in the air. The Turks are incapable of representative institutions and constitutional govern­ ment Their pretense of it, whether honest or not, is an illusion. They have it neither in their race nor in their creed, nor even in their circumstances. It is the common assumption of every speaker, on whatever side, that Turkey is in this evil ease. Whether she be oppressor or oppressed, mistress of her actions or under evil possession, it all comes to the same thing; that the world is seeing the last of Turkey. Her visible and awful changes are not those of develop­ ment, but of dissolution. Then comes the question, Are we to attempt to keep life in the body, to infuse young blood, to inflate the collapsing lungs, to warm the chill extremities, and flatter our­ selves we can make her once more a liv­ ing thing? Is it possible? Is it desir­ able ? Is iteven right ?--London Time*. Josh Billings Insures His Life. I kum to the conclusion lately that life was so onsartin that the only way forme tu stand a fair chance with other folks wuz tu git my life insured, and so I kalled on the agent of the "Garden Angel Life Insurance Company," and answered the following questions which wiw put to me over the top ov a pare of gold Bpeciiw, by a Hiiclt little rouuti gray head, and us proll/ alliHebdlcy onliim as enny man ever owned : 1st Are you m«H or femail? Cf so pleze state how long jou have been so. 2d. Are you subject to fits, and if so, du yu have more than one at a time. 3d. What is yore precise fiteing weight ? 4th. Did you ever have enny an­ cestors, and if so, how meny, and of what sex ? 5th. What is yore legal opinion of the constitutionality of the tenth command­ ment? 6th. Do yu ever have any nightmares ? 7th. Are yon married or single, or are you a bachelor ? 8th. Do yu beleave in a future state ? If yu du, state it. 9th. What are yure private sentiments about a rush of rats tu the head? Can it be did successfully? 10th. Have yu ever committed sui­ cide, and if so, how did it seem to ef­ fect yu? Timber! Pirates. The Government is making war upon the . timber-depredators on the public lands. Special agents will be detailed by the Interior Department to _ seize stolen timber and arrest the thieves. The agents are forbidden to compro­ mise with the depredators.' It is stated that seizures of timber have been made in Minnesota and Louisiana within two months the value of which aggregates more than the total amount recovered by the Government during the preceding twenty years. It is believed that this wholesale plundering can be stopped and millions of dollars saved to the Gov­ ernment by the increased vigilance of the proper authorities. In the mining dis­ tricts on the Pacific coast, it is said, the cutting and removal of Government timber has been very great, large quan­ tities having been used in propping mines and preparing charcoal for smelt­ ing ores.--Chicago Journal. THE colored people of Washington city are no inconsiderable element of its population, numbering, as they do, about 40,000, or nearly one-third of the inhabitants. Vtattealam of tfe* KAMI of TLM StonmshtpSM Fruetsm, mm tb« Meiieta Ooaab [Gleaned from the 8M Francisco Payers.] A peculiar, indeso&bable tremor was felt, the ship having strode against an unknown danger, cutting into the hull the length of aixty feet, and the water rushing in with fearful velocity The ship was at ence turned toward the shore, thirteen miles distant, gradually sinking. She haa. rail steam on and grounded on a sand-bank. Fortunately three compartments were not burst. The Captain and his officers were cool, calm and clearheaded. As soon as the ship struck orders were given to get the boats ready and life-preservers on, as the danger of sinking was most imminent. A sounding between the reef and the Bonrl-'Honlr Anwed fivfl and a half. seven and a half, twenty and twenty-two fathoms of water and no bottom. Dur­ ing the fearful interval while evidently sinking not a cry was heard from the passengers. There was little confusion, out silent, anxious waiting, although there were 137 passengers,twenty of them small children, and many young men never before at sea The t>oats started for* the shore three miles away. Not a passenger was allowed a pounu of bag­ gage of any kind, and when reaching the shore each boat was overturned and the passengers thrown in the surf. , The scene was one never to be forgottqo. A kind Providence preserved every life and all were safe on the Mexican shore. Fortunately a stream of fresh water was found between the mountains, where, with the stars for a covering and the roots and branches of the trees for mat­ tresses, all slept. The Captain at onoe sent one of his officers to Acapuloo, eighty miles distant, but fortunately the boat fell in with the gunboat Mexican, Capt. Lolor commanding, and, although under orders to get provisions for the beseiged city, the inhabitants of which were starving for food, the Captain at once steamed off to the relief of the ship­ wrecked passengers. They were all taken off safely, crowding the deck of the gunboat, and next day transferred to the Pacific Mail steamer Costa Rica. Capt. WaddeU and his officers behaved splen­ didly, and were brave, humane ana un­ selfish Capt. Waddell says seven steam- pumps of 160 barrels of water per min­ ute capacity were absolutely useless. The whole bottom was out of the steamer. He has run the steamer over the spot repeatedly. The only conjecture is that the late earthquake, which was made manifest on the coast by a tidal wave, may have upheaved a submarine rock. The Captain was on the bridge an hour before the steamer struck and timed everything by his watch. Twenty min­ utes after she struck the fires were out. In that twenty minutes she was running in shore under a full head of steam, ana ran forty-two minutes, malting a distance of nine or ten miles, and then grounded in thirty feet of water on a sand bottom. The next morning a fool of the stern was seen out of water. The whole body of the ship was submerged. The mizzen mast was gone. The baggage of the passengers, furniture, etc.f was con­ stantly floating ashore during the day. The money of the passengers in the purser's hands, the ship's money, and all the baggage was fotallylost. It was a run for life. The perfect coolness of all the men, women and children was extraor­ dinary, there being only one instance of panic! A young man from New York, fearing the ship would sink, leaped over­ board, but was rescued and taken into the boat. sack hangs at the right behind the bayonet̂ and the knapsack ooven the " • '*;• ' • k WATEB-WONDEB. A aHHi-ma'i ArtoaMhlt IawrtHa Propelling Beats Without WlM«lv«* The Remains of J. Wilkes To dispose of certain absurd stories that have lately appeared in the public prints, the Baltimore Gazette says that President Andrew Johnson ordered the remains of J. Wilkes Booth to be deliv­ ered to his family, and that they sent John H. Weaver, a Baltimore undertaker, to Washington to receive them. A box was taken up from the arsenal building and delivered to him- It was found to contain a skeleton wrapped in an amy blanket. On the right foot was an army shoe, cut open at the top its entire length, as if to accommodate a swollen foot. On the other was a largp cavalry boot A reporter of the Gazette exam­ ined the bones in and above the shoe, and found that the leg was broken just above the ankle. Still, the identity of tilC ICiiiiMitb WSS HOE SHufilfiCWi'lij CSfflD' lished, ccpccklly m th&u, was 1:0 per tion of the spinal vertebrae miesing, and no aaark of any bullet upon them. A brother of Boom's was sent for, who said that Wilkes had his tooth plugged with gold in a peculiar manner. He de- Hcrihed the location of the tooth, and drew with a pencil the shape of the plug, which was of unusual size. The teeth were taken out, and the tooth was found plugged as described The remains were buried in Greemnouni cemetery, in the same lot. with his grandfather, fathex and children of the family. Bounufnian Discretion. The Roumanian soldiers look so well when they are on dress parade at Bucharest that some of the war corre­ spondents have been beguiled into the notion that they can fight. An incident which a correspondent of the London News relates showB they would not have offered much resistance to the Turks if an attempt had been made from Rust- chuk or Widin to forestall the advance of the Russians. There was a corps of observation stationed at Giurgevo to watch the Turks, and it occurred to the Minister of War that it would be a good thing to exercise these troops and accus­ tom them to the sounds of war. So one night he ordered the alarm to be sound­ ed. He has been heard to say that he bitterly repented having taken so bold a measure, for it took him a week to get the detachment together again. Bnssisn Soldiers. Russian soldiers upon marches sing to while away tedium, and the solos, al­ ways in a minor key, and monotonous, are varied by very uvely bursts in the chorus. The solo singer often impro­ vises, and is usually accompanied by a man with a fiddle, a triangle, a clarion­ et, or by one who whistles. The ordinary uniform of the infantry consists of a kepi, a tunic, and pantaloons of dark green cloth, the latter garment be­ ing inserted in the boots. The gray overcoat is carried in a roll at the back, from the right shoulder to the left hip. Two cartridge boxes are attached to the leather belt in front. A canvas haver­ [From tht Baltimare OMMMB.} About three years ago an intelligent mechanic of Baltimore began to put into shape some ideas he had fionearning water as a propelling power for vessels. He believed that by judicious manipula­ tion a boat could be propelled without a wheel or screw. With an inventor's sublime faith in the correctness of his theory, he gave his spare moments to putting his ideas into practical form. He built a model and launched her in a trouflrh. HA "flrwl nn '* with kAmwmA and raised steam to work his pump. The experiment with the working model sat­ isfied the inventor that he was on the right track. But between that model and the trim little Alpha, which ran down the bay on her trial yesterday, there was * wide gulf of hope, disappointment, hard work and expectation. The Alpha is a Baltimore-built boat, constructed on titie tug-boat model, and as neat a thing of the kind as there is afloat. She is 43 feet in length, and has 10} feet of beam. She is furnished with one 16- horse-power horizontal tubular boiler, and a No. 7 Knowles pump. From the pump to the stern are two lines of pipe, which strike the water about three feet beneath the surface. Two similar lines ran to the bow. The' pump drives through each pipe a 2}-inch stream, which enters the water through a i-inch nosde. With sixty pounds of steam the pump makes 180 strokes to the minute, each stroke driving a stream into Jtlie body of water. Tnis is all there is about this jronderful device. And vet, under all the disadvantages of a trial trip, tins was the device which yesterday enabled the Alpha to make ten knots an hour un­ der sixty pounds' pressure. There was not a ripple astern, and no perceptible displacement of the water, except the litfle made by the cutting of the bow. She was backed and turned with perfect ease. To back the boat the stream is driven through the bow nozzles, and the craft obeys on the instant. If the boat were to spring aleak, the pump would simply draw its supply from the hold and go on with its work. It k claimed that a vessel provided with this ajmlianoe could not sink under ordinary leakage. For -prudential reasons there were no experiments in this line yester­ day. A remarkable feature of the Cald­ well contrivance is that the power whioh propel will also steer. To accomplish this the nozzles are worked alternately from side to side, using the streams as levers, on the principle of the oar. There is yet another use to which this device can be applied. In case of fire on board or about the docks, a line of hose is at­ tached to the pump, and in a second there is a floating steam engine which at least holds its own with anything on wheels. The inventor claims that his device can be profitably applied to any vessel, although it is mainly intended for canal service, where the demand is for a cheap propeller that will not wash the banks. Mr. Caldwell declares that both the first and alter cost of Ms invention will be far less that that of anything now in use. The entire driving apparatus is below, and no part of it could be carried away by accident or design. The whole thing is so simple that there is not much la rat out of order, and nothing that oo&l not easily be repaired. --- »• Our Civilized Indians. The population of the Indian Terri­ tory is about 77,000. The wild Indians by blood, called "blanket" Indians, who do not cultivate the soil, arc the Osages, Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Kiowas and Pawnees, and number 20,000. Those mixed with the whites and partly civilized are the Cherokees, Creeks, Sem- inoles, Choctaws and Chickasaw A white man marrying a squaw becomes "a white Indian," and a white woman marrying an Indian becomes " a white squaw." There are also a lot of " black Indians," who are negroes. Altogether these number 55,000. Beside these there are 6,500 " negro citizens of the United, States," formerly slaves of the Chicka- ©awa. They do not rank as Indians, wlkile a- "Mask Indian " does. A Bttssis&JDitt&er*: As aprelude to the more substantial dinner, the Buesiaps paTfe&ka of a lunch of caviare, amdkmes, herring, smoked beef;, sausages, cheese, hummel, cumin, and kindred beverages. The cookery is French? still a few national dishes, such as black bread; agourcu, a preparation of salted cucumbers; ehtchi, a stew of mutton, vegetables, barley, and prunes; and iced soup, retain their place on the table. The choicest wines of Europe, with porter, ale, aad kwas, a native beer, are drunk at dinner. Tea is sipped from tumblers instead of cups, and the favor­ ite sort is bought at the annual fair at Ni^ri-Novgorod for about$20per pound. It is yellow as amber, and includes the first pioking of the tender leaves. Peruvian Bark. A lady was traveling with a trouble­ some barking dog in her lap. A gentle­ man, a fellow-passenger, complained of the annoyance. " Dear me, sir," ex­ claimed the lady, with an air of aston­ ishment, "I wonder yoti complain of my dog--everybody admires it; it is a real Peruvian." "Idon't complain of your Peruvian dog, ma'am," replied he, but I wish he would give less of his Peruvian bark" THB 8,221 married women in the city of Providence, between 15 and 45 born in the United States, had 2,532 children in 1874-5, while the 5,919 married women of the same ages bom abroad had 51,912 children ; that is, the latter class, numbering 2,302 less than the former, had 380 more children. If the American women had in those years had the same percentage as the foreign born, there would have been 4,044 children of Amer­ ican parentage instead of 2,532. A FRENCH machinist has discovered that,by keeping his turning-tools con­ stantly wetted with petroleum, he was able to cut metal and alloys with them, although when the tools were used with­ out the oil their edges were turned and culled. The hardest steel can be turned easily if the tools be thus wetted with a mixture of two parte of petroleum with one part^of turpentine. SCHAMTL. dranlui »nd Th*«r « Prophet-War- rlor," «xs New York TrlboaeJ The people of the Caucasus have long been known as a warlike, adventurous and ̂ semi-barbarous raee. This region, is about 700 miles long, and varies in width from 60 to 120 miles. No other country on the glsbe contains so many different nations or tribes. In Strabo's feae seventy dialects were spoken. At these a-e mess than 100--Per­ sian, Turkish, Finish and Teutonic words being among those that are found. The prevailing religion is the Mohamme­ dan, out Christians are numbered them. For a eentuxy and a half they were split up into an infinite number of clans or petty tribes, when the aggres­ sion of Peter the Great inoensedtnem into atgMiiwBttn, and iu 1 too the en­ croachments of the Russians had become so great that the war cry was sounded, and it has seldom been silenced since. The Russians have, on the other hand, been greatly inoensed at the barbarities shown toward the Christians of Georgia. In 1791 the Circassian leader was made a prisoner and put to death. War followed mora bitter and desperate than ever. One of their chieftains, thirty or forty yews ago, after years of hara fighting against the Russians, fell at Himn, with all his friends except one dead around him. This young survivor was Sohamyl He was 37 years of a«re, and said to have been a silent and emiest xnaa, learned beyond his people, and believing himself inspired from Allah. They afterward called him " The Prophet-Warrior of the Caucasus." His survival of the great conflict at Himri had so much of mystery in it for his people that he was regarded by them with reverence, and not long after­ ward he was again the sole survivor of a battle, and eventually established him­ self in full and complete authority over the people. He made his headquarters at a place built upon almost inaccessible rocks in the mountains, and fortified it with trenches, earthen parapets, and covered ways. So great did nis power become against the Russians that in 1839 the Csar Nicholas, irritated by his boldness and defiance, sent a powerful army against him, with orders to capture Sohamyl alive or dead. A great battle was fought, in which the Russians suf­ fered enormous losses and Schamyl's force was annihilated, but Sohamyl him­ self escaped. But it was a Pyrrhic victory. Every Naribe in the Caucasus was enraged and in arms against the Czar, and helped to strengthen the cause of SehamyL He adopted the guerrilla system of warfare, and in that the moun­ tains and ravines gave him further aid. The Russians oould not oope with him He continually encouraged them to cross the boundary line, and when they had entangled themselves among the mountains of the ravines the Circassians would shoot them from the overhanging rocks above. On ope oocasion the Rus­ sians made a formidable attack, but were repulsed with a loss of 2,000 men. The Ozar was greatly mortified, and sent an­ other army and a new General It was nearly annihilated, and the General Prince came very near being made a prisoner. Schamyl then assumed the offensive, and in 1848, 1850 and 1853 mure irrup­ tions into Russian territory, at one time driving them back eight leagues. After the Crimean war Russia renewed opera­ tions in the Caucasus, and continued them until 1859. Her army seized the Circassian stronghold and drove Schamyl to a mountain fort near the Caspian sea. Here he made a last desperate struggle, but was captured and taken to St. Peters­ burg a prisoner, where he received con­ siderate treatment. The country was conquered--at least Russia consid­ ered that the Georgian Christians would no longer be persecuted--and peace has since prevailed. In 1864 about 200,000Circassians removed to Tur­ key, and made their home on the western and northwestern shores of the Black sea. English eulogists of those people have called them the handsomest, bravest and noblest of mankind ; others have pictured them as semi-barbarous bands of outlaws, living entirely by plunder, given to polygamy, and selling their daughters in Turkish markets to the number, sometimes, of 1,000 a year. Schamyl did not remain long in St. Petersburg. Russia assigned him a residence in FMug% 100 aailee iiOBi Moscow, with a peneion of fcbout $3,000, In Jamsasy, 1870, he went to Meuyfe, Azabia. aad soon aftormrd to Medina* whew ne soon died in March, 1871. •» Byron's Clife Feat. ifecent dinner given by Lord Houghton, @1 London, L. J. Jennings met "Baron Heath, who was Lord. By­ ron's school-fellow at Harrow, and who, being his junior, acted as his 'fag.' He told me that Lord Byron wore a boot at that time on his withered foot, in which a plate of tin was inserted, in the hope that it would remedy the deformity, but that the foot ceased to grow at an early period o£ Ms life, and simply shrunk up. It was not a * olub foot,' as is commonly supposed. The boot was laoed up in the middle. * I remember it very well,' said Baron Heath, trith a smile, 'and for a very good reason--I have often had to clean those same boots.'" -- j A Big Gap. 'J Artillery experiments were lateff :fl sumed at Shoeburyness, near London, with the eighty-ton cannon. It was loaded with a charm of 425 pounds; the projectile, a PaJliser ball, weighed 1;700 pounds, and quitted the mouth of the gun at the rate of 1,600 feet in a sec­ ond. The target was at a distance of 120 yards, and was composed of a sheet of iron two feet thick, traversed by oaken beams of fifteen inches. It cost about $30,000. The projectile buried itself seventeen inches m the iron, which was not thought satisfactory, but, owing to the heavy expense of each shot, a seoond trial was not made. 000,000, and oi payments made on theat •5,000,000,000. Of these emissions, $8,860,000,000 were made in the nyt in which Uir riSnn Prussian war was the principal sotnee Mr ALL 80BTS. A txerman Ylew of the Crisis. Dr. Wirth, of Vienna, one of the most celebrated of German statisticians, ar­ gues that the crisis which has been rav­ aging the civilized world the last three or four years was caused by the excessive conversion, or rather perversion, of pri­ vate wealth for public purposes. He has compiled s. tabular statement of the amount of publio securities emitted be­ tween 1867 and 1876, and of the pay­ ments made on them. The total emis­ sions of public securities were $6,000,- Mvii* _ only add to its SxATumOH show that India is the Wucat-piuuuuiiig wiuiuj ili the iTCXid. *' MANY flour mills have been built HF** Alabama during the past twelve manthi and the wheat crop this year promises taa'f be very good. sffT THE census of the " Old Catholics" im*rm Germany reveals an aggregate aaemher̂ ship in their churches of something lealr than fiftv-fonr t,form sand * * . THE Michigan Salt Association, includ» „ ing nine-tenths of the manufacturers oc the State, have shipped 267,627 baxxtiNF*' of salt this season to date. ' THE recent expositions of land-grab!̂ bing in California show that about 200 men own about one-third of the landnv and other property of the State. Two THOUSAND sheep wars lately sol* w in Adelaide, South Australia, at 25 oeoH,*. a head. This is the effect of the drought? Droughts and flood aze the curses ci** that country. ffiJ THB most northerly telegraph sfcafiioijir7 in the world is established at Gjesvar/J* Norwegian fishing station, near th#*{ North Cape, in latitude 71 degrees anw f̂ 12 minutes north. ( A reaij Chinaman was introduced in farce in a San Francisco theater. He wafer very successful in his portrayal of Ink own funny peculiarities, and his u pigeos English" especially made a nii. jg AOOOROTNO to the returns obtained bf > the royal Irish constabulary and thkn Dublin polioe, 37,687 persons emigrate!, from Ireland in 1876. Yet the populsJ* tion appears to have increased 10,352 is* that year: 0 IN the Rhode Island Supreme Court I!3 verdict was rendered for $100,009* against the New York, Boston anft- Providence Railroad Cktmpany, for thai loss of life resulting from me &chmondL switch disaster. ^ ROBBBX SICKUNI of Shafteabury, Vt̂ i filled a bushel basket with 300haiwtoneau, one of whioh weighed 10} ounces, thai fell In a terrific nail-storm that pa over Shaftesbury and the northern of Bennington recently. A Nxw ORUSAXS genius has invented the "Infallible boy-bouncer afld! spanker," The stealing a ride on the cxmdactorless car is grasped by th% " bouncer and spanker, spanked weBL and then deposited in the street Thr driver starts the oontrivanoe '* THB valuation of Boston is to be riP duoed this year $60,000,000, making I? reduction of $100,000,000 within twtf years. It is claimed that the valuation for the purposes ol taxation of real < should be what it will bring at a fc sale, and that for some yeara pas land of Boston has been moon abftff this. * • *1 THB printers of Portsmouth, having under consideration a j. erect a monument to the late Dickens in his native town, an appUoar tion was made to the queen for her | ronage. Her Majesty declined the quest, stating that she has never i ea in the erection of a memorial to any person. The printers determined to abandon the scheme. A RUSSIAN commissariat officer Ifc Odessa was detected adulterating float about to be sent to the army with liny and other substances. He waa imWKKjfr ately tried, and shot within twenty-fojff hours after the disoovery took place. Tm Russian Government trust that thisstî mary execution will put a stop to ttasfcfc practioes, which caused so much satflf- in ̂to the Russian ioldiers during t̂ Crimean war. M. T. HATCH, editor of the (Vt) Palladium published an derogatory to one MissHadlock. or two afterward, as Hatch was along the street, Hiss Hadloek handful of red pepper-ins Ms eyee, eoa$*'\ pletely blinding him. aad them large h«wMp ajid gavo Mm a EC¥C|#-:; thwahmg in the face and upon Me headg»' :• and £bually iofcteii-sgged Mis. UpSk silM respectebly THB negroes living with'the1 CJhodfca# and Chickasaw nations were made foa&t# the treaties of 1856, but the treaties dill not stipulate that tne negrow amjoS&baK come members of the tnbe, so thatthMF simply remain citizens of the UnitM States, who are legally residents of ^a Indian Territory; that is, they cahoot vote, cannot sue, cannot sit upon a jttfy. and have no interest in the schools attw courts of the country in which they w«wj| born and bred. SINGEB AMD POKT. • un iaw »irammer song, (or muaio u And |ll shall beu it when you oome i naughty boy who 4m on the rear platfosm qfe " Make tae a summer song, (or muaio meet. ' ' thall hear it when you oomeaflJii Let it be tall of life ,. , And sunshine and of flowers." " It moat be »o," the Laughing apoke, and tMn • Struck the white keys and plajed a fcmi* Twaa winter, but I thought ' 1,1 The birds began to ring. , X I waited till the (roaen buds should bloom; Wor then, I aaid, my aong were betUr tunad-- « Catching a sound of mirth From the awakening world. O friend--dear friend! Tha winter haa goaefcr But stfU thy poet's song will not be glad. While the bright floweire of JossS;-:** --SerUmer for June. .. bright 1 above thy giwe. ?M-!| Cancellation of Postage Stamps. The PoBtoffiee Department at Wash* ington has for some months been ooa stimtly receiving letters from claiming to have discovered aa inaeHMfi ink for canceling postage stesaps. ImS pressed with the value of such an which would effectually prevent the of washed stamps, the Postofflce Dej ment made arrangements for testing al| inks presented, and agreed to ad#t any proved satisfactory. A large numb«*ot iiik« were tested, but the result -WNM unsatisfactory that been discontinued. further te«t*J$v§ A Yeriwmt Sobleau. T̂ 7U Mr. Thiiddeua Fairbanks, thaex*a^v» scale-maker of St Johnsbury. wh# was knighted by the Emperor of Aua- trift has been invested with the otd« cj| C o m m a n d e r b y t h e B e y o f T u n i s • sideration erf ' his valuable invention. The order has no fixed cash vallft, bq| it was the best the Bey eooH M Thaddeus. >«>x „ . -v > -« ; i' v..,\ X- -T - >, i;*i m»w Mm,