The Office of the Soli. At first view it may appear a very ample question to inquire what the noil <loa or what to the fanner it* office ia in the economy of natnre; but when we hiok a little fart her and begin to notice the result of the different conditions in "which it is found, and of various methods of treatment, the subject widens, and its importance begins jo be comprehended. In the first place, the soil is a plant food-holder. It receives and holds the food washed out of the atmosphere by rains, aud wliat it absorbs from contact with fertilizing matters applied ill any mauner, and also from wliat ia dissolved from its own element. It is nature's grand alembic whence is evolved those matters that constitute the food of plants, aud make np their structure from the time the seed enters the soil and through all stages of the growth of the plant until its perfect fruition iuto ripened product. The processes that go on duriug this time are truly wonderful, and the chemical changes that take place under the operations of natnre arc fall of in terest, as well ss value, especially to the farmer. These changes are pro duced bv the action of laws OJM rating on the plant hotli below aud above the surface of the soil. A while ago it was thought that to produce plnnts shundautly it was neces sary that the soil should contain a large quantity of organic matter; but it has Wen found that some soils are very fer tile which contain a stuall per cent, of organic matter, while others which jo* sees as high as thirty or forty per ceut. are not fertile; consequently that idea has been discarded. Tne richest soils, it lackiug iu a single essential in organic elomeut, and badly managed, produce poor crops, while a poor soil often gives a good crop in the bauds of an intelli gent, prudent and skillful farmer. This an ! other controversies in which learned writers and experimenters during an ex tended period are settled, and we know now that the soil to produce good crops must contain both mineral and nitrogen ous elements in suitable proportions. We have learned that a plant requires all the organic elements—oxygen, hy drogen, carbon and nitrogen—and tlist beside tueee there are a uurnWr of inor ganie elements that entwr into the struc ture of every plant, among the uutst es sential of which are lime, potash and phosphoric acid. In a peeubar species of plants these elements always exist in the same proportion; the same elements which are found to-dav in a stalk of corn have always been found iu precisely the same proportions, and always will be found there to the cud of time. The development of the plant may vary with circumstances, but the relative quantity of Its constituents :s always the same. To supply to plants the food required for their life and health, and to produce he best returns, is what is required of the soih To enable it to do this, we mnst use it properly—snpply it with the matters required, iu order that it may honor the drafts made upon it. We keep it ia good heart, and by judicious management, instead of allowing it to deteriorate, constantly increase its fertil ity.— Wetfem IfttrttL A Picture lu Hair. In the show windows of a sewing ma chine company in New York city, is an allegorical political picture representing the condition of France at the close of the Franco-Prussian war. Doubtless mauy persons pass it with a mere glance, not knowing that the entire picture is made of fine hair. It is the work of M. P. Loon, who claims to be the only liv ing artist in h%ir. It took him six months and a half to finish the picture, which uow looks as though made with charcoal or crayon, so perfect is the shading. It is four feet three inches long by three feet two inches high. In the cen ter and foreground stand President Thiers and a female figure of the Re public, supporting France, which is represented by a wounded female in semi-prostrate position. In the back ground are the villages of France, partly devastated by tae war. On the extreme left, and in the background, is a female figure brandishing s flaming torch, while closely pursuing her is a soldier of the new bora Republic, This represents the Paris Commune. Below this, and in the foreground, is the grave of Napo leon, with a dead eagle lying on it. By the side ol this is a blasted tree, repre senting the departed glory of the dead hero. On the right, and some distance from the central figure of France, are standing two female figures, hand in hand, looking earnestly at France, while behind them stands a German soldier on guard. This represents the province of Alsace and Lorraine, guarded by Ger man. Winding through the right and center background is a river, represent ing the line of demarkation between France and Gennrny. Just to the left of the central figures, and in the back ground. .ire bales of cottons, pillars, and a ship, representing oommerce, agricul ture, and architecture revived in France sinoe the birth of the new Republic, In the Leavens, to the right of the cen tral figures, is the Spirit of the Universe, with outstretched hands, offering France money where-with to pay Germany. As a whole the picture is well designed and skillfully worked. Mutilated Currency. A New York correspondent writes : The Treasury does a heavy amount of bnsiness aiuee the specie received at the Castom House for duties is deposited here daily,. This is equal to $3,000,000 a week, and indicates the immense arnoaut af our importations. The re demption of mutilated currency is another fcature in this institution. As our govefnment has $400,000,000 green backs in circulation, the "wear and tear" mast be incessant, and at least one-tenth that sun is annually ex changed for new money. The amount of this business seems controlled by pe culiar motions of internal traffic. The receipts af mutilated currency increase from the beginning of January to the Ist of August, an 1 then th"y slacken until the close of the year. Daring last July the .amount was $700,000 a week. The worn-out money is tied up by the clerks in packages a foot and a half square, wUiob are then packed in chests and dispatched to Washington. The amountglms sent would fill two enor mous Saratoga trunks every week. The IQ renter of Photography. The inventor of photography was Joseph Nicepbore Niepce, born March 7th, 1765, in Chalon-sor-Baone. After serving in the army for one year, he waa obliged bv severe illness to resign, and was appointed civil administrator to the district of Nice. which post he held from 1795 to 1801. He afterwards de voted himself to chemistry, and as early as 1813 uade a series of investigations, which he Styled hilliographic researches, to find the means of fixing images upon rae'allic,plate* by the agency of light. In 1829 jip entered into copartnership with Dagwerre, who had been engaged npon thfl same problem. He died July stb, 183$, before he had perfected bis his disaovery. Bnch is an outline in brief ot the great inventor's life, to whose memory it is now proposed to raise a statue. For this purpose a com mittee iflii bden appointed consisting of his native town of Chalon sar-8u034 with a vew of soliciting sub scriptions at large, the intention being to makfetAe project of an international character. The Howard Association. The Howard Association, which has been sqjfnbly doing its beet to alleviate Ibe misery 0 f the yellow fever scourge, is an organization which was formed at Nev duriDg the prevalence of the -ame plague in 1853. It took its name froui the famous English philan throj Howard, and it is a so ciety permanently established to pro vide ndffles, medical treatment and pro- for sufferers by yellow fever. It has spread to all places liable to its terriblK visitations. Its members sink individuality in the name of the asso ciation* sml they gre whole-souled men, to stand shoulder to shoulder in devoting their own time and means fend contributions of the charitable to relieving those whom a panic-stricken community hastens to desert. THE MACHINE THAT SPEAKS. Krilsen and HI. Kxprrtu IVfrrtlM l*e rhnnn.rnph Tkr KNH •! Ucrrnl K*- prrtrarai* Crablrai. V* "Mr. Ellison," said the Gr.iphic re porter to the inventor, " how about the phonograph ? We dou't hear so much of it as wo did." " No, we don't, and it is a good tlnug for the phonograph. It was talked al most to death at first, but during this refreshing silence the phonograph ia improving very fast, Oiune up t< the shop, by-the-way.'" Aud "i' wont Willi hitu up to the phonograph manufnetory. liVt Wooetor street. There we fomnl Professor E. H. Johnson, secretary of the Phonograph Oomjvany, in ehargt, surrounded by noise and machinery. " You mav *av Uiis fiir the phonograph," said Mr. Johnson, "that it is making faster strides towards perfection than any other invention tins country has pro ducts!. Those who became familiar with the first machines turned out here would hardly kuow that splendid phono graph vender, would scarcely recognise either Jta shape or its v.iee " —and he steppetl to the bench ami sang into the mouthpiece. Throwing it out of gear aud shoviug the cylinder hack with one movement he turned the wheel again aud the song was reproduced with a sharpness and accuracy iff inflection that we had never seen beliwv. "That ts our model machine, said Edison, "aud Johnsou is practicing on it every day, determined l*> make it per fect, " "Auvbody," said Professor Johnson, "who has used the phonograph very much kuows that there are time* once in a while when for a moment the ma chine will reproduce the Voice with an aeouracy iff articulation and fulness of volume which it does not ordinarily at tain. Then it will suddenly lose the Sower, and the operator searches iu vain or the secret. 1 am looking for the conditions required to perpetuate that excellence which is uow only occasional. I find that throe conditions are re quired." "Arc these conditions which yon speak of purely mechanical and such as can be ascertained by experiment?" "Oh, certainly. The first is an ad justable mouth-piece, so as to regulate the tympanum and control the amplitude of the vibratious of the plate. Another ueed is to ascertain the precise angle at which the needle should turn. The third is to learn the very best material of which hi make the fod. or receiving tablet. The first of these I have already provided for by patting iu the month piece with a thread. The second lam experimenting on by makiug the needle adjustable. Concerning the third, we are still undecided. Boisdes, you see we have made a groove lengthwise of the cylinder, for the purpose of fasten ing the foil on easily, and a new and simple adjustment of the needle bv screw*. Then this arrangement by which we throw the cylinder to the le/t, in stead of having to turn it back all the way. And some other thing* that we can't tell the pnblie yet" " One fact," continued Mr. John son, "we have established in our experiments is that the articulation of the instruments is perfect jnst in pro portion as the workmanship is skilful and the parts ore accurately made aud put together. This is to a groat extent a protection against counterfeiting and infringement of patent." " Then," said the Graphic, " the instruments now on exhibition through out the country are very imperfect?" " They are, indeed. They arc as good as we could make at the time with our limited knowledge of the conditions, and they are very curious. But this is what 1 want to bear in mind," said Mr. Johnson, earnestly. " that steady im provements are being made in the pho nograph, and onr company will certainly succeed in turning ont a machine wi ich will be widely demanded -for its practi cal utilitv." Mr. Jo"hnaon continued: " Now, there ia something else we will show yon. We will talk to the phonograph here, and then, when we go down town to our headquarters, we will send it to yoa by attaching a telephone to the mouthpiece of the phonograph. Here, Edison, you express yourself." Mr. Edison thereupon sat down to the large and handsome machine, threw it into adjustment by a movement of his finger, and sang into the mouth piece upon the mica disk, which has been substituted for the iron disk in the ma chines first made, the following pathetic song: There is s boarding bouse Sot fr aw<y, Where they have onion hash Three time* a day; Oh bow the boarders yell When they hear the dinner bell; Oh. bow the onions smell There every day After passing through the establish ment and seeing the admirable way in which the hundred now phonographs were being made by the ingenious ma chinist, Mr. 8. Bergman 11, Mr. Ellison and the (rraphic embassador took the car down town, where they heard the phonograph repeat its epicurean anthem through the telephone, with all of Edi son's strong inflections. The company was full of confidence concerning the future,— Xctr York (iraphU. The Consumption of Timber. We have nowabont 90,000 miles of railroad; the annual consumntion for ties or sleepers alone is 40,000,000, or thirty years* growth of 75,000 acres. To fence these roads would require at least 130,- 000 miles of fence. We have 75,000 miles of wire, which requires in its putting up 800,000 trees, while the annnal repairs mnst take 300,000 more. The little, insignificant Inciter match consumes annually in its manufacture 300,000 cubic feet of the finest pine. The bricks that are annually baked re quire 2,000,000 cords of wood, which would sweep the timber clean from 50,- 000 acres. Shoe-pegs are quite as im portant an article as matches or bricks, and to make the required annual supply consumes 100,000 cords of fine timl>er, while the manufacturer of lasts snd boot trees takes 500,000 cords of maple, beech and birch, and about the same amount is required tor plane-stocks and the handles of tools. The packing-boxes made in the United States in 1874 amounted to $12,000,000, while the timber manufac tured into agricultural implements, wagons, etc., is more than $100,000,000. The farm and rural fences of the country ocnsnme an immense amount of lumber and timber annnally, bat as we grow older as a nation this consumption may, and probably will, be reduced by the more general use of live fences or hedges, Onr consumption of timber is not only daily on the increase, but onr exporta tion of timber is also rapidly increasing. Our staves go by the million to France annually; walnnt, oak, maple, and pine to England, and spars and docking tim ber to China and Japan.— Lumberman'* Oazettc Oil fur Watches. Borne interesting hints concerning watch-springs and oil have appeared in the columns of the Watchmaker. When a main-spring is cleaned, most inex perienced workmen, remarks this jour nal, will take hold of one end and pall the spnnitabout half its length, straight ont, to save time—a practice which will break springs when nothing else will, and springs treated thns generally break after the watch has been delivered to the customer only a few days. Breaking into many pieces is owing to the acid in the oil which is used. Thus, supposing the mainspring a fine one, and to hare been evenly tempered and properly cleaned—if, now, old oil is used, or that of an inferior quality if fresh, the acid it contains will eat into the spring, and finally destroy its texture; the coil near est the center breaks first, and as it re coils it breaks every coil there is in the barrel, and sometimes each coil iB broken twice, the fact being that the spring has become so impregnated with acid that it has no life left. To make the oil pure, take a good-sized bullet, or other piece of lead, which has a thick coating of lead rust, cut it up fine, put into the oil, and have it stand for two weeks. This causes the acid to settle, aDd it then re sembles milk at the bottom; on being poured oil the top, the oil is in a pure state. Common clock oil can be treated j in this manner and made better than | some watch oil. HESTERS EAR* I.IPR. Caliare I'paa lhi I'ralrle. The Peculiar Humor at Ike W cat. Quite often, in the course of tnv ram bles, 1 have found Western farm IIOIIMM furuislusl iu exquisite taste from library to kitchen, ("hairs, tables,carpets, cur taius and picture*. in many of our oouu try home*, have IKVU chosen with u eor nvtuc** of judgment rarely evinced by a large elaaa of most excellent city folk. In the matter of liooks, a farmer of the l-ettcr class generally selects with great care and with a view to aoli.l mental food. Hnt a taste for light fiction, poe try, music ami painting is not wanting. It ia surprising, indeed, to find how gen erally the works of the leading British and American poets and noveliata are read among the rural classes of the West. The younger American J**!* arc as well known, bv their writings, West as East. 'Even Hawthorne, whom to read and appreriste i* high evtdenac of literary titste ami intelligence, J as found very many of liia aincereat admir era inside the home* of the " llisauer and the *• Buckeye." Not long siuce, while sojourning for a fortnight or soon the shore of cue of onr Western lakes, 1 had the pleasure iff spending several evenings at a farm house where, as a member of the family for the time, 1 was allowed to hear oue of (ieorge El liot's novels read aloud by the farmer's daughter. Everywhere iu the West the lea.hug literary journals, both weekly and inouthly, are subscritwd for by farmers, for "the pleasure and instruction of their families, while many of them take a daily |iaj*or. Hut, despite all that mu be said to the contrary, the y •"- rtwricMs, which has by some oue tieou rendered into English and made to mean " rusty cuss," still largely asserts itself iu our rurni region a genus of the copperas breeches, ginger-cake-loving ilk, to whom we owe the racy, soil-flavor ed smack of origiual humor peculiar to the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys. Farm life iu the West seeius to have do velooed broad, comic-humorous ways of speech aud it cannot 1* denied that much of this humor, coarse though it is, p.aaescs the iuimitable charm of out right home manufacture. Through cer tain of our local Western journals the world has of lale caught very distinct glimpses of it. Hut 1 *ni sure that the lest Western humor has never vet been reduced to type. It is scattered about in rural ueighborhixxls, and uiost of it is finally lost bv being carelessly thrown aside as "old." M->st of what has been giieu to the world, iu books aud months ly mag saint*, as Western humor, has lieeu first put through s refiutng process of doubtful iloetonng, by which some thing more than a mere mo.licum of the home flavor has been allowed to exhale. It mav be enunciated as a rule that the more ignorant class of West era farmer discovers a far quicker aud fiuer sense of humor than diss the somewhat edu cated and retluod class. So soon as a smattering of books and uewapapea* get into a clod the sharp salt of the earth seems to go out, and there comes ecU cousciousnees and a straining after un natural effect*.—-Vanrice 2Aom/xtou in Seribncr. A Scheme of Murder. A San Francisco correspondent of a Wi England pajx-r relate* tlift follow ing incident, wuicli in said to have oc curred some time ago at the Palace Hotel in that city. "A gentlemanlike young man call* upon a lanker, 'wishing to change a large amonut of gold for ta{H>r money' of a certain denomination. The baukei promised to have fund* ready next morning, and the gentleman giving hi name uud the number of hie room, taken leave, promising to bring (or to have brought > the bag of gold at the appointed hour. The morning comes, and the hour, but the gentleman doea uot make hie appearance. A little later, however, tlie banker receives a note saving that Mr. liad Uou taken aick during the night, and felt unable to leave hie bed; but that it the bill* could be eent to hie room the gold was ready and would ls paid. A clerk was die patched with the bank bille, but he was accompanhxl by a police ofiloer in enti ten'e uresa, who waited iu the corridor while the clerk entered room No. —. He found Mr. in led, who request ed him to count the contents of the roti leanx on the table and see if the amount , was correct. The clerk sat down with his back to the taxi am] was intent on counting, when his eye for ODB moment wandered to the mirror over the bnrean opposite him. In it lie saw the sick man creeping toward him with a hatchet raised in his hand. In one moment he grasped him in his arm*, ami calling 'help"-was able with the officer to secnre the villlan. Upon examining his effects his diary was found prepared to prove insanity in case he had been takeu after the mur ler. The whole scheme bad l>eeu long in preparation. He had even written to a wealthy man previously asking a consultation with him in his room on business. But no notice was taken of the letter." How Spiders Fly. MOOT observations have been made on this singular phenomenon, navs a French paper, bat hitherto with bat little suc cess. However, a well-known natural ist, Rev. H. McCook, has for some time past turned kia attention to tin* subject, and has succeeded in detecting many new details in the performance. Very recently be watched some groups of young wolf-spiders (Lyroaid't), which crowded the top* >f railings in a mead ow. Their faces were turned in the direction from which the wind was blowing, the body of each was elevated to an angle of forty five degree*, the claws brought together, and the legs stiffened. From the spinnerets at the apex of the abdomen a single thread was exuded, and rapidly drawn out to a length of several feet by the breeae. Gradually, the foremost pair of legs sank to the level of tire wood, aud the entire attitude became that of intense resistance. Then, suddenly and simul taneously, the eight claws were unloosed, ami the spider mounted with a sharp bound into the air, and went careering across the field. As far as could be judged, the insect seemed to take a voluntary leap at the moment of loosing its hold. One of them, by good fortune was followed through its flight. The position of the holy was soon reversed, the head being turned in the same direction as the wind. Tiie legs were spread out, and were nnitod at the claws by delicate filaments of silk. After fly ing a distance of about eighty feet, the spider gradually settled down on the meadow. The difficulty of these olwerva tious will be readily understood, for they require exact suitability of posi tion as to light, the limitation of the flight to a moderate height, and a com paratively slow speed. A (Quaint City. In the old Dutch citv of Amsterdam all fashionable booses border on aeanal. The streets art' named from th canals that pass through them. Tha houses are not built upright, but lean toward one another, as though very polite or systematically drunk. Their tops often nearly touch over the narrow streets. This is saiii to shelter them from the storm. In the gable is a large hook for hoisting every conceivable thing into the bouse* clothes, which are always sent to the country for washing, fruits, butter, coal, turf. Little mirrors jnt ont from mauy windows, so that callars may be seen as they approach the door. Owing to the canala the city is very quiet. It is hard to believe that nearly 300,000 people are gathered In the houses- which stand along the canals. The streets are pawd with stone, as in this country, but there is scarcely any roar of carts or wagons. Boats do dnty in their stead. Some of these are propelled by steam; a few flap their chocolate-colored sails, but the moat are [mslied through the water by means of ong poles. These boats bear all man ner of freight. Many boats furnish the home for the lymtman and his family. They are not sirnnly workshops. There is a kind of homely romance in the boat man's life. By the side of the canals there is generally a narrow carriage path and two foot-paths. A line of trees on eit her side of the path furnishes a pleasant shade in summer. The arißto tsrafs are careful to walk in the paths next to the canal, as it is a mark of good breeding. korjtlnir Thine* l.lwljr Two woman caught aight of oaoli olbar in one of our ilry gtioun alorc* tlia otlior day, aud malting forward annul* taucoiwly with outspread arina, u early dislocated one another's noaon iu trying to find MCII othor'a nioutha. "Why, la 1 lUeea you, Miw 111* ley, I'm no glnd to nee you," said one, with n quick, nerrottn voice, a* nhc fell back n little after the scrimmage, and furled her feature# into a look of natudlcd joy, warm enough to soften ice. "You're hiking ao splendidly well, too; it * a wonder 1 knew you. I wouldn't though, 1 don't think, if you hadn't uniiled tlr*t. Hut, dear me, what a dreadful long tunc it'a tieeu since 1 *aw you it aoem* an age. You live in Mhldletown yet, I aup|aawi T" "Oh merry, no—wo left there three month# ago nud moved to Hamilton.' "You don't aav ?" "Yen- Imt von f I waa remarking to Bi* tli# other day that I'd had all track of you f "We'reiu laiwrcnceburg now, and 1 do a<> wiah you could come uml see u*. I've got ao uiuiih to tell you, You wouldn't believe how tiiu*a have changed with na, (hd a nice home now anil eveijthmg nice three liod-rooma Up stairs, large hull, elegant parlor, lovely aitting room, splendid dining room, pantry and kitchen, big yard ami garden and the aweete#t lot of plant* Volt ever IUIW and what il ye think t Ale*, haa reallv got to like flower* - anyhow he don't u|>*et em any more aud growl all the tune about thvir al ways being mtlie way." "Hilt Louiaet" "What I hadn't you hoar.l it? We wont yon a jmjH<rwith the notice. Why, alie'a'becu married six months, nearly." "You don't tell me! Hut how Jul alio do ?" "Splendid ! A widower with a farm and three children, ami a church mem ber, too. lie's not so much for looks, but he's an awful good man. and stands high in the neighborhood. Hhe couldn't a' done bettor." "That is nice; but is he good to her? ' "Oh, ves—too good, 1 tell him some times. But they do get along jnt the nicest kind—as happy as larks all the time. It aluu*st brings the tear* to hear her call him an old f<**l and a bald headed idiot as soon as he steps into the house. Bhe always was so lively you know." "What! D> tliev quarrel a'ready ?" in<pim\l the Middletowu laily, with a pained look of anxiety. "Why, no- certainly aot, never—you couldn't hire 'em too." "Hut you said she called hini horrid names, and threw up his looks." "Oh. yea, of course, and she may even spank the children right lefore his eyes, and tell bitu they are a pack of good-for nothing thick-headed little beggars; but tln-n it's only licr way, von know, and she don't mean anything by it, of course. It's onlv away the has of being cheer ful and keeping tilings 'liveuxl up aronnd the house. I tell yoti Louise ain't going to let tlie dust settle around her much, no' matter where she ia."— (Wimiafi Jirfiikfast Tublr. "Teal Oil Johnny." "Cual CHI Johnny," who ma le him self tu> well-kuowu in Detroit as in any other town he entered, woe the mui of a POOR farmer IU l*ftbule, PA., and hie real name wtw Hteele. The miserable farm, which bad never yielded the family a unlMUithuioe, proved t> be one cf the riehaai oil locations in Pennsylvania, and when Johnny arrived at mauhi*d he found himself an orphan in possession of a fortune ui eouio $2,800,000 which he eommenctsl to iling sway with mad recklessness. Hose was on hand ami helped him pet through with a goodly share of it in the maddest excitement of gambling, riot and fast life. Cool Oil Johnny used to thiuk he never could get to the end of his pile, lie would ait dowu and esleulate the thousands he owned ami sviir that he oonld never get rid of it. He did, though, in a little more than two yearn, and n<>w he in a ntatiou agent on the Atlantic and Great Western railroad. It *• tells some characterintic stories of bin companion, with whom he traveled all over the con tinent, wherever sport and excitement were to l>e had. Once, when sittiug with Steele and Murphy, u variety actor who tml to play at I teller's place on ltau dolph street, a telegram oarno for Steele. Murphy took it and opened it. The dis patch wan from Hartford, Conn., and read: "Twenty tlmnsand dollars here to yonr or ler. What shall we ilo with it ?" Coal Oil Johnny refused to take the dispatch after Murphy hal handed it to him. "Write'em au answer, telling 'em that if I don't call for it in five year* to five it to on orphan asylum," said the magnifi cent spendrift. Two years later Johnny called for the money. He had spent all but that sum and it only served to keep him in dissi pation for a few w. sks. II we bad ut that tuuC something over 820.0<)0 that he bad acquire*! himself, aud feit tutitlcd to travel on a footing of equality with this remarkable fooL Once Johnny got on a spree in Detroit. He wont to a place on Macomb street, and to make the orgie sensational, com pletely destroyed a 8250 piano, by stamping it in with his feoL The next day he sent the proprietor au 8800 Stein way. Iu Philadelphia he saw n pair of homea being liartieased in a livery sta ble and wanted to drive them. The stable keeper refused, ne the horses belonged to another party who boarded them, but who would sell them for 81.600. Johnny paid the money, drove the horses fnrionsly for two hoars, and then sold them to the colored coachman for a dollar bill. Lighting cigars with 8100 notes waa a favorite diversion. He was charitable aud generous, wit'i all his profligacy, and often did niftob good with his money.-*- fbtruit AV>•. The Iron-Hearted Liver. In the big crowd of excursionists ait ting on the City Hall steps for a rest,the other day, wan a young man of excel lent length of legs, and a girl with aix teen anbnrn curia hauging down around her bead. They hail scarcely settled themselves and locked fingers wlieu she caution sly observed : " I apoae they have soda-water iu this town ?" " I'spoae," he replied, "but tlie lost thing afore we started I promised yonr mother not to let yon drink auy soda water. It's the worst thing in the world to bring on consumption." Hhe was quiet for a moment, and then, pointing to the left, remarked : " I see that Sarah ia oating pea-nuts. I 'spoe they have peanuts in Una town?" ! " Wall, yw, lnt your mother caution ed me the last thing not to buy any pea nut* for yon. The shucks are apt to git into your windpipe. The Queen of Holland was choked to death in that war." Pretty si Kin a boy came along with , some fruit, and the young woman felt j obliged to say : " Them apples and pears look awful nice." " Yes, they do," replied the prudent > lover, "but I promised your mother, at ! the depot, not to buy any fruit for yon. Them apples look nice, Irat if yon git the tooth-ache started on you, then the whole afternoon i busted." The young man hail just oorameneod to take comfort again, when she inno cently remarked : "When 1 came np here last stimmur with Jim, he bought more'n two podnds of candy." " Yes, ami what was the resnlt ?" he demanded. " Yon fell down cellar that very week, and didn't Jim have to light out last winter for hnstin' in the aohool house door ?" She had got down to water, and with considerable sarcasm in her voice she ' inquired : " I can have a drink of water, can't I? Mother didn't say anything against that did she ? "Wall, no, not exactly," he slowly j repfied; "but she gin me an appealing look as the cars moved off—same as to j say it ought to be kind o' warmish water, if any 1 Yon sot here and I'll borrow a dipper somewhere." She "sot," and it was all of an hour and a half before ho again succeeded in getting bis arm around her. Detroit Free Prein. TWO MONTH* IN TIIB AIK. I'mli Hlaa 11..11* i.i a lilanl • • I'rsaa ll Orrnn. A daring aeronautical feat ia to be at tempted early in June of ne*t year, ac cording to a 'Philadelphia paper, which aaya; I'rofaaaor Ham aid A. King, the well known aeronaut, pro|>oacM to start from Now York ou a balloon voyage which ahall terminate on some portion of the European continent. Several yearn ago a proportion waa made to I'rofeiutor King to uudeitakr tlie taak, and the anui of flft.UKI waa guaranteed tiy noma wealthy New Yorker* to cover the neceaaary eijieuae. For prudential reuaona the aeronaut at thai time do cidod to decline the offer, loud winter, however, while making aoiue e*|ieri incut* iii ballooua for th Howgate e*- petition, he waa suocaaafal in uiaoover ing a mib*tancc of -uch in|eiielrability that a balloon of a rapacity of 100,1X10 feet would not hate more than one |>er cent, of ga every twenty-four lioura, i that alter a journey occupying twenty daya NO.IXKI feet of gaa would atill re main. The importance of thia discovery ia recognized when it in ntated that an average balloon will lone twenty |>er cent, of gae in twenty-tonr hour*. Thin ew idea wa* communicated to the New Yorkera who renewed their previous offer. I'mfiwur King at once accepted, aud the oouatruotiou of the ttalloou, which will ooenpy the whole of the en idling waiter and upriug, will lie at ouoe commenced. The balloon will Ite the largest in the world. It will average about uiuety feet HI diameter and 275 feet in circum ference, with a capacity for holdiug be tweeu 800,000 and 400,1)00 feet of gas. Tne material employed will bi Pongee silk of a special manufacture, twmted with aabstauce known ouly to the pro feasor. The silk will lie doubled through out. Pure hydrogen gas will tie U*d, and the ooat of inflation alone ia approxi mated at $5,000, The oar will be a com bination of Wait -uid basket, a wicker framework covered with a heavy rubber sntuibuioe, which can easily be used aa a boat in ease of emergency. "I shall positively start in Juue," snnl the profeesor last night "I Con sider that the montji in which thunder storms, which 1 do not wish to encounter, are the leaat frequent. The starting tvoiut will be either New York or Brook lyn. I propose to keep in the lower currents, and to maintain a permanent altitude of 500 feet U>ve the surface of the water. I shall entirely discard the old theory of sailing in curreuta from west to eiyd at a height of three miles. When you reach that height the gaa be gins to lose by exfiaiisioa. Then, when you begin to descend, ballast must lie throwu out Yon rise aguiu; more gae is lost, another descent; a further throw ing oratboarxl of ballaat, and so on un til all Ti ur ballast ia goue, and then you come down for goad. Under my scheme 1 expect to be able to keep in the air for two montha, if necessary, while there has never heeu a balloon which lias kept detached from the earth for a longer period than tweutv-four hours." " What period of time do yoti antici pate the transatlantic voyage will oc cupy V " That is hard to say, but I expect to make at leaat twenty miles an hour. In addition to the ballast, the balloon will carry targe, heavy r>pe, which will drag the water. Thia will have a tendency U> keep us in the permanent altitude uf which 1 have spoken." South African Diamond*. .v-n biter for September, in a eocvud pa|>er on the amine subject contributed to that niagarme, gives some very inter •-sling htatintica about the enormous yield of (.tape diamonds since their com paratively recent discovery in that region. The total yield, up to the pree rut time, is estimated at 1100^000,000, and this immense amount ta augmented by the value of large packages uf dia monds privately carried away by both diggers and buyer*. The Caoo dia monds, which now form the world's only fctw ly supply, nearly all go to London, which has become tbe center, not alone for buying ami selling, bnt also for cutting—au industry once monopolise*] by Amsterdam, but now equally shared by its rival. It will be new to must American readers that within a few rears tbui industry has become estab lished in this ooontry, both in New York and Boston, where the cleaning, cutting and polishing the rough stone is done, as experts tsetify, as well aa it can be done anywhere. Stone* cut abroad sre frequently remodeled and repolialieu in this country, thereby gaining greatly in value, and others abandoned in the rough a* not worth cntting arc here converted into excel lent brilliants. The entire yield at the t'ajH i* thn* classified : per cent, tlrst quality; fifteen per cent, second quality; twenty per cent, third quality; ami the remaining fifty-five per cent, is ground tip and nncil for cutting other stones. The atones arc oUxsed as "Caj*e white," "bre water," "uff-oohir," anil "yellow"—the first being the must nu merous and least valuable, though when they were rarer tliev were mtieh eeteeno-d. If stones of thfs color should ever lwome pojmlar agaiu, there is now ■torel in merchants' safes in London a supply sufficient to work up and cnt for a centnrv to come. White and jmrr one-earnt stones bring at the Cape Sl'J; two to three-carat stones, 820 to $25; four-carat stones, 800 per carat; and ofl-colored stones up to six carats each. 88 to $lO per carat. It is estimated tlyit ten |M*r cent of the white stones find an imtnoibato wle priccifmUy and nltimatelv after cutting, for the Ameri can market. American purchasers, it ia said, are the roost critical judges of dia monds, and will have only the best white. The Cape is now sending 81,- .VKI.OOO worth of diamonds monthly to the London market, and possibly a decline in prices, perhaps a panic, may by ami by result. Is Tlic Moon Dead The qmwtion "la the Moon Dead?" ia ably, though somewhat elaborately discussed by Mr. Proctor, of the London JScha. Although the idea tlbit so vast n surface na that of the moon should re main forever a aceuc of absolute ailcnce and desolation a>ema nlmont beyond be lief, Mr. Proctor does not con sider that any satisfactory evidence of change (from her original condition) lias ever Iwen given, while evidence of such systematic cliauges as we associate with the evidence of ltfo are wanting alto gcther. In several regions the ernat has bean broken, evidently by explosive action. In some places mighty slopes can lie seen, as iu the He* of Herenity, which ia divided through the center by a sort of ridge line. Some astronomers have contended that the darkening of the floor of the great eraUr, Plato (some sixty milea in diameter), proved the existence of vegetation iu some form, while others declare that the supposed darkening is only the effect of contrast. The photographs of the moon taken manv years ago exhibit the same out ward appearance as now. ( hanging From King to Snbject. According to an Arabian paper. At Janaib, the abdication of King John of Abyssinia, was an act in keeping with tlu* sinking romance of bin character ami cari-er, Meoelck 11, who claimed to lie the rightful heir to the crown in virtue of his descent from the Qnoen of Hhebs, hml bv his pretensions excited the ire of king John, who marched against him, and, entering the territo ries of Hhoa, prepared to attack Monelek iu his capital, Aukobeo. A band of priests, however, met the advancing king, and rebuking him for levying war uguiust his rightful sovoreign, sum moned him to abandon his sacrilegious enterprise and recognize Menelek. King John was so affected by their words that, halting his troopß, he eutered the city and in the sight of his army and the population laid off his crown and royal robes and paid homage to Menelek, who embraced him and oonferred new digni ties upon him, besides confirming him in hisorigiual princedom ofKusa. This story comes iu a very round-about way, but is quite likely to be true. NEWS BUMMAKY. ■ ••tarn and Mlrtdla Stataa. lionula Kearney the California lal>or agi tator. addressed a Uico <>|>en-*ii inouUna lu t'nlmi H<pi*re, New York. The iii font Iron ('..mpaiiv, of Oiford, N. J., Its* *u •(•ended, nllh llahliltie# estimated at over #ft,oo,uoo. The failure I* >ud to he line to tlie depo a*lou in the Iruu trade during til* Iwat year The htate election In Maine resulted In no choice for governor, Hone of the eaudldato* re eelvlug a majority of Iho vote* oaal Th* leglalature aid hare to decide the entiteal. 'Til* Ornelilwek parly polled between 3U,01 aud iO.MM) votea. A Tli* New Ymk Hi ate fair opened at Kimira, iitukr favorable < ircnmaUnooa. John luiark aa the Drat victim of the new tramp law of Ndw Hampshire, having l<eeu •eulencud to fourteen month* In tho Hlate Attempt* are being made by th* New York at IT auihortu*# to atop the aaie of *kin>iued milk , Tli* New Hampshire ltr|iuhliean* met tu eon v*uu<m *t Onucord. The ticket naotlnalad la headed by Salt Head for governor. The plat form adoptnl favor* epeeie teeuiuptluu, Una (••ranee, ten hour* a* a day'* work, and eipreaM* ajiupaihy with the AdmlntatraUou. A Nyeek (S T )dlp*lch MM tin! Keth It. < uie, Uul<o kin) atl iupj ; hers It. Weetou, ioo-pr**idt-ijt and trt'.lje , and Jobu H. fell*, f.'iuitjlr l-ooVhM<|-t uf (tie Kurkland Having* Hank, were arretted foreomplirttv tilth* fraud* by which the bank *• ruined. 'lit* iudlet- Uiuti against MmUol W Dai.fir Id president, and Mtuid I*. Ke ll*. fur perjury aud MBWI r lenient, go uw to belt yoar fur Uiai The American AaaociaUuti for tbe (Hire of Inebriate* lie Id tbeir UiliUl AUUUai suasion at Huahm, tbe other day. ! At the Mate oouveuUoo of the Greenback ' party of Ma*a*cbu*elta, held tn HoeUm, about l.(o delegate* acre present, ami Benjamin F Itutler aw uooiiualod for goveruur by a rt tig vote. The platform adopted prupueee to refer to the Dulled Mate* supreme court the •pioetluu of what the government bund* were originally meant to be paid lu ; denial id > ibr repeal of the resumption aot . arraign* the AaeaiaU-d I'reaa aa an " infamous luouopuly," : an 1 at larks land graiita, the poll tat and the • **teui cf lotting out contract laltor. The I'rohiblUoulat party of MaaaacUuVtti aaeembleil at Worueeter and noinoiated a Stale ticket beaded by the lie v. l>r Miner for governor. The platform dctnaiid* tbe sup pression of the liquor traffic and contain* a hard uiouey plank. Tbe atuckhotder* of the Cutou National Hank, of itaheay, N. J., voted to go into liquidation bncauae the institution u not i >aying txpenae*. The bank will be able to pay ail demand* upon lb At the Slate convention of tbe New Hamp shire Democrat* Frank A. MrKeaii waa nomi nated for goveruur by acclamation The plat form adopted awrrU that a defeated candidate waa placed in tbe I'realdeuUai chair , syui pathlre* with Ibe working men , demand* tbe repeal uf lb* resumption art and that green back* be made a foil legal tender fur ail debt*, and oall* fur tbe cutting down of all official salens*. While a part* of railroad men were testing the track in the yard at AJluuua, l'a., their riiguie ran into a number of can, and caused a 1 complete wreck. Joseph Johnson, a brakewian, waa killed. Tbe *C|nnuleudnut of the yard, Charie* Mrt. ulley, bad butli feet cut off , the chief dispatcher. Joaepb Sands had an arm brokeu and was otherwise injured, and Con ductor James lioyd, Engineer Jackson, two brakemon, and the fijetaan were slightly injured. Two Greenback CongTeasueii have been elected iu Maine. Tbe Legislature is close, the UopuUlu-an* h .ving a majority to the Seu ais, while in the House the Democrat* and i ireenbackers are slightly ahead. Western and Southern States. By the bursting of the baler of the steamer lUhance, near St. Mary • Uk, four men were killed and a number of others severely injured. Two tram* on the Missouri Pacific railroad oullided near 8L Ixjuu, and five person* were injurtd more or leas severely. The horse Ilarus trotted at Minneapolis, Minn., attenq-ting to beat 'i 11. for a purse of *2,000. Allhougn he faded tn the attempt, yet the three heat* were made tn the wonder fully quick lime of 2:15,11, !l IF* and lliq. Four colored men were injured—one fatally —by the fall ufa scaffold at Akron, Ohio The steamer Nadtbo struck a snag while on ber way to HI. Louis, on the Mississippi, and I sunk, carrying down three of her crew. Dr. E. M. Wrigb! ba* been nominated for - governor of Tcrinw—r. by the llepubllcani of that State, in convetiUuu assembled at Chat tanooga. Alexander Austin, ei-collector of San Pran ctaeu and a promim-nt ctttaen of that city com mitted suicide by shooting himself through the heart. Financial trouble* are said to have led to the art 1 General Miles struck a large party of Han aark Indians near Clark's Fork of the Yellow stone it 1 i M., with hi* command of twenty seven soldier* and thirty.five Crow Indiana. General Mile* made a very vigorous attack, killing thirteen hostile Indian* aid capturing thirty-four men, women and children and 'Ai I amies is plain Bennett. of Cum J why 11 of ths Fifth Infantry, was lulled and on# .Idler was wounded. Tnu most important victory jwohably finishes the Han nark war. The In dian* *jv now scattered into small and helpleas lwids A few day* ago a terrible tornado passed through portion* of Virginia and North Caro lina. Its path was only about 100 yard* wide, but it* fury and devastation are described as unprecedented. Every house in it*.way waa ' demolished, several jwrsou# were killed or in jured, a targe amount of live stock was lost, while timber, wearing apparel and bedding were scattered for roue* around the country. From Washington. Tbe secretary of the treasury ba* authorised tbe exchange of greenback* tor silver at tbe treasury and sub-lreasunea. General J am** Long street has been ooinnus slouri revenue agout. and assigned to a district of Georgia and Florida. Tbe Indian bnrean is engaged in collecting a vast amount of material showing the history of tbe Indian service from the beginning under the war department, and subsequently under the civil branch up to the prewent tune. This is to be submitted to the cougre*aiooal com mittee a)potnt*d to consider the subject of transferring that l-ureau to tbe war department. Foroian News. Mtioli duninr iu Cuba has been done bv a recent severs *tonn. Arrangement* have been made twtwsen Hanlan and onrtm-v. (lanadiaii and American i-bampiou oaramrn, tor a race at I-arbuie, near Montreal, the *take* to be tit.ooo. A Conatantioople diqwtch aays the Albanian insurgent* hare *•*m*u-d the goveroor of Ipeka and ten other oftcaal*. luforniatioa haa aJ*o Ixeu received that Mehemet Ah Tacha, who wa* sent to pacify Albania. wa mobbed at Yacora. a town Ntvty-*even mile* north east of Scutari. He Mod frusn the p'aee and look refogc iu a aluxl, but wa* purvned by tbe Alban an*. who called upon him to organise an attack against tl Anetnana Uputi refus ing to oornply with tlua dr-mand. Metu-met All and twentv tneuilM-r* of bt uit*- were ma*- ■arred. The tnnrgnts afterward fired the bouse containing the dead body of Meheiuet All with petroleum. The Austrian army of occupation In Bosnia natnber* 300,000. The German parliament was opened at Berlin. In the *|<e*ch from the throne, the Emp ror expressed the hope that the Anti- Kocialiat bill would be adopted; that the spread V the perairion* Socialist movement might tie arrested, and that those who have been misled bv it might tie brought back to tbe rieht path. N'o reference wa* made in the Emperor'* sp-e h to foreign affair*. Nobffing. who tried to kill the emperor of Germany some lime sines and then attempted to commit suicide, died of his relf-infllcted wound* a few days ago, in Berlin. Over 600 bod in* have been recovered of per sous drowned by thn disaster to the excursion steamer Princes* Alice on the Thames. About SOO liven have been k)at by u explo non of coal gas in a Welsh colliery, war New port, MouiJionlbhlrc. Soon after the explo sion a number of dead bodies were recomred. but o i iik to tin burntug g* that buret out of the mouth of the ventilating shaft search parties were enabled to penetrate only a etiort distance. A cable dispatch. sent x>n after the dimeter occurred, aara: •'Tbia disaster la the moat terrible that Via* ever occurred in Wales. The scene* at the month of the pit are indescribable. Frantic won.eu who have relatives in the miuoa are kueeliug above tbe ahaftwav. calling hyaterically for the men who are known to have gone Into the mme but who answer not to their names. The last nine men rescued from the pit at about eight o'clock were badly burned, some of them, indeed, ter ribly disflgnred. The deed body of a boy, one of the drivers, hae te-u reoovered. There is hardly any hope entertained that more of the miners are yet alive, although It la aaaerted that there is a djataut part of the pit in which refuge may have been found from the tlamea. The polMinoua gases, however, would *OOll penetrate even to the moat distant place of refuge and render breathing impossible' According to the latest atvicea the pit is wtlll burning, and the manager* are dlacua aing the propriety of flooding it, as It aeeina certain all the men are either tmnied to death or suffocated. The flooding will probably be iadolarcd until tbe last liojie that any lives are extinguished. The number of lie dead la eeti mated at two hundred and eighty. Two of the rescued have since died from their burns. Others are in a piecariona condition. There is not the slightest hope of rescuing any more alive, as the workings are very mtrioate and ex tend over three miles. So far only about seven corpses have been recovered. The exploaion occurred soon after noon. Those on the hank knew It by a rumbling unUe and tbe aaoeut of a dense volume of smoke. AM the people in the district rushed to tbe- pit mouth In oou s tor nation." Of the 86,000 Russians who oocupied Turkey 46,000 have gone borne. Tbe French troop* iu Now Oaledonia have ooropletelvdefeated the insurgent natives, who lost 130 killed and wounded, including three chiefs killed. The managing editor of tbe Paris Uouapart ist Journal, £* Paw, has been sentenced to a tine of #3OO and three months' Imprisonment far insulting President MacMahon. The Yrllew Paver awewrpe. On the until the reporta fr<>n the fevar atrtrkou otUea allowed M alratement In the diaeaer, ricepilng Oreoad* where the fever •nunind to Imi daorwMtog for ler* of victim* At New Orlenne there were .Km new neeea and rtghtv nine .loath a. Ttr# following u lev tied Ui the Irteh military mm! national urgtolwUniiii North iu4 Woet, by the nftwr* of a loral arrMluttmi t " Ttie ywllnw (* acoarge bar laid It# withering hand heavily on u*. Right of our menilwrw ere down wttti U># fever end two iteftd. nearly *ll lb* other* have It In their fftmlllee and lb# future look* dark Work le enapended, men mm their loved one# ■trtoken down without ineane to eld Uiem Our ftiode rw efhaueted. Head u eld." A New l irlean' dlairabh eay# I The fever ie ■lrtklnK r gbt end left among the famlllee of JournaheU, end tha working farowe of *ll Ui* Piper* ere marh reduoed In ooneeotinonw, hveh'iaue are regarding the a ( weed of the die eaee with much approbenaion, end declare tbet there aptmrecttly la no limit 10 tie violence, end look forward to a fearful tnorwaee In the already large death roll. there I* not a abadow of hope that there will be any abate fount thle month. On the contrary the epeedy •entire of all nnamlhuaud pereona la the only pro*;*t. hernial of the Howard phyal mau* ut penetrated from overtaxation and many of the imminent doctor* haw been f aeverai da)* unable to attend any iw name, ludecd, people Ouuaidered theme*! vea for lunate in being abta to aecure their family uhyaUHana whan in need. The deduction la hourly incraaauig, and many are no* atrplyia* for chat Mi alio a era thought to be Mi good rircnmaUnae*." la Metnphi* there vara 101 death* and a large number of new oaeea, and the fevw ea* pleading ovar part* of the ally that had a* yet been annulled by the aeurge Holly djaitiga, Mix , aa altnoat dejiopulaled. while at Ooean bprleg* aad I antuu, In the aatae (Hate. Uaw caaw of fever were 'prlng log U| auualaittly, and the people ware fleeing for tbak llata At Wkabtirg the fever wa* in . reeaiug in malignity, nearly ail tboae I all an atri during the *** l Uaug either dead or dying. The uaw oaaaa there numbered 196 and the death Uet waa proportionately large The death* from yellow fever in (ha vartou* lllfooted 'dlatrlcla were, ni In the uluth, S.bii dietribuled aa follow* New Orleana. 1,011 j Merapbu, 1,118; Vlekaborg. 597; (ironed*, Ml**., ltd , Greenville, Mia* ,49 . I'ort Otheon, Mi*., 55 ; t'ai.lou, Mia* . 811 tieean lipvmga, Ml**., 21 Holly HjUlngn, Mlaa., 24 | Plaq— tiune. la., 27i Hatuti itouge. La., 15; Morgan City, La.. 6 ; Hlr-kinau, Ky., 24 ; Luuiavihe, hy., 7. The atu.lt- number of near* In New Orleauag u|> to data, waa 5,300 ; in Vtokaburg about £m)o and Ut UeiuohU over 3,000. A ('- clonal! dupatch aaya i "A |"rumiueut huslute* man, who ha* juat returned from a trip to New Orleana, deaenbe* the aiuiatioti aa aorruw ful in tha etUemr On the trip down, at Ar kanaaa City, tha boat waa not allowed to auel or laud. Men alood oti the bank* wtth guna in tluir baud* threatening to ahoot if an attempt waa made. At Mempbia which waa reached aa a railing waa approaching, a moat dtaireaelng area* wa* preeented. Not a. dog. not a mule, not a colored |wr*uo mm Id be aeon The bone** did not eeem to be Inhabited, end from no chimney ounld auote be aeao aanending. Every place aentnml U< he deeerted. Wk.burg waa altnoat aa td aa Mem phi. Terror reigned all along the Mlaauntp)!. If the boat had freight it wa* taken on to New urleana, the In habitant* rofuatng to reoeirelL At New Or lean* thing* luuiuuf rnncb better Men were at work on the levee . buatnoa* houew ware open, bat little ur no baainea* wa* being truneacted. The return trip wa* made by rail. At Grenada not a while man wa* viaible. only a few eukwwd men. At Holly Ppruig* about 2(*l people came aboard. Yellow fever had brukno oat the night before. The ere are at the depot* were heartrending wive* leaving buahaud* mother* leaving aona -bidding liiooi f•Jewell, porbap* forever At one place a mother with threw chililreu gut on the train, liar btisband load died half an hour prcvloua. aud bofure hU death had made bar I own ie to leave on the twit train, lo M tba llvaw of brraelf and children, hbe left bar hus band unouffiuod - unburn d." A Memphis die lUb of the eighth told lb* following tarn hie story; " Situation burr' Lie beyond dcocriptloc. Three thousand user* of freer bare forty pbs- I atetana; eight bare dud tboee from the North rtckrn in a few day* aud die There i* not a uvoviaina honae ojw-n in the city. and only one hotel— the Ivabody- to furuixb food for the doctor* cud nnreea. We want everything that a iwetilencr-atncken, famiahing and miporer uhod people need." A Memphu dispatch of tha ninth *ay "Tba nuiutitiun of this ety grow* mar* desperate ernry boar. Of new neon* it t* uaoleoa longer to keep a count. Wh-Je famiii** are rtnckwu dowu within a few bourn, aud the call fur unrooa la greater than can ha supplied. Ye>trd*y there were iu.nt I'JO deaths and 900 new core*, and to-day, up to noon. 70 daatk* bad bora re- Kod. fo-dav • fall mortuary report la the ret of any day oinoetbe ferer appeared. tba iiu'trrtakerk rejx.rtiug 111 interment*, of which it ware of colored people." Many of tba pbrM cutuand unrwwof Memphis wer* giving way U> the diareae and a boepital for tbeir cart- wa* es tablished. In New (>rl<-*a* the nnmber of death* wa* 190, many of the deceaood twang children tinder *eiwn roar*. In irreciada. Canton, Holly Spring* and at other point* in MiuieAppt the fever oocllnucd with unabated virulence A nurubar of cam* alao oonarrad in the Ohio valley, bat tba diaaoaa bad not taken an epi demic ftmu in that aecltou. Governor. Bishop, of Ohio, luned a prudamation appointing a day of prayer to behalf of lh yellow favor .offerer* A Waabingtou dispatch make* pub lic act mmuntcatloo from ("oogrea*mi Block buru. of Keotnesy, and Elli* and Oil won, of hoouaana, endorsing the action of the eeerv tary of war In furnishing supplies lo tba yellow fever sufferer* without aanetton of law, and promising to uphold and ratify raeb actum in t'xnigrea* sboul l it become necessary. On the tenth the number of deaths from yet low fewer throughout the infected districts l --'-ceded 4.100, and tba plagtie was raging with increaaed violence, new place* being vtaitod by it daily. In New Orleans the number of new oaoc* wa* 290 and the death* eighty, making a grand aggregate of 1,717 persons who bad succumbed to tba destroyer A dispatch from the Crescent (Tty *ay*: "Tbtce of morbid taste call be glutted bore for there i* nothing but disease. death, and deatitution seen or talked of on ever* ide The oourage of the charitable association* i* ■trained to the utmost, bat their resource* are Inadequate to meat every demand." In Mem phi* the number of death* on the tenth wa* lib, a heavy rain having increas- d tba mortal ity. A Yu-ksbnig duqwicb says tb* ludtcahou* were that the fiver wa* decreasing in new o*e bat that the mortality wa* fearful. In Canton. Mint., the number of naw eaaaa was increasing hourly, the tvhvsicien* ware over worked. nurse* were needed badly and the situ ation was sutptned an in tha one word—"horri ble.' The fever broke out tn Senatobia, Mia*., and the citizen* began to abandon the place. < u the eleventh a stormy and piercing north wind muted New Orleans and largely increased the fever mortality, bat was < xpectcd to act a* a check to the apread of the disease if it con tinued. Then were ninetv death* and 929 new caoe* in half a day. In Memphis there were forty-SIT death* op to noon, and 1,000 oofttn were telegraphed for, the supply becom ing short. The whole number of deaths Ibcwe on the eleventh wa* 104, of which nineteen were colored people. The following statement was made to the public: " W have at that date 9.500 stok to |wood* for, and 10.000 well people to feed. The average increase of oases t* 100 per day. The total daily expanse* of the How ard Association aud dhMuif Ilelkf Committee rr about ♦II,OOO. We hire on hand about fr53.10, naougii for five days. Contribution* are coming in at present at the rate of #7.800 per dar. which mar decrease at any moment. If the 'fever nuttnnee one month kcmgwr, a* ta llkelv, wills gradual abatement, within that time we will need from ♦150.000 to *>o,ooo and about 300,000 ration*." The commissary genera) at Waahington ordered 8,000 ration* to be wUt to the sufferer* at Canton. Mi**. At Oallipolia. Ohm, veu deaths from relkjwfevor were reported loe • boobi were all closed and cilitso* began to mtud their families away. On the twelfth dispatches received from the infected point* showed that while the diaeaae continued to attach hundred* of new victim a daily, the nuutwr of deatba wit* decreasing. The mortality had gone t>eyond 4.300. A Waahington dispatch of the twelfth aaya that l)r. Tease, one of the physiciana who bad re turned from Memphis, stated that the horror* of the pestilence were beyond description. The wealthy had almost entirely fled from Mem phis, leaving the poor to shift a* they might for themselves; and to the horror* of the plague were added those of a condition ap proaching to famine. The provision atoms were all rinsed, and the only way to obtain supplies from them was to break them open, which was sometimes done Even the drag stores were all closed except three, and it wa< difficult to get medicine, even when medical at tendance had been had and prescription* writ ten. The batiks were open but one nonr aday. The commissary dejmt* established by the How ard Association were besieged by throng* of colored people, many of whom came in from the anrroniiding oouutry, risking the jiestiteooe in order to get free provision* No vohiole* were seen in the itreeU except dead-carta and the doctor*' buggies, with an occasional hearse conveying the remains of some wealthier vic tim. At nigt the street* were here and there lit tip with the baleful gleam of the death Are* that burued in front of each honse that con tained a corpse. Not of each honse either, for many a victim died alone after suffering unat tended, and there wan no one to put ont the customary sigual. Person* taken sick on the street* craaled into unoccupied tene ments, and their corpse* were afterward discovered bv the smell of their decompos ing flesh. Many were fonnd dead in the pub lic parks or under the fence*. Corpse* accu mulated for want of adequate burial force, and trenches were then dng in which great row* of ooffin* WITS deposited aide by side, and one row on the top of another. Dr. Tease *tat ii that the peculiar smell of the great |ie*t in t't city oould be detected at a distance of tin eo mile*. The; Brought the Cutlet. This hnmnrons hit is from a Paria pa]M-r: A Brazilian count, a billionnaire, was dining at the table d'hote of a faah iouable hotel. His cntlet was to IUB taste, and he ordered another. '• We only give one cutlet," said the manager, " and no bread with one flali balL" Witliont a word the oount rose, went ont, bought the hotel, returned, led the munager to the front doot and kicked him down the steps, then reseating him self at the table, said: " Bring me anot, 1 er cntlet." They brought it, swift as the eagle cleaves the air. I Atauwdrr Hamilton. Ho few p#rei>mi ootnparntively, who pone np ntnl ikrwn Brood way know, or rrwalleet il they beve known, thnt Alex ander Hamilton ia bntW I# YWnHj churchyard, that the Inacription on hia tomb aooin* nattrioal, Thia rnndn : " Tba Patriot "t inoomipUbla intarrltj, Th soldfor of approved valor. The statesman of eonsumcaata wisdom. Whom talents sod etrtee* will ha romambered lAg after this sbMM&m<m<red lain du*L Ha dld July It, 1004, aged 47." One of tin- wry fiiremont men of hia era, on of tha founder* of onr national tudepwndaooe, ha of whom Talleyrand aahl : "I bare known nearly all the marked man of my time, bat I have never known one on the whole equal to Hamilton." It woqhl ha strange, if not m> common, that the oitj where he lived from boyhood end where be died, should forget the plane of hie grave. Many perauna think be waa a native imeriiao. He waa born on the ialand ..f Nevla, fWeet TudlM,) bin father Iwrfiig a Hootah laerebant and hia mother the dsnghtor of a French Hagooot named Faaaetta. A few daya since a journalist who ie fond of waiting the novel aputa of New York, waa looking at Hamiliun'a monument, when a wan, evi dently in aaarch of the liona of tha me tropolis, naked, (the inscription ia very dim,) "Whoee grave ia thotf" "Alexan der Hamilton's," wea the reply. "Who's Hamilton I" "Dotil yon know who Alexander Hamilton waa t" "Ok, yea, to be siiie. He waa on# of thoae Tam many Utievaa." Kfr*artffflii Itr ifcv fwW#. 0© long ft* ife# tiiliUf r-! uUri of rUsMlf ir mfmVrlt- uf ■fng ro kiodM toio im Mad gsuial gtovr, Jo.t so tang tbre Is hop* far the { •Mk sod enramstsd invalid, let Mm not therefore, dej-*ad, Uu dsrtvs suooungstneoi , from thu and from Um forthsv fast that there ks s restorative most potent to renewing the dilapidated p#wwre of s broke# dowa >filSL Vat, (|nn|a lo itg uimuii|iiid t'ftC FUlui*. Hestattor's Stomach Bitters Is daily reviving strength in the hello* and hope ia the mtods of the feeble end nervous. Appetite, fwfantik lug steep, the acquisition of flush and color, are blessings eiu-udsot upon the reparative pro cesses which this prtmlssi laviguroed rosedHy initiate* and names to a roroe* fal mienl—ron. j Dlgeeuuo Is restored, the blood fertilized and sostananoe aff irded to each t'fuTutainln# organ by the Hitters, which is tnotfeuese eve# to the fsonuiae pel Me, vegetatda I# nrmfsmi Uoe and thoroughly safe. Use it and regain vigor. )Vwii (ks .Vrw lori jjhut of At*). 1 6th. * Um. P. Kewrll St l'. Kept* U Ik* Near V*rk Hmli Frttn tkr Arte lark Jipr+Ui •/ Atf. Mb Wt make, U-.<-r*Jure, the following proposi tion bo Bowel! & Co. If they, orthnr friend* far tiiam, will pat Bp tvcair-tM tbawsshd dollar*. with the moamnn mat litis Mtm shah be pa<l by tbeoi to lit* Metropolitan Mnaeem of Art or to any poblie charity that may bo agreed on, In cam lb* <jrn report of UM lirraUt ctrooiaUoo la shown by prop* and Uunogb lamination h> b* oorrert, It* I brailwtß also pot opanaqwai mmi of twaoty tSve thousand dollars, wMch it will a*rea alkali be paid near to tba Metropolian Muaaom of Art or to any public charity that may ba agreed on, is oaaa tta aworo r-i of timiiatroti la proved faW. Tbe ooodittoa betas list BoamU k Co. ahall choose ooe respectable expert, to nuke an elimination of rrial roots a, books, papers, Ac. : the H,mM shah obooae another, and theer two aball al*at a third; and tba throe shall forthwith make the examination and a report, which they at all pnbhidi. This much for llowall A Co., who. wa trust, to was UM language of Western • polling men, will now "all bar pot op or abut op. The last OirraiaOoa Beport fur-orbed by the ,Y(V I'ort UrrtM to the Awaurax K a war am lhua-rai claim* an average daily circulation of m,tt)(t And thaae Agorae appear in an ad- I ertiaemrtit of tha tt.mil for that adttloti, far winch advertiaemrn: the IfrraU paid us oor 1 baara art— 160. The written claim foraiabad i the uw of the awn* W H Hanrr, Bmioaw Manager. who ayrna the Ute aflidirjU pat forth U the OrrauL In the edition of the Dmw-raiT for which this re;>art ru furulbed we reOmatod the oreaiatlaß of the Btrald a in average ef 65,000 oopu* daily For the purpose of potting to l tea the com* paralive value of their eialmi end oar eetl ineitw we make to the AVw York Umud the flee following fopowttotw I Oar lai >*TaaallV—. We will forfeit #25. W. to the MatropoUM* if aaeom of Art, mM an equal amount to be paid b\ the Herald. if the committee appointed icoordinc to the Wettfcf • atipolaiion doea not pronounce the Herald $ circulation claim M furniahod to n to be in exnaaa of the fioU. Oar M FraeeaUlew. We will forfeit OlO.suu, aa Above, if the ooae mittee appointed according to the Urraldt atipalattona doea not prooooaoe the Herald? t claim to be more than 10,000 copies in ncieea of the facta. tier M Praoatlilaa. We will forfeit 05,100. aa above if the com mit U-e appointed according to the Herod $ atipalalMM doM not pronounce oar eattmate nearer the Actual facta thin the Berald a written claim. Oar 4Mi rr—Ml—. We will forfait #I,OOO. m above. If the com mittee sjpoMHed u above does not twrmownee that the otroclauoo of 65,000 eopie* daily arer lia a* reumaled by B. to be to etoew of tin actual circulation of the UwiM at that tiaa We will f,?5t%0! r u "aborej lf the com mittee a|'ioujt-d according to the Hmtkft t jwiaUotn pronounce* tbat the actual dally •alee of the HrrakL. at that tune. averaged aa ■Mil an one batf the nweber claimed by Mr. W. H Hmrr in the written rtalrtneof far uuh. l be htm for the (tuwlaaee of the editor of the Aititus Kawwraraa Dianenmr. We ►ut.out the above propcetttou" to the //msJL and shall be glad to know at an early hour which one it electa to aoeeot. GEO. P. HOWELL A Co., 10 Bprnoa 8C Nrw YOLK, Aag. 15th. 1878. For upwards of thirty years Xn. WINKLOWB aOOTmh'O HVllCrhae boao an d for children with never-tailing aoooaea. It o-wratto addtty of the etosuach, rdievee wind colic, ragnUtae the bowels, cares dysentery tad diarrhma, whether an:uj from teething or other oadkea. An old and ww-tried remedy. >5 eta. a bottle. Drapoptlc rymp4ao. low iptriU, rwUwwMi, ak-opiMaooN, ocmfnhoo, oor rtomach. pun la the bowel*. tick headache. rumble lppettle, runup food. oppreeaaoc at pit of Koaaoch. low fever and languor. Paraooa' Pargotien PUU pjve immediate relief and will ultimately can the dlreaot. CHEW The Coiobrmlod •Matvhlmm" Wood Tap Ping Tbaaon Tit Pmram TV*aa>xo Ommn, New York. Boston, and Chicago. If xnr of the reader* of tarn paper do not know of Johaaon'a Anodrak Urnmoot wt urge them lo find ont about it. tVnte to Dr. John •on h Co., of Hangar, Me. It to the mod mar velone remedy In the world. To cleunee and whiten the teeth, to rweeteo ' the breath. ne Brown * Camphorated Sapoua oeona IH otifnoe. Tweory-flve oenU a bottle. Tlm lrui< M catne-BaOve^n. 1 -1. •.. t • f¥ Texee and Oberekee. M k li S lie*! *•• t*4o • Bn-Ue Mb# #* Orawd Ha<| 04* - *Vd tt\ r ,mi, - ir - a e la Outtir— 'C.Snut... 11 9 ,5 h nour-Weekani-Oood loObotoa... 4 K etM HSate— Fair lo Chetce II 2 • M Buckwheat, par cwt IX 1 II Wbak—Red Weaker® lOBR 111 go. I Milwaukee M gill Bye—Statx Ot 2 01 Barter—Male .... " liariey " h JJ Buckwheat 00 *k 00 Dele—Mixed ToKra— II * ■ Oore—Mixed 8eater5.............. at <4 II Kt, jwrewt • i* 00 a:rew, rxwcwt S >4 *0 Hope—Oood to Prime.. <4 IT rark-Meet. - ~~.11 OJ I*ll • Cant—OH* Steam > I * Of* Ftae—Mederel, Ro. J, now Uot t*!B' do. a, aw* it oo uis •*) Dry Cod, per ewt 4 00 <4 CO Herrtum hauled, par box 18 10 ratreleum—Grade. ......00b4*08)4 B-fined. 10 Wo* F1eece............ SO (4 X s H Teaae " SO i* #4 Australian " <<* Stele XX >* id JJ Butter— State.. 18 fk Wwtero—4 botee 11 14 Wmtara—Pair to Prime... 04 • 08 Weeterh—Pirktna • 04 <4 OB bMee—Sat* r .ckorr 04 (4 00 Siato Slimmed...... OS 4 10"< Weeterc................... 04 (4 07 ■ppa—Mala and Peanayteual lf id, 18 irrruo. Floor 4 * • 400 Wbual-Ho. 1 Milwaukee 1 tt 1 00 Com—Mixed. U 4 W (Jute 1# • •• Rya...~ S • S4 Barley , 40 M Barley Mai1..... 00 # 00 Beat Oettle—Brtr*"l'.!!... 01 g OOM Sleep HW <*V Uoga—Urease* 06 § U Flour— Penney'runta Bxtre 040 # S 40 H Deal—Bed Western...... 1 00 I* 1 14 Ryo 41 * O Oorn—TUow... n . UJ4 at Mixed 48 <4 41 Oate—Mixed M if* Petrol hiu Crude. 08 H •00b Be Sued .11 Wool—Oolorado X) 4 Texie 18 # 40 iXi:ferula.. JO g* 80 MWTOh. Beef Cattle U4 # OBh Sheep OS he* OM Boga C6H# MX rotar—Wltoonain and Minnesota.. 100 08 M Oora—Mixed (4414 41 OaM— " Si M Wool—Ohio and Ponnijhranla XX.. mar California Pa 11..... ie* M marnm, Meat. g Beef M 04* •"£: w f Wh Land* OT 2 10 hori ...... oihg 48 wxvaaxoww. uia I Beet OutUe—Poor to ahoic*. ...... Io a 80 r;:-JS !:s i i .1 j'tit *t-J K.f.'sriiriiETSSo." #b ds bona. wovr. ef he don't move, oesroom • ha dar 7* NatiwWhalanilliig Mr. fsansr • logic we yet bettive the eortd seoves Whan Mr. Chalero ijSr^Zn. HmartWstiC Pose and stitA evtdens* tend I# prove that "the world metes ? As sc sitornei remedy for outa, hnnaee, sprains, nafflsn. Idle. and .ti£2tarorts. the Oowponod *- Childrrodcor^^lvs^vh^D^ fa Hall s Batten for the twugs la aAtiids- Urod. Parents wtll do veil to f lasmsbsr thw fact and keep araedMne, htoh Hves In the bouse reedy for an m>erB>y-,Tb* Daisarr. .TWfonmce a tendency to roeeos't*'"'- strengthens weak and heals aaro ieuga, nwaa dies painful and asthmatic braothtag henlstoro lirrsrwu*** and wist all hroosfasl and fan cheat tnflammatten. Hf* hsves wmgh, • U "serif and eftae. All Pramttiasaiitt. Prom tbc is*. Brroht- Oraaes Halve ahonU ha fa etary family, for there Is nothing of the faed eaeeedtag it fa rain*. For Hoalda, Ben* Chapped Heeds, and Horoe from Homers or otherwise, kia the moot speedy enre known. Wa spank ton. facw under ear own obesrvation. Of Pooled JES'poidSr of tts worth. Whenever yon wnet a Mgtrt. whßa, sweet Msonit deMMnna tmt-pte elegant eefca. full sretght are the walchworde of the man faetaiera. _ _ Nameron. M B-a. , Cube, Mtaet Japan, die, have adopted fae | PatrUiikStandard Heals* lor govsromrnt nea. , | and in the la* few yearsoolV, oer owniovarn meet to the War al Trroanry k j Departments, have bought over iW"- ■m ■ ! ' IMNITiNT keWX-PsiWMv. Iss ae< usher* see *ev— e* Hseregr sueel ***• ' hen e ■* isssaort Teeowwa. rev e*en>S sed s*d ~fa siiiniinh Ihh ii HtiL—LPftifeJhl/ ; s : iWlllfjtig'asPS^Sg 05B1IS sniZff&rEsz >m #/ PjO ymT Aresu.Mes so It SON aai^rTß.-ss anto.BaxTEfeoyTSUTfi'ltom.R T (PU a£j —Vh* sasses* e sac ssti- lewwe timen-iflnu mM .eyiftei M nsm SIOP S2s S^^^NoveHtes I® Outfit Free JWSS. t. a Bt'rniKtra noma.niesii wmies Pisaisi* ns*^ni<etwV^r^ro C ** t ' n'rnp - ■ . ft ! I 111 k Iv*c uULXfAmfaaAAJII^BniaUjM-l Cores Dyspepsia, In digestion, Soar Stomach, Sick Headache. GRACE'S SALVE. fit^^^JfeSTASsT^ai- Pnas *A ssel* a kss *t attdroafhas. sr asss kr •*.! ■ ybgTPa'nSwrfc NEW RICH BLOOD! • sr. arsx2S rjzrxxJt • JPMM®'* Hhs*®Ms r 99M** mrm m km * Mfta kf Mis. ' ! Smf d(MM mM. +mr. Mrt md* m mmh. mmi fml ► My. ASorntiA. aJ* fijii* ■UI aw llaHsm, Ksm—a. : BOSTON TUURCUFT Daily and Weekly, Quarto, ltowton, Mnas. ThsLasrsal.aba.Bssl ami Beat Fseu* i**>■■' .la fU KafiaaC KdlisS with *fwe>s! r,hmn ie He jtnai swala. SJ ||°e-^ (tsepheVew iddmse.) NTAO SW BEND FOK*BAMPLE COPT WHO WANTS A FARM THERE FißMSfi PATS THE BEST?. FOR SALE. 3IMOO^^ASA 280,000 fswCßMte xnr-ased (ev UlemnhsCPswafcM. ten af tasSa Ufa CAPOBHFIEP D lbs Old Seliabia Conoehtrated Lye r -Oft FAMILY SOAP MAKING. prM.ttw.ii i 11 arise sash ssetw stiSlaaHs**. i -rt ••* Tulsi hosii wetrhly-. ; IT IS mi WKIOOT Aim fTMKKIT*. r*. SMThst m aim (SMSIkMI) Oeeosasremc , .<. #i.a isacsiisaatad sKhwltsad raws, sad ■*■> ! *"•*" rm Movtr, axd jt tmm SAPONIWIER naun inr mn Pennsylvania Salt KannPg Co., I I Make Hens Lay. As Bnsh.li Vstanasr, Sntgvoa and OhsfsM sow timrsha* is U>. oosnttr, tsjr* that asMS of tbs Hsrw sad Osi U. Poodor. sold Wo at> wonblose trash. Ho ssr* thai Shoridsn's ('onditusi Pnodsrs are slweleislr par* and ielf rslu.hh HMhioe as Hit a mil make boo* tar M* Shoridsn's t'sedilios IV.dors Duo* as issauuoal nl to oo* piat food, boot nsil tor otcht lot Mr otsarpo. L s. joHlkpK a CO. Hscfor, Maine. Established IH3S. Ts-tSi=t.Oii^Ljsrrirs Gargling Oil Liniment Ycllmv tV'nrpnrr It Animal nad White for liunun Flesh. I* guud roil iiuru* anj Sraltl- Sprain* and Bruise*. Ciilhhinl, I nist liitr*,Strhi|fiiait, tVindifalia, ScruitU,> i>r liresar. Fool Kut in Sheep, Cli ipu J Hand*, Fmuidrred Fl. ; trh'-b Weuads. Kap in Foullry. 1 listrr ul IViaoaa, Cracsca Heels, Sand Cucks, Kpiaoolic, Galls of all kinds Lame Back. ill, !lin-bonc, Hemorrnoids or Piles, | JHcltiil, Toothache, Swdliiigi, Tumors, Kheuiuatisin, Ga:-i lin Com, SpavlUs Sweeney, ! Cracked Teals. Fistula, Hangc, C-iliouS, Lamenese, Cshed Bressis, I lorn Dudunpvr. bore >i uiplc*. Crp'.vnscab, Giiittor, Curb, Old Sores." I oul tttsers, Fnw-v. Coras, Whitlows, JfawSßed lhc L'ddsr, Cr unps, _ . . Swelled Legs, Weakness of the Joints Thrush, l entracOua of Muscles. gorehanP* Hamlin? Oil is lbs standard Liniment of the CuiMd blste*. Large "**• ■; medium, snc; -mall, sc. Small sise for family: use, sc. Manufactured al Lockport, I N. Y., by Merchant'* Gargbeg OU Ccaepasv. JOHI HOIH.L, beefy.
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