RARUS, KIXH OP THi: TURF. Haw llr ■. Handled fcv m Mfcllftal He* Trainer— The irn Tr*er Ifce te" • • Work liana. Tho following article from the Boston <Robe trill IK; read With in to rout by lovers of the home : By his recent achievements ir. the West, and his crowning feat at Hartford, when hd trotted three beats in 2:15, 2:18J and 2:lSj, Rarus has proved him self to be the best trotting horse that ever graced a race track ia this or any other country. The horse, now in his eleventh year, ia the property of R. R. Oonkling, an old resident of O roe n port. Long Island. Although born at Greeu port, llarus is essentially a Brooklyn horse, for his repeated successes are due to the carefaJ training of those who have ha<l him in Charge ; and sines* the horae first appeared in public, abont aevi*n years ago, the ribbons have ln*eu held over him by Brooklyn drivers. He first appeared on tho turf at the Suffolk county fair, held iu Kiverlu*ad st-vvu years ago this fall. There he was en tered for the " four-year-old stakes," 'he prtie being a purse of #SO. llarus is a bay horqe alxmt sixteen hands high. The horae possesses a long atnde, easy, open gait, and is what might Ik* called a natural trotter. He was born a trotter, as was Dexter, and no trouble was ex perieiieed in traiuiug. Seldom or never does he br**ak, but moves around the track with the regularity of clockwork. In the case of trotters descended from good-bhxxled and well-trained pareuta, even while in the pasture field, colts are more inclined to trot than gallop ; but Barns' auecstore, at least ou the father's side, were not traiued trottera. In his hook entitled " The Trotting Horse in America," the laU* Hiram WiKxlrufi made the statement that the natural gait of the horse was to trot, but many promi nent horsemen deny that such is the case, while others, equally prominent, pin their faith to the statement maae by old Hiram. Be that as it may. Rarus trotted by the side of his dam when iu the pasture, field-at least ao sav those who have leu acquainted with the ani mal almost from the day of his birtlu Ranis' progenitor, before he *As pur chased by Mr. Oonkling, pqafanned the ignoble duty of drawing a fish cart for a Fnlton market fish dealer. The sum paid for the stalhou was some two hun dred odd dollars, and Mr. Oonkling sent the horse to his stock farm at Greenport. All sportiug men, as ia natural, believe that blood will tell ; but the ease of Barns is a glaring exception to the rule. George Wilkes, of Wilkt*' Spirit of the A"and Mr. Conkling, have used every endeavor to trace the pedigree of the stailiou ; buf instead of discovering that once he was a trotter, they find that he is of set**We stock, and his occupa tion through life was that of propelling 11, vers butcher carta foe different owners, llarus' dam was by Telegraph, her mother being a Black Hawk mare. She :s still alive. Ranis has one full half brother, wbjuee beet performance was a mile in about 2:40. The Fulton market stallion is father to twenty other horses beside the king of the trotting turf, and the beet of them bear no better reputa tion than that of fair road steppers. After his performance at River head, the colt Rarus did nof • appear again on the tmf that year ; kia next appearance be ing at HornaUaviHe, N. Y., in the fQI lowing spring, where he was entered iff the *2:45 class. Young Mead haudlW the ribbons, but was unable to win the race. In the same year Rarus trotted a mile at Providence, R. L, in 2:29, and short ly afterward trotted two races at the Proepegt Park course in about the same time. James W. Page, who now keeps a livery stable on Dekalb avenue, and is an excellent trainer, hail llarus in charge during the fallowing year, and was very successful. By hard work and careful handling Page put Rams on re cord as a horse who aould do his mile in 2:22 without a skip or break. In his third year llims was taken to Philadel phia by Jim McMahon, who need to drive Fi *ra Temple. The horse was en tered in two races, but didn't succeed in getting a place in either. When Rarns returned from Philadelphia Mr Conk ing gave Johnny Splan charge of him, and Splan has handled the horse ever smoe. When he took charge of the horse Ranis' present driver was training horses at the Prospect Park fair gr**unds. Although yet a young man, Splan handled some very good horses before be took hold of Rarus. He drove Kan sas Chief and JBella, both of whom could oo a mile away down in the twenties, beside® several other good ones. Much of Rarus' good fortune is dne to Splan's excellent nguAgenieat, and the trainer has been rewarded by a long series of successes. *" Two yearn ago Rarus was able to do a mile in 2:2R and since that time he has "tH-en lee>!-ihng his time, until at Buffalo be electrified the trotting world by gam ing the reoortfaf *2:I3J, which is three quarters of*e feooad better than Gold smith MaiiJaßest time. The now fam ous trotter %ytrong grip is his excellent averages, ajui some of them seem aimply unapproachable. A few days ago, in Rochester, B.mis attempted to beat the average of fclß, trotting three heat*, but the horse was so tired out by his bercn >un efforts at Buffalo that he failed. Mr. Conkugg was recently offered #65,- 000 for Rrrua, it is stated, and without a moment's hesitation refused to listen to the proposition. The horse has made a fortune for both his owner and his trainer. anJL; if he doea not meet with any abcideigl Rarus will still further en rich the two fortunate individuals who are benefited fay his winnings, and most likely l>eat#hie present record. Some trainers, especially 4he old-timers, be lieve that imdet oertaia circumstances a trotter will j|o better under saddle than to harness. One reason that trotting under saddle is not championed by the majority of drivers is, that as they "grow old, and a 1 dancing yeare added to their obesity, they would be incapacitated from rilingL There are many horses who to-day nave won good reeorda that would have scored nothing but .'ailnree had they been compelled to trot under the saddle. * Like men, there are, as a horseman Adyles them, level-headed horses, who "seem to understand what is wanted, anl light-headed hones, who would lie aairisky a* the Irishman's flea, were they not kept cloee down to their work. With this last class drivers have more perftfcf control when seated in a wagon than astride the animal's back. Rarus is what would be called a level headed horse. T)f the trotters who bsve gone l>efore, Rarus more closely resem bles Dexter in action than any of the other great* ones, and tbers are some who are inclined to the belief that there must have been a dash of Hambletonian blood in thai horse's father. Dexter's gait is as good as Rarua', and Bonner's horse has if anything more and better action than poukling'a. It is more than probable that had Dexter been kept on the track he would have beaten what ia now his faestetime. but his owner, Mr. Robert Tlonaer, preferred to keep the famous trotsr for his own private nse rather than week to make him a paying i-pecnlation allowing him to continue his turf canfr. Dexter was trained at the FasbioiKS Hjrse, by Hiram Woodruff, and his besfjfciaie was 2:16, which was made whenjljtt trotted agninst Ethan Alien and rucuing mate. This time did not go on ffi&gd because Dexter was beaten bv Apen and mate. A horse with a history iu "some particulars like that of Rarus w.ifl flora Temple. The njare was though! -nothing of in her early youth, and £as at one time the property of a butchemilio either bought or sold her for lesfc than 8100. When Flora Temple made a mile in 2:40 she trained the now occupied by Rarus, whi&£ was being the best trotter in a land ofotters. The mare never beat 2:21, but-she earned more money with the exception of Goldsmith Maid, than any hflrse that hAs yet appeared before the public as a candidate for trotting honors. Barns may not fear any rivalry lyom Goldsmith Maid, as the owner of the mare, Henry Smith of New York, lias retired her from the turf, una the Mai# te now at his stock farm near Trentog* where she will be used for On the occasion of Rarus' first appear ance on at Riverhead, Frank W. Mead drove the trotter. It is said by his friendsi that yonug Mead tanght Rarus his steps. In the rscv at River head three heats were trotted, all of them laving won by Rarus. The winner's * best time wss 2:421. Frank Meed wsa then s l>oy of seveuteeu, end wss without i doubt the youngest traiuer aud driver in 11 the country. At this time Oonkling ' wanted Frank's father to buy a half in terest in the colt, lull the latter refused. Mr. Meed, sr., who is a tvwideul of ' Brooklyn, in the course of conversation, ' rexmtly, said he horn stly believed that if " he had ofllsred Oonk ng #1,500 for s half interest in the lior e the latter would ' have gladly aooepte the terms. Frank s Mead is now*n*arlv twenty-three years " old, and is one of the uiot successful * trainers in the. conn try. He is at pres. ' enl in Springflel '. * Fashion Note*. ', I "rose* for autumn are cut with long I corsages. ; , Lace sleeves . woru iu silk ' evening dreases, i] Mitts are very much used iu black, white and colors. Chip bonnets of dark shade* are pre errel for autumn waft, sud velvet for winter. leuig loops of ribbon called L*>uis XIII. bows, are seen on imported dresses. Nearly all the new flowers for hounets have birvls amongst tliem in some form or other. Breasts and heads of birds and whole birvls will Ire much used this winter in all garnitures. In England, a tiny thread of gold sup porting a solitaire diamond is the favor ite engagement ring. 1 The brunettes have it all their own ! wav—red black and gold are to be the fssliiousble winter colors. Handsome garnitares for fall hate are made of the hands of cashmere feathers on which are two heads of the merle ! bird. Hatiu and brocade are the materials most used at present for making hand some dresses that will be worn in the dl and winter. Among new imported millinery goods ' is a velvet called the Medieis velvet, which comes iu several shade® of colors i combined in one piece. A Bag tiers t rab fishing. She sat upon a rock, fishing for crabs, f She had her Jog with her- a Skye ter rier—such a one as a Broadway vender would charge yon #lO for. His hair was I long and as soft as silk, bine ribbons [ hang from bis ears, and his neck was t encircled with a nickel-plated collar. : But all that counted for nothing as . aguiust the fearful scene through which . he was abont to pasa. He lay close to the basket in which the Fifth aveune * belle dropped the crabs as fast aa she < caught them. He was, no doubt, - dreaming of his happy home far away, i where he was wont to take his daily nap t on a #IOOO sofa. Now and then a green * bottled fly skipped from ear to ear or 1 lighted upon Lis back where the pup . couldn't reach him, and at such times he whiaked his tail wildly till the in , trader was away. On one of these ape- cial occasions, after whisking off the fly, the little silken taii rested upon the edge of the crab basket and the end of f' it dropped inside, latitude 47, lougitoJe | 6*2. The feathery edge of it struck a . crab in the ejv, and the claws closed , on the appendage simultaneously.— I The dog, oh, where was he ? A jelp, a t howl, and then in silvery tones came the , "ti yi! t! yi!" as the astonished >np . sailed over the plain and through die clover with a string of craba connecting [ him with the empty, bounding basket, I and all their clawa clutched one with I the other ; and for a minute there was a mixed scene of dog, oralis, basket, dust l and flying gravel, and the tail was told. . There was no more crab fishing that day.— Poughketpir (X. I".) Eagle. > | Yellow Feier. ' Yellow fever is a most mysterious, and in many respects an incomprehensible , ( disease, aava a New York paper. The f • few general facta that seem to hare been ? learned abont it, after close and varied I observation, are not infreqnently con . i trad io ted by new experience. One of its i widely-suppoeed peculiarities ia that it ; cannot live at certain elevations, 2,500 - ! feet above sea-level being anfficieut, it 1 is thought, to exclude it completely. , Yet, long before Cortex invaded Mexico, i the natiTee of the country suffered ter s ribly from an epidemic which was, be r yonil all rational doubt, identical with f j what ia now known as yellow fever. This epidemic—it was called mafaizti i hautl— prevailed repeatedly, with great j virulence and mortality, dnnug the six >l teenth and eighteenth centuries, on the . table lands at Mexico, from 7,200 to . 7,800 feet above the sea. II it has raged . at that height, it may rage at an eqnal . height again, and thus the favorite and t now universally accepted the<wy be over f ! thrown. It ia surprising how very little t | ia known ot the yellow fever as to its . symptoms,consequences,general course, t and treatment; tor, while it has been . recognised only about 200 years as a distinctive disease, it has been a fearfnl ' scourge at least since the beginning of t the fifteenth century. It used to be ! called the plague, and it ia little leas , hideous and deetractive than that fright , fnl pestilence, now happily confined to t the hot and filthy East. Sagacity of Chickens. * The artfulness of common chickens is illustrated by this funny story, pub i lished in I,and and Water: In former i days it was difficult for visitors to get 1 anything to eat at John O'Groats, the 1 extreme north of Scotland, there being i ' no batchers or bakers within miles. When visitors arrived, it was the custom : of the proprietor of the little inn to chase and catch a chicken, plnck and I * i roast him at once for the visitor's dinner, i l ln course of time the chickens became j very artful They kept a sharp look out, and when they saw a carriage com- j ing along the road —they conld see a , long way down the straight road from ' * the inn—they bolted with all legs into the heather, and did not reappear until the visitors bad eaten their bacon with out the chicken and taken their depart ure. j That birds learn from experience is qoite eertaiu. The following fact proves it: When the telegraph wires were first pnt np between Berry dale and Hems- I dale, the gronse were continually flying against the wires and killing themselves, and in one season the driver of the mail cart picked np ao less than forty brace of gronse that had been so killed. Of late years not a gronse has been fonnd killed by the telegraph wires. They | seemed to have passed on the warning that telegraph wires were dangerous. The Burning of the Martyrs. The following is from Strvpe's account i current of the expenses incurred at the burning of Cranmer, Latimer and Rid ley: In the Oxford edition we have the items for Ridley and Latimer: j For three losds of wood faggots to born Kidley and Latimer........ 12s Od Item—One load of fir faggots 2 4 For the carriage of these four loads.. 2 0 Item—A post 1 t [ Item—Two chains 1 : Item—Staples 0 5 i Item—Four laborers 2 8 roa BUBitrao CBANMKK. , ' For 100 wood faggots 0 0 For 100 and a half of fir faggots 3 4 For the carriage of them 0 8 , To two laborers 1 3 Total 41 15s fid This sm>ll snm was the expense of , burning at Smithfleld three of the most prominent churchmen of the age. 1 Professor Stewart, of San Francisoo, ■ puts forward this theory as to why * earthquakes have become rare in that i region:—"At all seasons of the year f there is vastly more moisture in the air in the Atlantic States than in California, i and I firmly believe that onr overcharged 1 coast is being constantly relieved of its plus electricity by the iron of the over > land railway, and that California earth : quakes are now appearing in the form 1 of frightful tornadoes and electrical t storms east of the Rocky Mountains." AUSTRALIA. IslsrvwUaa rn. Almsi *• Wsrld'sUrvai. cat Island. Of the sntire area of Australia, which ia very little lena tliau that of the whole of Europe, abont oue-flftli, or half a i million square miles, in the middle, i a barren wilderness, which can only Ik* explored at thetKwt of frightful hard ships and at the risk of life itself. In the southern portion of this desert there are dotted, here and there, hills of soft, white, yielding sand, tliiekly clad with apitiifex, scrub i*ak aud other low sbriitw, with an tveaaional group of eucalyptus trees ; but in it* northern part not even this nieau vegetatiou sp|*ears, sud the sandhills are bare. The fierce rays of the sun in summer often set the |*arohed foliage of the wilderness iu s blase, aud devastating fires prevail, which give rise to hot winds that render oppressive the outlying settlement*. Australia has none of the great moun tain chains and mighty rivers to which we are accustomed ou this continent. Its highest range of hills is the \\ arm son#, or Blue mouutaais, which attain a height of 7,000 feet above the sea level. There are no great inlets except the Gulf of Carpentaria, on the north Coast, but the harlKtr* of Hyduey and l'ort Darwtu are a* useful and grand as any iu the world, uot omitting liio Janeiro, Constantinople, Hong Kong or riaii Francisco. The enormous expanse of country is* almost entirely level, giving indications that it wan onoe the t>ed of the ocean. There ave many salt marshes and lagiKui* iu the center and west, and in the east a few rivers which alternately expose their dried beds to the bakiug rays of the atiuaud overflow their banks. The largest navigable river in east Aus tralia is the Murray. long and severe droughts sometimes prevail. In 1865 there was no rainfall in central cr south Australia, and cattle and sheep died by thonsamls daily. From a pajwr read before the Geo graphical society of New York, by Mr. Jess Young, who was the astronomer of the Giles expedition, sent out in 1K74 to explore the interior of the inland conti nent. we get many interesting facts re garding Australia, which are here given without much regard to councetion. So dry is the soil and climate in the interior,"so little variation is there, that Mr. Yonng often left delicate instru ments uncovered in the open air over night, anJ never found ou them the slightest particle of rust from dew or other moisture. Great eucalyptus tree* are one of the features of the more favored parts of Australia. Some of them are of enormous growth, 350 to 400 feet high, and one specimen in the Warrugong range, which is lying ou the ground, measures 420 feet in height, or rather length. A peculiarity about the trees is that they begiu to die at the lop and die downward, and that they usually shoot the bark instead of the leaves. There Is an absence of edible fruits, except a few berries and some small in digenous peaches. The scrub, of which we have spoken, is generally a species of eucalyptus, and it covers fully one-fifth of the whole colour. The monotony ot traveling through It can ouly be under stood by experience. " For days and weeks and months you may be in it without seeing twenty yard* in any direction. It is in this scrub that so many live* have been lost from time to time." The kangaroo affords sport and food for the natives and for the hunts man among the eoioniata, aud the tail of the animal, as is well known, makes an excellent soup. The Australian bear has scarcely energy enough to move. Insect* are wonderfully prolific, mos quitoes and flies being particularly abundant. " The native children are sometimes hardly recognisable, so com pletely are they covered with flies, filling their eyes, noses and months." Spiders are very common, a* also are ants, the tarantula being the most formidable of the former and the bulldog ant the worst species of the latter. These ants are an inch or more in height aud abont two inches long. They all fight fiercely, and their sting is not to be desired. The fish are whales, seals, sharks, codfish, snappers, mullet, and hosts of other* not found in any other part of the world. There are no ruminating ani mals, no pachydermata, and no earni vora, except the uative dog or dingo. Australia, however, is distinguished by the great majority of marenphial or pouch enl animals, of which there are uow few traces in any other part of the world. The birds of Australia are the emn, resembling an ostrich, aud the more common varieties. Of the natives of Australia, who are rapidly approaching extinction, Mr. Yonng gives a far more favorable report than those we are accnstonied to get As the result of his observations, he de clares that " the Australian black is not naturally so depraved as many other races better caret for aud better known.'" He has never found any trace* of can nibal habit* among them, and none of torture or of scalping. " Any native whom I asked has scooted the idea with disgust, and I have seen their graves and heard them bury their dead." They are treacherous, as are all uncivilised races, but they are not bloodthirsty. They have little or no religion, thongh they belieTe the spirit is immortal. They also fancy that the dead will some times return In another shape, beuce they carry a dead body ronnd and round the grave at some distance, in order to pnzzie the deceased as to his where about*. They are also in abject terror of an evil spirit, c died Chinehi. There seems to be no government among them, bat when anything is in dispute it is re ferred to one or two of the oldest men for arbitration. The celebrated boom- ' erang, so well known as one of their favorite weapons, is a curved piece of thin wood, which, by means of a com bination of forces, can be thrown with great dexterity, making the most carious evolutions, and puzzling any one stand ing near as to where it is going to stop. It is unsafe to seek shelter behind a tree, for one may be taken in the rear or on the flank. The oontinent of Australia, a* Mr. Yonng likes to call the great island, is divided into five colonies. The largest is Western Australia, with Perth for it* capital. Queensland ranks next in size, and has Brisbane for its capital. Then comes New Bonth Wales, with Sydney for it* capital, and, last, Victoria. Victoria is sitnatod in the most sonth- ■ easterly portion of the continent, and its most southern headlands enter the tem perate climate of the fortieth parallel. The mean temperature of Mellxmrne is fifty-eight degrees eight minutes, which is eight degrees higher than that of London. This is now the richest, most prosperous, and most thickly populated of the colonies, though New South Wale* is steadily gaining on it Vic - 1 toria is best known to the world, for it owes it* wonderfnl sncoes* to the gold discoveries of 1851, which, in the year 1852 alone, amounted to #70,000,000. New Sonth Wales ami Victoria are the largest gold-prodncing colonies, thongh each of the other* add something to the enormous general yield. Bat, as in California, the cultivation of the earth and the growing of flocks and herds mid more to the comfort and wealth of the people than the digging after precious metal. Farming un a Brand Scale. The Napa (Cal.) Register says: John Finnell, one of Napa's pnucely farmers, has recently purchased 19,000 acres of land in Tehama county, at a cost of #850,000. The property is known as the Thomas estate, and ha* on it a #25,000 residence and alxrat 8100,000 worth of fencing. With the land and improve ments, Finnell get* 2,200 head of cattle, 1,240 hogs, and a lot of horses, mules, etc. This entitles Mr. Finnell to a place in the front rank of the great farmers of California. His home place in this val ley, comprising 1,000 acres, and besides keeping 500 of it in a high state of culti vation, be has for the past four years been paying #35,000 per year rent for a large tract of farming iand in Colusa county, frqm which he has derived a handsome income. We understand it to be the intention of Mr. Finnell to re move with his family to his new place in Tehamu county next spring. The new property has never been pat under the plough and it is thought will prove very productive. Fairbanks & Co., scale manufacturers, already get three gold medals at Paris. I'Uln lllnt* on l>rtN. The following timely nuggontioim, token from a rooont laauo of tin* Chiongo Kvening Journol, will Iwwr repetition: A largo display of jewelry in litiblio or an extreme aliow of (Iran in tlie street are alwaya ont of order, acooidtug tho Iwwit oonuuott aeuae aa well aa tlie Beat inanuaU consulted in tho Boudoir of true ladyhood, A woman may ho faultlessly droaaod for a drawing-room, and at tho namo time IMI all out of keeptug for a railway or atroot oar. There ia a tiiuo and a plaor for diamoiula an.l a timo and plaoo for rioJi dtea*, and tho prudence or modoatv which oauaoa ladle* of g>od aouao to hide their jowola and adka from tho geticml public, and hriug Uioiu out only at the aoiroe or private diuuor, aliould reveal to leas tasteful alatcra tin IMM,t gunk* to follow in the indulgciioo of i auoh In (iirice. The#e aaino example# almi loach other good leaaoua in tho art of true riohnoaa in attire ty wraring pure pcufta or other rich atonoa wliou diamonds new ha'Toud Uie reach of the puree; aolii) gold when pearls or Uieir equivalent are not attaiuable; jot, i>or haps, when aoliil gold la out of tho que#- tion, arid no oruamenta alien neither' diamonds, pearls, gold nor jet ia at hand. A great mixture of colore and mate rials ia never countenanced hy jxoople of prosier culture IU dreaa. The English woman who recently rigged herself in a suit made from a!lk handkerchiefs of many hues, made so excellent a cornea ture on good taste as to gam world-wide comment. Two colors or three at moat are JMMMIIIY allowable in a giddy young ereature's toilet, but one tint, to relieve the black ami white of ailk or mtialin, ia quite sufficient for Uie uiaturer person. Colors thrown against iach other usually make a daub, and iu the same way are (uuuful eflrota produced by uniting a variety of materials. Silk aud caiicii , make a team as ridiculous an a h>rc and ox, uo matter how well matched in color; ; ostrich feather* are poor accompani ments to delaiuee, aud swan's-down trimming on gmgham would prove the wearer a gooae. Then the elaborate t>ou uet is ill at eane with a traveling suit or house rig, and a poor shoe or soiled stocking, by one little revelation, will upset all admiration for liiu ixistlieat upper toilet. street Yarne* in New l'ork. Writing about the streets of New York a correspondent says; A very marked peculiarity is found in this re spect, inasmuch aa there is a predomi nance of what may be called christened uatues. Just look at this series con sisting of Catharine, Jane, Elisabeth, Ann, WiUuun, John, Charles, Jatues, Thomas, Jacob, Hcurr, Oliver, Amos, and Horatio. All of our I'residents who bore a part in the war of the revo lution are commemorate*! except Adams. The latter is a strange omis sion, aud may be explained bv the fact that this name was identified with the Federal party, and New York was an anti-Federal city. Coming down to mere statistics, it may be said that the streetaof New York contain 500 miles pavemeut and also I,'iOO miles of gas pipe, to which may be added .100 miles of sewer. There tire also more than 100 miles of street railroads, which have Iveen very profitable, though uow to a large degree damaged by the elevated rvunla. Speaking of street names, oue might imagine that there had been an intentional "alight"' toward New Eng land, which the old Kuicfcerlioeker bated so eordially, for while so many of our streets are called after revolutionary heroes, there is an omission of Knox, Proaeoti, sud Putnam. Another point of intcreaUtig remark is the omisaiou of our great victories. London lias its Trafalgar square, its Waterloo road and its Illenheitu park, but New York has no Saratoga,*Monterev, or llueua Vista. Not a victory indeed is recorde*! in street, square, or even "place," and the question arises ia it to late too suggest a change ? _____ London Houses. The bousea of London, saya a corre spondent, are mostly built of yellow brick; but those of s more pretentious character are of a yellowish sandstone, which soon lecunea blackened with the smoke that enslirunds the city. Iron buildings are not known here—at least, we have not met with any in our wan derings over the city, they Wing sn en tirely American institution. A stranger in London is astoiualiud at the appear ance of most of its publto buildings and churches. Tbey are built m.wtlv of white marble; but the smoke has black ened them to such an extent that were it not that ttoeir baao* and sometimes a portion of their cornices are white, they might be supposed to tie of black mar ble The columns in front of St. Paul's Cathedral are densely black; and so is most of the vast structure. If s jwit ot black paint was poured over the mag nificent statues of <Ju*en Elizabeth and Iter four maids of hou<>r, which stand in front of the cathedral, it would scarcely be noticed, so black have they become. Tho National Gallery, on Trafalgar qqnare, is decidedly black, and the grand old church of St. Msrtin-in-tho- Fielda, on Trafalgar square, is, if pos sible, blacker. The walls under the portico aud most of Uieotdurnus in front would never be supposed to be ot pure white marble. As there is scaffolding being erected around it, the purpose is posaibly to clean it of the accumulated smoke of age*. They probably tlnnk with the gamin, who, when asked why he did not wash his face, replied, "What's the nsef It will only get dirty again." A Yew Plastic <utn. A rival to India rubber and gutta jmroha lias been found in a new elastic gum which has been namisl balata. This is the inilky sap of a tree that flourishes on the banks of the Orinoco and the Amazon, in Month America. The operation of winning the gum is similar in every respect to that employed with caoutchouc and gutta pcrchs. It resembles gutta percha so closely iu its general properties that much of it is shipped from Guisna and sold yearly for gutta percha, although it has many points of snperioritv. It is tasteless, givesan agreeable odor on being warmed, mav lie cut like gutta percha, is tough ami leathery, is remarkably flexible and far more elastic than gutta percha. It becomes soft, and may be joined piece to piece, like gutta percha, at ationt 120 degiees Falireuh-it, but requires 270 degrees Fahrenheit before melting (high- | er than gntta percha). It is completely soluble in benzole and carbon bisulphide in the oold. Turpentine dissolves it I with the application of beat, and while it is only partly soluble in anhydrous alcohol and ether. It beoomes strongly electrified by friction, and is a better insulator of heat and electricity than gutta percha. on which account it may find considerable application for tele graphic and electrical uses. Caustic alkalies and concentrated hydrochloric acid do not attack it; but concentrated sulphuric and nitric acids attack it as tliey do gutta percha, which it closely resembles in all other properties.—/'n/y --trchnic Review. The Olive as an American Product. The olive lias boon successfully grown in California and in Month Carolina. General A. 0. Jones, of the Department of Agrienlttirc, after a careful investiga tion of the matter, is oonfldent that there is no good reason why olive culture should not lie profitably added to the list of our industries. The forthcoming annual report of the department contains a paper, in which is given a large amount of information with regard to the I soils and climates most favorable to : these trees, and the inducements they offer to the cultivator. 11l full bearing, ; the olive tree yields from two to three bushels of fruit, producing from fifteen to twenty pounds of oil. An acre of j i land, properly planted, should contain about 100 trees, and grass or other crops may be cultivated between the trees to advantage. Throughout the Mediterra nean region the olive is an importaut source of industrial wealth; and since iu many parts, the climate of our country is not unfriendly to the tree, its culture may prove a great and valuable addition to our resources. San FYawiscn Rul letin. AItTIFHIAI. ILK An Apearslaa Mklrk Will Tarn Oai Thirty Tan* hi t'lrwr If* IS • 11*1 H II Is ft)Nf. The ice factory recently opened iu West Klcveuth street wa* visited by a Herald reporter, aud it proved to bo an object of much interest. The ice, pro dneed in blocks of about five hundred (•omnia each, measuring four feel square and ume inches thick, was so clear tlist lite hour could plainly he told on a watch dial through the entire Uilckuess of the ! block. Printed bills aud bottle# of champagne were fmseu tight iu the tee. The Bill* were read with the greatest rase through the side ofeths block iu which they hail been embedded. A ther mometer eiulxxtded with Fahrenheit# ecalc was frozen into the block at a point marking nineteen degreoa below Uie (reeziug point. The ice generating apparatus is run, in the present liMUuoe, by a steam en gine of tweiitv horse power. Ou the right baud of the engine is the refrigera tor, a copper tubular vessel, enclosed in a wooden Un alsuit aix or aeveu feet (square. The refrigerator is clisrgcd with liquid ether, evaporated, when re required, Bra vacuum pump, which stand* ou tne left of the eugiue and is connected by copper Ynliea with the refrigerator. The ether is drawu sway ■ u the form of vapor and passed into a copper tubular coudeuaer, where, under a low degree of pressure, aided by a stream of water, it is again brought back to its ongiual state and returns through the ether cooler into the meter, which regulates the fiow of Uie liquid ether iuto the refrigerator. The same eUier \ IN used routiiMiously with inappreciable loss. To utilize the oold produced by the eUier a strong, uncougealahle brine is circulated by a machine called the hriue pump through the tubes of Uie re- I frigerator, parting with its heat to the ether vapor on its passage. Thus it loaves that vessel at n temperature in any degrees below the freezing j*int and is then used in the freezing tanks, return ing afterward to the machine to be re ouoled. For the manufacture of ice blocks the machine ia furnished with large wo*qeu tanks (placed at the left of UlO vacuum pump) of any convenient ihmensious, which tanks are filled with the fresh water to be frozen. In the tanks a number of hollow metal calls are fitted and so connected with the refriger j aUr and with each other that the cold, leaving the refrigerator at a temjxerature of from fourteen to twenty degrees Fahrenheit, is continually circulated iu side them, Uius causing the water in Uie tanks, on each aide, to congeal until Uie required thickness of ioc has been ob tained by the process of successive layers, but done as closely and compact ly as nature performs fur admirable work iu wiuter ou the lakes and pond*. When the blocks are frozen solid the cold briueia pumped out of the cells and replaood by brine of the ordinary atmos pheric temjM-rature. The ctrculaUou of this comparatively warm brine, for a few minute* in the cells, louacua the ice from their sides and renders its removal very easy. A knotted and looped rope is frozen into the block, z hook is inserted in the loon sud the block is hoisted away. It is Uieu carried by means of a traveler iu any convenient direction for delivery at the door of the factory. It is claimed that thia machine,which, however novel here, tiss been in use for about nine years in England, can pro duce thirty tons of ice daily at a cost of one dollar a ton. It requires an en gineer, two firemen and two laborers to work it. If will root, however, from $75,000 to SIOO,OOO to put it in ruuning order, so that the invention could only be made available to ourpuratiuna or pri vate individuals commanding a consider able amount of capitnl.—AVic York Herald. A Yellow Fever I'ea Picture. The following communication, ad dressed to the chairman of the New Y'ork Chaml>er of Commerce by the president of the Howard Association and the act ing mayor of Vieksburg, Mi**., is a vivid jven picture of the terrors of yellow fever, as experienced in Uiat city : "Our entire force, a* well as the physicians, nurses and well nut see, are solely occu pt*l iu this fearful struggle with death. 1 Victors do not pause for necessary deep, and continue their endless rounds even when the dread destroyer is in their own households, and we therefore fail to have repnrl*)frotn them of Uie number of races under treatment. They have tried to report in person, but we liave always to request their immediate departure to my other and. later cases. Most of us on duty at our rooms and elsewhere have fever m our families, but we are trying to supply the calls for doctors, nnrsee, medicine* and food, and to do so under such rules and regulation* aa will pro tect u* from impostor* and enable u# to meet the wanta of all the needy. "lYiero is, bow#Tr, but little uaoger of charily going astray or lying wronged when the entire city and its suburb# i* a vast bownital, with every chamber occu pied and no outlet save to the grave. The struggle i* now *o desperate that we can scarcely realize other wants than the immediate necessities of the sick, dying and dead, and this takes over 82.- 060 daily of our funds and fully a* much from outside organization*. Hut a* the fever iMsen* we then shall have distress in another form. The children will beg for breaL Death's honor* are reduced for want of subject*. Nature will assist itself, and the survivor* of the wreck will lie helpless manner* afloat, without rudder, sail or motive power. "The fever may subside by the mid dle of Octolyr, lint no work or traffic or commerce of any kind will come to us uutil the middle of November gives as stinuioes of no contagion. We are help less to set the wheels of onr life in mo tion sooner, and must need the good will ami kindly offices of those more happily situated. Till then, if there wus not another case of fever to occur, we should still be isolnted and stricken, for no one would come to us uor desire us hi come to them." Hntrle* on Pnblir L.uuK A Utile hss liecn prepared at the General Land Office, in Washington, showing the number of entries upon the public lands made in each MUte and Territory, under the Homestead and Timber-'Onltnre acts, since the passage of the original Homestead act, May 20, 1862, to June 30, 1878. The aggregate number of entries in each year were as ■ follows; 1863.13,356; 1864, 7,921; 1865, 1 12.968; 1866. 15,973; 1867,19,869; 1868, 23,542; 1869, 3.054; 1870, 34,443; 1871, 42,094; 1872.38,514; 1878,34.670; 1874, 25,179; 1875, 22.230; 1876,21,886; 18< 1, 23,086; 1878, 24,013; total, 384,847. The figures for 1878 include only half the year, from January 1, to June .10, inclu sive. Bv Mutes the entries were as fol lows; Alabama, 19.222; Arkansas. 33.- 660; Arizona. 147; California, 17,146, Colorado, 5,493; Dakota. 15,513; Flori da, 12,623; Indian*, 19; Illiuoia, *73; lowa, 13.796; Idaho. 1,161; Kansas, 61,- 034; Louisiana. 7.438; Missouri, 23,827; Miohkait, 22,821; Mtoueeota, 51,675; Mississippi. 9.690; MonUna, 1,160; Ne vada, 632; New Mexioo, 319; Nebraska, 47,962; Ohio, 167; Oregon, 8.025; Utah, 3,275; Wisconsin, 21,437; Washington, 6,473; Wyoming, 164; total, 384,848. Fortress Monroe. Fortress Monroe, situated near Nor folk, VIL, is the largest fort in the United MUtes. It was built in 1821, and named in honor of the President. It is a baa - tioned work, and built of granite, the form lieing hsptagonal. The walls are thirty-five feet high, with a moat sur rounding thorn, from seventy-five to oue hundred aud fifty feet wide. Facing the sea is a water battery of forty-two em brasures surmounted by a grassy slope, which constitutes a delightful promen ade. The area of the fort is aliout ; seventv acres, twenty-five of which are taken into the parade ground, and beau tifully ornamented with live oaks. There is but one way of access to this strong hold hy Rca, and but a narrow strip of fortv rods by land. The famous Hamp tou Roads wash its base, which every one familiar with our late war will rememlier an the scene of many a naval conflict. The wrecks of the Cumberland and Con gress, and not far distant the Merrimac 1 still lie inert in its waters. NEWS SUMMAjcCV. 1,-t.rn an# Middla stalaa. A heavy storm in i-.rtlmis of I'snnsvlvanu | ami other Hlt*# has <loiir a great ilaal of damage, washing away railroad bridges and culverts and delaying holns. Two freight Wains hreke through a bridge near Jamestown. Pa., killing the tlroman am! two hrakxnuw) aud severely injuring two Mnriueers. Hy the laoak- j lug of a dam near Erie, l'a., the asters of Mill j ( reek Were let loose and oainorushing through > the oily in s uiizhly mass, oorrylug away . bridges, dams and buildings along Iho route. The house of James Hodawurth, on tlie hank# of Uu> stirs ui, was thrown Into the torrent aud the proprietor and a daughter of sixteen wr drowned. Throe train men lost thoir live# In the flood near MeodvUle, IV, a locomotive and one train Iwiug submerged New York oily ha# contributed over #228,000 for the yellow fever sufferers. Hy an explosion of a glveenne magazm# on the Curtis farm, near llradford. Pa., N. H Pulvor. J. 11. Ilurkholdar, Andrew P. HlalM aud < 'Larle# Page were Instantly killed. The tuagoalue contained seventy pounds of uttrx> glycerine and 100 pounds of dyuamlte, and the men were literally torn iah> pioons, whtoh ; were unrecognizable except by the clothing. Philip Ist, a farmer near Last Palmyra, N. Y , ws> instantly killed by the exidoatou of a > boiler while threshing, audthrni others received lujut los more ur lea# severe. Ur the bursting of a dam above May's 1-andtug, N. J., that town wa# submerged and great lose to property was caused. Bridge#, lumber, coal pile#, and all other thing move able were borne away by Iho flood. Tlie peo ple were aroused by tbe crashing 111 of wtudows and doors, and tbe rush of a current of muddy water carrying lumber, slick#, cuai and stone# through their house*. A scene of the wildest eioiteuieot followed, men. wuuieu and children shouting and screaming fur txelp. The to## to coal and lumber men alone 1# estimated at ••n.OUU. The Massachusetts Democratic Stale convcn Uou wo# held at Worcester, sud after a stormy session lbs following ticket was nominated Fur governor, ltenjarulu F. Uuller , Ueatenant fovernor John F. Arnold ; secretary of Htate. horles M. Htrauss : atloritey general, Caleb (.'ashing , auditor, John Boyle O lteilly ; treas urer. D. S, Hkilllngs. The resolutluu* adopted denounce the InsUUatkio of I'resident Hayes a# a "monstrous wrong.' declare there ought to be a change in the government uf the Htate, favor the free exercise of the right of suffrage hy ail alike, and call for public economy and reform. While the proceedings which resulted In the nomination of the above ticket and tbe passage of the foregoing resolutions were tu jirogress, the lieiuocrstic HUte committee, which refused to acknowledge the action that had been taken, held a meeting and issued an address " to Iho lieuxucrot* of Massachusetts " reciting that (h* eunvsciUou hall was In posses sluo of a moii publicly announcing Itself as acting iu Uie Interest of Benjamin P. Hatter." and proclaiming that the convention be puet- IMined, to meet at Fancutl Hall, Hostou, ou the twenty-fifth. The Connecticut Drmocrats met iu oonveu- Uou at New Haven aud renominated Uie pre sent Htate officer* by acclamation Colonel I 1-oomis declining a rriiuminatiou for ltouten anl-guvrnsur, Charles Durond was subsUlated in hi* place. The |uslfurm adopted declares theaotiou by which President Hayes was sealed " a huh] plot an>l unparalleled fraud, ' favors hard moitev and huuest payment of the debt, (lein -'Hires the resumption act and declare* that " whatever currency Is Issued should be far the beu-lil of the whole people." Li Secn-taiy llobeson. of New Jersey, and ex-t>ovemor CurUn, of Peunsvlvanla, have been nominalod far Congrses - tbe former by tbs IU publicans and the latter by the Demo crate. I'd ward M alloy, a private detective, was shot and lustantly killed iu New York by "The." Allen, a notorious local politician and gambler, who recently wa* prominent before the public as a frieud nd supporier of Shape, the bank rupt editor of the .tdwsvalc. The vbooUag wa# done in the gambling bouse of Allen, who claimed bis pistol had gone off aorideutallv ; and as there were no witnesses to the tragedy, the truth of his statement could not be aeoer tained. The Massachusetts Republican Htate oou- V'Utlou met at Worcester and nominated Thomas rallot for governor ; John D. Iug, 1 lieutenant-governor ; Henry B Pierce, secre tary of Htate , Charles KndtnotL tressarer . Jutiut L. Clarke, auditor, and (icorge Marston, attiwuey-geuaral The platform adopted favor* bard moucy and the resumption of specie |v- I moots, commends tbe President and his ad- j ministration, aud call* for public economy and ctvtl service reform. While laboring under mental derangement, George H. Muurw, aged forty, principal ufa New York city public school, committed suicide by shooting himself through tbe bead/ at Mount Vernon, N. Y. The faabionbls world has been stirred by the marriage of Mia* Jeonnette Bennett, sister of James Gordon Bennett, irixpristor of the New York Hrralil, to Isaac liell. Jr.. of New York. Tbe ceremony was performed at Mr. lleunett * summer rasideuoe in Newport, IL 1., and lbs numerous pre*, hi* displayed were estimated to be worth a hundred thousand dollar*. Wasters and Clout nor rv States. Tbe eight children of George Lvach the oldest M-veotceu rear- of ire wore murdered in cold blood at Hark ley. Tax asu Lynch, tbe father, wo# awakened at midnight by a pistol f shot, the ball striking him In the breast He stvrang up and saw a masked man standing In the middle of the room, pointing a pistol at him. Another ahot being fired. Lynch fell un conscious, aud when be recovered be found himself lu the lane, outside the premises. Tbe asssssiu. thinking Lynch was dead, seized a hate hit. pat ibe wilue.se* out of the way. and then set fire to the bousa. The distracted j father saw the house barn and fall In oo the lodic* of hi# children The 1-die# were ex humed and an inquest beki. Heveral of tbe skull* showed hot-net mark.. Lynch was not thought to be fatally wounded. J 11 Slater, a Democrat, bo# been elected Lulled States Senator from Oregon by the legialotare of that Htat. Edwin French, a well-known citizen of Cleve land, 0., died at W!l!onght>y, a town near that city, on a recent Saturdav. Fearing that the grave might he robbed. Mr. Julius £. French, a * >u of the dead man, hired a young man of j Ibe place named K. liltss, to'watch It. Bliss visited the grave several tune* during tlie early port of the following Monday night He wont there again about one o'clock, when he discov ered that the body of Mr. French was gone. ! and saw algns indicating that the robbers were not much more than ou: of sight By the side of the empty grave was found an old coat, and leading from it were fresh wagon track*. Tbe grave had been hastily opettod and the body dragged out bv the neck The troll showed ' that it bad born dragged some distance on the gross and tbeu put into a wagon. Oil the war the fine broadcloth coat in which tbe hodv had been clad had l-een drawn off and left Tbs tracks of at least twro men were plainly risible. It wa* found that tbe hodv bad beeu stolen by a young man and a imTeaslonal grave robber named Joiner Tbe ; latter wo* arrestM. and said the bodv was at ths Hom<eopathlc college in Cleveland, which was searched. The sawdust on the floor of the diseecting room, which was about four inches thick, was found to have been disturbed. Prying up ths boards, tbe bodv was found tu a box readv to be lowered into the pickling vault*. Wsrrsut* were sworn out for the arrest of J. W. Covert, a student, H 1.. Hum- ; ner. Janitor of the college, and T. G Minor for secreting the body. l>r. N. Schneider, J. E. Smith, S. A. Boynton and H. 11. Baxter, mem tier* of tlie college facultv, were also arrewted. Mr. French had l-een a friend of tbe oollege and had given (Kill toward erecting a new building for it. An Indian outbreak in Western Kansas cansed Intense excitement in Dodge Oitv and the surrounding country. Boring bands of hostile* attacked and murdered farm. r, bnrned their house# and drove off tlie stock. A l>and of 300 Indian* attacked a cattle camp (wentv mile* from Dodge City, killed one man and dispv rued tbe rest Ho bold were the sav age* that tliev attacked and destroyed a farm house within two miles of Dodge City and in plain sight of the inhabitant- of that place. A partv of citizens, together with s company of United States troop*, numbering seventy-seven men in all. eugaged with a large body of In dians and were rooted, losing one man. Tlie Indian# fought with unusual bravery. <'miners were dispatched lo all points to warn the peo ple, and the running of traina at night was stopp d. ' Five men entered the Bank of Baltimore, in Baltimore, Md.. and while some of them en- | gaged the ceshler in conversation, one of their untnber entered tho safe n the president's room and removed two tin boxes containing bonds and bank notes of the value of #€2,000. From Vfaahlneton. The secretary of the trcosnrylia* ordered the exclfkngc of greenbacks for silver to be stop ped, owing to a question concerning its legality. From reoent retnme made to the deoart ment of agriculture it is believed that tlie out ton crop# this year will equal the great crops raised lief ore the war. A quarrel occurred in the store of Chancelet Chaix. st Ht. Charles, I-a.. between Charlie j llapliste (colored), aud Mr. Valoour Ht. Martin, ex-deputy sheriff, whtcih resulted iu Baptiste being stabbed and instantly killed by Ht. Martin. The latter was lodged in Jail. During the night a crowd of from 100 to 200 colored people broke open the Jail, and. taking the prisoner therefrom, riddled him with bullets, tho content*, it is supposed of fifty guns. The funeral of Matilda Htanley, late queen of the gypsies of the United Htates, took place at Dayton, Ohio, in the presence of more than 20,000 persons. Tbe ceremonies attending the f burial did not differ essentially from any Chris tian service. The gypsy qnoen died iu Vicks burgb, Miss . last February, and bor body had beeu embalmed In such a manner as to retain a life-like aspect. A dozen chiefs and their tribe* from different ports of the United Htates were present to pay their last respeoU to the deceased. The secretary of the treason ha# iasned the cventy-first -idl for the redemption of five twenty bonds of 1865, consols of 1865. W. V. 8. Wilson, assorting teller in the office of the redemption division of the treasury de partment. has beeu itreated as a defaulter, an cxaniinatiou of his books leading to the dis oovery that #I,OOO had been abstracted from a package consigned to him for delivery to the ! custodians of Uie vaults iu the geueral order of business. H. E. Offley A Co.. Washington bankers, have suapetided and made an assignment. Isaac Cohen, a labor agitator, was arrested U other dzjr, oltarnd with making an assanlt ! and craalliig a dlsuirbane# at Uw agricultural ; dapartniaul, th* complainant batng Commit- : sinner \ hoc. The Mmlthsoniau lustituU rajort that Pro- j foeaor fetors, of tUnion, has announced the dlan>T*rr of a new planet of the eleventh mag • nltnde. K<tward Mcl'hersnu, chief of the hureau of migravtug and orlnUng. has rastgnod, to he rniate lailiuoal editor of the Philadelphia Vr—t. Aeonrdtug to a statement |*epared at ths treasury department, the cost of collecting the United stales revauus la the Usual year 1177 was •d.gVO.filt >O, and in 187* the oost was ♦ 6,fta,757.W. The total nomher of persons employed In ooliectlug the revenue Is 3,U*. Porniarn Mown. Furty-aU Hoaulausand Servians and upwards of ZUO Mussulmans have been executed In ( Ilusnia hy the AueUians. A ilertlu dis|*teh says it is rumored that a new plot agauset the Ufa of ths Kmpsror Wll 'lain has been discovered and that several ar reels have been mada A flood lasting Ihrwe days has dona great damage in the vicinit y of Newmarket, Ontario, buildings were floated "(, mill dams earned away, an iron bndge ou the Northern railroad eerlouslv damaged and thlrteao other bridges destroyed, four persons tin drowned. A recent steamer from Liverpool for the Dinted rttsles hed as paaaeogera 4w Mormons from (iertnauy, MwtUsrland and Oreat lbUain Aocurdmg to a I'arta dispatch the superior of the Ttappists at HepPFuoda, In ths depart ment of Alitor, has purchased lend in fwmsyl vauta for *lO monks from Kept Loods, Mount Miliary i Ireland j aud Mariasleln. 'lbs monks will themselves erect a monastery, and other 1 buildings. The sum of Vd.OOO, suUcnbed in France for the yellow fever suferers, has been retmUed by Minuter Noyes. The reoent eleotlons in (Canada have resulted In a signal nctnry for the I Vmsorvatives The government party X largely la the mluorUy. "I'rotecUun against the L'ulted Mutes " eaa the election cry. The Vellew fever Sessrit. tin the thirteenth a better oondlttoo of affairs clisted in moot of the tdagoe-strwken <*Uo* aud towns, owing to ths prevaieaas of cool waalhsr. In New Orleans there sere eighty Sit deaths aud t) Dew ansae—w falling off from |>rcvV)U reports, iu Memphis the fever was of a milder type aud yielded more readily to treatment. The number of deaths was ninety-three. The fever smitten towns of Mississippi continued to send out reports tell j lug of death aud deeOtutiua, and ths governor | of the Hiale issued a proclamation appointing a day for the people to "repair to their respective places of worship and offer up their united |>ottUou in prayer to Oud that lie will withdrew from our jwople this terrible afßlo- Uou, and that in Ills Infinite goodness and mercy He will restore them to health sud bring peace to their mourning households. North of ths Ohio there were several oases of " yellow Jack " reported and ths utmost precaution was taken to prevent the fever from Using an apt detuic furtn. lnspatches of the sixteenth staled that there tied been frosts in variuus places ui the fever districts, and a feeling that the worst was over htgan to be manifested. The number of deaths in the infected ciUee and towns up to dale were as follows New Urteens. X.WI ; I talon ltouge. La., HO ; Flaqaemine, La., 37 t Morgan City, La.. 8 ; Port Lads. La , . Mem phis, Teun , l.Ptfi . rireuada. Miss., 2XI: Holly *imngs. Miss.. 76 . \ icksburgb. Miss ,k66 ; Can tun. Miss . M i l'ort Gthaon, Miss., 36 , Ocean Miriugs Miss., 9 , Oreenville, Miss., 49 ; l.ska, Miss.. 12 ; Hickman, Ky ,36 Louisville, Kr. a 7 ; Gallipolla. Ohio. 9 . i lucinnsU, Ohio, 6; Ht IXMUS. Mo., 10 : < hlcago, 1 ■, Cairo, 11L, S . total, 5,306. The number of cases at Mew urieana j up to date was <.K£. At Vtcksburgh It was over 3,600. In Memphis about 6.000 people had been taken with the fever. On the sixteenth there was still no evidence ot the farther spread of the dieasss, while the number of death- and of new caees ooatlnnwd to show a slight decrease. Memphis was the chief center of ths scourge, and the mortality there was somewhat larger than had been anticipated. 11l deaths having been reported, of which thirty-six were colored. At Vieks burg there were eighty-five Dew cases, and notice was sent ont by the people of that oitj to Ue country, stating that the responses to appeals fur aid had been so generously met , that it was believed uo further help would be required for the 1 •resent. At tireoada. Miss., aii attempt to revive business proved an utter failure, aa, with a few trilling exceptions, there was no one in the city lo boy and the people of the surrounding country stli) keep sway from lbs plague ridden place. Waile the fever was abating at New Orleans on the seventeenth, and the re peeing there was great at the constant decrease in the death-roll, yet in other places the indication* were not so fsvorahl* as ou previous day*. Memphis was skill suffering terribly, the number of deaths on the data aieoUunoJ reaqjnng 101, while the disease was spreading in the suburbs and surrounding country. The following I "Sin ful incident shows how terrible have been the ravages of the disease in some Instance* Ths mavar of New Orleans received a telegram from llev. Marks Mosea. formerly of a syna gogue in that city, but now of I'roridenoe, R. 1., requesting information rewarding bis family, who lived iti New Orleans and from whom the alarmed father had not beard for several data. An inquiry elicited the sorrowful fact that Mr. Muse* wife, two sous aged twenty-one and ten years, and daughter aged twenty, had all died the week previous, the only remaining mem l>er of the family being a foor-year-old (laugh ter. The continued falling off In the death-rat e 00 the eighteenth indicated that the diseaae j had done it* worst There were ninety-one deaths in New Orleans, twelve in Vieksburg, and thirty-eight m Memphis up to noon. Among the dead in New Orleans was £. J. Oay, s millionaire sugar refiner, who was con nected with of the oldest families in the Htate, and had been identified with every great* commercial enterprise the city has koown since the war. A case without precedence ia yellow fever annals was presented in the person of an Italian fishmonger in New Orleans, who had been taken with yellow fever aix weeks previ ous. was pronounced entirely ctred. was taken down again on the sixteenth ai.d died on the 1 eighteenth. A Cincinnati dispatch states that in the lum ber camp of Wells A 00., near LJnn.se. Mont calm county, Mich, an epidemic had been rag ing among the men far a week past, whtoh Pr. Levaly prooonooed black jaundice, or yel low fever.' One of the men, Thomas MoG tiara, was taken, and a* no one would nurse him or give bun medicines, the unfortunate man wa* soon delirious. None of the cstissns of Km ore would receive htm into their houses, and the patient was plaoed uudar a tree tu a drenching rain, and aoon after died fiom the disease, which, the doctor said, was dear y yellow fever. The remains were plaoed in a box and boriad under the tree where he died. On the nineteenth the report# showed that while Ibe fever was decreasing in the towns it was spreading in the rural districts of Louisiana and Tennessee. The plantations were suffer ing heavily, and nurses and physicians were called for. In Canton. Mis#., the fever had abated to such an extent that a card wa# isened by the citizens of the town, declaring they were In no further need of provisions or money, and heartily thanking the people of all j section* for the aid so generously extended in time of need. Ilow the Ala-La Indian* Trade. A corrocqiondent in Alaaka writing about that country, oars: The Aleut* and the Indians on the main land north of Sitka ar<\ when their faculties have not been muddled with liquor, the very dhrewdent of trader*, who often take aev eral daya to conclude a comparatively insignificant bargain. Tbey will buy but oue quality of black tea—a high priced brand, which ia imported ex pressly for this trade from China. The Htigar must be either white lump or a quality of brown which can be easily boiled into flat cakea, aa these natives have adopted the fashion of the lower 1 classes in Kuaata, who do not allow the 1 sugar to melt in the tea, but hold a small morael lad ween the teeth, which import* aweetnee* to many long draught* of the gentle stimulant. In purchasing calicoes the people are also particular. TheT cut a small square of a piece of goods they like and carefully count the number of threads it contains. To any subsequent bargain the same teat ia ap plied, a d no piece of goods is purchased unless it contain* the same num> er of 1 threads to the square. The traffic in glass and coral beads also requires great nMention, aa the nativee thoroughly un derstand all the different qualities, and fashions change from year to year, so that what was all the rage one season may prove unsalable the next Patent* at Auction, At a recent sale of patent* in New York the following pnoee were obtained; An improvement in game tables for $375; )>atcnt attachment to coasting, 8325; a clothes line patent, 875; im provement in scroll aawing, 850; blaring toy patent, $75; a bag bolder, the object of which is to enable the bug to l>e read ily fixed on a support which shall bold tlie mouth of the Img open, and firmly sustain the weight of its contents as it is piled, 81,100; improvement in com bination locks, 82,000; a process for hardening iron while lieing forged,B37s. a can opening patent, 81,050; one on curtain tassels, 81,000; a machine for ' making spikes, 8000; cloth cutting ma chine, 8500; ehiittcrworkera' patent, 8600; folding wardrobe and bedstead patent, 83,100; sea-sounding and alarm apparatus, 8350; an improvement for the meeting rail of sashes, 8350; a com bination of a cane and rifle,or a shotgun, 8425; a tree sawing machine, $450; a patent on oscillating chairs, 8L000; an apparatus for drying fruit aud smoking meat, 81,020; a patent for mechanism for self-closing and self-opening hatch doors, $1,900, and a gas regulator, 8300. If but B Ply HIL The Carthage (DL) (JOaeU* records Mialollowing interesting oeee: Mx, Jmms Howard, ofWalkmr, married an interest ing young lady named Hymoods, sboot a year ago. and they hare Heed oojriljr and happily together e*er since. M tha other morning, at breakfast, an in qutaitiv* and hungry fly drrq>ied down from his psroh on ths oniling, and, stretrbing his legs, began skirmishing around lor his breakfast. He crawled slowly around Mr. Howard'a eolfee eop moe or twice, sniffing the dalhaoua aroma, and wondering how he could manage to get a drink, whan his foot •lipped, he loet his grip, and in a mo ment more wee floundering around in tha liquid. His struggles attracted the atteation of James, and be pulled him out and playfully toaeed bim acroaa the table. The unfortunate fly alighted in s wet and bedraggled condition an Mrs JL's piste. *Bbe indignantly grabbed him and flung him hack into her hus band's piste. James gaaed steadily et her s moment, and seeing blood in her eye, deliberately picked up the fly, and, with a hand trembling with suppressed rage, threw it hack on her plate. Then liegau a regular game of shuttlecock be tween the two, and that fly flew back and forth until he waa completely worn out Then the young wife, bunting into tears, seised her bonnet and rushed from the house to the residence of bar parent, vowing she would never come ! >ack, and James went out to the barn, •wearing to himself. In an hour or two the father of the much-abused wife came over with a team and removed all bar baggage, and now they " meet aa friends no mure." They have separated for , good, and thus two lives are rendered miserable by the kingl* misstep of a fly* On snob small things do our destinies depend 1 ___ Ulwi'i Ink far the ittiatf. Mr. Kdtaon has shown his latest in vention to e New York Jkbrm44 reporter who recently visited hie Uhomiory. " Have you seen the blind writing ink ? Hold on; 111 get some," said the pro feasor, aa he reached to a high shelf and took from among a score of vials one labelled "Proson." Into this be poured water, and in a moment be waa writing with the fluid on s sheet of paper. The marks a ere greyish white. In aboat a minute after be had finished, the writing, etrauge to say, begin to swell and harden until it became eleraied unite percepti bly above the paper. " Now run yonr finger over it and feel if yon ma trace the letters," said lbs inventor. The re porter did so, sod, sure enough, the let ters could be distinguished by the touch. "The blind," continued Mr. Edison, "am very sensitive to tench. By writ ing with this preparation they can com municate with each other, and a great field of happiness end mental improve ment is opened to them. lam not yet, however, qnite * .tiufled with the prepa ration. I wish to mska the elevatioo more marked. rnae Reform af BWSr Wis „ The prompt reform of those bodily evils, (-cifsrblrd difMticm, incomplete ssstmilstvin. inactivity of ths Hear. kidney* sad btadtar, as •*ll as of lias nrrrooi symptoms abioa tbsse ahmncU sr —penally prons to beget, is al ways seoomplished by ths ass of Hoststtsr's fUomaeh Bitters, a madieiud seorsdltod by pbymnitna. pronounoed pars by analysts, and •miiwotiv wbolesoms and agreeable, finely uch s rastorsUvs is prsfsrahie to stipulate be and tndig>-'ible mineral drugs and ntissue- Uoaed mwtrmus. The nation st large assur edly think. o. lodging by ths unp*ea*dn-t J.mi'iJ fur ths article from Mains to tha PaeiAc, a demand now supplemented b* lm maoae orders for tt remivad from tropical America. Mexico, ths British and rtpmuah Colonial possessions, and eissshsrs. Doth at horns and abroad it Is reoogqised as a stand ard rsmed* and preventive, ths dsi'Mv ansae of Its effect, reoommaoding it mujahai n. Ths deetrortlvs prcgr— of that insidious fas to Ufa and health. harof aiu, amy be ar rested by the aid of Hoonll's Blood and Liver Svrup, a botanic deponent which rids the sys tem of everr trace of serofnloas or synhflftte poison and enree eruptive and other diseases indicative of a tainted sond tion of tha blood. Among the maladies which it .remedies are while • wetting, salt rbram, oarbtfneles, Wttooa- Dsss. ths diseases incident to women, goat sod rheumatism , For upwards of thirty years Mrs. WDffllOWB SOOTHING RYBCT has been used far children with never failing noma It oorrsets acidity of ths stomach, relieves wind ooiie, rsgolstss the bowels, cores dysentery and diarrhoea, s Lather erisrng from berthing or other oanses. An old and wsU-trtsd remedy. SS eta. a bottle. CHEW ~ Ths Celebrated "Minsuas" Wood Tag Plug Tossoca. Tns Planum Tunsooo Oouran. New York. Boston, and Chicago. AvmrSa M America at Parts. The cable annoutu* • most of (he prises wan at Pans. Ths Hows Heals On. must foot satis , fted with their share. -They take the gotd metal (ths highest sward), ths stfeer medal in etass 8, (th- only sward to in araie manefaetursrV and the hroitss medal in class 64 (.the highest ta that class). vu. —'syTiSKrsrßk , gather. add one cap New Orleans molasses, eur into this oar cop each of sugar and ooid water, two large taaspoonfols ginger, two aggs Hasten, and foor caps of flaw, having in it these large teaspoonfals Dooiey's Yeast Pow der. Bake in moderately hot oven. 111., writes Botanic Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y.. ions Sfld. I*> : ' Gentleman-Pisses find inclosed fli.OO, far wbioh sand me. by expreae, Anti-Fat. 1 have taken one bottle and! lost Ave and one-quarter pounds." l henmatism is the most painful and most trouhleeoms disnast that afflicts humanity. It comas when we least expect it and whan we have no time to be interviewed by it Ths only reliable remedv that we ever found is John son's Anodyne Liniment. Nesrlv all di sea ens that afflict humanity orig inate in the stomach, liver or bowels, and might be prevented if people would nss a Litis j common sense; bat they will not. They rather | take Parsons PorgaUvo Pills, because one M a dots. To cleanse and whiten the teeth, to sweeten the breath, use Brown'• Camphorated fiapoaa osous Dentifrice. Twwnty-flvs oecU a bottle. I INPORTCIf SoriCk-fsraiw, FamW ns aad Otaare ma purchase wo Remedy wjual ta Dr TORUS' VRRKTIdW URIMgWT far in evss af Cbefaca. Dwrrtite*. Dr*elam. Cream' etU aad hs ■llkun. UkM intern sltf <W M part—Us msmllli ass mtt eemmparnne e.oh bottle) aa I •tlsraalts *st (Wh Khsaiaarisi. HssllsahS. TwUmle, Bees Throat, Oeta. Km Rwsi :■, taaa. MnaWs Rites, Old Seres, rabw a limb. 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Outat Free S-i.*—" ly^easSTM-Fr^^verSu^ WE WH.L SENOir-i^-^w^^ sodiwAU ~PBor mri ntastraisd hiatoit or The War in the East, 3K2S bMSOYv I " 'RwwTesO. - Dr. CRAIQS KIDNEY CURE TME CHEAT fflEtflEOY ALL KIDNEY DlfllAfltfll ■ TWP —1S— Curefl Dyipeptia, IndigcfltioD* Sour StomacK Bick Headache. GRACE'S SALVE. MB HEW IS 111! SSHSasfesis "•"■"rVrr.-USsye. fieswer. Mama uuliiil •g ? t (MA* ■asuw A J niniiiiia. Ued 'el Sahaa. tiewi lOSTOI TUISCUfT. Daily and Weekly, Quarto, BOSTON. MASS .■&'i^'*asasis=Jsgsrs: Duj>rnamisc fIO par tun ta adrneae (i eopies la eaa addrvsa.? BT .AO s •MWA. tfl idfißOA fIMTD TOB SAMPLE COPY. PENSIONS AtaMPhlta iJMlJiien Sjiateed tsSBS of dutz W Aiditais eisarvrno. a org . safcv..'J3s iy If bat illitsL BWfiffi LInIvW. ■ SmdM cento tm a 4 *wy or A—a IJM •a rmiota. MtTnnr **; KTqn LIBS CLAIMS. si—frBB Unalaiv. _ |M ■ WN. r. fl BBlWi's CO.. JJI R. A CIAIM W* - WB*h QAPONIFIER Is ths Old lihilli OuwBMtTSTil Lye FOR FAMILY SOAP MAKING. ri ITL--liiiwstsilna T" —*~ exakUwYlard. haft wilaM Saas mkl>. rr a rcu wsir amb gra**rsr& jr^ajES^'sstSfisnsaa b*** *o**r. Asm srr rsts Saponifieß MADS BY THE PannsylTunin Salt BLnnuf g Co., PHILAPBLPWIA. MAKE HENS LiT. Aa nacllah Vateeiuaiy Basaaaa aad Ohaadm aow - wSS make hsaa lay lika Shsridan'e Omddioo Poedera. Dees saa leas manful Be oaa put fmd Bearer. Mauw- BaUbUahed IMS. Gargling Oil liniment Yellow Wrapper fttr AnHnal aad While fee j Human Flesh. isooonron . { liurnv and Scalds, Sprains and Bruises, C hi.bia.ns. Frost Bite,SrhißhaJt. Windßills, | . Scratches or Grease, Foul Hot in Sheep, i 1 Chapped Hands, Foundered Feet, Floh Wounds, Roup in I*asltry, External Person., Cracked Heels, Sand Cracks, Epizootic. (raits of all kinds, lone Back, SiifasZ. Ringbone. Heraorvhoii arPdesi Poll Bvr). Tootkacl.-. Swellings, Tumors, Rhr' .dthsm, , G.iruti in yowa, Sweeney, Crstkcd Tests, Futula. ManKV. Csllvus. bawietie*. Caked Breasts, 1 , Horn Dietcmoev, Suae Nipples, Crownsctlb, Quittor, Curb, CMa Sore*. '! lOsail I'leers, F scr, Corns. WfMSWBS I' Ah x.s or the Udder, Cramps, Boils, Swelled Legs, Weakness of the Jeirrt* I Thrush, Contraction of Muscles. 1, Hrrrkaat's Garcllmr Oil la the standard U XdateMOt of the United Stales. Large size. I Si; arediura, joc; small, ajc. Small alse tamily use, jc. Manufactured at Lock pot'.. ■ S. Y; Merchant's Gargling Ofl Company. I JOHY HOBGB,J^y-_J r-
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