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The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-12-10
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4 LAauEsssormebi . usIo penn ana ioI ssle at
Davenport JuSI. sIors,
NO 9 - slalre dow CRASDALL D HIGGINS
Guitars.
1 Large and very rne sssoEInen D UIliosswoodU II
ar. stSarlous pTlges ranging from saw 70 s<u,
tiso ViolinsIrom seventy 1.-Two ceut.totn euly Eysa.
lA3saI Noe Claire Row. ca
Feather Busters,
/ soIg nne assortment can be fouadA a. lae paVsn
"a port Ausle store;
No Lo Claire How: CsH
4 Varied Hssortms ut iusl raeslvsdapd TO; sale low
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UlIaREne Violin string sand eyeFy Kind ofHus..
~ eai Aeleaandlsa, eptcousIsutIy on baud EtAO (
lie Claire Row. r 4. n
The HslIslpiah,
Gei puoIlshedG y l.. Mason, csutainiuga very fl
~ eolleeuon vi Church MUSIC; lao the shawn BY "
bradbury and u r. Aool, can BIZ found alkos l.,
"'sHsHeN' CsH
Aceordoons and Plutiaas
4 Large and ~slisei9sted ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
AZ prices that caAnotiaI TO 1--WE entire sEt..AatiU
a'noo ,i ho LIARS now ca ii
fNLAkloSErTs, Flates, Flaxsolet., Picalo.s apd
~ Flies at reduced pricssat
Noe lie Claire Row Can
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assoOn Ms published a.
MOB Le Claire Row, Own
/ ne beet Piano Forte iustrUgtOrih toe world Kiri
ardson's modern school for Piano Forte, can n,
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a. Green,
Aduuiae.urerer AID DeU CT IN Has, GAYS, Fare,
RUbes, bucEskis Glove Gnl AlittcHs.
M are 10 receipt Of FALL STOCK
w 10 which wa invite tLe 8iteuuou OF tho clil-
s,ne VI DAYeuPufI, Rock leland and vicinity Oa.
.,sNugs lUr UitHliI COCO .diFrcI om first hands
sa+b4-s ia W uEcr po34 Y OUUg 1T - low prices
"EOItsH', auG EytAl, as any huGse iu Z west
hk4sst EasAet PT.cGs paid loT al lni. - shlp"
ala Furs. a GREEN,
No. Is tlUiTe SOW,
sepIdwu Davenport, lows,
The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-12-10

i ane lot Of Iess Of all kinds, done up ia and [
ID papers hIsh viii sell cheap in order 10 close
n. L0cl2Il @. 4. MEBH.
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For Bargains In Groceries
VI July 81 AlV0RD d VAN PA4TEA,s
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-04-16

mans heart, was left with that singing wrong
done yet sticking in it, and the sweet words and
wasted little hand that could remove it were
gone from me forever. / sank back in my seat
and also wept bitterly.
The gentleman returned from assisting her,
and as the car was full he occupied the place
she had vacated. inquired who the lady was,
and he replied:
"Her home is in Wisconsin, and she has now
returned to the home of her childhood to die
The whole family of brothers and sisters have
died of consumption, and she was the last one
left, and is fast going too
Oh! | turned away sick at heart, and tried to
shut out from remembrance that pallid, appeal
ing face, as | resolved and re-resolved never
again in this poor life of mine to speak an un-
kind word to stranger.
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or ziOn's Herald thinks that Barnum has

or lions Herald thinks that Barnum has
never done the public really valuable service
except in bringing Jenny Lind to thu country.
While it pities him in his misfortune, it thinks
the stroke of "all-avenging Nemesis just" In
abiding to his book, it says:
Ellis name suggested to every young man
the idea that these views (humbuggery and de-
ception) formed direct and smooth road from
the cottage of poverty to the palace of wealth.
Had he died rich, the moral of his life would
have been unfayorable to principled and strug-
Cling industry-unhappy IN its influence over
ambitious, impatient young men. Was it harsh,
then, in Nemesis to strike this avenging blow
Painful to the PROSTATE Snowman it may be, but
is it more than just to society! Is it not better
for the community that he should suffer the hu-
initiation of a return to the poverty of his youth,
than that he should escape, and the evil lesson
Of his life be left unrebuked
We cannot close this paragraph without quo
ting a text which its subject suggests, and
which every business man would do well to
print in golden letters on the walls of his count
ing rooms AS the partridge stitch on eggs
and hatcheth them not, so he that getteth rich
es, and not by right, shall leave them in the
midst of his days, and at his end shall be a
fool sf ~ a ae-.
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"Tell me- said benevolent visitor to
poor drunkard, while urging him to abandon
the intoxicating cup, "where was it you took
the first step in this Incorporate course?"
AT my fathers table," replied the unhappy
man. " Before left home, had acquired a
love for the drink that has ruined me. The
first drop | ever took, was handed me by my
poor, heart broken mother!"
Yes, this Is not an unfrequent occurrence
and we wish the subject might be impressed
upon every reader We believe that large
majority of the cases of intemperance are COM
menced in the family circle. Let those heads
of families who are in the habit of keeping in
tOxcating liquors in their houses, and pass it
around among their children, ponder we'll on
this case and take warning, lest their sons in
after life send back from their deep degrada-
ton and infamy, occasioned by intoxication,
the burning accusation: "My father or my
mother gave me the first drop learned to
drink at my fathers table" And what vast
multltudes of drunkards can say the same =
Then beware, fathers! mothers! beware how
you teach your sons TO partake of the intoA ica-
ting cup. Fearful, indeed, is the responsibility
which rests upon you if you pursue this course.
The probability is that some of your sons will
become drunkards, and you will be the cause
of it.-IthGcG Waterman.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-04-16

THE WEATHER DURING MARcH.-An OBJ
server OF the weather, who resides at German
town, has given the following as the result of
his meteorological observations during the
month just passed:
Maximum height of Thermometer As on 23d.
Minimum {" 8 on 10th.
Mean 1916
The number of fair days was 16; number of
cloudy and partly cloudy days, Is; number of
days on which it ralned, 5; number of days on
which it showed, 8.
The prevailing winds were from N. to W.
81 days.
The mean temperature Of the month was
nearly 10 degrees below the mean of March,
for the last 20 years, and degrees below that
of March, 1856. The lowest average of March
in that time was 3013 degrees 10 1853, and
the highest 1925 degrees in 1912. The 9th
was the coolest day of SO late date recorded in
fifty years.
The navigation of the Delaware was resumed
above Philadelphia on the 9th, after a suspen-
sion of nearly three months. Persons crossed
on foot as late as the 18th.
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WHOLE NO., e64.

ma AkT r ICE.-There is no present Dro.
poSu Of any failure in the supply of ice for the
in@ong summer, but should there be. several
Ingenious plans have been devised for fr 1
M w".er by chemical agents, in midsummer
. .ot long since it was announced that nm an
fsh: had been put in operation in Ob;o ~
, waatL water could be frozen in the botte:t
raI i ;oa at cost much less than that Of natn.
a are 'c Eth Inc cakes produced by this process
a however we understand, not more than
,nIn or TWO inches thick, and are, of conrse
i;nn ,h l"oie TO melt under exposure and hand
n,to man NOSE OF greater thickness. Such an
,~o oUh''on' II 1t has actually been achieved
cities and on plantations. '''u ''ou'hern
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Selett NlisttIIanp,.
The Unhappy RenlV.

al do not think it selfish act if occupy |
this whole seat myself, as am to travel all |
this day." said to lady nearest me, as took
the out-of-the.way-end seat in the cars at Buff
falo for Albany, one sultry morning.
"Certainly not" was the reply as put my
shawl, books, papers. fan, bouquet, &C., in the
one end and nestled myself down on the other.
| soon wearied of conversation and reading,
and had sunk into fitfnl slumber, when gem
tie tap on my shoulder and "please miss "
made me wake with a sudden start.
The car was filled to overlooking, and
newly-arrived party had entered, aud a pale
little woman, with a fretfnl baby in her arms,
stood asking permission to sit beside me. With
more OF pity than of pleasure shared my seat
with her, yet spoke but few words, and sui
kly forbore taking the restless little creature to
ease her poor wearied arms; bot !. merely
smoothed its yellow hair and its pale baby
cheeks. and said Mary was good and sweet
name. IS fs q af s-.aa.stE .af. sat..g E.
aaFor my own comfort had opened the win
dow that might more distinctly catch those
picturesque views that fitted by 80 rapidly
that seemed like growing pictures without one
imperfection to mar, when my attention was
drawn to my companion, who was necessarily
coughing. !, !, go. },,.I ~, -. ..tg -
81 do wish you would let down that win
dow" said she !; " that coal smoke makes my
cough SO much worse.n Gete0Q 8 % ao.soes-
am ashamed to confess it now, but I felt
the angry blood burn in my cheek and u fash
of the eyes as Ireplied: q "''iH'a sia e1a
81 am quite sick, and wearied, and troubled,
and hungry, and thirsty and crowded, and here
you come as an intruder and keep from me the
mite of cool fresh air that was trying to get.
d., you think you are doing as you would be
done by said 3, tartily and without waiting
for reply, rose and was letting down the
i window slith an angry crash, as naughty child
would slam door to shut il, when she laid her
poor wasted little hand on my arm and said:
oh. don't do il, them aud burst into tears,
land leaned her head down on her baby and
wept bttsrly.sa4i se8has ega .saaia lrgsh va
The woman ia my heart was touched, but
putting on the injured air Of a martyr,'I com.
pressed n,y lips, and took up paper, pretend.
ing 20 reild. Pretty soon my eyes grew dim
4 could not see without crushing the tears often
J aud i resolved to ask pardon for my unkind
!. ness, but minute after minute. glided away, ans
we soon reached her place of destination, iant
she rose to leave. ! rose too, and the word
were ON my lips, when gentleman came L
: assist her out. anes1 81 ag - .sfdmals.1
L. y "a
She turned her gentle. fearful eyes upon m,
9 with a sad expression, and bowed 20 sweetll
= that my hard was almost upraised for the for
: giveness, the words were just dropping from IN,
lips, bat she was gone. a.isss ~ ar.,,s :
/. II was loo late; and |, woman with wo
ifars1 fare staa NH8 estf at4sft1sfa asis5ssfr.s
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-04-16

The WANTS OF THE Acct is a mans des-
tiny still to be longing for something, and the
qualification of one set of wishes but prepares
the unsatisfed soul for the conception of ano-
Their. The child of year old wants little but
food and sleep; and no sooner is he supplied
with a sufficient allowance of either of those
very excellent things, then he begins whimper-
ing, and yelling, it may be for the other. At
three, the young unchn becomes enamored of
sugar plums, apple pie and confectionery. At
six his imagination runs to kites, marbles and
tops. aud an abundance of play time. At ten
he wants to leave school and have nothing to
do but go bird-nesting and blackberry hunting.
AT fifteen he wants a beard and mustaches, a
watch and a pair of Wellington boots. At
twenty he wishes TO cut figure, and ride
horses, sometimes his thirst for display breakes
out in dandy ism, and sometimes in poetry; he
wants sadly to be in love, and takes it for gran
ted that all the ladies are dying for him. The
young man of twenty-five wants a wife, and
at thirty he longs to be single again. From
thirty to forty he wants to be rich, and thinks
more ofmaking money than spending it.
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A .ShreWd Editor.

At a Welsh celebration in New York, Dr.
Jones told the following amusing anecdote:
The speaker said that editors were like other
shrewd men, who had to live with their eyes
and ears open. lie related a story of an
editor who started paper in new village of
the west. The town was infested by gamblers,
whose presence was source of annoyance to
the citizens, and who told the editor that if he
did not come out against them they would not
patronize his paper; he replied that he would
give them a "smasher" next dav Sure
enough, his next issue contained the promised
"smasher," and, on the following morning, the
redoubtable editor, with scissors in hand, was
seated in his sanctum cutting out news, when
in walked large man with club in hand, who
demanded to know if the editor was in. No,
SIR was the reply, he has stepped out, take a
seat and read the papers, he will return in a
minute" Down sat the indignant man of
cards, crossed his legs, with his club between
them, and commenced reading paper. In the
meantime, the editor quietly vamosed down
stairs, and at the landing below he met another
excited man with cudgel in his hand, who
asked If the editor IN. Yes, was the prompt
response, you will lind him seated up stairs
reading a newspaper. The latter, on entering
the room with a furious oath, commenced a
violent assault on the former, which was resist
ed with equal ferocity. The fight continued un-
I'll they had both rolled to the foot of the stairs
and pounded each other to their hearts content.
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ST STUDYING LArIN.-The NeW Era rcIotes .
It,y OF farmer whose son had for LONE Tine
peen ostenslbly studying Latin, in = nen u,h,e
a AGA The farmer not being satisfied w;tb
f ne Go course ana the conduct of the young hone
b tu' , ne LOOK INN from school, and placing him
him: J' '"uS addressed
hoa Now' Joseph here is fork, and there is
them in Latin Z" "' uo you call
seph. Ui'Od'' said Jo-
,.Lo ell now, said the old imam, " if YOU don't
your lazy backibus Il Oreak
Joseph went to workbus fortbw;tb;bu.
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SINGULAR TASTE OF MALE Ass.-Tbsro :,
ian t"e possession OF farmer near Bolton, Enc
mn.r, male ass which is known TO be tifSv
years OF age He is named Billy" and nra
n,;so .ooacco 10 any other luxury. He is lie.
~,"e very lond OF pinch of snuff: Our infor.
tba"e fl Isays an English paper) has, within
oneSe Iew days, seen Billy masticate q larao
4 T ol Plgtaii with as much relish as aav Jack
fn ai ~ ner MaJesty's service. When he had
,~a ,s nIn ;ne tobacco pinch of strong rappee
o was administered which Billy snuffed up with.
torr 'no leaSt demur' and curling up his o,fac.
'oIy organ, delivered one of those cbarra;n,.
solos peculiar to his species. O'' '"'f'n'"g
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Chinese Coolies,
SwoTow. lChina, y Mondav. Dec. lO. VS..

SwoTow, (China,) Monday, Dec. 10, '55.
We have now bent our sails and expect to
sail for Callao in few days. We have now
on board 700 Coolies and expect to take 200
more. suppose, if God preserves our lives,
we will arrive in about IS days. J. will try to
explain what our cargo consists of, viz: men,
Cinnamon of course, who are called Cinnamon
Coolies. AS you have been to Russia you had
a sample-the same serfs, or as our southern
negroes; but, poor things, they are torn from
their parents and friends, aud sent on board
our ship and many other ships of our country,
as we'll as England. They kidnap them and
take them to the junk as we call it, and stay
there one or two weeks, till the captain thinks
proper to take them on board our ship. They
are bought for fifteen and twenty dollars per
man, and when the captain is ready to 90 on
board the junk the mate sings out 3" lay aft
there" calling the boys by name, and they
have to keep the boat away from the junk for
fear some OF the Coolies friends coming and
taking them away. We have one Cooley who
has run away from five different ships. The
kldnappers bring out the Coolies the same as
at the slave market at Mobile for inspection.
They are then made to go through several ex-
erclses, Jumping, kicking, &c, and then inspect
ed by the doctor. After this they are given
new clothes and then sent aboard the ship, and
we have TO keep sentry. We have twenty
men armed on sentry night and day. The
Coolies have several times tried to rise, and
If 1t had not been for two or three Coolies who
made it known, they would have taken the ship
We have plenty of ammunition on board, and
three guns which are dashed so as to bear on
the slaves If they should rise. A ship took
some from here and sold them for $3.50 each.
This ship expects TO stay ont here about two
years.-COr. Journal Of Commerce.
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pottftal department,
For Me Times.
Farewell. sna.Qlt de9


6lr TO -. BY THE PILGRIM BARD.
Farewell--ah must say farewell i-F aa
Farewell, through all my soul tits stealing;
Farewell as some funereal knell
From every throbbing pulse is pealing.
Farewell land must I say farewell! +#
Farewell, it breathes the heart repining;
Farewell! o, what can better tell ....r.
Of Love forlorn, of Hope declining.
Farewell! o, who can say farewell,
And ponder DER its stern remindings,
And feel no strange emotions steal s.
Likespectres through the bosom's windings!
Farewell! The ang uish of farewell, r.
When kindred hearts meet kindred yearnings,
More bitter far the anguish swell,
When anguish'd hearts find no returnngs.
Farewell-it has been said-farewell--
IT'S done-'tis done. Recall it! Never
Tho this unwilling ,art rebel,
Farewell! But must it be--foreUer'
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OF Rev. Theodore Parker HAVING ro..;,
a letter from IN Albanian calling him a. y
white hearted, slave-stealing scoundreI.o NJ
Parker says he never before had the tjtIe - n
ID. conferred on him, even in small letters "
SHOCKING RESULT OF GAMRLrUe = rrh...
Scott, young man, committed suicide A. RI
densburg, on the l4th inst, by HANGING b;nsoIc
He had previously lost all his money K, ',ls'u'
ling. 1a8s' o@ - = s~ino-
OF With what colors would Won main,
storm at sea. '4 H saa"'sit % - pant a
= Answer-The waves rose and the u,;ndG,...
How should a secret be painted! ., - 100 O'1''
Answer-ln violet. s,.e .,sa. t.~s. IL
RE- OF Experiments have been made in Al.
mines at California, to sink artssian wells
Thus far without success.
=, OF The indianapolis Qnd) Sen,;ns, -.
that there VIII be ten or twelve hundred bou:sS
erected in that city this season. ~ houses
OF The rice planters at the South ara - :.
planning Of the backward spring, wbirb az eon-
ly intsrferes with planting. ''S4 i 'ef '0uS'
or Dante's famous line, "a all bonss .h..som
ed, We whosenter here!" has been recon,r, !,
ded as motto for American railroad cars
or" Why was Noah bad mouse,a e..
dat up 'nrely. :" Kase he was fortv DAVIS .tJ
forty nights beforeshe found AIRY rat" -1N
! eaneg Hff - n..,sa l-.,, -
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or By an arrival at New York we have ad-
vices from Demarara TO the 22d February
The "Angel Gabriel" riot excitement contin-
ed, and some 900 or 700 arrests had been made
The blacks who had been melted to deeds Of
violence against the Portuguese by this AN
GEL" (who is in prison,) had pulled down. plum
dered and set fire to good many Roman Catho-
lie churches and Portuguese ships The autho-
rites had sent to number OF islands for YES
sells of war to protect the place Business was
dull in consequence of the riots.
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W There was quite an excitement At Finish
lng' on Sunday, caused by the drifting on sbo or
OF Hour barrel containing the bodies of tu.e
men, the arms and legs of which had been w. wv,
OIL but were IN the barrel. One of the man
mad been tall, with red hair; the other sbor,
and stout, with black hair. An examinatinn
showed that they had been subjects Of dissoc.
tOnists, ...-taun " -. ~ NieSeC-
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ANTI BABELIsH. A letter from Naples, pub
lished in an English paper, states that an uni
versal language has been invented by Sig.
Vale and his brother, after years devoted APP
plicaton to the subject. The peculiarly of it
is this, that only seven letters are used being
consonants. Three of these are sufficient to
describe any radical sound. The inventors con-
tend that the system may be applied to telegra-
phic communication with considerable saving
of time and money.
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6TThe Chicago Journal says" We mnst
have large crops next fall. The snow v,b;"S
mas fallen during the past sixty days is soual 70
nve inches OF manure. People capable Of est
mating matters. imagine that the wheat cron IS
Iooo Will be the largest ever harvested in H. :.
country 10 estimate the value of snow unon
a low figure" "Ouiu W
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~ DREAMING Down MoUNrArEs BY W.rrp
MI hwOank' in his work on Brazil, relates tb,t
prnn IN some of the mining districts Of
i plazn are often broken by the simple vet NH
iosoPhlcal plan of digging wells into them md
~ tne rainy season filling them with wafer Nv
n,e,;n OF cutters: BY this device the HYDRO.
o'ooo pressure OF the liquid columns forces off
won1d from the face of the mountains which
"Ou,u require hundreds of men for months to
"''o"iP''Sh with the mattock and shovel.
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Coin I'm the interior of Asia Minor and
Armenia this winter, has been one of unusual
severity. In the vicinity of Koniah, a caravan
of eighty persons was buried in snow slide.
Fifty of them were rescued alive by those who
FASTENED to their assistance, the remainder were
beyond recovery.
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CHEAp kEMEDY.-A gentleman informs II,
.hAt "hile returning home from Caroline coun'
W sometime since, his horse baked on the
roao ana refused to go any further. A GENTLE
man coming up, procured a threaded needle
ana passed II through the horses ears, tied tbem
.oge'hef' ana after tying the loose hair of his
VII 20 'he smart OF the carriage, the horse NOV,
Gu On as gentle as ne had ever done. This Is
Gu Ssuu 70 oe certain cure for baking horses
Give it tral.-Cambridge Eagle.
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To Emn Ee.

Az 1hA ho . 81 Os
Oh! | have seen the blush of morn,
And / have seen the evening sky;
But, ali F! they faded when / gazed
On the bright heav'n of Emma's eye.
I've seen the Queen of Evening ride
Majestic, mid the clouds on high;
But cen Diana in her pride
Was dim, compar'd with Emma's eye.
I've seen the azure vault of heaven,
I've seen the stir-bespangled sky;
But, oh I! would the whole have given
For one sweet glance from Emma's eye
I've seen the dew upon the rose.
1t trembled me It'll the zephyr's sigh;
But, oh! the tear which nature shed
Was dim near that in Emma's eye.
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TuE Enpnrss CioDMorHER TO $500 Cum

The EMPREss GoDMoTHER TO $500 Chill
pRES.--It is calculated from statistical tables
that the number of children born on the 10th
of March, to all of whom the Emperor and EN-
press are godfather and godmother, must be
about $500. Each child is to receive gift OF
1000 francs. All the boys must be named
Louis Eugene, and all the girls Eugene Louise.
A sum of 100000 francs is to be. given to the
poor to redeem articles from pledge. .e
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e THE suEz CANlL.--M. de Lesseps, the pro-
jector of this undertaking, has returned to Pa
ris. Forty-fve million francs were subscribed
for the project in Egypt, and in Austria he dis
posed of twenty-five million shares. Eighty
million shares arctic be divided equally among
the capitalists of England and France. sas