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possible to take, owing to the pecu
liar position OF the stone. l ther
proceeded IN nv search. and on pass
ing my hands underneath a hug,
block could distinctly feel some tab
lets. fortunately possessed -four
crowbars, and with the assistance Of
ten Arabs | succeeded in about three
hours in raising it and turning i,
over on its face. and have never
seen any inscription more beautifully
preserved. You will find these i'm
pressions exceedingly well taken,
and | hope they will prove interest
ing. | have been to Mount Sinai
and Monnt Serial since wrote last
| ascended the. highest peak Of The
latter mountain, and found it cover
cd with inscriptions Of the Sinai,is
character. No one has ascended tn,
summit besides myself, except Burck
hardt, who has given very accurat,
description of 1t. DR.. Lepsius as
cended a lower peak. / never hac
40 hard a days work in my life. y
The inscriptions haye reached Lon
don. and are in the hands Of Mr.
Birch, of the British Museum.
- London At.tenaeum.
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Biblical Discoveries.

Professor Tischendorf, who had
been sent by the Russian govern
ment on a journey OF scientific ex'
ploration, in a letter from Cairo,
dated tho fifteenth Of March, states
to the Minister Of Saxony, Herr
Falkenstein, that he has succeeded
in making some valuable discoveries
relative to the Bible. The most
important OF these discoveries is Il
manuscript Of the Holy Scripture
from the fourth century, consequent
ly as old as the famous manuscripts
of the Vatican, which hitherto, in all
commentaries, maintained the first
rank. Thus il will have to share in
future with the nowly discovered
manuscript, il Herr TIschendorf he
not mistaken. In three hundred and
foriy-six beautifully fine parchment
leaves, of such size that not only
two can have been cut out Of one
skin, it contains slso the greatest
part Of the Prophets, the Srach, the
Proverbs, the Song Of Solomon, aud
several oi the Apocrypbal Books Of
the Old Testament; but then the
whole OF the New Testament is com
plete. Another discovery Of Pro.
iessor Tischendori's is described az
q complete manuscripto o. the Epistle
of Barnabus, and Of the Shepherd o,
Uermas, both said to belong to the
second century OF tho Christian ora
Herr Tischendorf hopes, from the
mun6 6cence Of the Russian govern
ment, that lie will DO enabled to give
immediate publication OF these thre,
manuscripts. A most important dis
covery OF inscriptions has been made
in the Holy Lsnd-near Mount 81
mai.
Tho following account Of the exca
vations which led to the discover,
we owe to q friend: "SUEz, April 0
I | made a most interesting discovery
close in front Of the cave Of Maga
rah. Ifelt so convinced that some
Of the large blocks contained in
scriptions that examined them very
closely. and on washing the dust ant
sand from q huge block OF many
, hundred tons weight, ! found, to my
! great delight ana surprise, not lea
, than six inscriptions, OF which ] hsvs
, lave. the ramaipinp ono it was i'm
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TEMPERANCE MovRMENT.-A novel
I ut effective temperance movement
is going forward in California. Il
{ ri.inased with FIVE boon compau-
'ons who were on a drunk together
from Christmas to New Years day,
and then made pledge to abstain
altogether for six months. They
afterwards made the pledge per-
msncnt, and admitted other MEM
hers. The society took the name Of
Dashaways, and IL rapidly extend
ing through tho state. The pledge
Is confined to the single point Of a :
staining from intoxicating drinks
The organization has six hundred
members in San Francisco. and ths
work proceeds very much like ,ha
old Washingtonian movement. -
The drunkards are picked up from
the streets, carried to the room of the
society, sobered, and persu uadcd to
sign the pledge. II they cannot
come up to the permanent pledge,
they are allowed TO take it for six
months on trial. The San Francisco
papers cay the movement is pro-
ducing a marked effect upon public
order and morals. and that at least
tive hundred dollars per day is saved
in that city alone, which was form
erly wasted in liquor.
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FEMALE SNAKE CmARuER Among
the arrests noted upon the Station
House book last evening was the
name of Jane Whipplc, commonly
called "Orcgon Jenny" who WAS
placed in cell with some China wo
men. In few minutes tho most
uuearthly screams and yells we're
heard proceeding from her cell, and
on entering it the officer discovered
that Jenny had tame snake of the
common garter snake species, about
three ieet long, which she had in her
pockets, and with which she b ad
| frightened the poor Chinese women
nearly into fits. She was taken ont
! and placed in a separate cell, with
her companion, the snake. She
says she has had it two years, and
although it has bitten her twice, she
would not part with it for any con
sidcration. She carries II in her bo-
som, a la Wir,en. Last night. IN
the Station llouse, she placed the
head OF the snake in her mo ith, and
appeared to enjoy the ,rvous hor
ror which even the criminals around
her could not suppress at the horril
sight. Such b, as'ly dcpraved tast.
is almost unaccoui ia lie IN q WON an
The snake 10 evident y cl arm ID witt
her. She could hardly succeed il
charming anything but a snake.
- California Alta.
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Probable Destruction Of st. Anthony,s
Falls.

During the recent food, at least
one hundred feet of rock has given
way. Tins the position Of the
principal iall is that distance higher
up the river than it was at the com
mcncenent OF the freshet. The
stratified rock causing the fall, lies
in q horizontal positi@A and varies
in ,i,i-tessu,hvih derry sx0ep feet.
This roSk>i is underlaid by a stratum
OF sand OF s0,Qe twenty feet in thick.
ness, The re action ofthe current is
rapidly wasting this bed Of sand.
and the result is manifested by the
frequent falls OF large masses OF the
overhanging stratum of rock, de-
crcasing in thickness as well as SOL
idity the farther up the stream it re-
codes, and that it entirely disappears
some twelve hundred feet above the
present crest Of the fall, We can
readily conceive OF the entire ex
tinction OF tho magnificent fall
When we state that one hundrei and
fifty feet of the rock has fallen with
in the limit Of single week, the
reader may readily form an idea Of
what the tate oi the falls is likely to
be.
The principal cause that has con-
tributed to the rapid change, is the
concentration OF the current into IA
circumscrihed limit, Ivy the erection
uf the Minneapolis Mill Company's
dam. The whole body Of water has
now to pass over the fall within a
space not exceeding two thirds Of
that formerly occupied. The epace
grows less the farther up it recedes,
and OF course the probability is, that
the progress OF the d, struction will
be accelerated. So the sublimity oil
nature must bow ANONYMOUSLY to
the cupidity of mani Minneapolis
Journal.
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THE Green Mountain Farmer
states that little girl, daughter Of
Mr.. George Cady, of Northfieli,
Vermont, met with an accident BY
which FIVE of her front teeth were
displaced and fell from her mouth.
In about fi teen minutes after the 40.
cident, Dr. Gilbert replaced the teeth
in the child's mouth, and under 'hiS
treatment they became Arm in their
sockets, and are now, to oil appear.
ance, as substantial, useful tss,h
as they ever were. So says.. ths
Farmer We perceive BY the New
Orleans papers that DR.. B. F. Smith
has made an important improvement
in the mode of inserting teeth With
vulcanite base Qor which he has
taken out letters patiently by which
he inserts molar or masticating teeth
which are nearly or quite equal IN
point Of usefulness to the nativee. -
This, II we can believe our Nev
Orleans contemporaries, is an achieve
ment which will at least delight the
toothless. Il Ne,o York Tribune.
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Indian Difficulties.

A correspondent Of the St, Louis
Republican writing from Omaha,
Nebraska Territory, June "a, says:
"The pawnees have lately been
preparing tor their annual hunt
Evening before last they lett their
village on the South side of the
Platte, ahd crossed to q camping
ground upon the Northern bank -
Yesterday q band Of Sioux and
Cheyennes came to their village,
while yet the Pawnoes were IN view,
and set the town in famcs, and
danced and yelled like demons at
the conAagratlon. The Pawnees
were unable to recross the streem
with expedition, 10 conseq uencs Of
i.s unusual hight, and they had the
chsgrin 70 see their habitasions burn
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SLEErNo CARs.--lt will bs noticed
that in tho recent railroad disa .ter
a, South Band. as in that on the
Great Western Railway, the paapsn.
Rers in the sleeping car escaped with.
out injury. This is due to several
causes. The position Of the sleeping
10 always at the rear oi the traio,
and il is const qusntly only liable to
those rare sccidents which come from
behind. Then too their construct-
ion 10 much stronger than that Of su
ordinary car, and their subdivision
by Numerous stont partitions adds
much to their safety, Finally tho
position Of the passenger is better -
He lies relaxed In sleep. and has no
time or chance to brace himself and
spring into the way Of danger. -
-lBufalo 4Adusftivs.
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ed aud to witness the exultation Of
their enemies, without the possil lii
ty OF either arrcsting the progress OF
the flames or taking vengeance on
their enemies. The Sioux ecalped
two old women and one old man,
whom they found remaining in the
Pawnec village. They then retreat
ed toward the plaips, and the Paw
nees made immediate preparation TO
follow. This morning they are
bringing some Of their women and
children into this city for protection,
md four bands OF warriors, number
ng one hundred each, are about to
yet out upon the warpath. They
will 20 through the country oi tho
0mshas and Ponchas, and the tire.
nations will proceed together to the
hanting grounds Of tho Loup Fork,
and in their united strength thoy ex-
pect to be able to chas,ise the COM
mon enemy in whatsoever force they
may bo fonnd, and to capture their
seasons supply OF buffalo. l have
just had q conversation with one Of
the braves, q tall, brawny fellow,
with face and hands painted blood.
red, and looking like incHnate
vengeance, and he spoke confidently
'of the prowess Of his nation, but he
boasted most especially OF its smart
ness and cYpcrtness in stealing
horses from the enemy. lie said the
Pawnees had more intelligence than
any Of the nations, and could steal
horses from any OF them in the broad
day iima and before their eyes; that
all their best horses were stolen from
the Cam inches, and that they would
take the hcelest Of them in pursuiS
OF the Sioux anAhsyeniSsc-' - -yP-
",e, enough Q%%o u>un "
aJollg time. You Mw>an account of
n battle between these tribes aboat
ten days ago, in which three OF the
Pawne@ and eight of the Sioux were
slain. 0pe of the slain Pawnees
was young head Chief, and may be
remembered as the youngest ofthose
who accompanied Major Dcnison to
Washington last season. lie died
like hero, surrnuniet by the pros.
trate bodies ol his foes, whom he had
stricken down before he fell beneath
tho weight Of their superior mum.
bers."
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Randolph Among the Boys.

A correspondent OF tho Central
Presby.eridn furnishes some remin-
iscences OF his school days, more
than fifty years ago. The celebrated
John Randolph. then at the zenith of
his power as leading member OF
Congress, had three wards (neph.
ews) at the school, Chat Of Rev.
nrury Lacy, Prince Edward county,
Virginia. and used to be frequent
visitor. The writer says:
It was Mr.. Lacy's custom to hear
HE boys Iecite their Latin and Greek
grammar lessons before breakfast,
and I have known Mr.. Randolph
more than once, to come from BIZ
zarrc 1.-TWO mile.), and enter the
School house by sun.up. At nine
o'clock the school was formally
opened, when all the boys read
verses about in the Bible. until the
chapter or portion was finished.-
lr. Randolph always seemed highly
'SYseu wn'i 'nis eN-rcIseySf Sfead his
'Sersa IN turn, and with Mr. Lacy
would sometimes ask .aucstions.-
On one occas'd0. whilstkading one
of the books OF Ne Pent8ench, he
stopped lad with the questions:
"Tom Miller. can you tell me who
was Moses iatherr"
"Jethro, SIR" was the prompt an
swer.
Then putting the question TO four
or five others by name. not one oi
whom could ans ver, he berated them
soundly for their cnrrlessness, and
inattention in reading. saying:--
"When you were leading last week
William Cook read the verse con.
tanning tho name Of Moses's father,
and have you all forgotten i. al.
readyp'
just then young man caught the
nsme, and unable to repeat the verse
in the Bible, repeated part Of q
line from Milton-"The potent rod o
huuau's son. etc.
"Ah," said Mr.. Randolph, "ThaI
is the way you learn your Bible =
get 1t out OF other books what little
you know OF it'-and, with an ex-
ceedingly solemn manner and tone
added, "and 10 it is with us all
and a terrible proof OF onr deep dc.
pravi,y it is that we relish and re
member anything better than THE
BOOK"
The ntterance, simple as it was
filed every one with awe, and made
him feel guilty, whilst at the same
time it impaired a reverence for the
Bible which was never felt before
and which, from one mind at least
never will be etfaced. Mr.. Ran
dolph was 80 pleased, however, will
the young man who quoted from hi
favorite author, that in n short time
as soon, perhaps, as he could grt i
from Richmond--he presented hin
with Il beautiful copy Of Milton
Paradise Lost, with a suitable In
scription in his own elegant hant
. writing.
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y J.,sr,g'ps Ise.r1uai,

- s,s s,r -lntefe80y tsS1ssfsfa q ~
4 Fscts 81 intk lesA s8d Hess fldn
whicls-s ussfahleesoe-0eyzsftsssbe
Iearnsd, are always trs1spir,9s saue-
der the eyeof the obsssve~ uguH.
and it issbisl ldpty 40 plssel kcm on
record, Among tbese, the foLo1iQg
may not be unworthy oT notice. =
pksg fessf tos osthss Iaes lBost! aSkM
;1stsoEA eos, lying aadSf1<N spple
treo, gave off cnough hesttwelevsts
the tenn peretwfe suhScfexsiy high 10
prevent the freezing 6f ne Aun.A-
The apples on the. other trees in, the
same orchard wore killed. es8a
| I'd. A hog lying under one limb
Of pear tree saved the fruit on that
limb, while on the others II vas Kill
ed. x tss 81.
Sd. A dry pail turned over . hill
Of squash vines, did net save them;
while wet pail turned over smother
hill, prevented their injury.
4th. A grape vine trained on1a
stone wall was not injured, while Il
il certain that those on the trellis
generally were.
5th. A hill OF corn standing near
a stone, Of not very great size, was
frequently saved, while corn geucr-
ally suffered exceedingly. -
9th. Frequently hiil Of corn,
with apparently co protection, esq
capped injury, while all about it we're
destroyed. ,...t ,.,.-.s
The lessons learned from these
items are as iollows: "From the Gre,
and second, II is evident that a small
bnt constant supply Of beat is only
necessary to keep the cir about an
apple tree above the freezing point.
The combustion Of carbon and hy-
drogen, in the capillarics Of a COW,
was probably not greater than would
be furnished by five pounds OF good
hay, for say eight hours, which
might perhaps be equal to two
|. pounds OF coal. 10 other words, two
pounds Of coal. on q very small stick
Of wood, would, by combustion, pro.
duce sufficient heat, If 1t were pro-
perly applied, to save on q frosty
night from five to ten bushels oil fruit
from injury. An apparatus could
easily be constructed, which, though
probably not as economica! as the
heat producing apparatus Of living
organiem, would, by increasing tho
amount OF fuel, answer the same pur-
pose.
Item number three ia only O good
ILLUSTRATION Of tho we'll known fact
that tub Of water, placed in a cell
lar on q frosty night, will, in freezing
give off sufficient heat to save vege-
tables about it. 1t may be asked
why the vegetables do not give of
sufficient heat to prevent the water
from freezing? This 10 explained by
the fact that water parts with its
heat more easily than they do.
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Now and theu the Sickles- Key al.

Now and theu the Sickles- Key al
fair is brought to mind by para
graphs like the following, which ap'
pears in New York letter to the
Boston Atlas:
! see upon the books Of the 81
Nicholas the name OF "Miss Ridge.
lyp Of "Washington, District ol
Columbia" This 10 the same young
lady who figured in the Sickles trial
and who witnessed the confession %
Mrs. Sickles. She isaajd to bs here
as the guest Of Mr. Sickles, who j,
living with his friend, Mr.. Field !, il
Q beautiful villa on the banks Of the
Hudson, only two houses above ths
residence Of his wife, The littl,
ldsughter lives with the father, but il
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permitted to visit her mother twice
each week. Rnmor has It that Mr..
and Mrs. Sickles have recently had
several interviews, but | can hardly
believe it. |, is reported that this
Miss Ridgely is the young lady who
figured in a certain excursion which
MIR. Sicklcs made to Baltimore just
previous to the shooting Of Key. and
that Mrs. Sickles has the proof,
which she threate, to produce when
ever Mr.. Sckles dares sue for di-
vorce.
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MIXING UP THE BABIES. - The
Weaverville California; Journal.
gives the following account Of an al
fair which, however it may move the
laughter Of our readers, we fancy
made some Of tho parties concerned
"laugh on the wrong side OF their
mouths:"
ometimeago, there was a dancing
party given "up North" most o.
the ladies present had little babies
whose noisy perversity required toe
much attention to permit the moth.
ers to enjoy the dance. A numbe,
of gallant young men volunteered to
watch tho young ones, while the pa
rents INDUCED in a breakdown" ~
No sooner had the women left the
babies in charge Of tho nischievou'
devils, than they stripped the infants
changed their clothes, giving to on.
the apparel of another. The dane,
over, it was time to 90 home, AM
the mothers hurriedly took each 4
baby, in the dress OF her own, an(
started, some TO their homes, ten OF
fifteen miles of, and were far on thei
way before daylight. But the ds,
following, there was a prodigiou
row in that settlement, and then com
menced somo OF the tallest femal
pedestrianism; living miles apart,
required two days to unp.ix the ba
bies, and as many montns 70 restor
the women to their re = swee
dispositions. 10 this da. II IS uussf
for any oflhe baby-mixers TO veutur
within the territory. a.,
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Daring Exploit of the Turcos.

A letter from Novara on the fifth,
in the Steele referring to the combat
at Turbigo says: knew not whether
the Turcos had forgotten their cart.
ridges or threw them in the river az
useless incumbrances, but they rush (.
ed toward the cannon without firing
n shot.
An officer who was present mt the
affair, states he never witnessed such
al extraordinary sight. At the
sound Of the bngle the Tnrcos spread
in all dir rclions, threw themselves
on the ground. and advanced by
bounds more like tigers than men,
and at every leap raised sh i'll cry d.,
which drowned the sound OF artll
lerv.
Thev had scarcely advanced half
way when the artillerymrn seeing
what they imagined to be black mon.
sters approaching under a fire of
grape, detached their horses and rode
off.
! The Turcos furious ut seeing part
Of their prey escape them, redoubled
their ardor and tell like lightning on
the guns. They killed the gunners
massacrcd those within reach Of theil
bayonets, and returned at double
quick time with the seven gun
which they had taken. The Enpe
ror was present at this feat OF arms
which forms the pendant to that O
Palestro. Strange to say, they hat
only ten killed and few wounded.
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An awkward mistake occurred 10
l. German paper in Wheelings one
lay Last week. The psWs of aswell
known Preacher was inadyorfspty
placed at the bottom, Of 4 lager beer
saloon adveftissihent and the lager
bess man 'wass announced 10 preach
a. the reveysridI gsssIsula6's shsrrh.
Il, was O. simple txssapesitiah II
names. and migAt hsxs sesuyssd az
der the ih6st careful eye I yss bsboh
what = jSnbls' the typy msaS,
They shsdlso iss0s ksndtilis 70 %
the matter right.
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TwxsrY TuousAsnI W,nowa Il {

.TwEsrY THousAsp WIpows. sir
Walter Scott estimates that the bat.
tie Of Waterloo created in the British
Empire Glesn thousand vidows.-.
II is probable that the recent battle
Of Magenta created ut least t,osn.
ty tAousand widows and sisss tAous-
and orphans.
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A WAsnISoroN Con O
the Tribune Says

The administration 10 daily re.
ceiving letters from all parts OF the
country, representing that its recent
maniiesto, denying protection t.
adopted citizens abroad, has pro
duced the most disastrous effects on
the party. All through tbs West
this feeling is strongly expressed
and it is believed that thousands o
votes will bo lost, from this cause, il
the August elections. Leading De
mocrats write that this declaration
has not only extipgu,slied oil thsi
hopes OF gain by the Massachusett.
amendment, but driven awsy nun
bers OF the truest party men, who
consider they have been mislsd ant
de0eivsd." . s-oos fN Is"
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THs Wild uoRsr OF rae PRA,s,p,

1Hk WILD uORsE OF Tue GRAIRIEs.
According to Azara, these magnifi.
cent troops Of insurgent horses Att.
sados is the Spanish term) which
have become wild in the plains OF
America, 70 the South of the Rio de
Ia Plata, sometimes amount to TO-,
900 individuals. Preceded by We
dettos and detached skirmishers, they
advance in q close column so broad
and : dense that nothing can break
through il. II . travelling caravan
or q body Of cavelry Is seen sp
proaching, the leaders Of tho wild
horses advance upon q reconnois-
snce, and then, in accordance with
the movements OF the chief, the en-.
tiro body passes at a gallop TO the
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lett or right, inviting, ut iht sane
time; by . deep, prolonged nqghiIg,
tho domcstic horses to ,deseition. =
These often Join the "rebcl host"
and are sail never voluntarily to sui.
nit themselves again TO mans do
minion.-[ Encyclopedia Mitanni