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An Egyptian Sand Storm.

A traveller writes of his experience
in Egypt as follows
ave hired donkeys at the sta
ton to go TO the site OF Memphis, five
miles distant. Before starting we no.
ticed that the sun was clouded in, and
to me it seemed that a rain storm was
coming up. But it very rarely rains in
Egypt, and to those familiar with the
climate the signs indicated something
infinitely worse--a sand storm. We
had not reached mile from the sta
ton when it came down upon us with
great fury. The force of the wind was
terrific, and the flying sand seemed to
cut the skin like knife. In minute
we were blinded, in spite of the goggles
we wore, and the sand penetrated eyes,
nose, ears and mouth. We were in a
desert of sand, and the air was so full
of the flying cloud that we could not
see ten feet before us. We turned our
backs to the gale, and the bowling of
the wind and the braying of the don
keys made such music as / never heard
before, and hope never to hear again.
had read of caravans being over
whelmed and buried i'm the sands, but
could never before realize the horrors
of such catastrophe. | took the pun
gee off my hat and tied it over my face
for veil, and holding on to our 'donks
for dear life, we took refuge under the
lee of the sand hill until the gust had
passed over. 1t lasted about twenty
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-11-24
Farragut before he was Famous.

Ex-Secretary Wells gives, in the Nov
ember GALAXY, the following reminis-
cences of Admiral Farragut
~ had met and been favorably i'm
pressed by Capt. Farragut during the
Mexican war, when | was officiating in
the Navy Department as chief of a naval
bureau. lie at that time made what
was considered remarkable PROPOSE
ton to the then Secretary of the Navy,
John Y. Mason, which was a plan TO
take the castle of San Juan d'Ulloa.
was present when he stated and urged
his plan. 1t was characterized by the
earnest, resolute, and brave daring
which at later day was distinctly
brought out in our great civil conflict.
Secretary Mason heard him patiently,
but dismissed him and his project as
visionary and impracticable. The officer
and the interview | remembered and
though we had not met for years, the
impression then made upon me remain
ed. On the day when intelligence Was
received that the ordinance of secession
had passed the Virginia Convention,
Capt. Farragut determined to abandon
Norfolk and the State. Collecting few
valuables, he placed his wife, sister, and
their children in a carriage, put his
loaded pistols in his pocket, and within
two hours from the reception of the
news that Virginia decided to secede,
he proceeded to the Baltimore steamer,
then at the wharf. Leaving all else be-
hind, he resolved not to be demoraiized
or torn from the Union ; he would know
no country but that which he loved and
served from childhood. Next day, he
passed through Baltimore, then in ex-
cited instruction. The ordinary chan
nels of travel by steamers and railroads
were interrupted, and in the confusion
it was difficult to procure means for
transportation to leave the city. He
found by accident nat a common canal
boat was leaving the wharf for Philadel-
phia. On this boat, which had indif.
ferent accommodations for about IS
persons, there were crowded nearly 300
-fugitives, like himself and family
seeking refuge in the North. lie reach
ed New York after some annoyance and
inconvenience, with but slight pecunia-
nv means to sustain himself end III. ex.
lied and dependent family. Being on
waiting orders-for the department,
which did not then know these parti-
culars, was moving with cautious, vigi-
liant and wary steps, careful and guarded
whom to trust, and in the employment
of Southern officers particularly cir
cumspect-Capt. Farragut felt his recu-
mary resources insufficient for his sup
port in the great metropolis. Always
modest and unobtrusive, and almost
stranger in New York, he found a rest
ing place for few days under the roof
of friend whom he had previously
known, until he could obtain secluded
place out of the city adapted to his
limited means. He succeeded in get
ting modest cottage at Hastings, on
the Hudson. at rent of $50 per an
mum, which he plainly furnished, and to
which, with one servant, he retired to
await events - ready, however, and
anxious to serve his country, and give
himself to her cause.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-11-24
How Terrible Disaster was Prevented.

How fearful railroad accident was
prevented is thus told by correspond
ent of the Utica Herald at Richfield, n.
Y, where the accident happened Four
freight cars, heavily laden with lumber
and merchandise, had been brought to
the junction near Cassville, by a coal
train. These cars were carelessly I'M
coupled on a grade Of eighty-fve feet to
the mile, and Immediately began back
ing toward Utica. They gained mo-
mentum at a fearful rate, and all efforts
to stop them by throwing rails and other
distractions on the track were inef-
fectual. A train had left Utica but
eight minutes before, and every one was
well aware that in few minutes the
heavy freight cars would 90 crashing
into its rear. Fortunately the engine Of
the coal train stood on switch, and
Engineer Ferrell at once determined to
give the flying cars chase. All, hands
mount to the post of duty, the signal is
given, and the fearful race is begun.
There is awful danger ahead, for if the
workmen should have the rails up, or
the flying cars themselves should leave
the track, every man would be in eter-
nifty in an instant. Mile after mile the
chase is kept up, and the locomotive
gains inch by inch. At last the fugi-
tives are overtaken the critical moment
has come A mistake and all is over;
the flying cars will only be fastened in
their flight by the collision. But the
fireman and brakeman are reaching
down from the rear of the tender, one
with the draw bar and the other with
the coupling-pin. The cars touch the
draw-bar carefully guided enters the
socket, and the pin drops into its place.
The danger is over, the speed gradually
checked, and in IL few minutes the en-
CINE and rescued cars are again climbing
the grade to Cassville. The deed of the
engineer and his faithful assistants was
one of true heroism, and will long be
remembered by those in the crowded
passenger train, which was but few
hundred feet in advance of them, and
whose lives they saved at the imminent
risk of their own.
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The East River Bridge.

Yesterday afternoon the first stone
was laid, fully month earlier than the
engineers had dared to hope, and yet
none too soon to guard against the
floating ice which comes down the river
at times with tremendous force, enough
to carry away the caisson completely,
floating as it now does. The work on
this side of the river was begun Sep
TENDER IL, and now the last layer of
the caisson has been laid. The first
twelve layers, of which there are twen-
ty-two, each a foot square, were laid
before the caisson was towed into its
present position at the foot of Roose-
Welt street. Since then the remaining
courses have been added 1t is l72 feet
long, lO4 wide, and twenty-five feet
deep. Between the first seventeen
courses, two-inch spaces were left, which
were filled with concrete. In the other
five the spaces are three inches wide,
also filled with concrete, in making
which schooner load of gravel has
been used for each layer. There is a
chamber nine and half feet in height.
for the excavators, at the bottom. By
boring it has been ascertained that the
solid rock is about eighty feet below the
high-water mark, and excavations TO
that point will be made and stone laid
on the caisson to sink it to the rock.
The timber used is yellow pine from
Georgia and Florida. The stone comes
from Maine and from n quarry about
forty miles up the North river, near
Kingston that from Maine being
granite, and the latter limestone. 1t is
all landed at Red Hook, where num-
Der of men with an engine and twelve
derricks are engaged in asserting it. At
the south corner of the cais.on piles
sheathed with wrought-iron have been
driven, to prevent any injury being
done to the coffer-dam by the floating
ice in winter. This last is not to be re.
moved at all but will form founda-
ton for pier leading to the masonry,
and there will be solid mass of con-
crete between the two. The excavation
will begin as soon as the caisson reaches
the bottom, which will be very soon.
1t will be carried on much in the same
way as that on the Brooklyn side was,
with several improvements resulting
from experience there. Several hun
dred men will be employed in the
work, which will progress rapidly day
and night; and the bottom on this side
being sandy, the work will be much
easier than it was across the river, where
the bed is hard and rocky. The tower,
when completed, will be los feet above
the high water mark, and the roadway
Of the bridge i'm the center 1875 above
Ne,0 York World, Isl.
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Injustice TO the Osagcs in Kansas.

Francis II. King, member of the Or
thodox Society of Friends, and Mr.. Glib.
son, agent for the Usage Indians, lately,
had separate interviews with the Secre.
tary of the Interior and President
Grant, also with the Board of Indian
Commissioners, on the subject of the
present condition of the Usage Indians.
Agent Gibson represents that there are
over 500 white trespassers from Kansas
on the new Usage Reservation, which
was recently set apart for those Indians
by the Government, under the most
solemn pledges that white intruders
should be kept away, the Indians hav-
ing been forced to sell their lands in
Kansas about q year ago, owing to SINH
lar encroachments. The surveyors re-.
Gently sent there by the Government
to fix the line of ninety-six degrees, i'm
mediately out of which their new reser-
vation is located, make the line four
miles west of the previous official sur
veys, by which the choicest lands in
the valley of the Cana River will be
taken from the Osages, thus pushing
these Indians upon mountainous re.
gion which is worthless for agricultural
purposes. The Administration has di.
rected that for the present the Indians
shall not be disturbed; that ample
measures shall be taken for their pro.
lection, and their rights under the new
treaty fully secured to them.
Recently the names of several gentle
men have been mentioned in connec-
ton with the Commissionership of In
dian Affairs, among them those of Col.
Iappan, Col. II. A. Clune, the present
Chief Clerk of the Bureau, and Gen. f.
"A. Walker, the Chief of the Census
Bureau. The last-named is now on a
special mission to the Indian country.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-11-24

SENTENCE of six months imprson-
ment has been imposed on British
collier named Bradley, who, having
some grudge against his wife, locked
the doors of the house so that she could
not escape, and then deliberately in
cited large bull dog to worry the un
fortunate woman. The details of her
frantic struggle with the brute, which
were given in evidence before magis-
trate, were unspeakably horrible. She
was savagely bitten in many places by
the dog, her husband doing his best to
shut out all means of escape. At last,
torn and bleeding, she escaped from the
house, and Bradley was given into Gus
tody.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-11-24

DURING the late war, DIR. =, enter
ing the hospital surgery, met Paddy
Doyle, the orderly, and asked him
which he considered the most danger
Gus of the many cases then in hospital.
=" That, sir" said Paddy, as, with an in
dicative jerk of the thumb, he pointed
to where, on the table, lay case of sur
gical instruments.
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NEWS SUMMARY.
The East.


DEIrHAM & FRNcK's piano factory, New
York, was burned Wednesday morning.
While number of fremen were engaged on
one side of the building, in putting up lad
ders to carry hose, the roof fell in, causing
the side walls to fall over, burying eleven
hremen in the ruins. Other fremen and the
police went Immediately to work to clear
away the ruins, and finally rescued them
alive, although two are believed to be fatally
injured ...... Frank Winslow, of the Boston
journal, while stepping from car at New
ton, on Tuesday evening, was struck by
another train, and instantly killed 1.-THE
fishing schooner Fitz +. Riggs, of Glouces-
ter, has been lost, with all hands, on the
Grand Banks.
TAE GOODNESS of the weather at this time
of year is unprecedented in Eastern Maine.
The boys are skating upon the ponds in the
vicinity of Belfast......The Trivolean Hotel
and the Railroad House, two of the largest
hotels on Coney Island, near New Yerk,
were destroyed by fire on Tuesday night.
Loss about $50 ,000.....N orthrop A. Kemp,
Postmaster at LuZerne, Penn, was lately
sentenced to ten years Imprisonment in the
Penitentiary for opening letters and for
forging pension vouchers. Il. Won Kenney,
LOT attempting 10 pass counterfeit money,
went five years to the same institution.
SPARKS from locomotive, on Thursday,
started a fire in Westchester county, New
York, burning six acres of woodland.
AN entire square of buildings was burned
at Brookville, Pa, on the 5th inst, involv-
ing loss of $40, 900.
ELLERY f. DANIELS, the defaulting cashier
of the Webster National Bank, of Boston,
has been sentenced to five years imprison-
ment.....It is officially announced that the
German steamer Franklin, in quarantine at
New York, has 40 cases of cholera on board
There were 90 deaths on the voyage. Nearly
everybody aboard was more or less affected
in most cases seriously. Further deaths are
probable. A rigid quarantine is enforced.
Every effort is made to alleviate the suffer
ings, but care is taken to prevent the spread
of the contagion......On Sunday, at New
York, cripple named Mary Sullivan was
burned to death in a fire which broke out in
a tenement house in Cherry street,. The
Canadian schooner Julette sunk off Madi-
son, o., on Friday night. All on board
were lost, except the cook, William H.
Thayer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-11-24

" WHEN | asked" said Emerson, "an
iron.master about the Stag and cinder in
railroad iron, Oh he said, there is al
ways good iron to be had; if there's
cinder in the iron, It's because there
was cinder in the pay"
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minutes, and left the sand drifted in
places like snow"
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The South.
Washington.

AT the next session of Congress ten or
twelve bills will be introduced for the re-
vival OF American ship-building, which
propose to grant subsidies, to take of the
duty on all articles that enter into ship
building, to construct vessels that will suit
the merchant service in time of peace and
inc naval service in war, etc. 1t is stated
mat the President and Secretary of the
treasury In their annual messages will
max an earnest appeal to Congress for
legislation to revive our sbin-bni7din, ~
terests...."All the Government officials ia
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MAYOR Halls DIsGRACE.-Until re.
Gently a photograph of Mayor Hall
hung in the council room of the New
York University, of which institution
he is graduate. The students, on
learning of his connection with the
frauds of the ring, resolved that it was
a disgrace to allow it to hang there
longer. Accordingly, on the day on
which the Mayor was summoned to APP
pear before the grand jury they tore it
from the wall, formed in procession,
marched through the hall with it, and
then broke it into a thousand pieces.
A GENTLEMAN who had taken the
horse. cars for the Worcester Depot, in
Boston, encountered with manifold bags
and parcels, reached the bell-rope with
an effort when he wished to get off,
and gave vigorous pull the result
was sharp ring from both bells. "What
are you ringing both ends for? was the
dlscourteous and surly inquiry of the
conductor. Because | wish the car to
stop at both ends" was the quiet reply.
IT is related that when Beecher was
In the country last summer, he lost his
hat, and found it in about wee< in q
barn where he had left it, but with four
eggs In it. This is as it should be.
Beecher had just written a eulogy on
the hen; why shouldn't the Hen.re-
ward Beecher?
Domestic mfelicity prompted Mrs.
Williams, of Philipsburg, Pa, TO jump
into the Lehigh canal, but she was
fished out, went into commissions, and
remained unconscious for some time.
While in this state her husband showed
how remorseful he felt by rihing her
pockets and making oft.
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WHEN is a fish-pond like a bird-cage ?
When there's a perch in it.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-07-08

Remedy in all disorders brought on by Teething
or any other cause. Prepared by the
GRAFTON MEDICINE CO., st. Louis, Mo.
Sold by Druggists and Dealers in Medicine
everywhere. my7dw6m
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-07-08
DUNBAR'S WONDERFUL
DUNBAR'S WONDERFUL
DISCOVERY.
BETHESDA MINERAL SPRING
WATRER,
OF WAUKESHA WISCONSIN.

TINS water ~ the ackn owledged cure Of the in
traciable and incurable disease known as Brlghts
disease and diabetes.
Brights disease is fatal to the kidney, the body
wastes away, destroys HE by starvation OF the
blood.
Dlaoetes commences with frequent desires to
pass water, great th rst, constipation, loss of
strength and hesh.
brick-dust deposit, inflammation Of the neck of the
bladder, skaii, and equity sweillngs. For the
liver n Is unsurpassed. IL will alay all nhama-
four hours, giving immediate relief; also scar.
and r. moves all traces of slbumeneria. IL will
S"' ''T ''r EDWARD DUNBAR, Eso,.
General Agent at the Springs, waukeshA, Wis.
Reader, II you are afflicted with any OF the tore
gong diseases, write 20 the undersigned. HIS
Adyiee whi cost you nothing; he can by chemical
analysis possess himself Of clear knowledge OF
any Individual eese.-no matter Of how long stand:
ing. His wonderful discovery--Bsthesds Mineral
WaterZis positive remedy for the foregoing
ailments. 10 has never Allied to do what he claims
ior I where ever used. This water has the same
good effect At the vemotest part Of the country,
that u has at the SPRING. 1t never loses parti
cal OF It's medicinal qualities by package or trans
portation. Directions how 70 use the water and
circular viii accompany eack package ordered.
Address, RICHARD DUNBAR,
SIS Pennsy lvsnia-ay., Washington, ID. q.
Or Edward =. DaabAI, General Manager at the
Springs, WAukesha, Wis.
Agents. wanted everywhere. jeiod5m
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-07-08

DOCKS. pamphlets, briefs, catalogues, nsvs-
- papers, hs lists, and every variety Of eEtoa.
sive printing contracted for, and PROMPTLY aud
speedily executed, In the Bulletin book, Job,
newspSpev Sssding establishment.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-07-08
ORDINANCE NO. 1l5.

An ordinance TO amend section $50 OF ian ordi.
nance 70 adopt the ordinance OF the city OF
Cairo o. revised and codfed 4"
Be II ordained ny the City Council OF the City OF
Cairo, =.
nance 10 adopt the ordinances Of the City OF
Cairo ~ revised and codifed" be amended by
sdding aissr the word "prOvision" In SAID sec
sdulterated OF diluted milk"
Approved June ed, le7l. -y.i
-'''7 M !. JOHN NJ. LANsDEN. Mayor.
Attest, n. J. HowLIY. City CleSk. leSOdlW
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-07-08
HOOFLAND'S
O Err M Al TO &c;
HOOFLANDS PODOPnYLLIN PILL
WILL CURE you.
they are the Greatest BLOOD Puril.
ers known
To the medical world, and will eradicate diseases
arising from impure blood, Debility OF the
Digestive Organs, or Diseased Liver,
IN "a shorter time than any
other known rem.
ede..

speak for these remedies. Who would asa for
more dignihed and stronger testimony
Hon. George W. WOODWARD, formerly Chief Jus.
tce OF the Supreme Court Of Pennsy ivania. at
present member OF Congress from Pennsylva-
- Philadel phia, March 10, 1867.
lind Boofands German Btters Is good tonic
great benefit in cases of debility and want OF
nervous aet IN in the system. Yours, truly,
Hon. James Thompson. Chief Justice Of the su-
preme Court Of Pennsylvanis:
Philadel pha, April p, 1867.
consid,- Hooasnd's German Bitters a valua-
bic medicine in cases Of attacks of Indigestion %
Dyspepsia. can certify this from my expert.
' - ''' JAMES THOMPSON.
Philadelphia, June !, 1850.
l have found by experience that Hoohand's
German Bltters ~ a very good tonic, relieving
'''' GEORGE sHARswooD.
Hon. VIM. =. Rogers, Mayor OF the City of Buf.
MAYORS Office, Buffalo. June 22, 1862.
l nave used Hoofand's German Btters and
Tonic in my family during the past year, and can
recommend them as an excellent tonic impart-
been productive of decidedly beneficial effects.
WIN. y. ROGERS.
Hen. James NJ. Wood, ex. Mayor OF wnllamsport
Pa;
take great pleasure in recommending Hoof.
lands German Tonic to any one who may be at
ticted with Dyspepsia. ] had the Dyspepsia so
badly II was impossible to keep any food on my
70 walk half mile. Two bottles of Tonic ef-
iected perfect cure. JAMES NJ. WOOD.
Remember that Hollands German Btters.
and Hooasnds German Tonic, will cure every
Remember that Hoohand's German Rene.
dies are the medicines you require TO purify the
Blood. excite the torpid Liver tn healthy action,
and to enable you to pass safely through any
hardships snd exposure.
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HoOFLAND's GERM AN BITTERs
A B;acrs pithom Alcohol or Spirits of
any kind.

Is different from all others. II IL conposed Of
i the pure Juices, or Vital Principle OF Roots,
Her,s aud Barks, Tor, as incidentally termed, En-
" tents not being used. Therefore, in one bot
o.. OF this Bitters there " contained ~ much
medicinal virtue NJ will be found In several gal.
Ions Of ord uary mixtures. The roots, ETC.. used
IN this Bittsrs are grown in Germany, their vital
prime Piles extracted in that country by a scieu.
life Chemist, and forwarded to the manu- fac tory
IN this city. where they are compounded and bot
lied. Containing no spirituous ingredients, this
Bi,tsrs u free from the objections urged against
sl others. No desire for stmulaDts can lie in.
dueed from their use ; they cannot make drunk.
ards, and cannot under any circumstances have
any but benefc lAl effect.
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NHRoMATIo work - printing IN many and
celebrated chromatic press--dons q the bulsta
Job printing ONCE. This IL the most relnAskSbls
lsess syss invented, as u performs in oas dag
presass. thereby reducing the ceat II shas cnasa,
Yer oe york toa yoJy le1 reee. ~;
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-07-08
THE BULLETIN.
Publication ONCE, bulletin Builaing,
.I- Washington Avenue.
payThe East Indian Government AZ a

BI"The East Indian Government, as a
means of recuperating Its exhausted treas
ury, has adopted the rather novel expedi-
eDt Of taxing marriages. As every adult
Hndoo Is married, and many of them con-
siderably so, this measure will touch the
tockct OF all the disciples Of Bfahma In
the land. The tax 10 TO be discrimintive,
all entering the holy state being allowed
the choice Of class, high or low; those who
are, or wish TO be thought, Of the bon ton
Of course, paying the high rate. As mar
riages in India are Away co,tly matters,
the exuavagant outlay Of parents on the
marriage of their children frequently keep
ing them In debt all tho rest OF their lives,
this step may have bee taken by the gov
eminent sa q means Of remedying the evil
~ There has been an item going
around about . hen in Boston laying eggs
SO small that twenty-one of them we're put
in collar box at once. That looked like
pretty small business for an able-bodied
hen, until the author Of the story wss dis
covered. He said Il was horse collar box
he meant.
~ The weeping friends at . funeral
Of Californian were considerably surpris-
ed at bebolding the supposed deoeased act
ing ~ pail bearer for his own conn. Mis-
take satisfactorily explained, and the cere-
mony proceeded.