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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-24

THE WASHINGTON TREATY.
Continuation Of the Treaty
Correspondence.
Whipping the Diplomatic Demon Round
the Supplemental Stump.
Americas Full Grounds for Pressing
Indirect Claims to Judgment.
TEXT OF THE SENkTt'S AMENDMENT.
Granville's arrogant Dietature---
Prefers His Own Draft.
F'ish's Cutting Counter
Criticisms.
The Uncertainties Of Language
When Agreement is
Not Intended.
Is the Pursuit Of the Cruisers
an Indirect Claim?
England's Attempt to Limit the Proposed
Rule in International Law.
The Secretary Of State Ansrily TeIcgraphs
That lie is Perfectly Composed
A Makeshift Supplemental Pro-
posed to the Supplemental
How England Failed to Ratify
the Article.
Spicy Details Of Cabinet Backsliding and
Friendly Relations @
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-01
Tie English SDarrOws.

Nothing is more remarkable than the
rapidity with which the English sparrow
has multi plied since its introduction to
this country. The city OF New York is
literally alive with them, and in many OF
our inland cities they seem to have
thriven quite as well as in New York.
We have, therefore, at last, pretty fair
opportunity of Judging of their value
and of placing Just estimate upon the
objections which have been made to
them.
Thus far my observation leads me to
believe that the sparrow is not an insec-
tivofous bird. In New York they feed
chiefly upon grain which they find in the
drcppinCs OF the horses. In Great
Britain they are known as the most mis-
chievous of grain destroyers, so far they
bid fair to sustain the same character
here. l have watched them by the hour,
and killed and dissected numbers OF
them, and could never find that they fed
on anything but vegetable matter. If,
therefore, they should multiply and
spread through the rural districts to the
same extent that they have done in the
cities, they would prove very destructive
to our grain fields.
A few years ago the city of Paterson,
N. j., and its neighborhood, abounded
with blue. birds, orioles and wrens. A
box put up in any yard or garden was
sure 10 have pair OF blue-birds OF wrens
for its occupants. In an evil hour, how
ever, wealthy Irishman imported a
quantity of sparrows, put up thatch
covering on thu end OF the house Tor
them, and did everything to make them
comfortable. They took to their new
quarters with great relish, multiplied
until the city is alive with them. and
now there is not blue-bird, wren or
oriole to be seen ! Gardens, in which
three or four bird boxes always were in
habited by as many pairs Of blue birds,
are now deserted, and the worst OF 1t Is,
re hare not got rid Of he insecfS.-Coy'.
Country Gentleman.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-01
Miles Of Silver.

A letter from Caribou, Colorado, has
this mining gossip:
"lhc grandest enterprise of this gold
and silver region is the Carbon mine,
located about eight hundred yards west
OF the town, at an altitude Of ten thou
sand feet above tide water. II is uni.
vcrsally conceded by experienced miners
to he the richest and best paying silver
mine, in proportion to its development,
Of which we have any record. On the
surface il extends one thousand foul
hundred feet, for which government
title has been obtained. There are elev-
en- shafts. aggregating over one thou
sand feet, the deepest of which is one
hundred and ninety feet from the sur
face. The mine contains ten levels, ag-
gregating not far from one thousand
three hundred feet, width of crevice from
seven to nine feet, with smooth and
well-defned walls.
This extraordinary silver ledge is i'm.
bedded in n mountain of syenite, bnt
the vein is so perfect that mining opera
tions are carried on at rapid rate. and
as the ores contain large per cent. OF
sulphurets and galcna, carrying tons OF
silver glance and brittle silver, with a
very little zinc-blende, and no antimony
or arsenic of any consequence, they are
rendered exceedingly easy Of reduction,
while their richness is almost fabulous.
Parties offer to wager that ton OF ore
can be obtanded from this mine that will
yield 1000, coin value.
On the head Of one of the forks OF
Midle Boulder, six miles west OF Carl
bou, wonderful lode has recently been
discovered. 1t appears to be the out
groupings of an enormous silver ledge,
or system of lodes, 30 linked and woven
together AS to give them the appearance
OF one vast lode. literally bursting from
the mountain. by actual measurement
it is sixty-three feet in width, carrying
ore the entire distance that shows an
assay varying from seventy-fivc to one
thousand dollars silver per tun.
On the Fourth OF July it was discov-
cred, and thus i: is called the Fourth
of July" tlode. The fabulous tales OF
Golconda are not more wonderful than
the reality of this great freak of Nature.
1t can be distinctly traced over the
snowy range, and into the Middle Park.
distance of five miles. One piece OF
ore taken from the discovery shaft, at q
depth of fifteen feet, and assayed by
Prof. Dawley, gave over 81, 600 silver
per tun. The main shaft is located at
the timber line, but the ledge extends
up the mountain into perpetual SHOW
banks, and over the range and down the
western slope to the Pacific waters.
The surrounding formation is primary
granite, and the ore carries galena, black
and gray sulphurets, green and blue
carbonate of copper, with here and there
traces of zinc, arsenic, and antimony.
A large body OF beautiful timber is near
the mine, and six hundred and forty
acres are already claimed by one com
pany. Good hay lands and grazing
range are in the valley below, and the
vein will afford room and material
Judging from the surface indications
| for a hundred thousand men to mine for
generations to come.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-01
Used UD Money.

A correspondent who visited the Uni.
ted States Treasury Department at Wash.
ington, says: l made tour OF one
of the rooms the used up money was
being counted a few days since, and one
of the ladies showed me a pocket-book
which was sent to the Department by
one of the officers OF the Department,
who stated that it had boon lost three
years and Just turned up in the shape
sent. He said the man who lost il
claimed that it held S45 when lost. II
was forwarded with the hope that, not.
withstanding the seeming impossibility
of deciplering the mass of pulp remain
ing of the money, something might be
made of it. As I looked ut it not n line,
max, or figure denoting its value could
be traced, and asked the lady to whom
it was assigned for verification ii she
could do anything in the way OF deci-
phering it.
go yes" she replied. turning over
some OF the fragments, there is five
dollar legal tender"
l looked into her face, expecting to see
a smile at the joke che was playing upon
me but she was instead earnestly put
ting the fragments together, to see how
many legal tenders she could make. To
me this seemed display of genius no.
to be attained by many members OF the
human family, and the successful few
must belong to the female sex.
This lady has remarkable skill in this
particular direction, and has saved many
hundreds OF dollars to the Government,
rs we'll as giaddcned the hearts of num-
bers who would, except for this ability
on her part, have lost large sums OF
money. The loser of the pocket book
will, from the wreck otherwise total, save
perhaps his entire S45 through her.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-01

the more he thought, the more be won
dered who she was aud when at last he
determined to inquire about her in the
morning, he fell asleep and dreamed OF
her.
Blumble was m early ri,er-bachelors
generally arc-lnd the next morning,
before the villagers were astir, he had
walked out and passed the house OF
Squire Gay but he did not see Mary,
so he returned to the hotel and inquired
OF the landlord concerning her. The
landlord must have praised the girl for
the bachelor decided to remain another
day and he introduced to her, then to
remain L third, and finally he concluded
he might ~ well stop the week out, and
so wrote to his partners, informing them
that he should remain there few days
to rest himself. The professed woman
hatcr walked up that same lane each
evening. and walked into the bou.o too;
He was not distnrbed again by Bill Hig-
dy, for the Squire had threatened il he
came within gun-shot of the house again
to put a dose of cold lead into him. So
the wise but jealous IIigdy kept ont OF
the way.
There was a great reform in the man
ner and habits OF Thomas Blumble,
merchant. He left his bachelor clubs,
notwithstanding the icers and taunts of
his former companions, and he became
very circumspect in his remarks on
female character For number of
months he spent his spare hours writing
to Mary, and choosing appropriate g fits
for her. and for long while the Boston
and p. Express considered him one OF
their best customers But ere long there
was brilliant wedding-party at the house
of Squire Gay, and z. lost its most charm
ing belle, for Miss Gay became Mrs.
Blumble. A few weeks ago Mr.. and
Mrs. Blumble went down to Rock Cove
and visited the old Blumble homestead;
while there Mr.. Bumble introduced his
wife to Mr.. Jerry Smike, and Mrs. Polly
Ann Smike, and the little Smikes. 1t
would be impossible to tell which are
the most contented with their lot, Tho
mas or Polly Ann. One thing more and
| am done. In answer to Blnmble's ad-
vertisement for chamber maid, who
would assist in plain sewing, who do YOU
think applied for the situation? You
would never guess, so I'll tell you. 1t
was Hattie Elton Her New York beau
had heard of her Airtations with Blum
bic, and for that reason broke his en-
gagement with her; and she, who might
have been Mrs. Thomas Blumble. must
be content to be Mrs. Blumble's servant
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-01
An African Cooking Stove.

1t is not likely that any of our deal
little housekeepers, says the Harth oac
Home will ever have to prepare for tho
table such delicate morsels as IN clep'
hant's trunk and feet, or the feet of a
hippopotamus. Still they may like to
know how the Africans. who consider
these things as very dainty articles OF
food, manage to cook them.
You may be sure the Africans have nc
cooking stoves nor ranges like those on
which our dinners are cooked. They
have an entirely original invention OF
their own
When cook has TO prepare the
tempting delcacies we have named, he
digs in the ground a round hole. about
four feet in diameter, with perpendicular
sides. like a we'll In this hole he kin
dies, and keeps burning for four hours. n
fiercely hot fire. At the end OF this time
the sides Of the small well will he red
hot, and the bottom will be covered with
Il mass of glowing embers. Directly
upon these Goals the cook places the feet
and trunk, which, protected by their
thick, tough skins, will not burn. He
then covers the top OF the hole by
laying across it long sticks of green
wood, and lays over them n few arm
fuls Of wet flags, which he gathers for
the purpose from the banks OF some
neighboring stream. He next spreads
mud thickly over. and on top of the mud
he piles earth and sods, closely beating
them down. This is to retain all the
heat within the curious oven, an ;npor-
tant point, as thirty-six hours are re.
quired to properly bake the enormous
feet of the elephant and hippopotamus.
When, at last, the anxious cook thinks
his viands are ready, lie carefully re
moves the sCds. Under these he finds
the coating of mu perfectly hard, like n
thick crust, while beneath this the flags
have retained sufficient moisture to pre-
vent them from burning, although the
oven is still hot and steaming.
The cook has now to get the assist
ance of one or two others to lift out the
heavy and hot feet, which they lay upon
a mat covered with green reeds ins cad
of on dish.
The great black feet do not, at first,
seem very inviting, but after "the shoes"
that is, the skins-have been remov
ed, perfectly white and very tempting
looking meat is exposed, which is said,
by those who have tried it, to be delic-
ious, and to speak volumes in praise of
this African cooking stove.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-01

FISHES EYES. The eye in the laneelet
and the hag is of the simple st form, con.
sisting of nerve termination coated
with black pigment, and capable of per-
ce.ving the presence of light In young
lampreys while they remain buried IN
the sand the eyes are very minute and
undeveloped; but when tney reach the
adult period these organs ara developed
to an average size. In the majority OF
fishes, the eyes are admirably adapted
to the purposes of vision in water; and
in the four-eyed fish of South America
not only are the eyes very perfect, but
they are also divided into an upper and
lower portion, giving them the apnear-
ance OF two pupils, and enabling the fish
to pursue its prey when out of as we'll as
when under the water. In the. cat fishes
the greatest variety is found in the size
and arrangement Of the visual organs,
from the large eyes on the sides to mi.
mute ones placed on the upper surface OF
the head. In some of the members
of this family they are so buried under
the skin as to be of little or no use.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-01
IndelMndent IOlonaises.

A New York fashion journal says: In
dependent Polonaises OF gray or brown
camel's hair to wear with various skirts
are 80 covered with silk md wool I'm
broidery that the fabric is almost con.
cealed. They are edged with thick wool
fringe or with yak lace. Sometimes
wide Dolmon sleeves are added to these
Polonaise patterns OF Carmelite--'in-
d:esscd gray cashmere--and OF camel :
hair are imported unmade, but bordered
with embroidery. They cost from S7j
to SSl25 mmade. Black cashmere polo
naises are brilliant with fine jet EN-
broidery, and guipurc.
A rich fabric for polonaises is brocad.
ed Sicilienne, the fine repped cashmere
we have already described. In all the
antique colors, with satin stripe and
raised figure of the same shade it costs
from S3 to s. Yard. 1t IA three quar-
tiers of yard wide, and from eight to
ten yards are required for polonaise.
The skirt with which it is worn is silk OF
velvet of the same shade or else black.
Plain repped Sicilienne resembles Irish
poplin, but is moro supple and finer. In
double fold it costs $40 yard five
eights of yard wide, it is $3.50.
Black velvet pOlonaises are longer
than ever, Of simple shape IN front
voluminously draped behind, and are
richly trimmed with embroidery, jet
and lace, or else band of the expensive
silver fox fur. S400 to $500 is not an
unusual price for these garments. To
be well worn velvet polonaise should
have dress skirt of black faille with
velvet trimmings such n suit is consid
cred more stylish than if made entirely
of velvet. Colored silk skirts are seldom
worn with black polonaises; the reverse
"A black skirt with colored over dress -
is no,y in favor
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-01
EATING ARSENIC. "A young lady ash 8

EATING ARsENIc.-A young lady asks
the Ledyer the following question:
"What effect does eating arsenic, in
small quantities, have on the COM
plexion =? Does it effect the health IN
any way, and if so, how ?"
In answering this question we take
the occasion to comment on the folly
we might almost say the madness-of
resorting to the use of poisons, either
internally or externally, for the purpose
of improving the complexion, Arsenic,
in any form in which it is used-al-
though not in pure metallic state and
before oxidation-is q terrible poison.
Ii taken in sufficient quantities it causes
death, after excruciating suffering. In
small doses it produces very unpleasant
effects, and undoubtedly shortens life.
The habit of eating arsenic once con-
firmed cannot be broken off. A person
is to be looked upon as idiotic who will
deliberately adopt the practice OF taking
such an injurious and dangerous drug,
merely for the purpose OF whitening the
skin. But there are other substances
much more commonly used than arsenic
for their effect on the complexion, which
are also highly deleterious. Many OF
the cosmetics which are sold contain
lead, and there are few poisons which
produce results more to be dreaded than
those occasioned by lead. Even as used
in hair dyes, it occasions neuralgia,
paralysis, suffering and death; Seek
good looks by seeking good health; 6y
early rising, outdoor exercise, whole
some food, clear conscience, and the
cultivation of cheerful temper; and not
by the use of arsenic or any other poi
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-01
RATES OF ApvERTIsYNu.
little Gerty.

I've u sweetheart blthc and gay,
Fmrer far than iabled fay.
Light and airy.
She IL bright and debonair,
softly falls her golden hair;
Iall other loves forswear:
Little fairy.
Little Gcriy swear she's true,
Gives me kisses not few
Do | doubt her?
Hearts are often bought and sold
Is it glitter, is it gold2
Half my grief could not be- told
Were ! without her.
Gcrty scolds me II | roam,
Wonders what want from home,
With sly glanccs
Looks that seem TO me to say,
81 have waite all the day;
Yon were very " 'ong to stray,
Naughty Fran T..
Ill whisper, "N must part"
Gcrty, signing breaks her heart
Awkward, very.
When say that III remain,
All her smiles return again,
Like warm sunshine after rain.
We arc merry.
II my sweetheart knows her mind,
Love is mad as well as blind.
Little Gerty
Says she means to marry me
She is only six, you soc;
l-alas, that it should be :
Am two-and-thirty.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-01

BEATING RoAD.-Ross, Hudson Bay
Company man was caught in snow sto' m
and this is the wav lie beat his way OF
Taking eighty of the strongest horses he
led them to the foot of the drift. A man
on snow shoes then seized the foremost
horse by the bridal and dragged it into inc
snow, while another applied the whip 10
hind. The animal plunged until 1t wa
exhausted it was lett standing with not h.
ing but its head aud ears above the sur
face. A second was then led forward in
the same way, through the track OF the
first and was thus enabled to make a lew
pluages further on; then third, and 80 on
to the eigb.ieth. When the last horse
was left in the snow, there was nothing to
be seen but a long row of heads and ears
peeping above the drift. Then the horses
were dragged out one by one, and in tbs
manner after nine hours severe labor. $50
wards Of road were made. The next day
the operation was repeated but no more
than $40 yards were made. Ross perse-
vered day after day till most OF the horses
were Knocked up. and only third O! the
road was made when he gave lis horse
rest and renewed the work. At any mo.
mcnt slight wind would have destroyed
their work. Fortunately q calm prevailed.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-01

How HE FKLT.-A man out in Nevada
who took dose of strychnine and es-
capped to tell the tale, describes the SEN
sation of dying by this process. 1t is
enough TO deter any person in his senses
from selecting this mode of committing
suicide. He says he felt II succession OF
shocks and commissions. each worse than
being broken on the wheel, and after euf-
fering terrible tormeIts for a period that
seemed of infinite duration, he finally
sunk into unconsciousness, from which
he was rescued by the utmost exertions
of skillful ply sician.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-01
AN EXCELLENT VARNisH FOR HARNESS.

AN EXCELLENT NARNIsH FOR HARNESS.
Procure half pound of gum shellac,
break the scales fine, and put them in n
Jug or bottle; add alcohol sufficient to
cover the gum; cork tightly and place
where it will be kept warm. In about
two days, if shaken frequently, the gum
will be dissolved and ready for nse. If
the liquid appears as thick as thin mo-
asses, add more alcohol. To one quart
of varnish add one ounce OF good lamp
black and an ounce of gum camphor:;
such yarnish will not render leather hard
but will keep the harness from becoming
soaked with water and the surface clean
and neat for long time. A coat of it will
effectualIy prevent the oil in the leather
from soiIing ones hands. Nothing il
better to render farmers boots water
proof than an occasional coat OF this lea
thc- varnish. .-Home J."rnat.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-01

TEMPERANCE STATISTICS An eminent
English statistician, wholly uneonnected
with the temperance movement, has pub
lisbed series of tables showing that the
mortality among temperance men insur-
ed In number of life insurance offices
in England during the last five years.
was twenty,six per cent. below the aver
lges upon which the tables are calculat,
ed, whilst in the general section,
which is open to the public, it was oAly
seven per cent. The general average OF
pecuniary results for ten years, rs shown
by the reversionary bonus declared ON
the premiums, was fifty-three per cent.
from the amount of premiums paid in
the total abstinence section, and thirty
four in the general an advantage OF
nearly one third in favor of temperance
as compared with even moderate drink
ing.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-01

a TAME WASP. AT the recent meet
ing of the British Association in Brigh.
ton. in the section of zoology and bot
any. SirJohn Lubbock exhibited n tame
wasp which had been in his possession
for about three months, which he
brought with him from the Pyrenees.
The wasp was of social kind, and he
took it in his nest. formed of twenty
seven cells, in which there were fifteen
eggs; aud, had the wasp been allowed
to remain there, by this time there
would have been quite little colony of
wasp.. None OF the eggs, however,
came to maturity, and the wasp had laid
no eggs since it had been in his posses,
sion. The wasp was now quite tame,
though at first it was rather too ready
wish its sting. 1t now ate sugar from
his hand and allowed him to stroke it..
The wasp had every appearance OF health
and happiness; and, although it enjoyed
an "outing" occasionally, it readily re-
turned to its bottle, which it seemed to
regard rs a home. This was the first
tame wasp kept by itself he had ever
heard of.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-01

WILLIAM TELL MYTH. The ro-
mantle legends which !enlivened the his
torical text books of our boyhood fire.
ouently fare but i'll at the hands OF
modern inquiry; but it is not often that
they suffer SO signal, and, we may add,
so painful an explosion as the legend OF
william Tell has recently suffered from
the researches of the Historical Society
of the Old Swiss Cantons. The conclu-
sions arrived at on this subject by the
learned body in question, are TINS stat
ed by the Cologne Gazette - "There
never was Landvogt Gessler nor n
William Tell. Tell never refused to
lift his hat, never fired at an apple on
his sons head, although the very cross,
bow with which the deed was done is
exhibited in Zurich he never crossed
the Lake of Lucerne in tempest OF
wind and rain; he never boldly jumped
upon the Tell Platte, never spoke
his speech in the detile at Kussnacht,
and never shot the landvo9t. What is
more, the inhabitants of Uri Schwyz and
Unterwalden never met by night on the
Rutli." "
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-01

THEIR WAY.-Among the dark ways
of the heather Chinese are some on
which the light of the law might be
thrown with good results. A newspaper
in the extreme Northwest tells us OF
case in which several celestial character
istics are exhibited. One Chinaman had
a wife whom another chinaman took a
fancy to. 1t is no uncommon thing IN
such case to make trade, but the pai
ty of the first part desired to keep his
wife, and nothing short of gambling had
attraction enough to induce him to risk
her loss. Therefore they gambled for
her and the owner lest. He exhibited
tho ways of his race still further by fol-
lowing the prize to the home OF 'he WIN
ner and then stabbing her to death.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-01

A terrible accident occurred alta circus
show in Sheffield, England. A gallery
crowded with people fell with its living
freight upon the heads of those below,
and it is reported that seventy persons
were injured by the accident and the
panic which followed.