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mails aud plants precisely similar in
constitution to such rs still exist III
those seas. The fact that the anchors
oi ships in the ncighborhood of the
guano islands often bring mp guano
from the bottom Il the ocean, is quite
IN opposition to tho prevalent belief.
DIR. Habel therefore considers that the
deposits Of suano must be the result of
the accumulation Of fossil plants and
aninaals whose organic matter has been
transformed into nitrOgenons substance,
the mineral portion remaining intact.
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A Crushing Blow.

Last evening"" relates the New Or
leans Herald, "while the chief en-
Rineer of q lung-teeter was expatiating
uron the benefits to be derived from the
free use of his Instruments, a eadaver-
ous individual stepped out Of the crowd
and remarked to him, Mister, do you
think it would help me any to blow into
that CAM Yes, sir, certainly; it
would expand your chest, give elasticity
to the lungs, and lengtheD your life.
WHY, you'd soon be able to blow 800
pounds, and win the SIS prize. Why,
does fellow ct s. when he blows that
manv poundsY Yes, sir; wouldn't
Won like to make q trial?' with know
ine wink to the crowd. Il don't care if
I do said Greens, walking around and
planking down dime Of the greasy
shin-plaster sort. Then, taking the
mouthpiece in his hand, made ready.
He opened his mouth until the hole in
his face looked like dry dock for ocean
steamers, and began to take in wind.
The imitation was like that of the Daily
Graphic balloon, but not 20 disastrous.
That fellows chest began to grow and
distend until be resembled q pouter.
pigeon more than q man, at which point
he put the mouthpiece to his lips. and
blew with such force that his eyes came
out and stood around on his cheek
bones to see what was the matter. But
that can-top went up like fash, and
the needle OF that indicator spun around
like button on a country school-house
door, until it stood still at 600 pounds !
The crowd cheered, and the keeper OF
the can paid over the s. in stamps, with
q mutter of astonishmsnt. But Green's
pocketed them coolly, and, turning to
the spectators, said, Look here, gents,
that amt nothing to do at all for man
who has been bugler in 3 deaf and
dumb asylum for seven years, like me-"
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The best news that We have seen
from South Carolina for . long time is
that two frst-class locomotives have
lately been turned ont of the South
Carolina railroad shops ut Charleston,
at a cost considerably below Philsdel.
phia prices, and the Charleston papers
say, fully equal to the best northern.
built engines. The moro of such items
the south can furnish tho better is tho
guarantee for her future permanent
prosperity. Many millions of dollars
would be kept in the southern states by
the establishment Of workshops, such
as in the northern states gives employ.
mcnt to thousands Of mechanics, and
the work once fairly begun, it will be
found that the home-manufactured arti-
Gle will be in most cases not only %
good as that which is now brought from
abroad, but actually cheaper.-Co~rier
Journal
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A Business Fact.

A coed advertisement IL widely
circulated newspaper is the best OF all
possible statesmen. It is salesman
who never sleeps, and is never weary !;
who goes after business early and late !;
who accosts the merchant in his shop,
the scholar in his study, the lawyer in
his Office, the lady at her breakfast
table; who can be in thousand places
at once, and speak to a million people
every morning, saying to each one the
best thing in the best manner.
A good advertisement insures r busi-
nefs connection on the most permanent
anu independent basis, and it Is in q
certain sense guarantee to the custO-
mer of fair and moderate prices. Ex-
perience has shown that the dealer
whose wares have obtained public oe-
lebrity is not only able to sell, but can
afford to sell at small profit, because
he sells largely. The seller Of wares
with celebrity is compelled to keep and
offer good wares to maintain their repu-
tation. It is therefore to the interest
OF the purchaser to buy from the mer-
chant who advertises literally, both On
the score Of economy and the merit OF
the articles. A worthless article was
never made good by advertising but
good articles are always extensively
sold by making the public acquainted
With their value and the place of sale
through the widely circulated newspa.
pcf.
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Prof. Hitchcock states that the to-
tai area OF the coalfields of the United
States amounts to 230, ,659 square miles,
besides the strata which belong to othcr
formations than tho carboniferOus, -
for instance those of Virginia, Of the
nuitories. west Of the Missouri river.
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GUANo Nor THE EXPERIMENT OF SEA
BrRDs.-The long-received opinion that
gnano is the deposits of myriads OF sea-
birds, accommodating through long ages,
is rendered untenable by the recent in
vestigations Of DR., Habel. After treat
ing the guanc with an acid, microscope.
cal and chemical examination rar13
hat the insoluble residue y
Richland beacon., 1873-11-08
In Japon there are said 10 be trC

in Japan there are said to be trees
four hundred or five hundred years old,
which produce teas worth Ave dollars
a pound. Japanese writer's say that tho
tea tree was introduced into their coun.
try from China nine hundred years ago.
The plant is utilized ~ hedge in The
lanes of tie villages md aIQpnd ~
6tahan Nf~aanA AS ~
Richland beacon., 1873-11-08

One Of the great improvements OF
the days Il the removal Of the Red
river craft" This raft is formed by
the acoumulation OF logs, trees, roots
and debris Of sii kinds, In the channel
Of the river. This raft grows year by
year, and deposits of mud thicken upon
the logs end vegetation springs up, un-
til islands are formed miles in length.
In 1906 the nft Vas more than hun
dred miles long. II consisted of aocu-
mutations Of the up-country forests
thsoughout al tims. In 1896 the gov
ernnnent set to work TO clear the river.
Cart Shreve, after whom the town OF
Shrevepugt took its name, was at the
heed Of tie work. From that time to
The present, spasmodic attempts have
BEEN nsade from time 10 time 10 remove
these raf Q, q immense labor and ex-
pense. The present raft region is thir-
'ty-fve miles in length, and extends
from Q point forty miles above 6hreve-
port 20 the Arkansas state line. Navi-
CATION can only be accomplished
through the raft region through the
bsyous at high water, At other times
the river IL entirely blockaded. In 1877,
Lieutenant Woodfuff made a survey Of
the raft, and submitted plans for re-
moving il. An appropriation wss voted
and the work begun. The raft is COM
posed Of logs, roots and snags Of every
description, which had beea crowded
and jemmed into . tangled mass, be-
coming moro compact each year as the
pressure from shove increased. Annual
freshets had brought down mud and de-
posted il in md over this mass until,
IN phases, tho yaft itself had become
entirely covered with earth, email is
lands, or "tow. heads" thus being
formed Upon these tOw-heads were
growing trees, usually willows, three
feet and more in circumference. The
means used for the the removal of these
.obstructions are various. Blasting
Hder WAS used at first, and failed.
!. - was substituted but was
A>ipeffectual. At last re-
nitro-glycerine. This
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Russia and the TurcOmanj, ),

A letter from Samarcand in the Goloss
says that 80 far from tho Russian cum.
paign against Khiva being at IN end, it
has hardly begun. The alleged victo-
ries of Gen1 Kaufman and Goloyat-
chef over the Turcomans were not. the
correspondent asserts, by any means az
complete as the official reports repre-
sent them to have been, and the gov
ernment would probably have as great
a dread as Pyrrhns of the repetition of
such victories. mot q single officer
in the column of Gent Golovatchef, who
was himself severely wounded by two
sword-cuts in the head and shoulder,
returned from the expedition uninjured.
Several If them, such ss Lieut.. Col.
Esipoff, Ensign Kamentzky, and others,
were literally cut to pieces. That the
losses in the ranks must have been cor
respondingly great is evident. The
Tulcomans fought with indescribeble
fury; women fought by the side of men
in the ranks, and even surpassed them
in reckless courage. Nor did our army
gain much when they entered the towns
of the Turcomans by putting all the in
habitants to the sword. While peace
was being restored in this terrible man
ner in one district, an ineuYrection broke
on. in another. The troops
are compelled to make long and exhaust
ing marches to which the sufserirgs
they had to endure up to the capture Of
Khiva were mere child's play. Five
thousand camels have already perished,
and the troops have hardly any means
Of transport for their baggage the OIL
Gers are only allowed 10 take with them
two shirts and linen haversack. The
correspondent concludes, from the above
facts, that it will be impossible for Rus
sis to establish order permanently in
Khiva, or derive any advantage from its
conquest, 50 long as Bokhara, which ex-
tends along the whole eastern frontier
Of Khivs, is not made Russian territory.
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New Russian Irou.Clad.

Admiral Popoff, the inventor Of the
round iron-clad, has at length the salts
faction of seeing his idea carried out /;
and scientific men will now have 40 op-
portunity of Judging whether the Po.
povka is likely to be studied as model
for other vessels Of the same type, or
whether she is only TO serve a. monu-
ment of the inventors ingenuity. The
Novgorod, as the new iron-Clad is called
was built ut Nicolaieff. and sent
trm that port 10 Sebsstopol, where she
arrived on the 18th inst, amid the %
Carnations of an immense crowd which
had been anxiously waiting to zee her.
This strange looking vessel, which hes
been SO much talked about, is thus des-
cribed by q correspondent of the Nico-
laieff Messenger:
Imagine a large bowl sunk TO it's
edge in the water, covered with san
Ger of the Same diameter, turned up
side down, ON the bottom of which il
placed q glass of a cylindrical form.
ALI this together forms the hull Of q
vessel weighing more than 150, 900
pounds-say 2, 400 tOns-built entirely
of iron. The saucer represents the
deck of the ship. and the glass the tur-
ret. which is to be armed at SebastopOl
with two enormous 11-inch guns"
The Popovka steams eight knots an
hour, and is easily manageable.
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DIGNITY OF WoRK.-An work has q
humanitarian and honorable aspect !;
runs PARALLEL with the aims and uses Of
providence shares the dignity of na-
lures processes and every true worker
is fellow to all the ranks, including the
deity himself. If any man reclaims an
acre of land by irrigation, or of bog by
draining, and makes it green and bloom
ing, let him carry his head erect on his
shoulders, and see that his work is not
unworthy of him who, in meadow and
prairie, has wrought to the same end.
This man with his hoe and spade is a
joint-creator of beauty and provender
for coming generations. --Sumncr Ellis.
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The q sstle- Builders of Padua.

Giulio and Ippol,to were sons Of =
farmer living near PaduA The old
man was Of . quiet and placable tenn
per. rarely suffering any mischanoe 70
ruf,le him, but, in the Arm and plaeid
hope of the future, trsnQuilixing him
self under the evil Of the present. II q
blight came upon his corn one year, be
would say 'tWefe rare thing to have
blights in two sueoessive seasons ; and
30 he would hope thst the next harvest,
in its abundance, might more than coH-
pensste for the scarcity of the last.
Thus he lived from boyhood b ego. and
retained in the features Of the old man
Q something of the lightness and vivaC-
ity Of yoath. HIS sons. however, bort
no resemblauce TO thar father. In
stead Of laboring on the fsrn. they was
ted heir time in idly wishing that for
tune had made them. in lien Of healthy
honest sons Of Q farmer, the children
OF some r,ch magnifioo, that 90 they
might have passed their days in all the
sports Of the times, in jousting, hunt
ing and in studying the fashions OF brave
apparel. They were Of q humor st 0nce
impetuous and sulky, and would either
idly mope about the farm, or violently
abuse and illtreat whomsoever accident
might throw in their way. The old
nan vos iuly z ieved ct the wilfulnees
aud disobedience of his sons, but, with
.Ais usual disposition, hoped that time
hight remedy the evil and 90. but
srely~ reproving them, they were left
DE masters OF their hours and actions.
One night, after supper, the brothers
1ked into the garden to give loose their
ncies, always yearning after mat
49, md improbable. 1t was
<en6 6ieSCas..the moon was ct the
- 4 stars glowed in
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men, whom no recognizes Messrs Canda and ScOhed,
TO deliver the stones the Chamber5st gutter, which
he declined do until they returned with further orders
from Mr.. IngersOll TO this effect.
He then procured from the Department OF Parks a
permit for ts trucks enter the park for the purpose
OF removing these About three weeks con-
sumed removal and from the best information
can gather taken 10 about the foot OF
Twenty sixthst and East River. The stones were sui
cent In quantity 10 complete the stoOp referred TO- as
far as this material to be used and dressed and
finished for this purpose Their value estimated from
$4,000 TO SIC Thetatements Of Mr. Leavey are CON
rmed by others 10 the main points Yours respect
fulIy III. +. TARIOR.
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REMOVAL or GRANITE.
In March, 1871 two presented ali order for some
blocks of granite to TbOs Leayey then in charge Of the
stonecutting for the Courthouse. The following is
COPY of the original order:
OFFICE CoNNssONKRs OF THE
NEw COUNTY C0UKrHOusB
Ngv Comfy CoURT- HOUSE, NEw.foRk March ~ ISIL
-Il,"' 49, - C,ort-souse J. "a. MGBKsoLL,
e'A'4'' "'' ~ Commissioner n. q. G. IL.
Pursuaut TO this order MI Leayey states that he de-
red some 80 blocks of granite that had been procured
for the purpose laying the foundations iOt tue south
sfoop OF the COURTHOUSE. He directed by the TWO
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A TOUR THROUGH THE NORTH OF ENGLAND
THE EXPERIENCE OF NONCoNFORMISr CLER-
GYMAN AMONG NoNCoNFoRMISTs.

THE EXPERIENCE OF A NONCONFORMIST CLER-
GYMAN AMONG NoNCoNFoRMISTs.
To the EdttOr Of The Tribune.
SIR: / have come North to lecture, preach,
and gather funds letter from the County of Durham
may have special interest for Of your readers
Darlington is thriving OF about 3000o inhabitants
There are some cloth manufactures but the chief trade
ia IN iron and COAL with which the district abounds 1t
sort of headquarters for the Society OF Friends many
OF whom are persons OF wealth and well deserved inu
ence Among these the family OF Pease is prominent
Edward Pease made money as manufacturer, and was
one OF the first capitalists 10 take George Stevenson by
the hand and by advancing to enable him 10 de-
velOp his Inventions BY his aid the very first railway
was constructed, and was popularity designated the
Quaker Railway. 1t between Darlington and Stock
ton about eleven miles Its encouraged the
struction OF the line between Manchester and Liverpool
Edward Pease had three sons John Joseph and Henry
Joseph was the first member OF the Society Of Friends
who sat In the House OF Commons This In 1884,
He opened the district for the production OF iron and
coal, The town OF MddlebOro created by him. The
site OF It was piece OF mere waste land beside tho river
Tees; but he saw how we'll suited 1t to become
port for the expectation of iron and COAL In the memory
OF many persons there only solitary farmhouse
where now there $1,000 inhabitants. Henry, his
brother Is still living 1t he who, with Others went
on the peace embassy 10 the Emperor OF Russia just be-
fore the Crlmean Joseph left i've Sons, one of
whom Joseph. is an NJ T. another. Quincy died few
months ago. In the midst OF good works. Three Others
Charles Edward and Arthur, carrying extensive
works, employing several thousands OF workmen,
and they are known far and wide for their
large hearted philanthropy. Amid their engrOssng
business they nd time for personal activity in the sup
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Ptns'0n. Penn, Feb. ), I57i b. u. CoOPER.
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their precise indication in the exterior form OF the skull
1t 49, IN spite of the apparent dryness OF the subject
animated aud entertaining.