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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1873-06-28

OF the Young Giant shaft, with surface ground
400 feet IN width, situate in the White Pine
Mining District, White Pine county, state of
and described in the plat and field
notes on file in this Office as follows
survey No. 6s, Of II. 16, N. II. So E.,
AND
Al, of II. I6, N. X. 81 e., NJ. ID. M.
Beginning at a stake marked "No.1 U. s.. Sur
vey No. 90 and A, whence post No. l Of Survey
SO, made for Alfred L. Page upon the King
Deposit or Lode, bears N. 100 AZ Il.
3, 23S feet section corner common to Sections
10 and "A, 4. IS, N. II. 81 e., and Sections Is sand
10, It. 16, N. X. So E., NJ. ID. M, bears N. $50
1913 feet northwest corner of the court
in Hamilton bears N. $50 81 f.. 3,542 feet;
spruce pine tree l foot in diameter bears 8. 2Ao
w. AZ feet and the Young Giant shaft bears :.
69h.o W. 4l2 feet. Thence running s. 64o Il.
200 feet, to post marked No. 2 u. 4. Survey No.
So and "A. Thence s. 1910 W. 1904 ITO feet. to
line between Ranges 81 and So, East
!, 200, to pest marked No. 8 u. 8. Survey No. 68
"A. Thence N. $50 W. 200 feet, to post
No. 4 u. s. Survey No. 90 and "A and
= snce N. s3ho L. 189 feet, to township line
, tween Ranges 81 and So East 200 feet, to post
q /, the place of beginning. Containing
1-100 acres. Courses expressed from the true
= ridian with u magnetic variation of 1870 L.
It laid claIln is located upon unsuryeyed land,
9 the location notice is recorded in Book j,
"a lie 244, White Pine Mining District Records. 1t
n pounded ON neither end by any known claim
. ID. The nearest mine is the Odin. The no.
and plat of the above claim can be found
!, ted at the Young Giant shaft.
or26-60d CYRUS +. HORN, Register.
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In Hamilton, June "a, by Rev. John Cornell
Edward Smith and Alice Frost Vandcrschuer.
At Planes Ranch, Nevada, June "a, by Rev
John Cornell, Samuel Liddle and Elizabeth
Knight.
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Az 5htftt eeteeo ....::... S.. Co.. !
the location of the main incline, with surface
ground two hundred t2lOl feet in width, situate
in White Pine Mining District, White Pine coun-
ty, Neyada, and described in plat and field notes
on file In this office as follows
v. 8. Survey No. ~.
Beginning at a post marked " NJ. 1. U. 3. Sur.
vey No. II" whence the section corner common
to Sections "a and 20, I. Ii, N. X. 81 E., and Sec
tons 10 and 30, t. 10. N. r. So E., NJ. d. NJ,
bears N. 800 81 W. 661 feet. The monument on
Treasure Peak No. l bears s. 100 q Il. 5,205 feet.
A prominent, sharp, rocky peak No. 2, between
Treasure aud Telegraph Peaks, bears N. 800 IL
Il. 4,Sl4 feet. Post No. 5 of u. 8. Survey N. 81,
made for the Continental Silver Mining Com
pany upon the q. 7. Fay lode, bears N. 600 AZ 4.
GAL feet, and the center Of the main incline on
the Imperial lode dears s. 200 Az Il. 2l7 feet.
Thence running s. t1o Il. 600 feet to post marked
N 2, U. s. Survey No. H." Thence s. 800 w.
900 feet to post marked " No. 8, u. &. Survey No.
H." Thence n. 5lo ". 900 feet to post marked
F" No. 4, U. s. Survey No. II !" and thence N. 39o
E. go feet to post No. l, the place of beginning.
Containing 8 3-l00 acres. Courses expressed
from the true meridian with a magnetic varia-
ton of loo East.
bounded on neither end by any known claimants,
This claim is recorded In Book ID, page n, of
the White Pine District Mining Records, and
a copy Of the notice and diagram can be found
posted at the main incline on the lode.
junel4-90d CYRUS +. HORN, Register.
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Dien.

In Oakland, Cal. June 81, Mollie. wife of l.. N
Dougherty, and daughter Of b. J. and N. M. Tur
ner, Of Eureka, aged 81 years 0 mos. and "a days
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I FOR CUBA.

The United States of Colombia. have
issued circular letters to all the Hispano-
American republic, TO join in ademand to
Spain for the independence of Cuba, and,
in case OF refusal, to intervene with force.
Most OF the governments interviewed
have expressed sympathy with the u
and have promised assistance, in case
such is needed. Reports also come from
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Nem UosDau.

IF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
L EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Of the State
of Nevada, In and for the county Of White Pine.
BENJAMIN F. BROOKS, Plaintiff
THOMAS J. SMITH, Defendant.
Action brought In the District Court of the 9Th
Judicial District of the State Of Nevada, in and
for the county of White Pine, In the Office of the
Clerk of said District Court.
The State of Nevada sends greeting, to THos.
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SELLING OUT
BELOW COST!
TO CLOSE BUSINESS,
S0uInHdSI Vcvaun,

Also leave Corinne, Utah, daily, running
North to
Virginia City, Helena, Fort Benton,
Deer Lodge, Greek Mines,
Passing through all the Principal Towns
and Mining Camps in Montana.
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Nfm 90

HAYES GOLD AND SILVER MINING
II COMPANY .-Locationo Of works Robinson
District, White Pine county, Nevada. Location
OF principal place Of business San Francisco,
California.
Notice.-Ther are delinquent upon the fol-
lowing-described stock, on account Of assess
ment mo. q levied on the sixteenth day of May,
1873. the several amounts set opposite the
names of the respective shareholders, as follows
No. No.
Names. Certificate. Shares. Amt.
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Apple ation for Patent.
NOTICE NO. COZ.

u. s. LAND OFFICE,
EUREKA, Nevada, May 20, 1873.
Office Is HEREBY. GIVEN, THAT
BENJAMIN r. BROOKS, Whose postofice
ress is Boston, Mass ROBERT CHESHIRE,
pkGE Ii. ALLEN and l.. YERK. (whose
tOffice address Is Hamilton. Nevada, have
ie application for a patent for Thirteen Hun
4 Il 1900 linear feet OF the Sunbeam lode.
Fling silver and other minerals, the same
hing $50 feet westerly and $50 feet easterly
b the Sunbeam shaft, with surface ground
i hundred (200) feet in width, situate in
fte Pine Mining District, White Pine
nty, Nevada, and described in the plat and
d notes on fl e in this office as 70 lows
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Miscellaneous.
BALL.!
A Grand Firemen's Ball will be given on
FRIDAY
Attn, 1870,
CITY HALL, HAMILTON.

COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
o. L SCOTT, H. MAU, L. HAUcK
STEVE KEoGH, R. NJ. PETERS.
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Commission Merchants,
ALIAS, rnxAs.

We take tI,ls occasion 20 thank our
friends for past iryors, and respect.
fuzzy cnIi their attention 20 our im-
mcnse stock. which we are just rseeiv-
ling direct from tho principal manu-
,hcturcrs Of the North ma West, pus-
chashing direct from nrst hands for
cnsh on the spot, and awaiting our
selves of every ADVANTAGE BY shipping
la ear ioaia under special contraet,
nnd by our own labor almost freeing
ourselves from store expenses. We feel
confident In our ability 10 offer 90 our
friends and 10 tho pnblic generally our
Immense stock 10 better rates ana
more uniformly low fsgnrcs than has
ever before been offered ia the Interior
OF Texas. tFt
A. basis and foundation of honr
business, We guarantee cycrs arfieic ~
be NJ represented, or money refunded
az orr expense OF transportation.
oar success IN business depends ci,-
tlreiy upon estahlishing % whofeanic
trade In Ncrtherm Texas, ana We only
ask lnir and tmpartinl triui, and ~
close comparison OF uniforms prices
with those OF shrcvep0rf. Galveston.
aud New orleans with frciRhts nldei,
and we chccrnuiy abide by the dcSi-
sion ar the same. t0aH w
DARLINGTON. MAHNALIS 81 90.
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WAIFS FROM THE WIRES.

Judge James b. Wick Of Vancouver,
Washington Ter tory, died on the ears
at Eric, Pa, yesterday.
Arothe, "Coal OIL Johnnyn hasrone
to nterview-some one in the next
world. Cause-too much confidence
and ben2ine.
Eiyo thoroond doI,,rs reward hos
hoor onn, od for tl,o ossos,in. If Judco
Mini, who wos killed. an Friday ot
C,orl,oaviuo Arh
Ca, r,,,.,,,, .,,..,.,.,.,,,, ,o,,or, t,o+
e.,' 1',,,.''.,..',',Ii..,,.,,i,., ,ool.s
of cor,hou,ia Yesterday There was
,,root ovctto,ont Inf M scrious dam
ogo
nv, ~ ,.,,. ,.,u, ,,onc1
c'',..' =, ',,4 Nv W., ~, na oo,,,
, '%," -, -, -, -, dSnthg Auho
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"a cIEcui'r i'''S ''ee'' ISSUE" " '''o
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we are authorized ana requested 10 n
nuuuCp
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ANNOUNCEMENTS,

AIAnp. Having become satisfied TINT II
Is the win ~ the people ot Dallas county op-
posed tn the RrGlcnl party That The eandi-
dutos App,inp thpir Hpnip ,p shun'd SUBMIT
thp.r rlnims 10 the prlmnry election tn he
hold on the llth d.y of Ooioher, hereby Sub
nit my unmc as ID candidate for DIST let
Cloflt in HAiil election, ana mind myself to
abide It's results, am, anu over hnvn been,
democrat, aud Nill do nothing To Jcupar
dlso The success vi Iae pm ~. ,,......
Respectfully, j. W, JACKSON,
balias, August ~ lssa, l,adlf
Te the People of 'loSnsi AZ the soncltn,ion
uf friends In al ilupni portions OF HE fintc,
prpseut my unmo 60 the voters Vt Texas as
The Democratic candidate fur Stnte Supoiin-
tcudput of Public instruction, subject 10 the
decision OF the ness Democratic state con.
Vcutiun. The claims ] present 60 my fellow.
citizens ARE; nm giudunto Of nn ud nnd
nulpd Calltgr Ia the South TINT for over u
quarter of century have devoted Any hest
Cnorrlos "a educational enterprises that for
the last hllorn years hnVr hocn successful
educator Ia Texas, Und for the hast ought
Npnrs had charge OF "a fcmOlc College at
Soguin, second tn none IN The state, and
trust my experience has qunliutd me 10 Mlly
understand the best mode uf conducting
schools ufoVerN grade, ] have tNkrn much
pnius tO inform myself uf The WORKING OF
public schools In the ditiercnt States IA THIS
country aud In Europe, aud hopo, II | nm
the choice OF Your delegates, 10 he able, by
untirmg devotion tn the duties of oh,ct, to
advance the education of the youth Of the
country, IN n manner hcneNcml to them
and satisfactory to the prople,
~ b, FRANKLIN.
SEGuIN, Texas, July 81, 1874 lOo-d6wu
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FOREIGN.
The Trial Of Marshal Bazaine TO
Commence on The 18th
OF October.
A Significant Article In Relation
TO the Republic.

PARIS. August S0.-The trial of Mar
shall Bazpine will commence on the
18th of October.
The Journal dies Debatts has a signif-
icant article fIpm the pen OF NJ. Lee
rome, in which he expresses the opin-
ion that Republic is impossible, and
that France must have Liberal Mon
archy.
The government has issued DEGREES
relieving the grain and flour tax or adj
ditional import levied on account OF
the war indemnity and from bond
duty,
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WANTS.

YNNNI 1'NVWFWFN VII Ut NI'',l tF7' VT.
Ler This lirait M 10 cr0iS per live cach
inSp lion. cOnnIinS iSOm I've lines up
ward.
NOR EFNT-A business house on Man
L Street. Apply To- l.. ID. Douglass.
VIZ NTED.-A t. -clG c2uiasc IN.
w Apply 30 r. =. Ca }GSe, CO. ne" hlm
ana Uonslol St,cet,. H"d2w
Ny-ANTED--A h,St-c'G>s zoo .et lr' de-
w s'rcs - obta'na siil ~ 90 vita some
SEQ, htm - Dcnas. Access O. glass Box
10 rri,rs "a SpD,nll 70 iSjS. lG,d tvs
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The Mississippi Radicals Slns-
Ing the Same Ola Song.
Disastrous storm on the Coast
OF New Brunswick.
The Coast Strewn with the De-
bris of Wrecked Vessels.
A Large Number OF Lives Sup
posed TO be Lost.
The Galveston Quarantine Reg
ulatiOns WITHDRAWN

NT,,,.. a., not Iis-
,I 49," - ,I,".ns = 4 >yhit,oy a. W.
r..,, loI,osto, .,,.,. fins tho ouor.
"''' ,'' ,',.,,,, ,on. ,,h,oh ,,o.o ton,
" '',' ~, a,,,in.t Now orloors on
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a',,,,, Ian o,,,n,,-r,ootion win,
", T'N''''' ,t'.',a,,a,',d,.'n,Lod
iN','" i''' .
hALIiAN' August oo'--Noo'""'' Va
the recent olS'S'ous $40 III >" '.''s
province are 'oh''nu''S oe'us ioc',N
ed inc gaze was severe ielV III voc
town ana couii'N VI iicVo"' =" '"V
haroor the 'loe roe D great he'sh'i
ana IN thc iowa uee', FENCES an"
chlmneys were o'oW'l down ana sc"'-
tered III every "a ect'on' Two scnooA-
cls were driven as'oie, put are COM
parNtively uninJ'fed.
seven Nesse'S are aslo'e w io't VI"
grave one at "'iptes cave, lollr a.
Port iaWkscburg, ana iour at io'F
Hood.
East OF Hp'i AK tne gaze was Tue
iiercest know lloryea 5. oioW'nYooWh
fences and heHI ara -" eWit% t"em vi
every direction. III IS reno Ied thsV
TWO cn0rcteS we've pioWh uo"' ~
Cape Race.
10 the westward the l.tlt crop h"S
been almost who'y deS"oyeui a'u
within radius OF TWO hph'feu III 'e,
fences, trees ana pa'liS nave occi pros
trated, and the shipp'o9 u"l'i"ie''
me ifult cop o. hihS anu "'Jo'"'i'5
counties suite ed teirio'y'
Six Digs aud eiSht scaooile's are
ashore at Cow Sag ana hu''V'' Oh
othersdismasted,soot St u on 'ne coo-''
Besides Ihe'e the'e aye large nu'''e'
of iisbingschooneisasao G, wren nave
been snMhcd up beyond Az nope %
identliicado l.
The whole number OF SaS e7 u
vessels at Cow Lay amor 1t ""3-S
including The Ve'sels 'Spore an" >
masted. So far as Fsce leu n'' one
life was lost during The II thI' lf'op,1
the cXcri'ons OF Cap,a a NcA'.nur 'ne
ehtre crew Oh inc 'i' o. - Twp
were saved.
Never with'a the memory OF ray oi
the residents has s. ch dcS' 'c'lon "''"
known. The sea p'FJed la'llP' n"Noc
with the rev brelkWaier G rcted aI ah
enormous ou.pr, Car .J;'g away au
the new wotlls anuapo ION o. Q o'd.
The docks ae a'-o des, o"ed. The
damage to the wha. ;e3 : o..pccted 10
reach 500 coo While yhe dpTagc i'll
Guiding shipping will swc The
amount to ovee 81 .00O,000.
If 70 fhoprht hat there axe over one
hundred vessels ashore ut tie variors
barbors At Cane Leon thUe a.c
seventeen har,.3 and scnooners Gshote.
This docs NOT Include all the vessels de
strovcd rs n fleet of French scboopers
npt in ,here durilp me Gale and iaa!l
,,,I, o, oc r,en werc
pFop"oi,"S N,NN a.horo ot
"fctNeo' ''i5"V hi
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Madrid, August 3d. Is reported
that Senior Fridge viii be appointed
Minister TO the United States.
a rumor Is current that Alfonso,
Prince Of Asiurla, viii shortly attempt
to succeed TO the Spanish throne,
Telegrams from the North announce
lhe defeat Of the Cprlisis under Sabels,
or,cr fopr hours lighting,
Yesterday General CampNs sum
moncd the Carthagona insurgents 10
suG cnder They answered by hoist
ing the black tlagon their works.
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CA sRY THE NEWS!
rbo M,sso0C. KANSAS ANo wExAs

TIE MSssoOG' KANSAS ANo TEXAS
RAlIN A. wa - coDr'c 'ois- nc
Sho. or ct - od's D, &c. 'otie
Tot, o. - TIE 3 - 20 \, ion
M, & clE 90 SOC u - III,
CHE. . eiL D .;eJ ii>,e IT'S.
Rae 80 :It .i.'eCr'. .i' > =. Diner
ro'f =, e..
Al e ., 30 . ttre,eo I'VE ,hrrge
Me &c =, ,oocs on ;ae East
viii :. We .i,De ?at ,,oJe 80 oo1slgnlng
the Nisso. Il. hs'ss { Texas Rail-
wey.
GtJ. Easts n A.e. u oadway, MY.
ID. b.. WILLIAMS,
Agert, a. Cia.k street, Chicago.
GRO. ". LiLi,EN,
Contracting Agent, 40. Wa . stcet
81. Louis, Mo.
w. GAGE,
Agent, Hannibal, Mo.
J. W, BuRCH,
Contracting Agent, Dallas, Texas.
w. =. ROBINSON,
GenI Freight Agent, sedalia, Mo.
Agents.
yXTANTED-Live, active agents In all tbs
w surrounding counties 70 solicit subscri
| hers for The Daily and Weekly Herald.
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NATANTED-Orlcrs for any amount Of jol
w work. The Herald oiIicr l. prepared
with new material of every kind to do o.
good work as can be done in the unitct
States.
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old TYNE MefnI.

WY ANTED-Purchaser for lot OF old
w type metal-an excellent substitute for
Rabbit metal. Price low. Apply at The
Herald Office.
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Magnllccnt Pavilion for Danclng

Has becn htteu up, and every convenience
prepared to make This desirable place for
EYening and Sunday Resort.
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This method of admission, the proprietor
has been compelled 10 adopt in consequence
OF the impositions which have been pruc-
ticed upon his visitors by disreputabie per-
song
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-02-15
VOLUME XXIII.

years, and also insert in the bill $3.50, 600 for
the rights of private parties for the bost sys-
TEN Of torpedo boats.
The AttOney-General has received dis
patch from Fort Clark Texas, stating that
Mr.. Weber and two other raiders on villa
Nueyo, Mexico, have been arrested, and are
now being conveyed to Austin, Texas. The
Attorney General telegraphs to hold the pris-
oners against the habeas corpus, and other
services Of the State courts, aud to apply to
the United States District Attorney for advice
and assistance. '.H
Tho Commissioners appointed by the Gov
ernors Of West Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois,
Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee and Pennsylvania,
who are here in charge of the Ohio River I'M
provements, had consultation with Colonel
Darlington, Colonel Hughes and others of the
Virginia delegation, fayoring legislation for
the benefit Of the James River and Kanawha
Canal. They ageed that the two enterprises
are kindred and will urge favorable Legislation
in behalf Of both.
The House Committee on Claims has
voted to lay on the table the petition of the
Methodist Episcopal Southern Book Concern,
for indemnity for rent and damage to their
building at Nashville, Tennessee, by Fedora
forces during the war. The claim amounts to
over 100000, and is pressed by some Of the
strongest influences in the Church.
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Italian Thieves.

From all accounts, Italy is not the
pleasantest of countries to be residents
in Just now. The London Times cor
respondent, in a recent communication
to that paper, says:
A practice formerly not uncommon in
Rome, and which used to be attributed
to the negligence or connivance of the
Papal police, seems to be reviving I'M
der italian rule. l allude to robberies
upon the stairs of houses. A great
many houses in Rome are never closed
during the night. Their inhabitants
may come in at any hour they find the
street door open, they light their taper,
or, if they have forgotten it, they grope
their way in the dark, In old days it
used to be no uncommon occurrence to
find robbers in wait upon the landing
place, who presented knives at the
throat of the late conner, and relieved
him of his purse and watch. We have
now very smart police here, gentle
men in long coats and cooked hats and
swords, who regulate the promenade on
Pincian Hill, and look alarmingly fierce
coachmen who break the line; but at
night, it seems, they are less vigilant.
A week ago, an Italian Lieutenant Col
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-02-15

While in Rochester | met Mr.. Heb
bard, an old resident of Genessee coun-
ty, who saw Sam Patch make his famous
Jump off Genessee Falls, thirty or forty
years ago. He says that jump day was
a great day in Rochester. The people
gathered for miles around to see this
intermittent American jumper, as he
performed his last feat
Sam Patch had previously jumped
over Niagara. Then, saying "some
things can be done as well as others, ="
he slashed around like Sergeant Bates
through the Western part OF the State
to back up his proyerb Before his last
jump he bought a big black bear of a
curcus man, and led him over the turn
pike to Rochester.
The morning of the day came. Sam
had arrived in town with the black bear,
and the crowd rushed into Rochester
from miles around Twelve o'clock was
the hour to iump-to jump hundred
feet downtown the terrible fall into
the boiling cauldron below. A staging
had been built out over the water, and
Sam appeared on the staging dressed in
a sailors fancy jacket, His friends now
took up a collection on shore, while
Sam swung his hat and said, after jump
ing himself, he would return and throw
the bear over. Then, amid death-like
stiffness, he ran a few steps and gave
one leap into the air and fell, cutting
the mist, like a lead-sinker, two hun
dred feet into the seething whirlpool.
As he left the staging his body assumed
an oblique position, his head foremost,
but above his feet. As he struck the
water there was dreadful silence, while
the populace awaited with choking
breath his reappearance. One minute,
two minutes, three minutes, and no
signs of the daring jumper. Then the
people set up a loud wail-a long muir
mur of sorrow.
This was the end of Sam Patch.
They say he had been drinking during
the morning, and failed to keep his feet
together and his body perpendicular, as
on previous occasions. So when he
struck the water the breath left his
body, and he was knocked senseless. A
month or so afterward they found his
body away down below Rochester, drift
ed upon the rocks.
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The Site of Athens.

The site selected by the old Athenians
for their city was a fitting one for the
capital of people keenly sensitive to
beauty, and destined to become the
leaders of the world in matters of taste,
especially in the important department
of the fine arts. Nowhere are there
more charming contrasts of mountain
sea and plain nowhere a more perfect
harmony of picturesque effect. The
sea is not dreary waste Of waters with
out bounds, but smiling gulf, mirror
ing its mountain walls and winding
about embosomed isles, yet ever broad
ening as it recedes,. and suggesting the
mighty flood beyond from which it
springs. The plain is not illimitable
expanse over which the weary eye
ranges in quest Of some resting-place,
but is so small as to be embraced in its
whole contour in single view, while
its separate features-the broad, dense
belt of olives which marks the bed of
its principal stream, and ancient Ce-
phissus, the vineyards, the grain fields,
and the sunny hillside pastures-are
made to produce their full impression.
The mountains are not near enough to
be obtrusive, much less oppressive /;
neither are they so distinct as to seem
insignificant. Seen through the clear
air, their naked SUBMITS are so sharply
defined and so individual in appearance
as to seem almost like sculptured
forms chiseled ont Of the hard rock.