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, 1873-11-16

Many years ago, upon ,aturning r. o'n resi-
dcnce in Italy, no took steamer from Leghorn
to Liverpool, to avoid the fatigue OF the land
were detained several days. ts shipS boats ply.
ing between the steamer md tho shoro, tho lar
bor being, IS usual crowded with ships Of every
nation and description. On the second day aftcr
having port most miserable, ha1fstarvcu dog
{terrier), one sde Of whose body was msBs Of
pitch, was observed to crawl upon the conpan-
ion-lMldor, giving terrified Ioo]t around bin.
Much surp,tsed ut tho sight Of the wrotchod
animal tbs Captain exclaimed: "Whose dog
the sovsral panaengora and orer. No ono owned
him. and the steward. following him on deck
.aplainod that he had found the poor croaturo
hidden away in an empty bofth: Capt. H., q
ono Of tIa snips company, and, aettng I'm, I'M ~ ~
on htb hind 1ega, made a protoilao Of giving him
dozen ns punishment for Lis coming. on board
aa . Btownway, greatly to the amuAement Of the
children, rnd tlon uamcd him jack,
A sailor groaaed his cont and aat him FREQ
from the pitch making him louk moro respect-
able; aud, with good living and kind treatment,
jack soon recovered his gpiritB and soo1nod, out
Of gratitude, to attach himself especially to tho
II spoken to in any other language than Eng
M as os s9aa oaa os aas onS
Befufo coming into tho Mcraey no tuoh In
pilot. Thou sudden change came over Jack,
who had boon most quiet peaocable traveller; ;
tbs bridge, jumping up to geta look oyor tho
sido; % grcat vas lis oyldent Excitement, tho
nearer wo came to Liverpool, That ho attracted
tho attention Of oyory ono On board. Gu roach
Ing our destination, and while IS yet the ateanor
lad scarcely stopped, tho ropes for rnooring
being only thrown on shore, jack was obaorvod
to mount n casa Of oranges placed at tho sida Of
tho steamor aud at one bound leap OH ahose i'll a
Ilomcnt. -.
FOLLOW that dog" .oriad tho Captain to =
man standing Oh DO wharf, "ana sos whore he
retnrned uuito out Of breath, saying ho had boon
Obliged to glye over tho ohasc, Jack having sot
OF nth II quick run up ono street and down
another, oyideatIy tasing tue nearest road home.
Tic curlous fnet was how tho dog's instinct
enabled lin to choose out Of tho many ships
ly:ng around ons whoaS destination was Livor-
pool. How llo came on board nono Of the sail
o,s could toll but that he was doing wrong he
evldently know by hiding himself away until
discovered by tho Steward.
, 1873-11-16
AlexnndarsH Srectes

NtofN Tie AH5hTfl16 UHf6H.
We handled yesterday silver coin Of thu
reign Of Alexander tho Great, 823 B. O.. aud
therefore now 2, 100 years old, 1u dihmetor itia
not quite tho sizo Of an American dime, al
though, owing to It's thickness. It hns the weight
Of about Two dimes. It bears upon ono side the
head Of The great Alexander crowned with
laurol. Upon tie other side is the figure of a
man ros!ing On = chair, with one urn ont- M
strotclet ulon which bird is pcrchod. Tho
images Oh either aidc arc In alto relioyo, giving
the coin great bulk. This curiosity OF the
anclont world has been in tho possession OF
Mr. Bcanoll and Ais ancestors for over hum
droa wears unst,
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horscH, WIS rolling a1ong I.ondonwood. whom ho

horscBt WIS rolling along Lonlonwood, whom 10
encountered lot Of hloods out on a lark.
NOV, TO encounter thiH lot is shout "a dIse-
gfeenpie n thing % one can find Of summers
morning, or night. either, for EngliHi, plaJ is
llorao-rlay, md Ii Ia colinldorod rare 1oko 10
glEn and take black cyce and bloody noscs. I'm
fortunately, our Consul Gonoral wan not in =
situation to accept sucl, courtoson, 40 tiu bat
tlo.alablcd uniform mud intellectual couutonanco
lad to bo presented to His Imperial goorbutio
Majesty of Tho East. Ills carriage wna
surrounded by the bloods, and tho rat don,-
Eant and ahlo conaular agent With flour. 70
thls Gen. Da1oau reinonstratod. Ho did not Ike
nonr applied externally. uo said aa much. He
Clothed hi eas Oh tho oGeason in anything but
blaohguarta. To this they retortod By styling
him a cad. and ono wont 30 far az to shy that lo
WAS hoWling oad and wten our excellent
eommercl"L representative, getting q further atl-
vance on Hour In llis mouth aud osos grew
fnfioi1s a resolution wau offered md paseod
unanimously to havo tho end out. Tho gorroant-
at.Arnas, which meant tho ontre party, puuol tho
noble representative from hs brougiau. and
him down" Tho General called on ha m yrmidons no
on tho boz. and tho myrmidonB coming to hiA
aid, general engagement occurred TINT wol,lI
have heon bad in tho end for the Gonsral but
for the timely intorioroncS Of tho police. Da-
arrested; ho only aescd for their farnoa md
atltroas. They wero given, and tho belligeronts
aoparatod.
When Gen. Badcas, in no plight to DO pro-
scntoa TO imperial old bile Of porsa, returned
home, ho found on tho cards names Of Young
Eentlatnen connected with tho Government, and
through our Minlstor lo made complaint. AZ
trat they wore Inclined to laugh at tho affair. but
thor respective rolativos, high in ot1lco, oharao-
assuring those Wild ontH that to assault aud in.
suit Consul IN that wny mado up a ycry aeri-
GUS state OF aifatra. At laat It waa bottled tlat
, 1873-11-16

Mr. G. Gerard, now Of Philadelphia, but for
1norly Amorican Consul at Cape Town, Cape Of
Good Hope, communicates to tho Press Of tho
former city the following amusing rominiscence
Of his African Conaular experience: "Thero Is
q worry singular custom among the farmera-how
to got wife. II you desire to get married you
should first make inquiry whether: the lady you
love has horse Il 60, yon must M esk her whsth, M
then you had better quit the house 1t. onoo.
She dooa not like you. But il. on the contrary,
she says 'YeB,' It is q good sign, hut she nfll
ask you worry high plico. II the amount namod
3D.. Us fully ~ if this marriage was contaminated
"on my arrival at the Cape, did not know
Of this custom. I wanted to purchase horse,
that Widow 80 had ono to aell. Il ollowed the
address given, and soon arrived at tho door Of
the widow (who, BY tho way, WAS not bad.look-
ing). I asked her whether she had . horse to
5 be4 sas efid Sd St me- s Ssss sssP e ns1 as
aaid that was tho American oonaul, aud
would pay cash for hor horse. In that case,'
said sho; letters are not necessary paid
down the aum demanded; then, after taking
and both accompanied mo homo. On tho road
the groom asked INC d thousand questions,
Master said he, will my migtrcss go 1--we with
you In town, or will you come live with ua2 You
will lore my mattress, for she waB very kind to
my old master (lsughing). Where will the we'd.
ding be z Cooking 1t me and laughing): TRULY
thought, the poor follow has drank too; much
or be IL an imhecile.' I felt sorry for him.
When arrived home found many people at my
door congratulating mo, not for tho horse, but
for the acquaintance Of the widow. Truly
said ono, you have beon worry euccoaaful.'. sho
IL very rieh,' said another. 1really did not know
what II I'LL meant, and began to be very uneasy,
.rhen, to my very great surprise, a laay alighted
on my steps, aud 1t once recognizeat the widow
aha very coolly asked mo when desired to have
tho cerelnony Of tho wedding performed. Then,
indeed, I fully perceived tha ecrapo in which I
WAS, and told liar frankly that It was = horse
wanted, and not vito. What, said she; do
1 sllal1 send back for my horse, and will repay
you tho money In fow houra her groom was
at my door with tho money. gladly gayo back
the horse, thankful to have thus escaped. A foW
q more ambitious man had bought her horse"
, 1873-11-16
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE. SUNDAY NOVEMBER 1e 1875.

and smaller |, his olothlng hung in bags about
h!s fant-tmauiu1ltng fern. The doctor folt much
ho neelnea to bc suffering acute pain. All Of a
sudden there WAS hoard d loud oliuking at tho
insttument, ne II pandemonium's great hall had
boon lot loose. The operator Bprang quickly to
Now York ofucc. Ho quickly asked, What's
up?" An arRwor cano back az II somo ipfn-
riatod domon was at tho other ontl Of tho wire,
"What In .thundor are you about7 Cut oif your
wires anlck-~you arc filling tho Now York Office
With xQAp-RrcQao.h
, 1873-11-16

outiro company who arc confidently o1pooting
the second advent Of tho Savior In 1878.
State IN tho Union, also Ia England. ireland and
Norway. sinco tho fall Of i872, pnpor pub
!lshed in tho lntorcsta Of tho tloflnito time Of
ohrists coming, ontitloa tho Watchman's Cry,
hns boen wookly lsauod in Afcridon, Conn.,, ea-
prominent leaders in this lass movement on timo
nre dcorgo ~ Brown. Of Orrington, Mo. 8. W.
Diahop aud q. q. Darkor. Of Moridon, Conn.
II. r. A.
, 1873-11-16
tho old Spanish "'o 6Aoas oea' Oh

1 JEALOpHY
born IN their worry blood, Wiyoa m,struzt tbo,,
ntMusnande tM husb9nds suspect thoir i,iYos and ~
tno moEAaa ill this country aro worry oaey1 hot Il
Sa M1Ys @ @Wlth9nt roason. Tho poruv|.ns especially
huat hhus ~ IN intrigue. wife suspicious Of hor
IN u the everlasting 1nanta Of black (Which Shows
oniy inc eyes, aud Horvos as a do1nploto dis
guieo), Will manage to meet her husband, ind
30 ooquet with oye, and fan, aud g1oved
se sonle nhadcd garden, only to hua con-
fronting him, hor inants, thrown
b. bsek, an angry and outraged wifc, who delights
now AZ AMERICAN orr1oEn HAD aosa !" Fun"
a Peruvian officer, stationed Oh board 4 mah-
of-Nar lying In Callao harbor, had lovely and
devoted Peruvian wife, and both woro devoted to
American ofacor, friend Of ntn1o, 'fofa Of q
practical joke, and great fagoritd with hlu.
band and wifo, conceived very clover trick, ~
ho Thought, to bronx them Of their ,ittfouudod
wife, tint hor husband was in tho habit Of going
70 certain asroet and number, and asking at
tho door for Signorita Mercedes, each Meok,
on such = day and honr. ue also had an anony-
moua note aont to tho husband, that tho wifs
to such htroot and number, and asking ut tho
door for BignorA Mercedes. It waa . large
aros1mhking establishment, but noycr patron
lied by the wife. Securing. In somo way the aid
- - 1oA s1Ak "a tA0 GAthullAAluGnE, Qg &Mklk6H
the "fun," as ho supposed. The vito, trlo
to her womanly curiosity and joalousy, camo
hrst. ooaol7 Tollod, aud, In trembling voice,
said, "6lgnorlta Mercedes" and Hae shown to
an anto-room. Tho husband, few n,inutos
later, and punctual to tho hour specified, pro-
aented himself at tho door aud rnng 10 tho
boy who oponed 1t he aald simply, "Bignors
Mercodoe, ind WAS At onco shown into tho room
whore sat bis vito Both began Of onoo. ~
hare found you out!" II hayo caught you II DO.
Nelther would listen to explanation or reason.
Tho wife screamed and cried; the husband
sworo and Htormod,-ench necusing the other,
Aftor both we're exhausted, the lady Of tho es-
tnblIshmont hearing the noise, came in, listened
to tho parties In astonishmont, aud protested
that sho had aeon Mother Of them over thero
contested to the money paid him for the "fun;''
WAS cuffed, kicked, and discharged; and .he
husband md wife vent homo arm In arm,
happy and ashamed. But the friend who had
Cotton up tho ''fun'' Tho evening Of tho do
nouemont, whilo in htB room, a knock ca1no at
the door. BE said, Como in," and In walked
tho husband and wife. Without word they
"wont for him thon and there. Thoy scratched
him and tore out Ills hair thoy banged aud beat
him, aud pulled out his board they cut4ed and
kicked him, and loft him with torn Clothes
bloeding and dishgurod.' Ho kept bis bod for
woek, his oyos wore oloaed for q fortnight, and
his friends on ahipboard novor dared to as1t him
what Has the matter With him. But he only got
his deserts, after Rll. WALDA.
, 1873-11-16

Fran fhe Detroit HFst iTt3S. ~,
At ono of tho hotels soutesday WAS . family
travelling Weat from Eolnlont. The wise wy
mothod Of doing Ibis and that, evidently sup
posing that everybody also was noticing h!s ~. u
aristoolatlo ways. At tue tab!o nl!a phsse'l hlh'
the potatoes, aud he took of . small moAnle!a.
eha winkod at him, bus llc was determined. Hnd
he shouted " Elizabeth Jonos, you may wink
aud blink all day, but I'm going TO have
some moro tater or bust tho bauk" Ae Gos
some.
, 1873-11-16
LOVE.

Joaquin Miller, IN his now poem Tho 1sc, az tho
Amazons," thus sings OF lovo:]
There was ono who atood by tho waters ono eye-
With tho atarB her hair and tho lArn OF Ina v,oor
Broken up at her feet BY the bountlfuI boon A'''1
or attending old tseea-who did questioning g1ieyo:
Tho birds they 90 over US two and by Two;
lhe mono 10 inneed: htn brit!o III tho boughs
~ sts ,i nursing his bahs. and bis passionate VOWS
VI love 3ou may hear tAem tho whole tlay through
"Thoro IL nothing that ia that can ytoid ono bliss
Aud the tides talk low In tho rces a,atl the young
And the quick buds opan their lips but for this.
IN tho steap and tho starry slences,
On the stormy laveln OF tho lnitless scag.
,, or hero II To deops of the dark-brow'd trees,
IAcre Is nothing 40 much bravo mana kiss
"Ihe:e i nothing atronr in tho srca, IN the land,
N thc thc c3a caey o. pilns on tho ginnacod SNOW
AZ the slk'soft toaeh Of q baby'a brown hand
Ina 3; whole year through with babe at tho knee,
u With its brown hnnda reaching careesngly.
Ihan to att In girto Of gold aud alouo. :.
g barren dull days. where never tho brown ...
Su, nSoes hand Ct babe hides BACK in tia hair,
And over tho nfo Of her life bends down,
" + Tore batter rcrhapn to be mothers Of men,
anu TO murmar not much thora clouds in tho
Cana wo.n.n undo what Tho gods haye t1ouo ?
Nay, the things must DO as the thiags have bc,n.n
land again j
teh you TINT love is tha bitterest sweet
That aver laid hold on tha heart Of = 1nnn:
Chain 10 tic soul, ard to cheor ban,
Aud = bans to tho brain and snsro to tho feet
Ayl who shall ascend "a tho hollow white vines
Of love hut to fall to full md to learn.
mn, Like motif aud nan that tho lights lure to hnrn.
That the roaea have thors and tie honeybse atngs7
fAud thus hs says Of his 1ady-lo,e:] :
She is sweet a the brosth Of tho Castillo rosc,
n In Htrr Tn HAT Ha%kM f...u
, 1873-11-16

Of tho trial and It's captlylty In ,1,ro,h.,. L.
worry pfous. BIs 10 tlovotou Gnthnc nrd ~, 10
siata upon rcligtoun converse with lar b,,st,ni @ nj
yory frequently. Bncn tho commo,1ccmons uvna1% ~
tho tflnl Mmo Ia afsreohalo has very dilienntiv i,
ToAd - the newspapers and ondeayora tn Esa1y
from tho light Of her husband ali co,n,nenta
tha rart Of tho prcas aho thinks would DO lito1u
to discourage or wound him, Nv 'Ae'S
, 1873-11-16
4 Hoy Vine Eats Rats.

From Eks san EFaNes8cs Ala. -
Thera lives In this city . boy, child Of 4 yearB
Of age, whose tsstes for the abhorrent haye boz
como 20 disgusting ~ to even mako lls pres-
snoo among hin playmates the signal for \
nAuneous royt.!aion Of feelings, tat least among
tho most dalicata. In word ho Aa8 become +
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09

Count DE EBEAUREGARD-Whe Napoleon
Ill. died. one of his SONS was in New York
city, on his way to the Pacific coast to i'm
prove his fortunes, and Paris paper has
just given some news of him in letter
from himself. Louis Napoleon jerome
Howard is the son of Louis Bonaparte and
Miss Howard, was born in London in 1S47, =,
and created by his father Count de Beau
regard. Napoleon Ill. gave Miss How
ard the chateau de Beauregard in 1858.
On her death the chateau fell into the pos
session Of the Count de Beauregard. He
was well educated by his father, and
fought in the late France-Prussian. war.
He lately sold the property for 100000
francs and determined to settle in America
He has bad bad luck already, as the fol.
lowing letter from him indicates
landed in New York after a very
pleasant voyage. and had splendid time
of three days in the imperial city of the
new world, which, if it is not like Paris
in many respects surpasses our great me.
tropolis. Then left for the west in a
magnificent sleeping-car, the unwonted
luxury of which enabled me for the frs'
time in my life to sleep soundly on the
cars. | thought it was very nice, bu
the waking was terrible; for in the morn
ing when | dressed l found that ny waist
coat had been cut open, and that the ninety
one thousand franc bills which had sewec
in there had been distracted therefrom
| | was beyond Ruffaio when [ aScertaineC
that my money was gone.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09

SWITZERLAND ECLIPSED BY COLORADO
The mountain ranges of Colorado cover n
area of from Sky thousand to seventy
thousand square miles This excludes
bodily the entire territory east of thus
point.
All Switzerland covers sixteen thousand
square miles, or, to be accurate, fifteen
thousand nine hundred and ninety. The
fact is, Switzerland, compared to Colorado,
is as one of the little wooden toy cows to
living buffalo. You can take the whole
little country, and set it down in either
the North, or Middle, or South Park, with
out touching the rim of the mountain with
in these grand and singular Enclosures
These parks are each Of them from twenty.
four thousand to twenty eight thousand
square miles in extent. and San Luis is.
nearly as large as all three, as to the
magnitude, which is certainly an element
of mountain scenery. As to the pure
scenic beauty, of course the evidence car
not be reduced to figures but it is rea.
sonable to suppose that this vast cxpanse
of gigantic ranges, endless canons, bottom
| less gulches with lakeets swung twelve
thousand feet in the air, and its cascades
and icy waterfalls still higher-with its
eternal snow and preAdamite stone for
est Of tropical effiorescence-offers all of
picturesque and wild effect that any other
land or region can claim. Call Switzer-
land the " miniature Colorado of Europe" ="
if you will, but let US be done forever
with the other phrase, which has no mean
ing in itself, and is detraction of our
land.-Lum5erman's Magazine.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09

AN ExpLANATIoN.-It has puzzled many
people to decide why the dark wood so
highly valued for furniture should be
called rosewood. Its color certainly does
not look much like that of the rose, so we
must look for some other reason. Upon
asking we are told that when the tree is
first cut, the fresh wood possesses a very
strong rose-like fragrance hence the name
There are half dozen or more kinds of
rosewood trees The varieties are found in
South America and in the East Indies and
neighboring islands. Sometimes the trees
grow so large that planks four feet broad
and ten in length can be cut from one Of
them. These broad planks are principally
used to make the tops of pianofortes. When
growing in the forest, the rosewood tree is
remarkable for its beauty, but such is its
value in manufactures as an ornamental
wood that some Of the forests where it
once grew abundantly now have scarcely
single specimen. In Madras, the gov
ernment has prudently had great planta-
tions of this tree set out, in order to keep
up the supply.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09
GALL RIGHTEE."-The Vallejo Inde-

"ALL RIGHTEE. Vallejo Inde-
pendent tells the follow ng good story:
A laugbabe incident occurred one even
ing recently. on the up train to Sacra-
mento. There were two seats In the car
turned SO as to face each other. One was
occupied by lady and the other o.
Chinaman. Evidently the lady did not
relish the presence of the Chinaman, aud
set her wits to work to oust him out. She
succeeded about as follows:
Motioning the Chinaman to rise, she ex-
planned to him that she wanted to take the
cushions and their frames, and place them
Iepgthwise across from seat to seat John
said all rightee," and got out in the
aisle while she placed the seats as above
described, and then proceeded to lie down
on the bed thus improVised, with her
head resting on her valise.
She supposed that the Chinaman would
at once take the hint that the lady wanted
to rest, in the space usually occupied By
four persons. But John hadn't heard of
the woman's rights movement, and at once
proceeded to crawl in and stretch himself
BY her side with his head on little bun
die of his own. The Chinese are N imi-
tative race, and like to do as others do, you
know.
The lady as soon as she discovered that
she had a bedtelow, got up little wildly,
and started for the next car, to the Infinite
amusement of the passengers, who had
been watching the little scene with some
interest John took no notice of the fun
he had created, but went to sleep with the
whole bed to himself.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09
AMATEUR CooPERAGE.-Puttiug a hoo

AMATEUR CooPERAGE.-Putting hoop
on the family -four barrel is an operation
that will hardly bear an encore. The
woman generally attempts it before the
man comes home to dinner. She sets the
hoop on the end of the slaves, takes de-
liberate aim with the rolling pin, and then
shutting both eyes, brings the pin down
with all the force of one arm, while the
other instinctively shields her face. Then
she makes a dive for the camphor and
unbleached muslin, and when the man
comes home she is sitting back of the
stove, thinking of St. Stehpen and other
martyrs, while burnt dinner and the cam
phor are struggling heroically for the mas
terry. He says if she had kept her tenn
per she wouldn't have got hurt. And be
visits the barrel himself, and puts the hoop
on very carefully, and adjusts it so nicely
to the top of every stave that only few
smart knocks apparently are needed to
bring it down right then he laughs to
himself to think what a fuss his wife kicked
up over simple matter that only needed
a little patience to adjust itself, and then
he gets one hammer and fetches the hoop
a sharp rap on the side, and the other side
flies up and catches him on the bridge of
the nose, filling his soul with wrath and
his eyes with tears, and the next instant
that barrel is flying across the room accom-
panied 10y the hammer, and another candi-
date for camphor and rag is enrolled in
the great army that is increasingly march
ing toward the grave.-Danbury Neps.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09
A Remarkable Story.
TWO BOYS REARED BY woLvEs-sUBsHeUESr
EFFORTS TO RECLAIM THEN.

TWO BOYS REARED BY woLvEs-SUBs1oUEN
EFFORTS TO RECLAIM THEM.
The Amherst Student contains letter
from Professor J. II. Seelye, dated ALA
hadad, India, November 25, 1872, detail
ing a strange fact which came under his
observation in his recent travels. The
professors story recalls the tradition in
regard to the infancy of Romulus and Re-
mus, and suggests that Darwin's theory Of
the descent OF man may be superseded by
another, taking the ground that the lower
creation is mans descendant rather than
his ancestor. The letter is as follows:
Mot far from Agra, in northern India
is mission station of the Church Mis-
sionary Society, connected with which is
an orphanage with several hundred chill
dren, now under the efficient care of the
Rev. E. G. Erhardt. The region around
is infested with wolves, by which, every
year, numbers Of children are carried off
and devoured. But in two instances at
least, instead of being killed and eaten the
children have been kept alive and nour-
ished with, if not by, these beasts.
Whether the story of Romulus and Re-
mus be myth or not, this is an actual
reality, for the children themselves have
been captured from among the wolves and
brought to the orphanage above mentioned.
They were both boys, and apparently Of
some seven or eight years Of age when