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NEYADA,S GREAT CAVE.

"A Monster Cavern in the Hun
Range Underground Chamber
Measure Forty by Sixty Fee,
that Scream Like Wildcats.
A correspondent of the Whine,
SSJveg State writes to that journal
scription of a mammoth cave whic
recently been discovered in the
boldt range of mountains in Neva
The entrance to the cavern is Il
about three miles northeast from
City, and about 1000 feet higher
the town, In the Humboldt range,
miles from the Central Pacific rail
1t has been known to the indians
haps for ages, and they say that
years ago it afforded a passage th1
the mountains to point oppositey
the Humboldt House now stands
Piute legend says that it has bee
home of the evil spirit for many @
atoms, and the bravest warrior
tribe will not venture near its n
for any purpose whatever. The.
that before the whites came al
them they put bad Indians in the
to appease the wrath and hunger @
spirit that inhabited it. The last
dian put III there was not as bad as
resented, and was guided to the
ing on the other side by the spirit.
cave was partially explored in 1885,
Capt. Pres colt, James A. Banks {
was since killed by the Indians
Camp Scott), and A. J. Simmons {
an Indian agent in Montana Terrific
Some time ago party of four, of W
your correspondent was one, proce
to explore the cave. We had hea
great deal about it, and were anz
to see little of it ourselves. On a
ing at the place we discovered, to
surprise, that the entrance was ff
feet above the ground rock on whici
stood. The rock rises almost per
dicularly $50 feet above the mouth
for several hundred feet on each s
Having been provided with ropes,
was thrown over point of rock w
projects over the mouth of the cav
by means of which the entrance
gained. Lighting our pitch
torches, we proceeded cautiously
single file about one hundred fee
what appeared like large mining
mel. The ceiling was from ten to
teen feet high in this distance, q
which it narrowed down to track
large enough to get through. Sudd
we came to square jump-off or per
dicular drop OF thirty feet. Again
rope was brought into requisition,
by means of it the bottom was reacl
Immediately under the road we
traversed we found large chambers,
largest of which I should Judge t.
forty feet square and sixty feet b
the entrance to which was scar
large enough to crawl through.
in this chamber we noticed VERT
ton Of the adage that constant dl
ping will wear away a stone" In
eral places drops Of water from
ceiling, which continually fell in
place-there being no air curren
change their course-had worn h
in the solid finty floor from five
seven inches deep. We explored
cave to distance of a mile from
entrance, and our lights burning
showed that the cavern is well W
lated. We did not find pass
through, though we travelled for t.
hours and a half by the watch, anc
rived at the entrance very much
tigued. We started two bats at al
three-fourths of mile from the
trance, and they screamed like wild
when they saw our lights.
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bill was passed to amend the act of June l,
1872, for the restoration to homestead entry
OF certain lands in Michigan. !. The bill au-
thorlzlng illinois to select 367 600 acres of
public lands to which she is entitled by law, was
laid on the table. :. The Speaker announced
the appointment of the select committee on
Alabama affairs, as follows: Coburn, Al
bright, Cannon, Backner, and Luttrell.
Resolutions appropriating $4,000 for the pay
ment of the expenses of each of the select
committees to Louisiana, Mississippi. and Ala
bama were adopted. Adjourned until Jan. s..
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A MAN SUBsIsTs ELEVEN DAYS ON
APPLES. -The Chicago Tribune says
A Galveston CTex.) paper records the
arrival in that city, few days ago, of
a German hailing from this city, who
had "passed" himself along with car
load of apples. He is said to have Sc
creted himself in the car in this city,
and to have subsisted upon apples dur
ing the journey, which took eleven days
and nights, for no other purpose than
to steal ride. It may be that he had
grudge against the railroad. He GER
tainly could have derived very little
pleasure from the trip.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-31

DIR. EVANS, the American Paris den
tist, had the honor of rasping the teeth
of the Prince of Wales, the other day.
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Immigration.

The report of the Chief of the Bur
of Statistics has the following tai
containing comparative statement
immigration by countries ethnologic:
grouped for the four fiscal years, fl
July 1, 1870, to June 80, 1874:
Countries etIar,oIog- c--Yeag ended June 3d..
icaIEy grouped. 1871. 1872. 1873.
and Wales. .*S5,455 1884 89,482 81
ireland. =. ....... 57,439 68,T32 1884 SO
TeutOnic: Germa-
ny, Austria and
Netherlands. SS,431 147,260 159,347 81
scandinavian:
Sweden, Norway
and Denmark. 22,132 28.575 IS 48I 10
Latin Belgium,
France, Sw1tZer-
and t oif'S! ip:4 1888 1880 28.asl d
Sclavonic: Russia
o6 aRa Poland 73ss 2 2ss5 q 838 Is
British North
American ProY-
1nceS. ........... AI,US2 4O,lIb 1851 u
Spanish and Port
uguese Colonies:
Mexico, South
America, Cuba
and Porto Rico. 1918 1880 1,T60
All other countries LAT 4 lao 5,067
Total immigrants .88l, $50 4o4, SOC ass, sos 8l8
*16,042 of this number were reported as Il
'Great Britain, not specified"
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Care of the Ear.

*16,O42 of this number were reported as Il
Great Britain, not specified"
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WISCONSIN NEWS.

CriRle.
A MAN named O'Meara living in Pleasan
Valley, Eau Claire county, was shot and
killed one night last week while reading a
paper at his table. by an unknown assassin.
The neighbors are intensely excited over the
tragedy.
MONROE j. WEATHERwAx, an esteemed
young married man, committed suicide at
Geneva Lake, last week, by taking laudanum.
No cause is assigned for the rash deed.
AT Oshkosh, the other day, VIM. Coleman
was arrested locked up over night, and fined
the next morning for using obscene language
on the stage.
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MRS. ANN EGAN, of Emmett, Dodge county.
died last week, at the advanced age of 109
years. She seems to belong to long-lived
family, as her brother, who died some three
years since, was 100 years old. Mrs. Eagan
was born in Ireland.
SAMUEn Brown, one of the pioneers of this
State, died at Milwaukee last Monday, aged
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Twice Married.

NJ. II. B. writes to the st. Louis Re
publican -"There are tragical, COM
ical ald commonplace divorce suits.
and the following certainly is as comical
as any on record. A young couple ten
years ago agreed to disagree, and she
of the firm went west to the El Dorado
of discontented wives in those days,
Chicago. Then she commenced suit,
but before it was granted he went on,
made up the peace between them. and
hand in hand they returned. Before
the year was out, however, thev quar-
relied again, and this time he didn't
reach her quick enOHgh; the bill passed,
and as a divorced woman she resided in
Boston for five years. Then In an idle
hour she answered a matrimonial or a
personal in a New York paper, CORES
ponded some months, journeyed on to
this city to meet the Adolphus of her
mature dreams, and found in him the
Ichabod of her early days. They had
lied so faithfully In their letters and so
unanimously that neither had discov-
cred the others identity. Whether the
deception had cast new light on the
subject, or whether they were convinced
that in all the world they couldn't each
dnd fool like the other, at any rate
OACO AOIO bHcy HldJcus a btCoUu W6u-
ding and q secondhand honeymoon en-
sued. But the husband speedily began
to hearse to his charmer what he con
sidered her folly in answering anony-
nous advertisements, and, instead of
retorting, as she properly could, to the
anonymous advertiser, she wept and he
buliied, and on time dragged till last
summer, when they separated, and this
spring a suit for divorce was commenced.
The parties are both wealthy; Mrs
lives in fine style at an uptown hotel
and attends to her law business. Mr.
stops with a sister in Brooklyn. Four
hearings in the suit have taken place
before a referee. At the close of the
fourth. behold the belligerent pair went
to Delmonico's to lunch together. The
anxiety and excitement of the lawyers
was something dreadful to witness.
This case has so much money it If, has
already dragged its slow length over so
much time, has so many beautiful fea-
lures, and perhaps that nightmare of the
legal profession, reconciliation, may
step in and spoil it all.
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Redemption of Land Sold for NOn-pay.
ment of United States Taxes.

The United States own lands in Vir-
ginia, South Carolina, Florida and Ten
nessee, which were bid in by the United
States commissioners at the sales held
during the rebellion for non-payment of
direct taxes. BY the act of June 8,
1872, the original owners were allowed
two wears IN which to redeem their prop
efty on payment of tax, interest and
costs of sale. The time limited for re-
demptiOn will expire in a few days, and
many have been unable to avail them
selves of the benefit of this act. This
is especially the case in South Carolina,
where the lands are wholly on the Sea
Islands; in the neighborhood of Beau
fort and Port Royal. This section was
early occupied by our troops, and the
tax commissioners, under the sanction
of President Lincoln, began a system
of confscation of the lands for the ben
eft of the colored people. Many thou
sand acres were sold in lots of ten acres
each to the enfranchised blacks. Other
sales were made to army and navy pur-
chasers and Loyal citizens. o. course it
is only the lands remaining after these
sales that can now be redeemed by the
original owners but the old plantations
have been so much cut up in this way
that the confusion of boundaries is very
great, and much difficulty has been ex-
perienced in determining to whom the
lends belonged. Besides, many of the
owners in South Carolina are so much
impoverished as to be unable at pre-
sent to pay the small amount necessary
to effect redemption. In view of these
facts the ways and means committee
have agreed TO report as an addition to
the internal revenue and tariff bill, now
under consideration in the house, an
amendment to the act of June, 1872, ex-
tending the time of redemption for one
year, with some other provisions which
will serve more fully to carry into effect
the intent of the act Wash. Special
to N y. Tribune.
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English Women.

An American lady in London, who
has seen too much or too little of her
English sisters, propounds the follow
ing conundrums
Why is it that English women seem
born to a heritage OF mammoth feet
and thick ankles, as naturally a. a baby
elephant? Why is it that the female
Briton has such an inextinguishable
lust for white lace that she decOrates
herself with it, even in the street, as
levishly es the boiled limb of a defunct
porker is decorated with white tissue
paper at a banquet of the city fathers?
WHY does she wear feathers in a mourn
ing-hat, crowning all the Grape symbol
ism of woe, as bridal favors would en-
liven a hearse? Why does she wear
CATERS so low that her ankles bulge
over the tops of her boots, like the cap
itals of Doric pillars Why does she
drape those pillars N dingy gray, in
stead of the pure white that her Ameri-
can sisters consider a prime essential Of
decencv? Why do even young girls,
richly dressed in velvet, iooped and
puffed over pretty quilted satin petit
coats, encase their ample feet in these
same gray stockings? Why hasn't the
average women of the English middle
class q ace? Why hasn't she beauty (?
Why hasn't she taste ? Why hasn't she
the dimmest shadow Of a shade of that
je ne sdis qttOi, that aerial daintiness Of
charm. of the French and American
women which is as elusive to the
searcher after the secret as Is the mystic
~ of life to the psychologist
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Condition of the Le1ees.

NJ. JEFF Thompson, chief state engi-
neer of Louisiana, reports to Gov. Kel-
logg, under date of the 9th of May, as
follows. concerning the condition of the
Mississippi levees: have just re-
turned from reconnaissance of the le-
wees and crevasses on the Mississippi
river in this sts se, and I have found
that we will require a much larger
quantity of earthwork than for several
years to give our people any promise of
safety from overflow next spring. The
tax provided to pay for the construction
of new levees viii not build one.third
of the number actu4lly needed, and I
see no safety for the state except
through the powerful hand of the Uni
ted States government, therefore must
pray you to take such steps as will pre-
sent our case to the present congress as
soon as possible, as a few days delay,
SO near the adjournment, may deprive
us of this sadly needed aid for another
year, and entail upon the present suf-
fering thousands of our people another
year of desolation and ruin. The river
actually run over about three hundred
miles of our levees, which will have to
be raised and strengthened, and the
yawning CT svasses' at Ashton, Bass,
Point Pleasant, Buckridge, Hard Times,
Disharoonn, Waterproof, Green's, Glass
cocks, Old River, MOrganza, MOrri-
sons, Point Manoir, Lobdell's, Hickey's
and Bonnet Carre will have to be closed,
besides the numerous small crevasses
and the additional number of breaks
that will occur from the caving of the
banks when the water falls, which will
Rave to be built up, as well as the nu-
merous works needed on the LafouFche,
Atchafalaya, Red River and Ouachita.
The needs for the coming Ievee season
will be not less than three millions of
cubic yards, and it is impossible for the
state to pay for one million cubic yards,
and therefore this additional amount
must either be left unbuilt, and the
state again flooded, or the general gov
ernment will have to give us its mighty
of1
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The Fastest steamer in the World.

Such is the title claimed by her
builders, in England, for a boat they
have Just built to the order of the gov
ernment of India, for service IN the
Orissa canals. The dimensions of thi-
extraordinary little vessel are Length,
81 feet beam, II feet {; draught of wa
ter, 3 feet 9 inches. The speed con-
tracted for was twenty statute miles per
hour.
The hull, the working parts of the
engines, and the propeller (Thorny-
croft's patent) are of Bessemer steel,
and TIE wood work of teak. The Off
cial trial of the boat was made on the
I4th ult.. and the results were With
tide, %. O8 mi es per hour against tide,
"a Is miles per hour f; giving a mean
speed of "a 81 miles pr hour.
In another official trial, it was shown
that the boat could keep up q speed of
D miles per hour without losing steam.
These speeds are extraordinary enough
IN themselves, but when it is considered
that they are attained by a boat only 81
feet long, they become absolutely won
derful, and far beyond anything ever
before accomplished.
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VOLUME XVI.
II 1T COMET

Is u GOMEZ They said on the banks Of the Nile,
~no looFed Tor the worlds long-promised day,
ana saw but the strife Of Egypts toll,
ana the desert sands and the mountains gray
FROM pyramid, temple, and treasured dead,
m We ask IN vain for her wisdona's plan;
A9sy tell Of the slaves and the tyrGnts dread,
Dut there was hope when that day began.
The ohaldee came with his starry lore
Ihat built up BabyIon's Gro gn and creed,
ana bricks we're stamped on the Tigris shore
Z, WIN signs that our sages scarce can read.
from Minus temple aud Nimrod's tower,
4he sway Of the old casts empire spread,
Onreasoning faith and unquestioned power:
But still 81 Is 1t come the watcher said.
The light Of Psrsiau's worshiped fame
Inc ancient bondage its Eplendor threw,
And once on the west a sunrise came
When Greece to fts freedoms trust was true
With hopes to the utmost agts dear
With human gods and gOd-like men.
n o marvel the far-0H day seemed near
To eyes that looked through her laureis than
The Roman conquered and reveled too,
I'LL honor and faith and power were gone:
Bat deeper Old Enropes darkness grew,
As wave after wave the Goth came on
The gown was learning, ths sword Was law,
The people served in the oxenis stead
But ever some geam the watchers saw
And evermOre Is 1t come - they said
Poet and seer that question caught
Above the din of iife's fears and fress
tt marched with letters, il toiIed with thought
Through schools and cTeeds that the world for
And statesmen trife and priests deceive
And traders barter our hearts away,
Yet hearts to that golden promise cleave,
Hnd still at times i" Is Il comet they say.
Thedays OF the nations bear no trace
or all that sunshine so far foretold.
The cannon speaks in the teachers place;
The age is weary with werk aud gold
And high hopes wither and memories wane;
On hearts aud affairs the fires dead.
But that brave faith has not lived in vain,
And this was all our watcher said.
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least there would be no recurrence Of
this disagreea5le phenomenon. These
hopes were unfortunately dissipated the
other day when the mountain resumed
its objectionable practices, and emitted
such volumes of boiling water that the
position of the island has become al
most unbeaTable. To add to their dis
comfort, the ground Is convulsed with
earthquakes, aud at the date of the lat
est advices the people had taken to the
open fields, where they were safer than
In their tOttering houses. A scarcity of
provisions IS added to their other trou-
bles, and without houses, without food,
and with the prospect of being either
scalded or starved to death, the con-
dition of the good peop g of Niceros is
at the present time by no means envi-
able
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Pasigraphy.

Two centuries ago Cave Beck wrote a
book explaining his scheme for an uni
versal language. A publisher ventured
TO print it, but the work fell still-born
from the press. The slow-going world
has at last caught mp with Beck. +" Pa
sigraphical unions" designed to put his
plan into practice, have been formed.
They are most numerous IN Germany,
especially IN Bavaria, but they also ex-
ist In Hungary, Russia, Italy, England
and France. Attempts are now being
made to organize unions in Montreal and
San Francisco. The plan is as follows /:
Figures are used for words. Between
4, 900 and 3, 900 words in common use
are written alphabetically and numbered
in order. a pesigraphist has but to
write the figures corresponding to the
words he wishes TO use, and every other
pasigraphist can translate the message
into his own language. We quote a
letter recently sent TO DIR. Anton Bach
maier, president of the Munich Pasi-
praphical Union
2ss7. 1884. 3255. 7O9. 24Oa. 1545, 1905. 1872 795
1928 $50, 1153, zoe, 1898, 3240, 2Ol, 40.
Translated into English, this reads
DEAR sIR-When yOu call here, I have some
small books for you.
Yours truly, SAMUEL BIRCH
The line under 553-whieh means
book, b1fch, iiVre, ete.-shows that It is
in the plural A figure denoting verb.
when marked through the center, means
the past tense. When oyerscOred, it
means the future.
The plan seems quite a good one.
The list of 5000 words once learned,
must suffice for all ordinary purposes.
MezzOfanti considered himself able 70
speak any language as scon IS be bad
learned 750 Of its words. The Eng
lish agricultural labor is said 70 use on
" $50 words IN his daily talk. Pssi-
graphy viii scarcely, however, make
the great works of literature common
property. People who think in figures
Of speech cannot readily put their
thoughts into figures that represent
words. Imagine Coleridge writing
70, SO, 7s. sz75. SIS 2O02.
954, 3275, 575, II,
/ instead Of
As idle painted ship
Upon q painted ocean
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An Uncomfortable Island

The little island of Niceros IN the
Grecian archipelago Is suffering under
a 4" constant supply" of boiling water.
Some months ago, says the Pail Mall
Gazette. the inhabitants were seriously
annoyed by a series Of earthquakes,
which did much damage, and culmin-
ated In the bursting open of the sum
NIT IN the highest peak in the island,
and flood of steam and boiling water,
which at one time led to the aPprehea-
sion that not only would the whole IS
land be destroyed, but every living
thing contained IN it. The mountain,
however. suddenly ceased to boil over,
and it was hoped that for some years at
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Aneodntes Of French Artists.

Some curious anecdotes are told Of
the leading artists and their works IN
the Paris salon. For instance, it is said
that the "Christ on the Gross" of N.
Bonnat was painted from an actual
dead body, and that the artist for a
week was forced to live in an atmos-
phere of chloride of lime Munkaezy,
the Hungarian painter, whose works
now readily command from i've to SIX
thousand dollars each, according to the
papers, and who Is making comtorta-
bic income OF some $40, 900 per annum,
was originally employed in shop of a
trunk and packing-box maker, and IT
was his skill in tracing vases and cups,
etc, on the boxes intended TO contain
ehinaware that first revealed his artistic
talent.
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The pencil zarks you sss around this
paragraph CthuH) mean that your sub
seriptior is Out or unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure IN extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons.
but cash alone win pay expenses, and
We are forced 70 adhere to q strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
aud appreciate the necessity Of such n
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor
- We enter no new names on ou<
ooohE without the money ia advSrce-
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we shall all be sorry for it. Hang the
rascal ! he will have our sympathy
when we see him figure as a co-Fespon-
dent in the divorce court, instead of
compelling our excrations as a fendish
disturber Of domestic happiness. =" Let
US hope that the majors gloomy proph-
ecy will not be fulhlled.-LOnd0n So
ciety.
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As idle - a painted ship
Upon q painted ocean

UP to October, 1870, Senator Jones
Grown Point mine had cost S623, $40 IN
assessments, and the price 0s the stock
was - per share, Of which there were
y GO. In the summer Of 1871 the
stock rose to $500 per share. The
shares have been increased to 100. 600,
and are quoted az s92 The stock
holders have realized SIS. 400, 900 in di-
vidends above outlay.
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TIE attention of CRUSADERS" Is re-
spectfuIly called to the significant coin
ciSenoe that, for some years past, the
importation of opium has increased
0ari Dassu with the advance of the
teetotal movement, one hundred and
TWENTY-FIVE tons of that narcotic solaee
being our present annual allowance,