The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-05-13

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The SO, 900 dollars appropriated by
Congress for the relief of the sufferers
by the overflow of the Mississippi
river has been raised to 10000 dol
lars. -
1 Mrs. Parfinetun moved this spring
to house on a railroad, and she likes
it very much. 1t is so pleasant ati
sociable." she says, when Ike is OF,
to See the cars forty times day PASS
pro and con before her windows"
The owner of a popular menagerie
says that lions range in value from
800 to 1900 dollars; African lions
sometimes go higher. They live from
eight to twenty years The next most
valuable animal is the Bengal tiger,
(Which Ms enffHean t. eighteen
years. African elephants range from
500 to 1000 dollars. and live to three
score years. Camels and llamas are
worth about 200 dollars. the quagga
1000 dollars, and monkeys from p to
1000 dollars.
A unique ornament is described BY
lady writer in the Arkansas Grange:
Sew neatly and closely over the out
sue of the bowl 1 goblet (the bot
tom and stem having been broken OFF,
or any similar vessel. a piece of red
flannel, dip it in water, roll IN flax
seed, stand it inverted in saucer,
keep the saucer partly filled with wa
ter, and presently you will have a cone
81 green Ton a red gr0und@a very
| quaint but proper decoration for man
tel piece or center table.
I There il d tssJposifion in Congress
to restore the tax on tea and coffee,
aud TO devote the receipts to the de-
frayal of the expenses of the Centen-
NAL Exhibition. The tax on these
two articles, it viii be remembered,
was stricken of la lS72 when he rev.
enue derived from that source was
from 10000. 900 to $1,000, 900 dollars
per aniium With such sum we
| might not only pay for the Centennial,
but have a surplus to help the Treas
Jury in Its present straits
At Victoria, Vaneouver's Island.
says Nordhoff, you will find arrayed
to receive you the most shocking and
complete collection of ugly women i'll
| the world. These are the Indians of
this region. They are very light col
| ored; their complexion has an artif
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and unnatural in the yellow of the
faces penetrated by the rose or car
mine color Of their cheeks. They are
| hideous in all the possible aspects and
varieties of Observation-Disclosures,
squat, evil eyed. pug nosed, tawdry in
dress, ungraceful 10 every motion,
They really mar the landscape SO that
you are glad to escape from them to
the hotel. which you find a clean and
comfortable building. :
Rather an interesting ocean adven-
ture was that which befell the Amer :
lean steamship Ohio on her last trip
When about half way across fire
caught, faridown in the held, which it
was found impossible to extinguish.
So the matches were battened down
and the FIRE left to do it's work. It
might go out, or consume the ship, or
shoulder for several days without
breaking out. The vessel wa put to
her utmost speed. perfect or.ier was
maintained, and after several days she
reached Liverpool in safety Or
opening the matches the fire was found
to re still burning, portion of the
cargo and the frame work Of the YES
sci having been consumed. Steam,
pumps were brought into play and the
fire quickly extinguished. But the
latter half of that trip must have been
rather interesting to the passengers. =