The Grange advance., 1874-01-07

Preston Powers, who is son of the
late Hiram Powers, the famous sculptor,
obtained a cast of the face Of Prof. Agassiz,
intending to reproduce it in marble on his
return to Florence.
Key West, our great naval rendezvous,
is an island, four miles long and one and a
quarter broad, bounded on one side by the
Atlantic, and on the other three by the
Straits of Florida and Gulf Of Mexico. 1t
has population of 5000 souls. The
| houses are Of wood, with spacious piazzas,
| shaded by cocoa and almond trees. The
harbor is capacious, where the largest ships
can ride in safety. 1t is protected by a
fort, and has barracks, wharves, etc. Gu
ban refugees make up maj ajority Of its in
habitants since the troubles between Spain
and Cuba.
An equestrian statue Of Joan of Arc
is to be placed in the Place des Pyramids,
Rue de Rivoli, not far from the spot where
the Maid Of Orleans was wounded in 1929,
under the ramparts Of Paris. 1t will be
paid for by the municipal council, and NJ.
Jules Simon has selected NJ. Premier as the
artist.
Colonel Steinberg, who has just re-
turned from the Navigator Islands, brings
a collection Of birds as gift to Nellie
Grant, daughter Of the President, among
which there are four doves having the
plumage of the body green and that Of the
head red, and three large birds which are
considered sacred by the natives. No per-
sons save the chiefs Of the tribes are per-
mitted to catch and keep them. They are
somewhat larger than the common pigeon,
and Of dark grey color. They have been
30 trained that they will not eat food unless
it is handed to them between the thumb
and finger, and will not drink except by
slipping from the mouth OF the person who
has them in charge.
Our new Minister to Russia, writes
from St. Petersburgh that the man next to
the Emperor in importance there is Tripof,
the Chief Of Police-a man of wonderful
executive ability, always at a row, a fire,
or parade. He is always just behind the
Emperor when out, and says who may
come and who may 60, and who shall be
tried, too, think, and perhaps who may
be convicted. He is accountable to nobody
but the Emperor. l send to him to get
Americans out Of scrapes, or out of the coun-
try, or to do anything else. All know is
that it is done. His dispatch to the frontier
lets anybody in or out, or stops them for
examination. He is said to be a very just
man, as he is certainly very active one.
Talk about your sewing machine rings,
your pork corners, and even railroad mo-
nopolies, but none compare in magnitude
with the Washington (Congress) Ring; It
is the "head- centre" the founder and guar
dian Of all other monopolies, and until it is
completely broken up, the people may not
look for any great or permanent relief from
the temporary destruction of the others,
for they are but the natural outgrowth of
the former. 1t does appear that if Congress
had the least iota of respect for the wishes
of the people, the salary bill would
be speedily erased, completely blot
ted out, but we know they have not much
regard for the wishes Of the people; and
knowing, as many Of them certainly do
know, that their services will be required
no longer, they will make what they can
out Of the present.-The Granger, Macon6,
Ill.,