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New-York tribune., 1874-07-18
COTTON MARKETS.

CoIrrpu. Juy I7-CottOu quisi Low haias lo.s -,s.y
73 b,es shipments 80 bales s'oeE 1873 5Vs7 o.s
No, JuT Il Cotton dali and e.er Mailing. lt hi
weekly receipts. bales shipments, Il9 bales stock 1874 a@i'
s,.uvt1. Js coos aur; Low Nsdnr Isi,e --eIi
receipts. 1856 shipments IJ3 oasi oes Io 'oO5 oA.'''
snRsvsPoRr July ll5 bales ship
ms5i, 40 se 'aes ~ q e toos no. @ Sag, pm.. PSI
bale. rOck 1874 So bales. 1873 500 bales
receipts - bales shipments. lAi saes ssoeE I9Ii 81 o.s
MssPaI: jay I7cot,ou uneh,nsi offerings nsh. i-@s9,
aiI Los A4a9E l2S $40 esD'i "a iS -ss, 70
ceps 456 bales shSmeuls. 81 - bales .. -.
nSs'T1s July si ss'oo l.. & s S r5 . s oi %s o
seeklv sro receipts 3sOs 10 Great Britain "a b'''
OKLsAss July l7CottOn quiet and unchanged MilaE
ao TO- so $50 Ss sss, Sss eP .0s bales so 1915
bae, eIpo, Great Britain, 20 bales essssWss 1850 e''
. IouaTIEs july l7.co,'on qqeti miilns le,ss
80 ,s b.. ss,sI 1855 5e -essy Oct reoeps coo bales.
July I7-oton dull and nominal AidAhe 7" =;
fale. spnuers 1892 bales veg 1si es
bales gross l9s bates eipor eoA'"i's' 's- ''' N '''
MobiLl Jaiy Cotton da Ndihrg is' Low M
ding li1lal5c Good OIiaar I5 g. as, r.eag- o' -', ~
bales weekly receipts 3i' bales exports oo's'" 80 oAs'
GaLyssros July l7-co,ou weak and nominal. Gosi orin,
li'e net receipts 81 ss siyP,,' $50. ~ ~ ,.,e.
SoSTOtk, July H., 3 s'so1 ia a5a ass..s ,o I,.
% bales ,.ocs 6sj bales se5g net receipts 5J'5 oA'' 'i''
coastHlse. 30sl bales; sales 300 bales ..,-
wiLsyGroS July l7-'ouon que. and non raj u ''ils
15l2c. receipts II bales s'ocA "a 1ae Ns'aF Ls' "
100 bfs. sales a 1ar-
ST Lows Jay dali AMI anehaHsed llus lo.7
.
reoep bales, shipments. 2j3 hsss sales - baieA -. I'd,
di4Hns rrcrips
bse shipmeuts l33 bales siOck 34j bales weekly ,e L.
6O7 bales: shipments s3j bales spnne~, 200 1sfs
july fl7.-spttou IuAi Mleung ~. ~
receps gross. 81 bass serkr .e rees 'J oss
gross J.. .743 bales ..,-.- -
PEoviDzScs July 17.c tronFe-Aly receipts l6 bar. sales
1900 bales stock. 10000 bales . .-.
CHARIEsroS july II. .-Cotiou weak dull. Ndlfns l5fcs
net ecepts 25B 1jO bales stock az t''' e~rA
net receipts bales, sJI bale safes 4-J'
-t-f..
a., II bsi., stock 1874 S4b2 1873 il-i b.
weeky receipts los b.issi shipments $50 bales sau 'oi
bale suiuuers. BJj bfies
IsDlASoLA Ja.y I-Co.on-sesky receipts 81 bales exports
ka
New-York tribune., 1874-07-18

partially recovered in the final dealings. The trans
actions of the day We're Insignificant in amount,
and the market was dull though prices were gener-
ally strong, the advance of the day over the closing
quotations of yesterday ranging from 20 l! per
cent rs follows: Erie, Union Pacific, and New-IOr
Central each {; G. G. and c. and Ohio and Misss-
sippi each !; Rock Island and Union Pacific, each :;
Lake Shore Pacific Mail. and Western Union each
:. Toledo and Wabash II, and Northwestern Com
mon. Il per cent. Panama declined per cent. The
opening highest lowest aud closing prices of lead
ING stncks sold today Mere as fnllnMs:
New-York tribune., 1874-07-18

The Oregon we'll 80 ~ eur
State are paving the worth or spn
command tbs city and besides there srowug d'pc-i
ton North be inIspendrut OF eT shipglhg
ttefr direct, graiag and asserting u thensey es
beorr Wool n Nes1ork from hs
citv by rail . 2o b u currency s. gob tue
re1ns making the Total cost va
from Oregon Tor resh pnent
ar add charge c b Current quotaton Sic for
Choice. 23a25e l9d2lc BURY; Oregon feees
aS2Lse Aggregate tins 400 900 n stsrsue-Lts
Clip received 1874, 2oDb bes; rplg up 90
800 y bale Equals l1i2S BOO i snpved
from Sacramento iOo0OOD t m Los AE - ana SAh
DECO 300 200 n II s descriptions say 3OOvJ u
WHISKY steady Moderate deman sales o ZOo OBJ" Al
New-York tribune., 1874-07-18
WOOL MARKET

PHILADELPHIA july 17.-Woo active prices firm 'ufpr
tuo " Oou.s t'r
50 2I5. Rx;ra. 52Gj3c Meur. jZGJ3e ,o1iie i'l. -
Y1rS Michigan Inii.ua a1d Fine +5dJuc MEDIUM Jo'
52c Co.re 45e. Combiug washed co. Comb - llFs4e t'e'
C,nad. Con hing 6Or: unwashed bf13Jc ta ni hrlu
36a37c: Tub Nashei JOd5Jc; CoorAo N-sh1 - 4'Vc ''
or.do u uwashed 22d35c; Extra and MerHo p1ii 80 .
No and >ut-r pulled 42G+s,e. Texas Fine ara ht4um =
35 TeIa Cosrse 2Oa22; California rne a1d Aeluu 50 $685.
CAIfornla. Coarse - 3lc
New-York tribune., 1874-07-18

The Philadelphia stock market is hrm Penn
syvanis skies. ll2; Philadepbia and Erie kall-
road. 19. Reading Railroad j5. Pennsylvania KALI
road, 49, Gold, 109..
The Standard Fire Insurance Company has de-
clared semi-annual dividend of five per cent pay
able on demand.
New-York tribune., 1874-07-18
And the following for CITY bank shares :

The following shows the imports of foreign dry
goods AZ the port of New-York for the week ending
July H. and since the beginning Of the year:
FOR N, Ws,h 1922. I~73. 1874.
Entered pors... $500 81 35o767 sl95l,59s
Thf".i On market. l.l3Sj52 lsj555S l'4O5.75s
J1R l.
gsisro at lbs po s7s54s6 6Ol s6757lasG $50 1856 s2t
ThfosB Oh safsot.. fSsoJ9l5 9o.eloi2I 0lO37,sV5
New-York tribune., 1874-07-18
sToCKJoBBING RAILROAD OFFICIALS.

Ch-JODDlNU hill~hDaD vi ANi-h'~''
The following article from The London Economist
shows that the management. OF mismanagemeh' Oh
railway property in the special interest of the man
ayers is not confred to the United States:
THE GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA RAHwAY.-Ihe
affairs OF the Great Western Of Canada RdlIway Coh
pany have lately been undergoing investigation pl,
sharehOders' committee for which there IN no uouDt
cause the fact that the dividend Two years as
Ga per per annum and - now oulY hilI Liat
sum- or less while the shares have fallen from 81 or
G23 to Ga The caIse of this depreca 0n the CoDAl
tee mas discovered 10 be manly the usual one OF extra
agant expansOn and ujudclOus expenditure OF CAPITA,
We trust are generally well founded In regard u ne
management OF any OF our important railways. Ane
RaIno being current the appointment Of the Com,
they nto the trnihnh
they that TIE evidence iu o0A
-
The g'tA
had been quite recently pull
but they obtained possession Of the ols h la
This book contains phrases suitable ony iof
and the result Of ther inquiries The to1mt.e nave 4O
that b has been used Tor private purps
under review snd u VS. n'oo
practice existed oi ieieg ntn1 I'M
individual members ~ The board ana "hs
rice the buness Of the company anu on
private which save uot been po4leo ln'HsA -SA
i0T bv the Committee
Great sscon having expressed The hAfyeariT met ne
in April ls73 Information with regard 10 the CopAnys AWAITS
cabed ros private this country 90
Of the ube through & Boar distinct unierst.l
that tie Board should piDl th houAD US W
receipts expenditure Immediately on ther receipt . ~
Nowslandug pledge, for furuaTv. received bv ~
April 81; And Tor MAY received uy caD
were uot published tl.l the cn4 oi june
Whilst the published weekly receipts lurng hos months sho
which withheld IRON 'u YuD
| lg reaseIt 4
New-York tribune., 1874-07-18

TIE RATE OF INTrPEsr FOR MONEY IS always an
imy ,rtant subject 10 both borrower and lender. An
abb and suggestive essay tins topic by Proi. H.
b. Elliott of the Treasury Department. read at the
Portland Scientific Meeting. Is epOrted fully III
tribune LECTURE EXTRA No. 10. Price iO cents.
Address The TRIBUNE. NeW- i Orh.
New-York tribune., 1874-07-18

Tlr '0ff0n
mar, tb1u a beIsE th- eEau- Quole-
PHEsENT DELyEar
New-York tribune., 1874-07-18

30. ss
Recepi. Shipping ports 'o.l aIe lsi .s. 20" " . @
sept. !. S7i26-6 hae' ssae tl~s "i year 5'-17'i ya
l02l7 Nesfort ll74j1 ts'i eon'o'ie ''o
30 gs5 bales v-selaFs 'fa. Fefes ~
ais reported. follows ~: Ausafi 10 selsE.s
I6S., Oe'obrr 1851 ld - a0 bre-nhef lo-t
Fr.i eal-4OU bGe Autul' l6 l.j2-i 700 Co., 1sl'enis
100 i1. Oco 10 lI-J-c -Jl 10 Deri2 p ~
5.I6c totsi bses reond esi-5 oairs Aau'i 10 u
100 DO S.pt.fuier lb1 so doe No'-lsr. 4D 5lo -V1 i
Deeembef B JI5c; total 700 tile~ F'r isine -''e pe
show Al mprOvcneni Of l-l6d3S1c y, via ONLY - .iar
business 4duI,e sales iOAoss al on bas' o. los Ma
dliuss o.o ,..... IN,
id D. tic Septenue 900 lu tlbr tH' ~ y We
October 200 l6 5i6-' Deesm,t 20J Si tos 800 b3sE
ssIc. to-day ~ n m-Jul,. 100. lb i}-s CO., lb '-c
august 400 i6932e 200 iGas 500 rs u -e i'J -.
ZOO rs l,1c; 100 l6 j-ldei 3OJ 10 J53 600 lt u
600 10 l-3ac 100 l6 5l6r selteHbe 100 ~ "e lUl
Is 400. 46a~. 900. lB -i-52c nt' lh'l- -''
is n 32c, 1000. lt'-S 700. - lj"4 e.1 's-, tm
IG lg.32e Ocobrf. BOO 10 - J.e. 200, lpIlt-t 5VD
IL l5-82ei 100 is 7-loc 100. Io lfJ-ri -" loe 10,
il 7-lG-. 100 lB 1872. Sovrnr 100 - D.crnb'f, 4DV
l6 S2c TOTAL IL 100 bales grani toiai !5,oO bate
COFFKE-TLs fof Ro s 1lHi 4 ~ absence
of ba.l-s pree, eHtfsy aoHa-l be-. % % - ii,ha
cline II fulr &c P 10 he ni'e to iof n gs
also Lille inquiry ADD u, n.flsi j. 1ani S.t-'
Ne quote id2St CeVion lSia l-c hlrca'h5 sac
22e LsgaaJrs III are J,H.ea IFq2l he .,.io D'Els3
IBL,dI7 Il 19i2d2lci tosE tcai spG-te aef
car 2le sarsEa l5G2I ~, sud Cafasos A. Isa 1oe -
CAsDLEs -Aa-nssass AIs Gfn. nh TAT tssu y. 9s'''
New-York tribune., 1874-07-18
BANKING AND FINANCIAL
PRIvcrPAL AND INTEREST IN GOLD.

PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST N GOLD.
First Mortgage Bonds of the Vermont Division OF
the Portland and Ogdens5urgh Railroad Trunk
Line. with Traffic Guarantee of Eastern Railroad
Company OF Mass. for sale by
FAmBANKs & CO., FAIRBANKS. BROvN & Co.,
81 Broadway, y. y. ? llllk-st., Boston.
New-York tribune., 1874-07-18
exchange


There is no Change 10 note IN nDney, aIu UOI-
rowers are readily accommodated good collateral
at and per cent on call. prime mercantile paper
selling at and 6. The market is without feature.
Government bonds strong and higher, the
Five-twentes Of 1861 selling up to 1l.. The follow
New-York tribune., 1874-07-18

FEIDAl, July J. l5IA
ASFs-The to-day are pAgA F0s 4le jail A4 -'i-
na lr s,esdy 80 63.c Pearls inactive.
CORN AND BROOAS-toru remains 1u, out inar'''
~ onoi4 Nes Green Hur SdlUc., New All ola M1eI ricen
51 short lOdllci aud edupqe1 a. o- Broom
ar, t.sd- a % l1 moderate demand. ~ ..
BtESWAX-The less active bui siclcF 81 'U" V
Western 81 d3jc for >ouiltfn cash .. - a..
COrfON-fLe cotton Lt - ',ii
New-York tribune., 1874-07-18
The bids for stocks at the close Of the Board we

The London market was featureless Money Is
vet reported easy in and out of Bank OF England,
and securities British and American, are reported
firm. The foreign exchange market was fir1ner. the
standard drawer shaving advanced rates to - 81 and
81 90 to the pound for long and short bills, crcum-
stance which may possibly have given the goldman
ket mole frmness, for the sales all at 10, G1o
against 1897 l09. for the last two days Yet the
market was as then void Of speculative interest On
gold loans the rates II, and per cent, paid to
have balances carried. The import entries of dry
goods at the port Of New York for the week ending to-
night were 81 954.52s. the amount marketed reclining
81 1859 The Assistant Treasurer paid out SD
900 in coin, interest the public debt and S22 900
in redemption of called 5-2Os. The days business at
the Gold Exchange Bank follows; Gold
cleared S17590,O)O; gold balances, Sl.3l9,l; cur
rency balances. 1.452,472. The following were the
quotations for god
1000 .-Io97s ll:so...l1O ,l.oo....llo e;so....l1o
iq5Iiiio i7S0..iio i:Si..iii 560i5 'i '''' aII5
The days business at the L. :. Sub-Ireasury COM
prised
coo sf33a53 3 5S 5S sa Gsa 8L 8acs 5s2 5ss 5a2 ?3
Gol 'aace... 30 6od id Customs 5otOJo %
In regard to the remark so often made that no
bids have yet been made for the new United states
five per cents ii is believed that offers viii be made
in due time and 10 the proportion of this loan to
De taken by our own people much will perhaps, de-
pend upon he gold premium. If that could be re-
duced. our people would be placed more nearly on
par with foreigners. whose money Is already
in gold decline Of even one per cent.
therefore, in the precious commodity be-
fore the day appointed for opening the bids
will be a great nducement 70 our people TO secure
portion OF this bestpaying investment Of any IN the
market that provides unquestioned security for the
principal There is a in the street to the et-
feet that a syndicate of German bankers and capt.
talists will make a bid for S50o)0OoO of the bonds
on the condition that they have "a call' upon the
remainder Of the loan. We annex closing rates OF
fnreign eXchanCe
New-York tribune., 1874-07-18

D11ag M I1t-TaI ace o DIS -111ae 0i o7 y
the Of tue stHres sieay declined
expenditure madr public further nm5-e A
iu ire market took place. &C..
one Of The directors stated haEvearv meeting On The h
October l~-2 that received 0 the eaTlu. M s
half Afforded prospect Of con'
increase the cureni half year and D. iate '
that something unforeseen occurred hr
when thev met Considerable AZ
ttou the The vdnd then announced was per
This director Of hs the 2sth o No'n
l-72 she h Of December following boo shares
- appear, the Coapauvs register. .,,.
Tie ye Of Ae Compa.s shares Targei from G22 20
&33
We fear there are very few companies where ofhcla
Information does not yet abroad somehow for stock
iobbing uses before ordinary Shareholder i male
aware OF IT, but the apparent system described I'D tnt
above instance Il. hope unusual. The statement
however is only Il ydre ana il remains % be seen
what excupatiOn the directors Of ihe above Company
who NAV be affected by the Committees remarks nave
OFF,
New-York tribune., 1874-07-18

Of thls dste: ,. ., s--.-
tu msrk quet Brewers buyiug small lots Of from I'VE 20
operate even On ta'
c mara:v-y small dee -Iest order anu when
OUT of stock The SUBJ good uOU snail; vet 1uTrEs experience
no cuy suaug themselves qu4Y aud rs nerr oN-.
holders unload ID view OF the latAs
po.uc. AMI approach 10 pr -A'1
zen genera y rrsoel 10 oder eject qmcA sales IN
tt. whole tllk ha marAet shows Ssl O Ni-A'
and reHors snica 4eacA Us i-'A l s
ft-i .-iI-i
o yrs.Y. state rave clecke4 fue 90 s-lg H proc 5
an Ice have moe apJeiIluc FrI' - reg" 'e 81
t--. 10 '-' ''P
will tem much y Au.l
New-York tribune., 1874-07-18

y or ~ ~ A.. IL ID and 10 at l5e Sperm at
2-e: Patent al s139c.. snt PArahrs At 2G127c
fLoUH AND MEAL for Flour moderate and most
zrades are lue Winter Whsa brands irregular and unsaab
shppng frauds m A. the s- the market fa
and irregular aud 20 . concession would have
Be male - A. grades ander 81 Minnesota STEADY Jli quiet Sales
We auo
New-York tribune., 1874-07-18

y Y. y il 4 llaft
lO.....jc12S
&. & l. q c
100. ...hc L p
Pac.fc K4ilralG o. No
lUO.....bc 5e3s
New-York tribune., 1874-07-18

Southern Four qne AMI the snd medium grades are ini and
heavy Choe pd Family and quiet Al be the mArse
.INr al. NJ
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-09-18

GooD ExAMPLE.-Those who visited
Commodore Vanderbllt's . rooms last week
could have seen in the ante-chamber
waiting for an audience person about
fifty years of age, understood, light hair,
quiet, and evidently we'll preserved.
When his time came he was ushered in
to the little room where the Commodore
holds court. "You don't know me-"
said the visitor, but | know you very
WE'LL" "Who are you ?" said the gruff
railroad king. II am Eaton Stone"
+" What, not Stone the great bareback
rider p Yes" was the reply. "And
what are you doing ?" " / made little
money in my business and have retired
to farm near Paterson. l have taken
with me my old horses that helped me
make what little money have. l have
built me small circus, and when my
friends come to see me treat them to
little entertainment. 1t is difficult to
tell whether myself, my friends or my
horses enjoyed the treat most" "But,
Eaton, how have you preserved yourself
so we'll" During all my circus life /
abstained from the use of all stimulat-
ing drinks and from tobacco. l found
that to be at the head of my calling it
was necessary for me to hold my nerves
in perfect control, and this l could not
do with the use of stimulants. I never
used tobacco, and never took a drop of
intoxicating drinks in my life. l am
not as rich as you are Commodore but
am quite as happy."-BurLeigh IN Bos-
ton Journal
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-09-18
Eaten by an Alligator.

A Queensland paper gives the follow
ing account: Early in April boy, aged
about fifteen years, the son of Mr.. Por-
ter of Euri Creek, was dragged by an
alligator into a water-hole close by his
fathers house. 1t appears that this boy
and his elder brother had been engaged
in getting pigs into stye, and that the
poor lad VINO is gone went into the edge
of the water.hole to wash green hide
rope which they had been using with the
pigs. While he was SO engaged his lit
tie sister, who was sitting on the bank
near by, saw the alligator seize the boy
by the leg and drag him under water.
She gave the alarm, but it was, ofcourse,
too late the brute had dragged the boy
down to the bottom, and nothing more
was seen of him for several days, when
leg and a portion of his clothing foated
to the surface. A few days later the
same paper thus records the destruction
of the alligator. The brute was over
twelve feet long, and of very great age,
probably over one hundred years. This
was indicated by the condition of his
monstrous teeth, many of which we're
gone altogether, and the remainder much
worn. He also showed scars and severe
marks of former battles, having lost
considerable portion of one side of his
snout, probably bitten off by some rival
alligator Inside the stomach was found
the skull and some of the bones of the
boy. Among the bones we're some of the
vertebra, already much worn by the ac-
ton of the stomach, and also softened,
probably by the gastric juice.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-09-18
The Canker OF Revenge.

The recent execution Of negro named
BLY, was attended with a peculiar exhi-
bition of feeling on the part of the faith
er and family of the man whom the
prisoner had been found guilty Of MUIR
dering. The father. Mr.. Carmichael,
gray headed but robust old fellow,
watched the trial like hawk, saw the
murderer of his son convicted, and hired
an extra guard at his own expense. In
the four weeks of waiting he came from
his home, forty miles away, once every
week to see that the murderer had not
tampered with his chains, and on the
day of execution he came to the gallows
with his whole family. He came in q
buggy with his wife, while his son-in-law
drove the three daughters in . rocka-
way. They drove up in front of the
scaffold and took look at it; then went
away to their stopping place. The next
that was seen of them was when an open
ing was made in the crowd to let the
crowd pass into the scaffold. The old
man Carmichael and his family came
marching in ahead of the guard, and
took their seats almost Immediately un-
der the scaffold, the old man with
Winchester rifle in his hands. When
the negro was brought out, Carmichael
cooked his gun and sat withI his eyes
fixed upon him. When the drop fell,
old man Carmichael instinctively grasp
ed his gun and rose out of his seat; but
there was no breaking of the rope. no
accident of any kind, and the vengeance
of the law and the still keener vengeance
of the Carmichaels was satisfied. When
the body was taken down and put into
the coffin, the old man came and claimed
the hangman's knot, which was given
him. He stood around the streets for
several hours with it in his hand, and
then started for home.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-09-18
Impressions of Iceland.

Bayard Taylor writes to the New York
Tribune another interesting account OF
some of his Icelandic experiences. In q
place SO remote everything bears GER
tain stamp of interest. If you step on
a blossom, it may be an artic plant, un.
known elsewhere if bird flies over.
head, it is probably an elder duck if a
boy speaks in the street, he may use
words made venerable in the Eddas Of
Sucmuno and Snorre Sturlusson. The
best houses in Reikiavik are much alike
There is usually ahsll about large enough
to pull off an overcoat in, then the re-
ception room, and beyond it the saton
where the ladies receive their guests
White curtains, pots of flowers in the
windows, carpet ON the floor, centre.
table with books and pictures are the
invariable features of this apartment
and the guest easily forgets both latitude
and locality while conversing with q
grave, earnest-faeed young lady upon
Shakespeare. German literature or the
latest music. The average stature is
short, not above FIVE feet, six inches,
complexion of a coarse, ruddy brown,
hair generally blonde and straight, eyes
blue or gray, with short, sturdy limbs,
large hands and feet. King Christian /
frank, handsome face attracted the peo.
pie, and the interest he took in all mat.
ters which concerned the people was ev.
identity not assumed. His Majesty one
day greeted blind old man, taking bis
hand. who are your" said the lat.
ter. Il am called Christian the Ninth. y
said the King. Well, taen," Bjarne
remarked, if you take blind man by
surprise, you must expect to hear such
questions"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-09-18

Of spray.
The performance lasted nearly ten
minutes, and was resumed again two or
three times after it seemed to have ceas.
ed. Two or three of the last spoutings
were the highest, and some estimated
them at fully l20 feet. Finally, the in.
dignant caldron threw out the last of it's
unclean emetic, and sank to its normal
level. The King, who had turned aside
to salute our company, was in the act of
expressing to me his admiration of the
scene, when the Little Geyser gave sud-
den signs of action. There was rush
of the whole party His Majesty turned
and ran like boy, jumping over the
gullies and stones with an agility which
must have bewildered the heavy officials.
1t was false alarm. The Little Geyser
let off few sharp discharges of stes m,
as If merely to test the pressure, and
then, as if satisfied, resumed its indolent,
smoky habit.
The cone of the Great Geyser is not
more than 20 feet high, and appears to
have been gradually formed by the de-
posit of the silicious particles which the
water holds in solution. The top is like
a shallow wash-bowl, 80 feet in diameter,
full to the brim, and slowly overfowing
on the eastern side. In the centre of
this bowl there is we'll, indicated by the
intense blue-green Of the water. and ap-
parently eight or ten feet in diameter.
1t has been sounded, and bottom-or, at
least, a change of direction-reached at
the depth of 50 feet. At the edge, where
the water is shallow, one can dip his
fingers in quickly without being scalded.
Small particles placed in the overflow
are completely incrusted with transpar-
ent silex in a day or two. Prof. Steen-
strup informed me that the water has
important healing properties. The steam
has an odor of sulpheretted hydrogen,
but the taste thereof is so soon lost that
where the stream becomes cold, we use it
for drinking and making coffee.
The party at last left the spot reluc-
family and disappointed. Nature had
no respect for royalty, ard the ebulli.
tions of the Strokr were all that the Wis.
itors were allowed to see of the remark
able phenomena connected with the Gey.
sers. Mr.. Taylor says:
1t seemed hard to leave the spot, for
the day we had spent there was perfect
in its way. All the afternoon there had
been lid of cloud over the sky, lifted
all around, over an intensely clear hori.
zon. The broad, saddle backed top OF
Hecla cleaned resplendent in the level
evening light-at first gold, then amber
then silver against the rosy air, and e
nally a strange, shining, pearly green, 6
tint never before saw. The far-away
Jokulls kept the sunshine on their gla
ciers for a full hour after 1T had disap
peared from the rest of the landscape
and it was difficult to believe that they
rose out of the lifeless deserts of the in
| terror. / never knew Hecla to be 81
clear, or the Geysers SO quiet, said Prof
Steenstrup, who had twice before visited
the spot"