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A. Balloon Duel.

Perhaps the most remarkable duel ever
fought took place in 1903. 1t was pecu-
liarly French in its tone, and could hardly
have occurred under any other than a
French state of society. NJ. le Grandpre
and M. lie Pique had quarrel, arising out
ofjealousy concerning a lady. They agreed
to fight q duel to settle their respective
claims: and, in order that the heat Of angry
passion should not interfere with the
polished elegance Of the proceeding, they
postponed the duel for n month, the lady
agreeing to bestow her hand on the survivor
of the two, if the other was killed; at all
events. this was inferred by the two men,
if not actually expressed. The duelists
were to fight in the air. Two balloons
were constructed exactly alike. On the
day denoted, lie Grandpre and his second
and his second that of the other it was in
the garden of the Tuileries, amid an i'm
mense concord of spectators. The gentle
men were to fire, not al each other, but at
edcn OLneH b DduOOH, ia oIatf W DtluS tMeHl
down by the escape of gas; and, as pistols
might hardly have served this purpose,
each aronaut took blunderbuss in his
car. At the given signal the ropes that
retained the cars were cut, and the balloons
ascended. The wind was moderate, and
kept the balloons at about their original
distance of eighty yards apart. When half
mile above the surface Of the earth a
preeoncerted signal for firing was given.
NJ. le Pique fired but missed. M. lie
Grndple fired and sent ball through LIE
Pique's balloon. The balloon collapsed,
Le Pigue and his second were dashed to
pieces. To Grandpre continued his ascent
triumphantiy. and terminated his aerial
voyage successfully,
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Two New Banks.
from The San Francisco Chronicle.

From The San Francisco Chroniclel
From the best authority we are advised
of the immediate establishment of two new
Banks-one to be capitalized by Flood,
O'Brien, Mackey and Fair, in the sum of
$4,000, ,0o0 and to be opened at the north
east corner of Pine and Montgomery streets,
in the iron block now in process of con-
struction by that firm; and the other to be
inaugurated by E. J. Baldwin, surnamed
Lucky" with a capital of $5, 900, the
subscription books for which have already
been opened, the location of which, so far
as we know, has not yet been determined
upon. We believe the Flood and O'Brien
project is now SO far under way that it may
be regarded as fixed fact. The firm re-
felred to will write their name for one-half
the capital stock; the balance will be offer
ed to the public for general subscription.
This firm will, fro1n their own mining op-
erations, have a large volume of business
in handling the bullion produced from the
mines they control, and, with the friends
they have already drawn around them, they
will be able to concentrate the largest bank
capital upon the coast. 1t is rumored, and
we only give the matter as rumor, that
among the California Bank ring and the
old Comstock magnates there is great jeal-
ousy against the new Colnstock kings and
their friends, and that this jealousy has
promoted the severe contest that has just
been waged over Ophir and the new bonan-
"a. 1t is to be hoped that the management
of the Consolidated Virginia and California
mines will be conducted upon more honor
able principles than has heretofore charac-
terized the administration of most of the
Nevada mine, mill and railroad enterprises,
and that the new bank will be used not as
an engine to either unnaturally elevate or
depress mining stocks. but rather as an in
stitution to give solidity. security and con-
fidence to legitimate mining enterprise and
to give something like permanence to re-
spectacle mining stocks.
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Ben. Buffers Cheap Transportation.

New York Worlds Washington Letter.l
Facing the south front of the Capitol, ON
New Jersey avenue, dwelling house of
solid granite is building. It's position and
structure are remarkable enough, even were
it not the property and design of General
Butler. It is a copy, believe, Of his Low
ell house. The stone is from his Cape Ann
quarries, and he got it here in a character
istic way, according to report. When the
pedestal for the Scott monument was
shipped to Washington, Butler said he
would give the ballast il allowed to select
it, He was, and accordingly ballasted the
ship with his granite, and thus practically
solved the question Of cheap transportation.
Before his gubernatorial campaign in rs,
which was the finest field he ever had for a
display of his peculiar humor, a gentleman
told him authoritatively that if would keep
quiet there and wait until the next year he
could be Governor of Massachusetts with
out any fuss.
my FRIEND" said Butler promptly, sI'm
much obliged to you, but don't want any
thing can get without a fuss. =
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The Women Who Won't Celebrate the
Centennial.

At the Seventh Annual Session of the
National Woman Suffrage Association held
in Washington on January 18th, and which
was addressed by Phoebe Couzins, Carrie S.
Burnham, Lille Devereux Blake, Mary LIE
Favre, Mary M. Richer, Belva Lockwood,
susan B. Anthony and others well-known
in the female suffrage world, the following,
among other resolutions were unanimously
and enthusiastically adopted:
WAEREAs, It is now proposed to celebrate
its centennial birthday as free govern
ment, inviting the monarchies of the Old
World to join iii the festivities, while the
women of the country have no share in it's
blessings; therefore
ResoE0ed, That tho National Woman
Suffrage Association viii hold IL Convention
in Philadelphia on the 4th Of July, 1876, to
protest against such gross injustice, unless
Congress shall in the meantime secure to
women the rights, privileges and immuni-
ties of American citizens; and,
j.. ResoEoed, That we cordially invite all
women of the Old World and the New,
who desire freedom, to cooperate with us
in promoting the objects of the Convention
of 1876, and, to defray expenses, we request
them to forward, without delay, one dollar
each to Mrs, Ellen C. Sergeant, Treasurer
National Woman Suffrage Association, No.
3OS F street, N. w, Washington, D. G.
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How a Woman Posts a Letter.

The Detroit Free Press says: Any day
when you have time you can see hov she
does it by dropping into the Post-office
She arrives there with the letter in her
hand. 1t is sheet of note inelosed in
white envelope. She halts in front of the
stamp-window, opens her mouth to ask for
stamp, but suddenly darts away and looks
at the letter to see if she made any errors
in names or dates. 1t takes her five min
utes to make sure Of this, and then see bal
ances the letter on the end of her finger,
and awful query arises in her mind, " Per-
haps it is overweight ?" She steps to the
window and asks the clerk fhe has a three
cent stamp, fearing that he hasn't, and she
looks over every compar rtment of her porte
monnaie before she finds the change to pay
for it.
The fun begins as she gets the stamp.
She slides around to one side, removes her
gloves, closely inspects the stamp, and hes
itates whether to click - it on or wet her
finger. She finally concludes it wouldn't be
nice to show her tongue, and she vets her
finger and passes it over the envelope. She
is SO long picking up the stamp that the
moisture is absorbed, and the stamp slides
off the envelope. She tried it twice more
with the same success, and then, getting
desperate, she give the stamp lick . and
it sticks. Then comes the sealing of the
letter. She vets her finger again, but the
enyelops flies open, and. after five minutes
delay she has to pass ller tongue along tile
streak Of dried mucilage. She holds the
letter long time to make sure that tile en-
veIope is all right, and finally appears lit tile
w;ndow
..TY'
nfes cents - enough y u
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The Antiquity of Iron.


Aseordin. !. +, tile Iron Ige, a wedge or
plate Of iron has been found imbedded in
the masonry Of one Of the great Pyramids,
the indications being that it must have been
wrought in the age Of Cheops, placed By
some authorities as far back as ), 400 years
ago. This makes the use Of iron about 2, :
800 years % ,re ancient than it Is supposed
70 be, and affords opportunity for explain
ing the cutting Of the sharp and well
defined hieroglypllics on porphyry,
granite, and other hard stones employed in
the construction Of Egyptian pyr.mids.
temples, and tombs. How these could have
been cut before the age of iron, has heen i
p,lzzling question to many. Further inscs-
1igation may show iron to have been ii use
|, 1000 years ago.
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AMERICAN AUTHORS.
Literary Lives and Living.

Notwithstanding Boston's claim Of its be-
ing the home of literature, the birthplace
of science, and the patron of art, their are
quite number of authors who reside in
this city. Among them are Mr.. Richard
Fl. Stoddard, Bayard Taylor, DR.. Holland,
Edmund G. Stedman, DR.. John ". Draper,
John Hay, James Parton and others.
Edward Eggleston lives in Brooklyn,
whittier John G.. SAKE has lately removed.
George William Curtis house is on Staten
Island, where lives William Winter, and
whence G. Cranch has but lately depart
ed to Cambridge. Bret Harte's home is
now in Morristown, N. j., where he lives,
he says, Sin the only house inwhich Wash
ington never slept" Hartford has DR..
Horace Bushnell, Loaisa Bushnell, Samuel
L. Clemens, and Charles Dudley Warner.
Col. T. W. Higginson, Revt. G. T. Brooks,
Mr.. and Mrs. Greenough, and Mrs. Hunt
make Newport their home.
Longfellow lives in Cambridge, where
Quincy street. of which such boasts have
been made, has lost two of its noted resi-
dents in Professor Agassiz and Mr.. Louis
Thies; but on it are still the houses Of
Preident Eliot, Professor Pierce, and Henry
James. In Cambridge also live Horace E.
Scudder and Arthur Gilman. DR.. Holmes
is on Beacon street, Boston; Mr.. Sumner
found his home in hotel in that city; and
Mr.. Fields continues to be known for its
hospitality and valuable library. Of other
residents in Boston may be mentioned the
venerable Charles Sprague, Robert G. VIM
throp, DR.. T. W. Patterson, Mr.. Hale,
Francis Parkman, and Mr.. Motley, when
in this country. Hiram Birch lives in
Gloucester, where he is cashier Of bank,
as Sp1ague used to be in Boston; j. L.
Trowbridge lives in Arlington; Mrs. Spof-
ford and Rev. William nj. Baker il New
buryport; and Mrs. Thaxter remains at the
Isles of Shoals, for which she has remark
able affection.
Donald G. Mitchell is near New Haven,
which also counts among its near residents
Rev. J. S. C. Abbott. His brother, Jacob
Abbot5, resides in Pennington, Maine.
Concord has Mr.. Emerson, Mr.. Alcott and
Miss Alcott, who spend the winters in Bos-
ton; William Ellery Charming, F. B. San
born and Frederick Hudson. Miss Phelps
resides in Andover, with her father, Prof.
Austin Phelps. Mr.. Whittier's house, in
Amesbury, is well-known to literary pill
grims. Edmund Quiney's residence is in
Dedham, Mass. John j. Piatt and wife
have their home in Cleveland, Ohio, in the
summer, but are in Washington during the
winter. Among its other winter residents
are "Gail Hamilton of Hamilton, Mass,
and Mary Clemmer Ames, of New York.
Walt. Whitman has long held govern
ment clerkship in Washington. George
H. Boxer, when not abroad, DR.. s. Austin
AIlibone, and Mrs. r. III. Davis live in
Philadelphia. Mr.. Bsyant has long occu-
pied house at Roslyn, L. l., and his SON.
1n-law, Parke Goodwin, lives near by.
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Epidemic Among the Ugly Men in New
York.

Letter from Mrs. Burnham to ST. Louis Republican.
The men are certainly suffering from
some dreadful malignant complaint. Every
where hear tales of some petty, annoying
insult quiet ladies, in some cases middle
aged and unprepossessing women, are
receiving from men in horse-cars. You
can tuck your feet under your seat as far
as you please: your next neighbor is sure
to poke about in the straw with his No.
lbs, and make You wretched trying to
change overshoes. If the villain has a
newspaper, he opens it out wide, and let's
the hand holding it next you rest against
your arm with a gentle pressure, which in
creases from time to time as the paragraph
under consideration seems to regulate. If
the Car is crowded, he throws his arm
behind into the window, and pokes you
occasionally in the neck. He makes a
donkey of himself in a hundred ways, but
occasionally he meets his match. In
Broadway vehicle lady entered and found
seat next melaneholy-looking mana
sallow, sickly specimen. ct wouldn't be
half so bad if the nice-looking men did
these disgusting things; but they don't; it's
always the horrid ones). And this partic-
ular man was very horrld; his dress was
dismal; he wore black-worsted gloves and a
stock. A man who wears a stock is capa-
Bile of anything. But this unsuspecting
woman did not know that. She saw that
he carried in one hand five or six numbers
of Beechers "Life Of Christ" Perhaps
his baggage reassured her certainly she
felt no solicitation till she felt one pudgy
finger poke her on the shoulder She sat
forward. The pursuing finger made another
prod. She got on the very edge of the seat
and hung on by Il button Of her coat. Still
the nasty man followed her up, and this
time gave her very pronounced invitation
to fall off with the miserable old worsted
glove. This was too much, and the lady
turned round and addressed him in a loud
voice thus: Amt you Lice sort of a
man to be carrying around the Life of
Christ, and poking women in their backs 90
1t was a short but decisive oration. Every
man on the opposite side jumped to change
seats with her. The offender undertook to
make some show of defense, but he was
hustled about SO he pulled the strap and
tumbled off the step indiscriminately, amid
the jeers of the passengers, one or two of
whom expressed themselves satisfied that,
if all ladies took their cases in their own
hands in like fashion, speedy stop would
be put to the daily insults in street-cars
and stages from which they now suffer-
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NEWSPAPER DECISIONS.
EVE-ANGELICAL CORNER.
Top-dressing-Mlllinery.

op-dressing-Millinery.
A model woman-Vinnie Ream.
Aigrettes are now generally fashionable
for hair ornaments. L."-
The newest kid gloves are handsomely
embroidered ON the back. 1-
Rev. Miss Harris officiated as Chaplain
in the Maine Senate last week.
There is some probability of the revival
of crinoline in all its glory next summer.
At fashionable weddings, in Paris, the
bridesmaids are unattended by groomsmen.
A piano affords a young lady a good
chance to show her lingering and her finger
ring. .. .a.-.
The girls of Vassar College are accused
of demolishing 1864 griddle cakes per
month.
Diedrich, lately married, says: cit vas
yoost so easy os a needle Good walk oud NIT
came1's eye, as to get der behint word
init vomans."
Cause he loves she and loves him;
But they'll be better by and by.
When she cuts him and he loves L. ..
A Rochester flirt had an offer of marriage
the other evening, and rushing to the hall
she called upstairs: "Mother ! am enga-
ged to anybody now?"
Miss Addie Lake Of Hamilton called it
"cowcumber," and her enraged mother
hit her with "The History of Canada"
and broke her collar-bone.
Kentucky has always been famous for
her beautiful women, and there is some
talk of sending a few to the Centennial as
specimens of what the State produces in
that line.
The modish head-dress of the season is
constructed after this model: 1, the natural
hair; 2, the dead hair or jute; g. a hat, with
high crown; 4, mass Of flowers; 5, an
artificial insect, bird or beast; 6, an amateur
pompon; Z, two or three feathers. 1t is
heavenly.
New and exquisite Jewelry is made in
the form of butterflies some sets are of
plain gold, with very fine workmanship;
others, the butterflies having outspread
wings, are Of gold and precious stones,
darting many-colored rays; some, again,
are in silver and diamonds. -s
At a dancing party in Western Kentucky,
the other night, to which several women
came with their babies, some young men
changed the clothes Of the infants while
their parents were dancing, and mixed
them up generally. The following day
there was great row, and as the families
lived miles apart, it took several days to
| unmix the children.
Walking the streets of Cleveland the
other day a young lady met a gentleman
| whose offer of marriage she had some
| months previously rejected She had re-
pented her hastily formed decision, and
informed him of the fact in this shrewd
style: "You have no tact in matters of
love. You should have asked me again."
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a Candid Confederate.

Father Ryan used the following language
in recent lecture in New Orleans, describ-
ing the habits Of the people of different
sections under similar provocatlons: s'Here,
If one man calls another liar q duel is the
result. In the West, if you call man
liar, he knocks you down. In New York,
he will call you another. But away down
East If the term is applied, the retort viii
be: IN bet you five csuts you can't prove
it, An ex-Confederate soldier, writing
to the New Orleans Times criticises this
bosh of Father Ryan's III the following
manly style: perhaps II he had stood, AZ
80 many Of us did, on those long days Of
Frederick kshnrg and Gettysburg, under the
lire of Maine and Massachusetts, regiments,
he might have been inspired with little
more respect for Yankees. y
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VOL. 6, No. 35.
POE T RY
LITTLE GIFFEN.

DIFF C. Ticknor, of Columbus, Georgia, the a
thor OF the following poem, was surgeon in the Co
federate army. But the other day he died. This Ii
tie gem, however brief as it is, viii never die 1t
perfect in its way, unique, pathetic to tenderness
ptiful to tears:
o ut of the focal and foremost fire -
Out of the hospitals walls as dire
Smitten of grape-shot and gangrene
Eighteen battles and he sixteen
Spectre such you seldom see
Little Giffen, of Tennessee!
Take him and welcome = the surgeon said
Much your doctor can help the dead
And go we took him and brought him where
The balm was sweet on the summer air;
And we laid him down on wholesome bed
Utter Lazarus, from heel to head
And we watched the war with bated breath
Skeleton Boy against Skeleton Death
Months of torture, how many such
Weary weeks of the stick and erutch
And still CLINT of the steel-blue eye
Told of spirit that wouldn't die!
And didn't-nay, more! in deaths despite
The crippled skeleton learned to write
DEAR MOTHER: at first, of course; and then,
DEAR CAPTAIN: enquiring about the men,
Captains answer: "Of eighty and fiYe.
Giffen and are left alive p
Words of gloom from the war one day.
Johnson's pressed at the front, they say;
Little Giffen was mp and awayi-
A tear-his first-as he bade good bye,
Dimmed the CLINT of his steelblue eye;
90 Til write, if spared!'-there was news of fight
RDt none Of Giffan-ha did ot yrrtot
g ometimes fancy that were King
OF the princely Knights of the Golden Ring
With the song of the minstrel in my ear,
And the tender legend that trembles here,
Id give the best on his bended knee,
Aye, the whitest soul of my chivalry,
For-LIrrLE GIFFEN, of Tennessee
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DEPARTMENT or THE INTERIOR.

w ASA4NG1ttA. H. " ''tIi. Ios'f.
SIR: i have examined tho papers il the
ma1 ter of the apple .tion ~ 4. ]. Davis
for / 800 linear fu,t Of The Gem lode, Hell.
esaa. Montana, on appeal by the claimant
from your adverse decision of August 6,
1874.
| affil m yoar decision upon the first,
third, an, fourth points mentioned therein.
The secoa id is unnecessary to consider, as
the claima ut now asks to amend his appli-
cation so as to limit the claim to LOO
feet.
With refer snce TO the claim Of the appli-
cant that he IS entitled to q patent under
the 18th sectit n Of the actof July 8, 1870,
notwithstanding the objections you recite,
I have to say tia / he has not in my opinion
satisfactorily slloa Wn that lie or his strantors
have held and wor. ked the eliam for . period
equal TO the time b rescribesl by tie statute
Of limitations.
The papers transn lifted with your letter
OF October 18th, 10 "A, are herewith re-
turned, Very resps etfnlls.
CD a.sKo- secretaEy-
- ths Cemmissionsr D as essa ral L&ad
Q6ss
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WHAT THE WITS SAY.

| Epitaph on a fop-"AlFs well that ends
swell.-N r. Mail.
The Rev. Mr.. Murry's new watch must
have hunting case.-N 7. Commercial
Ade. ....r. .r z..5
A Cincinnati pork dealer proposes to fur
nish the world with his ought-to-buy- hog
raphy.-Speetator.
Toledo wants an Academy of Arts. It is
proposed that she start a young ladies'
boarding school.-Rom'e Sent
sLittle Nell'' got mad at Leavenworth
because their wasn't any hair-brush in her
room, and she bounced over to another
hotel at midnight's S solemn hour.-Detrost
Press.
A newspaper warmed and placed inside
the waistcoat will keep ont cold far better
than a large quantity Of clothing. Now is
the time to subscribe. Sent.
A married couple ON Floyd avenue have
not yet decided which of them ought to
build the fire of mornings. They set apart
two hours every morning to debating the
question.-Rome Sent.
General Schenck's new work on I" Draw
Poker F." is enjoying great popularity at the
West. It is used almost exclusively by the
courts in administering the oatn to wit
nesses and swearing in jufymen.-Brooktgs
argus.
M. A. Meyendorf, lately from Helena,
saws there must be mistake about the re-
port of whisky freezing in Montana, as he
never heard of it remaining in that coun-
try in one place long enough to freeze
Land Opner.
Positive, Beach; comparative, Beecher,
and now what's the superlative Com.
Ado. It's wanting in this tease. ."-Boston
Post. Pshaw Positive, Beach; compare
tive, Beecher, superlative, most beat-yer-
and the evidence not half in
The new hotel in San Francisco is to be
seven stories high, and Mansard roof is
to be built above the seventh story. The
walters will all be required to part their
hair in the middle and address the humbles
guest as " Colonel. ."-Land- Ouner.
A Nevada audience dislikes to be disap-
pointed. Three thousand persons gathered
to see a murderer hanged at Carson, and
their enjoyment was spoiled by a reprieve
from the Governor. That night party of
miners who had walked ten miles to wit
ness the execution, caught holse thief
and han ged him to tree.-N. 7. Sun.
This is the way one choir sings the first
verse of Jerusalem, my happy home"
Yise-Iuh-sah-leng, Yi@-luh-sah-leng,
D-sning jih-bzse pao-pe;
Ling-cong geo ki-x-we-tao,
Peningo ziu gyi en-we? ,.-s
The choir to which we now refer is COM
posed of Cinnamon; but there are plenty of
American choirs that sing it just as badly.
-Danbwry Neaos.
ssI declare Joseph" said Detroit mother
as she put a patch on young Joseph's pants
.sThey must have awful hard seats in
school. This is the fourth time I've had to
patch these pants in two weeks. ''They
have, MOTHER" he promptly replied; '.just
tears boy all to pieces" The old lady
ought to see him riding down hill ON a
shingle, with the American flag sticking up
along side his ear.-Det7ost Press