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spots 70 the face and body. A few hairs still ad-
hered 70 the head and face, but no description
OF the face could be given. when an attempt
was made to move the body IL fell to pieces.
Searching stu further, on the opposite aide Of
the principal hut was found third shelter, In
which was still another body, In n recufnbent
position, resting against the wall, with the
hands outspread on each side as II the man had
died supporting himself in that attitude. No
other bodies were found. From the hangings
picked up along the reef II wAs considered be-
yond doubt that the vessel was brig, and that
she had been wrecked nearly year. The bull
was on the inner side OF the reef, and had proba-
bly, been driven there by hurricane. The stern
Of the vessel was 40 deep under water that the
name could not he seen, nor could II he found
on any OF the timbers which had formed the
covering OF the huts.
On returning to the Damas Kew, Hoffman re-
lated what he had seen to the Captain, and on
his arrival In SaRua Ia Grande, after rowing with
three men IN nm open boat for sixty-seve miles,
IN search Of succOr, he reported his discovery to
the American Consul. He had not heard whether
any EFFORT had since been made to ascertain the
name OF the vessel nor had he heard OF any
missing vessel whose description would CORE
spond with that Of the one he and the seamen
OF the Helen e.. Rich had found. From the fact
that not particle OF ship bread or anything
else eafahle could lie found In the neighhofhuod
Of the dead bodies, Hoffman aud his companions
were led to the conclusion that they had been
starved 90 death. he bodies were loft as they
were found.
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WRncks on rnE cUBAN COAST
An Unknown Brig ON the Dnmas Key The
Fntc of the Crow.

ffotH me krthHy lDd
On the 3Oth of October the brig Palo Alto
arrived In this port, bringing Frederick III nmgn
and three sailors Of the brig Helen G. Rich,
whirh WIS lost on tho 18th Of September on Ia.
mas Key. on The CUBAN coast. Frederi"k Iion
man. vino Il now ihc mate Of tho hrig Siran =.
Remedy, living nj tire foot Of Congress street,
Brooklyn, tells the following Interesting story in
connection with the loss Of the Helen q. Hich:
On the Il IN day after the wrecked vessel WeiI
ashore on the Ddmas Key, hoffman noticed, on
n KEY not lar away, several poles standing IN the
rocks. lie directed the attention OF the Captain
10 them, and offered u 20 out to the spot and
ascertain II another VIZ OK had taken place. A
boat was manned, and Hoffman Towcd over
Ti-h two mea, the distance belng about two
miles. On approaching the shuro they were
surprised 70 discover, totally submerged, the
hull OF All iron vessel, dismhsted, out otherwise
apparently intact.
L Don gong ashore they found many evidences
of the wreck. BITS Of masis spars and stils
ana here and there some cOrdage, were strewn
along the reef. he key was about $40 feet In
length, Near by where they had ldnucd they
saw circular structure, roughly thrown to-
Gether, Of stones piled a foot or two high, and
covered with hatches timbers, and pieces Of
canvas. These were hastily torn on, and beneath
the Vertn2s were found the bodies OF two
men, decomposed beyond recognition. They
were both dressed IN short weather jackets
ana panthloons, badly rutted by the we Their,
anu Clinging IN rays about their bodies.
HORNED by the sight, tho Bullors refused TO
touch them, HOFFMAN, despite the offensive
CONDITION OF inc remains, ex mined the cloth
Ing ia order to hnd, II possible, papers or other
effects which might contain Glow 10 their
identity, Nothing was found, however The
bodies both lay Hat on the rocks, with beds
stuffed with wool beneath them and had nil
lows stuffed with the same material under the ir
heads.
Under tho mass OF timbers and drift wood al
one side OF the nut In which the two bodies
were found another and smaller shelter was dis
covered, In which third dead body lay, olothed
IN shirt, pantaloons aud boo.s. THIS like the
othor Two, was badly decOmp osod, partly dried
enu partly roltsd, With the hssh clinging IL
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The DimcuI,y Of Getting n Good Likeness.
Iy0ri ne Atlanta Consultation.
IlnI 4. unnnn Innn - Nunli ANnaf 40

Irori ne Atlanta Constitution.
Her "young man" went West some
ing up with the country. To oXnibit his pro-
grrss IN ris last letter he sent ON bis picture.
She supposed sue was In duty bound to return
han one Of herself, so she persuaded her dad to
bring her IA yesterday ana have the likeness
struck on" Tney went into Atantas best gal
leTy, on whitehall street, and the old man, wno
had taken several drinks OF enthusiasm IN the
Cause, rem liked to tho artist:
Look ere, Mr. PicturosQuer, I've brought
our j ghe up hyar to hav her fack slmi r. TUX
Dom MS primped her up fifteen ~ give a Young
col, the b Ind staggcis. Shes my brag gal
you bet yer scopes ON III an we want ter b,v
n big TN pictur' OF her made thHt'll cost nine
cent hostage 10 kerry IL, or We dOn't want none
AT all"
AN right my dear sir; have seats" replied
the polite Photographer.
" hue the artist prepared for the work Julie
redisposed her crmps aud worked her face uD
into q gorgeous smile.
IAN ready Let us seat you here, Miss said
An aboard; Julie, plump right down IN that
parlur cheer IN front o. the little hat rack, and
mind yer don't blink onect" ordered the old
" Iherel That's right! No face little to the
rlght-look right here! Still now !"
The cloth was removed, and Just then Julie
thought " how ulnrrd sweet she'd look IN a PIC
tur, and, despite herself, the corners of her
mouth iricd to climb up her check bones. The
artist turned and close the camera, entered mis-
closet, out soon returned without any picture.
"Mnars the pictur-glmme squintl Lor',
julie wish yer granny war alive ter see one Of
yer llctulGrhtsl
"1ue picture Is spoiled. regret TO say Tho
young lady smiled Just AZ the wrong moment"
explained tho artist.
"Inar now, Jule ave hear that? Jist Mop
verse; down thar agin, will yer2 Try her agin,
uister-take another view. I'm bound TO hey'
thet pictur ur bust sumthn'v'
couldn't help II, pap 1t felt 40 funny, II
did, Julle siWpered.
Z" Felt funny, emf We'll, yer won't feel 80 fun
ny, reokin, Ct take tibet spilled pictur and post
IL 70 yer teller, win yer mouth runn,n round
yer face like ripped seam In u sack o corn
hey =
julie pumped down In the chair at the ar
fists iequesf, but looked mad.
" brighten IN thar, gal, or III Jerk yer down
right hyar, and unite thet tie back In lessn no
line an then III send thet pictur 10 Kube, by
gum, an let IN see now he likes yer looks, with
yer hungry mouth reachn round to Chaw yer
right ear On Whoa steady nOwl"
~ TINS shot the picture was struck, but IL
made julie look as solemn MS a girl trying to
think w u competition " on death"
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tisement In the Nev York Herald that n the
wife OF John Rodman, formerly OF Portland,
would apply TO a certain New York law nrm, she
would hear OF something to her advant age. Her
doctor advised her to go to New York, and she
went with her daughter. There she interviewed
the law nrm, and ascertsined that her husband
had failed to hear from her before she failed 10
hear from him. He had been with Myers, the
great American railroad speculator and made
fortune, and wanted hie family, " possible, to
Join hiG1 IN New Orleans, for which plare he was
about to sail, The mother aud daughter went
TO New Orleans, arriving there a day or two be-
pected. While out walking the daughter was
insulted by young dandy, who thought the
knocked the dandy into the gutter, and as he
turned disclosed the features Of the lonk lost
son. 1t seems that after his vessel was wrecked
he was picked up by a Norwegian vessel and
carried to = port In that country Thence no
went to Calcutta. thence to southampton. and
arrived In New Orleans the day before. A few
DAYS afterward the father arrived, and the long
separated family were reunited and happy.
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A Lons-scpara,ed Family Reunited.


PORTLAND, Me-, Noy. s.-A story has just
come 10 light that ads like novel. MIR. john
Rodman, mechanic, was a sufferer by the great
hte ., lSo; anI moved win 1ls family TO HaT-
Ing wldower with small property. Soon
atterward Mr. ltodman went to Valparaiso, leav-
Al lrst he sent money home, ana then his let
tiers ceased The brother died, and his little
property was eaten up by lawyers In the settle-
daughter, returned to Portland and became a
seanlstress. The latter part OF 1873 an English
captain took the son, boy OF fifteen, to sea with
him. he vessel was wrecked In the Gulf, and
all were supposed to be lost. The mother was
taken sick, but a physician OF this city took
aid.
A short time ago Mrs. Rodman saw an adyer-
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bad Place 10 Play Circus.

Froia ne ~. Iuui Nsidich, N0r. q.
A brakeman on the branch line or the
ST. y al ana Pacific Railroad. named Brown, y
resident OF Big Lake. ShcrOurne county met
wl,h severe and probably fatal accident at
Anoka last evening. Inc train on which
Brown was brhking was engaged In switch
ing, when he undertook the feat OF turn
ing sOmersaut from a box to a plat
form car In doing so. Brown miscalculated
the distance, and instead of alignting ON the
platform car, he fell between the two, the box
car passing over his arm between the elbow and
wrist, In addition to wncn he was terribly
bruised about the body. Brown received such
medical and AS could be extended 10y the physi-
cian at Anoka, after which he was sent to nis
nnme at n.y. IANe.
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A Colorcd Cadet Dismissed from the Navs
Academy.



The cOored cadet in the Naval Academy
Henry u. Baker Jr., from Mississippi, was dis
missed from the academy YESTERDAY BY the Sec
Rotary OF the NAVY, at the request OF the super.
lntendent This cadet - OccasiOncd continual
trouble since his entrance. more than year
ago, into the naval school. Numbers OF his
ella .ematos and others at the school have been
reported, and several even dismissed, for mo-
Testing or troubling him In various ways, but the
hypothesis that he was only an innocent victim
Of unprOvOked aagressiOns Is Jroven untenable
by the concurrent testimony OF his class, and by
the report Of n board OF inquiry In regard to the
latest difficulty In which his name appears. It
was clearly shown before the board that Baker
used, on the occasion referred to, language too
gross for publication and totally inexcus b 10,
aud this fragrant breach Of uecency, coupled
with the previous accumulation Of minor OF
fences which he has commit ed, Induced the
Superintendent to request his dismissal. Baker
Wa turned back at the end Oi the last academic
year to the class below for deficiency IN the
most important branch in the years work, that
Of Mathematical studies, and nothing upJo irs
In his record as cadet to entitle him to be con-
sidered "A creditable representative OF his race,
or u loss to the service to which he belonged.
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FORr SCOT-r. Kansas, Nov. a.-rhls morning
W. j. Pmiput ght operator az the depot this city
found ~ the door Of the ket ONCE
hands tod, gagged VITA railway spike fastened
WITT piece Of Telegraph wire; lie seemed - be In
sensible when fOunu. out soon became cUnscious and
said hat two men came into the Oince struck him
senstless aud then bound ana gagged him. The once
rubbed Of all the money II contained about tl2d
Mr. Luly the agent. charged rhilpot With taking the
money and bndilg ana gagginE himself 10 order to de-
eevc tue puOlic. philpOt acknoH edged II aud tola
where the money could % found. lie was arrestei
and lOdged IN JAIL 70 AwalI EXAMINATION.
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Gnpartn,rsgrV goiIt.s.

FINHE CO-PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing
IL pe,tween Us under the name and nrm OF Vance &
matters OF tho late rm will be settled by VIM H. CooI
VINO VIII continue the business on his own account AT
Dated Nov. b. 1876.
WIN. ". Coor. RICHARD VANCE
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J usi anp ScuHG.

4 QST On Monday, Nov 8, receipt book OF the
~ nSW dnNeh " e 1h hr ~ be rewarded
$500 EsScI 3d. left p %ise EESERM
bbova lost crossing from New YORK TO Jersey City
the owner.
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NOR SALE Two tubular boilers. 100 horse power
each. two years old three charcoal nltersi Two
eether Of sspaI.tely Apply V y. y. WELLER, As
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tOr SAT- anS 10 Err.
NusIeal snstrnm,nts.

SVUsIlHI VN5II uIItNI5'
A GREAT OFFER.-we will for few days dts
~ pose OF one hundred pianos aud organs OF nr,tclAH
makers, lcludng Water, A. over pricc3 than ever
before offered. We invite the pu1le to examine our
etocki instlnments to let; mOithly ns all meats re
celved. HORACE WATERS 4 Sons. 4St Broa iwAy.
FOR REST-U rlght. square AID gr ,nd pianos
~ OF our own make also for ale ami rent number
OF mn eecondhan ~ mos In perfect order. WILLIAM
kNAbE CO.. liz 9th ay. above 10th st.
A LADY will sell. tl25 7.oetave rosewood piAnoi
N Lighte Co.; iron iranei perfect order 2b East
Third At.
IHRISTIE'S Publications. pesu cash or
~ nTaments a. "a tory. ~ btrr Nv a. near luls0A
GOOD piano only t25 IN perfect orderi warranted.
IN seen NJ GORDON'S, 1867 Ble0cKer at.
DlANOFOR rEs anu orgaDs,-sIOo to $500 % 70
II slO monthly.
J.BiDDLE, Is waverley p ace. near broadway.
DIANOS 10 rent or sell cheap easy monthly pay.
Il mentn at MERRELL's. 4 Union square Call and see.
Il monthly rent IS. CABLES l07 West esd st
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GREAT REFLECTION In Fnro-rhe PcoPiet
NJ Line steamers 10 Aloany. state rooms wMnra
bO cts, Leaving dally (SundaYs exc ptedJ ~ T. n
from Pier Al r., foot OF Caual VI
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4srSOuII BOnt,L
A MEDICAL ESSAY.
~ Comprising series OF loot as delivered at
kAhNS MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, NEW YORK,
on the cause and cure OF dlHeases clear JnOpsis,
showing how lost health may be restored also, upon
marriages ana nervous and physical debllity ReIng
bhe result 81 twenty years medical eKperence, Pnce
- cents Address the author, Dr. L, j, KAHN. once
am residence bl East 10th 81, New York.
A LLOFFlCERs aud soldiers woun ied no weyer
~ slRhlly eau obtain . pension thrOu gh Dr. X. u
JACASON'lat surgeon US NAVY Now ChlmborssL
A LII DISEASES and complaints treated no
N c,arge unless satisfactorily cureIt advice frea
Mrs. DR.. VEST. Electrician. 100 West S5th at.
ANY ONE showing where l.. Bryant Rogers IL will
N confer favor by lnforulng
LEMUEL b ROGERS. NorthpOrt. LII.
DIsEAsRs OF MEN, Nervoa. Debility. and
~ kindred Affections, speedily and perm anently
cured by HENRY A. DANIELS NJ. D., IA Lei ngton
Av. near S0tn st Hours. sto3
II L.-CoAt right. Received. send addreas
NTEDICAL.-To the annicted.-AiI diseases ana
1Nl complaints treated fees unless cured satIs-
Actorlly consultation free by DIR. or Mira WEST ony
once 40 bleecker So, near Broauway.
SkIN PisEASEH, old ulcers, ana eruptlons cured.
- DIR. FULLER, sos Pearl st., corner PARK a.
Sablngs yauAL
GIXPENNY SAVINGS BANK,
~ Broadway and Aston place. Estlbitshed Ia6a
open daily from 10 A. N. tosP. NJ
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$out &armsglaS.


KELLY & co.
'Orner OF %. ~. aud 9th Az,
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S,bing Haatbln,s.

NtWNNY UINlUINtY.
b. b.
A RARGAIN,-A lady is compelled 90: sell ner
N Wheeler Wilson machine for 81 almost new ,
cost S66 few months extra tucker aud eorder.
No. 1897 9th st.. room 8.
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AT19l GRAND ST, n. Y; and 90 Gwlnne,t At,
N Brook Yn, and PAS ogden place, New Tx, arc the
h-st ana most reliable places 10 get new sowing ma
chine Of SINGERS BtnA. Wheeer& Wilso s. Domestic.
&C, terms 81 per weeK Machines anged, rented
and repaired We furnish plenty Of gooo paving WORK
Shirts aprons, Wrappers aud under garments given
gold hands make SIS Der wees Dest place nearly all
w piMNfRL.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-07-10
Change of Color in Fishes.

The present French Government, two
years since, sent VI. G. POuchct ON sci
cntiic mission to the laboratory of living
animals at Concarncau. lie applied linn
self to the study Of the changes of color
in fishes. In his report To the Govern
mcnt, he gives an account of the minute
anatomy Of the masses Of pigment which
arc the scat Of the colors displayed by
fishes, reptiles, and batraclIiahs, rs well
as some of the lower animals. These pig
mcnts are either liquid or solid, forming
n granular mass. The cells in which they
are contained he calls chrom06ldxta. Dur
ing life these cells arc diatcd; hut in
death they are contracted, thus producing
the lirid hue often seen III dead fishes.
This change in color is duo to the nervous
system, Of which the facts that the chro-
matte functions Of the chameleon are ar-
rested during sleep, and that the colors
oil some fishes change when they arc irri-
tatcd, are proof IL sometimes happens
that these changes Of colors are produced
with extreme rapidity by the fish simply
seeing some object which gives shock
to the brain. II is difficult to say whether
This change of color is voluntary or not
The means Of testing the action Of the
nervous system were to remove the eyes,
When this was done, the fish became OF a
color intermediate between the dirk hucs
it assumes when placed ON dark bottom,
and on lighter sandy bottom; and this
tint remained without change. He proves
that tho great sympathetic nerve produces
this color. The point Of departure, then,
of this power Of change in color is the
retina, the impressions on which, commu-
nicatcd to the brain, react in tho pigment
cells Of the skin, and the nerves regulate
the action by the great sympathetic. In
this connection, it is interesting to record
the latest discoveries concerning the blind
fish in the Mammoth Cave, Kentucky,
made by Prof. F. W. Putnam, of the Pea
body Academy Of Sciences, Salem, Mnss.
In recent exploration, hc visited several
cavcrnS never before entered. His invcs-
legations hRve resulted in finding colorcd
fish without Dyes, exploding the theory
heretofore held that all eyclcss fish are
coiorlcss, and going to prove that it is
really controlled by the great sympathetic
nerve, at least in these fishos. White fish
with eyes, and crawfish both with and
without those organs, were obtained, pre-
scnting many new features Of great inter
est to naturalists. 4 large variety of val |
liable archaeological relics were found in |
the new chambers, such as skeletons of
human beings, mounds, rude instruments,
and the likc.-LGdies' Repository.
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We are now prepared to buy and sell through
our San Francisco brokers any stock dealt In
G The Board, and urSa the usunl terms and
conditions. Daily quotations Of stocks re.
te'Ssd direct from tho Board while In session.
The favorable Developments in our home
mining interests, and the fact that some of
our home stocks will soon bc placed upon the
Hoard, together with The growing disposition
Of all classes, whether mining, mechanical or
mercantile, to deal To u limited extent Ia the
great and all absorbing interest Of the State,
IA well as the fact that such transactions,
heretofore unfhvorabIy regarded by the more
conservative, are now looked upon rs lcgiil.
mate Investments, have induced us to add this
10 our other business, and thereby enable our
friends To avail themselves Of the many favor.
able opportunities every tay being offered for
profitable Investments.
NJ. P. FREEMAN, 80 MANAGER.
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The Chinese Quarter, Sun francisco.

The Chinese quarter is system Of al,
lcys and passages, labaryntllian in their
sinuoSitics, into which the sunlight never
enters; where it is dark and dismal even
Mt MONDAY. 4 stranger attempting TO
explore them would be speedily and hope.
lessly lost. Many of them seem mere
slits in the flanks Of the st1cets.-d;sty
rivulets flowing into the great stream Of
life. Often they have no cxit-terminat.
ing in foul court, n dead wall, gnm.
bling or opium den. They litcrallyswarm
with life; for this human hive is never nc
rest. Every dent and nnglc-crery nook
and Granny in tho wall-cvery foot of
ultimate problem of Mongolian existence
seems to be- how to get the greatest num-
Der Of human beings ihto,thc least posi-.
bic space. They herd together like cat.
tie in their workshops, eating-houses, and
places of social resort. A lodging
house represents an almost solid mass Of
human anatomy. The authorities, some
time since, found it necessary, for sani-
tary reasons, to pass m ordinance pre-
scribing five hundred cubic feet of air
equal to space eight feet square, to cach
person in Chinese tencmcnts; but such
contempt have these creatures for oxy-
gen, that they constantly evadc or ignore
it. You might suppose these slums would
be brecding-placcs of pcstilcncc, but such
docs not seem to be the fact. No cpl
demic has violently ragged in the Chinese
quarter. When, some years ago, tho
smallpox WIS carrying off the Caucasian,
nt the rate of nearly one hundred week,
tho Mongolian passed unharmed. This
exemption is duo partly
to the fact that all Chinnmcn arc fnocu.
lated in childhood, and that they pay
more strict regard to certain essential
sanitary laws. The bath is part of
heir religion; SO is the toothbrush, both
Of which nre daily used under all circum-
'tanccs.-Sdmu>l F'iIIidms; Seribaer for
July. .....
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II HE FIRESTDE.
Courtesy.

Nowhere is well-brcd courtesy, or the
lack of 1t, more observable than in trav-
cling. On the steamboat and in the cars
the quiet observer readily detects those
who havc been educated under refined
influences, or those who, without special
cultivation, arc possessed Of native polite
ness. 1t is not education alone, nor
wealth nor high social position, nor cost
ly trappings that make ono pleasant
travelling companion. There must exist
kindness Of feeling toward strangers,
general recognition Of equal rights in the
comforts and convcnienccs provided for
the public, and a quickeued disccrnmcnt
for the needs of others. s"Thc gentleman
who spreads out his luggage ON couple
of seats in the cars, and persistently reads
his newspaper, dctcrminately unconscious
that others who have paid as much ms he
has are looking III vain for scat, is rs
truly ill-brcd us the country girl who
noisclessly eats her pint of peanuts, seat
tcring the shells on seats and floor, re-
gardless of the annoyance she gives her
ncighbors. In this democratic country
we travel in public conycyanccs too much
us though they were our own private car
riages. How often the eleventh and
twelfth passengers in n city omnibus, who
know they have full claim to seat, are
discomforted by the outsprcad garments,
the immovablc attitudes, and blank faces
of those who happen to have entered
the stage before thcmI Common civiIity
demands that q movement be made to
give room until the compliment be filed
out; attcrward courtesy and generosity
will often prompt to attentions which
Justice may not require. II is surprising
how much the comfort and pleasure Of
any journey, whether long or short, is en-
HANGED by those little namclcss courtcsics
which arc offered instinctivcly and unof-
1iciously to strangers, by refined, we'll
bred travellers, and persons in whom M
tive tact and delicacy almost make up for
the lack of the educating and refining in
ilucnces of good society. !