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MARINE INTELLTG ENCE.

MINIATURE ALMANAC-Tfus DAY
sun rscs.. 80 sun tcts..... IL Moon rset o 81
mon wATER-THIs DAY.
Sandy Hook. 10 Va Gov. Island ~ 90 Hell Gate IL
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a.-IIats for gentlemen Fall styles ready d
lowest prices r. ERNEN WEN,
liS Mas nu 81 near spI uee.
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Remarkably Efficient. The SILK Elastic Truss
told only by Elastic Truss Co., $50 Broadway, eurei
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No one should neglect n cough. Wi.tar't
Balsam of WI Il Cherry VIII chects cure
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And 20 IL il with Qurk's IRISH Te,, the great
druggists
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Don't pay s. for an inf-rior Elastic truss
when the best is Tor "a at POMEROY 5, 7i6 Broad.
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TO cITIzLSs AND STRANGERS.
KNoX's FALL HAT READY,
at &c Broadway aud under the Fifth Avenue Hotel
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LARGE stock at greatly reduced prices. BRO
kaw brothers, Fourth avenue, opposite Cooper lnss'
tute.-AdV,
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Span, tIouces.
GKANp FNTH, OEplNARy DRAWING.

GKANp ENTH,OInlNARN DRAWING.
CnEYESNt. ~ ,ro,tItc., .trrlar, sept 80 1870
tAlliAl fElI f, =. phIp.
Tlc-c'. ~ tarl, tor So = Gage on 20 tickets
bro6rrs ~ Para roH, opposite OF "'hcc.N N.cty
rwlNr,-Ellytv EtNt- sWiLL SEND
FROM SOW I'LL ,AfrGlEa I'm PRESIDENTIAL
POSTPAID 70 ,AI{ AbbRI,ss THROUGHOUT
THE lAIItn STALLS
10 CAMPAIGN D4,,rNtEJ LIKE IT,.
40 ACHES CnOiCE ORANGE LANU ron
$50. h0Nu acre 10 SELECT from. pAlN MAINS
Though tue lands "nulri lrmthy' Iiiic' mpieir.
Address, j. Is. OLlNtH. GcuI Agent fm. Lt"d AID
Immigration Co.. "a P,rN row, y. ! ,y
LIVE AND LET IIyE.-ri. tuou, oyster
House Is conducted iu lIe uIus' lifoN'l ualneri
constantly receiving 20 Nurrf ~ n-h soc continent
produces. ;. srlN,L!N -4- u.o.tN.y
THO~E WHO sItEINfEf,i OF Tux
cause OF tnrir sunrrIuEsA t4. iN ttr great ntll
ciur, "Asthc" AIutrn s?'ilt "l''r hrreuunt Ia
frer hooks nj 301 r,aINAy. 20 trs - lpn per uo.
KEEPS PNTENrPARrL\- Ank pnE"s
shlfir the yrD hr.. Tor td can ht Umthtd as tasy
a, Ernmils a hIuGn,r,Alti. b,l BOtuNalt ana h1l
Area IT,. l"ial'lpni'
KOlNL nA\A>N LOrrEKA.
% iu.Jvg
Wnl lc drawn on sept. 10 Priles csshed sra
ulrd Afo.uiiiu. .t.rl ,u-u nee.
lAlL Lon. CO., HAh ,crs,
Soil Val -" r.
$3.50, WORrH So Fails We Gcnts' SIX Hat
fiue Derby and sVit mats. 10 Sew ChureA H., W sU,
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A Card. To the Ruptured.

the celebrated Radical Cure Truss. has not opened
Office up town. and has connections whltever with
uptown concern. may be consulted only at ny
old office, Ncsvy st., Astor House. s. n MARSH.
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Mrhe IagM whlah -hLne- In Mennn,. Enc..N

A coating of diamonds on n pure crystal sur
face. Those Partisan diamonds Their lasting
quilitce equal tacr uetuuul urliaucy fur sale only
~ lachaTI Humphreys Welry store, No ~ Bro a.
way, opposite Slewarts, krw iorH. GOOu, sent g. o.
D., WIN privilege 10 examln' hefurr uains Tor thcin
send Tor Illustrated pric ist have no AZ nlb.idr
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Where Nickel Comes From.

It may not be generally known that
the nickel deposit near the the Gap,
Lancaster county. Pa, is consideIed the
largest vet discovered in the world. and
the only deposit of the ore worked in
Amerisa. The mine is on tn. high di-
viding line between Chester and Pequea
Valleys. Besides nickel. copper, iron
and limestone are found in the same To-
eslity. Nickel wax discovered here
about 1856, though copper, which is Ia
ken from the same mine, was known IN
this locality seventy years ago. The ore
has q gray color. is very heavy. and 90
hard that it 10 mined entirely BY blast
ing. Alter the ore has been broken into
small fragments it is put into kilns hold
ing eighty or ninety tons each. and sub
jected to heat produced at first by the
burning of small quantity of wood
and continued by the conversion OIL the
expelled gas. 1t is then put into 6
.melting furnace, and undergoes treat
ment similar to that of iron ore.
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A Dead Mans Broken Promise.

A jury in Cicinnnati has awarded So
600 damages to Mics Elizabeth West,
under the following circumstances, as
detailed by the Commercial of that city:
The suit was brought against Enoch
Hayes, son of Joseph Hayes. one OF the
wealthiest farmers Of Whitewater town
ship. The claim of the plaintiff was
that Ehoch Hayes entered into con-
tract of marriage with her in 1873, but
that the marriage was postponed with
out naming a particular day, and in
1874 he married Miss Miller. She
brought suit for $40. 900. Since tbs, suit
was brought the defendant, Hayes, died
and 1t became = question whether her
claim did not die with him, but Judge
Burnet hello that tine Law of Ohio was
plain that the suit could oe maintained
against the personal representative OF
the deceased. The defense denied 4
contract of marriage, and said that Miss
| West was seamstress in the family
being employed by Enoch Hayes moth.
er. They relied on the fact that she
was several years Older than the defend
ant, but the jury seems to have taken s
different view, and now the mans estate
will have to pay the plaintiffs claim"
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GERMS OF DIsEAsE.-An experiment
proving the existence ofpus and micros-
cePic germs of the lower organisms in
the air and on the walls of sick rooms
and hospitals has been tried by NJ. Ne,
preu, of the laboratory of La Pitie, and
reported TO the French Societie de la
Biologie. A square metre of the wall in
surgery-ward, which had not been
cleaned for two years, was washed with
a new sponge, which had previously
been ACQUIRED in freshly distilled water.
After washing the prescribed surface of
the wall the liquid squeezed from the
-ponge w.s snhj. cted to an immediate
examination, and was found To contain
great numbers of microct GERS (iiEv O
sixty in the field Of the mieso>c"re),
some micro -bscieris. . few epithelial
cells, few slohules of pus. some red
| globules aud sinai! nui,e,sr of bodies
of an unknown chsr,cier. This peri.
ment shows how the germs of disease
may linssr in the atmosphere of hos
pitsl or of private house, and perpetu
ate contaeion.
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CURIOUS ENCOUNTER.
Fight Between q Trout and Water
Snake.

A. ". Chase, of the United States
Coast Survey in 8 nots to the editor of
the Popular sc;escs Mo.thly, describes
as follousa cont.st which be and broth
sr officer witnessed in 1867 on the PuFis-
sima, a small trout stream ahont twenty
four miles south of San Francisco:
1--WE had bees fishing on the stream,
and came to 3 big bark which over-
looked transparent pool OF water shout
ten feet in diameter and four feet in
depth. This pool va. fringed With vii.
lows, and had on ona side a small srav
ell bank. The trout at 6rst sight was
lying in midwatsr. heading up stresm.
1t was, .s afterwards ascsrtainsd, fully
nine inches in length, q very sesirahls
prize for an angler. While studying
how to east our hies to fecur. him, n
novel fisherman appeared, and so quick
were his actions that We suspended our
own to witness them This new sneDy
of the trout was a large cater snake of
the common variety, striped black and
yellow. He swan up the pool on the
surface until ovsr the front, when he
mnde dive, and by dexterous move
msnt seized the front in such fashion
that the jaws of the snake closed its
month. The fight then commenced
| The trout had the use of it's tail and fins,
and could drag the snake from the sur
face; when near the bottom, however
the snake made use Of its tail by wind
ing i, around every stone or root that it
could reach. After securing this tail
hold it could drag the trout towards the
bank, but, Oh letting go, the trout would
have a new advantage. This battle was
continued for fully twenty minutes,
when the snake managed to get its tail
out Of the water and clasped it around
the root of one of the willows mention
as overhanging the pool. The battle
was then up, for the snske gradually
put coil after coil around the root, with
each dragging the fish towards the land
When half its body was coiled it unloos
ened the first hold and stretched the end
of its tail out in every direction, and
finding another root, make fast, and nov
using both dragged the trout ont on th,
gravel bank. 1t now had it under con
troll, and uncoiling, the snake dragged
the 6sh nearly ten feet up on the bank
and | supposed would have gorged him
We killed the snake ana replaced th
trout in the water, as We thought that h.
deserved liberty. He was apparent,
unhurt, and in few minutes dsrted of
That the water snake of our Californi
brooks will prey upon the young G
.. trout and also smaller and less activ
: fishes, / have noticed, but never hav
seen an attack on a fish so large, or NOR
" hotiv contested -
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From the New York SUM-
The Graat Cyclone in Bengal.

Later news from Southeastern Bengal
confirms previous rumors of immense
loss of life and property occasioned by
the cyclone Of October 81. Storms are
frequent enough in those latitudes, but
a Calcutta correspondent of the London
Times says that this storm was more
severe than any since the great cyclone
of 1864, and that fuller details will
doubtless show it to have been even
more destructive than that memorable
tempest.
The October cyclone arose somewhere
in the Bay of Bengal, and rushing north
ward in the track Of vessels bound for
Calcutta, dismasted many large ships
and did much other damage. But this
was trifing compared with what it did
on shore. Calcutta itself narrowly es
capped its violence. At Chittnkong il
stranded every vessel in the hsrbor, ant
almost destroyed the town. Three larg'
islands were entirely submerged by th'
storm wave, as was also the main. lane
for FIVE or six miles inland.
These islands are situated in or nea
the estuary of river Megna. They hay
been formed by the deposition Of cart
washed down by the sacred river Gange
during its periodical foundations. Th
waters Of the GanRss pour isss the Ba
Of Bengal BY fourtess principal char
nsls. Some Of these channels are. :
! narrow that the rigging Of coasting vel
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sell i. often -nt.nrl-d in The tree. on

sell il often -ntanxl-d in The trees on
the hsTk.. Plentiful supple. of fish for
the Calcnt,a market are procured in the
numerous water course. of this region,
although with difficulty and d-=:zs-s "a
cr"co.iilsA and formidable serP
abound. The fnre,is and jungles Kse
crowded with tigers and other f.rocious
snimsls, aud everywhere reisns the
deadly malaria which makes she Sun
derbuDds"-as the low, marshy lands Of
the delta are called, from being covered
with the soondru or sunder tree-ths
most inhospitable and unhealthy, as 1t is
the hottest, par. of British India. Gov
ernment has made vigorous efforts to
clear and to people the Sunderbunds. Is
has offered special inducements to set
tiers in this extensive maritime district
and it's adjacent Islands, ard relays OF
fresh victims to accident and disease
have been tempted there to ell up the
gaps left by their predecessors. A large
portion of land has been cleared, and
timber, cotton, rice, sugar cane, honey,
and the mulberry tree for feeding silk
worms, have yielded rich returns 20 en-
terprise and labor. The biggest Of the
submerged islands, Dakhin, Was eight
hundred square miles in extent, and had
a population of abou. 100000. Hat
tiah and Sundeep had-tegether about
| 100000 inhabitants. rz7 ...
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MAKE 1T PUBLIC,
SOUTH BOSTON. Feb

SOUTH BosToN, Feb. 9, 1871.
II. r STEVENS. ESQ.
Dear Sir-l have heard from very
many sources of the great success Of
VEGETINE in cases of Scrofula, Rheu-
matism, Kidney Complaint, Catarrh,
and other diseases of kindred nature.
make no hesitation in saying that
Enow VEGETINE to be the most reliable
remedy for Catarrh and General Debili.
ty.
My wife has been troubled with Ca
tarrh for many years, and at times very
badly. She has thoroughly tried every
supposed remedy that We could hear of,
and with all this she has for several
years been gradually growing worse, and
the discharge from the head was exces-
sive and very offensive.
She was in this condition when she
commenced to take VEGETINE; could
see that she was improving on the sec.
ond bottle. She continued taking the
VEGETINE until she had used from
twelve TO fifteen bottles. lam now hap.
py informing you and the public iii
you choose to make it public) that she
is entirely cured, and VEGETINE accom-
| plished the cure after nothing else
would. Hence | feel justified in saying
that VEGETINE is a most reliable RENE
dy, and would advise all suffering hu
manity to try it, for believe it to be ,
good, honest, vegetable medicine, and
shall not hesitate to recommend it.
am, &c. respectfully,
l.. c. CARDELL,
Store 35l Broadway
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Chinese Ivory Carving.
From the Virginia City Enterprise ]

From the Virginia City Enterprise.l
There is at the Office of the Consoli
dated Virginia mining Company mag
nifcent specimen of Chinese carving in
ivory. The piece of carving is about
sixteen inches in height, and is elaborate
almost beyond comprehension. AT the
base are several human figures and the
figure of horse some three inches in
height, all carefully and artistically
wrought, while at the distance of about
ten inches above is seen ball about
four inches in diameter, on the surface
of which are hundreds of human figures,
standing or reclining in inches, most
wonderful in the elaborateness and deli
cscy of the carvings surround them. In
side Of this ball are no less than twenty
one other balls s-er hollow spheres
each as delicate and beautifully wrought
as the first or outer shell. All These
spheres may be turned and moved abou
in such a way that the figures carved
on them may be seea. Above this nes
of spheres are a number of human fig
ures, all bearing the Chinese "humaI
face divine" which figures are of sbou
the same size a. those at the base. Thi
splendid specimen of Chinese workman
ship was sent to Mr.. Mackay by frien'
residing in China To carve il mus
have been the work of years.
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Potatoes, like the fat of meat. are the
heat producers for the body, and they
are therefore especially good to eat along
with lean meat, which supplies the
flesh. Meat and potatoes give about
the same nourishment ss bread, but the
potatoes must be nicely cooked to rem
der them ft for food.
The following will be found to be a
cheap and pleasant fumigator for sick
rooms, diffusing henlthful, agreeable
and highly penetrating disinfectant odor
in clore apartments, or wherever the air
is deteriorated: Pour common vinegar
on powdered chalk until effervescence
ceases, leave, leave the whole to settle
and pour off the liquid. Dry the sedi-
ment and place it in a shallow earthen
or glass dish. and pour upon it sulphurio
ncid until white fumes commence aris.
ing. This vapor quickly spreads, is
very agreeably pungent, and acts As 9
powerful purifier of vitiated air.
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A River of Ink.

Among the wonders of nature in AL
geria there is a river Of genuine ink. 1t
is formed by the junction of two streams,
one flowing from a region of ferrnginous
soil, and the other draining peat
swamp. The waters of the former are,
of course, strongly impregnated with
iron; those of the latter with gallic
acid On meeting the acid of the one
stream unites with the iron of the 9TH
er, and a true ink is the result The
banks of the united stream would be. of
all places in the world, the one for q
COLONY of authors. Fields of esparto
grass, for paper-making. might be sown
in the neighborhood; the paper mills
might be turned by t&e inky flood, and
geese might be reared to supply Quill
pens. The members OF the republic Of
letters would there do nothing all day
long but sit dangling their feet in ths
water, occasionally dipping in thei
pens-a peaceable crew, except perhap
when they would plague each other b,
reading long extracts from their unpub
lished works.-fCassells Magazine.
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PUBLIC REPORT
POLICEMAN.

/ have not enjoyed good health for
several years past, yet have not allowed
it to interfere with my labor. Every
one belonging to the laboring class
knows the Inconvenience of being oblig.
ed to labor when the body, from debili-
ty, almost refuses to perform its daily
task. ! never was a believer in dosing
with medicines; but having heard the
VEGETINE spoken of 30 highly, WAS de-
termined to try it, and shall never regret
that determination. Asa tonic (which
every one needs at some time it surpsses
anything ever heard Of 1t invigorates
the whole system; it ia great cleanser
and purifier of the blood. There are
many of my acquaintance who have ia.
ken it, and all unite in praise of it's sat.
isfactory effect.
Especially among the aged class Of
people, it imparts to them the one thing
most needful in old age-nights of calm
sweet repose, thereby strengthening the
mind az we'll as the body. One aged la
dy, who has been suffering through life
from scrofuls, and has become blind
from its effects, having tried many
remedies with no favorable result, wa,
induced by friends to try the VEGETINE
After taking few bottles, she obtained
such great relief that she expressed ;
wish for her sight, that she might b,
able to look upon the man who had sen
her such blessing.
Yours respectfully,
o. P. II. HODGE, Police Office
Station 6, BosToN, Mass, May 9, 1871.
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The Square in the Center.

In the vicinity Yamhill resides 3
shrewd but illiierate old fellow who
has amassed considerable wealth in a
small retail business, notwithstanding
his entire ignorance of the first rules Of
arithmetic. His accounts are kept with
board and a piece of chalk. HIS
memory il most remarkable, and = Ian
guage consisting Of signs Of his own
invention is his way Of keeping
debit and credit account. Some few
days since a customer called and de-
manded his bill. He was told the
amount, which va. rather more thsn he
had supposed, and asked what he had
him charged with. The merchant said
"a cheese Cheese" answered tbs
customer, 81 never bought such a thing
IN nv life. Let me see the account.
The board was shown, and behold larg,
circle was visible. The customer laugh
ed and said. "I know now, twas grind
stone purchased" "By George, that
so." said Mr.. Merchant. II forgot b
make . square hsls in she middle.
Portland (Oreeon) Standard.
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cundiIinn were, AZ best, only misty and
upde En.d. But. 81 about the time which /
xas Ia cor sign him fnrever to harbari-rn,
an incident occurred which recalled him
to- his true po-itinn. Tn. tribe of rhich
he was . member hal been for sometime
at war iih another on 4 remote part nf
the irlsnd, after . decisive battle, In
which the former were victorions, the
warriors returned 10 their town with
large train Of prisoners. They we're
greeted with loud acclsmation-, and, on
the following day, the instruments of
butchery we're were arranged, fires built,
and every preparation made for hid
eous csnnibal orgie. The scene which
followed has been 20 often described as
to require no repetition-it is enough to
say that Nick, though nearly fainting at
its horrors, was obliged, BY his fears Of
exciting against himesIf the infamed
passions of the savages, to witness the
dreadful fess, and the equally fearful
drunkenness, which ensued. His refu-
ssl to join in the horrid revelry nearly
cost him his life as it was. and only by
the interpoaition Of his guardian, the
Chief, and his elected bride, his daugh-
ter, who faced the angry people and
guelled their rage, was he preserved for
future adventures. When night came,
Nick, whose thoughts would not let him
sleep, stole away from the village, which
was wrapped in drunken 'lumber, and
repaired to favorite lookout of his up
on the hiIl-ide, overlooking the sea.
His mind. which had lain dorman;
du ring the four years of his life in that
spot, had been suddenly awakened by
the scenes Of the day, and for the first
time in years he began to think. The
| joy Of savage life had suddenly grown
distasteful to him, and, as he reflected
upon what the future might bring, he
made sudden determinations to escape
to civilized life again. Stealing down
to the beach. he secured light canoe,
embarked in it without food or water,
and padded away into the sea and dark
ness. He had no idea in what direction
the town lay, but determined on follow:
ing the coast till he reached it, and on
the third day having subsisted by run.
ming ashore occasionally and procuring
supplies Of fruit. he saw the town be-
fore hinnand an American man-of-wal
/ 10. the ,hpfbor He was kindly received
on board the vessel. where he was de
Gently clothed and restored to ali tbs
outward semblsnce of his former self
and in her he made the voyage to New
York Since then be has CONSTANT,
folIuweds the sea. and. though sometime
pining little for his former wild an'
free life, he always enters an emphati
protest against ever renewing the eSpfr
iencp.-GSidney Dickinson in Spring
p field Ms.s) Republican.
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Murder WIN Ont.

A few yearsago "August Flower" was
discovered to be certain cure for
Dyspepsia and Liver complaint, few
thin Dyspeptics made known to their
friends how easily and quickly they had
been cured by its use. The great merits
of GREENS AUGUST FLOWER became
heraled through the country by one suf
ferer to another, until, without advertis-
ing, it's sale has become immense, Drug
gists in EVERY TOWN in the United
States are selling it. No person suffer-
ing with Sour Stomach, Sick Headache,
Costiveness, palpitation Of the Heart,
indigestion. low spirits etc., can take
three doses without relief Go to your
Druggist Skinner & Bro. and get bot
tie for IS cents and try it. Sample bot
ties 10 cents.
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In San Francisco the other day an at
torney named Bancroft killed himself.
leaving among his effects the following
letter to the Coroner:
an order to save you ss much trouble
az possible, ! beg to inform you that this
is case of laudanum, taken with sui
cidal intent Reasons concern no one
but myself; still, if any one should insis,
upon having q reason, you may say ]
was driven to desperation by the Presi-
dentini muddle. and seeing no prospec,
of ascertaininE in this world who Was to
be next President, went to the next
where all things are supposed to he
known, for the information. Please ex
ert your influence with the City Faith
ers' to prevent the erection Of monu
men, over my remains; hut il 20,
should find = ~ids.spresd feeling on th'
part Of the people to mark any last rest
ing place, YOU might let Mr.. Yum
speak to Mr.. Cracker and have it fenc
ed in"