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Tho Proposed Conversion Of the Sahara
DegDrt Into u Sea.

Lnft4tan Examiner.
The proposed ptcrclnE Of tlle lsthmus of Sucz
and the aelicuie Ut reconvcrtlng tho Snara intt,
o sra Inns Induced DR.. lscelanl, tho well-knuw1i
ntlvneate OF cre.naton to write warning article
ill Ills periodical, called Gtsaalhtit (s'IIeatll''
lle points tu remarkable change hi tho eliniate
Of tho Torres STRAITS, botwccn Australia and
New Guinea, which III 1tuJ were only bcset ,y
swenty-slx coral Islands, now augmented to 1G5.
The gradual deviation OF wnrt,i current of sen
water, owing to th!a successive stopping up Of
tho Torres passage. llas alrualy wrought great
alteration Of tho climate in those quarters.
Dr.. Rceam npprchends slnlEfur danger for
the European. md specially tho 0erniii,, cli-
mute from tho deviation Of tho Gulf Stream
after tho piercing Of tho Isthmus Of sucz IIu
snys Europe owes its moderate climate partly to
the wnrin-wator heating by the Gulf Strcn,
partly to the o-air heating by tho wind from
the African tlcsort.- That hot wind, known In
switzcrlard as the Fol1n, isa auow-deyourcr a,ul
aud glnctcr.aestEoycr. Without 1t, the sun
tho summer would not suffice to etop tllu
progress Of glacier formation.
Tho tcc.portoi OF Europe explains itself by
assuming that tlLe saf.ara was then covered
with 6en water. Tie ice-prrloL would return II
tue desert wcrc rcconvurtcl iuto lake. Dr..
Rcrlain, who is Il friund of fire, l!ns decidedly
a!l objection to thu extension Of tic domain Ut
fFbtGr. ~
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Tta*itvs .MJaxtnt.
Wien William the Silent iclt himself dying,
"l1uIa,l's Grcntcst warrior +" sent fur two cer.-
gyincn of tue oppps!ng religious factions utld
pajc tscln aIguc wiiicl! Ut .ilcr ereeds wHs the
right onc. III see we'll enough" said THO hnr.!-
sned unoelie,yer, when they ln.l finished tllsir
ccpt mathematics" With tiis he tur,Icd Ills
face to thu wall. III had ceased to live. re-
nlnrknb!c dependence upon the certainty Ut
mathematics
One who was not quito so confident enlcay-
0rctl to tnake " ASSURANCE doubly slIrc." 1quotu
frutn Sraligcr and Dc Thou, who botn maintain
TINT Atcronylnus CartlaN, il celebrated .lstro,l-
onler al.d mathematician, who lived In payla
toward tic middle Ut tho sxtGenth century, tltid
may by better known to students as tho liscuy-
crcr Of Cartu1s's SUSPENSION u huying foretn!d
tho day OF Ills death, by vssrlous calculations
staryud htnself to tlcntl for feas tlut lts pre-.
tlieti0n would not 1e verified, nlld that Ills be-
lnvrd sgrnru might suiTcr III consequence tilcrc-
Ut.
This might be called being tn,buel with the
spirit Of the thing; b,t think that my next
says Voltaire III Ills sDietiunalru rllos;o-
ptilque," "wroto a Ills manuscript, N. Il. l
luust hang myself wAe,! ! have finished my
conlnrntary.'" lle krpt his word III order to
have tho pleasure uf ending Ills days like lis
autllur,
Cllan,peenotz, tho secretary Of Rvarol, dur
Ing the Frti'cl revolution " 'o3, innoccntly
tei,cu: whether n sutstit,,tc w",,i I Iee5 mt i"
Andre Chu,ncr dlA unt trol,jAo hin,artf ~ fnr.
pnrrtHrinr hls fr,rnl Htn,rhrr' lin nmtnnr ~ thn
nMUutisst Il nurln mt .niii;s ;fI,n,n1, ~ 1,snnis %
uscasn,,H.n ie nnt,strnnizrtl lin n,.jt.. tr"rtv
by rcc.tinf, thc ononin. lIues of f"n tin i i'll
sccuc OF Androlrui,e.r After ,yhrI, III. H.,
risru In Tr.,nn Ilr9vrrsc' ncur ~ with % H.,
suiljotiuc was urectcI. rio l,b,nn,,s % cart wns s
1,,"t hy mi. ~ sIr,, ,st 't,rt,,,. rerIa ~
Drought to tic young auti,srs st!iaa tho v sevcutl
EIt,T,,r ~ Will Will a., ,tns.I ,,ItI -
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3D the @sAts1f nF 1h6 IFtpHf&.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1O-1n your issuc OF q few
Wheeler, late Prcsilont Of tho dciunut Flrst
National Banls Of LaCsosse, Wis, lad bcen rc.
arrested anil taken to Madison md lodged III
jail. Mysterious as It may scenl. lle Is TOW tu
be seen on tho hy-waya Of our city aga1n, loolt-
Ing moro s1lccpls', than cvcr. His tail cunlinc-
n,cnt docs not seem to layo auy visible effect IN
his health, Except to complete tho destruction
Of I'LL already ruined conscience.
1t will be remembered tlat lie, with tho aid
and encouragement Of William a. Soutor, Ut
this city, tho bank'a former President, prior to the
g. n. Wheeler administrator OF Its affairs, ctl1s,.
ptetcly glttctl thu bank ui its fut1s. Sout.,r
succeeded In couceniing Its portion of tile
b ios % .s riis c .,
ycaling the most dtaboltcal bank-ruhbory ever
pcrpgtrated III the State Of Wisconsin by
att Of bank officers. There Is no doubt illnt
Reid, scators former partner u tle bsnI; knows
tlan llc IL willing to trlt. 5oator, at tic time
of these disclosures, was iiring In luxury In this
city, IN South park arennc, and, knowing, full
we'll wliat the disclosures would reveal, nlver-
tiscd hts hume, mud It wis sull at auction, Hc
wns arrested y short time attcrw.rtl upd tos1gcl
In jail Mnhison, Wis., but Is navy, liku Wheeler,
out on batl awattiug Buit. Wheeler, not cuntcut
will; taking the dcPosltora' 'noncy un1 rntnEnt:
k41 uIliNj +HlOuS4H itta lt|tHAS w AlllI&A
tho stuck Ut ttio bunt oil tho market {bcfuru It
had leaked rtlt that It WIS worthlcss) lit such
quantities as to cnablc hin to rcapu big bonnnza.
r. T.. Race, proprietor Of tho IrvEnl: pirk Lind
closing It's doors, turned over sosnc of
this stock TO wholesale gruccry house
Of this city. Tho transaction, some say, gayu
evidence Of frnud an1 1t IL stntctl thnt tut gr1-
ecry house. hare commenced slit uEa!nst llsn
for this. 1t IL believed by many wlu urc IT.
guntntcd with the tla,lIer Il, which lse handled
toodng tho market with it and closing It out Ut
rrlces fl tradc tar below its rcgulnr quotation,
tllat they know more nbomt tIir business than
they have told. The examinations ut Mnllsnn Ut
that high otlirial position iii tho ntfa1rs Ut the
bank by ulctl1oas 80 linprrcct!cntctlIy Shameless
anu lisrcputale that 1t would bu an everlasting
stigma upun tltc Stockholders nslt! q premium OH
dishonesty should they let Wheeler utll so,,tor
60 ''srot free " without tnnklng thc1E d,sgorgc
their plumber. F1cTlM.
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refused to asalst her. On hearing
called tic pnur sl mp lclorc his ,lcsk and ask.
eli her whether lie statement ra,1e By Atr. Ne
!:r1y WIS true or mt. HIc sntl: ".tH1gr, mn
- years oil; pi,n speak English, Fr,lrl,. Her.
n1,u,', smi Italian, ni"l l!til' Spanish The
people will not take n,r buck. and n,n nj, out
!ast.' Judge Kaatnlre called the wuywari glTl
l'cl,nl tho bar, spolto to her kindly, rerlch 70
hor rcco1lecttons bf her mother anil her old
hume, at.d finally snl: "You arc too young
ntnl handsome u lllo yrot cleA death III prison,
10 you will II ynu aro brought here by. the pr
lice. t0 home a,stl try to Ito better" The puor
gtrl, with her eyes full Of ttara, caught ht the
JuuEe's hand nipl kissed It.
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.Aprulps Of flrschs sNttr,llpt tn hlow up Lnllts
blu story re!:ar,!i'ls inc VI t'aa arroup!res u!
TINT cIIne Win Mis- ttlt tlr1secuLcl. The COLI
sitAtur hui Guild year ui:i, aInl Oh tllt tluy
u Tho uttempt ht told The llursa IL u, wtl, tc
Infant n.il wait tn front Vi tho ,artlin Iure, III
tnr Boulevard tlu Te.np!e. to SEQ thu khlg pass.
It WIS Ut this spot that the lncr.lal narIl!Iie EX
plus!'si. fuo cuuspLrator rcasuslcd thus: " II
arrested, shall ba ublt tu DECLARE bcfuru the
Court that having eunt ,ny ouly son to tho PLACES
kn0wn unytlIug nf tfn uattcr aud sllall ccr-
tuinly bo acquitted by tho jury.h rhs ,nullster,
wllt'se aulo ls not REVEALED, %as not urlcstc4,
a',! strange u, sny, la child Inu mnrsu escaped
without = acruteli: "'Fhc heFu Ut tl!id tAls,"
slls 81. Aaxttnu DuetIl,p, t.is htill considered
BY lis party ~ ua hs,'.,Hs tsts .}1ri."
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BY the trcaty nf union 1t was arranged that
The scotstl pccsuge shos1lt1 u Represented by
sixteen t'cnfs elected tu represent It III tho Brit
isl Parliament. Two lratlls have 81 recently
OCCURRED TINT II will not bu possible fur tie
proper authorities Muc! longer IL delay tho is
sue VI I'LL or'lcr tor clectlng two fresh Peers, md
nlrcndy 1s.t,rll eanvasaing as hcnn quietly going
on aAonG tle few tscrS lev now) lcrrs wlio are
gtsvo part ln either House of Parliament. TIC
.lcccaso Ut tho Earl VI Leyen mud Melville, aud
uu,s Ut tho Marquis of Twoeddalc, has reduced
the rcq]stte Number Ut representative Puurs to
ths nlonlent uut uf whom tllu two varu,lcies can
bU HuilullE0.
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~ JEp1 EeiVlE3, .f0E. q.
Size WIS eiYsant!y Arts.rd. ltes walking
dress wis lata4lt Ut tllu lllest silk, aud her sai
sklu clDlk of tho dnrst fur, But when A!a was
brought leforu Justice kassnirp Ut the Washing
faee In her tluudi and 9ept. Mr. Mrlsyov, WHO
has b.,en thu Court lnGsseu.cr for liftrtil Years.
told 1utlgu Kasullra shs stury Of tho gtrlss Itfu.
Har tuther WIZ Gertaai. bunker, well known
and respestel I'll this rlty, whu lived In Secoi.l
scEted her, al &her unSlca otlu Ut tile richest
tlrlns Vi bruicss, acl:sc~tnE tu the state
mont of Mr.. afsEsoy. hare perststcntly
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-
raucrs con,atn odvcr,,srmcn,s, ,uc,, os Tin fo1.
lowing: .tIolicy-holtlrrs in the New Yorl; Life
INSURANCE Company tnny hear Of sbncshtnE 70
.,,, .ne!t advantage ~ athlrcss!flE b"X =, WIN
ntivrrtjsr"on Vii, 'a,, " ,or''. =, w"s,,l
tnrto Lii au nj .rs, ,has h. en- st,,,J,nr 1oErin
HE insurance tlrtlcs for sc,l,u time past. \
new York llfc pulfry.liulder answered u, ana
,,,., ,Ssslt ~ essuat ssntaR tna. u eo"i aSc
nnntbcr L, rtvaf 'on,nonv. M rhr rcasnns a" S wcr
that The dividends or touuscs llatl been reduced
to such small percentage TINT the change
man' ' stc ote The rsa o9scs
!ool 1or beginning sui, nMi i.!as lay tho
i3ouuuat'on 1or n!aeHmhli levy. INC game has
0eeh r!aycu out anu Is no longer lcnfea'
now LIFE INSURANCE MANAGERS NAr10E.
It IL n very remarkable fact TINT. notwIi}-
standing tho ,mneptIty Of tho tr,,ns ronttnmo5lv
.".s,a.. t,-e,..,,, 49,. ,,s.s. - .sa,1,- ,"H
fnss'as @'uue" .ne 'a'laS VI 'he 'uc-'nsuranec
'on,clals' sucn thing as large defalcation Is
pan,cs ,,ayc failed, but INSTRUMENTATION of n
i,fo nn,,ary,. f,nt,s T., t., .sss !, ,,af.Ia,
., te .', Aus ~ ste ss"eo W uci",t.
tloh 'as never pesh hcafu OF. NOW, It ~onlu oo
pleasant II the sintenacnt ended there, and We
could say trutlfuily that these earrel trusts
tarc 1ren ,rc.ncctc,, ma ,urh by uIl
49, ,rr,tst, ,,tss,. i, .u,.,.
.s.. 49,. WAN ~ ".sA HA'' .n ~ ~
s..,.'. 1Ho' s.' .,..o,..,." 49,
,,.,,','. ~ % ~ Wv ..,.,,,, n,s
To-. t....s. r,s...' ~ .a,,.. ',sna,rs t..
.s .a1s.,os " '.s ..s,, .s.'s",s,, W,',st.s.
Hss atuu"A5 'noso - - -. .ss
nss na'., u .ao "y; A"''' -. Wv . !, " ~. ~"
se'uen. "a e"u o','ea' ~ ns' 49,, "". NV,
cnn,,,a,nts yr,,i,i h.. r,air fnf"Ti,tnotciS'
i,pwt,vcr. tl,cy aru t.,nnoscd TO be cnQagcd II
outside spcc,i!ations which bring grist to their
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fatce urhlI kOQus Ill WAREHOUSES, lhu Charge Il
certain sutu for insurance. sometimes they
will protect themselves by regular policies by
thu yeur, atl co}lgrt short ratcs frutn custu.l-
rrs. but frequently tho banlt talics the whule
risk. rllrru nre warclluuscneu here who tsu tllo
salnu thing. They spetulate In tho business OF
the insurance conlpantes III tllls manner. They
taku out toliuirs upo nlcrrhandisu hold In trust
for whom 1t may eul,ccrn for say 5000 Then
ut sl.ort rutcs fur thu term Ut storage ftr atl
aggregate Ut twice t!lc hinduAt vi thu Iolit!es
held by themselves. Ot rul.rac they take tho
chaMscs upon thu possshlc loss EXCEEDING thu
snalsrr SUN tlc:sen:lEng 'slM.i thu aalse,Gs III
niuke good the d.llcrcl.rr. Their rcal Tias ~
slnall: te"plc whn islaure gotA.s III warehouses
usually insure them lur iuu vAiur, wllcrr4a
Ossiin1riIy two-tlIlr1s INSURANCE will
cover t!'e is'sSlnlc Iosa. Ihc wnrchousul,,au
to Insure fur twicu t!.r sum VI l.ls uw,, puiicirs.
Ferhaps tl!n must oinI"lan1cl Individual !.s-
slrrs In ti!s country IL tit llr.il uI TiiSuay u
Co., the jewelers., they take y!lyerwarr, ssila-
n1olIAs. IT,, upon dy!'oslt "r .l!o-keepiny, a',d
psuma '' hay O ave ave- IL iS"t e; t ins aS afsst ys
iar goods. titus t,.ss!rcs! Tor siUalUUi!
Tho Fisk Is Gllght. bit t:.e us..u! l,ret,,,utn
ts per rtpt per uMtllIln ll;',l Lie usrped ynl,l;,
ttoll. That Is GlI; lit:!r Premium urrllllt.
u4 ut lrst 10 per cont ot II IL tleaS profit u tho
Grtn.
TUE GUARDIAN nENERAL AuANcr.
This E,lgtlsh u,anager u thu tluurdian, Ut
London, Is now III tllls slty fur t4u purpose oi
seleeting u representative VI tho Co,nMny to
suucecl the reccnsly y-1eccasel ',,ulNtEcr, Mr.
Carter. Tlisrv are numerous applicants, u,ltl
0na Of the INSURANCE. journals fua.tiouxly sug-
grsts that tl,esu applicants appear so1uu linz
Saturday upondress laralr NJ lllu ccatFal 1.aFls.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-12-28

married q week, and yesterday his wife
sent him out to do the marketing. It
was Mr.. Gadsler's first experience, and
he put on an expression OF the mest
profound wisdom over every thing he
bought. ssHegot areastsof beef bigger
than the n the steward OF the Barrel
House had just bought, he ordered a
bushel of onions for dinner, and got
twesdollars' worth of salt; and finally
he wantedia gallon of vineger. The
grocer had some prime cider vinegar,
he said. Mr.. Gadsler looked at him
very knowingly, and said he would Just
taste it. The grocer handed him a
pint measure with some in. MIR. Gads-
Ter tasted, screwed up his face, and
handed back the measure, while he re-
garded the grocer with a look of lofty
disdain. You can't play such stuff
as that on me-" he said, sits soured."
The grocer humbly apologized, and
said the thunder must have done it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-12-28
Dirt as Medicin+,

Some very remarkable properties
have been discovered in the earths of
New Jersey. 1t seems to be All infalli-
BILE cure for chronic diseases, for rheu-
matism, wounds, bruises and corrupt
ing The application is very SIM
pie. The earth is bound onto the limb,
and changed once a day. Some very
extraordinary cares have been perform
ed, and people carry off quantities of
the earth and apply it at home. 1t can
be found not only by the acre, but by
the mile. 1t is as good for animals as
it is for man. A farmer had Il hog that
was fearfully lacerated. Inflammation
set in and the hog was turned out to
die. He crawled to q hollow filled with
swash. He laid himself down and con-
tinued to wallow. In three days the
Inflammation was gone. rhe animal
began to eat, and in less than a week
was perfectly cured. Whether the
medical properties are chemical or
mineral no one can tell as yet. The
farm on which this remarkable earth is
found is owned by a New York mer-
chant. His friends already distinguish
him as the Mud Doctor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-12-28
Odds and Ends

from the Burlington Hawk-eye.1
One of the members of the Indiana
Legislature is named Flye. We ex-
speeked he will make his mark in the
House. i
The question that agitates the
American people is not who is elected,
but, is Prof. Tice a silent partner in a
coal-yard?
"A new kind of non-explosive kero-
sene oil has just been brought out, and
the coroners of the republic are lust
kept busy running after f~ragmentary
grocers who, following the instructions
on the circulars, thrust red hot wires
into it to show the customer how alb
solutely safe it is.
Now, be careful. And if the worst
comes to the worst, we don't want any
of the friends and relations of the corpse
to say there wasn't fair and ample
warning. There was a heavy snow
storm yesterday, and we know the tenn
tation is great, but if any misguided
man brings to this office, with a request
of publication, one certain poem, emit
tied beautiful Snow" there will be
such a call for troops in Iowa to pun
ish a high-handed ku-klux outrage as
hasn't been known since the "Auto-
matte Welcome" shot the lightning
rod man into the MOON. You hear our
bugle.
Young Mr. Gadsler has only been
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-12-28
The Terrible Crime of a Baf1ed hus.
band.

An awful tragedy TRANSFERRED a few
days ago near Columbiana, Ala. 1t ap-
pears that a man by the name of Thorn
as Fallon had a difficulty with his wife,
and in consequence of it they separated
The wife then went to the house of Mrs.
Thomas Nelson, who is her mother.
Fallon went to Mrs. Nelson's and sought
an interview with his wife, which was
refused. He called again and was not
permitted to see her, whereupon he at
tempted to shoot his wife's mother.
Mrs. Nelson, but was thwarted in his
purpose. He then deliberately shot his
wife, who expired in about two hours.
AS a fitting termination of this tragedy,
he shot himself and died instantly
Memphis appeal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-12-28
Science and Industry.

Nearly $4,000 workingmen are out
OF employment in New York City, and
many of them are quite destitute.
Flour is cheaper. on an average in
Britain TRAN in American, while beef
and mutton, particularly the second
qualities. are very much cheaper iii the
United States than in England.
The Cambria Iron Company, at
Johnstown, Pa. have just purchased
a smoke consumer, from the use of
which they expect to save from 500
to $4,000 per year in fuel. .r.
The immense mast. crop in all the
Southern States has been equal to a
hall. croptpT corn infattening hogs. The
hog crop has been greatly increased on
this account, and less picked pork
from the West will be required
The purchasing agency of the Sow
erelgns of Industry, just opened in
Boston, expects to concentrate a whole
sale trade Of afully so, 800 ,O00. The
contributing councils in New England
number about3 80, 600 members.
Seventeen cargoes of California
wheat and flour were landed in Europe
last month, aggregating $4,000 cen
tails, worth 1921, 500. For the next six
months, at least, a cargo q day of Cali
fornia wheat will be landed at various
European ports.
The prospects of Southern indus
tries are imprOying. The rolling-mills
of Tennessee and Georgia are running
on double time, with orders ahead of
their production; five new cotton-mills
are being built in Georgia, one at At
lanta with 10000 spindles, and every
cotton-mill in the State paid 10 per
cent. or more, last year. The Eagle
and Phoenix factory of Columbus will,
when their new mill is completed, run
nearly $4,000 spindles and TO- 00 looms,
and will employ between 1000 and 1920
operatives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-12-28
Fashions i'm Stati0nt

The present styles in staff,
low English models. The p
envelopes are thick and subst
preference to iimsy thin papers
ornamentation is used, it is very
and the formula of invitations is
English, instead of wordy protest
interlarded with French phrases. {
white and grayish tints just off g
are preferred to chalk white or /
tinted pagers. The shapes are lad
letter and note. They open in the 9.
fashioned way, as the leaves of a boob
The fancy for purple and blue inks has
passed away, and black is used again.
The caprice now is for initiating the
large and angular writing of English
women, and this, it is said, is taught in
fashionable Neutrality-suspicious.. A simple
and artistic monogram, or else a single
initial, is placed in the left hand corner
at the top of the page. The newest
monograms are in blended colors, such
as silver, gold, or bronze, illuminated
with cardinal or dark Pompeian red, Dr.
Sevres blue, or perhaps violet. The
quaint Japanese monogram is narrow
and at least two inches long, and looks
well in gold with scarlet, silver with
blue, or bronze with crimson. Still an
other design is q band half an inch
wide, placed diagonally in the left-hand
corner, and on it is the name of the
writer in Japanese characters. There
are cardinal bands with the Japanese
characters in black, or gold, or silver,
very quaint and pretty, but suggestive
of fire-craeker packages and tea cad
dies. Violet or silver bands with letters
of the same color but of different shade
are in good TASTE Some young ladies
have their first name in violet or
let fac-simile of their own handwriting,
| obliquely near the top. Another orna-
ment is q cluster of small flowers
mignonnette, violet or myosotis-done
in c%olors, tied with a gold ribbon on
which the name is inscribed. These
look like wa~ter-colors painted by hand,
but they are done BY presses. In the
right corner the address is sometimes
used, giving the number and street of
city homes or the name of the country
seat. Only the initial, or monogram,
or the family crest, is used on the en-
velope. Ladies in mourning use thick
English paper tinted dark gray and
bordered with black.-New York Tri-
bume.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-12-28

son ~ compelteu ny l~1trn.1A~4 -sslre
to part with. valuable relics collected
by her during her residence at the
White House. She is now living at the
Hermitage, near Nashville, Tenn. She
married the Generals son Andrew, and
was the constant companion and friend
of the President.
"A German Publisher in Leipsig an
nounces a series Of American Humor-
lists in ten volumes, embracing Mark
Twain, T. b. Aldrich, Artemus Ward,
and Max Adeler; another of "Ameri-
can Novelists, }" including Henry James,
Jr., and Bret Harte, who is also honor
ed with two volumes apart from either
series.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-12-28

for thirty-one centuries, it j
state of preservation as
though it were just built
therefore but little reason Il
it was adorned in a most SD
ner. So, I am perfectly 81
whole interior of the gre
lined with polished plates :
brass. I believe this the
see I'M several ancient auth
Greeks had, at a very
adorned their houses in
for we can in no other W
brazen houses and chan
the ancient poets and his
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-12-28
school and Church.

Indiana has a school fund of 49,
799, 191.
There are not less than 160 differ
ent denominations in the United States.
There is to be an effort made in
the Kansas Legislature this winter to
r~e-establish the ~LeavenwOrth State Nor
NAL School.
The Trustees of Maine State Col
lege are thinking of erecting machine
shops for instruction on the Russian
plan, which has been adopted by the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Miss Fannie E. Townsley, a gradu-
ate of Wheaton College, has been work
ing successfully as an evangelist the
past three years in Maine, New Hamp-
shire, and Vermont. She is a Free
Baptist. Az
The Southern Methodist Church
has q conference composed exclusively
of Germans. 1t has IA local preachers,
1922 members, and p Sunday-schools,
with LOGO scholars.
The Baptist Association of Massa-
chusetts reports 287 churches in the
the State, PAT pastors, and 47,173 men,
bers. Che number of baptisms during
the past, year was 1868, and the amount
of money contributed $4,000
OF the q Baptist churches in New
York City, % have mortgage debts of
from $4,000 to S75, OOO. One church
was recently bought under a foreclosure
sale for $4,000, the mortgage, with in
terest, ~anlountingto $4,000.
The Boston University Women's
Education Society, headed by Mrs.
William Clatliin, has just been organ
lied, to give young women, through
loans and scholarships, the same. OPP
portunities for the highest education
as young men. About $4,000 are to
be placed in the hands OF the associa-
! ton. LII I'D t~..-r+a ...
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