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that they may have retained during thirty

that they may have retained during thirty
Or forty centuries the impression pro.
duced upon the national mind by the great
catastrophe. But wherever Sodom OF Co.
morrah are finally located, five sites must
be provided for, four of which shall rep
resent the four cities that were DESTROYED,
and one which must be in the came plan
with the rest and very near them, and also
nearer the mountain than the others, to
represent the "little city" to which Lot
fled Tor temporary refuge. The fact that
one Hebrew word has been substituted for
another identified with it in meaning.
e., katan for Zoar-ought not to be urged
as an objection to identifying Tel Ektanu
with the site OF the "little city," provided
all the other circumstances of the case point
to it as the proper one. If this tel is taken
as Zoar, it will make Ineligible what is
said of Lot when he stood with Abraham
on hill near Bethel, and looked down
the Jordan valley toward the Dead sea.
(Gen. xiii. 10. AS this verse is rendered
in our English Bible, the meaning is not
very clear; but it will become so if one
will read all the middle portion of the
verse as parenthesis, as follows: "And
Lot lifted up his eyes. and beheld all the
plain of the Jordan Ohat it was we'll wa
tered everywhere before the Lord de-
stroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as
the Garden of the Lord, like the land of
Egypt until thou contest to Zoar." The
last clause qualities the first. Lot saw all
the plain of the Jordan as far as Zoar, or
until you come to Zoar. Zoar was the
limit of his view in that direction, and
must be on the north end of the Dead Sea :;
for no human vision, unless miraculously
aided, could reach to the southern end and
distinguish anything; while from the
point where he stood the greenness and
beauty of the great Shittim plain are dis
tinctly seen. By locating Zoar at this
point, l think that light is thrown upon
the view of Moses as indicated in Deutcr-
onomy xxxiv. The statement in this pas
sage is very systematic.
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The Political Future of the United
States.

In his speech at the opening of the
Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore a
few days ago, Prof. Huxley, after refer
ring to the material resources of the
United States, said:
"To what purpose will you put this
great store of material wealth and this
vast amount of human intelligence and
capacity which is among you to deal
with? The question is one which, it
seems to me, no man has a chance Of an
swering with the remOtest probability at
the present moment. You are undertake
ing the greatest political experiment that
has ever been performed by any people
whatever You are at this present cen
tenary a Nation of forty millions of
people. AT your next centenary ra.
tional and probable expectation
may look to see you two hun
dred millions, and you have before
you the problem whether two hun
bred millions of English-speaking,
strong-willed people will be able to
hold together the form of republican in
stitutions and under the real despotism of
universal suffrage a burst of applause];
whether State rights will hold their own
against the necessary Capitalization of
great nation, if it is to act as a whole, or
whether Capitalization will gain the day
without breaking down republican insti-
buttons. The territory you cover is as
large as Europe, as diverse in climate as
England and Spain, as France and Russia,
and you have to see whether with the d.
vcrsity of interests, mercantile and other,
which arise under these circumstances,
National ties will be stronger than the
tendency to separation; and as you grow
more people, and the presence of popula
ton makes itself manifest, the specter of
pauperism will stalk among you, and you
will be very unlike Europe if communism
and socialism do not claim to be heard.
II cannot imagine that anyone should
envy you this great destiny-for great
destiny it is TO solve these problems some
way or other. Great will be your honor,
great will be your position, if you solve
them righteously and honestly; great your
shame and your misery if you fail. But let
me express my most strong conviction that
the key to success, the essential condition to
success, is one and one only; that it rests
entirely upon the intellectual clearness
and upon the moral worth of the individ-
ual citizen. Education cannot give in
tellectual clearness, it cannot give moral
worth, but it may cherish them and bring
them to the front; and in that sense the
university may be and ought to be the
fortress Of the higher life of the Nation"
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SOdOm and GOmOrrah.

Selah Merritt, in recent number of
the LOnOn At7aeneu1n, says of the sites of
these two lost cities:
l wish it understood that I do not pro-
pose to controvert the theory of any one
with regard to this vexed question, but
simply to state as briefly as possible some
of the results of my personal and careful
observations upon the ground during the
months of March and April, 1876. It is
nowhere stated in the Bible that these
cities were submerged, and their sites are
not to be looked for at the bottom of the
Dead Sea. Again, it is now established
beyond dispute, that the surface of the
Dead Sea was never less than it is at
present. During the past ages the sur
face has gradually contracted to its pres
ent limits. Consequently the theory that
the shallow water south of the peninsula
or Ell Lisan covers the sites of those
cities has no foundation. At the southern
end of the sea there is great salt marsh,
and only narrow belt of fertile land
between it and the mountains. Besides,
at that end there are no tells upon which
cites could have been built, and only very
insignificant ruins. Five sites only are
required; and at the north end of the sea
there is vast fertile plain, with four tells
(Wlthout counting Tel Nimri), upon which
are ruins, and one place besides which
has no marked tel, but where there are
ruins, !. e., Suwelmeh, or Beth Jeshimoth.
The Bible nowhere states that the sites of
these cities were destroyed; indeed, one
of the doomed cities, which was close to
the others, was saved. 1t is reasonable to
suppose that these sites were afterward
built upon, just as in the case of a burned
city in modern times men do not hesitate
to build again upon that site, provided it
is an eligible one. In the time of Moses
and Joshua, which was five centuries
nearly after the time of Lot, we find cities
upon this plain whose sites we are able to
identify beyond any reasonable doubt.
And it is perfectly natural and legitimate
to suppose that these sites had been occu-
pied from the remotest times. At the
period just referred to, the most
southern of these cities was Beth
Jeshimoth, which means house of
desolation, to which the present Arabic
name, Suwelme, i.e., dry land, desolate
place, corresponds very nearly. But if
these names are taken as significant of the
character Of the place, they are far from
being appropriate; hence ] would suggest
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pencil and Cancelled the first figure by
making line through it; she then Or
dered her to go as before, with the same
result, and again, to complete the num-
Der; she then petted her, gave her some
thing 10 eat, and babe her leave the room
and lie down, which she very gracefully
did, walking backward toward the door.
I witnessed this performance, and no
doubt the gentleman who owns the hound
will read this communication, if you see
fit to print it, and perhaps will not object
to give you similar exhibition.-St.
Paul (Ninn.) Pioneer Press and Tribune.
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WEST AND SOUTH.

Ex-Gov. HENRY A. WISE, of Virginia,
died at his residence in Richmond on the
18th, aged seventy years.
A GREENBAcK Convention was held at
Columbus, Ohio, on the 18th, at which it
was decided not to put State ticket in the
field. Electors-at-Large were chosen, and
State Executive Committee was appointed,
with Robert schilling, of Cleveland, as
Chairman, and j. L. Vandeman, of Fayette,
Secretary.
THERE were twenty-five yellow-fever in
terments a: Savannah, Ca, on the 18th.
The Governor of Minnesota has issued
proclamation offering a reward of 81 600
each for the capture Of the bandits engaged
in the Mortified affair. The First National
Bank Of Mortified has also offered reward
Of $500 each.
The Democrats Of the Fourth Illinois Dis.
trict have nominated ex-Congressman John
F. Farnsworth as their candidate for Con-
press, to succeed Gen. Hurlbut.
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FROM reports from forty-two factories
in Ohio, in 1875, the following averages
are obtained: Average number of cows at
factory, 310H; average time OF running,
eight months and four days; average
amount of milk per COW for the season,
3.642 pounds; average amount of milk
per cow, per day, 1914 pounds; average
amount of cheese per factory, for season,
lis, 092 pounds; average amount of mon
ey per factory for butter, 1892 81 amount
Of milk to pound of cheese, about 10
80 pounds; average price Of butter sold,
money per cowfor cheese, $35.25; average
bined product, Gil, 764. Sc sewerage amount
uct, $36.70.
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In the line OF wooden factories, Massa-
chusetts leads all the States, with her 429
mills. Pennsylvania stands second, New
York third. In cotton, Massachusetts,
leads with her 341 cotton establishments
of all sorts. Rhode Island stands second.
Nearly all our silk manufacturing is done
in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Connecticut and Massachusetts. Massa-
chusetts makes twenty five per cent. Of all
the paper manufactured in the United
States. Pennsylvania, Ohio and New
York are the great iron States,
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An immense bed of bituminous coal on
a stratum of over twenty feet in thickness
has Just been struck near San Benlto,
California,
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BEATING time Stealing awhile away.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-05

Ohice of the Phoebe Silver Mining
Company. Location of principal place of bus
iness, San Francisco, California; location of
works, Phoebe, Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that at meeting Of
the Board of Directors held on the fifth day OF
october. 1876, an assessment tNo. l4) Of Fifty
Cents per share was levied upon the capital
stock OF the corporation, payable Immediately,
in United States gold coin. to the Secretary at
the office of the company, Room ?s Hnyu ards
Building, 4le California street, San francisco,
California.
ANY stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the EIGHTH cay Of NO
VEMBER, 1875, will be delinquent, md adver-
tised for sale at public auction, and unless
payment is made before, will be sold on Fri
day the first day of Dec, mber. 1876, to pay the
delinquent assessment together with costs Of
advertising and expense of sale. BY order OF
the Board of Directors
FRANK V. SMITH, ST cretary
Ofice-Room No. % Hayward's Building. No.
4l9 California street, San Francisco, California.
o12-td
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ASSESSMENT NOTICES, ETC,
Meadow Valley Mining Compspy. :.

'ea"oW suiify ulufnR company.
Location of principsl place Of business, San
Francisco. California; location of works,
Pioche, Linco' n County. Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that at meeting of the
Board OF Trustees OF this company. held on the
twenty'ninth l29th) day Of Sep ember 1875. an
assessment tNo. l3l Of Seventy. five Cents l75c,
per share was levied upon tho capital stock
OF the corporation, payable immediately, in
United States gold coin. to the Secretary, at the
office OF the company, rooms over the Office
OF the Union Insurance Company, No. 4l8 Cali
fornia street, San Francisco. California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the sixth t6th) day Of No.
v-mber, 1876, will be delinquent, and nd.
vertised for sale at public auction, and unless
payment is made before. will be sold on Mon-
day, the fourth (4'h) day Of December, 1876,
to pay the delinquent assessment, together with
costs of advertising and expenses Of sale. BY
order of the Board of Trustees
T. W. COLBURN, Secretary.
Ofiice-Rooms over the Office Of the Union In.
surance Company, No. 4lS California street, San
Francisco, California. o5-td
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-11-05
IN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF

OPTICAL
DROPOSED AMENDMENT AND RE-
l. vision of the Constitution of the State of
Nevada passed at the seventh session of the
Legislature:
Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate con-
curing, That the Constitution of the State OF
Nevada be amended rs follows:
Amend Section one OF Article TX of the Con.
stitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as
follows:
Section l. The fiscal year shall commence
on the first day of December in each year.
Passed January 10. 1875.
Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate con.
CURING That our history as State, has taught
us the necessity of revising the Constitution:
we therefore recommend the electors, at the
next election for members of the Legislature, to
vote for or against the calling of Convention
Tor the purpose of revising the Constitution of
the State of Nevada.
Passed February IS, 1876
l hereby certify the foregoing to be true con.
les from the original enrolled Resolutions on
file in my Office.
SEAL. Witness my hand and the Great Seal
OF State, August l, 1876.
I'D. MINOR,
au4-3m Secretary Of State.
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The above sale il hereby postponed until
Saturday, November 11th, 1876. at the
same hour and place.
A. FIFE,
Sheriff Lincoln County. New.
n4-td By q. W. BIRpsALL. Deputy.
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PROCLAMATION.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON
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PRUIEGT iOuR BUlLDlNIS
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Danger from Indians-Their Force
Under EStimatod.

1t is feared tina Indians will attack
the frontier settlements in Nebraska
and Wyoming, unless the war is vigor.
ously pushed. Sheridan and Crook,
who still boast of their ability to con-
quer the Indians, are thought to under
estimate their force. Crook admits
that the Indians have three men to his
one. Sitting Bulls band before it was
joined by Crazy Horse, numbered H.
800 lodges-over 5000 effective fight
ing force--and Crazy Horse has prov
en- himself strong enough to defeat
Crook in every engagement without
the aid of Sitting Bull. Colonel
Burke agent at Standing Rock, who
certainly is well informed and not
disposed to exaggerate their strength,
estimates the fighting force of the
Sioux at 10000, and it should be re-
membered that women and children
are not elements for weakness, for
every nine year old boy will handle a
gun, stone. mallet or bow to better
advantage than majority of recruits
handle their muskets. Sauaws do the
camp drudgery and are ready for the
battle IL their services are needed
Indian accounts of the battle, say
Sitting Bulls Uncpapas lost 150, and
other bands nearly as many. OF the
three principal chiefs for a time be-
lleved to be Sitting Bull, probably
Crazy Horse was killed,
The daily gazette., 1876-07-19

1t appears from Dun, Barlow e Cos
circular that the first six months of
1876 there were 1900 failures, aggre-
eating $108. 100000. In the cores
ponGing period of 1875 the number
was but 1868, amounting to 6,0O0,-
600. This somewhat startling increase
is modified by the fact that since the
first of March the number of failures
has diminished, the during the last
quarter being less by one thousand
than in the quarter preceding and the
aggregate liabilities $21 100000 less.
This is the most hopeful sign that
these figures show. In the first quar-
ter of 1876 there were "a failures in
Philadelphia, with liabilities amount.
ing to 81 1862 200; in the second quar-
ter 35 failures; liabilities, 1859, 600.
In the first six months of 1875 the
whole number OF failures in the State
was 2SS, with liabilities reaching So
III ,6S6. In the same months of 1876
the number of failures was 300; liza
bilities $7,6S8,949. The number of
failures in Pennsylvania for the first
six months of 1876 was greater than
those In the same period of 1875, but
AZ luc sduue tllHc INC lldDllllleS were
not so great. Even those who were
obliged to yield to the force of the fl
nancial tempest, having by economy
reduced their Indebtedness SO far as
failures marked the current, it is now
believed that the turning point has
been reached. OF course weak houses
will fail for some time to come, but
the tendency of financial affairs will
be toward improvement.
The daily gazette., 1876-07-19
Money a Drug.

There are e13O, ,O0O, 900 sterling in the
national banking institutions Of Eng.
land, France and Germany, which
await revival of business or favorable
opportunity for investment. John
Bull is bitterly rogretting that he did
not invest in U. D. securities instead
of Egyptian, Turkish and Peruvian
loans, by which he is out of pocket at
least $3.50 900 900 within few months.
The London Telegraph says:-
When a retrospect is taken of the
past twenty or even ten years, it is
lamentable to recall the mass of money
irretrievably sunk in rotten securities,
mostly foreign, and we may be dis,
posed to envy in some notable cases the
sagacity of investors who then hii on
what have now proved to be the most
popular of holdings. 1t ia now only ten
years since the $50 United States bonds
were at or under 70, and in a decade
they have risen to very fair premium
but while at the heavy discount they
were quietly absorbed by Germany and
it was not until the bonds took decid-
ed upward movement that buyers here
could be persuaded to touch them;
whereas, now, apart from French five
per cents, no more popular investment
is known.
The daily gazette., 1876-07-19
Grant IN the GLade&.
COOL RETREAT AMONG THE ALLIE
GHENIEs.


DEER PARK, Md, July 15.-The
President of the United States, with
his Secretary of State and his kilsman
Marshal Sharpe, chatty agreeing lit
tie man, are at the Deer Park Hotel,
in these Allegheny Mountains. Here,
at the height of twenty four hundred
feet, is the coolest spot l have ever
found in the heats of midsummer, The
region is called 1.-The Glades," and is
unique eveu in the Alleghenies, for
here and in a small adjacent part of
Pennsylvania the top of the mountain
is flattened off, and copious springs
rushing from the ground, wind through
meadows of sour grass spangled with
flowers, and formerly filled with herds
of deer and the streams with thousands
of trout. These animals, and the bear,
the panther, the wolf, and anciently
the buffalo also, are now replaced
with multitudes of milch cattle, who
stray up the alder shaped bed of the
stream stamping down the rattlesnakes
their tinkling bells heard by the wild
pigeons in the blasted trees. The
Glade country comprises Garrett
county, Maryland, and part of Somer-
set and part of Fayette counties,
Pennsylvania, but the paradise of the
region is here in Maryland.
The daily gazette., 1876-07-19

Abundance of unemployed capital
to the credit of natioa is no evidence
of prosperity; on the contrary, it Is
evidence of stagnation in business en-
terprise and an approaching crisis and
general bankruptcy. At this very
time, while the Germans are regretting
that the French war indemnity of five
milliards, equal to 81, ,0O0, 900, 900 has
brought neither wealth nor happiness,
M. Octave Noel is groaning over the
fact that there is lying idle in the cof>
fers of the Bank Of France metallic
reserve equal to $4O0, 100000. Sim
ple-minded people," he writes, twill
consider this an element of wealth,
and will think that with this accumu.
lation of gold France has attained the
apogee of prosperity; our opinion is
that it is the symptom of serious and
persistent crisis" Altogether, M.
Octave Noel estimates that equal to
$3.50, 100000 are now lying idle in
France. 1t is productive industry that
gives to nations their wealth and in
fuence, not idle dollars.
The daily gazette., 1876-07-19
Trouble Between Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton

- ASCt"CCh IANs aAhsh MIS-. 11ltOu-
BROOKLYN, July 1S.-Mr. and Mrs.
Tilton have had a misunderstanding
about the care of their son Ralph,
which my lead to controversy. 1t is
stated that Mrs. Tilton has steadily re-
fused to accept any pecuniary aid from
her husband, but that after recent
lecture tour Mr.. Tilton sent
$1,000 to her and 800 for the boy
Ralph She put both sums in the
bank to the credit of the children. This
is asserted to have displeased Mr.. Til>
ton, and he determined to take the boy
under his own care, and when Ralph
was paying him a visit he induced his
son to go with him to New Jersey,
where he now is. The friends of Mrs.
Tilton declare that Ralph wishes to re-
turn to her, and that she is in great
grief on account of his absence. Mr..
Tilton says that the boy desires to re-
main where he is, with his sisters, at
Ocean Grove, N. j. Under the New
Jersey law the father is the recognized
guardian of the child after he reaches
the age of Z. Ralph is few days more
than 7 years old.