The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-07

st. Petersburg Museum are specimens of
the skin, hair, and bones of the Siberian
mammoth, obtained many years ago by
Adams, a Russian merchant, from the
= natives in northern Siberia. The entire
animal had been washed out from a frozen
gravel drift, and had served as food for
the dogs Of the natives for a long time.
A CONDEMNED statement of the foreign
trade Of the United States for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1876, shows the i'm
ports to have been $476, 677,871 the
domestic exports, mixed values, $685.
463,969, and the ~re-exports of foreign
commodities, $2l, c70,035. The exports
of domestic commodities, it will thus be
geen, exceeded the imports by nearly
$3.50, 600, 900, or considerably over one
third.
TIE Protestant Episcopal chnrch sup
ports, in its foreign missionary work,
forty-seven stations; twelve of which are
in western Africa, nineteen in China,
six in Japan, nine in Hayti, n in
Greece and one in Palestine. The num-
Der of missionaries and other laborers
employed is one hundred and eleven, of
whom two are missionary bishops. The
COMMITMENTS number about eight hun
dred.
IT is marvellous the vitality there is to
Cuba. Here it has kept up a wal for
years with a powerful nation, and at the
same time kept up the manufacture of
its staple article, Havana cigars, supply
ing nearly all of America and aFgood
part of Europe. If one half of the cigar
makers of Cuba should lay off their
aprons and take up arms the Spaniards
would be swept from the face of the
earth, and their things sold at auction,
in less than sixty days.-Danbmry Meus.
ALMOST everybody in business in
Gibraltar smuggles or promotes SNUG
Cling in tobacco. Gibraltar is a vast
tobacE store. Every other house is a
tobacco warehouse. The scent of to-
bacco hangs about the streets and alleys
of the little town at the foot OF the rock.
the courtyards are full of the great rolls
of dry, yellow leaves; and through the
doorways may be seen girls and boys
deity making up the cigarettes the
Spaniard loves. The modes of snug
Cling the weed into Spain are endless,
and equally endless are the squabbles
and difficulties in which we are involved
with Spanish cruisers and the Spanish
government in consequence. - London
Times.
AFTER getting used to paper car
wheels We re6eEssst be surprised to learn
from- Rarleigh,sIridge to
iron ships consists of brown paper at
tached by a suitable cement. 1t is the
invention of Capt. F. Warren, of Eng.
land, and the substance he proposes to
use is a preparation of paper-maehe, 1t
IS stated that weeds and branches will
not adhere to paper, and that the special
cement by which the paper is secured
may be applied cold, hardens under
water, is unaffected by comparatively
high temperature, and possesses great
tenacity. A plate thus protected on one
side has been immersed for six months
with the result that the protected side
was found clean, while the unprotected
metal was covered with rust and she'll
fish.
EGYPT occupies an anomalous position
IN The war. AS a Turkish dependency it
IS bound TO furnish its contingent, and
as Mohammedans it's subjects have a
strong anti Russian feeling. But Epvn-
tian interests are not directly menaced.
and it is of the utmost Importance to the
khedlye to avoid attack. About 5000
Egyptian soldiers preserving in the Turk
ism army, and are stationed at Varna,
and acerFding to the khediye half as
many, fitted out by voluntary contrib,-
items VIII be sent Forward. Yet he
protect the rights of Egyptian
creditors and hopes the Suez canal will
Dc kept perfectly neutral. Exactly how
can guarantee the payment of Egyp-
bian bonds at the beginning Of a var !
results may be disastrous, and is
exceedingly doubtful, is NOT very clear !
how be can expect that Egypt can
the rights and privileges of q neu-
raj, while contributing a full quota of :
troops to the Turkish army, is one Of the !.
puzzles OF eastern statecraft. Certainly :
l1gyptls directly involved in the war. and :
party to it, and England's interests are :
peeiallyinvolved and imperilIed thr6sab '
Egypt. Or course Russia viii not he !
lkely to go out of her way to attack
Egypt, thereby giving England a coveted
,retext for lighting; unless, indeed, :
England shall get tired of visiting. and :
mite with Turkey before Egypt is men. :
eed. England means to protect Egypt :.
: any rate, and has a pretty firm c%onyic- :
on that Constantinople and the Darda.
cues are necessary to its defense,
Look Our 0 Your BANANA Y
has not been long since 4
'arantula was found snugged in a ?
srnent IA Clifton pantry, alongside =
hitch a bunch OF hananas baa ii