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How He Didn't Know 1t All.

HE was practical, but rather pedantic,
sort of man, and said he did not believe
language was made to conceal thought.
More than this, he did believe that the die
tionary was work made TO use, and that
every man should be familiar with its
minutest contents.
But" said the student, that would
be impossible for any man,
+" Nonsense!" exclaimed the practical
man; why, there are few words that
could be mentioned that / wouldn't be
perfectly at home with"
should like to give you few sam
ples," replied the student. II believe l
could commence with the beginning of
Webster, and stump you before we got
through the AS.
Go on with your sample AS" de-
manded the self.ccnfident one, land then
tackle the BIS and run on to the rs"
"I'll try" said the student, calmly,
by first giving you few sentences n
And. squaring off for the work. the stu
dent asked the practical man to please
bear in mind and translate, when he had
done, tine few sample sentences following:
Approach, adOrers at alliteratiOn's al
tar. Assemble abdals and abderian adopts,
and analyze an ambagitory and amphibio-
logical allocutiOn. Accept, rs an appar-
entity acataleptic and absonous arrange
ment, an alliterative aggregation, actually
anagogeticel. As an acephalist, abjurc
all adscititious arts and adventitious aids
as additions; and ardently advance.
Ablepsy and audacity are alike anatreptic
and adiaphorus, as adjuvants and anam-
nestle adhibitiOns Mt abStringing and abba.
queating all abstruse anfractuositics
and anagogics, as all adopts are aware.
Avoid anastrophes as anacOluthic and ami
and abandoning abditories, ad-
vance against apparently antiphrasti Isa
arrive at an apodeictical anagnorisis; and
accept an authors Acknowledgements"
"There" demanded the student, ''trans-
late that, and I'll commence with the BIS
and run ON to the Z's!'' M
But the practical man, who was 50 init.
mate with his own language, had fed
Chicago Journal.
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One Danger Of Blue Glass.

1T seems that the excitement about the
curative properties of blue glass, which
filled up SO much space in the newspapers
a little while ago, has been productive in
certain instances of more harm than such
periodical epidemics, if we may call them
so, usually are.
That blue glass has any curative prop.
critics remains yet To be proved; but that
glass of that color will concentrate the
rays of the sun, in . lesser degree, as the
common burning glass does, was known
before Gen. Pleas0nt0n's book was printed
and made 90 much Of by the newspapers.
A gentleman of Brooklyn suffering from
weakness of sight was recently led by the
advice of we1l-meaning friends to use
spcctacles Of blue glass, such a. certain
opticians are selling just now. The re-
suit was that his eyes, already too weak to
be used much in ordinary circumstances,
were exposed to = terrible glare and heat,
which in less than . week entirely de.
stroyed the eyesixht of the sufferer. He
10 now Totally blind. This b fact, and
the gentleman would doubtless be glad to
have other sufferers from weak eyes know
Of his case and draw moral therefrom.
Another similar instance has come under
our observations. young lady being, in
this case, the dupe of the blue glass en-.
thusiasts.
It is worth bearing in mind thss the
only property Of blue glass that has been
proved Is its power to concentrate the
rays of the sun and produce extraordinary
heat. One of the most efficient methods
employed in Siberia to blind political
prisoners Is to pass before the eyes Of the
captives bright steel blade heated to q
red heat: but it seems likely Nat with the
march of civilization the Kussian jailers
will adopt another method which will
produce exactly the same remit, That 10,
they will try blue glass. N. r. Esssina
PO9.
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amounts, under the present system, I"
from 1900, 600 to $780, 600 centners,
eighteen Turkish centners being nearly
equal to one English ton; but it is esti-
mated that if the coal-fields were proper
ly worked they would yield enough TO-
supply the whole of Constantinople and
the towns on the Black Sea. The selling
price OF Eregli coal at ConstantinOplc is,
about US. q tOn.-l-aN Mai Gazette.
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The Olympfan Excavations.

THE excavations at Olympia in Greece,
under the patronage of the German Gov
eminent, are still continued and still re-
pay the labor and expense. The trenches
which are dug in all directions about the
Zeus Temple reveal q number of old walls,
and terrace supposed to have been q
part of the sub.structure of the eleven
treasure chambers, has been uncovered.
Between two parallel walls marble base
and female Roman figure have been found,
the figure resembling the statue of Livia
in the Neap0litan Museum, the head being
we'll preserved and having traces of color
in the hair and eyes.
Another Roman structure has been un.
covered, with frontage of LAO feet and
depth of 800 feet, and a large addition
in the rear. The building contained
many sculptures in more or less injured
condition; among these are conspicuous
fourteen marble statues larger than life
size, eight Of them being female figures,
mainly matrons, few youthful figures
and little girl. One Of the male figures
is the statue of an Emperor clad in richly.
decorated armor; his arms-bearer is near
by, also palm tree with one branch;
three other figures wear the toga, and the
sixth is that of lad wearing mantle.
From Inscriptions it appears that
the statues of Faustina the young
er, wife of Marcus Aurelius, and
of her son COmmodus and his
sister, were placed here by Herodes
Atticus. Herodes seems tn have built the
great hall en- the high bank of the Kron.
ion River, affording fine view of the en-
tire Altis, or Grove of Zeus, in which to
group the members of the reigning dy-
nasty a. votive offering. Other men,
bers of the Imperial family and Of the
house Of Herodes were afterward added in
token of their gratitude by the Elians.
Although they are all only portrait statues,
the fourteen figures are none the less
works Of art in every respect.
The Byzantine Church, or Hippodame-
ion, the discovery of which has already
been announced In these columns, has
been completely freed from the surround
ing end superintendent earth, and we'll
constructed aqueduct surrounding it on
three sides has been exposed to view, with
here and there outlets for the water, This
squeduct is supposed to be Of more antique
origin than the church. Explorations are
now going on ut the eastern entrance and
in the interior of the church.
A despatch received in Berlin on the
11th of May announced that on the day
before one OF the oldest and most import
ant structures within the Altis, the Temple
of Hera Juno, had been discovered, in q
somewhat ruined condition, Tut still
recognizable.-N. r. Eoening Post.
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CONDENSED TELesRAPmlc NEWS.

The Virginia City New CAr0ntcle of
the 18th publishes an interview with W. W.
Bishop, the lawyer who defended the late
John d. Lee. He says that Brigham Young
would stand trial il he thought he could
get clear; II he apprehcnded conviction, he
would fight, and his followers would stand
by him to man. Under the present iury
system 1t was impossible to convict any Of
the other participants in the Mountain
Meadow Massacre. He was convicted only
because the DistrictAttorncy made Young
believe that bis conviction would be followed
BY the admission Of Utah into the Union - q
State, whereupon Young ordered his eonvic-
ton for the good Of the church.
A New York dispatch of the 18th saws
the Attorney General had returned Tweed's
statement or confession to his counsel. It
was believed that he would remain in
Ludlow-street Jail until the 5000 900 Judy.
ment was satisfied. In letter to his coun.
sci, on the 18th, Mr. Tweed requested that
gentleman to take the necessary steps to CON.
fcss judgment In Ill the cases brought
against him by city, county or State. He
was very much depressed in spirits. de-
nounced the injustice of the compromise
with Sweeney. and declared that the four
criminal indictments found against the latter
would have led to his detection had he not
hed, instead Of remaining, q he himself
did, to meet the issue.
Constantinople dispatches of the 18Th
report great battle in progress 1t Kars. An
official telegram stated that the Turkish
Commander had finally succeeded In forcing
the Duga Pass, and that the Nonteueerine
were In full retreat. The TURKS he'd can
tured and shot Russiaa spy in Rutschuk.
An Erzeroum telegram Of the 1lsh says
that, during the last six moaths, 10000
Turkish soldiers had died in hospitals.
A CoDstant;nople dispatch Of the 14sh
says the fighting In front OF Kars had resulted
in Turkish victory. St Petersburg dis.
patch Of the esame date eays the advantage
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Science and War.

txre: Recent wars have had particular
interest for the man of science. Starting
from the close of the Crimean war, the
first in which the electric telegraph was
employed, we find ample examples of the
assistance furnished to the soldier by scien-
tho research. One instance taken from
the war of 1853 Is especially interesting.
The Austrians held Venice at the time, it
may be remembered, and, TO protect the
harbor. torped0es were laid down. The
tOrpedOes were fired by electricity and
contained gun-cotton, this being the first
instance on record of the employment of
electric tOrpedOes and of the newly-in-
vented itrO-comp0unds. Nor was this
all. The torpedo system devised at Ven
ice by the Austrian engineers had vet an.
other point of scientific interest. A camera
O6scHra was built overlooking the harbor.
and upon the white table of this instru.
ment were reflected the waters of Venice.
As the t0rpedOes we're sunk one by one
sentinel in the camera noted the place of
their disappearance with . pencil, giving
each torpedo consecutive number. A
row boat in the harbor described a circle
around the sunken torpedo Indicating the
zone of its destructive power, and the sen.
tinel, again, with his pencil, made a cor.
responding ring upon the camera table
In the end, therefore, while the harbor
itself was apparently free from all OBJ
struction, very effective means of tor.
pedO defense was established, the kew of
which was only to be found in the coxae,a
o6scara. The sentinel here had wires in
connection with every torpedo, and was
in q position to fire anyone as coon rs he
Obscrved-by means Of the camera-the
presence of q hostile vessel within the
limits of any of the circles marked upon
his white table. In the American war of
1850 the electric torpedo, invented
but two years before, played q
moot conspicuous roe, and formed,
indeed, with the use of big gums
and monitor iron-clads, one of the most
important features Of the struggle, at any
rate, from . scientific point Of view. The
war Of 1894, when the Austrisns suffered
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-28

Its curious fact that an eightyear.
old boy can't sit for five minutes on q cane
seat chair without getting the back ache |;
but he will walk right out and sit on the
top of . hitching- post for half AN hour, and
feel like peaches over it.-Desnoit Free
Press,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-28

The Houston Age offers a years sub
scripti0n to any member of the last Legis-
laturc who will answer this conundrum
correctly: "How many counties are there
In Texas ?"
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The following 10 given - 8 specimen
OF the conversation Of Chicago young
men: Do Jon abbrevey'' Why,
splend, don't your p Magnif.'' "Going
70 hear Carl Schurz' lee F'" No, he's on
Hayes cab and won't lee here" "Is
that posf' Dead cert" "Well, Il
makes no dill 70 me, I wasn't going"
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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.

Ludwig ILL.,, Grand Duke Of Hesse, is
dead 81
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John 8. c. Abbott, the author, died on
the 18th. He was seventy years old.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-28

The Porte has demanded of Servia an
explanation of the object Of Prince Milan's
recent visit to the Gear.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-28

On the 18th, ex-Gov Hendricks and
wife left New York in the steamer scythia,
for Europe.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-28

Ex-senator Pratt of Indiana, died at
his residence, in LOgansport, Of heart dis
ease, ON the morning of the 18th.
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0uO LlCu slACuA OlOSC lUSCtuClS 6uu tuCu
we waded across to the window, and stood
upon the sill.
- think it's jolly good fun" said Bob.
berry. If you could only see how your
boats bobbing up and down in front here!
Get in quick, or can't hold her. Here
port her helm, or somethingl Are you all
right"
Its splendid, !" said; leone along. y
But when Robbery put his foot on to
the unsteady raft, she went down on one
side with plunge. Never mind" he
said; you've just got to push yourself
ashore with this pole, as straight as you
can 60, and I'll follow"
l swear to you, sir. ! thought that it
was true, or never would have left Bob
berry. took the pole he gave me, and
went out on the restless waters, that felt
were blood--ed where the setting sun had
touched them. People on the opposite
aide cheered and cried and called me, and
Robbery behind cried out once or twice,
''Ship ahoy!" in shrill voice, that I
knew and loved better than anything on
earth, and once heard him say, family
he seemed SO far away" In portal last. I"
At last!
The people on the shore had ceased
tnclr SnOutS Oh eXClteme0t ana encourage.
ment, the light had died utterly away.
In an awful silence, and an awful dark
ness, jumped 10 land, and held out my
two hands.
Robbery! Bobberyr" / cried, I" l want
to thank YOU"
Did BObbery hear, sir, do you think!
Do people hear anything, do people un-
derstand anything, after they have gone
away?
only know that the awful silence was
turning me to stone, that the awful dark
ne 9 was rising like q wall between me
aud BobbeIy-and was afraid. When I
called, no one answered me, and l was
glad. If his voice was silent, any other
voice would have maddcned me Just then,
and I wanted nothing more to tell me all
the truth. learned through the silence
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An ordinance has been passed by the
Chicago Common Council prohibiting the
selling of fireworks at retail i1 the city.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-28

A few DAYS ago the First National Bank
Of Mount Vernon, ILL.,, sent package con-
tanning $1,000, per Adams Express, to the
Third National Bank of st. Louis. When
the package was delivered it proved to be
brown paper
, 1877-09-07
The East River Bridge.

The large cables for the support of the
East River Bridge are being slowly
stretched across, one wire at time. 1t
will take not less than eighteen months
to complete this work. 1t is seven and
a half years since work was begun on
the piers, and apparently from five to
seven years more will be required to
complete the bridge. Ground has been
broken for the construction of the New
York approach to the bridge, which is to
be 1869 feet six inches long, and four
years of steady labor will be required to
complete it. The Brooklyn approach
will not be more than half as long. The
workmen are now engaged in digging
the foundation for the first foundation
wall and brick arches. These will be
placed directly against the anchor pier,
and, it is thought, will add to the
strength of that massive column of work.
The ground between the anchorage and
the beginning of the approach will be
occupied by substantial building,
which will contain stairways to give ac-
cess to the bridge and will also be oc-
cupied for business purposes. There will
be bridge over Franklin Square S5 feet
wide, 1876 feet long on the north side, and
about 140 feet long on the south side.
The bridge will be divided into two
spans. This will be the most important
Of any In the entire approach. The
bridges over the other streets will have
ordinary plate girders, resting on the
abutments. Within the spaces between
the abutments, which will be enclosed by
walks running on each side OF the ap-
proach, are to be built massive supports
for the roadway. The spaces will be
lighted by arches In the abutments and
can be adapted for stores and warehouses.
The roof Of the approach will be formed
by laying iron beams across the longi.
tudinal walls and connecting them by
means of short brick arches into solid
platform. The roadway on this plat
form will be arranged as on the main
bridge, There will be horse-car rails,
with the iron tramways alongside for
wagon-wheels. The trains of passenger
cars will be from 400 to 500 feet in
length, and will be operated by steam
engines in an underground room, be-
tween North William and Chatham
Streets. The expenditures in the con-
struction of the Bridge have already
amounted to $7,547,135. The entire ex-
pense is estimated at $13, 100000. When
completed, the work will be one of the
wonders of this country, and, indeed, OF
the WORLDLY Y. Independent.
, 1877-09-07
The Brinley Mazarine Bible.

At the meeting OF the Connecticut His
torical Society, last Tuesday evening, in
Hartford, the chief interest gathered
about the exhibition of one of the rarest
and most valuable books in the world
DIR. Trumbull brought out the Mazarine
Bible, belonging to tie collection of the
late George Brinley. This is one Of the
only two copies in America, and there are
only six in the world. 1t was printed in
1455. Two years ago two copies were
sold at auction in London, in the same
sale, and one, printed upon paper, brought
$4,000 gold. The other, ON vellum,
brought 100000 gold. Usually a vellum
copy OF any work brings four or five
times as much as paper one; but the
history of the Mazarine Bible raises the
value of the paper copies relatively to
those on vellum. Gutenberg printed the
fist copies, in 1855, and all those were
on paper. In 1456 Faust got possession
OF the types, and his edition was partly
On vellum. Those, consequently, are not
so completely Original"
The Brinley copy is on paper-one Of
the genuine Gutenberg prints-and it is
marvel of the printer work. Its equal
could not be made to-day. The ink,
though four hundred years old and more,
is as distinct as ink could be, and the
paper is still white and clear. The ''reg-
lister" is perfect and the appearance Of
the page far surpasses that of the best
modern books. The first letter of each
chapter is an illumination done by hand,
and there are frequently full-page illu-
limitations through the two volumes, also
done, of course, by hand. These are ex-
quisite specimens of work, and their
coloring is as fine and rich as it was
when put on-fner in some cases than it
could be made now. The work is printed
in Latin, with a number of curious con-
tract symbols in the text, used to space
the lines evenly. Three different ways of
the letter "S"-broad, moderate width,
and narrow-are examples of the care
taken in such respects. This volume was
probably bound about hundred years
after its printing and must have been
hidden away for centuries in some mon
astery. The Mazarine Bible was the first
book printed with movable type. Its
date is not given, but was discovered by
means Of certain marks upon the manu-
scripts found with one copy. The old
est dated printed book is marked
MCCCCLlX. The Watkinson Library
has copy Of this. A curious feature of
the Brinley copy of the Gutenberg Bible
is that upon each page is faint pin
mark at the top and bottom. This solves
the hitherto inexpicable problem of how
the register had been made so exact; that
is, how exactly the matter upon opposite
sides Of the same leaf had been made to
cover the same space, lines, and margins,
corresponding precisely.--HarJord COu-
rant
, 1877-09-07
The Character of Mahomet.

In forbidding the use Of wine, Ma
homet denied them qualification for
v ich they had no special craving but
ne not only permitted, he gave, divine
sanction to the unbridIed indulgence of
their characteristic vices. The Arab in
berited supreme contempt for human
life; Mahomet maze him crafty 1t to the
top of his bent, on the sole condition that
the life sacrificed should not be that of
Mussuman. The Arab was the most
vain. glorious of human beings; Mahomet
told him that he had divine right to
his self lf.conceit, since it was written in
the Book of Fate that the Arab race was
the predestined ruler of the world and
heir to all ages. The Arab was proud of
his language. Mahomet said that it was
the language of heaven, and was conse-
slently so sacred that its use was forbid
den to all but the True Believers. The
Arab was an inveterate freebooter; Ma
homet opened up to him an endless vista
of predatory warfare, with spoils in
abundance, of all that could fire the
fancy, in case of victory; or refreshing
powers of Paradise, attended by ever
beautiful and ever-youthful black-eyed
houris, if he died hero's death. The
Arab practiced slavery: Mahomet gave
him for bond slaves as many Of the hui
man race as he chose to spare after satiat-
ing his lust of carnage. The Arab was
grossly licentious. Mahomet gave him
leave to take as many wives as he
pleased, and concubines without number;
and the crowning delight of his sensual
Paradise is the increased opportunity
which it offers for the safe qualification of
animal lusts. The Jews were the first to
experience his vengeance. He had fortl-
fed his earlier Suras with spurious quo
tations from the Pentateuch, which he
said contained the same revelation to the
Jews which he was commissioned to de-
liver in the Koran to the Arabs. But
when he went to Medina, the Jews de-
nounced his quotations as forgeries, and
he retaliated by 6ercely accusing them
of having corrupted and talsified their
sacred books. Denunciations, however,
we're not enough. The presence of the
Jews, confutiDg his revelations out of
their Hebrew Scriptures, was a standing
menace TO him; and he took measures,
first to silence them, and when that failed,
to get rid of them altogether. A Hebrew
woman of the name Of Asma, who ex-
posed the prophet and his claims to ridi-
cule in some satirical verses, was soon
afterward assassinated be an agent of
Mohamet, who crept into her apartment
at midnight and plunged his dagger into
her breast as she lay asleep between her
little ones.--MacCoWS Eastern Question.
, 1877-09-07

liz recent lecture Prof. Beal, of the
Michigan Agricultural College, men
toned some trees which have been of
great value. A walnut tree at Potterville
sold for $1,000, the wood being highly
ornamental in beautiful waves, and it
was made into veneering. A black wal
nut at Brookfield, seven feet through,
sold at 81 200, for the same purpose, in
New York. Two thousand dollars were
refused for very large blistered walnut
at Saugatuck. At Grand Rapids black
cherry tree, with very dark wood, was
shipped to Central America, and from
there shipped back to this country and
sold as good mahogany. t'''