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A Great California Bank.

Since the Bask of Commerce has reduced
its capital from Sl0,00j000 to S5,O00,OU0, re-
turning 10 its shareholders one.half of their
shares In cash, no single banking institution
in this city can compare with the Nevada
Bank of San Francisco IN point OF magni-
tude of capital or the individual wealth of lis
stockholders. This bank, with a capital of
100000, fully paid up in gold coin, is
owned by five stockholders, who likewise
control and manage it. -Four of these stock
holders. James c. Flood, William 5. O'Brlen,
Janes g. Fair, and John Mackay, known as
the Bonanza Kings" are worth IN money
and property considerably upward of $780,
100000. Their aggregate income from all
sources Is estimated at hard on S3,OOO,OOO a
month. The Nevada Bank, with the stipend
Gus wealth of the Bonanza mines behind it,
Is destined 10 play no unimrortant part in
the financial and political history OF Cslifor-
mia during the next few years.-N. ]. Su..
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The Women of Montenegro,

MSntenegrln women have the same pas
sionate attachment with the men to family
and country and display much the same valor
Goplchev!tch supplies two most remarkable
examples. A sister and four brothers, the
four of course all armed, are making pill
grimage or excursion to church. The state
OF war with the Turk being normal, we need
not wonder when we learn that they are at
tackled unawars on the way, in pass where
they proceed in single file, by seven armed
Turks, who announced themselves by shoot
ing dead the first of the brothers and danger
ously wounding the second. The odds are
fearful, but the fight proceeds. The wounded
man leans against the rock, and though he
receives another fatal shot, kills two of the
Turks before he dies, The sister presses for
ward and grasps his rifle and his dagger.
At last all are killed on both sides excepting
herself and single Turk. She asks for mer-
cy, and he promises it, but names her maiden.
ly honor as the price Indignant, and per
ceiying that now he Is off his guard, she stabs
him with the dagger. He tears 1t from her
hvnd, they close, and she dashes the wretch
over the precipice into the yawning depth
below.
The second anecdote is not less singular.
| Tidings reach a Montenegrin wife that her
husband has just been slam by party under
the command of certain Aga. Knowing the
road by which they are travelling, she series
rifle, chooses her position, and shoots the
Aga dead. The rest of the party take to flight.
The wife of the dead Aga sends her episte.
Chou hast robbed me OF both my eyes. Thou
ar, genuine daughter of Tsernagora. Come
tomorrow alone to the border, and then we
will prove by trial which of us was the better
wife" The Tsernagorine appeared, equipped
with the arms of the dead Aga, and alone, as
she was invited. But the Turkish woman
had thought prudence the better part OF valor,
and brought an armed champion with her,
who charged her on horseback. She shot
him dead as he advanced, and Selling her
faithless antagonist, bound her and took her
home, kept her as a nursemald tor fourteen
years, and then let her go back to her place
and her people.-W E. Gladstone.
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They had been married about three months
The boy from the store appeared with note
from her husband. She clutched the pre-.
clous missive with an eager hand, trembling
ly opened it, and read
DEAR WIFE, Send me pocket-handker.
chief JOHN.
She went slowly to the drawer to get the
desired article, and while looking for 1t she
came across the following noe, dated two
weeks after the wedding:
SUNLIGHT OF MY Soul: You will have to
send me handkerchief. Your bewitching
eyes so turned my head this morning that |
forgot TO take one with me, for which shall
kiss the sweet face of my own II thousand
times when l come home. In two hours and
twenty minutes it will be ~ o'clock, and
then can come home TO my beautiful rose
| long to fly TO you. A thousand kisses |
send thee, my fairy wife. Yours tenderiy,
JOHN.
She sighed, gave the boy the handkerchief
and sighed again.
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Armenian Dwellings.

A correspondent of the London Ne,rS,
while riding toward the headquarters of the
Turkish army on the Soughanlu range sud,
denly felt his horse sinking beneath him, and
in another instant he was enveloped In q
cloud of dust and splinters. He had fallen
through the roof of house into an apartment
where family was breakfasling. An Arme.
MAN village, from a distance, resembles the
heaps OF refuse one sees around iron smelling
works. Here and there a couple of feet of
dry stone wall and a cave-like entrance sug-
gest the possibility of the existence Of human
dwellings. Between these dwellings the
spaces are carpeteG with an elastic layer of
dung and otfal five or six feet thick. Huge,
ungainly buifaloes, with bodies like bisons
and the eye OF an octopus, low and moan,
standing mld.Ieg deep In the filthy paths.
Turbaned men are perched here and there
like storks on the housetops-pulling their
boards, and giving the whole place Scriptu-
raj appearance. Calves dogs and fowl wan
der promiscuously among the chimney pots,
ana now and then a dark.eyed, olive.iaced
woman comes stealing shyly by, her face halt
averted from the gaze of the Giaour, and part
ly concealed by the folds of her linen head
dress. The gloomy interior of one of the
houses or earthheaps is forty feet IN length,
and Is divided into two compartments by a
low boarded partition four feet high. That
next the door is devoted TO horses and buifa.
lOes-the inner space affords accommodation
TO travellers. A little terrace of beaten earth,
about six inches above the floor, TANKS both
sides of the room II is covered with coarse
rush mating, and constitutes 4 seat by day, a
bed by night. Two square holes in the root
admit light and air
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TRAJAN'S WALL.
What it Is, What 1t Was, and VIXEN It Was
Built.

From the London 6lobel
The events now transpirng i'll the neigh
borhood OF the Danube bring into curious
prominence the name of the Emperor Trajan,
the buttrcsses of whose bridge, we believe,
still stand on opposite banks of the Danube,
and whose famous wall seems 10 be the line
along which the tide of war is rapidly roll.
ing. The bridge thrown over the Danube by
this great monarch was In some respects at
least, the most remarkable of all the struc.
lures that successive belligerents have erected
for the passage of their troops. 1t was not a
mere floating bridge, but permanent struc-
ture, carried on piers $50 feet high and 60
feet wide, and il comprised twenty arches,
extending altogether over span of 4,l7O Ro-
man feet. This gian. structure, than which
ancient history records nothing of the kind
equal to it, seems to have been intended as
fortress as well as bridge. Standing so feet
above the water il is supposed to have afford
ed the command of the Danube navigation, a
garrison posted on 1t being, of course, able to
damage or destroy vessels passing under,
while they would be above he reach of retail
iation. 1t was destroyed by Hadrian, and It's
precise locality has been the subject of some
dispute. Ruins, which evidently might have
formed the buttresses OF a bridge, occurring
on the line of an old Roman road, however,
seem to leave little room for doubt Trajan's
wall is another relic OF this terribly energetic
old Roman. 1t is, strictly speaking, ram.
part of earth about 30 or 40 miles long, and
extends from Rassova, just at the bend in the
Danube, to the shores of the Black Sea.
Though only an earthwork, it is formidable
line of defense. 1t is or 10 feet high, with
a fosse in front of il, while the western por.
ton is still further fortified by deep lakes and
the swampy valley of Kara.Su. In addition
to all this, another rampant of similar char.
acter lies just in the rear of it. This is
known as the south wall, the space between
the two rampar,s being from 1000 TO 1900
feet
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"A Novel Wolf Trap.

Two black eagles were recently caught in
the mountains north of Santa Barbara. The
sportsman waited until he saw the parent
birds sailing down the valley and then rot.
bed the nest, which was thirty feet above
ground, and was built of sticks as thick as a
mans wrist. With some difficulty he secured
the young birds, then about three weeks old
and of the size of large chickens. He got
down before the Old birds returned. When
the captives were six weeks old they could
dispose of jack rabbit at meal without
indigestion. \ coyote visited the house and
DESTROYED all the chickens. The eagles were
then placed in the chicken pen, and the next
morning the coyote returned 10 get some
more chicken. One OF the eagles engaged
him IN combat, and held him with its talons
until the sportsman heard the outcries and
shot the thief. The full-grown birds of this
rare species measure eight feet from wing TO
wing and are four feet high.
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a DRUG THAT CURES BAsHFULNEss.-We
should hardly expect TO find in the materia
medica cure for bashfulness, says THE
JOuHal Of ChemiStrH but coca (or cuca, as
some prefer to call IL, which has lately at
tracted considerable attention In professional
circles, is SAID to answer this purpose. Ac-
cordng to Dr. w. Tanner, whatever may
have been SAID from time 10 time about the
effects of cuca on inc human system, this
much is certain, that il causes tImid people,
who are usually i'll at ease in society, and
particularly SO before strangers, 10 appear TO
good advantage under these circumstances.
In other words, il cures hashiulness. lis
effects on depression of spirits, he says, are
what might be expected from drug whose
action is "energy-giving and bashfuness.cur-
ing He has rot seen any corresponding
mental or physical depression attending its
after.efiecis. It's action may be largely in
creased by combining ii with an alkalI. II
may be that the alka,i dissoves some Of It's
active principles that otherwise would re-
main undissolved.
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THE OPIUM HABIT.
How Physician Cured Himself ou the Ia 7
ncrinr-nn SYAtem. /

HOW fhyslcEth cured Himself on tne Ia
pcrins-oh system.
To the Editor Of the New York S,tn:
SIR-As the habit OF taking OPP UNI or NOR
phluc has become so prevalent, feel that
owe duty to those unfortunate persons who
are its slaves, TO communicate 10 them what
believe TO be the only method of cure. | have
tried almost every remedy in our materia
mcdiCa, hui have found no drug that can be
substituted for morphine, or which will eradi'
ate the opium appetite There is but one
method by which the cure can be effected, and
that Is by gradually tapering off.
took morphine myself for over ten years
hence you may imagine | was too deeply IN.
terested in getting rid Of The habit At the
time | commenced the cure was in the habit
Of taking doses of halt grain four times a
day generally mixed the medicine IN an
elghtounce bottle, adding half Il drachm go
grains to each bottle, took a teaspoonful at
adose, and as this contains about one drachm,
therefore took four grams OF the salt each
day. | began the cure by addlAg to the first
bottle % grains Of the salt instead OF 30
grains. This bottle full lasted me about ten
days; therefore there was consumed that
length OF time IN allowing the system 70
adapt Itself to the lnfinitesimal change of
dose The next bottleiul contained IS grains,
the next one - grains, and 50 on, being a de.
crement OF one grain every ten days This
course | continued, the system not appreclat.
ing the change till | had exhausted the
doses. ! give the above as an example of the
only method by which the opium habit can
be eradicated. | have since cured several
cases, some of them taking as much as two
and four grains at Dose while one patient
took ten grains at dose, and four of these in
twelty-tour hours lie had been taken NOR.
phine for nineteen years. In this latter case
so graduated the decrement of dose as 10
exhaust the whole bottle in about ten months
| do net think that any patient at least who
has been taking it for any great length of
time, can etentirely cured under six or eight
month.
The melancholy death of the lady record
ed in the Sun OF last Tuesday might well be
anticipated by TIE. Intelligent .,,,a,"Tscian.
There are several doctors who ADVERTISED
extensively their "opinM habit cure.n One
of the most prominent of these is an Indiana
advertiser Suspecting his method of cure
sent to him and secured several bottles Of
his "eplum an,idote," Upon examining them
chemically | a5certained that each bottle
corresponding to its number) contained a
decreasing amount of morphine; hence he
cures by my method But the patient can
just as we'll cure himself, thus avoiding an
enormous price for morphine, that he can
purchase IN New York of the wholesale drug.
gists at one.twentieth the amount
THOMPsoNNILLE, Conn, July l2, NJ. ID,
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Iitteil's Living Age.

The numbers for July l4th and 2lst con.
tain articles as follows:
Pedlgrees and Pedigree makers, by Ed
ward A. Freeman, Contemporary Review;
A Leaf of Eastern History, For,nightly; Vol
taIre Ia the Netherlands, from the Dutch OF
Jhr. G. A, van Lypesteyn, Temple Bar; Nor
decai, a Protest against the Critics, by Jew,
Macmillan; Crema and the Cruciflx, Corn
hill; Georges d'Amboise, Temple Bar; Ma
oras and Kanakas, Fortnightly; The Results
of the Invention of the sewing Machine,
Economist; Japanese Mirrors, Nature; Pop.
ular Errors, Pail Mall Gazette; William Cax.
ton, Fireside; Little fortunes, Liberal Re.
vlew A New StImulant, Nature; The Dog
OF the Barracks, Leisure Hour; together with
choice poetry, and installments of THE Mar
quis OF LOsse," by Geo. Macdonald, paul.
inc" by L. r. Waliord, and "Green Pastures
and Piccadilly," by VIM. Black.
A new volume Of this standard eclectic be-
gan July 1s,. For so numbers of sixty.four
large pages each (or more than 5000 pages a
year the subscription price ($s) is low. Lit
tell d Gay, Boston, are the publishers.
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Serious danger menaces the Central park.
II seems that the lakes are lover stocked with
fish," and tina; they make "the water turbid
and unhealthy They also initiate against
the beauty ari atlractiveness OF the place
So say the Board of Aldermen; and, If these
charges against the fish in the Central Park
be true, something must be done. Ii will not
do to have the Park ruined by fish, whatever
NAV be done by the Commissioners. The AL
dermen are equal TO the emergency, and they
propose TO limi; the stock of fish, 10 clear the
turbid water, and to prevent the fish mill
tating" by permitting the residents OF this
city TO take fish by angling from the waters
of the lake" Thus, by an act of beneficence
which will be appreciated by all disciples of
Isaak Walton, DO the Aldermen meet the
emergency and save the Park.--N. Y. OBS.
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The August number opens with an exceed
ingly well written sketch, by r. "A. Bland, NJ.
d., of Americas greatest commoner, Henry
Clay with portrait In these days when
craftsmanship is running to seed and patriot
ism is getting to be looked upon as ajoke, a
contemplation of the grand outlines of such
a man cannot fail to be refreshing and whole
some. Other notable contents of the present
number are;
The Place of the Moral and Religious Fac.
ulties; Chas H. Payne, d. d.; Old Age Beau
titled; Light in Dark Places; Youthful Dis.
regard of Reproof; What is Thought? The
Pseudo Maniac; Recollections of a Practical
Phrenologist; The Russo-Turkish War; How
to Teach, etc, etc.
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The Nursery,

The midsummer number Of this beautiful
uhidren's publication comes like a breath of
the cool sal. sea to its readers. "a Day on
the Beach" is lovely picture and admirably
illustrates Jane divers story that accompa-
MES it, Then we have the Bundle Bee, But.
tercup and Daisy, Kitefying, and many 9th
er pictures and stories--all redolent OF coun.
try air and the sweet odor of the hayil and
the woods
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\ pretty little bird story comes from Hunts
vile, Mo. Miss VIccie Sears OF that place
has canary. for which a wren has formed a
singular but strong attachment Regularly
every day this wren visits the canary, bring
ing bugs, worms, &c, with which TO reeale
its appetite, and. perched on the outside OF
the cage, il chirps merrily away while the
other is discussing the bill of fare so strange
ly set before il Sometimes Miss NiccIe opens
tie cage and permits the wren TO go in and
hold closer communion with its inamoraia
and lets /, GU; again when it tires OF the visit
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AS the May number was glorious with me
mentocs of the opening spring, SO the August
number comes laden with the riches OF mid
summer In Johns FIRST Party we have a
story of country life and outdoor sports and
recreatjons: in The Coral Fishers wife We
are taken to the seaside 10 enjoy It's cool
breezes; The stars in August enables US
while watching the heavens from the open
porch or tent door, these lovely nights, Il
commune with their starry hosts intelligent
"; and in A Summer Ride to Labrador VIC
get glimpscs of such regions Of snow and ice
in midsummer as to give US almost chill
on the hottest day.
In many aspects the best articles IN the
number are, one by Prof. Brooks, Of Hopkins
University on birds aud how they build then
nests, and one about a village Of wild beasts
by Frank Stockton We like them best be
cause they so admirably combine instruction
with amusement Frgm the latter we cut a
paragraph:
Some other birds which attracted my at.
teutlOn, not on account of their beauty but
bgCause of their oddly, are called laughing
jackaeses," The name may strike you az a
very strange one TO give TO bird, but there
is reason for it, In Australia, where these
birds come from, the early settlers used TO
car In the woods strange noises which sound.
od &c r. ,,@Au were made by 4 jackass who
lad heard a good ioke ard was laughing
heartily at it. The people G0u!d scarcely
make up their minds that jack'.ass copld
hear enough jokes to keep him laughing 1h
a time, and so they searched for the merry
and found that they were these
birds, who would sit on u tree and at regular
intervals burst into this braying kinG of a
laugh.
There are several peculiarities about the
laughing.iackasses In the first place he is
really klngfshcr, though he seldom goes
near the water. Therefore, Of course, he can.
not carry on his regular business, if his name
is correct,-and 50 he contents himself with
catching lizards ard mice, and such small
fry as may be found on shore. Then, again,
he is peculiar because he acts more like d
cat than a bird in hunting for small game.
He will sit ana watch q nl0use-hole just like
q regular old tabby cat and when the mouse
ventures out, he will pounCe upon il as quick
ly as any puss you ever saw. 1t may be
that he laughs so much because he continu-
ally sees for himself what an utterly absurd
kind of bird he IS.
Without further specification, we must say
this midsummer holiday number is just the
thing to amuse youngsters during moments
of rest in the cool shade, and charm them
with its pictures of summer fun and beauty.
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SEE FOR YOURSELVES.

IN. tst E.fy-N 1ed Paints N TIE market. tor I-stfe
outside ~Ors. Gil \ LIN - egf-f-
Ap.il tsros d - 0i'i
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VOTE. LETTER.. AND ELL,
y NV ans p-inted IN h-si-clsss style. By OsAAS
ikPEMkS FKEI TRADES OFFICE.
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WIND AND WATER PROOF

Garments a speciality. Our Cloth surface Coat comb
tlcO garments in one. For stormy weather IL is Pen
Water P,OoG and in dry weather u
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NEAT AND TIDY OVERCOA7

BY peculiar process Tie rubber is put between the tw
cloth surfaces, which prevents Smelling Sticking,
in the hOtea climates. They are made in three coors
Blue, Black and Brown.
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PROPOSALS FOR CITY bonds.

DEPARTMENT or FINANCE,
City Hall. New Orleans, February II. 1877.
GEALED PROPOSALS WILL DE RECEIVED
~ until WEDNESDAY. March a.. 1877, at "a
o'clock m. for the sale to the city OF One Hun
dred Thousand t1oo.oool Dollars of BONDS of
the City of New Orleans AMI of the late cities of
Jefferson and Carrollton. All bids must state
the class Of Bonds and amount OF accrued inter
est thereon, and offers must include both prin.
cipal and interest. No bids will be considered
at u higher rate than the parity of Premium
Bonds.
The Council reserves the right to reject oil or
any bids and answers will be given the follow
ing day Mt 10 q. m.
Bids must be directed to the Commissioners
of the Consolidated Debt,
J. G. DEM /. Administrator.
fetT "a mh3 10 II 81
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LEEDS FOUNDRY.
ESTABLISHED nv 1881

WcrNoc UoIorU and Eouch0r streets,
NEW ORLEANS.
We are prepared to manufacture
STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS,
SUGAR MILLS, SUGAR KETTLES,
DRAINING MACHINES, Saw MILLS,
COTTON PRESSES, NEWELL SCREWS,
GIN GEARING, FURNACE MOUTHS,
CRATE BARS, JuDsoN's GOVERNORS,
and all kinds OF Plantation and Steamboat work
South. TEEnE Il 20
dec an d&w
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WANTS.

UNDERSTANDINGS AND VISITORS
w to know that nicely furnished rooms with
or without board, can be rented at 1s4 Oauhl
street, One OF the most desirable localities in
the city. Rates reasonable, Apply. on. the
premises, over the Gregg Sewing Machine
Depot and Fashion Emporium, 1b4 Canal street.
de24 am
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ADJUSTMENTS.

VARIETIES THEATaE-
MIR. CHAs PoPE..a....... ............ Manager
Engagement Of the beautiful and talented
LOUISE rsMEHeY,
Monday, March 9Th, Is7z, and Every
Evening Until Further Netice,
And SATURDAY MATINEE
AS ROY LIKE M.
HoEalind. LUUlSE POMEH0Ys
Wednesday Matinee MASKS AND FACES,
Friday Night-Beneft Of LOUISE POM ERUY
In preparation ROMEO AND JULIET, LADY.
OF LYONS. MACBETH and 1NGOMAB.
pIDWELL's ACADEMY OF MUSIC
81 st. Charles street.
Monday. March sland during the week
Wednesday and Saturday MatineeB.
SIMMONS a. sLOgUM's MINsTRELs.
The great expounders OF our national amuse-
msnt, from their elegant Opera House, Phil
adelphia, where. Tor seven years they be-
unique and comic entertainments. COM
pany OF the
Most Renowned5Ethi Artists
In existence. Entire change OF programme
three times during the week.
No extra charge for res erved seats. which can
be obtained in advance. mia Il
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SHERIFF SALES.

LAW, MEDICAL. RELIGIOUS AND SCHOOL
Books. Stationary. Maps. Novels. Bank
Books, INKS, Pencils, Pens. show Gases
Counters, Shelving, Desks, etc.
Charlotte Pisfst md Ensband We. James A.
- Gresham
TN0URTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
l. parish Of Orleans, No. 4i952-By virtue of q
writ Of fieri facias to me directed by the Honor
Orleans, In the above entitled cause. will pro-
coed to sell ut public auction. on the premises
hereinafter designated on FRIDAY March q.
days at same hour and place, the following do
seribsd property, to wit.
ALL THE GOODS, MERCHANDISE AND
movable property In tho premises No. % Camp
street. in the First District Of this city consist
Ing Of Books, Sta ionsry. ETC., as per inventory
which may be seen In my office.
Seized In the above SUIT.
Terms-Cash ON the spot
THOMAS II. HANDY
NH Civil Sheriff # tbe Parish Of Orleans