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A Mountain Slide.

An interesting account of the recent
falling of o mountain in T%arentaise, Sa-
Yoy, causing disaster to two hourishing
villages, has been communicated to the
Courier DIES Alpes, by NJ. Berard. The
phenomenon has been incorrectly re-
ported as instantaneous, and the de-
structive effect close together, but no
longer united complete, whereas the
case is that of q mountain which for
twenty days, without cessation, has been
dismembering itself, and literally falling
night and day into the valley below, fill
ing it with piled-up blocks Of stone, e1-
tim uishing all sounds by it's incessant
thunder, and covering the distant hori-
zon with a thick cloud of yellowish dust.
The entire mass comprised in the slope
forms q mutilated cone 200 metres broad
at the top and 600 at the base ; this ID
composed of blocks of hard schist lying ;
and it is united to the body of the noun
tain only q vertical mass forty to fifty
metres thick, which is already assured
and shaken. Periods Of repose occur
lasting only o few seconds OF a minute
at most {; then the movement recon.
mences and continues about 800 hours.
Blocks of forty cubic metres become dis
placed with no apparent cause, traverse
the 1900 metres of descent in thirty
seconds, leaping 400 or 500 metres at a
time, and finally get dashed to pieces in
the bed of the torrent, or launch their
shattered fragments into the opposite
forest, moving down gigantic pines as II
they were 80 mAny thistles. One such
block was seen to strike a fine fir tree
before reaching the bridge between the
villages the tree was not simply broken
or overthrown, but wa crushed to
death : trunk and branches disappeared
in the air like O. burning match. Rocks
are hurled together and broken into
fragments that are thrown across the
valley like swallows in a whirlwind ;
then follow showers of smaller frag-
ments, and one hears the whistling
sound of thousands of pebbles as they
pass. M. Berard reached the edge of
the rock e, 1850 metres high), on one OF
the edges of the falling cone, and ven.
tured along it, obtaining o good view OF
the terrifying" spectacle. He reaf-
firms his conviction that the phenome-
nom is inexplicable by any of the usual
reasons that account for Alphine disturb
ances, such as penetration Of water, or
melting of snow, or inferior strata in
motion; nor does the declivity of the
slope explain it. His hypothesis is that
some geological force is at work, of
which the complex resultant acts OBJ
liauely to the axis Of the mountain and
almost parallel to its sides.
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A Curious Chinese Burial.

A Chinaman who died in Belleville,
New Jersey, recently, was buried as he
would have been had he died in his ma.
tive land. He was clothed in the usual
Chinese garments, including hat and
and shoes, and placed in a common
coffin, which was then put in a grave
three feet in depth. At the side of the
grave there was placed dish containing
two roasted chickens, and another hold.
ing rice end chop-sticks. By the side OF
tho dishes a bottle was put, and in a hole
at the foot of the grave q small stone
pot. Religious ceremonies were per
formed, the grave was filled, and all the
property of the deccased-a trunk and
clothing-was burned.
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A GRIND Record.

Nearly thirty years have elapsed since Hos.
letters Stomach Bitters was first brought to
the notice Of the American public. To-day II
is the most popular femedy on this continent
for dyspepsia, liver complaint, constipation,
debility, nervousness, urinary and uterine com:
plants, govt, rheumatism, intermittent and
remittent fevers, and is widely used in south
and Central America, Mexico, the West Indies
and Australia, as q preventive and remedy to'
malarious disorders, and for many other mala,
dies to the relief Of which it is adapted. The
record Of its victories is written in the test
monials Of thousands whom it has cured, tc
many Of which the widest publicity has beer
given it has won the emphatic sanction Of
leading members Of the medical profession
and it has repeatedly been made the subject Of
eucomiums by the home and foreign press
Comment on the above facts is unnecessary
We leave the public to draw it's own conclusions
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"But, ledge, see here, now, the bag
hahn eaten a mouthful."
"Can't help that; there are the
viands before it, and if it don't partake
Of them, it isn't my. fault. Come, sir,
pay over ; I haven't time to argue the
matter"
"Wall, squire, maybe it's all right.
but it seems mighty rough on a fellow.
Here's your two dollars"
And the owner of the bag sat down
and hastily finished his meal, amid the
audible smiles of his acknowledgements;
and the very perceptible grin Of exulta-
ton on the landlords face. His meal
done, he turned to his bag, opened it,
shook out it's creases and folds, and with
provoking sang jroid, thus addressed it.,
loud enough for all in the room to hear :
II beg your pardon, MI. Bag, for
making you wait for the second table.
Hungry, eh? 7 should rather think 80,
with nothing inside of you but a shirt
and q paper collar, and there isn't much
substance in them. Like roast beef, oh
Here's a nice piece weighing a dozen
pounds, I guess. Whew you took that
in at one gulp. and il don't seem to dis.
tress you either. Try this breast OF
lamb? I can recommend it. Sorry the
mint sauce is all out. Biscuits Yes,
here's q hull plate full. Biscuit are
rather tryin' on ones digestive machln-
cry, they say; suppose yon try a couple
of platefuls of bread on top OF them.
Have q spring chicken? Two? Well,
you are cheeky; but here they are. You
don't wait to pick 'em, I see. Some more
biscuit ? There you have EN-"
Suiting his actions to these words, the
owner of the bag stuffed into its capa-
cious interior everything edible that lay
within his reach, regardless of the con-
sternation depicted in the face OF the
landlord, who rushed up to stop him.
"This is robbery, sir; downright rob-
bery!'s he Numbered. 81 will not sub
NIT to it,"
"See here, now, squire, Just keep
cool and we'll argue this, calmly replied
the verdant one, not letting up, however.
in his occupation of filling the bag.
"Didn't this bag pay for a square meal -:
What is a square meal If it isn't to eat
till one is satisfied? Isn't that so,
gents .
His fe!low-passengers, who were roar
ing with laughter, readily assented.
"Now, that being the verdict OF tins
jury, let me tell you, Mr.. Landlord, that
this bag amt going to be satisfied until
it is chock full. I'm its friend, and any
one that interferes with its meal will get
e~ternally damned, that's all
He meant every word of it, and the
landlord wisely withdrew, looking a
splendid example of the bitter bitten.
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For Dvspepsin. Weakness and Debility.
EPSON, N. H., May 8, 1870.

For Dyspepsia, Weakpess and ps , !
Dear sir-Haying received great benefit from
the use Of Peruvian Syrup, l am wiling a1Hst to ADD ADD
stantly sounding its praise. During. the late
war I was in the army, and had the misfortune
to be taken prisoner, and was confined In Sails,
bury and other Southern prisons several
months, and became so much reduced in health
former self. On being released, I was q tit
subject for a Northern hospital, where I re-
maiaed some two months and then came home.
My physician reconhsndsd and sI procured Es;c f01 7
con,n,;1ed to use for several weeks and found
nv health restored and my weight increased
from ninety pounds to one hundred and fifty,
nv usual weight, and have been in my usual
Good health ever since; and I can cheerfuuy
Recommend it in all cases Of weakness and
debility of the system, whether arising from
AM IMPURE state Of the blood, dyspepsia, OF
almost any other cause, believing it'wil in
most cases give entire satisfaction.
Yours truly, GEO. =. B11BY.
sold nv dealers generally.
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A Singular Australian Bird.

A family of Australian birds, says a
writer in Good Words, which are the
most anomalous of all in their habits,
are the brush turkeys, which we may
look upon as supplying the place of the
pheasant and grouse, and whose unique
domestic economy is specially adapted
for the peculiar conditions of Austria
liam existence. The mother of a family
of brush turkeys is very far removed
from the position of O domestic drudge
and enjoys complete immunity from the
slavery of incubation. The old birds in
spring share the labor of collecting an
enormous mass of h~alf-decayed leaves
and earth, five feet high, and sometimes
forty-fve feet in circumference. AS
soon as the hotbed, by the fermentation
of the vegetable matter, attains a heat
of about eighty-nine degrees Fahrenheit,
the hen bird deposits her eggs, one after
another, in the csnter. They are very
carefully arranged in a circle on their
ends and then covered to a considerable
height with leaves and earth. When
Matched, the young birds scratch their
own way out, and are able at birth not
only to run, but to fly sufficiently well
to enable them to perch on trees out OF
harms way. The mother, however,
seems generally to hang about the
neighborhood, and to assume at once the
education and guidance of the family.
The solution of this extraordinary pc.
culiarity is, as Mr.. Wallace has pointed
out, onlyt to be found in the peculiar con
ditions of the open regions Of Australia.
where prolonged droughts and scanty
water supply entail aperiodical scarcity
of food. The coninements of the
parents to one spot for the purpose o.
incubation might under these circum'
stances lead to starvation and the con
sequent death Of the offspring, but witt
free power to roam the birds may ealy
find ~suStenance, and the young, full de-
veloped at birth, are at ,n2ce capole of
prolonged and exteued journeys.
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The most important advantages we en-
JOY, and the greatest discoveries that
science can boast have proceeded from
men who have either seen little of the
world, or have secluded themselves en-
tirely.for the purposes of study. Not
only those arts which are exclusively the
result Of calculation, such as navigation.
mechanism and others, but even agricul-
ture, may be said to derive its improve
ment, if not it's origin. from the same
source.
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He Was Fond OF Astronomy.

You wouldn't have thought he had
the slightest taste for the sciences had
you seen him sprawled all over the salt
barrels in his sleep, but he had scarcely
been registered as John Sly Hunt and
put into a cell when he began calling:
essay! Say, you! Say, boys, =! want
a better cell. I want a cell from which l
can look out and see Mars moons"
Bijah went to the cell door and re.
monstrated. He asked the prisoner to
take into consideration the fact that
being in an observatory was altogether
different from being in the Jug. As
tronomers can sit up in their tall towers
and boss their assistants around without
stint, but prisoner shave no astronomical
rights. :,
"Mars ! Mars! Mars !" yelled the man
as he shook the cell door.
"Never heard of him." replied the
old man.
"Gimme q looking-glass !" continued
Hunt.
"Haven't any in the house."
"Lemme see the moons or I'll boiler
all night "howled the prisoner.
Then .Bijah held a private conversation
with him. There was rhyme to it. He
said to him:
"This midnight row has got to cease,
In spite Of moons and Mars.
And if you don't lay down to sleep
I'll let you see some stars
The astronomer was the first one to
come before his honor. He seemed a
busted asteroid. He looked Like a
dry moon. He squared off like the Great
Dipper and remarked.
"What's the charge for staying here
over night?"
"Nothing-not a cent" replied the
court "When did you first turn your
attention towards the subject Of astrono-
1--WE always been quite fond of the
meon," was the hesitating reply. J.
"And there have been many nights in
your life when you have seen two or
three moons at once, Ell |"
"Y-yes, sir" 49,.
"Naane some of the planets, will
you ?"
"Well," reflected the prisoner, "there
is Awful Gardner, Joe Coburn, the Chi
cago Times, and"-
"That will do, Mr.. Hunt. You didn't
observe the transit of Venus, I sup
pose ?"
"Not as I remember Of"
"Well, sir, were you pursuing the
subject of astronomy as you lay on those
salt barrels ?"
"No, sir I was pursuing the subject
of Sleep"
ct will put you, John Sly Hunt,
where the subject of making chairs will
worry you a great deal more than any
change of the moon or disappearance OF
a planet. Go in there and take q seat
on the e%quinoctial center till the buggy
drives up"
"Star of the morning, come into the
milky way" added Bijah, as he crooked
his finger, and the astronomer disap-
peared under a cloud. tDetroit Free
Press.
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xU,rdcr IIuop Wonder.

Given away-a strange, mysterious and most
extraordinary book entitled 1.-THE Book Of Won
ders." Containing, with numerous curious
pictorial illustrations, the mysteries OF the
heavens and earth, natural and supernatural,
oddities, whimsical, strange curiosities, witches
and witchcraft, dreams, superstitions, absurdl'
that all may see this curious book, the pub
fishers have resolved to give it away to all that
desire to see it. Address by postal card
F. Gleason d Co, 1888 Washington Street,
posfon Maes.
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Miller & Lux, q California firm, own
700. 600 acres in allan area nearly
equal to that of Rhode Island. They
own about 80, 900 cattle, and last year
their newborn calves numbered $4,000.
OF sheep they have q vast number, as
we'll as of hogs, and they furnish the
largest share Of fresh meat for the Ban
Franoisco market,
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H~eadQuarterS a.,
NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION
FoR THE Projection OF FISH N GAME, :
SYRACUSE, N. Y, June %, 1877. }
To Colwell Lead Company,
6S Centre Street, New York.
. Gents.-We have carefully examined your
Shot here on exhibition, and have also received
the unanimous report of all the clubs on the
grounds of the State shoot in favor OF your
Shot. We cheerfully pronounce 1t o very per.
feet article, and recommend it to the sportsmen
generally throughout the country.
GREENE SMITH: President.
JOHN A. NICHOLS, Yice-Presldent.
CHAR. R WRIGHT, Secretary.
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The Lntcst Fashion for Lndies,

Our attention has recently been called to the
Raritan Matelasse ClodIings, something entire
~ new in the way OF heavy, thick, warm, WOODEN
goods, specially adapted for ladies' wear during
the cold weather now approaching. These
goods are the handsomest, and most stylish
ever seen, and 80 far az price is concerned, arc
a miracle Of cheapness. They are intended fol
cloaks, sacques, dolmans, circulars and Jackets.
for both ladies' and children, and are to be found
at all the leading dry goods stores in the com.
t,y. Be particular to ask for the Rartdn Cloak
mas, and take no other.
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At q recent sale of short horn cows in
England n animal brought $4,000.
That is o tremendous price, but it has
it's compensations. To be kicked in the
stomach by a COW worth $40, 600 must be
accompanied by a variety of ennobling
sensations. Not every man can afford
it-Danbury NsWs.
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(By. telec-eph,)

(By, teleersph.)
To Hdines Bros, No.. 145 FTh drenue, NeD
York.: .
Iowa State Fair first gold medal on Haines,
upright piano fortes. Must have two uprights
immediately. A. REED sONS,
Chicago. I'll. Sept, %, 1877.
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Tho NIIIes, Alarm Money Drawer
is an article almost indispensable to merchants.
Being capable Of. variety Of combtna6ons,
and simple Il its construction. 1t reoonarnends
itself to merchants ss an important part Of
their store fixtures. m-tapping has become
30 prevalent that an ingenious arrangement like
that Of the Miles Money Drawer Is indeed
q necessity. They are sold by Messrs: Fair:
banks 4 Co., BIZ Broadway New York, and
the hardware trade generally.-M 7. G1press.
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It is a mistake to suppose a great mind
inattentive to trihes; it's capacity and
comprehension enable it to embrace
everything.
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The man who has got more money
than he wants is rich ; the mar who
wants more money than he has got is
poor.
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MAKE NO MISTAKE In Dooley's Yeast Pow
der you get the best article OF the kind i'll the
world. The cans are always full weight, the
article itself the purest and strongest possible,
Do You want your baking always perfect2
Don't fail then to use Dooley's Yeast Powder.
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Fairbanks Scales.

Fairbanks, Scnles. q.
In the month Of August fifty carloads OF
scales were sent out from the scale works, and
n~inety-nine carloads of materials for manufao-
turing scales were received at the works in the
same mcnth.-&. Lohns6ury W. Caedonaan,
Sent. 81.
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Time will tell, and time has told that any
mans q fool who pays old prices When
Jones, Of Binghamton, B~inghamton, n. :?
prepaid, at ESQ ZACH free price list
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h He Sighed For.

A young gentleman hearing q young
lady sigh, asked her "What do you
sigh for7" She replied: Nothing"
upon which he wrote and handed her the
following:
Uoso, but I o thee
90 no o, but o o me;
let not my o q 60,
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In the grave with him is buried all OF
his guns, cartridges, belt, etc., that he
died possessed of.
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81, rdrawn Dy Blk untamed mus
d~aercilessly dashed BY the whip.
An enjoyed the ride, however, and
when, after two hours Of wild driving by
Boniface, the coach was hailed and stop
ped, much~to the ~wonderment and alarm
of its inmates, and the pursuers with
foam-covered horses drew alongside.
Ben sprang down from his comfortable
seat and got into the stage.
SIS that fellew in there ?" shouted the
landlord.
Giles here, sure, big as life," Ben
shouted back.
"Thunderl Just show him to me-"
"I'm your man." answered Ben, with
inimitable GOODNESS.
"You! ye-ye-you! !" suffered the
landlord in blank amazement.
"Just so, my friend. You'll find the
missing spoons and forks in the ice-cool-
er. Thanks'M Boniface for a square
meal and a pleasant ride. Drive on,
Johnny"
"Sold, by the eternal" groaned the
landlord, as, lashing his horses, he drove
off amidst the shouts Of the amused pas
sengers.
An experience of a somewhat different
character wa that which is frequently
told ct the expense of q landlord. The
stage drew up at his rancho one day
with a passenger list so beggarly that it
reduced the expectdht and smiling Boni-
face to q state of despair, and to an alb
struse calculation of his profit and loss
account. Among the few dust-begriined
passengers that fled in to feast on the
good things spread on his hospitable
board, was q verdant looking Individual,
who tightly clutched one Of those old.
fashioned, capacious mouthed carpet
bags with vast bowelled depth that our
sgrandfathers used in their journeys, and
that was usually laden with two shirts
and q months luncheon. This particu-
lar carpet bag was notable only for the
apparent extreme paucity of its contents,
and when our verdant traveller skunk
bashfully to the unoccupied end OF the
long dining table, and seated himself in
one of the chairs, he deposited bis dusty
bag on q vacant chair at his SIDE. Sc
industriously did he attack the viands
before him, that Boniface tapped him
on the shoulder several times before he
hurriedly produced a dollar, the usual
price Of a meal. ,.,,:
"Your bill is two dollars" said Boni-
face.
Ebay"
"Two dollars, if You please"
e Gosh al mighty, landlord" ne e1'
med, "you don't mean to say you
\ sfellow two dollars for q meal Like
y charge is q dollar for every
pied at the table. Your bag
IS a seat, and the charge for
u meas fora person"
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And here is the solution

You sigh for 0 cipher, but l sigh for thee;
o sigh for no cipher, but o sigh for ne;
o let not my sigh for . cipher 60,
But give sigh for sigh, for I sigh for you 30
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From WASHINGTON.

Judge Wright, Of Indiana, attacked
Columbus Delano, ex-secretary Of the
treasury, in the street with o heavy
stick, inAicting a serious scalp wound.
Judge Wright had grievance OF long
standing against Delano; arising outNof a
nrestion of Indian claip-
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TO BOOK AGENTS!

We have In press = book-noty et snnounced-thsthas
been IN preparation over three years, costing $4,000
1874 Superb, Full-Page Engravinss
make it one of the most completely illustrated 70. mss
,nand this attention and approval Il everybody. We "
make most liberal arrangements. with SCENTS 70 10 70
duce II, and il % worthy tnoir notice Advance sne =
AMERICAN PUBLISHING co. Hsrtford. Connn,
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since that period he had lost 81, POS, $50,
andthat SIS, 900 could not be realized from
the property now owned by him: He
also stated that it cost him $4,000 to
escape from Ludlow street jail, that
sum having been paid to the various
persons who aided him in getting away.
Western and Southern States.
The county fair at Frederick, Nd,
was visited by the President and several
members of the Cabinet. Addresses
were delivered by the President, Secre,
tary McCrary and Acknowledgement
Devens.
The railroad depot and a number OF
business houses at Edwards Depot,
Miss, were destroyed by fire.
Four out of a party of five revenue
officers were wounded in an atfray with
a party of illicit distillers In Burke
County, North Carolina.
Alexander Reed, postmaster of Toledo,
Ohio, and proprietor OF the TOLEDO
Blade and Commercial, was assaulted
on the street by an e1-postmaster OF the
city, named Bowling, but friends inter
fered before anything serious happened.
At Winneconne, Wis, the Culver
House and about a dozen other buildings
were destroyed by fire. Loss, about
$40, 600.
Strong resolutions against Chinese i'm
migration were passed by the Congrega-
tional Association of California, In ses-
sion at Sacramento.
The Market Street Savings Bank, OF
San Francisco, failed, owing to a heavy
withdrawal of accounts.
A special commission appointed to in
yesticate tho San Francisco custom
house, report that the business was gen.
orally conducted in a faithful and honest
manner,