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silver A. Money.

The report Of the Silver commission
submitted 10 the United States Con-
gress, is signed by Senators Jones and
Bogy, Representative Willard and
Bland, and the Hon. William 5. Grocs-
beck These gentlemen agree that the
depreciation in the vnluc of silver as
compared with gold is not due to the I'M
creased production oi the former, but
chiefly 10 the demonstration IL sllyerby
Germany, the United States, and other
countries, and the consequent closing of
mints against silver. aided by dimuu.
tiou of the Asiatic demand for silver. and
10y enormous exaggcratlous uf the actnal
and prospective yield If the Nevada sil-
yer mines. Let the United States re-
store the double standard, and this ruin
uuF demouetiuttiuu % Eslvcr-thc cause
uf the present distress throughout the
world-vili be checked. The supply Of
gold D. diminishing. besides, no metal Is
so ill-suitej 90 be a sole measure Of
values After referring "a the Russian.
Brazilian and English experiences witty
paper currency, the commissioners sah
they have been able "a arrive at only
one conclusiuE-thnt resumption in this
country IL not practicable under the cir
cumstancea uutil the existing laws MAX
ing gold the sold metallic legal tender
are repealed. Both the debit paying
metals are found under CIR own flag:
both are needed and Sd the fullest
measure. to accomplish The task. II
silver flows in sfom Europe. so much
the better; that will mean revival 81
business and an era of solid prosperity.
Senator Bogy and Representative VIII
lard recommend fixing the silver stand
ard at l5l; Mr. GroesbeCk and Repre-
sentative Bland at 10 $500. the present
standard. until after AN international
conference.
Representative Gibson and Professor
Bowen. of Cambridge. report in favor
Of a single gold standard. restricting the
use Of silver as money 90 small coins,
with the present, or slightly increased.
legal tender limit. Senator Boutwell,
believes in the use of silver rs money.
but wants IL restored by nm international
convention Of the commercial countries.
and thinks separate action hy the United
States would be unwisc, il not disos-
irons
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Excitement i'm Nova SCntia,

The question Of precedence having
arisen between certain queens counsel,
an affidavit was read in the supreme
court Of Nova Scotia. setting forth that
the seal attached to the commission Of
quccn's counsel appointed by tie local
government was not the great seal of the
province, but the old seal which was or
derod to be returned hv the imperial
government in 1863 The premier of
the local government admitted the gov
erument had been using the old scal.
The court expressed astonishment nj
such contempt for her majesty's author
ized and expressed opinion, and said that
all acts requiring the great seal done
since 1869 were totally void.
This state Of affairs leaves Noya Scotin
to-day without a parliament and without
a government, with all grants of mar
riage licenses, consequently marriages.
and all commissions since 1869 totally
void. The greatest excitement prevails
in consequence. The chief Justice after
intimnting that it would require inn
perial Legislation to rectifv the matter,
adjourned the court for ten days for a
full inquiry.
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1unterfcit DIN.

There is large a'"anat oi cnunterie'.
com IN circulation, tas View York >u
says, Judging from the o.,-p.a'n'7 u'
people gng"Ee1 'n all branches of hus.
ness. IAe c'uHteriei@ are ni all ueuom
nations, beginning with "a hEe-teu.
h'cAel ana e'iihg " n the inQi' d"4es.
oniy lew Ut iae ia,,er are ln genera.
circulation. Hall dollars, however, or.
handled 10y everybody, and "pna these
th" es'aht'Flrlt'F' nave rNeEtei lh'H
highest art. There are at present cauu.
tertelts oil four - iiF. as,te.rnt substance
which rlnHe4F resemble the genuine sill
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The Army Bill.

The following il the text Of the section
Of the United States Army Appropria.
tion hill which was the subject of irrecon.
cilahle difference between the House Of
Representatives and the Senate, and
which. being adhered 90 hy the House,
caused the failure Of the hlll
SECTION 3. That no part Of the money
appropriated by this act, nor any money
heretofore appropriated, shall be applied
90 the pay. subsistence or transportation
of troops used. employed, or to be en-
ployed in support OF the claim Of Francis
T. Nichols or of = II. Packard 10 be
governor of the State of Louisiana nor
shall any Of the money be applied in
support of the claim Of the two bodies
claiming 90 be the Legislature Of said
State. presided over respectively by L..
A. Willis and Luuis Bush nor Of the
two bodies claiming % bc the Legisla-
ture of said State. presided over by G.
G. Antoine aud Michael Hahn nor in
support Of the claim Of Thomas G. Man
ning and associates to the supreme court
of said State nor in support of the claim
of John i. LudelinE and associates 10
bc the supreme court of said State nor
i'm aid of the execution Of amy process in
the hands Of the United States marshal
in sud State. issued in aid of and for the
support If any such claims, nor shall
the army. or amy portion Of it, be used
in support of the claims. or pretended
claim or claims Of any State government,
or officer thereof, in any State, until
such government shall have been duly
recognized 10y Congress.
ANY person offending against any of
the provisions of this act shall be deemed
guilty Of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof shall be imprisoned ut
hard labor for not less than five nor
more than ten years.
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The Romance Of Figures.

II one cent was.set ont at compound
interest in the wear ut four per cent.
the first of january, 1865, il would
amount to one quintillion 20l, ,55S quad
rilhons 332. 600 trilions of dollars. III
we were 80 take TINS sum as a capital and
use its yearly interest -four per cent }
then tire income tax we would have "a
pay ~ the rate OF one per cent would
he 4S0 quadrillions 5SS, $40 trillions Of
dollars. II we paid the tax collector
tins sum in silver he would need 3.006,
345, 600. 600. 0O0 600 wagons for its trans
portation. Provided the whole of the
oarth's surface, both land and water,
were veoplei as closely as possible we
should have but the two-millionth part
of the drivers required, and the line OF
wagons would have the length Of eight
trillions AZ. 900 billions Of miles. The
speed Of light il lg2. 900 miles per sec
ond, and ii would take 759, 600 years to
reach the collector, beginning at the far
thest wagon ON beth sides, stationed
himself in the center of the line. Again
n robbery could be committed on the
hintermost wagon which would not be
discovered till the "a, 7s0th generation of
tax collectors. III, ON the contrary, in
stead Of using the interest on the capi-
tai (the bulk Of which, hy-the-bye, would
be equal in gold to A globes) this capital
were distributed among the people Of
the earth, each one Of its 1000, 600, 600
of inhabitants would receive about l, 300
trillions of dollars 10 live ON, and could
every second use -, 900, 900 for 3S, ,096,-
600 years without reaching the bottom
of his purse.
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1 Ni>er'> Fate.

When the goyewmeu; desired to bar-
row a large sum of money from the lm-
wruscly wealthy .l~rr. Eas'le. he rr-
fused tine loan ou thr plea 81 poverty.
Fearing. however. tla' some uf Lis
ueiehhars, among wham hc Was very
unpopular. would report hls immense
wealth 30 the government. hg applied las
ingenuity o. discover SOME t;lygtaal Way
ai hiding his gold. ahauld they institute
q search 20 ascertain the truth ur false
hood oi his plea. With graa: care and
secrecy he dug q deep cave In his cellar.
tn tins receptacle for hgs treasure lac de
secudod by ladder and tn the trap
door lac attached spring lock, So That
uu shutting it would 'ast,n 81 itself
By-and-hve the misrr disappeared; lu-
quir.ts were made. the house searched. +.
woods explored. and the ponds were
dragged, but uo Foscuc could they find;
and gassips began 30 conclude that the
miser had fed with his gold to some part
where, unknown, he cauli be- free from
the hands of the government. Some
time passed ON; the house i'm which hc
had lived WAS sold, and workmcn were
husily engaged IN its repair. In the
progress al their work they met with the
door Of the secret cave, with the key IN
the lock outside. They drew aack the
door. and descended with light. The
first object upon which the lamp reflect
ei was the ghastly body Of Foscue, the
mjser. and scattered ahaut him were
heavy bags of gold and panderous chests
Of untold treasure; q cauilcstick lay be-
side him ON the floor. The wurshiper Of
mmnmon had gone into his cave to pay
his devoirs to his golden god. and be-
came q sacrifice to his devotion.
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A Sad Disaster.

On Friday night, March 2, soon after
eight o'clock, when the sentry Ol Llta
Saving Station No IL, al Squan Beach,
n. j.. William Miller, by name, had left
the station house to patrol Lls beat along
the beach, he noticed about quarter of
"a mile from the sburr d dark Object,
which he at once concluded Was "a Ncearl
Miller, seeing that the vessel, if such It
was, was approaching too near shore, het
OF his hand signal 30 give notice oi the
proximity ul danger. lie received re-
ply signal from the vessel, he saya, and
Immediately started for the station -
muster the crew, which was On duty,
prepared h. lend helping hand % the
distressed mariners. Miller wah obliged
10 cover As much space as two miles be-
fore he reached the house where the
crew were ia waiting, aud by the time
hc with the other life savers and tAe
necessary apparatus had returned 70 the
spot from where ihe signal lad been
seen, over an hour had been consumed.
On his return no vessel was visible
through the black night. Tie rain was
descending, tAe Sky Was tull of angry
clouds and the night WAs naia-l with
darkness. Eager eyes attempted 10
penetrate the darkness III the direction
where an unfortunate vessel WIS sup
posed b. bee, but no object was 30 be dis
eerned. Probably the ship had passed
on out Of the danger thought the surf
men. At any rate they decided % await
the break If morning before trying to
learn if a vessel had been stranded.
With the morning light came the
revelation that cratt of some kind had
run on the shore and there became
total wreck. From the beach where Mil
Ter had been un the watch u very small
portion Of the vessel remains C1uld be
seen Part of her bow. with the bow
spit still attached. and portions Of her
forward rigging and chains were firm ia
the sand: but the hull, which had parted
Just forward Of the foremast. had been
torn away from the imbedded bow and
had driited, as WAS aiterward found, sew
eral miles to the nortlIward of the scene
of the FtGnding. At the time the
schooner for such j; ls now believed 30
have betu-Was first seen by the patrol
man Miller, only a duuble reeting wind
from the southeast was blowing along
Squan Beach coast, and il is not prsba-
bic that such a wind could have caused
LIc vessel 10 be thrown on 10 the shore
Vessels uf amy kind are seldom or
never known 10 sail so close into shore as
WAS this schooner when she WIS first
seen. The water in the vicinity If Squan
Beach nj the tide on which the schooner
struck wac not over eight feet ia depth
on the outer bar A burgee made fast
- piece of canvas W-as subsequently
found near Squnn inlet, ten miles north
Of the scene uf the wreck. which Wuuld
seem 80 Indicate that the schooner had
hoistesl il as a signal of distress some
umo before she struck GA Squan Beach.
What her cause ai distress was viii per-
haps never be known, ms not one of ihe
lives on board were saved.
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A New Hair Re~torcr.

The British consul at Nicolaieir, South
Russia, reports Go the foreign Office the
discovery Of new hair restorer He
SAYS: In the summer my attention was
drawn 90 several cases of sudden bald
ness ul bullocks, cows and oxen and the
loss of tails and names among horses.
A former servant of mine, prcmaturcly
bald, whose duty il was to trim my
lamps. bad habit of wipng his pctro-
loum-besmcarcd hands in the scanty
locks which remained to him. and after
three months Of lamp trimming expert
cnce his dirty habit procured for him a
much finer head Of black glossy hair
than he ever possessed before in his
recollection. / subsequently tried the
remedy ON two retriever spaniels that
had become suddenly bald, with won
dcriul success. My experience induced
me to suggest il to the owner of several
black cattle nnd horses affected as above
stated, and while it stayed the spread of
the disease among animals in the same
sheds and stables, il effected a quick and
radical cure on the animals attacked.
The petroleum should he of the most
refined American qualities, rubbed in
vigorously and quickly with the palm of
the hand, and applied ut intervals II
three days, six or seven times in all, ex-
cept in the case of horses tails and
names, when more applications may be
requisite.
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A Great Copper Lode.

Next a. the Calumet couplomerate
stautls the PcWuhic lode a. vlelicr ui
copper The noticeable mines operating
ou this deposit o. amy extent now are the
Quincy aud Franklin. The ur1ErrsS af
the former has been markell by series
of prosperous wears, and IN 1876 it's pro-
duct was the largest ever obtained in any
twelve months before The Quincy is
now the deepest mine worked on the
lake, and It's lode nj ;ho lowest point
wrought is ~ rich as il ever was in It's
upper levels.
The Franklin. notwithstanding the
mine Was badly disabled two wears ago
from the treatment IL received nj the
hands ~ The tributers. who for some
time hal operated it, afforded more cop
per in 1876 then II ever did before. Com.
pamiiyely speaking. this mine il shal-
low. and IL has "a good stretch Of lode.
The sucross Of the industry since it's re-
viyal shows that the portion of the
Pcwahlc deposit il is working is capable
Of being mined protimbly under judi
cious management Barring unforeseen
accidents and drawbacks. tho coming
twelve months the Franklin will do bet
ter than 1t dld IN 1876. and with the
large amount OF virgin ground there if
economically available for years-the
mine, rs long rs il is kept ON the right
track, is q pcrmancncy-on of the
solid Industries Of the district.
The company, owing to the tnttered
and torn condition the underground and
surface Of the mine were left in 10y the
tributcrs. has been obliged to cxpcnd
large sums of money in repairs. etc.
The working plant above and below is
in iirst-class shape The Franklin mill
is now one of the best ON the lake. With
copper at anything like n fair figure dnr-
ing the next year. the results Of the mine
in 1877 viii no doubt meet the approba-
tion OF its stockholders, rs well as those
who have heart in the progressive de-
vclopmcnt of the mining interest Of this
district -Partagc Lakc Mining Ga-
-sffs.
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4 Rneh Bet.

A Rochester man, according to the
.StuddY HSrud of that city, bet five
dollars the other day that he could put q
billiard ball in his mouth. If he had
been newspaper man no one would
have taken the bet, bat being another
kind Of Lairpin, the V was plankcd.
Sure enough, the feat was accomplished,
but the performer could not get the hall
ont. Physicians were sent for. The
most attractive ladies in town were put
Ujs-a-ris with the victim, but they
couldn't attract worth cent. Sam Hill
dreth, who has the reputation of drawing
the biggest ball ever held in Rochester,
was called in he couldn't conduct salts
factorily. Finally the doctors tried
again. One got "A loadstone, another
took "A cue-rious instrument and caromcd
on the two tonsils he then made cush-
ion shot on the larnyx, and tried TO
pocket the bali in the bronchials. After
some skillful play, with several scratches,
he nursed the ball ont. That whale of
prophetic billiard spheres, now swallows
colfsh rotUndities.
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NUMBER Is.
Patti. the Singer.

Adeliua Patti, who II now creating
something ~ "a sensation ia Europe oil
account 0f her separation from her hug-
band. the Marquis lie Caux, IL now thirty.
siK years Of age. She via born Of Italian
parents at Madrid ia 1913 fancording e.
her blogTupherl Her mother, Madame
Barili Patti, was the prima donna Of the
Gmnd Theater Of Madrid. and soon after
Adelua'h birth she removed to Milan.
She hal four daughters, Cl0tildn, Amalia
Mrs. StrHkoaeh), CarlDtta and AdelinA.
Strange to say, Madame Bnrili Patti
soon after giving birth % Adelina com
pletely lost her fine VOICE. .Adelina came
to tliiH country with her parents when
only q few years old, her father appear
ing III the old Chambers Street italian
Opera House with the Ianguifico COM
pany. Al the age Of nine she appeared
Ia the provinces when stmkosch made a
concert tour with Ole Bull and other
artists aud sang the songs made famous
10y Jenny Lind. sontag, B0sio and others.
IL is related that Soniag predicted al
ready then that Adeiina would become
he greatest songssress Of the age. HeI
first great starring tour, however, WAL
undertaken at the age u fourteen, when
she went with Strakoaeh, Guttschalk and
others 10 the West indies. aud il i men
toned that at that early age already she
had an offer Of marriage at Porto Rico
from the richest planter 81 the island.
In 1859, then a girl. mot vet seven
teen, she createl Il furure IN opera ln
this country, and then returned % En-
rope where she met with a ferVent vel
COME everywhere. She WAS u great fav-
orlte Of European eoYereigns. and sang
before no less than thirty of these.
When she married the marquis she Was
twenty-five years old, and the bridegroom,
who was equerry b Napoleon, was nearly
seventeen years her senior The Duke
a Manchester and Mr.. Costa gave away
tie bride. Napoleon aud the empress
used their influence to bring about tie
marriage, and il was through them that
il was accomplished He was Of IN arieio-
cratic family, but poor rs poverty itself
Patu WAS wealthy and ambitious, and
the new union gave her an undisputed
entrance % the magic circle Of the
French court. No happiness could be
expected 30 resllt from such Il marriage.
in which the wife. GA the me hand,
sought a title. and the huslland, on the
other, fortune. She could well afford
10 pay 100, 600 francs in order 20 get nd
Of the marquis. When she married the
marquis one-third 81 her future earnings
was 10 60 20 her personally and two-thirds
were 10 60 10 the joint account Of herself
and the marquis after having paid saeir
expenses, the marquis 70 accompany her
on her musical trips.
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Spitz Venom.

Two eases of hvdrophohia are report
ed from Staten Island, aud in both the
victims we're bitten 10y Spitz dogs. In
one case it is reported that the dog was
not rahid. and he appears b. have been
only irritable in the other. Before the
great increase now noted in the fire.
qucncy Of these accidents it was thought
that society paid sufficiently for the al
vantage il derived from dogs hv the
deaths they caused in communicating
rabies; vet that WAS when there were no
dogs about but the old acclimatci
breeds, that did net 60 mad often, and So
IA as close observation could discover
did not cause hv,lruphobin save when
they had il themselves It was bad
enough that way, and certainly it is in
tiuitely worse 10 have in all our streets
and in many houses an animal which
seems TO possess virus capable Of
causing hydrophobin while the nnima
himself is to MI appearance I'm normal
condition. Persons who care for the
lives Of their little children should take
notice that the number of cases reported
is now large in which TINS dog, while
himself apparently not mad, has caused
hydrophohin by his bite They have
not Therefore IN regard 10 this species,
even that slight assurance of safety
which. in regard 10 other dogs. il derived
from the warning of evident sickness in
the animal himself. .-Ncw IOrk Hefaid.
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Join the IrnnelAlS.

4 gentleman of Eastport, Me-, ON h.s
way home the other evening, was startled
10y an outcry, apparently from some one
being assaulted. The words LET me
alone; you cannot have my money; take
that !" were heard Following up the
cry, the gentleman, with several others
who had joined him, deserted, through
the gloom, a man running. Overtaking
him, they found a person considerably
in liquor, who stated that man had
tried to rob him. Going back to the
place of assault, they discovered that the
innocent cause of the drunken man s
fear and desperate efforts of resistance
was post, which he ran against in the
dark and imagined that he had been
struck. Moral-Join the ironclads.
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Tho Indlnn Tribe, Of Mnlne.

The Augusta Me- Journal says: I'll,
remnants II two Indian tribes continue
the wards 81 the State-the peuobscot
and PasaaInaquoddy The past yeal
tAle has been expended for the first,
named tribe 81. 43LUl The census oi
the tribe shows the number o. be AS.
Al the annual election. held the first ui
November, Toner ATTAIN wu- elected
governor; Saul Neptune. lieutenant.
governor; and Sabaij.s Dana. delegate t.
the legislature. A larger vote WAS cast
than at previous elections. many partici-
paDue iu tlss election who have IN former
yra~ frlra.uol from voting. and the lu.
dlr.iHuus are that "a much plyasluttr state
ul political feeling prevails than for sew
cr,l years past There Las been less de-
maud for labor. and consequently q low
er mte ui wages haas prevailed among the
tribe for thc past year. Sales oi baskets.
etc. ut summer Resorts have been less ln
quantity and lu price than IN amy pre-
yluus seasons. No prevalent discusses
have mRrl among the trllr Uuriug the
year, and their condition sarlally. morally
and physically have remained about the
same. The expenditure thc past wear
for the Passamoqunddy tribe were 81,
$40. 0S Game has become scarce. and
but very few can gain their livelihood hy
hunting Tribe numbers Cos POO males
and Pas females. As specified ia o treaty
u4ie with tAr different, sections of the
tribe. dated February 4sth. 1852. upou
the death ui John Francis then COVER.
nor nt that portion Of tAo tribe living at
Pleasant Point "a vote III tie whole tribe
shuuli he taken. and the majority should
decide whether ~ elect another governor
nt ploasau. Point or Ia bee content uith
thc one living ou the Indian township.
The office having become yueaut hy the
death uf John Francis, the tribe decided
90 elect another governor al Pleasant
Fasnt, and have made choice 81 Selmore
Francis They have also. in accordance
with the provisions oi the treaty. chosen
Peter Sclmare ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS at
Pleasant Point.
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of tho &tu tlnt MARY was ia some MA,
t. blame for Mr. Murphy unexpected
appoautuye.
BUuht.au artml'yrrlyd sympathy,
anl tnuk melancholy pleasure la mn-
ujpg a. the door fer oar letters. But
such ,s th, msrautudo uf human nature.
tla. She WAS probably compared, SOME
What to hgr disadvantage, with the lost
one.
About six months ylaspta, when Wa
one ,l4N encountered our hhehted fuoud
with fair haired little woman clnelue
tn hes arm and looking very happy She
WAS evidently German. and u4 evidently
his wife, 4, and he subsequently informed
us that slle w5gs ana old sweetheart Who
had followed h1m from home Sho had
arrived lust ut the right time. % uct as 81
pouluce for thc Wounds Inflicted hy
that one little Woman with the
" dreadful smile.
Tins arrangement naturally "maly
things comfortable all around, with the
exception. perhaps, Of two hone women
Who hssi lusJa treasure that could not
he replaced