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Generaiities.

The population of Africa averages seve
s teen and half 10 the square mile.
n The latest estimate of the populatio
G OF the Chinese Empire is 4O5, ,O0O, 900.
d The Baltimore libraries have a tot.
number of $50, ,655 volumes.
e The first Roman journal was an annu,
0 issued 2.O0O years ago. The news wa
a written on white wooden tablets.
D MIR. Gladstone is said to have realized
the extraordinary sum Of $4,000 from
his pamphlet on the bulgarian Hor,
rors.''
There are S,.06 children in Iowa county
between the ages of four and twenl,
years, aud 3,7O7 between the ages O.
seven and fifteen years.
What is the difference between hill an6
pill: One is hard to get up, and the othel
is hard to gel down.
Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines is very LITTLE
woman possessing eyes of piercing bril-
nancy, which have changing hues; some
times they are black, sometimes a steely
grey, and sometimes blue. She is an
agreeable woman. talks charmingly, and
has the merriest of laughs. When she
gets II nal possession of her fortune che
mans to build in Washington. 4 large
hotel' where members Of Congress will be
able to live with their families without
spending more than their salaries.
The Uniycrsalist clergymen of Boston
at their meeting Monday passed resolu-
tlons declaring that they do not regard
the method of the leading scientists, in
their investigations into the
origin and succession of life by the lieh,|
of na'nre, to be essentially irreligious or
and they would keep them
selves open to whatever hypotheses of i'm
portance they may advancN; that th,.
doctrine of evolution was deserving of
candid and tentative consideration not
the fact that 1t is as vet IN .
proved
A loving woman writes from st. Louis
to her husband: 1--WE ben marriage IS
munth; My Dear hns ben I reseive your
let and was so glad TO here from you my
darling j cri all night jest to think that
U was sick and was ther to waite on YOU {
5ut how some ever my dear l hope that ,
'ou put your trust in god My darling yo,, t
said you wood be home in a few days b
'us my dear darling it scenes as two b
nuMh sent yeu write in to me that you a
wood Re home. l ofton wonder how
ong Dcfor my darling walter will come .
lom". Ther is no place like home don't =
aile to come home. My Dear Darling :.
when you come home please TO Bring me :
black alpacker dress 10 yarls."
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w it andHumOr

Brother Moody has put his foot down
e on kissing at church fairs for the paliIy J
r sum ct twenty-five cents per xiss. He
neglec's TO state the proper price,.
e A man is 1850 times as large ~ the
r common honey bee, and 3st Is 10 tse3sss
to Try and argue the matter with the bee.
A fat man can SIT on tho thumb.
nall of the statue of the Goddess Of Liber.
I sy to be erected In New York Harboryby
The Frenchmen; but no pure-minded
Goddess of Lib rty wants . fat man cit.
ting OIL her thumbnail
Rev. Dr. E. G. Taylor says, that while
visiting colored school in the South. he
asked tiny darkey what he studied for,
and what was his object in attending
school. Hestating moment, the. Ii,tIs
fellow answered: ITO git offs
The SAT- Lake Tribune says there Is On
eternal fitness in things But whs, il
more absurd than to hear Mormon elder
whistle " Home, Sweet Home" % 10
Stands on the corner, in doubt as 10
which of his nine wives has enough coal
and affection in the house to keep him
over night.
A community 10 cure by "criticism''
IS established in New York. The plan
is to surround the bed of q sick member
and tell him of all his faults, until he II
thrown into profuse perspira,ion. md
thus recovers. There has been no oppo,.
funity SO far to test the process. They
either do not take sick or they prefer. II
sick, to crawl out of sigh. and take the
chances.
The other dnv Peoria woman wanted
some lead to stop q hole in the wash.
ooller, SO she set copper revolver cs,-
fridge on the stove, to melt the bulle.
She says she was just STOPPING over to Geo
f 1t had melted. when an earthouake
'ame along. Her only consolation is that
when she grows old and has to ve.r
pec'acles. she will only need a pair with
me glass in them, as one of her evea
Vent with the earthquake to look for the
ransit.
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The testimony Of several well.kuows
scientists goes TO prove that all oys,ess
have producing powers. At certain -.
sons OF the year oysters are fliled M
|rg Q. IN seegRs are microscope. M
gave birth to hyrisds of little ovafsrs ,
which we cdl spawn. This spawn re-
mains for . certain length OF time IN ahe
shell. when IN proper season II lraves n.
swimming with remarkable agility. ~
81 eking the place where 1t will remain ~
. fixture during its life. Excredi.s.v
>maG oysters have quite early In life ~
power OF reproducing their kind, bua of
course this depends on such ciscuunsaapc.s
- .nelner toe oysters are living IA .
med'om where food can be found n
souno. nee. They can. II surrounded 81
during the first year, and sonaetimes W.
! year.
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DR.. James Shaw,
u. 8. .4r,aaN. Fort ElIis. VI. r..

For near twenty years a regular Physician
and Surgeon of the city of Philadelphia
and tor some time aresident Physician OF
the Pennsylvania Hospital. and Consult
ing Physician in other public medical In
stitutiOns of that city, with a number OF
years experience as Surgeon in The vol
unteer service and regular army of the
United States. Can be consulted on long
standing and chronic diseases at that For
The diseases of women and children q
speciality.
December 10th, 1875.
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Facts i'm Natural History.

u frogs never take any food but tha
{ which is alive. No ''dral-headlng" int
their s'omachs.
J Serpents will live SIX months and long
, or without food, ami yet there ale me-
who can't stand i. fifteen MINUTES wlthou
a drink. ..-.......
i If lobster loses claw another 500,
grows OFT; so,the lobster is rarely witbou
c,at. .....,
Turtles bury their eggs in the sand ant
leave them to be hatched out by the sun
This is because they eann,t bury them il
\ the sun with any expectation of their be.
ming hatched out by the sand.
It la,uralists say that a single swallow
it VII de'our six Thousand flies in single
: day. SiA thousaod flies in a single swai-
low' It's 100 much for ME to take down.
n : whale suckles its young and is,
, 'hrefoT, not fish A mo her larrups
q il young and is therefor a whaler.
r) Serpents sh' d their skins annually.
ehave sex n Kentucky boys shedding their
skins Ivy mailing them on the COW she'd
They were coon skins.
: Toads become torpid in winter, and
hide themselves Winters when I was q
toy and got torpid, the schoolmaster used
to ''hide" me. ..r
Turtles and tortoises have their skele-
tons partly outside their body. This
Would br a handy arrangem,n for mau
who wanted TO sell his skeleton to tie
doctors. lie could go around among thu
fraternity while he was alive aud show
them what he had. ....
Itis believed that crocodiles live to be
hundreds of yesrs old. What aa old croc-
odile Bill Allen must be.
In Sor,h America there is honey bee
that has not been furnished with q stinger
They call him Death and ask him where
his sting IL.
In the darkest night fish can pursue
their movements the same as IN daylight
Wonder they don t run keno room.
Seas are very intelligent They may |
be taught many tricks like dogs, and II
have frequently seen sealskin quote.
The head OF ratilesnake has been
Known 10 infiict fatal wound after be-
ne separated from the body. 1t is hard
o get head Of rattlesnake.
II the eye of newt be put out, another
$ soon supplied BY rapid growtbrthat is.
t the creature newt when it ws done.
Fishes have no eye-lids, and conse-
luen.ly slcep with their eys open; and h
is open for correction If it's vrosg. !s
There are agricultural ans 10 Texas Ia
hat actually plant grain and reap before '
he harvest. This would seen to Prove !.
hat insecis have souls; they feel called !,
lt0a 70 reApa ant
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1t is esti uated that there are now IN
teperasion IN tho United States no len
than $40 paper mills, which are valued ss
I54O, ,6OO,C0O of invested capital, with /.
total production Of $4,000, 900. Thess
mills give employment nominslly to 4oo.. !.
oOo people, whose earnings are $40, 600, 900
ANNUALLY.
The proceedings of the ''Grssshnppsr
convention" of the Western Governors
have been issued in pamphlet f,rm. and
are valuable not only for the accurate
accounts given by the denedations OF
grasshoppers. etc., but also for the die.
cussions anu suggestions as to their de,-
tru"tlon. A memorial was adopted pray
ing Congress to add Locust Commission
to the Geological and Geographical Sur.
vey Of the Territories.
A bill is before the Legislature to en-.
courage the destruction of grasshoppeys
end to raise a special fund therefor IN thu
State of Colorado. 1t proposes to raise
oY special tax not exceeding one half Of
one mill on each dollar Of taxable pron.
|erty In every county where the board az
county commissioners may DEEM it pee.
cessary to raise such special fund, which
shall be used for paying bounty for The
destruction of grasshop pers and er.ss-
hopper eggs at certain rate per bushel or
pound.
A st. Louis man has invented 4 nil.
road car constructed of iron. The car n
an ordinary platform or fiat car, and WA
oui't more as an experiment than auvth,n-
else. 1t is thirty feet long and nine feet
wide, and built entirely of iron with In.
exception OF the flooring, which Is of one
and one-quartcr-ihchp planks. It Il of a
very neat shape, with sightly curved
sides and round corners. The hodv :.
well as the truck frames, are of wrouvht
IRON, AID 80 constructed ss to conv;rc.
Dne OF It's strength a. well as its durabili,v
II weighed without the brakes. lA.as0
pounds. and with brakes il is calenls,.a
% weigh about $1,000.
fussia IS one of the leading count,;.s
n n the matter of horses. possessiue aom.
'o'VO cOO OF these flne animals. or ahou.
wen'y seven to every 100 inh.bltan.s.
nres times as many in proportion to non.
az either England. Fr.nce. Prus.
ia or Austria possesses. Siberis Il N,
Y st supplied of all the provinces, hsvinr
niue less than horse to every mai
insoltaut. The horses of the st~nnes
noush small are remarkable hardy. The
rown possesses some twenty estsb,i.h.
tents, with 1000 st.llious ana e0n
rood mares, with something Ike 7s m.
'al!ioDs ard 10000 brood maree IN NJ.
sie establishments. About $50 IN
nimals are annually sold ct 400 No.
.irs' out OF 2oo. .0OO offered, the sysrsse
rice being ABOUT $50.
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1t Is not little remarkable that of al
European nations. those which ut th,,
moment stand in greatest danger of wa
are also on economical grounds most ir
need OF peace. Turkey is bankrupt
Russia is financially in such state that 9
great conflict would, to say the least
bring her tn the very brink of rnin. The
condition OF Austris Is very little better
Englishmen of this generation canpo,
easily realize the depressing influence of
the fiscal burdens which haye to be borne
by countries whose governments are con .
inoslly threatened with pecunisry en-.
barrassment' For many years past We
have been reducing our national debt and
at the same time lessening the pressure of
taxation. Excepting Hollrnd we are the
only nation 10 Europe which has been in
this happy condition.
Other countries, and especially the three
we have named, have within The same
period been rapidly increasing their in.
debtedness, while maintaining their taxa.
ton at point vergirg sometimes almost,
upon "ppession. In all three cases the
wealth stored IN their metallic currencvl
has long since disappeared in payment of
foreign claims. and the best Of them-so|
ow stands their cre'lit-would 6nd II
'ext to impossible to contract lsrge loan
.oroad. OF the three, Austria il perhars
rom financial point OF view the most
avorso'y c'rcumstaDced; and a. We have
ately been told BY Prince Bismarck thatl'
ne is much more powerful than is com,
Monty s"pPos~d. 1t Is certainly worth
while inquiring how far in an ecouomical|.
enee the estimate Of the German Chsrcrl
or 70 borne out BY the facts of the case. II
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Work h both u cessity I'D blessing.
HE that will not wo,k, neiher shall he
eat Physically he oGht nos to; /;
spiritually be caUaot.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-02-22

Some twenty yeara ago Z Mr.. A. c.
Harris went with his daughter. Ms
Selma Harris, on tour to Egypt. HI
found under the door of tomb in Thebe.
. large roll "f papyrus. c0verd with In
scsiptioos. Itwas 139 feet long BY l6 Is
inches broad. and looked something like
. stair carpet. After his death Miss Rar-
ns cold it 10 the British Museum for Z
lsrge cum. II proves 10 be complete
record of the life and works of Rsmeses
III. asd ! statement OF the condition OF
things at Thebes $500 years ago.
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" you want to worry anybody, send 4
newspaper with = paragraph cut Ou'.
he effect Is marve.cus; the paper has no
interest for that person, al curiosity being
'csntered IN the missing p4ragraph.
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The following was senb our frlen
Elias. by a Young lady:

Elias, by . young lady;
Sarah Briggs (reading tPlice repor
--'Sakes alive / would more name
child Aliss than nothi4 the world
They re allurs custln FSome caper
Here's .Aliss Thompsonjss Williams
Alias the Night Hawk, en locked up
tor steAli,.!
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Office in the Old N. E. Church Building

i.ocai notlres Is cents per line first in
sertion and 10 cents yer line for each sub
sequent insertion.
Marriage and Dea h notices inserted
free of charge; Obituary notices 5 cents
per line.
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Jas, II. Vaudeville,
" Washington, D. C.
MINING ENTRIES AND CONTESTS
Patents

For Agricultural and mineral Lanus'
REFERENCES.
Stephen ]. Field. Justice U. S. Supreme
Court, J. H. Mitchell. U. S. Senator. Or
egon; Hon. Sol Heydenfeldt, San Fran
cisco: The Manhattan Silver Mining Co.
Austin, Nevada; The Mining Review.
Denver; Walker Bros, Bankers, Salt Lake
City; Henry Watkeys, Master Mechanic OF
the New York Central r. r.. Co. Syra'
cuee I62'f
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LITTLE Rig HORN ,

which comes from the southeast through
Il beautiful bottom. On each stream
grows an abundance of cottonwood, and
At this point the valley of the Big Horn is
described ss broad and fertile. The river
was n feet deep when the command
crossed. and the splendid grass detained
the worn animals in tree shadowed
camp situated 53} miles from Fort Pesse.
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the yer for Upper Missouri River steam
CACHE WOOD.

CACHE WOOD,
or Arrow Creek, is crossed after a march
of 8. 10 miles, and g. miles farther brings
US to
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-21
GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 20, 1877.
PRESIDENT GRANT AND GOVERNOR NICHOLS.
Congressman Ellis Colonel Burke and Counsellor
Cavanac OF Louisiana, called the President to-day
and explained TO him the condition OF affairs In that
State The President replied that he satned that
General Nichols acting In good faith In preserving
tho atu quo and he, therefore, bad no intention OF
changing his instructions to General Angur.
In the OF conversation the President said that
General Nichols should DO hold responsible for tho
freak OF the crazy who shot Mr. Packard.
MUTUAL AGREEMENT THAT THE BANK AC-
COUNTS OF THE PARTY LEADERS SHALL NOT
BE CALLED FOR.
BY mutual agreement tho Senate committee on
Privileges ana Elections and the Committee on tho
Powers Privileges and Duties OF the House in counting
tho electoral vote, havo decided not to go into
an examination OF the papers and accounts OF tho
leaders OF either political party. In consequence
OF this agreement Mr. Ellis President OF tho Third
National Bank OF New York, will not be required to
produce an abstract OF tho account OF Samuel J..
Tilden at the Third National Bank for examination by
the former committee. whio Hon. T. Chandler, chair
man OF the National Republican Committee, will DO
excused from appearing before tho latter committee
with his account books, papers, DC. This harmonious
agreement was brought about through tho
Senator Barnun and Mr. Ellis.
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ADJUSTMENTS.
MIR. MuLLEn's CONCERT.


Mr. f. Y. Miller organist OF tho Church OF tho As.
cension gave very good concert at Chickcring Hall
last evening bcforo audience that corspic-
uous Tor It's enthusiasm than Its numbers The solosts
were we'll chosen md the concert very enjoyable the
only drawback bciug tho gloom Of the stnrc. There
should DO footlights or something 10 cnlivcn that
sombre space and make the faces OF the performers
dis tingu shablc. Mr.. Muller opened the concert with
tho overture TO "Don Pasquae." played the
organ. such ligh-trIpping measures played
organ impress with the same emotion
elephants dancing Organ solos concert hall,
generally speaking seem incongruous. Mr. Mml'cr's
best performance the Miserere from the 'srrova.
tore" with most marvellous voice effect Both Mr..
Frtch and Mr. Sohst were suffering from colds, but
their fine voices did them good service notwthstand-
ing They sang Duet from "Bclisaro" In operate
STYLE which the concert stage, Nadal says, is
too much like the fictitious conversation OF
two ccr2ymen sitting IN tho pulpit They
seem TO be talking Tor thor edifica-
ton whereas the audience Is uppcrmost
In their minds. Mrs. G. w. Lockwood WAS heard in
two songs but herdiy to advantage. Her voice Is
strong enough for concert but II would be charming
on a moon-lt piazza OF summer evening Mrs.
Kate Reed the soprano Of st. AIMS, on the Heights.
Brooklyn, sung Una roce POGO Jd and displayed voice
Of much richness In tho lower ana great purity In tho
upper register. Her execution Is fine. II Is seldom
one hears more brill stdccdf0 ncater scale
a moro even trill The quality OF her voice is very
sweet and nutc.likc. Altogether she made most
agreeable impression and was enthusiastically ap-
pIaudod Mr. Arbucklo played the cornct IN his usual
mastery manner.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-21

FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

WASHINGTON, Feb 20. 1877
ERs-MoRE sPEcuLATIoNs AND 0ossIP-rHE
SEEKERS FOR OFFICE LOOKING FoR THE
COMING HoHoRs.
The Cabinet makers arc having good timo OF u,
and there are already enough cabinets formed bore,
all asserted 10 be real genuine and original TO oil
dozen administrations. Even somo democrats
are engaged in this guess work. Among tho
new names mentioned to-day are Governor
Hawiey, OF Connecticut; Mr. Rice, OF Massa-
chusctts; General Hampton. General waithaIi, OF
Mississippi Mr. McCreary, Of Iowa, q very probable
guess; Governor Brown, OF Georgia; senator Booth.
OF California, and Governor Hartrann- Tho Missis.
sipp republicans together with the carpctb people
OF Louisiana and como from Arkansas have united 10
push the claims OF Senator Acorn, whose term IN the
Senate expires in March, II Is highly probable that Mr.
AIcorn will not take scat in Mr. Hayes Cabinet Colono
Moseby who has long been jealous Virginia rcpnb.
Iican understood to be urging tho appointment OF
MI. Alexander Mckenzie President Of the Virginia
Midland Railroad to Cabinet place. In snort. almost
everybody who does not expect Cabinet position for
himself is engaged In pushing tho claims OF some
friend emnently 1T aud willing person. II Is not for
gotten either by the prophets that tho President
will have TO appoint Judge Of the Supreme Court in
tho place OF Mr. Justice Davis, turned Senator II Is
generally understood that II Mr. Evarts should not be-
Secretary State he will be Minister to England.
Tho number OF persons willing TO In nigh and
responsible positions rapidly increasing and tho list
given above includes but q small part; meantime II
any asks tho prophets II their gucsscs founded
on any even tho least actual, knowledge they aro
obliged to confess that they know nothing.
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MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

Miss Abbott after very successful season In the
PROVINCES appears at the Academy Of Music on Friday
night In tho daughter Of tho Regiment"
Nine Annette Essipon, tho celebrated pianist, was
indisposcd yesterday, and tho consequence was that
she could not appear last night at Steinway Hall
San Francisco theatre goers ask the Can II Barney
williams ever played Lord Dundreary. Answers from
correspondents respectfully requested
The French Benevolent Society will have Its annual
benefit on Saturday evening, when tho new OPERA
"Ies Dragons dc yiars," will be sung BY Mllo Aimee
and her company.
Edwin Booth was greeted with crowded house at
tho Arch Street Theatre Philadelphia where he began
an engagement on Monday night. Ho will play "Ham.
Ic,'' until Friday night when 1.-The FOOLS Revenge"
takes It's place. Mr.. Booth travels with strong CON-
pany, including Messrs Mcvickar, Frederick Robin
and others.
Philadelphia, by the company organized by Mr. stra.
kosch the opera given It's entirety, revised by
Charles Gounod for the Grand Opera House, Paris
For the FIRST In this country. probably the open
ing scene Of the nth act, '.rhc wapurgis Night" is
performed Tho cast Of tho opera includes Nine.
Pappcnhcim as Marguerite. Sir. Tom Karl as Faust,
Mr. L. s. GottschaIk as Mcphistophcics signora Calm
bcr,i as sicbcl aud Mr.. G. Hall as Valentine.
"Our Boarding House" Is In its nfth and last week
at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia The
..Two Orphans" will be revived next week. This
might be thought hazardous experiment wero II no,
promised that II Ia 10 be produced with The care
that characlerixes It's production at the Union square
Theatrc and that two leading actors IN tho orgina
cast arc now members OF the stock company nj IN,
Overwhelmingly, Messrs Mckee Ranxin, who nrs
played jacques ana Mr.. Mackcy, tho original Pierre
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FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.

WASHINGTON Feb. 20, 1877.
AN ALLEGED INELIGIBLE ELECroR AT SOUTH
CARoLINA-HUxLEY SAID TO BE AN ALIEN.
II is understood that Tim Huxley, one OF the Hayes
electors from South Carolina who arrived hero to-day
from Charleston In tho custody OF tho sergeant-at-
Arms OF tho House. Is an alien who has never taken
out naturalization papers Huxley Is q carpctbagger
tina. cmigratcd from Boston, Mass, TO South Carolina
after tho close OF tho war, and has been
leading republican politician that State Tho demo-
Gratis quietly working up his casc and II thoy fail
In tho Oregon big Tight will be made Hux-
ley. am informed that tho committee havo made
diligcnt inquiry both at Charleston and Columbia In
neither OF which cities has he taken naturalization
pnpcra