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use with the rifle when the dragoon is
fighting on foot. For the Russian ORA
coon is n dragon proper, according to
the original acceptatien OF the term. lie
is armed and trained TO fight indiflerently
on foot or on horseback you may call
him q mounted infantryman when he ~
on horseback, bat | should prefer TO call
him a dismounted cayalryman when ne
is on foot. The Russian Dragons march
in sections of threes, and at the order TO
light on foot, the centre OF threes taxes
charge of the horses of his W comrades,
the sous-capitaine of the squadron taking
charge of the horse detachment, and
while striving to avail himself of as much
cover as possible, keeping also as near as
possible to the force fighting d~ismounted.
To sum up, the Russian dragon has
nothing about him that jingles as he
rides-nothing that by sparkling could
show his whereabouts afar off. He is a
plainly.dressed, workmanlike, PRACTICAL
looking soldier, with a genuine love Tor
his horse, and it appears, a real pride in
his profession.
There are no studs rs in Russia for the
supply of horses to the cavalry. Each
regiment has a remount officer, who has
the duty of buving young horses and OF
taking charge of the remount depot,
where thirtv-six men Of the regiment are
stationed TO look after the youngsters.
The remount officer buys horses between
the ages of one and three years. He
has all Russia to select from but the
horses for the most part are brought by
owners and dealers to the depots, which
are located chiefly in the governments of
Tambof and Narousin on the NOlga,
since in these governments horses suited
for cavalry purposes are more plentiful
than in other parts of Russia. The limit
of price permitted to the remount officers
is 1873 roubles for horses destined for the
cavalry of the line for the liberal impe-
rial guards the limit rose to 800 rOu-
bles. At the age of four the young
horses, which have previously been
handled but not broken in, are drafted
into the reserve squadron, where they
remain for a year, during which time
they are broken in; and at the age of
five Join the regiment and service. A
horse is supposed to last seven years from
the date of his joining the regiment, SO
that the remount officer has to furnish
young horses nearly to the amount of
on~e-seventh of the total service. strength.
The reserve squadron in peace time is
about one hundred strong, but in war
time it is increased to twice or thrice
this strength TO meet drafts made upon
it to supply vacancies of men and horses
in the field squadron. Cavalry recruits
who come from all parts of Russia, but
are chiefly drawn from little Russia, the
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-07-20

The French pretender, Comte de
Chambord Henry W, is about to issue a
manifesto. In France they are quite nc.
customed to the Counts manifestos. lie
issued one in 1873, in which he announced
himself ready to give up the throne, but he
still labors under the delusion that the lie.
g~itimists have chance in France, and that
somehow or other he, the representative of
the medieval nobility, may float into power
out of the present political complications.
The Comte de Paris ORLEANS p%retender)
labors under q similar mistake.
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Dom Pedro and Victor Hugo.

The following is a new anecdote about
the emperor of Brazil:
He recently paid a visit to Victor
Hugo. After a long interview, in which
the two celebrities conversed upon divers
topics, the emperor asked permission of
the poet to repeat his visit, requesting
him to fix a day. I" receive my friends
every day" said Hugo, politely, "and
we have dinner at 8 O'clock"
After the lapse of some days, one
evening at about half-past 7 o'clock, the
door-bell of the poets house was ruDg,
and a gentleman in dress coat and white
cravat presented himself. Whom shall
| ?" said the servant. "Dom
Pedro de ~Braganza," replied the visitor.
AS yet there was nobody in the parlor.
The host was informed of the arrival.
81 have come to dine with YOU" said
the emperor in democratic style.
Soon the guests sat down to table.
The repast was charming. Dom Pedro
gave some very curious travelling i'm
pressions. Victor Hugo, for his part,
spoke with that simplicity so full of
warmth, of which those who have not
the honor of being intimate with him
have no idea. When the emperor took
leave Of his h%ost,-it was rather Late
the latter said to him, smiling with his
fine and arch smile, "Sire, ! could not
possibly tell you how happy l m that
we have no sovereigns like you in
Europe" "And why ?" said Dom
Pedro. Because" replied Victor
Hugo, both myself and my friends
would be very much puzzled to find any
thing bad to say of them"
Dom Pedro burst out laughing, and
took leave of his friend like a good-na-
tured and sensible Message, Fran
cO.Americdn.
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SUMNER.
Lol lazy Summer, swarthy, in the sun
Lies painting, with bare breasts, upon the hi
Swathing her limbs in hazes warm and dun,
Where splendors into dusky splendors run,

Lol lazy Summer swarthy, In the sun
Lies painting, with bare breasts, upon the hills,
Swathing her limbs in haZea warm ana dun,
Where s]plendors into dusky' splendors run,
And sultry glory all the heaven o'Wnlls.
Not o white dimple stirs amid the corn,
Not a low nipple shivers through the leaves
Since, wrapped In gold and crimson CLEANS unshorn
Came, flashing through the east, the regal morn
No throated twitterlngs gurgle round the caves.
Flooded in sunny silence sleep the kline;
In languid murmurs brooklets float and dow;
l he quaint farm gables in the rich light shine,
And round them jasmined honeysuckles Irvine,
And close beside them suntowers burn and blew
Amid the growing heat | lie me down,
Aud into visions sWaTIns the NOTED air.
CLEANS up before me many Il famous town.
Pillared and crested with a regal crown
O~utshimmering in an orient purple glare
LOT lowly Tadmore burning in its sands
BaalbcCk and Babylon; | see slow streams
Gliding by mosque ana minaret-see CLEANS
IF seas in sunset-slips OF strands,
And drowsy Bagdad buried deep In dreams'
See swarthy monarchs flushed in purple rings
OF silken c]ourtiers through hali-Open doors
Catch the spice odOrs, pnd cool OF Springs
Leaving forever in a maze OF wingsi
See light forms dancing over pearly floors;
Sleeping s~eraglio's sFire and tremulous dome
Winking in drOwsy splendor all the Day
! See forest haunts " where thick the lions roanii
See thirsty panthers splashed in bloody foam,
Leap terrible as lightnings ON their prey
Or stand with Cortez on n mountain peak
Above the Aztec City-see unrOlled
Gem-threaded shores OF Montezuma weak,
See the white temples swarming thick and SLEEK
And sunny streets stretched up by towersoi goldi
See silken sails float by, ambrosial,
Laden with spices, up a Persian glen
...,- go, I 1.nI maid gaHAT4 TAIL
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FOREIGN.

Fifteen hundred persons, fleeing from
Adler to the Turkish lines, from fear of the
Russians, have persisted from hunger.
Some days since the English govern
ment dispatched a feet of seven iron.clads
aud one frigate to Besika bay. The move
ment is regarded with great dissatisfaction
by influential Turks, who consider it simply
as a sign that England is preparing to seize
her share of the plumber.
In consequence of the remonstrance of
England, the porte has sent imperative or
ders to the commander of the Black sea fleet
to render the blockade more efectual.
Portugal having consented to act with
England In suppressing the slave trade on
the Mozambique coast, a British cruiser has
been ordered thither. She will carry a Por-
tuguese official, visit all the haunts of s~lavers,
and be %empowed to search suspicious YES
sells, even when carrying the Portuguese
colors.
Sir Stafford Northcote will stand
against Gladstone for the Lord Rectorship
of Glasgow University.
Advices from Peru state that in conse-
quence of the attack of the British war
vessels Shah and Amethyst on the Peruvian
ram Huascar, the president has issued a
proclamation in which he declares that he
Will exact from Great Britain explanations
and abstraction consequent on such wanton
outrage on a friendly power.
Japan is not making very satisfactory
Roadway in crushing her rebellion. saigI-
confessedly the military genius of the EN-.
Pire, has secured ammunition and suppIies
IN abundance, and has not only stopped the
imperial army, but hemmed it in ON the
and side All over the country there are
outbreaks that annoy the government and
afford aid to the brilliant insurgeut.
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CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

A special to the Nashville American
from Cookeville says George and James
Broswell have been sentenced to be hung
August 7, for the murder of Russell Allison,
November IS, 1875. The murder was com.
mitted during the act of robbing the house
of Allison and a revenue collector who was
his guest.
Jack Thompson, colored, was hung last
week at Lagrange, Ga, for killing two negro
children, aged eight and two years, last win
ter. He blew off the head of the oldest with
a gun, crushed the head of the other with a
stick, and cut its throat from ear to ear with
A case.knife.
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The report of the bureau of statistics
for the ten months ended April 80, is an
encouraging one. A comparison for the
whole time with the corresponding
period of 1876 does not exhibit any i'm
provement, but this can be plainly dis
cerned II the imports tor the month of
April. The total value was $42, 07Q, 424,
against $36, 1926 for the same month
last year. When viewed for the ten
months, the decline is seen to have o n
tinued for most of the time the figures
are 1857, 5O2, 545 of merchandise imports
in 1877, against 1886, 069,S4S. The
domestic exports for April, 1877, were
SAT, 7SO, 775, or more than 800, 600, 900
better than those of April, 1876, $46,-
704,66S. For the ten months the
domestic exports were valued gold
%values) at $503, 1865, against S439,-
915, 1863 for the corresponding months of
the fiscal year 1S76-an increase ofS63,-
SlS,0S4. The heaviest increase in i'm
ports was in sugar, of which So, 900, 900
more in value was imported the imports
OF teas aud cOtees fell off 81, 000, 600.
Theexports of corn increased $40, 000, 600,
while those of cotton fell away $2i ,00O,-
600. There was a great enhancement in
the value of petroleum exports, which
rose from S24,3 800, 600 to SAG, O00, 900.
Bacon and ham exports increased $l0,-
100000; lard, $5,O00,00O; and leaf
tobacco, $8,000,0 00.
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In his Ride to Khiva," which has
now gone through six or seven editions,
Capt. Burnaby tells how he only took
two medicines with hIm-quinine and
Cookies pills and he %recounts how the
administering of some of them has gained
for him in the east the reputation of a
magician physician. The inventor OF
the nostrum was a surgeon of the Royal
college of Surgeons, London, and a grad
uate from the Apothecaries hail, who
wisely patened the medicine which has
made his fortune, and the present pro-
prietor sent Capt. Burnaby a check for a
hundred g%uineas as an acknowledgment
of a great service. The latter distributed
the money among military charities.
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Great Hebrew Bankers and the Silver
Question.

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Graphic outlines a new and
curious theory preached in Washington.
He says:
A combination to depreciate silver has
been projected by the great Jew bankers
of the world. These people have studied
the whole question of currency in a very
practical way, and understand it not only
much better that the community at
large, but better also than the Christians
associated with them in business. They
realize that the demonstration of silver
means al era of low prices. In other
words, the artificial enhancement of the
price of gold reduces the measure of
prices all over the world. By their d.
rect action upon the governments of the
Scandinavian states, Germany, and the
United States, these great bankers suc-
ceeded in partially demonetizing silver.
The low price which has resulted, and
the destruction to the trade of the world,
they have taken advantage of in the
purchase of all manner of staple proper
ty. When they have secured enough
they will again become converts to the
u|eslIdulllty Vi using oilNci) WHICH, VIII Dc
remonetized all over the world, where
upon prices will rise, and these gigantic
operators expect to sell out at extrava-
gantly high prices. These rich Jewish
capitalists find it necessary to influence
only a few people in each administration
As bankers they have direct access to
secretaries and treasures and finance
ministers, and the people who manipulate
the press of the world. Upon various
plausible pretexts they get laws passed
demonetizing silver; which being effected,
they take advantage of the r%uinous fall
in prices which occurs all over the world.
From this they know there will be a re-
action in favor of the two metals; and
they will profit, by the addition in the
market value of what they bought at
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NEWS SUMMARY.
THE NOUTr.

Atlanta proposes to mount a few of
her police.
The official reports give Louisiana an
excess Of IL, 900 acres cultivated in cotton
this season over last.
Judge J, S. Hamm, of Meridian, Miss,
has been elected to fill the chair in the law
department at the state university,
Charles AIKEN and family are the only
ones who lost their all-the savings of thirty
years-by the fire at Galveston, Texas,
Chattanooga is taking steps for the
building of a new courthouse. This is some.
thing they have stood in need of for some
time.
Milledgeville, Ga, is having dis.
tributed circular letters setting forth the
reasons why the capital should be restored
to that place.
The Texas papers report the rigid en-
forcement of the laws against drunkenness
and the use of improper language in public
places in all parts of the state, as also of the
law against carrying improper weapons.
The Galveston cotton exchange crop
report says the weather since the first of
June has been very favorable in Al counties,
u~nfavorable in IA, while Is report excessive
rains. Compared with last year, the weather
has been the same; in II counties more un.
favorable in so less favorable 26 small in.
crease in planting since last report; in 4
counties, due to wheat failure, stands good
in 81 very poor; in 6 plant blooming, and
boiling well in So, while in Is excessive rains
have caused too rapid growth; present con.
dItion good in 45, poor in l6, very poor in 2,
same as last year in 8; II counties report
three weeks late 90 two weeks late; "a
same as last year. Caterpillafs appeared
and are doing some damage in four counties
Dallas Herald: John Shannon, in
Coleman county, in company with others,
was separating some cattle from the balance
of the herd. A rope had been thrown over
a powerful bull, and he was fastened to a
tree. The rope broke, and the bull made
for young Shannon, who was the nearest to
him, and catching him on his horns, the
point of one entering behind his shoulder,
tossed him into the air. AS he came down
the maddened beast caught him again and
threw him up, and on coming down he fell
across the bulls neck. He died in an hour
from the effects of his injuries.
OF the Babin-D ucrest duel, the Able.
vile (La.) Meridional says: A most fatal
affair took place in the parish OF st. Martin
in the shape of duel, which was the result
of a difficulty at a ball a day or two pre-
vious. The difficulty occurred between two
young men, both of excellent families, the
one by the name of Babin, and the other by
the name of Ducrest; the arms selected
were pistols distance twenty-five Yards.
At the first shot, we are informed, young
Ducrest was shot to the heart and died.
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1t won't do for a young lady to poke a
sun umbrella at the wheel-house on a
billy goat, especially if her dress fits
tight, the goods are thin, and the
weather's hot. One did yesterday, and,
when she picked herself up out of the
gutter and went off muttering words to
herself, she discovered that her dress
was busted in forty-one different direc-
tons and in fifty-two places-mostly
from the neck to the knees.
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low figures, and sell out. 1t will be
noticed that the Syndicate represents an
immense Jewish interest, who have been
the most active monometalistt since the
beginning of the controversy.
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AooUNsEL being questioned bya judge
to know for whom he was concerned"
replied: al am concerned, my lord, for
the plaintiff, but | am employed by the
defendant"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-08-03

A Masonic lodge in Indiana was
presided over by master who had
an exaggerated notion of discipline.
One night he met his lodge in called
meeting mot a member abse,lJ) to
instruct them in the work. Teach
ing them the use of the gavel, he
had just called them up with three
knocks when he leaned too far back,
fell through to the ground, four sto-
ries, and broke his neck. Picked up
next morning, he was buried de
Gently, but not a Mason came to the
funeral. More strange still, not a
Mason appeared any more in that
village. 1t was inexplicahle. Forty
women left widows, two hundred
and twenty children left orphans
and eighty-four merchants left in
the lurch with unpaid bills. Twen-
ty years after that somebody went
up into the fourth story, broke
open the door and beheld the lodge,
lodge of skeletons! Strange, but
true, they had strictly obeyed the
orders of the w. NJ, and waiting
for the knock to seat them, starved
to death. Each was standing in an
attitude of respectful attention,
''leoking to the east" and had not
pitying citizens taken them down
they would have been standing there
still. st. Joseph Herald
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-08-03
A Good One.

During the first year of the war,
says Vermont paper, when change
was scarce and some large firms were
issuing currency of their own, a far
mer went to store in a neighboring
town and bought some goods, and
gave the merchant a five dollar bill,
of which he wanted seventv-fve
cents back. The merchant counted
it out and banded it over to the far
mer, who looked at it a moment and
inquired:
"What's thIs?''
"It's my currency" replied the
merchant.
"Wal, ,tain't good for nothin where
l live" said the farmer.
"Very well, replied the merchant,
"keep it until you get a dollars
worth and bring it to my store, and
| will give you a dollar bill for it. !"
The farmer pocketed the change
and departed. A few weeks after he
went to the same store aud after pay
ing over the identical seventy-fve
cents, he took out handful OF pum-
kin seeds and counted out twenty
five of them and passed them to the
merchant.
Why, what is this?' said the mer-
chant. p.
"Wal," says the farmer, "this is
my currency, and when you get a
dollars worth, bring it to my place
and l will give you a dollar for ii"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-08-03
powder Will.

A Dowder mill Is not IN the least
I;ta other mills. Instead of one
great building, it is composed OF
many rough looking little sheds
sometimes as many as seventy or
eighty. These are long distances
apart, separated by dense woods and
great mounds of earth, so that II one
@bouse'' is blown up the others Will
escane a like fate. Of some the
walls are built very strong, and the
roofs very slight, in the hope that
if an explosion happens, its force
will be extended upward only. 9th
or houses have enormous roofs of
masonry covered with earth; the
roofs of others are tanks always full
of water.
The constant danger inseparable
from the work would be greatly in
creased were there not strict rules al
ways enforced. No cautious visitor
can be more cautious than the work
men themselves, for they know that
if an explosion happens, it will 0e
certain. instant death to them. So
no light or fires are ever allowed;
no one lives nearer the mills than
can be helped; some of the build
ings are carpeted with skins, and
the floors are kept always flooded
with an inch or two of water, and in
front of every door is shallow tank
of water. Before entering every
person must put on rubber shoes and
walk through this water, for the
nails in boot heel might strike a
spark from a grain of sand or gravel
which might explode single grain
of gun-powder, and cause wide
spread disaster; so the rubber shoes
worn IN the mill are never worn
elsewhere. Then, too, every one
is expected to keep his wits about
him; there is never any loud talking
or laughter, and no one ever thinks
of shouting. Yet, with ali this ex-
treme care explosions sometimes Oc-
cur, and there is seldom any left to
tell how it happened.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-08-03
Putting a BuII TO the Test.

They had discussion over at Mil
ler's the other day about bulls. Mr..
Miller said it was all nonsense to talk
about a bull being excited and made
furious by a red rag. He said he
had an ugly tempered Devon bull
over in the field who would take it
like lamb, if you would shake the
flag of all nations in his face. DR..
Robinson said that Miller daren't
try it, and Miller bet Robinson that
he would. So Miller went into the
house and loaded himself up with
red flannel undershirt, and we all
walked out to the field. The bull
was there, looking calm as a summer
morning.
Miller climbed the fence and went
towards the animal, keeping the
shirt behind him. As he came close
to the bull he suddenly produced
the shirt and flrted it In the bulls
face. The beast jumped back yard
or two in astonisbment, and kept
his eye on Miller, while Miller wav-
ed the old vermillion garment vigor-
ously. Then the bull shook his head
several times, as if he declined to
have anything to do with the bust
ness; and Miller turned towards us
and put his thumb to his nose and
made a signal of victory. inst then
an idea seemed to strike the bull.
He put his head down and moved
swiftly forward. Miller at first
thought there had been an earth
quake. He was hurled up twenty
feet, and when he struck the ground
he made another ascension. Upon
his descent he thought he would try
to run, but Devon short horn was
inserted in his trOwsers and again he
went up high enough to take birds
eye view of the surrounding coun-
try. On the twenty-ffth descent he
fell on the other side of the fence
from the bull, and we picked him
up. His clothes were in ribbons.
His nose was furled and bloody, and
his mouth was full of grass.
We asked him how he felt, but he
said nothing. We inquired concern
ing the condition of his bones, but
he made no reply. We asked if his
views about bulls had undergone a
change, but he walked silently along.
We wanted to know how he enjoy
ed the scenery the last time he went
up, but he would not say. He mere
ly went into the house, filed up both
barrels of his gun with old nails and
screws and scraps of iron, and then
he went out to interview that bull.
The animal was corpse in ten min
utes, and then Miller peeled his un-
dershirt and went up stairs to bed.
We know what his views are now,
although he does not express them
freely. Mag AdeIer.