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The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-06-29

A striking commentary on the history
of American exports in fresh meat is
contained in the return just issued as a
parliamentary paper. In It's eight
PAGES are comprised n number of facts
which butchers as well a h~ousekeepers
will do well to ponder over with care.
| The most notable Of them all is perhaps
an account Of the actual weight OF meat
imported from the states during the
year 1876. Statictics of each month are
| given, by which it appears that in both
January and February alm0st exactly
1000 cwt. Of "beef, fresh or slightly
sailed" were brought over from the
states to British ports. In May, not.
w~ithstanding the higher temperature,
the total was 5000 Cwt., and although in
the next month it sank to 5000, it
recovered instantly, mounted to 1875
in June, and from that time forward
advanced at a tremendous rate until it
attained a maximum for the year in
November when above Sc 600 cwt.. were
imported the value of the meat increased
at the same time from E5,344 in January
to nearly E99, 600 in November, when
the whole imports from other countries
were valued at less than 10000. In
these statistics it is true hat the
absolutely fresh meat imported by the
new process can not be distinguished
from some of the salted meat. But the
advance has been, no doubt, almost
entirely in the former description, and
the revolution in the butchers trade
which must have been affected is APP
parent at u glance. The increase in
timed meats, described in the return as
81 meats preserved otherwise than by
sailing" is almost as CONSPICUOUS. They
are estimated at a little over 5000 for
January, and at 23.577 in December,
the value having within this period
advanced from E9,492 to ES3 ,427. The
growth in the importations Of mutton is
not by any means so notable in fact, it
is hardly appreciate in the account,
although in the present year it is well
known that America has ~begun.to extend
the system to mutton as well as beef.
The key to the whole story is to be
found partly in the new process which
has led to these astonishing results and
also in the tables which show that the
average price of beef during the whole
year is sd. a pound in New York and
about a farthing less in Philadelphia.
This compares with averages of about
Gid. at Hamburg. 81 at Copenhagen and
81. in Holland.-LOndOa Globe.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-06-29
WASHINGTON.

James Russell Lowell has accepted
the Spanish mission and will soon sail for
his post.
The treasury department has issued
a circular saying: "You will exact from
steamboat inspectors strict fidelity to the
true intent and meaning of the 18th rule and
the statute on which it is founded. The
duty is c~njoined upon inspectors of frequent
visits to excursion steamers, in order to have
personal knowledge that the equipments are
kept up to the original requirements, and
that the hull and boilers are entirely safe.
The register of the treasury recently
applied to the treasurer to subscribe in his
individual behalf for a 81 GOO bond of the
new four per cents, but was refused, under
the law, which provides that no person APP
pointed to the office of secretary, first comp.
%troller, first auditor of the treasury, or reg
lister, should be concerned in the purchase
or disposal of any public securities Of the
United States. The statute makes it a mis-
demeanor for any clerk to carry on any
tlade or business in funds of the United
States. The act in question is an old statute
of 1889, in the original organization cf the
treasury department, and has heretofore
either been ~disregarded or construed into
prosecution of business in state or United
bonds.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-06-29
How the Cinnamon Fly Kites.

The Virginia (No.) Enterprise says:
yesterday noon the residents of the
eastern portion ofthe city were surprised
by the appearance in the heavens of a
fiery, flying serpent of immense dimen-
sions. Its head appeared a lurid fame,
while its eyes rolled as if in sealCh of
victims. It's motions through the air, as
it billowed here and there, were like the
contortions of a huge snake. This mon
ster was a Chinese kite. Its head was
red paper, with eyes half red and half
white, which rolled as the wind found
its way through the ~aperturcs represent
ing the sockets. This head-kite was fol-
lowed by eighteen others, about eighteen
inches apart, made of tinted paper, OBJ
long in shape, through the centre of
which passed slender rattans, the tips
extending some distance on each side,
and trimmed with fire-red paper tassels.
Similar tassels along the tail and pen
dant from the head gave the whele an
appearance truly startling.
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killed during the fight. Six soldiers were
killed.
Sitting Bull has settled down in Cam
ada, where he is astonishing the natives by
exhibiting trophies of the Custer massacre
and telling of the yalor Of Mr.. Lol in his
numerous conflicts with the troops, and the
Canucks "take it all in."
The following dispatch has been re-
oeiyed by the commissioners of Indian affairs
from the Nez Perces agency, Idaho: The
non.treaty Indians commenced hostilities on
June II, and twenty nine settlers are re-
ported murdered and four Indians killed.
The hostiles are about one hundred strong.
They are reported to have gone to the Sal.
mon river country, and are making for the
Weyser Guysers in southern Idaho. Troops
are in pursuit. about twelve hours behind.
The reservation Indians are true to the gov.
ment.
A telegram from Fort Clark to the
Galveston News says that a detachment Of
Mexican government tioops recently crossed
tne MO bfdnue, 10 lhls sue Ill otuer W
avoid a conflict with a larger body of reyo-
lutionary troops, who were fast closing in
on them. On the same night a revolu'
tionary body crossed the river and attacked
the government soldiers, killing several and
wounding many, and then returned to the
Mexican side. The United States military
authorities made captures of the Mexican
troops for a violation of the neutrality law
in crossing to the American side with arms,
and having a battle thereon. There were
forty men in number, including one colonel,
three lieutenant. colonies, and five captains.
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MISCELLANEOUS

1t is asserted that Judge Hilton, who
succeeded to the management of A. T.
Stewards vast wealth, has closed the doors
OF the Grand Union hotel, the finest at Sara
toga, against the Jews. Much righteous in
dignation is expressed at this action,
Among the recent deaths of prominent
personages are the following: Hon. John
Petit, at Lafayette, Ind, aged nearly sew
enty years. He has been United States
senator, a representative in congress and in
the legislature, mayor of Lafayette, Judge of
circuit court, and supreme Judge Of Indiana,
besides filling numerous subordinate posi-
tons. He was United States district Judge
of Kansas at the time of the border rufian
troubles in 1854, and has cut a conspicuous
figure in public affairs. Rev. John S. C. Alb
bolt, the historian, at Fair Haven, New
Jersey, aged seventy-ene. Ex-United States
senator d. D. Pratt, of Indiana, of heart dis
ease. He was sitting in his chair debating
to his daughter, Mrs. S. f. Huntington, ap.
parently feeling as usual, when he gave a
gasp, and before his daughter could reach
him he was dead. He was sixty-four years
Of age.
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Steam Engines.

The first steam engine was introduced
into France in 1889. On account of the
revolution and the consequent check OF
industrial enterprise, the manufacture
of steam engines by French workmen
did not assume much Importance until
1924. The number of stationary had
increased in 1852 to 5000, representing
5000 horse power; in 1868 to 22,6O0,
representing 61S,000 registered horse
power; and now they represent 1900. 900
registered, or $500, 600 actual horse
power, doing the work of 81, 00O, 000 men
or nearly ten times the available me.
chanical industrial population of the
country. In 1888 the cost of manual
labor in manufactured ~pOoducts was so
per cent. Now their proportions are
reversed, the annual production being
about Il, 900, 600, 600, francs. There is,
therefore, an annual saving of 5000, 600
in consequence OF the use of steam
engines and improvement in machinery.
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TuE THREE HORsENEN.

Three horsemon halted the inn before,
Three horsemen entered thu 0agen door,
And loudly called for the welcome cheer
That was wont 10 greet the traveller here,
Good womap," they cried, as the hostess came,
A huNO.i, rosy, portly old dame,
I Good woman, how's your wine and hCer2
And how'sy your little daughter dear"
"My house is ever supplied with cheer,
But my daughter lieth upon her bierl'
4 shadow over the horsemen fell:
Each wrapped in thoughts he could never tell,
And silently, one by one they crept
10 the darkened room where the maiden slept.
The golden hair was ripping low
over q forehead pure as sAOw,
Aud the little hands 80 closely pressed,
Clasping q cross TO the pulseless breast.
81 loved thee ere the dcath-Chill lay
On thee, sweet child - aud one turned away;
81 would have loved thee" the second said,
"Hadst thou learned to love me, and lived to wed.
~ loved thee always, | love thee now y
The third one cred as he kissed her brow
"lu the heavens to come our soul shall wed.
| have loved thee living, | love thee dead
Then silently out from the oaken door,
Three hOrsGmen went to return no more.
Prom The German.
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TIE EAST.

Senator Conklin, of New York, sailed
for Europe on June II, to be absent during
the summer.
The class of Eighty, of Princeton col
lege, numbering nearly one hundred young
men, have been suspended and required to
leave town. Cause; pulldozing the faculty.
The celebration of the twenty-fith
anniversary of the Shields Guards, which
took place in Auburn, New York recently,
attracted a large concourse Of people. Gov.
Wade Hampton, of South Caraolia, was pres.
ent. and among the prominent speakers.
1t is now stated positively that ar
engagements are complete for the release of
VIM. NJ. Tweed from custody, at New York.
The conditions Of the release are a fuII and
complete expose of the doings of the ring.
which are said to be in tine hands of the
prosecuting attorney.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-06-29
SMALL FAV0RS.

Death cannot be an evil, for it is uni
versal.
Example has more influence thar
authority.
The surest remedy against scandal is tc
live it down.
Love those who advise, but not those
who praise you.
One ungrateful man does an injury to
all who are wretched.
Iii is safest for man to judge favorably
of his fellow-creatures.
The tongue is a little thing. but it fills
| the universe with trouble.
A mans temper is most valuable to
himself, and he should keep it.
Frowns blight young children as frosty
nights blight young plants.
A cheerful face is nearly as good for
an invalid as healthy weather.
We may as well expect togrow stronger
by constant eating as wiser by constant
reading.
No charity should be extended to those
who are not as willing to do justice as
they are to receive it..
An utter contempt of public opinion,
and Il sensitive regard for it, are equally
the ear-mark of a fool.
We cannot conquer fate and necessity,
yet we can yield to them in such a way
as to be greater than if we could.
Harvest never comes to such as SOW
not and so experience will not, unless
you do what God has commanded.
We have nothing to enjoy until we
have something to impart. lie only
lives who is not a reservoir, but a foun-
tain.
1t is not until we have passed through
the furnace that we are made to know
how much drOss was in Il composition.
The idea Of a heaven and an existence
hereafter is no more extraordinary than
the fact OF an earth and an existence
here.
A soul without prayer is like solitary
sheep w%ithoutits shepherd. The tempter
sees it, and lures it away into his snare.
The welfare Ola nation rests upon the
happiness which it enjoys within itself,
and its independence Of all control from
without.
Ladies, the best way to beautify the
hand is to put a quarter in it and then
shake hands with some suffering fellow
creature.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-06-29
The Side-Saddle.

There are few traps for the female sex
any more deadly than the side-saddle,
and no one of any sense grieves at the
decay of the noble art of horse woman
ship" as long as that art cannot be prac-
ticed except at the imminent risk of the
ladies doing so. English people are de.
voted horsemen, and the ladies', as we'll
as the men, take the highest pleasure in
galloping after the hounds. But recently
an English lady, who enjoys what is con
sidered an enviable fame for skill and
daring in riding close to the hounds
and who is alsoa pattern wife and mother
has announced that she will risk her
life no more riding On a side-saddle, but
in the next sea on will ride masculine
fashion. Her announcement has set the
whole fashionable world to talking, since
she is woman of spirit, and it is believed
she will do as she says. II she does she
will have followers without doubt, and
may bethat this will i~naugurate the long
expected dress revolution.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-06-29
Miss Harper.

Miss Harper, the vice,regent from
Maryland of the Mount Vernon associa-
tion, is a strikingly handsome woman,
She is a granddaughter of Charles Carroll
of Carrollton, and a niece of three ia,
nous American beauties who went abroad
and married English noblemen-one the
Duke of Leeds, another the Marquis OF
Wellerley, and a third Lord stafford.
Miss Harper lives in Baltimore, opposite
the cathedral, and her house is crowded
with everything rare and beautiful
adorned with bric-a-brac of the choicest
kind. and furnished By articles valuable
on recount of their associations-associ-
atoms so full of memories that you can
sit and listen by the hour in any room
in her house to the most delightful his
tories OF this chair, that bed, OF a table,
a picture, or a dressing table.
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A Remarkable FOOd-Preseryatiye.

A practical physician-Dr. j. w. DAY.
export, of Dallas, Texas--has obtained a
patent which promises to be of great
usefulness. 1t is simply a fluid for keep
ing all kinds of fruits, vegetables and
meats, fresh and sweet. The aim of the
chemist has been to discover the ingre-
dients of a pickle which would arrest the
process OF decomposition and %extinguish
the germ of decay of all animal and vege-
table substances, without impairing their
flavor or imparting to them any injurious
effect. 1t is simply a pickle of the NEST
inexpensive sort, costing less than brine
or vinegar, in which any meat or vege-
table may he kept in open vessels, sub
merged for months, and, when taken out,
will be found as pure and fresh as when
the vegetables anne from the garden or
the meat from the butchers stall. This
pickle may be furnished and prepared at
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TIE WEST.

News from Portland, Oregon, conveys
the startling intelligence of an uprising Of
the Indians, and that they were numbering
the whites at Mount Idaho, situated sixty
miles from Lewiston.
Columbus. Ohio, hiss been selected as
a reference point for the finding Of the lon.
etude for other places south and west, and
. corps of officers from the coast survey
department will be stationed in the city.
A dispatch from Walla Walla avs the
stage from Lewiston brought news that the
'oldien from Lapwai and the Indians had
fought fourteen miles from Cottonwood
creek. Young Joseph and his tquax were
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n cost Of four cents per barrel. The
pickle is 50 nearly tasteless and palatable
as to demonstrate its nervousness, and
yet, from the specimen we saw yesterday,
green corn which had been immersed
it for twelve months, when boiled, could
not be distinguished from the corn which
had been gathered that morning. Nut
ton and pork-chops, and even fat paNl-
bottles, placed in this pickle weeks ago,
when subjected to heat, had preserved
all their original freshness and flavor
NcW Orleans Democrats.
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1t is pretty certain o that the con-
test between monster guns and armor
plates is drawing near its end, and that
victory will declare for the guns. While
the limit of size for cannon has not yet
been reached that of the thickness and
consequent weight Of armor for seagoing
wal vessels certainly has. In the course
of time. it will be discovered that the ire
mendous shock transmitted to a ship by
by the firing of her enormou gun or
guns will compel a new system OF CON-
struction adapted to withstand it. Con
sidering this and the immense penetra-
tive power of projectiles over the resist
ance offered by armOra and the new models
necessary for the carriage of great guns
the iron-clads of to-day will sson be as
obsolete as the Roman galley propelled
by oars. With this prospect in the near
future the nations like the United States
that now have no iron-clad fleets must be
congratulated, for their money will be ex-
pended, when necessary, on the floating
gun-carriages that will supersede the war
ships of to-day. We do not hesitate to
predict that naval warfare must in time
be conducted practically according to
the same tactics as now govern field
artillery in action. The gun-ships must
be detached. and what may be termed
caisson, or ammunition ships, employed
to supply them.
But another element of destruction in
warthreatens the whole iron-clad system
and must revolutionize naval clnstruc-
ton. The torpedo is now the recognized
weapon for the attack and defense of
harbors and blockading squadrons. These
invisible mines dot the channels or shoot
beneath the surface toward the doomed
vessel, guided with unerring accuracy
from the shore or torpedo-shiP. The
effect of such terrible engines, when fired
under the side of a great iron-cIad, is to
insure her destruction beyond the shadow
of a doubt.-N. Y. Herald.
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A CLERK in the Allegheny, Penn, post.
Office brought down his hand-stamp upon
a letter which he supposed to contain
garden seeds. Instantly there was a loud
explosion and a clerk CHASTITY pale. With
an utter disregard of the department reg
u~lations the envelope had been filed with
paper caps for toy pistols.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-06-29

THE mesquite has arrived at the
watering places. Same old look-same
bite.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-14

a few copies of the compiled laws oJ
Wyoming, full bound, can be had on
application at the LEADER office. Price,
$500; sent by mail, post paid, for S5.5
Remit by p. o. money order or regis
tered letter.
This volume contains all the laws
ETC., enacted by the legislative as
semblies of Wyoming Territory since
its organization; also the Declaration of
Independence, Organic Acts of Dakota
and Wyoming, Union Pacific grant,
Sioux Treaty, Shoshone Treaty, U. S.
Public Land and Bounty Land Laws,
Town Site Law, Timber Law, U. s.
Mining Laws and the Coal Land Laws
daWtf
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-14
CALIFORNIA.

Movement to Supplant the Chinese.
San Francisco, Nov. 13.-The COM
mittee appointed by the Cigar-makers'
Association to interview the cigar
manufacturers Of San Francisco and
ascertain their views on the question
of employing white labor instead of
Chinese, have called upon the various
firms engaged in the trade. Most of
the cigar manufacturers have been in
terviewed and state they are prepared
to discharge all their Chinese employees
as soon as sufficient number of COM
petent white men can be obtained to
take their places. After the committee
have called upon the other cigar manu-
facturers they intend to apprize the
cigar makers of New York of the pros
poets for them in this city and hope to
induce them to come here to supplant
the Chinese.
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A BIG BLAZE.
ST. Louis Visited Again.

st. Louis, Nov. 13-midnight.-A fire
broke out in engineroom of the fiye-story
building OH Fourth street, between
Pine and Chestnut streets, and opposite
the Planters House. The flames i'm
mediately ascended the elevators. All
of the rooms in the rear of the building
from the basement to the roof are now
in flames. John Barret's restaurant
in the rear of the building is destroyed.
and the fire has extended through to
the Fourth street front. The magnifi-
cent Chamber of Commerce building is
only separated from the burning struc-
ture by twenty-foot area, but the
wind is from the southeast and the
flames are driven northeast. The pros
poets now are that the building will not
be injured beyond the possible breaking
of plate glass windows of the Mer-
chants Exchange Hall, which occupies
the whole of the western side of the
Chamber of Commerce building. Tue
whole fire department is on duty. Y
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national bank notes except to replace
such as are mutilated, worn or destroy

national bank notes except to replace
such as are mutilated, worn or destroy
ed. .r
Chittenden sent to the clerks desk
and had read memorial of the Nation
al Board of Trade, and a substitute for
the pending bill prepared by that body.
He then stepped to the clerks desk
himself and addressed the house. Hold
ing up ten dollar lsgal tender note,
he said he was very much mistaken if
the bill before the house was not down.
right reputation. The note in his
hand was a promise of the Government
to pay him ten dollars, but no date was
fixed for payment. The note was is
sued in 1875, and on the 14th day of
that year congress had enacted a law
declaring this debt of the Government
should he paid on 1st of January, 1879.
The Government must keep its promise
faithfully or it would become the lead
er of all regulations in the land.
After some debate the bill went over
till tomorrow and the house adjourned.
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SITTING BULL SETTLED.

He Promises to Visit the United States
Again.
Fort Walsh, Nov. 1.-Sitting Bulls
future home is to be ON Deer river. He
and his band will be securely guarded
by the police, but the most efficient
watch over him will be that of his
neighbors, the Blackfeet. Red Deer
river is much favored by buffalo and
smaller game and Sitting Bull will find
q good market for skins at the Hudson
Bay Company. Three days ago he was
told by Col. Mcleod that he was
to hold himself in readiness to move to
his new quarters; that the Queen had
through her servants at Ottawa pro-
vided a good home for him where he
could live at peace.
Sitting Bull made an eloquent reply,
saying: 81 came to you in the first
place because 1 was being driven hard
by Americans. They broke their
treaty with my people and when rose
up and fought, not against them, but
for our rights as the first people on this
part of the earth, they pursued me
like dog and would have hung me to
tree. They are not just; they drive
us into war and then seek to punish us
for fighting. That is not honest. The
Queen would not do that"
After thanking the Queen, lie said:
strTell her that nv DeOple will be GOOD
1 will take my people to the Red Deer
country and now declare before YOU
that will not make any trouble or an
noy you, or give pain to the Queen. 1
will be quiet, 1 will never fight on your
soil unless you ask me to help you.
Then will fight. Place me where you
like, l will be at peace in Canada. But
you who are braye soldiers, and not