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have btcn fully anil pncqntyoea1Iy denied unde
palh by Tho otrccrs Of the cnmpnuv. a. will arnoa
BY thclr. atlldAvita in tho suih referred 10. Id
specially. II. j. Fuhskn.
SUICIDE,

CINCINNATI, March 21.-Dr. William A..
Wakefield, alfas Dr. Raphael, who took lye
ounces at la,idanum yesterday, with Tho Dur.
pose Of suicide, liosl tliIs forenoon.
, 1877-08-01
E R S

Mr.. Arthur Arnold writes to us :-"I have
lately ridden through Persia from the Caspian
Sea to the Persian Gulf, where all is by no
means 40 represented ia the extract you pub.
lished on Friday from the German journal
Glo6us. I could not find any useful result of
the Shah's visit to Europe. On his return
His Majesty did indeed attempt a new insti.
tuition. He ordered Boxes of Justice to be
cOrspicuously placed in the towns for the re-
ception of petitions from his miserable and
misgoverned subjects, but to the Provincial
Governors 10 appeared, as indeed it was, a
childish notion. A wretched peasant or an
Armenian Christian who had been robbed by
the Governors servants might as we'll have
been told to put his petition into the Govern
or's mouth as into the Shah's box of justice.
There is an institution in Persia, and it was
at my side for 1000 miles, of English origin,
which has done something to lessen the iniqui-
ty of provincial government in Persia-I
mean the ndo.European telegraph. On one
e~coasion ! remember that the peasants Of q
, 1877-08-01

village were bold enough to tell an oppressor
that they would telegraph his misdeeds to the
Shah Of course, the governing class could
not grind the faces of the people as they do
the Ministers and Prince-G Governors having
salaries three or four times as large as that OF
the English Prime Minister-had they not a
powerful body of helpers who are sharers in
their spoil. They have this force in the
Persian army. liz every bazaar | found that
soldiers were money lenders, and for this rea-
son-.hey have The law in their hands.
1t is not very long since a party of soldiers
dragged a dead body of a defaulting debtor by
the heels through the bazaar Of Bushire by
way Of warning to those who owed them mo-
ney. The pay of Persian soldiers IS commonly
in atrear and, noticing the scanty ranks Of
regiments on parade, l inquired of the drill lu'
s~tructors (generally Europeans why 50 many
were absent. They told me that in this abb
sence lay the impossibility Of success in their
task. No soldier comes to parade who can
obtain work OF otherwise make money. Tie
consequence is that the Personnel Of each ske.
Teton regiment is changed every morning, and
the unhappy drill instr uctor has never before
him the same body of men. This release from
service has, of course, to be paid for, and the
absent ~privates devote a portion of the ~eareings
to their officers, who, from the colonel to the
corporal, divide the fund contributed in res.
peot of this temporary desertion. The G105us
states that the Customs have been modelled
after those of Russia. | do Lot believe it. l
can tell you bow they were modelled
last year, when L dined, IN Persian fashion, in
I%spahan, with the Khan who farms the Gus
toms Of the South of Persia, including the
ports at which all British goods must enter.
He wore a robe of honour, a gift from The
Shah, drank arrack in tumbIers, and fondled
his baro feet between the courses of kabaks
and pill9u, COlouel Ross, the British Resi-.
deut at Bushire, has reported that The Bnshire
Customs were let to this person for 80, 200 to-
mans, or about tel2,8 500. This Khan is a
law unto himself in obtaining what be may
please TO consider his dues. AS to the limita.
tions in bis power, the Political Resident has
reported to the Indian Government that the
farmer of Customs employs his own servants
to manage, Government officials not l~nterfer-
ing, The transactions are kept secret, no re-
turns being required BY the Government
Times.
, 1877-08-01

Amongst the minerals, iron takes the
first place. 1t is worked in the north
west portion Of Unyanyembe, whence it
is carried in all directions. Hoes made
there find their way even to the coast.
Coal has been for some time known on
the ZambGsi and Cameron records that
ne saw 1t on the great lake Tanganyika.
Copper and gold are found in large guam
titles at Katanga, and for a considerable
distance to the westward. Cameron fur
nishes, in his "Across Africa" numerous
additional illustrations respecting its III
calculable wealth, and he advises the. es-
adjustment OF dep6ts or stations on a
trunk route across the continent, so as to
maintain a regular means Of communica-
ton. He further recommends the acquire
1nent of a port on the eastern coast from
the Sultan Of Zanzibar, so as to construct
from it a light line of railway to the Tan
ganyika, with branches to the Victoria
Nyanza, and southwark through Ugogo.
Such a railway would open up u direct
and valuable means of commerce, and
numbers of Indian merchants at Zanzibar
would at once be able to push forward
into the interior.
An association, formed under the aus
pieces of the King of the Belgians for the
exploration aud civilization Of Africa. pro-
poses to organize two great simultaneous
expeditions, each to consist of about / 500
men, inclusive of native porters, one to set
out from Loanda on the west coast, and
the other from Zanzibar on the opposite
coast, to work their way inland, and meet
somewhere n the centre {" the continent.
English enterprise and daring must not
be behind II an attempt of this description.
For many years we have contributed the
largest number OF energetic and successful
explorers to Africa, and we must still be
prepared to take the leading part in the
great work OF opening up the country for
and civilization. The river
Congo on the west coast, second in length
and value to the Amazon among the rivers
OF the world, seems especially to demand
u thorough examination. Small steamers
of light draught and good speed, and capa-
bic of being taken to pieces and transport
Ell past rapids, would prove of great SER
vice on this river and on the ZambGSi, as
we'll as on the gigantic lakes which have
been discovered. The Congo, at It's mouth
is not under the dominion of any European
Power. The principal merchants there
are the Dutch, who would be delighted to
see the trade of til" interior in the hands of
Europeans instead of being dependent on
the caprice of some of the West Coast
traders. In addition to these various
routes, one might be opened up from
Natal, through the Trausvaal, which has
just been annexed, especially now that the
long-talked of scheme of the federation
of South African colonies is likely to be
realized. England, which has done so
much for the extension of trade and indus
try, and for the spread of civilization
throughout the earth, cannot remain in
different to the wide prospects which are
opening up among the myriads of tribes on
the African continent.-BrGtish Trade
Journal
, 1877-08-01
NOTICE..

VI N order to give timely warning of
a approaching Hurricane or severe Gale
of Wind, the following signals will be
given:
In Chritionaed: a square Red Flag
will be hOisted aud a gun fired from Chris
tiansvernsfort, if at day time !; if at night,
two Lights will be eXh bited and a gun
hred, whenever the state Of the barome-
ter and other indications give reason to
apprehend a gale;
In Frederihsted the bell at Frodriksfort
will ke rung, whenever similar indications
of Indictment weather are noticed.
Presidency's Secretary's Office st. Croix
gath July 1877.
O. KRAUSE.
c0nSt. Fuldm.
, 1877-08-01
PROCLAMA.

n LIE og Enhver der matte
III have noget at fordre j De tail
handler NJ. JolIifes F&lIitbo, ind
kaldes herved med 8 Maane dcrs
VarseI at anmelde og bcviisligj0 re de-
res Kras for undertegnede Skif
Christiansteds Skifteret dee eide
JUL 1877.
II. A. JURs.
, 1877-08-01
AUX TION.

PFTER Bcgj@ring af Christian
g. sted's Skifteret som bchandlende
DetailhandIer NJ. IolIiffes Fallitbo
og st. Croix Oyerformynderi som
UdlTgshaver vii blive opraabt til
Bortsalg we'd offentlig Auction der
ofhoIdes i Huset No, IS & Sc A. b.
l Compagnigade j Christiansted Fire
dagcn den 3die August d. A. Mid
dag Kl. u slet, cndceI
, 1877-08-01

AT the request of Christianstcd's
III Dealing Court on behalf of the
Bankrupt Estate Of Mr.. Nj. JolIiffc,
and the Upper Guardians as levy
holders will be put up for sale at
public Auction to be held at the
house No. SIS & SIS A. b. Company
Street in Chr%istiansted on Friday the
3rd August a, c. at IL o'clock
noon, some
, 1877-08-01

Meub1er o. Bou-
tikSVaYeg etc.
ChriStiansteds AnctionscOnt0ir
den 23de JUL 1877.
II. A. JURS.
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he took assccutt, for this amount he you' A.
WR9t S VIVA ' o@i HI. claims, The Are, NOR,
pu.cs
$50 the whole trust FUND collected hv him for uic
CITY i- wiicd outs A-unca.ilyl-Wrll the documents
GAM mi money was collected uudcr that trust decd
nrd lrd hv NJ s.tuiv 49, trust e.. anu he ntcrvnrd
'gnaed ., TO- yg9 On .ccG"n nos. om IN. mgpy
mprenec., Hul n.N nr wa -Hv Thsn y,u h1yc uo'h
o ~lio1 much az, ,oi worth now A-Not a dollar
,S o. i n''s y'', to rqy ol hack tgs .,
roi dollar
airy ot 2orn 'rnr iryn the kr'-'r stove Mor' go
% Who c"n,U~' ma gom ,.ntf A-lo,n ksinn
member wh" TIC others are, unul my hfothers death he
Q-And you have nothing to give back Mot a dol.
. And YOU thin. YOU have NOT dc,raudcd the ci,ys
A-on iair accounting. think We would he square
Upon continued examination the witness
nvrrrrd his hri"l that he had done work and
furnished matrrial- 0thr city actually worth. at
current market rates. between twOnnd three mil
lion dours, aud affirmed that ON An cnornuny
amount ui his bills there was no added swinil'
oi 33e per cent. but could not toll how much
wns Tree from that fraud. hir memory wis So
Allcrman Cowng next took the obstinate VIII
ness in hand for spell and surcerdud in got
TIM him to say that he WIS 81 Years old had
never been treated Tor sOltcnlng Of the brain or
any other mental nirr fiun: was sin rapnhle Of
transact ny, 10 the sut-la ton oil his employers,
the most important business Of their trade
lief from bankrupt y corut. hut cNadrd any
admissions VI intent o. 20 nto business again
II his dHms are legaly wiped out. lle had not
come 10 nat vet. " he sad. though hc intended
10 Ert n liNuZ while hc stay in the country
" admit u tnnt his action halnoi hr"n NOR
uy honest " hut became mu b confused when
asked Tor definition of the din 'ronre lrtwceil
moral honesty amt any other KIND of HON
csty. AMI sou shto ape in tls ave rmon TRAIT h'
" compelled a. dQ as hc 4 Il e. get what right
luily belonged 10 him. lie had no hope. he
sud. of hringahlc 90 s'rnicltou out his accounts
with the city. us hc hud always boon "a bad book
kr"p'r, ana thr lnvsk"p'r hr hired hal also
boon tad unr They never had such Things
as iriHl balances.
Then MIR. Cole took him again. anil -p ut some
time ia pump ng from him thu fn that N 'e
the int tuition of his pro rrd.nLs for bank
Iupt'y he no longer cares 10 trouble himself
about ~ ting settlement with the city. uu Is
indeed rather coy ahout dNalng with the sub
jet II he cuu avoid II. for REASONS which hc
app 'alrd to MI Cole. aS ullWyur. to un irr-tand
without for INK Inn Ia stat" them. lie WIS
ilnuliy Ord'r Il To appear again AZ The noNt
meeting. " IN The much-ilkol-uf ; hufI
a~-Iisnin rut and any other dorunrhts he may
nav" thut may serve 10 refresh his feeble
memory.
The committee adjourned to Monday. 2Cth
inst, al T. NJ
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LUTZ'S WIFE ITZ2fE
Troubles TINT Followed her Mnrrfaoe-
Turned Out Of hcr Fathers raousc


In his lager beer saloon on Ferry street
Nc,vnrk Justicc Cniesnl bnld nm ox,r,t,.,t,r
- ."i
S'Nt'Tllly IN inc 'ilSN OF 'UhIl's LUZ lrf~Hr-
lex Wristh, and George Dcitcrlc, who nrc &C.
,,,.od 80 hroot.i,,,. i,,.. ,t, i,,,, 20 d..
10" VI m.'aN'nE in'o '''' nouS' VI V,o's'
Hart. at lG5 Hamburg place. TO abduct llarts
dnu,hter Lizzie. The men wnro driven nwov
bv Mira I,,r, r,lo ,,,,lo,I ,h,,, vim n Lroor,.
ny WIS '0Tt' WHO "l't'ch'u 'lcm WIN pr"oW'
stick. Justice Gcisscl held them under bail for
the Grand jury
iy,i, IL, ,., ,,,o..,, 4, 1,t,..,. r. -.
. i"'' "''7 n'"i ~" W N""''Vs LUZ VII
Sunday. Oct. rs. by the Rev George NJ BOyn-
ton. Subsequently she made an nfidnvit flint
I.u,z Dcit.rnl md Er,Ioricl cr,inar ,,,i,,aoI
her To swear that she was IL years old when
she IL only 15 in order that the minister would
,onrr, hor q, 7 49, ,.,i,t, a.. . ~,
~ nv w ,'"'N "''"ou, 'ic consent Oh hcr
parents Hart accused tho mon OF abducting
his dang htnr md thrv wcro hold fnr suhnrnn.
PVi'"'' 'n" "uu"'t,oh' h'erwaru
LUZ VINO claimed tie girl as his wife. made
several attempts TO get pOss 'ssion of her,
nnay preaklng into Harris house. Hart had
given up his saloon and kept the girl in clos
confinement in private apartments.
lhsi. Mon,iay night, Mr. Hart, who II wealthy
decided TO send his wife and Lizzie to Germany
On Tuesday ne sent them TO Orange Mountain
70 remain with friend until he could arrange
Tor their departure for Germany He instituted
u divorce suit Tor his daughter. ind took n law
yer with him To Orange Mountain, expecting
that Z2c would sign the papers in the divorce
81 '. ,Nn' WIS tolu thht II she desired to live
WIN LUZ u would be useless TO go on with the
divorce suit and she WAS asked what she would
do. She refused to answer. Mr.. Hart. per
,,elNing thnt she preferred to stay with Lun
LOOK ntf ia X To Newark. Ill. made a last
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UORKryG yoyry pRoyEcruD.
The Association Founded nv Moses \. beach
when Editor Of The sun.

AT the fourteenth anniversary meeting Of
the Working Womcn's Protective Union. in
Chirkcring Hall ON Thursday, President Samuel
Will'ts introduced Mr. Moses s. Beach, and
that gentleman said that while great war waa
at its height, when labor WIS not In demand and
when thousands Of soldiers wives and widows
and orphans crowded the streets. u mechanic In
his work ng clothes stepped into the on 70 OF TIM
SUN. and asked to see the editor. To him he
said, without any waste of words: ] come. sir.
TO ask tho aid OF your paper in behalf OF tho
thousands Of working women in actual danger
Of starvation in this great metropolis. / have
hired hall in the Bowery ut my own expense.
and have called mass meeting OF the working
women. Will you say n good word for tho
meetingT The good word WINS said. nnd
Mt that meeting n few influential gente-
men gave II encouragement. At the meeting
well-known dry goods merchant was induced
TO preside. committee was appointed to act
nest women who spoke. and after many days thu
committee decided that it was not 80 much
the working women on the threshold Of
starvation. gs their inability 70 obtain pny for
tho labor they performed. Honest pay for
honest work was all that thcy needed. I'm
H"rupulous EMPLOYERS were having things their
ony from s %Sy 81 bood o
women. An act for the incorporation Of tina
Working Womcn's Protective Union was drawn
up, and u charter soon obtained. Tho mo-
chnnic, n paster"r. NJ whose instance tho or
k,anIation was established, is nowon the stand,
lApplauscI He docs not desire to bc named, butt
Will tell you in confidence that he is ono
Of tho working directors Of our association, In
the ,,ourt'en years OF It's existence the Work.
ing Women's ProtectivcU Mon has brought G.OO0
defrauders OF helpless women to justice. and
has sent many Of them to prison. tApplauscJ
II has collected without the expense Of n cent
TO the victims, over 100000 that thew musv
oth.rwisc have lost. II has secured The passage
OF laws for the protection ~ work ing women,
1t has broken mp the business of the rascally
sewing machine agents. who. after receiving in
instalmcnts from their victims the full
price of the machine lacking the last
payment. not only seized the machine. but also
refused t., refund even pnrt, Of the money paid
upon II. II has received and answered 100000
appl LEGATIONS Tor employment and temporary re-
liel has lent money TO hundreds Of suffering
women, has furnished employment TO thous
sands has corrected numerous abuses In great
establishments wherein women and girls ara
employed, and has opened the eyes of tho
mcanest and most heartless swindlcrs that n-
lcst the city that at last the widow and tho
iatherlcss girl who are forced to toll for bread
have ready and II sure means OF defence and
Protection.
Mr. Beach in closing said that the annual
expenses of the Working Womcn's Protective
Union have been less than IS 900.
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4 Beer Hunt In Michigan.

nom no On ffHufi thinner fqf
Ar SABLE RIVER. Mich. Nov s. our
posts We're all ON the hanh II the river. and the
purpD- wills T.. 'aro the lrer to tn. river and
shoot tAcm IA tn vat r.. Our : .ound day was
"a ,p'tiiion oi tn FIRST Nobody saw "A dn.r.
th"uc' three or funrN pc run to the river We
stayed on our runwlye nearly all day We
were beginning to be- Desperate and on the
NJ the river. a D"u; ;w9 AM q half miles from
ia" camp. aud stationed myself bohind a hlg
Log, where | could SOC the river for nhuut a
quarter Of q mil" above About 10 o'ro'k I
hear the dog-, and they cnme nrHrrr. nearer.
amt stu nearer. ] h"une int 'nscly Interested.
and hardly dared To- move. About 1880 somc-
thing almost flashed down the bank and into
the river nS TAR up us could SEQ. and there crr-
ulhly WIS sonnet thing IN the water. Was it a
ii"'rf and If SO, WAS II crossing over or COM
soc. II nenrrl the opposite bank. hut
changed its course nmd oHmr directly down
the stream. Presently | could see its onrs move.
then its eyes. How beautiful il looked ns il
iW'niy-ilNc yards OIL | stood w. Until then it
had not noticed me, although was in full view
~ II all the time. When stood up II looked
started ana dlr"cily at me-. and | shot two
hu'n hot went IL It's BRAIN and II died immo-
Having killed the door how to get II wns
tn ncN qu, slion, The river was about
rlEhly irnt wld", the current very swift. and the
drrr in IN" middle, ionling down. ran down
In" stream. lint was unable to get anything long
shore al the RUNWAY OF the man next below, and
about Onr-h ail milo from mine. ! called t. him
To kni n nolc and catch NV deer. hut il WIS too
far ont and pasScd him. Van Duscn, however.
hApn"ned along in time, aud after several in
"ifrfuul attempts 10 catch II. jumped into the
river and pullci tn deer ashore. II had hnnt 'd
down rs mu'h ~ four miles near our camp. 1t
proved to be quite a large doe.
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mr.. M'GUITTN'S md Luck.
Arrested for Passing IA Al 900 Bin that was
Thought to he ~ Counterfeit.

Mr.. John NJ. McGuf,in Of the 81. Louis
Times went TO the Adams Express Company
Office. at 80 Broadway. on Thursday b. send
$1,000 to Washington. He paid the charge with
atl 900 United States note. receiving the change.
He had hardly departed before tho cashiers at
tention was called to the arrest Of William G..
Curtis for attempting TO pass thousand dol
lar counterfeit note. and he fell to scanning the
one he had taken from Mr.. McGufln. He sent
1t to several bankers. who said it was probably
not genuine. The package containing the
$1,000 in similar notes had already been started
Tor Washington. Detective Robert pinkcrton
was employ d.. He thought the motto WINS a
in Washington to arrest the person who np-
peared for the package This was done. and n
with whom Mr. NJ Gufln was Intending 10 start
u nnwspaper in Washington. He telcgraphcd
about ln., u, his his, arrss T. Mr. M,Gun who was stay
ar @ HHS an aH9f Mcns YF H. pr RSs9a
but he was immediately taken To the Mulberry
street Police Station. where lac was locked up
Tor the night; Yesterday morning he was dis
CHARGED by Justice Duffy in the TQmhs Police
Court. the bund ring express clerks and de-
tectlvcs having asceriained that the note was
genuine.
snid yesterday: . II is n worry unfortunate affair
There was simply "A suproeition that the bin
B@t IN S SnF Of 5 s@f S 0i
hhd tax IN the proper prrcautlon in the case. MS
they were told that the note was pronounced bad
by experts.
At 10 o'clock on Friday night. said Mr. Will
liam q. White. cashier OF the Sub-Treasury, " |
was aroused at my home in New Jersey by tho
stoppnge Of a carriage before my house. Two
dcte tlNcs and an agent OF the Adams Express
t9mpanX asked to SEQ me. They produced a
81 900 bill OF the now issue of 1869 one of the n-
uctlVcs said. W. have arrested u man in New
York for passing this counterfeit bin A. soon
as looked AZ II | replied. You have made a
mistake, for this bill Is genuine. There is no
count,rfcit to begin with in existence Of this To-
sue
Detective O'Connor disraimcd having any
III NJ 10 do with the arr u. lie was reused
from his bed late on Friday night by Detective
Robert Pnkerton, who told him that man was
locked up IN the Fourteenth Precinct Station by
mistake. He visited the prisoner. examined
his papers. and saw at once that mistake had
been made.
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Portfolio DAYS WITHOrT FOOD
The Astonishing Experiment Tried b, u Min
nesota Physician.

DR.. Amenzo Meyer. whose Office may he
found AT 25i Hennepin avenue. says that h. had
Occasion 10 ask the advice of another profess
sional friend named DR.. Tanner. during the
Inter part OF the summer. Drs. Moycr and Tan
ner called on patient in the night time and
upon their return 10 the oflice on Hrnnepin av-
enuc. Dr. Tanner complained Of illness. and
r"lired 70 the Sleeping apartment connected
with DIR. Meyers once. Herr he remained for
ten days, and during the entire time resolutely
himself To cold water exc usXey
AT the end Of ten days DR.. Tanner considered
himself sufficiently recovered to indulge in tx
crcse in the open air but concluded to con-
human life may be prolonged without tho u-o
OF any nOurlshment Whichever He remained
In Or, Meyers OIL lee, and WIS 50 continuously
under the observation of Meyer TINT the latter
j. positively convinced that h. did not take
food surreptltiously. During the latter pHrt VI
the test, Dr. Tanner was daily examined by his
friend and associate and exact records Of his
symptoms Were Iotted down.
Dr. Tanner remained without food for just
forty-two days. and the only things used during
the time in the shape Of nOurishment or stimu-
liant were a daily walk in the open air and n
swallow of water whenever inclination prompt
gd-a sufficiently light diet for any purpose.
Toward the latter portion Of the test unusual
Or. Tanner did not show any material reduce
tiOn in tissue or strength. the action Of the heart
wns visihly weakened. and not the faintpst
trace of, ,pulsation could be discovered at the
a moribund condition. DR.. Tanner returned
To his feed in precisely forty days after
engaging in his extraordinary experiment DR..
Meyer states that he ate sparingly at first but
soon developed nm enormous appetite. Gradu-
ally. however. normal habits were resumed,
and the patient" is now in his usual health,
ready i9r some other man to begin the expert
mcnt where lie left on