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THE HOUSE IN AN UPR0AR.
srytTORS LrGTsLA7TNG IND REPRE-
SryTIrIJH,s JOJJIEE ITING.

Il
.....tiuu sequcIs or the givcr and Unrbor
~ a,oII- Pennsylvania Rivers ur Wilhelm
r.o,.yiynnim Members Never Heard Mr.
,,,ndS SIR IIcwitt-'Ghe Protest Rejected.
w,suiNGroN, April 23-In the Senate the
r.,.,aaonlmnni masking Grn.Jamc- Shi'ldss
,.n..,n sl0Oa month was referred to the Com
,ree ON Pensions.
NJ, Morrill, llcp.. VT reported without
.,,o,dmrut the House bill to prohibit the coin
,,ofthc ,wcnty-ccnt piece OF silver.
ur Sargent Call said that it would DO much
,.,,,er IN do away with the half dollar and coin
iorty.ceni piece
The bill was passed.
The Senate resumed the consideration Of the
,mto extend the time for the construction and
s,mple,on Of the Northern Pacific Railroad.
On motion OF Mr.. Elmunds tncp.. VT the
,,ls having due regard for the rights OF said
,.rpauy." in the last section OF the hill. which
,.sryes tho right to Congress to alter. amend
o,repcal the act &c. were stricken out.
Mr. Teller Rep. COLI moved TO strike out the
,,ov,so that all persons who under existing
laws granting lands TO the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company. have taken homcstcads not
exceeding eighty acres. shall havc the privilege
,fincreasing the amount Of their homesteads to
iGl acres kelerr h-S,ls',t' hnys, op,
Mr Hef'l'fi ~" ~. w ~ ,,iii'uu
,oas o. pr0Vdr YIN, hiiG ,nuu,',scu ~ VIZ ''lui-
lany. whcn thr ~ ,'' ~. I'u ny
the COMPANY s"' W w ~ .'. q, ~, =
ingto tie laws o., iae Stlt9 or Territory within
when theN,v.aA u tp,., MIN, anil ,ti,,hou
~, ~ mr,,,sl ihat nv surh proyisiou Ind
-, il, '.r,'',r III I'm nry bin hrrtfDfore nasspd
Ntn ~ M ~ ,.,,t M ~ a -. iir,,,J '9eN'
O,.li IN lhf t"ie,l'. i y f,.ii H. H. ,.i
MI. BiyhfI lp'll., - ~ i"Nui',' VIZ hI',,h,,i-
mem n'm III o.. i'. ~ il, iv,.inIs s"'u'd W
wSSt,i rr r. W." ,tsn, Corp Ionu0seI tho orend.
AT III , ,r.s In, N"r;Harn paein" Rniirr"d
r'm,,,',,,, - H. ntrnni orgWni5aiion ns In, f,r
tnul.,, ~, ~ H., 4, .,,, H. ~'S Tbra
.n ~, e., III ,,ro... am as tho ,,r,,sni .,rrnt
was ,, In ,b, nnr,inni ant nm con ,,,ss in W..
endlng tnr uiir s''39 .. nH niii't upon me
Sur'H,, "A ,,,',r .,n, sin. iinr err,rn, IN
W, ny s,i ,b,, e., -' ,, ,.,s
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wn"'r y. -, 4 90, . ~, i,iiii ~. IL :. i.t
ay.' Il n''' rV,r"Vfy "', % s.,,''..,
.n' Wy l''' W. e. P' y 80 !, wv ~ .
lNn sgou.i n"' p,i eu.,l' WE. t,i.h nls
khVw..n. .'s.,, ~ "a" 1,tg 81 Nv l,rhi i,is'ii y
pon Pi.'l Nt''' W ~ ~ " liiN'S' ~ w I
sNts N.''t'ln i.',..c ,''',,,S, H'ln IN ,'i'
iu'ei ~ ~ ~, , ~ Nt" " sio.lu
grant mar 20 IN, r,'ad.
ut baNhru sue II NC rohu han not po'n COM
peted On account ~ some miSmanayH ment.
Nohetr9s suuuH nc. rNrmpt, ulr luhu "l lu'
company from ihe burdens OF other property
upon the Grounu mat II was q gratuty u a d.
s-iNlnn clhsS. hN urIuurt"n " ~u.'h - propose.
ton. Inc ismrrits OF other legs laton shoui d
not control lngrrss IN passing this bill. Tht
Ii>t Quiz not ur fe'hleu, hut III might t"lrn
CONGRESS something In the history OF legis'
Ei0n',
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New YoRR. Tuesday. April 23.-Recepis Of
herNc~ - loads. estimated at ~ head. hut
thorr trade uf Consequence. und the market
numinnlly unchanged dressed beer selling slowly
at sSc n n or ordinary - PRIME native beef sides
aud G'."Tc for common To- decent fexas beet.
Receipts o calves were ?1a head. There scarcely
change. either In the the nukci in urics
common 10 prime VeHls ranged from sc 10 7c = n and
bbs" from a. ~ Z" 81 - " head Hog sod calves
were quiet at 7'sesisc n Tor Jcr-y and e.97'sc Tor
state
Rrccitts IT sheep AMI lamb. car loads or 2o2
htui lr demand "ts fntr At nnchtnstd prices, ar -
e' tr fur common To prime un.hofn sheep. AMI -
''4f tor ordinary to 'ihr" rhiusd dn Common -
liuc JrrsrN laubs fngod from { - - ~ head and
load prime Nir.inia do. - n. snd At
uar Dcnlrra reIoft fair trade tor dress, mutton
-, Pm
Receipts II swine were 10 loads, or soi7 head.
A.lLL. ..-LI al ~
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IIIEIJ.

AUSTIN In rhlaiclIhl, Apnl -. Ann Austin,
wm9M Of Henry Ai'iiu. e-rd ~ lrM'
ot Michael and Margaret Barry IA The 23i year oi her
age.
rI"nl, =" We lhh. are, llNihd l" attend from the
rsiISsS !" . psr rR,;MY. 81, , 4; ,s r,o
puWlING At o. Tr"rct st. Brooklyn. IN the ssi
Funeral on Thursday April -, at2l' NJ, to Fathush
fARd0-Ann Fargo, wife OF william Fargo, aged 50
wears.
Funeral viii takc rlAcc on THURSDAY, Aprl rs. at2
ilsll In rNcton !, Apnl -, Rachel wife Of
Rlhru f'h uprd - Years
fnui' are invited to assist At the funeral which takes
lH' from u lii. 'Nl'hr,. ~ Il !''n"h "V' hrooNYh
NANMONn la South Snutrt Ala. recently Lenuol
IloNs Ia Detroit >iclr Ami ~, Elizabeth Lyons.
aged ~ YEAR. malcn lady Nnd native vi Detroit
l,l ui one of the od French iullhcs
MAG GREuuh -un Tuesday, Aprll %, Gen John D.
ls relatives nnd ucmd, ARE respectfully invited TO al
tomb tr funeral rom 81 MARKS church, corner OF 10Th
NlClOlN ON MONDAY Ami ~ m.t Fuphcme
whe" Of siirk Nichols, in thu ssh y,ar ul her iio
l"rnls are !nNlWd Ia attend her fun, raj ON Thursday
%mmyp ", AT u rom lui East 3'ih ,t
okloN I'm Monday morning, Arrl22 William Orton,
Funeral services AT the Church ot the Holy Apostles
4"lM 81 57li II and uth aNr tomorrow THURSDAY at
fLAtE-Mary y. beloved wife of william II Place.
'1nsnirr OF thr lait hilbert less.il aged 81 YEAR,
igon hsr mt rcsldsncr; III south 9TH st., hrookbn
Rodney fiea~hon, SON OF Gen A. j rlcasondn, aged ~
year snl month";, ,o,,. Ala ,nru,s cha p.,
A. skipper aged ~ years His last word was Halle
ThoRNIoN-In uartwell. Gu. Apr ~. the Rev Ben
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In loans the rates paid Tor having balances carried
Mtr =, Is, $50 2, nul a. Drnl
F"r,un exchange ruled arm at 81 ~ AMI 81 sas for
nm" aud rmnnd TRAITS respectively, with concc ssois o
~. IN Hctmi trade.
In the mouc, market there was mn abundance OF loan
able pnds ON can Ia good borrowers AZ 3d q cent, with
nnal negotiations AT the hitter rate,
Prime mercantile arcclttlCcs passed at O617s accord
inI to date ui maturity.
The earnings Of ia. Wabash Railway Company for the
three month. ending March ~ show rehse of S27
la. year
Tho produce receipts Chicago to-day amounted To
402 400 hush. compared with 235 800 core spending
date In lsII l60 800 bush III 1870 and 2s0 7i2 IN 1875
Tue reesiD Of produce ~ Alwaukeo footed w 9tso
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boat came down the river. followed by tho press
boat Then came the Cambridge boat. hut with
no srcamer nyng then the oxford boat. WITH
the Oxford col0rs up. Lust came n specinl
steamboat with the two crews ON board, and in
full sight. At the bow ui the bout the cOlors uf
both crews were dying, hut the dark bluu was
above. The rnce Or 1873 WIS DONE
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DE GRAw- TONPKiNs At Harlem n Y, on Tues.
day, Apii - b, the R,N. j 4 N,iol. Jacob Harvey
West 'hr~tcr cuunN. y. \
nt lEIi.-,I RrlSS I'm Wednesday. April H. at
Strnuurd Conn lA tine Rev y r.hutN. john v iluiell
of Nrw lnrA =. Au.u',,. anu-n'cr ct Roswell tmuss
WILSON AlES -uu Monday. Arrl -. tthc Church
of ~ MARY the NIau, by tie H., Thomas Mckee
brown Walter Sihnd Mil.n ui uis city to jose phinr
hrisl'd lacs, daughter Ol the late william FAlcs OF
l
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amin Thornton. aged II years. a Baptist minister for

lamin Thornton, aged II years Baptist minister for
hall century.
OrrtcE OF rHr Do,up or CowNssioNrRs or PfLors.l
NV NngK April - 1873
n rcrunr meeting ~ the Board ~ tutniut~siOner
oi Pilots hcld i. day, the following was UNANIMOUSLY
adopted
whereas Nv the hand Of death our associate Oomins
suucr tieurc W Blunt has been taken from our midst
am the uf his long and useful lc; ana We.
his co i,hnrcrs n personal friends deem t proper that
should place record sense OF the NHlue " us
lite AMI lHhor- therefore,
Resolved. fhnt nv Tho death Of Gcorcc w HUNT our
cunutfy loss n riiis - m hrm, uic"mpr"nn.ini; nul
active patruiisin wei proven IN tho hour oi ir' uur
city ninn WHO dcvotd heart and mml To her iu,r
c-ts. and wiu never iaiicd 3" encourage ihu-e Wh"
nbnrcl tn advance trni. a. upru-c with his whole
energy nil hcmc. rur4n her prosperity, to dcspml
her nf hrT natural adv lntt-c-
Resolved That, b, long aud well spent lg IN thc ser
vice III his country hr citi ut his love. and tile Interest
nj navigation. he hn- earned that which e valued more
than pecuniurv title to the rrlutudc 81 if
rouutf ncu ami the NJ his unc nud cSpccliNf a
place in the memory vi those who 80 down to tile sea
IN stip- l.. Al. =
Resolved That these resolutions he published ~ inc
daily papers, nni that copy he engrosseu anu pre-
scented to his family rs mark of our sympathy anu
esteem.
Nv o'u'' VI WV "'' AMBROSE SNOW.
Pre- sident
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BLINKING IND FINiycLiL

YOrNG Mrc'tAsic N SINGERs SEWING MA.
chine Works mad. fupp n les. uln tour we,E, IRON an
Investment Sht Name can lr tufu.hcd AlcN
fruthInghnm 60. ~ Wall Il. New York were his
brokers' send tor their ilfskiy J,nt'td hJsBt-iree.
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lth llublia,ions.


Mrs. BURNErr's hest HOOKS.
WI IilEO Nv Mr. Hufiu'tt autNur Las u Iuwries"
IA UIlEN \ Perfect Love store. ~ Mrs burnett
PRETTY POLLY rLMBERfON -, author Kathleen"
TIE MAT'tlM NktI ~ BrutrIc, Re noids.
I'M STORY OF "LLtIAHErl " ny Miss Thackcray
TWO WAYS rO MAfRIMoNr or, Is 1t Love or False
Prnc,
THE RED NIL TRAGEDY Ry Mrs. souhworti
MAT GIRL uF NtNE ~ author 81 Lus,r and Mine"
kEsslL FIX LnNkts charming Love story
THAT LOVER uF NINE. bN author ihatbirlui Wine"
THE AMOtK~ OF PHILIPPE ~ OrtaNe Fru.ilet
Abuvc - ccns each m paper or ~ each In cloth
AhuNe he Oh fur sale Us 90 hn'k.refs nnd news
agents. or copies Will h' sent 10 any one ~ place.
at once. post paid. On rcmiiin pc q lhs publishers.
PETERSON NNOTIlERs.
aud tht- smut Il, Philadelphia. Pa
M True and Falls St"dnaiorroa icw edition Of the
~ Philosophy Marriage. Address secretary. Museum
AmainlN. Nr nrnAhMA Now YORK. Free. 2lc. sAmps
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Remedy for consumption Is rhilhps's "raatahe" Cod
Liver OH, in combination with fhOsphO NutTiuue. All
druggists Depot, Plutt st.--Air
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chapins Buchupaiba." sure thing Cures urinary
diseases dayA ~, al druggists % Barclay st. New
York .-AIp.
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nyeInu and Cleaning. fhc Sew Ynrs Dycing aud
puutu- Esthli .nrnf staten Island uhicc,. uS Duane
st. -. Brondwly. oiudtl New Ork l6J rierrepont
81. BroOANu Established ~ wears
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M.fRINE INTEL LI6 ENCR

siNitrruY AtNANAc-rfs nav
Sunrises - sun Il ~ Moon rises. I ~
Hi0u wAffK-fnt-
Sandy Hook. 33i iioV isani. - He'd Gate. -
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Rupturc-Trusscs supporter, bolts sc Prices 10 ,uit
the Tunes Adjustable Pressure Iius, Co, rs Broadway
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W fERTED.

Pomeroy's Elastic Rupture Rot i, The hest truss
without medal springs, puccsi 7id broadway.
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\ Fine 81 SILK Hat Tor MI. ~. Fine Derby and
su Hnls. - ~. worth - y NV Nhmrth 81 up snIrs
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THE UIDOU OMEN.
She Moves upon the works OF the Venerable
simon Cameron.

flHHl ~ " fs'NHI'i Nsf
Yesterday the widow divers attorneys
filed the following important document in the
supreme Court of the District:
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Business .loiitrs.


To use SOZODONr than any ofher hcantiAcr 4 few
drops only needed, aud ,0u r-uar, applied tn The
teeth 1t j. not only hoautNing tut hraithiul Much
ohcr adnrnm- 1, dangerous has this In the sick
room or On the tul.et, Il = qually welcome.
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HIP dIseh.r' ""htrhetcd HWbs mud curNed
it' cured without surgical operation.
am. ur confinement ileay> anh cNIrnsNr supporters
dis, luiri NucnAr-r iur examination. nr MANN has
had 81 wears Nprneurr Onicr. lNi West 4s1 st. sat
urday, Sunday. aud MONDAY ate rnuuns
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4 Vermont Romance.

The first romance of the season in a
lovely Vermont village has curled up
the edges and been torn to shreds like
an I9ld circus bill on a country fence.
a few weeks ago young man, well
! educated beautiful rich4ati least he
said he was-and the son oftan English
baron, arrived in the village in search
OF a quiet resort where his parents and
their numerous attendants might spend
the summer. The hotel pleased him, and
he engaged large number of rooms
for his fathers family. Now there
CHANGED to board and lodge at that hotel
a widow with a charming daughter of
nineteen SUNNI ers, also beautiful grace
full, accomplished and romantic. A
correspondent of the, Troy Press tells
what happened The sweet girl willingly
accepted the young mans invitation to
ride, and walk, to visit the hillside, the
grove, to hnger by the brook-side, as
the waters came fresh and cool and ran
among the leaves and moses. There
he would stimulate her imagination
with the beauties of his lovely home.
The young lady became the affianced
of the baron's son. The young man
went to the pastor of one of the churches
and said the baron would be there on
a certain sabbath, and was fond Of good
preaching. The son engaged a band of
music to escort the baron from the
depot to the hotel, borrowed consider
able money of the landlord, which with
the livery and board bill made a pretty
penny. He received a telegram stating
IL l.. -, 4 4
day. On the, day before this great
event he drove to neighboring town
to be absent for two hours, in order to
leave two gold watches at a jewelers. to
be repaired. Those timepieces belonged
to his prospective mother-in-law and
the bride-elect, whom he had kissed
with particular fervor when he had
started on his ride. He did not return.
The baron did not arrive. Who will
pay the little bills-billsA bills?' ''
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l
nibals and xii, small children asa sacri-
| flee to their strange god. In connection
with these rights and practices the sa
cred herb is used cons picuouslv! The
plant is used by Hayt ians not I'M embers
OF the Voud6tix rs narcotic medicine
and for base land laseiviods purposes
A negro used it to nput his rich master
to sleep while he robbed him The
Juice will produce Temporary blindness,
and thus unftfor military PURPOSES the
victim. After. its influences pass away
the sight is perfectly restored, and a
bad effect on the optic nerve remains.
The herb is used to procure sound and
pleasant sleep by persons suffering
from disease Of body or mind. It has
been successful where chloroform has
failed. Five leaves placed under the
pillow are generally stuff cient to bring
relief. properties, however, are yet
to be determined and defined. The
botany Of the, island presents large
field of study. OF 1000 varieties of
plants only 600 have been determined
and classified. The conclusion of the
whole matter, says Mr.. Langston, is,
whatever the plant Wanga" may be,
whether it's properties concern medical
science or not, there is in this country,
as connected with this subject, treasures
which await scientific exploration. II
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How Prairie Dogs Get Water.

1t has always been a subject of curl
osity and inquiry as to how and where
prairie dogs, living. on the prairie far
away from any river or stream, obtain
their water. Mr. F. Leech, formerly of
Mercer county, Pa, and a frontiersman
of experience, asserts thai. the dogs dig
their own wells, each village having
one with a concealed opening. 1t mat
tiers not how far. down the water nIsy be,
the dogs will keep. on digging until they
reach 1t. Hc knows of one such Well
200 feet deep, aud having circular
staircase leading down to the water.
Every time a dog wants drink he de
scends this staircase, which considering
the distance is no mean task. In dig
ging for. water. the animal displays AS
much pluck as IN resisting the efforts of
settlers to expel themIfrom the land OF
their progenitors,
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Heavy Gambling Near the Pole.
Frozen Sea

e." Books were also a source Of great
amusement to the men who were studi-
ously inclined, as the well-thumbed vol
umes in our libary soon testified. Sev-
eral of the men wrote regular journals,
which were even kept up by few while
they were sledging. Among the officers,
chess, backgammon, and ruber in the
Captains cabin formed the chief amuse-
ments. Although gambling is discoun-
tenanced Tor ought, to be) on board
every well-reguiated man-of-war, we so
far forgot ourselves as to indulge largely
in this vice. Seldom was game played
without stake on, the result. The
stakes, too, were exorbitant, frequently
as much as one Jucifer match per game!
It must be remembered that matches
were very scarce and precious articles
with us, and it was, therefore, a very
high and valuable stake. On one oc-
casion, one of my messmates was so
rash as to wager tallow' candle on the
result Of a game, Dat this was an offer
Of such magnitude that no one was suf-
ficiently brave or sp ,rting to accept it"
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Switched Off for Heaven.
Altoona ( PAP Tribune

-. 4 :.
An affecting scene was witnessed at
the depot yesterday The train com
prised about fifteen cars of foreign emil
grants One Of them, a woman named
Hannah Peterson, Of Sweden, had with
her the corpse of her infant, aged Z
months which had died on the train.
The little thing lay upon a seat in the
car surrounded by the weeping mother
and group of pathizing young'em-
igrants, male and female Its pale
countenance bore evidence Of suffering,
and the agonized and sobbing parent
was. 10th to part with it when it became
known to her that.she could not take it
with her to the end of her long journey.
She was bound for Utah. The father
had been left at home in Sweden. In
dertaker Upton took charge ofthe dead
baby and inferred it in Falrview Gene
terry, marking and numbering the grave.
The mother was informed that she
could send for the remains at any time,
and the train bore her onward towards
the setting sun weeping bitterly for her
precious darling to4t# "a 1T #rsEf .....
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q AA8kaRtR q fARE
10 eCOst of Diamond Digging.
From SCribner'S Monthly

!
/ diamond digging is EXPENSIVE We
will take, Tor example, the average dig
| ger, who owns q quarter Of a claim and
| works his own ground He can take
his choice, according to- locality, on
paying from 81 900 to $4,000 for his
quarter claim. e., u feet by 81 feet.
1T pays best to buy high-priced ground.
His outfit of digging tools, washing ma
chine, ETC., will cost say $1,000 His
gang Of twenty Kaffirs will cost him
i've dollars, each per week, II Or 800.
One overseer besides himself, twenty
tive dollars per week Meat and to-
bacco for Kaffirs,7 FIVE dollars per
week, extra. The expenses of
carting and taxes will make his
total outlaywat the. leasto 5000 Der
week, or over $4,000 year, exclusive
of his own expenses of living. If one
cannot spend $500 per month, I believe
it is Of no use to 60 to Kimb lev to dig
for diamonds. ITO offset this expense
is, of course, good luck lin ts'finding,"
and from the very beginning of opera
lions the digger often not only clears
expenses, but makes handsome profit.
There is no doubt that diam ond digging
pays two-thirds of those who engage in
it, WE'LL. The fortunes made, as a rule.
are. small and numerous. r Rarely has
any one cleared $4,000 from any one
claim. Success seems to be very evenly
distributed, and chiefly attainable by
those who can begin with say from
$4,000 to $4,000. '''''
30 The amount of money paid for KAT
fir labor alone is enormous. For in
stance, there area thousand wheels; al
lowing five Kaffirs to each,r we have
5000 laborers daily at the mine. These
at S. each per week are paid $25 900, or
'Sl00,QOO per month, or ST. 200 600 per
year, and this for, 5000 Kaffirs only.
The assessment Of the Kimberley mine
for the year 1877 sim ply for the our
pose of distribution of rates or taxes,
was Isl 800, Or about 100000, if
we add a third to bring the first amount
up to, selling prices. 1T apparently
never occurs to the digger to inquire
into the unstable nature of the
whole Kimberley fabric Immense
sums of money are invested in and
around the mine, and owners of town
lots, of houses, of public buildings, and
Of claims, have settled into the calmest
feeling of security. But no fear dis
turbs the digger of Kimberley i His
belief IN the immortality of the mine
is supreme. But. there are influences
at work which are crowding the small
capitalist from the fields. If The in
creasing depth, crumbling reef, inflow
ing water are fast multiplying the ex-
penses of working. The great bugbear
Of the digger is the word e COM
pany,". 49, but even now small
proprietorships are gu becoming
merged in large aggregations of claims,
and the next phase Of mining opera
tons must undoubtedly be that of sew
eral large and competing companies, or
perhaps a single one controlling the
whole mine. Then the individual ro-
nance Of diamond hunting will be over.
But there is no danger that the diamond
will ever become common. Nature
has placed it in lands difficult Of access,
and it is likely to remain a royal gem,
surrounded with the seclusion Of
royalty. .....o
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The Wanga Plant.
Washington Post ''.5" % ~
aShinptOn Star.

At the request Of one Of the profess
sors in the Medical College Of the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania, Mr.. Langston,
our Minister to Hayti, has, by direction
of the secretary of state, made some in
vestigations into the nature of a narcotic
herb growing on the island, called the
Wanga plant. This plant, appears to
be used IN the incantations Of society
called the "Voudoux," and it is not
known outside Of it's high functionaries.
Marvellous stories are told Of the
wonderful effects produced by it.
Whenever miracles are to be
wrought, the sick healed, the dead
brought to life, Or any other display of
superhuman power to be made, the
herb is used. 1t is often told, with the
most profound sincerity by those not
belonging to the order of the Voudoux,
that the s. Papalois," or "priest," moved
by3What Is called the Lois cam and
does,i iresurrect the dead, the Manga
plant always playing its part of the per-
formance. The" Lois" is spirituallin-
huence Inherited in certain families, re
4sembling the powers attributed to enc
diums' in splfitualism. The follow
ers of this faith i'm Hayti are numer-
Gus and of all grades of social life.
The, Emperor rSoulouque was mem-
Der, but Getfrad sought to. prevent its
increase. The "Noudoux" are can
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31

Mr.. CAUDLE, Of Troy, is collar manu-
facturer, and as the Troy Times tells
the story, received draft on New York
for 81 500, in payment of money prevl-
ously advanced by his-wife.~ = He placed
the draft on his desk with. some other
papers, Forgetting all about it, and at
night when he closed up his office,
tore up the papers and threw them into
the waste basket. In the morning, his
wife, who had been expecting the
draft asked him about 1t, and then he
remembered that the last he had seen
Of 1T wasJih the pile Of worthless pap
!ers which he had torn up. He hast
ened to the Office. and found the draft
in minute scraps in the waste basket
His Sunday morning was spent in past
ing the bits together instead Of listening
to some interesting and instructive SER
mon. zv-- sss