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SAND As FOUNDATION MATERIAL.-One
Of the best possible foundations is sea sand;
at least 90 long as 1t ID not interfered with.
The man who built his house upon the sand
was not quite the lunatic that many worthy
people suppose. Under ordinary circum-
stances, his abode was just about AZ secure
90 his neighbor's upon the rock. Unforsu-
nately, however, one stormy night an un-
expected food came, and next morning his
want of fsrethought was made apparent.
So long, therefore, as sand is uuinfusnesd
by running water it 10 safe. Sink, however,
awelI near, and you at once undermine its
security. Nothing is more treachereus
than sand when allied with water. In har'
Dor works heavy piles (driven many feet into
the sandy are lifted and thrown up high
and dry on the adjoining beach by single
nights gale. Sand has many curious prop
critics. Its incompr ressibility Is wellknown
A paper cylinder illed with sand win sus
tain surprising load. One, Of the hondoE
| Polytechnic experiments . few years ago
was to, o,bury an egg in sand within q sort o
| enlarged cupel mold, and then 70 pound = th'
die vigorously \ on afterwards empsyinl
the sand, the egg was found ulinjured
The ancient Egyptian engineers, it 10 sur
missed, must have used sand extensivel.
for some purposes for which We mac timber bss
Mr.. Dixon supposes cleopaira's Needle,an
A. eHsa $asr
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The New Gold Fields.

The stampede to the new gold fields be-
yond the Bear Lodge Mountains bids fair
70 parallel the Wolf Mountain rush of last
year. A number of small expeditions have
already left. and many of our old miners
who failed to strike II rich in the Hills, and
many others who think this country too
civilized for q white man, are making prep
arstionsso stampede to this new Eldorado.
All the reports that have come from the
new region are favorable. The principal
camp in these new diggingsD is located loo
miles beyond the Bear Lodge, i'm the vicia- is
ty Of the Little Missouri. The prospect
ors who were run out Of the country
last season say that the placers yield far
richer than any one has any approx innate ma 2
idea of and are much greater In extent than li.
was at firss supposed. The ineyisaoie re-
suits of these reports and the frequenI
skipping out of small parties ofminers. VIII
be to opsn up during the summer that new
auriferous region which viii be tributary
10 Deadwood,t and which herctofore has
been -;ealously guarded By the Indians = :
Dedaseood Times.
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Ha Had En-.

His chin-waiskers hadn't been trimmed
for years, and his pants had careworn
look at the knees, but he was . wide-awake
old chap, and when he heard TIVE or three
other passengers on the car talking about
the late frosts and asserting that they had
never seen anything like such weather for
the middle of May, he began: ~ -.
z aGentlemsn, on the 10th day. of May,
1927, snow fell to thu depth Of IA inches in
this locality" 5s7ra5 'saEt-s5 S-'l ~
3 They looked at him very much as If they
doubted it, when he rose up, pulled a pa
per from his pocket and read :a % fzt.@1
STATE OF MICHIGAN,
-, r'- COUNTY OF WAYNE. 80 oi
Personally appeared before me feter
Clark, .whe being duly sworn, deposes
and says that on the 18th day of May, 1927,
snow fell in this locality to the depth Of IA
inches. So help HIM God. .z-.-s-.-
~si- A1T3 7-s 'A JOHN Doe,
' Notary Public.
He folded and replaced the document,
and looking around him with pity and con-
tempt depicted on his face, he remarked
o5" I'd either let the weather alone, OF Ia
swear to it," t& 'a2s
They let it alone..-Free Press. &C. !
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MAsa hTaats street yssfsTaRp asfaSs ~ r
usual quart of mixture, the gentleman
of the house kindly inquired: -
"Thomas, how many quarts of milk do
you deliver %
"Ninety-one, SIR" .....--E e -
"And how many cows have you?''
"Nine, SIR"
The gentleman made some remarks
about the early spring, close of the Eastern
war and the state of the roads and then
asked: fr
"say, TholHas, how much milk per day
do your cows average ?'
"Seven quarts, SIR"
Ah-um," said the gentleman, as he
moved off. ....., +
Thomas looked after him, scratched his
head, and all at once grew pale as he pulled
out short pencil and began to figure on
the wagon cover. ..'-'..-.t -.s.
"Nine COWS is nine, and | set seven
quarts down under the cows and multiply.
That's 6S quarts of milk. told him l sold
81 quarts per day-63 from 81 leaves % and
none to carry. Now, where do get the
rest of the milk I'll be hanged if haven't
given myself away TO one of my best GUS
TONERS by leaving burned big cavity in
these tigers to be filled with water. "-FFes
Press. ..-.s Is tl-'te
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There is only one hindrance to the SPAR
iards retaking Gibraltar from England, as
they now desire to do, and that 10 that it is
impregnable. Three of its sides are so pre-
eipiteus as to be wholly inaccessible, and
the fourth side, sloping down to the water,
is protected by about 1000 pieces OF artil-
lerY. The Moors we're finally expelled from
the fortress by the Spaniatds in 1462, and
the latter then greatly strengthened it, and
supposed they had made it impregnable,
but it was captured by few British sailors
under Sir Geo. Reok In 1704, and the most
desperate and most persevering efforts have
been unayailing to retake 1t. In 171S it
was confirmed to Great Britain by the
treaty of Utrecht. The Spaniards attacked
it with q large force in 1891. and In 177s
tho assault was renewed by a comoined
French and Spanish feet. This latter siege
lasted three years. By June all commune
cation between the rock and the main land
was cut OF, and the following month the
fortress WAS completely blockaded. The
beseigsrsi brought to bear all the resources
Of war; By land and Sea, and their opera
lions were directed by the ablest French
and Spanish engineers o powerful fiee'
anchored in the bay. and for three weeks
an incessant bombardment was kept nj
from eight mortars and 300 pieces Of batter
ing cannon. The garrison maaea sorsis os
November 81, 1884, and destroyed the enc
my's works, hut the allies soeh reeonstruc
ted them and brought 1000 pieces Of artii
larry to play against the fortress, al arna'
of 40, ,00o men besieging ii by land, whii'
47 ships of, the line and . great number o
| smaller vessels menaced it by sea. Admi
raj Rodney having succeeded in throwing
relisf into the Sort by defeating the Frencl
feet the garrison was greatly encouraged
and By discharging red. hot shot, silence
the enemy normous floating batteries z! an '
burned many Of theiE ships. Nine of ath
batteriss vars set Ton fra. About 400
the crew were saved BY she exertions fth
BRITISH, but the rest al perished In th
flames, szplosions Or drowning; afserHsr
the besieged were reinforced, tnt they ha
lost only 16 man during the attack.
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The Better Greed.

will not ask my neighbor of his creed,
Nor what he deems of doctrine cid and new: 81
Nor what the rites his honest soul may need,
To worship God-the only wiae and true;
Nor what he thinks of the annointed Christ:
Nor with what baptism he hath been baptised.
ask not what temptations have beset
His human heart now self abased and sore;
Nor by what wayside well the Lord he met;
Nor where was uttered, g 60 and sin no morel"
Between his soul and God that business lies
Not mine to cavi question or despise.
l ask net by which name, among the rest
That Christians 60 by, he is named or known;
Whether his faith hath ever been " professed,"
Or whether proven by his deeds alone;
So there is Chrrsthood in him. all is we'll
He is my brother and in peace MedaeD. I,
If grace and patience in his actions speak, -
Or fall in words of kind ness from his tongue.
Which raise the fallen. fortify the weak,
And heal the heart by sorrow rent and wrung.
If he give good for i'll and love for hate
Friend of the friendless. poor and desolate-
find in him discipleship so true,
So full, that nothing further. 1 demand,
He may be bondman, freeman, Gentle, Jew,
But we are brethren-waIk we hand in hand!
In his white life let me the Christhood see;
1t is enough Tor him-enough for me!
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Painting q Picture in Six Minutes.

A private letter received from an Ameri-
can gentleman in Paris gives an amusing
account of q picture painted ia six minutes.
Says the letter:
We were at the Cafe Chantant the other
night. 1t is building somewhat larger
than the Corcoran Gallery of Art. 1t is
place for music, songs and dances. There
WAS one very amusing feature. During
one of the entr'actes they brought ON an
artist who was billed to paint q marine view
in six minutes all finished for hanging (the
picture, not the artist).
The canvas was brought on.
Out came the artist, a quiet, nervous
looking young man Of about thirty years of
age. s
His colors were all upon the palette, and
his brushes were in his hand.
"Attention n' sang out the director.
The artist seized large brush.
At signal the orchestral band struck up
a clashing, ,maddeningly waltz. AS
| the first note was struck the artist dash
cd o mass of yellow upon the up
per part of the canvas. Then bit of blue,
then white, dash of purple shadow, and
then, with quick twirl Of clean brush, a
dark blue sea is dashed in against the hor
| izon. a@-s
| Two minutes gone.
| The waltz goes on faster and faster. The
brush keeps time. A huge rock is sketch
| ed in with burnt sienna and black. A light
house with vernillion range light is
dropped upon the top Of the rock.
Clash, crash, one, two, three. boat uIl-
der full sail is thrown inte the dim distance.
/ Clash, crash, one, two, three, and another
boat is dashed in. Light upon the waters
| is thrown in with free, steady hand. A
huge brush then carefully blends the edges
of the masses, and, with profound bow:
| the artist turns to q cheering audience,
gratifled that he is through on time.
And the wonder is that the picture Is
startling good in its broad effect. Ii is
strong and clear. The colors are good, ,an0
not muddily mixed. It was as good . nov
city az ever saw at amy show, and it beats
all how it amuses the French people.
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, WHAT THE WITS SAY.
| In the midst Of debt we are in life-most
Of us.-Keokak Gonstikstian.

| In the midst Of debt we are in life-mos
| Of us.-Keokuk Constitution. @
The mills of the gods grind slowly, bu
the don't explode. Chicago Times.
Billiards is ten cents game in Keokuk
Iowa.-Es. Is they 9-Bost0n Rost.
British advice to the privateer: ga lifs
On the ocean waive" Courser-Jowrmal
Some people still persist ia eating oys
ters In the r-less months. Well to "r" il
human. = Omaha Republican. ms sss
An old saying with modern improve.
ment-" There's many a sip 'twixt the
cup and the lip. ."- ,hsedgo Post.
Trust not too rashly the man who re.
pays the borrowed v, for he may be play.
ing for X."--Ltass taEen from ths Int.
sssr Of nD Eggptioa Pyramid. .
81 would interview Apollo" I" says Gath,
"if could hold him long enough by the
hair With Gath clinging to his hair
what sweet pair Of lyres Apollo would
have Washiagton Post. :.
The most absurd hen is to be found
down town. At noon she mounts the
roost and lays her egg, letting it drop four
feet. It is supposed that she likes to hear
it drop.--Cowrser-J Journal.
A little girl who was somewhat out of
sorts, but whose exact ailment no one had
been able to discover, amended her evening
prayer of seed bless mamma and papa -
By adding, "And cure me if there's any
thing the matter with me.-Bsstoss Tran
script.
! ."Gosd Moose for me-" remarked the
prisoner, looking over his head. The next
sainute the Texas sheriff hit the mule 8
whack, and the wretehed victim was dam
cling with his feet twenty three inches above
the buffalo grass.-Hawk6ys.
Gen. Grant was weighed at the Paris
Exhibition last Sunday, and found that he
had lost seventeen pounds on his Egyptian
trip.-Csneianats Commercial. All Amer
teams lose many pounds (also shillings and
pence) BY q trip abroad. d.-DetroSt Free
Press.
A Connecticut editor shows his famili-
srity with agriculture in the following ::
'Tis wheat to n-oat the pro-grass Of
the approach Of spring. Onion-der hills
and meadows nature is bean arraysd in all
herb-beausy. The farmer manifssts corn
cider-apple zeal in his efforts to secure
early field crops while the gardens, with
t-hay-r-radish-ional work, are being care
fully attended to-" These are farm-fetch-
puns They sho.ld turn-up better ones.
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WHAT JOE CoBtlsN Is DorNG.-Ioe Co
burn, the pugilist, is laying brick in the
State Prison at Auburn. A recent visitor
to the prison, who was familiar with the
lar discipline that formerly prevailed there
says that all that has passed away, and
that instead of conviets being treated leni-
emily, they are compelled to observe the
strictest rules that are enforced in any State
prison. Ne conversation is allowed be-
tween the prisoners, and such a thing az
idleness. is unknown within the walls.
There is no employment at any useful work
for about 800 men, bit instead of allowing
them 20 remain in ce.s plete idleness, they
are compelled, and in gangs, to drag q
heavy roller back aid forth on road in-
side the prison walls. There have been
instances in this and ether counties of the
State where oonyic'a have asked as q favor
TO be sent to Auburn instead Of to the PEN
iteritiary, for it was said among criminals
that imprisonment in the former place was
much the easiest. It is evident that they
can no longer desire to be sent there as o
ehoice.-Roehestsr UBion,
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The Native Troops Of India.

nuch has already been said regarding
che native troops furnished by British India
and many doubts expressed of their Ell
ci ency rs soldiers when SO far from their
wn country; but those who have cam
paigned with Sikh or a Ghoorka regi-
ment can have but one opinion of it's fight
ing power. "Give them good officers"
% ays one who has had a long experience of
them, "and they'll 20 anywhere and do
anything The only defeat suffered by
the English in India-that of Chillianwal-
lah-was inflicted by the Sikhs; and their
courage and loyalty during the dreadful or
deal of 1857 have long since become histor-
ical. In one of the battles Of the mutiny a
Sikh, seeing blow falling from behind
upon his officers head, rushed forward, un-
armed as he was, caught the sword in his
open hand, and felled the assailant with the
other. This brave man is still living,
j" with one sound hand" as he says, sat
the service of the Rance Of Inglistan, -
Queen of England.) On another occasion
three or four dozen Sikhs and few Eng
lish subalterns held o small house for Al
days against two whole regiments of the
sspoys, till rescued by the advance of the
British forces. The same qualities are ex-
hibited in still higher dergree by the
Ghoorka mountaineers of Nepaul, the es-
pecial terror of the mutinous sepoys, who
found their bayonets utterly overmatched
by the huge curved knives and superhu-
man activity of their dwarfish enemies. In
deed, it would be difficult to find more per.
feet specimens Of the "born fighter" than
these dark, sinewy, biack-eyed little sava-
ges, fierce and untiriag as the wild beasts
of their native hills. .,...s .-r.a-e- e #
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The Tin Ores Of Montana.
Mining and Scientific Press.

A correspondent writing from Butte
City, Montana, says they have in that part
Of the Territory large scope of country
covered with hoat tin ore, which, accord
ing to assays made at Denver, carry u
...y .es .sssssy Where labor is so dear, and
the cost of transportation 80 great as in
Montana, 1t ia doubtful whether per cent.
tin ore would possess any commercial
value. In the Summaries of Corawall, 2
per cent. ore, worth say $15 per ton, can
be mined and manipulated with profit.
But their wages, even for highly trained
labor, az well as fuel for smelling, are ex-
trsmely low, while a market is always at
hand, and the somewhat costly and COM
plicatad machinery required for ore dress
ing has been brought to the greatest per
fection, all Of which conditions are want
ing in Montana, the situation there being,
in fact, wholly reversed. ln England the
asserting and dressing of the ere is mostly
performed by women and children, who,
through long experience. become adopts at
the business, their wages ranging from
four to ten pence per day. This ore has
to be freed from all foreign matter or the
smelters will not buy it., The least impu
riry renders it difficult to srnelt, the pres
ence of quartz being especially ebjectiona-
ble, as it forms silicate Of tin that inter
feres seriously with ats successful redne-
sion. Long practice renders these cheap
claborers SO expert that not particle that
should be- removed escapes their eye,
wherefore the ore goes to the concentrator
as clean as 1t can be made By hand. This
is ditficult ora to coneentratetby machin-
cry, being often accompanied by substances
as heavy as the metal itself. The smelling
of this ore is simple. enough if small loss
Of metal be disregarded, the preceding op-
eration of roasting requiring, however,
more experience and care. -r.t,,- "a s,5
We should be glad to learn that profita-
BILE Summaries had been opened in Montana,
but are not sanguine that this result viii be
reached until the price Of labor and trans
portation shall be reduced, or higher
grade of tin ore. be discovered in that
country. It is long since we gave
up looking for large output from the tin
mine of Temescal, in the southern part OF
this State, although some pecimsns Of ex-
tremely rich ore have been obtained there,
and it was confidently expected, years ago,
that it woald have become a source OF
large wealth to the owners.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-29
INVITATIONS ISSUED.

INVITATIONS ISSUED.
BERLIN, May 2,.-Thc invitations to the
congress were dispatched to-day. II mat
tiers shall be- satisfactorily concluded "A
treaty, replacing the modified treaties at
Pari, and san Stctano, will be signed at Der.
lin.
THE FIRST STEP
for definite arrangements between Russia
and lngland were due to the chorj of
Count Schouvalotf and the German crown
't,nCc.
CERTAINTY OF \ CONC :
LONDON, May a1,-Account> received
from every capital in Europe concur as 20
main feature of the political ncN , namely
The certainty Of IN early meeting of the
congress; but considerable anxiety is still
apparent about the military preparation.
and the situation before Cor Stantinoplc
THE NrTITUDE OF AUSTRIA
especially creates npprchcnSions at s.. Pc
tcrsburg, and thcSn will not be aIlaycd by
the occupation OF Ada Kalch, Au, 'ia'> tii
overt demonstrations against Ru>sias set.
Element of the Eastern question, Russia hay.
inc promised that island to Scrv'
GREAT SECRECY
is still maintained at st. Petersburg about
the progress OF negotiations.
THE UNOFFICIAL PRESS CRITICISED.
The unofficial press, notably the New
Times. GoloiS and RusSk are lc' mir
to attack the peaceful NJ RANGES of {
Agrncc Russo and the journal dc st. Peters.
burg. The Golos calls upon the :,
mcnt to abandon its reserve and t'll {
lSsions whether the reports about ycdi' .
to England's demands are true or falls.
An At >rHiAN VIEW.
\ Vienna correspondent suggest, that
this sort Of pressure may he convenient
just now in helping her to resist u further
English pressure,
RUSSIAN STEAMERS.
A dispatch from Copenhagen states that
five Russian steamers, t, of which we.
iron.clad, have passed through the soa1d
within week, and several Others are rX-
pcctcd to follow
THE MILITARY SITUATION
at Cons,antinoplc remains tcklsh, Acor
respondent at PrH apmchcnds that under
the influence Of the pressure without and
Prince l.abanon's >uavc assurance that the
withdrawal Of the English fleet alone is nee.
cssaiy to make everything pleasant again
the English popularity, which now is Ger
tainly at it, Hood, is in danger ot an cbl on
a reaction.
THE CHANCELLOR QUESTIONED.
LONDON. May ?1.-ln the housr Of com.
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A MANIFEST ABsURDIrY.- 1t is manifest
~ absurd to claim for mere stimulant,
tonic and alternative properties Yet this is
what is daily done by the vendors of cheap
local hittcrs, colored to make them look
attractive, and agreeably favored, but the
alcoholic basis OF which i, Of the vilcst and
most hurtful description. The transcend
cnt success of IloStcttcrS Stomach Bitters,
the leading alternative tonic Of the United
States, has induced many of these compoun-
ders of drains in disguise to attempt the
countcrfciting OF this standard medicine,
but their efforts have never proved success
rul on II large scale, and they have them
selves in many instances come to grief"
through the instrumentalty Of the law.
The genuine Bitters have, indeed,
spirituous basis, but they are emphatically
a medicine, since their botanic ingredients
are signally ctficcaious in overcoming and
preventing chilIs and fever, dyspepsia, liver
complaint, constipation, and many other
disorders.
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HAVING made arrangements with Mr..
Robinson, the largest irairyman in South
crn Illinois, to furnish me with pure cream,
| will be able 10 sell Pure Ice Cream to
Festivals and Parties in large quantities at
81 80 per gallon. | would also state for
the benefit Of those that want Cream from
Chicago, that will furnish better Cream
than Chicago, or will refund money on all
orders. All orders for large quantities
should be handed in two days before want
ed, 50 as to give me time to order Cream.
Phil. II. SAUP.
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\ NEW German school will be opened on
the first of June, 1878. at the old German
school'houSc, on Fourteenth street. Parents
wishing to send their children there can not
have Il better opportunity. Also an evening
school will be opened Ladies and gentle
men wishing 10 learn the German or French
languages, will do well to take advantage
of this opportunity. Terms moderate, nc
cording to the times. For particulars ad
dress lock box $40. p. NJ. FREDERICK,
Cairo, III.
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NEW SERIES---NO. "a.

Of the colored race who have completed the
course of study in common schools of the
district, and also to receive cOlorcd students
annually from each state to be designated
by the superintendent Of public schools in
each state, or by the United States senators
Of such state.
A VACANCY FILLED.
The vacancy in the light house board,
created by the death of Prof, Henry. has
been filled by the appointment Of Prot.
Henry Morton, of Stevens institute Of tech
nology, at HobOken, N. J.