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The st. GOthard Tunnel.

THERE seems to be very great
chance that it will prove as difficult a
thing to complete the St. Gothard Tun-
mel as it was in Massachusetts to finish
the Hoosac Tunnel. Begun in 1871 for
the purpose of making the route to
Italy by the St. Gothard Pass as at
tractive as it formerly was, by reason
of the famous diligence road, which
was built in 1880 at cost of $375, 900.
and which had made this the favorite
road until the Mt. Gents Tunnel di-
verted both travel and traffic from this
part of Switzerland, its estimated cost
was $37, 400, 900, and the time for its
building was limited to ten years. To
build this tunnel, which would be nine
and a quarter miles long, together with
the railway, Germany and Italy agreed
to subscribe 1000, 900, while the bal
ance was to be raised by the Forest
Cantons and the Federal Council. As
the work has gone on it has been found
that the estimated cost would be prob
ably about half as much as the real
cost, and as Switzerland has suffered as
much from hard times as other coun-
tries, it is found that the work must he
abandoned for a time at least. Not
long ago an endeavor was made to OBJ
tain a supplementary grant from the
Canton of Zurich in aid of the enter
prise, but when it was submitted to the
popular vote its defeat was SO decisive
that the present prosecution of the work
seems impossible; for the Canton Of
Zurich is at once the richest Canton
and the one which would most benefit
by the new route.-Anaerican Architect.
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Earl Russell.

DECOROUs as the London papers are,
some of them have referred to the
smallness of Lord Russelrs fortune in
such plain terms that there can be no
harm in telling story l heard of him
some years ago. Everybody knew he
was not rich, and not good business
man. He used to complain of the
heavy expense he was put to on &C.
count of his official duties. One day
he told his brother, the Duke of Bed
ford, that it cost him ELS, 900 . year to
be Prime Minister. ''But you can't
spend fifteen thousand year." replied
the Duke; "you haven't got it, nor
ANYTHING like it. Beside, there's no
great additional outlay from being
Prime Minister. You have an extra
carriage or two and few more horses,
and you give number of dinners. all
of which don't come to any vast sum-"
Lord John insisted, and finally the
Duke proposed to him that his own
steward should look over his books and
accounts and see what the real state of
things was. Because said the
Duke, "you are sure to be robbed in
any case, and it is worth while to find
cut how much.' The steward present
ly reported that, as far as he could
make out, tho expenses traceable to of
flee might amount-not to Els. 600
but-to E1,5OO q year. This was
duly reported BY the Duke to his
brother, upon which Lord John re-
joined. "Well, knew it was fifteen
something" No wonder that his
brother had occasionally to pay his
debts for him. But it may be said of
Lord Russell. Is Mr.. Gladstone once
said of himself, that If he found little
time to look after his private affairs, it
was because he gave his time to the
public. When his foibles are forgotten,
his great qualities will still be remem-
bered; and 50 long as England is .
powerful or free country, she must
own her gratitude to Lord Russell for
his immense SERVICES and unselfish pa
triotism.-L91d0N Cor. N J. 1ri6ite,
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The Megapllone.

The latest, as we'll as the most curl
GUS, of Prof. EdisOn's inventions is the
megaphonc for which he has but just
filed his caveat. 1t is sort of sound
opera-glass. by means If its use per-
sons partially deaf are enabled ~ hear
the faintest sound with distinctness. 1t
concentrates and multiplies the sound
in as high degree as is required. BY
applying it to the ear at q high rate OF
adjustment whisper can be distinctly
heard 800 feet away. Already the
Professor has tested it sufficiently to be
satisfied of its entire practicability. 1t
is to be of small size and have attached
TO it rubber tube. In the inventors
own words, s'It can be taken to
theater by q person hard of hearing
lust as q person ncar-sighted now takes
an opera-glass. All you do is to place it
on your lap, let ths tube touch your
ear, and all sounds come to you mag IL
fed fifty times if necessary. The loud
ness can be regulated for the ear as you
regulate q telescope for the eye"
.sWhat. is the history of this inven-
tion?" asked the writer.
"Well, it has curious origin" an
swered the Professor, smiling. "Strangc
as it may seem, it came to life through
the mistake of q reporter. Some weeks
ago q reporter came to see my phono-
graph and went back and got it all
mixed up in his paper. He stated that
1 had got up a machine to make partial
" deaf people hear. The item was ex-
tensively copied, but l thought nothing
more of it until after while iound
myself receiving letters from all over
the country asking about 1t. ! an
swered some, saying it was MISTAKE;
but they kept piling in upon me until
and thirty day. Then | began think
inc about tho matter and began expert
meni;ne. One day while at work on it
I heard some one loudly singing . Mary
Had a Little Lamb" Hooked around,
nobody was near me and nobody was
singing. Then discovered that the
singer was one Of my young men, who
IN q distant corner of the room was
softly singing to himself. The inst1u.
ment bad magnided the sound, and !
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THE LOUISIANA SUBCOMMITTEE.

The Subcommittee of the Potter In
vestigation met in New Orleans. on the 29th ult.
Gov. Packard testified. He said the Returning
Board met at the time prescribed by law. He
was not present at any Of the sessions open OF
secret. and had no conversation, then or since,
with Of the =. 70 unds.
any other suit reached by the Board than thst
published, giving the State to Hayes and him
@ as s. os se tsas 81 he
. the lowest E!eeter. witnes: deemed
the vote
houses. e in witness opinion his title to the Coz
gs"da e. the
good. The same LeeIelature elected Mr.. Kellogg
~ United States senator; and was recognized By
f fn wne:s then 1as
which he was ousted from the devernor.hip,
State was organized under Gov. Nicholla l.. He
read a narrative of the formation Of the Mich;
oils Legislature and sud even # they mao pa e.
not have), there was not quorum OF legally;
elected persons present in either house, and
Gov. Nichols could not receive, from their
esnoSp o. Wines Ssd sie 9 - tie
time that the Harlan. Mcveagh Commieeion
had come there to break up the PACKARD
HAYES had sent them there for that purpose;
could not judge the Presidents intentions OF
wishes. Witness Thought the Commission would
have as gladly recognized him Is Gov; N,cnclis,
body Of the Legislature to meet in the State.
House; knew of no threats or intimidation ON the
part or the Commi.sio to obtain the object: OF
their visit, and had NO recollection OF hnvlr9
been approached by any. memter Of the Com
mission. requesting that he lwitaess) vithdrex
be had been allowed troops be could have main
tanned his position. and had President Grant &C
knowledged his claims to the Office Of Governo!
have ceased: had the decision Of the Returning
Board been recognized by the President he could
have maintained his Government without
KeiIccr u shas # the State were supplied with &
500 stand of arms with ammunition, ETC., he
could maintain his power.
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Some Fashion Items.

You've ladies wear caps like those of
the Roman peasant women; little oblong
pieces of Swiss or organdy decorated
with lace and ribbons, and long gold
headed pins are used to pin them on.
Black grenadine dresses have faint
tints of yellow and old gold introduced
in their trimmings; sometimes in the
shape of pipings, sometimes in ribbons
set under the ruffles of French lace.
japanese pins with a fan, and
mouse watching q fly, or silver bow,
arrows and culver, are among the
newest patterns in sterling silver for
long scarf-pins, and chatelaines have
the top of the hook enameled with some
pretty design or q painting in enamel
set under glass.
Pretty aprons are to be worn this
season by little girls up to the age of
fifteen. Some of these are in dotted
Swiss with Valenciennes or torchon in
scrtions and lace set in the bibs and
III, tcl,s. Some of the null and nain-
sock aprons have edges Of colOred lace,
and bows of ribbon combining the two
shades of the lace. A great many speci-
mems are found in all the leading dry
goods houses.
Calicoes and cambrics are within the
reach of everyone this year, some Of
them selling as low as three cents and
four cents yard.
The +" Madrilina'' scarf is of Spanish
lace, to be worn as mantilla, or over
the head. The +" Mercedes" scarf is of
crepe de chine embroidered in the gay
Spanish colors used this year, and
hos S>f tnA fri fin
ishes the edges; this is also used on the
head.
Black is to be worn a great deal this
year; lis taking quite as prominent 4
part AS white in this seasons fashions.
With this, silver jewelry is very Of
fcctive; silver band bracelets are now
, worn quite wide, with little polished
knobs or balls set closely on the edges.
Large medallion pendants and lockets,
also of sterling silver, are found at the
principal jewelers.; and handsome pins
and earrings; some of these in the
shape of round platters with beehives
F, on them in frosted work, others with
Japanese patterns.
Great favor is shown this year for all
the Scotch zephyr goods, or soft-tin-
ished gingbams, which resemble foul
ards. There is an endless variety of
designs, from the plain goods in all the
shades of gray, beige and ecru, and in
all plaid designs up to the gaily-tinted
Stuart tartan. The English cheviots
are also much employed for ladies' and
children's seaside dresses, being thor
oughly we'll adapted for all the changes
of the weather, and much worn by En-
glish ladies for this reason.-N Y
Ea,ons,,n Poet
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What the Box Contained.

WHEN the lightning express train
from the city reached Reno last even
ing the baggage was at once trans
ferred from the Virginia 4 Truckee
Railroad Company's cars to those of
the Central Pacific Railroad Company,
which stood on the track in front of
Chamberlain Hotel. A wooden box,
sixteen inches high, thirty-two long
and twenty-five wide, which had been
checked to Reno, renamed on the Vir-
ginia & Truckee Car until the baggage
had been loaded on the Central Pacific
train, when the railroad hands re-
turned, and no one appearing to claim
the box, it was carelessly thrown on .
truck and taken to the baggage-room
of the Virginia & Truckce Railroad
Company. There it was transferred to
the care of A. J. Hartley, Station Bag
gage-Master of the Central Pacific
Railroad at Reno, who stood it up on
end and rolled it out to the Central
Pacific baggage-room, about 100 feet
away. There the box (Which had been
banged about in the way for which
are noted the world
oyer) was thrown on the scales and its
weight ascertained to be 1872 pounds.
The box having been stood on end on
the scales, it was rolled off carelessly
into q corner and the baggage-master
turned to leave the room. As he did
80 he heard . faint moan proceeding
from the box. Thinking he must be
mistaken, he listened for q moment and
heard another moan. This led him to
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A Strange Death.

MIR. JAMES KNOX, q young man of
the eastern part of this county, has
been strangely afflicted for about a
year. Hot or cold, he was always at
fected as freezing to death. His case
has been examined by several skillful
physicians, and, we understand, has
puzzled them all. He was continually
using all the devices to warm himself
that man might who had been chilled
by exposure to extreme cold, sitting
around rousing fires enveloped in blank
cts, and the house closely shut up. and
this though the weather was at summer
heat. 1t is said that he would sit by
the fire and hold his head down to it
and almost roast it in the effort to
warm. 1t is fact that he put cloths
on his head to protect the scalp from
actual burning while doing this, and
the cloths have actually been set on
fire by the heat he subjected them to in
endeavoring TO warm his head. Some
time ago he made a visit to Livingston,
in the hope of being benefited by the
artesian water, when DR. Webb. of
that town. saw his case. Lately lie had
determined to return to Livingston and
try again the waters, and again con-
suited DIR. Webb, going to his Office for
that purpose. He seemed as one suf-
fering with extreme cold, and asked
DR.. Webb if he had any fire in his Of
fee. He told him that he did not, and
that it was too hot to have fire and be
comfortable. He said he could not
stand it, and ran out of the Office into
the street for the benefit of the sunshine
to warm himself. The next day DIR.
Webb had him in his Office again to
make more critical examination of
his case, and had him a rousing
fire. He carefully tested, with Their
mometer, the degree of animal heat he
carried, and found it near normal.
With all of this trouble he lost lit
tie flesh and kept a good appetite for
food, and preserved rather u healthful
look. On Friday he started home again
in a wagon. with M. Meadows driv-
ing it. He had not gone far out OF Liv-
ingston before he wanted to return,
complaining that he was freezing to
death, and wanted to get somewhere to
warm. Meadows insisted on continu-
ing the journey on home. and drove
forward. Knox jumped out Of the
wagon and ran off into the woods.
Meadows pursued him and compelled
him to return and get into the wagon
again, and drove on. He got as far as
Mrs. Peteet's--Green Grants old place
with him. Mrs. Peteet had observed
Meadows driving slowly along the
road, and, knowing he had gone to
fetch the sick man home, went out to
the gate to make inquiry. When
Meadows drove up and stopped, to her
inquiry he said he believed Jim Knox
was dying. He was lying, stretched
helpless, in the bottom Ut the wagon.
and after it had stopped only gasped q
few times and died. apparently freezing
to death, last Friday, with the Their
mometer at near 90. Meridian { Mss
Mercury.
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"A little boy, hearing some one re-
mark that nothing was quicker than
thought, said: II know something
that Is quicker than thought" What
is it, JohnnyP'' asked his pa. "Whis-
Ting" said Johnny" "When l was in
school yesterday, 1 whistled before l
thought; and got licked for it, too"
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human being. Hartley at once opened
the box, when he ascertained that the
contents consisted of O. very pretty
Chinese woman in an insensible con-
ditiOn, in consequence of her having
been stood ON her head while the box
was being banged about the depot.
She had blanket with her, which was
spread on the floor, and she was put
upon it, when the cool air soon
revived her, but she refused to
answer any question. The door
Of the baggage-room having been
left open to admit fresh air,
q Chinaman walked in. As soon
as the woman set eyes on him her face
became wreathed in smiles and she
stepped forward as if to throw herself
in his arms. The Chinaman, however,
took q step backward and uttered q
Chinese word which was interpreted by
those present as a warning. 1t was
evident that the two understood each
other, and attempts were made to en-
gage them in conversation, but they
met with no success. All Jack, the
Chinese interpreter, was sent for, when
the woman and man told him their
story without restraint. The woman
said she was not yet eighteen years old,
and was brought from China about q
year ago. A few months ago she came
to this city and became enamored of
All Kim, the young Celestial with her,
who tried to purchase her freedom from
the agent of the Sam Sing Company in
this city. The agent demanded $500
cash for the girl, however, and her
lover being unable to pay that sum. she
agreed that she should be boxed up and
shipped in the manner detailed above,
unknown to the Sam Sing Company's
agent. Her destination was Auburn,
Cal, where one of her uncles owns a
small store, and the Chinaman wanted
the box checked to that place, but the
Virginia & Truckee employees in this
city refused to check beyond the end Of
their line, and when the train reached
Reno the lover was not sufficiently up
in the customs of the road to have the
box rechecked. This explanation, which
was made by All Jack on behalf of All
Kim and All YOum, the young woman,
was deemed satisfactory, and the west
bound overland train having arrived,
they proceeded on their way to Auburn
in the smoking-car. A. Meekins, the
baggage-master at the depot in this
city, says that the box was brought to
the depot last evening by two China
men just as the train was about to 60
He put check No. 80 upon it and
handed it up to the train baggage-man
the Cinnamon watching every move
and requesting the baggage-man to put
it "Dis way. sabbe?' The box came
from the Sam Sing wash-house on Soutf
c street, near the Divide.-Vtrginil
| (Ne2,l Chronicle
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Strange Funeral Procession.

A STRANGE procession once passed
down the river, in front of our house,
when lived in Bangkok, Siam. There
were eight large boats, with about thir-
ty boatmen dressed in red uniform. Six
of these boats had beautiful curtains of
crimson and- cloth. They had a
brass band, and the music was very
for it was funeral process
sion.
Whose funeral do you think it was?
That of some great parsonage? No;
this procession was only doing honor to
the dead body of a light-colored ele-
plant. The third and fourth boats were
without the gay curtains, but had
the five-storied umbrellas that denote
great rank; and the body was fastened
between these two boats and fl0ated in
the water. There was y canopy of
white cloth over it, to keep off the sun
and rain. More than two hundred men
were taking it to its last resting-placc.
Now, why do you suppose there was
all this parade and ceremony? l will
tell you the reason. The Siamese be-
lieve that, at death, their spirits pass
into the body of some man or aL,mal
of more or less importance, according
as they have been good or bad while
living. and that they may thus be born
thousand times. If they find an ele-
plant that is very light-colored, they
think that some very great person is
living in it. The nearer white it is, the
more it is priced and honored. One OF
the highest titles of the King is, 1.-THE
Lord Of the White Elephant" The Sia-
amese flag is q white elephant on red
ground.
Not long ago they had an elephant
the palace that they called white.
stable was handsomer than the houses
of many of the noblemen of that day.
The rope with which this elephant was
tied was covered with crimson silk. 1t
had several broad bands of gold on each
of its tusks, and was fed with bananas,
sugar-cane and other dainties, from n
silver tray, which was carried to it by
men creeping on their knees. The truth
is, it was so petted that it sickened and
died, though it was cared for by. tho
wisest of the royal physicians. After its
death, His Majesty sent some bristles
from its tail to Queen Victoria, as a
very valuable present.
Last fall another pet-clephant died.
One hundred Buddhist priests took part
in the funeral services. A procession
of thirty boats escorted the body down
the river to Paklat, where it was buried
with great pomp and almost royal Ger
emony. Many . Siamese nobleman has
been buried with less ceremony than
was this favorite elephant Of the King.
when our Christian missionaries can
teach these people that at death the
spirit will return to God, who gave it.
and not enter into any other body, there
will be an end to many of their foolish
customs. Children's Work.
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When we hear of a young girl we'd
ding q man old enough to be her great
grandfather, but who has plenty of
. stamps" we may safely infer that 1t
was not Cupid, but cupidity. that inn
PEELED her to do Chicago CONNER
ciGI Advertiser.
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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CURRENT PAleAaRAPHs.

CURRENT PAkAGRAPMs.
Mercedes, the young Queen of Spain,
died at the Royal Palace, in Madrid, Spain, on
the 18th. She was greatly beloved and will be
deeply mourned.
General and Mrs. Grant reached Ber-
lin, few days since, and have received great
attention at the hands of the German Govern
ment and people.
During the six months ending June
~. there were 5l4 failures in New York CITY,
with liabilities of $50 $50, 7a5, and assets az
gregating sll,Ols, 6oa
A Chicago Grand Jury has indicted
Gen. John Macarthur, ex-Postmaster OF that
city. and A. ID. Waldron, ex-Treasurer of
Hyde Park, for embezzlement.
a decision has recently been made
in New York, that note, whether accommo-
dation paper or not, is void If discounted or
purchased at higher rate than per cent.
The gold medal of the French Geo.
graphical Society was presented to Henry NJ.
Stanley, the explorer, at Paris, on the 2Sth
ut., in the presence of brilliant assemblags.
Hon. Sidney Breese, for many years
Judge Of the Supreme Court of Illinois, and
formerly United States Senator from Illinois,
died in Pinckneyville, ILL.,, on the night of the
9th.
$. Angler Chacc, the defaulting
Treasurer of the Fall River (Mass.) Mills,
pleaded guilty to embezzemcnt, on the 9th,
ca1 10 tvo 1vo iv,,r~
mcnt in the State Prison
On the morning of the 25th, four
large boilers in the Chesapeake Nail Works at
Harrisburg, Pa, exploded with tremendous
force. killing the foreman, seriously iniuriny
four Of the workmen and demolishing the
building.
The annual rowing contest between
Harvard and Yale College crews took place
at New London, Conn, on the 18th. The
former won by less than minute, making the
straight four miles in twenty minutes and
forty-.our and three ffths seconds.
Congressman Acklen published a
card in Washington, on the Goth ult., de-
nouncing as willful lie the recent attack
upon his character, and relieving Gen. Rosser
from the authorship of the SANDER. He says
that previous to and after the pretended oc-
currcnce he had the honor of asking the lady
10 be his wife, which offer she declined, ard
that his attentions were continued at her re-
quest.
a Washington dispatch of the 9th
says the coinage of standard silver dollars
since the passage of the RECOMMENDATION act had
amounted to about IS, 5OOCOO-an average of
little more than s2,OOO,GOO month. The
mints were closed for the annual settlement,
but would be reopened on the 9Th of July,
after which the silver-dollar coinage would
lie about s3,C0C,OOo month. About 4,OOO.-
900 in silver haG been exported from San
Francisco to China during the preceding two
months.
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1T appears that DIR. Modelling, the
distinguished German Socialist assas-
sin, did not know the gun was loaded.
Nevertheless he win 70 Oh by and by o.
suddenly q the gun did.
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I'm straitened circumstances: . per-
SON in strait-jacket. Chicago Com
nerciN advertiser.
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heard it distinctly, although I'm pretty
deaf, while others in the room had not
heard whisper. That was the first OF
the megaphOne. ~ Y. Herald.
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Birds are entitled to justice. When
a man is INDUCING in . frOlic, to say
he is "out on lark is libel on that
bird. He is really out on q swallow.