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EXCAVATIONS At OLYMPIA.
Some Interesting Discoveries Along the
Southern Side Of the Temple Of
Zase.

Owing to its being preached, and
the soil connected with it being broken
up. the byzantine eastern wall has
again yielded mass of brOnzes of
very early date, vptive figures of ami
mails, weights with the name of Zeus,
weapons, tools. and vessels adorned
with zigzag lines and concentric cir
cles. The same primitive style of
ornament is exhibited by silver
''phiale with two handles, found in
this locality. More important is an
archaic bronze figure of a woman, a
span high, who stands immovable as a
pillar. with closed feet; the left hand
she holds to her bosom, while with
the right she gathers in front the
folds OF her robe. On her head she
wears a rail-, which characterizes the
figure as the supporting element of a
vessel. With this may be classed the
central fragment of female figure of
burnt and painted clay, which leads
one to suppose the existence of a
terra-c0tta figure one metre high-a
great rarity. 1t represents q woman
stepping forward. and her stif and
archaic drapery. with its embroidered
border, divides over the lefs and its
red chiffon.
Interesting Inscriptions haye bsea
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

In the sepulcher of Metella, the
wife of Sulla, in the Roman Campag-
ma. there is an echo which repeats
five times, in five different keys, and
will also give back with distinctness
a hexameter line which requires two
and half seconds to utter it. On the
banks of the Naba, between Bingen
and COblentZ, an echo repeats seven
teen times. The speaker may scarcely
be heard, and yet the responses are
loud and distinct, sometimes appear.
ing to approach, at other times to
come from a great distance. Echoes
equally beautiful and romantic are to
be heard in our own islands. In the
cemetery of the Abercorn family, at
Paisley, when the door of the chapel
is shut, the reverberations are equal
to the sound of thunder. If single
note of music is breathed the tone
ascends gradually with a multitude
Of echoes till it dies in soft and be-
witching murmurs. In this chapel
is inferred Margery, the daughter Of
Bruce, and the wife of William Wal.
lace. The echo of the Eagles Nest,
on the banks of Killarney. is re-
nowned for its effective repetition of
a bugle call, which seems to be re-.
peated by hundred instruments,
until it gradually dies away in the air.
At the report of a cannon the loudest
thunders reverberate from the rock,
and die in seemingly endless peals
along the distant mountains. Az the
Castle of Simonetta, a nobleman' 8
seat about two miles from Milan, .
surprising echo is produced between
the two wings of the building. The
report Of pistol is repeated by this
echo sixty times;land Addison, who
visited the place on a somewhat
foggy day, when the air was unfavor-
able to the experiment., counted fifty
six repetitiOns. At first they were
very Quick, but the intervals were
greater in proportion as the sound
decayed. 1t is asserted that the sound
of one musical instrument in this
place resembles great number Of
instruments playing in concert. This
echo is occasioned by the existence of
two parallel walls Of considerable
length. between which the wave of
sound is reverberated from one 10 the
other until it is entirely spent.-Ihe
World Of Wondeys.
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THE STUDY or COMMON THINGS

speaking OF the grievOus neglect OF
attention to common things and com.
mon emplOyments As means of educa.
ton, the Philadelphia Public Ledger
sensibly remarks that s.it is in the
study Of common things, that are SO
plentiful all around us, but 50 little
understood, that an education may
be gained of which at present we
have only begun to conceive. School
are numerous, books are abundant,
every child is now made master of the
elements of learning, yet there is a
lack Of practical education; the effects
of the school are apt to fade away on
the farm and in the factory, and a
separation, if not an antagonism
often takes place between study and
daily life. We need q bridge which
will carry the scholar with his habits
of study and inquire safely into the
life Of profitable labor, without
obliging him to drop what he has
taken . much pains 70 gain. Such =
hodge my b found II the study Of
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dlsentangled from the wall. Of these
the most remarkable for it's length is
psephism of the cleans, which COW
ers two sides of pedestal. Tibcrius
Claudius Rufus Of Smyrna, the Pan.
cratiast, continued the contest into
the night, till the stars shone out in
the sky, and hence the cleans accord
him their citizenship and statute in
Olympia. On the third side of the
pedestal follows a vote of the Smy-
rnlOtes, who eulOgize him, ahd bestow
on him like honor. The games were
celebrated in the first half Of July, at
the time of the full moon, and there
fore the stars cannot have been visi-
bic before 10 clock. Other inscrip-
lions refer to victors, whom Pausanias
MENTIONS; for instance, Hellani-
Gus. He sprang from family of ath-
letes; his father, Blc@netus of Lep-
reum, won the prize for boxing, first
among the boys and subsequently
among the men; his brother, Thean-
tus, the prize for boxing among the
boys in the ninetieth Olympiad. Hell
lanicus won the same prize in 424.
Along the whole of the southern
side OF the Temple of Zeus, at a dis
lance of twenty metres, runs low
wall, the destination of which has
been abundantly clear by the deeper
explorations on the southwest. There
stands north of the wall, a whole row
of pedestals; some lie PROSTATE on the
south side, among them block of red
marble, with an inscription celebrat-
ing the victory of one Timolas, and
pedestal with lovely life-size foot of
bronze; others are built into the By
zantine western wall, and every part
is covered with fragments of bronzes.
This wall can be traced also on the
western side of the temple, and in
the east, where Callias, Cleans, and
Euthymus stand. Consequently it
seems probable that terrace crown
ed with statues, behind which the
ground sloped away outward, sur
rounded the whole temple. On the
south a road ran along. In the south
west one sees how the drainage pipes
and water conduits come to a stop at
the wall, and are broken off, to con-
tlnue on the further side of it at a
lower level. One of these aqueducts
discharged into large brown cistern,
which measures LAO metre in diane.
ter and seventy centimetres In height,
and stands near the wall. In this els.
tern were found small vessel of bronze
and several Of terra Gotta.
JULIUS SCHuHING.
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LITERARY
The Monkey Assassin.

One of the most famous of weird, short
stories of Edgar Allen Poe "The Muir
der of the Rue Morgue." In that most
CHASTITY yet entertaining narrative mon.
key is the author of an assassination.
That simian criminal has now found a
rival in real life.
Early in 1877 the leading mine owners
at the Caratal gold fields in Eastern Ven
ezuela fitted out an expedition to pros
pect tor some reputed Gil nabar deposits
on the Brazilian border OF Guayana. The
command OF the party was conferred on
German adventurer named seller.
Seller was an old resident of Venezuela,
a miner, naturalist by prediction
and was well known to European and
North American scientists through the
valuable collections he had made for va
rious museums of natural history.
The expedition was a failure. the Gin
nabar existing only in the brain of the
mendacious Indian who had reported it.
In place of specimens of the precious
quicksilver ore, Seller only brought back
a cargo of prepared skins. stuffed birds,
curious animals, skeletons. and an enor-
nous red ape of the arGgudto or bowling
species.
These monkeys, In their natural state,
are little less ferocious than their great
African brethren, the gorillas, and are
almost as untamable. The native
Venezuelans call them "Wood Devils"
and stand in holy horror of them. Seller s
pecimen, which was as big as a ten-vear-
old boy, and as deep-voiced as fog horn,
was no exception to the rule, and in a
snort time it became the terror of all
Caratal
Chained to a ring bolt in the wall of
his masters house, which stood at the in
tersection of the only two streets of the
little village, the red ape would SQUAT all
day long on the peak Of the tiled house,
mouthing at the passers-by, hurting what
ever missiles he could lay hands on at
them, and crashing his great teeth like a
fiend. At night he charmed the somber
hours by bowling necessarily.
Horses and mules would stampede at
sight of him. Children fed from him in
terror. Pregnant women stunned him
religlously for fear his hideousness would
scare them into giving birth to monstrosi-
ties. The drunkenest miner that ever
Providence permitted to stagger home
was careful to pass Sellers house on the
other side of the street. and with q wary
eye on the sentry on the roof.
Even the buzzards deserted to Callao,
the opposition mining center, for the ape
bad developed great fondness for cap.
turing them whenever he could, then
proceeding to pluck them aud tear them
to pieces alive.
In fine, he became such public abom-
ination that the authorizes were applied
to.
Accordingly, the Alcalde waited on
Seller and laid he case before him. He
might as we'll have spoken to the ape
himself.
Though the rainy season was at hand
and his roof was almost denuded Of tiles
which the araqua.o had torn off to throw
e. rscple; though the brute ate as much
cs tn z-len, while his master, who had
tsurh. isa to ct r,eat till he would
TOT r -irg e,s / Il to starve himself
20 r Ii; -sh 70 himself was .
VIZ srs vscsived - the
p---s = - s..-sS@-- p, EtsU Seiler
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POETRY
Discomfort
Two boats on the river

Two boats on the river,
In the shadow of leaf and tree:
One was in love with the harbor;
One was in love with the sea.
The one that loved the harbor
The winds of fate outbore;
But held the other. longing,
Forever against the shore.
The one that rests on the river,
In the shadow of leaf and tree,
With wistful eyes looks over
To the one far out at sea.
The one that rides the billow,
Though sailing far and fleet,
Looks back to the peaceful river,
10 the harbOr safe and sweet.
One frets against the quiet,
Of the grown shaded shore;
One signs that it may enter
That harbOr never more.
One wearies Of the dangers
Of the tempest's rage and vail;
One dreams, amid the lilies,
Of far-of snowy sail.
Of all that life can teach us
There's naught so true as this
The winds of fac blow over,
But ever blow amiss.
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PHENOMENA OF VISIONS.
Graphic ana Interesting 0keteheo.---I
Han VIE had q CSncert IN His Brain.

A Boston correspondent writes: At
the time of his death DR.. Edward a.
Clarke. of this city. whose essays entitled
''Sex in Education" and 1.-THE Building of
Brain" provoked more or less sharp an
tAgonism, left unfinished IN ESSAY entitled
"Visions: A Study of False Sight
(pseudopia).' His nearest friend, Dr..
Oliver Wendell Holmes, to whom DR..
Clarke left the manuscript and is dis
position, had no hesitation in deciding
that, imperfect IS II was, it should be
given to the public. Ingenious and in
teresting - are the speculative portions
Of tie essay, the numerous hitherto ua-
recorded cases viii Be found III uost per-
mAnantly valuable ccntzihusion . .cieace
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There seems to be an erroneous
impression out that this Greenback
idea started in Ohio or Indiana. All
mistake. Plato was the original
Greenbacker, the FIRST fiat idiot. y
He said that money should be made
or such q substance that it would be
valuable ct home, and worthless in !
foreign state. % that no people should
b drained Of their money.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-01-16

tory gained this day. Gen. Radet-
zky has after desperate fighting,
captured the whole Turkish army
defending Shipka Pass, consisting
of forty-one hattalions, ten batter
les and one regiment Of cavalry.
Prince Mirsky has occupied Ke-
zanlik. Gen. Skobelof holds Ship
ka.
London, Jan. l0.-A Bucharest
correspondent says the battalions
captured in Shipka Pass probably
number from 800 to 400 men each.
The victory was the result of a
combined movement by Gems. RAJ
detsky and Skobeloff through
Sbipka and Trajau Passes respec-
lively.
London, Jan. l0.-A Bucharest
dispatch says the Turkish Com
mander-in-Chief yesterday notified
the Russian headquarters at Loft
cha that he was empowered to ar
range the basis of an armistice, and
that Mehemet Ali had been desig-
mated ~ the eventual Turkish Plen-
ipo'entiary. Grand Duke Mich
olas acknowledged the receipt of
the communication, adding that he
wonld report the matter to St.
Petersburg.
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Chandler us an "Approver."

The New York World does not
take very kindly TO reopening OF
the electoral controversy on the
testimony Of little Chandler. 1t
says:
Under the beneficient laws OF
ancient Rome, planned TO train
Roman citizens to manly virtue,
the evidence of an "approver" like
Chandler was forbidden 10 he re-
ceived. No Romans good name
or freedom could be endangered by
the malice Of a man who confessed
himself a criminal. II was in the
fourteenth English century, when
lawyers took fees on both sides and
judges were openly corrupt, that
the testimony of an "approver"
was allowed to be accepted. These
approvers were the forcrunners Of
the Titus Oates who did his work
and went to his own place after
ward, in the Popish conspiracy
trials Of 1879. But even the rude
justice Of medieval days put an
approver like Chandler TO death if
he failed, as he nearly always did,
10 obtain a verdict. No doubt n
confession from Chandler of the
crime he is believed 10 have COM
United against the laws Of Florida
whould be instructive from the his
torical point Of view and interest
ing as a study Of American politics.
But let the South leave the dirty
business to he done by Radicals
snch as Conkling or his allies. We
sincerely hope no Democrat in
Congress from any section will con-
sent to serve on any such commit
tee of investigation. Let the com
mittee be organized, hut put Mr..
Garfield Mt the head Of it in the
Honse and Mr.. Conkling at the
head Of it in the Senate. and let
the Radicals themselves investigate
their chief approver Chandler. and
inquire into all the villanies of Rad
zeal political elertioneering to their
hearts content. II is in no sense a
Democratic quarrel. Democrats
have No more to do with it than
with the dipute between the living
Grant and the friends Of the dead
Sumner. If the Radicals must
wash their dirty linen ont of doors
let them wash it themselves.
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The company did not notice these
protests, and on the 18th OF last
month the British steamer Blanche
proceeded to the Keys, compelled
the men to stop work, took possess
sion of the island and carried the
representatives Of the company to
Kingston. This action of the Eng
lish Government will doubtless
raise a complicated diplomatic ques-
ton, and a gentleman of this city,
largely interested in the Baltimore
company, left for Washington to
confer with the United States au-
thorities on the subject.
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A Centenarian.

Lncy Karney, an old slave, cele-
brated her 10th birthday 10y re-
ception at Mead's Hall, Lansing,
on the evening Of January 2nd.-
She was horn in Freehold, New
Jersey, and was l6 years old when
the battle of Monmouth was fought
June %, 177s,) in which Wash
ington and Lafayette commanded
the Americans, and Clinton and
Cornwalis the British. Among its
chief incidents was the heroic con-
duet Of Molly Pitcher, who took
her husbands place at the cannon.
Lucy distinctly recollects hearing
the roar Of artillery when this bat
tie was tonight.
When the rebellion broke out Ia
1861, Lucy was living in Randolph
county, Indiana. Two Of her
grand-sons joined q company oil
Union Volunteers, and the old lady
enjoyed what she considered the
greatest honor of her life-that Of
vsFs'aa:s'"s I ss' fyP'5'rte House. sSs coTP E;
remarks, is q gave up all hope,
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Victor Emmanuel, the King Of
Italy, has passed away from this
sinful world for, we hope, a better
one. All Europe mourns, while
Italy itself will grieve for many
days. A special from Paris says:
The death of King Victor En-
manual produced a great impress
sion here. The sudden disappear
snce Of the patriotic promoter Of
Italian unity creates fresh anxiety
in the minds Of French politicians.
Victor Emmanuel, despite every
influence brought to bear on him,
had remained the friend Of France,
and Notwithstanding the ression of
Savoie and Nice, and the hasty
peace Of Villa Franco, he deemed
himself under obligations to France.
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BILLS.

1t is now an acknowledged fact
that Consumption can lie cured. 1t
has been cur, d in a very great mum
her Of cases (some Of them appar-
emily desperate ones) 10y Schenck's
Pulmonic Syrup alone, and in 9th
ers by the same medicine in con
nection with Schenck's Sea Weed
Tonic aud Mtndrake Pills, one or
both, according to the require
lnentS of the case.
The OLD supposition that "Cou.
sumption is incurable," for man'
years deferred Physicians from
finding n remedy for that disease.
and patients afflicted with it recon-
ciled themselves TO death withou,
al effort being made to save them
from a doom which was considered
inevitable.
DR.. Schenck himself was snppos-
ed at one time to he at the yer,
gate of death, his Physicians ha,-
ing pronounced his case hopeless
and abandoned him To his fate he
was cured by the aforesaid medi-
zines and afterward enjoyed unin-
terrupted good health for more
than forty years. Thousands of
peope have used DR.. Schen ks
preparations with the same rema. h-
able success
Schenck's Almanac. containing n
thorough treatise on Consumption.
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, etc.
can he had gratis of any druggist.
or of j. ii. Srhenck IL Son, Phila.
ielphia. Full directions for the
use of Schenck's medicines accom-
pany each package.
Srhenck's Pulmonic Syrup, Sea
Weed Tonic, and Mandrake Pills
are for sale by all druggists. j
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Troy. New York, is emulating
some of tho Western cities in the
matter of reconciliation. Divers
of the Trojan merchants have sup
piled themselves with a quantity OF
Mexican dollars, which they were
able to procure at the low rate of
ninety-two cents apiece in green
backs. The use they are making
of them is in the payment of their
employees, the latter receiving them
Mt par. Whereby the Trojan mer-
chant proIiteth, and where at he
smiles.
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lofFIcIAL.l
nsI

The Common Council of the city o
Alpena met in the Council Room
on Monday evening, January, Z. 1873
and was called to order at 7:30 o'clock
by the Mayor.
PREsENT-A. n. Spratt, Mayor; A
r. Mcdonald. Recorder. and Aldermen
IIealy, Rice. Rayhurn and Tins.
Journal of session held December II
1877. read by the Recorder
The Mayor asked that the minutes oi
December r. 1877. he amended SO that
motion relative to the appointment OF
Christopher Burre'l, as Alderman for
Third ward, to Hi vacancy occasioned
by the resignation of Jason Gillett, may
he declared lost.
Alderman llcaly, supported by Alder
man Tins. moved that the minutes OF
December II, 1877, be approved as read.
Aycs-IIealy. Rayburn, and Tins. Nays
Alderman Rice. Carried.
Whereupon christopher Burrell being
present took his scat az Alderman.
PETITIONS.
II. J. Hunt and 63 others, asking the
Council to reconsider their action rcla-
tive TO disseminating the night police.
No action taken on said petition.
COMMUNICATIONS.
From J. T. Reynolds, who cSalc dealer
in groceries, seeds, pork, potatoes hut.
ter, green and dried apples, Liyonia, n
Y, ms follows:
To the Honorabe tie Common Council
citV of Aipen0:
GENTLEMEN Please take notice
have purchased all and every interest of
Walter u. llanchctt, in aud To u certain
contract with the city of Alpcna. and
shall claim all the rights and bcnilts to
he derived from sail contract.
Yours respectfully,
T. J. REYNOLDS.
Mr. IIanshott. In a ls,.sr received the
same day, claims that he did not assign
to Reynolds, and does not propose to
Comptroller, recommending the pay
ment of sundry bills. Referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
Comptroller. recommending the pay
ment of the following amounts for sal
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Going for GnanO Gathercrs.

A day or two ago the Associated
Press dispatches announced the ar
rest Of several Americans Ivy the
authorities of Jamaica, on the al
legged ground of trespassing on the
sovereignty Of that island province
Of Great Britain, over certain
barren Key which contained i'm
mense deposits Of guano. The
Baltimore News contains the fol-
lowing additional particulars of the
affair:
The Baltimore company organ
lied to gather guano on the Morant
Keys, an island lying about thirty
miles distant from Jamaica, are in
trouble About ten years ago a
Capt. Jennet claimed to have dis
covered the guano deposits on this
island and took possession Of it in
the name Of the United States and
hoisted the American flag over the
island.
1t was on the strength Of this
reported discovery that the Balti-
more company was formed of which
Mr.. Prndencio Murguiondo, the
accredited Consul Of the Oriental
Republic Of Uruguay, is the agent.
Several months ago the schooner
Eva, belonging to Charles Gwah-
mey, of Norfolk, Virginia, was
chartered by the company to pro-
coed to the Keys and bring back n
load OF guano. The schooner was
commanded by Capt. Benjamin
Shelby and carried crew Of six
men. The venture proved success.
ful and 5e returned in due time
with a cargo of 125 tons Of guano
which was disposed Of in this mar
ket at remunerative prices. Thus
embroidered the schooner was load
ed with provisions and lumber fol
the workmen, and the collector o
the port applied to for a coastwist
clearance. After due deliberatior
the collector, being in doubt, tn,
matter was referred to the authori
ties at Washington, and the col
lector subsequently received or
ders by telegraph to grant thu
clearance as to coast hound YES
sci, thus virtually recognizing tin
Keys as an American port.
The Eva sailed from this port Of
Nov. I'D, and arrived at the Key
on the 18th of last month. MI
Marguiondon went to New York Of
the 18th of December, whence b
took the steamer Jamaica en- rout
to the Keys. The British authori
ties lay claim to the Keys as de
; tendency Of Jamaica, and warne'
! the Baltimore company to ceas
} operations. And il Is also sal,
, that the United States Consul a
Jamaica bad notified the compan,
,s g sc,rs'Mthss iIn nm q 4. ausp S
ell, - '"s w" ''.n'P '"
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Talk of Western provincialism
The Boston postmaster recently
found in his office two money let
letters, addressed respectively to
"Paris" and London" Apparent
ly he had never heard of any such
places abroad, for he sent the first
10 Paris, Maine, and the other to
London, Ontario. AS the first let
ter contained draft for 100000
francs, it is fortunate it was not
opened in the Maine office, or the
postmaster might have been tempt.
ed to buy the whole town.
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Another insurance man has met
his fate. Wetmore, Vice-P President
of the mis-called Security" Life
Insurance Company, has been con-
victed of making false statements
of the condition of the company,
no pretense Of a defense having
been made. Gone TO meet Case
and Lambert.