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word, "Sennene!" which caused us to
drop our guns and echo the happy word

word. sSennene!', which caused US to
drop our guns and echo the happy word
with such fervor of lungs that the thou
sands on the bank, who might have been
little distrustful, instantly distin-
guished it's hearty sincerity, and repeat
ed it with equal fervor, until for a time,
even after they had ended, the forests
across the river seemed to thunder mys-
teriouslv, "Sennene! Sennenei" We
dropped our stone anchors abreast, and
near enough to the vast crowds on the
banks, and invited the warriors in, the
canoes to approach
From childish shyness they would not
come nearer than so yards or SO, and
two old women-ladies, l ought to cali
them" manned'' a small canoe, and,
coming straight to my boat, they
brought their tiny vessel alongside, and
after an Introductory laugh offered US
palm wine and couple of chickens!
Presently the warriors, shamed out OF
their shyness-it was not fear drew
their canoes alongside-great, enormous
things, twice the length of our boat, and
completely hid, almost crushed, the tiny
canoe of the women; but the most pleas
ing sight to me, to which my eyes We're
constantly attracted, was the faces of
the two women, and the tiny messenger
of peace and comfort to us in the midst
of our days of trial. On looking into the
great war-canoes of this tribe observed
lwith pleasure that there was not one
spear or bow and arrow in any of thera,
which caused me, to confirm my opinion
of their tact and delicacy, to look more
attentively at the crowds on the bank,
and there was not one weapon of war
visible anywhere. Presently observed
one huge canoe make off for the shore,
load gourds of palm wine and baskets
of potatoes, and return, each man sing
ing enthusiastically The potatoes were
for me, the palm wine for my people,
When 1 asked how it happened that
they were SO kind to strangers when we
had fought three times the. day before,
they said that though the drums above
river summoned them to fight us, some
of their people had been up river fishing
among the islands the day before, and
the drums had caused them to hide
themselves and see what took place
They had seen us talk to the natives, of,
fer clothes and beads, and had seen them
refuse all proffers and fight us. They
are always fighting us, and stealing oul
people, but we are not strong enough te
| kill them. This morning when you lef
i that island where you slept last night
we sent very early a canoe with two
slaves-a boy and woman in it
: with potatoes and palm wine. If yol
, | ,x,o,,o bod ,,oonlo won would have cauOh
that canoe and made those two slaves
: your own, but when you allowed it t.
, pass you, saying Sennene,' we knew
| that you were good people, and we dit
J not beat our drum for war, but fo
/ peace. If you had taken that little ca
noe this morning you would have ha
to fight us now. You killed our enc
mics yesterday, and you did not iujur
. our two slaves this morning. You ar
our friends.''
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A Washington Poisoning Horror OF
Twenty Years Ago.

These rooms, where Senator Hill now
lives, on the fatal 4th of March which
witnessed Buchanan's inauguration,
were occupied by the new President.
Twelve hundred guests were crowded
in the house. In the evening nearly all
were seized by similar symptoms OF
poisoning and thirty or more died. The
dead bodies lay in rows in the parlors,
the sick and the dying were moaning in
the halls; gloom hung over the city,
and extended to distant homes, from
whence had come guests to witness the
Inauguration. The house had, just
previous to this, been entirely refurnish-
ed. 1t was the grand hotel of the capi-
tai, and built in style of magniticence
rare in those times. The National Ho-
tel poisoning is remembered with hor-
ror by our old people, but many OF the
younger ones have never heard OF it.
The affair was investigated and the
house examined. No positive clew has
ever been found. Some said detective
drainage, some poisoned rats in the well.
some that the sugar was poisoned to
ruin the business of the hotel. 1t is gen.
orally believed now, think, that the
poison was mineral poison, and was in
the sugar-for the reason that persons
not stopping at the house, who took fancy
drinks at the bar, were also seized by
cramp. Doubtless the Presidents death
was meditated, but Buchanan never
touched sugar, nor ate it In any thing,
so that he also escaped the peril. Some
of those beside his Excellency who es-
capped have been interrogated, and all
those whose address could be found
after the lapse of years replied that they
did not partake of sugar, even in coffee
The house was closed, the splendid fur
niture sold at auction. For years the
hotel was uninhabited. People looked
| at the barred windows something as
visitors now pause before Ford's Thea
tire, where President Lincoln was assas-
sinated. Strangers stood in front OF it
and related to each other sad incidents
of the inexplicable death which had
overtaken thirty persons in night.
Twenty years ago a gentleman from
New Hampshire, visiting in Washing
ton, asked to go through the house
People had been afraid to enter its walls
after the panic. The gentleman, after
examination, Immediately leased the
building, threw open the windows, hae
the house cleansed, one hundred an6
fifty loads of dirt taken from the cellar
put 100000 worth of furniture in tn
hotel, and he was called crazy by hi
friends. In December every corner wa
filed by guests, and the quaint, lov
rooms where had danced the bellies OF
quarter-century before were again fille'
with life and beauty-Otl City CaH.
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Fortunes in Oil.

Who has not heard of Johnny Steele,
otherwise known as .'Coal-oil Johnny?"
He awoke ore morning and found that
he had come into possession of farm
near this city upon which numerous
prolific oil-wells had been struck. He
had retired a poor teamster-he awoke
a millionaire. He soon became the
greatest spendthriit ever known in this
country. He travelled, bought the ho-
tells where he stopped, gave them to
their previous owners in the morning
in short, disbursed his immense fortune
with lavish h and until it was all gone.
He then retired, and is now conterted
farmer in one of our Western States.
His is only one of many very similar
stories told. f.--.--.s-
AS the opposite of Coal-oil Johnny,
the case of Dan Goethe, an oil specula-
tor of this city, is cited. Only few
years ago he was a .boot-black in this
city. He then delivered telegraph mes
sages, and finally engaged in the oil
business. He is now only about 26 years
| old, but in that short time has acquired
a fortune of several hundred thousand
| dollars. In the meantime he has sup
ported widowed, mother and several
brothers and sisters. s.. He made his
money by buying and selling oil, and is
now one of the most influential men In
the business Only week before last II he
took the bull side of the market, with 9
powerful company on the bear side, and
worsted them. One sale of his was O
$4,000 barrels at S2.05a. The trade wa!
made, certificates representing it ex
changed for a cheek, within ten min
utes. The amount involved in the trans
action was S163, 900. This was onl..
one of his sales. During the day h
sold nearly 100000 barrels. He is
short, thick set man, unassuming an
. very liberal. His gifts tolthe poor ar
| large. He is temperate, and possesse
; in an eminent degree that qualificatio
generally termed sand.-Oa City pa.
5 Letter. ~ 'i'---s i=' ~ ~
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AMinister's Daughter Drowned,

The New Orleans South,oestera Pres
byterias Of Noy. 29, isayy .os'Avery sad u
event occurred to casa u gloom on the /
recent meeting Of the Synodef Misss4 >
sipbi.t9 Rev. j.. G. Graham, OF Summit, !
was driving across tthetneantryte 70 Baton /
Rouge in buggy, sseerp paqssf Pc sSdt ~ ~
years Of age, When within 1thliiln q few miles
Q Of Il Clinton they came u 4 deep and
rapid creek, and, on4t theadsiee sot the
knowing its depth. But the current
soon swept the buggy down the stream
1t was sinking, when he ,lightened it bya
jumping into the water. and the horse
Gained The shore with his fore feet, but
as the lady sought to reach the bank by
walking along the shafts, he feh back
into the water, the Buggy was over
turned, and she was swept under it and
drowned.
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Put into small saucepan two ounces
of the best quality of butter; to this add
large tablespoonful of flour; mix these
well together while they are cold with a
spoon-a spoon made of wood. Pour
in half a pint of cold water, and add a
little salt. Place these over fire and
stir until they have nearly (not quite)
reached the boiling point. Now add a
glass of best California or Catawba
brandy, some fine sugar (don't spoil it
with coarse sugar., a little cinnamon,
and the grated peel of half lemon
Make the sauce hot, and sprinkle dash
Of cinnamon on the top.
Now pour over it small quantity OF
best California or Catawba brandy; set
this last on fire on the dish, and then
serve in blaze of glory.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-01-03
Stanley's Journey Down the Congo.

Following is an extract from Stanley's
letter to the New York Herald describ-
ing his journey down the Congo River:
/ have endeavored to take you rapid
ly through a few Of our thousand and
one experiences as we struggled through
the dense darkness and mystery of the
unknown into light. A few exciting
contests I have briefly described-con-
tests with human demons who delighted
in craft, fraud, treachery and cruelty,
who regardedtas much as we regarded
the noble beasts that roved over the
plains of Usukuma, as so many heads OF
seasoned game to be slaughtered and
carved, and broiled and eaten. They
attacked us with spears, assegays, poi
soned arrows, and muskets, and at one
time they actually surrounded our camp
with hidden nets. They drove poisoned
sticks into the ground, so that in the
charge to scatter them from the neigh
borhOod of our camp our people might
have their feet pierced with these instru-
ments of torture. On all sides death
stared us in the face, cruel eyes watched
us day and night, and thousand bloody
hands were stretched out to take ad-
vantage of the least carelessness. We
defended ourselves like men who knew
that pusillanimity would be our ruin
that mercy was unknown to these saw
ages. Out of the charity and regard fol
my own people, and myself as well, OF
whom devolved the responsibility o.
taking the expedition through these saw
age regions, l wished naturally that i
might have been otherwise. and looked
anxiously and keenly for any sign o
forbearance and peace, as saw my AT
rican comrades drop one by one from
my side in the oblivion of the terribl
wilds. We thank heaven that thos
dark days are over.
o.. Yet we had some briefest intervals O
pleasure even during that stormy peri
cd. One pacific tribe-the day after
desperate battle with a martial trib
above, who, it seemed, had oppresse'
them greatly-warned by the hug
drums that sounded the approach c
strangers, turned out in dense crowd
along the river banks, while the bold
est of their warriors manned their enol
nous canoes and bore down on US, tal
ing care, however, to cry out the magi
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-01-03

A CURIOUS case as to the rights of the
finder of lost property, whose owner is
unknown, is reported from Rhode
Island. The plaintiff bough ht an old
safe and offered to sell it to the defend
ant. The defendant would not buy it.,
but agreed to take it and sell it if he
could, using it himself in the meantime.
While it was thus in his possession, he
found roll of bank bills inside the
lining. No one knew to whom they be-
longed. The defendant therefore con-
cluded to keep them. The plaintiff, up
on learning of the discovery of the
money, demanded the return OF the safe
lust as it was when delivered. The de-
fendant returned it, but without the
bank bills; whereupon the plaintiff sued
for their value as money found. The
Supreme Court held that the finder was
entitled to retain the property as against
the party who put the safe into his hands
for sale; and the authorities generally
maintain the right of the finder, in this
class of cases, as against all persons ex
cept the real owner.
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A japanese Heroine,

The following incident of the rebelrIa
lion in Japan is related in 3 Yokohama
dispatch to the New York Herald: "'p
A curious and touching storyiis told
of brave, high-spirited girl, daughter ,
of one Of the most distinguished Of
Saigo's generals, who was found after Il
the last battle was over lying dead in
the moat of the castle with the ghastly
head of her father inher right hand and 4
in her left the, deadly knife with which
she had taken her own life. She was
attired in garments of the richest and
most expensive quality, and had evi-
IDENTIFY undertaken the dreadful, last
and highest duty jenjoined upon her by
her hopeless parent with. the most lofty
sense of its overwhelming Importance
and an unshrinklng faith in its absolute
necessity if her fathers honor and name
were to remain unsullied in the recoi-ri
lections of men, The steady hand and
firm purpose that sacrificed her father
failed not when she drove the knife INTO
her own heart or stood Tbravely up TO
receive its thrust from. a. retainer's
hands. Such an exhibition OF lofty
courage, splendid spirit Of self-sacrifice,
and a stern sense Of duty lights ap the
terrible shadows OF that fierce contest
about the monastery moat with glory
which time can never dim. pFhe UNI
known Japanese lady has won 9 place
among the real heroes of the world. 1t
| was Of such stuff that the leaders OF the
fatal insurrection were made It is a
pity that 50 many gallant and heroic
| p,op foil In s,Ich a EhopelnSS, 0Ontf St, tOr
they were of the very best blood OF Ja-
Lpan, and struggled from aih6stthe frst
against dishearteningsoddss hnH 4nlAfo
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Christmas in Norway.

The great festival of the year in Nor
way, as among all Germanic nations, is
Christmas. Whether it owes all its
sanctity to its association with the birth
of the Saviour is, however, an open
question; for many customs still kept
alive in the remoter valleys seem to
point beyond the beginning of the Chris
tian era, to the time when the Morse
men ate horse-fesh in honor of Odin
and Thor and Frey. The festival is as
yet strongly tinctured with reminis-
cences of the old pagan Yule. Tracing
the character of Christ and his apostles
as they appear in many popular march
en- and legends, the conclusion lies near
that the people have, consciously or not,
transferred much that was dear to them
in the old gods to the new deity, and
thus, by sort of compromise between
the old faith and the new, have pro-
duced divine type which is, at all
events, sufficiently national to appeal
strongly to their Morse hearts. The
preparations for the Yule-tide, in the
way of provisioning the house, would,
to American eyes, look perfectly enor-
nous. Baking and brewing and butch
ering keep the whole household busy
during the last three weeks preceding
| the festival. And the fact that the pro-
cess is repeated year after year probably
proves that it is necessary. Every man,
woman or child who comes within a
stones throw of the house during the
holidays (Which last until week after
New-year) must be invited in and urg-
ed to eat without regard for comfort.
Even the birds are to have their share
of the Christmas joy. AS soon as the
church-bells have s'rung in the feast y
at o'clock in the afternoon of Christ
mas Eve, the father of the house takes
his richest sheaf of oats or barley and
attaches it to the end of pole, which
is nailed to the gable of the barns OF
the store-houses. The mother and the
children stand by, enjoying the sight o.
the happy birds fiuttering around the
sheaf, while the father will perhap:
quote the passage about Gods care ever
for the sparrow, wherefore it is righ
that the sparrow too should rejoice OF
the day when Christ was born. Among
the many evening visitors who are SURE
to drop in to taste the Christmas brew
some are apt to be disguised by gro
tesque masks, and otherwise fantasti
cally accoutered. These are calleC
Yule-bucks, possibly because the mos
common mask may have been that of
goat or some other horned creature
The German custom of having poo
children wander about on Christina
Eve, carrying large lighted star o.
canvas, representing the star of Beth
lehem, prevails also in Norway. N
one can hear their shrill, tiny voices il
the snow under his window, singing tn
dear familiar carols, and refuse ther
their we'll earned penny.-Prof. Boye
sen, in Scribner's.
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NUMBER ~. os11aI .......ll!.l.
A New American Songster.

A letter from 'Wausau, Wis, to the 9soi
Chicago Times, says: Ten or twelve 4. :,
years ago there lived in the then village
of Wausau, better known as Big Bull 93ii1
Falls, a young girl named Frances Roena no-f
Miller, commonly known as frankie
Miller. There was nothing in her per-s9lh
sonal appearance particularly noticea- ~
BILE, unless it be a look of intelligence
beanning from her big gray eyes, and eisl
certain indefnable expression betoken-; dti-
ing will-power. Her greatest charm
was her voice, which was peculiarly full.' A'ii
She was poor in this s4world's goods, but ssls
rich in undeveloped resources. She
could sing-her friends thought ~
charmimgly, but not to her satisfaction. fli7
She knew she possessed vocal powers
which she could not command 1.-The IN -Is''
ner consciousness that sshe could excel n y
as vocalist if she could only learn how :
to bid the inner forces of her befng obey 1873
her will She had no one to help her,sgi .
and so she determined to help herself.
She taught school, and thereby earned y ~
money with which to travel. 9Sbe went foru
| to Hannibal, Mo-, where she had friends
living, and again taught school while h'i
| pursuing her musical sducation. Heretl91a
She was noticed by a clergyman who, !,
shortly after making her acquaintance, ',S
removed to Boston, ByIhis advice and assi ii,
| assistance she secured in Boston a situ-
| alton as soprano in one Of the churches ~ u!
where she remained a year, adding to her ,.,, ,'a
store, earned as singer, by writing for
the press Here she attracted the fa-aa =
vorable notice Of the poet Longfellow,, ~.
who has ever since remained her firm Lo''
friend Becoming convinced that she "
could pursue her musical studies with co,
greater advantage in Europe, she sailed
! for France Remaining there a short1G9-
time, she went. finally to, Milan. Here Il,
for the past three years she has remain
ed, supporting herself by her pen anaI4o9
/ studying under the best masters. Amidst, :, 60,
all her struggles and trials she has re- -
manned the same simple, pure hearted, aon
brave girl she was when teaching school H.,
in Wisconsin, intent only on success. D'''
At length her hour of triumphhas come.tSa
She made her debut recently at MILAN
i with the most flattering success. With
out friends or money, with only herqGt
clear brain and indomitable will, she, a,
has carved out for herself success for
the present, and fame and fortune in u
the near future. She appeared in Milan
under her own name of 'Roena. Miller,
and received, many flattering notices
from the local musical Journals. 9ti'h''Z> a
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WOLVES are so plentiful and raven
Gus about River Falls, Wis, as to drive
many sheep-raisers out of the business.
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LARGE quantities of fish-hooks have
been found at Pompeii, ,and now it's time
to wonder whether the stately old
Pomps sneaked down the alleys on Sun
day or hid the fish poles down along
their spines.
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If you dream of stuffed oyster-shell,
dancing in its ulster to the tune of
" Hold the Fort" while a club-footed
Indian looks on and chews gum, it is a
sign that it is going to rain when your
blonde cousin gets married. Of it is a
brunette cousin, you have got to dream
something else )-Puck's Dreana-book
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APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
NOTICE Nc. 3,s,
U. p. Mineral survey No. 100.

limited STATES LAND OFFICE. CARSON
" City. Nevada, May 4. Isis. Notice 10
hereby given that PrAnt n. Thayer, J. O,
Cosan. James cassidy. Daniel J. wArr, u. A.
Delay. j.. j. Casey and samuel Martin, who's
yostofice sddrc-s 10 Virginia City. Ne,ada. have
this day MED IN application Tor . paieni for that
portion OF the %ori.inal claim Of dfteen hundred
linear feet OF the Silver L@af Lode lying without
the limit Of the sutro Tunnel grant. with sur.
lace ground six hundred feet In width, situated
In Gold I'LL Mining District, county 10 STOREY,
state Of Nevada. and designated BY the neId
notss and onicial plat on nle In this cfiee a.
Lot No. 100 In Township II north. RAM ~ east,
Mount Diablo meridian said portion II Lot
lows, 10 wit:
"Being that portion OF the Silver Leaf Com.
Iany's u. y. Survey No. leo lying without thu
limit Of the sutfo Tunnel grant" Beginning
81 Post No. . on the -outheriy line OF raid sutro
Tunnel grant. and whence hears the quarter
section Post on the east line Of section 20 Ia
Township ~ north. Range u .ast, Mount DiAblo
meridian, souih 81 DEGREES esst. distant lst feet,
and running thence f.om said Post No. ., drpt
eourse. south IN degrees,~est o5t feet 10 Poet
No, y thence. second cOurte. touth u degrees
east 90 ieet to Post No 4 ;th,nec. third courrs,
north ~ degrees easi Si feet to Post No. 6, en-
the southerly line OF the suito Tunnel grant:
thence along said Aouiherly line. fourth course.
north Gk degrees west. At cas- iset Monument
No. II on said southerly line. 62s feet TO Post
No. ., the place OF beginning eonialnina
II $40 ceres. bearings true. magnetic var.s-
tion. 10 degrees 70 minutes east.
The location of this mine II recorded In tho
Recorder's ofice Of storey county. : In Boob %
VI Locations. The adjoining elaims are the
sutfo Tunnel Company on the north. the Ms.
sour CoDpsny's U. b. Survey No. i59 on tho
west. City Of Melbourne on The south. Any and
oil parsons claiming adversely any portion Of
aid Silver Leaf Mine or surface ground applied
for are required 10 fle their adverse claims with
the kesipisr OF the United statcs Land onhco
81 Carron during the risiy days period Of pub
licaiion hereof. or they will H. barred by virtue
Of the provisions OF the satuie.
myG esd y. N HARRIS. Register.