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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-22
MONUMENTS OF A FORGOTTEN RACE

W. Wright Hawkes., LIZ d., delivered last night, be-
iore the American Geographical Society, At CHECKER.
ing Hall, intensely interesting lecture upon the
so-called "Celtic Monuments of Brittany, in Franco
Chief Justice Daily presided at the meeting, four
teen new fellows were elected. Tho large audience
listened to .ho lecture with tho closest atsenton until
the close. Professor Hawkes. described tho coun-
try about tho shores OF the great Bay OF
Aorbihan and the islands that stud It's bosom,
explaining that II was IN those regions that the
merts are found in the greatest numoor and OF tho
most colossal proportions BY means oil stereoptcan
views he made his audience familiar with some OF
most OF these stones winch we're erected In
re-histOric age and by an unK nown race The In
soriPtiOns carved upon them, aud which have never
been dociphered, wore also pictured the scrscn
Tho various kinds Of monuments were dose ribed and
the specuiatons OF scientists regarding them were
discussed in entertaining manner. The great
group Al Carnac, tho Professor said, WIS probably
erected us mighty temple, connected with tho wor-
ship OF the serpent.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-22

part OF The act approved January H. 1875 known as
me hesunpton act, which authorized the Secretary
redeem and cancel the grcenback currency, was
fcrrcd 10 the Finance Com the Senate on
vetnbcr 49, 1877, therefore be IL
Resolved, That said committee DO required to re-
port said bill TO the Senate within one week together
with their action thereon. any hall have bocn had
The debate on tho timber question was continued
by Senators Jones, OF Florida and Morgan, OF Ala
bams, both Of whom severely criticised the course OF
the Secretary ofths Interior which they pronounced
without warrant Of law and a. innic,ing irrsparaoe
injury on Thousands OF honest and industrious
citizens Scnstor Matthews followed Ia defence OF
the Secretary, resting the abatement OF General
Grant that the best way to got ria OF bad law
Pending discussion the Vice President laid before
the senate message from the President answer 10
resolution Of the Senate, enclosing report of
Secretary Of STATE and papers in regard
TO Tho appointment OF ~ Deifosss third Fishery
was ordered 70 DO printed and lie on tho table.
The Naval Appropriation bill was considered In
rs.u q the s s0r:
reference principally TO the CONDITION Of the navy
which no %: ps0no oa very good The amount
the pay OF the officers OF the navy; $2.4Oo. 600
for the pay Of the men, and $e45 400 for pay Of the
appointments made from civil life Of secretaries or
clerks to commanders Of vessels, but that q line
Smcsr not above tho grade Of ieutsnant, shall DO
detailed 10 perform the duties OF such secretaries,
the appropriation recommended Is $500, 900 less
than that Of last year. Including tho dedcenc,os and
$2OoO0Oo less than the estimate Tor the fiscal
year
Mr.. Willis Of Now York, In spirit of economy OF.
amount appropriated which were promptly rejected.
The committee finally and reported tho bill with
out amendment, and II was Immediately passed by
Mr.. WaddeIl, OF North Carolina, reported tho bill 10
establish postal savings depository as branch OF
tho interest bearing OF the United States
which was ordered printed and rccommittcd.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-22
THE sOvEREIGNs OF INDUSTRY.

wAsHISaToS, March 81, 1873
The representatives OF the National Council Of
Sovereigns Of Industry which is in session here
werc received to-day by President Hayes at the Ex-
ecutive Mansion, and severaly roduced by General
Massey. The President stated that he grAt1ed
to meet them and far he had been able o
certain the purposes of the Order thoy fully
accord with his views The delegates aiterward Wis
tied some OF the more important departments.
An election OF officers will be held tomorrow, and
Saturday will DO devoted TO an excursion TO Mount
Vernon and other points of interest
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-22
FOB THE PARIS EXPOSITION.

WASHINGTON March 81, 1878.
The Secretary Of the Navy has rescirded the order
sent to Norfolk for the Omaha her arrival there,
to proceed Immediately 10 New York to load
with goods for tho Paris International Exposi-
sitop. Such goods remain alter the sailing
OF the Constellation will be sent to Paris by the
French steamship line. Tho vessels ordered TO
Paris-namely. the Supply, Constitution and
Portsmouth-will remain bring back TO this
country such goods as may not DO disposed OF in
Europe. while The Wyoming and Constellation will
return soon alter discharging their cargoes.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-22

Appropriation bill and parsed IT, after few hours
discussion, without amendment. Tho Pension
bill will probably pass tomorrow aud at the same
time the App opriation Committee will be ready to
reportrhe important bill ofthe sesson-tbe Executive
Legislative and Judicial Appropriation bill. Thus the
House is disposed to rapidly pass these important
measures and will thcn be ready discuss she Tar
bill, which will probably take up several weeks.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-22
ACCUSED OF MBEZZLEMENT.

Charles l. ciauss. collector in the employ OF Will
bur b Eastman. OF No. 524 Newark avenue Jersey
C,ty, disappeared few days ago, and yesterday DO.
teosivs Hilgsr found him In Paterson and oroushI
him back 70 jersey City, where he locked up on
ohAsss Of smpezzleueat prpfaSrsday bla smnAaxscl
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-22
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

ORDERS FOR rHK ENTERPRIsE-A TRACK SUR
vEY OF THE AMAZON.
WAsuISGroN, March 81, 1875
The United States steamer Enterprise, Com mandsr
G. c. Remy commanding, at present stationed at New
orleans, Is under orders 70 proceed to tho mouth
OF the Amazon River, and, with tho con-
sent Of tho Brazilian authorities, to mako a
track survey OF the Amazon and Madeira
rivers as lar as nauisabe then 10 toucn the Island Of
81. Domingo, ana to remain there the troubles pro-
vailing tncre demand tho presence OF an AN erican
maDo fwar IN projecting our Consul and Citizens at
ter which she Is to return TO Hampton Roads
Captain Daniel L. Brsinc ! dctatched from tho COM
mand OF the receiving ship Colorado and ordered 70
command The Hartford = Ne S0utk AuAnsto ssasisn.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-22
INDIGNANT DEPOSITORS.

sixty indignant oepositors OF the bankrupt Peoples
Savings Institution, CT Newark, n. j., mot IN National
Hall, IN that city, last evening, and appointed CON-
mittsc Of dvo to inquire tho past mama cmcnt OF
tue bank and also 10 ascertain what is the prospect
any, OF obtaining their money. Tho olhoera OIL The
concern wsrs severely denounced.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-22
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

WASHINGTON March 81. 1878
In tho Senate to-day Mr.. Hereford, oil West vir.
ginia, submitted The following resolution and asked
Tor lie present consideration but under objection
IRON Mr.. Morrill,, OF Vermont. II was laid over:--
Where's HOUSE han Ne soA q bill 70 repeal all that
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-22
SOMEBODY'S COCKPIT.

Detective Doyle, OF the Sixteenth precinct, brought
10 the Jefferson Market Court yesterday Bernard
Goodwin, VINO Is charged with keeping cockpit ana
arranging Tor various fights between birds OF pug.
Dacious prctensions lilo FURNISHED $500 bail TO an
swor at tno SPECIAL Sessions.
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FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.

wAsHrSoroy, March 81, 1873
THE APPROPRIATION BILLS.
The House made short work to-day with the Naval
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
Mortality Among COlOred People.

Writing about the condition Of the
colored people Of the South, q Memphis
(Tenn. correspondent says: When We
come to mortality statistics there is
something positively frightening in the
figures. For whites this Is among the
most healthful cities OF the Unien-far
ahead Of Nashville. In sixty years the
city has had but three epidemics, and
during the worst cholera visitation at
Nashville, Memphis almost entirely
escaped. Immediately after the war,
when the freedmen crowded the poorer
portions Of the city, their mortality
stood to that of the whites in the enor-
mousr ratio of three to one! Thence it.
declined slowly, and for the past to-
years has averaged nearly two II The
pure blacks are exempt from yellow
fever, and the higher colors nearly so ;
but cholera aud smallpox rage fearfully
among both. For the six months end
ing june 80, 1877, the record averages
thus Whites, deaths per 1000, Is
40; colored, deaths per 1000, 81 4.lO;
or two and a half times as many. Nor
can I see from the burial certificates
that it is confined to any age. Old and
young negroes, male and female, seem
to die in like proportions. The sickly
months for whites are from Juneto Octo-
Der inclusive, but with the blacks all the
months are sickly. December is as fatal
as May. For October the death list
shows sixty-four whites and forty-one
blacks, which, if figures as to popula-
ton are correct, would show the colored
mortality to be one and a half times as
great as that of the whites.
A very common disease among them
is called cachexia Africana by the physi-
clans. It begins as a galloping consump-
ton, then takes effect in the bowels,
being, I suppose, the African type of
mesentoric consumption.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
Facts About the Sultan.

The Sultan of Turkey is an expen-
sive ruler. The civil expenses of the
Sultan are about $40, 600, 900 u year. All
along the shores of the Bosphorus vast
palaces and elaborate kiosks occur in
succession at a distance of little more
than a mile apart. Some of these
buildings are furnished in the most
costly style. The daily dinner Of the
Sultan-he always dimes alone-consists
Of ninety-four dishes, and ten other
meals ure prepared in case it should be
his fancy to partake of them. He has
600 horses and 700 wives, attended and
guarded by $50 black eunuchs. The
governor OF every province tries to af-
ford him an agreeable surprise by
costly presents-Arabian horses; and as
o as they purchase a handsome
Circassian slave, send her to the Sultan,
who v refuses her. Between the
prohigate luxury of the establishment Of
the sovereign and the miserable poverty
of too many of his subjects, the con
trast is truly melancholy. The in
comes of the principal ministers of state
are very high. The salary of the Grand
Vizier, is $3.50, 900; of the Minister OF
Finance, $75, 900; the Ministerof Public
Works, $6O, 600, and 80 in proportion
for the other principal minister's.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
The SulDhur Cure.

A few years ago. when diphtheria was
raging in England, a gentleman accom-
panied the celebrated DR.. Field on his
rounds to witness the so-called "won-
derful cures" which he performed, while
the patients Of others were dropping on
all sides. The remedy, to be 30 rapid,
must be simple. All he took with him
was powder of sulphur and q quill, and
with these he cured every patient with
out exception. He put a teaspoonful OF
-four of birthstone into a wineglass OF
water, and stirred it with his finger,
instead of q spoon, as the sulphur does
not readily amalgamate with water.
When the sulphur was we'll mixed he
gave it as a gargle, and in ten minutes
the patient was out of danger. Brim-
stonekills every species of fungus in man,
beast and plant in a few minutes. In
stead OF splitting out the gargle he re-
commended the swallowing Of it.. In
extreme cases, in which he had been
called Just in the nick of time, when the
fungus was too nearly closed to allow
the gargling, he blew the sulphur
through q quill into the throat, and,
after the fungus had shrunk to allow of
it, then the gargling. He never lost a
patient from diphtheria If a patient
cannot gargle, take a live coal, put it on
q shovel and sprinkle a spoonful or two
of -four of birthstone at a time upon it,
let the sufferer inhale it., holding the
head over it, and the fungus will die.
If plentifully used the whole room may
be filled almost to sufocation +; the pa
tient can walk about in it, inhaling the
fumes, with doors and windows shut.
The mode of fumigating a room with
sulphur has often cured most violent at
tacks of cold in the head, chest, ETC.. at
any time, and is recommended in cases
of consumption and asthma.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
Wonderful Freak OF Nature.

A wonderful freak of nature is report
cd from Bakers Island, 700 miles south
southwest of Honolulu. The strong
ocean current that formerly set west
ward is said to have completely changed
its course, setting now directly eastward,
with the same regular and rapid flow,
and the island, which has been reported
and considered absolutely barren, except
OF rats, that lived upon the cast-nps Of
the sea, is said to have been flooded
with water by copious rains, the first
Known to have ever fallen on it. These
two changes in the programme OF
nature have wrought a most wonderful
effect. The island, formerly dry, was
OF course, unproductive, and the west
ward current, coming from the wide
"trackless sea-" brought no germs Of
life to it's shores. The late rains have
prepared it for vegetation, and 10! the
current forthwith changes to the east
ward, by which it flows Immediately
from the nearest islands, bringing with
II a burden of possibilities of life. This
opportunity has been so well appre-
ciated by Bakers Island, that in four
months time (the changing current &C.
Cured June a. it has become n mass
OF greenery. Immense pumpkins are
reported as iourishing there, probably
the result of outcast seeds from some
passing vessel and the lean sea-garbage
rats, though at first naturally mystified
over the transformation, have made firm
friends with the pumpkins, living in as
well as on them, and holding many high
rcvel balls inside the great yellow
Snheres.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
Tanning q Vicious Horse.

The San Francisco Chronicle says
The horse is a thoroughbred and i'm
ported Irish Harkaway, long famous as
the Galway "cross-comtry horse" but
the virtues of which breed are slightly
vitiated by an uncomfortable desire to
eat q groom on the half-shell before
starting out. This horse had fits of
madness, and what rendered these fits
more undesirable was the fact that there
could be no authoritative computation
Of the time OF their return. On the
occasion Of one of these fits his keeper
was seized by a happy thought He had
inst burned his mouth by trying to eat
n of the insuficiently-cooled potatoes
which he had roasted for his matutinal
meal. He thought it would be better
for the horse, perhaps, and certainly
for himself, if he could fool his Harka-
way countryman upon IN incandescent
vegetarian breakfast. As the horse ad-
vanced, therefore, to eat him, he threw
into his mouth a red-hot potato. The
effect was marvellous, and the attention
of the Rareys and Tapps is called to the
result. The horse bit into the potato,
and all his attention was Immediately
given to getting the hot fodder out of
his mouth. The result Of this operation
was that the horse was not only cured
of his biting p~ropensities, but he never
afterward attempted to injure any one
by his old methods of crowding, kicking
With his hind feet or striking with his
fore feet. He became, indeed, a more
completely tanned animal than was ever
the result of the drugs of Rarey or the
cross-hobble of Tapp, his only %irritablity
being a dislike for roasted potatoes for
breakfast.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
Home Life of the AncientS.

1t was a dismal, rainy day in Decem-
Der. Socrates, who had no umbrella,
and in fact didn't have time to live until
the first one was made, stoodon the front
steps of his house, drawing his cloak
around him, before venturing down the
street. From the opposite side Of the
street his friend Theremenes, passing
by, Familiarity hailed him as "Soc," and
shouted:
"Blustery this morning."
"Yes," replied the philosopher, cit
cold"
"Hey 2" suddenly shot the voice of a
Xantippe from a second-story window,
"hey? what's that 2"
"Isaid," exclaimed Socrates, promptly
throwing up his guard and backing pru-
IDENTIFY into the doorway ct say it's
scold."
"Said what 2" was the sharp r%eioinder;
"you say that again, and say it SLOW"
It's cold" repeatedthe philosopher
"it's scold ; it's cold; it's scold as ice, l
said"
There was a moments silence, during
which Xantippe appeared to be buried
in profound thought, while the great
disciple of Anaxagoras occupied the
painful interval by girding up his loins
and tucking his trousers in the tops OF
his boots, and making other preparations
for a lively run Presently there came
from the window:
"You hold on there a minute, young
man, till + come down. I want to see
you a second before You go down town.
There was a fierce, rapid Tapping OF
Attic sandals upon the wet pavement, the
wild rush of a cloakedfgur through the
pelting rain, and ten minutes later
Socrates was explaining to Plato and
Xenophon that he had chased a streetca1
all the way from the Peiraic gate, and was
clear out of breath. -Hawkeye.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
Fashion Notes.

Point-lnce mittens are worn by brides.
Cloaks are made almost entirely Of
figured cloths.
A new Paris bonnet IL called the
"Cing-Mars."
Cleft halo brims are among the
novelties in bonnets.
Garlands OF humming-birds adorn the
most stylish hats.
Slate, gray, uud orange are fashion
able combinations OF color.
. Ladies' tortoise shell portemonaies
have a tiny watch in the top.
The new "laminee." fringe is OF
watered silk, and is very elegant.
Black Swedish gloves of undressed kid
are popular for demi-toilet.
Gilded porcupine quilts are among
novel trimmings for round hats.
Low, square-necked princess dresses
are the most stylish for evening a
The once perishable black Grape is
now re6nished and made waterproof.
Light fluffy feathers held by a gold
flower or leaf, are worn in the hair for
evening.
Side draperies are made Of large box,
or Vatican pleat, on stylish costumes.
Some of the handsomest imported
bonnets are composed entirely of large
damask roses.
A new material for trimming is the
"tissue plume" and may be used in a
variety of ways.
Evening fans are of soft white
feathers with lilies of the valley, and
tiny rosebYds Nesting in the dawn.
The latest novelty in fans, is to have
the feather tops intermixed with sprays
of flowers, such as pansies and elder
| flowers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
charley and the Widow.

A bridal couple at Wheeling, Va,
came, at dead of night, to the house Of q
venerable minister and rang the door
bell with tremendous violence. His wife
went down stairs and found a STRIPPING
Of twenty and a gaunt creature of forty;
and on learning what was their errand
brought her husband down stairs.
"Well !" he exclaimed, rather drowsily.
The bridegroom could not speak, but
motioned to his bride. "Mr. Preacher" "
she said, nothing 10th. Gas I'm the old
est, I expect I'd better do the talking.
You see Charley, here, has a stepmother,
and she don't use him right at all. Now,
I'm a widow, and I want to take Charley
home with me tonight and take care of
him. Not that I want a husband, be-
cause, if I did, I'd get some one nearer
my own age; but I just thought I would
try and take care of Charley. So we'd
like to be married right away" There
was q hitch about the license, but in the
end she promised to be more than a STEP
mother to Charley, and carried him home
in triumph.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
The End Of Stuffed Monsters.

What they'd with the old rhinoceroses
has often been a subject Of thought
hy those visitors to the British Museum
who know that the staff of the establish
ment invariably obey the act Of Parlia-
mcnt which renders it impossible to
remove anything from. Great Russell
street. Every one knows that a stuffed
1hinoceroIzbw will, in the course of time,
hecome unpresentable, nor can the
toughest elephant hide always keep the
straw lining from appearing in a very
Objectionable way.
All who remember the old staircase OF
tie Montague House have felt that there
Is q limit to the exhibition of a giraffe
which had been received at a period so
remote hat it was describe&as a "camel-
leopard" The difficulty is got owe in a
way creditable to the ingenuity of the
scientific staff of the museum. They
stuff the old rhinoceroses into the new
ones ; they line new elephants with the
nnpresentable remains of their forerun-
ners; in the bowels of the last giraffe lie
the relics of his predecessors.-London
AMeRRnn2.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
A Chinese Trick Explained.

George Ill, it is reported, was once
puzzled when eating apple dumplings to
know how the apple got inside the
dumping.
During a recent Chinese banquet at
San Francisco an orange was laid at the
plate of each guest. The fruit, on being
cut open, was found to contain five
kinds of delicate j%ellies. Colored eggs
we're also served, in the inside Of which
we're found nuts, %jellies, meats and con-
fectlons. When one Of the Americans
asked the interpreter to explain this
legerdemain of cookery, he laughed
| heartily, shook his head and replied:
I" Mclean man heap smart-why he not
| fndee out?"
The orange "trick" is easy to see
| through. Ahole about Of the size a ten
| cent piece is made in the skin, through
which the pulp is taken out /; then one
kind Of jelly, warmed 80 that it will run,
is poured into the orange when it has
cooled another is poured in, and so on
until the orange is filed. When the
| jellies are different colors, the effect on
! eating the orange is very striking.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-09
A Russian War Song.

The following is literal translation
of a war song officially distributed to the
Russian soldiery: "Dost thou hear ?
The alarm is sounded Up in ranks
and files Pray to God and march to
battle! The Danube, that old friend,
rolls its waters quietly. 1t is black
night so much the better! Sleep no
longer! Let rs prepare the pontoons !!
The Turk loves sleep. The columns
!; God protect us! 1t is time no
longer to look cross /; the assault must
be made! Everything that is called
Mussulman oughtnot to be made prison.
cr. They have m%assacred, burned alive,
impaled! One ought not to regret do
ing them harm. With them there is no
pity! Kill! Attack with the bayonet
Strike with the butt! That their ac-
count may be settled! But don't draw
back q step-it is better to succumb.
For the honor Of Russia, never yield
May God preserve you from being taken
alive! They will make you undergo
very outrage. God protects the brave !
know no fearl Should he conquer, it
would be better to die" i