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The Lesseps of Nevada.
Fyy,prs ;o Ihnnnsaln


A middle-aged man with a large red
beard, very curly hair of the same color
and one black eye, came before Judge
Knox this morning On a charge of va
grancy. His toes budded through his
heelless shoes and the neck of his collar
less shirt looked like the rim of pot.
His coat was out at the elbows and a
quart of some deodorizing liquid would
have made him more agreeable to his fel-
low-men. Still he had dignifed mien.
One hand was thrust proudly into the
breast of his closely buttoned coat, and
he held his head we'll up. He ran his dis
engaged paw through his red hair and
eyed the Court with self-possession.
"What's your full namew inquired the
Judge.
"Kosciuszko Lampoilsky - an exile
from Poland-a Nihilist and patriot
an enemy of the Czar--a lover of lib
erty."
"Yes, but what did you work at last in
this countryW
II have been several times obliged to
saw wood in this toyn, and also to shovel
snow; but my life is devoted to the COM
mercial interests Of the United States"
The Court took a glass Of water and
scratched its head. Then it inquired:
"How do you work itT'
"The Isthmus Of Tehuantepec," re-
piled the Polish exile with increased
dignity, "is, as you are doubtless aware,
neck of land separating the Gulf of
Mexico from the Pacific. Its width is
about 100 miles. 1t is traversed almost
throughout by the river Coatzacoalco.
l propose to construct an inter-oceanic
canal through that isthmus. As you can
perceive, by utilizing the Coatzacoalco
can accomplish my purpose much
easier and at less expence than any man
can by way of Panama or Nicaragua.
1t will save more than 1900 miles on the
voyage from New York to San Francisco,
as compared with the Panama route"
"Well, why amt you down there
diggin', instead of being pulled out of a
Virginia City dry goods box by police
manp demanded the Court.
II am here among you, sir, with the
purpose of interesting your great capi-
talists with my scheme"
els there any particular hurry about
your canal? I mean, amt you afraid
that if you don't get there within few
months or so Grant or somebody will
jump your Tehuantepec claim :" inquired
the Court kindly.
"Poverty has taught me patience,
sir" answered the new De Lesseps, sad
ly. 'I do not fear to wait"
"All right, then," said the Court, cor
daily. II am glad to bear it. l dom
like to keep man out of good thing
I'll give you just ninety days in thu
County Jail to elaborate your plans, like
I'll save you several millions if yor
make no mistake on the start"
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An Astounding Discovery.


If the latest discoveries which the en-
inent philologist, DIR. Rudolf Falb,
claims to have made during his linguistic
researches in South America should
prove to be well-founded, we shall have
to interchange the titles which we are
giving at present to the two hemispheres.
America, according to DR.. Falb's hy-
pothesis, is the "Old World;" Europe,
Africa and Asia really constitute the
"New World" We learn from his own
summary of his researches, COMMUNE
Gated to the Neue Freie Presse of Vienna,
that the languages spoken by the Indians
in Peru and Bolivia Especially in Qui-
chua and Aimara) exhibit the most as
founding afinities with the Semitic Ian
guages, and particularly with the Arabic
in which tongue DIR. Falb himself has
been skilled from his boyhood. Follow
ing up the lines of this discovery, DR..
Falb has found (1) connecting link
with the Aryan roots, and (2) has ulti-
mately arrived face to face with the
surprising revelation that "the Semitic
roots are universally Aryan." The COM
mon stems of all the variants are found
in their purest condition in Quichua and
Aimara, from which fact DIR. Falb de-
rives the conclusion that the high plains
of Peru and Bolivia must be regarded as
the point of exit of the present human
race. So Adam was an American.
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the country, in the country of the Nit
chis, the Count nearly saw his travels
brought to an abrupt conclusion. How
ever, the King, after Staying before him
100 human victims and examining their
entrails, declared them favorable and made
the Count present of twenty wives.
The one hundred victims were cut up
into small pieces, which were distributed
through the city and the Count, who
dined with the Sultan in the evening,
was obliged to eat morsel and to take a
draught of human blood. Fortunately he
was able to conclude his repast with fruit
and palm wine. The Count writes glow.
ingly of the natural wealth of the coun-
try, which evidently requires good deal
of opening up.
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Character in Voices.

['Sporting Adventures In the Far Vest"
I have noticed as a fact that struck me
as being peculiar, that the bravest and
largest wild animals always had deep
voices, and that they were generally me-
lodious, full Of music as it were; while
the small fry, which would run from a
common cur, had high, sharp voices. l
have hunted with some of the bravest
men, the best scouts and the most famous
hunters in the West, and ! found that
they also had heavy tones as a rule; and
deduced from this that the highest order
of animals, these that were brave and
daring, were also deep in voice, and that
their intonations never Jared ON the ear.
When saw that the heroes in an opera
were tenors, it struck me as an odd idea
that thin-voiced animals were seldom so
courageous in actual life as their deeper
toned congeners, and this has caused me
to express it here, to see if it is in any
way founded on fact, or whether it is a
mere artificial system of display.
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WHAT WE SMOKE.
Some of the Ways I'm Which Tobac.
CO - Adnlterateds

IThe Caterer.l
To the world in general a cigar is mere
ly tightly-rolled packet having brittle
fragments of dry leaves within, and a
smooth, silky leaf for its outer wrapper.
When it is burnt and the pleasantly
favored smoke is inhaled, the habitual
smoker claims for it a soothing luxury
that quiets the irritable nervous organ
ism, relieves weariness and entices repose.
Science, scouting so superficial descrip-
ton, examines first the smoke, second
the leaf, third the ash. In the smoke is
discovered water in vaporous state, SCOT
free carbon) carbonic acid and carbonic
oxide, and a vaporous substance conden-
sible into oily nicotine.
These are the general divisions, which
chemists have still further spit up, and
inso doing have found acetic, formic.
butyric, valerie, and propionic acids,
prussic acid, creosote, and oarbolic acid,
ammonia, sulphuretted hydrogen, pyri-
dine, viridine, picoline, lutidine, COLO
dine, parvoline, corodine, and rubidene.
These last are a series of oily bases be-
longing to the homologues of aniline,
first discovered in coal tar. Applying
chemical tests to the leaves, other chem
lists have found nicotia, tobacco camphor
or nicotianine (about which not much is
known) bitter extractive matter, gum,
chlorophyll, malate of lime, sundry
albuminoids malic acid, woody fibre,
and various salts.
The feathery white ash, which in its
cohesion and whiteness is indicative Of
the good cigar, yields potash, soda, mag
nesia, lime, phosphoric acid, sulphuric
acid, silica and chlorine. The ingre-
dients extractible from poor and cheap
cigar would be fearful and wonderful to
contemplate. Here is list from a par
liamentary report on adulterations in to-
bacco: Sugar, alum, lime, -four or
meal, rhubarb leaves, salpetre, fuller's
earth, starch, malt commings, chromate
of lead, peat moss, molasses, burdock
leaves, common salt, endive leaves,
lampblack, gum, red dye, black dye
composed of vegetable red and licorice,
scraps of newspaper, cinnamon stick,
cabbage leaves, and straw brown paper.
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ALIVELY TIGER FIGHT.
Scene i'm the Paris ZooioG.
ical Gardens.
Hand and Water.l

Hand and Water.
Ny friend Mr.. Bartlett has kindly
called upon me to tell the particulars OF
an event which took place last Sunday
at the Geological Gardens, false report
having been circulated as to what really
did take place. 1t is customary to place
tigers that are lively to pair in the same
den. For some time past two tigers, the
female being a Chinese tiger and the
male native of Malacca, have been
mated in the same den. They agreed
very well till Sunday last. They we're
playing together quietly, when, by acci-
dent, suppose, the lady tiger suddenly
struck one of her sharp claws through
the septum of the gentleman tigers nose,
tearing it completely through.
The male tiger Immediately pulled
back his head with jerk, and the lady's
claw in consequence cut its way out OF
tender skin of the nose, causing natural
ly great pain and bleeding. Not liking
this sort of courting, the male tiger inn
mediately turned upon and pitched into
his sweetheart, rolled her over and gave
her good thrashing; there the matter
would have ended, but as he was walking
away the lady unwisely-and wishing to
"have the last word"-followed him and
bit him in the thigh. War to the knife
was then proclaimed. The male, the
stronger of the two, rushed at her, rolled
her over, pinned her by the throat and
the two, as I understand, fought most
desperately. =,
The sharp, saber-shaped, razor-edged
CANNES of the male tiger made terrible
wound in the females neck, while there
was plenty Of blood on both sides.
Hearing the fight going on with the
tigers, the lions at the other end of the
house thought they, too, might as well
have bit Of fight on their own &C
count. They bristled their names and
hair, lashed their tails, swore good deal,
but luckily did not pitch into each
other, although a Frenchman, to quiet
them, to use his own expression, writes:
"I ran up and down; made great noise |;
I agitated my hat; | waived my hand
kerchief to disturb them, but they were
agitated by so strong anger that my
efforts were of little effect"
After the tigers had grappled with each
other like two fighting cats, the animals
came near to the bars of their cage, and
Sutton, the keeper, whe thoroughly
understands the management of these
big carnivora, managed to make the male
tiger let 60 his hold and get him into one
of the sleeping compartments in the den.
The lady, who really began the quarrel
by scratching the gentleman's face, lay
still for some time and bled great deal,
which bleeding probaby saved her life.
After a while she was induced to creep
into her own sleeping den at the back,
and though, of course, her nerves are
considerably upset, she is doing we'll and
will probably be soon all right again, but
yet more careful for the future to carry
on her domestic quarrels without such
free use Of her sharp nails.
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Italian Postal CuriOsities.
TPall Mall Gayptte

The distribution of letters is in fact
one of the weakest points in the Italian
postal system. Except in large towns,
the Post-ofice does not profess to make
any house-to-house distribution at all
except on payment Of small fee, gen
orally sou for each packet delivered to
the postman; and in the large towns the
delivery is done in very careless man
ner. The postman rarely takes the
trouble to climb the stairs to the differ
ent apartments, except just before
Christmas, but contents himself with
leaving all the letters for house with
porter, who delivers them whenever he
happens to be going up stairs; if the
porter is not in the way the letters 60
back into the bag till the next round is
made, or are even sometimes left at a
shop near. No wonder then that letters
frequently miscarry without such willful
intention as the postman showed who
was discovered one Christmas stuffing all
his letters into sewer grating that he
might get the sooner to his Christmas
dinner.
The excuse for non-delivery is that
with houses of five or six stories the
work is too hard for the postman; but
the remedy for that is obvious. 1t is
only fair to say that the Post-ofice does
not recognize this haphazard distribu-
ton; but complaints only remedy the
evil for time, and somehow ones letters
seem to miscarry more frequently after
making them. As a consequence most
business houses pay small fee to the
Post-office to have box of their own,
into which all their letters are put, and
withdrawn by a messenger.
, The difficulties put in the way of cash
ing Post-ofice orders (and also, it may
be added, of obtaining registered letters
are most vexatious. You must produce
some one to identify you who is known
to the officials, and it is easy to BEE how
difficult this may often be; otherwise a
notarial certificate is required, and that
is only removing the difficulty a step
further
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A Delightful Spot.


In vacant lot on Peterboro street is a
strip of ice about foot wide and thirty
feet long, and yesterday long boy with
pair Of big skates was making himself
believed that he was having heaps of
fun. A passing pedestrian couldn't see
it in that light, and he leaned over the
fence and called out:
"Sonny, what you doing~
Skating" was the reply, as theyoung-
ster cut pigeon wing and got his breath
again.
"Isn't that pretty small spot to skate
-onw queried the man.
"Oh, it's plenty big enough to fall
down on!" was the cheerful answer.
"Over seven boys bumped their noses
here till they had to stay out of school, F,
and one fellow struck on the back of his
head this morning and hollered SO loud
that we had to sit down on his stomach
Watch me glider
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UNDERTAKEN.
DUNKMANN & CO.,
UNDERTAKERS.

Embalming promptly done. Ice used when re.
ouested. Office calls attended to day and night.
Collins and Caskets. Keep constantly on hand q
full line OF trimmed and untrimmed Coffins and
Caskets for the trade at manufacturing prices
Ofice and Warerooms, Nos. 173 and 175 Clinton.
between Linn and Baymiller streets Night
Office, at Livery Stable southwest corner Of John
and Everett strsetA tsN-1yTh, ,S&Tu
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The Leadville Chronicle says that q
common vagrant and drunkard, now in
the chain-gang of that city under the as
sumed name Of Stormont, was formerly a
United States Senator from an Eastern
State.
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READ THE CERTIFICATES.
One Thousand Dollars will be paid II they are not
all Genuine.
SEVERE RHEUMATIsM.

State Of New Jersey. Bergen County. Township0
Hackensack, S.
Thomas johnson, of said township, being duly
sworn, doth depose and say, that he has bee1
severely afflicted with rheumatism for above
year, and was so bad that he could scarcely walk,
being bent almost double. and was utterly unable
to do any work. Having heard Of the wonderful
cures made by DR.. Tobias Venetian Liniment, no
was induced to try it. and after using II short.
time. was able to 60 to work again, after being
unable to do anything for nearly year.
T. JOHNSON.
sworn to before me.
J. H. BRINcKERHoFF, Justice Of the Peaca
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GREAT CURE OF nHEUmATrsm.

This 10 to certify that had the rheumatism In
my hip 90 could not walk without my crutch,
and after using Dr.. Tobias Venetian Linimenta q
short time, was entirely relieved, and candidly
believe 1t most certain cure for rheumatism, ~
have tried many things without any good, and
after using this Venetian Lniment for only few
days was we'll. HUGH PAUL,
20l Avenue B. New York
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This Is to certify that have had the Asthmn
since 1S41. and have been treated by many physi-'
clans without relief. Your Venetian Linimenp
has made perfect cure.
WIN. Y. TOWNSEND,
Port Richmond, Staten Island, =
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TO THE LADIES.

Certificate OF the Surgeon Of the
Royal Mail Steamer America.
This is to certify that have used and recon-
mended DR.. Tobias Venetian Liniment, and have
found 1t useful in variety Of cases. 1t also gives
unfailng relief from the annoyance and irritation
consequent on mosquito bttes and prevents d
mark being left.
J. A.. GRAHAM, NJ. R. G. s., OF London
Royal Mail steamship America, Jersey City,
July 18th.
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WHAT MORsEMEN WANT.

the depot
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From DR.. sweet, tho Famous aMD
World .ren0wned R0ne.setter.

NOBTH KINGSTON, R. L
DIR. ToBlA&-Dear Sir: have used your valua-.N y
BILE Venetian Liniment in my practice as bone-aet-'
srtlcle ever tried for bathing broken bonesv
wounds, lame backs, sprains, &C. have no hesi,
tation in recommending 1t 70 the public a. the
best article for all pains flesh is heir TO-
Yours truly, JAMES SWEET
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FROM COL. d. MCDANIEL,
owner OF Some Of the Fastest Hum.
ming Horses in the World.
From Col. g. ~. DeIevan.

After years Of use, It gives me pleasure to certify
ment. 1t has saved the life of one Of my four.
horse black team. This recommendation I rive
without solicitation, as think ownere Of homes
ahO,lld know its value
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tive Acts decidedly yet gently on the partsI
lafiicted, removing the most obstinate pain in|
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The Rales OF Postage.

Postal cards, one cent each, 60 without further
charge to all parts of the Uuited States and Canadas
with an additional onecent stamp they 20 to all parts
Of Europe.
All letters to all parts of the United States and
Canada, three cents per half-ounce.
Local, or "drop" letters, that ls for the city or
town where deposited, cents If delivered by car
rers, and cent where there is no carrier system.
Newspapers, daily, semi weekly, tri weekly and
weeklies regularly issued and sent to regular sub
scribers, cents per pound, payable at the office Of
publication, newspapers and magazines published
less frequently than once week. cents per pound
Transient newspapers, magazines, pamphlets books
and handblls cent tor each two ounces or fraction
thereof ALI other miscellaneous matter including
unsealed circulars, book manuscripts proof-sheets
photogrs obs, &C., and also Seeds cuttings bulbs and
ROOTS an merchandise not exceeding four pounds in
weight, ant for each ounce or fraction thereof
The following are the postal rates with Europe;
The rates for letters for the halounce or frac
ton thereof and those for newspapers for tour
ounces or fraction thereof
To Great Britain and Ireland, letters cent !:
newspapers cents; France, letters cents, news
papers cents; Spain, letters cents newspapers
cents; all parts Of Germany, including Austria
letters 5 cents. newspapers cents; Switzerland
letters cents, newspapers cents; italy, letters
cents, newspapers cents; Russia, letters cents,
newspapers cents; Norway, letters cents, news
papers cents; Sweden letters cents, newspapers
cents; Turkey. European and Asiatic, letters
cenIe, newspapers cenUS; Egypt, letters cents,
newspapers cents.
For Asiatic countries, the half-0unce limit for
letters, and the four ounces for newspapers, still
holding good. the rates are:-
To Australia letters, via San Francisco Except to
New South Wales) cents via Southam pton Is cents
via Brindisi IS cents newspapers via San FRANCHISES
Scents via Southampton CENTS via Brindisi cents,
China, letters via San Francisco 10 cents, via South
ampton Is cents. via Brindis 10 cents, newspapers
2, and 8 cents, by the respective routes; British
India, Italian mail. letters, 10 CENTS newspapers
cents; Japan, letters, via San Francisco cents via
England 10 cents, via Brndis 81 cents, newspapers
via San Francisco cents, via South upton cents
Wis Brindisi cents.
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POETRY.
Medusa.
BY LADY CHARLOTTE ELLIOTT.

Ah clear cruel eyes of Athene alb vepgeful and pit
Alb, the cut Sc alb, the stngs of the serpents that
cease not to TanBle and smart
III my nmps, IN my bosom! ah torture! the horrors
that circle my head
nave their lie in the life of my body, and out of my
heart they are fed
Athene! Knocked thee; feared not to fling the wild
words to the sky
That scofed at thy strength and thy fairness and lo
thou vert stronger Than ].
And fairer for thou art goddess and deathless vet
was DOT fair,
Though Dreamy and dark were the shadows that
slept IN the folds of my hair.
While ruddy as gold in the furnace thy locks foated
forth in the light,
And thy cheek was rose of the morning while mine
was flower of the night,
A lily grown pale among shadowsl But oh! the I'M
bearab'e sheen
VI thine eyes; oh! those azure gay gances, how
calm was their gaze, and how Been
Was the searching and terrible spendor which smote
on my face, and displayed
Every fault every aw in its fairness TILL shrinking
vii shame, and at, aid,
bent TO thv beauty, and owned thee more lovely
and pure than the dawn!
Yet thy wrath was not stayed, nor, in pity the
weight Of Thy vengeance Withdrawn,
When bowed at thy feet and besought thee the
bands OF thy curse TO undo,
Since thy years of delig eternal, and mine must
be feetiug and few,
Didst thou envy, obi adamant-keart bliss that
thou never hast known,
The Bills that was mine, when, at midnight, I walked
the dim meadows alone,
And PoseidoD came up through the waters, and fol-
lowed the track of my feet,
yea, sought me, and followed and found me- and
kinu were his kisses and sweet
-Athennupa
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To Let.
rSvHE lower part of the brick house. 1872 Congress
street, near the western terminus Of the horse
railroad. This house is supplied with gas, Sebago
water and furnace. JONAS W. CLARK,
febldtf 554s Congress Street.
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PORTLAND POST OFFICE.



Froms.O0 a. m to $50 p m, Sundays excepted.
Sundays open for Carriers and General Delivery
PORTLAND, ME-, Feb. II, 1879.
Arrival and Departure of Mails.
p. N.
Boston and the West. Arrive at 5.20pm.
intermediate UT Way Mails via Boston and Maine
aadway 1--WE at 1920 and $40 m. Close at s15
Great Southern and Western. Arrive az 1921
2.45 and 500, ' N-''''
Bangor and connecting routes. Arrive at 90 n.
m. Close at 11.30 a. m. " ~
%. and LOO p. m. Close at 11.30 m and 4.45 o. M
Morning Northwestern by G. T. r. Arrive at B.35
m. Close at 7.15 m.
Lewiston and Auburn. Arrive at 2.05 aud $50
q. m, and LOO p. m. Close at $50 and 11.3O a.
and AS o. m.
Castine, Deer Isle sedgwick, S. W. Harbor, Mt.
Desert, Jonespert, Machias, MachiasDort East Ma
chias, Milbridge and Bar Harbor via each steam
or. Arrive at a. m. Close at o, m,
Close at AS .. m.
Foreign Mails, via New York, day preyiousro Sail
Express, Augusta, Bangor and the East. Arrive
ut 2.05 N. Close at 800 D m.
Skowhegan intermediate offices and the north.
Arrive at LOO D. N. Close at 11.3O a. m.
Skownegan alse closes at 900 pm.
Canada and intermediate offices, via G. T, r. Ar
rive al LOO o. N. Close at 1245 o. m.
Nova Scotia and Prince Edwards Island, Close
al 11.30 a. m. and 9 p. m.
1Swanton, W., and intermediate offices, via P. O.
o. R, X. Arrive s.O5 p. m. Close GAS a. m.
Fryeburg, Me-, and intermediate offices, via p q
o =. r. Arrive lib a. m. Close 200 p. m.