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against Memphis by land and water. No
boats leaving that point, or landing within
fifty miles, will be allowed to land thereai &
At meeting of the louisiana State
Board of Health in New Orleans, resolu.
tions were adopted setting forth that New
+ Orieans was never healthier, being entirely
free from yellow fever, and remarkably free
from all kinds Of disease. The port is rigidly
quarantined, and great care is given to the
sanitary condition of the city.
Resolved, That ih order to continnetRis
healthy condition, it is the duty of the
board to enforce against Memphis the rules
and regpla ions suggested BY the National
Board.of Heal b. =
The President of the Board was further
authorized to establish rigid quarantine
against Memphis, both by raid and water,
and place inspectors OF all lines entering
the State 20 II sTJhGSL3D chi - G0AiI
The news that there had been. death at
Memphis from yellow fever. as first re.
ported, caused considerable anxiety
throughout the city of Cincinnati, and
there was slight fsii in the -quotatiun of
provisions. The feeling generally pre-.
vailed, however, that; there was little. dabi
ger of an epidemic of the pestilence this
year, an opinion which is shared by the
physicians throughout the Mississippi
Valley.
On the 11th, at Memphis there were no
new cases or deaths to report. Many who
intended leaving the city have concluded to
remain and await future developments. So
far as can be ascertained the following cities
| and towns have auarantined against Mem
phis: New Orleans, Vicksburg, Little
Rock. Pine Bluff, Norfolk, Oxford, and
Holly Springs, Cairo, ILL.,, and Galveston.
Texas.
The yellow fever news from Memphis
| created profound excitement in little
Rock, Asksnsas. Little Rock is/ il
| excellent ssanitasy condition. Meier;
theiess. ~ sR1efdIof Health net r
sol ved tHS ~ <Ain on the Menu .
Little Rosk Railroad shall be perH4f
| enter quass1fipe limits--fve miles ~
the city. HeIh officers were order &
placed a. Iron Mountain
| Dr. Coli fpointed to msl =
ing tssfSl tcher ys =
appoint i xsfsl barry
policemen, to be placed under contfol OF
the sanitary officer, Pat Morrison. NJ.
merous anxious telegraphic inquiries by
neighboring cities of the State have been
1 lmade to the Board of Health, and asking
and promising full cooperation with Little
Rock officers.
In response to numerous kilograms re-
ceived as to the condition of affairs in
Memphis, DIR. r. W. Mitchell, member Of
the National Board of Health, has sent the
following: "There have been but four cases
in two families, neither of whom reside
within one mile of any railroad depot Of
river landing. All precautions have beer
taken to prevent its spreading. No danger
from passengers or baggage on trains o.
boat leaving Memphis now. When ther,
is danger 1 will promptly inform th'
public" r~rr,.=.xrx u
There. I'VE werss nd now casesloff ysiiiow fesS
at Memphis on the 14th, and the physician
are of the opinion that it will not becom,
epidemic. The Board of Health of Nev
Orleans claims that that city is in an un
usually healthy condition.
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AMONG the trinkets stolen from the
Princes body by the Zulus was ring
greatly valued rs family relic. 1t was
set with an antique cameo, and had
formerly belonged to Queen .Hortense.
Napoleon IiI priced it highly as a
memento Of his mother, and wore it con-
stsntly On the little finger of his left
hand. II was thus doubly precious to
the Forvivors of the family. Doubtless
this treasured trinket now adorns, in
some distorted shape, the ugly person of
IN African savage. 1t would be curious
TO trace the history of that cameo, from
its origin among the splendors of ancient
Rome or Athens down to its present in
appropriate destination.
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ern part of the city of Memphis. He was
taken i'll Saturday at his shop, in the old
Gayoso Hotel. Several eminent physicians
at the post morton ON the body pronounced
it an unmistakable case of Yellow JACK,
They regard it as a sporadic ease. and whileit
is somewhat alarming, yet they do net appre-
hend its spread. The news spread to all
parts of the city. and number of families
left by rail that night. Cd yellow fever
physicians think it prudent for families
able to do SO to seek summer quarters else
where. ar..f h.sg sa
IT is learned that the late Mrs. Sarah A.
Dorsey, of Mississippi, who died lately in
New Orleans, leaves will bequeathing; her
whole estate to Jefferson Davis. In making
this beqlest Mrs Dorsey refers to the great
services and sacrifices of Mr.. Davis on
behalf of the South, and reproaches his
countrymen for their failure in gratitude
and appreciation for such services, and
regrets the small contribution which she
is able to make for his relief. The estate
embraced in this legacy includes two large
plantations in the upper part of the State
and the elegant villa at Beauvoir, on the sea
coast, where Mr.. Davis is now sojourning,
the climate and situation OF which have
proved especially favorable to Mr.. Davis's
health, and his present occupations of study
and labor in the preparation Of his book de-
flnsive of mis- administration of the office. .of
President of the Confederate States. This
legacy of Mrs. Dorsey will make the cir
cumstanees of Mr.. Davis quite easy and
comfortable. -is"'' 5f5.7 70 EA'i
A SAN FRANCISCO dispatch says'that
terrible explosion Of a powder magazine oc.
Cured near Bodie. The works were blown
to atoms, and every thing near them leyeled
to the ground. The Summit Works, a short
distance off, we're shattered to pieces. j. An
cary account says: AS far as heard from
there are eight known to be deal and over
forty wounded, with prospects that many
of them will die from their injuries
Everybody was excited, and women. and
children crying and searching for the
remains of loved 2ores. Probably many
were blown into the air and their re
mains scattered broadcast. Everything
was done that kind hesrtsand willing hands
could do. tIhe Miners Union building was
improvised into hospital, and Masons and
Odd Fellows were active IN their efforts to-
alleviate the sufferings of all. The shock
was scarcely felt under ground. Forum
s'ely drifts had just been connected, SO
that no injury was done to any below
ground. The shock was felt on the surface
at distance of twenty miles, it is learned
by telegraph from Bridgeport. asa i,l,, fo
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Mhere Does Coal Oil Come From .

This is, one of the questions thai has
long sgitated the scientific world, and
upon the answer to it more depends than
seems to at first sight. The Scientific
American is now discussing the subject.
Some have thought that the oils have
been produced by a slow distillation
during the process of coal formation. A
fatal objection however, to this theory
is found in the fact that Great Britain,
which has immense cont beds, contains
nothing of the kind, though sup
posed traces have been found here and
there.
o'The Silurian and Devoniai1 rocks,
which contain the sources of most of the
oil wells in existence, have great guam
titles. OF, fossil remains. and this, has
suggested the theory that the oils have
resulted from their decomposition. If, : q,
Professor Mendieff thinks that on
the fIsti formation of the. earth vast
reservoirs of inorganic iron and carbon
sexistedI jim the ointefiori of the globe.
These were reached by the water con-
densing on the newly formed land and
percolating beneath its surface. The
Heat decomposedi the water into its com
ponent parts, oxygen and by drogen, the
first forming with the iron oxide Of iron,
bet latter with the carbon petroleum
and the other hydrocarbons If this
theory be the correct one, there still ex-
lst in the center of the earth reservoirs
of petroleum that are to the sources as
yet known as the ocean is to the spring,
whose waters finally find a resting place
in its bosom.
DR.. T. Serry Hunt, of Massachusetts.
propounded in 1861 theory to which
he still adheres. He thinks that many
of the animated beings of early ages
were half vegetable half-animal and
that the decomposition of ,their. tissues
produced what is known as mineral oil.
eertain magnetic oliferous imessones
ihave been found to contain -four and
sone-haf per cent.oof thaifb bsliko PEI
Etrolepm. sAlsquare mile Of these thirty
five feet thick would yield nearly eight
million barrels, and as the, area OF these
rocks is very great, they may contain
eupplies cad eala ted to last an indefinite
period of time. 1.-The SUBJECTS one 1Mell
worthy the attention Of those interested
/ N oil wells.
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HEBREW COLONIZATION.

The New York Commercial says it is
proposed to establish an experimental
colony of Jewish farmers on tract of
land in the South and West, and to en-
courage the return of the race to pas
toral pursuits, in order to relieve the
overcrowded commercial ranks and to
open new fields OF effort to the poor,
now clustered in the great cities. Sub
stantially the same arguments are en-
ployed, and the same general plan
adopted, in putting forth and organizing
this Hebrew enterprise, as were agreed
upon by the Bishops and laity Of the
Catholic Church in behalf of their own
people. Jew and Gentle virtually COM
bine in a large and comprehensive
scheme for the relief of distress and the
stimulation Of industry. Each class
works in its own way, and for the peo-
pie of its own blood, but the general
effects of these impor .ant movements
will be exactly the same. The founda-
tion of Jewish and Irish colonies in
sections of this country now Sunpopu-
lated will necessarily produce several
notable results. The colonists, aided by
the funds of the central organizations,
will be enabled to change their quartefs
in unwholesome and overcrowded tene-
ments for freer homes which their in
fdustry may make their own the Death
rate Of the cities will diminish in the
exact proportion of the emigration to
the South or West; the new states will
gain valuable aceessions of population
and, d,improvei property; the natural re
sources. of the country win be better de
xeloped ;. and trade, commerce, social
life, and politics will naturally undergo
marked changes which win. open new
chapters in our history. Both These
! great schemes are vet in their infancy
bat il is possible TO see the end from ths
beginning, and easy to understand
| the character Of the new forces already
At work. gAGAsIEH1
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ACCORDING to late estimates, Great
Britain is not the wealthiest country on
earth, ss has oeen believed. France
values her private property, real and
personal, at $43, l1O,6OO, 900, and her
navy, palaces, public buildings, and
other public property, excepting high
ways, at 81 AIS, ,000. 900, making s44, $685.
100000. Tine aggregate estimate for
England, Scotland and Ireland, without
reckoning public highways, is S42, ,50O,-
100000 Real estate in France greatly
exceeds in area that Of England, while
in the latter there is great excess of
personal property over the former.
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INSTANCES Of burialbefore death are
of rare occurrences. sepsationat news
paper accounts OF such to the contrary
notwithstanding. Physicians can usu-
ally .u,,.a tell ssRfs iss ..lsS sk,S stss,ss' ..,s
OF course it would be horrible to be
buried alive, and the indisputabIe evil
dencss OF death ought always to, be
recognized before interment; but after
that no fear nor doubt need be enter
tanned. During period of more than
forty years, German cities have re-
quired the dead to be placed in mortu-
airy houses for several days before burial,
with bell pull SO arranged thar the
slightest movement of the body would
sound .fu alarm ;saaA yet ip- isp that
time there is not 4 single example Of
the dead coming to life.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-17

A SYSTEM of insurance for girls has
existed for several generations among
the Danish nobility of Copenhagen. A
nobleman, upon the birth of a daughter,
enrolls her name with the insurance
society, paying at the time fee, and
subsequently an annual sum, until she
reaches twspty-one. She then becomes
entitled fxsd income from the
societyyAnd eSspaftments IN the large
building of the association, which is
surrounded ibyrgEdens and, O. park.
Should her fathSr de in her childhood
she may Immediately occupy the apart
ments a AesS tYiFs. Should she die
or mars} thelueSas and the rightlto
home both lapse, The plan Is very ad;
vantageous forl<emenl leading asngle
lie -tx-ovursat .rtctkssoa re-. s.f ri 81
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TWELVE sets of telephones have been
sent out to Sir G Arnet Wolseley for use
at the seat of war in Soath Africa. The
great advantage Of the telephone over
the Telegraph is that the general can
carry on confidential talk with the Off
Ger at the district station, or a soldier
can creep out toward the enemy's lines
and whisper back the information as to
position. A fine wire-the thinner the
better-is all that is needed. This the
soldier carries on n reel upon his back,
q mile weighing only a few pounds.
This will be the frat time the telephone
has been used as an instrument of war
fare.
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PRINCIPAL FRENCH, of one of the
Pennsylvania normal schools, sugge SITS
what he callsa business day. in schools
lone day in month, a fortnight, or a
week set aside for the learning of some
particular thing in fresh way. He re-
commeuds that on one of these days each
pupil should be requested to bring some
good magazine or newspaper and read
therein something of real value which
will bring out questions from the
auditors. On another day he suggests
that each pupil should be taught how
to write correct and entertaining letters.
and how to make notes and receipts.
Again he suggests geography, asking
pupils, for instance, to load vessel at
Boston with such articles as are needed
in the West Indies. Mr.. French carries
his recommendations and illustra tions
through many branches of study. :
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How the King ok Siain .IFadiskae His
Minister'S.

The London Pail T4aN Gdsette,, in 4
recent issue, says:ir Tie King Of Siam
is reported to- have aogged: one hofl his
Ministers, s., and public opilions has been
kok. fhe Importance eHtth attached il E his,
case to the use of the rod by his
Majesty Somdet fPhraa P afandi ndf sMaha
Khoualenkorn is, perhaps, explained by
the fact aofltthe fageliated snaandarins
having been connected by marriage with
an English resideng in the capital fGre +
other kings of Siam have been, by al
accounts jspretty free IN their use Of the
rattan without exciting any sfema a1 H.
His late Majesty ,twho died Of - fsNer
when on his FaY TO- view AMI eclipse of
the sup in October,s 1853, Was of
sc6urse, an exceptionaI monarch Of Thai,
He spoke French and latin and sEnge
lish, ana spossesed a9practical acdfaintu
ance with thef hearenl vi bodiess which,
would have made him announcement TO,
any astronomical society .inQyE Europe,
He conseq uently got the credit of being
a more Courteous and better \ mannered
king genefally thsn the other Kings Of
S am, oapddespeeiaily' of having 4htFo-
duced sanmores spalitesapds seentbsystem1
of transaetipgii bns business aWithe his state
advisers than was foymsr ia. vogue in
Bangkok. IT Is q QUESTION, however,
whether lie qtisei deserved Che Teputa-'
tion he enjoyed for being aAdmane az
we'll as an accompllshedp prince; and, at
any rate, if. he spared the rod, he was,
about the first King 81 Siam who did
WhenssC sCaptainsa ami ton wass ihhsattie
"lands0f sthesfrses' ss Siaaa isssather
misnamed b1its ihhabitaNss . hardiysa
day passed without athe. m9narch, ,wAiR
he t tefis ds;s wsS adj aiaSiistsfsd yfffh split It
rattans, which aedts bretty deep INTO the
flesh, leavidga conpdcuSusl1AaKks 9 behiSA
them.sie Ehex gneafsrw the saarks siass-
pear, !, says the aseKeqteentho century
traveller, the greater the. homo. they
take them to Be-: and the pretty ladies
are not taexenfpt from this sffaggllatfoH
for verysmalf 'fauite.i IdAA~e seen soM9
pretty agreeahleseynang sehtleNoman
with rattan marks on their shoulders
which they are so far from covering
that they expose them to passers-by,
seeming tod gaeryoinnobeidsD Dssomueh
taken notieesef byoshsigneahsasi king on
earth. atsstSs a xuiyHG vabvossg szaI nosa.
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A CORRESPONDENT of the Philadelphia

A CORRESPONDENCE of the Philadelphia
Bulletin writing from Rome says the
women have compilations like white
wax, which are very lovely by gaslight,
but unhealthy looking by day. See one
Roman face and you see them all. The
same waxen face, the same nose, the
same large black eyes, the same long
black hair, the same opulence of flesh,
and the same walk, dangling from side
to side, like poor lame ducks. Whatever
the season may be, Roman women walk
more ungracefully than any other
women under Gods armament, and
they wear the ugliest shoes, and they
have the largest feet 1 ever saw on
women, not excepting the Dutch, who
cover a considerable spread of ground
also. The way a Roman girl bows to
you, also, is very funny. She shrugs
up her left shoulder to her left ear, and,
turning her face over this left shoulder,
mods to you. This is the latest fashion
in bowling in Roman in high life.
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1 AE Chinese are represented by a
Gu ole dispatch as having taken glori-
"a, revenge from their recent defeat by
Usbek Tartars. The prize which is
fought for between the contending par.
ties, is the famous territory of Kashgar,
which the late Yakoob Beg captured
from the Chinese and took to himself for
twelve years, but which was sfterward
recaptured by the Chinese General Tso,
and then almost entirely conquered
again by the MussulrAan Tartars, but
which is said to have just been retaken
by the Chinese.
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VOLUME VII.

case of putrefaction the poison increases
in intensity with each individual
through whom it passes explains the
fatality of the disease, which increases
as the epidemic advances. The pre-
vention of the disease involves the in
teresting question of quarantine, and
the perfect isolation of the first cases
would appear to be the mos! important
sanitary measure.
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M,n;hsts SUMMARIZES Afsssjs fs

from San Francisco. The vessel goes
thoroughly equfpped,is manned by an
enthusiastic company. and under the
command of an officer of the navy. 1t
is not likely there will be any of that
divided authority which made the
voyage Of the Polariso such miser-
able failure. Should success. crown the
efforts OF the gallant commander, the
enterprising and energetic editor of the
Herald win ,hsysr scored geographical
victories'fh most brilliant, ever won by
one man-s'The solution Of the Northern
mystery would be Che event of the
Nineteentho Cehtufy, and the whole
world will unite in, the heartiest wishes
for the success Of the voyagers and for
their safe return home. s'af N'a@ Z
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

JUNE has been fatal month to the
Napoleonic schemes. Q a the 18th of
June, 1915. the battle o. wsterloo was
fought in Belgium, and its loss crushed
out the first empire, md sent the great
Napoleon to st. He .ena. On the 10th
of June, 1867, Maxi milan, the Emperor
of Mexico, was shot. at Qusretsra. This
put final end to che ambition, plan for
forming Frcncn n empire on American
soil. And on '.he LIST o. June, 1879, the
Prince IrAIerial apr. Emperor in train
ing was, killed e. the Zuiw. ~
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IT is fun to watch man endeav0riDg
to raise the cork 9pt of the, peek Of on,
ink bottle villa kiniet. The cork gen!
orally comes out pretty hard, especially
when it is covered with sealing wax
and some how or other the ink flies up
in his face and all over his shirt front
that is, if he. has ON u new shirt If
the shirt happens to be old and of no
use the ink nhies over his shoulder and
dapples the wall. .ia ID ,s". iais @io~ y y
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DIR. SCHMIDT, of the New Orleans
Charity Hospital, has had numerous op-
portup5ti1 fer ipystsaq qhgtks hRtdpe
OF the yellow fever poison. He takes
decided stand against the germ theory,
claiming. 1t to be disease depending
like smallpox, scarlet fever and measles
upon a specific poison Of animal
origin, AaProduet ofIthe diseased human
orgar,fsfn itseif. The fact. that In the
.HLIlLL- j ~ VI ~.
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Mr.dWzsR IegiswpreprietoEs 4tte
tu1e hooioslca spsden az his his nIlis m a
East Water-street, and among the cor
lectiondf birds and Beastsh Is Il ifnuti
tiue bantautroo thats iiaso %xhibitedc
spirit efa heroic bfavafgba has dgfeat rs !
did the he Cincinnati donkeNpn whipping
fsw ai asiicasp j. ataaaeac tae crow, s VII Wife
takingdA ineditativeo walk trnedita ting
some devilmenty no .doube) came in aO6
close proximity taoa slyetdlfox thattwasd
feigning sleep near Qhis idens where helis
confined ned by light a achain,a ihnl,a, ,Raynarda
things, but that crow has now learned
appearances are very deceitful, and so
are 10 foxesz aBeforesi the crow was
aware of danger the fox had seized it.s
Then there was loud cav, caw," and
Topping of wings, ,iwhiclf attracted the
attention of the lithaei bantam roostera
He took in the situation at glance, and
at once rushed stoi the rescue Of his
feathered oompanion.l Eheplueky little
rooster flew into the face of the fox,
struck hard with wings and spur, andsoi
worried the, fox thssishe dEoppedsstha
crow and gave his attention to the,
rooster, but his feathered antagonist
proved as agile as he Jig brave, and 80
soera he saw thep6of CROW, minus mus few
/ feathers, hopoR safeay q5e ydhds sthbessiim =
its Of fReynstdiS UhainS he o6htlddeda tlie
fdw Of sak- -preserVatianalwas sthaaRext
best thing in order, so carried it into
Pefect. The fox then skulked into his
den So deepays chasripedat.iha tntnof
aa afarss thai o he aid net coma cut again
lfSss fs"S Sv1ofHyaaa-adi- Iulyoslos an
}sm F FAsaJOM seensstpshaxesa ,dasts rers
sensibly decreed that for ladies' who saxe
in circumstances that per nits them to
own OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, nne sifstlem, mt
least foS,sFests wfSFr shal ,hassh host
fsaie@a4ksa THOSE, ko%ssNyefr, Who Sh pos, pos
sess but single gown, ahd have ID
p4om6g s1a 4is issS1ss sss tht G sssSsS ss&s
rsswdShoatsebmprdasfisprg stheifS sent
EtlitN NtAsfebya "a ,somis ssa siho bHa al
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THE Prussinn Government appears
determined to make sure that the army
shall not, like ths French soldiery, be
perm eated by the leaven of democratic
ideas. The troops stationed in Berlin
hsye been. forbidden to reaftbe Liberal
newspapers, and their quarters are to
be searched Of regular times for the
pfehibiteG iotfrnals and for other OBJ
jectionable publications. Severe pun
ishment is promised those with whom
such articles are found.
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Cattle in the United States.

The late quarterly report Of tho Bu-
reau of Statistics gives the number of
cattle in the United States for two Pc
riods, that of 1869 and 1873. The whole
number of milch COWS in 1869 is given
at o,3O2,714; all other cattle, IL, ,464385.
In 1873 there were II 300, 100 COWS, and
1929, 800 head of other cattle. This
shows large per cent. of increase in
eight ysars,o The numt1eriinuthe 6tates
qtamed below foEo those qtyo. periods
s'ooa o ~ l9howsia.a yn4, ,ssSo il ssisq woi ed