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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-03-19

Iu the House ci Delegates the following
we're reported lrcm committees: Il bill TO
amend tho Code 10 relation to the registering Of
deeds a5d other contracts; a bill to amend an
act revising aud amending tho criminal laws Of
this Stste;to amend the oh section of chapter 70
Of the new criminal procedure of Firgirl4; a
joint resolution requesting Congress to devore
the pracecGs Of sale Of tho Public lands to public
Tree school education.
Mr.. Watson offered resolution that the
Committee Oh FInarce be instructed to eXamire
particularly the machinery and working Of the
Davie g. Johnson register, and report as early
az practicable as to tho cXpsdercy of adopting
the same 10 lieu cf the mcffett register.
Nlr. McCabe presented a bill for the hiring
of convict labor scd leasing of the peuitcnliary
to the Washington, Cincinnati aod St. Louis
r. R. &c.
MIR. Barbour then CONTINUED aud concluded
bis fosl argument 10 opposition to the pend
ing bill for the settlement Of the public debt
Ho was f,llowed by MIR. TaliaterFo.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-25
y The Reign of Terror In Russia.

Gen. Ghourko is said to have expelled
from st. Petersburg no fewer than 90
600 persons u%nprovlded with passports,
and accordingly not entitled to live in
the capital. A similar expulsion has
taken place at Odessa and in the other
large towns placed under military con-
troll. BY decree of the minister of the
interior, Migrants, beggars, and people
without visible means Of subsistence, in
stead of being sent to their native
places as hitherto, will henceforth be
bundled off to Siberia, or. as it is called
Nihilaria. A few weeks ago, Count
Nicolal kOskool, who is connected with
the leading families in st. Petersburg,
went on a journey to Germany, and the
afternoon following his return he left
his house with the intention of visiting
his solicitor. Nothing has been heard
of him since, and all endeavors to trace
his whereabouts have proved fruitless.
The count was an extremely wealthy
young man, of regular habits. The sup
position is that he has been kidnapped
10y the Nlhilists as a hostage on behalf
Of the revolutioniSts condemned to
death at Kiev. koskool Is a near con-
nection of Gen. Ghourko. The Nihilists
already have n such hostage, Gen.
VAIL, Governor of kharkov, who was
spirited away the day after he assumed
charge of Krapotkin's duties. Recently
the government received a letter from
him, saying hal his captors were
about to hang him as a reprisal for the
execution of Dubrovin.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-25
A Plague Of LOcusts.

The Georgian Town of Jelizawetpol.
nea Ti1is, has suffered a plague Of
locusts almost as bad as that which
afflicted Egypt in the days Of Moses,
On the 10Th of April tie insects invaded
the town in such numbers that the mer.
chants had to shut up their shops. and
walking about the streets was exceeding
ly difficult. The Russian authorities
ordered the Inhabitants to make a
u nited effort to kill the pests, but the
generous people refused, believing 1t a
sin to destroy a locust, until the author
tiles threatened to punish every house
holder who failed to deliver daily a
given weight Of dead insects. The
canals were filed with %locusts, SO that
water for drinking and washing could
only be obtained by straiaing. The
houses swarmed with the creatures, and
many families went a week without
bread because their ovens were literally
filled with them. They tried in vain
to drive the locusts away by lighting
holy candles and burning incense. The
Armenian priests regarded the plague
as a visitation of God, and brought fiom
a neighboring town the bones Of Jacob,
which they carried through the streets
of the afflicted city in procession, fairly
wadlng through the masses of dead and
living locusts as they marched along
with the relics of the patriarch. The
energetic measures taken by the police
finally abated the evil, but not until the
gardens, orchards, and vineyards
had been stripped bare, and the people
had suffered for more than a week.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-25
The LincOln.ShieldS Duel.
Springfield IN Register.

The statement that Mr.. Lincoln and
the late Gen. Shields came near fight
ing a duel as rivals for the hand Of Miss
Todd is corrected in favor of a less pic
turesque tale.-NeU York Tribuue.
The less picturesque tale OF the In,
Dune, like much other matter published
in that overrated paper, lacks the essen
tial element of truth. The brief facts
are that Miss Jayne, afterward Mrs.
Lyman Trumbull, not Miss Todd, after,
ward Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, published
a satire on James Shields, then Auditor
of state, and Shields demanded the
name of the author from Mr.. Francs
the editor of the Journal, and Mr.. LIN
coin avowed himself responsible Tor H.
Shields challenged Lincoln, the cnat-
lenge was accepted, and the party VEN
to Alton and crossed the river to hght'
but the affair was settled after lhe
parties got on the ground.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-25

come alone, and, on offering it some
food as usual, she noticed that it did
not seem to relish the solitary meal
Kitty, on walking slowly back to the
adjoining wood. was followed by Mrs.
Glllies, who felt curious to know what
bad become of the mother deer.
Guided by her young favorite, which
kept close By her side. Mrs. Gillies pro-
ceeded through the thicket for rather
more than a quarter Of a mile, when, IN
a slight hollow, she discovered the life
less body of the hind. This the little
one began to sniff at, every now and
again looking up inquiringly into Mrs.
Glllies' face. Kitty is now a greater
favorite than ever, and comes regularly
to be fed AS before.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-25
SUNKEN VESSELS
Interesting Experiments in D.
Them. IN

some interesting experiment. -
iateiy Teen made in raising sunken 80
sells, or other submerged objects -
plan invented by a Viennese eno;n
Inc perrin tribune says that the aoar,
employed to lift the sunken ohiac, !,
carbonic acid gas, generated below ~
surface OF the water. In an otharw;se
empty balloon a bottle of suInb-r;e
acid Is placed, imbedded in a onan,;to
OF Buffers salts, and an ar~rapeement !;
provided by which the bottle can -
broken at pleasure. The ba1oon
empty with the exception of the hottIa
and salts, is taken down by a diver and
securely attached to the object IN ba
raised. The bottle is then broken and
the sulphuric acid thus set free nerco
lates the salts and generates carbon;c
acid gas, which initiates the balloon and
after a time, causes it to rise to the spr
face, bringing with it the object attaches
to it. The trials which have been
made with this new apparatus have a.
yet been only on comparatively small
scale, but they are stated to have baan
so far emlnentlv successful. A small
vessel weighing several hundred WEIGHT
was sunk in sixty feet of water, a diver
was sent down and attached the balloon
to 1t, and, in a very short time the ma.
chine appeared OF the surface Of the
water bringing the vessel with it, On
another occasion five sacks filled with
sand were thrown overheard in fifty
feet of water, and, in a few minutes
were similarly recovered.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-25
Walking Upon The Water.

A Colorado inventor is walking across
the river at Leavenworth on patent
WATERSHEDS. On June 5 he started
from the upper side of the Missouri
river bridge, and although the current
was running at the rate of fourteen
miles an hour, the river was crossed in
nine and a half minutes. After resting
a few moments, he showed the audience
how to n the shoes, and how they
could be steered IN any direction one
wished to go. The shoes were then
attached together, making a buoy or
life p~reserver, upon which the occupant
could sit or lie with ease and safety.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-25
Sierra.Neyada Vegetation.

There are at the present epoch four
pretty we'll marked belts of vegetation
on the western slope of the Sierra-Ne-
yada Mountains in California. These
belts, however, pass gradually into each
other, and are not SO defined that lines
can be drawn exactly limiting their
range. Still, in the central portion the
succession of groups is very easily made
out. The great predominance Of pines
is the most conspicuous feature of the
Sierras. On the lowest belt On the foot
hills, between 1000 and 5000 feet, the
digger pine and the black oak are the
ruling species. The nex succeeding
belt, which ranges to 5000 feet, is pecu-
liarly the forest zone of the Sierras.
The pitch pine, the sugar pine, the white
cedar, and the Douglas spruce, are the
principal trees in this belt, in which also
the Big Tree (Sequoia %gigantea) belongs,
although the latter is quite limited in
It's range. Above the zone of pines
| come the frs and the tamarack pine.
This belt of frs ranges from 1000 to g.
600 feet above the level of the sea.
Above al these comes the mountain fir.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-25
4 Deer Story,

For years past an old hind used to
frequent the house of Donald Gillies,
under gamekeeper to the Duke Of Ar
gyll, beside the beautiful fall of Linagh-
lutain, on the River Array, about half
way up the glen. Coming and going
every dav with the utmost freedom, and
always sharing Of the best, this pet-a
large specimen of the red deer-was
known far and near by the name of
Jessie, and enjoyed free range of tie
neighboring grounds and uplands. Last
autumn, a little one appearing on the
scene. soon became as familiar in the
gamekeeper's house as its mother, an
swering readily to the name of Kitty
At feeding time both would freely help
themselves, occasionally even raising
with their noses the lid of the meal
chest: and after their feast they would
walk away with Il satisfied air, their
muzzles all white with meal. Matters
went on thus till one day lately, when
neither of the pets paid the accustomed
visit to the house. Next day Mrs. Gil
lies was surprised to see the little one
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-25
England and Afghanistan.

The Anglo-Arghan treaty of peace is
condemned by the London Spectator as
a "botched-up affair, bringing Great
Britain nothing but some new and
heavy responsibilities" The substance
Of it is that Afghanistan becomes one
of the vassal states of India, differing
from others principally in this: that
whereas they pay tribut to the Indian
treasury, the Indian treasury pays
tribute t Cabul. The Spectator trusts
that the public will understand that the
frontier Of India has been pushed 500
miles nearer to the Caspian; and with
IN $50 miles of the new boundary of
China; that it has been brought into
direct contact with bothara, and that il
marches for nearly 200 miles with that
of Persia. There does not live the
man who could say within 10000
square miles what the Douranee emf
pre- really is, or at what point through
out its vast circumference il begins and
ends. Yet throughout that enormous
territory and along that endless bound
AIRY. w%e-these 10000, 600 Of befooled
taxpayers in these two islands-are
responsible for all foreign affairs"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-25
THE KANSAS
Incidents not Before Published Regard.
ing the Terrible Tornado.
Kansas City journal.

From Myron Smith, Esq, OF Logan.
Ottawa county, Kan, the Journal gath.
ers many items Of interest concerning
the recent tornado. 1t commenced
near the county line between Lincoln
and Saline counties. 1t was i'm the usual
form, forward movement slow, rotary
motion rapid. 1t moved a little east of
north. Near the divide between the
Saline and Solomon rivers it seemed TO
rise and pass off in eddies, the damage
on the hills being very slight.
Passing by the numerous casualties
and other facts already known, | shall
give a few incidents which Mr.. Smith
firmly believes TO be true, but which
may be exaggerated.
Near the farm of Samuel Mcbride
the storm seemed to remain stationary.
and such was the force Of it that several
men declare it to be a fact that a well
was sucked" dry and a portion of the
wall taken out. The river was swept
dry for a mile, dry enough for an army
Of lsraelites to pass over dry-snod.
The farm of Mr.. Cronise was stripped.
Out Of fifteen horses, only three were
JNib a W ddlS. II. AuClDfIue > ItISeS,
cattle, and hogs were ali taken across
the river and killed. After passing the
solomon, as the ground rose, the storm
scattered in eddies.
At Meredith a horse wa taken up,
and, dropping stitf-legged, his legs were
driven into the ground to his body. At
the same time a young man vas taken
up, while IN the air, vas tumbled all
around the horse, sometimes above and
sometimes below. and was bruised by
contact with the flying animal, but hap
PLY the young man was dropped gent
~ as a feather-bed, and the horse as
above stated. He crawled up beside a
straw stack, but, being in danger of be-
ing covered by the straw, he wandered
out on the prairie. Here he found a
child with a fence-stake through its
body and barbed wire wound about it.
The child had not been identified at last
accounts. A woman was found nude,
her head in the earth and dashed to
pieces. Her husband, now a maniac,
vainly stretches his hands heaven
ward, crying. There. there! she's COM
ing."
A young man and his wife ran from
their new house for the old ~dug-out,
but, failing to reach it, caught hold Of
some willows, at the same time firmly
clinging to each other. The willows
whipped the poor till she was
unconscious. When she recovered she
found herself embracing her dead hus-
band.
Another young couple saw the storm
coming and ran at right angles to its
path and just barely escaped.
The killed were covered with dirt and
dust and were so blackened that they
could scarcely be identified. 1t is said
of one woman that, although her fami-
ly were separated and a child lost, yet
she assisted in preparing others for bur-
ial. She had washed a corps and sud-
denly discovered it to be her own child.
The strain was too great, and she is said
to be a raging maniac. Mr.. Smith
thinks that in the sixty-mile cours for
ty-tive were killed and 125 wounded,
some Of whom will die.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-25
Times of Taking Food.

Nature has fixed no particular hours
for eating. When the mode of life is
uniform, it is of great importance TO
adopt fixed hours; when it Is regular
we ought to be guided by the real wants
of the sysem as dictated by appetite.
A strong laboripg map, engaged in hard
work, will require food oftener and in
larger quantities than IN indolent or
sedentary man. As a general rule five
hours should elapse between n meal
and another-longer, if the mode of life
be incident; shorter # it be very active.
When dinner is delayed seven or eight
hours after breakfast, some slight re-
freshment should be taken between.
Young persons, when growing fast, re-
quire more food and at shorter inter
walls than those do who have arrived
at maturity. Children under seven
years usually need food every three
hours; a piece of bread will be "A healthy
lunch, and a child seldom eats bread
10 excess. Those persons who eat a
late supper should not take breakfast
till one or two hours after rising. Those
who dine late, and eat nothing after.
wards, require breakfast soon after
rising.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-25

seen convinces rs of the necessity Of
more attention being paid to the quality
Of the food of these animal, than is
generally being done, and also to the
nature Of their lodgings, as we'll as to
the air they breathe. AS a rue, we be-
lieve that old and strong hogs are not
so easily affected by improper food as
young ones, and we have sometimes
known sow to appear in perfect health
when sucking their pigs, but yet to have
their milk SO altered in quality from
the effects Of bad food as to destroy the
pigs.-Farmer's Magazine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-25
The Enchanted Pin.

Some tricks in "Parlor Magic" print
ed in juvenile publications are very
amusing, as well as simple. THE En-
chanted Pin" for instance. To per-
form this trick you take a common
brass pin, such as a man sometimes
uses to fasten his shirt-colIar when a
rear button flies off. To satisfy your
audience that the pin doesn't contain a
false bottom, let them have it in their
hands to inspect. This will convince
them that there is no deception about
it. Now bend the pin il two places
first, about one-third from the head. and,
second, the same distance from the
point, so that the business end will
project upward. Again show the pin to
your audience in order to satisfy them
that it is the same pin, only bent-bent
on mischief. Now, place the pin on a
hard-bottomed chair, and when a late
visitor enters invite him to sit upon the
chair. The effect will be magical. If
the ceiling Is not more than ten feet
from the floor the probabilities are that
the mat will arise SO spontaneously
that his head will make a dent in it.
This innocent little trick never fails to
amuse an audience, and If such amuse-
ments received more encouragement
in the domestic circle there would be
fewer poems written, asking Where is
My Boy Tonight ?"-NOrristOWn Herald.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-25
Lost %IllinOisan.
Springfield ull.l Journal.


Mr.. W. r. Beall, of this city, who has
been in the silver-mining regions OF
Colorado during the past three months,
writes the journal that on the 5tn inst.
his party found evidence of the bewii-
dered wanderings Of one Herman Mey-
er, supposed to bail from Ottowa, this
state. The find" consisted of a pair
of shoes, and on one of them was writ
ten.
"Have been lost for six days. Left
Alpine February Is for Tin Cup. Has
been showing forT days. and | have Civ
en- up all hope of ever reaching camp.
Should | lose my life in this terrible
place, | wish that whoever finds these
shoes will communicate facts to Louis
Hess, Ottawa, III.
"Feb. 10, 1879. HERMAN MEYER"
The sn~ow-sboes were picked up quite
neal a 1000 feet precipice, at an eleva-
ton Of IA 600 feet, and Immediately
above Virginia City, a new mining
camp in Gunnison valley, Colorado.
MIR. Beall and his party made diligent
search and inquiry for the venturesome
but unfortunate prospector, but, failing
to find any trace of him, ale of opinion
that, whilst confused, possibly insane,
from the effects of starvation and ex-
posture, Meyer made a misstep which
resulted in Il clear fall Of 1000 feet, and
that his crushed remains were ground
to atoms by the powders of the noun
tain torrent.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-25
Exhuming Indian Relics.
Fairmont Sentinel.

Aparty Of Fairmonters, among whom
the Senttne! had an envoy, Interested in
archaeology, on the first Of the week
undertook excavations in the Indian
mounds in Westford township, mention
Of which was made in u last issue.
After digging to a depth of about three
feet the party was rewarded by the dis
covery Of bones, which proved to be
part OF a human skeleton. Further ex-
cavations brought to sight the decayed
bones Of what were probably two skel.
etons, as portions Of two skulls were
found. At about this stage Of the work,
and closely in proximity to the bones,
were found some very interesting speci-
mems of Indian Ingenuity and skill. A
smooth, well-formed Indian Ratchet, a
unique and nicely moulded pine and a
couple Of dozen arrow-heads, all of flint
stone, were unearthed-enough in all
t give each Of the party one or more
rare and interesting cabinet specimens
as a relic of the expedition. That the
mounds are of a very ancient origin
the relics exhumed prove bevond a
doubt, and their erection must date
back many ages, now many it is useless
to speculate.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-25
How to Keep Ice in the sick Room

For those who have an abundant sup
ply of ice this may not be a matter of
much moment; but for poor people,
who may rarely use ice except in sick
ness, and to whom the expense is not
insignificant, the following hints from
an English source, may be useful: "Cut
a piece of flannel about nine inches
square. and secure it by n ligature
round the mouth of an ordinary tum-
bier, so as to leave a cup-shaped depres-
sion of fl innel within the tumbler to
about half Its depth. In the flannel
cup 30 constructed pieces of ice may
be preserved many hours; all the
longer if a piece Of flannel from four to
five inches square be used as q loose
cover to the ice-cup. Cheap flannel,
with comparatively open meshes, is
preferable, as the water easily drains
through it, and the ice is thus kept dry.
When good flannel with close texture
is employed, a small hole must be
made in the bottom of the flannel cup;
otherwise it holds the water and facili
tates the melting OF the ice, which is
nevertheless, preserved much longer
than in the naked cup or tumbler. In
a tumbler containing a flannel cup,
made as above described, of cheap,
open flannel, at 10 pence go cents) u
yard, it took ten hours and ten minutes
to dissolve two ounces of ice, whereas
in a naked cup, under the same condi
tons, all the ice was gone in less than
three hours"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-25
In regard to the production OF but

In regard to the production OF but
ter, a correspondent of the Ohio fa,m
er says that ne feeds his COW on all 'he
good hay she can eat, one bushe !.
turnips and four quarts of bran eacn
day. keeps her in comfortable quarters,
and never allows her to drink very
cold water. Daring three months END
ing March 20, from her milk were maue
1O3 pounds and Is ounces OF out'ei,
She has a calf II months old, anu -
giving more milk now than during ~
Winter. Her owner feels assured 'lns.
he can produce from her 5OO poupr7
butter per annum. The MIX E"r
ways scalded when it comes from nr
which operation is believed to lmPIor Of
the quality and increase the yea u
of butter. The breed is not sta'eu'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-25
A New Use for Plrl0rs.
From the New Haven Palladium.

On one of the principl avenues lead
ing from the city is a large residence
which the owner has for some time al
lowed n of MS employees TO occupy
Whenever the owner visited the house
be was received in the ear part by the
occupants, and did not visi. the rom
portions of the building. Recently
however, he found his way into the par
lor. and was somewhat astonlsheu 10
find that one was used as a cow-hou'e
and the other had been converted ih'o
a hennery.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-25

AN exchange says that the only jokes
women like to read are these which re-
fleet ridicule on men, and asserts In
proof tnat on taking up a paper a wo
man invariably turns to the marriage
column.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-25

For myself, | am inclined to think
the most useful part of reading is to
know how to read. y = Is not the
accumulation of fresh books a fresh
hiudrance to our real knowledge Of the
old? Does not the multiplicity of vol
umes become a bar upon our use Of
any? Ia literature especially does
1t hold-that We cannot see the wood
for the trees.-Ffederick Harrison.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-06-25

THE total exports of provisions iro one
this country to Europe oufins = 5l0.
month of April was only
900 or 81 $4,000 less than Tor the az
month last year.