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Heola and Vesuyius,

Professor Palmieri' s reports of Mount
VesuVius state that the present modest
eruption of Vesuvius has lasted since
1875. 1t began at the bottom of the
vast and deep crater left after the erup-
tion of 1872, and was therefore only
visible to those who assembled the sum-
NIT of the mountain. But now this
crater is filled up by the new lava which
flowed at successive periods, and there
fore the fresh streams which issue from
the eruptive cone flow down the exter-
nal parts of the mountain, generally on
the side toward Naples. The new erup-
tive zone has gradually increased in
height until it now protrudes about
fifty feet above the edge of the old
crater.
Writing on the 18th of last month a
correspondent says: The mountain has
been in an uneasy state for several
years, and slight eruptions have con
stantly taken place; but the climax
seemed to have been arrived at on the
18th, when the Vesuvius changed its
mantle of snow for one of fire. AS the
wind blew furiously from the northeast
the lava descended in the direction of
Portici, covering large portion of the
cone and presenting magnificent spec
tacle. On the 18th there was less dis
turbance; but even in its state of great
est activity the mountain made none OF
those awful efforts which form a grand
eruption. There were some local
shocks and heavy breathing from the
furnace, but there was no tremendous
explosion. The cup was full and it
flowed over. This lowing-over, how
ever, if continued to great excess, may
produce far greater disasters than a
roaring discharge which finishes the
whole business.
An eruption of Hecla, the famous
volcano of Iceland, is soon expected.
Miss +. PeturssOn, a daughter of the
Bishop of Reykjavik, who made an as
cent OF this mountain last summer,
found that the temperature of the sides
of the larger craters had recently un-
dergone considerable increase; and
from number of very small assures
and holes on these craters there arose
heavy white columns of vapor, the sui
phurous character of which was much
stronger than for long time past.
From these circumstances it is inferred
that new eruption of the volcano is
to be expected. This is considered the
more likely as since the last eruption
the period of quiescence usually OBJ
served between the outbreaks of Hecla
has already been long since exceeded.
The last eruption took pace in the year
1845.
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cold kill off half dozen like flies; they
eat rice, they beg few Jumps of sugar,
they lie down, and they give up the
ghost" This tallies with the expe-
rience of medical man who used to
accompany Coolie emigrant vessels
from Calcutta TO Trinidad. The Coolies,
he said, had little hold upon life. They
would, If vexed by any semblance Of
ill-treatment, apparently make up their
minds to die. They would even say
that by such time they would die,
and would be true to their word. Mrs.
Burton found that the religious preiu-
dices of the pilgrims often prevented
them from accepting her gifts of food.
Speaking of man almost dead of hun
ger, she says: 81 fetched him a large
plate of rice, and carefully scraped
away all the outside that he might not
suspect us of having touched IL. He
took it, looked wistfully at it, and
thanked me, and as soon as | turned
away threw it into the sea. then
gave him two apples, and he ate them
because | could not touch the inside"
The pilgrims themselves were not kind
to one another when kindness was most
needed. "Once they bid fair to die
their dearest leave them lying in the
fierce blaze of the sun, or in the night
wind and damp, and give them neither
to eat nor to drink. 'Khalas!' they say,
it is finished!'-it is not worth while,
it is wasted" Some of them with
plenty of money prefer to die of starva-
ton rather than to part with their ru-
pees. London EcbO'S ReUieSD of Mrs.
B4rton'S -" Arabia, Egypt, LadiG."
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The Modern Mahometan Pilgrim,

Of the $4,000 pilgrims returning
from Mecca, 800 were taken on board
the Calypso. They were slowed away
like cattle. Their habits, too, were
cattle-like. They covered every square
inch of deck, and every part of the
hold fore and aft. They were "packed
like sardines-men, women and babies
smelling of cocoanut OIL" They
were, indeed, "a heaving mass of
cocoanut oil, rags, filth and putrid
sores and misery" Except TO cook
their messes, or to fetch water, or
kneel in prayer, each never moved out
of the small space taken possession of
at the beginning of the voyage. "Gaudy
jackets and wraps were on the strong
and rich ones. The poor were barely
covered; they were skin and bone and
half naked, with rag round the loins
at most. They had each with them a
cooking pot, some opium, handful of
grain and pot to drink out Of" Dur
ing the fifteen days of the voyage twen-
ty-three pilgrims died. They died not
of disease, but of privatiOn, fatigue,
hunger, thirst and opium-of vermin
and misery" The dead soon found a
place of repose at the bottom of the sea.
The body had attached to it piece of
money, so that the next world might
be reached in a not altogether destitute
condition.
Mrs. Burton tells how much mute,
patient pain she was witness OF among
the pilgrim cargo. She often "spent
the whole day, from light to dark, stag
gering about the rolling ship, with
sherbet and food and medicine, treat.
ing dysentery, fever, and diarrhea." r"
She found that the pilgrims died with
marvellous facility. Z" A few hours Of
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one or two have condemned ii Gas a
blunder. No one of them denounced it
unreservedly, with the Indignation of
an honest man for q dishonest act, as
an audacious crime. 1t has been very
clear from the outset that nothing
but the probability of collapse
or failure of the conspiracy made ID
subject of Democratic criticism. The
rascals engaged in the scheme knew
well enough that the mild opposition of
the few newspapers and leaders who
have lingering sense of decency and
would be disarmed at once by their sue
cess, and that the whole party would
approve their conduct.
AS an instance in point, the Louis
vile Courier journal was probably
more outspoken against the plans of
the Garcelon gang at the start than any
other Democratic newspaper. Some of
its leading articles seemed to be quite
pronounced in their condemnation of
the whole proceeding. But in the same
issue with these, and sometimes in the
course of the same article, were sneers
and insinuations against those who were
opposing the consummation of the
crime, which showed that the sympa-
thies of the editor were, after all, with
the Fusionists. When the Fusionist
Lamson put forth his claim to be Act
ing Governor, and the bogus House
claimed to have secured q quorum, the
real sentiments of the Courier-JournaL
were more fully disclosed. The
prospect that the plot would succeed
excited not only its admiration for
what it called the "pluck" of
the Fusionists, but aroused still
more its ire against the men who
continued-with equal "pluck' re-
sist them. 1t abused General Chamber
lain without stint for doing what among
all law-abiding and peace-loving peo-
pie he was most praised for-called him
" Parson Chamberlain" said he was
nothing more than "boss policeman"
and that he was afflicted with crooked
ness and double dealing" while its
headlines bristled with such points as
these: Written in Bloodr' - Prompt
Dismissal of the Upstart Chamber
lain by the New Governorn decision
of the Absurdly Partisan Courtm ETC.,
etc. From one learn all. The two or
three newspapers of the party that pre-
tended to disapprove the Pillsbury-
Garcelon crime did it only as matter
of policy and to keep up for themselves
the appearance of decency. At heart
they were not merely willing, but anx-
ious, that the villainous enterprise
should succeed.
1t is we'll enough to bear these facts
in mind when they begin boasting of
the peaceable and .law-abiding disposi-
ton of their party. 1t is no thanks to
the Fusionist leaders of Maine that
there has not been anarchy and blood
shedi nor to the editors of Democratic
newspapers who played the role of
Horatio Seymour to the rioters in 1868,
deprechting violence in such way as
to incite it, by telling the bloody-minded
ruffians that though they had abundant
justification for resistance to law, he
hoped they wouldn't do it.-N. Y.
Tribune.
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Democratic Respect for Law

We may expect presently to see the
Democratic newspapers break out with
one accord in a glorifcation of their
party for its amazing self-control and
its wonderful respect for the forms OF
law as shown in the conduct of the
Maine Fusionists. Whenever the party
has the slightest temptation to disturb
the public peace upon any sort of pre-.
text, and refrains from doing it, the
organs find in it an occasion for extol-
ling the wonderfully self-sacrifcing
spirit of patriotism in the party. After
the Presidential question had been de-
cided against them, though there was
strong disposition among them to
disregard the decision. and inaugurate
a new rebellion-a disposition which,
as events have since proved, was only
hindered from actual mischief by the
unwillingness, or, as they prefer to call
it, the cowardice, of their leader-they
made great ado over the self-control
they had exercised, and the Difference
they had shown for the forms of law
When they are not up to some sort of
deviltry they are patting themselves
on the back for keeping out of it, and
calling upon the public to take note
how good they are. And the public,
only too thankful to have the peace
preserved, is seldom disposed to be
chary of its praise of those who claim
to have resisted their own tendencies
to natural depravity, whatever may
have been the real reason for it. It's a
charitable public, and if a pickpocket
in handouts takes credit to himself for
not plying his vocation in court, it lets
him do il.
1t is well enough, however, in the
present case to cali attention to fact
that has been made most manifest DUR
ing the tendency of this Maine ques-
ton, and through all the discussion,
to-wit: that there has been no opposi-
ton to the methods of the Maine Fu-
sionists in one single Democrats news
paper of any prominence in the coun-
try that would not have been removed
by reasonable probability that those
methods would succeed. From a pref.
ty careful observation of the tone of the
Democratic press of the country since
the controversy began there is not
one that has not taken a hand in it
we feel justified that not one of them
has protested against the contemplated
outrage with earnestness or sincerity;
that is without some distinct reserva-
tion in its utteranees which held out
that, even though it was great wrong,
Republicans had no right to complain,
and that, being based on legal techni-
calities and the forms of law, it could
not be resisted, 1t has been treated by
some of them as worthy of commenda-
ton; some have admired it as a
smart political trick some have
mildly questioned the policy OF it, and
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sufficient postage for the benefit Of citizens
Of the States which did not 60 into the rebel
lion and which have claims against the
Government; proposing a Constitutional
Amendment providing that the House
Of Representatives shall be composed
OF 300 members, to be apportioned
among the several States, as provided in sec
tion two of article fourteen of the amend
ments to the Constitution amending the peu-
sion laws; authorizing the Court of Claims TO
hear and determine all claims for depreda-
tioDs committed by Indians outside their
reservations, or for depredations against
United States officers and employees residing
on reservations; to put certain articles i'm
ported and used in the manufacture OF paper,
glass aud woolen fabrics, on the free list, and
to reduce the duty on printing paper used by
books, pamphlets, magazines and newspapers.
The bill making appropriations for the i'm
provement Of the Susquehanna, Ohio and Ten
nessee Rivers was passed. The House
then went into Committee Of the Whole
on the revision of the rules. When
the committee rose the House, on motion of
Fernando Wood, took a recess until 1880 p.
m the evening session to be for the purpose
of listening to the address OF Parnell,
delivered under the auspices of the Clan Ma
Gaa1
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Dangers Of oopiurinr.

An incident will be in general recol-
lection connected with the late Mr..
Brunei, the eminent engineer, who
planned the Thames Tunnel and the
GreaJ Western Railway. One day while
diverting a child with tricks of sleight-
of-hand, by causing half-sovereign to
mysteriously disappear and reappear,
a stunning disaster occurred. The trick
consisted in adroitly concealing the
coin in his mouth, and pretending to
bring it out at his ear. All at once, be-
fore he was aware, and to his dismay,
the half-sovereign slipped down into
his gullet. He tried to cough it up
without effect. There it stuck. Every
surgical device was tried to get hold of
it without avail. 1t became evident
that, if the coin could not be dislodged,
fatal results would ensue. In the dire
dilemma into which he had needlessly
brought himself, Brunel's presence of
mind did not desert him. He devised
wooden structure to which he could
be strapped head downwards, in the
hope that the half-sovereign would fall
out of his throat by the force of gravi-
ty. He was fixed in the machine head
downmost, keeping his mouth open.
To his ineXpressible relief, the coin
dropped from its lurking-pl and
rolled to the floor.
On one occasion a sword -swallower
got into fix even more dreadful than
that of Brunei. He professed to be
able to perform trick with bayonet
fixed on the end of a musket. 1t was
an awfully hazardous prank, far be-
yond that of swallowing o sword He
held the musket aloft, with the butt
end uppermost, and, opening his
mouth, allowed the bayonet to 90 down
his throat. Having got it this length,
he clenched the part of the bayOnet
next the handle with his teeth, and
holding the musket with his hands, TO
prevent it from swinging to one side or
other, walked about with it in this per-
ilous attitude on the stage. At per-
formance one day of the bayonet and
musket trick, something was seen to 60
wrong. There was stagger, futter.
The observers were surprised, horror
struck. The swaying of the upraised
musket had caused it to snap OFF at the
part of the bayonet where it was sus-
tainsd by the teeth of the performer,
the result being that the shaft of the
bayonet was left sunk out of sight or
reach in his throat. Anything more
than this can hardly be inn
agined. Perhaps in the agony of the
the performer recollected the
device resorted to by Brunei in similar
At all events, he in
stantly threw himself on his hands,
and, with the aid of his assistants,
stood with his feet uppermost against
the wall. The effort was successful.
By its own weight the bayonet de-
scended from its place in the throat,
and at length it was pulled from the
mouth. Chambers Journal
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Fight With an Eagle.

Henry Decker and John House ar
rived at Lords Valley, Pa, few days
ago, from Trenton, N. j., expecting to
remain several days to fish and hunt.
At daybreak they took their guns and
fishing tackle and started for Blooming
Grove pond, three miles distant. While
passing through the woods Decker
separated from House, being called
away by the barking of his dog, which
he supposed was after rabbit or fox.
House continued on, and soon reached
the pond. He waited over an hour for
his comrades arrival, and then started
back to where they had separated. He
hallooed repeatedly, but received no
response. He then followed the tracks
in the snow, and after going nearly a
mile, discovered spots of blood. His
first thought was that Decker had been
wounded by the accidental discharge
of his gun. As he went on, the blood
spots on the snow became thicker, and
near cluster of bushes there were in
dications that the hunter had encoun-
tered something, for the snow was
trodden for a considerable distance.
House called out again, and soon there
came a feeble response, which was
recognized as the voice of Decker.
House hurried on, and as he was about
to enter deep ravine hesaw the bushes
move. Looking closer he saw a large
gray eagle perched upon Decker's
breast and pecking him in the face
House approached to within shooting
distance and fired, killing the eagle in
stNntly. He hurried to whore Doolzor
lay, and found him unconscious and
bleeding. When he had gained con-
sciousness he said that he did not see
the eagle until it had descended and
fastened its sharp claws into his back.
Being frightened, he dropped his gun
into the snow. He fought the eagle as
best he could, but soon became so weak
from loss of blood, and suffering such
intense pain, that he fell unconscious.
His body and face were terribly lacer-
ated, and his clothing was torn into
shreds. He was assisted back to the
valley. The eagle was the largest one
ever killed in that section, measuring
nearly eight feet from tip to tip of
wings.
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Seven Bibles of the World.

The seven Bibles of the world are the
Koran of the Mohammedans, the Eddis
of the Scandinavians, the Try Pitikes
of the Buddhists, the five Kings of the
Chinese, the three Vedas of the Hin
docs, the Zendavesta, and the scriptures
of the Christians. The Koran is the
most recent of the seven Bibles, and
not older than the seventh century of
our era. 1t is compound of quota
tions from the Old and the New Testa-
ments, the Ialmud and the Gospel of
st. Barnabas. The Eddis of the Sean
dinavians were first published in the
fourteenth century. The Pitikes of the
Buddhist contain sublime morals and
pure aspiration, but their author lived
and died in the sixth century before
Christ. The sacred writings of the Chi
nese are called the five Kings, king
meaning web or cloth, or the warp that
keeps the threads in their place. They
contain the best sayings of the sages on
the ethico-political duties of life. These
sayings cannot be traced to a period
higher than the eleventh century before
Christ. The three Vedas are the most
ancient books of the Hindoos, and it is
the opinion of Max Muller, Wilson,
johnson and our own Whitney, that
they are not older than eleven CEN
turies B. G. The Zendavesta of the
Persians is the grandest of all the sa-
cred books neXtto our Bible. Zoroaster.
whose sayings it contains, was born at
Batrie in the twelfth century b. c.
Moses lived and wrote his Pentateuch
fifteen centuries B. c., and therefore
has a clear margin of 300 years older
than the most ancient of the sacred
writings.
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VOodooisnn,

Washington johnson, the colored
barber in this city who has been under
Voodo treatment for his ailments yield
ed up the ghost. He was a good citi-
zen, and man of more than ordinary
intelligence. But with the superstition
of his race still inhering, he believed
in Voodooism, and when he came to lie
down upon bed of sickness, and de-
SPARED of cure by the treatment of a
regular physician, he sentover to Louis
vile for Voodoo doct or, who pro-
fessed an ability to charm away illness
and absorb all disease from his patient
through his fingers. This Voodoo doc
tor is venerable looking specimen of
the genus Africana. He is about sew
enty years of age, of dark copper color.
his face covered with layers of skinny
wrinkles lying close down upon the
bones, and his general appearance
strikingly hideous. Upon each finger
he wore half dozen or more brass and
steel and silver rings. His ears were
pierced and filled with silver earrings,
and altogether he looks more like a
resurrected mummied Indian than the
venerable negro which he is. TO the
GGSette'S correspondent he said, in an
wer to his question: " Kin 1 cure de
sick by layin my hans on emp Lor
honey, yes Use cured more'n a thou
sand. It's in the family to be doctahs,
and we's sent for to go every place.
Yes dere's a charm in dem frogs and
lizzuds and snake skins and alligator's S
scales. Dey alays cures. can 90 in
the woods and charm the piZenest sar-
pent. l whistles up, and dey has to
cum to me. My old massa will bet
million l can do it. Tells you the
fac, massa. OF course Mr.. Johnson'l
git well. 'Sease can't stay bout where
I is. l rubs 'em wild my hans, den de
'sease goes out and Gums in desc rings,
and l frows it off. Yes, massa dis Gums
from de Lord. / jis can't help it,
Nes0 Albany. Ind, Cor. Cincinnati Ga
zette.
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A FIFTY-DoLLAR bank note in front,
printed for hundred dollar note be-
hind, plate upside down, was recently
received at the Treasury Department,
and it is supposed there are more like
it in circulation. We spent two hours
last night in examining our notes, but
failed to find one answering the de-
scriptioD given. -N0rristOOH Herald.
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THE Halte gives an account of Peter s
Pence collections during last year. Ac-
cording TO this statement, France con.
tributed 1,100,Ot0fr; America, 9OO,-
000fr.; Great Britain and Ireland, $780,
000fr, Austria Hungary. 700,000fr
Italy, 600,000fr.; Belgium, 00,000fr.
Germany, 150, ,O0Ofr, Holland, 60, ,000fr
and Switzerland, 30,000fr.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-02-06

AT Statesville, Oregon, recently, a
society wedding took place, the church
being filled with large and fashion
able congregation. The names Of the
parties concerned attracted great at
tention from their singularity. Colonel
John Buzzard married Eleanor Grow.
Rev. DIR. Robin united the couple in
marriage. .rH. Hnu' .r.f
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-02-06

THE population of our globe, esti-
mated at about thirteen hundred mill
ions, is ruled by twelve emperors,
twenty-five kings, forty-seven princes,
seventeen sultans, twelve khans, six
grand dukes, six dukes, one vice-king,
one nisam, one radia, one imam, one
hey, and twenty.eight presidents, be-
sides large number of chiefs of wild
tribes. Of the republics, nineteen are
found on American soil, leaving only
nine for the rest of the world.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-02-06

For the first time in the history of
Washington, says an Iowa correspond
ent, a member of the House has come
here with his wife, and they have gone
into the lucrative business of taking
boarders. Not merely a"few friends for
company" They have gone about it in
the most cold,blooded and business
like way-advertising. 1t is all right,
OF course, and much more reputable
than some of the ways Congressman
have OF killing time here, but 1t strikes
Washington ss trihe odd.