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Mercy to the Horse.

Editor NdT:-1n such biting cold weather as
we have had lately, all owners Of horses
would find 1t for their interest to see that the
bits are not put into the mouths of the animal $
cold. TheTe Is danger OF breaking the skin By
It's adheriDg TO the cold iron. The next apolI-
cation renders the hurt worse, and soon a per
manenC sore Is made. If the harness is not
kept Ia q warm room dip the bits In warm not
hoU water. northern farmer would as soon
neglect TO iced his horses as 60 fail to use THIS
precaution. Let the drivers try cold iroa la his
own month -
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Pickuickian HOLIDAYS.

Editor SGr:-City papers Monday made an
nounceinent that Secretary Ramsey had Or
dered that employees In the War department
desiring TO join In the welcome to Gen. Grant
should be allowed u quit their desks at noon;
also, that the other heads OF departments had
extended the same permission to ex-Soldiers
and sailors.
AS an employG In one of the departments.
and an ex soldier, will you permit Inc to state
that NO such Qrder was promulgated In the de-
partment Id which am employed, so far as
am aware. have also heard the same OF an
other department, and the same suspect to be
true Ia general.
Such statements usually turn out the same
way. Monday was not an exception TO the
rule. The like discrepancy, between the press
announcements OF holidays and half-holiday ,
In the departments and the actual state OF
ample, the alleged half-holiday preceding
Thanksgiving Day.
/ do not speak of this by way of complaint
against Newspaper reporters or department
fficials. The former doubtless speak By the
Test authority, and the action OF the latter Is
governed by most worthy motives. But, mean
while, these public announcements OF holidays
unenjoyed foster the absurd impression that
government employees nave little work and
much play.
Please understand, Mi. Editor, and cause
orders granting holidays and half-holldays ID
the departments are to be taken in PlckIfck-
Ian sense and not literally; and that govern
nent employees are generally expected Co Keep
close 10 business, and TO accomplish their fui
quota OF work, legal reSt-days generally mot
alwaysl accepted.
YOURS In verify, CLERK.
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What To Do With the Flats.

Editor Sdr:-If you ere not already too
much worried with "all sorts OF SUGGESTIONS
which have been made in relation to the best
plan to dispose OF the river fats. will give
you and your readers one more. Previous to
the construction OF the cauSeway approach to
the Long bridge, some fifty years ago, there
were no flats visible even at the lowest tides,
either above or below the bridge. The Con,
StTuction OF the cauSeway has produced an eddy
both above and below the bridge, and thus the
mud has been deposited there. Another bad
erect Is tnat the water Is mostly carried
through the Virginia channel until it
strikes Giesborough, when 1t rebounds and
forms a large eddy from the bridge down a3
far as the Four-Mile Run, In which mud Is de-
posted In large quantities, which In few
years Will be as great nuisance to the city
VITA our prevailing south winds as the aass
adjoining the bridge next TO the City.
NJ plan Is TO remove the said cauSeWay and
construct bridge on piles or piers as the other
portions OF the bridge, and allow the current to
pass. Then open the channel On the District
side at the upper end and direct the current
into 1t. The force OF the swift current aud
some assistance by dredging would in my opin-
ion Ia less than ten years obtterate che fats on
this side as wei as on the Virginia side and re.
store the original currents OF the river.
ONE OF THE OLDEST INHABITANTS.
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A GALVESTON MILLIONAIRE was asked recertIf
by dele cation OF his friends IL he wouli no.
consent 10 allow his name to be used ia co1n-c
ton with the United States seuatorship. He
replied that he never had meddled in politics
before, but just now he had made up his mind
ship. "Ah suppose you want to get on the
supreme bench" said one OF the committee.
The heavy prOperty-o owner shook his head and
toyed with his S, 900 diamond ring. Perhaps
metz" NO. You havn't guessed &c yet
Foreign misSion9' "Gentlenen. I'll be can
did with you. For years have been trying TO
get the city authorities to have the slop barrel
at my back gate emptied once q month, and
have failed. / am determined to have that
slop-barTel emptied. so have applied to the
city council for the position Of driver TO Scav-
enger cart,r-GdlCPStOn NelrS.
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DEEDS IN FEE have been filed az follows
Jos. Williams 20 Lester A. Bartlett, lots IL TO Is
min Fendaii, trustee. 10 John II K. Murray. su6.
lots IS. 81 and IS, ST. 49,; 8. Alice L.
Wyckon CT al. TO ThOs. WEIGH, part lot 4, So.
80; 5. ,. Thyson 20 c. g. Bergman, lots
Cragtn Ct al. 70 Elias RaSher, part original lots
? and 3, ST. north OF So. SIS; 100. A. L. Bar
Der ct al. 10 Mary Ragan, lot 4. block =, lie
Droit Park; 8, goo. E. NJ. Wills TO Henry Willis,
lot q aud part Is, sub. OF 81. s27; 81. 800. s.
cross and Geo. Nugent, trustees, TO American
Life Ins co. OF Philadelphia, lots and G, SUB.
part Let l. So. 52S; $, 200. @. W. J. Landon
10 Margaret r Hoge. lot 81, sub. ST. AS; s..
Jno. E HerTel 10 Jno. Mclean, lots $40, 3i7 and
2as. In Uniontown; s!,ls5. Joseph E. Fitch TO
mack ct al 10 d. Il souYrier, lotsS, p 10 aud
paG 3D. 81 80 o Il s y s3sTf ta e e +
Seipold, do; g. 900. X. o. Hoffman ct al. to
Samuel Nornent. lot II, 50. 81; 81 $50. Mildred
teb 70 \; L cooper; lot Is, So IS: g Peter
A; W johnson TO Z. c.. Glover. lot 9. So.
los; 3: Trustees Of Foundry N. T. church
y = s1 II G ;n lot = 50; l5e; 8, 4ts;
lou Is. so. 456; $4,000. John Hit ct al, as
signees; 70 kIchard Lightborn, lot 2S, so. SOB;
$40 S. ss o q R al 70 ~ a. B Ragser lot H.
"a s99o. Z. Lsrrabee ct al. 10 Alice Anderson,
lot "a, so. 555; sos. Emily Dougherty TO j.
BCggS, lot l. so. e6i; $40; :, T. Suit to j. II.
Jones, part of So 615; s., 500 ii, J: Harrison TO
A. &. Wllliams lot Is. 81. 4l6; 81 300. +. E. Al
2 and 3. so. SIS. and lot Ia So. 5Sl; s25.
Sarah johnson 10 NJ. 5. koio. lots and 5, ST.
56F; 81 500. W. J. Miller ct 81, trustee, TO ).
SeheiI, lots corner OF Brown and Cation sts.,
Georgetown, ID. c.; s215. r ". Hagner 10 A. b
Hagner, part Is. so. i4I;S-. A. b. HagnsI
10 p. V. Hagner, part Is, So iti; 8. K. D
Nailor 20 A. Nailor, tr., lots In So s55. 25s, "a
227 and 22s. ii. w. Howgate 10 NJ. L. Kiags
bury, lot 81. So. 2O5; s1.ID0 E. T. Farrar Il
Mary Z. Ferguson, lot ~, 81. SIC: 81 200. J. E
Fitch to Elizabeth Busoy, part so. ; 90; and lo
q, In Peters So, Georgetown; -.
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n. 7. Tribune

TIE "CHURcd-DzBT RAISER" EDWARD KIM
BALL, was with the Union Presbyterian church
OF Newburgh Y. T.. sunday, when $50, 900 were
raised and the balance OF s., 600 W as expected
to be provided fer yesterday.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued to Geo.
Brooks and Annie Henson; Walker Brown and
Mamie Chisley; Joseph Thompson and Delilah
Lewis and ". 5. Williams; Benjamin T. King
snd Elizabeth Pevep9ii; Joseph Williams, OF
Springfield, OHIO and Catharine A. Livingston
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TOLU ROCK AND RYE.

TOLU ROCK AND RYE.
ToLU ROCK AND RYE.
TOLU ROCK AND RYE.
TOLU ROCK AND BYE.
TRADE Mark Secured.
THE GREAT APPETIZER. AND SURE cUSR
FoRCOUGHS. COLDS. BRONCHITIS. ASTHMA.
ooNsUMP zion. AND ALL DISEASES
OF THE THROAT AND LUNGS.
ToLU. The most acceptable preparation
TOLU.
TOLU.
ToLU. known for Bronchial. Pec,oraI and
TOLU.
T0iU.
ToLU. Pulmonary Affections. AN EXCEL
T0LU.
TOLU.
ToLU- LENT APPETIZER and TONIC. for
TOLU.
T0LU.
ToLU. general snd family Use. The Immense
T0LU.
TOLU.
ToLU. and increasing ssles and testimonials
TOLU.
TOLU.
ToLU. received daily are the best evidences
TOLU- OF its virtues and popularity.
TOLU.
TOLu.
ToLU. PUT Up IL QUART SIZE BOTTLES
TOLU.
ToLU.
ToLU. GIVING MORE FOR raR
TOLU.
TOLU.
ToLU. MONEY THAN ANY
TOLU.
TOLU.
ToLU. ARTICLE IN THE MARKET.
TOLU.
TOLU.
ToLU. PRICE 81 PER BOTTLE.
T0LU.
TOLU.
T0LU. CAUTION.
ToLU. DON'T BIZ DECEIVED by u1prin-
TOLU. cp!ed dealers, who try TO palm of
TOLU. common Rock and Rye in place of our
TOLU. TOLU ROCK and RYE. which il the
TOLU. only MEDICATED article made the
TOLU. GENUINEhsving PROPRIETARY
TOLU. GOVERNMENT STAMP ON EACH
TOLU. BOTTLE.
ToLU. LAWRENCE & MARTIN,
TOLU. PRoPRIETORS.
TOLU. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
TOLU.
TOLg. SOLD BY DRUGGISTS, 6RoCE2s
TOLU. and DEALERS EVERYWHERE.
ToLU.
j. C. ERGOOD a. CO.,
WHOLESALE AGENTS n WASHINGTON. d. O.
A. VOGELER Il Co.,
novLo-eo Izm DALIIMoha.
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Word for the Teachers.

Editor .StGr: Having read with interest during
the past two or three years the various CON-
plants against our public school system, and
seeing no defensive response ELECTED thereby,
arrived at the conclusion that there was but
teachers daily assigned unexplained lessons for
home study thereby nightly Imposing Onerons
burdens upon the parents; that they over
loaded the cniidren In the school-room with
they spent their time In hearing recttatioas
instead OF teaching; In short that the te acher's
lie mere meant great deal of salary for the
smallest possible amount OF labor. But since
the advent OF public school teacher into the
bosom OF my family as 'boarder have been
gradually (as Methodist exhorter would phrase
1t} coming under conviction and may now
Ierent way OF thinking. l am fully persuaded
that OF all patient overworked, underpaid,
unappreciated creatures known, the Washing,
ton public school teacher heads the list
Here are the facts which opened mine eyes
Monday, Nov. ed. Miss Y. (my boarder re-
turned from her work at O'Clock. not (aS
suppOsed), and after dinner, though evidently
very much fatigned, seated herself to the job OF
examining critically formidable pile Of manu-
script, which, on inquiry, proved to be the
written WORK OIL her Gu pupils In history, con-
hours and 10 minutes. Tuesday, NOV. 2Sd,
another pile, this time grammaT-3 hours
minutes. Wednesday. Nov. 24th, still another,
Nov, 18th, "a holiday, too,} geography hours
Is minutes. Monday, Nov 29th, phY5ics-2
hours 40 minutes Tuesday Nov. 3Oth orthog
raphy. 60 papers, 40 words each-2 hours.
Wednesday, Dec. 1st. 90 pupils reports
for the month"; hours. Thursday Dec
I'd. copying into record book. | hour, and
selecting from miscellaneous lot OF )oks and
papers suitable items TO assign her pupils for
sample Books, hour. Friday Decent Der 3D.
copying on oblong pieces OF card board an as
SOrtment OF problems in arithmetic for the i'm
provement OF her scholars On the Monday fol-
lowing 8 hours. And this she tpIlS me fs
fair sample OF the amount OF work done out of
school by teachers In the grades above the fifth
Saturdays she spends hour In a drawing class,
another In elocution. I ventured to inquire
when she found time for social recreation men.
tai Improvement, sewing, correspondence, &c.
She replied, grimly: "Dont find it-go without
those luxur1es!" WhereupOn l come to the
conclusion that little of the surplus sympathy
lavished upon the public school children might
with advantage be directed towards the public
school teacher. w
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r oU1sIANA STATE LOTTERY.
TAKE NOTICE,

IAhE
All correspondence should be with N. A
Dauphin as below. In all cases the TICKETS
themselves are sent. and never circulars offering
certificates or anything else instead. Any one pro-
posing to offer anything elsa by circular or other
wise, on his own behalf or that Of the Company, IL
a strinder.
A Splendid Opportunity
TO WIN FORTUNE.
FIRST GRAND Distribution. CLASS A,
AT NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY, JANUARY
llrH, 1881,
12sTH MONTHLY DRAWING.
Louisiana State Lottery Company.
This institution was regularly incorporated By
the legislature of the state for educational and char
table purposes in 1868 for the term OF
violable faith Of the state is pledged which pledge
Rs W. Sy a e neM
sdoRed December Sd AD lS1s VIII Wiz saPlsaI %
fund Of over $3.50. O0o 0'''0o '>'
ITS GRAND SINGLE NUMBER DISTRIBU-
TION viii take place monthly on the second Tues
II Nerer Scales or POstDones.
Look at the following distribution:
CAPITAL PRIZE. $50. 900.
100, 600 TICKETS AT TWO DOLLARS EACH.
HALF TICKETS, ONE DOLLAR.
Capital Prize. $50, 600
Capital Prize. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 10000
Capital ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 500
2,Prlzes of So, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5000
Prizes of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 800
2OPriZee of 5G0,.....,,..... 10000
100 Prizes of l00,,,................. 10, 900
200 Prizes of 5O.,,............... 10, 600
500 Prizes of 2O,.,................. l0, 900
loo Price OF l0..................... 10, 600
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
Approximation Prizes OF &300...... 81, TOO
REPRESENTATION Prizes Of 200...... 1, 500
EXPERIMENTATION Prizes Of lO0..,,,. 800
1857 Prizes amounting to. S1l0, 400
SResponsibe corresponding agents wanted at al
points to whom liberal compensation viii be pad
For further information, write clearly, givlug
fun address. Send orders by express or heSlstered
Letter or Money Order by mail. Addressed only 10
NJ. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans La
or III. A. DAUPHIN, at
No. 8l0 broadway, New Yo~&.
or J.P. HORBACHs
8O5 Hath n. n.W.. Washington D.C.
eF-Au our Grand Extraordinary Drawlngs are
upder the supervision and "a snasement OF usns q.
r BEAUREGARD and JUbAL a. EARLY delS
n
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Aaron Burr,s Love Letters.

Editor St0r:-In the article headed as above,
which appeared ID Saturdays STAR, the alleged
statements OF Mr.. Thurlow Weed In regard to
the final disposition OF the letters received by
Aaron Burr are erroneous; Or at least, they are
at variance with the version OF the subject
given by Bufr'S biographer, Matthew L. Davis,
who In the preface to the memoirs OF Aaron
Buzz SAYS with reference TO these letters:-"As
soon as Col Burr's deceaSe was known, with my
own hands committed 10 the IRE all such cor
respondence, and not a VeStige OF IL now re-
mains. l alone have possessed the prI
yate and important papers OF Col. Burr; and 1
pledge nlg honor that every one OF them, SO far
as ] know ana believe. that could tnjure the
feelings OF female or those OF her trends IS
destroyed.
IL is. OF course. within the bounds OF posi-
bility that Mr.. Weed may not have made the
statement attributed TO him, but If he did, he
must be IN error. for it is not easy to diScredt
the very emphatic testimony OF Matthew Davis:
which, had 1t been false, would at once have
been detected by the ladies Involved. who it Is
reasonable ID assume, were among the first to
read the memoirs. W
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DU.E9i NO CUHEH NO PAYIn

Treatment almost Painiefs No Cutting! No
Iigs,ing. No Medicine to Swallow Recent and
wonderful Discovery! Tho Work Of another Ohio
Mani Practiced only by Myself East Of the Noun
tains VIII give 81. 600 for any case Of Piles can
NOT Cure. Can be seen at $40 18Th ct corner
northwest, every alternate week. Dec. 20 to IS.
IAN to g. II to %. 81 to Feb. 8. Ia to 10. % to
March 6, Il to 10. % to I'd ApTiI.
JAMES CIR ESS, Md,
n26-3m $40 18th ST.. cor, + north west.
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GDELs COIN sUi.EkSr-wArraused to cure
i Hard and soft CCkSE without injury or pam
G.GIEsLEt, Agent, Boots aud shoes, i02i
Tth st. NV. 10 clre no pay. 0ct7i -sm
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Discussion I'm the Baltimore Medical
AssoCiattoa
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INV ana sell ON smaIrfnsrgtn al Stccks quoted On
Nev YOrk 6tock Exchanee; aeo deal In Stock Priv
ilege. Ooutra0H at close rata oorrssponde1cs
soicteds eps-eo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-15
The Question Of Underwear.
What masks. what dances

On with the dance. let Joy be unconfned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-07-15
The Cotton, Corn and Wheat Crops.

The following statement Of the condition Of
the cotton, corn and wheat crops was issued By
the Department OF Agriculture to-day:
Cotton.-The returns to this department show
an increase In the condition OF cotton since the
June report. The condition Is reported at an
average OF 1C0 being the highest reported In
July since several years. The following are the
reports by states: FOrty-five counties in North
Carol1na average 101, 19 counties in South Caro-
lima average 90, 20 counties In Georgia average
81, l6 counties in Florida average 92 81 counties
in Alabama average SO, 40 counties In MiSsiSsip-
pf average 90, 16 counties In Louisiana average
90, Il counties In Texas average III. 33 counties
In Arkansas average 1G4, % counties In Tennessee
average 103. There are some complaints OF
drought in North and South Carolina and or too
much rain In Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkan-
sas Insect Injuries are not reported to any ex-
tent.
Corn.-The increase in area planted In corn is
ore per cent over that planted last year. The
average condition OF the crop for the whole
country Is the highest for many years, and is
100, being seven per cent more than last year at
the same time There are some complaints OF
drought In the South Atlantic states, while tn
the Valley OF the Mississippi and those states
north Of the Ohio river there is complaint of too
much rain. The Pacific states report very
high condition.
Wheat.-The general average of winter wheat
July 1, 1880, was IS against 81 July 1st. 1879; it
Improved slightly during June. The whole
n,a s0q,h ials sdt on nearly fourth but the heavy
rules high at IS. The middle states are per
cent. above the average, and the Pacific per
cent. West OF the Mississippi the crop aver
ags 81 a. against aEa SO last y year Spring Wheat aver
great decline in June, when the average was
81: The New England states average SO, the
middle states %; north OF the Ol1o the average
Is So; west tot Of the Mississippi the general aver
age is 80, Minnesota being 10I, while Nebraska
falls to 62. Iowa stands at 81. On the Pacific
coast California reports SO.
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The Markets.

81 ibAiIIIMORE. II July 15;-Virginia skies, deferred
Pa past ID due eoupons ss Do new ten-forties. 40
IL llM Flour dai and unchanged: Wheat, south
@ fa red do amber
LA; No: Msryla' d.. liz; No; western winter winnte
red, hcp spot and July 1;Ilslal: II; Augnst l;0sAs
and dull western higher but dull and ueglectet-
southern White. 5e: DO yellow, 90; western nixed.
aaa i 41s4 Aags Asass aa
50 Hay unchanged. Provisions firm but without
paehss ,s fERs ssads e
unchanged. Coffee quiet-Rio cargoes, ordinary to
n sna
bushels, oats. %'s SCI bushels SHIPMENTS
wheat 7l9, 500 bushels corn. %. 500 bushels.
NEW YORK. July 15..Stocks st'oag Money.
2aS. Exchange. long, 4s3: short. 4S5. Govern
NV s'1Spki YORK, July 15zneur quiet and nrm
Wheat fairly active. Corn fairly active
es1s } }y 1s new yss p tnts seaasa sna
Great Western first mortgage trustees certificates,
Ss4; Atlantic and Great Western seconds. %.
S2{ New York Central. issx -'''
per ceDts YaIy 1S nsw pes p ie. Eea bonds
do. second consols. sSS New YORK Central. 1853
yolS mhe tollow1s auotations were current M "a New
& Sst fss s.S,ss g &
sshissSS ceo oaS ass ss asnnSs
S1 md 81; Joseph. =; Iaie Shore. lO4 Northwest
.apa HG os loR 19a MsSanta ss
}esg1 }}os1 Wsbssh. g: Louis and Pacific. do pre-.
MALI OK. ~' " - WA vs. racine
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Boston, Hartford and Erie IL. Es.
Transfer,

New YORK, July 15.-The Boston, Hartford
and Erie X. r. stockholders met here to-day
and heard the report Of the committee appoint
ed on the sth inst to act with President Rooney
ana take the necessary steps for the opening CT
transfer books, transfer Of stock, and TO adopt
such other measures as would In their judy-
Tent be for the best interests of the stock
holders, and for the successful prosecution OF
their cause. The committee In their report re-
commended that the transfer books OF the BoS-
ton, Hartford and Erie X. r. be opened on July
ID, 1os0, for transfer OF stock, and that an as
sesSment OF % cents per share be collected for
every share OF stock transferred, payable when
so tIanS erred TO the president, and that money
so received be used to pay the expenses OF
such transfer. TO procure the necessary
certificates and transfer books TO pay clerk hire
and counsel fees and such other expenses as
might te incurred The report was received and
It's Recommendations adopted. It was resolved
that the money be paid into the hands OF the
present committee, and to be expended under
opening CT these transfer books was not neces-
sary for the successful carrying On OF their
suit, but was for the purpose OF having their
STOCK quoted on the Stock Exchange, and also,
because it was desirable to know who
were stockholders. It was further stated
that application had been made some
time ago to admit the stock to the
allegiance, because the transfer books were not
opened. resolution was adopted giving the
stockholders 80 days TO transfer their stock and
pay assessments, and the announcement was
made that the transfer books would be opened
on Monday morning next at 10 o'clock, at Pres
Rooney read statements from the bill OF CON-
PLANT IN the suit begun in the u. s. Courts In
Massachusetts. The meeting then adjourned,
subject TO the call OF the chair.
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kilograms to The Star.
AWFUL C0lLIERY EXPLOSION.
One Hundred and Twenty -EightLives Lost
THE GALLOWS FOR CHASTINE cox,
DIR. TANNERS TOUGH TASK,
DIR. TANNERS TOUGH TASK
ARCTIC STEAMER GULNARE.
THE GREAT FRENCH FETE.
FIGHTING IN THE EAST.
A TURCO-GERMAN ALLIANCE.
FRIGHTFUL COLL1ERY EXPLO-
SION.


LONDON, July 15.-An explosion occurred at
20 minutes past this morning In the London
and South Wales colliery company's new black
vein pit at Risca, six miles from Newport. The
shock was violent. 1t Is supposed that 119 men
were in the pit at the time, and there is scarce
ly a probability that any will be saved. one
body has been found at the bottom OF the shaft.
Ventilation is being restored In the mine with a
view to exploring for bodies.
One Hundred and TyentY.eight
Victims.
LONDON, July ia dispatch from CardiG
to the Times says: one hundred and twenty
eight men were in the pit OF the London aud
South Wales colliery companies mine at the
time OF the explosion, and ir is believed that all
have perjShed. The explosion occurred at %
minutes past o'clock. At about o'clock the
bodies OF three unfortunate miners were found
near the bottom OF the shaft, but they have not
yet been brought up.
THE FORCE OF THE EXPLOSION
was terri it1C, blowing to atoms the yentilating
fan in the upcaSt air blast. There is no hope
that the men below can exist. Ventilation is
being restored, with the view OF exploring in
search OF the unfortunate miners. The scenes
about the mine are reported as heartrending.
There is large throng Of people present, COM
posed in great part Of the relatives and friends
of the imprisoned miners. Among them are
many women, who are bewaiiing the fate OF
husbands and sons, w1Iile children are asking
anxiouSly concerning their fathers. Everything
possible is being done to expedite the rescue OF
the men, but scarcely any one hopes to find one
OF the miners alive.