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THE HERALD. rUELISILED EVERY THURSDAY PLATTSMOUTH," NEBBASKA. OPncBi On Vino St., One Block North of Main, Corner of Fifth St. OFFICIAL' PAPKll OF CASS COOTY. Terms, in Advance: One copy, one year f 2.00 One copy, eiz months 1.00 On cepj, three months 50 NT E1A JD JNO. A. MACMURPHY, Editor. PERSEVERANCE COXQIERS." TERMS: $2.00 a Year. VOLUME XL PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1875. NUMBER 21. THE HERALD. ADVKKTISIXU ItATKS. 1 square.. 8 iiarv 3 ninnrvn. X column. X column. 1 column. 1 w. ? w ! w. 1 tn. Jm. dm. 1 yr. f l oo (1 fin fi oo ft no f r. oo fHOa f 1st 1 M) no 5 no S oo a mil a iri a arM h no n oni i 3 75t 4 00 4 75 H (() n oo 2 '1 h no' lo oo la oo sit no w on 13 (m is oo in no ii.ri on 40 (mi ok is oo:i8 oo.ai ooas o.i oooo m umi hp tV All Advertlwlnjf billn due ejuarte-rly. Transient advertisements must bo paid tj In advance Extra coplos of the Herald for sain by II. J. Rtrriirlit, at the Pootottlre, and O. F. Johunon, cor ner of Main and Jfifth streets. HENRY BCECK, DEALER III FnxTiituLe, SAFES, CHAIRS, Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads, TC, BTC., ETC., Of All Descriptions. METALLIC BURIAL CASES. Wooden Coffins Of All sizes, ready-made, and sold cheap for cat. With many thanks for past patronage, I inrlta all to call and examine my LARGE STOCK OP Fiirnituro mill Co 111 ids. Jn2S MEDICINES AT J. H. BUTTERY'S, On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth. Wholesale ai.d Retail Dealer in Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes. Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles, etc., etc. rtTTRESCRirnONS carefully compounded at all hours, day and night 35-ly J. V. SHANNON'S Feed, Sale and Livery STAnTiC. Main Street, Plattsmouth, Neb. I am prepared to accommodate the public with Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, AND A No. I Hearse, On Short Notice and Reasonable Terms. A II A C K Will Run to the Steamboat Land ing, Depot, and all parts of the City, when Desired. janl-lf First National Bank Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, successor to Tootle, Ilnnna Sc Clarli. Jons Fitzgerald . . . E. Ci. DoTET A. W. McL.AroHi.ix. John O'Kockkb.... President. , Vice-President Cashier. Assistant Cashier. This Bank is now open for business at their new room, comer Main and Sixth streets, and are pre pared to transact a general BANKING BUSINESS. Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Government and Local Securities BOUGHT AND SOLD. Deposits Received and Interest Al lowed on Time Certificates. DRAFTS DRAWN, Available in any part of the United States and in all the ?rincipal Towns and Cities of Enrope. AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED INMAN LINE ail ALLAN LINE OF STIiLVSIKUS. Persons wishing to bring out their friends from Europe can PURCHASE TICKETS rRO CS Tlrofjli lo IMjitttsiiiontli. Excelsior Barber Shop. J. C. BOONE, Main Street, opposite Saunders House. HAIR-CUTTING, Shaving and Shampooing. ESPECLVL ATTENTION GIVEN TO Ciittiuff Children' ami Ladies Hair. Call and See Boone, Gents, And get a boon in a CXjZ: -A. K JBS IX V 23 . n41-ly GO TO THE Post Office Book Store, H. J. STBEIGHT, Proprietor, TOR TOCR Boots. Stationery, Pictures, Music, TOYS, CONFECTIONERY, Violin Strings, Newspapers, Norels, Song Books, etc., etc TOST OFFICE BUILDISG, PLATTSMOUTH, NEB, O. F. JOHNSON, DEALER m Drugs, Medicines, AKD i """" . 1:1 WALLPAPER. AHPaper TrimiiFree of Cbarie ALSO. DEALER IH Books, Stationery AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS. iv "Prescriptions carefully componnded by an experienced Drnrj-iL a l EEMEMBER THE PLACE Cor. Fifth and Main Streets, PLATTSMOUTII, NEB. THOS. V. SHRYOCK, DEALER TH Main St., bet. 5th and 6th, PLATTSMOTJTH, - NEB. ALSO UNDERTAKER, And Sias on hand a large stack of lMetallio Burial Cases, Wooden Coffins, Etc., Cf all sizes, cheap for cash. Funerals Attended on Short Notice II. J. WITEMJflf & SON, Wholesals and Ectail Dealers In PINE LUMBER, Lath, Shingles, SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, ETC., On Slain St., cor. Fifth, PLATTSMOUTH, . - - NEB. FOR YOUR CROCERIE8 ' J. V. Weckbach, Cor. Third and Main Sts., Piatt; month. (Gathmann's old stand.) Us keeps on ban a large and well-selected stock f FANCY GROCERIES, Coffees, Teas, Sugar, Sirup, Boots, Shoes. Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc Also, a large stack ef Dry Goods, Soots and Shoes, Crockery, Queeniware, Etc., Etc., Etc la connection with the Grocery is a BAKERY and CONFECTIONERY. Highest Price Paid for Country Produce. f nil stack at all times, and will not be undersold. Take notice of the Sign : EMPIRE BAKERY AND GROCERY." nljl WILLIAM STADELMANN Has ea hand one of the largest stocks of CLOTHING AND Gents' Furnishing Goods FOR BrRIXG AND SUMMER. I lnrite everybody in want of anrthinff in my line to call at mj store. South Side Main, bet. 5th & 6th Sts., And conrlnce themselves of the fact. I hare as a specialty in my Retail Departments a stock of l in. Clothing for Men tan Hoys, to watch we In Ti'e tho wht want goods. I also keep on hand a large and well-selected stock of Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Etc. jarlyl PHILADELPHIA STORE SOLOJIOX & XATIIAX, SCAURS M Fancy Dry Goods, Notions, Ladies' FnrnisMni Goods. Largest, Cheapest, Finest and Best Assorted Stock in the city. We are prepared t sell cheaper than they can be purchased elsewhere. GIVE TJS -A. And examine oar Goods. rystore on Main St., between 4th and 5th Sts., Plattsmouth, Neb. 16tf PLATTSMOUTH NEBRASKA. Coxrad Heisel, Proprietor. FLOUR, CORN MEAL, FEED, Always on hand and for eale at lowest cash prices. The Highest Prices paid for Wheat and Com. Particmlar attention sires to custom work. CURRENT PARAGRAPHS. Sam. IJrannon is the Democratic can didate for Congress in the First California District. The recent Oregon Independent State Convention nominated G. W. "Whitney for Congress. The New York Republican State Con vention is to be held at Saratoga on the yth of SeptemlK-r. The Chicago Industrial Exposition is to open on the 8th of September and con tinue one month. The town of Lincoln has been selected as the site for the Illinois Institution for the Feeble-Minded. Catt. Bogardus, the American pigeon shooter, recently easily defeated Kimell, the English champion. TnE Massachusetts Republican State Convention will be held at "Worcester on the 28th of September. The French Government has prolubited the sale in France of Mr. Gladstone's writings against papacy. Mrs. Annie Sumner, of Cincinnati, used coal-oil to hurry up the fire, a few days ago, and was fatally burned. The French Geographical Congress has awarded first-class medals to the American Statistical Bureau at "Washington and Prof. Ilayden. The Republicans of the Fourth District of Maine have nominated Gen. Plaisted to fill the vacancy in Congress caused by the death of Wm. F. Ilersey. The Government income for the last fiscal year is larger than any estimate made, and more than realizes the expecta. tions of the Treasury officials. Serious riots occurred in Glasirow. Scotland, between Orangemen and Ilome rulers durinsr the O'Connell celebration. Several of the rioters and policemen were injured. The funeral of Hans Christian Ander sen, the Danish poet and author, occurred at Copenhagen on the 11th. The day was made one of national mourning through out Denmark. The little mare Lulu made the remark able time of 2:15 at Buffalo on the 10th, the fastest time on record with the excep tion of Goldsmith Maid's 2 :U. at Roch ester last year. Notice of trial of the $100,000 libel suit of Theodore Tilton against the Brooklyn Eagle and Thomas Kinsella has been en tered in the Brooklyn City Court for the September term. The Oregon Republican and Independ ent State Conventions both adopted reso lutions favoring specie payments. The latter favored the repeal of the law in creasing the President's salary. Jefferson Davis, the ex-Con federate President, has accepted an invitation to deliver the annual address before the "Win nebago County (111.) Agricultural Society at Rock ford on the 11th of next month. It has been definitely ascertained that the political status of the delegates to the North Carolina Constitutional Convention is as follows: Democrats, sixty; Inde pendents, two; Republicans, fifty-eight. It is stated that the committee of the creditors of J. B. Ford fc Co. have recom mended the acceptance of thirty-five cents on the dollar, in twelve monthly install ments, commencing Dec. 13, w ith interest. Announcement was made on the 11th that Shaw & Thompson, British iron mcr. chants and manufacturers, had failed for C00.000 and compromised with their creditors b' paying fifty cents on the dol lar. A recent report places the number of pensioners whose names are on the Gov ernment rolls at 228,034, a decrease of 4,871 since last year. The amount paid out in 1874 was $1,223,000 less than in the previous year. Gov. Beveridge, of Illinois, has issued a proclamation offering a reward of $100 each for the arrest of the perpetrators oi the murders committed in Williamson County within the past two years. This is in addition to the $1,000 reward offered by the county. Seven local architects who were ap pointed to investigate the disputed ques tions relating to the new Custom-I louse building in Chicago have unanimously re ported in favor of continuing the work on the original plan and with the same ma terials. This report has been forwarded to the Washington authorities. It is reported from New York that Drcxel, Morgan & Co., of that city, have made arrangements with Duncan, Sher man !c Co. and Alexander Duncan, father ol the leading member of the firm of D., S. & Co., by which the branch houses of the former firm in London and Paris will cash all orders and letters of credit of the latter firm held by travelers in Europe. It is understood in Washington that an adverse decision will be given to the peti tion of Fitz John Porter for a rehearing of his case. The decision is based upon the ground that the finding of a court-martial, after sentence has Leen approved and exe cuted, cannot be reviewed or reopened, and that the United States Supreme Court has held that under the Constitution there is no appeal from such a verdict. Speaking of the balloon ascension of Messrs. Donaldson and Grimwood, occur ring a month ago, the Chicago Journal of a recent date says : " There is now but lit tle doubt that they were dashed into the lake by the gale of that terrible night and that their bodies and the balloon sank in the middle of Lake Michigan, where, the water beingof very great depth, nobodies of drowned persons have ever been known to rise to the surface. In every instance where reports have reached U5 of Donald son's balloon, or remnants of it, having been seen or its passengers heard of, we have promptly instituted inquiry, but in no case have we found the reports well founded or worthy of credit." EPITOME OF THE WEEK. CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. An amnesty demonstration occurred at Dublin on the 7th, in the cemetery where O'Connell is buried. Over 40,000 persons were present, including several members of Parliament. Resolutions were adopted favoring home rule and amnesty for the imprisoned Fenians. TnE cholera is said to be raging violent ly in Syria. Advices up to the 23d ult. reported 400 cases daily at Damascus, and the real number was thought to be consid erably larger. The disease was also re ported as raging at Antioch and other towns adjacent. Benjamin B. II alxeck, a clerk in the cash-room of the Treasury Department in Washington, was arrested on the 7th under suspicion of being concerned in the $47, 000 robbery. Wm. H. Ottman, a saloon keeper, and an old gambler named Brown were also arrested as accomplices in the theft. A special telegram of the evening of the 8th says Halleck had made a full confession, saying that Ottman put up the job, Brown being used by him (Ottman) as a go-between. It was thought $40,000 of the money would be recovered, and that Ottman's property in "Washington would be sufficient to cover the balance. One hoy was killed and eighteen others injured by an explosion in the Govern ment arsenal near Philadelphia on the morning of the 7th. A fire in the town of Victory, near Auburn, N. Y., on the night of the 6th destroyed the entire business portion of the village, forty buildings being con sumed. Loss estimated at $250,000. A woman named Patterson and a boy, Charlie Watson, were burned to death in one of the houses. Peter Barnes, a fire man, fell from a ladder and was instantly killed. The jury in the case of John D. Lee, charged with being the leader in the Mountain Meadows massacre, reorted on the 7th that they were unable to agree and were discharged by the Court. It is said they stood nine for acquittal and three (one Gentile and two Mormons) for conviction. The trial of Alexander and William Collie on the charge of obtaining money from the London and Westminster Bank on false pretenses came to a sudden con clusion on the 9th by the announcement that Alexander had absconded. Of the $47,000 stolen from the Treasury Department $14,500 were recovered on the Oth, being found in the vault of an Alexandria bank, where it had been de posited by Ottman. The State Constitutional Convention is carried in Alabama by about 10,500 ma jority. Of the delegates chosen the Dem ocrats have eighty-one, Independent Democrats six, Renublicans twelve. The Republicans of the First California District have nominated Ira P. "Rankin for Congress. A London dispatch of the 11th states that a serious affair had occurred between the Russian and Prussian frontier guards at Donbrowa, on the boundary between the two countries. The trouble was pro voked by the Russians, who trespassed on German territory. Several of the guards on each side were wounded. It is reported that all the Carlist villages on the plain of Alaoa have submitted to the Government of King Alphonso. A Madrid telegram of the 10th says the Official Gazette had published an order directing a levy of 100,000 men. Gen. Crook and Col. Stanton returned to Cheyenne on the 10th from the Black Hills. They report that miners were pre paring to leave the Hills, covering up the richest lodes to prevent their becoming known until such time as they can re turn. They say there are gold mountains full of quartz, and that capital and skill will develop mines equal to those of Cali fornia and Nevada. There were about 1,500 miners in the Hills, and a great deal of preliminary work had been done by them in the way of ditches and sluices. But few Indians had been seen. Ottman, one of the three Treasury rob bers, was remanded to jail on the 10th, in default of $40,000 bail. A Raleigh (N. C.) telegram of the 9th sa3s the result of the convention election was still doubtful. The Democrats claimed four majority in the convention. A ncmbek of citizens of Minneapolis, Minn., state that they saw a balloon floating westward over that city, at a great height, on the evening of the 10th. Halleck and Brown, under arrest for complicity in the. United States Treasury robbery, were examined on the 11th and committed to jail in default of $40,000 bail each. A collision occurred on the evening of the 11th between a cattle-train on the St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway and a special train on the Hannibal & St. Joe Iioad, a few miles from Kansas City The special train contained several rail way officials, many of w hom were more or less injured. The levy of troops recently ordered in Spain includes j-ouths who shall be nine teen .by the 31st of Decemler next. The man-of-war Victoria was reported on the 12th as bombarding Lequito, on the Bis cayan coast. According to a Constantinople telegram of the 12th the situation in Herzegovina was Incoming exceedingly grave. The insurgents had attacked Trebigne, and were burning and pillaging in all direc tions. The Turks had been defeated at Bileridia after an obstinate fight. Shawneetown, 111., was inundated on the 12th, the high water in the Ohio River bursting through the levee at that place. The water in the town was from five to seven feet deep, and the inhabitants were obliged to take refuge in the higher sur rounding country. The census returns from all counties in Wisconsin except one give the total popu lation of the State at 1,230,579, being an increase of 181,909 in five j-ears. There were thirty cases of yellow-fever at Pascagoula, Miss., on the 12th. Seven deaths had occurred, the disease being of the most malignant type. A Fort Bar rancas (Fla.) dispatch of the 11th says there were no new cases there. THE -MARKETS. Auocst 13, 1S73. NEW YORK. Lite Stock. Bef Cattle $11.7o13.50. Hors Live, $7.502.7.6,4. Sheep Live, S!-5G3-25. BsaaDSTurrs. Flour Good to choice, 6.G53 7.10; white wheat extra, $7.1D(3.7.bO. Wheat No. 2 Chicago, $1.370,1.3!; No. 2 Northwestern, S1.38&1.39; No. 2 Milwaukee sprint;, $1,433 1.44. Rye Western and State, $1.0831-10. Bar iejr $1.301.S3. Corn Mixed Western, 80 84Hc Oats Mixed Western, 64'4B6c. Provisions. Pork Mess, $21.0i21.(i5. Lard Prime Steam, 13Jiai4c Cheese 5llc Wool. Domestic Fleecu, 502.03c. CHICAGO. Lrva Stocx. Beeves Choice, $6.0(V&6.25; good, $5.4(&5.80; medium, $40&5.15; butch era' stock, $3.2o&4.; stock cattle, $3,002 3.75. Bogs Live, $7.702,3.00. Sheep Good to choice, $4.003.4.75. Provisions. Butter Choice, 24J28c. Ecre Fresh, 13Vi14c. Pork Mess, f 21.3aal 25. Lard $13 4313.50. BuiADSTvrrs. Klour White Winter Extra, $6.50&7.75; spring extra, $5.5036 50. Wheat Spring:, No. 2, $1.24K31.25. Corn- No. S, 6'J', 370c ata No. 2, 4&49c. Rye No. 2, 8fc385c. Barley No. 2, $1.1731.19. Lumber. First Clear, $45.00(316.00; Second clear, $43.OO45.O0; Common Boards, $10.00(3 11.00; Fencing, $10.00(311.00; "A" Shingles, $2.1033 00: Lath, $1.75.00. CINCINNATI. Brxadstutts. Flour $7.35(37.50. Wheat Red, S1.40&1.5S. Corn 74 77c. Rye 95!Wc. Oats 70S 75c. Provisions. Pork $21.73(322.00. Lard 13?4 14c 8T. LOUIS. Lira Stock. Beeves Good to choice, $5.90Q 6.40. Hogs Live, $7.40(38.23. BKKADSTUrrs. Flour XX Fall, $5.75G 23. Wheat No. 2 Red Fall, $1.47(31-47i4. Corn No. 3, 69(370c Oat No. 2, 51 32c. Rye No. 2, 83(385c. Provisions. Pork Mess, $22.00322 30. Lard 12iOt3c MILWAUKEE. BBiaDSTurrs. Flour Spring XX, $5 0035.25 Wheat Sr-ring No. 1,$1.313L31; No. 2, $1.26 31.2'1!4. Corn No. 2, 69370c. Oats No. 2, 49' &E0c Rye No. 1, 82383c. Barley No. 2, $1.1231-13. DETROIT. BMADSTcrrs. Wheat Extra, $1.49(31.50. Corn No. 1, 79&80C Oats No. 1, 6CK361C TOLEIXJ. BBiiDtTum. Wheat Amber Mich., $1.50 l.EO'J; No. 2 Red, $1.52(31.53. Corn- High Mixed, "J7(377c Oats No. 2, 65366c. CLEVELAND. BBEADSTTjrrs. Wheat No. 1 Red, $1.55 54 1.56; No. 2 Red, $1.50!i31.51. Corn Hih Mixed, 82383c. att-No.l, 70371c. BUFFALO. Lira Stock. Beeves $5 5036 75. Hogs Live, $7.7038 30. 8heeD Live, $1.7335.50. BAST LIBERTY. Lira Stock. Beeves Best. $6.5037.00; me dium, $5.7536.00. Hogs Yorkers, $8,153 8.30; Philadelphia, $8.6028.80. Sheep Beut, $5.0035.25; medium, $4.5034 75. Calitok-ia has an odd trouble. Thou sands of pelicans are eating up all the fish in Big Meadow Lake, 150 miles inland. Brief Biographical Sketch of the Late Ex-President Johnson. Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh, N. C. Dec. 20. 1WS. His father, Jacob Johuson, was city constable, sexton and porter of the State Bank. At the age ot four he lost his father, who died from in juries he received while attempting to res cue a man from drowning. At tne age 01 ten he was apprenticed' to a Ra leisrh tailor. While engaged in the industrious pursuit of this calling young Johnson first learned to read. With such assistance as he could get he mastered the alphabet, and added to his store of knowledge as bc-t he could, until he became possessed of a good deal ot general information. He rose from his humble position step by step, and in was elected Alderman of reenville, and three 3-ears after Mayor. He was elected to the'Tenncssee Legislature in l&io, was defeated for re-election in 18:7, and was a train elected to the same posit ion in is:j). In 1840 he was a Presidential Elector-at-Large, and in 1841 was elected to the State Senate. His first election to Congress oc curred in 1843, and he remained in Con gress for ten years. In 1853 he was elected Governor of Tennessee, and was re-elected in 1855. He was elected United States Senator in 1857. The Republican Convention which re nominated President Lincoln in June, 1804, named Andrew Johnson as its can didate for Vice-President. This ticket was elected, and Vice-President Johnson took the oath of ofliceon the 4th of March, 18(54. On the 14th of April Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, and Andrew Johnson became President of the United States. On the 24th of February, 1S(8, the House, by a vote of 128 to 47, resolved to impeach him of high crimes ami misde meanors, but the vote in the Senate was not sufficient to secure his removal from office. Mr. Johnson was again brought into prominence a few months ago by the struggle in Tennessee over the United States Senatorship, which resulted in his return to the Senate. He occupied his seat during the brief extra session of the Senate in March last. The Tornado in Knox County, HI. At six o'clock last night this vicinity was visited by a damaging tornado that scattered destruction along its entire track. It is first heard from at Alexis, Warren County, where it took an easterly course, and crossed the northern suburbs of Galesburg, demolishing everything in its course. It was about a half-mile in width. The first place that was struck was George Furpcning's house, which was entirely destroyed. Next came the resi denee of Mr. O. Hultz, which was whirled high in the air in a thousand splinters. The home of John Anderson was demol ished, killing his wile and severely injur ing him. John McGraw's house, Henry Maxwell's barn, corn-cribs and orchards were leveled. 1'. S. Nelson's hay-sheds were demolished, and six acres of orchard blown over. The house, was badly dam aged, and forty acres of corn taken up by the roots, while forty or fifty acres additional were more or less dam aged. Three boys are missing, and are supposed to have been picked up by the tornado and killed. The houses of Seakery Brown and Robert Stott were destroyed. Barney Conley's house was blown down. A house and barn belonging to Peter Coffee were over turned. John McGrath had 1,000 bushels of corn in crib blown away and a large number of hogs killed. A dead steer was found which had been carried one mile from its pasture. The foregoing occurred within two or three miles of Galesburg. Passing on, the funnel-shaped destroyer prostrated everything in its path till it ar rived at Wataga, eight miles northeast, where A. Dreed's house, haystacks, or chards, etc., were destroyed, J. Holyoke's corn-crib demolished, Thomas Woolley's barn unroofed. Dr. Slater's barn moved from its foundations, Mrs. Anna Wild's house overturned, and herself nearly killed. Houses, btablesand other buildings belonging to Henry Vaile, W. II. Smith, J. Olson, Mrs. Swanson and Mrs. Delane were torn down and the debris scattered far and wide. On went the tornado to near Knoxville, where the touse of Mr. Barton was laid in ruins over the family's heads, one child being injured beyond recovery, and Mr. and Mrs. Barton being danger ously injured. It is impossible to give but a meager idea of the extent of the damage to crops. Whole fields of grain that had been stacked were swept away and corn-fields are laid -waste for miles in extent. , o possible estimate can be placed upon the damage at present, as it extends over fifteen or twenty miles of country. The greatest excitement has ex isted in this city all day and the different points along the line of disaster have been visited by persons whose friends and rel atives are victims. It is generally con ceded that this visitation is without paral lei in the history of Knox County. Uakg- burg (Aug. (i.) Dispatch to Chicago Tribune. Seventeen Years Among Savages. An Australian correspondent of the Lon don I imc writes: "An interesting case of naturalization of a white man among savages has just come to light. Seventeen 3'cars ago the French ship St. Paul, with ;J27 Chinese coolies for Australia, was wrecked on a reef oft Rossel Island, in the Lousiadc Archipelago, east of Jsew Guin ea. The coolies were landed on an island, where thev Averc left by the Captain. The story ot the (.lunamen is a short one, tor. as the natives happened to be cannibals, it seemed good to them to fetch off two of the fattest every day and eat them, ao that wlien at last a ship came to fetch tliem away there were only seventeen left. The boat containing the Captain and his crew of eight Frenchmen made the coast of Australia near Cape Direction, on the Cape York Peninsula, and the Captain and crew landed in search of water. Among them was a boy twelve 3cars old named Xarcisse Pelletier, of St. Giles, near Bordeaux, who cut his feet badly in walking over the rock, and was unable to keep up with the others; consequently, when the boat started on its course he was left behind and remained three days alone on the coast, lie was lying asleep under a tree when a geutle shaking made him aware that he was in the presence of three black men and two black women, who made signs of surprise ami commisera tion. They gave him some food, and led him away without any violence to their camp, where he was received by others of the tribe in an equally friendly manner. He lKcame one of the tribe and adopted their way of living, which, as he describes it, is, perhaps, as primitive as any that can now be found. Shelter and clothing are dispensed with altogether, except that the women w ear a small, fringed girdle round the hips. Their food consists of fish, which they take en tirely by spearing and harpooning, fruits, and a few animals. They use "tire for cooking, obtaining it by rubbing two pieces ot dry wood together. llieirperr sonal ornamentations consist of a few scars, made by cutting the flesh w;th broken bottles and pinching up the in cisions repeatedly until a cork-like ex crescence is formed. The design, as ex emplified in his person, consists ot two straight cords across the lower part of his chest, the longer of them alout ten inches in length, about a third of an inch thick in the middle, and tapering oil" to the ends, the other somewhat smaller; four or five short lines parallel to these and above them on each side of the front of the chest, all the lines being about an inch apart; some similar short lines or crack ling' in front of the right shoulder, and a few slight ones in front of the left; le- ldes that he has a hole through the lobe of the right ear large enough to hold a piece of wood of the size of a five-franc piece when stretched, and finally a hole through the division of the nose to admit a piece of hamltoo as large as a common lead-pencil just below the nostrils lhey do not practice any other mutilation or modification of any part of the body, but thev cut their hair (which is black and straight not curled in the smallest de gree) with broken bottles. The incisions lppl ted to the women diner only in pat tern from those of the men. When it rains heavily they try to shelter themselves with pieces of bark or branches, but they have not even the rudiment of a hut. They seldom stay long in one place. They have no stone implements in use; their weap ons and fish spears ar tipped with iron, obtained from the hoops of ca.sks picked upon the beach, llieir language, about a hundred words of w hich have been writ--ten down from Pelletier's dictation, does not appear to have anything in common with -Malay, or with any of the Papuan dialects, of which vocabularies are at hand. It abounds in nasal sounds. They are wholly unable to count, and have no words for numliers. Their relations be tween the sexes are those which obtain among animals other than man. The strongest tike three or four women each, and fights for their possession arc of fre quent occurrence. When a man for any reason is dissatisfied with or tired of his wife he simply spears her sind there is an end of it. Domestic troubles are consequently of short duration. Neither cannibalism nor infanticide is practiced by this tribe; on the contrary, according to Pelletier's statement, they arc rather good-natured people, and would be kind to any white man who came among them unarmed. Of any religion, or belief in the existence of any kind of unseen world, they appear not to have the slightest vestige. Pelle tier is, of course, a living curiosity. He is to be handed over to the French Consul at Sydney, who will no doubt forward him to France. What his ultimate fate may be no one can sajr, but it is certain that if he is to thrive as a civilized man he will require a larger amount of discretion than his training up to this point is likely to have given him." The Rain-Fall. Tiik immense rains which have flooded portions of Europe and Asia, and even now are visiting China and the remote East, are now visiting us with 11ok1s that are doing great damage in some places and threaten to lc very destructive in oth ers. We know too little of the laws of the physical globe and the forces that operate in 'and upon it to foresee these visitations and prevent them. But in this country a great deal lias been done to invite drought and increase the destruetiveness of floods when they occur by stripping the hills of their natural covering and baring whole districts of forests. These alsorb the rain as it comes and hold it back for equable and safe distribution through a season. Thev regulate the flow of rivers, as well as suck up the storm that but for them would break in devastating fury over a whole district, doing immense damage. It is now demonstrated beyond question that the more forests in a State the less it sutlers from droughts and floods. It is obviously important that everything should be done to prevent the wanton destruction of for ests by law, while the planting of artific ial forests on the bare and unproductive hill sides of the country should be encouraged. We cannot stop the occasional massing of the rain-clouds and their breaking in storms over a particular distric t, but by a wise adoption of such preventive measures as we understand their destructive effec ts can be mitigated, and they can be utilized to some extent for industrial and commer cial ends. N. Y. Graphic. Yonng American Wonders. I wondek what makes papa tell such nice stories to visitors about his hiding his master's rattan when he went to school, and about his running away from the schoolmistress when she was going to n-hir liim and then shut me ui all dav in a dark room because I tried just once ot be as smart as he was! Wonder what made papa say that w icked word when Betsey upset the ink all over his papers, and then slapped my ears because I said the same thing when my kite-string broke! 'Wonder why mamma told Bridget the other day to say s-he was not at home when Tommy Day's mother called, and then puts me to bed w ithout any supper every time 1 tell a lie! ' He squeezed her hand in the damp arbor a the stars came, up, and asked her to remain a little longer, but the gathered her liht shawl more closely and said she felt a little dewbious about it. FACTS AM) FIGURES. The combined wealth of the guests at the United States Hotel at Saratoga is esti mated at if'JO.OOO.tMK). The Wheeling (W. Va.) nail factories, during the past six months, have turned out f l,.2 ),:i- worth ot nails. The sale of postage stamps in the New York postoffices for the quarter ending June ;S0 amounted to f 4!,14!MN. In Louisiana oranges are sold on trees at $10 a thousand. The hist crop amounted to 1(5,250,000, which realized a net profit of !f810,000. The Panama Star says that shipments of bananas from the Isthmus had been sus pended, and 8,000 bunches will rt on the trees, in consequence of the high rates of freight. Tiieke nre 2,150 cubic inc hes in a level bushel, and for corn in the ear you must give three heaped half bushels, which equal two level bushels, making 4,11110 cubic inches. AnorT 800,000 gallons, or over $ 1 ,000, 000 worth, of ice-cream are manufactured in Boston every year, and the average con sumption in the leading hotels andhaloous is forty-two gallons a day. The insurance companies have Fettled with the losers by the big fire in Spring field, Mass., for $142,802. This includes all the risks on buildings, one of $25,000. The total loss by the fire is now estimated at $x0,000. It is a curious fact that Boston 'sexports of iron and steel are greater than those of Philadelphia, Boston having exported $1,21(S!W4 worth of iron and $22,208 worth of steel in 1874, to Philadelphia's $005,755 in iron and $1,779 of steel. There are over 2, 7(H) varieties of apples known by over 1,H(K) names, 2.2(H) of pears, 200 of cherries, 150 of plums, ".OO of our native grapes, fifty of currants, eighty of blackberries, and thirty of rasp berries, according to a counting up of somebody. Of the 1,905,078 cheese received at New York for the year ending May 31, 1874, 1.701,328 were exported, leaving for home consumption only 0 per cent., show ing that the foreign market is what our cheese-makers have to depend on. The cheese, exported were wortli $14,- 500,000. A nitTOHT idea in statistics has been struck in Massachusetts. In calling for 44 blind and deaf" they tret every person so afflicted to tell of all of his or her relatives similarly suffering, then they count all. In this way they avoid missing any. More than that they make magnificent gains. Suppose six persons in a family are deaf. EachreMrts the other five, and altogether the census-taker gets thirty-six on rec ord where six exist. It is a simple process. F. R. Elliott, a writer on agricult ure, has been collec ting certain data in re gard to fruit culture, and gives the total market value of the crop ot the entire country at $47,000,000. New oi k leads all the States in amount with $7,000,000. California's figures are largest in propor tion to population, being $(i,(M)0,0(K), this sum probably including the yield from vineyards. The total sum for the New England States is put at $li, 000,000, the individual States not being itemized. SENSE AM) AO-NSEXSE. In these days no lady appears perfectly unruffled. A btoky gains currency so long as it pays lo tell it. Floiuda is to give us 1,000,000 pine apples this year. Fon the past two months no fifty-cent notes have tcen printed. New Haven is the home of a girl-burglar about ten years old. A iioixiNG stone gathers no moss, but how about a rolling prairie? Where are those silver twenty-cent pieces that the public were to 44 jingle V" Phof. B.uim says all the 400,000 shad, destined for the '4 o'ershadowed Rhine," have died on the voyage. The Cedar Falls Gazette says it is rec ommended, to cure a balky horse, to fill his mouth with dry sand. The man who attempts to get up a grain corner in France is promptly got into a corner of a convenient prison. Tramps are organizing in Maine for a fall campaign. They refuse to work for three dollars a day, but go about freeboot ing. Don't ue soap. A Brooklyn editor says that it communicatesdisea.se by being made of fat taken from dead dogs and cats. When a man lives so far off as the De troit Free Press man he isn't afraid to say: 44 If Tom Allen won't fight let him keep still." 44 If you won't work we can give j-ou no credit," is the way the retail dealers at Fall River, Mass., talk to the striking operatives. Dr. Rusn in his last will and testament aptly and epigrammatically alluded to newspapers as "vehicles of disjointed thought." Miss Emily Faithfull thinks that American ladies, for beauty and dignity, rank with the most highly-cultivated na tions of the w orld. It may be remarked that, while the season ol" college commencements is just ended the season of colic commencements is but fairly i jaugurated. Those who think they are wcatherwisc predict that next winter will not be a se vere one because, they say, a mild win ter always follows a cold, wet summer. 44 1 would I were a glove upon that hand," he murmured fondly, but the next time he saw her she had the salt-rheum bad and then he changed his mind. Fickle, fickle man! A lawsuit is in progress in San Fran cisco in which one of the questions raised on a demurrer is whether a mud-sc ow is a 44 sleamer, vessel or boat" in the legal ac ceptation of those terms. 44 Lord! how this world is given to lying," whispers the Philadelphia Chron icle. Reform must commenc e somewhere, and we believe it should start in Phila delphia. Detroit Free l'reas. 44 Oh, dainty foot, oh, gaiter boot, to piety j'ou're shocking," was what he quoted in a whisper when she kicked him vigorously in church ljccause he was kneeling on the edge of her skirt The numlier of deaths in the English mines last year averaged one to ever' 510 persons employed, and uearly all were at tributed to carelessness. The total num ber of persons employed was 538, 820. Old Mrs. Boulav, of Dallas, Tex., found $1,800 in gold under her floor the other day. It had been placed there by her hus band, who had neglected to tell her about it before he died. Boulay for the old man. The bovs of McDonough's school, in Baltimore", annually have the fun of visit ing the grave of that deceased millionaire and covering it with flowers. This is in accordance with John McDonough's will. A sister of ex-Gov. Senter, of Ten nessee, fell into a trance so closely re sembling death that she was prepared for burial. Uion revival, t-he baid bhe had been with her father, who had been dead many years. So great is the rapacity of sunfish, bass and pickerel in Lake Geoige that fishermen declare that, ot the 70.(XK or 80,000 trout plated in thee waters by Seth Green, scarcely cue in a thousand will come to maturity. A PRitONEU in Burleson County, Tex., who broke jail the other day and fled to the woods, wan so badly bitten by a rattle snake-within an hour or two of his scape that he was obliged to deliver hinwlf up in order to save his life. The Green Bay (Wis.) Gazitte was re cently brought into court charged with libeling a sewing. machine agent. The Gazette said that his machine wouldn't sew, and he wants to prove that he can sue if his machine can't. More sorrows: All the clock-maker in Connecticut have agreed to suspend operations for four wet ks. It would lie a pretty hard blow on the nation to be com pelled to get along a w hole month without its regular supply of docks. There is an ominous silence just now regarding that Kcely motor. It can scarce ly be possible that the water ha given out; there's water in abundance now. Let us hear from Mr. Kcely, the talented I'hil adclphian. St. Iaii JlcputUiran. A $2,(HX)-MiitROR with a $(!(H gold leaf frame is one of the tilings that are pointed out at Saratoga, and yet there are folks who will walk right by it without being made any happier, unless they see that their dress hangs better than their neigh bor's. In Kansas, recently, two young ladies, having retired early, were awakened with an urgent request to attend a social gath ering of friends, and in iust fourteen minutes they appeared before their escort 4 completely arrayed in fashionable attire. This is the best time on record. 44 Rents have risen," was the jocose re mark of the astute small boy when 11 nail caught in the previously small tear in his coat tail and ripped the garment up to his neck. Subsequently, alter an interview with his parents, lie moaned to himself in the woodshed that 44 leather had fallen." After a good deal of figuring the New York 1 ndipendrnt has got together the de grees conferred by only M'vcnly-nine out ot the 3(H) col leges at the recent Commence ments, footing up 120 D. D.'s and 73 LL. D. s. At these strides a little careless calculation will show that when next, this country has a Centennial every inhabitant, from the best-preserved centenarian to the youngest babe, will be cither a D. D., 1111 LL. I)., or both. Althoi c;ii the Esquimaux arc placed, as a race, low down upon the hcale of hu manity they arc said to have considerable inventive and constructive skill Their boats are ingeniously made and their ice huts are arched on correct mathematical principles. A recent writer describes, too. a cruel but really novel method in tie among them for killing bears. They sharpen the ends of a piece of whalebone a foot or more long, then bend it double and wrap it closely in fat meat, which is exposed to the air till it freezes. These treacherous pellets are thrown to the bear, which Ixilts them whole. They thaw in his stomach; the bent whalebone straight ens and the sharp points pierce his vitals whenever he attempts to move. Bigamy Extraordinary. A Boston correspondent of the New York Kvaiina l'ost relates the following instance of remarkable matrimonial du plicity: I heard rece ntly of a c ase of biga my in the neighboring city of Lynn, which, I believe, has not got mentioned in the newspapers, but whic h is probably one of the most remarkable on record in tli'n country. The husband of two wives in tins case was a resident of Lynn, who at the outbreak of the war obtained a clerk ship in the Treasury Department at Wash ington. He continued to hold this posi tion until his death, which occurred not very long ago. AV hen he went to Wash ington he left a wile behind him, she; hav ing the care of a relative-with whom she lived, and not wishing to take up her resi dence at the capital. This arrange-ine'tit was continue-d for fourteen years, the hus band nuiking an annual visit and passing his vacation with his wife at her home in Lynn. The characte r of the man was rej- spectable, and no one; ever suspected that he had unlawiul marital relations. On the occasion of Ji is last visit to his home he was taken violently sie k, and alter a short illne-ss he died. A day er two b;- fore his death a letter Mas rece ived lioin Washington directed to him, and ns he: was une-emseious his Mife opened it. It informed her that the man who lay dying before her had another wife in Washing ton, who was the mother of two chiMie-n. It was theli'st intimation she e ve r re- ceive-d of the fact (whih she le arned upon further inquiry) that he had bee n living for several vears in a verv miiet manne r with a lady in Washington, who was, moreover, rcspe'ctablc ami utterly una ware that she was the wife ef a bigamist. All the facts in the case are fully substan tiated. Driving Oxen Home. Of course we can drive the oxen horn. we told the farme r. The id-a of doubting our ability when we had se'en the-ni ban- died every day for the past month! He handed over the long whip and started them, we taking the proper position just in front. It was e asy enough though rathe-r monotonous, till we met a te am coming the other way ; the n we ,4 geed' those oxe n into a ditch, and, running against a tre e-, came te a stand-Mill. We rece ived a pleas ant smile freim the teamster, as we had given him the whobr road. But there we were. We hollered "gee," "ha" and "back," and :-were till eur throat felt rough. We couldn't get ahe ad unless we Inn-rowed an ax and cut the tree dow n, and when we tried to back them they spread emt from the pole, and stood face- to face, nearly choking iheii)e l ves. Then eur pa tiene:e gave out ; we K iekcl the ne ar en. in the ribs; he playfully ictorted by switc hing us across the face with a fly di-.-perscr. We lit a pipe, ami pulled smoke into their nostrils. This was a happy thought; they sneeze-el ove-r us and backed, but forgot to stop till they got a -tone wall between them. We went home to Imutow a steam-derrick, but before the arrange ments were made the oxe n came in view and calmly stopped in front of the barn. You may think there is nothing human in an ox, but we are ready to swear that loth winked when the-y saw us, and oup had a positive grin on his face. We refrain from expressing eur opinion of oxen. Some Embarrassing Questions. A oentleman who recently passed ove r the old Central Railroael from Roe lie-ter to Syracuse re late-s an amusing ine-ide-nt that came under his observation before; reaching Auburn. An eillic-e r was 011 the train, having in charge two e-onvie ts des tined for Auburn Prison. The hands el the convicts we re free, and they sat eppe. site one another with irons em their ankles, the officer occupying a seat w ith eme eif them. Presently a gentleman came in, w hose hooked nose, old-fashioned silk hat and general seedy appearance indicate-d inquisitiveness, came along and took the vacant seat beside the cemvict, not notic ing the irons. The convict was an intelli gent fellow and eyed his fellow-passenger closely. Presently the stranger said : 44 Pretty slow train this." Convict I ap pose it is rather tlow when one is in a hurry. Stranger xes; vou going clown the road far? Convict No, sir; I Mop off at Auburn. Stranger Ah! Do you live there? Convict I have not formerly. StraDger But you thiuk of taking up your residence there, do 3-ou ? Convict lam thinking t-eriously of it; ye, sir. Stranger What business are you in, it I may ask? Convict I expect to be ia the employ of the State. The str-gvr ' the irons and the sell about the same tkr.e and ejaculated: 44 Oh! Ah, yes, I fate," and went into the next car.