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VOLUME II.
RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1S".
NUMBER 47.
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GENERAL NEWS.
Judge Wodgctt of Chicago decides
tbat the books and papers of distillers
may be seized and' used as testimony
, against their owners.
The Chicago JW and Mail says that
four of the Cook county commissioners
have Ikjcu indicted Jor corrujition in
building contracts.
Again St. Liub. ine.iiintt 'or ils idol
Nevis, Fiax-r &, GWf. whitky rectifying
establishment has been seiwrd becaube
Howe Uncle Hum $44,000 taxes.
Saycth the J)tpartm:nt of Agricul
ture: "Winter and tpring wheat will yield
" tour fil: ht at h lull crop; oats in good
condition; barley promises well; clover
average.
Secretary llotason has made arcciuihi
tion on the Treasury for f IJSU.OOO to pay
the remainder of the Farragut prize
awnida. Ah it is to le distributed among
4fi,C0O i'itm, it onl averages about
S'aJ eacli.
A hulu iiie ItoiM? town in Mjif-Michu-tts,
called Jiwanze-y, with 1,!0U folks in
it, uime to the iicnt on the KJd and
celchiatcd thc20()th annhcrsary of King
I'hilip sealping its iouuders. AVhat a
ridiculous ion- over tuch a little mua
A Chicago mgio wouldn't pay the
tent on, nor leave the house he had
leased, so a mild mannered flar shot him
m urouml the heart eight timet;, when the
ntgiosuiiendcitd his lease of life. A
good maiksman would have saved fcvcu
of those balls.
Finally, oti the 22d, after the Parlia
mentary low over it, bloody and Sankey
wie lot hidden lo hold services at Fton
college. - lJul a meeting was held in a
jniale gulden of "Windsor, attended by
200 students of Eton, five masteis and
300 X7vw. "It moves, still I"
i:!u.-s the 221 A $45,000 grain ele
t'i at Orand Haven; flouring mills at
Ii.r, Kj , $4.",000; livery stable and
lour dwellings at Georgetown, Ivy.. $10,-
"Vi00; heivy timber files are reported
hb.ut iVmliroke, Canadn, stopping navi
gation mi the upier Ottawa liver; at St.
jk.v-1 ph the jienple were burying their
hotuehold goods lo save them.
The annual leport of the Chieago,
llotk Island & Pacific Uailroad is pub
lished. It shows the gross earnings for
.thc year ending March 31st were $?,-
iib8.C34, together with interest on loans,
11,000. Ojierating expenses, $3,850,
3LD; nc t earnings, $3,032,303. Tiiere has
bee.ii paid lrom this sum $2,433,3S4,
leaving a surplus or $1,100,899.
A special from Kansas City says:
Therc are rumors of a pruposdd con
folidatinn of the Kansas Pacific and
Union Pacific railroads, the Kailroad
C mj any intending to run their own ex
press. Pillon, Ptesidcut of the Union
Pacific, Kair. President of the Kansas
i'acilic, and five Directors' cms ef dif
ferent roads were here this morning. It
is probable that through freight and
Pullman cars will be run from St. Louis
to Ogde-ji eiver the St. Louis, Kansas
City it -Northern Jt. ."
JMoody and Saukev are preparing to
hold u meeting at Eton College, espe
cially for the students. Three hundred
boys have asked them to come, 0.10 pro
test aTaiust if. On the 21st both houses
of Parliament discussed the matter, op-
csitiou being made by several titled
2ntlemen. In the House of Lords the
arquis ef Bath asked Baron Lyttleton,
of the governors of Eton College,
rhefher it wa3 true that the head master
ind "overuors hid given their sanction
i& students attending the meetings con-
lplateid by 3Ieody and Sankey. Lord
uyttletem replied that the governors were
iconsider tlie matter the 22d. Lord
irerstone deprecated tlie attendance of
tudents to all such mee"gs- Tlie Ju-1
Shattesbury otijectcd to Tlie eieoatc
tjk!ut notice, ami the suhject was
I .Trl I., tlm Ttnusc of Commoue.
ufrv'
ptnin Baillie Cechrane gave notice
he should ask Gladstone whether he
ive lloetdy a letter of introduction to
authorities of Eton. The London
urr.als generally disapprove f the
3postd Tisit of the revival preachers to
ju. The Time deprecates unnecessary
itatlvn. and hopes the governers, cou
iem.f,' that only one service is contem
ltt;d will net" make the institution
iiculous by any interference. If this
irs is followed. It is not liKeiy mat
foys will hear anything objectionable.
Jeneral SheriSan was married in his
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ITS. 1I1IS Was i jjihiv,uui wu uia
for now he will go the rounds of
funny paragraphists, somewhat after
sort: The Boston Advertiser will
lark that it was proper he should
bis spurs at a bridal. The Chicago
tne "will probably contradict the
rt asserting that it has not a bit of
The Detroit Free Press -will hope
the General will curb his temper
er than when he was a sir-single and
. any of Ins wife's relations.
Chester Democrat will insist that
i remarks are circulateel to make the
feel saddley. Bat the Boston
exclaim What boots it? Why
ncli s commotion? And then
wits will buckle into the work
vp tbe entire karseM. Hartford
IOWA ITEMS.
Col. J. P. Sanford has gone to New
.York city to live.
Brown, a store-breaker, escaed from
the Deft Moines ail while in charge of a
policeman.
The investigation of the Reform School
cemtiuuca, and nothing of iuterest ia
being elevclojied.
Louisa All, a respect-ible girl of Glen
wood, went to the county jail and mar
ried her lover.
W'ltie Buchanan, son ef the eeljtor of
the Lemars Sentinel, was totally injured
while leading a hore. ..
A supplementary decision ef the Su
preme Court clinches Gieenfield as the
couuty seat of Adair.
Mrs. Barney stayed in her house near
Sioux City while it rolled eiver three
times, during a storm. The lutuse was
torn to pieces, but she wasn't.
Story couuty'u Nevada has a new
Morning Glory published weekly.
Would Gtoriov Wttkly fu better?
In tiie West Point graduating class of
187fi, IJenry 1). Huntington, eif Des
.Moines, stood 2Cth in a class of 45.
Edward Slorris, ef Adair county, was
killed at Geneseo, 111., by missing his
foothold when he attempted to mount a
moviug train.
A $15,000 lire in Ames, destroying the
stores and goods of Boyel & Bro., Star &,
Brenemau, L DcLornie, G. Granger, A.
Salverson, aud-thc Misses Sweeney.
Four men employed on tbc Keokuk
and D. M. road were poisoned by drink
ing whisky Unit they found. It con
tained corrosive sublimate. One died.
Hev. C. T. Tucker, ef Mason City,
president, and IJ. A. Gillmore, of Cedar
Uapids, secretary and treasurer etf the
State S. S. convention. Next meeting
at Council Blufls in June. '7(1.
Be-fwre Louis Walker died at West
Liberty, he teihl his wife he wished to be
buried mi a cteitniu spot in Bevington,
Madison county. Mrs. W. carried the
corpse to the spot for burial. Beiwj a
stranger, she teild who she was anel in
quired the la of the lanel. The neigh
bors told her that her departed Louis
had another wife living on the proposed
burial place, whereat No. went back
home and sent word to No. 2 to bury that
corpse herself. And now it comes out
that Louis was well jfd, for Sirs. Louis
III. lives in Missouri, and Mrs. Louis
IV. abides in Ohio.
WomcB Flxiu's.
Youug ladies from twelve to sixteen,
who arc in the habit of chewing guni,
must be told the painful news that the
practice is going out of fashion.
Neckties of plain and elamassc silk
sell very reasonable at present. They
come in plain and mixed colors, and in
combinations of silk and lace.
Poppies and eiats have become so gen
eral in Paris for bonnet and hat trim
minge that it is quite necessary to change
them for some other ornamention.
The fashion of covering bodices and
tablicrs with rows of braid that follow
the contours of the garment, and are so
close together that they almost hide the
foundation, is one that finds much iavor.
Embroidery on dresses is creating quite
a furore at present, and tlie straw and
mother of-pearl work on net is one of
the newest varieties eif work. The straw
glistens, and the pearl, with its irides
cent hues, render this embroielery ex
ceedingly handsome.
Linen is neit so popular for traveling
ceistumes this season, as are light camel's
hair, mohair and Oxford suitings. IVool
suits, consisting of a basque, jacket anel
overskirt of camel's Imir or serge, with
3ilk sleeves and underskirts, are popular.
Chocolate is the favorite color.
Tlie way to dean coral is first te soak
it in soda and water for some hours.
Then make a lather of soap, and witn a
soft hair brush rub the coral lightly,
letting the brush enter all the interstices.
Ptur off the water, and replenish it with
clean constantly, and then let the coral
dry in the sun.
The present style of hat worn by
Cardinals is as little like the ancieut
head gear as can le imagined. They
are now as small as a lady's bonnet, are
worn at tlie extreme back of the head,
and have very long ribbons. Of course,
they are red, and when worn with all the
paraphernalia of the office arc becoming
to Cardinals generally.
Among the fans recently sold in Paris
by 31. Alexandre whose collection was
the most celebrated in Europe were
the following: Fete ia a Park, painted
by Baron, 1,520 francs; Ball at the
Opera, by Lami, 1,950 francs; Pierrot
before the Tribunal, by Couture, 3,800;
View of Genoa, by Wyld, mounted on
tortoise shell, 1,100 lrancs.
Boss Tweed lea Black-well's Islud
jail on the night of the 21st, under the
decision of the Supreme court. Next
morning he was arrested on several ch&
suite and held to bail in .three aailliny
dollars; not being ble to giveit,bewet
to Lndtawrstieet jail rema kiag. tbat be
would be able to tbe feltowiag 4ay, sad
thesbeafree atas.
Aatarctle Iceberrc
Tlie icebergs in the Southern aeas are
generally inferior to those of the North
ern ocean in fantastic, picturesque
beauty. The temperature of the South
ern Ocean through which the icebergs
drift Is below the freezing point of freh
wafer, and therefore does not melt tlie
ice. It is only after they Jiave traveled
a considerable dixtacce northward that
the square, table-top shape they had
iWhen firt broken from the glacier is
modified. As the lerg moves from the
polar sea it enters a latitude whose heat
has power to warm merely the surface
ater. This eats u little way into the
berg at a point just above the sea level,
creutiug u channel entirely circling the
berg. As the latter moves northward
into still warmer waters this channel is
enlarged Into deep hollows and caverns,
until the waves, rushing in and around,
are able to break of large masses. This
alters the center of gravity and the berg
topples eive-r, either forming a smooth
slope or a pieilongtd lemgue or rpire
But none of that variety of shajM: which
constitutes the great charm of the north
ern iceberg is ever created. The portions
that break from the berg arc called
calves, and are far more dangerous te
vessels than the main body treim which
they arc detached. The berg reflects a
light that renders it visible at a fchort
distance on the darkest night; but the
calves, although they may weigh several
tons, give out no light, and hence afford
no warning of their perilous vicinage.
Defects in Chronometers.
In a report containing the results of
an examination made by one of the
most eminent European horologists and
astronomers, ef various standard chro
nometers in use, it is stated that the ma
terial and workmanship ef all the in
struments insected were of the Insst
character very little difference, indeeel,
presenting itself in this resjiect between
the various makes. So uniform was the
character of the specimens examined,
that it appeared that, in similar circum
stances of temperature, every eine of theur
would go almost as well as aiTastre)nrmi
cal clock.
One of the great causes of failure, if
not the greatest, is the want of compen
sation or a too great compensation
for the effects of temperature. Another
very serious fault, or cause of error,
brought out clearly by this test, was the
character of the oil, which is injured by
heat this appearing, too, to be very
different with tlie chronometers of dif
ferent makers. Thus, the oil used by
one chronometer maker was found to be
not at all injured by heat ; while some of
that used by another maker proved so
bad in this respect that, after being sub
jected to tlie same beating as those of
the first mentioned maker, the rates of
t le instruments were found changed
on returning to ordinary ten.terature
by not less than eighty seconds per
week.
ComiuuBication with Mexico.
The Correo del Gomereio of Mexico
publishes in full the text of the conces
sion iust made by the Mexican Govern
ment to Mr. E. L. Plumb in behalf of
the International llailway Company of
Texas and New York, for the building
of a railway to connect the busy city of
Leon, in the State of Guanajuato, with
the American frontier on the Hio Bravo
del Norte. Tiie whole line of the road
is to be surveyed and the plans for its
construction are to be snbmitted to the
Mexican Minister of Public Works
Jrithin two years and a half from this
time, anel the work on the line at the
Ilio Bravo end is to be begun within
three years. A railway concession from
Leon to the capiul has already been
made to an English company, which will
co-opeuxte with Mr. Piumb; ana the
Mexican press and pulpit exhibit a well
founded satisfaction at the prospect
which thus opeus upon their couutry of
enjoying a direct line of communication
with the? United States by railway at no
distant day. In the presence of this
prospect the troubles and disorders of
the long and sparsely settled frontier
between the two republics ought to be,
and we trust will be, relegated by the
sensible people of both countries to their
proper place in the perspective of public
affaire. With the first railway train
which passes from Mexico to St. Louis
and New York, a wonderful change will
surely come ovr the whole field of our
relations with that sagnificent country,
and a new conception of the character
of its inhabitants will dawn upon the
American people. JWte York World.
Boston centeBoially celebrated the
battle of Bunker Hill on tbe 17th, and
500,000 -penoas Boston count -participated.
It took 5 -hours for tbe pro
cession to cross Charles river bridgct
Just what those Yaakees celebrated
we'll never tell. For at tbe battle of
B.H. we United States folks got licked
like biases by the Britishers, sad oae of
oar very best araiaad tbe Prssideaitol
Coaresi Gun. Warrea was killed
tbea aad tLere.
Little Rock says tbat com aad cottoa.
crop arosaccai are better tbaa ever be
fore kaowa ia tac battarj of tac State.
F0 OTEK THE SEA.
Jf Jd-OcM Thm Mart mmd tfc faiuc
LUe oh a Meaaaer-SewJPa IcaU la 13
Hear.
BY Dtt. K. T. STAHftCC
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With little anticiiwtion of what tills
life i, I atarted from my qatiet hone in
Davis, Illinois, on Hay L7th, reaching
Philadelphia Thursday morning, 'May
20th, where we took pfffafge by the
American Line for Enrop JThewaa
nothing very attractive as we came in
sight of the steamer Indiana a form
idable smoke stack in the middle, and
two asuirinu musts. As we pased along
we found our friends. We picked up
nur baggage and weut aboard, followed
by a procession eif travelers. The pas
sage ways, docks ami stair cases were
crowded with eop!e.
Now came the signal for departure,
followed by a de.-pirate rush of people.
The loat was swung nff into the chan
uel, and with the last waive ef our hand
kerchief we left the dear land, standing
on deck with the breaking clouds and
struggling sun light above us. At 12
o'clock we were called down to dinner.
There was no visible motion now of the
steamer, and every opportunity was af
forded the passengers to take a meal in
quietnesc In the afternoon we spent
our time mestly chatting anel smoking,
and making new acquaintances. There
was a lazy swell to 'he eiccan, which
gave the vessel a graorul, rolling motion
that was much enjoyed by some. On
.the Indiana sped down the Delaware;
the winels rose as tlie evening neared.
At a la when we were fast ap
proaching the ocean, the motiein in
creased, and imiBt have settled on the
stomach of some 200 passengers. One
after another made for the rail and cast
their bread on the waters. A visible
thinness in the congregation was pain
fully conspicuous, and by the time all
the stars were out the deck was cleared.
Some lingered to sec 'ie stars anel to
gaze dreamily Into the dark blue waters;
then they shot down anel screamed for a
basin. At 10 o'clock nearly all the pas
sengers had retired. I fell out oJmyJ
couch at 15 a. MTand'went up on deck to
see the sun rise. It was a charming
sight. At 7 o'clock we had breakfast.
I comforted myself in waiting, by con
templating the merry crowd at the table.
That was the "thinnest" breakfast I ever
saw; about five persons participated, and
a more doleful party seldom get together.
After dinner tlie firBt day there was a
profuse display of wine. Everybody
ordered it, and the clinking of glasses
and merry remarks of the drinkers was
a noticeable feature of the meal. At
this breakfast there was no wine; no
merry making.
This sea sickness is a terrible sensa
tion. With some it amounts to but a
qualmishness, then soon passes over;
others struggle in the grasp of nausea for
several days, and some are floored for the
entire trip, eir rather they are decked ;
for we have no floor here. There are
many remedies for sea sickness, but the
best one yet known is to keep off the
water. A passenger on a steamship
must be sea sick or despised. It is not
pleasant to be despised. I tried that,
for I had the good luck of not getting
a taste of the unpleasant symptoms.
Sea sickness may be modified by keep
ing a well ordered stomach before
sailing bidding champagne, whisky and
beer farewell. If you do not, it is a
sure forerunner of sea sickness in its
worst form. The second day was much
like the first, with the exception it grew
colder at night, and the rolling motion
increased.
So far 1 have said nothing about things
around us. The reader will now please
follow me around tlie ship for ebcrva
tien. We will bike a glance down in
tlie steerage passage. These ships carry
a large number of passengers in this
department: they are packed close, sleep
ing on rough board platforms, parti
tioned apartments, or wherever they can
get a chance. When the mass or the
people become sea sick, the scene that
ensues is simply awful. They may talk
differently, act differently, and drees
differently, according to their respective
nationalities; but they vomit with a
uniformity that is perfectly dreadful.
Tbe next department we come to is tbe
intermediate passage, widen is much
better than the last named. Here we
have more room, and only from six to
eight persons occupy each room. A bed
is here furnished to each passenger,
while in the steerage the passenger must
furnish his own. Ia this intermediate
the room contains a table in the center
where passeBgers eat their meals. Clean
liness is observed in a very orderly aua
acr. Every morning the table, bench,
aad floor is washed. The fare is also
mach better ia this ekpartateat aore
bealthfal from its containing asore paxe
air.
The state rooau are tbe so-called Irst
class deparhmeat. Opposite t the deer
room for a frank, aad na oae sale af
the door is a wash stand; est tbe aaaar,
tbe foot of the berth. Opposite tbe two
berths k a loange wkka can be
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Bcraptng the upper edge of the lower
berth, and your bead smashing against
the upper berth, is a sensation one can
experience about eleven hundred times
in a week. The passengers here all dine
in the so called ?aIoon. which has four
large tables. Tlie room Is elegantly
fixeel in the grandest style Directly
above this is the smokin" room, a small
but comfortable apartment Luilt di-
-retlyon therdeck. Tlie efe-ck is divided
in the center with croh bars which ex
cludes the steerage passcrgers from the
other half of the ship, which is rewrveei
for cabin passengers alone. No steerage
pisnenger is permitted to enter the
saloon or smokinir room. I Mould state
here to those who wbh to cross the
ocean for a pleasure trip, never to take
steerage or intermediate passage, lor in
this department one is excluded from all
the comforts anel privileges which a
cabin passenger enjoys. Tlie ladies
especially need have no fear of protec
tion and assistance if in the cabin, for
the captain and the purser will look to
their comfort. Next we come to the
locteir'j office anel find a very frienelly
man in Dr. Burkey, who has charge of
this department. He is employed by
the company; has a neatly furnished
office, and carries his owu medicines on
board. It is frequently a hard task for
one physician to treat all the passengers
the second and third day out, as the
number ma" sometime.'; be from 400 to
500 patients at one tune. Tlie next we
come to is the engine rooms. No peisou
can form un idea of the extent and im
mensity of the machinery required to
drive an ocean steamship, without see
ing it. Ne adequate idea of its lwinder
osity can be conveyed in the simple
statenie-i.. that it can exert i iiowcr
equal to twenty hundred horses. But
one must creep down the iron stui rs
amid the whirling shafts and plunging
bars anel deafening noise to be appro
priately iinircH.se:d, nud theiico down
into tins very bowel.s of the vessel. This
I will elo before I write yeiu again, next
week.
I jGeneraJb ia.CJucf of.lfte Army.
The question of rank held by the va
rious officers who have been at the head
of the army since the Revolutionary war
has given rise to various discussions.
The New York Mail, to meet the de
mand for information on this subject,
furnishes the following list:
Brvt. Brig. Gen. Josiah Uarmar, from
Sept, 1789, to March, 1791.
Maj. Gen. Arthur St. Clair, frm March,
1791, to March, 1792.
Maj. Gen. Anthony Wayne, from
March, 1792, to Dec, 179G.
Brig. Gen. James Wilkinson, from
Dec. 1790, to July, 1798.
Lieut. Gen. George Washington, from
July, 1798, to Dec, 1799.
Maj. Gen. James Wilkinson, (again)
from June, 1800, to Jan., 1812.
Maj. Gen. Henry Dearbon, from Jan.,
1812. to June, 181.1.
Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown, from June,
1815, to Feb., 182S.
Maj. Gen. Alexander Macomb, from
May, 1828, to June, 1841.
Brvt. Lieut. Gen. Winlield Scott, from
June, 1841, to Nov., 1S01.
Maj. Gen. George B. McClcllan, from
Nov., 1, 18C1, to July 23, 18C2.
Maj. Gen. Henry W. Hallcck, from
July, 23, 18G2, to 3Iarch 12, 18G4.
Lieut. Gen. U. S. Grant, from 3Iarch
12, 1864, to July 22, 1SCC.
Gen. U. S. Grant, from July 22, 1SG0,
to March 4, 1SG9.
Gen. William T. Sherman, from March
1, 1869, to date.
linn Marble Are Made
The chief place of tbe manufacture of
marbles those little pieces of stone
which contribute so largely to the enjoy
ment of boys is at O berate-in, em the.
Nahe, in Germauy, where there are large
agate mills and quarries, the reiuse of
w'ich is turned to nood paying account
by being made into small balls, cm
ployed by experts to knuckle with, and
are mostly sent to the American market.
The substance used in Saxony is a hard,
calcareous stone, which is first broken
into blocks, nearly square, by blows with
a hammer. These are thrown by the
hundredor two into a small sort of a
mill, which is formed ot a flat, stationary
slab of "stone, with a number of eccen
bic farrows upon its face. A block of
oak or other hard wood, of the diametric
size, ia placed over the stanes and partly
resting upaa thenu Tlie small block of
wood is kept revolving while water
flows upon the stone slab. In about
fifteen nuentes tbe stones are turned into
apberes, aad then, being fit for sale, are
henceforth called ambles. Onecatab
Ushaeat, with bat three mills, tarns oat
M0 atarbfte
AnlSaglisk Parbmaa correspondent, in
speakiacof tbe dress of tbe Franca aris
tocracy, says: "Wbaasa belonging to the
highest aristocracy de not adopt sew
I tbey ignore what
are styled original cats aad eccentric
Tbej wear old lace
(Bsost of it beir laoau), rich fabrics aad
artistic jewelry; tbeir era want are bat
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neighbor, tbe Turks and F-gyptian, are
a lively people, but we would call them
quiet, and even sad, lcaue their gayety
is so different from our, aad their man
ners are more rave and dignified. But
they are fonel of auiUKJineitts, and one of
their yearly festivals is the "Feast of
the 1Coms," which takes place during
the ltoe season, which in 3une, Jnly,
and indeed the greater part of the Sum-
j mer. I will try to tell you something
about It.
The chm.'ite being very warm, the
jicople live much emt of doors, and
duriuL' this feat tcuU a'e pitched;
every one wears his or her prettiest dress
es, and, as all Eastern rx-ople are fond
of bright colors, the scene is a very gsy
one.
During this festival everything be
tokens niiith and enjoyment. The cym
bals aud lute are he'anl from morning
till night, the story-tellers re-ceumt their
imst beautiful tales, nud the elsncing
girls dunce for hours at a time. Then
when the night comes, aud the miKin
light covers everything like a sliver
cloud, the people stretch themselves en
their solt carpet and listen to the sonjs
of the nightingales and soft serenades
ou the women s lutes.
There are more than two hundred
kinds of roses, ami they arc of all sizes,
from the tiny "Picayune rewe," so called
because it is no larger than a five cent
piece -which, in the South, is called a
picayune to the immense cabbage-rose;
of nil shades of color, bright yellow
link, reel, and almost black. The Uose
of Damascus, or damask rose, is the one
first brought lo this cemntry, aud is a
very deep red, with a strong perfume.
Tneu there are the Egyptian sea reee,
tea lose, rock roce-s, which grow iu eiry,
rocky places, where no other flower can
live; anel the Alpine rose, growing by the
eternal snow drifts of the Alps.
Itoses are hardy plants, and will live
a long time, if properly cared feir.
There is a lose tree in Gty:mauy.whicli is
known to le eight hundred years old,
it is stiil blewMiming.
We all know and love the pretty moss
rose, with its mossy, green veil, that
gives it such n shy, modest air; and the
tea rose, which, in the South and West,
grows on large trees. The writer had,
in her garden in Arkansas, one which
crew to be over seven feet hhrh, and
would bear as many as five bunded blos
soms at once.
But there is one rose more curious
than all the others the Rose of Jericho.
The Arabs call it the symbol of immor
tality, because it comes to life again long
after it has seemed to be dead. It lives
in the hot sanels eif the Desert of Sahara,
and when the dry season comes it withers,
fedds its leaves, and draws up its roots,
like little feet, into a light ball, and the
winels of the desert carry it until it
reaches a moist soil, and then, we arc
told, it drops, takes root, and its leaves
lecome green, and its blossoms open, a
delicate pink.
There is a flower in Mexico, known as
the Ilesurrection Flowjr, which is very
much the same. It may be carried
about in your pocket for a year and
more, and yet, when put in z. saucer of
water, in a few hours will blossom out as
bright and fresh as if it had just come
out of the garden.
When the Romans conquered Britain,
more than eighteeu hundred years ago.
they introduced many cu'ious customs
info that couutry among others, that ol
carving tbe figure of a rose on the ceil
ing3 of their banqueting halts, or sus
pending a natural rorc over the dining
tsble. with the Latin motto, "Sub rv$a,n
written above it, to indicate that what
ever was said there among friends, or
under tlte rone for that was the meaning
of tiie worels should not be repeated,
the white rose being the symbol of
silence.
The rose Is the natural emblem of
England, as tbe thistle Is of Scotland,
and the shemrock, or clover, of Ireland.
Every one who has studied history
knows of the Wars of the Roses in Eag
lanel, when the two rival families ot
York and Lancaster -fought for the
English crown, the bouse of York hav
ing for its badge tlie white rose, and the
houe of Laocanter the red. Sl.NiehoUu.
A Cam af Cheek.
A stylish young noaa recently stopped
at an inn in a gaali town in California.
He called for utbe dnaks" for all aooat
the place several time, and waved bin
hand in a lordly way to the inn-keeper,
as thoegh to say:
"This is mine."
He was so agreeable that they all took
quite a liking to hiss. Next aborning;,
after breakfast, he was starting et; when
tbe keeper apologetically remarked:
"That little bm."
"O, bless yew.awL my friend, I have
not got a ceof," tbe fallow.
"Then why ! yoa teU
foreP said the
"Well," replied the traseier, -if yea
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SCIENTIFIC ASH OTHER THIMJH.
New Ia la Telfarranbr.
Telegram a, by a device founded em the
idea of the J acq card loom, may aow !
committed to a Toll ot ppcr, punched
with hole instead of letter, aad de
pitched automatically. IV peach roll
deliver its meae to the Instrument
without attendance, and the menage U
printed at the other end of the tine at
the same time. The. ad van tage claimed
for thi system i a gain of time, aad the
liberty to send messaged when the lino
is in the most favorable condition with
out tlie assistance of the operator.
Piratical PUaU.
Notwithstanding the admitted fact
that bits of meat, insects, and other aai-
mal ubitance arn more quickly decom
posed in the learn and other trap-like
appenelagea of the pitcher-plant, un
dews. and various luevt-cating plant,
than they are in the open nlr, Uicre i a
body of fdentUt who eletiy that the
plant thcmclvn have any agency in
the matter, eir exercise any vital power
in capturing the prey that falU into their
nets. Dr. Moratcelt is one of these skep
tics, lie adopt the idea that tbe de
composition of the imprisoned insect is
owing to chemical action simply, and
that the effect is produced in nearly the
same way that a jierson may be periaoueei
by contact with a poisonous plant.
An English InvraUtm.
"Priming," or the carrying of water
In the steam from the Iwiler iato the
cylinder, often causes trouble and dam
age fo the engine. To prevent this, and
obtain a dry steam, a dome is fixed tei
the op of the lwiler lrom which the
steam is taken. A recent English inveu
tiein aids this by fixing an upright pipe
next to the dome, having suitable con
nections with it and the bottom of the
xiiler. In thi- pipe is serurrd a circu
lar winged eietlcctor, or propeller nhap.il
lielix. The steam in itii.s-du,- tl.I. ;.
given a whirling motion, and the water it
holds is thrown eut by the centrifugal
Torce, and falls back Into the pipe that "
leads to the botte.m of the boiler. A
toj-valv. prevent its return, and tne
apparatus is said to be a practical sue
cess. Iletereplaiy.i
Of late years one of the moat import
ant and useful operations in surgery has
been that of grafting new and healthy
skin upon a wound or sore, and thus
establishing the healing process an'd ob
taining a cicatrization. Hitherto the
particles of skin have been taken from
some sound part of the patient's body
and applied to the diseased or injareel
point, but M. Anger has recently demon
strated that pieces or skin may 1 taken
from amputated limbs and used success
fully in hetcroplasty. In one case 31.
Anger tock strips of kin from the
palmer surface of nn amputated finger,
and applied them to the ulcerated leg of
another person. In three days the
bandages were removed and the grafted
parts found firmly united to tlie surface
and cvielently vascularized. To insure
success it in ncceary that the graft be
made immediately upon amputation.
Erect af Lead la the Urala.
Scientific men are beginning to thank
Landis for shooting Carruth, the Vine
land editor. The man with the tali in
his brain has nearly rccovertel, but his
recovery is marked with some peculiar
facts. He is unable to see, for instance,
the left side of any object, although the
ball does not lie in tlie left side of his
brain, but in the right. This is ac
counted for by the surgeons with the ex
planation that objects on the left side
are seen by the right side of either eye
ball, and that consequently the destruc
tion of the riht optic nerve destroys
the power of seeing objects oa the left
side. Mr. Carruth's onesided vision,
however, has received from Lindia' shot.
by way of compensation, a woBderful
penetrating quality. He caa see objects
distinctly at a great distance, but has
sot yet learned to measure and manage
his newly-acquired vinos, irnvrinins;
that tree and buildings several miles
distant are quite near.
New Jsexjee.
One of the most important results ot
the geological scrvey of New Mexico.
conducted by LieatenaatG. Jt Wheeler.
United States Fgineers, daring the sea
son of 1874, is the discovery by Fiefes
sor Cose of aa extensive lake deposit ei
tbe eocene age in the western aad Berth-
em pert of that Territory. The eeeosik
cover at least 3O0 lajaare smSas aad arc
3000 feet in thickness, beiae;
reawkaWe bad-land
localities. This is only tbe
area of this age discesred ie she , West,
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