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THE TURF. The Great ttace between Longfellow and Harry Rnssett, at Long Branch-I nprere. dented xeitement-l,oncfeliew the Win- Long Branch, N. Y., July 2. The attendance at the races to day was im mense. It was the greatest ruh that has ever been made to an American race course. The number of spectators on the track at 3 o'clock p. m. is esti mated by old stagers at 30,000. The great race of the dav was for the Mon mouth Cop, a dash of two and a half miles, which had 12 nominations of $50 each, play or pay, added to a purse of $1,500; the second to receive $300 and the third f 150, out of the stakes. At the sale of the pools Bassett brought $1,800 and Longfellow $1,000. Subse quently, Bassett brought $2,000 and Longfellow $1,200. The excitement was at fever heat. Longfellow was the winner by 20 lengths. Time 4:34. But little diffiulty was experienced in effecting a start, and the horses got away together, Bassett having the in side of the track. For the first half mile they ran head and head, the only advantage, if any, being in favor of Pas sett. As the horses, warming into their stride, passed the grand stand, the ex citement rose to fever pitch. The first mile and a half found their positions unchanged, but the backers of Bassett evidently had misgivings, as their favor ite was doing hi best, while it seemed that Longfellow was still being held in by his rider. Their fears were confirmed when the horses swept past the grand stand she second time. Longfellow's rider gave the head to his horse, which gallantly responded and quickly placed two lengths between himself and Bas sett. The scene was indescribable. Ken threw their hats in the air and cheered wildly, while the ladies waved their handkerchiefs snd bet countless pairs of gloves on John Harper's steed. From this moment it was evidently all up with Bassett, and although his rider used whip and spur without stint, it was of no avail. Every moment Long fellow increased his lead, and landed him an easy winner in 4:34, or as some of the judges ciaim, in 4:33. Bassett was beaten over a dozen lengths. The en thusiasm, of the Western men was un bounded. They crowded around John Harper, cheering and congratulating the old man, who also seemed laboring under great excitement. Immense sums were lost on the race by New Yorkers, John Morrissey being among the heavy losers. The Horse Race When Did it Come to America J Correspondence of the Louisville Courier. I have recently made a trip to Rock castle river, on the Lebanon Branch railroad, to see reported horse-tracks in a solid rock, made millions of years ago, and sure enough there they were (both grown and colt tracks), as well defined, from the frog to the center of the hoof, as if. recently made in the soft earth. That this rock, like all rocks in which toad3, trees and other objects are found inclosed, was once soft, cannot be doubted, for in some of thesa tracks the slip of the foot is perfect, and where this is the case the margin is ele vated by the shoving up of a pliable material, as might be expected. This rock is of the most compact sandstone BgtMcJ werwith iron, is some" ten feet square, three feet thick, and rests at a dip from north to south of say 20 degrees. It is known by the natives as the " Horse rock," and is to be found in the bed of a creek two miles up Rock castle river from Livington's Station. It is too heavy to be moved and too hard to cut, or the writer would, as he had hoped to do, have brought it to the library in Louisville, where everybody night see for themselves. This curi osity is reported for the benefit of geol ogists ; besides, it is a Startling fact in the face of geologists and historians who have asserted that no horse ever existed in America till imported from Europe. How Mr. Seward Did Sot Draw a Re volver on Toombs. Not long ago a gentleman was telling me a Senatorial snecdote of and dating back to the ante-bellum days. Mr. Sew ard had made a speech (something about the telegraph), when Mr. Toombs, of Georgia, arose to reply, and made a speech full of personal abuse of Seward. He wrought himself up into a rage, and lashed about in the most aggressive manner. He finished and took his seat. As Mr. Seward rose from his chair every eye was bent upon him with the greatest anxiety. With calm, measured steps he walked toward Mr. Toombs. It was noticed that his right hand was underneath the rear pocket of his coat. There was ap prehension that he was concealing a pistol, and Mr. Toombs' friends crowded around him. When Mr. Seward reached him he drew out his hand, and opening his snuff-box politely invited his adver sary to take a pinch of snuff. " My God !" said Mr. Toombs, " Mr. Seward, have you no feelings?" "Take a pinch of snuff; it will soothe your agitation." He then returned to his seat, and, with out any allusion to Mr. Toombs or his speech, made an able argument in favor of his measure, which carried, as cool ness and self-possession will always win the victory over hot temper and passion ate invective. Washington Letter. Instinct of Tartles. Audubon, the naturalist, stated that at certain places on the coast of Flor ida sea turtles, those huge, stolid-looking reptiles on which aldermen are fed at the expense of tax-payers, possess an extraordinary faculty of finding places. Working their way up out of the reach of tide-water with their flippers, quite a deep hole is excavated, in which a batch of eggs are deposited, and then carefully covered up. On reaching the water they not unfrequently swim Three hundred miles out at sea, foraging for appropriate food. When another batch ot eggs are developed, after a lapse of about fourteen days, they will return unerringly in a direct line, even in the darkest night, .and visit the buried eggs. . Removtng the sand, more are deposited and secured. Away they go again as before. They know instinct ively the day and hour when the young brood, incubated by solar rays, will break the shell, and are promptly at the spot to liberate them from their prison. As soon as fairly out of the hole, the mother-turtle leads them down the bank to the waves, and there ends her parental solicitude and maternal duties. Remarkable Phenomenon. The Titusville Courier of the 27th ult. gives the following interesting particu lars of the Newton well, six miles north of that city : It has been down about twenty days, and has continuously pourec1 forth such a volume of gas that it was found impDssible to pump it, as the valves would not work. The tubing was pulled Wednesday and the well was cased in order to let the gas blow off, so that it might be pumped. After the casing was put in, the sand pump was lowered for the purpose of agitating the well, and the ga raised a column of water, throwing a solid stream into the air a hundred leet. The noise was ter rific, and could be heard for a distance of more than two miles. The noise was something like the loud roar of thunder, and when the column burst at the top it threw the water each way for fiftee rods from the well. The water was exhausted in about twenty-five minutes, and then a column of gas fol lowed, rising with tremendous force fifty feet above the derrick. The out pouring of the gas makes a roaring noise that can be distinctly heard for two miles from the well. The noise around sounds like the rushing of a whirlwind. The column can be seen a mile from the well. No tools can be put into the well. As soon as the at tempt is made, with such force does the gas come out that the tools are-carried into the air. From descriptions of eye witnesses this is nmhahlv tha orastoof gas well ever struck in the oil region. up io last evening the gas snowed no signs of beine pxhs.uat.mJ Th in that vicinity are very much alarmed. uu we came run about the helds per fectly wild with fright. Female Beauty. In Peru the longest ears are consid ered the handsomest anA on mark of beauty in females. Some peo ple siain tneir teeth black and some red, and in Ba que the women do not consider themselves fit to be brides un til they have shaved their heads close to the skin. The Mexican women rejoice in low foreheads and very thick heads of hair, the blacker the better, and the coarser it is the higher the appreciation, while the Italians venerate red, golden and light hair. The Spaniards fancy slight, slender figures in their women ; the Italians, on the contrary, are fond of full developments of limb and figure. The Orientals and Westerns are also at com plete antipodes as to the manner in which they interpret beauty and what relates to it. The Eastern women use yellow cosmetics, while the French and English dread that tinge in their com plexion. The Asiatic, whether of China or Siam, is delighted with the olive skin and high cheek bones of the Mongo lian women. Hairs Journal of Health. The Earth Opens and Swallows up a Team of Horses. The community in the neighborhood of Joseph Boor's, in Snake Spring Val ley, Bedford county, Pa., was thrown into a fever of excitement on Friday bv a renort that, tha earth hA iJlonln opened and swallowed two horses be- 1 A T ... luugiug to xur. jsoor. several ot the neighbors repaired to th find the story too true. It seems that two sons ot .air. iioor were engaged in hauling rails from a piece of woodland, and as they were driving along at a cer tain spot, without any warning, the ground suddenly gave way under one of the horses and he disappeared, drag ging the other animal after him. The boys were terribly frightened and gave the alarm. Ropes were provided and several gentlemen descended into the cavern. One horse was found lodged about twenty feet from the surface, where the cavity changed direction, and the other about thirty feet under ground. The extent of the opening has not been ascertained, but from the indications it seems almost bottomless. Insects " Fiddling." The chirping and singing of the cricket and grasshopper are frequently spoken of; bat they do not sing they fiddle. By rubbing wings and legs to gethereach in a manner peculiar to the species these insects produce the sounds which characterize them. Per haps our best insect instrument per former is the " katydid." Each wing contains a little tamborine, and by the opening and shutting of the wings these are rubbed against each other, and pro duce the sounds of " katy-did-she-did," which can be heard at such a. Inn a Ai. tance, and gives the insect its name. These sounds are supposed to be useful in enabling insects to find their mates ; or they may indulge in them for their own gratification, and to add to the gen eral havmony of nature. Tired of Playing Squaw. The Kansas City (Mo.) Tunes of the 29th ult. says : Miss Amanda Barber, who married Squatting Bear, a Brule Sioux chief, at Washington, in 1867, and went to Dakota Territory with her husband as a missionary, arrived in this city, on the steamer Fontenelle, from Fort Benton, on Friday last, after spend ing three years with the Sioux, suffer ing gross indignities, and being obliged to perform the most menial service. She attempted to escape, but was captured and beaten nearly to death by her hus band, and sold to a Cheyenne chief for three ponies. She was taken north in 1870, remained with the Cheyenne till the spring, when she escaped to Fort Benton. Miss Barber left Kansas City on Friday for her home, in Milford, Mass. Fast Time. J. J. Bowen, who drove Joe Elliott a mile in 2:15, makes the following offi cial report to Bonner : Mkdfoed, Mass., Jane 29, 1872. ' Bobert Bonner, Esq. : Deak Sra : One week ago to-day I wrote yon a letter stating that I gave your horse, Joe Elliott, a trial on 2:183, with responsible gentlemen in the stand for timers, but nave received no answer. To-day I took him from the stable and gave him mile in about 2:30 ; cooled him off and then drove him a mile in 2:15 the first quarter in Si) seconds, the half in :0iy, the three-fourths in and the full mile in 2:15. with the following well known gentlemen as timers: Dir. Lucius Chase, Mr. Len Morris, Mr. A. W. Worcester, Mr. Cornell, Mr. James Golden, Mr. Stephen Hayes, and Mr. Charles S. Jacobs, Jr., super intendent of the park. . A Spurious Hogget of Gold. Frcm the San Francisco Chrontfe. A New York correspondent of a Chi cago paper tells a singular story about a bogus nugget represented to be of Cali fornia gold. The owner whose name is not mentioned had it weighed and assayed in New York city. The weight was 2,316.75 ounces, troy, and the assay gave it a value of $40,000. A loan of $5,000 or $6,000 was obtained on it, to enable its owners to ship it to the Paris Exposition. When it arrived in Paris the owner of it and his certificates of assay were missing. The nugget we.s then sent to the Bank of France, which refused to receive it without knowing its value. A second assay was made, much more thoroughly than the first. By cutting into the body of the sup posed nugget with a chisel, it was dis covered that under the handsome sur face of yellow gold, through which de ceptive pieces of white quartz cropped out, was a thin layer of silver ; under the silver, one of copper ; and beneath all a base lump of lead I The French bankers estimated tho vain a of tha onA coating at about $4,000. The last as- A A. 1 T -IT i m say at me iew iorK omce shows it to have been but $380, the weight af ter meltine having dwinrilorl in Ifia ounces, troy, and the average fine ness. M. de Paris. On June 17 the new exr.iit,innpr nf France, M. de Paris, made his debut in front of La Roquette, and with the aid of the improved guillotine, invented by the late headsman shortly before ho died, lopped off the head of a desperate uriminai wno muraerea a woman a tew months ago. The improved machine is not raised like the old cuillotine. unA consequently it is almost impossible for spectators to get a glimpse or what passes. It can be taken to pieces and packed up with great ease, and is alto gether a handy instrument. M. de Paris travels aboat the country with it in a large van, which comprises a bed room, a kitchen, and a cupboard for " les bois de justice," and the requisite sawdust. This van was found necessary when the country executioners were done away with, and the office was con centrated in the hands of M. de Paris, who often found it difficult to procure bed and lodging in the places he visited. Utilizing Sewage. Various attempts have been made to extract from sewage the organic matter it contains. Among these, that which is known as the method by phosphates appears to have been successfully ap plied at Tottenham and Leicester, in England. The phosphate in question is prepared by the action of dilute hy drochloric or sulphuric acid on a pul verized phosphate of alumina, found in the West Indies. The soluble phos phate thus formed is a powerful anti septic and disinfectant, and on being properly diluted and added to the sew age water in reservoirs where it can be perfectly tranquil, slowly precipitates all the solid organic matter held in suspension. At the same jtime it com pletely deodorizes the water, purifying it so perfectly that, according to Prof. Letheby, fishes can live in it, and it will stand through the hot summer weather without putrefying or emitting a disa greeable odor. Goldsmith Maid and Lucy. The Boston Herald says that Gold smith Maid made but one break in her fast heat of 2:16. " Mr. Hickok, the driver of Lucy, offered to trot his mare against any horse in the world, to wagon, for $5,000 or $10,000, and his defiance was announced from the indroa' atarA It seems strange that this offer was not accepieu oy noiasmitn Jttaid, as Lucy has never b-ten her a heat during the past year, and Lucy has lately been beaten bv Jav. Gould. fnrmori .rA Bingham, in 2:24J, at Philadelphia. 'yi -T una t arm. How to Quit Tobacco. The best thing to hold in the mouth is a mouthful of cold water, renewed every few minutes. It will take away the era vine for toh . o w xa vucu anything else, and is wholly unobjection able. A pine stick is the best of any thing to ehew, but the objection to that is, and to anything that is chewed, that it over-exercises and weakens the sali vary glands. In quitting the use of to bacco, quit at once, and not attempt to leave off gradually. The Roman Catholic Chaplains of the Prussian army are under the control of one Bishop, whose diocese is composed of regiments instead of acres. This ecclesiastic forbade his anhnrHiintui (a . - 1J w officiate in a military chapel which had ueen ueoecratea, in his eyes, by the worshipping of the "Old Catholics" therein. The Prussian army is drilled in prayers as it is in arms. Military discipline was in danger. The Bishop was ordered to retract, his The Pope sustained him, and he refused. tie was at once suspended rrom his mil itarv rank, hia former subordinates forbidden to obev !. a nt. 1 . - mm. a unapiain who, under threat of excommunication. w faithful him was deprived of his rank and pay. Final ly me rtisnop nimseit was arrested, and is to be tried by a court-marshal for dis obedience to Ordera. This niotnu sf wv a j vri a German Chancellor degrading and I -I- 1 T" S .1 1 n. puuibiimg a xtoman iatnoiic Bishop is a very different one from that of a German Emperor waiting three days in the court yard of a castle, until a Pope deigned to grant him an audience. The Overflow of the River Po. The overflow of the river Po is traceable di rectly to the eruption of Mount Vesu vius. All Italy seems to have been vio lently agitated, since then, with sudden changes in temperature. Snow and sleet fell in Piedmont, the thermome ter in some localities falling as low as in mid-winter. Violent rainstorms drench ed the country, destroying the crops, killing the silk worms and doing other damage, until the accumulating floods overleaped the banks of the Po, and spread destruction on every side. The most singular electric phenomena were witnessed. Splendid meteors illumin ated the heavens, and brilliant auroral lights spread terror among the people. Morton McMichael, Geo. W. Curtis, ar.d Gen. Hawley are the three best speakers connected with the press. Snaiks. BY JOSH BILLINGS. The striped snaik iz one nv fh tliV. peryest jobs that natur ever turned loote. Thev travel on the"lowr aAa, selfs, and kan slip out ov sight like blow ing out a kandle. They were made for some good purpose, but I never hav been informed for what, unless it waz tew hav their heds smashed. Thev are sed ton bo innnontit Vint they hav got a bad reputashun. and all the illnOCenca in iha mnrlrl a bad reputashen. They liv in the grass, but seldom git stept on, bekauze they don't stay long enuff in the right place. When I waz a little boy, and wore naked feet, and waz loafing around loose for strawberrys, I waz often times just a coin it to st v . o o - - X' . . j . snaik, but it alwus cured me ov straw- Derrys. It a strmed snaik ant intn a ID-aVrn lot before i did, i alwus konsidered that all the strawberrys in that lot belonged tew the snaik. " Fust cum, fust sarve." was mi motto. I am just az afraid of waz 40 years ago, and if i should liv tew be az old as Nebakednnezer waz. and vc to grass az he did, one striped snaik wouiu spue ou aKers ov good pasture for me. Wimmin don't lnv more than i do, and i respekt her for this. How On earth Eve smluwd bv a snaik iz a fust-class mistery tew me, and li i naan i read it in the JBible i would bet against it. I beleave evervthinc tha i in fh Bible, the things I kant understand I Deleave me most. I Wouldn't 8 won nnh th nVinitn T hav got for any livine man's knowl edge. Snaiks are ov all sorts, and all sizes, and the tmaller they are the more I am afraid ov them. I wouldn't buy a farm at half price that had a striped snaik on it. Ded snaiks are a weakness with me ; I always respekt them, and whenevar 1 Bee a ded one in the road, I don't drop a tear on him, but I drop another stone on him, for fear he might alter his mind and cum tew life agin, for a snaik hates tew die just as mutch az a kat duz. I never could ackount for a snaik or a kat hating tew die so bad, unless it waz bekause tha waz so poorly prepared for deth. Lost Its Terror. A man who bought a haunted house in Colosse. N. S.. SOU t, fin vnlonoriAn i C "luiiutivii of the mysterious noises with a ham mer, lie puned oti a tew clapboards, when an explanation flew out, followed by several hundred more. About a 1 U-l C 1 l 1 uusuci ui large oiacK Dais were discov ered cosily making themselves at home iji various crannies in the building, and making the people decidedly " not at home" by their clatter and noise at nifht. These bats, when discovered, took all the romance out . of that haunted house and cut a long story short. Thb Rev. Mr. A. had charge of a Methodist church in a small Western village. His parishioners cansisted mainly of hard-working farmers and their wives, and these, being wearied with the hard labor of the previous week, had a remarkable tendency to fall asleep during the service?. .On one occasion the reverend gentleman glanced around on the congregation and found them, with few exceptions, slum bering placidly. Suddenly pausing in his sermon, he requested Deacon S. to pass around the plate. The deacon, thus accosted, rose to his feet, and with a very red face, said : " Why, Brother A., the collection has already been taken up." "Never mind, B other S.," replied the minister ; " take up another, for I intend to make the congregation pay for lodgings as well as for spiritual food." And when the second rollrtinn hurl been taken up, the congregation was very wide-awake indeed. Ix the year 4,501,872 A. D. the last remnant of the North American Con tinent will crumble away in the waves. So says Sir Charles Lyell. It is well known that New Jersey is already dis appearing with a gratifying rapidity. For a long time, the Alleghenies will form the coast-line, but, when they finaly give way, the Middle and North western States will float down the Mis sissippi forthwith. Still, these calami ties will not occur for about 45,000 cen turies, and the Americans of that time, like the Persians of to-day, are too far off to excite much sympathy. A CORR8P0NDkNT of the Metkndii:i Frn. testant trifles with sacred things after this lasnion : " I take my ptn in hand to write you a few lines, er, about a very unpleasant habit, er. which some of our srnod Meth odist brethren have, er, when they pray in puonc, er it is adding a syl lable to the last word in every sentence, er. which sounds verv much lik V.r. Sometimes it is Ah or Ueh, and I have i i . .... . . ,.. neara u sound UK JNugh-nn. It is so strange they do not know it, er 1" The city man on the Jacksonville Journal is in trouble again. He wrote for the same issue of his paper an obit uary on " one of our oldest citizens." and a notice of the proposed Fourth of July celebration. He got one end mixed up so as to state that the deceased " would in a short time have the pleas ure of witnessing the most wonderful display of fire-works ever seen." The sorrowing relatives put off the garb of mourning, and are now looking tor the city man with short clubs. The little island in the Connecticut at Woodsville is a piece of patchwork, so far as geography is concerned. The Vermont and New Hampshire State line runs through it. Grafton. Cale donia, and Orange counties corner there, and also the towns of Bath and Haver hill in New Hampshire, and Ryegate and Newbury in Vermont. One can sit down at a certain point on that island and be in two States, three counties. and four towns at the same time, that is if he gets exactly on the "certain point.-' Concord Patriot. A Problem for the Doctors A " What Is It" Ejected from a Man's Stomach. From the St.. Louii Republican, Jane 29. Jacob Holland, a colored man, re siding, on Lombard, between Second and Third streets, in this city, had been complaining of an uneasy sensation, a sort of cardalyic emotion in the region of his digestive organ. For the last six years had the cause troubled him. Re cently he became much worse, and it was supposed that the duty of setting his house in order, in view of an early departure, had become a pressing one. In this extremity, Jacob Holland, as. a latt resort, called to his assistance Dr. A. R. Earl, who after examining the patient, administered a powerful emetic. This was Wednesday morning. The physician had not long absented him self from the house of the sick man be fore he was summoned to return in haste. The emetic had taken effect, and J acob had been the victim of very violent retchings. In the meantime he had thrown up a living monster. This creature was certainly not an iguana, a scorpion or a common lizzard, because it had no legs. For the want of a name we leave it nameless but the medical faculty may be interested to know that it was seven inches long, one and a half inches wide and three-fourths of an inch thick. In shape it much resem bled a lizard, but had no legs or even pseudo lees ; the mouth and eyes were rudimentary only, mere apologies for these organs. On administering a sec ond emetic, the patient threw up a sec tion of another one of these curious beasts. In explanation of its presence in his stomach the man informed the physi cian that about six years ago he drank water from a " white pitcher," he re membered " dat pitcher well," and had swallowed something, Bince which time nis neaitn naa oeen gradually tail ing, lie hrmly believed that he swal lowed an embryotio alligator, or water lizzard ot some Kind. At any event the creature exhibited in this office seemed in place outside a human stomach- The man, since having been re lieved of the presence of this singular living thing, has been steadily improv ing. When the patient threw up the animal the colored women who waited upon him thought it was an imp of Satan, or the creation of a witch, and proceeded immediately to dispatch it with sharp-pointed slicks, a task they accomplished betore the physician ar rived. Willing and Faithful. A few years ago a large drug firm in a provincial city advertised for a boy Next day the place was thronged with applicants, and among them was queer-looking little fellow, accompanied by a woman, who proved to be his aunt, in lieu of faithless parents by wnom ne nad Deen abandoned. .Look ing at the little waif, the merchant promptly said : " Can't take him places all full ; be sides, ne is too small." " I know he is small," said the woman, " but he is willing and faithful." There was a twinkle in the boy's eves that made the merchant think acain. A partner in the firm volunteered the remark that he " did not see what thev wanted of such a boy ; he wasn't big enough." But after a consultation the boy was set to work. A few days later a call was made on the boys in the warehouse for some one to stay all night. The prompt response of the little fellow contrasted well with the reluctance of the others. In the middle of the night the merchant looked in to see if all was right at the warehouse, and presently discovered his youthful protege busily cutting out labels. " What are you doing?" said he: "I did not tell you to work during the night." " I know you didn't tell me, but I thought I might as well be doing some thing." In the morning the cashier received orders to " double that boy's wages, for he is willing." Only a few weeks elapsed before a show of wild beasts passed through the streets, and, very naturally, all hands in the warehouse rushed to see the spectacle. A thief saw his opportunity, and entered at the back door to seize something, but in a twinkling found himself clutched by the diminutive clerk, and after a severe struggle was captured. Not only was a robbery pre vented, but valuable articles taken from other shops were recovered. When asked why he staid to watch when all the others quitted their work, he re plied : "You told me never to leave the warehouse when others were absent, and so I staid." Orders were imrr.ediately given once more: "Double that boy's wages; be is will ing and faithful." To-day that boy is getting a large salary. In 1870 the United States produced 112, 549,733 bushels of spring, and 175, 195,893 bushels of winter wheat. The country also produced 16,918,795 bush els of rye, 760,944,549 buhels of Indian corn, 282,107,157 bushels of oats, 9,821, 721 bushels ot buckwheat, 73,635,021 bushels of rice, 262,735,341 pounds of tobacco, and 3,0fl,996 bales of cotton. This is a vast production, and as we glance at the figures we gain some idea of the wonderful resources of the United States. Trout are very delicious eating, espe cially when one is on an excursion in the country; but the cause of their delicate flavor has hitherto been a se cret. It is nftw found to be owing to the light and delicate diet in which the fish indulge. A man at Worcester, the other day, caught a peculiarly plump specimen, and, on dressing it, found that it contained, among other delica cies, a large meadow rat and a striped snake two feet long. Washington University, located at St. Louis, has lately teen celebrating its nineteenth anniversary, when its new chancellor, William G. Eliot, said that with $1,000,000 and five years' time, he ana nis coadjutors could make Wash ington University as great as either Har vard or Yale. Wht is love like a Scotch plaid ? Be cause it is all stuff, and often crossed. Foreign Gossip. An $18.0( 0 statue of Victoria has been set up in India. When a prison in Switzerland becomes vacant a white flag is hoisted over it. One person is born in London every five minutes, and another person dies every seven minutes. France, during the five centuries pre ceding the present that is, from 1300 to 1800 was engaged in 326 years of war, of which 86 years were spent in civil war, and 246 years in foreign war During that period 184 great battles were fought. If Bazaine be found guilty of the charges brought agains him, the mar tial law of France condemns him to death. There is no alternative nunish- ment. The astronomical profession does not appear to be a particularly desirable one at Madras. Pogson, astronomer-royal, is on trial for not preventing the recent disastrous cyclone. Peru has already twenty eieht rail roads in operation or in process of con- i. a.; m . struction, wnn an aggregate length of 2.310 English miles. The longest is from Arequipa to Puno, 232 miles. The beggars in Buenos Avres ride on horseback, and when they do not wish food, as coolly beg that you will, for the sake of the Virgin, bestow some money for them to buy cigars. Not a few people there are who fancy that Macready is dead. The death of the great actor was reported, and his obituary was written a few years ago ; but, in fact, he still lives, and is said to be hale and hearty. His age is 79, and his residence Cheltenham,aEngland. It is stated, in a letter from Prague, that the damage done by the floods in Bohemia is estimated at nearly 36,000, 000 of florins, one of the most fertile districts in the country having been de vastated. The water rose so rapidy that the people, most of whom were in their beds, had no time to escape, and about 700 perished. Hundreds of houses, too, were carried away, and railway bridges and embankments destroyed. We have not forgotten the famous case of Count Chorinski, son of the Gov ernor of Vienna, and Julia Ebergenyi, who were condemned for having pois oned the Countess, at Munich. The Count died a few months ago in an in sane hospital, where he had been im prisoned. His accomplice has, in her turn, just been conveyed to a mad house. She had feigned insanity for a long time, but the news of the death of the Count made her insanity real. Hon. Ja mes Brooks say;, in his "Seven Months' Run," that the rail roads of Hindostan are the most potent mis-ionaries ever sent there. The na tives delight in traveling on them, and are forced to take the common cars, without thought of caste. Brahmin and pariah must ride together. This en forced companionship has done more to break down the barriers of prejudice than all the resident clergymen com bined. Immense Flow of Gas. A freak of an oil well, near Titusville, Penn., is thus recorded in a recent number of the Titusville Courier : The well had been sunk for about 20 days, but continually poured forth such a volume of gas that it was found impos sible to pump it, as the valves would not work. The tubing was pulled and the well was cased, in order to let the gas blow off, so that it might be pumped. After the casing was put in, the sand pump was lowered for the purpose of agitating the well, when the gas raised a column of water, throwing a solid stream into the air a hundred feet. The noise was terrific, and could be heard for a distance of more than two miles. The noise was something like ,the loud roar of thunder, and when the column burst at the top it threw the water each way for 15 rods froia the well. The water was exhausted in about 25 min utes, and then a column of gas followed, rising vith tremendous force 50 feet above the derrick. The outpouring of the gas makes a roaring noise that can be distinctly heard for two miles from the well. No tools can be put into the well. As soon as the attempt is made, with such force does the gas come out that the tools are carried into the air. The stream of gas shows no signs of diminishing, and its loud and continu ous roar can be heard for miles around. Germany's War Speculation. The war expenses of the German Empire, in its recent "raid" into France, were $277,500,000, while its cash indemnity from France amounts to $1,244,000,000, or, including tax-paying value of Alsace and Lorraine, to $1,440,000,000. This leaves a net cash profit to Germany on the war of $1,162, 000,000, or nearly five millions of dollars a day for every day of the war. . The utmost that had ever before been done wa? to make a war pay its expenses out of the enemy. But since the incursions of the hardy and vigorous Goths and Vandals into decrepit and demoralized Rome, there has been no such mag nificent return even from wars of con quest. The Franco-German war being a war of self-defense on the part of Germany, and of aggression on that of France, the net result is all the more astounding. Trifling Loans. Statistics have been compiled, from which it appears that during the first four months of 1872 the amount of money sought to be raised for new loans, banks, and industrial undertakings brought out in England, America, and on the continent was about 160.000. 000, or $800,000,000 (gold). - A Missoubi legislator clinched an argument against dogs the other day, by swearing that the money expended in supporting 21,000,000 dogs in the United States would buy 1,340,000,000 whisky cocktails every year. Mr. Justin McCarthy says that it is the habit of Guizot to ascribe the mis takes of President Thiers to his youth and want of experience. Guizot is a mature man of nearly 90 years, while Thiers is a boyish fellow of 75. " I'm so thirsty ,;' said a boy in a corn field. " Well, work away," said his in dustrious father ; " you know what the prophet sf.ys, 4 Hoe, every one that thirsteth.' "