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Foreign News.
SATISFIED.
A Berlin dispatch of the Sth him..
says that Gortschakotl’ declared at the ;
sitting of the congress that the Czar, as
a proof of his desire to satisfy legiti
mate interests, had resolved to make
Batoum a free port. Ixml Beacons*
lleld announced that England could.
not but be satisfied * ith the
Czar’s reassuring resolve. Lord Salis
bury warmly advocated the claims
of the Lazis to be protected from an
nexation. Private negotiations'are now
proceeding on this subject. Russia ob
jecting to having a warlike independent ■
people in the immediate neighborhood
of her new possession. There are also
some slight ditlieulties in regard to the
dismantlement of the fortifications, Rus
sians claiming that some of them are,
natural features of the ground.
KI'SSIA S THU’Ml'll.
A London special of July Sth says
thus far all indications point to a sub-;
stantial triumph in the congress, Eng-1
land has gained nothing practical which ■
was not ottered her long before Beacons*
field made his expensive warlike demon-'
strations. The stipulation that Turkey I
may fortify the Balkans amounts to
nothing, as other arrangements leave
Russia’s road open to turn that line
of defense at will and at vastly less
expense. Nothing has yet oc
curred or is likely to occur
changing the fact that Turkey hence
forth will ho Russia's ally or vassal, and
not England's. The absolute security
for England, which Beaconslleld set out
to obtain, is an impossible chimera.
Russia, in the person of her Turkish
vassal, stands on the Bosphorus, and
will stand there after the British forces
have returned homeward. Then her
action or inaction will he dependent
upon Russia’s will or policy alone. She
will not long wear any diplomatic yoke I
which she finds burdensome. These
are facts which had bettor he accepted
by all who desire to forecast the n<nv
maps ot Russia and Turkey, and what
is to follow their readjustment.
Bismarck's body.
A Berlin dispatch of the 7th inst. says
the ‘fourteenth sitting of the congress
closed last evening after seven hours
work. ’l’lie Batoum question, which
had been previously discussed by the
commission, over which Prince llohen
lohe presides, was the subject of delib
eration, but no conclusion was reached.
The congress has agreed in principle to
three points, viz.: To maintain the
Dardanelles closed, as at present, to
ships of war; to cede Batoum to Russia
and make it a tree port. There remains
the question of dismantling fortifica
tions and forbidding Russians to
fortify the coast. The anxiety
to finish and the desire to maintain the
present agreement, however, is so
strong that no doubt is felt that some
compromise will be found by Prince
Huhenlohe’s commission sufficing to
calm apprehensions of the powers
without infringing upon tin czar’s dig
nity. There arc frequent interviews
between Beaconslleld and Gortchakoff,
and the latter openly pays tributes to
Lord Beacontield’s statesmanlike
qualities. The relations of the plenipo
tentiaries are excellent and the pros
pects of a happy termination of the
congress Thursday next are most hope
ful.
THE DIVISION.
A Berlin correspondent, writing under
date of July (th, bases Ids supposition
as to the probable settlement of the
Batoum question by Russia receiving
Batoum on condition of never fortifying
under any pretext, on Prince Bismarck's
utterances at Tuesday’s interview, and j
believes, if the question is not set-'
tied privately, hut is brought forward at
Saturday’s sitting, Bismarck will reso
lutely take Russia’s part, ami declare
that, while he should applaud any com
promise, he cannot hut consider bind
ing the signatures of Turkey and Eng-1
land to the San Stefano treaty and the |
Anirlo-Russian agreement,respectively.
THE KXGEISII PRESS,
unanimously—even including the Doily
Mews —object to the cession of Batoum.
The conservative organs are very dis
contented with the results of the con
gress, but they all regard the danger of
rupture as obviated. The Timm re
gards the statement of Sir Stafford
Norfheote, chancellor of the exche
quer iu the house of commons last
night, that he was led to hope
that in ten days or a fortnight the ne
gotiations at Berlin would he far enough
advanced to permit him to submit the
supplementary estimates and shortly
afterward make a statement to the
house, as the clear announcement of
his belief Unit the government is confi
dent of the attainment of a pacific set-
Uernent at Berlin within the next few
days.
SOPHIA.
In the discussion :i> to the division of
the Sandjak of Sophia, Russia admitted
that the Ichtirnan Pass, with a strong
line of defense, should be assigned to
Roiimelia. But the discussion of the
English demand, that Roiimelia
should receive five out of
-even districts into which the
Sandjak of Sophia should he divided,
became so warm that tin* representa* j
lives of France, Italy, and Germany in-1
tervened with a coni promise, which i
contemplates nearly the equal division |
between Koumelia and Bulgaria. As, |
however, the retention of the Ichtirnan i
line fur Roiimelia is the principal aim :
of England, the question will probably i
cause no further difficulty,
THE GREEK.
A Berlin special of July t.th says the (
Greek question was settled in the
congress to-day. A resolution was
J .tS - * (1 that congress invite the porte to •!
come to an understanding with Greece |
for the rectification of her I
frontiers and that it is of the opinion
that the lines should he front the val
ley of Salamhola on the Aegiau Sea to
the mouth of Kahunas river opposite
Ourfu. In the event of ditlieulties
arising in negotiation, the powers are
ready to render their good otliees as
mediators.
TMK iVNaiiK.-S OK POWERS.
A Herlin dispatch of the nth say* that
in Thursday's session of the congress
the settlement of the Montenegrin
question in accordance with the Austri
an programme as previously announced
was continued. Austria received the
port of Spi/.a. The correspondent
anticipates that the following settlements
will he reached at Saturday's session:
Servia will not receive either Vninja or
Pi rot. Sandjak, of Sophia, in accord
ance with the compromise proposed by
Germany, France and Italy, will he di
vided between Roumclia and Bulgaria.
Russia will receive Batoum on condi
tion of never fortifying it on any pre
text. The powers will strongly advise
the Porte to come to a direct under
standing with Greece for an equitable
readjustment of frontiers.
MOKK THREATEN INC.
A Berlin dispatch of July 4th says
that the Batoum question is still under
negotiation. Renewed reports are cur
rent that the Porte has uncompromis
ingly refused to permit Anstiian occu
pation. but resistance is not anticipated.
Lord Odo Russel, fount Sehonvalotf,
and Prince llohenlohe, in conversation,
admit that fresh difficulties have arisen.
It is said these ditlieulties concern the
frontiers of Pastern lioumania.
THE NEWSPAPERS DID IT.
A Berlin correspondent of the Lon
don Times writing under date of July
4th says that grave difficulties have
arisen on minor questions. The hitter
comments of English and Russian news
papers on the concessions granted or
gained by their respective plenipoten
tiaries have made the plenipotentiaries
indisposed to yield anything; thus the
possession of V ninja and Pi rot has been
discussed four days without reach
ing a settlement. Discussion on
the question as to the division
of Sandjak of Sophia lias lasted a week,
England desiring to secure the Ichle
iinui line of defense for Roiimelia. In
connection with these differences, the
correspondent gives an account of an
interview with Bismarck on Tuesday
night. Bismarck said he wished fur
peace, and had contributed to it as much
as possible since he could clearly see his
way. England had achieved a magnifi
cent success in limiting Bulgaria and in
regard to the straits. Her preparations
had proved she could become a great
military power, but war between Eng
land and Russia would menace everyone.
He said this because he was convinced
there would he peace now that the Bul
garian question had been settled. How
ever serious, the account, must
he taken of Russia's sacrifices during
the war and the concussions since. Des
pite the admiral disposition of
fount Sehonvalotf, there might he a
limit to his desire for peace. He
considered neither English nor Rus
sians did justice to their repre
sentatives. if war, after all, unhappily
arose, Germany, having done all pos
sible for peace, would he able to stand
aloof on guard. He considered Batoum
the real difficulty. The Russians had
a good ease. He should he delighted to
hear they had made concessions, hut
ho hoped the matter would he settled
outside the congress. He thought the
Turks would yield to Austria, hut nut
to Greece.
To the Four Winds.. Heaven Help Them.
Detroit I‘Tce Press
Five weeping children were left or
phans the other day by the death of
their mother, a widow who lived on
Prospect street. The father was killed
at one of the depots about two years
ago, and since then the mother has kept
the family together by hard day’s work.
Lack of food, exposure and worry
brought on an illness which terminated
fatally, and the children huddled to
gether in a corner of the room feeling
awed and frightened, hut yet unable to
realize that death had made them waifs.
When the remains had been sent away
to Potter’s field a dozen women gath
ered and held a whispered conversa
tion.
“I’ll take one of the poor things,
though I’ve four children of my own,’’
said one of the women.
“And I’ll take another.”
“ And I'll take one.”
“ And so will I.”
Then there was the baby—a toddling
boy, who had been rocked to sleep every
night of Ids life, and whose big blue
1 eyes were full of tears as he shrank t><-
; hind his sister to escape observation.
As none of the poor women seemed pre
i pared to take so young a child, a girl
nut over ten years old, dressed a little
better than other children there, crept
into the group, reached out for the babe,
patted his white head, kissed him, and
said:
“1 will take this one! 1 have no
brother, and ma and pa will let me keep
him. He can sleep in my trundle-bed,
play with my doll, and they may put all
the Christmas presents into his stock
ing!” and the girl ran around the cor
ner and returned with her mother, who
sanctioned all she had said. "Come,
hubby—you're mine now !” called the
girl, and he laughed as she nut tier arms
around him and tried to lift him nj>.
By and by a woman said: •‘Children,
you have neither father, mother nor
home. You must be divided up or go
to the foor house. Ki-s each other,
poor orphans, and all kr-s the baby !”
They put their arms around him, and
hugged and kissed him. and they went
out from the old bouse to go in differ
ent directions and perhaj s never again
to meet all together.
Washington.
IHWS OS sX'MMI'S SI'S
Advices from Washington of the Sth
inst. state that tho honest workingmen
of Washington are becoming slisgt nod
with a gang of adventurers who eall fro
qnent public meetings, w 1 ere they use 1
most violent language and indulge in
extreme communistic threats, Some of i
the law-abiding labor organizations have
denounced them, but they still eon- ;
thine their work, and, in turn, attack
those who attempt to expose them. .V ,
week ago the (hyital which has truly
often proclaimed strong communistic |
doctrines, felt called upon to hold up ;
these tramps in their true light. I’o slay ,
in reply to resolutions slcnouncing
it, passed at sms' of these lawless
meetings, it characterizes them |
as “a set of sensationalists, adventurers,
anil lly-blows on the honest meat of in
dustry foists'sl there by circumstances. 1
They are a s,t who have never struck a
blow s'f work,ami would not if they eoulsl.
ami could not if they would. Being ig- .
norant of how to live, save upon others, j
ami lacking the shrewdness or s-hanee j
to become capitalists, they attempt to
make themselves solisi with the less
thinking of tin* masses, ami so feed on
tin l results of their labor." These sen
timents of tin l ('upitiil ars' shared l*y the
mass s.f the laboring elenis'iit in this
city, and the indications ars* that the
gang which is attempting ts> support it
self at their s'xps'nss 1 , and magnify it^s'lf;
in tin' eyes of the workingmen’s organi- 1
station of tin' country, will be driven out ;
of Washington.
timhkk niiKVEs.
(iovernment agents recently returns'll
from (ho I’arish of Calcasieu. in Ask
leu’s district, Louisiana, represent the
actual fas'ts about tlie deprs'iialions upon
tin- government timber there ns being
more astounding than anything that
has been pithlishi'ii. In one place
tlis-rs' were sixteen saw-mills whose stils l
occupation was the manufacture of tim
her from logs sad from the government (
reservation, One oldtimberman testiiiesl
that parties hail hs’i'ii engaged in cut
ting timber from tin* government rs’ser
vation for fifty years. Very few mill
owners have taki'n ths l trenblu to enter
or purchase any timber-lands, ami sh‘-
pi'iisl exclusively upon logs stolen from
tbs' government. The government
agents were followed everywhere hy
spies of tbs' thieves, were shot at, and
both of them cams' hack very much
impaired in health on account of tho
climate.
TUKASIKV STATEMENT,
The following is tbs' treasury state
ment for tbs' week smiling .Inly tllh:
I S, lionsls In Hei'iiri' imllumil lunik
rlrculstton ... fins, h-xmnki
llsmilis is> ssis'iirsi imlilts' itc'psu>lt tt.HTiS.WHt
f. S, liiiiiiln ils'iiosllril for cln illusion
week s-I ill Isi u lo■ iluy Mtu.OQO
Is. lionsls hold fur drcu hit ion wlih
sli HWii wi'k I'lislltiir lo sliiv ... a, (.000
N m isiimt hunk c Irani ml on oUlstuiiil
tntf nirrmii'i' notes u.'di.vt :uisi
Siolil Null's 1, hW.I Jo
liitiTiml i*vi*mu-. .. . .. 'AM.Ttts
s lissom iil l.iiiit
Ui's'i'ipts ii at iosin I hunk miles lor ru
sis' in ps loi i. wiok unslltiK to iliii.hs
-imi|iar<'ii with i'ories|iiimllnjj pi rioil
lust ys'isr, ik.t a,inn,am
ISTS 11 ri, in hi
Uei’Dlpts lii-slisv : so,ooo
ApprsiprlHiliins mash* hv I'liiigress m
Ills' si'sslon is silly rlnsesl, Inolusl
Inn various slells'lcmiy hills, Is Its!, (Mill,.‘>s|i
kxiii t riVK ni’siNKss.
The presidi'iit has s'ommissiuni'il the
following postmasters; Then. C. Hack
nier, Brownsville, Neh., Mrs. Ji'iinie
Bliss, Ars'iiilclphia, Ark., and (i, B,
Hunter, Newton, la.
niKAp soi uai.i:.
Tin-eonimissioner of 11 is* general la ml
office, received this telegram from th
register amt rs'Ceiver at the Walla Wal
la, Washington Territory land iilliee:
“ fan we close the -flics* to fight fhe In
slians who ars* forty miles away?”
Commissioner Williamson promptly
replied: “ Vi's; out only so long as may
he absolutely* necessary,"
UK Wil l. K ESI'ME,
Advices from Washington of the fith
mst. state that there is goosl authority
for saying that Secretary Sheiman eon
temjdates resumption before the meet
ing of congress, certainly before Dee. 1,
and possibly by Aug, 1. There are
many reasons which tend to imlnee
Secretary Sherman to make this dccis
ion. Among them are these: First, in
view of tlis‘ fas'l that the probabilities
ars* that within two or three months (Im■
great hulk of the customs will hi' ri>-
eeived in silver certificates, the treasury
; is not likely' to have ranch more golsl
from customs sources before .lan. 1,
1878, than it now has.
TIIK INDIANA SKNATOKSHIP.
Kx-representulive I’orter, of Indiana,
recently upi*<>int<■< 1 first comptroller of
j the treasury, will probably he a eandi
ilats' for tbs' United states senate t<• sue
cs's si Voorhees. It is claimed here that
Voorbees, in order to carry' tho legis
| lature, will he obliged to obtain the
1 support of both the democrats ami na
j lionals in a dozen doubtful districts.
.MEXICAN MATTKKH.
Advices from Washington of the fith
state ttiat the next cabinet meeting will
probably be devoted to Mexican affairs.
The government is understood to have
information that the action of the Diaz
administration is in contravention of the
agreement made at the time of the rc-
| cognition of Diaz. It was then sup
posed that Diaz would co-operate with
I our troops in protecting the (or
der, even to joining the United Stubs ;
| forces in pursuing the manrauders 1
, south of the Hie Grande. Hut army i
officers are advised that the Mexican;
troojs, at the time of McKinzie’s re !
| cent raid, had direct ( orders from the
central government to’altack our forces |
in the event that they crossed the Itio
‘Grande, and tliat superior numbers!
lof United States troops alone I
prevented an encounter. One of the
! first acts of to n. Ord on reaching Haiti
; Antonio wiU he to again invite the co
| operation of the Mexican authorities on i
[the Mexican frontier in preventing, if I
psvssihle, the Mexicans ami liuhans
from raiding into Texas. In cass' of a
refusal or neglect on the pan of the
Mexican nntnoritis's to I'o-oporate. Gen.
thxi will tak" the entire responsibility,
AFI'KK IXS'K 1.0.
A Washington dispatch of July 4lh
says the war department will push re 1
emits to that portion of the country
disturbed by the Indians, with all pract
ical haste. Belief is alnu'st universal
among army officers that there will ho
a general Indian war in the seetions
where the hosiils' mdieations presented
themselves. In view of the urgent sle
maml oftroops torserviee on tbs' plains,
orders have l>s i s'n issued to tbs' various
recruiting olliorrs ts> hasten as far as
praetieal. enlistments, in onler Is* bring
u(i the numerical force of tbs' army to
So, 000 men. the maximum number au
thorized by law. By direction of the
secretary of war. regiments in the In
dian country engaged in active oper
ation are to he increased tsi the max
imnin strength, while such regiments
as are retained on garrison duly at the
various sea-coast fortitieations are ts> hs'
reslueed to the minimum number. By
this means the secretary says he w ill be
able to throw hits* the ss'elion of the
country thrcatenesl with luxstile Italians
the largest force possihls', without e\-
eeeding the existing limits of law .
IN' HANK KKS.
The acting comptroller of tin' enr
reney has issiis'ii a s-all upon ths> na
tional hanks to exhibit their eomlilion
at tbs' closi' of hnsins'ss Saturday,
I'llK SOI VK Is 1 H'SK,
Thorough prs'parations have hs'on
mails' in Washington for the observa
tion of the sidar eclipse in this country
upon tils' 20 th s>f this month. Congress
has ai'propriats'sl sß,tt(Hl for tits' ex
piuisi's of this ohss'rvation. The total
eclipse will cover a space only oik 1 him
sirs'll "•'■l sixti's'ii mill's wills', It will
begin at tbs' northwest s'orner ol Mon
tana ami move southeast, passing nver
tils' Yi'llowstons', through \\ yoming ti'r
ritory, Denver, Col., anil norlhs'rn ami
eastern Texas. The situation of tbs'
svlipse will l'i> three minnts's in ths*
north and two ami one-half mimits'S
in Texas.
The kiss el IVai'e.
The London (llohi says:
Fishwives ai si other market woins'ii
have long s'lijoyesl a reputation for
trnenleneo of spei'eh and manns'r, not
only m England, hut in most parts of
the worlsl. A Russian colonel, wliu has
lately’ hei'ii appointed chief police mas
ter of one ol the most populous towns
of the Baltic provinces, lias hit upon a
novel hut truly Oriental plan for lln>
civilization of thi'ss> irritable shinies.
He knew that preachinga moral homily
would ho of no uss' whats'vs'r w here the
hearers. were Iwst wouicn who were
cursing one another at tbs' rale of 120
words a minute, and who weri'only pre
vs'iits'sl from tearing one another’s faces
by the strong arm sif the (lolis's'. "Yon
must he locked tip in one and tin* sains*
s-ell until you have kisss'd s'as'h other."
This was invariably tlii'ss'iiti'iu'sMif ths l
ns'w magistrals' in s'very s'ase of fetnals*
broil which was lirotighl hs'fore him.
Me knew very ws'll lliai although kiss
tug oils* another is a habit with male
Russians, it is not nmeli in ms* with the
women sif Muscovy, least, ol all with
fishwives. Thes’xeiled laslicsw’er<>hur
ried oil’, miles! for a tinis- louder than
ever, protests'll that limy wotilsl slis 1
sooner than give tins hnmilating sign
of reconciliation, mul ths'ti, afts'r a fs■ w
hours’ s'oiilinenient, s'alli'il ths* goaler,
ami informi'sl him that limy hail “kiss
esl.” As tlie s'oiieilialory net was >f
fs's'tesl in ths l shirk, (or the saks of pro
s-nring liberty, ansi witliont the presence
of wilns'sses, Uie fishwives wits* inforin
lul that lhay must rs'peal the kiss pnl
lii'ly in tbs' open market-plaee. A
small lins* was then taki'ii from eas-li,
and 11 1 s*y were niarehs'd out into 11 1
mori'antile areopagns, njisl ws-rsi then
s'omps'lls'sl. in 111.- midst of (heir sisters
in trash’, to kiss s'lieh other thrs's* linn's
and to givs- a public promise of future
pi'iieeahleness. At (In* s'lisl of six weeks
during which period this siurious pi'iial
ly was fiTijiieiitly imposed, not a single
out break of a market-wife battle o<--
corred within (lie jurisdiction of the
liuiiiorous police master.
The Wealth on Fifth Avenue,
The Ns'w Than is of opinion
that no Htrs*el in the worlsl represi'iils in
the short, spas'"of two mill's and a half
anything like the enormous aggregate
of wealth represented by Fifth avenue
resislents between Washington Hspiare
ami Central I‘ark. It gives a few
names: Dr. Rhinelander. 1M,000,000 ;
M. G. Roberts,tjtdJHHiJKKl; MosssTaylor,
<to,(HIO,(HK|; Augustus Belmont, fM.000,-
■ < HKI; Robert L. and A. Htiittrt,tr,iHlo,o(H;
Mrs, I’ansn Slevs*ns, S‘J,tKK),O<St; Amos
R. Eno, kMt.otMi; .liihii Jacoli ansi
William B. Astor, tOO,UOO,t)(NI; Mrs. A.
T. Stewart, Ik’Si,(KH 1,000; I’ierre Istriliard,
.-F’JHMi.OdO; James Kernochaii,
• Kki; William li. Vanderbilt,fTA/XlO/NNI;
Mrs. Calvert Jones, |2,00(),000; James
Gordon Bennett, $4,000,000; Fresinriek
Htevens, $10,000,000; l,ewis Lornllanl,
$1.000,000. Total, $248,000,000. Mere
we have 18 families living near each
other who derive fixes! yearly ineoms's
from a capital of between $240,0011,((00
and $2/10,000,000.
Boston bay lias tnrnesl out a sensa
tion in lh‘ shape of s huge sea monster,
which appearesl to a 1 sail's crew the
other day. It is generally described as
having a huge, hull-slog head, covered
with a mass of hair; smooth tilled with
three or four rows of teeth, gleaming
eys'K, a Isslv ten or twelve feet long,
tapering into a tail no one knows how
long, and having the capacity to utter
deep-tones! roars. The spectator’s
didn’t care for a close acsjnaintanee
with ths,* la-asl, ansi ssj the scientific:
world is cheated out of a more definite
description.
OPPOSITION TO A KVII,HOAD.
What 1* Said of tin* Omaha and Yellow
stone I’eojeet The Scheme Oenouneed
a a robber}'.
A correspondent of the Omaha H<r
arraigns the San Francisco (VnimiWe
as being the month-piece of the I’acilic
railway mononolies, and in support of
liia position quotes tin* following article
from the ( HumnWc:
Senator Mvin Saunders,of Nebraska,
asks congress for a land grant of about
•J0.1W.000 acres, to aid some corpora
tion or other, that wants to turn an
honest penny at (he expense of other
people, in building a railway from
Omaha to the Yellowstone Park, a place
laid out some years ago as a national
pleasure ground for the summer recrea
tion of American snobs and rich fore
igners (raveling regard less of expense to
see the world. Not to put too tine a
point on it. the proposal is that ItiO.tHH)
farms of lot* acres each, worth at the
present governing price, ♦l.’Jo per acre,
or in the aggregate tfd'J,ODD,OtH, shall be
taken from tin* people, to whom the
land belongs, and given in fee to a rail
road company to hold on speculation
at. say. from &’ to S2O per acre. It
amounts to a tax on the future settlers
of that region, in the purchase of homes,
of anywhere from $ ltkt.tHHt.tKK> tofllOO,
GOOOOtH); which lax will go not to the
support of die government, local or
national, but into the pockets of the
autocrats who if senator Saunders' hill is
successful, will compose the favored
corporation. The government is to
loses.'t*J,tHHt,tHHlei>rtandy, and the Intnre
settlers three to eight times as much.
Now, il anybody should propose to
spend $.‘t‘J,tHH>,(HH) of money out of the
treasury in the placing of poor, hard
working men as settlers on this land,
he would be instantally voted an idiot
by the senate and all the great corpora
tions that have icceived so much help
in land and cash from (he United Stales.
And yet, strange as il may seem, all
the money and land so given to cor
porations with the peoples; and yet. it
is a fact (hat the planting by govern
ment assistance of 20,000 settlers along
the line ol this proposed road, at suoo
for each family, would cost only $lO,
OtKI.OOO, and would, in all reasonable
probability, be contributing more to the
devehpemml of the country, to the
permanent pacification of the Indians,
and to the strength and glory of tin* r>
public, than all the railways that
could la* built by a gift of s.'s£,ooo,ooo
to any thieving corporation. Whatever
the people of Omaha and other of sen
ator Saunders’ constituents may think
of his scheme, if is tin* sense of the
country that not another acre of the
people's liMid should be given away to
any corporation,
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The Silver Hollar.
The I'hiladi Iphia I,l’ili/rr savs (hat
all the. plans devised at the treasury de
partment to put the new silver dollar
into circulation have failed to accom
plish that object, and the treasury
vaults, as well as the sub-treas
ury vaults, are, we learn from a Wash
mglon telegram, tilled to almost, their
full capacity. Il was believed id the
treasury department that tin* decision
several weeks ago that the treasury is
afhoriml to pay tin* expense of send
iug silver dollars to national banks de
signated as depositories would create
a heavy demand for them, and that I,he
amount of silver on hand would be
largely diminished. This, however,has
not been (hi* ease, and the total amount
shipped to bankssinee the decision was
made has been only <t|. r >,(KN(. The
total number of silver dollars coined up
lodide is 8,070,747. Of this amount
there has been issued sl,o. r i,'l,-110, leaving
$7,020,Ti1. The amount, of silver cer
tificates issued up to (Saturday night was
$ 1,151,400, of which fill 15,.‘KM) has been
paid back into the treasury lor cus
tom duties. In response to inquires
(he treasury oHicers say that Ihev do
not, see how the large amount of sii
ver dollars on band can be pul into cir
culation, and the opinion is entertained
that by the lime congress meets again
there will be fully 15,000,000 of the
silver dollars in treasury vaults.
The International Exposition at Milan.
The ('liieago Merchants’ Exchange
has received a paper cut died // W/io
<lrl I'rof/rnuo, the organ of the inter
national exposition to be held at Milan
next year. The proposed exhibition is
to lie the third of any that have taken
place heretofore, still the space open to
exhibitors will he une-foiirtli larger than
at I’aris. The main building is to he
HI2 feet square and live stories high.
There will lie twenty galleries in it KI2
feel long. The art galleries are eight
in number, and will he ample for the
exhibit of the vast number of art
treasures that will ho sent by artists and
owners of collection*. The buildings
me to he massive in the lombard
style of arehileelnre, and will he per
manent. Kxliihitors can ship their
goods from the I’aris Exposition in
Isaids by the Alla Italia Railroad to the
building. The opening will he April 1,
I*7o. The director general of the Ex
hibition is Mr. Frederick tlnsselt, an
American of Italian descent.
Tiik tarantula, a specie ofspider, may
la: found in great numlsTS on our
Kies. If water is poured in their
they w ill come to the surface for
air, and he caught with a sharp stick.
We have asked a number of old settlers
if these tarantulas were dangerous, ami
thus far have heard of no one being bit
ten. They keep in their holes during
the day and forage for insects during
the night. The mouth is near the centre
of the laxly, next to the ground, audit
cannot bite unless it springs upon you.
The tarantula is a much abused, inof
fensive spider that attends to its own
business, —Furl Wurth (Tex.) Standard.