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This party of German statesmen,
lawyers, ollicer nnd jonrnalints, who
were invited by Mr. Henry Villuid to
witness the opening of tho Ao:-tlern
raeillo railroad, arrived in ev lork
on tho Bremen steamer Kibe, nfter a
pleasant pussnRe. They were wel
comed by Mr. Yillard and a number of
his friends. . . .A tiro broke out m a
Uoston tenement-hoiiHe, and four of
tho inmates were Buil'ocnted before a
rescuing party could reach them. One
man was fatally injured in jumping to
escape. . . .11. H. Wolf & Co.'c wire
factory at Amesville.Ji.l. was burned,
entailing a loss of $75,000.
WeU .
The Presidential party arrived in the
Upper Gevser basin of the Yellowstono
Park on tho 25th of August, after a
horseback ride of 2!30 miles, and went
into camp near Old Faithful geyser,
which treated the excursionists soon
after dismounting, with one of its
hourly eruptions. Tho party were in
tho best of health and spirits. A sen
sational story is telegraphed from
Idaho, to tho effect that a band of cow
boys had gono to Yellowstono Park to
kidnap tho President and hold him for a
$500,000 ransom ; a Tcx.is desperado was
the leader of the gang; that five Indi
ans were employed as guides, and that
each member of tho band was sworn
by all tho gods to do his duty.
At St. Louis Mo., Judge Noonau de
cided that the Downing law does not
repeal the special act of 1857, which
was bubmitted to a vote of the people
and carried, and which permits of the
sale of beverages and refreshments,
other than distilled liquors, on any day
in the week. This decision does not
permit dram-shops which sell liquor,
to keep open Sunday, and the beer sa
loons and garden-keepers are reported
as happy A duel was fought near
Vandahu, 111., by Louis Phillips ami
Jacob Kosenbrook. Each fired but
once. The latter was killed instantly ;
the former lived only four hours. . . .A
railway conductor living in Chicago
became so annoyed by the "shadowing"
of detectives that ho caused the arrest of
one of tho "spotters." In the Police
Ceurt tho spotter was ilned $25 for dis
orderly conduct.
The prizes of the Knight Templar
drill tournament, at San Francisco
were awarded to the Do Molais of
Louisville, tho ltapers of Indianapolis,
and the tit. Bernards of Chicago, in tho
order named. The sword of Ilapcr
Commandery of Indianapolis, won at
tho Chicago conclave, was attached for
$1,300 board bill. Tho boarding-house
man agreed to furnish rooms for $1,
each of which was to give lodgment to
four Knights. When the crush came
eight persons were put in every room,
and the commandery, after protesting,
evacuated tho premises in a body.
Tho next triennial conclave will be
held at tit. Leuis, in 188G. .. .Thirty
masked men from Park City, Utah,
tok Jack Murphy from the jail at
Coalville, a neighboring town, and
hanged him. Murphy was suspected
f having shot a man named Brenham
at Park City A negro at Ogden,
Utah, wh killed the City Marshal and
wounded another official, was taken
frm jail and lynched, the body being
dragged through the streets Pen
Wilhoit, a wealthy farmar of Bowling
Green, Mo., usd hia toes to discharge
gun withwkioh his brainawara blown
ot.
South
Citizexs on both sides of the Ilio
Grande at El Paso have made up a
purse of $500 to secure the prize tight
between Slade and Mitchell. The Al
calde of Paso del Norte, Mexico, has
given permissiom for a mill on that
side of the river.
P. V. Middleton, a South Carolin
ian of illustrious descent, who recently
passed away at Greenville, refused to
cross Mason and Dixon's line since his
library was destroyed by Gen. Sher
man's army. . . .Congressman Win. F.
Poole, of North Carolina is daad.
Foreign
Volcanic eruptions in Java and oth
er islands of tho Malay Acrhipelago
have resulted in fearful disasters.
Scores of villages have been destroyed,
and thousands of the inhabitants,
including Americans and Europeans,
have fallen victims.
Ax enormous fete was given in Paris
for the iK-netit of the sufferers by the
earthquake. One hundred and 28,0LH)
entrance tickets were fH, and
nearly every purso-opening contriv
ance was used iuide for furfhering the
puroes of the charity. Every cele
brated actress had a Iot U fr the sale
of Luickknacks. Tho ruins of the
Taileries having K en at la-t removed,
the pardons a'nl Mte of the celebrated
ditioe t re r.M-d for the affair. . . .lliots
aint tho Jews are rci"orted at several
1'l.uvs in II nuary. notaMy atEjrerszog.
whero, for throt days, tdjvnts of Mur
dor the Jf-ar e?e hoard fror.i 2,i.0
peasants l.o wro liil tho bouse and
and f-LojH, of Hebron. It i stated
Ihat ia the r.ioloe forty roMier and riot
rn were killed. In tho revtnt riot ui
llkatcrinofby. K:issi.tl.el;onMnof 147
Je-s were wrecked tvctv-cinLt
Ilussians wore killed by soldiery. The
loss to tho Hebrews is (511,000 rubes.
The British Tarliamont was pro
rogued Aug. 25. The Queen's speech
becites the facts that she is at peace
with all foreign powers ; that tho troub
les arising from the Tamativo affair are
being settled with France in an amica
blo spirit; that tho convention with the
Transvaal Government is not working
satisfactorily; that she feels great sa
tisfaction in being able to report an
improvement in the condition of Ire
land, and the works of parliament have
shown its anxiety to promote tho Mel
fare of the Green Isle; that tho state
of trade in the British islands is sound,
and that the agricultural depression
in some districts has been relieved. . . .
A French and an English vessel came
into collision in tho English channel.
The English steamer, the Woodburn,
was disabled and sank. Eighteen of
the crew were drowned. The French
steamer was badly damaged, but was
enabled to land her own passengers
and those saved from the Woodburn
at Plymouth.'. . .The convention of the
Irish National League of Great Brit
ain, which will meet at Leeds Sept. 27,
will demand self-government for Ire
land and direct representation for Irish
laborers in Parliament. . . .A report
comes from Lisbon that Ilenry M.
Stanley, tho African explorer, has
closed tho Upper Congo to commerce.
General
William W. Bolden pub
lishes a card in aPaleigh (N. C.) paper
. . . - 1 r i 1
announcing his withdrawal jrom me
republican party, i-nd stating he is not
a member of tho Liberal party.
The Chicago Tribune remarks:
"From tho tLu..ing made by the clear
ing houses of the country it appears
that business was 13 per cent, poorer
in New York city last week than it was
Wt, vpn.v at this time, but 1 "per cent.
better everywhere else in America.
While therefore, tno snowing is unia
whole, it need eive the
West little disturbance of mind. Plain
ly, the speculators are the ones who
are suffering from the present squeeze.
Tim tnt.n.1 rdefiriners were $800,589,755
last week. They were over twice as
lavrro nt, tlia lritrh-water mark of the
great boom, with four less clearing
houses to make reports.
"Knmnel J. Tilden." says a New
York telegram, "apparently unmind
ful of tho thousand and one things
Hfud n.! inn t. him and his Presidential
aspirations, is just now assiduously
devoting himselt to yachting, and Diets
fnir tn lilnssOTYl Ollt sllOl'tlV as a fil'St-
class sailor. This fondness of yacht
ing on the part of Tilden, which has
been developed, it is said, by. a numijer
nf Rftili-ncr excursions made during the
wvnsifmt. Kiimmev on one of the crack
yachts of the Yew York Yacht Club,
has taken a decided turn in tho en
gagement of John Roach's magnificent
steamer yacht, xosemite, ior iue rusu
of the present season."
An oil-tank of large dimensions ex
ploded in the South Brooklyn (N. Y.)
the tlaminer fluid, which ran
in all directions, severely burned many
persons. The works were entirely,
destroyed, and sparks from the blazing
structure fired Daniel urays suipmu
works, which suffered a loss of $25,000.
Tho damage to tho oil company is $60,
000. . . .Flames appeared in a tank at
the South Brooklyn oil -works, and pro
gressed until the building was con
sumed, together with the sulphur
works of Daniel Gray, the loss being
$85,000. . . .Lumber-yards and other
property at Williamsport, Pa., to the
estimated value of $500,000, were de
stroyed by fire All places in Phila
delphia where pools on horse-races
were sold have lee closed by the
police.
Waskinfffton.
The report of the Postmaster Gen
eral will show that 8,000 postoflices
were established during the last fiscal
year ; but, as many have been discon
tinued, it will appear that the net
increase is about 1,840. This will put
the total up to about 48,000, or a little
less than one to every thousand poo
ple in the country. Of these about six
thousand are money order offices.
A vacancy having occurred araoag
the lady clerks of the National Bank
Redemption agency at Washington, the
local civil-service examiners were re
quested to furnish a lfct of those eligible
to the place. The names of the four who
stood highest in the recent examina
tion were submitted to the Acting Sec
setarv of the Treasury, who selected
Miss'Minnie I. Hoyt, of Connecticut,
a graduate of Vassar College, whose
average at the examination was SS.'.'G.
She formerly received $1,200 per an
num in the cecsas ofiice, but only re
quested to bo examined for a I'JCO po
sition. .
Some philosopher has said that "no
thoroughly occupied man was ever
unhappy." We have our doubts about
that. As a rule it may be all right,
but there are exceptions. Wc remem
ber teeing a young man sit down on
a hornet's nest once, when the hor
nets were ct Lome. For a tirao Le
was the most thoroughly occupied
young man we ever saw; and if Le
wn not cchapry uppcararces are de
ceiving, that's &A.Zliti!f!n Tran
eri) t.
i:-Conr.ty Clerk Andrew C. Warren
fell three Ui from a haystack fo-nda-t:n
on Lis farm r.rr StanforJ, N.
tad brete k;s reck. Ht di4 imtantly.
THE FETER TREE.
6o. IatmUtf rcti ibonl Itt Voadwfol
rroperUM.
Correspondence Chloeo Tribune.
Fobt Keoou, Mont., August 17.
Now that the dread ecourgo yellow
fever has again made its appearance
in our country and bids fair to be
come an epidemic, I would like to call
attention to the eucalyptus, or, as it
is best know, Tho fever tree." For
one I may say I believe strangely in
its virtues and its power to dry up
miasmas and drive away fever. In
proof of its usefulness I would ask
those interested to read tho following
evidences and history of the eucalyp
tus :
Among bis other great enterprises
Garibaldi, the great Italian hero, en
gaged in planting tlie eucalyptus, or
blue-gum tree, about Rome to prevent
the malarial fever with whicb the inha
bitants of that city were afflicted.
As this tree is little known in our
country some accounts of it may not
be uninteresting.
According to the best authorities it
i3 an Australian production, and was
first discovered by the French scien
tist, La Nillardiadiere, who visited
Van Dieman's Land in 1792. It was
brought into the South of France
about tho beginning of the present
century, and noble specimens of it are
now growing in the public gardens of
Nice, Cannes, Hyeres, and Algiers.
Its medicinal qualities did not, how
ever, become known until about thir
ty years ago. The Spaniards first dis
covered that it was a preventive of
fever, and the colonists of Tasmania
used its leaves for a number of pur
noses. It was not until 1860 that its
full power became known, and as a
hygienic measure it was introduced
into the Spanish realm as an antisep
tic. The people of Valencia were
suffering from maiana lever, eucalyp
tus trees were planted about the city,
and a marked improvement in the
healthfulness of tho locality followed.
bo popular cuu it Decome iiiai uie
t.i-pps had to be eruarded. the inhabit-
frnts stealmer the leaves every oppor
tunity they had to make a decoction to
drink. The Spaniards namea tne
lvnt.ua the fever tree, and soon
after it was introduced into Algeria.
It next traveled to the Cape oi Good
Hone. Corsica, Sicily, South America
and California.
finrihaldi's attemnt to introduce it
into Eome was not entirely new ; many
years ago a lew dozen specimens were
planted about the walls, and although
nearly all the trees lived but few of
them are vigorous. After a trial of
many years in Southern France it has
Tailed to become hardy, or suck up
and destroy the poisonous vapors of
the swamps in which it was planted.
The Tranpist monks of the Tre-
Fontane set out large plantations of
eucalyptus trees and have tended
them with the utmost care. This
may be fairly looked up as a decisive
iment. The place known as
Tre-Fontane lies some miles south of
Eome, and is the seat of a magnih-
cent monastery. Its climate, once
healthy in consequence of the destruc
tion of all tne timber m tne vicinity,
has become so deadly that notwith
standing its splendid buildings, rich
mosaics, marbles, its frescoes, the
place is wholly deserted dmring the
summer months. To live there in
Julv. June and August is said to be
almost certain death.
what it has done.
The record of the eucalyptus tree
as an antiseptic and disinfectant is
excellent. The districts in which it
is indigenous are healthy, and those
into which it ha3 been introduced
and thriven have become healthy. A
a i e
few miles from Algiers is a iarm
which was once noted for its deadly
rivers. Luc on it in tne summer
months was almost impossible. In
the year 18G7 the owners planted
1.300 Eucalyptus trees.and they grew
nine feet in thirteen months and not
a single case of fever appeared; nor
has there been any fever there since.
"Now, if the Eucalyptus will make the
sickly climate of the Fontane healthy,
it can safely be relied on as an anti
septic and disinfectant, and I advise
those curious in such matters to watch
the success of the Trappist monks ia
its cultivation.
Near Constantine, Algeria, there
were vast swamps, never dry even in
the hottest months, and prospective
of violent periodic fevers. About
11,000 Eucalyptus trees were planted
there, and they soon dried up every
square foot of the swamp and killed
off. all fevers. Maisen Carrie, near
Ilanasch, was once a great market
for quinine, as there was much fever,
but since the Lire gum Las been
planted there the demand Las dmost
entirely ceased. Mexico an I Cuba
were also, a great many years a-e,
lar'c- consumers of quinine, and, as
thcCrncrcai:tiIe locks of exports thew,
since the in trodsction of E-cyjics
into these countries the dcrarj Las
1 greatly fallen oil.
Mr. John P. Cuiry relates the sue
cessful completion of the contract for
planting 200,000 slips of the Austra
fian gum-tree, Eucalyptus, in the City
of New Orleans. lie says:
The sprouts having been raised in
a hot house, the planting of these
trees commenced some 6ix years ago,
the City Goverument paying at the
rate of 10 cents for each treo planted.
It has already been proven beyond
question that this tree, when fall
grown, absorbs or rather kills, the
miasmas in all malarial and fever
ridden districts wherever planted. It
is also believed by scientists and many
medical experts that it will prove a
safeguard against the spread of yellow
fever, as it has been seen that since
these trees have been planted
in the City oi rsew uneuiia ytmuw
fever has not become epidemio in that
usually yellow-fever section.
Tt. is reported that a very unhealthy
railroad station in the department of
Var, Southern France, has been made
healthy by a grove of forty Eucalyp
tus trees. Efforts are now being made
to introduce this wonderful treo into
Cevlon as an antidote to jungle fever,
and it is also being carried over in
large numbers to the jungles of In
rtin,. The Endish have given it
great attention, but tho most intelli
gent of English tree-growers believe
it too delicate to stand the cold water
of English sprines. The Eucalyptus
seems determined to make the tour
of the world, but it will be found to
prow best in the La Planta States and
California.
IN CALIFORNIA.
Referrinor to our own country.plant-
ers have met with the most wonderful
success in cultivating it on the Pacific
coast. One gentleman, who planted
several thousand trees at Wilmington,
California, says: "When set out they
were only from three to five inches in
height, and in one year they grew G
and 8 feet high."
But not only has the Jimcaiyptus
tree become a favorite in California
for its well-known medicinal proper
ties, but it grows so fast and to such an
enormous size that it is now being
planted for wood.
Mr. J. H. Byers, who had a farm
near the town of Colusa, on the west
bank of the Sacramento Eiver, plant
ed 50,000 Eucalyptus of the narrow
leaved, iron-barked variety, which he
intends growing as an orcnard, tno
trees beinar set out about ten feet apart.
His reason, he says,for planting iron-
bark instead of gum tree i. e., oiue
gum is that they stand the frost bet
ter.
While I was at San Francisco. Mr.
W. A. Matthews came down from Sa
cramento to purchase 50,000 Eucalyp
tus plants or tne lron-DaiK variety,
which he said he was going to plant
on about 100 acres of land that has
never been broken.
He said he would grow cotton the
first year between the rows of trees
and the second year sugar beets, af-
ter which the trees would be grown
alone, as thev would probably cast
too much shade for the successful cul
tivation of crops with them. Mr.
Matthews raised 50,000 trees in one
season eight inches high, from two
and a half pounds of seed gathered
from trees grown in Oakland, Califor
nia. This is quite important, as it
proves that the native uaniornia
seed will germinate quite as readily
as the imported article. He used on
one piece of land equal quantities of
a. j j : i ,i :j
lmpotbeu U.11U niuiiuriuu Beeu auu &tuu
he found the result so much in favor
of the California seed that hereafter
he would use no other kind.
LET IT BE TRIED.
It is unnecessary to discuss further
the merits of the eucalyptus tree.
The evidence already adduced is so
overwhelming in its favor that it must
commend itself strongly to the favor
of our farmers and tree-growers. It
should be given a full and fair trial
in all the States. I think it would
thrive luxuriantly in the South ; it
should be planted at once in all our
fever and ague districts, and if it will
suck up and dissipate the poisonous
vapors lurking in the swamps of Ar
kansas and other Southern States, it
will do a semce for America worth
millions of dollars, and alleviate much
suffering, as well as save many valua
ble lives. Let us by all means give
the Eucalyptus a fair trial.
The Wilmington Enterprise reports
that "Col. D. B. Wilson planted a
park cf 2,000 Eucalyptus trees cn
the 20th of March, 1875. The
trees when set out were from four to
six inches in height, and many of
the lower tranches in a year grew
ever four feet ia length. It is no
exaggeration to say that thest trees
Lave grown four feet in five aonths.
We Lave finiilar instances cf the ex
traordinary growth of the eucalyptus
in San Diego."
The Eucaljrjtcs Lvs a taU, red
dkh, tzzooHi' item, with ragred.
Lairing bait, ard a dclido", olcr-
ous, gummy smell. It
Miwico. Ag m useu as a Li i ".c
&X?'?ct( throat I!
uuu, Boove an, as a bath 6 1
Tho leaves and small 'branches
put m hot water, and it is said tW
such baths .remove neuralrio w '
rheumatism, and the maW?'
utuw fcw tuu country, Xue flow.
tho Eucalyptus tribo is verv lit.
myrtle flower, is full f iL9
attracts a multitude of Oies.becV if
and the birda nnfnvall. -
they find not only food but ft,vv
warm, icaty cover in winter
shelter from the burning sua h'sml
mer.
Finally, my opinion is that thecnl
tivationof the Eucalyptus tree ai
prove a powcriui acrenevin filn..i.-
ingof the uninhabitable molari(2
ions of our Southern and South
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ouucb. x teueve tuat there is no
disease to which flesh ia hoi .
not an antidote in some root, tilnnf
i i i i iUttJlii
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for that purpose. All that is required
me antidote and apply it; and al-
tnougn it would require more than
human mind to discover- nri ;u.
mine the remedies for all diseases xn
uy uuienu cuuujr uuu experiments We
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