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V FEARLESSLY THE RIGHT DEiNDi-IMPAKEIXr,! ..;WRQNQ :COi&mik: VOLUME I. A.NSOJS CO., . K 0;v THIJEfemY. ' . . ' . J ' : NUMBER 22. . - 4 - - .1 ' . . 1 : ,iBU-i.H.( i . . ' . j . f ' " .1 ' f 1 1 ' , ' : J, :- - --i- un r:! ' - x - ' :: - - ' ; '-, , .-. -.- -. . . I; I ' -1 i HI v . ' . ' . ' r. ' " ' : : : : : : : . . . ' " ,'! " ' ' . " ' - It... . .... - i I V i. ... . ; 3 1 : , i , , TBa Perils of Ballooning. The Shetland Islands. Tit Maduiwry wMeh Durant Used-Balics ) Dr. Haves, on hia war to'Icelanrl. aton-' nowta b Seen." 1 ' - f i,QcuAii a j s r-wvt . uBcuauu iniiinus, aim in wniing made by an of -them, says : ' .Ihere being no trees upon the islands there is nothing for the people to burn but turf, of which there seems to be an inex- i small, i square naustible supply. The turf beds are il- Pottery of the Monnd-Bailders: The so-called pottery 6f the Mound- Builders, said Prof. Cox in he American Science Congress, resembles in many respects that made by the Aztecs r Toltecs of South America and Mexico, and furnishes another linkin the chain of evidence which serves to trace these remarkable people to a com-1 my desjre ? mon origin. Anawer : Behind this carefully- written' lhe pottery from the mounds of Indiana liote, in which- there is not a dot wrong,, we is represented by a great variety of vessels, can see the precise and pains-taking young , : 'If i . .r Girl ' Questions. . " vucsuons : l wisn to Decome a good talker. .When in company, especially with gentlemen.7 1 am'verv reserved and taciturn I know my weaknesTand alm'ost tremble at the thought of going into society or. among strangers. . .What shall I -do to accomplish In a store in. Jersey City, says the' N. Y. Sun, may be seen the flag, baskets, and grapnels pertaining to the. first balloon in which an ascension was ever made American. "The 'car is .ua"S ant space for two per- limitable, not being, as in Ireland, confined eoos; ana Appended thereto is a card, bear- to the low lands, bnt f-rt,; ffti ing, iir.demeath a photograph of . the to the summits of the hills. The first turf . vui, me iouowing ueas are u oe seen aoout a mile Ironi Ler- fi,;rtwi i -i-I " x n ! .,m . u-n-J-. I . , , . . . luomuu auw um ucoiguo ouu auaktu i gixi nliv,' LUUolt Ul all lUinSTSm llKcQ IQ Ue COXr . " ' " ytr- T, Y . to muitituainous uses. Jugs witn long rectinjajl he does. She is so afraid that iowara ocauoway, ninsiae ana val- necks and neckg terminated bv fimires made 1 wT,k K ava will t - i,V0f VT,t to represent the heads of men, quadrupeds, gays nothing, and she is so anxious to say and birds; pots with ears and shaped like nothing that her, own silence increases her the ordinary cast iron dinner-pot of to-day ; embarrassment. AjwI ' yet she is worth drinking cups ; basins of great Bize, used for dozei of, the thoughtless rattlebrains whom making salt by solar evaporation ; smoking she envies.. We cannot tell her how to be come a talker." .She will always be more correct "than fluent, But we can give her a suggestion or two. 1. Go into company and keep, on going into company. It will not seem so areaaiul wnen you come to know how many mistakes other people make. Charlotte Bronte's "professor n lost his fear : Thanks to omnipresent, omnipotent Om- : lev we're covered with ereat stacks of tvat : mscience, this flag and car, with its living " coverea wun great stacks oi pat, . nciut, Mtouueu uto muea sooye the city I ruv ur lu l"jf " uuc : or rew xort on ilay 23, 1833, and in a I tot age from Baltimore landed on the deck . oi uib sieAiner iiwepeiidence. in Chesa- : peateBay. Oct.' 11, 1533. Also made a : psrilons descent into' the Atlantic Ocean " I JoItSI, 1S34; cd on the twelfth lerial : royage, favored by opposite winds at dif- : ferent xltitTxSeaBaildd tice over Boston I aty and hTbcrrBept. 13 1834. Hia.rles.F. Durant, the first American ert naut, died in: Marchj 1S73 in 'jersey Uere tkey are very cheap, and are knit with . - . : I H I'll TT- -i tne road was every where lined with women carrying this peat into town. And this, to me. was a most curious spectacle. You observe two indus tries of the islands at once -the women per forming both-, and both at once. The Shet lands are famous, as everybody knows, for the fineness of the wool of the sheep, and Shetland shawhi are known the world over. City, to whose old residents he waa well known for his eccentricities and originality, and for the pertinacity with which he fol lowed his hobbies. Mr. Garretson, the po&KSfsor of these relics If the first Ameri can air ship, waa his nephew, and recites with pride ihe story of Mr. Dufant's early triumphs. The following is from 3fr. Gar reLonj own lips : J L M "Mr. Du rant's father was an orstefman on the Jersey. beach. He lived in a house . corner of Warren street' and "Newark ave nue, where theTiat store is. That is where the boats used to land (now four blocks up from Ihe xivr judejj I and" the British oGcere were quartered there in the Revo lutionary War. When Mr. Durant was a young man of eighteen a Frenchman named Kubinsoa was around here, and wanted to ' taie him' to Paris with him. The old niln wouldn't consent at first, but waa persuaded by old Sheriff Jaquina to let . theb0y0. . - - : - - vWhen Mr. Durant came backs he went rtowork at once building hi3 balloon. He put 500 yards .of white silk in it. He wouldn't allow the women to stick in it to sow it.- -(Y3khow Iheyused topin their sewing to their knee this way). He took lit to Robert Fulton's foundry at North Point, - and used the blacKsmith's bellows to inflate it. I was a little fellow, and I remember they chuckedjne inside of it. He sent me -to fill hU shot bags with, dry sand right where Gregory's house stands. Then he made his ascension from Catle Garden. "Johnson Durant, his brother, who lives ia Jersey City, and James Narine, his broth er-in-law, who still resides Philadelphia, marveiious skui. iut what struck me most, and was not without its comical fea tures, was the sight of caravans' of women each with a basket of turf, holding a bushel, strapped to her back, trudging along the road into town in her" bare feet, and every one knitting as she went. Of hundreds that I saw of these turf carriers, there was but a single man, and he was very old. In all probability the men were fishing or idling, these being the prin cipal occupations of fhe 4 men of Shetland everywhere. I saw only three turf-cartsj on the whole journey, and were it not for the sturdy women I do not know how the . 5,000 people of Lerwick would ever keep them selves warm. A few of the wealthier classes burn coai, but the common fuel is turf, and practically all. of it is brought into tswn on the backs of women. In fact in these north ern countries the women do their full share of outdoor work along with the men, some times, bur; more commonly with the .boys. In the Orkneys, where the land is produc tive, gangs of them go about from farm to farm and from field to field, "usually under the charge 6f a man, to sow, hoe and mow, at sixteen ience a.. day. and. although, I can but think such occupation most demoraliz iner. vet the croups of women,, with their variously colored dresses, make even a po tato patch, look picturesque. What a beau tiful examplification all this is of the prac tical application of woman's rights. Every field is open to her here, and while at home an advocate of woman's rights would hardly venture to desire for any" one of the sex the position of a field hand, here it is not only an unquestioned right, but a duty, pipes, etc., etc. A great many wholo vessels and frag ments of this ware have been examined by me from all parts of the Western States, and I have been unable, to find any evi dence of its having been '.hardened by fire, nor do I believe that it was sun-baked. It is composed of a mixture of river mud and, 1 of the girls he had - to teach when once '. he most generally, pulverized fresh water shells, heard them giggle. Do' not fear mistakes. united in such 'Proportions as to make a cement that hardens in the air, or, when ex posed to moisture, like the concrete . pf the ancient Romans, and may, consequently, be classed as artificial stone. In chemical com position it asrees very closely . with the concrete made of ordinary tement stones. These facts lead to the conclusion that the art of. manufacturing concrete or arti ficial stone did not originate solely with the ancient Romans, but that it was alike understood by the earliest aboriginees of America. ' Make up your mind sensibly that no one learns to do anything except through ,the school of imperfect efforts. Be willing to do poorly on the way to doing better and then well. 2. Cultivate the habit of thinking much about a subject, and as little as possi ble about your manner of expressing your ideas. If you- watch your words pthers are apt to observe them ; if you give your whole attention to the matter of, what you say, so will they. 3. Remember that after ali a .silent and reticent woman is not a disagree able object. Good listeners are scarcer than Though it is my opinion that the so-called good talkers. If you succeed in becoming pottery of the Mound-Builders was fash ioned by hand without the U3e of a lathe, yet lam convinced that the ancient pottery of Peru and other South American States was largely made of pieces formed -by press ing the cement into molds, and these pieces were subsequently united together, to form the entire vessel. The lines of union are usually covered by a band or some grotesque image. 1 he numerous tubercles ana other raised ornaments which cover the surfaces of jugs, vases, etc., could only have been formed in this way. I do not, however, find any pottery oi me aiouna-isuiiaers tnat would lead to the belief that his skill went an appreciative listener you will nil the best place in a conversation. In talking it is more blessed to receive than to give. Bv so 'doing; yon get instruction and give your J companions the pleasure of giving it.- Chruticm- Union. I . . Morning Concerts. One pf the features of Saratoga this year, writes fjrrespondenjt is the morning con cert on the balcony of " The States." This concert draws all Saratoga. The other ho tels are deserted from" half-nast ten: to M mm tw i r tw t i- t Prof. WieildonJ before "the American Science Congress, give an interesting sketch of the lolwter, , He said : , , . . . One qt the most ijntei eating peculiaritiea of the lobster.il that of nhedding it shell, in common with other crustacca.The state ment is madeand jrenerally believed, that the lobster &ed iti shell, after reaching. a pfieredja small field for sale.; . The mer- certain age, annually, and aome fUhermen it7 who had often beforejdealt with trie go so! f ar ai to deteitnine the months f the A Portugueae Dead Bat t ' At asbon it ia the custom for farmers who have for sale fields of those large and valu- able onions ' which are exported to foreign countries, to ' wait 4ipon the merchahui pr 'shippers for. the purpose of disposing-of theirVrop One year,' when the onibnawere scarce anu ne price particularly nign, a farmer waited upon ; a principal merchant, and chant, who haa oiten Deioreaeau with tnei go farmer jofferefl him father less than , hie j tear when thUjchangeofthellotfcursl TIr . came a person - Velio represented Hmsislf to ment j but as the Mjft-shelled lobsters have be the farmer's' son.; He. brought a ! letter been so generally' thrown back Into the wa- from' the farmer, in which the merchant's ter, observation! has been somewhat liniited," offer was not accepted, but met half way . "jlVe believe; we maji say that lobsters which The merchant prepared to pay the usual have recently hel their shells are .to be earnest money, but the son, a stupid country found not in- tht spring or summer months fellow, refused to charge himself with the alone, but at all sea ions of the year. A lob receipt of any money. " ster fisherman at Portland, in February As he was leaving, the merchant' per- last, informed me that he found 400 feoft- ceivgd a couple of large onions in his hand. I shelled lobsters in h his last fare, recently brought in. At the time of shedding the shell j the animals! are much reduced in flesh, but less so that is .generally supposed. The new shell of thd lobster is at first a mere skin, which has been formed nndcr the " What are those ?" he asked. " Never mind What they are," said the countryman, boorishly ; "that is my anair." Hut the merchant, seeing his way to another bar gain, finally drew from the man that! these particularly fine onions were samples of an- shell, and resembles very thin India rubber other: much larger field belonging to his cloth; like the shell, it becomes red when father, and that he was about to exhibit them ? to another dealer. The , merchant insisted on being shown this field, and with some trouble persuaded the man to take him to a field five or six times as large as the one already, bought,. and filled with su perlatively fine onions, .he sitting on the wall of it while the merchant walked throueh and examined the crop " I offer you a hundred pounds," said the merchant, astute- y naming half the true price. " No,"- said the countryman. " I have been losing my time with you ; my father ' said Mr. So- and-so would gi ve me one hundred and fifty pounds, and that I was to have a pounds-of it down as earnest." r boiled. I; Lobsters, li has been said, some times! make thear.escape by slipping out of their shell, but this is simply an ex aggera ion. They have tle. power of throwing ofl a claw in case of 'he cessity, bat this is never done at the joint, hv 1 1 by breaking the shell .at a j particular pc int in the small part of the claw. Some ec ent measurements show ihe gtowth ojf the' lobster. In one case the lobster was bnejincli and a half longer than the shell just (left, and the ' measurement Ground j the fcddy wm three-fourths of , an Inch longer than f h shell. The change of the shell is undoubtedly a necewity of hundred growth dependent upon that, and of course can naraiy De oonsiaereu a an uuai m shall have his own price." The couutry- i . .j i - - . man put the earnest money in his bae. the hands. but who" used to print the Sunday J to dig and carry burdens for sixteen pence of the COurt sitting in his shirt sleeves on ycft at the corner of Wall and Pearl f treets-they held the strings for him. Gen. Jackson and Black Hawk were here at the time. CaMle Garden then stood out in the river, and there was a "bridge from the bar to the fort.. There, .was sucbrra crowd ef people that the bridge 4roke down. Black Hawk stayed out in a boat. He was afraid to come ashore among so many white folks. Thai in the time Durant went up five miles abqve the city of New -York. He went up alone. No money would induce him to allow any one to go with him. He said he would risk his own life, but wouldn't be re pponsible .for anybody-else's. Jle was- of fered large sums of money for the privilege. In one oi hi ascensions that I saw from Castle Garden he went out of sight in four seconds. The clouds were very low, and it was blowing a gale; but he was advertised to go, and he was bound to go. In another acennioirfrom CaStlfftJarden he was blown over to Governor's Island. The soldiers caught his drag rope. He got a drink of water from them, and they towed him in a boat back to astle Garden, hi in, the air. He then ascended again; and came over to day. Homestead and Pre-emption Iaws. The Homestead lawff the United States provides thatthe settler may obtain title to 160 acres of land by residing upon and im- DrovineTthe same durincr a period of five vears. onlv on condition that he pay the several fees, which amount from $14 to $20. Within what are called railroad, limits, where the alternate sections of Government land are held at $2.50 an acre, only 80 acres can be homesteaded. Generally the grants to railroads extend 20 miles on each side of the track. There are numerous other , pro visions, mostly oi a minor character, and a pamphlet can be obtained from the Govern ment Land Office at W ashington giving full particulars. The Pre-emption law provides that 160 or SO acres may be entered upon, and improvements be made, and after six months a patent, equivalent to a deed, may be obtained upon the payment of $1.25 or $2.50 an acre. So many abuses have arisen and so much fraud and dishonesty have been practiced in obtaining titles under so far as to enable him to mold it in parts balconies are happy with wi,t and gay with or to fashion it in any other way than, by beauty. On this occasion the hotel is filled to its utmost capacity with ladies in rich morning costumes and gentlemen in , morn ing, suits Some of the aristocratic, guests of the ho tel have been making complaints about so many villagers and so many "vulgar peo pie" coming to their concerts from other hotels. Ladies and gentlemen whose ances tors were poor and. who keep boarding- houses in New York - are the loudest in con- A ' Iionesome Court A fetter from Mackinaw, Mich., says " There is a court house here for Mackinaw county. Strolling around, I found the clerk the porch of a billiard saloon adjoining the courthouse. I introduced myself to him, and learned that at the last spring term there was no case on the docket, and none had been commenced for the, next term. No criminal case had been tried for. the last seventeen years. A friend told me that the term before the last there was one case on the docket. It was one which created "in-: tense excitement among this quiet popula tion, consisting, with the exception of the I - .1:1' i s i " . I t 1 . . . . . " Very well. Come to my office, The I even periodic change without qualiucation. field "is biKfirer than I thought, and vour The process of shedding the shell Is gncr- ather and I are old customers. Your father ally known, exceptiing.perhaps that relating. v . I J - l straight line in the length of the back, "Now! shall go to Mil , and offer him I while the tail, legs, and claws are drawn out the first- field:, you Tcan't- want , both.?! from; the shellj leal ing it entire, as it has ." Stpp,"fsaid the merchant, " a bargain is. a .been j called, an : articulated skeleton," bargain; you have already sold it to me." Which is thrown off periodically. In it--. "No, I have not!" cried- the farmer's' son,, mg their shells: it irhard to conceive how . lnainor Tiia tmner and Blimifinor fit tTiA trn I the lobsters are able to draw the flesh ox '"""'b ir't rv ve t i - j , of his voice, "you eave, me no earnest. I their large claws out, leaving the shell en ckoii rrr, -nA r.fTor it in Mr Uirft and attached to their bodv. in which weni; to the door. " Come, come, my good state they are const jntly found.; The fiaher fellow," said the merchant, drawing him back into the office, " business is business an honest man has but one word. Here, take the .earnest, make your mark on this receipt and go your way." Grumbling, and half unwilling and complaining of the bad ness of the bargain, the countryman suf fered the coin' to be counted into his hand. It was only when the merchant sent labor ers to take up hiss crop and find a rival 1 ' :n . r aemmng vne poor vuiagwu. , " r-K . 4 T . i . . c, T - Mr. de SmitfiT who has been making aomg uie same inmg; n was oniy wnen ne jecv uic h- ; " . men say the lobster pine before casting, till the flesh of the large, claws is no thicker than the quill of a pose; which enables it to draw its parts through the joints and nar row passage near hfe brink." This has long . been a puzzle to fiJhermen and naturalists . Another difficulty jn the case is the pres ence of a cartilage ii the flesh of the large claw, which does not shrink. TTnnn a careful examination of this sub- some - compiaim.. Drougnx up some laaies from the Clarendon to attend the concert. " Now you must expect to meetsome vil lagers, but don't le afraid, you won't have to speak to them," said Mr. de Smith as they learnt that the farmer never had a son ; it was only when some friend whispered the word " Feijardo " in his ear that the mer chant discovered, that he, too, had fallen a victim to the terriole Feijardo. officers of the post, and some highly respec- walked out on the balcony., Yes, there; table and cultivated Americans, who do the they are," wnisperea miss jmcKeruocicer, shipping business x)f the'placeand have nice looking contemptuously down at a lady . and residences and appear to'be wealthy, princi- two daughters, " what common looking peo nallv of Canadian French: Indians, and pie they are, too ! Bear me! whktare these t J 7 7 - - ' N . . . fishermen of all nations. If was a suit to creatures permitted to come in here and mix reco ver back money lost on an election for r with the guests tor?" i -ti !i ii i . Ti . rL j i I Ti,- i , " -r.' " " n d Dec a use, suss these laws, and so many hate failed while -u uueu ... honefltl attempting t0 ohtain title. that one .Jersey City U what theyed. Drytons the" Government had Dock.-'norf tlie Chnatd wharf. .Then he ascended again, and came down in a clover field in Hackensack. The negroes were at work there, and they ran to the house and halloed: 'Oh.-rmaVrl de debbil's comin !' Mr. Durant called them back, and they as sisted him in getting his balloon secured. I think that , was in 1833... At alle.venta.it better have heid the land at a hxed price and sold to whoever might have wished to buy, for the object of securing land to actual settlers has not been gained, nor have specu lators" been prevented from settling what ever choice land they, might select. The usual course lias been for an, irresponsible man in. ml'o a ftUncr in the District Land . .. . . . rr f ' i! I v o was oeiore tne mg nre. ; ixe epj-uy ii - offlce paying the fee of $3, and he may or 1Wuaem8 unxn ne gotmarncv,. ma nQt j a foundation .. four poles went.up after he 'got . barrie 5 That was o -J vb pfo' f few - . : mm . : In . Tkotoix.-Aji: 5Xrpiaypr4 of Boston was asked to become a director in a certain corporation ; he refused, was elected 4withr out his knowledge or consent ; never received uuuw vt R2 electron uiu. iictct uici miu the directors. Owing to ihfornialityiin' the procetdkigs'ofl the officer the director be came personally responsible for the.debts of the corporation. The Supreme, Court of the State of Massachusetts ruled that hetjWas not proVed tb -be a' 3irectbr. ; ' Eventually, upon;writ of execution 'Isaoed upon jndg ment'againsi,th; directors, Mr. "Wightmtn vas thrust iojaiL y,.; .,,tfi;r; , A New York lady tried to redeeiny her poodle from-, the dpgpourti with her ring. Vhen this was refused she kissed the ani aal, wept and departed. -. furrows, and, at the end of six months, swear he has lived on the land this length of time and laade genmine improvements, and nnlpM there should be a contest the natent will issue. It is not necessary that . he shall 3o anything, or even see the land, but he must describe its locality, and he cJuf talte oath to what he'has' not ' done and to what he never intended to do. "When the patent is obtained "he? aurrenders it to j capable of propagating its species. Scien his employer for $20 or $30, giving at the j tifically, it is known as ' Gordins aquaticus,' same time a deed, when he is ready under j the generic name eng derived from the another assumed name to take up more land Gordian knot in allusion to the tangled apr elsewhere In tHs manner large todies of j pearance often presented by a multitude .of excellent land are bought and held for town these animals. the Circuit Clerk.- It went off on demurrer, however, and the fees in that case for the clerk could not have exceeded twelve shil lings of their reckoning. To me the most astounding feature of the case was that tw6 men could be found to run for such a lucra tive office, that, cannot be worth more than from five to ten dollars a year. The Judge has usually come in a sailing boat from. somewhere to open court and adjourn it the same day." , v , -, -; ; The Mystery of Hair Snakes. The common belief is that these creatures j are a transformation of a horse hair that has remained for some time in the water. " When a walking stick," says Dr. Slack, " becomes a snake, a horse hair will become a worm. As the former miracle " has not ; taken place since the departure of the Is raelites from Egypt, it is safe to conclude that the latter, IraBsformation.has not re cently been mi3e; : !A? dry fhair placed in water will absorb the moisture, and from the unequal expansion of Jthe extej-ior and interior layers will become contorted ; so, too, would a piece of two-inch rope, yet we have never heard of the latter having been accused of possessing ' vitality.' " The hair snake is a -living creature, endowed with organs of locomotion and respiration, -and Knickerbocker aw, ah 1 do you mean those three ladies sit ting right over there?" pointing them out to be sure. 1 " Yes, those common looking things by the middle window,' Mr. de Smith. 'Yes. ahem lit t that's my w w wife 7 .1 ...... and two d d diughters," stammered the Knfferincr Mr. de Smith. : o 1 1 ixviio The elevator boy says the Clarendon la- pain aies iounu anoia wri. uumc. : t The Population of the World A report from the Bureau of Statistics, at Washington, just issued, contains an inter esting table of the populatiop of the earth The aggregate population pf the earth given at 1,391,032,000, Asia being the most populous section and containing 798 mil lions, while Europe has 300 millions, Afrir ca 203 millions, America 84, and 'Australia and Polynesia 4 millions. In Europe the "leading nations are credited with the follo w ing , numbers : Russia, '7-1. millions;' the rerman Empire, 41 millions; France 6,000,000 ; Austria-Hungary, 36,000,000 ; Great Britain and Ireland, 32 mil lions : Italy, nearly 27 millions: son, of Boston, we are able satisfactorily to' explain this apparent difficulty. It is found that in that portion of the claw near the body a partj of the shell decays and falls lut, nicking sufficient room for the passage, of the claw. The portion, of the chell indi cated, is that small smooth part that lies flat upon the. body.) 'jTlie lines indicating this portion are to be diktinctly seen in all lob- h. $ters which arc (approaching the period of is shedding the shell, J.nd these become gradu- any more uisuqci umu iu jmu viuh semi-transparent and finally decays. In lobsters of the size cf tho6 brought to mar ket the portion of : i aw referred to may bo covered with the thumb. The process de scribed is very, interesting and novel. . Zoiaares , In ! my account i the review held by Marshal MacMahof last month, says a cor ' respondent, I renfarjked on the absence of -. Zouaves, I was not then aware that there 11 1 1 t T The'Cream. We had been without a pastor for some months (writes a friend in Massachusetts), and had the pulpit supplied by such minis-1 16 millions; and ; Turkey nearly 16 millions. 'The other countries do were no-longer not exceed five millions each. In Asia, I r ar , . v China, which is by far the most populous duties, which were those of nation of the earth, is credited. with425 nc ap millinna TTinHrvwitan. uritli . rnillinna I did any I in r ranee, mnce uie returned to their original hose of colonial trootm. into PVance as it the Turcos thne Sepoys of -Algeria. Japan, 33 millions; the East India Islands, When those corps Were introduce! into hc wroT, ; -a r... lmnerial euard it bk:ame necessary to havi uv jixiiiivuo xfuiuiuuy uiauij auu iaivuvi III 1 ters as we could get, . especially those ; who, j 2g mimona Tur w over 13 f68 to keT Up! chief divisions are iWest Soudan and the Here is i description, of a mean -ichurcb, The specific name ' aquali- j which has a tiotU ?m i: "After the; 3bld a .T,..w.nia;ni nnnncM fiftpn tn. ?. nit en BnnrrmnatA for thpv' thrive I nnstrir died, the deacons wem aDOui ior a the claims are made all at once .by roving out of water." Dr. Slack has taken Gordii two-hundiedndfiftjpllf miniJBte, and characters wliom nobody knows, and when six inches in " length from -the body of a' you can get bot aa much minister for that they are aid for perjuring themselves they grasshopper. They have also been found price as you can get psaim tunes out 01 rinart ta distant localities. 1 in the ctomachs of insectiToroaB birdf . I file. we thought, might satisfy our people, and fin ally .succeeded, in procuring one :, While visiting the Sunday-school a few Sabbaths since, he stopped ,to talk with a plass of .elderly -ladies. T After the usual salutations, one? the ladies said ; " ? v vveii,x.am giaa we ve goi someooay ; , . . . - Ta 89 millions : Ye've'been tevfng eveiybody." ' 1 tne Central Soudan region, 39' millions; " Yes," said the pastor, "I suppose you Af. 20 miiijonsy the Galla have had the r ministers among 1 a d tt reeion east of the White your supplies." . Nile. 15 millions: Samauli. 8 millions; Well," said the lady, " I am farmer's over 8 millions ; and Morocco, 6 wue enougn io Know, 11 you waiiu guou In America two-thirds of the cream, yumustiet.tne miiK set sun, ana 0,, are north of the Isthmus, where not keep a-stirring.it up all the time." United States : has nearly 39 millions. Mexico over 9 millions, and the British Provinces 4 millions. The total population of North America, is given at nearly 52 millions, and of South America over 25 millions, of which Brazil contains 10 mil- lions. The West India Islands have over 4 millions, and ihe Central American States not quite 3 million. millions ; and Btioeia, nearly 11 millions. Tiie Australian population , given.' at 157.4 ?UV oVirl tht. Plimi1nn Tlnnr?a t 2.763.500. New Guinea and New Zealand V1U a, 8 w VAt4" beim-included in the latter. In Africa the prestige of those semi-Oriental troops. necessary their strength, and so, line regiments f Zquavea wre brought into French garrisons to serve as a nursery fop" ihe Zouaves of .the Gaard. The late war As tor the Turcos,aftef Forbach and oerth they j were reducel to a. handful. Their European drill and discipline made them formidable to the A rat, and their desperate Vajo? and ferocity tendered them ugly'op ponent even to regular soldiers. But tneir Value was greatly diminished by the intro duction of long range, rifles. Excellent ikirmishers, their cat-like agility and speed and ferocious onset: also made them terrible in a bayonet attajck when, regardless of death, they charged home to break a line or square. But wben;auch charges had to . be made upon troops cjarrying rifl'.i that kill at a thousand yardi. and fire six times in a minute, the chief ujility of the half savage tnrfn wa iron' It is unlikelv that either She or the Zonave will agaiq be seen figuring ia a European warJ ; 1
The Weekly Ansonian (Polkton, N.C.)
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Sept. 10, 1874, edition 1
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