Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 6, Number 48, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 27 May 1876 — Page 4

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TJOR HALE-ONE OF THE PLEASANT EST SM ALL HOMES IN THE CITY. Rev. E. F. Howe offers for sale his residence on south 7th street, between Doming and Parke. The situation is unsurpa«nod for beauty of location, convenience,and health being snfllclently near the business portion of the city for convenience and far onongb •ut for pure air. The house Is a I wo story brick, with eight rooms, and cellar under en-

Tne lot is 75x172 feet, good wood-

tire bonae. shod, coal house and elstem 10 pencb tree*, 8 pear trees, 2ft grape vines, apricot, quinces, apple and plom tree*. blackberry and raspberry bushes, Ac. All the fruit is of the choicest varieties, and I he trees are bear ing. Pricwvery reasonable and terms easy

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Found.

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THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE

Prori.K.

P. S. WESTFALL,

EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

TERRS HAUTE, MAY 29, 1876

Two hundred and four votes on the first ballot is what the New York Times figures up for Morton.

THR Campbellltes, or Disciples, are in danger of losing their Bethany College, iu Western Virginia. There is a mortgage of f50,006 on It, which nobody seems ready to meet. The Methodists are wiid to be ready to buy the property, in case it is offered for sale. ,. .,

GAIL HAMILTON has been ventilating her opinions of Washington socicty in the Galaxy. She seems to think that republican simplicity, as practiced by George Washington, was a tolerably considerable fraud. George dressed a good deal better than Belknap,

A si'i kitu a list thinks it unfair that the Smithsonian Institution savants refused to entertain the subject of spiritism because their time was too valuable, when at the same session they spent several hours aisoussing the subject "Why cocks crow at certain hours of the night.

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PRESIDENT GRANT on Monday sent to the Senate the following nominations: Edwards Pierrepont, New York, minister to England Alphonso Tait, Ohi*, now Secretary of War, Attorney-Gener-al J. Donald Cameron, Pennsylvania, Secretary of War. The Senate, in executive session, confirmed the nominations.

SEVERE storms took place in the Northwest, Monday. In Clay county, Iowa, hailstones two to three inches in diameter fell in such quantities as to cover the ground to a depth of four inches. A heavy snow storm was reported west of Laramie City, Wy. The weather clerk seems to have been fearfully rattled.

THE "Independent" Comedy Company gave an exhibition at Brazil, Wednesday, but owing to a lack of patronage the performance closed at the end of the second act. A repetition of the farce is advertised for Terre Haute on the 15th of June, at which the full strength of the company will be brought out. Bazaleel Holmes, the Infant Phenomenon will positively reappear as a Platform Builder, and M. C. Rankin will perform some of his most amusing acts. The Great Unknown will act as stage manager, but will not be visible to the audience for manifest reasons. John T. Campbell will accept the crown if he gets another chance at it.

A GENUINE Chinese newspaper is published in San Francisco. It is wholly inspired by and published in the interest of heathenism. Its religion is the religion of Confucins. Its morality and and politics are Confucian. Even its natural science is taken from the Yihking, the oldest book in Chinese literature. It maintains the same tone towards the people of this and all other Christian lands as is maintained by tbe Chinese in China towards foreigners. It is suggested that an opposition paper run in the interests of Christianity be started. But wouldn't a little practical, living Christianity in tbe treatment of tbe Chinese by Americans be better than a new spa per?

THE President's proclamation recommending that "the people of the several states assemble iu their several counties or towns on the approaching Centennial anniversary of our national independence, and that tbey cause to have deliv ered on such day a historical sketch of said county or town, from its formation, and that a copy of said sketch may be filed, in print or manuscript, in the clerk's office of said county, and an ad ditional copy, in print or manuscript, be filed in the office of the librarian of congrets, to the intent that a complete reoord may thus be obtained of tho progress of our institutions daring tbe lirst century of their existence," should meet with general favor and be generally acted upon. To that end measures should be commenced at once. To do a work of the kind well will require time.

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MORE MISCHIEF.

Tbe "Oneida Community," at Oneida, N. Y. have begun the publication of a new weekly paper, edited by Jno. II. Noyes and called tbe American Socialist, tbe pnrpose and intentention of which is openly and avowedly propogandist. Some enriou* questions may arise out of the pablicatioa of such a paper with sneb a purpose, and how far it may be allowed to go without falling within the inhibition of certain wellknown statutea, may yet oocopy the attention of the courts. Tbe Oneida community may be very orderly and decent as now left to itaelf, bat tbe family relation is conceded by all the best thought of the world to be the binding element in human society, and since the Oneida theory is wholly subservlve of that relation, it may well be doubted whether thoee to whom is entrusted, through legislative and executive machinery, the conservation of society have any right to wink at snob assaults on the heart of social order. It is said that we have nothing to fear from error if truth is left free to oombat it. Possibly not, in tbe final outcome, but what will be the final end Will It be here or heroafter? If here, then It is of smpll consequence indeed what any of us do. Ii hereafter, sorely it is worth eome MUe cau« that the stepping stonra here be' grounded in genuine troth.

NATURAL ADVANTAGES. Six years ago we were all, as we thought, reasonably certain that Terre Haute was on the eve of becoming a great manufacturing city. When tho nail works and blast furnace were put in operation, we believed It the beginning of anew era of prosperity tbe like of which this little city had nevor known before, and popular enthusiasm was high. We confidently expected to see dozens of other similar industries spring up almost immediately, and a general concentration of manufacturing establishments of all kinds, with scarcely an effort on our part to got them. By this time, 1870, the city was to have doubled its population and all the township have been platted IntostreetH

parks

and building lo's, and all selling at from fifteen to a thousand dollars a front foot.

Rose-colored Yes such dreams were a little rose-colored, but soarcely more extravagant than some that had proved themselves realities in other sections of the country, with apparently less foundation in tbe beginning. "Why look at it!" we said complacently. "The block coal fields of Indianaare the most entensive and valuable of tbe kind ever yet discovered on this continent. They contain 500 square miles, or 320,000 square acres, of an a^rago thickness of 5 feet. This gives a supply of 2,560,000,000 tons. The value of this ooal is far greater than that of the ordinary bituminous coals of the country. Its su periority for domestic use, for steam purposos, and especially fortlieproduc tion of pig iron, is well known and ap predated throughout the whole country. Our close proximity to these mines of wealth will, if properly utilized, make this the leadiugmanufacturing cily west of the Alleghanies. A great railway center, it will be unequaled as a distributing point the center of a vast, rich and productive agricultural region —a food exporting city—its future progress, wealth and power is bounded only by the use we make of these coal fields, And, contiguous to these, are vast quan tities of iren ore of great richness. Here there is a combination of natural advantages which have enriched other cities why should it not enrich ours?"

It was a fair question. Why shouldn't it? We are beginning to find out why it didn't. We are beginning to discover that we placed too much reliance ou natural advantages." We are beginning to comprehend that "natural ad vantages," though a fine thing to possess, count for very little in making a city without they are backed by enterprise and push. That the town is not what we expected it to be—or. at least what it might have been—is the fault not wholly of the panic and the hard times, but of the people themselves Tbe gods help those who help themselves. We have set still and waited for the outside world, lured by those same "natural advantages," to oome in and make us rich, and it hasn't come.

And it will never come. If Terre Haute is to be made a city—a real city it must be made such by the people of Terre Haute. They must work for it spend their money for it. Natural advantages alone will not do it, that is evident. 4 _______

IS IT WISE

The attempts of each party to cripple the other by killing eff all public men connected with it, continues without intermission or any apparent prospect of abatement before the November eleo tions are over. Each day's papers bring their regular contributions of filth and each scandalous story seems worse than the last. Meanwhile the good and tho bad are sacrificed alike to that insatia' ble public appetite for discreditable sto ries, which, growing on what it feeds devours anything and everything and asks constantly for more. All sorts of official misdemeanors and crimes— whether fancied or real, makes no sort of difference—are paraded under startling headlines and served up iu the most sensational and highly seasoned style. No man is safe. Tbe v&ry best may expect to be blackened. He niay at any moment be accused of infamous things and thousawds will pronounce him guilty without entertaining thought of inquiring proof. And no one thinks any more of retracting a slander no matter how clearly it may be proved tobesucb. In these days it is not nn reasonable to imagine the real rogue congratulating himself on this debased order of things, and exulting in the fact that while guilty and innocent suffer alike, he has in hie pocket tbe ill-gotten gains which pay him for all they say of him. Is it unreasonable to sappose that a feeling will grow up among public men of the baser sort that, since all men are to have the name of thieves, they might as well secure tbe game? It wouldn't be so bad if the disgraceful stories were confined to the guilty parties—though there is room for serious doubt whether their wide-spread publication then would be an enlighted prooedure—but to publish them of guilty and Innocent alike and to koep this up for months and years is unquestionably bad for tbe eountry. Tbe American prose has reduced defamation to a fiendish art and has made it so that even the highest office la scarcely considered honorable. Itw^ll be a sad day for the country when libel shall have done Its perfect work and our best men sball decline to accept office at all. Disgraceful epithets and infamous stories inevitably tend to lower the moral character of tbe public service, and may yet make us what other natlone might well be pardoned for believing us now—If they credit what our own newspapers say— a nation of thieves.

TBK latest dime cent piece.

TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY- EV-KN-LNCx MAIL.

novel—the xilvrr ten

WB.like poetry that is deep, terse and touching, and exquisitely full of meaning, and therefore we glv* room to tbe following eloquent effusion:

OLD LACONICAL SAYING8. As dry as a lish, As thin as a rail,

As fat as a pig,

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As slow as a snail. •••••.•:-

As light as a feather, As sly as a fox, As heavy as lead,

As strong as an ox. ]AH drunk as a fool, As full as a tick, ,, As happy as a clam,

As sharp as a stick.

AHjmorasachurch mouse, As red as a beet, As rich asCreesus,

Aswhiteasasheet,

As lively as cricket, As deep as a well, AM dark ns Egypt,

As hot as lire

As sweet as honey, As blind as a bat, As busy as a bee,

As weak as a cut.

As mad as a March hai o, As black as jet, As cross us a bear, (You get, you bet),,

As ugly as sin, As neat as a pin, And now, everybody,

I'll pull down my cliin.

MACK.

TRAMPS seem to be more numerous than at any time within the past two years. Is it not possible that a mistake was made in discontinuing the ordinance in reference to employing them in the work bouse. The council could scarcely do the city better service than by ro-establisbing it. While it was enforced, a great nuisance was almost entirely abolished. Now that it has been suspended, tbe nuisance is a worse nuisance than ever.

THE Journal of Health has been collecting all the recipes for rheumatism floating around the press, some of which are quite edifying. Par example: Kill a big dog, and put your feet inside. Wear sulphur in your shoes. Wear silk. Wear flannel. Exercise. Don't exercise. Pray fervently. Don't eat meat. Eat all the meat you can. Don't smoke. Smoke all you like. Don't drink. Drink brandy. Carry a piece of alum in your pocket. Bathe. Don't bathe. Wear a horse-chestnut in your breeches pocket. Read "Job." Rub with kerosene. Do not swear. Put on hot poultices.

-UNDER the caption "amusements" the Christian Register remarks: "1 he generation has seen the theater redeemed from some of the)grossest external ac companiments, and, with some aberrations, has witnessed a great improvement in the character of the representa tions. Prejudice against the drama must have been abated to a marked degree when it can be brought under the church-roof without shocking the religious community. It will be a vast service to the next generation if the church will now carry on the work, and fairly sanction every innocent pleasure, to the end that vicious indigencies may appear to be what they are. That would be an achievement worthy of religion." ____________

REV. DR. MINER, Universalis!, assisted, the oiher day, at the laying of the corner stone of a Presbyterian church. To be sure, it all happened in Boston, whose religious orbit is so eccentric that no predictions concerning it. can be made, but still tbe fact is alarming. Unless we are more careful and stick to the old landmarks more clearly it will not be many years before the clergy will forget their peculiarities and become brethren. It really seems as though Christians are beginning to love each other, and the old thumbscrews of denunciation were destined to find a resting place on tho shelf of some museum of curiosities.— [N. Y. Herald.

ALL PRETTY WELL OFF. [From the Boston Herald.] The next President, if he be chosen fiom among the candidates now prominent, is not likely to be a poor man. On the Republican side Mr. Blaine is the richest. Secretary Bristow and his wife are worth a quarter of a million. Gov, Hayes is still better off. Senator Conkling is believed to possess over $100,000 while Senator Morton and Mr. Wheeler have a smaller fortuno. Gov. Tilden, on the Democratic side, IB the wealthiest he being put down at $4,000,000 or $5,000,000. Judge Davis owns more than il',000,000, and Senator Thurman has a large fortune. 8enator Bayard is well-to-do, while Gen. Hanoock Is iu comfort able circumstances.

THE CLUMSY DODGER** ist. Louis Republican.] The clumsy dodger is alwavs on the street, and if you walk much you will meet him at leant once a week. He bears down at a rapid pace, and appears to be going to pass on your left, but at tbe distance of two feet he suddenly ticks to the right. You put on brakes and try to veer to the east you try tbe west, be tries the west you try the gutter side, he tries the gutter side yen try the inside, be tries the inside you become excited and jump for an opening on bis right, he flushes up and jumps in the same direction. There are but two ways to get by this excited Idiot. The one is to right about face and round the block the olber is to

gimgo

rab him around the waist and hold till a policeman comes up and lets you go by.

WIT AT TO WEAR AT TftE iX TENNIAL. It may not be uninteresting to learn from one who has been there what ought to be worn in Philadelphia during the next six months. The following i» an extract from a private letter of a former Terre Haute lady, who is now sojourning in Washington, snd the facts she speaks about are well worth remembering: "Wsa at Philadelphia last week, and I can only say, any one who goes there must not wear an article they So not expect to ruin entirely. The srounds are five miles from the oentre of tlie city. On every thoroughfare there are street caw. The street*i sre venr narrow, and are Just filled with dost, the sidewalks having nearly two Inches on them. The du»t is fine, hard and searching. and

goes

through clothing as though

it were a selee. Phllsdelpbla Is said be one of tbe hottest cities in tbe United StuUw, and I believe it is true. Just think of whst it is suffering now and wbst it will be along in June and July.

It seems to be the general opinion here in Washington that linen suits will be tbe most popular dresses they are so stylish and at the ssme time they cost but little. Hats should bo ss near tbe color of dust as possible, and trimmed very plainly. Tbe suits are generally plainly made, waists cut half fitting, with long sacque fronts, something like the winter btyles of cloaks. The prices of rooms and board are exorbitant, being way up."

CENTENNIAL GUZZLING. lOlive Logan's Philadelphia letter to tlie Graphic.)

I actually got a peep into the bar-room this evening as I wis prowling alout with my male protector. Ye heathen gods 1 how tnen do guzzle! It any more men strike for higher wages hero the bar-keepers certainly ought to have a show. They reek with perspiration they rush pantingly to and fro between the whisky bottle and the sherry decanter, the rum demijohn and the lagerbeer cask. What quantities of salt fish these thirsty swiggers must have eaten throughout Lent!

THE BOULLIER.

A Parisian Dancing Hall, and How They Dance.

Away below tbe lovely gardens of tbe Luxembourg, the gardens of our quarter, is the Boulller, with a dazzling array ofgasjets flaming over its facade. W*e fall along the line of visitors and in our turn pay a franc admission, and the next moment find ourselves at the top of a broad flight of stairs loading into a gorgeous cellar. The decorations are Moorish or mongrel, I know not which, but they are sufficiently garish to suit tbe character of tbe place. In the centre of the great hall is an oasis filled with musicians. They smoke, chat, lean over the railing with their bats on the backs of their beads, and are quite indifferent to tbe opinion of any one present. Perbape tbey are right who cares for the op nion of anyone here, though we ourselvesaie of tbe number! The time and tbe place annul all caution, pride, modesty,—everything, in fact, save a desire to smoke and quench one's thirst and be jolly. A thousand lamps of eVery lively tint swing from tbe painted ceiling, and the many afebes supported by light columns are again ana again repeated in the Ion# mirrors that line the walls. At the end is a pretty artificial garden, with its grottos and its pools of goldfish, its fountains, statues and beds of lovely flowers, and everywhere there are small, round tables thronged with men and women who do nothing but drink, drink, and smoke and laugh boisterously.

CRASH THE MUSIC HAS BEGI N. There is a rush for the open space, where only dancing is possible. There is no director or floor manager, no method at all everyone looks out for himself or herself, and somehow out of the confusion a quadrille Is formed in one corner, and then another and another, until there area dozen of them at work —or at play, which is it ?—and by this time the first figure of the set is over. The spectators crowd close about the dancers, and are often troublesome. This is the kingdom of license, and you may say what you please to anyone, dance with whom you choose, do what you like—In truth, you are expected not to be stupid when you oome to tbe Boullier. As the dance progresses, the Interest increases, for tne dancers become heated, and it is only at such times that the can-can is endurable. The shrill music crashes through the liveliest figure of the quadrille we work our way through the crowd until we can stand on tiptoe and look over some one's shoulder.

Before us are two couples, very young ones, bat with strangely wise faces, worldly wise, I mean, ana with a kind of devilish grace in their every movement that fascinates you. They advance and recede with infinite swagger. They throw themselves suddenly into attitudes that defy description as well attempt to picture in words tbe writhing of a tigress as she plays with her young tho voluptuoiis posing, the quivering of the supple limDs, the curv-1 ing of the spine, and the waving to and fro of the head, snake like and full of ounning the sly, soft crouching that indicate a preme'didated spring. Whoop la! There you have it. The men—they aro mq^e boys—dash their genteel beavers on to the napes of their necxs, seize the skirts of their coats, and go through series of gymnastic feats as ludicrous as they are ung:aceful. The wfrtnen—they are girls—switch up their skirts above the knee, and deliberately kick over the heads of their partner. Not satisfied with this display, one them grasps her ankle with one hand, and raises it above her head, where she waves her dainty boot to and fro, keeping time with the music. Tbe other turns a clumsy somersault, and lands in the centre of the open space, where she rests with her two feet pointing north and south, quite like a circus boy when ho spreads his legs sideways like a pair of compasses, and this is hailed with delight bv the spectators. There is nothing after that but a repetition of the same ungraceful climax, and even th« dancers seem to grow weary of it, for they seldom finish tbe last figure, but turn awav and lose themselves in the crowd. Every alternate dance is a cancan quadrille, between which come waltzes, polkas, etc. It is in the wait* •only that tbey display that daring that alone makes the Boulller attractive or oven interesting. Yet three times a week this hall is filled from 9 p. n». to midnight the low gallery on three side) of It sre alway* crowded with spectators, who sit at the tables with beer and cigars and watch tbs dancers te tbe end. You wili find every class of people at the Boullier and the other dance balls of Pari* whero he reputation of the dancers is dubious, hnglish swells with monk-like ulsters sometimes have with them a fair companion (let us trust she Is fair) who is closely veiled, who never for a moment quits his side, who is evidently shy-Wont of place, and is probably bis bride. Tbe

American is there reefing quite at home, anrt refo«lng to be astonished at anything Parisian.

WHAT THE MICROSCOPE REVEALS. tawmibeck tells us of an insect seen with the mlcrocope. of which twentyaeven millions would only equal a mite.

Insects of various kinds may be seen iu the cavities of a grain of sand. Mould is a forest of beautiful trees, with the branches, leaves and fruit.

Butterflies aro ftilly feathered. Halm are hollow tubes. The surface of our bodies Is covered with scales like a fish single »raUof sand would cover one hundred and filly of those scales, and yets five hundred pores. Tbft,"f'V narrow openings the perspiration forces ltw»lf like waterthrough a selve.

Each drop of stagnant water contains a world of living creatures, swimming with as much liberty as whales in tbe

Each leaf has a oolony of insects grazing pn Jt, like oows on a meadow.

Incidentals.

O IT I S

I saw a man turn pale and tremble when be heard the crack of tbe party lasb and I said in my heart, he is a coward and a slave.

I saw a man who professed to be fearless and untiring, energetic and bold, and pretended to "lead tbe masses f* but he bumbled himself in the dust before a being who was a voter, but whom be knew to be as far bis inferior aa a dog and I said, he is a coward and a slave.

I saw ono who stood up nobly and spoke, out for the right, or what he thought was right, and uttered the sentiment of a man. But ho weakened before the decree of "Party," and was nerveless, vacillating—supine and I said in my heart, he has become a coward and a slave.

I saw a person of high culture and bright attainment whose pen was inighty and whoso thoughts wore a power. He could have crushed error at a blow—torn into shreds tbe dark curtain of prejudice and ignorance—held aloft tbe banner of progression and drawn all with him. But he chose shoulder the responsibilities, the fetters, the burden of an "organand I said, he is a coward and a slave.

I saw a soldier who would march sin-gle-handed against an army who knew not, cared not for danger who found a sweet music in the roar of tbe battle who threaded a thousand dangers with a smile, and led tbe ranks to victory. But though he flinched not before the sword of steel or the thunder of the guns, he shrank and surrendered to the hollow bug-bear, the am in the skin of a lion, the wooden and worthless scarecrow called Politics and I asked, where is his bravery be has bvome a coward and a slave.

I saw a nian who ewuug the hammer from dawn till night thp whole year round who dared not rest whose toil it for bread was hard and long. He might have asserted himself! and could have refused to sell bis birth right for a mess 4 of pottage. But be dumbly bowed to the fawning, hateful, hypocritical tyr- |f ant, Party. And I said, be is a coward and a slave.

I saw a pair of friends whose regard 1 for each other was brotherly and I ad- 1| mired tbe kinship of feeling and close sympathy that had fast grown between these two. But "politics" carrje between them, and at once the silken tie was parted. In idolatry to this false god they forsook each other, c&sting off what was a warm, strong bond of affection. And I said, tbey are cowards they are slaves they aro most foolish fools. "MAK.

DR. J. B. 13TEERE.

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To the Editor of The Mail:] Dr.J. B. Steere, of the University of Michigan, who ie engaged to lecture in this city, next week, on the subject of his travels andHexplorations in South America, Formosa, tho Philippine j.' Islands, ete., basbeoomesomewhat noted en as a traveler and scientist-. He did not travel merely to gratify an idle curiosi- *"f ty, but that be might add to the scientific knowledge of the world, though at the expense of great toil and hardship on his part, and the unprecedented

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lectisn of specimens brought home by bins, as the resnK of his five years labor sbows that his time was not vainly spent. He spent two years in South America, in which he traversed the whole course of4he Amazon River and its important tributaries, and countries adjaoent: crossed the Andes mountains and continued his journey down to tbe Pacific Coast, visiting the important points in Bolivia, Peruand Equador. In rtPeru he gave much time to the collection of specimens illustrating the civilization of the ancient inhabitants of that country most of which he obtained from tbe tombs of their "mummies." He then sailed across the Pacific Ocean and 'j jy "went tbroOgh" Japan, China, Ceylon, Formosa, the Philippine Islands, etc., in which be spent three years more. .jNot content with a visit to some of the coast towns, he pushed his way far Into tbe interior, and far beyond the limits usually visited by Europeans.

Wherever he went, he was constantly on the look ont for specimens, and being a-good hunter in that line, secured a xvondlrtul quantity of the 'game." \nd no amount of labor or hardship wan sufficient to check his efforts so long as a good "specimen" was within his reach. Besides several thousand geological specimens, and a very large collection of scrolls, charts, books, implements, clothing, oto., etc., illustrating the civilization of the various countries visited by him, his "collection" indudes 150,000 shells, 25,000 insects, 20,000 plants, 8,000 birds, and near 5,KK) specimens of corals. The latter mostly from theeoasts of China and Formosa.

The magnitude of tho Doctor's oollcction will bo better appreciated when it is known that scientific men estimate that it is more than sufficient to fill the entire museum building (110x40 feet, four stories high,) of the 1. nive^Hy. As only a few mouths have elapsed since the Doctor's return, only a small portion of bis specimens have as yet been put up and arranged In the museum. Among his specimens that are i™unt*d, however, none are more not cod and ad­

by bv visitors, than bis Bird* of Paiadife, of which he has many very beautiful specimens.

Dr. Steere's collection is certainly a grand acquisition to the University of s-,w Michigan, and ono that every friend of

tbe institution may well be proud of.

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