The New York Herald Newspaper, February 4, 1876, Page 2

Central. LADY GOING TO EUROPE OFFERS FOR SALE her elegant four story high stoop brown stone House, ‘on one of the prettiest blocks ot Murray Hill; fresooed and finished in hard wood throughout; a perfect ‘must be seen to be appreciated; with or without Fut. 3 ssion at once if desired. Apply to owner, 143 East 37th st., near Lexington av. EST 5181 ST.— Loe hts overlooking to a corner 4 rown stone 4 Pine st. VENSON, J BROADWAY STORE FOR SALE -NEAR THE Post office ; first class; extra sned lot, with two fronts; cheap; cash or on easy terms: pe jon at any time. OME! AN, No. 2 Pine st, OR SALE—A_ THREE STORY AND brick housq 20x40, 12 rooms, with th Ground, wel ted; price, $7,000; term: Bi 6 Office, 453 Sth av. é , ONLY NINE DOORS FROM 2 tre and Masonic Hall.—Valuable tour x80. lot 100 feet, 7th ‘Th stane Dwelling, Story high stoop brown stane. + ‘and 33 East 1 K. SYEVENSON, Jr. forsale at a bargain, Oftices No. 4 at East Side, D AVENUE CORNER, $27,000; FIVE STORY BRICK Building, below 40%’ at.; a cheap at T. 554 Bd a FIRST CLASS BARBER SHOP TO LET—917 MYR- tle av of Grand st., Brooklyn. OR SALE OR LEASE—STORAGE STORES—STORES Nos. 5 and 6 Atlantic dock, fronting Enst Ki adjoin (eaaaties ferry. Apply to J. B. SCHIEFFELIN, 170 fitiam WESTCHESTER COUNTY PROPERTY FOR SALE AND TO RENT. A DESIRABLE RESID! cE AT TARRYTOWN; 334 acres; house: fine froit: unequal views: for sale cheap, Li Da Eant 224 st. OR SALE—A HOUSE WITH Lots of ground, with stable, car €-saary outbuildings, will be sold at a snc s the owner {s going to Europe, only $2,000 cash is led, the reat gan remain to suit ihe pureh: Address LOCK. woo 241, Post office, Mc Vernon, Westchester box of call on Mr. G nce st. To LET FOR low, with steam por & CO., toot East 6th 0 LET—TWO BUILDINGS, WELL LOCABED, VERY r. Apply to GEORG: m0 LET—A STORE ON WEST SIDE OF BROAD wa PATRIC) early opposite Gilsey House, A) to W. FITZ- MPlovist, Late Broctwaye PP NTIRE OR PART OF BUILDING 5 st., with or without steam power; hited Floors, Inquire at 90 Gold st. yo LET—WiTH STEAM POWER, TH auy part of a boing, s) premises. 10 LET. lar No. LIN & €O., 50x65; well ligh eCLAV. th AL 78 Maiden jane. 170 William st, T FLOOR AND CE ed. ‘ay. and W. BEAD _BOARDERS WANTED. BACK PARLOR, HOT AND COLD WATER, WITH Board; $5 SO each. 106 West 19th st., near Gth av. i NILY FURNISHED ALCOVE ROOM, SEC- ond story, front, with Board, at 23 West 30th st. ; ref- erences, LARGE ROOM, WITH GAS, GRATE FIRE AND good Board, $14 for two: American family; near Ele- vated Railway, 403 West 190 2) BLOC FROM FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL (129 = East d st.)—Large handsomely furnished front Room, Second story, southern exposure, with Board; terms mod: erate ; first class, AND 6 WASHINGTON PLACE, NEAR BROADWAY (St, Juliau).—Elegant Suits of Apartments on second floor to iet; also single Rooms; house entirely renovated ; is 0 LEASE FOR BU! mind, with office, Able for all Business purposes; within nd my WF URNISHED HOUSE TO LET— elevated railroad station, 50th or: House To eas unfurni hi; tow private family only. Address LW it 224 for # profitable bi table and stor Apply to ine, 21x! € office 149 Broadway ) feet balk vd JOSIAH PALMER, eenpoint, L. 1. D DW NG 32 WEST Inquire of HENRY DEM- especially adapted for families; French table. ATH AYV., 201.—SUPERIOR ROOMS AND FIRST #) class appointments; private table if desired; moderate tepins. Bri AV.. 307.—PARTIES LOOKING FOR THE OOM forts of theirown home can be accommodated with an rooms separated to suit; location, ap- onable ; references. BIRCHETT, |_HOUSES Farnished, rary, D ST.—TO LE s FOR THREE West S2d st. TO LET, ONVENIENT TO brown stone and frescoed et rent $150 per Address box 1,937 Post —VERY DESIRABLE ROOMS, or separate, 58 West 1th st, PLACE, 14 and $16 for $7 and $9; also Table Board, $4; house heated c transcient people taken, 2 TH Ss . 55 WEST.—HANDSOME LARGE A) smali’ Room, singly or together; good Board; prices moderat on Sth av., with id st., between Lexington and ding house, Apply on URNISHED AND UNF‘ ished Flats and Suits of furnis ISHED HOUS' OR RENT—AN ELEGANTLY FURNISHED CORNER attached; no agents need 2 Herald Uptown Branch 3d av premises. VISHED HOUSES, hed Rooms, ‘A. DAILEY, 555 6th av, FIRST Hudson st iO RENT—A CORNER HOUSR ON STI antly furnished, with or without Stable month; only principals need apply, Address G. M.,'box 153 Herald Uptown Branch off Unfurnished. CLASS HOUS! 12 RUOMS, ALL IMPROVE- 4A. ments, to let now, 416 Wost 19th st. BURNHAM, 609 UTBUILD- Laytin, at res of Land, at the First vod garden, thoice fruit, Brooklyn. Address D. G. ATON, P high st Oo or pureha: Quire at 474 also French Flate of six ‘oop brown stone Houses, vight « house to JAME: LING, 7 ROOM: nt hotisekeeping; Greenwich st. T 917 3D AV.—TO LET, THREE AND FOUR STORY at rents from $900 up rooms, from $30 4 up to $40 per month; also Floors and Apartments, Call or send word as to what you want in the way of renting ROW! ROOMS it. In- PROPERTY ouT bg 3 ae cr TO RENT, T AT ORANGE; house full of raro plunts, od tenunt, ‘ 7 Park NORMOUS SACRIFICE! MUST BE SOLD WITHIN ten days—Boautiful Farm: forty acres; splendid Build- ; house elegantly furnished; Horses, Cows, Poultry, ‘everything very choice and complete; seven min: utes walk to railroad station; trains ran direct’ to Centen- | Buildings and Philadelphia in one hour; price, includin, rything, only $13,000; only $4,000 cash; balance ve Address Box 59, Richland Centre, Quakertown sta- ucks count ARM FOR SALE—PLEASANTLY SITUA’ ‘ON the east branch of the Delaware River, containing 100 scres; about 60 ucres river flat; title good; iocality healthy. For particulars inquire ot E. W. CLOSE, 143 East Sath st., between the hours of 6 and SPM. Tuesday, Thursday and SALE OR —FURNISHED HO! Carriage house, RE WE 0, New Yo A FIRST CLASS JFLO G MILE, 8. na town of 5,000 inhabitants: convenient to me market and railroad station; in full operation. Ad- dross OWNER, box 321, Somerville, N. J. ARGE CENTENNIAL LOT ) LEASE—TWO squares from buildings, 140x962 feet, eucloved by 70 forest trees, suitable for a garden. Address THOMAS A. ANDREWS, Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia, Also smaller ts. NT EW DURHAM, N.J. E DWELLING, 14 ROOMS; food fruit, Garten. barn, de; 40 minutes to city, WILLIAM T. DAY, 199 Wooster st. (0 LET—THE MANSION HOUSE, BE, N. J; & first class fainily boarding house or hotel; elegantly ditwated in the centre of Orange. Apply, by letter or in em to CHARLES E, HILL, 831 Broad st.. Newark, 10 LET OR A COUNTRY E OF ABOUT BY acres, pleasantly situuted on the west shore of Hemp- stead Harbor, nearly opposite Glen Cove and Sea Cliff Grov three miles from the village of Roslyn aud distant 25 mil from New York by rail” and water: on the premises are dwelling, small farm, boat, bath and ice house: yarns ard gutbuildings, For particulure addvesy M.S. H lyn, L. Lor DE WITT, LOCKMAN & KiP, New York. Ts Address WV. OR MORE BEST CENT! 100, two fronts, near main Exhibition building. . STEPHENS, 431 Walnut st., Philadelphia, “REAL ESTATE TO EXCHANGE A yet DESIRABLE FARM OF 60 ACRES A Northport, L. T., within 10 minutes’ walk of depot; 50 barn, &e., fronts on main road; also a fine road through the centre jonse, acres clear meadow land and 10 of wood de. ; will sell or exchange for Tenem A) ICENT ¥F. a: ACRES, large sawmill and water front, gear Morristown, ‘only $30,000; free and clear, exchanye for desirable country Property; also large number of other choice Fatms, all sizes, prices and locations, for sale cheap, or to exchange. Call or seud stainp for circular, — JOHN M. GIBSON, Montgomery st.. Jersey City. y SEAT, 44 AC NORTH. en, frnit, small morty: ‘or Brook. Vessel’ or Merchaidise. Address B,, box 114 MA\ BRICK HOUSE, Fi jocated between will add cash ; Farm w Jersey. Particulars at 1,13 n 66th and G7th sts, LEGANT MODE! for Farm wo T JERS ‘edar st., room 22 (OR EXCH ‘ORY BRICK HOUSE, unencumbered, near Dr. Cuyler's church, Boooklyn, for House on liue Hudson River Railroad, between 152d st, ‘and Yonkers. Address box 517 Post office, Youkers. FINE BROWN STONE first class French flat Hou: replete with improve: ents; will take country or city Property in exchange. Seud for particulars to JAMES ROWK, 917 yeeeey cry HOUSE, WITH $7,500, TO EXCHANGE for Farm within 150 miles. CURLEY, 12 Centr NE YORK BUSINESS PROPERTY, WITH VERY mall ma a for Brooklyn improved. H, HOWELL & Co., av, ALE OR EXCHANGE—LOVELY HOME, 10 ACRES, frult, garden, edge of village, Harlom_road, near depot, $6,000 equity, for’ good. Brooklyn House; Trenton, improved brick Store? Residence, for Farm, Brooklyn Honsé, or small Houses in Jersey, or free and clear Lots {un suburbs, ‘0. H. PIERSON, No. 5 Pine st. VALUABLE BLOCK OF BUILDINGS IN HARTFORD for a large Farm ; large Tract ot fine Land and Timber fn Shenandoah Valley, Va. at one-third its value, tor other Property and some cash. Parms wanted everywhere for ex- change. F. H. HOUSTON & BRO., 96 Liberty st. ANTED. 5 EAN B, IN , exchange for s House in Newark, N. J.; no encum- ranoe. H. B. SIRE, 86 Waiker st., Now York, TATE WANTED. _ VIRGINIA PINE LANDS; PRICE must be lo Send price per ecre and location to RIKER & CO., No. 5 Pine st. if 4 ce W'Astep THRBE STORY HOUSE, B. 3D and Ath . 80th to 70th hele om § all wn; refer immediate sion, Address, with full particulars, ., box 131 Herald office. EA ANT TO NESS PURPOSES TO LET FOR BU lawyers, Will be let together or in p tenants if desired; adapted for offices or stores. Reasonable rents. Also some eligible Law Offices to let. APPLY ON THE PREMISES, ‘Take the Elevator. Inquire for Janitor. HANDSOME OFF TO LET—10 PHYSICTA A location fine. No. 42 West 20th st, ne ROADWAY, NO. 28 —POUR STORY AND BASEMENT to let Apply on premises to JOHN PAR ONS. ROADWAY OFFICES TO LET—THE FINEST ON the street: suitable for railway s (,200 and $2,500 each. Apply on pi at. coo ROADWAY AND 1278 ST.—STORES T ALSO front and corner Rooms at low rents. Apply in book store 48 Bast 12th st., from 9 to 11 AR, &0., KNOWN AS “THE 54 East 12th st, near Broad Axtures for sale; old blishe East 12th st., from 9 to 11 A. HEAP LOFTS ON BROADWAY, IN FIN to rent—Three lofts of No. 473; possession. JAMES PRICE, 200 Hudson st. Loe TO LET—PLEASANT AND GONVENIENT, IN wie POWER NOW RU Nos 25 and 27 Rose »' floor, Apply FFICES AND LOPTS TO LET-IN THE NE corner of Bond st. and Bowery, suita- for manufacturing jewellers or ers. Apply, from 10 to 3 o’clook, at Bond street Savings ik. te oO™®, $45.—HOUSB AND STORE, CONNECTED, 187 ‘ooster st., on the corner of Bleecker. Seen at 10 in mornings, or apply at 42 Amity st. POWER—DOUBLE BUILDING, 88X90, TO AM § Joana, or in foorg: extre light on ground and Get floors. NDID BUSINESS STAND, NOS. 6 AND 7 OAT. | (1REAT square, 3 street frou ts, to Tease ; also 152 ‘South st ‘ he i SFcon PT TO LET—098 BROADWAY, 25x10; | “el! end be co good location. Apply to JOHN LACY, thira lof — ORDER, | newly Painted and in thorougt EDGAR LEAYCRAFT, 702 8th REE-STORY AND BASEMENT BRICK HOUSE, coma, rent $1, h order, in We , 158 sultable AY., ELE- $1,000 per 13 TAR AV.—A HANDSOMELY FURNISHED SUIT of Rooms, with Board, will be let reasonably to a party desiring to engage for the spring and summer; refer- ences. 32D ST.—TWO LARGE ELEGANTLY hed Suits of Rooms, with Board; house first class; also a few Rooms for gentlemen ; reference. 1 BT., 217 ELEGANT SUIT, SECOND floor, front: private table if desired; also Rooms for with Board. MELY FURNISHED tleman and wife or party 34 WEST.—HANDSOMEY FUR- Board; also single ITH BOAR’ Rooms, for « family ble first cl ST ST., NEAR 4TH AY. UR large and hall Rooms, with Board ; location ire 33." ST 33D ST.—DESTRABLE FAMILY AND ingle rooms, with superior board at reasonable prices. 34 West 24TH ST.—LARGE HALL ROOMS, SUIT e able for one or twa, with Board, closets, fire, dc. ; $7 $8, $12. QQ WEST 20TH STLARGE ROOMS ON SECOND OA floor, nicely farnished, for families; also three or four nice single Rooms, with Board; table excellent; terms moder: art city b; Fraason ni good minutes to 42d River, twenty weres of and near Madison ay. ; dress OWNER, St. Denis Hotel boat will ti SH RNER Hi dt. 519 Bth av. JF YOU WANT A SUPERIOR CABINET FINISHED three story House to live in, ensy terms, mirrors to floor, look at four on Madison ay.,between 2d and 133d sts. :twelve | — depot ; ‘throe quarters of an hour to lower also one of the best Hotels, furnished, on re, mortgages (or other and Union Mi iE TH AY. TO LET no objection to a first class liquor store. 39" St, 50 WEST.—ONE LARGE ROOM, TWO hall Rooms, to let, rourd references. 45 EAST 20TH St, BETWEEN BROADWAY AND ) 4th ay.—Rooms, with first class Board; double and sin- gle; references exchanged. 47 WEST SoTH ST. BETWEEN STH AND Grit avs. (beautiful location). —Handsome square and ball Room: also, Reception Room for doctor or dentist, with oar ALL BROWN STONE HOUSE, EAST rent, $100 per month, Ad- story high st 0 LET—UNFURNISHED, THE DESIRABLE PRI- vate residgnee No. 49 East 19th st., near 4th ay., three oop brick: will be putin order to suit tenant; in good #00.,c 0 LET— 0 LET to 3 without rner 38th st. and Broadway, given Murch 1 MALL BASEMENT HOUSE, 156 EAST 28TH, 10 rooms; ail improvements; nice order; seen from 11 tionable ; rent reasonable ; order, No. 45 West 12th st. EAST 16TH permit ; possession.at ones. 0 LET—A SMALL THREE STORY BRICK HOUSE, Apply STAMMERS Gy RENT. A LARGE HOUSE CLOSE TO BROAD. low 30th st, ; 28 rooms; favorabl made with responsible parties. le terms will be JAMES R. EDWARDS, 108 West 23d St. + moderate prices. 5 EAST 20TH ST., THIRD FLOOR.—ROOMS FOR gentiemen; house private; tavle first class; refer- enves. 5. AND 55 ST. MARK'S PLACE.—FURNISHED e Rooms to let, with Board, to families and single per- sons; table board $4. od very desirable; rent $2,000 per annum; also | > = ~ ‘No. 238 4th av.,'$1,000 per annua; har bath aud water WEST 11TH ST. LY FURNISHED ROOMS ‘ HOMAR MORGA 2 Pine st, | Oe darge and small), with Board; gentlemen or family terms moderate. LEASANT, WELL FUR- private family; 5 erate Ti6 B48, att sr nished Rooms, with Board: minutes to Peck slip by boat; good location; m terms. 11s ) EAST 17TH ST.. NEAR UNION SQUARE.—SIN- gle Rooms, with Board, at low prices; also Table Board. [27 EAST, Tote ST GELEGANTLY | FURNISHED Rooms, on second floor, with Board for lady only, or will let to a party of gentlemen. 130 EAST 17TH ST. SMALG FAMILY WILL OV find pleasant Rooms, with first class table, in a strictly private family, references required. FURNISHED ROOMS AND APARTMENTS £0 LET. LARGE FURNISHED ROOM TO LET TO TWO gentlemen, at 103 East 10th st. $30 monthly, “A. FIRST CLASS FURNISHED FRONT PARLOR TO tion, Apply to B. 8, LEVY, 604 8th av. 9) Eas water, exchanged, ward. “A PRIVATE FAMIL) Lat extension, with dining room, neatly furnished ; i bath, & A’ 216 ¥. or" 4A. nished Rooms for o1 back basement modern Improvements; ST. ne or two gentlemen, Y WILL RENT—TOGRTHER OR separately, the Lower Part of brown stone House No. é. : reception room, bedroom, back parlor and and laundry ; hot and cold ; good location; rent moderate; references FUR- ‘at $2 and up- ue Club, LARGE FRONT ROOM ON without board. . Rererences. erms moderate, SECOND FLOOR, 38 East 26th st, adjoining Union SEVERAL COMFORTABLY FURNISHED ROOMS, + en suite or singl reat Elevated No. 403 West Inqui fA also NICELY PURNISHE m. 91 AS AHA Parlor for lady and _geutleman re for one week, DRESSMAKE: FRONT PARLOR TO LE’ st. NDSOME FUK- or two Hk, 418 40 OR HOL men. URNIST ne No. 7 ¢ WURNIST Madison av somely ARGE, NICELY OR family, 0 LE conventen without for ho 14 ments WEST Oa first and 4th @ hall Room: 86 West Sd st. 528 West 42d quiet place. third floor, tern PoRtisy large Ro hall Room, gas 15th st. and neighborhood Grst class; rent moder if desired ; also lai ekoeping; rent moder nished, to o1 #t., near Lexington av. 1 TH ST. 4 ly furnished ba joard, $3 UNFURNISHED U R ED ROOMS — ED ROO: moderate, at 32 East j breakfast if desired ; referencs ED—T0 GENTLEMEN, q $4, i furnished fine second floor Rooms, §14. 319 CHOICE ROOMS, OOMS, CHEAP cE NISHIE $1 50 to $3 per week ; for ladies or gentle- TO RENT—WITHOUT BOARD, 23th st., near large 23 West HAND- Rooms; house partial Board HANDSOMELY _FUR- 4 nished, to let, to gentlemen; terms moderate, 138 Bast With st, Call at niles 135 EAST WTH ST. NEAR IRVING PLAC ‘ -) Handsomely furnished Rooms to let, with Board; reference 151 EAST 27TH 8T.—TO LET, WiTH BOARD, OL handsomely furnished alcove ‘Room, second floor; also back and ball Room for tamilies or single gentlemen; terms moderate; references. 15 BLEECKER S8T.. NEAR BROADWAY.—ONE e ¢ Room, good Board, fire and gas, $14; also one Tor $12; single Roosis,B5 to $7. C5 20 WEST 4TH ST.—FURNISHED OR UNFUR- nished Roows to let, with or without Board; terms reasonable. 20 WEST 34TH ST.—A SMALL PRIVATE FAMILY ‘oD will let to two gentlemen a furnished Room, with or without breakfast; also a rise ball Room, 5 WEST 11TH S8T.—A SMALL FAMILY CAN 229 southern ex; accommodate a few boarders; rooms very pleasant ; ure; terms moderate; convenient to five lines of cars and the Elevated Railroad. SSO Wzet sD st, NEAR ELEVATED RAILWAY.— A large, handsomely furnished sunny Room, with ample closets, with or without superior Board; location un- exceptiondble. y 7TU AY., CORNER 418T ST.—LARGE FRONT 582 Room, with good Board, to gentlemen or gentle- man and wife ; redu: tes to permanent o ADIES WISHING TO SECURE HOME COMFORT, with superior attendance during illness, should call at ear BOE! pe once at jirs, WHITE'S, 163 Lexington ‘PRIVATE BOARD FoR 4 LADY DU 3 ment, with a mother's care and all the comforts of a box 159 Herald Uptown Bi BOARD AND LODGING WANTED. ANTED—BY TWO SINGLE GENTLEMEN, NICELY furnished Rooms, with or without Board; price second- ary to comfort. Address REX, Herald office. ANTED—BY TWO LADIES, MOTHER AND good Board: one large Room and hall to furnish their own and from 4th to 6th xchanged, Address J. ANTED—A gNICELY FURNISHED ROOM FOR yatieman and wife, Board for wife, price not to ex- coed $15 or $18, between 14th and 23d sts. Address A. IL, bex 190 Herald Uptown Branch office. iy ___ HOTELS. PURNISHED FLOOR, first house west of Two 65 East 13th st, A LARGE ROO! COMPLETE FOR ELL'S TURKISH, ROMAN AND ELECTRIC BETWEES Pat STFU vusekeeping: to also good fro rlor also small Room, with fire. NISHED SECOND FLOOR: gentlemen separately ; all iin N te: reference required. 102 1 A NGEs G1 Lexington’ av-—Centlemen constantly, day a av, | and night; Indies day and evening. Hotel accommodations. FURNISHED ROOMS—PARLOR a * ; bath; another fine Room; moderate; French A THE NEW GLAND HOTEL, BOWERY AND Bayard 200 light, newly furnished Rooms; = PUT. | datos, 500. ; fhe gentlemen only. or two gentlemen, with all necessary | (\ITY HOTEL, BROADWAY AND STH_ST.—NOW o small one; terms, $250, 137 East Sud ‘open on the European plan; Rooms fiom 75e. to 8 per ay. 2D AND 8D AVS., 221—NEAT- | (\ITY HOTEL, NEW HAVEN, —T0 COMMER Room, with closet, to J cial and other travellers, $1 '50 ; Lodging, 30e,, rican nall @ WILLIAM ST.—OPEN ALL + 85¢., 50c. Gentlemen and tumilies, EN 1 ST. BETWE’ w.—Desirable furnished Rooms doard, to gentlemen only; references. ) WEST SOTH ST.—SUIT OF PARLORS, ly, suited for ‘ph clan and dentist, or gentleman and wife; also other Rooms, at very reasonable prices. ORO stil av 262 mS Abani t floor, together or sepa )PPOSITE GRAND OF) ENTS TO LET. OADWAY 108 S8th st., between Lexingt AND to let, without (RANT HOUSE, 48 NEW BOWERY.—PRICES RE- J duced; warm Rooms, nightly and weekly, for families and gentlemer mmely furnished Floor, with every conven. fence for light nousekeeping aud very reasonable terms for quiet, reliable parties ; bed linen, table linen, & ROOMS AND APART GANT ¥RENCH FLAT TO LET-IN NO. 34 ith #t., near Sth ay. on! left, xt door, of Mrs. DOYLE. ADPIY 8 FAMILIES BOARDING creased comfort and economy renting kitchens, gas, bath, de. rt French Flats t., Second Floor, four ligh 5, Apoly to owner, on 7fi0_A SMALL FAMILY, IN HIGH STOOP HOUSE a0 Bast 20th provements; ren! t rooms; all im- premises. Sruprevarr HOUSE, Broadway, New York, bas elevator and all modern im- provements. Suits of Rooms in new addition, Twenty- ninth street, for families, from $40 to $90 per week. Tran+ sient r for board rooms, $3 50 and $4 per day. Rooms without board, $1 a day and upward. LEWIS & GEO. 8. LELAND, Proprietors. a NTER RESORT: ERMUDA ISLANDS.—AVERAGE TEMPERATURE in February, 88 degrees: good hotels ; exquisite scenery: only 700 miies'from New York. First class British irou steamers running fortnightly; voyage only three days, and expense Jess than to any other winter resort. Apply to QUEBEC AND GULF PORTS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, No. 29 Broadway, New Y: )XCURSION TO THR TROPICS—AN EXCURSION [4 steamer will leave New York every three weeks, calling at Havana, Progreso, Campeche, Vera Crus, Tuxpan, Tam- pi \d New Orleans, and from there retarn, ling a the same ports. For particulars apply to F. ALEXANDRE & SONS, 33 Broadway. 0 LET—NICE APARTMENTS, 164 EAST 287TH ST. } OYAL VICTORIA HOTEL, NEW PROVIDENCE, Lower Part, 229 East 29th st.: 106 Bast 28th st., from Bahama Islands, a land of tual summer, For cir- 207 Rooms each. entara contain ul ‘information, apply to JAMES LID- © LET—A FLAT OF FIVE ROOMS, ON SECOND | GERWOOD & CO., 758 Broadway. floor; every convenience; rent $3. Apply to J, | ———— — ARRELL, 913 6th av. PROPOSALS, 19th st. hn (0 LET—A FRENCH FLAT, WITH ALL MODER improvements, Inquire of J. M. EDs GAR, $22 toate: to a smal) family; No. 252 FOR THIRD FLOOR; FIVE ROOMS, PRIVATE West 17th st. ner memb tion this (Friday) | 8 Union square 4 Mavcotm Campaunt, Secretary pro lively business neixhborhood. Apply at 288 Green- | - “ in Ls a. TOUNG MEN'S DEMOCRATIC UNION CLUB—THB requested to meet for reorganize: Fobruary 4, at 8 o'clock, at No, MENZO DIBPENDORP, Chairman pf tem. am with Bargains, TICE.—HOTEL AN hotel, K. BAKER ERICAN STANDARD BEVEL BI jouship and match incing the sea and under Eugli WAYS, Secretary, 80 Coleman LES ANGLAIS, A PIRST CLASS Delancy's wire cushions, solely 08: second hand Ww. ontriTi eo Ou ENDERS STANDARD AMERICAN BEVE Biliiard Tables, with the celebrated Phelan & Collender combination cushions, for sai INDUCEMENTS 13 Billiard Tables, endi inced. corner Canal TO LET, 80 6TH AV, CORNER 48TH 8T.— phy ee! aa. wuitable wn’, business; » corner wt Appl R, 858 Broadwa; ste lOTEL—THE HOFFMAN Ho os Bing Sing. XY. to OUN P. B. TALLMAN! Poaghkeepsi Lorre of, BUILDING 267 T. RB. KIPLING, 24 Maicen lan to J. HOUSE, WITH one ot LET we POSSESSION IMMEDIATELY AND FRE ‘Fent till Ist of May, at 202 Chatham st., four Floors, with way. THE FOUR STORY HOUSE NO. 4 COEN- ip, suitable for restaurant, tor which It bas been ots last 20 years, Apply at Nu. 6 ext door, or at }. at 174 Dawae st. egulators, | purine Bs 400. SET OF TEETH MADE IN TH West 341! " ween way. Special mech: arl, whalebone rabber, col Si Broadway cars. ath avenue Car oF Bre EW BROUGH, 128 West 34th a SINGLE, #1; n ¥. Dental | PBAUTIFUL ARTIFICIAL TEETH, warranted; 500. Kooms. ob ia OU DENTISTRY, eo. Take gree! Silver Fillings, ar 10th st. - ‘MISCELLANEOUS. KEY RINGS. S08 Broatwaw 367 West | HOURS AT 128 Oth and 70h eve, esr Brood rs, of BEST BING OUT) FOLLETT Or OF BOSTON. Proposal for Sewer Pipe. Proposals will bo received at Sewer Department, City Hall, till March 1 for the whole or any part of 20,000 feet of 12-inch vitrified Sewer Pipe, including 1,0006.inch branches. specification and form of propos: to decline all bids, Indorse bids, “Pro- Y—A GOOD SECOND HAND MB- ed Sete, for cash, Address SAFK, Horald ‘TAURANTS, a Lat ta Uh d ir oe ive, Broadway and Pulton st., the great Foe 4 oem best the country juc bes +40 Venoy st. THE DEATH PENALTY, To ros EvITOR OF THe HeRap:— D | TI believe by the condemnation of the press of this country prize lighting got its death blow, both in this country and in England. In like manner public hanging Was abolished. The evil effects of those two “entertain- ments’’ need no comment. Thanks to our press, The Mento has always been foremost in reform and for the public weal; | trust it will give its notice of this article, It Is my opinion that the minute details of every revolt- \ng murder which ts committed should not be published, 4s it does not improve the morals of our community. There are persons who would rathor read those details than a lecture tn the Herat. 1 know persons, well good circumstances, who take partic. Sach reading [t makes such persons i Could there be a reform in this matter? Is it @ reasonable question? Bo our people require such strong stimulant? ENO, New Yorn. Feb, 2. 1876, THE VERGE OF SAHARA Progress of the French Exploration Party Through South Algeria. BISKRA EN: NOKKEL. A Franco-Arab City Born in an Oasis. LIFE AND CHARACTER SKETCHES. The Wonderful Mirage of the Chott El Mir. Biskra, Algeria, Nov. 23, 1875. As I informed you in my last communication, the town of Biskra has undergone a complete transforma- tion during the last four years, At the time of the oc- cupation of the oasis by the French in 1844, the mod- ern Biskra did not exist, just as we can say to-day that the old town does not exist now, A group of crooked, tortuous lanes, fringed with a certain numberof mud cabins, with gardens of palm trees, and, overhanging the oxtremity of the oasis, the crumbling ruins of an immense Kasbab—these, in fact, are all that remains of the capital of the Zibans, which was occupied in turn by the Romans, the Tunisians and the Arabs of Algiers, Ata distance of one kilometre beyond these tottering ruins rises the now town—Biskra en Nokkel (Bisxra of the Palm Trees), Since 1844 the construction of FortSt Germain, an enormous square of over 200 metres, bastioned, enclosing barracks, a hospital and all the buildings necessary for the accommodation of a large garrison, has been com- menced, In 1851, when the large barrack and the walls which enclose it were finished, the troops which occu- pie old Biskra came to install themselves in It, bring- ing with them the few European traders who had fol- lowed the expeditionary column. The tranquillity which reigned, and which the natives had never enjoyed previous to the French occupation, the security of the roads, the efforts of the military authori- ties to attract the nomads, all produced the best effects, and the present town grew up rapidly around Fort St. Germain. In 1871 the public squares and avenues were, however, still without any vegetation; during thesammer months it was impossible to go out of doors, sach was the heat of the sun, intensified by the reflection from the white, burnt earth, and the slight- est breeze raised clouds of dust from the clayey soil, But now that the plantattons, thanks to the works of irrigation, have rendered the sojourn in the oasis de- lightful, where the temperature during the winter does not exceed 30 dog., strangers are beginning to come to Biskra, whieh has become incontestably the most charming of the oases which are thrown out in echelon to the foot of the Aurts Mountains. In contrast to Arab towns, the streets are wide and straight and are lighted up at night. The greater num- ber are bordered with houses having arcades ono story high and topped with terraces. The market, the schoolhouse and the public buildings are so many little monuments. Everywhere the water flows in streams and preserves a perpetual verdure. In the principal street—that by which the town is entered from the El Kantara roag—we find at the Hotel du Sahara, which is the only refuge of travellers, an amount of comfort which many a Parts hotel cannot boast of, and which is all the more surprising because one does not expect to find home comforts in the desert, All the remainder of this street, which is fringed with quasi-monumental arcades, is occupied by the public garden, or garden of acclimation, where we see flourishing side by side the robust palm tree and trees of various kinds, such as the cocoa and the gum tree. With the shade we finda refreshing coolness, thanks to the numerous little streams of water— CANALS OF IRRIGATION, very skilfully distributed through the oasis—which come from the Oued-Biskra, which, higher up toward its source is called Qued-Outaia and Oued-Kantara, following the custom in Algeria of changing the names of rivers according to the district they water. All this material prosperity is owing to the initiative of General Lacroix and to the persistent, and, happily, successful efforts of the com- manding oficer.of the district, Chef-de-bataillon Crou- zet. It would be desirable to have many more such works performed in the rest of Algeria, and that above all many other such officers as M. Crouzet could be found to execute them. By a singular chance the man who had made such a good use of his authortiy jeft Biskra for good the very day we arrived, having been recalled to France with the rank of lieutenant colonel. This excellent officer—though I am told a hard hearted man—could not separate himself from ‘this oasis”’ with- out showing strong emotion, which was increased still more by the leave-taking of the principal colonists, who made ita pont of honor to mark their sense of grati- tude by accompanyjng him as far as El Kantara, to the other side of that desert which he had fertilized His successor is Commandant Galles, and we have nothing but praise to bestow for the good reception which. he and Captain Lefroid have given us. During the ten days that I have remained here two English families and some inhabitants of the province have come to stop at the Hotel du Sahara, When will our tourists condescend to bestir themselves in their turn? The rock of Constantine, the ruins of Lambés: the gorge of Ei Kantara, the hill of Sf and tho oasis of Biskra are the fiye’halting places for the tourist in the province of Constantine. The English, who monopo- lize all the daring feats of travel—who, porhaps, are still making it\a point to go ‘Around the World in Eighty Days” nightly at the Porte Saint Martin—put their courage even to the test of going to Touggourt, before reaching which they are enabled to form an idea of the famous sand hills ofthe desert. But still not one of them has mustered courage enough to push as far as El Oued, the capital of the Souf I would not engage, however, to go to Biskra during the summer, for, notwithstanding the shade, the beat is insupporta- ble, The town seems deserted during a portion of the day. The garrison even is confined to arrecks from nine A. M. to five P. M., and the thermometer rises constantly to 40 deg. ‘centigrade (104 Fahrenhett), and from 30 to 35 centigrade (86 to 95 deg. Fahrenheit) during the night. Were it net for the precautions above mentioned cases of Sunstroke would be of dally occurrence and eye di be very numerous. With regard to th have remarked that even the proper care, loss of an eye or even total blindness. Uphthalmia is a per- manent resident; it is created by the sun, the sirocco and the dust and is fostered by want of cleanli ness, Biskra is even a watering place, for at a distance of lometre from the town is found a charming sul- uw ing called Hammann-Salhin after a mara- face ft, which rivals the waters of Lourdes and La Salette in radically curing rheumatic and skin dis- cases. It is true that the spring is not tho object of single pilgrimage and that people go there simply to bathe. I should have to reproach myself if I failed to men- tion the secular school where the children of Europeans and natives alike assiduously pursue their studies. The latter are largely in tho majority and learn to purer French than the young Moors of Algiers. is rosult is due to the director of the Franco-Arab sch M. Colombe, who has superintended the education o! the influential families of the country, among others that of the present Aga of Touggourt, and who, durii the fifteen years he has spent at Biskra, has rend constant services pe ee of education, which is of such great im CO. nthe female school Kepe by the nuns is no longer fre- tented by the natives, the Sisters having committed \¢ grave error of trying4o make proselytes. Ihave even been told a certain story of @ conversion whieh caused the greatest scandal in the oasis, and which re. sulted in the withdrawal from the school of all th tive children. ‘A fow figures will be instructive, i trees. teristic of the Sahara region, is over 140, and its vicinity, Before the owners of palm trees had to i 54 heavy and ili-adjusted to the part they tranquillity and srt and the y, thi tree Ie nod tt thirty bree centimes (6 yc.) & Under f people come all ot which the Mozabites, (wtalligant tradera have nearly @ mongpoly. The people of Soul bring their dates, which are so renowned, haiks and stuffs from Tunis, which they, —— for grain, The ChOambas trade in hats, fang, gazelle horns, and return with wheat and oats for their own use. The colonists also do an ex- cellent One of the principal merchants of Biskra, M. Sardon, who isa member of the Society of Commercial Geography, settled only four years in the country, who keeps important grocefy and liquor establishment, does at present a business of from 20,0006 to 300,000f a year. It is true this mer- chant is gifted with an initiative which is very un- common, He has established a store at Touggourt which is Dow in a very prosperous condition, and he intends to establish one at Oued very soon. He con- siders the object of M. expedition as emi- nently “practical” for ment of the indus- trial and commercial conditio: Algeria, and he de- clared to us that he would have no hesitation im estab- lishing, at a later period, a store at Rhadamés, whea the road should be opened up and entirely safe. What do the “serious” members of the Chamber of Com- merce of Marseilles—where M. Sardon makes the greater portion of his purchases—think of thi If I have devoted so much space to these details it is because, since | arrived in the province of Constantine, all the colonists say ta me that they notice with pain that people in France do not seem to be aware of the importance of Algeria—this colony, which is larger than the mother country—and of the resources that can be drawn from it, With regard to the preseft condi- tion of this gate of the desert, whith is called Biskra, the importance of the results to be attained will be ap» Preciated. ‘The manners of the natives here commence to differ from those of the Arabs of the coast. Many tribes have preserved customs which are stamped with a cer- tain degree of savagery. Tho following is an in- stance ;—in taking a walk around the canis | approached @ very numerous ENCAMPMENT OF NOMADS. All the women of the tribe formed an immense circle and turned around together, stepping in cadence; they moved their arms to the same measure, and their were raised to the face, without my being able to find out with what object. Next I saw, near to the centre of this ring, another circle composed of male Arabs, who went through the same pantomimic ges- tures. Both men and women uttered guttural cries in chorus, a sort of ‘‘ah! ah! ab! an!’? which is absolutely at variance with all musical utterances. In the very eof the circle a frightfully ugly old woman ac- ompanied the cries and motions by tapping with her arms on a species of tomtom, It was enough to make the professors of all the conservatories shudder, and drive all the accompanists of all styles ot music, past, present and future, out of their senses, 1 was still asking myself what’ all this grotesque ceremony could signify, when suddenly the cries became hurried and breathless, All these Denes were a prey toa paroxysm bordering on frenzy. ‘The ring of men ap- proached the old woman with the tambourine. The comedy was turned into a drama, and there all gave themselves up to a kind of demoniac frenzy, scraping ‘the skin of their foreheads and cheeks with their nails and then tearing it offin small Figg Seeing in all this only an instance of furious folly, I was consider- ing the proposition whether I ought to let one of the irrigating canals of the El Oued loose upon them to damp their sapguinary ardor, when it was explained to me that all this was intended as a mark of sorrow for the recent death of a nephew of the Caid, and that it is the “custom” in certain tribes to practise such **con- dolences.’’ I also learned that the deceased was only a mediocre individual, who died trom the effects of debauchery, including drink; that these marks of sor- row were only feigned, and that the blood drawn-was only “retributive” in proportion to the number and the quality of the scratches. Fanaticism and fatalism, ignorance, laziness and cupidity—these, unfortunately, are the evils which retard the progress of civilization among the Arabs, and will continue to do so for many ears to come, How far, are they not, beneath the erbers, whose social institations, or rather the spirit in te they are conceived, approach so closely our own Another instance of native manners can be cited. It is now a question of another tribe, one that is well known through all Algeria. ‘I will speak of the nom daughters of the Oulad Nail, who at Biskra, as in all other localities of the South, live by selling themselves. ‘This is \n accordance with custom, Curious morality, it will be said, butit ts one that does not prevent these girls with bronzed complexions from being abie to get married, after some years of dancing and such life, under the ordinary conditions of native women, and even to the notabies of their tribe, to whom they bring as a dower all ornaments they havo collected during their adventurous youth, The money which these girls acquire is entirely devoted to purchase of orna- ments--monumental earrings or silver rings as large as bracelets, which they hang from their ears, which are pierced with several holes and ‘which have also to support the weight of a certain number of pieces of coral, rudely encased ig silver mountings; heavy rings of silver around their and arms and on the chest— a whole collection of chains and ornaments, all in ver. The richer of these courtesans of the Sahara push their coquetry to the length of encasing their faces in a falling diadem, com) for lack of pearls, of gold coins, such as louis and sequins, and of covering their bodies with an enormous cutrass of cut silver. It is thus the daughters of the Oulad Nail dance throughout the whole of Algeria, trom the Mediterranean to the t. desert Before leaving Biskra I should tell you of the estate of M. Landon, situated a steps from a negro village which li he gates of the town, It is the great attracti tourists who come to visit the oasis, Imagine a garden as large as that of the Palais Royal at Paris, in wnich are to be found the most beautiful kinds of African and exotic flowers, and whose fine sanded and bordered alleys twine into sinuous con- tours through the thick foliage, impenetrable to the ardent rays of the sun—bam! a8, SUZAT Canes, acacias and palm trees. This example of the force of veyetation accomplished in the Sahara, where nothing but palm trees grew before, charms and ,ravishes the “Observer. What millions are buried in this handful of sand! Iti victorious defiance flung to the arid erility of the Sahara, to the scorching, naked desert, ‘To a passion for plantation M. Landon joins devotion to the fine arts. In this immense enclosure, in the open air, one finds atevery step marabouts in minia- ture, which serve as arbors, workshops and even as Moorish baths. M. Landon is a young man, who is immensely rich, and who spends his income in coloniz- ing a little everywhere, It has created similar marvels in Syria and even in Senegal. At the present writing he is im Philippeville, where ho is engaged in pushing other such work between that city and Stora’ These are Lag ep and generous pleasures, for M. Landon places at the disposition of all the grain raised on his estates. AT TOUGGOURT. Tovecourt, Dee. 3, 1876. We left Biskra on the afternoon of November 23. Several of our new friends accompanied us a distance of some kilometres beyond the oasis, and left us after many hearty wishes forour safe return, We also bade adieu to one of our own party, the young brother of M. Say, who was recalled to France by a de- spatch from his family, There are only four of us, then, who will go to Rhadamés, ani beyond there, should a longer journey be deemed of greater utility to the object of the enterprise—our chief, the explorer, ‘M. Largeau, the naval ensign, M. Louis Say, M. Faucheur and myself, We have camels and mules for our baggage and ourselves. Besides our muleteers and camel drivers, all from Biskra, we take along with us three servants who will remat with us, and whose modest functions will consist simply in unloading our camels each evening and in cooking. They are all three natives of El Oued, the capital of the Souf. It is necessary I should present te you the most im- portant of these three servants, young Soufl Mohammed Ali ben Embarek, or, more simply, Ali. He is a young fellow of ebony tint, very careful of his person and who does not fear competition in the cook- ing of *kous-kous’’ or the more simple preparation of “kaoua”’ (coffee), Besides, he speaks French and will act as interpreter, He is in command of his assistants, the young Souafa Abd-Allah and Amar, and throws the greater part of the work on them, for I must ad- mit that All is lazy—very lazy even; but he is devoted, In short, the best recommendation he could have with us is his having already accompanied M. Largeau last year to Rhadamés. For us that suffices. What a change there is in our dress! Who would recognize us to-day in the costume which the climate has imposed oh us? We are Arabs from hesd to foot Our heads are completely shaven, leaving not the ‘smallest tuft of bair, and protected from sunstroke by three “chachias’’ placed on top, enveloped in a turban five yards long, which, after having gone round the head several times, is yet suflicient to protect the shoulders and apart of the face. Over an undergar- ment of flannel we wear the vest, outside waistcoat and drawers of the Arabs, the whole covered by a gandoura (a sort of large shirt without sleeves) hang- ing down half the length of our bodies, soft boots of red leather, which are tacked for want of soles into strong slippers of yellow leather, of which we are bound to consume a large amount before our return to our starting point. Around the turban is coiled some dozens of yards of camel's hair cord, and over all this ‘we wear two immense ‘‘burnous” (a kind of hooded cloak), the hoods of which pall down over our eyes when the sun glares. Tho burnous serve during the night for blankets, as well to preserve us from the told and prevent the too close approaches of the scorpions the famous horned vipers, of which I hope to bring back some specimens to gratify the curiosity of amateurs. We are armed with excellent military rifles—Martinis, Winchesters and Remingtons—and Lefaucheux revolv- ers, caliore twelve. M. Largeau has armed our servants with fowling pieces. All, to whom @ ible barrelled gun has been given, is using it at each {instant I am afratd that before long we shall be obliged to do our own cooking. We march along, following the slight track of the caravans, Beyond Biskra thero are no telegraphs, no military posts, no roads. From Batra to Biskra a single telegraph wire follows the road, traversing the mountains and stretching across precipices The majority of the Arabs understand nothing about the instantaneous transmission of thought by means of electricity, and imagine the telegraph to be a series of Little bells which move the wire Our caravan is also and near the bordj the things were Itis believed throuch the country that whoever takes a false oath on the tomb of the saint is bound to die a violent death, or, at least, be the victim of an ac- cident during the course of the year, Ali, not having the time to go as far as Sdada, ‘proposed 'to the sup- posed thieves to ro by our Separeare for the pur- pose of going with him to the bordj of Taierrasnou, where they could take the required oath by simply turning in the direction of the venerated tomb. The cbaouch was to be the official witness of the oath. We arrived at thajbordj during the night, too late te allow of the accuser or the accused ing the oath. Tho next day at sunrise, with his face turned in the direction of Saada, there was our Ali, having changed his mind, putting the accused im the position to swear themselves. The latter swore without hesitation that . Largeau demanded of promise, the ne- 9 answered: —'‘But, M’siou Largeau, I am going on jong journey (voyage ), and if mistortane betalls me on the road it will be said I swore falsely.” Moral— ‘The thieves or supposed thieves kept ion of the clothes, and we came to the conclusion that Ali, in fact, was not quite certain that the clothes were his, We resumed our journey UNDER A CLOUDED SKY and the weather being cold. Some hours later we halted at the springs of Safer, where we were obliged to open some umbrellas, intended as presents for some to protect ourselves from the rain. This ingular beginning for an expedition into We traversed undulating plains where the only veg- etation produced was brushwood interspersed with tamarands and chiches, around the feet of which the sand acoumulated in little hillocks of about one yard in height. In the afternoon we reached the limit ot this gloomy, naked country which is called the Little Desert of Morrap, and we stopped at the bordj of Cheg; ‘These bordjes are the most part uninhabited, which are placed distances from Biskra to Touggourt to give shelter, there being no villages, to the few travellers or soldie! who occasionally traverse this solitary country. They are composed invariably of a large rectangular court- yard, built en pisé, the walls loopholed and bastioned at the two extremities by a diagonal. The animals are quartered in the courtyard and the men in the little bas- ons, the roots of which in general are broken. There 1s no door. Whoever passes goes in, and it is very sel- dom that all the space is occupied. When in an oasis they are always situated on a height, and in such a way as in case of revolt a handfull of determined men could hold the whole population of a village in check, The more important ones are occupied by two spahis (Franco-Arab cavalry), who in turn act as couriers be- tween Touggourt and Biekra, In the bordj of Chegga we found three big lazy chaouches (native horsemen), who preierred to pasa their time sitting on their haunches rather than in try- ing to utilize the water which flows in abundance from three artesian wells, which might offer them some in- ducements to try a little cultivation. On the morning of the 25th we were awakened by the prolude toa vocal and instrumental concert, the harmony of which rather disagreeably tickled our ears. 1t was Ali who was singing, Abd-Allah and Amar aecompany- ing him with a rudely made flute and a tomtom—the latter instrument being represented by the bottom of @ can, battered by the jolting of our beasts of burden. He sang:—“‘I love thee, oh, daughter of the air; thine image follows me where’er 1 go. For thee I went down into a deep well, of which the pulleys were bad and the Topes were rotte! led in vain for succor in my misery from the best workmen to be found in the house. Ob, 1 love thee in thy natural beauty— with a simple ring to adorn thy hand’? And as. the proud girl passed y sl heard the song of tho lover. ‘Tell him that if he does not let me alone I will complain to the Hakem. He went down too low beneath the window of my chamber; a march of thirty paces would put him out ofbreath.’”? The moral of this song, translated in all ite simplicity, would be, then, that it is bad policy to humiliate yourself before the woman that you love it ee wish to gain her love. It is true the Arabs seldom amiliate themselves before the women, and that they treat them more like beasts of burden than as com- anions of the tireside. The fairer half of human kind ere carries the heaviest burdens, while its master goes before, nobly draped in his burnous, or, better still, snugly mounted, C,theil, at We breakfasted at the wells of resent four in number, and dug inthe dried bed of the one whose name they bear, Some nomads had gone down into these wells and passed up the wi to give their numerous flocks of sheep and goats to drink. We were obliged to quench our thirst after them in the muddy water which they condescended to leave for us. In the background of the landscape I perceived sev- eral pyramids of stones placed in juxtaposition. A camel driver informed me that these rude monuments cover THE REMAINS OF A NEZZLA (fraction ofa tribe) which bad been ee amas and mas- sacred entirely by another tribe. ind us, to the north, is always visible the mass of the Aurés Moun- tains in all their grandiose majesty. We traversed tae forest of Saada, Do not let title of forest which is applied to this district lead you to that we were able for one instant to get into the The forest nce forest it is called, is only a succession. of little bs, growing thinly, which scarcely reach the height ofa man. Suddenly the scene changes and our gaze is attracted by a landscape worthy the pencil ofanartist, Atour feet the | epee brusquely inter- rupted, and cat like the top of a terrace, enables us to see the western extremity of that vast salt the Chott el Mir, The magnesia which convers the bot- tom of the Chott produces with the sun’s rays a con- tinual mirage fancy we see an immense gulf at the bottom of the marsh, with its curves and its reefs. Ata certain distance some islets are perceived coming out from the shades, and in the distances the indistinct and vaporous background of the sea What a picture for a marine painter. Wecamped on the very border of the Chott at the well of Koudiat ad Dor, the name of which recalls a legend. tt 18 said that Sidi Okla, the propagator of Islamism in the eastern part of Algeria, arriving on the border of the Chott el Mir, believed he saw avast sea before him, and thatjalthough tired of the desolate solitudes he had just traversed, he-retired before the apparent obstacle presented by this faise sea—from which the name of Koudiat ed Dor—turn bridle mountain. The sun diappeared and with itthe mirage. Wehave only in front of us a white, arid flat, bare and without horizon. The fresh thickets of the isles, the bends and the reefs, were only slender brushwood. The disen- chantment is all the greater trom the illusion havii deen complete. The neighborhood is withal sad stay pa hdr 1 is the climate unhealthy. summer a short the most dangerous fevers. The water of the impregnated with magnesia and is undrinkable. More than that, the bordj is eager ager the only room it contains, and 1s over! is too small to contain the four of us. The only interesting thing in the whole place is the courtyard and al- an inscription cat on the wall ready half effaced, which recalis the scientific expedi- tion to the Chott undertaken by Captain Boudaire. We followed the example of the Arabs and slept on the sand sn y 900 up in our bornous. The following morn- ing (26th) eau called us at dawn to let us seo the effects of the mirage when the sun was rising. We saw, in fact, rise up from the dried up basin of the Chott an immense volume of clear water, upon which insensibly grew up, according as the rays of the sun rose higher, little islets of verdure which seemed at times to glide over the surface of the waves. We were now in that long depression which stretches: from north to south as far as the other side of Touggourt, and which is called the Vued-Zhir. Bebind us rose the last peaks of the Aurés Mountains, We could with great difficulty see the shoulder of the bluif of Sta, whence for the first time we caught sight of the desert, LAUGHING AWAY PAIN, A variety entertainment was given last evening at the Charity Hospital on Blackwell's Island for’ the amusement ofthe patients) The affair was managed by Dr. D. H. Kitchen, chief of staff, and the programme interpreted afforded great fun to oh spectators. These concerts are doing a great deal of mental and physical good to the immates of the hospital. % A BALLET GIRL IN FLAMES. [From the Rochester Union, Feb. 1.] Last evening an accident occurred at the house that fortunately was not attended with any serious results, although it created for a short time considerable ex- citement among the audience. The play that waa Miss Bettie Remmels- burg. Toward the close of the second actthe first ball known in the programme the somewhat prevehiloss wy “Le “Sardis des era." occurs, The entire length of the stage is requit for this per- formance, and the first to appear were the coryphees. After pirouctting afew times th itiviaed te ted sides to make room for the secundos, who also ex- ecuted afew movements, when Miss Bettie Remmeis- burg bounded SS on the stage and commenced whirling bn A down toward the footlights, where she have ended with a sudden Py instead of which, becoming dizzy, she fellon ber knees immediat over the footlights. For a mo- : — would pitch head- vat @ saved by Selah hold of eae nts that po the edge stage, re she could recover her fi the flames from the gas burner touched the light, veey. tarletan dress, and almost in a second she was on fire. At this moment the excitement became intense, the ballet girls on the stage set up a series of piercing screams that would have made the fortunes ofa of Sioux. M. Kiralty, the man: , Who was sitting one of the boxes, in an ins leaped on the Assistance also came from the sides, but before any them could reach the burning woman bad extin- guished the flames by rubbing her skirts in both bands, A tomowhat awkward — occurred for amoment, when Miss Bettie nodded to the orchestra and, with & ‘bow to the audience, recommenced her dance. "A der of applause greeted this act, showing cited audience appreciated the danseuse’s nerve and pluck. ‘Although the oa a1 H FE authorized to state that Miss Remmolsburg will appear as usual this evoning, when no doubt she will take good care not to annraach too near the