Show r tim secret TREASURE TRE tiie tile the tl following interesting story is ii related by taver tavernier nier nien in his travels I 1 shah abbas the first king of persia being one day hunting huntin and having wand wandered ercil from his attendants atten attendants gants tants found a young shepherd playing on a pipe the king spoke to him and after some coni was so struck with his solid understanding that he committed him to the care of teachers to be properly educated the shepherd made suc sue such sueh K wonderful progress that he excited the admiration odthe of the court and of his patron who gave him the name ed ali alt beg together with the office of naza nazar or of the ane household the k king ing sent him twice as ambassador to the great mogul and was much pleased with his negotiations for lie he had the firmness to resist bribes a thing very uncommon among the persians the favor lie he enjoyed raised him up a host of enemies but none would venture to speak to the n aho had so high an opinion of his ills fidelity after the death of the king however the enemies of mohamed endeavored to effect his ruin with sahah tenn the successor who being a young man was more easily persuaded they represented to the king that as mohamed had built at his own expense several car avan and a magnificent palace lie he could not have done so without employing some of the public money the king anxious to ascertain the truth of the accusation ordered mohamed to settle his accounts within fifteen fit teen days but this faithful begged his majesty to come the next da day to the treasury where the king found ever every y thing in perfect order Then thence celie celle he proceeded to house where lie he was surprised to find every room furnished in the plainest style and could not help expressing ills his admiration at the humility he had shown in so elevated a station one of the slaves observing a door fastened with three niree padlocks informed informed in the king he overlooked it his majesty asked mohamed what treasure was concealed in that thit room which was so carefully shut mohamed replied that the whole of ills his property was contained there and every thing else belonged to his majesty he then threw open the door of the room in which nothing appeared but his crook wallet walle t the goats skin which he usel used to fill with water his pipe and his shepherds dress all suspended from the wall the nazar seeing the kings astonishment related to nim him the ther history of his good fortune and in what manner he had been brought to court by order of shah abbas begging his majesty if his services were n no 0 ronger longer e r required to allow him to cretu return rn to T his ils original occupation cu the kimg king was so struck with his virtue that he took off his own dress and gave it to the nazar which is the greatest honor a king of persia confers on a subject mohamed continued in his office notwithstanding the efforts of his enemies and died in that employment THE CRATER OF MOUNT barer BAKER collapsing says sa the brit british is h colonist Cb lonist in our notice of the recent earthquake we alluded to the fact of the summit of the volcano having undergone change of late years occasioned as most suppose from a large portion of the mountain havin having descended into the crater the north pacific times of wednesday says I 1 capt irving informs us that the top of mount baker probably upwards of a mile in width has entirely collapsed within the past week on his last trip a change was wag perceptible in the appearance of the mountain but the atmosphere was at that time too thick to render accurate observation possible in incoming coming down the rl river ver yesterday however the weather being f nine fine ine lne and clear the extent odthe alteration was plainly visible it would be difficult to estimate the enormous mass of matter thus displaced but if measured by tons it must amount to thousands of or millions how far or if in any way this fall was connected with the recent earthquake are questions we gladly leave to scientific men to discuss according to the columbian about 1000 feet of the main peak have thus disappeared leaving a large flat surface on the top THE earthquake AT VICTORIA VAN ISLAND AND NEW westminster according to accounts of the tho earthquake experienced at victoria on tho the of october the oscillation of the earth was from west to cast and lasted about 15 seconds people inthe city eity were greatly terrified by the thock shock which was far more alarming than any ever felt here before achim A chimney top belonging to a house on johnson street was dashed to the ground by the violence of the movement in many cases the i inhabitants of houses brick ones especially hurried out to the street in their night clothes so great was the apprehension of 0 f danger dan ger tile the same earthquake appears also to have visited new westminster the times there say A very distinct shock of earthquake was felt in most parts of this city on saturday morning last the time of its event corresponds exactly y with that of the heavier shack felt in victoria proving rovin the existence of an uncomfortable ark aru species of subterranean teil tell telegraph graph between the two colonies the shock appeared to have havo terminated here no motion having been beell felt in the higher river towns A LAKE latr TA bior TROUT tho the virginia city enterprise says we yesterday saw at the fulton bulto market a trout from lake nahoe tahoe which weighed 30 pounds it was waa a perfect leviathan and rejoiced in two rows of teeth as formidable as those of an alligator such a fish would have frightened old czank walton out of his wits it was wa s the largest trout we remember to have seen from any ny of our mountain lakes he looks as though when enraged lie he might have caused tahoe to slop over WHERE tun TUB DAY cna CHA CHANGES scientific american EDITORS I 1 would regard it as a favor if you will give me yo your ur opinion on the foll following owin 1 9 question supposing aman in a balloon above new york city asks a man in that cit city elty I 1 IV what pat time is it his reply I 1 1 I 11 is noon august supposing the ballo bailo balloon orf not to revolve revolve with the earth where is the man that would tell him it was august ad salem ohio august au gust 5 E W when it is noon august ut in new york it is is 11 ocar ck of the same day at a point 15 degre is s west of new york and 1 of the same day at a meridian 15 degrees east of new york on meridian 90 goo west lk it 46 6 A amand mand on the mer meridian ithan 90 east cast it is 6 P 21 of the same day at the antipodes it is midnight and if we st go round east degrees we should expect to find it midnight at the end of august while if we should go round west to the same point we should expect to find it midnight at the beginning of august 24 hours difference in time A minute afterwards a person coming round by the east would commence the day of august ad while one coming by the west would commence the day of august when the emigrants from the centre of civilization in western europe moved east cast and west they carried their calendar with them in both directions to the pacific ocean A few years ago we saw the statement in the letter of some trav ler ier er that the e change ge in the e date dato a e takes es place I 1 c near the weste western shore of the pacific cl c not far fro from the eastern edge of asia asla sia sla the he writer said that there were two islands not fifty miles apart which always have different days of the month and of the week it is monday in the isle on the same day that it is sunday in the island situated further east COTTON IN TAHITI A correspondent of the san francisco bulletin has the following on this subject cotton has been grown on the society society islands for a number of years but a although known to be of a s superior u lor quality te rz t little or no attention has been e paid to ake the raising of it as an article of export since however the present war in the united states has in a great measure cut off the supply to france the protectorate government of the islands has been authorized to onier offer a large bounty foran for an extended production of this plant A wealthy english com eom company m an y being in informed as to the sulta suitableness be ss of the soil and clini climate ate ato of tahiti forthe for the growth of a superior staple of cotton has already bought a tract of land of several thousand acres and has all ail the necessary machinery on the spot and ome some three hu hundred n dr e d acres acrea cleared and planted the crop was looking fine when the schooner eliza ca captain bi tain clark dark left jern the island last october er a year ago caplain george dexter planted an acre of cotton as an experiment and although he obtained but a partial stand of plants plan ts owing to the ignorance of his native help lie he still gathered twelve elve eive hundred pounds seed and all which he readily sold on the spot for twenty cents per pound equal to seventy cents a pound when ginned the plants are now in their second years growth and are literally breaking y down with the vve ave weight 9 lit of the bolls so that a crop of at least 2400 pounds may be expected which will erin bring in iso one great advantage to the rl tahitian cotton grower is that the crop does not mature as it does with us almo stat once thus rendering ren rendering derin its prompt prompt gathering absolutely feces necessary Z in his case there is a long interval to toga gathe therin rin i as the top bolls are yet green while the lo 10 lower lowen r ones are bursting out samples c of tahitian vahl tahitian tian cotton sent to manchester cl iester cilester E JEn gland giand were pronounced fully equal to the tile best upland in fineness and aid of a longer staple a neat neah near approach to to the sea island cotton of carolinda Car olinia and georgia A largo proportion of the lands on tahiti is suitable to the growth of cotton I 1 and can be had from 6 to 10 per acre title perfect the labor is native i being furbish furbished ed from the island of man j gea the best indeed almost the only native labor to be had the wages paid i M hangea angea men 1 is s from 8 to 10 per month themen the men supplying the their irown own food the only enemy to the cotton plant as yet seen is a small smail worm about an inch long black and green in color this worm has not as yet been notably dei tive to any person or compan company seeking cotton lands the writer wom would recommend tahiti where security to life and property is perfect where lands and labor are cheap and where the ell cli 1 mate is not excelled in the world tal tai ta 1 l hiti will be found much superior in all ail alli alii respects to Maz atlan and its neighbor hood as a cotton field for american anil and other cultivators 4 I 1 |