Show is ia continually overturning and fenc demolishing old and adopted theories con berning thia the age of the earth its interior interi oi structure etc cie now tablets havo have boon been discovered di cor ored that go to prove th ehlt it columbus was not the real discoverer of america but that thai it was discovered five are centuries christ by bya st Si donion fleet the scientific ameri can pays aya that fit at st a meeting of the mexican geographical society mr bliss stated that thai tomo soma brass tablets bad lately been discovered in the northern piert of brazil and not nol far from the tha coast which careful examination had bad were covered rhene plume clan inscriptions telling of the discovery of america five centuries before christ the tbt tablets had been acquired by the museum ol of rio janeiro with whose director be was personally acquainted an ani and i the connection of this ibis gentleman with ith the discovery of the tablets was in itself a iua guarantee rantee of the correctness ness of nf the report aport the inscriptions so far its as yet deciphered relate that from a port on the red sea it a Sido fleet beet sailed and following the tha east coast of africa doubled the cape thence following the african west coast probably with the southeast trade winds of sout southern bern lati latitude until the north ast trades trade preventing further progress northward Dorl hward forced the prows of the vessels neross across the broad atlantic at tiny any rate according to clr blis bli s the tablets record the fact of the Phone cian finet having reached the americas Amerie as five centuries before christ at some point now known as north ern era brazil br azil that the tablets give the number of vessels the number of the crews the name of sidon as their home and indeed other various slid and interesting particulars particular i bliss has promised when he acquires further farther particulars to enlighten ea the society the potatoes potatoe rot has made its appearance in portions port ioni of california THE narrow gauge railway ernins in colorado rad anake forty miles an hour on extra occasions ca tue THE survivors of the tha mexican wair are to have bave a celebration in new york at which maryland pennsylvania find and the district Dittri ct of f columbia will be represented SENATOR of oregon notwithstanding the fact of having lived under an assumed name for several years to cover up youthful in discretions has been again endorsed by the R publican state Coa convention venion of the webfoot n notion THE congressional Dire directory cory of last congress slows that of senators only 87 were college graduates this shows that college learned men either adire to something higher orel or alte sell going through college dont amount to much after all T ix Is 1870 1670 the population popa lalon of texas we was this year it is estimated at and rapidly increasing ienir the railroad facilities laci lilies combined with the ibo ys tem tam of foreign agencies agon cirs which direct and locate emigrants on lands land will soon oon fill the lone star stata stall vilh ith in an industrious people FOLLOWING are the names of the bodocs who are to be turned over to the tha authorities of aragon for trial the names are enough to hang bang them hobka jim curley doctor long jim little rip schon chins brother wild girls man wild girls brother billy little jim curly pleaded doctors brother long jims father big tall big haills boy THE sisters of christian charity charily a religious order has been banished buni shed in germany by to an edict of cf prince bismarck and they have concluded tj ti settle in ia the tha united states the founder of the order has selected Wilkes barre wyoming valley pennsylvania as future home of theta religious ioui women and five acres have been purchased as tho the sita upon which to li erect a convent Is I 1 place of declining the th methodist da nomination is on the in creao according to the president of the iha wesleyan Wei We leyan Aloyan conference at londyn london there lire fire fourteen in million illions of English speaking people the views T of john webley in chri united states canada australia and the british colonies and between four millions in grout great britain which shows bows that thai the iho are a pretty lively bo andy ay iy for one in a decline TRE united states stales steamer learner tuscarora Turc arora has left son san F francisco ran cisco on the special berv ice euf vf surveying a route for ft marino cable from the wit coust caust of the iho united states to china and japan the survey bill commence from some port in the vicinity of puget sound bound from that place the tuscarora Tuc arorA will trill proceed to the aleutian islands and it is expected she will reach the island or of ataka a it Is ptole able that not much will be made in the survey this season tn r herald says that silt sail lake city is by a rang gang of counterfeiters counterfeit ers road agena zad md cut throats generally and further remarks that ell 11 beoh are perfectly safe lafe from and nd punishment there tbt reveals a coolis state stale of in that city and something som elbing that is rather disagree disagreeable abla to confess confes perhaps the iho authorities there could help matters a little by letting up on saloon men and the sporting fraternity and applying some of their energetic vigilance to fsr ar out cut the thieves and murderers and tham to 1 |