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Grange Advance.
U. H. YOUNG, EDITOR & FROFR1KTOR.
REDWING. MINNESOTA
SUMMARY OF THE GENERAL NEWS.
ltuaala Declare* War.
The Omar's manifesto to the people and
the army was promulgated on the 24th the
following is its text: Our faithful and be
loved Bubjecte know the strong interest we
have constantly felt in the destinies of the op
pressed Christian population of Turkey. Our
desire to ameliorate and assuage their let has
been shared by the whole Nation, which now
shows itself ready to bear fresh sacrifices to
alleviate the position of the Christians in the
Balkan peninsular. The blood and property
of our faithful subjects have always been dear
to us, and our whole reign attests our-constant
solicitude to preserve to Russia the benefits of
peace. This solicitude never failed to actuate
ns during the deplorable events in
Herzegovina, Bosuia and Bulgaria.
Our object before all was to effect the amelior
vation in the position of the Christains in the
East by means of pacific negotiations, and in
concert with the great European powers, our
allies and friend*, for two years we have made
incessant efforts to induce the Porte to effect
such reform* as ould protect the Christians
in Bosuia, Herzegovina and Bulgaria from the
arbitrary measure of local authority. The
accomplishment of the reforms was absolutely
stipulated by anterior engagements contracted
by the Porte to the whole of Europe. Our
efforts, supported by diplomatic representa
tions, made in common with the other govern
ments, have not, however, attained their object.
The Porte has remained unshaken in its for
mal refusal of any effective guaranty for the
security of its Christian subjects, and has re
jected the conclusions of the Constantinople
conference. Wishing to essay every possible
means of conciliation in order to persuade the
Porte, we proposed to the other cabinets to
draw up a special protocol comprising the
most essential conditions of the Constantinople
conference and to invite the Turkish govern
ment to adhere to this international act which
states the extreme limit of our peaceful de
mands but our expectation was not fulfilled
the Porte did not defer to this unanimous wish
of the Christians of Europe and did not adhere
to the provisions of the protocol. Having ex
hausted pacific efforts, Ave are compelled by
the haughty obstinacy of the Porte to
proceed to more decisive acts, feeling that
our equity and our own dignity enjoin it.
By her refusal Turkey places us under the ne
cessity of having recourse to arms. Profoundly
convinced of the justice of our cause, and
humbly committing ourselves to the grace
and help of the Most High, we make known
to our faithful subjects that the moment for
seen, when we pronounce the words to which
all Russia responds with complete unanimity,
has now arrived. We expressed the intention
to act independently when we deemed it nec
essary and when Russia's honor should de
mand it. I now, invoking the blessing of God
upon our valiant armies, give them the order
to cross the Turkish frontier.
[Signed] ALEXANDER.
Givon at Ki6cheneff this 13th day of April,
(O. S.), in the year of Grace 1877, and in the
2od year of our reign.
A Vienna telegram of the 24th sajs: The
Russian advance guard, which commenced
crossing the Pruth—at sunrise to-day, num
bers 50,')00 men—half cavalry and half infan
try. They are taking the direction of Golotz.
Five other divisions, with 40 cannon, are sta
tioned at Kubei. They will advance so as to
reach the Danube at Ismael, Kilia and Veloff.
Packar Retires.
Packard in retiring from the contest in
Louisiana wrote a letter bitterly reviewing the
course pursued by the general government
and concluding as follows: Had the General
Assembly continued in session in the State
House I should have deemed it my duty to
have asserted and defended the government to
the last, notwithstanding the withdrawal of
the troopB, but with the Legislature disin
tegrated and no prospect of present success, I
cannot task your tried fidelity by asking you
to longer continue to aid me in the struggle I
have thus farmaintained. I therefore announce
to you that I am compelled to abstain for the
present from all active assertion of my gov
ernment. I waive none of my legal rights
but yield only to superior forces. I am dis
couraged by the fact that one by one the
republican State governments of the South
havebeen forced to succumb to force or fraud
or policy. Louisiana, the first State re
habilitated after the war is the last State
whose government thus falls and I believe it
will be among the first to uprise itself again to
lie place of equal and honest representation.
I advise that you maintain your party organi
zation and continue to battle for the rights
of citizenship and free government. We
strive for these and not for man or men.
it grieves me beyond expression that the
heroic efforts you have made and the cruel
sufferings you have undergone to maintain
Republican principles in Louisiana have had
this bitter ending. To those who have so gal
lantly stood by me in the long contest we have
passed through I tender my heartfelt thanks
and to all couscl peace, patience, fortitude and
a firm trust that eventually right and justice
will prevail.
B*port a he LonlKlann CommlXRlon.
The Louisiana Committee has submitted
a report to the President announcing the ter
mination of their labors. The following is the
salient point made: As matters siood on our
arrival here, the legal title of the respective
claimants to the office of Governor depended
upon the question we have stated. There was
no judicial tribunal acknowledged to be au
thoritative byjboth parties.by which it could be
fcolvcd. For reasons already given, the only
hope of a practical solution was by a union of
so many members of the rival Legislatures as
would make a Legislature with a constitution
al quorum in both Senate and House, of mem
bers whose title to scats is valid under either
•view of the law. With a Legislature of undis
puted authority, the settlement of other ques
tions could, as stated in the letter of instruc
tion to oui Commission from the Secretary of
Stat«» b* gradually worked out by the preva-
lent authority which the Legislative power,
when undisputed, is quite competent to ex
ert in composing conflicts in the co-ordinate
branches of the government. Within the last
three days this first great stop iu restoring
peace to the State has been accomplished, in
consequence of the withdrawal of members
from the Packard to the Nicholls Legislature.
The latter body has eighty-seven returning
board members in the House, and thirty-two
returning-board members in the Senate. Six
ty-one members constitute a constitutional
quorum in the House, and nineteen in the Sen
ate.
The War In the Kast.
Safuet Pasha, in reply to the manifesto
of the Czar, has sent a long circular dispatch
to the great powers. It protests against the
declaration of war, pointing out the efforts of
Turkey to improve the position of the Christ
ians and satisfy the demands of the powers.
In the absence, therefore, of any provocation
on the part of Turkey, Safuet Pasha declares
the Porte is at a loss to understand Russia's
attack, and consequently appeals to the treaty
of Paris and the mediation of the guaranteeing
powers. In the Chamber of Deputies, at Con
stantinople, several Christian members pro
tested against Russia's assertion that she de
clared war for the protection of the Christiane
in Turkey. They declared they did not desirs
the protection of Russia. The Christians
were ready to take part in the defense of the
country. The Russian imperial family have
given forty million roubles from their private
purse for the expenses of war. A Berlin dis
patch reports that the powers will probably
make no other attempt at mediation until one
or two severe engagements have been fought
on the Danube. It is certain that Germany
will take a more active part than heretofore in
any new negotiations.
Verdict in tlie Southern Hote 1?natter.
The Coronor's jury did not discover how
the fire in the Southern Hotel at St. Louis
originated, but they find as follows: The fire
department and salvage corps did their duty
with efficacy and promptness, as also did the
police. Both the lessees of the hotel, in our
opinion, are censurable in several particulars:
First, while providing the necessary materials
for extinguishing fires, they had provided no
means for their use second, in keeping in the
store room and wine cellar a large amount of
inflamable material without adequate watch
ing third in removing from their office the
gong necessary to alarm the inmates of the
hotel in case of fire fourth, in employing only
one watchman, and he a very inefficient man,
and supplementing his duties as such with
other matters filth, in lack ol rules and in
structions to their employes as to their con
duct and duties in case of fire sixth, in their
making no efficient efforts on the night of the
fire to awaken their guests and employes.
Report of the Indian Commissioners.
The eighth annual report of the Board
of Indian Commissioners is made public. The
report reviews what has been done under the
peace system, and deprecates the want cf good
faith of the government in its treatment of the
Indians. It concludes with the following rec
ommendations: Immediate compliance on
the part of the government with the terms of
existing treaties with all Indians appropria
tions for consolidating agencies generous ap
propriations for educational purposes discon
tinuance of tribal relations extcntion of the
law for the protection of life and property
allotments of land establishment of industrial
and agricultural boarding schools compelling
the attendance of all between seven and eigh
teen years of age issue of supplies to be made
to the heads of families increased salaries to
Indian agents.
ED gland and Austria Mixing In.
The Liverpool Courier's London corres
pondent telegraphs that the British govern
ment has resolved to interfere between Russia
and Turkey. I have the highest authority
for stating that Her Majesty's government has
just been called upon by Austria to fulfil her
engagement under the tripartite treaty of 1856
for protecting the integrity of the Ottoman
empire, and that a decision has been come to
at a Cabinet meeting. The Cabinet resolved
as a first step, to make a formal request to the
Russian government to state the object of
military operations now being undertaken
against the Ottoman government and define
the extent to which it is proposed to carry
those operations. The correspondent also
learns that the Austrian government will ad
dress an inquiry of the same purport to Rus
sia.
The W at Englan has Received.
The following statement of the Bureau
of Statistics shows the imports of wheat into
the United Kingdom during the fifteen mouths
ending March 21st, 1877: From the United
States, hundredweight,24,299,162 from Rus
sia, 10,112,444 from British India, 5,986,200
from Germany, 2,928,013 from France, 571,867
from Egypt, 2,452,070 from Turkey, Wallachia
and Moldavia, 1,441,183 from British North
America, 2,482,059 from Chili, 994,619 from
other countries, 3,683,691. Total, 52,956,358 or
nearly one hundred million bushels, of the
value of £28,085,007. During the same period
there was imported 749,051 hundred weight of
wheat flour, of which 2,749,579 was received
from the United States.
A a Kllza out of the Court.
The following is the decision of the
Court in the suit of Brigham Young's nine
teenth wife for divorce: That the sillcgcd
marriage was and is polygamous and therefore
null and void that during the time plaintiff
was with defendant as polygamous Avife she
was serving him as a menial servant, and
would be entitled to reasonable compensation
for her services. Having received in this in
stance, in the form of alimony, more than such
services arc shown by the proof to be reason
ably worth, she should go hence without fur
ther compensation.
Vrencli|and Austrian 9tl«Mtonn.
The appointment of ex-Governor Noycs,
of Ohio, as Minister to France has been agreed
upon, and he has formally accepted the posi
tion,. He will not sail for that country until
his nomination shall have been confirmed by
the Senate at the approaching extra session.
No one has yet been selected for the Austrian
mission, though, ecveral gentlemen axe named
in connection therewith, among them ex-Gov
ernor Fletcher of Missouri.
Hajres'Indlaii Policy,
Tho extra session of the Hoard of Indian
Commissioners, now in session in Washington,
accompanied by Secretary Schurz and Indiau
Commissioner Smith, called on the President
for tho purpose of learning his views on the
Indian peace policy. Tho President said he
knew no reason why the Indian policy of the
late administration should not be continued.
Secretary Schurz remarked that while in pri
vate life he has given his earnest support to
this policy, and he saw no reason why he
should not sustain it as Secretary of the In
terior.
Won't Interview,
A Herald reporter called upon Senator
Blain. who said: "I am not tohe interviewed,
you know." Have you no expression of
opinion with regard to the change in Louisi
ana?" asked the reporter. "None 1 have
nothing to say about it." To the query
whether the leaders of the Republican party
had in contemplation any movement regarding
the action of President Hayes in withdrawing
the troops from Louisiana, Mr. Blaine would
only say it was not fitting for him to answer
that question at this time.
sworn In With Apologies.
In the South Carolina Senate D. T.
Walker, Republican Senator from Chester, un
der indictment of larceny and breech of trust,
sent in his resignation. This leaves the Senate
sixteen Democrats, sixteen Republicans and
one independent. In the Houso twenty-one
contumacious members, who refused to recog
nize the constitutional House, were admitted
to seats and sworn in, after first being brought
to the bar and made to apologize for contempt.
There are still about thirty Republicans in con
tempt.
Protecting Our Interests.
The Secretary of the Navy now has un
der consideration the question of asking Con
gress to appropriate $500,000 at the approach
ing extra session for the purpose of fitting out
eight vessels, to be held in readiness for ser
vice in case of an emergency. It is feared the
eastern troubles may possibly jeopardize
American interests, and it is proposed to have
these vessels ready to join the European and
Asiatic stations.
STominated for Senator.
Judge L. M. Spoflford has been nomi
nated by the Democrat caucus for United
States Senator from Louisiana. In an inter
view Judge Spofford said: "The policy of
President Hayes, as outlined by his inaugural
address and his official action since he was de
clared President by constitutional authority,
has met my hearty approbation, and so long
as he stands squarely up to that policy he
will have my humble support."
Ho Official Notification.
The State Department has not yet re
ceived any official notification from either the
Russian or Turkish Ministers of the declara
tion of war. It is probable our .govcrnmcrit
will send two or three officers abroad to ob
serve military operations between Russia and
Turkey.
The First Battle Won by Turks.
Safuet Pasha has addressed the follow
ing dispatch to the Turkish Ambassador at
London, on the 26th: "The first engagement
has just been fought at Tehurnkson, near Ba
toum. After some fighting the enemy was
defeated and put to rout, with a loss of 800."
Congratulated.
The President has received many per
sonal calls of congratulations on the success of
his peace policy thus far, and numerous let
ters and telegrams to the same effect from both
Republicans and Democrats in all parts of the
country.
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Latest Markets.
MILWAUKEE.
FLOUR—Spring extras, $8.25@8.50.
GRAIN—Whea%No. 1 $1.95 No. 2, $1.8l£
seller May $1.81^ seller June $1.83 No. 3,
$1.60. Corn, No. 2, new, 55@58c. Oats, No. 2
fresh, 43c. Rye, No. 1, 97@1.00. Barley, No.
3, 83@84c.
MESS PORK—$16.50 seller June.
CHICAGO.
GRAIN—Wheat, No. 2, Chicago spring $1.63
cash $1.64 seller May $1.673f seller June
sales at $1.67@1.77 seller June No. 3 spring
Chicago $1.56 rejected, $1.35. Corn, 54%c
cash 54}£c seller May 57%c seller June
sales at 58£@63c seller June rejected, 48%c.
Oats, No. 2, 39£c cash 40c 6eller May 41c
seller June. Rye No. 2 95c. Barley 80@82c.
PROVISIONS—Pork $16.00 cash and seller
May $16.17@16.20 seller June has sold at
$16.12X@16.80 seller June.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society
Reports.
From the N. Y. Evening Post, April 17.
The reports which are published in the
Eiening Post to-day with respect to the
condition and management of the Equita
ble Life Assurance Society scarcely need
extended comment. It is manifest that
in these reports we have an exact and full
setting forth of all the facts which can
possibly concern the public that there has
been no disposition on the part of the so
ciety's officers to shun examination or to
make concealment and that the voluntary
committee, from which one of the reports
comes, have not hesitated to criticise free
whatever they have found in the man
agement deserving of censure. In a
word, the reports are what they ought to
be, and they have the fullest weight with
the public.
The conclusion to be drawn from them
is that the company is entirely sound, and
that it lias never been otherwise.
They serve, even at a time of much un
certainty and suspicion, to restore full
confidence in the society, whose manage
ment is thus exhibited to the pulViic and
the management we must confess seems
to have been characterized by great en
terprise and energy coupled with much
skill. Even the large expenditure on the
buildings of the company in New York
and Boston is found to yield a combined
return of 1:12 per centum net. Presum
ing that everybody has read the reports
it is not necessary to quote from them
here, but they must be very gratifying
reading to the policy-holders, who thus
Hud tirjir trust lias not bean misplaced.
RUSSIA'S WAR WITH TURKEY.
Aran, 28.—A dispatch from London
says advices from Turkish sources report the
battle at Bellorene raged throughout yester
day. The Russians, commanded by Grand
Duke Michael, were repulsed with heavy loss.
The Turks, under Hassan Pasha, suffered
slight IOSSCB. The Russians resumed the at
tack last night and were again defeated and
driven across the frontier. Other dispatches
say the Turks crossed the Danube to-day near
Silestra, where an engagement is expected.
The Italian government has issued the decla
ration of neutrality. A dispatch from Kis
chcnelf has the following: As the Russian
army advances proclamations will be issued
both to the Christians and Mussulman popula
tions of Turkey ordering them to remain quiet
and attempt nothing against each other, as all
who remain quietly in their homes will not
be molested. Nothing will be taken without
payment. Russia does not wish the Christ
ian population to rise, as this would only re
sult in disorder and useless bloodshed, but
Christians who wish to take part in the war
can come to the Russian army where they will
be given arms and uniforms, and be regularly
enrolled in a special division commanded
by Russian officers under the strictest dis
cipline.
Recipes.
Care Required for Poultry.—Set it down
in your note-book in large letters: No
sloven can succeed with fowls! because
neglect kills them, and ruins all prospect
of success' even if a portion happens to
live in defiance of every known law of
health and comfort. For instance, many
inquire: How can I cure cholera among
my flocks or, What will prevent chol
era! My chickens are dying at a fearful
rate." Water will not cure and may not
prevent cholera among our flocks but
where there is not an abundant and con
stant supply of pure water, there, cer
tainly, cholera is invited. Killing and
burying the first roupy fowl or chick may
not stop the spread of this scourge of the
fancier but keeping one in the flock
while you are trying to cure it, is almost
certain to develop more cases, which will
test your endurance, perhaps, more than
your skill in treatment. Prepare a hos
pital for your sick fowls, which shall be
as remote as possible—within reason, of
course—from your healthy flocks, and re
member, A good killer is a good breed
so you must sometimes slay one or
two to save a multitude.—Poultry World.
Venoise Pttdding:—Put into a mixing
basin five ounces of bread cut into dice
five ounces of dry bread crumbs the
grated rind and juice of a lemon three
ounces of sugar three ounces of candied
orange peel, and a glass of sherry wine,
then brown in a sauce-pan one ounce of
lump sugar, after which pour into it a
half pint of milk. (This is the caramel
or browning of French cookery and im
parts both flavor and color to puddings.)
Break the yelks of four eggs, and add to
them a gill of cream. Mix with the
caramel, and pour over the ingredients in
the basin let the mixture stand two or
three hours to soak. Butter a mold and
pour the mixture into it, (but do not fill
the mold quite full,) and steam two
hours.
Mock Oyster Fritters.—Wash some roots
of salsify, grate them, and season with
pepper andsalt,and flour enough to make
a not very stiff batter. Drop a spoonful
at a time into boiling lard (or better ren
dered beef suet) till a delicate brown.
Another. —Scrape the roots thoroughly
and lay them in cold water ten or fifteen
minutes. Boil the roots until tender,
drain, and when cold, mash with a wood
en spoon to a fine paste, taking out all
of the fibers. Moisten with a little sweet
milk add a teaspoonful of butter and an
egg and a half for every cup of salsify.
Beat the eggs light, and then make into
cakes. Dredge with flour, and fry a light
brown,
vlt is said that the color of the inside of
the cow's ear affords an infallible guide to
the selection of a good butter cow. If the
skin on the inside of the ear is of a rich
yellow or orange color and the lining of
the ear is covered with an oily secretion,
the cow will be sure to give a good quali
ty of milk, rich in butter. Cows that pro
duce a high colored butter have a large
amount of the secretion, the inside of the
the ear being of an orange tint. On the
other hand, light color butter-makers
present a scanty, thin, aud pale yellow se
cretion, in some cases found only at the
bottom of the ear, while the lining is of a
correspondingly pale, undefined color.
Every female of the bovine family has the
power of secreting a certain amount of
this oily matter. If the quantity be ab
normally large, secretion will take place
frequently in the mammary glands, the
ear and the skin. As the test is simple
and costs nothing, it cannot fail to prove
a very useful auxiliary to the dairyman
and farmer in their selection of rich
milkers.
A man, noted for his close-fisted pro
pensities was showing an old coin to a
neighbor, when the latter asked where
lie got it. I dug it out of my garden,"
was the reply. It's a rrity you didn't
find it in the cemetery." Why so?" said
the coin owner. Because you could
have saved the ground to be buried in,"
was the reply.
The happiness which a man feels at
seeing his wife after a protracted separa
tion, can only be balanced by the joyous
emotions that rush over him upon discov
ering a paper of chewing tobacco in an
old coat pocket that lie didn't know any
thing about.
A Few Haul's with Charles Dickens.
First of all, I must tell you that we
three young people were brought up to
know of Dickens by heart. We had,
moreover, the good fortune to know of
him as the warm personal fried of our
father, and to feel that, by virture of
auld lang syne, we had at least some
claim upon his friendship. So when, in
the late autumn, we came back to Eng
land and found that Mr. Dickens had
begun his famous readings, it was very
plain to us that in one way or another we
must hear him.
The chief difficulty lay in the fact that
he was reading only in the provinces, and
it was by no means easy to find out where
or how to catch him. The Council of
Three had a protracted meeting, tho
result of which was, that my brother
wrote directly to Mr. Dickens, telling him
of our desire, and asking if he Avould
be kind enough to advise us what to do.
Quickly came back a little note, asking
us to meet him at Colchester, where he
was to read on a certain evening the trial
from "•Pickwick" and selections from
Nicholas Nickleby."
Well, a few days later, in the autumnal
twilight, we were" met on the platform at
Colchester by the young man then of
ficiating as Mr. Dickens's secretary, who
took us at once to the queer old English
inn,—than which we could have found no
fitter place wherein no meet him who
wrote of" Boots at the Holly-tree Inn,"
and those two dear little runaways.
Can anybody imagine how we felt when,
half an hour later, a fat and solemn wait
er appeared at our door and informed us
that Mr. Dickens hisself had bordered
supper for us? And cannot everybody
understand that our appetites were
rather taken away than stimulated,
when we found that our supper was evi
dently the work of a host who remem
bered the days of his youth, and had found
time to give thought to the young people
he was entertaining? Everything that the
appetite of sixteen was likely to crave,
was there—even to a certain kind of little
custards, which Mr. Dickens had selected
as being sure to please the young la
dies."
And then we were taken off to the thea
ter, and ensconced in a corner where we
could see and hear better than anybody
else, and where we caught, more" than
once during the evening, sideway smiles
from the world-known eyes and mouth
that were so quick and keen in their
glances and expression. Of the reading
itself I can say nothing ask your parents
about it thoie who have heard it know
what it was to them while to those who
have not been so fortunate, descrip
tions can only be an aggravation of their
ill-luck.
We, at least, were more than satisfied as
to the greatness of our favorite, and after
the reading was over, it was not with a
little trembling that our insignificant feet
followed the attendant to the dressing
room, where Mr. Dickens, in his shirt
sleeves, was walking rapidly up and
down, as a means of getting through
with the cooling and calming process,
which was always necessary after the
intense excitement and exertion of his
reading.
The thing which struck me first, and
which has always remained my strongest
impression about him, was his power of
putting himself in complete sympathy
with other people and I believe that to
be the key-note of his genius. During
that hour, and the hours which followed
it,—for we went back with him to the inn
and sat beside him while he ate his
hearty supper,—he was literally one of
us,—a boy,—only a boy beyond compare
in exuberance of mirth, quickness of wit,
and inexhaustible capacity for happiness.
He was absolutely never still, mentally or
physically thoughts, words and gestures
followed each other in bright succession,
till it was little wonder that my sister
and I went to bed thoroughly exhausted,
to pass a night of mingled dreams and
sleeplessness, under the canopy of our
queer old dingy four-poster.
In the morning, we woke to find a
smart little snow-storm going on, but
none the less cheery was the breakfast
with Mr. Dickens for his was a
gayety dependent neither on weather, nor
hours, nor people.
Through the softly falling snow we
came back together to London, and on
the railway platform parted with a hearty
hand-shaking from the man who will
forever be enshrined in our hearts as the
kindest and most generous, not to say
most brilliant, of hosts.—From
u0ur
ter," St. Nicholas for May.
Let-
Keen Satire.
In the days of Andrew Jackson, during
a hotly contested political conflict, in
front of a village store were gathered a
squad of workers—the village wire-pul
lers men who were spending their time
and breath for the party, and who were
looking for office, every one of them,
engaged in discussing the prospects of
the situation. While they were thus en
gaged in feeling self-confident and jubi
lant, an old stager of the opposing party,
named Sam Belkoop, came up. Ordi
narily Sam was reserved, and mindfull of
his own business, but in exciting times
like the present, when he had a few
glasses aboard"' he could be |loquacious.
The party of politicians, all known to be
hungry for government pap, hailed Sam
rather ironically, asking him how went
the battle on his side. Said Sam:
1 don't know, gentlemen, as I can give
you any information on that subject, but
I can tell you a bit of a story."
Ah, that was justjthc thing," Fire away,
Samuel, let us have it."
Sam, took a seat upon an empty nail
keg, and told as follows:
Once upon a time there was a great
King who had a philosopher in whose
judgment lie always put the utmost con
fidence. On a certain morning the King
took it into his head that he wanted to
go out a hunting, and having suninioucd
his nobles and all the chief men of his
court, and made necessary preparations
he called his philosopher and a.ked him
if it would rain during the day. The
philosopher .said it would not: so the
King and his nobles, and all his great
men departed. Upon approaching the
forest they met a countryman mounted up
on a jackass, who advised them to return
assuring them that it would very soon
rain. Bah!" cried the King.
'•Does this fellow know more than my
philosopher I Let us ride on."
So on they rode, and had ju»t entered
the forest when the rain came down in
torrents, driving them to the nearest shel
ter, which they reached drenched to the
skin, bitterly lamenting that they did not
take the rustic's advice. When "they re
turned to the palace the King sent for his*
philosopher, and having soundly berated
him for letting himself be outdone by a
country rustic, dismissed him. Then he
sent for the countryman, intending to
install him into the vacant office.
Tell me.'' said the King, when tlie
man appeared before him,'-how you knew
it would rain
I didn't know, «ir," replied the coun
tryman,'* my jackass told me.'*
"Mercy cried the monarch in great
astonishment. "How did he tell jouY'
J" It's a way lie ha-, your inaje-tY, of
picking up his ears and snuffling the
air."
And thereupon the King sent for the
jackas«, and allowed the countryman to
go home and the jackass was installed
into the office made vacant by the re
tirement of the philosopher. All con
cluded Sam, with a woful shake of the
head, |*the poor King little dreamed the
calamity that simple act was to bring up
on hi- kinsrkom!"
How oP demanded the- auditors
eagerly.
"Why," replied Sam, very gravely,
from that day to this every*jackass is
clamoring for office '.*'
Samuel Belkoop was invited into the
store to take something,but he did not go.
I should call a landlord's poor relations
his ten-aunts.
Mr. Diogenes.
This singular man lived in Greece. He was
distinguished for his eccentricities, bad man
ners aud bad disposition. It was his chief
busines to And fault. For example, he took a
lantern one day when the sun was shining
brightly and went out to search for au honest
man, thereby insinuating that such persons
were exceedingly scarce. When Alexander, a
distinguished military gentleman, paid him a
visit,and inquired what he could do for him,he
had the impudenee.to tell him to'' get out of his
sunshine.'' To cap the climax of his oddities,
he dressed like a beggar andjlived in a tub! Ho
was a sour, cvabbed, crusty old bachelor. "We
infer that he had no wife,* first, because his
tory does not mention her: second, because
no woman would take kindly to one of his
habits, dress, or manners, or a-pire to become
mistress to his mansion. "There was an old
woman who lived in a .shoe,'''' it is true, but the
woman who would live ia a tub, and especially
with such a companion,hns not been heard from.
The misanthropic spii it which possessed this
man was doubtles due to disordered digestion
and a biliousness, one of the prominent symp
toms of which is a morose, faultfinding dis
position. The tongue is hea\ dy coated,giving
rise to a bad taste,' the appetite is not good,
and the patient feels dull, sleepy, or dizzy,
and is apt io be fretful. Unfortunately. Mr
Diogenes lived several centuries before DrS
Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets were in
vented, a few doses of which would have re
lieved him of his "bile,'' and enabled him to
find scores of "honest men without the aid of
his lantern. Under their magic influence,
combined with that of the Golden Medical Dis
covery, to cleanse his blood, he might have
been led to take a more cheerful view of life,
to exchage his tub for a decent habitation, to
spruce up in personal appearance, and at
last have taken a wife to mend his clothes and
his manners, both of which were in evident
need of repairs, and become the happy sire of
little Diogeneses who would have handed down
to posterity the name, not of a cynic philoso
pher, but of a cheerful, JualtJiy, happy, virtuous
man!
AtlHiiiarck.
This month the reading public is to be de
lighted with the authentic biography of the
foremost statesman in the world, disclosing
curious researches into hi* ancestry and live
ly incidents of his youth and student life,
coupled with a close analysis of his remark
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a translation from the German, with an Intro
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with anecdote, wit and wisdom, its pages
gather luster here and there from characteris
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himself. The story of his life is rendered
doubly vivid by upwards of one hundred illus
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A New French Revolution.
According to Emmeline Ravmond, the Paris
fashion correspondent of Harpers Bazar, we
are on the eve of a revolution but it will, in all
probability, be bloodless, and one that Ameri
can ladies will hail with joy. We refer to the
description of a new costume (see Bazar of
March 81,) which renders crinoline indispensa
ble. Not the discarded styles of former days,
but sensible, small-sized, elegant skirts flat in
front,and close at the side,with a graceful train
at the back admirably adapted to sustain the
new Princesse and Gabrielle robes. We learn
from various sources that this new Paris fashion
is superseding all others.—Lady's Jornml.
Gov. Nicholls has appo intcd May lOt
as a day of thanksgiving and prayer in Louisi
ana, the occasion being the settlement of th«
political struggle in that State.
