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THE RUTLAND HERALD.
TUUR3IA. SEPTEMBER 29, 1876
TrLDEN'S IlNCOME TAX. '
Gov. Tilden has at last found time to
explain the income business. A letter
has been published, signed . by his confi
dential law-clerk, in response to a request
to examine the pretended account of his
income duriDg the year 1862. The letter
bears the marks of Tilden'a peculiar
dexterity in avoiding the points of most
consequence in the charge againet him.
The delay in replying to. this; charge has
been fatal and. ow ibo rrpjy'fri the main
point U finally iacoriclwiv,v " 'The Ti i
bune etyi that he has kept himself with
in the letter of the law, but it is plain
that he evaded its spirit. He could not
be eeDt to the penitentiary, as be is try
iog to pent Jarvis Lord, for defrauding
the government, but he contrived to
keep the government from getting out
of him the money to which it was en
titled, lie did not tell the horse-car
conductor lie had paid his fare, but he
kept his hands in his pockets and looked
unconcernedly at the conductor, as if he
had ; and the effect was the same. When
the conductor detects such a passenger,
he generally wants to put him off the
car. When the American people find
hira running as a reform candidate for
the Presidency, they are going to vote
for the other man.
THE BOYS IN BUUC,
The national convention of IJoys in
Blue at Indianapolis last week wa,?
a veiy notable occasion. Over ten thou
sand veteran? were presjht. There was
no attempt to conceal the politics of.
the gathering, and it is. needless to say
thru it was unanimous for Hayes and
Wheeler. The speeches by Morton.
Garfield, Logan, Noyes, Hartranft,
JJurnaidp, Iugergql.l. and others were'-aU
la the. same vein, denouncing the Demo
cratic party for its disloyal course dur
ing the war, and declaring that the -gov--eminent
must never be allowed to. pass
into the hands of those who sought to
destroy it. The dense mass of soldiers
listened to the appeals .to them to sav
tha country by keeping the Rebel De7n-'
crats out of power with . just as rawb
relish apparently as they did to exactly ;
the same kind of talk In 18G8, There-'is
no public question to which the loyal
volunteers are so much alive as the one
of giving the South a controlling power
in national effairs. It is because Blaine
tore the mask off the Democrats
in the House last winter, and so gal
lantly struck the note of the campaign
with all loyal hearts in such close
sympathy that he is held in such affec
tion by the Boys in Blue. Blaine was
their favorite candidate at Cincinnati,
and in this convention tho mention of
no other name awakened such enthnq
iasm as his. With these men tho , w ar
issues are not dead issues. They are the
most iaspiriDg of any in this campai gn.
Hayes is a more taking candidate from
the fact that he has been a soldier. lie
sent a model communication to- the con
vention, the reading of which was fol
lowed with the most intense enthusiasm.
He said: "I am grateful to my com
rades of the Union army, assembled ait
Indianapolis, for their hearty greeting.
The men who maintained the cauf.e of
national unity and freedom on so many
battle fields are not willing to see the re
sults of the war imperiled by neglect or
misconduct at the ballot box. Their
example will be very influential with all
intelligent and patriotic people."
The speech of Bob Ingersoll was per
haps the most characteristic feature of
the occasion. It was such a speech.
Gen. Garfield said, aa no other man in
America could make if he would, or
would make if he could. His eulogy of
them and of the party of liberty were
said to have been of more power than
anything ever heard before even from
Ingersoll. 1 There can be no question
that this convention will have a good
effect in moving the spirit of patriotism
throHghout the whole country.
The following letter of Gov. Dix stat-
ing the purposes of the Boys in Blue is
worthy of special attention :
Comrades : It was my purpose to be
present, as chairman of your national
committee, at your convention on the
20th inst. Causes unforeseen until the
last moment prevent my attendance.
It is my sincere belief that
the tranquility of the country, purchas
ed by your hardships, your perils, your
endurance, and your valor, depends
on the election of Gov. Hayes, the gal
lant commander, who led many of you
to victory. Independently of all party
considerations, 1 believe it to be far bet
ter for the South, better for the North,
better for every portion of our vast Re
public, that the executive power of the
government should be confided to him
rather than his opponent.
Recent occurrences indicate, I regret to
say, that there are at the South individ
uals who are intent on disturbing the
established order. While all such pur
poses are to be resisted and foiled, if
need be by the , whole legitimate power
of the government, a generous confi
dence and support should be exteuded
to those who sustain it in. jts mani
fest duty to enforce the j requirements,
of the constitution and the laws ' Your
organization was formed In" no "spirit of j
hostility to any "portion o' Your, fi-Uow- ;
citiaens. Ir "WMS farn.ert o maintain- by t
the ballot iu the-politicfd field tho prin-f
ciples which you upheld by tho bayonet I
on the field of battle.1 We will - sustain
our Southern brethern in the enjoyment
of every right and every privilege which
we possess. Their security is also ours.
But we resistj'and . will- continue to re
sist, now and herf after, the elevation of
any Northern man to the highest .office
in the gift of the people who was not
openly and actively engaged in uphold
ing the Government when it was threat
ened with destruction. . - .'.-: : ..' -
I believe that the election of Gov. Til
den would be most unfortunate for the
South. He would go. into office distrust
ed by the whole body of the patriotic
citizens of the North who sustained the
government in its great peril. The over
whelming majorities in . Vermont and
Maine wers called out by his nomination.
: The other Republican States are only
waiting for the opportunity of pronounc-r
ing the same emphatic judgment upon
him. . .t . . The public. tranquillity
cannot' be " maintained by Mr. Tilden.
He has no other prestige than that of a
party manager, and it is now understood
in his own j State, and .will: be elearly
shown- throughcHt : -the .-'Union, that
his claim . .-' to- W a ' ' reformer -. Is"
baseless ; arid '. fraudulent.-. -.1 leave
for discussion.'" elsewhere' .' his long
continued associa-tion with the profligate
politicians by whom the city of New
York-was plundered and "the recent de
velopments which have so . seriously im
paired the public confidence in his per.
Bonal integrity, it is enough for .us that
he is presented to the people as the ex
ponent of the principles of the Demo
cratic party j that he declared the war
a failure when you were bringing it to
a triumphant conclusion ; and that he
refused to take part.. in upholding the
government when it was menaced and
m perik'd-r gGverfinignt -which, would
not be in existence now if his example
p.nd Lis couu32ls had prevailed with his
countrymen.
Comrades, in seasons of dmtt;er and
trial you have hastened to the suprt of
the Republican party with a ctevotliu
and an energy which have always heen
crowned with success. It appeals to
you again for aid in a contest involving
the public honor and prosperity and
the continued tranquility of the Union.
iMo party in the hundred years of our
national life has done so much for the
good name and the welfare of the coun
try. By its patriotism, its firmness, and
its perseverance it upheld the govern
ment and saved the Union from dissolu
tion. It abolished slavery, and obliter
ated forever the only blot in our national
eECutcheon. Ia eleven years, by i in
dent financial riianaycniclit, it l:as pnid
off $700.000. U00 ot Ui db.rptracttfrt
for the i-r$'4rvatinn'.:of the ..Uiiion-, I
o?jt,!r ' '.'p .ivc 'f'j these. . triumphant
iicbrruwijin.s; -.Of ; the last sixteen year,,
by. ytjhtl ' xeirife mbrance ' . of. your heroic
cmrirades Who are slumbering in honora
ble graves, and by the memory of the
inartyrtd Lincoln: . under whose guid
ance in saving'the-Union and abolishing
slavery we achieved, the-greateft of all
human victories ; by all the?e hallowed
recollections I conjure you to stand by
the party which 'was' sustained and en
nobled by. his 'example and: the. cause
which was consecrated by hiH Wood.
;.".riii;. 35eW ' '&i: isitl!ctin condeWtis
gbvmd tie wepftper .pt dements from Chi
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St.Louie,
Richmond, :: G&lve&ixro, Charleston and
tike whert-, that everywhere business ie
ion the.. mend. w?ie.-f-iiw a Jong .' whilo
fiiiicw lliiu miy viti(.as?rd the presence" of
eiilnniiy country mFefeants. The. auc
tion rW.is have beeh'thr-OTged fruruday
to ilay,a.ivj the fea'diucf-9 with-which
goods, have sold there 'a't 'appreciating
prict's' i-s matter a'1, otca'of surprise and
congratulation.; lu the markets for gen
eral merchflju'dS.j there, is fair activity,
and pritus as' a rule. bav a hardeuieg.
tCTidcaey. ; .The'dislributioh of 'igoodf-;
from th(! iea.bowd.tw the. interior i large,
and 'is stimulated by.tbe'expectatiouthat
the 'exlstiBg'iow iMte'for railroad. trans
jportation w-Cl' not extend beyond the
closa o f t!-,v'igat loa.i .-:. T5a dlspos.i lioa .to
take adv.int-atje j "oF-theswi low. rates is
very marked'.'' , .', .
Mi:cn;euffering h'as. hsvn . .caused . by'
the yej-ltw fever at SavannahJ Ga: Out
of :i resTJucf popuiatiou of twenty-five
thousand' about six thousand 'have been
driven from the' city.'. The coming of.
cooler weather it was hoped would bring
a relief from the scourge but its ravages
still continiv?. Tor the pj st week the
average of diily interments have been
upwards of twenty and as the fever
wOik-3 its way into the more populous
port i na of tho city an increase may be
exjacted'. Eu6ne?s id at a stand still
and among tha poorer cIkbsss who can
not leave the city but muai remain ELd
meet their fate, the greatest distress ex
ists. From the first the Howard Benev
olent Association have done everything
to alleviate the suffering, but their funds
being exhausted they have made appeals
to outside sources for assistance. From
some of the larger cities and from pri
vate touroea handsome responses have
been made.
Arrangements are being made by
the Republican national committee to
send twelve strong speakers, all officers
of high rank in the Union army during
the war, into the South immediately af
ter the October elections. Am.ng those
who have already agreed to go are Gen
eral Banks and Stewart L. Woodford.
No attempt will be made to prevent
their speaking, we think, and their work
will not be without effect. An active
canvass throughout the South- with
means taken to show the people, both
white and black, that they will be pro
tected in their rights at the polls will
create a change in the coerced sentiment
existing there at the present time. If
any fairness is shown the speakers it is
thought that a revulsion of feeling may
bs created which will succeed in carry
ing six Southern States for Hayes and
Wheeler.
The verdict returned by the jury in
the trial of J. D. Lee,, will be received
with satisfaction. If as full justice is
shown in the sentence one of the most
atrocious villains on the face of the
earth will soon receive his reward. He
was charged with being a participant in
the Mountain Meadow massacre, in
1857, and the evidence produced against
liim was conclusive. He was, however,
only one of the ringleaders in the affair
ftnd if invpftigtMnrj onld bo raTtod far
tnuugh, lir.'iiiim' Y,-uig ul prob
ably be found f ully as guiity and just as
worthy of a noose. ; i .
.FROM DAWN TO SUNRISE.
A Review, Historical and 'Philo
sophical, of the Religious
Ideas of Mankind, by Mrs. J
Gregory Smith. Rouses Point,
,N, Y. Lovell Publishing Com
pany, 18 76. ;
V. This, volume,, by Mre. Smith, of St.
AlbanSj is, as the. author stajtss,-. the re
sult. of years of study, in attempting to
solve the religious problem in a compre
hensive . manner ;. . to discover what, is
truth, and to answer the .question wheth
er the. teaching of Jesus is its embodi
ment, or we,are to have another revela
tion. ; It ia a historical and philosophi
cal review of the religious ideas of man
kind, with the purpose of showing,'. . by
a comparison ,0f ; Christianity : with the
other great religions of the world, that
from its elastic and progressive character,
its adaptations to - every phase -of h.u-man-
develormiemV .. its. embodiment in
tho . Jife nd . doetriaes; -of '. the- Jewish
Christ of the religious ideas which ' are
common to- alt mankind, ' in . all ages
Christianity . has , internal evidence of
beinj the-Perfect Religion, and . coming
from -God. In-this review the author
gins with an; examination, -of the tradi
tions of the creation- which are. not eon
fined; to ; the Iltibre-vv ' Scriptures,.' - and
whiei-i,;: nunstrovi3 ' and Incredible ." as
ipany .of themare,- all::pre8e.rve the .'gen
eral idea of . i hii M)saie" record, that : a'
pre-existent poi. ,r . created the material
of tho universe. The supposed discrep
ancies betwaeti : the Mosaic account
and the it.-vttatlous of modern : sc'iV
ence are discussed, and the vari
ous ways pointed out in which the
word of Scripture is .cotfirmed l-y
scic-nee. Wititout fdlirming r denying
the doolriwo oT evolution the author con
tents herself wi;li saying that, whether
the world was farmed by distinct sue
cessive acts of cieation, or a principle or
power was infused into the material of
the universe which made it self perpet
uating and self-trans-forming, it is yet
proper to say that God made it, whether
by evolution or direct agency. Than
follows a chapter on "Antediluvian Mtu
and His Associates." The possibility
that the prioiitire men of geolosy w-ons -not
of AJ.iai'a o(e -i9 admitted. But.
the h'.fctoriciii rac1, l-htf rae elctv.a9.;
traced to A:.iaji . The,: traditions whieh:.
have bet. u hamifcd down from genera-
fiou.to generatitrn'of . yrediluviaii . raees.
of a .c'sit.Hf trop'he hi' ! fit-ir .history similar .
totiie '.Ht' dtster j:i jd.ea ecrroborale
the'i'.rb i.-;tl ; srry of . th'j- Fill ia . which
all niaikiiiU' were iavulvel.. : In. 'tjhia eoa
ncction'tlii' theory 'of. ti.e' oldt-'r Faihers'
of the Church'i which ti is tiaen ',. ' 'revived
by some of the .moc'e'ni 'OVnuan com
mtirrtator?, that the extreme'., wickedness
Which caiiswi lbrr rlWi-:yt toi ' Wtrod"
into tlie wwrfd bVi'ttB' .iaivrmarriage of
fallen at gv.!s Aiti 6trt f ut woiaen, ie elab
orated' at ct'114-iiierable "iength,. 'and ' the
opiuhin of "Piof6B6r ' Mead of Andoyer,
is qmnf.l in its support. This 'i'nterpro. .
tatio'n of G.iijeais vi.-.'S, w hich' Byroa : in '
iiis d) iuna of ' Valii and Moore ifl his
ZiiW of tte Ang'M have availed them
fiol'vta f farihe parpoe'e of their ppBtiis
ia of ii'lcret,'es.)eciai.Iy3. '"iutiicatirig a
Starting 'point for tho heathen' in ylholCy
gies.''" But -opitiiobs will", differ as "to its :
value "iri iicpwntli'g fv the." ffiod.- In
the cFmiMiirs wfi'ieh 'follpw the nature and
extent t i; ibt cli Uitie re diset-te'stsd, and
alwti?Cu'atuHou of Tongues, and the.
Dipper' 'ii of TrlbCs which resulted i.U
the dlviifeiticK of language race, and re
ligion. ' Tha next chapter, . the most
elaborate and interesting in the book, is
a description of the serpent-worship of
the post-diluvial rao: The wide and
profound research ' of the author into
"ihe dark recesses of the. world's, morn
in.fi even before tho dawn of history,"
Tends to the coavictton that Ophiolatry
was -th '-rafwt '.-fxaviye and' prevalent
form of.wor'eliV nttumij :'the' nations' of
antiquity. - It is guppoeud to' be of ahte
diluvian -ori-gifi., '-aiuV- have Wt its
traces-in t-h'a tiUieufii- "rulrts iif B'torie
henge, Kirawe, sni -hi the' pre-'historic
an! dim ruins of this country. The
coi.oli'Miui of the k-firned argument is
that tin- loiy of the Temptation as nar
ra el m the Bible U root a myth, but a
littral facr, 'a'ud-ttit-pi'ogre'fl9'in the res
toruttoit ut miiikicd lrom the conSe
quccces of this inexplicab'e event
leads to an increased confidence in
the fulfillment of the piophecy, of the
expulsion of the Serpent from the world
which he has so long cursed, contained
in the last book of the Bible.
Tracmg the eubsi quent developments
of ihe religious id-.as of mankind, the
author investigates iu turn the ancient
Sabean St-T-worBhip, a religion closely
allied to Ophiolatry, whose devotees are
spoken of in the Bible under the generic
name of Babylon ; the religion of Con
fucius aud China ; the ancient Persian
Mazdaism ; the religion and, philosophy
of India, Brahrxiaism and Buddhism ;
the religions of Egypt, Assyria, Greece
and JRome, the Hebrew, Scandinavian
and Mohammedan faiths, all which are
faithfully aud eloquently described, the
sources of their vitality and decay an
alyzed, and their failure to meet the ne
cessities of the race most fully exhibited;
and, finally, by comparing them with
the religion which Christ brought into
the world, the conclusion of the argu
ment as befo'e stated is reached.
This brief statement of its contents
gives but a meagre and inadequate idea
of the interes-t aud value of this beauti
ful bock. It displays great wealth of
learning and ability to bring together in
compact and logical form the results of
the researches of original students in the
many departments of history, philoso
phy aadantiquiticd in a manner to height
en Ihe interest of the general reader in
the great systems of thought and wor
ship which have prevailed in the world.
It is pervaded by a profoundly Christian
spirit and reverence for the Sacred Scrip
tures as the true source of religious be
lief. .-'-' '-;
Said a mother to her little son,l"There!
your toes are out - of - your stockings
again ; seems to me they wear out in a
brtrry Giving a comical leer, he said,
(From our own Correspondent)
FROM QUEBEC.
THE AUTUMN SEASON AT QUEflEC
YANKEES ON THE WAY-CENTENNIAL
G UESTS FIRST CfjXBB
v
HOTELS FINE
ETC., ETC.
WEATHER, iVC,
11
OTTwnwn P fy Hnt-
Seldom if ever at this quaint and qusers,
ancient old city has the Autumn seaso;
been such a one as this. Really at thi
time it fairly is in a way to rival its gen-4
erally far more successful neighbor of
the summer. 'Bat this year, people who
travel in this direction seem, to be very
late in. coming and equally so in getting
away, and . the " Autumn 'season during
the months of ' September . and October,
bids. fair,": unless ; all', signs fail, as'you:
know they sometimes do.! to! outrival
an
for
Huxley on Evolution!
Professor Huxley delivered the second
of his lectures on "The DirectEvidence
ot Evolution" at Chickering Hall, New
York, Thursday evening. The audience
was even larger than that of Monday,
and - to"
Etui
1,. -(ffiU
be
unoratorial
ry acceptable to it, he
if addressing a class of
and women who had
j to learn something he had
Their close and jesnectful
showed that he was ria-ht. He
gan his lecture with a brief statement
of what he had already shown the un
tenability of that hypothesis which
would have the past history of the earth
eternally like the present, and the over
powering objections to the Miltonian
hypothesis that the earth' was created
but a short time ago, with the fauna and
. flora which exist at preeest. It was of
!:Ttttle;mOmcntr- whether : Milton -was or
waa raot) .t.M ammr oi- me; nypoinegis t
jiything of the kind we have hero -fnhsaWtt
briaany a'year, i'I" eoBfldently pwKQtl wisbrovea 'It:' - The doctrine of ' cvolu-
that larger number' f people wilV.visit
Quebec during tbese two: . months, than
have been known thus, late"; f or vrhany a
season;- Of all these late.trayelers.liile
some few - are " foreigners, theV," -majority!
are; Yankees,, who. haying mde 'a trip; to
the big Centennial" show at. Philadelphia
are now putting fhe fiuish to tlieir jour
ney.by a short run' do-wn ' tbe rapid of
the St. Lawrence to: thi3 ancient capital..
Several' Western' .organizations-'. are; also
here; who have gon. over the; same'- ttrtp
and arj. how doing Quebec. and seeing ail;
the sights to be seel in and about this
old ciiy on a cliff.-. They all 'are.- hafiag
a nice t ime, and so many AuxericaTJi are
here tlat really it sccjus a! if ;'.':t-Le-Yankees
wvre bent ou a. raid into . C.-tna-'
da, which they wore bound to take by .;
storm, for seemi'Dgly our transient popu
lation is Very near as large at this ,dy as
that of the. city ii-elf. Bat the prtbVtjee
of so many . iHiautihvl ladies- frt)hi 'tl'C
States. render ; U ec-rt'aiw, this -inctirr'ion:
into the.D.ominitiB ii a peaeeful cine., fesd
from t he -way 1 hos'.ai r oh'es are t radiag
with' the shop k:-iftrs. the J.aeb;e8HBa
will bopa to be t:tkn -this . way eyery
year. Shopping scams the rtkr-. wivn :
the ladies, abd .gfoda may here pe ,j3(-gt"
so cheap; -thty ar'f ky iifg'mt' -f h'ir 5sB
with a -btmral bandc The'St. -Liuiio
.tel add; Hia Kupstil. house.-; are the. ...i y
two, firet .class . hwl4:-in.- Qiebtfer-.'-a'pd;
ttioUib host of h'aer iiidst aTa hci.
'still. tb,wv .an? the only;'. first eV3"4'-:!;
tela hfij to be hnt nd oi-rri-tS" .s-hsrd f
.lemeffibt r-'ltiftet arid be not demvfed,';
To t b -1 utirist -bf t&sc aays'thi-J. aoeitf'it'.
.city iwfc-e9 no:httte attrctiwj(.'-B!!;a;
fag s,U does-Si m-auy IactjiB .of .k?rFiir--'wief-e6t.'t(
.-vitfit. .VLefe .-'the bravff.'
'.Wolf fell, with u ery-.oF- vicMry cm;; hi;
li as wbupe 'the' . ttaaatl V - irAllaa-t 'M--KI-;
calm -txpircd,- 'a'fid . wheri.' the .tMFetl.il" J
AaiertciH . -Brijiadie'r GruPt Kixsliifel
'M-Matgbiry, iU his -.ll.W ,ud'diO;.i
f-idlovci'fs jiwrt '. dta u, "w bile . sc'aniifi "t&i;
Piama of AbFtthUm,-by a nati'DW ravi:i;'
ar .aii ppot-s. wU':6'?k)Weti by Wot-itrts-d
maBy .is io -inealjty . tivje4toat - trii)
has its U-k-B of; 'bl'y- aS.stttiH etrj- ?..-
pulse. '."" "f,"""!'
t coiumtHHHf'affU. Vy .blood . and baUk-s.
But those tinuw wkeh . European armies
here coi-te-nded for eupremaey, are hnp
pilygone by forbVcr, arid old Q jebeo
has eoefi. the ltit,' in : all btitnaa prtiSm.
bility, .of ' her. Fciti of warfare n(4 .cr
jwge , ilyt this i. th nioei. ho?pit!tb'C
place. to .vi8t wtib". so much to su
many French pruclWities arrd ISsitiSli
ditii3v,Hd mtirs. natural cuxioitt-ic tUA't
any .othr plaee a the. e-t.i-fit.-.. fey
all ci-diB Qutibve is lh q-jwrrutt H etry
the world, aud thou'd. t yitiicl by a!
WhO CiH. Th VSHlll-r 'tfVtT WAS ftnT
tlian now att.t at I Utrr! is t' faml '.juJ.i'ij.
' - Yauw, .. "TibWi."
U' you kuow why stockings wear out
rr at t.hfi irwa?" "Nn.1'. ''KeCftURfi
toes wriggle, and heels don't. " "' -;
( oi'iespojittoneo of th lleya"J'(l.
Centennial Exposltien-Th Ver
mont Headquarters. ; ;
, . . ; PHII.A1KI.1'BI4., et. IS.
Jittitor -IhtpAirMl Herald :l do'-, not
know what VerroonttTS wouTd likro
done-but for the thoughtful.' .gwiercwiy
of. Mr. Sprag'UfJ and those with 'him' who
hax.1 the meacs and disposition, to g ' for
ward" and erect an'd 'keep iu order, the
y"ermoiit.buiidiBg, for the recaption of
all Yermonte-rs .coming here..' It is but
just for me to 8y .it v lor I am oae of
those w ho feetiveiy discouraged the idea
of Gov. Peck calling an extra s jssioh of
7ur Legislature last winter, to appropri
ate funds from the State treasury to ex
pend in this Centennial show. I did not
believe the prudent founders of the
Vermont state government ever contem
plated in forming the State constitution
the contingency of voting a tax on our
people to open a hotel in Philadelphia,
or, in time of peace, establish and main
tain a hospital at Moyarnensing orelse
whare. Hence I believed if Gov. Peck
assembled the Legislature in extraordi
nary session as t lie Herald and some
other papeJ3 then advised the advo
cates of that measure would have been
as much disappointed as were the advis
ers of an extra session on the burning of
the Reform School buildings at Water
bury. Gov. Peck did just right in his
judicial discrimination, to refuse his ex
ecutive approval to the plausible plan,
and thus saved the State more than ten
thousand dollars in the one item of the
legislative per diem and mileage ex
penses. Sprague and other private citi
zens having done the generous thing by
the Vermont people, they should now
be repaid in some manner; and if the
Legislature can constitutionally do it,
they should from the treasury receive
back again the money advanced by their
generosity. At any rate, the people will
not forget this act of Turner Sprague,
but will thank him and remember him
with gratitude always. It is estimated
from reliable data that at least 200 Ver
monters, on an average, are here now all
the time coming and going daily. And
while they are lost in the great crowd of
visitors as a drop of water in the vast
ocean when gathered at the Vermont
headquarters they form a large and
agreeable party among themselves.
Yesterday (Sunday) was a very rainy,
windy day, indeed. Considerable dam
age was done by the tempest. . Tempor
ary structures called hotels were drip
ping wet, and the guests who were liter
ally camping out therein were wetter.
To-day I have 6een nice articles on ex
positionespecially in the French and
fancy department badly ruined by the
water entering from the main building
roofs and glass. But the cool and cloudy
weather make it agreeable for all visit
ors. Last Wednesday had the greatest
record arrivayf Vermonters for the sea
son, amounting to 245. And still they
come. The commendable reduotion in
railroad fares made by Gov. Smith and
hia associates secures the means, even
in these hard times, for many to visit
here, who otherwise would have to stay
at home. But some of the hotels which
have promised low rates, and kept their
promises till now, it is said threaten to
increase their prices now. that they are
fulL Perhaps Madam Rumor- may be
jb error, howeyer. . ... O.
;tion is". th.at man is the - last restnt 'or: :a
serifss qf natural processes in which t here
bas.beeri- no. interruption or break: f an v
!;flr.t4;Thia''dctfee;:'Be:oUc aoyr: fest-
; sun see now- T&t viuwob- .wtmug .upua
it :was indifferent-that is,': made," neither
for-:pb'r against If -how -'fat .evidence
Tendered K-. -prooaoie,. : ana; :-iasny . now
firmly- it established it as va :.trtbv.; Tho
most . forcible - argument :evei urged'
against evaintton 'was-that-' Which Culver
firet adv-acced.in opposition: to the view's
of .Lasiarck!; The e-x pedltibli to- Egypt
had br-e.osbt back t0c Franco mummified
; animals -which hadnea been -worshipped
(stud which,: as has friaoe 'been" "fhown,
piust hAve-.existed i,Dm -or .5,00(3'-years
a'fifrt. -duvtep: examined these'' for; the
- p-Hrpnse.of seeing;"' hat fQUadatidii-t.h'efe'
wa-stortne Deiier. in a : graautr csasge
and . - progressive ' -d8velopm'e"at " ia"; air-
'imals,'-'- fmd--;iouBd'.-:by -comparison "of -
their skeletons w-ith those of- 'similar 'ah'
iraals ytt living 1q rlgypt'that no' change"
hd taken place-; : Hence '-be.;t9' hastily
conelvdwd that, ;iii:B9 tfar evidence wm
vdlt!oji.'-: But advancing re---sen-noh
::b'; f urnlshwd-'evea rstrtrag'r-"xaii-ha.'rhi9.-;
-Near, ths'-.- whirlpofll at
Ntaears, and .upon-Gaati Island, i' a u
.tseriGiaX:dt.!!posit.' la- wbiiett are the per'--fci'otly-:
:pre?CTVad- .'remains of. animals
whose. sUeUs , are precisely . the same- as
'jhe, -now found. ; m- Lake 'Erie'. .'.Tne
-.ffirmiiion of the.'- -country bo-w thA'ws
f:hni thtse.eUtlI'r :w-era. deposited '-when; :
thTaie-covered dhs wliole- of - thae -ro.'
ghia;! -anti,-' :tMreri-;bef re' .'.thst- Palls
l?ad -out -tMVLP.-W-ay ;; bek:. through ' the
iorfee-iif 4iiiaFa;.a d'wtaoee of six.mj1s.-
It -w- sritbiH bvnds to say that 1 he-great-
esV rat .st'wLie'i. that .eutting was dime;
wtH tit?.tt--,s yen-rr -and-, as- them are
&,s4.i,' f?t-t.;-m. six; miles, w.er.nu.
i'V.ibsL"kfc.sl'iTl-6sh,: whose ' remains
': arc; igttad; there;, muat' have lived .80,000
y(AF8.-a-;o.ii -t. tbTy, arc precisely uke
;tk;c.::ii.dw -.ia. t!i.:aake,' shawicg.-:bo
Otmge.rn. .that ; .iu. :pe,noa. ' 1 et even
this-is -j&t; the strongest . caso -offsred -in'-ey'fcli'iieay.:
. f aiira'a . and flara of thtf
.CF'e. Sovuns emreh-are .4'dt&ou.r3 r. tbe.-trk
j jaJgtitx: .uf wh'tcli ; jebalk; -ia'GOBi.p'-!(d-
.1..;.'... Al-i.AAw.,V.rrfn....k.i.' . ........A. .
the? b4,tt'.of.t!e weeaa, so th&t- it rauet
by aJiiiit.y.d that jrwr.tain spceivs hava not
c't 'tagiid siuqe uh? C?i?ta!y epoch. If,
ihT., we. !- at types :ad eetiirs, a
vastly errvatof .time ifiutt: be .a,lwn- to-
tlies petsiaie-at, fofn. .-The ltK'.fiuBi
iii the. JSuglisli-fth.Ul4 Ss.row n-jv-jnd
'hy a ploeeiy allied speefcis- ir t.b-.A.t-.'aHiie'
ami Parj.t$c ; -anA tstill- .f urtker-; Wk Jhe
coal firmatiuns conliu fewrpinus hrifdiy
ditigi4ilsbl.? f rem. those .of our.wn.
tUy, ai.d IwU we considt;t.theenoriHeSr
Umiv tiifit elapsed bince the Curboni
iVrcua tr' cr.il'd, the objection a-:wimcs
flnii-.dii'g prorxjrtknas if it alone is to
'! eCHihUk-'n d- At , .the bottom of the
t'lHrUa, ifi if.- 'Cambrian ' foruiati-n
'wV:f foiHlp a;cr rarcj there are"yt re
:ra'ii'n.of tii 'lltu-t; hardly tiist-mguishiible.
frnni tho oi the -prBt, ar34' w5re" mice
elASKd wiaa'thvHt,'a' id the ane'iefjt lin
a;nla mhm'.It1 o thai of modern Australia.'
OS:j;eiiins like thise i-enri fiial to' the
doclrirK of evolution far wbii'li the mo
tiiflcaturi of aijiipi'itforHsa is; a necessary
postulate.; But. at tUia . -piiiut th-j ie
searches of . i;;ifwin ..k.iiJ it tkviridO,"
hi' tint 1 bey Jiva1. KUowi't !f;;
e5.;s:eui'o t Aht . to;.- g?v&t fac
tors u Hie prdcwsS .vVhrum rl.rs',
the tendeacy: io wriaTifirj which U'-prj'Veil
by theobservatli-n-i x-tf all living form.1,
and, secondly,- the intlaeneeof surrouui'
inc; cnditiona upon preut forfils and
their descendants; The-' tendency to
vary being granted, the survival of the
parent forms or their derivations depends
on ciicu'itetancca '; if the oon.flitlous f .i
vor tha derived forme, the parents dis
appear ; it they f vor the jarf nt form
it survives. In the latter case there is
no advance of type, and in the former
there will be modification and change of
form. This puts us ia a position to Shy
that the persistence of types, so far
from making against evolution, favors
it. The scorpions which flourished in
the Carboniferous period persisted better
than ary derived form?, nor is there
reason to believe that in favorable cir
cumstances, they might not endure for
ever. This objection is, then, no objec
tion. It is indifferent; it tells neither
on one side or the other. Another order
of facts calls for the same interpretation.
The great group of lizards which run
back to the Permian, ju9t above the coal
formation, differs but little from our
present group, and, if the enormous
length of time they have endured be
taken into consideration, the slightness
of the change is remarkable- ; As we go
further back, and there find no trace of
lizards or reptiles, it is clear that the
doctrine of evolution would be over
thrown if the formations we examine
represent the whole series of facts in
regard to the life or absence of life at
the time when they were . laid. But
here, with Lyeli and Darwin, we must
consider how very imperfect is that rec
ord of the rocks. Its incompleteness
can be demonstrated irrefragably oblit
eration of traces bus been wrought by
the cction of water, . and the metamor
phosis of rock under great heat.. . Meta
morphic rocks are found in all ages, and
where we know they must at. ouo time
have held remains. To show the inade
quacy of the objection to evolutionists,
that where , their evidence fails, they
make shift., to . say that. it., has been
destroyed, ...the ... Brontozoum. (bird)
tracks so . abundantly. . found - in . the
rocks ! in. the Connecticut Talley '
the tracks are ..therej.... and.
of a biped, with, a Stride ot six feet nine
inches, yet never has a bone or feath
er belonging to it been found all but
the record ot the foot upon what then
was ithe yielding sandy seashore has
been obliterated. , It is, therefore dem
onstrably fallacious to conclude that an
imals did not exist far back in the night
of time, for the sole reason that no re
cord of them remains. All such oases
are indifferent in their bearing on evolu
tion ithey make neither for nor against
it. We now come to the consideration
of facts which do not, indeed, demon
strate evolution, but which, if that doc
trine bs true, would necessarily exist,
arid so far forth m its favor. If evolu
tion is true, it follows that animals and
plants, however diverse, must - have
been developed - in - graduating forms:
From the highest forms of animal and
vegetable life to the lowest gelatinous
moner, composed merely of protoplasm
the steps must have been gradual if the
doctrine is to stand. When we now
look at nature we find that the fauna
and flora fall into groups whose member
are like each other, but groups which
are widely separated.and between which
no intermediate forms are found partak
ing of some of the characteristics of
each. Mammals, birds, reptiles are
sharply defined ; There Is no intermedi
ate lietween mammal and bird, bird and
reptile. Within one of these divisions
there are, for instance, the numerous
family of pigs and ruminants, but be
tween them is no connecting link ; so
of the crocodiles, lizzards, turtles,
snakes, etc., there are absolute breaks
between them. If it could be shown
that this state of things had always ex
isted a deadly blow would have been
struck against, the .theory ; ; if, on the
otjMjr baccl, can show that the dif-fcrVaC4.e-.wtre
jjot ulways each ks they
are JnOw. Vanl that tha break did not
once -exisdhettoctrine will receive
most material aldi ihbiigli it .will not be
established. . . From" the time that Cuvier
discovered the . .anaploih,erium . in . the
quarries of Moh'tm'artre the' -'conclusion
has ' been inevitable. . : The anaplotheri
uaile a fossil, pachyderm intermediate
between the pigs and Tuminaats,- and
that. gp -was' closed ;. but yet ; research
showed; no connecting' link between birds
and reptiles no-ws sharply defined, and
to this 'let. 'us tarn . oof' attention.' Iii
popular.- estimation- bo two groups are
more .widely dlfferest, 4h,e -bLrd-j being
winged,: f aathered. and walking on their
blind giegs-" 'apparently approximalinc'
not at all to-rep-iiles.:- -Fo&sil birds-": are
everywhere abundant" ia the tertiary
rocks, but they, even the blK-et,' are like
those of the present day' A few years
aga no remains .of birds bad been discovered-
held w the tertiary, ' and men
weFe . -not- wanting :-. who : prophesied
boldly that none- would ever be" found
tbere,-: Of. late, how-ever. A few have
"been obierved i-a t he loweF rocks in Erig-l-rady-aud
are abandiot in the cretaceous
jo'matiuns ta-America, where Professor
?-Ureu; has found specimens wholly un
kawn before. - The hesperornis rejalti
ia the later cretaoeous was . a . bird six
feet hi:iii, -and.resembled the reptiles in
this, that it bad teeth, B.-fore this dis
covery the iM)Svesfcion of teeth excluded
aa animal from the .birds, and it was
lutis rendered necessary., to modify ' our
Jd!H V? a. characteristics i-: birris..-. The
airy'al.i vk:.bir4a.iu .-par-Is -.of
fes aHatoiuy, ari-(; 'er3deiii. ueceSk.ary a ,
change ot. the old views ;.m. . regard.- to.
mm.. , la the module .&f .-the;. Jarafic
furinatiuu there w.a f Jund ouo-feather.
uuoeuded In slate, hica belonged to a
bird long unkoowu, but one epeeimeB of
wh'ch was sabstqieiitly fouud whieh
uuioriunaitiy was without its head, bo
that it id impossible to say whether it
had teeth or hot; its bind legs were
those of . a. bird, but its yerte-brre -were
unlike, those ; af any bird-now existing.
It haJ, moreover, tho tail of ; a reptile,
brut with. iVather,. and its wings-w:.ere
like hop f .' a pterodactyl . aad ; oih
T .were fociu-J .mid w.ay .betwiu b4n3s
k4 -A '-ret.rh.;s.-. i inr'd ' Wiulip f aJVicf-ed', lii'l-'
caaes; fT"or'cvolutfHi, and. showihox ia
t.& pAc.t- , creatures . o?:-rfieppd. the
-Wwidark'S of ur. cl-issfs a ad- gr.wps and
tiliiiA' tlia .'g'ip now existing.. - But it is
f( BMbJt Iu til tki-. gup. yet niore strik-.
iiitrly'.';, Its" tho .'ms:sckroe'k9 are fossil
fl'jti'S.'c3'f;'aturs of hsgt .-.'proportions,.
Willi' ht jd -tittl usck.:4( pterodactyls,
wit;iiht;rf or .'lwg. ufi'-j and poeaiuotic
c:iv.iiks .Ui . their ExVu-". and the large
breast, bono uf tU-i- bipd-, but whciiie aBte
rior linibs wero not tii d'a wi-agSj while
their posterior limbs. w reptiliaa.
Throughout the uiD..ie . r.x:!u .are
huge Sguariidoi)fJ. Wj5-.d,H'.M ', , eto,s. of
great ."djvtrsi'y of Hruc'.-Uiv, HOiae like,
l'iztttis .aBjl.crofcOiliU s- w-i cihor with
the hjnd liui.bs.f a Und. ..Tliegra-Jation
trom ti:ii cni
sauf,,'. yy ihe-'
niitr'K(-d, fi,tKi s.
dii tt;."..'U;i. .the diiio-
birdi" wo-.dfti fully well
:ii"5va a:;other ilnk between-
the bifU-s u;..d rv'jii'ift'j. .the . hind limbs
developing and lay. aw ;r.i-.ir nt- d windl .
ing. . The . eomwyHtitJtM ingiptr with
biriiVhwul,, Willi teeUi, , aiid tmall fore
log, ai d bird's Ii.ihd legs, needed only
feathers to be a bird, for, as in the eaa
.i.rys i'. '-t teeth may est in a bird.
U"idiH!tfci!y i hey walked, aud probably
it is' their tracKS that are s m in the
i(c'aS. i hey wer- probably the transit
tioun! form.
Prof. Huxley on Niagara.
la the cnurSft of iiis rccont address at
Nashville, Trof Huxley spoke as fol
lows :
I know that it is thought very often
that meu of science are in the habit of
drawing largely from their imagination
but it is really not so. The most sober,
careful cousidera'ion of facts forces up
on you more and more determinedly the
conviction that the theory respecting
which we have this arcfce ilogical evi
dence of a period of the past history of
the world, is of a duration which, in
comparison with our human standard,
may be regarded as almost absolutely
infinite. Take for example, the case of
the cataract of Niagara, where I have
been recently spending some time, so 1
might fill myself with the grandeur and
beauty of that extraordinary natural
phenomenon $ it is quite easy to see that
(he Niagara river has formed its own
valley, has cut its way back through the
plateau of rock from which it falls for
some six miles. There is not the slight
est difficulty in seeing that. The great
cliff from which it tumhles is formed
of two kinds of rocks hard rock at
the top and soft rock underneath. The
water undermines the soft rock below,
when the solid stratum above falls over.
You can trace the gradual excavation
for Bix miles from that marvelous bluff
which, trom Proctor's monument, over
looks the plain ot .Ontario. Now, the
rate at which that work is going on has
not yet been positively ascertained, but
we may be perfectly certain I am now
speaking largely within limits that
that work of cutting back does r.ot go
on at the rate of a yard in a year. We
have sis miles of. such cutting, which
will bring you to a period of ten thou
sand years for the cutting bick of Niag
ara alone. It is an immaterial matter
to me how many years it take?, but it
would be nearer probability, much near
er the truth if I had said three or four
tims that Rtnount. . -
What relation does a period of that
kind bear to the vast duration expressed
by these' vast ledges of strata which
form the globe ? We are a people curi
ous enoughto form a very distinct calcu
lation of this. The sides of the ravine
through which Niagara is cuttiDg its way
are formed by alluvial 'matter, which
must be older than the river which has
cut through it. In that alluvial matter
you find the remains of shell fish, undis
tinguishable from those which now in
habit the lake, and along with them yon
find as has been found the teeth of
the mastodon, which, we know from
abundant evidence was aa inhabitant of
the continent of North America at a
comparatively recent period, ' the very
last step of that long series of changes,
of which the limestone, upon which
you are now standing, indicates one of
the older ones.
Thus it follows that the whole work
of Niagara occupies one period of this
vast duration of time, that ten thousand
years, or whatever else it may have
been, is but aninfinitesimal fragment of
time, so far as the great phenomena of
the globe are concerned. During that
vast time the population of the globe
has undergone a slow.constant and grad
ual change, one species giving way to
another. We have passed by slow and
gradual methods, without vast and sud
den changes, into that state - of things
which obtain at present ;I need not 6ay
that this view of the past history of the
globe is a very different one from that
which ia commonly taken. It is so
widely different that it is absolutely im
possible to affect any kind of parallel,
far less any sort of reconciliation, be
tween these two. One of these must be
true. -The other is not.v ' " ' '
. Political Notes.) ;
A "staff correspondent" of the New
York Tribune, writing from .Fittsburg,
predicts that the Republicans will prob
ably gain eight Congressmer) in Pennsyl
vania this fall. ' - - - '
A Washington newspaper says that
when you see a Southern newspaper dis
play the American flag at the. "bead of
tts columns you may be sure ta find the
Republican -ticket immediately tinder it
Did yon ever see Governor Tilden's
mark r ;; -Often and of tcb: you wondered
wbat'.: it meant "8. X
Bttritnqton Uavok-Eyt. ; . .
A one-armed Republican candidate in
Ohia' was caid by the Democrats' to kave
lost his arm io a threshing machine.
Col. Cimly; of he Ohio Stats JouYhal
was eaUed ia as referee,. and -cave-this
charHC'.eriolic decision : "Thf? .threshing
machine that wounded .Van Sickle, wjss
locat-ed m t he' top of tom h - todiinlatoj
si-pt. 14;-18C3.-"- - . ; - -'- ' '
The Democratic' caodidatt? for ricatec-"
anf governor of Coloradtt la's TiWtni re
former. It is charged agai-agt him, not
by Repabneait), bat by fellow Demo
crats, that he Hde 1,500 sheep, the case
being etui pending; that ne torged aeecs
to 5.003 acres of land : that he . matilat-.
ed the court record, and that he bought
Mexican proxies to . the convention at
209 each.- Bat he is f pared the crown
rog misery of being charged with talsi
fyiag his income.
The Columbus (Ga.) -Eajv-irer is an
other of the t-outhern papers that' la
mint the lgtioi ifice of the Vermonters,
and it account's,' for it iri part by "saying
that "iJn bt Southern people rarely
ever t-uu-t-. utnt Republican besotted
State " tV.i; Enquirer should remember
.that a fe 'years ao a great many Ver
monters 'enlarged their ideas- by exten
sive travels in the booth,- aud that they
btva tot forgotten what they learned
i&cre.-r. Y. Turn. ; ,
. r. What 5lr, Tlkten ha? beet feerci-ifore,
ho is n'ow -narnely, '. a fanning, crafty,
stibtei'j.jrtienBr,-. wmtwrtifxnimx - wntW in
politic. To talk of him as a " politi
cal reforraCT' is to forget common Kense
and - insult the rrt'ral law. He the
iarne S-imuel J. Tilden' whose name was
siiniud to that notorious crircular ira 1S68;
the satiie evil-doer io poluics, who could
not! answer Horace Greeley's letter.
'Men ra iy become luna'ies or strange
vki'tnartfs, and see remarkable things
which bave no basis in reality ; but no
imOi.h) Ids 'ber senses, can have much
desire fr pfjlitical reform who eeea a
politieal reformer in this man. Samuel
J. Tilden. Worcester fpy.
', Mr. Tilden still defera the complete
and ir;!hifg reply to the charges re
specting his income tax. It is not too
much to say that his delay produces a
very unfavorable impression. We hope
he may be able to make a more decent
defense than - has been made for him,
either by bis political organs, or by bis
bureau of correspondence through the
medium of iti.pecuniou3 journals. But
the fact is that he has a very ugly task.
He w;8 certainly not a rich man in 1SG1,
and he was ceitaialy a millionaire in
1871. If he paid the proper tax on his
increase of wealth during that time, his
reply need not take Lim weeks to pre
pare. If be did not, months of prepara
tion will not make it complete. TIlc
Public.
The election of a Democratic Presi
dent after the Vermont and Maine elec
tions and ihe fiasco in New York is so
improbable an event that even the most
desperate political gamblers do not care
to put their money up. What little
money the Democrats have will be
poured into Indiana. The contest there
will probably be the fiercest ever fought
in any state f the Union. Both Sena
tor Morton and Governor Hendricks
have personal reasons for wishing to be
successful in the State they represent ;
and the immense importance of the issue
will call out every vote in the State, and
wo fear a pood maDy votes beyond the
State. A Democratic success does not
insure the election of Mr. Tilden by any
means, but a Democratic defeat will
cause a stampede to the Hayes ticket.
New lork Sun (Tilden organ.)
A story is told of a person who with
out ticket or money was several times
kicked of a western bound railroad train,
but persistently returned. At length the
conductor, weary with much kicking,
inquired of the wayfarer, "In the name
of goodness, where are you trying to
get to?" The sorely punished tramp,
holding the sore place in his bands,
looked up in a meekly deprecatory way
and answered, "I'm in hopes to get to
Omaha if the seat of my trousers only
holds ont." It occurs to us that the
"Widow" Bntler has been kicked off
the Republican train times enough to
excite some curiotity as to where on
earth the "Widow" wants to get to.
Two or three State conventions in Mas
sachusetts have kicked him off, and two
years ago a congressional district kicked
him out, and here he is again climbing
up the steps with hia bundle under his
arm. How much more kicking will the
"Widow" stand, we'd like to know ?
H. Y. Tribune.
thousand eggs of the California salmon
to the Westport,ConiL, trout association
to be hatched and placed in public wa
ters. . . .. - , - . t.
The Fall River Slanuf adorers Board
of Trade, on Saturday, passed a vote to
restore to the operatives ia their ir-ills,
on the first of October, the ten per cent
reduction made in August. "
Mummies are a drug in the. zuuket
in New York. A collection from Peru
was put up at auction the other day.and
the best specimen brought only $11,
while the smaller ones sold for 50 ceals
apiece.
The disease in Baltimore which the
local press call the typho-malarial fever,
and which others call the yellow fever,
is on the increase. A medical man from
other cities, who has visited several of
the cases pronounces them yellow fever. -
j As Samuel Gorham, ot West port, Ct.,
was -walking . across a bridge in that ,
place, a wild dock in , its flight struck a
teleerraph wire with such force that Ha
head wa severed from its body. Mr.
Gorbam had duck for dinner.
1 Thomachinery , for relishing plate
glass, . for which the Lennox, Mass.,
plate glass company expended a large
sum of money four or five years ago, is
now being- broken tip for old Iron, and T
the fiaa builditfqs which they erected be
tween Lee, and Lennox furnace for a
polifihjcg shop have been sold. - r
Jaforni'ation has been received at Vas
sar college, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., that a
Blri. Lyons of Cleveland, O., who recent-
ly died, had in his .will bequeathed $ 40,
000 to'ViiSsar college and the letter re
quested that some person clothed with
authority to receive ' it should report at
Cleveland upon jeoeipt ; of the notifies- ;
tion-. Matthew- .Vass&r, Jr.,. will visit. ,
Cleveland for that purpose.. . -. : :
SoperiBtendent SjKCer, of the Grand
Trunk Railway, finds total abstinence
from intoxicating brinks on the 'part of
the employes of tlw road to work so well
that be ha issued a circular in which he
eavs. "I have det rmined to renew tay
pledge for another year, aud I hope that
the assistant but. nntendents, 8gem,
trainmen, aDd the r&ffic staff generally,
will join heartily vita me! ia tae move
ment." . - . : .' .-
A 'Frisco cornt, accordir g to ths
veracious Newt Letter, who was lately
ikot through the cheek, turns the acci
dent ta advantage by asicg the orifice
(which remains, although the wound has
healed) as a supplementary mouth, by
whose means he piays the flageolet. lie
has practiced until hs can execute sever
al difficult dnefp, and the only considera
tion which prevent him from boring
the other cheek, aai; fitting himself lo
play trios, is the ' fJculty of playing
three instruments with only two hands,
and keeping perfect time.
Contennal Notes.
In General.
parks
coun-
Somebody happily says, "'the
are a lovely quotation from the
try."
"Parasol holders," is the Saratoga
name for the young men who part their
hair in the middle.
The New York hotels are crammed
with guests. They are reapirig a har
vest from the Centennial visitors.
A Norwalk, Conn., woman, aged 83
and totally blind, cuts and makes her
own dresses, and among other things
has made over one hundred quilts.
The United States fish commission have
directed the forwarding of five hundred
Exhibitors of pi .-.tics and wines have
oui-p3 rhirgen before the Centennial
commission against the Judges on these
articles. Borne trouble is anticipated
over the awards ou se ving machines and
fine arts.
Kansas has reoperd her disp!ay, and
the latest production, of her 60il are the
astonishment of viskir3. Apples which
will hardly go into a No. 7 hat. beets
weighing six pound, wild grass 10 feet
high, heads of millet 12 inches long, ears
of corn nine inches in circumferejee and
on stalks :20 feet high all give indica
tions of the wonderful agricultural
wealth of the State, and the richness of
the recent crop.
It now appears tbt the Centennial
buildings it Philadelphia were fc-r over
a month exposed to the danger of a fear
ful explosion, several bottles of nitro
glycerine, dynamite and other powerful
explosives having been placed ' exhi
bition in s glass case ia the Unite ' States
building by an officer of the torp- do sta
tion at Newport, R. I. Any eli.riit ac
cident might have Sc:t tlitoe trert ;ndous
compounds going, and the reeultt would
bave been tearful to contemplate. On
representation at Washington they were
ordered to btj removec .
The most remarkable feature ia the
pomological building certainly the one
that attracts the greatest attention is
that of California fruit, brought East in
refrigerator ct-.rs. It 13 in fine condition.
In size the fruit is unequaled, and its
quality is very fine. The peach' s are
very large and temptingly lu cious.
Clusters of grapes are 6hown wh; h in
this part of the cour.try seem fairly
enormous. The beauty of some of them
is beyond praise. The apples, pears and
plums are almost equally remarkable.
Nectarines, figs, and Imonds, both green
and ripe, are also nlown. This fruit
was brought here by an agent acting for
quite a number of fruit growerp. Be
sides that exhibited, a stock ia on hand
for sale in the buiJdir 1;.
The horse show is w ak in distinctively
American breeds, the greater part being
importation from Great Britain and
France. There are 01 ly a few of 1 aciag
stock, truck horses ad roadsters form
ing the majority. Among the 50 Can
adian horses, the favurite breed ii the
Clydesdale (Scotch) very heavy mus
cular animals, with short hind." and
thick necks. In the American iheds,
the noticeable animals are of foreiga
birth, with the exception of a few Mor
gans. A beautiful Arab stallion and his
colts, by Kentucky and Norman marea,
attract great attention. In contrast to -these
is a fiery littlj black BtaLion of
Percheron breed from France, ar.d the
huge Norman draft horses of that breed
which furnishes the stallions that draw
the omnibuses and heavy trucks of
Paris, to the surprise of Americans,
who are accustomed to seeing only mares
and geldings tractable enough for such
menial employment.
No one can say that the farmer have
not improved their opportunities to aee
this Exhibition. They have been here
by hundreds of thousands, not merely
the younger generation, but the old
boys, who remember "Gineral" JstikBon,
and who do not consider the ilexican
war as a very ancient occurrence. Into
the dustiness and somewhat monotonous
round of their lives glowing h".ata of
beauty, the sublime inspirations of art,
the wonders cf subtile mechanisms
which almost rival the xnysteri" of na
ture, and the elders bow down adoration
before the accomplishmen's of modern
ism. I notice that whue 'he farmers
give 'much attention 10 t'te exhibits
which have especial refereue to their
vocation, they do not make thtm the ex
clusive objects of their uudy, but th?y
linger with a kind of questioning rever
ence in the art gallerien, and among the
thousand brilliant triumphs of the man
ufactures of all nations in the Main
Building.
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