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OLUME 2,
BUTTE,MONTANA: THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1881.
WHOLE NO. 261.
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is, May 27.—Tlie first electric rail
w running in the vicinity of Berlin,
«0 satisfactory tliat another is projected
to another district of the suburbs,
'of construction is only- $35,000 per
re.
ion, May27.—The Tunis correspond
ue Times says, "I am informed on the
ihnrity that the French are preparing
j Kromedis from Snutarba. They do
ceal the fact they wish to justify the
f bo many corps into the regency by
ilitary expert, and with this object
ewise contemplate an attack on the
lmatour.
ngton, May 27.—Secretary Hunt
ornarded instructions to Commander
commanding the United States sleatn
nce, now at Norfolk, to prepare his
! proceed on a cruise in search of the
te, between Greenland, Iceland and
jt of Norway, and as far as the north
<t of Spitzbergen, if it is possible to get
itUout endangering the vessel.
Tobk, May 27.—In the General As
ofthe Keformed Episcopal church to
tsolution was adopted declaring that
ew version ol the New Testament had
rued and was now presented to the
and the Christian world for tln-ir *e
:or rejection; therefore, it was the
fthe council that the revised edition
ew Testament should b" reverently
.fully examined with a view to its ul
proval by the Church,
js, May 27.—There is a well ground
J r to-night that William Forster, who
fce to Ireland in a very had temper, was
liied to suppress, fur a time at least, all
ji-! 1 ni's in Ireland. Five meetings of
importance are announced for
Tlic attitude of the authorities is
I with anxiety.
kugh protected by troops, the police at.
fliii, County Leitrim, were foiled in
[nipt to serve process on some of Lord
p's tenants by the threatening attit ude
leople. All is now quiet in the County
Prick. The authorities have not yet
N when they will renew the attempt
I out the evictions.
lor has reached Cat-nick oil Shannon,
[Leltri-n,of userions process serving
[Gerwagh, teu miles distant, but nolli
Two men arc said to have been
Id.
Ipersons were burned by incendiaries
By Cork on Wednesday night.
(eh, May 27.—This morning's News
VV. II. Canty, who is sentenced to
j«d at Colorado Springs, June 17th,
hunier at Buena Vista, last April, of
I Marshal Perkins, is a nephew of
Jtler, ami that his right name is Win.
fcbuiy, of Salisbury, Mass. lie was
1 leave home ou account of recklcss
Intto California and made a fortune
tubllng and saloon business ; after
pt all and came to Colorado three
He has two sisters, one married
Ithy,living at Lawrence, Mass. Since
'1er Lis Irifiiyls have been doing
"5 to save hitir. Massachusetts law
bere working in his behalf.
inoton, May 57.—The total custom
fur May was $43,000 ; internal reve
,300,000.
duction of the debt for May will be
, 000 , 000 .
■in danger that Secretary Windom
his efforts to punish the officers
he misuses of public money, l'ri
■ds of his say lie wili not save any
Thompson, Sergeant-at-arms ot the
Representatives since 1874, is behind
accounts with congressmen. He
in the habit of drawing pay for con
aud holding it subject to their or
'cks. He has gone beyond his means
is unable to meet the checks he lias,
v is such that his bondsmen cannot
t is claimed tliat some congressmen
accommodated beyond what was
and that he w ill assume every dol
May 27.—Conkling, Arthur and
'dates continued their levee at the
°-day. Not a few members of the
5 who had uot expressed opinions
'Otes reading as follows :
ARSm—1 would like a few win
srsation with you as soon as may be
'd place of your convenience. Will
• hear from you 2
Cordially Yours,
Koscok Conki.in«.
kion remains as before and no pros
Range. Deadlock is certain. It isru
* Conkling will make an address on
p «ning. It is rumored that Tilden
ui id for Conkling.
ax °Sk, May 27.—The Sun leads off
with the following double-leaded
I subject of Mr. Blaine's visit to
; Was two-fold. He has been caught
route swindles, lieuce his business
vk rgent as well as private
•al. Weeks ago Brady aud Dorsey
'aine notice tliat if the proceedings
a were not stopped, they would
i bim. 1 conclude Bjaine has not
• slop the proceedings,»lienee the
°f the foreclosure against him. His
* York, was to fix tilings up. Tliis
ntes\' tesl way to tell the story, audit is
-.To 'ss true for being short. There is
e same sort coming."
'UK, May 27.—The Tribum' iias
V with Leland btanford, who said
r is in a flourishing condition. The
e Had followed the east, and passed
through a very sovere financial crisis, but,
like the east.it had recovered, and he thought
the outlook was bright. The Chinese move
ment and Kearneyisin had died out,, because
there was plenty of work to he had by the
laboring classes, who did not give any more
thought to the subject of idle agitation. He
thought much more capital had been made
out of the Chinese than there was any need
of. They were a most peaceable race of in
dustrious, intelligent workmen. Unlike men
of oilier nations, they did not have to be
shown how to do a thing more than once,
their faculty of imitation boil g so good tliat
they could copy exactly.
London, Out., May 27. —In the recent dis
aster in several cases whole families were
wiped out—Mr. Jos. Coughlin, whose chil
dren and grand children, numbering five, are
lyingdead iu his house. His daughter Jen
nie was married to a young man named
Swazzie, the day before the accident; they
were drowned. The family of W. Hall loses
five, in one house. Every kind of coffiu is in
use and the dead are being conveyed lo bury
ing places by every class or vehicle. The re
mains of Mi. ffm, McBride were carried in
a light wagon,followed by a proression a mile
long. Men can hardly speak to each other
without breaking down; the scenes in the af
llicted households are terrible. Clergymen
who have Worked nobly all through are tired
out and cam ot reach the graves fast euough.
In many cas is the members of different fam
ilies are put in one gravd. Difl'erent societies
are on hand doing their utmost to facilitate
the burial. The largest procession to-day
was tliat attending the remains ot Willie
Gloss and Miss Cooper, who were engaged to
be manied next month and died in the water
together; k couple of hundred well filled vehi
cles followed the hearses which passed along
side by side.
Tlie searchers for tlie dead this morning
raised two little girls, clasped tightly in each
others arms, as they had no doubt fallen to
gether. Several cases of robbing tlie dead
are reported.
Washington, May 27. —Information from
the Viiginia election, held yesterday, so far
as received, are adverse to tlie readjusters.
A number of republican senators and rep
resentatives who went, to New York when
the senate adjourned, have returned here.
All of them took an interest in the senatorial
contest in New York and some of them were
consulted by leading republicans of that
state, having in view some settlement of the
senatorial tight that will prevent any serious
division in the republican ranks. Tlie prop
osition or plan urged by many in relation to
postponing the senatorial election is as fol
lows; That tlie • present legisla ure being
two-thirds republican mint elect senators
some time, but the election can be had at a
special session, after the present bitter feel
ings shall coo! ; that both wings of the party
say they are willing to obey the majority
opinion of the republican party in New York.
Let us take a recess until next December.
Between now and then the republicans of
every county will meet in convention and
nominate candidates for legislative anu local
officers. Tliat these conventions can by res
olutions express their wishes and sentiments
as to their choice for senators, and thus the
legislature at tlie adjourned session will have'
the distinctive will of tlie parly to guide it.
This plan would make sure of electing re
publican senators by the present legislature,
and republican senators who know much of
party affairs in New York think it will be
adopted as the best way out of tlie trouble.
Berlin, May 28.—Bismarck at a parlia
mentary soiree last evening, declared a new
duty on flour itidispensible, as foreign states
were adopting similar measures.
Oolvmui's, May 28 .—John E. Thompson
denies that as Sergeaut-at Arms of the Na
tional House lie is short. His business man
ager is a careful man and would undoubtedly
notified him of any shortage. Not having
done so none could have occurred.
Cork, May 28 __Tolling bells in Mitehells
town yesterday summoned people to the city
from a distance. Mr. Easton, a magistrate,
was struck by a stone. Had it i ot been for
the efforts of tlie local clergy, the results of
the riot would have been most disastrous.
Boston, May 28.—It lias been determined
between the Santa Fe and the St Louis &
San Francisco companies to extend tlie At
lantic & Pacific road 153 miles further into
the Indian Territory, beginning at Vineto,
ami also to begin building at once in Califur
ma.
St. Petersiuro, May 28.—Gortsehaknff
is expected here on the 2 d of June.
The reported premature accouchement of
Hesse Ilelfmau is officially denied.
Admiral Lessoffsky, commanding a Uus
sian squadron iu tlie Pacific, has been ordered
- -
to return to St. Petersburg.
Washington, May 28.—Claims of Autei -
•aus in Mexico for damage by the French
trrops, have been withdrawn from the Freneh
Auiericati Claims Commission, the French
Government objecting, not being responsible
tor tlie acts of French troops atjer they pass
ed from under the control of Maximihian.
The claims aggregate several millions.
Paris, May 28.— Gambetta speaking at tiie
banquet at Cabers to-night condemned tlie
attempt to erea'eaii antagonism between him
self and President Grevy, whom tie highly
eulogised. Alluding lo the constitution, he
admitted it was not perfect, and would have
to be perfected in a democratic sense, but lie
warned agaiusMloing this hastily. He cited
precedents taken by Americans in tliis re
spect and urged the necessity ot waiting un
til all institutions had, astronomically speak
ing, completed their revelation, and to reme
dy the constitution would shako the founda
tion.
London, May 2 b. -During a discussion at
the meeting of the general assembly of tiie
Scotch Free Church yesterday, on Dr. Adams'
motion, Professor Robertson Smith said it
proposed to leave him his salary,but he would
never consent to eat. tlie bread of a church
which did not permit him to serve it. Dr.
Adams' motion, he said, it carried, would
raise a spirit in the Church which had been
raised in times past in every church in Scot
land, namely, the spirit of rebellion against
Lordly honors.
A strong feeling from ail parts ol the coun
try having manifested itself in favor of rais
ing a memorial to perpetuate tlie memory of
Lord Beacousfield, a committee comprising
all the prominent conservatives an ' many
noblemen lias been formed for that purpose.
At a preliminary meeting the committee re
solved that the memorial should comprise a
statue of the Earl to be erected in London,
and an executive committee will lie appoint
ed to receive subscriptions.
In the House of Commons to-day the first
Should tlie question he asked in Home
why Leo XIII. is not more popular, the au
s<ver will be that he has a tendency towards
over-government und arbitrariness, two pe
culiarities which can only be burdensome in
so diminutive a state as the Vatican,
Of Pius XL's manner ot living all Home
was aware; but, nothing is known in regard
division taken by the committee on the land
bill was on an amendment offered by Lord
Filzmaurice (Liberal), the practical meaning
of which was to postpone other parts of the
Dill until the constitution of the laud court
is settled. The division resulted in a success
for tlie government by a vote ot 246 to 163.
Denver, May 28. —The jury in the case of
the Iron Silver Mining Company vs. the
Smuggler Mining Company, rendered a ver
dict to day iu favor of the defendant. It ap
pears tliat the location of tlie two claims were
parallel. The plaintiffs made the first loca
tion nut was in a defined lead or lode. They
obtained a patent on their claim in 1878. The
owners of the Smuggler run a shaft beyond
the side lines and discovered a body of miner
al on which they made their location. The
Iron Company went above their discovery
shaft and run an Incline into the mountain,
tapping the Smuggler and brought a suit
claiming tliat it was a vein found inside their
pretended location. The Smuggler claimod
tliat there was no vein rock in places within
tlie side lines of the Iron Company's location,
but tliat the top of the vein was within the
Smuggler location. Tlie trial lasted a week,
and numerous witnesses were examined oil
both sides, and eminent counsel employed.
The case excited great interest and tlie result
reached seems to be accepted at. putting an
end to the claims of the Iron Mining Compa
ny to go beyond the side lines of their loca
tions.
New 7 York, May 28.—' The Herald's Mitch
ellstown, county Cork, Ireland, correspond
ent says : A serious affray occurred here to
day, in consequence of an attempt of the
sheriff of this county to evict five tenants on
an estate of the Countess of Kingston. The
sheriff was assisted by twenty-live police and
military, including a troop of dragoons, but
the resistance of the people was so deter
mined tliat the work was only partly accom
plished. The chapel bell of Mitchellstown
began ringing at 1) o'clock in tlie morning, to
warn the country people tliat evictions were
about to begin. The news spread rapidly.
The chapel bells for ten miles around took
up the refrain, calling the population to as.
semble. Tlie police attempted to stop tie
bells hut did not succeed. Ten thousand
persons assembled here in less than an hour.
A large number gathered around tlie police
and military, and while the first eviction was
proceeding, eggs, stones and other missiles
were thrown at. the sheriff and Dis assistants.
Three evictions were oariied out, but to ex
ecute tlie next two it was necessary to pass
through the town. Three bands oi music
and organized bodies carrying banners, had
now arrived, and tlie strains of "The Martial
Tread of Clare's Dragoons" encouraged the
people to resistance. They obstructed the
street and seut showers of stones into the
midst of the constabulary. Then the cavalry
charged and drove them back, but they only
returned in greater force and w'itli new dar
ing. While passing a yard, behind which a
large number of rioters were concealed, a
heavy volley of stones was delivered and one
of the cavalry horses w 7 as killed. Tlie police
charged through the yard and dispersed tlie
assailants at tlie point of the bayonet. One
man's jaw was cut open. Twelve soldiers
were struck and many police were also in
jured. Tlie riot act was read without efleet,
and in consequence of the resistance it was
decided not to proceed further with tlie work
of eviction. Tlie excitement lasted until
late iu the night, but there was no further
trouble.
Leo. XII. at Home.
When one inquires after the l'ope among
the masses in Kume from the men one re
ceives invariably the answer, Non e sympa
lieu. "He is not sympathetic." To wliicu
the women add, e troppo brutto. "He is too
ugly." They then draw a comparison be
tween him und Pius IX. who was an amia
ble and well beloved master. The present
Pope is certainly by no means prepossessing
in appearance, a fact lie seems lo be well
aware, lie makes up, however, for deficiency
of size by a lofty and commanding deinean
to Leo's existence. The cause of tliis lies in
I the fact tliat while the former's life was as
1 regular as clock work,the latter is guarded by
1 no rule whatever, and in short, lias no partic
! ulae way of living. According t > fancy or
j desire, he rises at the most varied hours of the
17 day» and often goes back to bed eai ly in the
I evening. At times he sits up and writes tar
into the night. He has been known on these
I occasions to fall asleep over his work, so tliat
iu the morning Ids servants have found him
! up in a cramped condition. The I'epe eats
alone twice a day, his meals consisting ot
I only two courses. After meals lie takes
a drive in the Vatican Garden, with two
j guards prancing beside the carriage. He
usually steps from tlie vehicle when the tour
i of the grounds is made and goes a little on
foot. At tliis point of the garden lie has
caused a stable to be Imilt for tlie aeeoinin; '
dation of his horse aud carriage, although tlie
stables of the Vatican are within a stone's
throw.
Leo's apartments are the sain" those oc
cupied by Pius ; that is, two re.e, on rooms
furnished in crimson damask, a study and a
bedroom, iu Pius' time tlie study contained
but one stool for His Holiness, a work table
and a wooden bench upon which sat the Car
dinals during audience. Leo lias made sev
eral changes in tliis patriarchal arrangement.
First he exchanged the bench for a number
of high padded stools, and when the Cardi
nals seemed uncomfortable on them he or
dered arm chairs instead and a reclining chair
for himself, sitting upon which lie now re
ceives visitors. The bed-room, which had va
cant walls when Pius was alive, is now neatly
covered with yellow silk .— Polnische Zeitmiq.
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There was it little ten-party in Now
York last week tliat (iillerei.i from the
littlegutkeriiigg usually held under that
name, in that, instead of discussing
tiieir neighbors they discussed their tea.
■asioii was the trial of some tea
by Commissioner Le Due in
South Carolina, and the quality was pro
nounced so good that eighteen thousand
plants are to be started in the south this
Tin' first robin is here, but he wislie
were anywhere else in the wide world.
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Anecdotes of Lincoln.
L. J. Gist lias collected for a Cincinnati
paper some interesting anecdotes of the mar
tyred president. In 1832, when 23 years old,
Lincoln was induced by his friends to run as
Whig candidate for the legislature, and
made bis maiden speech as follows : "Gen
tlemen, Fellow-citizens; I presume you
know who 1 am. 1 am humble Abraham
Lincoln. 1 have been solicited by many
friends to become a candidate for the legisla
ture. My politics are short and swr i t, like
an old woman's dance. I am in favor of a
national bank. 1 am in favor of the internal
improvement system anil a protective tariff.
These are my sentiments a,,d political prin
ciples. If elected, I will be thankful. If
not, it's all the same," lie was not elected
at that lime.
There resided in Springfield, in 1860, an
Irish laborer, John McCarty by name, a red
hot Democrat. Shortly after tlie Presidential
election, Mr. Lincoln was walking past the
Public Square where John was at work clean
ing out the gutter. As the President-elect
drew near, McCarty, pausing in his work, and
holding out his hand, said bluntly : -"An' so
yer elected President, are ye? Faith, an'it
was'nt by my vote ye wur." "Well, yes,
John," replied Mr. Lincoln, shaking bands
very cordially, "tlie papers say I'm elected,
but it seem» odd I should be when you went
against me." "Well, Mister Lincoln," said
John, dropping his voice, lest some brother
Democrat should hear him, "I'm glad you got
it v afther all. It's mighty little pace I've had
wid Biddy for votin' foruinst ye, and if we'd
been bate she'd hev druv me from the shanty
as shure's tlie wurruld." "Give my compli
ments to Biddy, John, and tell her I'll think
seriously of woman's suffrage," said Mr. Lin
coln with a smile as he passed on to his of
fice.
President Lincoln once 3aid that tlie best
story lie ever read in tlie papers about himself
was this : Two Quakeresses were traveling on
the railroad, and were heard discussing the
probable result of the war. "I think," said
one, that Jefferson will succeed." "Why does
thee think so," asked the other. "Because he
is a praying man." "And so is Abraham a
praying man." "Yes, but tlie Lord will
think Abraham is only joking,' doubtful. y
replied the first."
Afier a state election in Now York in which
the Republican party was defeated, Mr. Lin
coln was asked how lie felt after lie heard the
news. He replied ; "Somewhat like the
boy in Kentucky who stubbed his toe while
running to see his sweetheart. He said lie
was too big to cry and to badly hurt to laugh."
During tiie spring of 1864, a friend in con
versation witli Mr. Lincoln ab. ul the ap
proaching Presidential election, said that noth
ing could defeat him but Grant's capture of
Richmond, followed by bis nomination and
acceptance. "Well," said tlie President, "I
feel very much like the man who said he did
not want to die particularly, but if he had
to die, that was precisely the disease he would
like to die of."
In the spring of 1862 Gen. McClellan wrote
from the Peninsula a long letter to tlie Presi
dent giving him advice as to the general poli
tics of tlie country and how to carry on the af
fairs of tlie nation. "What did you reply?"
asked some one of Mr. Lincoln. "Nothing,
but it made me think of tlie Irishman whose
horse kicked up and caught his foot in the
stirrup. 'Anall,' said he, 'if you are a going
to get on I will get ofl."
Tne Horse-Power of the World
at
j
It, lias been estimated that in 1879, on the
207.000 miles of raiiroad, tli- re were at work
105.000 locomotives, of an aggregate 30,000.
000 horse power, white the total number of
engines amounted to 46,000,000 horse-power.
Taking tlie nominal horse-power at an effect
ive force equal to tliat of three horses, and
the work of a horse as equal to that of seven
men, it will he seen that the steam engines
represent tlie force of nearly 1,000,000,000
— - re than double tlie amount
men, which is more
of workers on the face of tlie globe. Tlie
steam engine which is fed by coal, has, thcre
oie. tripled the productive power of man.
Galveston Water System.
A stranger from the East was having his
boots blackened a' tlie Postoffice yesterday, j
when an alarm of tire »as turned iu. As lie j
saw tlie Earned street steamer rush out he j
inquired of the "shiner" at Dis feet :
••Bub, what sort of wa'er system have you !
got in this city?"
The hoy spit on Dis brush, looked up and
down tlie street, and finally observed:
"Well, as far as t know anything about it,
they all take water after their gin!"
The reply seemed to be thoroughly satifac
tory to the stranger - —Galveston News.
Judge Totirgee is reported by tbe Cleveland
Lead' r as saying thathis "Fool's Errand" lias
reached a sale of 260,000 or 270,00t) volumes.
•■I came to write the 'Fool's Errand' in tliis
way," lie added: "One Sunday morning in
tiie summer of 1877 I arose early, saying to my
Wife, '1 am going to write a book by tlie name
of -A Fool's Errand' by one of tlie fools.' I
went into my library and went to work, and |
during that day 1 wrote three chapters of the
book. 1 laid it away and did not take it up
again until June, 1879, when the printing
began. One chapter 1 wrote twenty times,
and tore it down out. of type three times. Each
time l threw my manuscript into the tire and
entirely re-wrote the chapter. I never could
patch up.
Lord Lome lias $50,000 a year and a fur
nished house as Governor General of Canada. ]
His wife has $30,000 a year from parliament,
and also had a dot, of $150,000, which may
he presumed to add $6,000 a year more to
their income, so that if the Duke of Argyll
adds $.4,000 they have $100,000, which for a
childless couple is comfortable. The econ
omy practiced at Rideau Tiji!: is very strict.
The Duke of Argyll began life poor for his
position, but economical habits, and the rise
in value of lauds for many years, have made
him affluent. He has also received a large
sum of public money as salary.
A suggestion to employ artificial lights for
the capture and destruction of noxious insects
has found considerable favor. A medal was
awarded at the last exhibition of auricuIt lire
and insectology in 1'aiis for a lamp especially
adapted tor catching insects. The electric
light, has been found to be a very effective in
sect-trap, and its eventual coming into use for
this purpose in hng-infected gardens and or
chards may be regarded as among the things
that arefpossible.
THE LONG- JOURNEY.
Starting together After a Short Sep
aration.
Detroit Post and Tribune.
When one ol the trains to this city came in
at midnight, a few nights ago, an old man
was found sleeping In one of the seats. The
conductor flashed his lantern iu his face, the
biak»mai> stirred him up and one or two pas
sengers looked at him carelessly, but no per
son seemed to belong to him. He was neat
ami clean, but thin arid wasted by old age or
privation. All sorts of i roubles were mapped
on his clean, withered face, but the main
thing just then was to get him awake and on
Dis feet and out of the car.
" i say, old man !" yelled the conductor,
"git out of this; do you hear? This is De
troit. If you've got any frieuds they'll be
looking for you."
He opened his eyes so wide and suddenly
that the brakeman, the conductor and the cu
rious passenger fell back on each other in a
heap, hut only his lips mov. o.
" Where's Gracie ?"
"Who?" asked the condm recovering
his official voice.
" Little Gracie —grandpa's little pet. I
brought her with me. Is she there ?
" I guess he Is not wide awake yet," said
the curious passenger. " Suppose you help
him to his feet."
Conductors are experts in helping peopl,
to their feet, and this one was no exception
to the rule, He took the old man by the
coat collar and stood him up, but he sank
down the next moment limp and motionless.
Just then a depot hand came in.
" The baggage master wants to know what
you're goin' to do with that deal box over
there. He don't want any of that kind left
ever, Mid there ain't no direction on it but
'Gra-cie'-"
"That's her I" said the man, and he stood
up feebly. "Take me there. We're going a
long journey— Gracie and me ; a long, long
journey, but it don't seem as if 1 knew the
wav right clear."
They took him into the depot and laid him
on one of tlie benches and put his carpet-bag
under his head, but still lie fretted for his
"leetle Gracie— his pet," ami at last they con
soled him by telling him she wns resting,
was asleep, and must, uot be disturbed.
"We've a long journey to go," lie kept
saying to himself, "and grandpa's baby musn't
get tired ; it's a long way ; a long way."
The little box, with "Giacie" written upon
it in lead pencil, was safe enough with the
other "freight," and tlie old man slept peace
fully at last. Some kind soul threw a ru:
over him near morning, and asked him wlmt
train lie was waiting for, hut all the answer
h» made was a feeble "Thank'ee; call me at
sunrise. We're going a long Journey, Oracle
and me."
H» was called at. sunrise by a voice that
none may refuse, and when a flood of rosy
light shone into the dreary room he was up
and away—gone on his long journey. Only
the worn-out body was there, and yesterday
it was laid away with "little Gracie" in tlie
strangers' lot at Mount Elliott, unknown, yet
possibly in as "sure hope of a gracious résur
rection" as if marked by thirty feet of monu
mental clay.
A Story Of Bismarck's Youth.
Apropos of Prince Bismarck's birthday
anniversary, celebrated recently, plea
sant reminiscences of his youthful days
may not he out of place. Forty-six years
ago* a young Swedish nobleman was
studying at the Berlin University. One
day lie received a letter from an uncle in
Sweden, whom he happened never to
have met in person, informing him that
his first cousin, a daugher of tlie relative
in question, was about to pass through
Berlin on lier wav to the waters at Ems,
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charge of her during her brief sojourn in
the Prussian capital, show her all its
most interesting sights, and finally see
lier siffely started upon lier further
journey. The young Indy arrived at
Berlin" in due course, and was waited
upon at her hotel by a stalwart student
himself as her cousin,
and escorted her, during the three fol
lowing days, to museums, picture gal
leries, and so forth, with indefatigable
courtesy. On the fourth day he atten
ded lier to the Post-Amt, whence she
was to depart by diligence for Ems,
and, as she was warmly thanking him
for all the attentions he had shown lier,
requesting her permission, before taking
his leave, to make confession of his sins.
" 1 must no longer, my dear cousin," he
continued, " conceal from you that, as a
matter of fact, I am not your cousin at all.
A friend ofmine, however, has that
honor. He is undergoing Ids examina
tions at college, and confided to me the
duty of carrying out yourpapa's wishes.
My name is Von Bismarck." Tliis
very lady visited Berlin last year, and
took occasion to remind thcChancellor of
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pression of her gratitude for his chival
rous politeness of nearly half a century
ago. Interrupting her with a genial
smile, Prince Bismarck observed:
"Pardon me, madam, it is 1 who am
under obligations to you in that matter.
Thanks to you I was at that time enn
bled to visit the museum. J.hitl m\u
since had turn; to do so again. —London
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The Cost of a Boy.
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It would be a eood idea for all boys, and
girls, too, to cet some Idea—in real figures—
of what their parents do for them. Tlie Rev.
1\ li. Fisk gives a lecture on the cost of a
boy. He computes that, at the age of 15 a
good boy, receiving the advantages of city
life, will cost, counting compound interest cm
the amount invested, not less than $5,000.
At 21 he will not cost any more unless he
goes to college, when he will cost nearly
twice as much. A bad hoy costs about
$10,000 at 21, providing he dooa not f go to
college. If he does go. he costs as much
more. Mr. Fisk thinks that gills are nearly
as expensive as boys. The computation,
however, comprises only the pecuniary cost
of raising a hoy. The value of the mother's
tears and ' he father's gray hairs are beyond
the reach of figures to express. The money
side is by far the lesser of the two.
SCIENTIFIC.
The vapors of nitrous ether are recom
mended by M. Peyrusaon as a disinfectant
and antiseptic. They liaye neither a disa
greeable nor hurtful smell.
Tlie detective camera is a new photograph
ic feat. It enables photographs lo be taken
in the street, or anywhere else, without the
person or persons photographed being aware
of the fact, and is calculated to inspire a live
ly terror among that class of celebrities who
object to having their photographs taken.
A Leipsic journal gives a method for hard
ening glass lamp chimneys so that they wili
not crack. The chimneys are placed in a
pot ot cold water, to which salt has been
added, the water boiling over a fire, and then
allowed to cool slowly. The glass will after
ward resist, ary sudden changes of tempéra
ture. The same process will make all crock
ery, stoneware, porcelain, etc., more durable.
A new process ot tanning extensively
uspd in Germany. Bark is wholly dispensed
with and iDorgamc compounds take its place.
The new process requires from four to six
weeks for its completion, and the particular
feature is described to be the aetion of chron
ic acid, for the generation of whicli a num
ber of substances, soluble in water, are
brought together so as to effect the decom
position of bichromate of jjptash.
A savant, M. Armengaud the younger, of
Paris, has a collateral invention to tlie photo
phone, which he proposes to call the "teles
troscope," by means of which, he says, we
shall be able to see objects situated upon any
part of tlie earth's surface at any distance
from the o-'server. His reasoning is based
upon the laws of reflection of images, and
tlie scientists to whom he lias communicated
his conception are confident of its feasibility.
M. Lefrance has called the attention in tlie
Journal de Pharmacie to woolen mattresses
as a possible fertile nidus for disease. In a
large citp such mattresses may represent mil
lions of fleeces that have been only partly
eieared of grease, ami have, moreover, been
effected by long use through successive gen
erationsr. They are rarely efficiently
purified, and might become an active medium
for the propogation of infection.
CONDENSED TOFICS.
Who says tliat the age of romance aud
almost miraculous escapes and advent
ure, is past? Listen to Oils little scrap of
news: Hodscha-Ahmet, who had trans
lated the Bible into Turkish was senten
ced to imprisonment for life for having
circulated the book 'through tlie domi
nions of the ,Sultan. His prison was at
Scio, where the recent terrible earth
quake broke down the walls so that he
escaped, boarded an English ship that
lay in the harbor and is now in London.
There is a project on hand now to
unite Spain and Portugal under one
government, and that, a republie. As
the two countries are now, their influ
ence and power in Europe is very slight,
while it is claimed that the two united
as a republic and adjoining the power
ful French democracy, that then they
could again claim a place of honor and
eminence among European nations.
There is practically no such thing us u
fire proof building. Brick comes nearer
to being a fire proof materia! than any
other substance. Iron is treacherous
and almost worthless in may places
where it is commonly used. A good oak
pillar is far better as a support in ease of
fire than iron. None of the building
stone generally in use is of any value in
ease of severe fire, granite is the worst,
or tin- least reliable of all.
Beaconsfisld on Lincoln.
What follows is an extract from a eulogy
delivered by the late Premier in the House
of Commons: There are rare instances
when the sympathy of a nation approaches
those tenderer feelings that, gen rally speak
ing, are supposed to be peculiar ti I lie indi
vidual, and to form the happy privileges of
private life, and tins is one. Under all cir
cumstances we sh. uld have bewailed the ca
tastrophe at Washington; uinler all circum
stances we shout' 7 have shuddered at the
means by which u was accomplished. But
in the character of the victim, aud even in
the accessories of Dis last moments, liiere is
something so homely and so innocent, that it
takes as it were .the subject out of all tbe
pomp of history am! the ceremonial of diplo
macy, it touches the heart of nations,;ami ap
peals to the domestic sentiment* of mankind.
Sir, whatever the various and varying opin
ions in this house and the country generally
on the policy of the late president, of tiie
United States, on this,I think, all mu : agree
that in one of the severest trials which ever
tested the moral qualities of the man. lie ful
filled his duty with simplicity and strength.
Nor is it possible for tlie people of England
at such a moment to forget that be sprang
from the same fatherland anil spoke the same
mother tongue.
Politeness of the Heart.
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j ..j M . Iit , g „ uve writes, "I am'as
j much a n i net sent ti century man as any ; but
j i don't repudiate all in the past. Tberewere
I both good and charming things in it, ami I
would fain steal some of its graces to adorn
1 our modern life. France will not he quite
herself until she shall have allied the manner
; of the old with the principles of the new."
I Aml 1,1(1 outcome of true politeness he notes
■ * n l * 1(1 _ heliavior of a little boy : "One day
! on *y ,ll!i mother gave him
a a l HM,n y can *y to an old infirm beggar
a 1 w,lom ^ K *. v on road, lhe child took
i coin, and as he dropped it into the out
! stretched hand he raised his cap. *
Thanks to him, we can complete the thought
of \ auven, who argues and says,
is like great thoughts : it comes
heart.— S(. Janies' Gazette.
•Politeness
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Fashion remains stationary with regard to
lace. It is used in the greatest profusion for
dresses, muer garments, ami lingerie. In
spite of the great popularity of this article,
there is very little valuable uew lace to be
| seen, as working women find it more profita
| hie to devote their time to mending old lace
' than to making the article new