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THE MILAN EXCHANGE.
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MILAN,
CURRENT NEWS.
WASHTN OTOM.
The Senate baa finally confirmed the
nomination of Justin E. Colburn a Concul
Gencral to the City of Mexico.
Hon. George C. Gorham, of California,
has been selected as Secretary of the Repub
lican Congressional Committee.
President Hares It reported as having ex
pressed himself subwtantially as follows, in
reply to a Congressman who recently in
quired whether officeholders would be per
mitted to subscribe toward election ex
penses: "An officer can give or not, as he
pleases, without affecting bis tenure of office.
I expect to contribute my proportion to tb
campaign expenses, and there will be no
objection to others doing likewise. In fact, 1
should be pleased if they were to do so;
but it can not be demanded under a threat
of removal. As to the participation of offi
cials in the campaigu, the order applying to
officers of the Government as to caucuses
and conventions will be vigorously enforced;
but If candidates are in the field there will
be no objection to officers doing their share,
as long as it does not interfere with tbeir
official duties, the asrae as any other citi
ien." The President has nominated ex-Con-reKsman
George L. Smith as Collector of
Customs at New Orleans. It is understood
that Mr. Smith was named as a sort of com
promise candidate, being unobjectionable to
most of the various Republican elements of
the State.
Up to the 2-"th the Syndicate had taken
$15,000,000 of the 4 1-2 per cent, bonds un
der their recent contract.
Attorney-General Devon said to an As
sociated Press representative in regard to :
the McLin statement, that be and other
members of the Cabinet placed no credence
in the alleged "confession." Affidavits
could be obtained in that part of the coun
try to suit any purpose. He regarded the
whole thing as emanating from disappoint
ed politicians and disaffected Republicans,
for the purpose of fomenting discord in
the ranks of,the Republican party. Apart
from the illegality of attempting to reverse
the decision of the Electoral Commission,
Gen. Dcvens thought that to reopen the
question at the present time, when the
country U upon the eve of financial pros
perity and resumption of specie payments,
would be nothing less than a crime, and
should be denounced by all prudent men,
irrespective of party. .
William Evarta, son of the Secretary of
State, died at the family residence in Wash
ington on the 20th, of consumption. Young
Evarts had been for somo years engaged in
business in China, and recently returned for
the benefit of his health.
The Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes Temper
ance Society of Washington has dropped
the name of the organization on the ground
that Mrs. Hayes countenanced the use of
claret punch at a dinner during a recent
Presidential excursion.
No official information has been received
at Washington of the preliminary arrange
ments for fitting out cruisers by the Russian
Government in San Francisco or elsewhere
against England, in anticipation of war.
The United States and Great Britain, by the
treaty of Washington, are obliged to use
due diligence to prevent fitting out, arming
or equipping any vessel, that it has reasona
ble grounds to believe is intended to carry
on war against a power with which It is at
peace, but until war shall exist between any
two nations there can be no breach of neu
trality in permitting either Russia or Great
Britain from fitting out vessels in this coun
try for army purposes.
It is said by prominent Democrats that
resolution will soon be introduced in the
House directing the Committee on Judiciary
to investigate the alleged Florida frauds,
and authorizing them to send for persons
and papers. This would include statements
of McLin and Dennis and other proofs i
that connection. Investigation will be made
with a view of ascertaining all the facts, and
not to Interfere with the present position of
President nayes.
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
Information received at San Antonio,
thought to be reliable, is to the effect that
the insurrection against the Diaz Govern
mcnt is steadily but surely ripening. It i
thought that Kcrdo's party are arming the
Mexican Indians, and instigating them to
raids across the Rio Grande, in order to stir
up further trouble with our Government.
Particulars regarding the recent Mexican
Indian raid across the Rio Grande, received
at San Antonio, show that a large number
of ranches were raided, all the horses run
off, and a number of persons killed and
wounded, variously stated at from 10 to 40,
The raiders recrosscd the river into Mexico
and were being pursued by a large force of
soldiers and citizens. It is Mid that two
American boys, George and Dick Taylor,
aged 12 and 7, were carried off by the raid
ers from their home near Fort Mcintosh
Melntyre, the defaulting President of the
Lake City Bank, Colorado, has been arrested
in New York City and taken home to con
front his creditors. He stoutly denies all
charges of irregularity.
A Bismarck special to the St. Paul Plo
neer-Prest transmits an account of three
distinct shocks of earthquake at Glendove
on the Yellowstone, on the 15th. They oc
curred at intervals of half an hour. The
ground opened for a distance of 500 yards,
with a stifling smell of sulphur. The crevice
revealed a coal vein five feet thick.
O. C Seclers, Cashier of the National Ex
change Bank of Tiffin, O., has absconded
with $45,000 of the funds of that institution,
A reward of $T,000 is offered for his appre
hension.
Chicago is not a little stirred up by the re
ported movements of the Communists of that
city. They are, said to be actively at .work
drilling and arming with breech-loading
rifles. Upon being questioned they confess
they are preparing for future emergencies,
but say they will act merely In self-defense,
and will not foment disorders. There are
about 8,000 of them in Cook County, and it
is stated that from 1,000 to 2,000 aro armed
and drilled weekly. The -polk- force are
watching iheir movements to prevent the
recurrence of the riotous proceedings of last
July. ; i
The recent Iowa cyclone did greater dam
age than was at first reported. In the vicin
ity of Wall Lake hardly a house or fence eg'
caped injury. The Catholic Church at Car
roll was completely demolished. The house
of Daniel Lietz was blown down, and a child,
torn from its mother's arms by the wind,
was found in a marsh east of the house,
while Mrs. Lietz w as found kaif a mile west.
The ground was strewn with disembow
eled and dead ducks, geese, , etc
Many head of cattle were, killed.
Tcter Anderson's house, barn and
granary, well stocked, were demolished, and
not a thing of value left on the place. A
number of other barns and houses were also
destroyed in the same vicinity. Heavy loss
of property and lifels reported at a Swedish
settlement in Crawford County,-but particu
lars are wanting. Wm. Hollen, while trying
to drh e cattle from his barn, was borne cp
into the air with barn and cattle and has not
been eeen since. A boy, last seen driving
cattle home, has also mysteriously disap
peared. Wm. Beach and two sons, near
Sac City, were killed; Peter Lampman, near
Ida City, was instantly killed. In the same
locality 10 houses were destroyed and five
persons killed and 10 wounded. - , r , . -
Dr. R. P. Grayson and wife were recently
murdered la Anderson County, Texas.
John K'ink was hanged at San Francisco
on the 2ith for tna murder of Policeman
Coots about oue year ago.
George Grant, founder of the Victoria
Colony, Kansas, died on the 26th.
The National Executive Committee of the
Socialistic Labor party deny that any branch
or frotlon of that party ii supplied with
or undergoing military drill la Chle-
go. They claim their organization to be
purely political.
A valuable deposit of phosphate of lime
has been discovered near Wakeenv,. Kansas,
on the line of the Kansas Pacific Railway.
It Uused forfertilizingpurposes.
Joseph Shields, proprietor of a large
woolen manufactory at Davenport, Iowa,
committed suicide ion the 28lh. Financial
embarrassments were the cause. He was
a brother-in-law of Assistant Pnstmaster
General Tyner.
' Ex-Congressman Vance haa been brought
home to Gallipolis, O., from-San Francisco.
He is undoubtedly insane.
James Bairn-, Cahivr of I lie Salem (I "J.)
National Bank, Is a defaulter to a large
amount, ne has fled, leaving a not stat log
that his downfall was duls to Wall Street
speculations. ' - -' '
The Detroit Free Pre establishment was
destroyed by fire on the morning of the
20th, caused by an explosion of agag main
leading into the building. With the excep
tion of the basement floor, containing the
presses and appurtenances, the building and
contents are a total low. :Thore waa $42,000
insurance on the establishment. Estimated
loss, about JV),000.
Fritz Meyers, a notorious horse-thief, was
taken from the Jail at Belleville, Republic
County, Kansas on the night of the 27th,
and hanged by a mob of about 40 men, arm
ed and masked. s
A Galveston Xeics special reports another
mail carrier kiiledbyt Indians, between
Forts Davis and Stockton, on the 28th, being
the sixth person killed in that vicinity during
10 days. A train from Fort Davis, which
arrived at Fort Stanton, was attacked by In-,
dians near Borelia Springs. The mountains
are reported full of Indians.
The property of the St. Louis Tunnel and
Railroad Company, which Includes the tun
nel and railroad tracks running from the
eastern end of the Illinois and St. Louis
bridge o their connection with the Missou
ri Pacitic and other railroad tracks at or
near the Union Depot, is to be sold under
foreclosure by the English holders of the
first-mortgage bonds for default of interest,
the amount of the bonds being about f 1,
000,000. Matt. Weaver, Cashier of the Citizens'
National bank of Urbana, (X, is a defaulter
to the amount of over $75,000 to the bank and
half as much more belonging to Individuals
and trust funds. Speculations in the Chica
go grain market are the cause of his down
fall. He has absconded, leaving nearly
$30,000 worth of property," which has been
seized by the bank. -
About 11 o'clock on the night of the 2th,
three masked men entered the l'ot-ofliue at
Marshall, Texas, and presenting their re
volvers at the Postmaster, ordered him to
open his safe, which he did. The robbers
took $1,500, but in their . haste overlooked
package containing $800.
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
The Sew York Prohibition State Conven
tion adopted a platform demanding that the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors
be prohibited by law; protesting against the
enactment of ' the proposed Moffet bell
punch act ; favoring the enfranchisement of
women; opposing the national banking sys
tem, etc A State ticket was placed in nom
ination. ' : N -. '
President nayes,accompanied by his fnm--
ily and several prominent officials, went to
Philadelphia on the 24th, for a visit of sev
eral days' duration..' Many of the pubiic
and private buildings were decorated in
honor of the event, and the distinguished
guests were entertained wjth great hospi
tality during their stay.
The Erie Railway was sold in New York
City on the 24th, under the foreclosure suit
of the Fanners' Loan and Trust Company.
It was purchased for $,000,000 by ex-Gov.
Morgan and others, acting as trustees for
English bondholders.
Judge Samuel B. McLin, member of the
Florida State Board of Canvassers at
the late Presidential election, has made a
sworn statement in reference to certain al
leged frauds practiced in the counting of
the vote in that State, by which, as he avers,
from his own knowledge, an aggregate of
393 votes were wrongfully counted for the
nayes Electors, thus depriving Mr. Tilden
of the Electoral vote of that State. In Arch
er Precinct No. 2, Alachua County, 219 Re
publican votes were surreptitiously added
to the returns by the Inspec
tor of the precinct; in Precinct
No. 9, in Leon County, 74 Republican
ballots were stuffed into the ballot-box; and
in Jefferson County 100 Republican ballots
were illegally added in one precinct. In
making this statement, McLin excuses bis
own share in the transaction by saying that
he was carried away by partisan zeal, sup
plemented, as he admits, by a hope of fu
ture political reward, in which latter par
ticular he seems to have been wofully dis
appointed. Dissatisfaction with the
course of President Hayes, who is charged
by McLin with "cowardly abandoning and
betraying his Southern Republican friends,"
is the principal motive which he says has In-
duccd him to make public the facts stated.J
jucLtn's statement is supplemented by
similar one from L.. S. Donnis, formerly
President of the Board of County Canvass
ers of Alachua County, and Chairman of the
Republican Committee, who swears to the
fraud committed in that county,
Confederate Memorial Day, April 2i, waa
generally observed throughout the South
with more or less ceremony. At MaCon,
Ga., the Confederate monument corner
stone was laid by the Grand Masonic Lodge
of Georgia. A letter from Jefferson Davis
was read, and an oration delivered by Gov.
Colquitt. . - ..--'. ,
Aewburyport, Mags- is excited over the
recent discovery of a fraudulent or forged is
sue of stock of the Newburyport and Ames-
bury . Horse Railroad Company. . The
amount of the fictitious paper in existence,
or w hen or by whom issued, is not known.
Nathan Matthews, one of Boston's best
known business men, hits gone intofcank-
rnptcy with liabilities aggregating'I.OOO.OOO.
II. 'J. Je wetf has been elected President tf
the reorganized Erie Railway Company, the
name of which is to be changed to the New
York, Lake Eric and Western Railroad
Company. . - r
AtNorfolk (Va.) J. B. Weeks, keeper of .
drinking-saloon, Just before his death a few J
days ago, coufesscd to the murder and rob
bery of five persons.' 5 r ,
A delegation of Southern Congressmen,
comprising Senators Gordon, Morgan and
Jones, and Representatives Carlisle, Ellis,
i eates, bitt borne, Clark, Hooper, lotrog,
Money and GoodeVmade a visit to Boston,
ontbe 27th ult., upon invitation of the Bos
ton Commercial Club.. "'Tha oc&sfon was
a very pleasant one to 4lf coneemed. '
Charles E, Suberg, formerly Teller of the
Mahanc-y City ( Pa.) First National Uank, is
under arrest charged rwiih. embezilfaig the
funds of the bank ,and falsifying the ac
counts. . . . , , . . - , .
CapL Lucius Travers, an, old and feighly
respected resident of Carroll County, Va.,
about eight months ago married a handsome
and dashing younij woman Vf 12, he being
TO. They had some matrimonial differenoef ,
due mainly,' it is believed, to the giddy'
young wife's , pencnant Jcrr-inirting. witl)
younger men. On the night of the 28th Cipt.4
trave. s nas muruereu, uis luroai ueing cut
from ear to ear, and bis body thrown into a
creek whicli ran ntaf the house.f Upon Ixj
evidence of a chambermaid, Mrs. Travers L
was rresledv vh at first stoutly protested
her innocence, fcu subsequently' gfcvi aj
and confessed the murder. After being
nlaned in tail she attcmnted to cortmn't. sni-
cide by stabbing herMf lurt6orea.st with i
" . . ' ,TT T" ,
pair oi scissors.
August and Hannah Grislern aged cou-
pleT who lived near 'Vani;ville, Balb'vad
County, X. V. nave been found norrtfily
mutilated and dead in the house of tha Iat-4-Mr.
ter. They had been separated Mae: tlme.f
and ft is thought August kilted h' wife-and
then himself.
A special correspondent at St. Petersburg
telegraphs that (S officers and masters of the
Bushian navy have sailed for Jhe: Upafl
States. ' In the event of war with England
these officers will tske command of vessels
purchased in and crews recruited from the
United States. This will apparently bring
our Government face to face with the great
question of international .-duty toward the
two great nations. ',.)
Information has been received that a Chi
nese Minister accredited to Washington, ac
companied by Members if Legation and.
Consuls for the principal ports of this coun
try, will soon leave China for the United
SULea
FOREIGN.
A telegram from Rome makes the signifi
cant announcement that Father Curci, who
was compelled to leave the Society of Jesus
towards the end of the Pontificate of Pius
IX. because he recommended a compromise
between Italy and the Papacy, has been
summoned to the Vatican and been assured
by Cardinal Franchi that the Pope wishes
him to continue to give the Church the aid
of his teachings.
A Manchester (Eng. ) telegram of the 23d
says that from 80,000 : to 90,000 operatives
are engaged in the strike in Lancashire. , At
Preston the Btrike is ended, the spinners
having resolved to go to work on the best
terms obtainable. .
Gen. Grant arrived at Venice, Italy, on the
22d, and was publicly received b7 the offi
cials of the city and American residents.
Gen. Ignacio dc Veintemclla has been
elected President of Ecuador.
An encyclical, Just issued by Pope Leo,
points out that it is wrong for society to
combat the Church, and the Roman Pon
tificate especially, regarding the hitter's civ
il principality, which is a guarantee of its
liberty and independence. The Pope re
news and confirms the protest of Pius IN.
against the occupation of this civil princi
pality of the Church. - His Holiness is -confident
that, with the aid of God and the zeal
of pastors, society will finally return to the
homage it owes to the Church. The encycli
cal is generally moderate and full of ex
pressions of affection toward society.
The Windstr Hotel, at Coburg, Ontario,
burned to the ground on the morning of the
25th. The front wall fell outward, burying
a number of firemen in the ruins, four of
whom were killed.
A boiler in Strong's Foundry, Hammond
Lane, Dublin, exploded on the 27th. Fif
teen persons were killed and 12 injured.
TIIE WAR TROUBLES.
A Pera correspondent says that a most
formidable and wide-spread ' Insurrection
of Mussulmans exists, caused by the intoler
able oppression of the Russo-Bulgarian
regime, and particularly by the abduction of
Turkish women by the Bulgarians. Several
sanguinary battles have been fought, in one
of which the Russians are said to have lost
500 men.
A London telegram of the 24th says:
Though the principle of the withdrawal of
the Russian and English forces from the vi
cinity of Constantinople has been accepted,
the knotty point as to the distance to which
the forces shall retire continues to be dis
cussed, and the difficulties in the way of
such solution are so great that many foreign
crities believe an arrangement to be hope
less. ' A London dispatch of the 25th says: Ne
gotiations regarding the Congress and the
withdrawal of the British fleet and the Rus
sian troops from near Constantinople have
as yet led to no result, and it is considered
unfortunate that Bismarck and Gortseha
koff have fallen ill at this critical Juncture.
The Russians are doing their best to
strengthen their positions, and advices from
various sides concur that there are con
siderable movements of troops towards
Constantinople, as well as Gullipoli.
It was reported from San Francisco on the
27th that Russian privateers were being fit
ted out at that port to prey upon English
commerce in the event of war beingdeclarcd.
A Russian corvette is now lying there, pre
pared for instant action.
The Grand Duke Nicholas has been pro
moted to the rank of Field Marshal General,
and recalled to Russia on account of ill
health. General Todlcben has been appoint
ed Commander-in-Chief of the army in
Turkey, with General Imcretinsky as Chief
of Staff.
CONGRESSIONAL..
In the Senate, on the 23d, the bill to ex
tend the time for the completion of the
Northern Pacific Kailroad passed without di
vision In the House, the protest pre
sented by Mr. Cox, of New York, against the
passage of the River and Harbor bill, Hfter
a ktormv Oeuate and an appeal from
the decision of the Chair, was ordered
to be read. Mr. Cox withdrew certain words
referring to ' a combination of member for
spoliation of the Treasury," but declined to
take back the words. " and thus eneouraire
.similar attempts oh the Treasury to
Kratify local interests." The question
was put to tho House whether the pa
per, in itself presented a question of
privilege, and decided in the negative
.Vi to IsO. A motion that, as a matter of cour
tesy to those who signed the protest, it be
entered on the Journal, was rejected. The
Conference Committee on the Deficiency bill
for temporary clerks in tbeTrensu y Depart
ment reported the committee bad agreed by
compromising on disputed points, and the
report was agreed to.
In the Senate, on the 24th, Senator Eustis,
of Louisiana, Introduced a bill to provide for
nn ocean moil steam service between the
United States and Brazil. Referred. The bill
authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to
employ temporary clerks, and making an
Appropriation for the same ; also, making an
appropriation for deteeting trespasses on
public land, passod. The bill appropriating'
f-'no.MK) to provide for a defieion
ey in the appropriation tor public,
printing also paused, together with several
bills of a private nature In the House,
Mr. McKenna, from the Committee of Com
merce, reported a bill extending the opera
tions of the Light-house Bonrd to the 1ower
Illinois River, or tho establishment of lights,
buoys, etc Passed. The Senate Pacific Kail
road Funding bill was then taken up, and,
nfter some discussion, in which Mr. itutk-r
(Mass.) spoke In opposition to the bill, it was
passed yeas 243, nays 2 tho latter being
Messrs. Butler and Lyndc. A night session
was held for debate only.
, In the Senate, on the 25th, the President
pro temJald before the Senate a communica
tion from the Secretary of the Treasury in an
swer to the resolution calling for information
In regard to the amount of Government bonds
sold since March 4, IStil, the amount paid to
i ue syndicate lor placing tucm on t no market,
etc. Ordered printed and referred. The Senate
insisted upon its amendments to tho Jtiver
and Harbor bill, and a Conference Committee
wS appointed. Mr. Blaine, from the Con
ference Committeo on the bill to provide for
deficiencies In the appropriation for serv
ice of the Government for the current and
prior fiscal years, submitted a report. A
number of items are stricken from the bill.
! most important lxsinir the arnropria-
tions of J75.OO0 for the District Schools, S,ouo
forth Havden survey, and t7.S0O to ascer-
Ir twin the depth of water and width ot channel
nwniu hum uiniiiiiuiic-u nt fcljts OOUVU J ass OI
the Mississippi Klver. Other appropriations
are reduced. After considerable discus
sion, the report of the Conterence Commit
toe -was adopted yeas 3S. navs ). Ad-
joiied to Monday....... Jn tho House, the
uanKnipt oui was aisonssen at some length
and with no littttf heat, Messrs. -II wing and
Kelly strongly opposing its passage, and
Messrs. Hewitt, Burcuard, Potter and others
speaking In its favor. The Question beimr
taken on the passage of the Senate 1)111
as amended, It was carried yeas son, nays 9.
U T- . fcjtHluirtlu... fmin f'n. ,....;.
eign Affairs, submitted a report in reference
to the Mexican border troubles, together with
a bill in relation thereto, requestingthe Pres
ident to keep on the Texas border not less
than 5.0P0 men, to protect American citizens,
and authorizing the crossing of the borderby
United States troops until nucb treaty stipu
lations shall be made with Mtxico as may so
frn.ro an efficient protection to American cirb-
Con and property.- lieierred to the Commit
tee of the Whole.
f The Senate was not in session on the 20th.
..In the House, nearly the entire session
wie occupied by considering m Committee
of tho Whole tho Post-office Appropriation
' i u3 uui was nnauy completed, report
d, and pawed by the Home. .
The Senate was not in session on the 27th. i
..Tho House considered various appro
priation bills in Committee of the Whole.
'itf' the Senate on the 39th, a resolution
requesting the President1 to communicate
.certain information concerning the surren
der of the Cuban insurgent and the future
pHcy of Spain towards tho Government of
Cuba, was agreed to. Mr. McCreery present
ed petition signed by a large number of
Influential citizens, regardless of party, ask
ing that Raphael Semmes be assigned to
McCreery also presented the credentials
a position on tne iiowgate i oiar expedition.
of his successor, Hon. John J. Williams. A
number of bills passed, among them the fol
lowing: Senate bill to authorize the Secre
tary it the Treasury to examine the evidence
of navments made by the State of Missouri
Jincw"April 17, WW, to officers and privates of
Jiuiltia forces oi saiu rxaic ior mmtary serv
ices actually performed In the suppression
ol tho rebellion, ndt aiake a rp tin re
if toliiingress. House bill making an ap
Jironrintiou o l, 0 for pier lights -at tho
t-tnranve of tha. Jrttiea, t' Jf the
houtu imss, aiii-iinippi E'.vur. benate
bill f'T th relief of eiirs on pnhlio lands
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within double minimum limits of railroad
grant, afterwards thrown out of double min
imum limits by muimu ol change in the
ronteof road. House Joint resolution appro
priating JS,(ie0 for the erw-tion of a monu
ment over the grave of Thomas Jefferson.
House bill appropriatingSVi.'KO tor the public
Kchools ef the District ol Columbia In
the House, umngthe bills introduced and
referred were the following: By Mr. Phillips
A bill setting aside the contract entered in
t Mwwi the- fry erf tary rthe Treasury and
the Syndicate; by Mr. Aeklin Repealing the
iron-clad oath for jurors; bv Mr. Turner To
prevent assessments for political purposes;
also a Joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution prohibiting a mem
ler of Congress from holding, during his
term, or for tw year 4 hereafter, na office
umk-r. tho. Cnitcd r. States which lias boun
created, or compensation for which has
been increased, during his term of office.
irmi declaring Judge f thet'iipreme Ornirt
ineligible for election to tho oflice of Presi
dent or Vice-Presidfnt; tjy Mr.- Williams
(Mich.) For the erection ol a statue of Gen
eral Custer. The House passed Mr. Fort's
bill, forbidding the further retirement of
Isgal-tender notes yeas 177, nay 35. Also,
the Indian Appropriation bill, appropriat
ing S4.772.OO0 for tliatbnreau. The bill con
tains a provision for the encouragement of
Indians in agriculture and other civilized
puouits calculated to make them self-sus-taiuing.
,
Bread Upon the Waters.
The Brooklyn Eagle publishes the
following incident in the life of the' late
'm. Orton, President of the Western
Union Telegraph Cojnpany: Years ago,
a young school-teacher in one of the
Eastern States had for salary a nominal
sum per month ami tha not at all du
bious privilege of boarding, round. He
had the temerity to get a fever which
brought him to death's door, and not
having contracted to run a hospital as
well as a school, the trustees considered
their engagement with him canceled.
He was stricken down in the house of
an old farmer, whose wife proved to be
a devoted, self-sacriiicing nurse to the
ung man, doing more than doctors or
medicines to bring the patient back to
health. A friendship was formed be
tween the young man and hb benefac
tors, which was cemented by an affection
on both sides, equal to tho delicate and
noble service rendered to him. That the
venerable couple would not hear the re
muneration of their kindness of months
was as important as it was a touching fact
to the young man, for lie was entirely
without means, and, when he came up
out of the very valley of the shadow of
death, without the strength or prospects
to eommand them by labor. After a
further and long: period of convales
cence,, spent in tho home of Ms bene
factors, he got a chance again to labor
as a teacher. Eventually he entered on
business, and the old gentleman and
lady died in a green old age. lears at
terwards, as a man of affairs and for
tune, the former schoolmaster visited
the village where so much sickness and
so much kindness had made a graphic
chapter in his personal life. He quietly
learned that an adopted daughter of his
fiieuds, to whom, in lieu of having no
offspring of their own, they had devised
the homestead, had married an excellent
merchant of the village, but that busi
ness embarrassments and a resolution
to be fully, honorable in their settlement
had made the sacrifice of the homestead
imminent. Tho gentleman with much
delicacy and firmness insisted on coming
into the case, by right of an obligation
and a desire to interfere ou behalf of
the successors of those who had ran
somed him from death. He bought the
place and gently compelled the young
lady and her husband to keep on living
there, nor would he let them pay any
thing to him for the privilege. His aid
enabled them to start, again even with
the world. They soon began to pros
per, and, with a self-respect that was
.in st creditable and characteristic, they
would not allow the gentleman of whom
we are writing to have the deed of the
homestead made out in their names. A
short time afterward, they insisted on
beginning to repay to the gentleman in
installments the several thousand dollars
he had, without any embarrassment to
himself, advanced to them in their
emergency. He protested, but to no
purpose, and in the course of time they
repaid him every cent ol it. There was
:t veritable battle of wilbj between them
and him; they insisting that he had dis
charged, in a loan to be paid back, all
obligations he felt toward their foster
parents for their kindness to him, he
insisting that they should regard it as a
very inadequate part payment of an in
valuable service: but their view of the
case won, and all the" concession they
would make to the gentleman's sensi
bilities was to comply with his really
indignant demand that interest should
not be returned on the sum he was
made to take back against his wish.
To-day that self-respecting couple are
thriving in plenty and honor on the old
fahiily farm. To-day their benefactor
lies dead across the river, and the great
est corporations in the landr all society
and the Government of the nation mourn
him as one whoso integrity was spot
less, whose administrative srenius was
of tho first order, whose name came to
eminence and honor round the world,
and whose patriotism, courage, execu
tive ability and niagnilicent energy,
purity and fidelity made his life fragrant
and make his memory royal and redo
lent with example and inspiration
among men. Those whom he benefited
in this one instance of many similar in
stances of effective and unheralded be
nevolence, shall bo nameless. But he by
whom, they were benefited and over
whom the metropolis and the country
bend with blessings on his career and in
love for his character was named Wil
liam Orton.
A Prairie-Dofr Tillage.
Four hundred and thirty-five miles
west of Omaha is situated the, great
Prairie-Dog City, one of the largest set
tlements on the line of the Union Pacific
Railroad. Several hundred aores, each
side of the tract, have been taken up by
the- sagaeious little prairie-dogs, and
there they have made their homes, and
that without buying' one lot from the
company, pr,; as much as saying, f by
your leave" , The dwellings consist of
little mounds, from a foot to eighteen
inches in height, raised by "the . dir ex-,
cavated by their burrows. On the ap
proach of a train, : the little inhabitants
cati be seen - scampering : for their
homes. Arrived there, they squat upon
their hams- or stand upon their hind feet
at the, .entrance a bole, in the top
barkiDg at .the train as it passes. , Should
any one vefft'ure too near, down they
go, anil ' their city Is as silent as the
" city of the dead." It is said that the
opening in th top le.ids to A subter
raneous -chamber connecting with, the
next dwelling, and fio on through the
settlement; but this is a mistake, - The
prairie doy; is of a "sandy-brown color,
and about the size of a large gray squir
rel": . In then" nest, living with them.are
found -the owl and the rattlesnake,
though whether welcome or not is un
certain. v. He! lives upon grasses -and
roots, and is generally fat, land is by
some, .Mexicans especially, considered
good eating,, and his flesh is sweet and
tender, though rather greasy "Wolves
prey on tne little fellows, and may be
seen sneaking near the town, hoping by
cnance, to pickup some straggler. But
the dogs are not easily canght.i Some
one is always on the Jook-out. for dan
ger, and gives the alarm on the first in
timation of trouble, ..Then awayi-they
all scamper to their holes'. tynaha
Herald. ; '. . ' ' "'"V '
The Des Moines (Iowa) 'State Reg
ister says : Our town of Stuart, at the
school election last Monday,- elected a
lady as one of the-Directors.- Quite a
number of Iowa towns have done this,
under the new law allowing women in
Iowa to hold offices. Grinuellhas tried
the experiment, and is said to have found
it successful and advisable. :. As women
make thebost of School-teachers, they
ought to make good pirectorn also.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary-
George .Xliot has thus far profi ed
$200,000 by "Daniel Deronda." . ; :
William Cullen Bryant practices
with dumb-bells before breakfast every
morning. ,
The National Prohibitwnisl 'is the
name of a new temperance paper re
cently started in St. Louis.
Victor lingo made more money out
of "Les Miserables" than from any oth
er of his works.-' .. 1 1 . .
Don Piatt looks so much like the
late Chartes Dickens that his-picture
might be taken for that of the novelist.
Elihn Burnt thinks the prayer,
Now I lay me down to sleep," is older
than the English language.
Edison, inventor of the phonograph,
contributes an historic and prophetic
paper about it to the next North Amer
ican Review. t
Miss May Alcott, the artist, and one
of the "little women," was married re
cently, in London, to Mr. Ernest Nieri
ker, of Baden.
The new Pope is a poet. A great
many Latin and Italian poems from his
pen are in existence, and they are about
to be published.
Yung Wing, the Chinese Commis
sioner of Education in this country, has
translated into Chine-e Professor Par
sons's work on "The Law oi Contracts."
Mr. Longfellow's forthcoming vol
ume, " Keramos and other Poems," will
include all the poetry that he has writ
ten since tho publication of "The
Masque of Pandora," in 1875.
Longfellow is credited with saying
that if he responded to all the requests
sent him for his autograph and likeness
ho would spend a third of his income in
photographs and postage stamps.
Gail Hamilton owns a house, and
runs her own, in the manufacturing vil
lage of Hamilton, near Salem, Mass.,
where she was raised, and where she be
gan her career as a country school
teacher. Khoda Broughton lives in the beau
tiful Valley of Choyd, Wales; she is
V about" 30, spiritual in expression,
with a light, quick, impatient manner,
and a good figure. She is of about the
average height.
Miss Frances E. Wlllard, the well
known temperance lecturer, and Mrs.
Mary B. Willard, widow of tho late
Oliver A. Willard, editor of the Chicago
Post, have assumed control of the paper
as editor and publisher respectively.
The public may expect that a pure and
upright paper, independent in politics
and an advocate of all that is good, will
be published by them.
School and Chnrch.
There is only one denomiuation in
Sew York City, the Friends, who are
entirely free from debt.
The German School Gazeite states
that there are in the German empire, in
round numbers, 00,000 primary "schools
and 6,000,000 scholars.
Judge S. C. Hastings, of San Fran
cisco, has given $100,000 to fonnd a
college of law there, the interest of this
sum, at 7 per centum, to be paid for the
maintenance of the institution.
Presbyterianism has become strong
enough in New Zealand to have a Gen
eral Assembly. The Assembly met re
cently at Wellington, and agreed to es
tablish a sustentation fund. The church
snpports a mission in the New Heb
rides. Rev. Williim B. Brown, of New
ark, N. J., who is known as the father
of New Jersey Congregationalism, has
been selected as Searetary of the Ameri
can Congregational Union, to succeed
Dr. Ray Palmer. Dr. Brown is expect
ed to accept the position.
Teachers sometimes obtain their
certificates by ways that are dark. In
Canada, where a "certificate is valid for
life, they do not hesitate to pay from $50
and upwads for an advance set of ex
amination papers, and it was lately
charged that certain officers connected
with the preparation of those papers
sometimes threw out hints to favorite
candidates which were extremely valna
ble in time of trouble.
Only seven of the present Congre
gational ministers of New England have
been pastors of the same churches for
50 years, or from March, 1828, to March,
1878. They are: Dr. Leonard Bacon,
of Xew Haven ; Rev. John A. Douglas,
of Waterford, Me. ; Rev. Dr. Jacob Ide,
of West Med way, Mass. ; Rev. Dr. Leon
ard Withington, of Newbury, Mass.;
Rev. ErastusMaltby, of Taunton, Mass. ;
Rev. Joseph Merriam, of Randolph,
Ohio, and Rev. Jacob S. Clark, of Mor
gan, Vt.
The Journal of Speculative Philos
ophy begins the publication of an im
portant work by Anna C. Brackett, be
ing a paraphrase of Dr. Karl Roscn
kranz's "Pedagogics as a System" un
der the title of " The Science of Educa
tion." The work of Rosenkranz was
published in English five years ago, but
Miss Brackett, who was the author of
that full translation, finds that owing to
its metaphysical form, it is appreciable
by very few of the teachers who most
need it, and she has consequently nn
dertaken the considerable -task of put
ting it into comprehensible form, with
out, losing me siirumuauce oi iia leagu
ing. -
Sclenoe and Industry.
The Texas wool clip is season is
estimatea at 3,uju,uw pounds.
Appleton, Wis., is going to own the
biggest paper-miu in tne iNortnwest.
Dubuque is agitating the establish
ment of a "ferry car" across the Missis
sippi river at that place, in which pas
senger? ana teams can oe carried across
Clock-work has been successfully
applied as a motor to . sewing-machines
by a mechanician of Vienna. - It can be
wound up in a lew minutes, ana it win
run for several hours, its speed being
meanwhile fully under the control of
the operator.
-Iron iar quoted at its lowest figures
in the American market. . Since Janua
ry, '3, the aeciine in prices, nas been
as follows: On pig-iron 59 per cent.; on
refined bar 53 per icent. ; oh Bessemer
steel rails 60 per cent. ; on best iron
rails 56 per cent. :
A Los Angeles paper states that tho
genuine Smyrna fig commerce has been
introduced at Passadena, Cal., where it
is almost perpetually in fruit. : Last year
it fruited from Jane to January, and
thi3vear has already started fruitinr
and will probably ripen from May-day.;
to Christmas.- 1 '
-.-A new style of paddle-wheel -has
been invented anel placed on the steamer
Massachusetts- at New York. ;.It was
tested and on the first trip the . steamer
made nearly 23 miles an hour, with less
power than is usually applied. Tho
wheel works by pressure instead of im
pact. ' The blades are twice the size of
ordinary blades, but the wheels contain
only half the usual number. , , i
As showing the cost of labor in
Europe, the rate of wages paid on cer
tain railroad . works of the isame class,
was: ' In Portugal, $1.45 a week; in
Ireland, $2.20; in Frafice, $2.90, and in
England, $5.30: Nevertheless, it was
found that over the whole works the
same amount of earth' had been moved
for the same amount of money.
A Hartford (Conn.) company has
recently finished a machine for printing
the ends of head of thread-spools. The
machine is automatic, . taking up. the
spools ono by pee, and printing pr . em
bossing the two heads simultaneously,
eitlier with or without ink, and drop
ping them into a receptacle", at tha rate
of 160 per minute. The game machine
can be instantly adapted to spools from
two and a half inches to half an inch
long. The machine prinU directly on
thewood, obviating the necessity of
printing, cutting and gumming labels,
and attaching them to the spools.
- - '. Baps and Mishap.
Charles E Ferguson was buried
alive by the caving in of a well which he
was cleaning, at Manton, Mich.
At Catasauqua, Fa., a tight-rope
performer fell from a rope a distance of
60 feet to the ground and was fatally in
jur ed.
-Albert Yiker, eUfwlitfeply
ing a game cu uasc-uau at vici n.mt, v.,
stood too close to the batter and received
a fatal blow on the temple.
At Maysville, Ky., a 3-year-old
child fell into the fire and was immediate
ly burned to death. A 5-year-old daugh
ter of J. B. Bickley, living near Bloom
insrton. O.. wa3 burned to death by her
clothes takiner fire from a burning log-
heap. Mrs. Hinkle was fatally burned
at Botkin, O., while engaged in boiling
varnish.
Killed by lightning: Harry K.'
House, at Newburg, O. John Chattle,
near Newcomerstown, O. Mrs. Jane
Blue, near Bunker Hill, Ind. A son of
Wm. Conners, aged 15, near Frances
ville, Ind. Celinda Croxell, aged 16,
near Drury's Landing, Iowa. Mrs.
Maggie McConnell, at Evart, Mich. '
The Princess Beatrice of the Royal
Family of England, is called the "baby."
She has always been her mother's pet,
and carries about with her a beaming
countenance. She has been well brought
up and will make a good-natured wife
for any poor Teuton .who may venture
to ask her hand.
Shooting casualties: James (;
Bard, a young lawyer at Gallatin, Tenn
accidentally killed himself with a pis
tol. At New Orleans, l'huip Badger,
aged 8, was killed by his brother, aged 7,
with a shot-gun. They didn't know it
was loaded. At La Crosse, Wis., Mr.
G. Werner, a tobacconist, accidentally
shot and killed himself while target-
shooting with a revolver. Thomas Du
val, of Burlington, Iowa, fatally shot
himself while out gunning. At Daven
port, Iowa, Johnnie Dougherty shot
himself through the forehead while hunt
ing squirrels with a revolver.
Cariosities of suicide : Sidney An
drews, a well-to-do young farmer living
near Wilmington, O., shot himself
through the heart with a revolver. He
left a written statement, saying that he
committed the deed from no ill-will to
ward his wife or father, but from causes
known only to himself. Peyton Chris
man, aged 55, son-in-law to old Simon
Kenton, of renown in Ohio's early his
tory, committed suicide at his home in
Madison County, O., by taking mor
phine. Mr. Chrisman was about to lose
his sight, and seemed to think death
preferable to spending the balance of his
natural life in darkness. Miss Florence
Bowen, aged VJ years, daughter of
a well-to-do farmer living near
Upper Sandusky, Ohio, commit
ted suicide by shooting herself
with a shot-gun. No reason given.
A man aged about 50 leaped from the
new suspension bridge at Niagara into
the river. An envelope in the pocket of
his coafcwas addressed to Edward M.
Groat, Waterford, Racine County, Wis.
A well dressed man, about 55 years
of age, stepped to the bar of the Howard
House, East New York, and called for
a glass of lager. The beer was placed
before him, and, taking a small vial
from his vest pocket, he quickly un
corked it and poured its contents into
the beer, swallowing the draught, lie
died in 15 minutes. On the inside of his
high silk hat was written, " II. Harri
son" the only scrap of writing found
on his clothing.
Foreign Notes.
Viscountess Kingsland is one of the
beneficiaries of London charity to which
Ixird lleaconsfield has lately granted
$500, from the Royal Bounty Fund, to
be applied for her benefit. She is the
widow of a needy Irish peer, whose title
expired with him.
Mr. Gathomc Hardy, late Secretary
of War in the British Cabinet, is to be
made a peer. He has selected the title
of Lord Oxford, presumably from his
having represented that city in Parlia
ment. The title has been extinct for
many years, although it was first illus
trious in the family of De Vere, and
Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford in the
last centnry, was a great collector of
MS-S. and books. . ' .
It is rumored that the new Pope is
about to present Queen V ictoria with
the " Golden Rose," which the pontiffs
are accustomed to give yearly to Catho
lic ladies of royal lineage who have
shown their devotion to the Holy
Church. J he Uueen is not a Catholic,
but is supposed to have deserved well of
the church because she has made no fuss
about setting up tho Papal hierarchy in
Scotland.
Madanic- Rachel, who calls herelf
" Arabian Perfumer to the Queen," and
who now and aain swindles weak-head
ed members of the British aristocracy,
male and female, by selling cosmetics
at enormous sums, professing that by
their application they are to bo made
" Beautiful Forever," has only recently
got out of prison ; and there is every
chance of her going back again for
swindling Mario's married daughter by
selling her a lotion called " Jordan Wa
ter." ....-.......' 1 : -- I i
Jeanne Donste is a little pianiste
only seven years old, who ha3 lately per-r
formed before Queen v ictoria. hen
at Buckingham Palace, the little lady
wore a white artificial camellia.- " Who
gave you that?" asked the Queen. "Oh!
that's my talisman, your " Majesty ;
Mdlle. Albani gave it to mo for good
lack." Her Majesty wentover to a cor
beille, took out a red camellia, and
save it to the child, savins: "Wear
t hat beside it, my dear, and may both
brinr you a two-fold share of good
luck!"
A novel discovery ha3 been made in
tne library of Lyons, i ranee. It is a
map of the entire system, of the; central
plateau of Africa, which, has of late
years been : explored by Grant, Baker,
Livingstone, and Stanley. '. The system
is traced upon a globe wh'oh was con
structed in 1701, and contains in detail
tho sources of the . Nile and - Congo.
The map was executed by order of Fa
thers Piacide de Saint Amour, princi
pal of the monastery of the third order
of St. Francis, by Crispurien of Toulon,
and by the monks of Bonaventure and
Gregoire, both connected witn the above
establishment: - The 1 report does not
mention the names of the . explorers.
The modern maps place the source of
the two rivers slightly to the aorthward
of that just discovered . c ' : :
John Bright 's father seems- to have
been an extremely, .kind-hearted, mill-
owner, ne are told that on winter
nights he would stand at his mill-gates,
lantern in hand, igiviBg directions to
men to " look . after the children
(to whom he was especially kind) on
their way home. His work people were
so well paid 83 to enable -them, if care
ful, to make a provision for old age,
and for those overtaken by calamity a
pension was provided.-' He would never
give a pair of old boots to a man in dis
tress, but give him an ofder-fora hew
pair. 'A reformed drunkard,' who aver
red that alcohol had caused th roots of
his hair to perish, once went to him for
a subscription for a wig. ' Mr. Bright '
glanced over the list, land finding that
the - contributors were poor people
declined to contribute unless the money
was returned." ''Then he gave Lira a
handsome wig. ' "
Odds and Ends.
There are blossoms and blossoms.
Those of the nose are no sore sign of
spring. Buffalo Express. Nof they
WTTtxliy- indicator an early falk Bul
Utin. . i v . i
" 1 beg your pardon, sir," he said
, Anof came the answer blunt,
As freely as the bwt is bug
...'Jk. So frecli' Ult grunt,". ..
Tonlert Gazrtle.-
I wouldn't give 10 cents a yard for
all the pedigree in this world ; u a man
haz got a level head on his shoulders,
nnd an honest Jiarte in biz body, -he, haz
got all the pedigree h am in search 6v
Josh liillimis.
can ijva remarkably
going on at the San AntonioTexas, fair,
the other day, a laay aeprecatea very
mnch the cruelty of shooting the birds
on the wing.-. Said she: "Why don't
they shoot the little birds on the ground,
so they won't fall and hurt themselves?"
--A lady with a fatal squint came
once to a fashionable artist for a por
trait. He looked at her and she looked
at him, and both were embarrassed. He
spoke first. "Would your ladyship per
mit me." he said, "to take the portrait
in profile? There is a certain shyness
about one of your ladyship's eyes which
is as difficult in art as it is fascinating in
atare."
Soon the bluo birds -will be twittering
I' pon the budding tree;
Soon tho small boy will be fooling
With the festive bumble bee. ;
Soon the cowslip and the daisy - -
'Mid the clover will appear;
Soon the moonlight serenader
Will be walking on hU ear.
Soon the maiden and her lover
Will rub noses o'er the (rata
And for flies the lodirer skirmish
In the hash upon his plate.
A ntirwt Bazar.
As an Ant, which had made ninety
and nine vain Attempts to convey a Ker
nel of Wheat to its Granary, was de
ploring the Lack of Terminal Facilities,
and thinking seriously of Embarking its
Capital in a more remunerative Enter
prise, its attention was attracted by an
Insurance Agent, who secured a $50,000
Application on the Tontine Plan from a
Man wh had previously- Kicked him
down stairs, erected Heads npon him,
devoted him to the Infernal Gods, said
Life Insurance was a fraud, denounced
the Company a bogus Concern and de
clared that he was already insured.
Struck by this example of Persistence,
the Ant spat upon his Antenna-, put his
Proboscis to the Wheel, and at the next
Attempt placed his grain in the Ele
vator. Moral Go to the Insurance
Agent, thou Ant. Consider his Ways
and be Wise. New York World. '
A French Love Story.'
Two wedding couples presented them
selves at the mayoralty in a suburb of
Paris, to carry out the civil portion of
their marriage contract. They ranged
themselves on opposite sides of the
Mayor's official throne, and faced one
another. Tho Mayor was asking a
question ol one of the bridegrooms
whose attention was thus distracted
from his bride. On turning round to
look at her when he had answered the
question, he caught her making "sheep'i
eves" at the bridegroom opposite. Be
ing of a jealous temperament, he laid
his hand ronghly on her arm, and said
sharply :
" Mademoiselle, which of the two
brides are you? You are mine, I believe
then oblige me by confining your glances
to me."
The bride was a young woman of
spirit, and resenting the tone in which
the reprimand was made, retorted :
"Ah, Monsieur, if you are jealou3 al
ready, I am likely to lead a pleasant life
with you.-"'
The jealous bridegroom made an angry
reply, and then the other bridegroom
must needs put irts oar in :
"l'ah! Monsieur, why should you
make such a fu3S because Mademoiselle
chooses to favor me with a glance
Thereat his bride turned savagely
upon him and exclaimed: " Ha, Mon
sieur! It would seem, then, that yon
like to have ladies make eyes at you
Now I know what to expect from you
but you might at least have had the de
cency to keep this proof of your faith
lessuef s concealed from me here
And with this fierce thrust she burst
into tears. In vain the Mayor attempt
ed to pacify both parties. Ihe bride
grooms stormed at each other, and the
brides, between their hysterical sobs,
mutually accused each other of perfidy.
hat was to be done ?
At last the Mayor.losing temper.cried
out: "Am I to proceed with this cer
emony, or am 1 notr"
The two brides, with one accord.
screamed, "No!r
"Perhaps," said the Mayor, whdse
wrath had again cooled down, "you
could arrange matters between your
selves if you were left alone. The clerk
will show you to my private room. : 1
will give you half an hour.", . -. . t
At the expiration of that time the par
ties were summoned to appear before
the Mayor. .
" Have you settled your difficulty ?"
he asked. " " ' ....
"Yes, Monsieur le Maire," exclaimed
both bridejrrooms at once
"Oh, then I may proceed with the
ceremony?"
"Yes,- Monsieur le Mairie; bnt-1-
but " '. ,
"Well.whatisit?"'
" We have effected a chahge, Mon
sieur le Maire." .-
" A change ! What do you mean ?'
"A change of brides, Monsieur le
Maire.". ;
And so it 'was tho jealous bride
groom had taken the jealous bride, and
the young lady of the fickle glances had
taken the gentleman who liked ladies to
"make eyes" at him. The astonished
Mayor looked at them " in' silence and
amazement for a moment or two,, but
they, met his look unabashed, so .he
shrumred 1 his shoulders and said
'Well, if you are satisfied, it is no busi
ness of mine. ; I will proceed with the
ceremony." "And married they were. .
- Eojal Marrlaires,, , '
, When the families of reigning mon
archs intermarry with each other there
is always a great'deal of felicitation on
the subject, because of the effect suck
marriages are supposed to have in the
way of binding nations together in the
bonds1 of peace. ' It would be well if it
were so ; but those of England seem to
be Very disappointing. There are the
Duke and Duchess of Kdinbnrgh for
example. The! former a son. of the
British Queen and the latter a daughter
of the Russian Emperor have' had but
little influence in-keeping the sabject
of their parents in a friendly disposition
towards each other. Quite the contra
ry, and the young couple have lived for
a good while on tha Mediterranean, in a
sort of exile.from both their homes, na-
fil news royal ship 13 about being' dis-l
patched to take them to England, where
the Russian Princess will be . any thing
but happy. ' "'
Proof of Affection.
They were disputing as to who had
the richest father, and the smaller one
finally flow that track and called oat:
-1 Well, I've got 'the best big sister,
anyhow!.". . , - -.: -.
" l guess not," replied, the other.
"Yes," I have!" ' 1 - " -n
" I sruess not, I've got the bossest bi
sister in Detroit. fihea tay home any
day to let ms w$ar he shoes, to thick
ens!" ' t ' -
" My sister will o more'n thatl" put
in a Itl one.-. "She'll take the string
out of h r.corset for me to spin my top,
with, anil If I !6se It she'll stay' home
from a party ind never give -me word
of tv! ,. I' your.sister any bosser than
that-"" - .
l'Le big boy had to take a back Kui'.'
-IktTiit'mPnn, ":- " '
Since my return from Europe a large
number of persons who contemplate a
visit to th Paris Exhibition during the
present year have desired me to give
them some idea of the probable cost of
tho journey. To each one & uniform re
ply has been given and the first words
werciiYou can make it cost just what,
in reason, you like." " And it is so. One
can spend $t,t?00 In' a-month's- travel,
and another can snit himself just as
well" for 'tone-flftn of the ' money. My
own experience, based on a ten davs
visit to Paris during the Exposition of
cheap in that delightful city. During
my visit in January last to the capital
of France I was. careful to inquire as to
the probability of an increase in hotel
rates. The answei was, there will be
none. The Grand Hotel Bristol is a
magnificent house in every respect, and
for such a place the charges are remark
ably reasonable. At that place a hand
somely furnished, well lighted room
cost me six francs (1.20) per day, and
a dinner,, including .r ordinaire, &
similar amount. But, as in Lond n, the
the better plan is to take your meals
out, as the French people generally do.
For ten francs (2) per day a man can
live well.
Bat to give a clearer idea of the total
cost of such a journey, it may be as well
to start out with the theory that we pro
pose to be absent two months or sixty
days. Eighteen days of this will be nj -on
tho ocean, and for the round trip the
cost need not be. more than $120. Oa
arrival arLlrerpool, the docks snd other
places of interest have to be seen, which
will occupy two days, the cost of living
per day being ten shillings, wi'.h four
.hillings added for omnibus and cab
fares, $ 7 ; from Liverpool to Manchester,
where two more days are spent at the
same rate; then directly to London, the
fare being $ 5, occupying nearly one day.
In London there is a multitude of sights
of interest to be looked up. There is
tho Crystal Palace, British Museum,
Alexandra Park, Zoological Gardens,
National Gallery, House of Parlia
ment, the Tower of London, etc.
11-rc, to do the thing up in any kind
of a ?ray, a sojourn of at least ten days
should be made. This involves an ex
pense of for living (it can -ba done
lor less, and well done, UxO and an ad
ditional $7.50 for omnibus hire. Then
comes the trip to Paris. The return
ticket from London to Paris will be, in
American money, 18.75, and which is
available for one month. The journey
to Paris usually occupies from ten to
eleven hours, so that one full : day m ty
bo allowed in going and coming. Then
a stay of fifteen days should be made in
Pari-, and the visitor, if he be prudent,
can do admirably as far as lodging and
living upon 2.75 per day, or 11.25;
and adding to this ten days to the Exhi
bition, one franc each time, brings 4-'!.-:J5;
with 10 added for conveyance-',
brings Paris to cost $5:$ 25. During this
tinif, if disposed, a trip can be undi
to Geneva Lake at a cost of 15. This
brings us back to London, with eleven
days to spare. A trip to the Isle of
Wight, a tun to Scotland, and thence
down through Ireland, joining the
steamer at Queenstown, can be easily
done at the average cost of 7 per day
a total of $77 ; and then we find our
selves on board the steamer again, with
out any thing further. to pay than the
s'ewarits. This brings a total of 340,
and, allowing the extravagant sum of
J0 for waiters, etc., the grand result is
400 for a sixty days' journey. This es
timate is put at top figures, so that there
shall be nothing ridiculous in its appear
ance; but your readers may rest per
fectly satisfied that a trip to Paris, prop
erly managed, and an absence from
home of sixty days need not cost any
single individual more than 340. Cor.
Provvlcncc Journal.
A Fraud and a Delusion.
A New York gentleman, who had
probably never been in Louisville at this
season of the year before, passing down
a prominent thoroughfare the other
day, observed a sweet-looking spring
chicken in the show-window. It was
all ready for cooking, and looked as
though it would afford a delicious re
past. In went the man from the Em
pire State. " Waiter, waiter," he aid,
"bring me a spring chicken." The
pale-faced waiter disappeared and the
gentleman glanced' over the Courier-
Journal. Twenty minutes later the
waiter returned and placed an object
before the gentleman. He seemed
somewhat absent-minded, and did not
notice to what an extraordinary size the
chicken had grown. Knife and fork.
began to move, and so did the chicken,
not down the man's tbroat, but all
over the - plate. He cut and slashed.
slashed and cut, but not even the break-'
ing of 'A' bone rewarded : him for hi
trouble. He began to grow warm and
tha heat brought out his ire. Throwing
the knife down, he tried his fingers. The
fowl only slipped to and fro. "Ken-'
tucky, Kentucky," mused he, when, ex
hausted, he Wiped the grease off his lin
gers, "is noted let me see is noted
for her whisky, women, and horses. Ad
mated; out ner spring -erne tens, goas
of war! the worst I ever saw. The
Kentucky spring chicken is a fraud and
a delusion." In this case there is great
troth in ,'all that glitters is not gold.'
x he restaurants maxe money on these
chickens. They'll give that one to the
next stranger who comes along, and
pass the old thing along until some
chap throws htm into the street." And
passing in his 65 cents, the man cast a
withering look of scorn on the kink
haired, cashier of the restaurant, and
hastened elsewhere to satisfy his appe
tite. Courier-Journal
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