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Ik VOL. LII. BRATTLEBORO, VT., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 188G. NO. 30. 1 c ffltmvi )ixm (tml VKHMONT OUnAXI tAItar.ll, united ruDUaunu xvmv r hi day bt FilKNOII & STE13MAN, HHATTI.EllOltO, VT. Tansta-ln advance, pcr ,clr ti.jrj. I( , p,,j ulthlu tlie year, $3.00. ' Itursa or Al)VtTitB furnished on application. Uirtti. Deaths ana Marriages published gratis; out. nary Notices, Canle of ThauVs, etc., ISo per Inch uf 11 lines or less. K.iti ml at the Bratlltloro tt OJtteai second-class mail matter. It, t t'llESCII. p. II. BttllMAM. business (Earns. IIKIlnAX dr. JBXXK, (leneral Insurance and Ileal Kttate Agent. Itcpreseutlng Companies whose Assets areover a)o,ioo,ijoo. TENEMENTB TO LET. Agents for llAucoct Fibe Kxuiuvitiiis, Ullke In Starr ti Eatcy's New Hank block, lor. Mala and Elliot streets, HlUTTLEllOltO, VT. W iiKii.n.tj a maiitix, .truua-tvy riA, Uauk Mock, Ilrattleboro, Vt. A" I. .1I1I.I.KH, .tl.l IllYslUlAN AND HUIl01:0N, lluuaer lilock, HriU'o, before 9 A.M.: lUlua, Tint! t..M, D I. ALVIX K,llr, HEM riBT. Hooker Illock ....Urattlcborn, Vt. D II. IIltUCK, llauk lilock. llratllclinrn. VI umco Hours, 8 to a. m., 1 to 3 aud 7 to 0 r. M. Ja.tikm ii. i'.;ii HOUSE, HIUN k UKNAMKNTAt, FAINTKU. Ircscoillg, draining, Kalsolnlulug, Gliding, and I'a per Hanging. Hear ol Town Hall llrattlrboro, Vt. Ja.tikm si. tvi.i:ii, ATTOHNEV AT LAW, Wllllatuu Illock, Ilrattleboro, Vt. I f II. IIOI.TO.'V, .71. !., 1L. 1'IIYHICIAN AND SUKdEON, liKAIILLUOKO, Vt. Office and residence corner Main and Walnutsts, At liomo from 1 to a and from C to 7 o'clock l'.M. K. A 1,1.1".: .V CO., DEALEHS IN LUMHElt 01" ALL KINDS, M Flat atreet, Ilrattleboro, Vt. TA.TI : C'IX liAX 1, 91. II., l'UVSICIAN AND SUIIUEON, Ulnce In Crosby block, opposite Telepbone Exchange. Orllce bouts 8 to u A.M., 1 to 3 l'.M. ltualdeuco 18 Main t UnAiiLiBnno,VT. WKIIHTKH.M. . Office and residence 41 Elliot St., Ilrattleboro t. Ofllce boura before 8 a. u . : 1 to 12 & 6 to 7j p. u i:iiv tiioueii, si.ii. HUltOEON AND UOMU'.Ol'ATHIHT, omce In Leonard's lilock, Elliot Sir i el. bflio bours, s:30to to a. M.t 1:30 to 3:U0 and 7:0Otoi):00r. m. Hpeclal attention given to chronic diseases. AMKIXH V HTOIIOAltll, ATTOIINEY8 AND COUNHELI.OKS AT LAW aud Hollcltoraof I'atents, BRATTLruono, VT. EJ. CA1IPEXTKI1, Market lilock, Elliot . Ht. Dealer In Toys, Fancy Goods, Hooks, Sta tionery, Newspapers, Magazines ft Periodicals. Sub scriptions received for the principal newspapers and magazines, and forwarded by mail or otherwise. T C. IIOI.MTF.ll. O FIRE IMHUItANCE AGENT, I'UTNET, Vt. 7H,KI'IIAniIE,Jaitul, VI, J. General Agent rur Windham County for the MONUMENTAL llltONZE COMPANY OF HKIDOE rOItT, CONN. White llronze monuments and statues are the best In the world. They bold tbelr color and will not crack or brcomo moss-grown, like stone. Most beau tiful In color, deslsn and finish. Cheaper and more enduring than marble or granite. HUcstcru Enbcstmrnts. J. II. MERltlFIELD, It. M. SHERMAN, President. Secretary, Vermont Loan & Trust Company CUlAXlt FOIIKK, 1UKOTA. NFOOTUTOnB or Ked Jtivor Yalloy Fnrm Loans, Hearing 8 per cent. Intcrrat, net. Full particular, with reference.?, furnUlied on ap plication. Correspondence solicited. 13 II. MANN.Jb., Kaatern Agent, keeps cbotco loans for Inspection aud sale at lirattltboro, Vt. 3Aailroati & Stramsljtp fctclscts. Western Tickets OVER ALL PRINCIPAL LINES : liaggage chicked through ; Steeplng-car bertha secured. Tickets by Cunard and Allan Lines To and from all European ports. ttr Uuyera always have advantage of lowest rates. For further Information apply to E. F. IIItOOKM, Atcrnl, Ticket Office, Railroad Station, Ilrattleboro. New Buttons, New Jet Drop Trimmings, now Drown Drop Trimmings, jusi opened nl HAWLEY'S. Midsummer sale of Wool Hlnn kets now "on" nt HAWLEY'S. Ilnlnnco Summer J)ress Goods & Summer Onrmonls 1o lie closed out now nt HAWLEY'S. A Vnw univ linfinrtlK ill stl'illOtl Velvet, now pieco Dlnck Droeado velvet, now lino xncois ami owm. Suiting Flnnnels just opened for rail wear nt llavo you seen the Ladies' WliKo U1.I..J . 1. !.... nl 1 lilt Dim in now uciug num I .."- each at HAWLEY'S. there will bo on exhibition nnd sale n special lino of lino Wool, Jieavor, uamcis' juur nun jwhu Inyaii Shawls nt Tk VfMt TT..4rfl ! Utmtaj 9-trr mmvwm. D3-CURE8 Dipbtherla uroup. Aiininu, u chltla. Neuralula, Kheu Luuiia. luarMoneaa. I iliuMica.lfiv kinifCoutfti 11 m IRHHnl Mr3 EsA H MMm par cnai v pAI'ySn;, FILLS 8 fiBBttJat lSe mall for as Ota, In aumpa. Valuabl. informatiou .mi ii It Is a well-known fact that most of lh nurse ana i ante j-owuer si. ' try Is worthlessi that Shendaua Condition l ewder Is aosolutely puro and very valoahlo. NutliliiB on Kuril! will Jimko "ens iler. Iioae. one leaipuonful lo each p Inl 01 r'" food. It will alio umiuriij iirvr ---- CHICKEN CHOLERA, cure I tal ftrat" Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A it.. r.el of iHi.it? trenjith and wboleRoueiieiiB. More economical than lie ordinary kind, ami run tint bit (tut J in inim.. ilth.n Willi the UlllltftltilH nt Inw tntf. aaiinrt ttnti.1i I ntnm nr plinKpljatepowdcrs, .S' Id vnip incann, -12 uotaliiakino rownrn un.(iufi wail t,, w . i t BEST THING KNOWN WASHmGBLEAOHING IN HARD OR SOFT, HOT OR COLD WATER. SAVES LAllOIt, TIJIKbiiiISOAI" AM A 7. JNGLV, and gives unUorsiil iitlafiictloli. No family, rich or poor should bo without It. Sold by nil Grocers. UinVAIlISot Imitations well designed to mltload. l'll,VItLlNI! Is the ONLY SAFl! labor-snrlnK compound, nnO always bears tho aboTO svmbol, and name of JAMHS TYLK, NEW YOltlC. CARTER'S ITTLE ' IVER PILLS. Kick Headache and rdi'c all tho trouMi1 inrl. di nt to a bilious state of lliu pyptfm,pui h an Mz Rinesn, Nan hi a, DrowsiniM, Dictn-ss afttr (utire, Tnlnln thoSldc, Wtnlo th tr most rt-niark-able success has been thimn In curing Tlaflnchr,yct Carter'sLlttle Liver Pills arc eqnall Milnablo In ConetlpHllon, curing and prtv. ulitiif this annoying complaint, lulo thi y alao corn-cl all dlfortUrs of tbo etomnch, stlmulaio tho I i v r and ngulatc tho bowels. K i-n if tb y only cured HEAD Ache they would halmnt prlc' leia to those who ftutr. r fntnthis (UstrffPinconiiilaint; but fortu nately their (Mtdncss does not c ltd hT, and thowo vho oncu try them will find ththc little rllU alu ahleln so mt.nyayathntthlylnotb(' willing to do without them. Itut after all siclc head ACHE Is the banc of co many llvr that here U wherf we make otir t:rtut boott. Our piila curu it whilo others do pot. Carttr'a LUIlo LIvrr Tills am very pmall and very cany to tak-. Ono or tw o tull luake n Jo. Tiny aru jtrictly vt table and do not gripe or parjr, but by tin lr p-ntlo aetkm 1 1-a all who imcithem. InialsatUcnit; flvu forl. Bold by urulifts tvtxyH here, or fctnt by mail. CARTER MEDICINE CO., Now York City. The only perfect substitute tor Mother's rrtllk. Invaluable la Cholera Infantum and Teething A pre-dlgoBted food for Dys Peptics, Consumptives, Convalescents erfect nutrient tn all Wasting Diseases. Requires no cooking. Our Hook, The Care and Feeding of Infants, mailed free. OOUBKR. aOOUALB A CO., Boston, Mass. F-h BAILEY & CO., Real Estate Agents IUtATTJ.IIltOItO, VT. NOW orEN to sell, exchange or rent all kinds of Heal Estate lu country, city or vtlltRe pro(ierty. llaviug connections with other agencies In cities be low, aud through our travelling salesmen, we have advantages for bringing buyers and sellers together afforded by fw agencies In New UngUnd. If )on havoau)thlUR in the Heal Estate line to buy or srll, rent or exchange. iIcafta call on us or send fur terms and particulars. Yours retnpctrully, F. 4. U 41 LEY & CO., Union Illock, over Savings lUnk, Ilrattleboro, Vt, 1884 THE YELLOW STONE 1884 ASTHMA CURE lllacnsvrpil In tin- Vi:i.I,MV NTO.YK Allli In 1NH4. B"inl .'li els. for Irlial liMchuire ta J. W McFARLAND, 3740 JIT, ri.KAS.l.VT.IOHA. MARSHALL & BRENTON, EE, 1IUIIA1IO, Jli;X,KIl CO, KAX REAL ESTATE and LOAN AGENTS, Loan money for conorations ana indlviiluati. Tardea deslrlno to iurest In nrst mortuSKe loaus ou choice Kausaalarma will And It to their interest to vrlle to us. Wo refer by permission to Exchange National Haul, Kl Dorado, Kan. : Hon. P. 11, rlumb, II B. Senator from Kansas; Hon. I.uke V. I'oljod, l'real dent 1st Nat'l llaut, Kt. Johusbury, Vermont. 3HH I ff 1 UTrn Theonuer of a 3tlnlnsr Clulm lHl All I LU which baa "(Irti In NIKUI" rained UUai il IJ,j:l, assays from which iilve 100 If to klU ier tou In Hold, ask for Capital lo fur ther develop tho same and rn' " upon a paying basis by the erection of suitable machinery, i tc. Will sell an iqual one-half Interest for JO,00, the money so obtained to be placed in trust or otherwise secured tn the purposes above mentioned. i'or full luforma ..on, principal. Url.tul, II, I. AXLE GREASE iraini TV WIIV U'nifT.I) ' 11T uct ine utiuiuuc. w ,,,x- rni Al Vi:ilTlNi:itW.- Lowest ratiaforad. 1 vertUlna lb lOOO good nenspapera sent frr. Address OEO. I', HOWELL & CO., 10 Spruce st.t N.Y, Em kictU all .IWr KMrllr. tot CURES Catarrh, Choi. ra Mmb'iii, Dysuuteiy, aTlVavriss i 1 uirrhniA Kill. nay 1 r-m'tuHt nl tiiiln-l I. ti. JU.IN'HON U CO., - - wKLopM.Wini. . - sjsa kafja Saafl aaV aasaV Ln aTW aTV I MflKFHFNS LA1 . - o.,1....rrihri nr ipnt bv mall for le. In irjiM, uniUiieui lurlXsr.. ih.ju.im-. Hoa il-wiers, , c; -( $, W)( u $l SENATOR EDMUNDS'S ADDRESS Itrlitrrrtl on Hut Occnalnn of Ihn NImIk IVuIr ul lliirllngtoii, HriH, llllli. Mr. I'rcmhnt, ImUc and Uenttemen ; The plan adopteil by your aisociateil aool ellid (or tills year ot having the adilresaea delivered Id the evening, and Id a place where the audience can listen without distraction, makes It practicable (or n speaker to ask you to consider attentively some topics that, al though outside ot the direct aud Immediate domain of (arming, manufacturing and the mechanio arts which combine lo make up nl most entirely the sum of tho production and wealth ot n country, are nevertheless essen. tial elements in the great social problem of promoting the true prosperity of each aud all the members of all the producing classes ot our oouutry. In these classes I do not Include those who make it their business to sow disoord and stimulate dlssonalons between thoso who have acquired ptopetty, and those who have saved nothing and cau subsist only by the employments of daily labor, and betwoen whom it is necessary to the welfare of both there should exist kind feeling and coipera tiou at all times. The freedom whloh every one so much prizes for himself can only bo real and lasting while it is so ixorclsed as not to invade the imial freedom aud private fj,hts of every other person. The pay due to the v?ik7 "'"'r every night for bis day'N labor, is in eve.' sense just as uimh capita! aa the thousauds that nave before ac cumulated by himself or sou.n other person, and he has ptecisely the same interest iu it aud its protection by law and its inciease, aa have the Lnlders of all oth.r propetty. 'ill pow.rtoearu muney by work is aUo most substantial capital, but likeotbtr capital it can ouly be ujadH productive by being put to use iu some advantageous way. Tl.e true mission, therefore, of a community, or a na tion, lhat lovos jiihtlce anddeairos ptace and the general welfare, is to so adjust aud har monize its producing and industrial opera tious as lo Oud the btstuua for both its ao cumulated capital, whether in lands, person al things, or money, aud the working power of its citizens. N -liber cau prosper without the other, whiio the adjusttd ccoperatfou ot both is Bure, iu a country of great aud varied natural lOHOitrces like ours, lo result Iu the ateady incieaseof tl.e wealth and happiness ot all lis people, ixcepting the small ptopor tion who fall to prosper through their own fault or misfortune. Among the probltuis, then, of thi farmer, tl.e manufacturer, Ibe artisan and the wag worker ( mil perhaps tho most important of at.) ) is that of diversifying productions, mauufHCurea aud industrial employments, ao that every natural reiourcn of lh country eliall bo drawn upon, aud the accumulated stock of property ot every kind utihz d, anil all iia woiking fotcj employed at remunerat ing prices. Aide from the mere subi-i teoce of the farmer and his famdy, there will be uobenititlii abundant crops uuless be can hell his surplus to some one who is able to psy a fair price for it. Hut no one cau so buy uubss lu the end, when the products of the o'irth aud the shops come lo tne consum ers of theui, they are able to tako aud pay for them. To do this they must earn the means, not by raising or makiug the same things, but by producing other things that in their turn arn wanted by those who no not produce thuu. This familiar aud common place statement illustrates, I think, the whole theory ot the productive aud industrial pros perity of nations. If all the able-bodied meu in tho United Htates devoted tbemsdvea to farming there would be comparatively no body to buy the products of tl.e farm, and if in like mauuer all were to makecli.tbes there would be nobody lo buy ; aud so of wagons, sboea and indted every species of the pro ductions of labor or ektll. It is perfectly clear tbHi, that the farmer is neoessary to Ibe manufacturer and to the miner aud the Laborer, and iu upial degree they etch and all are necessary lu him and that the cco'dm. atiou aud cioperation" of all for the welfare of all by the utmost diversity of p.otuctiou aud employment, aud by observing the jusi relations of prices among all are iudispeusa ble to the progress and prosperity of the community. To attain these beutfiaent ends as nearly as possible, human txperieuce has shown, I think, that iu country of varied and abundant natural resouroes fertllo lauds, wide variations of latitude and olimate, miues of all metals, coals, forests, water power, a country free from legal monopolies, aud bound by its national and state constitutions to equal taxation and the security of equal personal rights home markets and home consumption are the sure aud only constant reliance. Uudoubtedly foreign markets are extremely desirable fur the sale of the sur plus productions of everythiog that cannot iu Ibe ordinary course of things be consumed at home; but for a country aituated as ours is, liny cannot be nii.d upon with any safo ty as Ibe print ipal avenues of reaching pay. ing consumers of our productions. It uuy be considered a maxim in the eco nomics of industry and production, that ju-t in proportion to the number of consumers or customers, will ready talcs at just and re. munetat ve pricea be obtained; aud so if there bo only a few aud distant customers the general certainty of a fair returu for the in vestments of property, skill and labor be comes an uncertainty controlled by a thous and circumstances over wbicb the producers aud the laburers in production have no con trol and little influence. These evident, and indeed almost aelf-evident considerations point, as you can readily see, to the one con clusion one that is not, and I hope and be lieve will uot be thought politioal in Buy par ty sense that the. policy of American legislation and the (Sorts of American law makers who are really the people ought to be directed to the utmt at development of every variety of American production, and, so, to tbe improvement of tbo condition of the American luhirer, and the Amirioan em ployer of labor of every kind by giving that labor full employment and adequate reward and to the emp'oyer ready and steady mar kets. This done, while it will be a source of Eain and profit to every material inti rest of tbe land owner and tbe capitalist, there will be also a larger and nobler advauoemeut of those portions of society whioh are now so often the victims of discontent and suffering, and which so often, in unwise and misguided efforts to redress grievances, make progress baikward, and flud themselves, at the end of a struggle with those who employ labor, in a worse condition than before. The constant ly employed and well paid laborer will be come himself a man of accumulating capital the force o( labor transposed into things. He will become a land bolder; bis wi(e aud children of the first of whom he ought to have one, aud of the second many will abide it. his own bouse, lis will see that the libetty of the laboring man is uot only the liberty to "strike," as the phrase is, but that it is the iqual liberty uot to strike it he does not wish to. aud the liberty to work ou in peaoe and safoty if he thiuks it for his inter est to uo fio, wuue oiners may cuooso, as tbey have the pt rfect right to do, not to work upon tbe terms proposed. II will learn that violenco agalust (he administration of law, or unlawful ooeroiou of spy kind, ex erted towards other working men or to. wards employers, are crimes of tbe grayest character agalust all labor auil the welfare of laboring men, upon whom the const qui uosa or sucu tnings aiwaja anally tan more ncavi ly than on auy other classes of society, luit as the heaviest of the evils of extensive busi ness failures generally fall most largely upon tbe great body of industrial workers. The stopped manufactory brings waut aud dis tress to a huudred fstniliea of operatives to one of the employers. The broken savings bank creates misery In a thousand families of the poor, while It embarrasses the famil ies of its large creditor little, If at all, Tbe sudden depreciation of money showers ruin upon tne laboring man ana tne man 01 smait wealth, while in most casas the wealthy and powerful manage to luaa little, If they do not really pront by tbe general disaster, AH these things being understood, property and labor should find their true and permanent interests to be indissoluble, aud that be, to whatever class hs may belong, who promotes strife between tbeui, Is tho enemy of both. That Is, In the business sense, I repeat, tho moat perfect society lu wulon capital and 14. bor o( operate on equal terms in production, and In which the souroea of the supply for both production aud consumption are near at band. You will say that this means for us Americans tne living to ourselves auu lor our selves, by tho development of home resources, the einnloymcnt of home labor and the oou aumntlon of horns-made prolucta. Ho it does, and so I tbiuk it ought lo be, for I think that a nation, like a family, owes its first, though by no means its only duty, to it self, and that Iu this lies tbe key of gold that unlocks not only the physloal treasures of tbe world, hut opens to us and makes possi ble, and indeed certain, all those higher ben efits that corns fiom the school, the college and tho church, and which tend not only to promote more and more the personal comfort and happiness of the people, but to make the whole body of tho community more and more homogeneous. There are elements necessary and Incident to obtaining tho results I have spoken or, that require us to consider some Important aspects of the means nf intercourse between the differont parts of our country. Although our 38 states are sovereign aud Independent in the largest part of their local concerns, and I hope will so remain for tbe safety of nil In a largo commercial sense, and In all respects of intercourse, our fathers In found ing the national government a oentury ago most wisely obliterated their boundaries aud made tbe wholo people of tbe United Htates one people with common rights and Inti lualely connected interests. They gave us onemouey I am sorry that a part of It la not now what it ought to be iu relation to an other part of it. They gave us the bleating! aud benefits of the postal system, which I am glad to say, clearly includes the telegraph as part of it, and which wo shall have and enjoy before long as inslly as the malls. Tbey gave Congress tbe common and exoluslve regulation of commeroe among tbe states. They prohibited iliscriminstions in favor of tho people or ports of one state against thoe of another, aud tbey gave tbe cltU'ins of the dlffereut stalls national courts for tbe trial and decision of their controversies. This unity sud commuuity of bo many in terest demand quick, easy and cheap meaus of transportation, at fair and tqual rates, be- Jwtotioue part of the country auu auotner. 1i I it, i l,i'.A."ll5s and cauals n quires great nggr gallons of capW, .Bu'1 K'' cenoeutra- tion and coordination of Ufa uC.f " i these have seemed to involve au Hu,unt of power which has often been pervcrt'-d lib- its legitimate uh-h as an instrument of publio creation for tbe equal publio good, to a dom inating aud capricious control of the trade aud lutorcourso of tbe people, as well as fre quently an orgsulzjd, well equipped and po tent Interference with politic ii affiirs, and with legislation. I have now only to speak of these great concerns aud thoir management to relation to questions of fair transportation. It is gener ally admitted by tbe managers of these liuss of communication, that great evils now exist, sometimes arising from personal or other fa vorit.sm or the reverse, by which one cus tomer or one village or city, Is ruined or greatly injured and auother advauoed, aud by which even the compaules themselves are involved in h "war of rates," destructive to 111 -ir own property, aud so fluctuating the prioes of transportation that producers aud shippers cannot calculate with any o 'rtaluty iurspectof their operation. And in still anotb-r aud most important way tbe state of things I have mentioued lu juriously hIT-'CIs our farmers, mauufacturers and merchauts. This is doue by charging tjo high tates for short transportation, and too losr rates for long distances. It frequent ly happens, as everybody knows, that it costs tbe taru.ers and manufacturers of Ohio, for instance, as much or more to transport their products ,MX) miles to market as it does tbe farmers and mauufacturers of Texas or Ore gon to send their products to tbe same mar. ket over distauces three or four times as great and we know nf hko instances all over tbo country. leaving out of consideration tbo compiratlvely lr. fling mailer ot loadine and unloading, aud other terminal charges, the actual expuuse of railway transportation of tbo same kind of gooilt over tbe sanio or similar lines, depends almost entirely ou the distance ruu. the railway companies have the right to livo and make fair profits from their business. If tbey do this it follows that of their income the shippers for abort distances, iu tbe cases supposed, have paid rates unreasonably high, aud lbs shippers for luuger distances have p-iid rates uureasoubty low. The faroiirs of Vermont, for fnstauoe, where tbe price of land aud wages is high, are by these methods compelled to coutrib ute a part of their bird esrned gains to tbe farmers of some distant part of tbe country, where land and wages are low, to help them make their products worth as much as If tbey had been grown or raised within !I(K) miles ot lioston or New York This cauuot be justice. Nearness aud distance from tl.e place of sale or consumpttoa are just as nat ural and uncbaugtable relations us are those ot soil, clitutte, skill or thrift. As well might the farmer, who with good land and thorough aud industrious cultivation has raised a good crop, be required to give a part of it to bis neighbor, who, with poorer land, fndolenoe and lufioite weeds has raised only half as much. Aud Ibis, of course, applies as well to all sorts of tbiugi produced as to those of the farm, Kvil of this kind, which seem to be in creasing, need tbe most earnest and candid consideraliou ot tbe people, and tbe enact ment ot such wise laws of rustraiut and reg ulation as shall be just, aud iu tbe long run really beneficial tu tbu carriers of the coun try, while they provide tor the speedy and ef fectual redress of these and other grievances, aud produce that equality aud steadiness in tho management of trade aud transportation which will bo found to be alike for tbe bene, fit of carriers, shippers aud the piople of tv ery part of the couutry. There is another tupio that belongs to thl general subj-ct to which I have called your attention, but lbs time I can properly occu py will admit ouly of a brief reference to it. I allude to tbo disposition of tbe surplus pro ductions of our couutry iu fureigu markets. The oceans that bound the whole leugth of both lb. eastern aud western borders of the republic are free highways from which there can be no exclusiou, and in respect of which there can be uo monopoly, aud over which and their connecting waters soods can be tak"ti to nearly every habitable country of tbe globe. O.her great producing nations have successfully sought to extend their com merce aud the site of their productions, by acquiring islands, stations and other posses, sious here aud there Iu nearly every accessi ble part of tho world. Udder the protection and fostering assistance ot establishments so set up, tbe commercial operations and influ enco of these nations have been greatly ex tended. Their ships open regular communl. cation, their subjects control trading bouses, and these, as against Amerioan traders unsup ported by the same means and influences, ab sorb muob the largest sbare in supplying dis tant peoples with the commodities they re quire. I do not meau to say that I tbtnk the Uuited Htates could have wisely pursued tbe same policy in respect ot obtaiuiug numer ous forelgu possessions, and creating foreign dependencies, but in tbe present state of tbe trade of the world I do think it clear that our government should onoourage tbe estab lishment of American lines ot communica tion with, and American trading establish ments in, the principal purchasing and nou manufacturiug oouutries, which will facili tate the export of American goods, and will create and promote American commercial in fluence, aud in tbe end give us that measure of advantage in foreign markets that tbe su periority of many of our productions fairly entitle us to. In this great ocean communication and trade I think the one by far most important point is as yet unoccupied and not utilized by any oountry. I refer lo what I am confident Is tbe only practicable ship water way be tween the Atlantic, and l'.ioifij ooeans, and which crosses tbe republio of Nicaragua, within 1000 miles qf our own coast. To any intelligent p riou, who will cxtmine a globe or map of the world, it wilt be apparent (if I am right as to tbe fsot I have Ju.it stated) that such a ship causl will prove tbu key and regulator of bait the long commerce, as it may be oalled, of many nations, aud that for the commerco of tbe Central and fjjuth Americm Btates with the United Htates as well as in respect ot our own commerce with Alia am) the islands of the Indian ooean, and in respect of tho domestia shipping trade be. tween the eastern and western shores of the tbe republio it will be indispensable. The people of Nicaragua aud ber eistor states have been, and I believe still are, desirous that this canal shall be built and managed by the Uuited Htates for tbe great aomnion ends aud benefits of oonimeroe and intercourse be tween nations, as well as for the mora Intl. mate Interests of the American states, and I trust that ere long our government will feel mora deeply and see more clearly than It has yet done, tba Importanoe of tbe matter, and bring it to a successful issue, These briefly outlined subjeots, Mr, Presl. dent aud ladies and gentlemen, I have thought might interest you, perhaps, as muob as many of the more immediate questions that surround us as members of oommon and oo. horent working communities, abiding, and tn abide, atnoug the hills bud fair valleys of Vermont aud Northeastern New York, but I am sure that we shall not forget in our neces sary consideration of the wide interests and relations that we have in oommon with the great nation of which we form a part, that every advancement, great or small, that oo curs among civilized men, is founded upon tbe utrength, the intelligence, the virtue and tho persistence of the members of organized communities, and that Improvement and pro gress, like what Is said of true charity, "be gin at home." We muit oultivate oor fields and work our mines, quarries and shops by hotter and more economio methods and se cure larger and more profitable results; we must sustain our churches with stronger faith nnd with larger contributions, and with a spirit more and more tolerant between the various branobes of the great Christian fam lly.nud we must pour out through our schools and colleges, as from an unfailing and abun. dant fountain, that intelligent aud well bal anced education for our children In all their faculties, which is more than mere learntog, and more vatuablo tbau great possessions, and wbioh will make Ibem, wherever they may be, wise aud prudeut aud earnest work ers for peaoe and happiness among men. Use If Inil of Work at Iliallrnul Com. mlaslon nay Ilo. From tbe Doston Journal. The decision of the rallroid commissioners upon the appeal of the people of Houlh Am herst for better railroad facilities Is of speoial interest, because It deals with and di fines principles which are of wide application. Concisely stated, tbe view of the commission ers is that the relation of a railroad to tbe community is not wholly one of privilege, but partly also of responsibility. The rail, road which runs through Houth Amherst has Its tirmini in other states, and depends large ly upon through business. 'Ihe receipts from Houlh Amherst were, as the commissioners concide, "ludicrously small," but the reason for Ibis is that the place was neglected and ignored by the corporation. It was dropped off from all time tables and lists of stations; no train made regular slops there ; no tlok ets we1'V "0,J to or l""n 'hs place; and no one, taklug'-J0!' l''n, could be sure that he could get off there,"".!'!? "lopp'ng of 'he train d-pending apparently u'pvn the caprice or good nature of the conductor.' J'de.r these circumstances, as tbe commissicners'?."" 7t "no argument oan be founded on tbe absent? of traflio wh n t radio has been persistently disoouraged." This case is not au exception al one. When the road was built It was iu ueed of favors, and accepted them freely from the town. Hoveral Important conces sions and grants were made. Dot afterward, when the road passed into other bands and the busiuess at this villaga was small, the oor. poralion practically abaudoned it. Tbe oom missloners hold, however, that the conoes Bious made by the town are of tbe nature of an executed contract, binding tbe corpora, tion to fulfill all tbe Implied conditions; and tbey recommend therefore that the place be constituted aflig station as desired by the petitioners. NK V 1'UHUOA TION&. X !ft J.lfr of Lincoln. The publishers of the Cmtury announoe that tbe leading feature of tbeir magazine the coming year will be a life of Lincoln written by private secretaries John George Nioolay and John Hay. Throughout the war period both these men made extensive notes aud memoranda with a view to doing this work, they have bad free access to Important pa pers in tbe government archives and in the possession of publio men, and their work will posesselemonts of authemioity and cr gmall ly such as no other can. Tbe publication will begin with tbe November number and the text will bo freely illustrated. The Cen. tury says editorially of Messrs. Nlcolay and Hay's work : "Htarttus as did we ourselves upon the readlog-of tbe life or Llncolo by Nicolay and llay with a deep tn. terest lu the subject and a special enthusiasm for tbe personality of tbe man, we fonod tbe record a revela tion or even a finer, more winning more Ideal, and more masterly character than we bad hitherto lnisg loed. Indeed, as we resd tbe manuscript or tbu work a work remarkable lor Ha thoroughness, Its historical accuracy, Ita literary force. Its revelation or secret erwote, and IU tllnstratlon or eventa hither to only partially understood; and supremely great, moreover, In tb. dignity or Ita aubject; aa we have read tbia great work it baa seemed to us that tbe f sole of Lincoln, mighty as 11 already Is, could be compar ed to a gigantic statne set up In the open square, but still partly relied rrom the publio eye; a statue which, notwithstanding that Ita torm and reatnrea are ouly vaguely vlath, yet awea by the grandeur oT Its proportions, and the atrong lines which ahow be oeatb the rolds tbst bsng oier It, Tbe reading of this minute and Illuminating history was for us, aa we believe It will be fur tbe world, the unveiling of tba statue or Lincoln t " The Foruna. Of all the reviews which have been pub lished nr attempted In this couutry tbe mag. azice The Forum has achieved the most no. table success as a periodical of this clas with articles which are uniformly of solid and per manent value, and wbicb at the Sams time are timely, short, entertaining, readily ap prehended and directly lo tbe point. The list of writers comprises the best essayists in the country and tbey have all shown a re markable faculty for choosing topics of live interest and going directly to tbe pith. A few ot thtae contributors are President Ju lius Beelye, llishop P. I), Hontington, Preei. dent H. 0. Itartlett, James l'arton, President P A. P. Uarnard, Edward Everett Hale, Prof. William T. Harris, Chancellor Howard Crosby, Dsvid Dudley Pield. Kev. I)r. It. Metier Newton, Elizabeth Cady Htanton, Prof. Himon Nswcomb, BJoncure 1). Conway, Chancellor John 11. Vincent, Elizabeth Htuart Phelps, Itov. Dr. Washington Gladden, Kiv. M J. Havage. Home of tbe subjects already discussed are, Are Wo in Danger of ltsvolution ? Newspa pers Gone lo Seed, Is Itomanism a Hiptized Paganism? Home Experiences with Crimi nals, Hball We Muzzle tbe Anarchists ? Do mestic Service, Our Hoys on Bunday, My ltellgious Experience, How I Was Educated, Tbe Evolution of tbe Boycott, Tbe Negro In the Booth, Cremation, Pacts about Civil Ber. vice Iteform, Poisons in Food and Drink, The Future of Sunday Journalism, The Lim it of Bpeed in Ocean Travel, The Future of Arctio Exploration, What We Know About the Weather, Arbitration in Labor Disputes. Tile Aliunde Monthly. The Ojtober Atlantio brings Henry James's notable aerial, "The Princess Oasamissima," to an exciting close. It Is followed by a timely paper on the late King Ludwlg of Ba varia, under the title of "A Mad Monarch," by E. P. Evans ; Edward F, Ilayward dis courses of John Wilson aa "A Literary Ath lete," while Elizabeth Koblns Pennell furnish es a curious study of "Tbe Witches of Ven ice." Charles Egbert Craddock and William Henry llishop continue their powerful narra. lives ; llradford Torrey and Mary Agnes Tinck. er contribute respectively a pretty outdoor sketch and an Italian idyl, while more solid articles are Prof. Shaler's "llaoe Prejudices" and Edward Hungerford's "Tbe ltise of Ara bian Learning," tbe latter being a record of the brief civilization of the Mohammedans. Edith M. Thomas and Henry LUiers provide graceful poems, and there are careful reviews of ltioe's "Abraham Lincoln," Bacon's "Die. tionary of Doston," Hutchinson's Diary, and other books, while tbe Contributors' Club and Hooks of tbe Month bring tbe number to a close. Houghton, Miflbn A Co., Boston. Tbe October number of Harper's contains a timely paper on "U. 8, Naval Artillery," by Hoar-Admiral Simpson, copiously illustrated by twenty.one drawings. Home ourlous spec Imens of old breech-loading guns are repre sented, one ot them used by Oortez in tbe conquest of Mexico. The manufacture of government rifles, and the latest Improve ments in naval gunnery, are attractive fea tures of the article, The Ootober chap, ters ot "The Pilgrimage" conduct us through lliohfield springs and Niagara Falls, and with Charles Dudley Warner as our guide tbe route through those famous resorts be. comes a most enjoyable outing. From the Hpringa we make a tally-bo exouralon to Oooperstown, where some interesting remin iscences of tbe pioneer romanoer are found, Mr. Warner's view of Niagara is as genuine, ly characteristic as bis racy treatment of ev. erytbing else. The thread of bis story brings bis hero into a troublesome passage where bis betrothed seems about to break away, and we shall be interested in the oon. elusion, wbioh follows next month, Seven of Iteinbart's drawings accompany Ibis in stalment. Mr. Hopes ot tbe Kara) Vermonter an nounces that he will publish a dally edition ot bis paper during the session of tbe legis lature. As Mr, llonea has edited the Mont, poller Dally Journal for several previous sea sions, there can be no doubt that he will give a full and satisfactory reoord of the proceed ings, while his Independent way of looking at all publio questions will add much to tbe value ot hit paper as a means of information about legislative prooeedings. Tb. warmer weather often baa a depressing and de bilitating etTact. llood'a Harsaparllla overcome, all languor and lassitude. Miscellany. yty Xfilffhbor'. nut "Illeised are tba peacemakers." A ntnrdr, falr-faalred Itddle Was Iloger, tnj nelRhbor's son, Witb the Innocent look In bis blue ejei Of a life that has Just begun. When I see a crimson dress, Hear a sweet child-voice at plajr. It always, somehow, reminds me Of tbe baby over tbe way, lie was two years old that summer, I bad never noticed tbe child, Till one day, when 1 was passing. He looked through the gate and smiled, lie made a pretty picture. With tbeauu-llgnton hlsbalrj He wore a red dress, I remember, And bis little feet were bare. I bad alwaye a weakness for children, Bo t stopped and spoke to the lad, He told me what bi name was, And how many kittens he bad. He filled my bands with blossoms In spite or all I could say. Then lifted bis face to kiss me Before I turned away, I guess I may as well tell you Ibst my neighbor and I were wstl, Now l're begun tbe story I hardly know what to tell! It was such a little matter At first, but It ran along As thlogs wilt, ir yon let them, When they've started to go wrong, Uot 11 I'm aahatued to say It, Living as close aa wedo After a bitter qaarrel, When a cutting word or two Passed back and forth between us, We did not s.ieik agsiu. Childish, you ssy 1 I know it. liut I didn't think so then. Dut we were the best of comrades. The little Itoger and I, After that day when he kissed me As I was passing by, I might turn toward my neighbor A face that was bsrd and grim ; Ilut Itoger, my neighbor's baby, 1 had always a smile for him. And so It went on all summer, Till at last there cane a day When strsngely boshed and darkened Was the cottage over tbe way, A few words told the story A few words carelessly said, lint freighted with ao much sadness "The baby, you know, Is dead!" I filled my hands with the flowers T knew be loved the best, And a?' " tDe ooset glory I entered I Srtf W1??'' Went nnirjeSw11 10 lhe door The monThi SVro."J J Had trodden that palh"- Hot we who are very wilful u lly a little child are led. As I eutered tbe darkened chamber And stood beeliie tbe bed , Where tbe silent form of Itoger, "v on cvTcreu wiin oowere, lay, , A 11 roar hiit.nA.. 1 ' I. i. ' MI,U"" "nm u. J uiiKUuur Forever passed away. It needs no words to explain It, I think you will understand : Over tbe little sleeper I clatprd my neighbor's band. Tbe bond that was formed will never Be broken till time aball cease. For Itoger, my neighbor's baby, Has spoken the words of peace. (Jood HouMktejHng. TUK WIDOWS wiiisr. "You know," said the widow, In a voloe broken with nobs, "tbe misfortune" here she applied a delicate cambria handkerchief to her eyes "ibe loss" she could get no further. Her visitor bowed with an air of respectful condolence. "I wish," continued the widow, "I wish to erect a monument to tbe memory of my poor husband. I have chosen you to execute tbe order." She had become somewhat calm er. The sculptor bowed. "I wish this monument to be superb worthy of tbe dear companion whom I have lost ; proportional to my" She was getting bysteiical. Her visitor handed her a bottle of salts that stood con venient on tbe little work. table. Tbe widow resumed. "Spare no expense. I would willingly consecrate my whole for tune to honor bis memory." A pause, wbicb the sculptor hesitated to break. "I should like," said tbe widow again, com ing to tbe point, "a temple, with marble col nmns, and in tbe middle, upon a pedestal, his statue." Here she gulped down a sob. "I shall do my best to fulfil your wishes, madams," replied tbe man of art. "I had not, however, tbe honor of personally know ing tbe Ute Mr. , and bis likeneaa is In dispensable to the completion of tbe design ; doubtless you have a portrait of him." Tbe widow raised ber rounded arm, and pointed to a magnificent portrait by one ot our first artlats. "An admirable painting I" said the visitor; "I need not ask you if the resemblanoe be striking." "It ia himself 1 Life is all that Is needed. Ah 1 if I could have given mine for bis 1" Tbe handkerchief was again in requisition. "I will send for the portrait, madame, and I guarantee that the likeness shall be exact." "Bend for the portrait I" cried tbe widow, with a stifled shriek, "take from me my only consolation my only happiness ? Never I" "But, madame, it will be only for a little while." "A little while! An agel How could I live without this dear image 1 It quits me neither day nor night ; I coutemplate It with out ceasing, throuuh my tears. It will never be removed out of this room, where I shall pass tbe remainder of a miserable existenoe." The widow had worked herself up to such a pitch of feeling that tbe sculptor rose to ring the bell for assistance. But she laid a white band upon his coat-sleeve, and he sat down again. "Then you will allow me, madame, to oome here to take a copy of it? Be not alarm ed ; I shall not long invade your solitude. A single sitting will suffice." Tbe widow agreed to this arrangement, and requested the aculptor to commence the next day. But he bad a previous order to execute. She would have leveled tbe difficulty witb gold ; but be stood firm. "My word Is pledged," he said. "Do not, however, be troubled about the delay. I will work so diligently that Ihe monument shall be finished within tbe lime that another art ist would have requested for consideration." "You have been a witness of my sorrow," were tbe widow's parting words ; "you may imagine my Impatience to see tbe work com pleted. Make your best baste ; spare no ex pense, and let me have a chefd" autre." He had afterwards several letter, repeating these injunctions. At the end of three months the sonlptor re turned. He found the widow still in tbe deepest mourning ; but her obeek was leas pale, and there was a slight tinge of coquetry in the arrangement of her weeds. "Now, madame," said the visitor, "I am at your disposal." "Ah I well, I am glad to hear It," said the widow, with a gracious smile. "I have sketched tbe statue, and shall only need one sitting to transfer the resemblance. Permit me to enter your private chamber." "And wherefore?" Inquired the widow, with an air ot surprise. "To sea tbe portrait." "Oh I will you walk into the drawing-room ? It ia there that you will find It now." "Indeed!" "Yes; there is a much better light than In the room where you first saw it," "Would you like to see the sketch of the monument?" "Vfilliugly. How grand What exquisite ornaments 'Why, It la a palaoe, this tomb 1" "You told me, madame, that It oould not be too magnlfioent. I have spared no ex. pense and here is an estimate of what tbe monument will cost you," "Dear me" cried the widow, after having glanced at the sum total. "It is enormon, I" "You begged me to spare nothing" "Certainly t I wish to do tbe thing hand, somely. Still, we ocght to ba rational." "Well, this Is only the first sketch, There is yet time to alter your intentions." "Very good. Suppose, then, wa suppress the temple, tbe columns all the architecture, in short and content ourselves with the statue 1 I was too ambitious j that will bs quite sufficient," "You shall be obeyed." "It ia decided, then. Nothing but the statue," A short time after this seoond visit tbe sculptor fell dangerously lib He was obliged to suspend his labors ; and, having followed tbe recommendation of his pbjilolan and made a tour of the ooultnent, he presented himself anew before the widow, who was now In the tenth month of her bereavement. This time there were some rosea among the cypress ; the weeds were fast disappearing. Tbe artist brought with him a little plaster model of his statue, wbioh promised to be a masterpiece. "What do yon think of the resemblanoe V be said to tne widow, , "Is it not a little flattered ? My poor hus, band was very well but you have made him aa Apollo." "ludeed! Well, I will rectify my work by the portrait." , "It Is scarcely worth your while. A little more or a little less resemblance, what does It matter ?" "Pardon me, madame, but I plumemyself upon exaotness." "If you really wish to lake the trouble" "Tbe portrait Is In tho drawing-room, is It not? I will go there." "It Is not there now," replied tbe widow, ringing the bell. "Robert," she continued, addressing the servant wbb answered tbe summons, "bring down tbe portrait of your late master." "Tbe one that was carried up Into the gar ret last week, ma'am ?" "Yes, the same." Just then the door opened and an elegant youog man presented himself with a jaunty air, klseed tbe lady's hand, and Inquired after her health with tbe most gallant solicitude." "What Is this little plaster man ?" be said, pointing to tbe statuette, which tbe artist had placed upon the chimney-piece. "It Is the model of the statue for the tomb of my lato husband." "You intend to ereot a statue to his memo ry? Upon my word, that Is very magnlfi oent I" ;You tbink so?" "Great men are sculptured at full length In marble ; but it appears to me pardon my frankness that Ibe late Mr. - was a very ordinary man. In fact, bis bust would suf fice." "As you please, madam," said the sculptor, turning to tbe lady. "Then we will decide upon tbe bust," said she, bowing him out. Two months later tbe bust arrived, just as a gay cortege desoended the ball steps and got into the carriages that awaited their approach. .Tbe widow was on ber way to the altar with the elegant dandy who bad caused Ihe sup pression of her husband's statue, there to take upon herself a second vow of conjugal fidelity. Scandal adds that tbe bust Itself would wll. llngly have been returned; that the newly, married couple considered Ihe sculptor's de mand enormous ; and that it was only with considerable difficulty, and after a threat of legal proceedings, that he was at length relm bursed for the tlpe and trouble spent upon tbe "widow's whim." Aulnmn X.ftiate., Crimson and acarlet and yellow, Emerald turning to gold, Bblmmerlog there In the aunbeams, Shivering here lo tbe cold; Waving farewells aa tbe tempest q Itntblessly tears tbem apart, 1 Fluttering, dancing and rustling Aa hither and thither tbey dan; V-rcklrealy silling tb. raplda, sdiy swimming the pools. JCS'.tas Pffy loadsloola. wS5lh fir "', "" of " dwelling Kil . J. housekeeper weaves, M JeiSIS?1? ; Ksutumn leaves, nestle the bright ... n , " JIarjxr'4 Vou ng People. at Beibcfiino fob BuniEDKJ"EAf,DE,! T?' George J. Adams, of Masahut,,e,U' cl? thai wir.li ln r.n..i.i.. :.u iT:'j "Rtment during tbe war three of the soldiers enf.?red,ft dwelling on tbe Magnolia plantation, t "ml mil, ahii.. V.. i .1 i . - uiivuia, nui4 vacrieu u. 130,000 in gold and silver. Being afraid to wuw. .uo v.jr wiiusu iuucu money, on reacn- itir A TMW.n Dm, noa I. -Ill- 1 1. n I uva u.Dcu.uig lurj or - lected a tree, at tbe toot of wbioh they bur ied the money and then took bearings, one of tbe party being a civil engineer. Each of tbe three men was furnished with a copy of !.!. .1 it- - . . ... .u, auu iuq marauders returned to Xvew ur inaria Inl.nitlnn n ..I.m . I-. 1 , -v av.u.u .el .uo war auu recover the money. Ills two companions v ; n .i i i , - - - ....ovt ouu ausiua was uesperate.y wounded soon after. Adams was taken to a Knrihs.n hn.nl. I !. I. J a . . . . nuu icit im.nijrbeu auu helpless. When be recovered tbe use of bis .""i n iuvu.u nsfu, us returned to new Orleiana and .1 -,. !,..,... ,A .I. - i. "'- vv-u .v. amuii lui U1S treasure. He found to his dismay that all the older pecan trees had been cut down and on ly the yonnger ones left, and was consequent ly unable to recognize tbe tree under which tbe treasure was buried. He devoted him self, however, for three weeks to delving for It. A few days ago he took several other par ties in partnership, who advanced a better outfit for surveying land and digging for tbe money, but as he has unearthed no treasure his partners bad bim arrested. Is It Tnz "Missino Link?" Tbe Brithh Medical Journal aays there is on exhibition in Paris a type of a very primitive race. It is a very curious specimen, entirely covered with bair, tbe skin very dark ; the child would re mind one of the chimpanzee. Tbe hairs on tbe arms and legs follow tbe same direction as those on tbe monkey ; the legs are thin and short, while tbe arms are very long. It appears that the tribe to which she belongs dwells more on trees than on the ground. The child ia twelve, and seems to have a cer tain Intelligence, and takes great interest in her doll. Her eyes and hair are very fine, her nose Is flattened, and ber ears are de prived of cartilage. Tbe race to which she belongs is found in the north of Siam, and several families are kept at the court of tbe King of Siam. Almost Iliime. Almost Into th. "Snmmer Land I' Waiting to Join my spirit band. Flooding Ibe night with visions bright lUllied In beams of celestial light. Casting thla time-worn body away, .teaching out to tb. full light ot day, List'olng to voices low and sweet, Nearing the river with gladsome feet; Know log tbe Master will carry me o'er Taet rosblng waves to tbe peaceful shore. . J. m. r. It is said that thinking men live 32 years looger than those who do not think. This ia sad news for tbe dude. Jfeu llacen Jfetes. Iu the restaurant : "Garcon. are vou sure that this fish is fresh ?" "Ab, monsieur, ot that it is impossible for me to say ; I bave only been In tbe plaoeaweek. French Wit.'' "Did you go for a vacation this summer, Smltb?" "Ob, yes." "How did yon man age your business affairs ?" "I took my ad vertisement out of tbe paper until I returned, ao there wasn't any business to manage. Great soheme, eh V'lIarpcr't llatar. The Taylor brothers are havinc lota of fun In running for governor of Tennessee. Tbey bold joint meetings, and tbe other night Alt Introduced Bob aa "Ibe brother of tbe next governor." Ex, Old catty "Here, officer. I want to aa to Chicago ; Is this my train ?" Typioal metro politan poiloeman "Begorra, ot don't know ; the nem of some railroad oomnanvls forninst on tbe car, and I a'pose Its their property. nave yeea lost a train anywneres r uolum Ma Spectator. On a first glimpse of the sea. "Astonish ing! Who would bave thought there oould be as much water as that ?" "True; and re. member you only see what's on top." TUU Silt. The famous stallion Virgil has just died in Kentucky. All classical soholars who are fa miliar with Virgil will remember the "pony." Botton Herald. The floral bell la getting to be rather stale for marriage oeremonies. Why should not soma enterprising couple be married under a pair tree Boston Bulletin. Mr. Brown and his wife happened to be in th, depot when an emigrant train oame in. Al tbe newly-arrived foreigners, In their pic turesquely dirty costumes, emerged from the train, the lady inquired, "What are all these people, Henry ?" "That's a job lot of Amer ican citizens just oome In," was the reply. Merchant Traveler. "Tbe poet Is born, sir," said a man, haugh tily, aa he reoeived a roll of manuscript from tbe editor, with a shake of the bead. "Ob, is he ?" replied tbe editor, with a pleasant mile. "Well, when ba gets old enough to write something, tell him to come and see me. Good by," And he resumed bis labors. Waihington Critic. It is related that an Ohio widow owned a large gravel bank which a oertaln railroad oompany was very anxious to secure. Bev. eral propositions were made and rejected, and tbe president finally sent his private secretary down with Instructions to oiler up to $14,000. Tbe young man returned after a couple of day, and, when asked bow tbe business had turned out, replied "I will aooept your of fer." "You?" "Exactly. I married tb, widow and own the bank." The ideas of the colored man in tb. South are somewhat confuted on aome subjeots. An old negro from Ooion Greek applied to an Auttln lawyer to bring ault against Unole Mote for ten dollars borrowed money, "You must have a witness who saw yon lend bim the money." "Boss," replied the colored ag rloultorltt, after a minute's pause, "ef I brings two witnesses what aeed me ban' bim do ten dollabs, kin I make him pay ma baok twenty dollahs?"-rt-w Hiftingt. Africa.'. Jllclicat .VI nit, unit III World. Urratrat Slair unit Ivnry Ilrialeir, The wealthiest man In Ojntrsl Africa, says the New York Hjn, Is now on bis way to tbe Indian Ocean In response to n letter from tho Hultan of Zanzibar ri questing a visit from him. Ills name is Tippu Tib, and he lives not far from Nyangwe, th greattrading point ot many black trlbos on the Upper Congo. Headers of African books of travel havo read a great deal of Tippu Tib, and ai recent years have greatly Increased his power and wealth we are likely to hear much of him. Tippu Tib Is only 43 years old, as black as coal, and of negroid blood, wbicb means that he comes of an admixture ot the coast tribes of East Alrica, and has also a very little Arab blood In his veins. He has been In Central Africa for 2A years, and Is to-day tbe greatest slave and ivory trader in the world. He has outstripped all bis competitors through sheer force of intellect aud strength of character. As long ago as the time when Oimeron intro duced bim to our notice he visited Nyangwo and told the bullying Arab traders there that If tbey did not leave certain native allies of bis atone it would be tbe worse for them. They lost no time-In pledging eternal peace with Tippu Tib and all his friends. Cameron says Tippu Tib was tbe greatest dandy be saw among tbe traders of Africa, and that, although of negroid blood, be was a thorough Arab In manners and ideas. All bis white visitors speak of the eleganco of his Arab attire and bis courtly and affable bearing. Htanley says that at his first meet Ing with Tippu Tib he regarded him as the most remarkable man he bad met among the Arabs, Wa Bwahili and half castes of Africa. Lieut. Van Gele, of the Congo state, who met Tippu Tib in January last, says be was surprised at the extent ot his information on European topics. He was familiar with events oocurring In Europe and was particularly in. terested in the Eogllsb, Germans and Belgi ans. "The questions he asked me," says Van Gele, "showed that he Is neither an ignorant man nor ono of ordinary mind." He said he intended some day to go to Europe, visit the King of tbe Belgians, and also spend some time in Constantinople. In Tippu Tib's home, south of Nyangwe, Cameron says that large gangs of slaves walking about in ohalns met his eye at every turn. Tbey were leading easy lives, were well fed, and he saw uo acts of cruelty there. All had been victims, however, ot tbe crying wrongs that are slill decimating the simple savages of Africa. Tbey bad been surprised in tbeir peaceful homes by the sudden on slaught of Tippu Tib's ruthless soldier slaves, who bad burned tbeir huts, killed their friends and dragged them off into captivity. Tippu Tib Is tbe most noted representative of those men wbo are to day inflicting more Buffering upon tbelr fellow creatures than any other human beings the professional slave traders of Africa. Few of Tippu Tib's slaves ever reaoh tbe Indian Ojean. Tbey are sold among tbe numerous tribes on the way to tbe sis. Long caravans, however, richly laden witb his ivory are often despatched to the oast. It was Tippu Tib wbo helped Stanley start down the Congo from Nyangwe, tbe point where both Livingston and Cameron were defeated in tbeir efforts to follow tbe river further. For some weeks Stanley's little party was augmented by nver 00 of Tippu Tib's men. Twenty very dark beauties from the great trader's harem accompanied bim on bis his first trip down tbe Congo, where he ) now in absolute control of tbe river and 'ulng territories for about 3."0 miles . fou 'fvangwe. It was his slave. pen near nearStanl'',y F11"' ln which 2M0 wrelcbed near menu , foun(j W0 years ago when tho PI,.?nrW.trt'T71l,r,ionl Association reach agents of tbe Iuina.Su ed that point. M.j fa8 8tan, For many miles below these . ., Q was chased by large fleets of canoes, "any; a i. party suffered severely from tbe lances and' arrows of tbe most ferocious savages whom be met on tbe Congo. These natives are among tbe most peaceable on the Congo now, and one good reason 'a that tbey have no weapons to fight witb. Tbey have all been disarmed by Tippu Tib for a distance of about 80 miles along the river for daring to attack some of his men. Dr. Lentz, the ex plorer, wrote from Stanley Falls in March last that between tbe falls and the Aruwlmi Hiver the natives were Incapable of making any resistance. "One can scaroely find among tbem," be writes, "a lance or any oth er weapon except small knives." Dr. Lenz also adds that "tbe influence of the opulent Tippu Tib is far greater all through this re gion than that of tbe free Congo state." Tippu Tib baa tbus far maintained very amicable relations with the whites. He has invited missionaries to settle near bim and promised tbem protection. "Ho Thl." II rally's Tlirruta, Gen. Tom Brady of star route fame, wbo lives on a COOO-acre farm on the southern Po tomac, was in tbe city to day and talked to a reporter about his book. "I propose to place several alleged statesmen and others in the publio pillory," said be, "in order that their fellow citizens may see them in their true light. Some people posing before tbo publio as moral saints with a holier than thou cast uf countenance, I shall impale upon the corroded points of tbeir own corruption. I shall embellish my book witb fac simile au tograph letters and memoranda which will speak for themselves. In short it will give the true Inside history of tbe Florida election returns of 1870, and of tbe star-route investi gations and triala with all the collateral inci dents, congressional and otherwise connected therewith. I have shielded a lot of hypocrites and moral cowards long enough, and there is nothing left for me to do but to publish the true inside history of these events. They may say of me as was said of llousseau's pri vate memoirs, it is mighty interesting read ing, but be was a d d tool to publish tbem. I can't help what anybody may say, it is my time now to speak out, and I shall do so fully and fearlessly," and tbe general's Jaw ebut firm. Washington Despatch. Tbe great Bartholdi status of liberty in New York harbor is to be nnveiled on tbe 28th of next month. It is now nearly completed, only tbe head and arms remaining to be plac ed in position. American tourists wbo recently saw the Prince of Wales at Hamburg say that he was drinking heavily, and displayed all the Bymp. toms of a Hue and worn-out man. Queen Victoria may outlive her son and heir. The harm caused by tbo reoent volcanio disturbances in New Zealand has now been pretty accurately ascertained. An area of 2000 square miles is covered three inches deep with volcanio dust, for 400 square miles the country is wholly destroyed and 1G00 miles are much damaged. At Bloomingdale, Mich., shallow springs have become so deep that the longest pole fails to touch bottom. In one of these springs the water has changed to a milk-white color, which tints the water of Bear lake, into which it flaws. Tbe flow of the spring has doubled sinoe tbe earthquake, With astonishing hardihood, Sir Charles Dilke has returned to London, and it is an. nounced that he wfll re-enter publio life as the editor of a London daily newspaper. Tho Pall Mall Gazette is Indignant and calls upon the queen "lo vindloate the purity of Eng. Ilth homes and the sanctity ot the judicial oath, and remove Sir Charles Dilke's name from the roll of the privy council." There bave been fiO.OOO cases of cholera and 37,000 deaths therefrom In Japan, thus far this year. The epidemlo is now abating, In Oorea tbe disease has made far greater in. roads upon the population. At Beoul, accord, ing to official returns, tbe fatal cases in July were 38,600 in a population of 250,000. Out side of tbe capital tbe mortality is equally great. Great care is being exercised in the dis tribution of tbe relief fund at Charleston. The applicant for relief Is required to All out a blank form containing a number ot ques tions. The answers will supply exact Infor mation of the residence of tbe applicant at tbe time of the earthquake, of bis income, of tbe character ot tbe eartbiuake, of the esti. mated amount ot losses. Finally, the appll. cant Is required to say, whether he can, out of his own means, pay for the necessary re. pairs ot his dwelling and make good the loss, es without tbe assistance of tbe committee. The Egyptian Sphinx has been supposed to be hewn out of a large isolated rock which overlooked tbe plain, but M. Maspero's re. searches show that this great work oooupies tbe centre of ao amphitheatre, forming a kind ot rocky baain, the upper rim of which is about level with the head of the animal. Tbe walls of this amphitheatre, wherever visible, are cut out by tbe band of man. 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