Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1877 — Page 1

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

THE WAR IN THE EAST The terrible Btory of tho extermination of 4,000 CircaUßianß by the Russianh in denied by the ItuHHian authoritieH, who claim tliat tlie Circassiaim were defeated and dinjiorHed, less than 100 being killed. According to a Berlin dispatch Count Von Jlolike regardh Ilussia'H chances as steadily improving, in consequence of the extraordinary negligence and lack of foresight of the Turks. In a battle between Turks and Montenegrins, near Maljat. tho former were defeated with severe loss. A London Times correspondent with the Turkish army in Bulgaria says the infantry are well eqnip]>ed and ready for tho field atany moment, but the artillery is ivofully deficient in horses, and the money with which to overcome this great disadvantage is not to bo had. In order to guard against any attempt on the Czar’s life during hip recent journey from Bt. Petersburg to the Danube, safety trains were run before and behind the imperial train. Those precautions were rendered necessary by the existence of a dangerous conspiracy, said to bo of Socialistic origin, to take tho life of the Czar. It is said the Czar takes command of the army chiclly heofuse the Grand Duke .Nicholas and his chief-oDstafr frequently disagree. It is stated that the Bultan will shortly join the army and tako part in field operations. A conspiracy lias been discovered in Sorvia to depose Prince Milan, and in favor of the Prince of Montenegro, Tho Circassian irregulars in the Turkish service have made a raid op a Greek monastery at ltangave, in Thsssaiy, ahd pillaged it. They carried off everything of fftluo in the institution,and completed tho orarage by killing tho monks who fell into their ratals. A dispatch from Vienna saysr horrible Turkish outrages arb reported, particularly from Novibazar, OftUgervia. The Servians are much excited. ‘- I

Nearly the whole of Koumania has been placed under martial law. A new levy of 218,000 men has been ordered by tho Russian Government. In Asia Minor things look exceedingly discouraging for the Turks. The New York HePahl, correspondent telegraphs that the sudden -collapse of (he campaign in that quarter is evidently impending. All conformnication between Kars and Krzcroum has boon severed. Krzeroum is-utterly unprovisioned, and Kurlevei has been evacuated. Desertions from the ■Turkish army aijc numerous. Mukhtar Pasha’s army is without discipline, ■and the Russians are -'..well received everywhere, The advance' of the Russians along the piain road ol' tho valley of Tehuruckbol l iver will soon cut oil Trobizond from the interior, and when that event happens Hie entire eastern part of Asia Minor will have to acknowledge Russian military authority. The ‘Russians captured at Olti immense stores of corn and cartridges, and 4,000 Turks j eiTbaoki 1 ' ’ Krzeroum without any s--rious lightng. “Tho'iHif* B of tho provisions is a most grievous loss t\Jli e Tilrkish army ip'A.Bia. Great excitemoht was caused ’ll) tfie Odciwa, one of the cftjef Russian ports on tlie Black sea, the other day, l>y the sudden appearance of a formidaljlo licet of Turkish ironclads. In an incredibly short space of time tho city’s population; of 200,000 was reduced to one-third that number, the people fleeiug to the interior. After ft brief survey of the field tho licet quietly wit hdrew. The Russians claim that they wore frightened off by the dread of the horrid torpedo. Owing to the unsatisfactory working of the Roumanian railways, all the roads have been placed under the control of the military authorities. I Cable dispatches state that the Russians have made all arrangements lor a threat years’ occupation of Bulgaria. *i There arc serious of a popular outbreak in Constantinople. Arrests of Softas, civilians and military students taki place 'daily. A if nip <l<‘ main for the restoration of ex-Sultan Murad is much feared. No boat! i are allowed to Ira verse the Bosphorus or Goldeii Horn after dark. 4 The recent fighting between tlfo Turks and Montenegrins around Kristaz waif of the most savage character, and the hardy mountaineers more than sustained their historic fame for cool courage and stubborn bravery. The Turks were beaten at evory point, with the loss of 4,000 or 5,000 men. the Montenegrins losing loss than 700.

GEMMKAL FOREIGN NEWS. Tho FntneffMiniKter of tho Interior has instructed tho Prefects throughout the country to prosecute any persons who, in cases and other places, spread false reports calculated to disturb the public tranquillity. England lias given notice to those whom it may concern that she will not permit the Suez canal to be made the sceno of any combat or other warlike operations. , y The town of Bath, in England, has been the scene of a sad disaster. During a public celebration, a bridge which spans the Avon river at that place gave way, precipitating some 200 people jnto the water, about twenty of whom were drowned. A semi-official telegram from St. Petersburg states that tho Russian Ambassadors to London, Berlin and Vienna, ors their return to their posts, will be able to give assurances that Russia does not aim at political transformation of the map of tlie East. Turkey’s attempt to obtain a foreign loan has failed, and efforts are to be made to raise money for the proseoution of the war by additional taxation or forced loans at Ro'mo. Victoricn Sardou, the dramatic writer, has been elected a member of the French Academy, defeating the Duke d’Audiffret Tasquier by a vote of 19 to 17. An Alexandria dispatch says the exhumation of Cleopatra’s Needle for London has been completed. Eighteen inches of the apex are gone, and the corners are somewhat damaged, but otherwise it is iu a fair condition. Ibe American Medical Association has just held a five days’ session in Chicago. It was the largest and most interesting meeting the association has ever hold, about 600 delegates, embracing'Tnaay of the most eminent physician* in the country, being in attendance. The association, among other things, adopted a vigorous memorial urging the repeal by, Congress of the present unjust tax on quinine. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Dr. T. G. Richardson. Louisville, Ky.; Rce Drs. J. P. White, New York, Mos»u Gunn up inois, G. W. Russell, Connecticut, k Dunlap, Ohio; Secretary, E. W. Brush; Treasury, R. j’ Dunglison, of Pennsylvania; Librarian, W. ]_, ee : Hstrict of Columbia. DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. East. Mrs. Lydia Sherman, who was sentenced "ve years ago to imprisonment for lifer in the Connecticut State prison at Wethersfield, for the atrocious murder of three consecutive husbands and seven children, has*',escaped

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from confinement, and at last accounts was at large. The whole country in the vicinity of New York city is swarming with seventeen-year locusts. Barnum’s reward of 810,000 for the recovery of Charley Ross has stimulated the search for him, and the Philadelphia Times reports a strong probability that it will result in his restoration by the Ist of July, the third anniversary of his disappearance. It is said that the boy has been kept all the time in Western Pennsylvania. A live-story building, occupied by eight families, was destroyed by fire in Boston a few nights ago. The building had but one narrow exit and was unprovided with a fire escape, and it was with the utmost difficulty the occupants escaped. Two of them jumped from the upper stories and were killed, and several more were , badly injured in their efforts to escape. The city of Bridgeport, Ct., has been the scene of a terrible disaster. During'the progress of a fire in Glover, Sanford <fc Son’s large liat factory, a live-story brick structure, and while a number of persons who had volunteered their services were engaged in removing the goods of the firm, the walls suddenly gave way with a crash and buried twelve human beings beneath the ruins. Only one escaped alive, the remaining eleven being killed outright, and their bodies crushed and bruised ill a shocking manner. Tho pecuniary loss, is estimated at 8250,000, upon which there is an insurance of 8150,000; Lydia Sherman, the Connecticut' Borgia, who recently escaped from the Penitentiary at Wethersfield, has been caught and reincarcerated in her old cell. She has been guilty, by lier own confession, of poisoning nine persons, and is in prison for life. i! West. Another Western railroad has been added to thcT'already very large list of bankrupt roads. The victim this time is the West Wisconsin, one of the principal Wisconsin lines. It lias been placed in the hands of a receiver. tSrop prospects in Illinois, lowa, Missouri and Kansas, reported by farmers themselves, continue favorable for a bountiful harvest. Regions which two years ago were devastated by the grasshoppers aro suffering very slightly froni this cause this year. A terrific hurricane passed over tho town of Mt. Carniel, Wabash comity, 111., lately, al most destroying the thriving little city. Some twenty people were killed, 150 wounded, and property to tho value of 8500,000 destroyed. The most prominent buildings destroyed were the Court House, three churches, twenty business houses, and two school houses. Besides these, 150 residences 'were destroyed or dam-: aged either by wind or lire. A considerable number of those injured by the falling buildings will probably die. After the storm badpassed the town took lire, and much damage was done in this way. Avery Moore, of Chicago, an cx-Supervisor, and hitherto In Id in high repute, has proved a defaulter to the amount of 88,000, and lias jupipod the town. A school has been organized m Chicago for trip) education of ambitious young ladies to the profession of journalism. 1 uo * B Kegjalaturc, at its late session, its" State c?R a ities feg fcheooming two years. Tim LcgisfiitW2J' jf Illinois, at its recent session, passod an jStpmWdl bi&lf—itpproved by tho Govemor and will become a law July 1, providing for the establishment of a State Board of Health. It is to consist of seven members, each to hold office seven years, except that one of tho first seven is to go out of office on December 30 of each year succeeding then* appointment. This board is to prescribe regulations for, keeping the records of marriages, births and deaths in each county, and examine the persons applying for State permissions to' heal the sick or take care of the afflicted. The band of miscreants who recently ran a train off the track of tlie St. Louis and San Francisco railroad, at Woodend Station, Mo., have been captured, and one of them, an cxconvict, has made a full confessioii. The intention was to an the ehtire trained! tlie track, and then, under the jpiiso of assisting the wounded, rob tho passengers and plunder the train. All th* parties concerned in the affair live near the scene of their fiendish work. Mount Carmel, 111., which was recently devastated by a tornado, sends forth the following appeal for aid : “ The calamity which has , befallen this city has not been overrated by letter-writers to the papers of the metropolitan cities. Fourteen blocks of beautiful homes and business houses are in ruins, a hundred families houseless and helpless, »' score dead, over seventy badly hurt in a population of 2.500. A loss not less than 8300,000 is too heavy a load for this heart-stricken people to carry alone, and help must come from the country at large.' Any aid from cities or towns that may be sent to R. 8. Gordon, Mayor, or Judge T. J. Shannon, of the banking-house of Shannon & Beal, Chairman of the Relief Committee, will be wisely and faithfully appropriated toward those who are worthy and needy.” South. A destructive fire is reported at Union Court House, S. C., half the best business portion of the town being swept away. Loss, 8100,000. A disastrous conflagration visited Galveston, Texas, last week, reducing to ashos three squares in the business part of the city. ■ Two hotels, two banks, a large number of mercantile establishments, and several dwellings were destroyed, involving an estimated loss of about 82,000,000. The burred district embraces three squares, hounded by Twenty-first, Twen-ty-second and Market streets and the bay. A fatal disease strongly resembling Asiatic cholera lias broken out among the troops’sta-* tioiied at Brownsville, Texas. WASHINGTON NOTES. Tho President has appointed cx-Gov. Thomas A. Osborn, of Kansas, United States Minister to Chili. For some time past Mr. Moran, tho American Minister to Portugal, has been failing in health, and it is reported that the administration will probably soon appoint a successor to the office. There has been no stoppage of the issue of greenbacks of tho denominations of 81 and 82. They are furnished to Assistant Treasurers and depositories as usual. A Washington correspondent says there are indications that a formidable opposition to the treasury policy of withdrawing the 81 and 82 greenbacks from circulation will be manifested at the pext session of Congress. The argument against the retirement of the notes is that they are a great convenience to people who have small remittances to make by letter, and who do not live near a money-order office. Secretary Sherman has successfully disposed of the first 830,000,000 of the 4 per cent, bonds authorized by Congress, 85,000,000 of which will foe applied to resumption pulses, and the remainder for the redemption of 6 per cent, bonds. The bonds are placed at par in coin. The contract with the Syndicate is for six months, and the terms of subscription are very liberal. The Secretary has withdrawn from the market 8100,000,000 of the per cent.

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bonds, and the old Syndicate has subscribed for 825,000,000 of the latter issue, being the balance of the 8200,000.000 authorized. POLITICAL POINTS. The venerable I’eter Cooper is out in a letter of advice to President Hayes regarding the proper financial policy to be pursued by tlie latter. Mr. Cooper says: “Our national currency must be made receivable for all purposes throughout tho country, and interconvertible with 3 per cent. Government bonds. Such a currency would have been worth more to the American people than all tlie gold mines that have ever been discovered on the continent of America.”' Col. Jack Wharton has been appointed United States Marshal for Louisiana, vice Pitkin, removed.

MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. If ox-rresident Grant supposed lie could visit England without being caught, and proceed to have a good and exclusive time, he has before this time learned his mistake. He lias become the prey of the Lords of the land, and is already booked for dinners at the houses of about thirty of the most distinguished people of the realm. Tlie caterpillars have taken possession of Canada. Around London and at other points they have appeared in billions, seriously interfering with railway travel. The Adams Express Company has entered into competition with the United States mails in the carriage of all mail matter other than letters. The rates fixed arc 1 cent per ounce, or fraction over, between all points on the express lines ; no packages, however, to be transported for less than 10 cents.. Excluded from these rates are highly-valuable articles, such as jewelry, and bulky articles. The Secretary of the Navy has directed the commanding officer of the United States steamer Lackawanna, now stationed at Acapulco, to search for the rock near Tartar shoals upon which the Pacific Mail steamer San Francisco struck. When the locality of this rock shall he ascertained it will be properly buoyed and notice given of its exact position. The International Convention of Young Men’s Christian Associations lias'just been held at Louisville, lvv. John V. Farwell, of Chi-cago,-was elected President for the ensuing year. Gen. Slicrman is reported to bo of the opinion that Russia is aiming mainly at acquisitions in Asia, her intention being to got an outlet to the southern sea by wav ol' the valley of the Tigr and the Persian gulf.

Heroism of Montenegrin Women.

Montenegrin women have tlie same passionate attachment with the men to family and country, and display much of the same valor. Goptchevitcli supplies two most remarkable examples. A sister and four brothers, the four, of course, all armed, are making a pilgrimage or excursion to a church. Tlie state of war witli the Turks being normal, we need not wonder when wc learn that they are attacked unawares on their way, iu a pass where they proceed in single file, by seven armed Turks, who announce themselves by shooting dead the first of the brothers and dangerously wounding the second. The odds are fearful, but the fight proceeds. The wounded man leans against the rock, and, though he receives another and fatal shot, kills two of tlie Turks before he dies. The sister presses forward and grasps his rifle and dagger. At last all are killed except herself and. a single Turk. She asks for mercy, "mid he promises it, but names her maidenly honor as tlie price. Indignant, and perceiving that now lie is oil' Jiis guard, she stabs him with the dagger. lie tears it from her hand, they close, and she dashes him over the precipice into the yawning depth below. The second anecdote is not less singular. Tidings reach a Montenegrin wife that her husband has just been killed by a party under tlie command of a certain Aga. Knowing tlie road by which they are traveling, she seizes a rifle, chooses her position, arid shoots the Aga-death Tlie rest of tlujparty take to flight. The wife of the dead Aga sends her an epistle. “Thou art a genuine daughter of Tsernagora. Como to-morrow alone to tlie border-line, and we will prove, by trial, which of us was the better wife.” The Tsernagorine appeared, equipped with the arms of the dead Aga, and alone, as she was invited. But the Turkish woman had thought prudence the better part of valor, and brought an armed champion with her, who charged on horseback. She shot him dead as he advanced, and, seizing her faithless antagonist, bound her and took her home, kept her as a nurse-maid for fourteen years, and then let her go back to her place and people.— W. E. Gladstone, in Nineteenth Century.

Justice: Slow and Swift.

James Patton \Vilson, of Charlotte, N. C., lias just been convicted of murdering a friend tn 1854, twenty-three years ago. Wilson at that time was only 16 years of age and his victim a few years older. They were riding together when a dispute arosojas to the speed of their horses, which resulted a lew days afterward in an ultyxcation, during which Wilson shot his friend. He fled, but a short time ago returned and gave himself up. All the witnesses of the affair, are dead, but two old negroes were found who knew something of the-quarrel, aud their testimony was taken. Wilson was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment. —The course of justice iu the ease of" the Chico (Cal.) murderers was more rapid than in that recited above. On the 14th of March a party of white men, members of an association formed for the purpose of preventing Chinese immigration, took arms and kerosene to a cabin occupied by Cliimimeu, iu Butte county, robbed tlie occupants, shot them, set fire to tho premises and left. Nine of the jurors were for a verdict of murder in the first degree, but rather than bring about a disagreement yielded and made the finding murder in the second degree; and thus, forty-two days after their crime was committed, the murderers entered the State prison to serve ten-year terms. 5

Warning to Paper-Chewers.

People wlio make a habit of chewing paper are hereby warned not to use postal cards for mastication purposes. During the letting of the last contract for printing them, it was developed that the linen rags from which the cards are made are mostly imported from Egypt, and are obtained by stripping mummies. Many tons of mummy wrappings are imported every year by American paper manufacturers. An ingenious gentleman has invented and is exhibiting in Chicago a poisonsucker, by which the virus from wounds made by mad-dogs or other creatures may be extracted.

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THE RULING PASSION.

Miss Joanna Farnham’s Singular, Mania. Tiie Dover (N. H.) Democrat tells a curious story of Miss Joanna Famhaiia, who recently died at the American House, in Boston, aged 80 years. She had long been housekeeper there, and was supposed to be very poor. When her trunk was opened, however, it was found to contain a variety of dry goods; notes for $5,000, a bank book of the Blaekstone Bank showing deposits of $1,700, a small sum of money, and also a piece of paper having a truuk key wrapped up in it, and on the paper was a writing stating that the key belonged to another trunk, which could be found at the house of a relative in Milton. This proved to be true, and this second trunk was packed full of all sorts of fine wearing apparel, and contained also a key in a piece of paper, upon which was the statement that this key belonged to another trunk at a certain other house. And so this thing was followed up until twenty very large-sized trunks and three lingo packing-chests were found, all crammed full of the most expensive articles of ladies’ wearing apparel and house furnishings that the Boston market afforded. When these trunks and boxes wore all collected they loaded down a four-ox team, and were drawn to a large hall iu Milton, unpacked and inventoried, preparatory to an auction sale for the benefit of the heirs. Among ail these valuables were eighty-nine dresses, new and perfect, made of silk, velvet, satin, and all kinds of plaid silks, black and colored thibets, ptfiplins, alpacas,' brilliautines, cashmeres, etc.; three silk-velvet cloaks; nineteen shawls, from common to the richest Paisley and wrought crape; 101! skirts of all colors, 114 pairs of hose, undergarments too numerous to mention, table linen, towels, handkerchiefs, counterpanes, blankets, coverlets, live-geese feathers, sets of elegant china ware; a large lot of table and teaspoons of best coin silver, silver knives and forks, a Hue gold watch and chain, and a large lot of line j ;welry, etc. All of these goods are perfectly new and in the best order, never having been used at all. There is enough of tho whole to stock a largo, store. Yet there is said to be no doubt that she came honestly by all, as it has since been ascertained where and of whom she purchased them at various times as she went along. The original cost of these goods was not less than $3,000, and tlie owner while she lived went clad in the very cheapest apparel.

The Montenegrin Despot.

Mr. Gladstone’s glowing sketch of the Montenegrins in the last number of The Nineteenth' Century has quickened public interest in the heroic mountaineers. A correspondent of the London Times, writing from the headquarters of tlie Prince of Montenegro, says that the sketch is not overcolored in its general effect, although'in the history of recent events Gopchevics, whom Mr. Gladstone cites, is not a trustworthy authority, inasmuch ns lie merely compiled the sensational dispatches in tlie Dalmatian and Trieste newspapers without having tlie slightest personal knowledge of affairs. It is true that these heroic mountaineers have been battling with the Turks for foul’ centuries and lia\f; manifested as strong a love of freedom as ever the Swiss have done; but on the other hand, within the circle of their mountains, they are the slaves of an absolute despot, for the Prince of Montenegro is nothing else. Tliere is a Senate, but it lias no advisory powers. There is a Ministry, but it has no responsibility. No man in Montenegro will for one instant question an order of the Prince or his supreme decisions. He is the court of last appeal in law as in politics. The Emperor of China is not more absolute. The passionate personal devotion of tlie subject to bis sovereign, as unquestioning as tlie most consummate military discipline, a trait inconsistent with great'prosperity and indvidual development, or, perhaps, with the chfu-actcr of modern sovereigns, is here found in full force, and, perhaps, only here. Every Montenegrin knows his Prince, and accepts him as arbiter of life and death. Happily for Montenegro, tlie Prince is a gracious master. He takes part in all the pleasures of his subjects, mixing in the athletic sports, casting the stone, pitching quoits, laughing, frolicking, quizzing; one morning firing at a mark; another sitting as umpire in a quoit match of his guard, passing the evenings at games of dexterity with his staff and his gttests, in all cases taking liis part of the consequences of the game in perfect good-lmmor, and, from las sheer herculean physical force, always"" getting the best iu the rough games. “ I have seen him weep,” writes the correspondent, “iu the midst of all the guarJs as a poor old mother came with the cap of her only son (killed at Rogami) in her hand, to salute her Prince iu the high street, not to ask for Charity, but for sympathy. He turned to me to tell me her story, but he could hardly speak for emotion.”

Death of Another Centenarian.

A centennial old bachelor has gone to that bourne where buttons never come off and stockings are never darned. Dr. Henry Blackwell died in Troy last Sunday, in liis 108th year. He was born in Limerick in 1770, fought for the King during the rebellion of ’9B, was first a physician, then a coaclimaker, tlien a farmer, then an immigrant, and finally an herb-gatlierer of South Troy. He was bom an dfd bachelor, he lived an old bachelor, and he was one wliefMie died. He liateij doctors. A portion of one of his fingers had been amputated, and lie declared that five physicians had examined tlie wounded member, which had been injured by a poisonous splinter, and decided that liis arm would have to come off “Cut my arm off!” lie exclaimed: “I told them they would all be in their graves before that was done; and, after taking my advice, they only cut it off at the linger joint.” Wiien it was remarked to him that it was very singular that both he and his father sliouhl live to such advanced ages, he replied, “Not at all singular, sir. We took care of ourselves, ate everything we wanted, but did not go to balls and parties and get drunk. We did not lose our rest. God’s animals take their needed rest, and so should men. My grandfather luted to be 127 years of age, and was as? good as any man until liis last sickness.” —New York Tribune.

Murderous Mormons.

Mr. Jerome B. Btillson, who has been acting as the New York Herald's correspondent at Balt Lake City, telegraph, to that journal an account of two murder, ous attacks .recently made irpon himWhile riding in a buggy through the city, in the vicinity of Brigham Young’s houses Lie was fired upon by an unknown man, but the bullet misfeed its aim. Five days afterward he had a similar experience. A. stranger entered his hotel room, asked him his name, and presented a paper for 4jim to read. As Mr, Stillson stretched

out his hand to grasp the paper, the stranger withdrew his own hand, pulled a short knife from his bosom, and struck savagely at Mr. Stillson. The latter was knocked beneath the table by the blow, whereupon the assassin fled. The blade of the knife passed through a portemonnaie, two photographs on pasteboard, and glanced off from a suspender buckle. Mr. Stillson suffered no injury other than a sore rib.

BRITISH TOPICS.

[Loudon Telegraphic Cor. New York' Herald.] Bicycles. —At the annual meeting of the bicycle clubs 1,800 bicycles were present," a fact showing how popular this sport has become. Medical Eclecticism. — A movement is on foot to unite the homeopathic and aUopathie systems of medicine, the homeopathists abandoning the extreme views on trituration of Hahnemann. Orthographic Reform.— The spellingreform movement is gathering force. Ex-Chancellor Robert Low writes a letter insisting new letters being added to the alphabet, as the language contains twenty-nine sounds. English Statistics. —Last week the birth-rate of London was 31 per 1,000 of th<' population, and the death-rate only 10—figures which speak volumes for the sanitary condition of this greatest metropolis of the world. America and Mexico.— Tlie attitude of America on the Mexican question excites interest and apprehension in this country. The journals friendly to America express hopes that, the republics will not quarrel, but will try to settle their differences peaceably. The Queen’s Movements.— Much feeling is felt in society on the retirement of her Majesty the Queen to her Highland retreat at Balmoral during the height of the season, those who love a royal, show objecting that the good lady should grow tired of a parade which she must feel by this time to be the dreariest of vanities. Extraordinary Favor Shown Gen. Grant. — Tlie Queen has given orders to the Lord Chamberlain to waive the usual presentation ceremonies out of regard to the nation’s guest, and extend to tlie General and Mrs. Grant invitations to all the court entertainments. This is almost unprecedented, and shows the great esteem iu which he is held iu Eugland. The Czar’s Daughter.— There are an unusual number of court rumors in circulation. One is that tlie Marquis of Lome voted against the desires of his father, the Duke of Argyll, in opposition to the Gladstone resolutions,-fcolely to fqjfte the> Duchess of Edinburgh (the daughte£Vf the Czar). is that the Duchess of Edinburgh was' compelled to retire to Coburg ou acceunt of the anti-Russian feeling in the royal palace. Still another is that the Earl of Beaconfield advised the Queen to take a telephone to Balmoral, but that I look ou as a sly joke. It is said also that the Princess of Wales is sinking from physical prostration. The Gladstone Horoscope. —Mr. Gladstone’s demonstration is generally regarded here very seriously, and as pointing to a great deal more than an agitation on the eternal Eastern question. It is, in fact, lifted upon as his first step toward asunung the leadership of a new Badical party, whose programme will involve such great reforms as : 1. The disestablishment of the national Church of England, just as the Church of Ireland was removed from state control, or, as lias been said, from the control of the state. 2. A complete reform in the tenure of land, such as the abolition of primogeniture and the right of entail. 3. Perhaps the abolition of the House of Peers as a govemihg body, if not, indeed, the entire abolition of titles of nobility as well. This is the widest possible sketch of the aims attributed to the Radicals, aud they can only go a step further to be thoroughly democratic.

Hood Times Ahead.

“The summer opens with a rarely universal promise of a favorable crop season aud large agricultural products. The single serious exception is in Southern California, where the small rainfall of the winter has left barrenness and drought, which are not only preventing a crop of wheat but briuging dentil to a large percentage of cattle and sheep in that section. There have been more rains-in Northern and Central -California, and the there are at least of the average. The grasshoppers iu some localities of the West and the potato bugs in the East are making trouble for the farmers, who are, however, fighting their enemies with increased intelligence aud success, and the damage from them this season is not likely to be either serious or wide-spread. There is no surer basis for faith in the restored prosperity of the country than in this condition and promise of the agricultural interest. Probably the United States will raise a greater amount of food, cotton and wool this year, and get more money for it all, than in any year before. * Iu spite of the lessening foreign demand for our paper securities, and even the return home of many heretofore Jiekl abroad, the balance of trade continues heavily iu favor of the United States, and is likely to remain so for the next year; and this, with tolerable government and persistent industry, are the sure guarantees of a healthy and prosperous future.—Springfield Republican.

Circassian Wolves.

At Widin I Was treated to my first sight of the now widely-celebrated Circassian Cavalry, several bodies having joined the camp only a few days previously. They are mostly tall and broadshouldered, with a fierce expression in their eyes, giving them more the appearance of savages triad civilized men. Their dress is a long, coarse frock, girdled at the waist, and fur caps. They are to be used, I suppose, as skirmishers, or what we call in America “bushwhackers,” and woe to the defenseless villages upon which these Circassians descend ! They are border-warfarers, of the most bloodthirsty kind, and before them the BashiBazouks are dainty gentlemen. They are not yet aroused to great enthusiasm, but when the red fires of war are fairly kindled along the Danube and the clash of aims begins to horrify the now peaceful atmosphere, then beware of the Circassian wolves, whom the taste of blood is said to render frantic! And, if the tme story of the conflict is ever told, nothing in all the bloody annals of history will, I am confident, ever equal it in cruelty and savageness.— War Cor. Chicago Tribune. Seals have appeared on the Newfoundland cdast this year. One steamer recently carried away a cargo of 42,000, valued at #129,000.

AMONG THE MORMONS.

A Visit to the Family o 1 Hrigliani YoungWives by the Dozen, and a Regiment of Children. [Salt Lake Cor. New York Suu.] jjolin W. Young, the favorite sou of the Prophet, and he who will no doubt be the successor of his father, called for us at 2p. m., and took us to the Lion House to meet his fifteen mothers and forty-five* brothers and sisters. They were not all present, for it would be impossible for the Prophet to assemble his entire family at one time. The fonn of introduction used by the Prophet was very simple. We were conducted all around the room, and before each wife he woulu say : “My wife Amelia,” or Mary or Cornelia, as tlie case might be. ± Brigham Young's wives have generally a good old mother-iu-Israel look. His first wife, whom lie married iu the States in his early youth, is a very venerable old lady. She lives all by herself in a beautiful house, aud is highly respected by all of tlie yomiger wives and their chifdren. She is the mother of Johff\W. and Brigham Young, Jr. All of liis wives are remarkable l'or good sense, though they are all okl-fasliioned aud dress very plainly. The Prophet says Ann Eliza was the only weak-headed wife lie ever had. “I married Ann Eliza,” lie said, “ to please her parents, and keep her from going to ruin. But she played false to me, went off with strange men, kept me in constant hot water with my other wives, and I was glad when ffiie rail away from me, ns she did from lict first husband. Ann Eliza wouldn’t work. Site was always light-headed and frivolous.” I find that all Mormon women are accustomed to work, for no Mormon family ever keeps any servants. When the work becomes too heavy in a Mormon family for one wife, another wife is added. Each of tlie Prophet’s wives, wo found, occupied separate apartments ill the Lion House, or small houses by themselves outside. The meals of all the families iu the Lion House are taken iu the same large room. In cases where a Mormon marries sisters, which is a very frequent occurrence, the sisters generally live together. It is thus with two of Hiram Clausen’s wives, daughters of Brigham Young. Mr. Clausen’s third wife has a house by herself. Brigham Young’s wife Amelia also has a separate house bv herself, and exercises a great influence over the Prophet. She is the favorite f the Prophet’s younger wives. It is considered a very fortunate thing among Salt Lake young ladies when two sisters can marry the same husband. It prevents any jealousy, and such families seem to move on very happily. In order to get at the “true inwardness ” ol the Mormon family relationships, wc questioned several of the Prophet’s small children. “Is that little girl over there your sister ?” I asked of one of the Prophet’s little boys. E “No, she’s my half-sister,” lib replied. “Is not her mother your mother ?” I continued. “ No, lier mother is my aimt.” “Then you have only one mother?” “That’s all. All the rest are aunts.” And still, at the hotel, when we asked a little Mormon boy how many mothers he had, he replied : “Four, sir.” “What four mothers, and only one father ?” “ YeR, sir ; but next week I shall have five,” said tlie little fellow witli au air of pride. This little boy, I thought, beats tlie orthodox New Englanders. They boast of their forefathers, but here is a boy who boasts of liis four- mothers. We found that the younger daughters of the Prophet are opposed to the double-wife system. One beautiful daughter of tlie Prophet recently married Mr. Harris, tlie handsome manager of the* Mormon Theater. We heard lier play one night, and she showed a 8 much talent as any of our rising actresses. Mrs. Harris, when she married, stipulated that her husband should never take jn second wife. Auotlier younger sister—a beautiful, goldenliaired bloucte, as sweet and ladylike as auy young ladies you will see walking up Fifth avefiue—told us that she would die before she would marry a man who would divide his love with a second wife. So, as the Mormons become cultivated I find the prejudice against polygamy increases. Cultivation and refinement will eventually kill polygamy.

Advice to Nervous People.

Now, from whatever cause or combination of causes nervousness has been produced, if happiness aud health are to be restored, the causes must be removed aud the injury they have caused repaired. For, in proportion to the weakness of a man’s system and the enfeeblement of his nerves, will be tlie liability of liis falling a victim to other and more fatal maladies; and thus it is that every day we find such diseases as bronchitis, consumption, Bright’s disease, brain disease and insanity follmving at the heels of nervousness. First, we must remove the cause, restore the tone of the heart, improve the blood. All injurious habits^must be givefi up; late hours and intemperance in eating abandoned; smoking, if practiced, stopped. The food is most important. It must be abundant aud wholesome—ueither too much nor too little. It should not be sloppy, aud soups had better be avoided so long as solid food can be taken. Rise from the table feeding you have had enough, but not oppressed with what you Jiave eaten. The bread should be stale, aud no very heating food taken. Eight hours’ sleep should be taken every uiglit, if possible. This alone will nearly cure. Take no narcotics to make you sleep. A few raw oysters before bedtime are worth all the narcotics in the world, are easily digested and furnish material for restoring nervous tissue and blood. If you wake up in the middle of the night, sometimes a stale biscuit eaten will send yon off to sleep again. A change of scene, air, and cheerful society, with sea-bathing, are excellent agents for curing nervousness. Avoid physic—it exhausts the toue of the system, the very tiling you would restore. Above all, keep up a good heart and a firm reliance on the great Author of life. —Herald of Health.

A Cool Texas Murderer.

Dr. J. W. Brown wan killed here on Friday night by a man named Grissom. He was at supper at liis -hotel wnen Grissom sat down at the same table and ordered his supper to be served in a hurry. The waiter replied that he was waiting on Dr. Brown, but would get hiR supper in a minute. Grissom said : “I am a gentleman, and if any man says I am not I’ll make him feel this.” Brown answered : “No one says you are not a gentleman.” Grissom repeated his former words, when Brown said, “Oh, hush.” Grissom sprung up,

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drawing liis revolver. Dr. Brown started up, too, raising both hands. Grissom fired at him, missing, and fired the second time, shooting Brown through the heart. Grissom then walked out to the hotel office, bought a cigar, and, while smokiug, kept the crowd away with his pistol until an officer came, to whom he surrendered. He is now in jail, bail being denied. —Houston ( Tex.) Age. ; ,

CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE.

How the Great Monolith wIIUms Transported Across Seas. % [Alexandria Letter to the Scotsman.] There is now a reasonable probability that before many weeks elapse Cleopatra's Needle will be en route for England. The monolith has been handed over to Mr. Dixon’s agent, whose men have commenced the necessary work for its removal.*' The “ Needle ’ is 69 feet long and 8 feet square—not uniformly, but at the base. It weighs about 220 tons, and lies in the sand 15 feet above the high-water line. To get this mass safely iuto the sea and across the sea, it is intended to bufld up’Ttround it on shore a cylindrical irofi case or ship, and then to roll the entire mass, nearly .‘IOO tons, into the Mediterranean, and, when the necessary ballasting and additions have been made to the ship in dry dock, to have her towed to England. The iron vessel is now being made at the Thames iron works, and, when ready, will be sent out here in pieces, to be built round the obelisk, under the superintendence of Mr. Wayumau Dixon, brother to Mr. John. Dixon, the enterprising designer and contractor. To lift the end of the obelisk, jacks of immense power will have to be sent from England, and, after the cylinder is built, tremendous tackle will be required to roll it into the sea. It will float in 9 feet of water, and, to reach this depth it must be rolled 400 feet. Once aboat and in hock it will be fitted witli bilge keels, rudder and steering gear. It will be cutter rigged, with one mast and two sails, and will have a deck-house for Mr. Carter, who will have charge of it on the voyage; for, although it will be in tow of a ’ steamer, it will be in every respect a ship, and able to take care of itself for a time in case of accident or breaking away from the tow-lines, which are to be of steel wire. There will be four or five men on board to make sail, pump bilge-water, trim lights and make signals in case of need. In the opinion of eminent engineers the plan proposed is admirably adapted for the work to be done, and Mr. Dixon’s confidence is shown in the fact that should he fail to complete his work he tHll receive nothing for his outlay and trouble. If, however, the undertaking is a success, the entife expense will be borne by Mr. Erasmus Wilson, the eminent surgeon. Three thousand five hundred years ago this obelisk formed one of the pillars in front of the great Temple of Turn (the setting sun) at Heliopolis (near Cairo), and was brought to Alexandria during the reign of Cleopatra. No accounts exist of the appliances used, but if this and larger monuments could be safely moved about some 1,600 years B. C., it is not possible to doubt our ability to do likewise in the nineteenth century A. D.

Hot Bread, Fried Meat and Dyspepsia.

il)r. It. Y. Itedfield, of the Cincinnati < \>mrnercial, who has been traveling through the South, says f " A physician in North Alabama, havingjy large practice in the rural districts, and of necessity stopping among his patients, tit Is me that nineteen out of twenty of the meals he sits down to are fried meat and hot bread. Yet dyspepsia does not follow to the extent one would suppose. He thinks they escape the disease which such a diet would seem to invite by the out-door life they lead. This physician says that dyspepsia would be an unknown disease in the Southern States if it were not for hot bread and the frying-pan. Army life during the late war cured more dyspeptics than bullets killed. I asked this physician why it was that in the Eastern States, where hot bread as a steady diet is almost unknown, dyspepsia was even more prevalent than in the Southerd states. He said that it was pie and cake which played the mischief in that quarter. Pit: and cake worked the same injury to the stomachs of Eastern people that hot/bread and the fry-ing-pan did for the Southerners. If anything, it was worse. He thought he would rather risk his digestion upon Southern biscuit than New England pie. The pie was the greater curse, and annually killed more people by slowly breaking down their digestive powers.”

Germany and the Catholics.

The total result of the long struggle between the German empire and the lloman Catholic Church may be epitomized as follows : The Archbishops of Guesen-Posen and Cologne, the Bishops of Breslau, Paderbom, and Munster, and the auxiliary Bishops of Posen, six in number,have been deposed. The sees of Treves and Fulda have become vacant by death, and no attempt is made to fill them. About 600 members of different orders and congregations have beeu expelled from the diocese of Cologne, among them 226 priests. In the diocese of Cologne there are 94 parishes without priests ; in Paderborn, 90 ; in Munster, 60 ; in Treves, 150 ; in Limburg, 17 ; in Breslau, 54 ; and in Hildeslieim, 11. None of the Bishops will fill these vacancies, because the Pope will not permit them to conform to the new ecclesiastical laws of the empire.

A Curiosity.

One day, just after President Lincoln’s second inauguration, a Massachusetts merchant, visiting Washington, noticed the great crowd of office-seekers who waited for an audience with the President, and thought he, too, would like to see him. Writing his name on a card, he added the line, “Holds no public office, and wants none. ” The card was taken to President Lincoln, and, instantly jumping up, he said to the attendant: “Show him up—he is a curiosity.” Passing the long line of office-seekers, the merchant went up to the President, who was refreshed to meet a man who did not want an office, and urged his stay. A long and pleasant conversation followed.

Silver Workers.

Workmen in silver-plating establishments are not allowed to keep their old clothes when they are worn out. An old tattered vest is valued at S2O. Silver volatilizes when heated intensely, and much passes off' in vapor and condenses again in a pure state. In Government assay offices the smelting of the crude metal throws off silver vapors, whioh rise and solidify in the soot in the chimney. A silver-plating concern in New Haven, Ct., in removing to Meriden, took up the floor of the plating room, burned it, and analyzed the ashes, obtaining $9Bl in pure silver,

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THE OLD TKAMF. ' Good luomiii’, boya, and how is biz? I’m a seedylooking trauiD; You see, last night my little bed was just a trifle I missedMie train—that’s funny, too—and then I walked the rail; X found my bed. as X always do, when inn connections fail. Last night I dreamt a dream, and I wish I’d never woke— ( . Yob, boys, 1 dreamt I lived again before I took this I saw tile'forms of odfcr days—they’ve climbed the golden hill; f mingled with a homely throng—l wish it wore so atill. ’Twas a banquet spread in that old home, and all were gathered tliore To crowd around the festal board—parental blessings fcbare; You see I lived my life again, oh ! happy days no bright, As I slept on my dew damp bod in the shadows.- of last night. A poor tramp printer has a heart beneath his ragged farb; imcH is roaming through the land and wo have felt his barb ; And, strangers, wl*n I woke this morn, with cramps and mental p\in, May God forgive nfy wicked wish—to never wako again. I’ve made some justification in this ancient, battered form, And my benzine wash I’ve thrown aside—it’s brought to me much harm; My proof lias been c<rrooted, a rodso will needed be, «• For lie that searehoth hearts will many errors see. My tramp is almost ended now—old age will win the race; \ You see my bauds are trembly, and I cannot hold a ease; But I’ve malle an application at the city built of gold, L D And I long toyicar the answer: “ ”L'is a ease that you can mold.” Xi-tt'xjHtjifr l\’i>i>rtcr.

WIT AND HUMOR.

Outdoor relief—A breath of pure air. ' Why is n situation of great trust like a back tooth ? Because it is hard to fill. Thr man who puts on a spring coat with the most, satisfaction is the housepainter. As the young lady remarked aboift the infant: “ How sweet, but how bald for one so young !” None are so tiresome as those who always agree with us ; we might as well talk witli echoes. The Cincinnati Enquirer asks if Adam was an Irishman. He was an Erin man, without doubt. ■* What lovers swear — To.be true until death. What husbands swear—Unlit for publication. If Augustus gives Angelina a pair of ear-rings, need they necessarily be ctilled beau-Gus jewelry ? “No pains will be spared,” as the quaek said when he sawed off n patient’s finger to cure a felon. A Yankee editor wishes no bodily harm to his, subscribers, but ho hopes that some oKthem in arrears will be seized with a renSitteut fever. “It is well to leave something for those who come after us,” as a man said when he threw a barrel in the way of a constable who was chastising him. An Eastern paper records the abduction of Marie Elvira Spoon, by Henry Bowl. That’s in accordance with the old story in “ Mother Goose,” where the dish ran away with the- sj)oon, Cleveland young women write comments on .the margins of tho library novels they read. One emotional creature writes, “ The pangs of love are grate i have been there myself. ” At a restaurant the guest called the waiter to him and remarked: “This goose with wine sauce would ho most palatable but for a slight mistake. The age is in the goose and not in the Avine. The papers felate an anecdote of a f beautiful young lady, who had* become blind, haying recovered after marriage. It is no uncommon thing for people’s eyes to be opened after matrimony. An exchange says the only jokes women like to read are those which rellect ridicule on men.”* “Yes,” adds another exchange, “on taking up a paper a woman invariably turns to the marriage column.” A matronly lady asked onc younger in years Avhy she did not require of her companion to teach French language. To which interrogation she replied that one tongue was enough for any lady. “Is that a friend of yours?” said a gentleman to a party who was sailing rapidly down the street. * ‘ Can’t tell till qext Saturday,” returned the individual addressed ; “I’ve just lent him a sovereign. ” V . A little boy in Dover remsing to take a pill, his mother placed it in a piece of preserved pear and gave it to him. In a few minutes she said : “ Tommy, have you eaten the pear?” “Yes, mother, ail but the seed.” “Can there be anything brought into this House,” asked a disgusted member during the last session of the Legislature, “ that will not be repealed sooner or later?” One of the opposition suggested, “ A skinned orange.” “Pa,” asked an up-town boy, the other day, “ what is meant by paradise ?” “Paradise, my son,” replied the father gloomily, “ paradise is the latter part of of next summer, Avhon your mother goes on a visit to your grandmother.” A grumbling old bachelor, after listening to the following : “Bho was her muzzer’s own ’ittle thirlin’ wopsy popsy deary ducksy, so she was, an’ she mus’ keep still,” asks, “Why don’t women talk some decent kind of English to their children ?” An American lady coming from Canada assured the customs officer that she had nothing but wearing apparel in her trunk; but he went to the bottom of tho article and found a do*en bottles of brandy stowed away. “ Madam,” demanded he, sternly, “do you call these Avearing apparel?” “Yes,” tho lady demurely replied; “they are my husband’s ‘ night-caps. ’”

Professional Tramps.

There is no doubt that vagrancy is becoming systematized in our sealmard States. We have seen mysterious marks on gateposts in the country, and on doorsteps in the better parts of New York, which, there is reason to believe, are notices put up by tramps to warn or encourage their fellows. At such a house they may safely another is to be carefully avoided; and these hieroglyphics tell the story to the vagrants as they wander over country roads or through city streets. In England tramping has long been a systematic pursuit, a kind of profession whioh is followed year after year, and the members of which even divide the country among themselves, and do not poach on each other’s preserves. They gather in London and other large cities duriug the winter, and the early spring draws them out to the country to begaud steal, and to rob and murder where they imagine themselves safe against apprehension.—Nno York Hri'wrt.